The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-25
In Principles and Aims Of
Their Work.
SET FORTH IN DECLARATION
Unanimously Passed BY Ken
, lucky Educational AssO.
citation of 1918.
OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC

The following constitutes a part
of the Declaration OF Principles and
Aims unanimously passed ny the
Kentucky Educational Association
of 1913 in session at Louisville last
month
a Great Comincnwealth--A great
State must have vision, purpose and
unity of effort. 1t must have NOR
al, intellectual and industrial ideals
and work to accomplish them. 1t
must be affirmative and fearless.
! These qualities depend upon the
people composing the State.
The school Systematic first
duty of the State and it's first ne
cessity is to provide for training
| which will guarantee the intelli-
gence and promate the integrity of
it's citizens This must be accom-
plished through harmonized and
artfculated school system under
governmental direction, supported
by district, county and State taxa
ton. Our system of schools must
include elementary schools. secon-
Diary schools, Normal schools. and
the State University.
A Great Commonwealth Must Be
/ Acbieved-Behind every great hui
! man achievement is great human
being; behind every great State are
great men. A great Commonwealth
can not be bestowed; it must be
achieved through education. The
school is fundamental necessity to
social and industrial efficiency. 1t
will take full-grown Kentuckians
to make full-grown Kentucky.
and it will take full-grown sys-
TEN of schools exploited to the
highest degree of efficiency TO make
! full-grown Kentuckians.
Human And Material Waste
| Every idler, every unskilled laborer,
| farmer, housekeeper, every unqual-
flied preacher. teacher, doctor. law
yer, and every other incompetent
workman in every other human en-
deavor, reminds us most fOrcefully
of lost opportunity and of spiritual
and material waste. Most of our
troubles are fundamental; they be-
gin in the individual. Therefore, a
lofty, sane and democratic effort in
the interest of universal develop
ment fundamentally concerns the
training of every child in the land
for a patriotic and efficient service
The responsibility of training the
child falls heavily. too heavily, upon
the school. Americas inherent and
universal worker for life and for
freedom. Childhood shows us the
way to greater Commonwealth.
The Teacher-The State that has
the men has the present. The State
that has the school has the future,
and the State that has the teachers
has the schools. Influence is
largely inherent in personality. Be-
hind the great school lies the con-
structive personality of a great
/ teacher. The school is largely in
the spirit of the teacher. In it's
last analysis. the teacher is the
school. The qualified teacher
marches at the head of educational
1.-Two live
course of study will die in the hands
of a dead teacher and will bring
disappointment to the people and
create the reactionary spirit in the
school community. Vocational
training and all other good things
that are natural part of the Or
ganic life of the school will Ian
guish and die unless vitalized by
leadership. II is dangerous for ed
ucational reform Ito reach the
school ahead of trained and re-
formed teacher. Without engin-
GERS. our attempt to build the Pan
anna Canal would have failed; with
out ttdcntlo, We Sndil HcNcI az
complish our educational ideals. We
must not attempt to dig a Panama
Canal without n Goethals. to estab-
fish wireless telegraphy without a
Msrooni. to win victory at Valley
Force without Washington. to
write Declaration of Independ-
ence without Jefferson. to write
drama without Shakespeare. to
teach without n teacher. and to ac-
complish life without life. II is
progressive statesmanship that real
i7es that whatever Is desired In the
life of the State must be developed
In the life of those teachers who
train the children of the State. We
reaffirm our devotion TO the efforts
of the State to train teachers for
service in our Commonwealth.
Endorsements - The Kentucky