The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-07-23


article on a Talk Atout Educa
ton, frOm the pen Of Hr h. &.
i fasum IL " should he. % interest
u every citizen VI this county Mr.
. Easum Is one u the foremost teach
ers 81 Lemhi county vino has made a
su ,crs= u the work. ana also writ
~ u marked ability Any article
from ms pol sili be 10Th Instructive .
Aud entertaining The article FOL
lows.
This j. about the education OF .
children, the rural school problem .
and country community lie. Ia .
this first sentence you are given all /
opportunity TO avoid reading f4rtner /.
II your attitude towards these ques
tiUns Is one OF criminal Indifference. /
The proper development Of the /
most valuable product n Lemni /
| county should bs matter ~ Interest
10 all OF US And surely most people
| are willing 10 rate children as val
liable product, even Amen compared
attn cattle and hogs at their present
tign prices
| Now the question as 10 our child
| ron becoming All asset or a Liability
| on our national balance sheet lie.
ponds, directly or Indirectly upon
| you.
/ IL Is ot no use 10 say that our
schools are all right for they are not
all right. IL is ut no use 10 say that
Il our schools are all wrong, for they
II are not all wrong And IL - Of no
II use 10 asy that 10 Is not your bust
ness, for II is very much your busl-
II Cess.
II Throughout the nation there Is a
Il fairly general awakening to the reali-
cation Of the Importance OF this
great question Of education IL H.
II not too mucn 10 say tirut II Is the
y noat vital matter of today The
- aation which frat seriously realizes
= tnis tact ~il be- the nation which
viii lead all other nations
, rhs purpose OF education Is to
= teach the future citizen 10 see, think
y work, love, enjoy That sounds like
& "a blg order. II Is biz order
< The business of education Is Uig bus
n mess, aud the biggest mon and won
y Oh Of tho nation should ue actively
, engaged Ia H. Education, wien
y property adjusted 10 human needs,
4 should onAbls the individual % get
q tho most out 81 lite, morally, mental
u Ily, physically aud financially. Nome
y people mas 10 irelinsd To put nm.
, aucially' Ia the hfst place, tut givet
= ths urst three tho tourth should fol-
X los
X OF course, II L. easy TO string q
x mass OF words aud to pile up PLAN
" tudes about the theory and putp"s'
y Of sduoatien Hut ~hat Is wanted Is
- a practical application Of the theory
= aud purpose 60 oar everyday HE
. And the practical working out Of th'
X real purpose OF education will be &C
u complained only when the people u
" this nation sake up 10 the import
@ ancs OF the matter Every man an'
q Aoman, vino ~ possessed OF at leas
M spoonful Of brains aud mote ain
x bitlon than vegetable, can do sone
" thing To hasten that day You, II
" your o~u ,ommauity can do tnhn
q lie good OF harm 10y boosting "a
q knocNtng educational progress. |
n difference Is ctiuinal those who AZ
x not Tor uulisntenmeut are against u
X The hrst aud hardest step IN tai
K serious business 81 education Is 10 ge
" people Be- th,uk about It, la I'M
q Work the press OF the country "a
g piay a Etuat part. Newspaper me
n Ihaye great pONsr and great rcspons
X utility They should not H. satisu"
x Ia merely "cnruntcle small beer,
" though small beer may ho wins
y the majority Of sbeir patrons dvulan,
@ q j. easy 20 criticise our prvso
n educational systcm IL took sktlis
x workmen several hundred years
u uuilt the cathedral at NtAusroun
Y bot an idiut with a few suckN
y dynamite can hlo~ II to Smithtfee'
Cln a .~cund Of time COnstuctts,
q nat destructive criticism Is ~hst
n wanted
~ THE rutAl school pTobIem ami toul
~ tfy eonmuntts lite ara the prtactp
features ~ oar sdueatiouAl systr
. =. ~hl,h Interest us dNellvrs iu LemI
|tsuuN These features are what
an tDtug So euustivr va these Art
los
,. FAr>t aud faremast an tdasbtt.
must bsxtn lu fHr ppns The h,aH
> faf educational trertpuyr~ IS %
>. mariS upon Atuer> who have shlf
OIL tbv responsibility ani .seonaan
upon natn~rs Nho nave pi>scd
>. along o. oar ,,touIs. li1sa Man~ss
;. trrE ,ays that the lo1tp-. states
> the Brst aAlisn so .ssvs tNs trAintl
>. 80 lts children su She lasv~t bttda'
The rwsa0tis manifest
~ ehtId q. seq soans to brSin ,
= etueAtinn al ro Atmiret II yat
;, nat cave sna~u eats suo >~Va5
> Ga Batu a astvr IDEA % thsiF resg.an.