The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-10-24

The motto given above was one
that probably had much to do with
the life OF wonderful beauty and un-
selfishness for which all the world
loves and honors the memory Of
RANGES Il. Willard. IL is 30 bene-
fetal an attitude of mind that wish
to spend a little time this week
pointing out to my teacher friends
over the country its Importance TO
them.
That II am but one" is very true
in the case of the rural teacher but
1t need not in the least produce the
feeling that nothing can be done. You
are ONE is a greater fact than the
other, and should be kept in the
foreground all the time. Not to the
extent Of making one an egotist, OF
course, for nothing will cripple the
power OF an individual for doing
good so surely and thoroughly as the
very mistaken idea that, in being
One" he is the only One"
The rural communities the country
over are In the greatest need Of
Leaders, and that is only another
name for those who recognize the
fact that they are zone" in the
world.
To quote from the little poem in
the Fourth reader that has so much
that is fine in 1t, is there, where
you live,
"a Cause that needs assistance"
"A wrong that needs resistance
"A future in the distance
to which you should give the energy
and ability and influence of your
life?
OF course, as every one knows,
there are plenty of wrongs" and
causes" and the brightest futures,
all of which need YOU and need you
badly.
trust that, since last week, you
have thought much about quitting
the game of Simon Says and that
you have already started the game Of
Right and Reason Let me point
out some OF the most important plays
that can be made in the new game.
First, you are to change the atti-
tude OF mind on the part of your
children toward the farm as a home
and a place for building up future
of success, happiness and honor, II
you are to live up to the full meas
ure of your duty.
What do l mean by this? | mean
that at the present time the schools
are helping with all their might In
the work Of skimming the best boys
and girls from the country communi-
ties and sending them to the towns
and cities, or into professional or
business life" in the country. What
ever is done, the most ambitious and
capable young people are planning 10
get away from the farm. II you
have any boys or girls in the seventh
or eighth grades, ask them what
their plans for life are. You should
know, and be able to advise with
them as to their future. | fear that
you will find that about 30 per cent
OF them are continuing school because
they are hoping and planning to get
away from the farm. II you find
that the case, set to work at once to
stop II.
"Why and how" you may say. Let
me give you the reasons, for this
is one OF the greatest causes" that
needs assistance In the country to-
day.
To begin with there is more room
on the farm than in any other occu-
patton. We hear the high cost Of
living discussed everywhere. and
the best way to reduce it and at the
same time increase the income of the
farmer, is to teach our boys and
girls to stay on the soil and make
It produce more of that which is bet
ter, and then think and plan and CO.
operate I'm such a way as to get the
most out of the things they have to
market. Only yesterday l heard a
hotel keeper in a Kentucky town say