The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-03
fDR. SCHAEFER MAKE MOST I'M
PREssIVE AND INSTRUCTIVE
ADDRESS TO TEACHERS.
ENORMOUS WASTE Is
MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM
Speaker Predicts Great Future for
Miss. When Rivers are Harnessed.
Hon. F. G. Blair also makes Bril-
liant Speech Friday Night.

Hon. Nathan G. Schaefer, State SUI
perintendent of Pennsylvania and Hon.
F. G.. Blair, State Superintendent oil
Illinois, made the principle addresses
at the general session of the Teachers
Association at the Bay Street Presby-
terian church last night. Both OF the
addresses were appeals for broader
and higher standards of education and
were heard with appreciative attention
by the large audience which COM
'pletely filled the large auditorium OF
the church and overflowed into the
,vestibules and class rooms. The Wom-
ans College glee club sang several
beautiful songs which were compli-
mented by unusually long applause
Rev G. E. Crisler of the Main Street
Methodist church said the invocation
Superintendent Schaefer was intro
duced by Mr.. Bass of Greenville, VINO
is a personal friend of the former
Mr.. Bass said that the man he would
introduce is the most genuine article
in the educational field today. He was
appointed Superintendent of Educa-
ton of Pennsylvania 20 years ago by
a Democratic governor and has been
appointed successfully since that time.
Or. schaefer's Speech.
Notwithstanding the tremendous
waste OF natural resources in this ma
ton, Mr.. Schaefer said that he would
stalk of a waste greater than that OF
soil. greater than that Of the natural
resources. The greatest wealth OF the
nation is not in the farms, nor in the
mines. nor in the forests, but 1t is in
the school room, and the greatest
waste is found in the health, time ano
opportunity of the boys and girls"
The subject of Mr.. Schaefer's ad
dress was, "Ias the School Heard the
Voice of Conservation" A brief synop
sis of it follows:
On May 10, 1901, meeting was helt
in the East room of the White HOUSE
that will revolutionize education.
was attended by the President, tn
Cabinet, the Supreme Court, ALI pu
two governors and many prominen
men famous in commercial and euu
cational walks of life. The meetin
was held for the purpose of discussin
the conservation OF the forces OF tn
nation. This subject had been discus
sed before, but it was almost unhear
untn T. Roosevelt took up the or!
zyben it was heard from the Atlanti
to the Pacific and in Canada an
Mexico. Was it heard in the schot
room?
Natural ResoursssarnasE Exhausteo
President Roosevelt in his openih
address drew attention to the fact tn'
BE-. sbnce all thought that Uncle Sam cou
give everybody a farm. Now all u
land had been occupied except the ar
plafns and the swamps. An examin
tion of the natural resources OF tn
country shows that they are rapid
becoming exhausted
The end of the coal and iron ore su
ply is in sight. The question TO
answered is, "How will the people II
!, when the natural resources have be-
exhausted?"
A German teacher has said that &c
graphy should teach why a count
is a good place to live in. A Miss
sippi teacher should ask, what max
this state a good place to live in?''
Andrew Carnegie has made the p
diction that in 1887 all the high
grades of iron ore will be exhaust
To meet this condition it is planned
admit ore free from other countri
He predicted that in 100 Yeas the G
wealth and prosperity 'of H|<t zbqrg v
begin to wane, because Of the der
tion of the soft coal suppl Qf PeAnf
vania. Pithole, once the second y
est postoffice in Pennsylvania. Y 2
unknown since the exhaustion q
petroleum supply in that section'
scientist has accused the peop1e
west Virginia and Ohio of incenc
ism more to be. condemned that thai
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