Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04

the fundamental principles Of our ord
er. Other states too are awakening
10 the fact that there is danger of
getting too far away from the earth
God the first garden made, the first
city, CAIN" There was once parish
out West that sent east for pastor
saying, send us man who can swim,
the last one was drowned crossing the
creek to visit some Of his parishion-
| erS'o
This is what makes Ideal Lecturers,
members who can and will swim" At
the end of her speech Sister Ella Will
kins gave a short reading, entitled
Little Shoes which was loudly ap-
plauded and much enjoyed by all pres
ent.
DR.. G. NJ Twitchell then spoke, and
among other things, he said when one
attempts to discuss the future Of an
individual, he must first consider what
that future is likely to be. If we are to
help make man for a mans work in
the next so years, our chief considera-
ton must be the demands of those
years and not the standards of the
present l cannot shake off the con-
viction that the sound mind in q sound
BODY is a greater asset than untold
riches. The growing demand for the
| introduction OF agricultural courses in
our public schools has largely been de-
Lstroyed by the strictly technical work
attempted, and the Indifference or OPP
position of parents in the rural Sec
tons Lacking a clear-cut issue, big
enough and broad enough to centralize
attention, politics, which should be
! the science Of government. has become
the combination for a division Of spoils.
All the signs point to a tremendous
increase of foreign born upon our
farms during the next ten years" He
stated that the city can live only by
| the introduction of fresh country blood,
that left to itself it dies in the third
generation. He stated that one of the
big fears of the last year has been
that foreigners. would not be loyal to
this country in time of war, and said
that it was the duty of our people to
train them into good and true Ameri-
can citizens. while IS per cent come
| from agricultural districts, less than
| 10 per cent find their way to the
| farms of this country"
| He spoke of the fertilization of the
| land and added THAT it would be well
, to pay as much attention to the fer
! tllizatlon of brains. He referred to the
| agricultural courses as being too TOP
| heaVy, they begin with soil chemistry
about which the boy knows nothing,
ana lead down to animal life with
which every country boy is familiar.
Established by wise theorists at WASH
lngton. the order cannot be changed,
| though the Heavens fall. When we
honestly face the question it will be.
what is best for the boy or girl, and
| finding this we will unite to make it
most effective
| At the end Of DR.. TwitchelTs fine
address. the meeting was turned over
| to the discussion Of topics Of interest
and for half an hour various speakers
| had the floor
The Closing Session
At the afternoon session the first
| speaker was the lecturer Of Excelsior
Pomona, Miss Gertrude F. Allen, who
| spoke on the subject, "a Successful
Program" and said that her idea of
such program was one seasonable
and we'll carried out, up-to-date but
not too technically scientific, a pro-
gram in which the household should
have part, bright and entertaining,
that all should have part in it, es-
peclally the younger and more differ
dent members. She said that the chief
mission Of the Grange program is ed
icational, that good books should be
read public and school questions dis
cussed, that special days ought to be
observed, and that a question box
might be very beneficial to the Grange
entertainment and discussion. She then
SAID mat three things were essential
10 good Grange program, first, har-
mony; second. information and in
struction; third, those forms of enter
talnment which loosen the tension of
work and worry.
Inc next speaker was Brother ALI
son i. Howes, who said in part that
the mission of the Grange was to de-
Nelop and elevate the quality of
American manhood and womanhood
that 1t is great responsibility, and
that he would rather be lecturer than
master or Grange, as he considered
the lecturers field so much broader
and less limited in the good one can
do.
he says a lecturer must have a WIS.,
ion and the conviction to carry out his
vision before he can accomplish any,
thing. Each must look into the needs
OF MS own community. and then seek
to remedy the faults ne finds.
he suggested the formation in each
community of a permanent education
al committee, to look into the work
being done in each school, and to
unite the work Of the schools with that
pelns done by the Grange.
he considers that the best training
g young man or woman can get is that
IN public speaking. it fits them to take
up and develop and put out before the
public their own ideas
Mr.. Purinton here spoke and said
that the Oranges should try and awak-
en- their members to a sense of their
tremendous responsibility, that the
delegates had received a big stimulus.