The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-12-19
v. c. I. j. DEPARTMENT
Mrs. E. Van Hood, Editor

New Jerseys Leading Educators in
Greetings Commend Work of w.
c. L. L. in Educating the Children
in Scientific Temperance and in
Raising the Ideals OF the Colnmu-
nifty.
We. OF this generation are seek
ing with a new light the hoary truth
that knowledge unappiied is useless.
knowledge is good, but to be useful
i must be transformed into under
standing and into wisdom. That is
what We must do with the subject,
temperance physiology. Il must find
its place in the new school programs
whose purpose is not only to enlight-
Ell but to inspire. May we not be-
lieve that when you scatter to your
homes, after what we hope may be
the most successful convention in
your history, you will give your SYM
Iathetic support tC whatever sane eff
forts may be made to transform the
school into place where life shall
be lived, not merely learned about;
because only as this is done can the
school be training ground for wor-
thy citizenship. knowledge, purpose
and will may then be made effective
in esta blishing in the early constitu-
ton of childhood the laws of tenn
perance."
Prof. Frederick Sheppard, for the
City Schools
''The educational interests of any
community are two-fold, the homes
and the schools, not the schools
alone. When We think of the edu-
cational interests of a city we should
reflect that the public schools are a
part of the home, they are the projec-
ton of the home. and an effort on the
part of all the homes collectively to
do for the rising generation what
cannot be done by the individual
home alone. Therefore when We
sLeak of the educational interests of
any community, We should not sepa-
rate in our thought, on an occasion
like this nor in cur practice in civil
life, the home from the school. This
community is proud to welcome this
great convention, because the w. G.
T. L. has always stood for the stamp
ing out of the two greatest curses
lot Il rtYoy mo lii 16 thn
use of alcohol and licentitiousness.
No nation can exist that does not
battle and battle successfully with
these two curses. We welcome you
to this community because of one
other thing for which you stand
the equal rights OF women to partici-
I ate with men in the civic life Of the
ration. Now this is a logical corol-
larry to the fact that our educational
interests are Of the home and school.
We as American citizens are incon-
s;stent in separating the will of the
mothers from the will of the fathers
expressed in their votes. The moth
ers of the community are even more
interested in the education of their
children than are the fathers. Should
they not have equal representation
in everything pertaining to the child
rem?
Eve are glad that you have come
to this community because we wish
to take this opportunity to thank
you for the freedom you have
brought to our teachers-in enabl-
ing them to teach the facts concern
ing the nature and effects of alcohol
and narcotics. There are those who
have inveighed against the laws
which compel the teaching of tenn
perance hygiene j.. the public schools,
but l believe such laws to be a bless
ing.
I'VE are glad to have you with us
tonight because of the inspiration
and help you are to every home, be-
cause of the civic ideals you have
| paced before us. because of what
YOU have accomplished in the way OF
freedom Of speech tn tha ~neFtc
school ana in raising O. the Leals OF
| the community"