The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12
INABILITY OF SCHOOLS TO AROUSE
AMBITION HIS PLANT
NEED TEACHERS THAT INSPIRE
System Must be Changed SO As to
Arouse in the Pupil a Hunger
to Do Things

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The address Of Hon. Chase S. os-
born at the Iron River high school
Graduation exercises brought out a
letter from Hon. l. WI Byers to the
Y editor Of the Iron RiverStambaugh
Reporter which appeared in that pa
pear last week.
The letter IL SO good and It's criti-
cisms OF applicable to Crystal Falls
schools that We are publishing the let
ter herewith.
Mr.. Byers' letter might have the
name Crystal Falls" substituted for
Iron River" and every word OF II
would apply just as forceibly to con-
ditions existing here. The letter fol-
lows:
Dear Mr.. Editor:
The board of education Is to be
congratulated on its selection OF a
speaker for the commencement exer-
cises. Mr.. Osborn is an inspiration to
young and old alike. His life could
well be made the Head OF any young
man. II Is clean, energetic and pre-
eminently one of service to his fell
low men, his community and the
state. He has mixed in the rough
and tumble OF the business world and
politics He has won and he has
lost.
Probably the true test OF a mans
character is. How does he take his
losses?" Mr.. Osborn has taken his
losses like the true sportsman that
he is. He is not soured. He has the
hopefulness, the cheerfulness and the
bright prospect of life that he had
when he first came to the peninsula
a little more than a cub newspaper
reporter He came back" from his
defeat for the Office OF senator and
wrote a book that is giving him
place in our public life, beside which
incumbency OF the senate will look
like 80 cents. Well, indeed, will the
men who have paid for and fostered
our public schools be repaid IL but
one boy OF this class will lead clean |
life like Mr.. Osborn has done, mingle |
with his fellow citizens as Mr. Os-
born has done, and give such life
to public service
Then too Mr.. Osborn. Is not a col
iege graduate Yet look at his learn
ing.
What is learning? II Is simply re-
membering what you read and recall
ing II at the proper time. You need
not be a high school graduate or
college graduate to do this. But you
must have the ambition to read and
with younr superiors In am
Dition, keep in touch with men-the
lead thru their books and the living
who will improve you. That again
was powerful lesson for these
'oung men and women.
II was not only his character as (
nan and student that is worth
while, but what he said also should
'e weighed carefully.
The thing that impressed me as ex-
remely unusual for commencement a
peaker was his statement that our d
ublic school system must be chang h
We hear this from so man, p
ources, but no one seems 10 be able Il
. put the dissatisfaction with ous a
chool system into such form so tha o
le average man can grasp IT, Could
ONE one portray the actual coadl- u
on OF life Ia this community. giving b,
yerything It's due place. | thinl there =,
very little DOUBT but what we all n
'uld see what most thinking men
'el.
We have been graduating classes Of h
lrious sizes for the past twenty y
ears and mere from our schools
at the president ot our school board
not a graduate Of our schools. nor
. ! believe, any member Of the board
education a graduate OF our school. y
Where are the men Of these boys n
at have been graduating here for ~
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