Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-05-16

AS to the right sort of teachers in
our public schools, there Is much
which belongs to the field of discus.
sion among the Negro masses. There
was time when a Negro teacher in
any sort of school was not confined to
his or her school room; but did much
Of what Is now being called "exten.
sion work." At any and at every point
Of the community life. where there
was likelihood of doing good in the
way Of giving enlightenment and pro-
gressiveness to the people. old and
young, school-going and non-school-go-
ing, there the teacher was to be found.
We found 1t SO when, in our youth.
we taught in our native Georgia and
found 1t so when later we taught In
Mississippi and still later land that
has not been SO long ago), when we
were officially connected with educa-
tional work in Louisiana; the teach
er was an all-'round helper and work
er. They did not feel that they had
come fully up to the functions Of .
good teacher II they confined them
selves simply to their class room
work Whence this Withdrawing and
withholding from the participation OF
| uplifting, which teachers Of other
days were wont to read into their GER
| tificates? Suppose our pedagogical
| friends do the first thinking over this
question. Later let the communities
| take it up and reset matters again az
ter that good old rule.
Citizens must be as big as their age
1t is no time for small and ignorant
men with blind prejudices. In no age
could a demagogue do SO much dam
age with excitable and unthinking
men as now, for in no other genera.
ton have there been such mighty in.
terests to ruin. One can smash vast
values in a short time. With the ire
mendous increase Of our country In
everything that contributes to civiliza.
ton Of the world with our commerce
and trade seeking all nations. with
our institutions and asylums OF all
people, with values untold in mead
ows and mines and ten thousand use
full arts and with millions coming into
every decade of our population, with
problems that appeal to the supreme
wisdom of the strongest minds re-en-
forced by the loftiest thinking Of all
ages, the obligation laid upon the
plain, everyday citizen is tremendous,
and 1t is no time for the ranting So
C.alist, without sense Of proportion or
appreciation of the new forces of this
mighty era. He must make way for
vast movements and not center his
thought upon petty measures.-Chan-
cellor James r. Day, in Leslie's.
+ We cannot escape the cheerful con-
victiou that there may be In the sui
tragette movement much that will
help our contention for fuller grant
of freedom to the race under the con-
stitution. Why not our Negro women
join the army now warning for female
suffrage. Read this news item taken
from a Chicago paper: Because the
manager of the La Sale hotel refused
to permit a Negro woman to be
served in the dining-room Of the hotel.
300 white Chicago club women gath
cred. arose in a body and left, declar-
ing IL the manager did not serve the
Negress he could not serve them"
If China continues to carry out her
present policy of prohibition, and the
United States continues her policy OF
license, it will not be a hundred
years until China will be sending mis-
sionaries to the United States, just
as we today are sending them to
China.-Clean Politics.
The pot can boil strong where there
is nice little vegetable garden IN
the rear of the premises. The ground
is there. the sun is now smiling az
fectionately upon the earth; seeds are
cheap; hoe costs but little. Why
not soon have on your spirit pot
which boils right? Industry can eat
out of a good pot; but sloth must re-
main eating out Of skillet IN the
coming hot weather. Do make a gar
den. You will feel like you are some
body. ~ !. 's'',g'.
. In Georgia the business element OF
Negroes are proving up some import
ant things. Atlanta, already and for
some time, the center Of very sue
cessful industrial insurance COM
panies has now an old-line life insur-
ance company, with one hundred thou
sand dollars t$100000) Of registered
municipal bonds deposited with the
state treasurer and has the approval
Of the authorities to its financial
statement III &
Don't send your children to Sunday
school and church; carry them, then
you will know tley are there.-The
DALLAS Express. = T., w.. III
The thing which should concern you
most is what you are doing to help
make your community better and
brighter. You need not worry over
what people think OF you, or say about
you, but you ought to be greatly con-
cerned about what you do and what
YOU leave undone in making up the
record of life.-The Torch Light.
The qualities which you possess
and cultivate today will bring you sue
cess or failure in the future. For
which goal are you aiming?-The In
terstate Reporter. @t5
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