Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-12
SYMPATHY AN IMPORTANT
 FACTOR IN EDUCATION
ER, JINIUS JORDAN DELIVERS FIX. CELLE\T ADDRESS BEFORE
 SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
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 On the sdbect of Educational Aims of Associations" pr. Jdnius Jordan, superintendent of the Pine Bluff pub lie schools, delivered an address before the members of the Lakeside school Improvement Association at meet ing last night. The address contains many cpi2rams and it is evident that Dr. Jordan gave his subect much thought. The address follows:
 The spirit in which everything good happens. is the spirit of ture love oi ones neighGor and of humanity with cut any Of that patronage which gives. but does not take. the spirit of bro ! therly friendship which is friendly be cause il seeks friendship
 The end and aim of it's endeavors s to awaken the spirit of right conduct and genuine humanity and to create and strengthen healthful ideals ih mind and soul and inculcate directly. as well as indirectly the desire and the power to live uprishtly and to helr one another.
 Essays and lectures of the proper import. clubs. meetings for amuse- ments. should therefore unite rich and poor.
 Behind everything there must b. the spirit of personal unselfishness. Neither school nor church. neithei i charity. nor legislative acts can do SC much as one friend for another. or one 1 person for another.
 The Master on one occasion was asked by a young lawyer as to which was the greatest commandment. Hi. reply was. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy soul. mind ant l strength. And the second is like unto the first. Thou shalt love thy neigh i bor as thyself On these two hang all i the law and the prophets. Again, in the Epstle of St. James, We have this e-enloreememnt of the Masters words i If ye fulfill the royal law. accordins to the scripture. thou shall love tn! neighbor as myself, ye do we'll"
 So. in contemplating those organi. cations which have in view the bet terment of schools. church and so- ciety. We must not omit that the mos; valuable assistance is Of an unselfish personality. depending not so much or intellectual talent. or material wealtt or notoriety. as upon a sympathetic disposition and cooperative sentiment Of goodwill.
 We should not lose sight of the fac l that no amount of featuring or talkinS 1 or display. can make up for the lacl l of professional zeal in the teachins personal sympthy of the pat ron But. at the same time care should be taken that pupils bs not led into the belief. that school lift must be played from deepest bass [, the highest alto for amusement sak, only IL is very easy to implant in tn, minds of pupils the idea that educa ton must come alons the lines of leas resistance. This idea will lessen th' visor Of application and the triumph of effort. and destroy the indivuaisn of pupil.
 Public and private organization for making life pleasanter and better for example, establishing Of play grounds and the forming Of popula entertainments and art exhibitions ar helpful moral features in school a. well as civic education.
 Private organizations for promot ing physical training. gymnastics. so cieties. health and temperance lee lures, social and philanthropic insti tutions are of great educational value morally and mentally. and they meri high consideration. but there shoull ever be kept in view the value of men Jal concentration. application and tha there is no excellence without labor.
 Any training of the intellect de serves attention. only so far as i rests on character; in manner it pro ceads from the character. tho tn
 way 10 the head is opened onl through the heart.
 A cultivation Of the powers of sen sibility is then the most pressing nee' Of our time. not simply because it i
 means of making an improved intel lisence useful in life. but because
 really leads 10 the moral uplift of th
 pupil.
 It is a mistake 10 imagine tha
 educational arrangements can be mad .e for certain classes of people. withou II taking into account the remainder ,e whose sensiblities are active. .s We must awaken this spirit of rev