Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-08

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cipline? Can this be secured In the
high school? Partly, yes, but it comes
primarily in the home. Where do PEG,
pie get respect for fellow men and
women? In the home. Where dc
they learn obedience? In the home,
because father and mother have
taught them the lessons of obedience
from childhood. Where do they get
correct English? In the home. Where
do they get all traits of character that
are good? In the home. Too many
bad traits come from the home, too,
Home training should never cease and
always be correct, for the high school,
as high as it is, cannot make up for
lest home training.
going to benefit unless he or she
structors will do all they can but they
do their part. school can't make
up for lack of effort, You can't make
a student study. Therefor pig In the
high school will come out pig.
There are two institutions without
which the high school cannot stand.
the home and the church. The form.
er 1 have spoken of in regard to train
ing. The latter I will speak Of now.
If you have neglected your family
prayers, your thanks at the table,
your religious attentions, you are 60
ing to give your son or daughter some
pig qualities. Religion uplifts and
no person is going to make a success
of high school course without this
uplifting force, this desire inspired
through things that are good.
Dangers Of High School.
There are several dangers con-
fronting the high school. One is the
lack Of discipline. All schools should
have strict discipline. Why is it that
q hoe handle will make blisters twice
as quick as ball bat; a rail fence
seat on a fishing trip for an entire
day is much softer than a pew in a
church for an hour? These things
come through lack Of discipline. Par
eEts who give proper training, will
have children who will not be subject
to these same thoughts Of the ball
bat and the hoe. a
Then again, there is another dan
ger that faces the school. Are you
putting into 1t too many course, such
as manual training, domestic science,
and the study of agriculture, and
crowding out the vocational English,
history, mathematics-these mind
builders? | believe in the teaching of
these practical courses but not to the
exclusion of the studies that minds
come from. Keep the real vocational
studies ard then add the practical
courses.
Pressure is being brought to bear
everywhere, to shorten up the courses.
/ his is a time of hurry up and move
along and it is affecting the high
school. Some institutions are con-
shortening the course to three
years. They want to get through
more quickly. They are endeavoring
to combine studies and doing every
thing to shorten up the course. You
have no doubt seen the advertisement
Spanish in Ten Lessons You get
the lessons, they are in Spanish, but
you don't get the Spanish. Shortening
up is going to produce a like effect:
"The high school is greater than it
was ten years ago. 1t will be greater
ten years hence. 1t is doing wonders
In the United States. 1t is producing
the leaders of the future. 1t teaches
lQ1ClaLlVS, inc u6Slle " lOISS duSdu
and keep going all the time. Lack of
initiative is a mark Of an uneducated
man. 1t gives one desire for deeper
knowledge. 1t developes common
sense and secures practical efficiency.
It teaches adaptability, the ability to
adjust ourselves to surroundings.
There are now only 100000 stud-'I
ents in the colleges of the United
States. There are 100000 high
school students. Here in Ottumwa to-
night is your city's contribution to the
leading citizens of the country
Hartman Gives Address.
S. P. Hartman of the school board.
made the following interesting talk to
the students previous to his presenta
ton of diplomas last night:
Young ladies and young gentlement,
after a long period of going to school
and hard study. you have finally reach
ed the period of your graduation from
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