New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-01-18
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CITY AND COUNTRY SHOULD
BE COOPERATIVE.

The subjoined address made
by Congressman-e elect j. b. AS
well at Lit lie Rock, Ark, before
the Teachers Association of that
state ,on December 9th, is 50
full Of practical sence and sound
logic that we take pleasure III
reproducing as much OF his speech
as OUT columns will permit:
The usefulness OF man IS
limited by the extent and qualI.y
of his training. Education meas
ures the effort, the productive
ness and the consuming power OF
a man. 1t must follow, there
fore, that all the people Of a
Commonwealth are vi,ally con-
cerned in the education of every
individual, whether he live in the
city or in the country.
When Little Rock realizes
that to insure its own develop
ment it must serve not only lis
own people, but those upon whoA
it must depend for its CONNER
cial and industrial progress, then
it will gladly help give those OF
The mountains and those Of the
hills and lowlands the best in ed
ucatiOn the age affords, to the
end that Little Rock may receive
the best the country can pro-
duce. The leaders of your COLI
mercial and industrial life ten
years from now will come not
from your brownstone fronts, but
they will come trailing down
from the lowlands, singlehanded
and alone, but equipped with
brave hearts, clean lives, stron :
arms and courage that dares to
do. Send away now all your
count Sy reared men and Little
Rock will be short on leadership.
1.-The city and the country
should not be antagonistic. They
are not rivals or competitors.
They are thoroughbreds. They
should pull shoulder to shoulder,
each appreciating the other, each
paying its debt to the other, each
lifting the burden from the other,
each jealous Of the good name of
the other, as they together work
out the destiny OF the republic
by creating the wealth Of the ma
ton, the highest form of which
is men. n AL~
1.-The best product of the farm,
them, comes not from the labOrs
of the farmers, but from the COM
bined efforts of civilization direct
ed and cemented by the wise
teachers of the country. | be-
lieve in good roads aided by Fed
eral government. / believe in
scientific farming that will double
d quadruple the productive
power of the soil. | believe in
corn and cotton, and rice and
cane, i'll potatoes and peas and
cabbage and peanuts, but | believe
more In men-men from the farms
and mills, the utilization Of whose
environments in youth has given
them control not only of things,
but Of self. Give the boy on the
farm skill in doing the work at
hand, give him hope and purpose,
inspire him to serve, and you need
not worry about his making liv-
ing. xsh~
Il believe in mastery not only
by the athletic or the soldier, but
in the humber walks of life. The
teachers opportunity is to adap.
the course of study to the coun-
try boys environments to the end
that every element of power will
be concentrated upon the life of
the boy, helping and enabling him
to grow into that mastery that
makes him an efficient, free man.
No place offers greater privileges
than the country school for such
service. "a l.,lN.AA
AT your country school COM
mencement don't have the boy
osate on Greece or Rome, or the
mysteries Of ancient philosophy,
bit have him build a gate, or ex-
pertinent, with rocks, soil, birds,
trees or plants. Don't have the
girl expatiate on Behind the
Clouds the Sun Still Shines or
Beyond he Alps Lies Italy but
have her demonstrate the darn
irg Of s:.,l 'ngs, the keeping Of
an orderly room, the elements OF
a good biscuit and how to make
it, the economy of the kitchen
sink and how to keep it clean, or
the value Of the bathtub and how
to have one in each country home
Not so much study of Greek roots
and Latin roots, but more of corn
roots and cotton roots. Create an
attitude of local interest and you
give a condition of power.
Why shouldn't you teach
these things In the countrys
God created the wind that the
farmer might build a windmill
that would put water into tank
for his family's bathtub and his
wife s kitcnen sink. God Great
ed trees that the farmers might
have homes of beauty and com
font. God created grass on 4
thousand hills and cattle innuIl-
erable that man might partske
for himself and family; hut,
better than all these, He has filed
the country homes with large
families of children, which Is the
only hope Of preserving the race
as we multiply TO replenish the
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