The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-27
Modern 4 Education


ny ELHrHT Ht BHARD.
nh, utleE day "A man cam" 70 ms
A4lrlIuL VITA him bis son aged nine
is.a-.- TIE tnE Was quite as hik as his
father TIA. father requested that !
e.uui1 supply the young man with a
Situation Tag other words give M"
"a job
! quite t.hed tho looks OF the young
44sr and also wishing Ia acc 0nfnodAte
tH, fatAer / cast around In ny mlnd
sar .u3fe ulacn that the hoy could NIL
snd my hrst question was, W H@t Gun
tta Fuuus man do
AID re fatHpt turned the calcium
or me s5tuattau by promptly saying
w}ta A ltot AZ surprise, ny, he can
do anything he's Just out of college.
,,nfly tue associated Press hashet
fhc uuws that ) rieVpunt Morgan mas
given $4,000 TO the Bowery mission
-for the bancAt IF poor and needy cot
frge graduates"
And this vas no pleasantry. As far
3s / NuoW. nobody laughed
Why arc the college graduates poor
aud needy Wny is anybody poor ard
needy
There are two reasons that the IN.
9f.lausl hasn't anything that the
world wants and cannot do anything
ehai the world wants done.
NIt down The centuries men nave
divided tue world up into the doers
and the thinkers The thinking did no
work amt the workers did no think
ing And the result vas mat hoth
she work and the thinking were very
lily performed.
s.rs now just realizing Tor the
Hrat time ia luv nIstorN 81 tue world
mat Iu Ht4. T. 10 do good thlnklus a
44an must work with nls hahds a Ger
.a4l Huater OF hours eacn dayt tie
4st u>.. out III the open and mix vita
iHe worid VI workeTs-~tne people WIZ
are ao4ug things, ana tine neh am
=, e.avu eno so tortn to thcF !dbois
aHttt the evening
And thus cut Of his experiences hl'
cou,otuuons Wall De caused To Vi
Inc ,aaa who is going to do good
work must he THINKER. Ana the man
VINO Ia golas, 20 40 good iai""lnS m"s'
- worker.
These things now sound like pure
bru1niars. rl4t 1t As UVD"saafy tHAt the,
Sffut3td tre afftFtffef again ard Fl Bt'tf ftt
even yet there ars scto44@ Una G 4
le Ses mat cuuvate the I'd cation de
Iuxa that is supposed 10 tend 70" ara
-ase and boHufs
There Is only one State in the Union
/ Wh,rr school hafdeps aud aotu~l OF
door WORK tor every sehoiaF - being
Phis is the state Of Oregon. Va
have manual training here AID there,
and uccassouaAy sen ol gardens car
ried GA b patriotic and puhhc spirited
persons VINO form themselves INTO CIV
societies
AZ Jamestown. n u. the Northern
Pacthg rsiiroad pp,us hands VI th'
! public Achosi system, and the fea-I'
4. most delightful tN4l ttton rigE'
tne railroad station OF wnat nil
business can DO Wucn animated WITH
suui- ii faIng which We nave AWAY
aeen informed corporations DO NOT pos
ss
rhcn there Is the example of th'
"a,
maintained scaool gardens ten years OF
iaotv ago Now lac puhllc achool t}s
tenn Of Dayton has taNen over this de-
itRhttul hettermeut ipauEurated by tina
-tronE ard able man. Mr. John III
s'at+vrsoH,
But iu oregon the whole rublic
school system l4 committed 10 mahua
training ard te+ =,Heel garden
For tho school teachers 10 inaugu
rate this great bctt@Fm, nj without tn
hacking up vi public sentiment Is u,
Mulu 10 expect Hut in oregon W.
have the stat" bankers association. th'
state Fair uuatd the normal s. hools
LAL agricultural COLLEGES tbs -V.Arlaaa1
| "a clubs. tho rotary cubs. the husI
ness science eiuLs all wor1ing to-
getGer 20 common end aud tor 20,
,7uTp9se.
recently met tho oregon State su
lperNtendeuI ~ achoo.s I( was rs
sSsA0ae% lal,s hzo5~ ot ~. aotas8 IN
( t Portland TNeSG rotary Clubs tF
clubs that mako thv wheels 81 roHud
superintendent AID imam was Their
10 tvL what "a" is doing try
t dc. and no, ing to d., and THIS rV
taly boys. fan 81 the rSat latent
Axtle getting III line Ia do tn"ir StsAis
.,any uf the Guy scEoo.s N ,'octt43I
were not equip d, uatorA.Iy. to carr
our this WORK. aud ~ thy were en-
utttztnaz vacant lots m Tue vicinity o
the schools.
Iaen pupil had "a ltue plot @
TruUTlr uT t;ts Gwu2S g0pd ~ y
.brrty was allowed and t~0 younA
ster made his sci elton OF seeds ~
ylanta Some we int Mt an rat iI
overs, hut for the most part tur
were prag matists. aud were r-isiHg tn
things that had genuine tansiol
value.
The Bankers association had offer
I'd prizes for each school aDd also ia
Individual scholars for melons b. FL
potatoes corr Then came q produC
SAortattOt 4 offered 10 buy all III
popcorn, D..u.aluupes and watermelon
that the children would produce at Ger
tain fixed prices Here was a chance Z
make sure enough money, and IN
ch}.drtn were going right after IL.
%uf only we've these school chl!dre
% Portland aud the various othe
towns and cities AS well as the cuun
ry districts IN Oregon, raising flower
gardens but they were putting rose
their -CttCrtVs
PsHC NCloRv now teaches US that hap
ginvsa Is tue true end and atm az lift
4 Mess wa Aro happy in or wore, I'll
WltA eTTbitinH. nope ans good "heCI
TO-. phNsird faAtitt are retarded
tuer tal}ty Us stunned, ana through taCi
% resisting mower q s.sse. went ant
ven s~a#t- 4FfEt ar7-ff++-f Tire ttttrTFr
There IS no praphylactic equal to
laugh Nothin9 - so hyE "nlc az sue
cess Tie btrfb the fer-ru'e and tn
tssE .a..r frl H. a