The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-09

corr.-- fHA> III otneT parts OF the /
: uhlrS. 1t should mark for us aiso
sense OF the solidarity of tn. in
eissts or our Country
Educational Interest.
ND AS l look into rho fac.
ms audience Of men and woman -
80" . through the Instrumental
ny OF the State mas c1mmitt.a
udhlnS OF its future citizens. feel
enal we should praise Him for the
adnINiHs OF interest in the cause Of
.euucation, for the determination ~
our lawmakers tina the STATE shall
opeh Wide the doors of cpnor.u,;,y
~ every child within its borders
Wi'h oeVout hearts We should thank
IIiin Tor the gift of those devoted sons
VI North Carolina. whose lives were
sven TO n great work To which He
80 cai,eu you. May the spirit which
INSPIRED the hearts Of Calvin Wiley
CHARLES Duncan McIver Cbar,ss =
$500 IN your souls on this day Of
praise with a vision of the tr,st God
mas committed to Won
- large measure upon the work
.nat you do will depend the quality Of
,ne c~ltizenship of the State. The peril
:, niooern democracy is an unframed
electorate. II the people are IN ruIe
wisely they must be fitted to rule
Inc South has been fearfully handi-
capped in her efforts TO meet the prob
leins created by the illiteracy Of her
peopie. "A double system Of educa-
tlon mas been with all its burdens and
with all difficulties the inevitable and
~cnchanslng issue OF our problem Of
population. With the grayest prob
lens Of our civilization challenging
ner existence n her peace the South
mas Deen expected to assume the task
u the education Of two populations
out or the poverty of one" Her re-
Spouse TO the exigenCies of such a
mas been one of the heroic
features OF the history of our peo-
pie IN their efforts TO overtake the
educational restitution Of the rural
REPRESENTATIONS that must be
largely neutraliZed if the rapid in.
crease Of our industries are to be al
lowed through greed Of gain. and the
SnlftlesSnesS of parents to shut gu
from the school room within the walls
OF the factory thousands Of the State.
neediest and yet most promising chill
dren.
Let us acknowledge with grateful
hearts the gifts of prosperity that ar,
making possible at last a more ade
quate system of schools for all tn
: people, the frightening Of the schoo
term the better equipment of schoo
: buildings.
2 Let us. as we hank God for tn
| ~ lIdl
taking place all around US. as tens Q
thousands of spindles sing the son
4 Of q peoples prosperity, not forge
n for one moment that in these thing
: lie also the problems Of our life tc
day.
These problems cannot be solved o
Y hand, for they involve the compile
k forces Of social and economic life
f the adjustment Of which a poop
S must find their place in the new env
rOnTnent of an industrial age. TIL
s adjustment is necessarily a process {
evolution, and must find its expire:
sion through the social and spiritu;
l. forces Of the life of the people then
It selves and not by importation fro1
e without.
n Children States Asset.
IF AS North Carolina comes more ar
i more to recognize that the create
n, asset of the commonwealth are h
d children, the State will more insi
e tently demand that the burden Of il
h dustrial life shall not be borne
" immature childhOod-that no pro
n. perity after all is worth while tn
Is does not provide for the freedom
a. childhood. for physical, intellectu
and spiritual development-that
philanthropy, however generous,
at genuine and beneficent that fails
support the laws Of the State for I
al ! pTOtoCIlOf1 OF t1ilu lie, anu t1Ict l
at old individualism Of another age mt
ne give place to the new social NOV
ment in which the State steps in /
). tween employer and child life and sa
is to him with the stern voice Of
of mother tender with love for her ch
he dren that no one on his peril da
a rob them and her Of the precio
at years of their youth.
no If the trial of adversely. of power
al. suffering and tears has been the
Of our fathers, the trial of prosper
he has fallen to our portion. "A pr
cy perity which mean the prosperity
the strong at the expense of the we
he carries at its heart the curse Of blu
sic ed perceptions, intellectual and NOR
he If the material elements OF progr
To are to outweigh h spiritual, ana
tie the crude masses Of democratic fe
W ing are to be commercialized, bef'
they are moraliZed, the South Y
OIL lose that distinctive sensitivenesS
of temper, that quality Of charm, Il
he generous imagination. that cdpdC
il for reverence, that alert and resp'