The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-17
WHY EXPRESSION SHOULD Be TAUGHT IN
ALL NORMAL SCHOOLS OF THE NATION

ALL NORMAL SCH
Oldest Of Arts is Sadly
Neglected in Present
System
Before our earliest ancestors
traced with charred stick the sign
symbols of the worlds history on
rock or Cliff, public speaking had al
ready exerted an enormous influence
upon mankind. The uncouth cave
man, whose almost inarticulate gut
terals could sway the tepid imagine
lions of his fellow tribesman. was
chief.
Self expression was one of the es-
sentials God gave Moses to stimulate
the Israelites on their forty year
wandering in the wilderness, on
their way to the Promised Land
Many Of the Old Testament prophets
had such forceful modes of self ex-
preston that their sayings are pre-
served in a book recognized as the
worlds greatest literature, the
Bible. The doctrine of Christianity
embracing all corners Of the globe
today is the powerful out growth OF
Divine self expression; words OF
simple truth, once falling from the
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lips of Jesus Christ.
Creative self expression reached
it's highest heights OF development
during the Golden Age of Greece,
| All are flourished; never had there
been known such high idealistic
degree of excellency, and these were
rendered possible by the intensive
DEVELOPMENT of word expression.
Methods for improving the speech,
| in those days, were used and success
attained. For example, we may take
Demosthenes, who from infancy had
some sort of defect or impeachment In
I his speech and by the use OF pebbles
| in. his mouth, he cultivated toler-
able speech, he tried his lungs
against the wave and various other
methods to enrich and develop q
good speaking voice.
Greece and Rome prospered, ma.
lions were brought under subsection
| and cities destroyed under the mag
netic influence Of word excitation.
'The gift of eloquence secures fol
its possessors a sure prominence
The rebuilding of Rome after its
complete destruction must partially
be attributed to the excellency Of
word expression by great and power
full men. Thru the force OF expires
sion Lysias, Isocrates and othel
famed orators won glory which today
is held up anew to the youths Of
each generation as guides Of the patti
to success. The prosperity, fame
and glory wrought thru the elo
uuence of expression in the genera
lions past, are but proof of the i'm
portance and necessity OF the stud!
of it.
A nation can not and will no
stand with out the backing of the In
tellectual. People of all arts ant
professions are necessary, that WI
know. The business man may make
a nation prosperous, the artist ma!
add beauty in song or word, but We
must have the men and women tt
sing out the words, give praise OF
encouragement to those less intel
lectual and hold together bands Of
people which all together constitute
the whole, showing and teaching the
laws and the right living that must
be obeyed to make great nation.
Therefore, let us each year teach
the oncoming generations of people
from infancy the Importance of ex-
| preston. That means, OF course
that those who are to prepare the
children of the coming generation
| must likewise be prepared and per-
fected to the utmost, for unless they
are able to teach correctly it is only
injurious to those being taught.
Expression has been sadly
neglected in the schools of today. We
| find teachers who are abomn1able
readers and whose articulation is Sc
poor that we stop and wonder at
their capableness as teachers.
Psychology teaches us that the
child's mind from infancy to that
of the age of thirteen or fourteen Is
more or less formative, with the imi-
tative instinct predominant. There
fore, when we send our children to
school where they are waiting and
eager to learn from the teacher
should we not deeply consider the
right envirement' and teaching he OF
she will receive? These little child
rem, whom we might say know moth
| ing wrong or right, are placed In oul
| hands to mold their characters and
teach, that they may grow to man
hood and womanhood as good citizens
and with developed intelligence. They
are the coming generation-it Is
| they who will be the spokes In the
| great wheel of civilization and who
will teach the newer generation.
Civilization is spreading fast and
every one is beginning, or does en-
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