Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-12
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cd they had Of teaching geography oy sing
ing out the names Of localities. when be
vss going to school out in Ohio. and he
saws that they used to sing Maine and
Augusta, on the Kennebec river" The
United States has invested 1900 millions
Of dollars in the educational plant ana
spends $50 millions per year In the con-
duct of the business going on In the plant.
Are we securing a fair return for the vast
expenditure Of money! Over one-haK mill
ion men and women. the best the country
has. are giving the best there is in them
in physical strength Intellectual Life ano
spiritual power. to this great work Do
We. have an adequate return for all TINS
vast expenditure OF effort. 0very twenty
million. almost one-fourth Of our total pop
ulatton, 60 to school or college, giving from
six TO twenty years Of their lives to the
things for which the schoolhouse stanos
are they receiving a fair compensation for
the time. strength and labor thus put
FORTH" There are those who measure
the value Of the schoolhouse BY the add
ed comfort and ease it brings to life
Fathers and mothers sacrifice willingly tha'
their SONS and daughters may secure an
education, believing that thereby they Will
hare an easier time" in life than they
had. Such, both parents and students. are
doomed to disappointment One does MOI
obtain an education except by hardest Ia
bor and one cannot discharge the ohliga-
ton he owes TO society for giving him the
privilege Of securing an education. except
that he gives back to society a lifetime
no ~ i.
fare" The educated life Is not a life
Of ease and comfort, but on the contrary
IL is life of toll AID sacrifice A dipio-
ma of graduation from any high school OF
college is a sentence to hard labor for life.
He said that although a college gradu-
ate is 600 times more likely 70 become sue
cesstul in a material sense than an unedu-
Gated man, this is not the real aim OF edu'
cation.
He said that the best work of the school,
is the upbulding of the manhood and
vomanhood of a nation. That we need
eugenics, but tina. they should not be
taught in the school. that fathers ana
mothers should be the real teachers OF
sex philosophy to their children. In clos
ing he stated tina, the aim of the schoo
is to help pupils find themselves and &c
give them a deep, strong and abiding
moral sense ant the appreciation Of NOR
al sense. After his speech the adjourn
ment address was made by the president
of the association, Superintendent Her
bert j. Chase who said that he hoped
each of the delegates would gain by the
lessons taught at the convention. and
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and uplift.
At the close of the meeting the teach.
ers inspected the various fine exhibits OF
school work which were arranged IN the
Hall of Representatives One of the mos:
complete exhibits was that from the
Hewins rural school. which contained
fine examples of work in manual train
ing, sewing, paper cutting, embroidery.
croche.ing, drawing and bead work. The
Hewins school, taught by Evelyn Ward
Mason. is the only rural school that has
a manual training bench. and the work
being done by the pupils there is OF an
order that reflects great credit upon their
teacher and instructor.
The work in drawing and designing
from the grades and the Cony High
school, under the capable supervision OF
Miss Gussman, attracted the closest at
tention of the visitors. especially the orig
inal designs for stencil work taken from
nature objects-nowers and trees. Some
of the work in stencil was very beautiful
and the drawings were Of a high order
showing that this teacher thoroughly
knows her subjects and how to impair:
them Miss Catherine V. Cunningham S
pupils, from the 5th to the 9Th grades,
had splendid examples of embroidery and
sewing. original and striking designs in
kimona and dress patterns. finely work
ed shirtwaists and lingerie. collars and
cuffs daintily embroidered in silk. pillow
tops much too pretty to put where they
could be wrinkled, all showed plainly
that her pupils were allowed to selec,
their own designs. and that they were
also being taught to harmonic colors
to their own individuality. A pillow TOP
embroidered in silk by 13-year-old Rose
Buckley attracted a lot OF attention, bu;
there were so many other pretty things
that no one paused long over any par
ticular piece Over IN the southeast cor
ner was the exhibit from the manual
training class Of Mr.. Alden Of the High
school and grades. and here were practi-
cality and beauty combined. big mission
oak tables and cabinets. fine models and
coat hangers. book racks and all sorts
and kinds Of wooden articles Of utility
and service The work which Is being
done in Mr.. Alden's classes Is remark
able. especially when one considers that
he attends to about 60 boys weekly. In
short, the entire exhibit was great
credit to Augusta and will give the dele
gates some things to talk about when
they reach their respective homes.