Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-26
Bruce r. Payne Delivers Adj
dress Before State AssO-
ciaii0n of Educators.
BURDEN ON UNITED STATES
TO GUARD CIVILIZATION
Must Conserve for Future Gener-
ations Those Things for Which
World Has Toiled.
FAIRFAX HARRISON SPEAKS
President OF Southern Railway Says
World Will Always Need
~ n Leaders OF Men.

- 'e,ast
What NC need now more than any
thing else" said DR.. Bruce r. Payne.
president Of the Peabody College for
teachers. yesterday afternoon before
thc virginia State Teachers Associa-
ton. els social conservation. The time
has come when the teacher must tnni,
N terms or the world. in Interna-
ttonalism. Tho heavier part OF the
burden OF society rests upon tho teach
ers In proportion TO their rcspon-
siollitSi In proportion to their obliga-
,ionS. nnd In proportion 10 the sacrl-
ices they arc called upon 10 make the
teachers are the most patriotic body
o' people the nation has. ] commend
%ou ioT wha; you have done. and I
commit you to the greater work there
~, still to do" DR. Payne liz one OF
the best-kpown educator IN the South.
and his address The Educational
outlook OF the South before :, large
body OF tea chcrs was more thnn meas
urabiy impressive. lie followed Or.
douglas 5. Freeman. who spoke on the
necessity OF waging a hight in the pub
nc schools against tuberculosiB and
i'r Alfred l.. Hall-ouest. associate
"f Virginia. WIZ urged the present
Need OF Supervised study"
nURDEN ON UNITED STATES
To GUARD CIVILIZATION
referring to what he termed the
cataclysmic conflict In Europe Or.
Ia*nt said that IL was not remote and
far-of but rather very near in its
present effects on this nation and in the
onects that may be expected to result.
Upon the United States" he said,
rests the suasdianship of all that the
WoTid has ;o.le:l for. OF all that civlli-
the world. should conserve for Its
future use" In comparing the un-
preparedness OF education, In this
counsry,she said that Germany; though
3 ne, had, no sympathy with. her smtlitnry
point OF view. had prepared the minds
OF her; citizens for the patriotic CONFLICT
10 come. that. her system, or educutinr
the people for the need the country
might have gwas the best in the world
But the !iiil't.nce of woman liz lacking
In the governmental Legislation OF that
country as in this. and the day OF
man civilization. he said. has passed
WOMEN WOULD NOT HAVE
BUILT GREAT ARMASTF;STS
Would woman have built up great
armaments for destruction" he asked
or would she not rather have con-
served the arts OF peace so that all
might travel along the tranouil ways?
That is worth considering in the main
tenance OF any democracy. The United
STATES has not borne enough: we have
NOT tsutered enough thoroughly to learn
Ana II must be fhe business of the
schools to conserve and pass on TO tho
next generation that which we arc
ABOUT to lose. He said that the mother
ot poverty, disease and sin Is Ignorance
and that what Is most needed now
especially In the South, is social con-
secration; that the time had come when
teachers should think In terms of ;he
world. not merely In terms OF com
,nunity or state. He pointed out that
fs ~ ff fhaC Ctuta
can Insurance be had az cheapIy as In
The North. He pointed out, too. how
widespread Is disease In the South:
nov numerous are her carriers OF
germs.
MOSQUITO. FLY AND NEGRO
ARE GERM CARRIERs
Our germ carriers are tho MOSQUITO.
me ny and the negro he said. "and
our health can he no better than that
OF the most unhealthy community. we
must supervise the negro schools bet
ter. II Is big problem. this fight we
must wage for health and sanitation.
We must fight for the negroes, too.
We have got to get we'll In the South.
we must have more well people than
SICK. We must have social consecra-
tion, if we would have health and
wealth. Though the need Is still tire.
mend menaous. must commend YOU for
what you have done and for what you
are doing now In converting the chill
dren into the finest asset a nation ca n
have. for performing n divine alchemy
and for making sacrifice than which,
there Is none so great"
In urging the need OF an organized
fight. In the schools against tubercu-
losls. Or. Freeman gave some figures
which were as startling as they were
interesting He said that citizen
dies every moment of the white plague,
that 1871, or 4oo n day died of
tuberculosis in 1913. In Virginia, In
1919 1851 persons died of tubercu-
losis. or 9,s day. The average rate
for the whites III Virginia is for 10O,-
600, 119M: for the negroes, 270. The
total death rate In Virginia from
tuberculosls was, In 1913, 1921.
DA1yTGE Of FRESH AIR
54,. IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LIT is not IA disease OF middle life,"
said DR.. Freeman. "You may suspect
III In the lean and anaenc children In
schools" He characterized the disease
as one of society, interknit with all
the complex problems. Of economic life.
There Ia needed fight for better living
conditions. for moro fresh air and for
good : food. The teachers must. for
their own sakes as we'll as for that OF
tho Community continually preach the
doctrine OF fresh air. II they would
make themselves and others Immune.
He toldtof the great work being done
lin the fresh air schools In Richmond.
and urged that the plan be adopted
everywhere else for children who were
ifweak and inclined to the disease.
In discussing the "I'rcsent Need Of
4 Supervised study" Or. Hnllquest, of
the University Of Virginia., said that 1t
was ideA,pnded by changed domestic
and socinl conditions. by tho complex
i SitS Of qthc school curriculum and by
,seducation psychology. lie pointed out