Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-20
TIE MAN WHO TALKS

Are there not points of likeness in all the manifestations of nature whether in the material world or in the exclusive world of man? In other words do not human actions take on the color of their environment? As a concrete illustration of this. take the condition Of our lawns as these lines are written in early Au- gust. Rarely does midsummer find them so fresh and vigorous. The lawn mower is demanded as imperatively as in May,
 and fortunately, there is as much strength to run it as in May. Nature that is showing unusual vigor in her maA terial world is likewise displaying it correspondingly in the human biceps, making us equal to the demands put upon us. This selc.regulating balance between supply and demand is always very close. When the summer is very dry as well as very hot. the force in our arms seems to dry up ss wes& end this is accomrnodat- ing because there Is no grass on our lawns to be cut. In this way as in others
 f'He tenpers the wind to the shorn lamb"
 Is not the above thought realized by
 us in great variety of ways? When nature Is d0tng one of her great stunts,
 Showing how much humidity she can hold in the air without actual precipitation, does not sofa6 Of that thick, sticky hu- midity seep through into our unfortunate brains and we appear even duller than
 usual? Now this, of course. is entirely unnecessary and quite humiliating to a race that has established some reputa- tion as the paragon of animals It is
 entirely uncalled for for any practical purpose in life which already shows too much of the real solid ivory Whatever | may be the explanation of this identity Lf Sfv1rgc fe clearly observable that when there is a parched. condition without the dryness | somehow gets inside of a mans head, so 1 that the very effort to think is attended i by cracking sound like fire in chestnut kfndlings Now the moral to all this is: | Get out into the field of new scenes and 1 ideas, and-soak up!
 From Sn advertisement of magazine 1 article soon to appear, I read the follow l ing the other day: A frail novice was at l one end of a big cresscut saw: the big btlfly section boss was at the other end: l The young novice was not making much | headway, and the boss snapped out: Pull the saw Don't ride it :" The young fellow Eaw the point of the advice, made the most of it, and rose step by | step until he became the chief executive | of the New York Central railroad. 1 There was much to learn in that sharp
 criticism Pull the saw ' Don't ride it !'' l If crosscut saw Is sharp, we'll set and ! sufficiently heavy, it's own weight will cut l the log. It is not necessary to push the 1 saw or bear down upon it. One has sim | ply to pull. In this homely illustration l is there not a lesson for us all?P In per l forming the daily task, do we not throw away 8 lot of energy through unneces sary toil? One difference between the o1 | while the former uses just enough energy to do his work well. the latter throws a 1 good deal away Much of our fatigue l comes from bungling at our work We not only pdll the saw, eut we push it and ride on it.
 One is fully justified in surmising l whether the body Of the departed soldier which tender hands and loving hearts lay
 away in the last resting place is the iden- | teal body that it is supposed to be. As circumstances on the battIefelds where the brave lads lay their arnaor down. are such as to require haste, and as the
 system of placing markers on the graves Is open to considerable criticism, there is | likely to be some confusion as to who is | who, for at this late day Identification of ! the remains is out Of the question. But ] it matters not 1S long as it is somebody s l brave boy whom we are trying to honor | m our feeble way We ere perfectly sat | isfied that there can be no confusion in the personal identity of the living spirits | that did not minsle with the soil of Elan 1 ders when they left their tenements of | clay. The clay house means much to us | because of it's associatio but it is far 1 less important than the tenant who has
 moved out There will be no confusion | Of identity Tn the Sweet By and By.''
 s about Plymouth are working strictly in l accord witi the plans of the projectors At first there was some suspicion that it 1 might prove to be a series of celebrations in the interests of denomirationalism as the Congregational churches are the out growth of Pilgrim belief and practice
 But when the commonwealth of Massa- | chusetts took hold of the matter with
 such characteristic energy, it was at once seen that the anniversary of the Pill
 Erims' landing was to be observed along the broadest lines. After six months ot speeches by the most eminent men, witt l numerous parades, pageants and the like l it is proving to be an intrinsic force ir 1 the spread of real Americanization. A! 1 to educational value, it is incomparably
 superior to anything that has preceded it
 Real inteMst has been shown among thu | more intelligent of our new corners tC look at the beginnings of our nationa history. In the lives of Bradford, Brew
 ster and Miles standish they have seen
 close resemblance to their own heroi
 Pulaski, Lafayette and Garibaldi.
 Ability Is net always Eauged by pub l licfty any more than power is proclaimed
 by noise. The shallow brook does nor
 in the way of self announcement thai
 does either the Mississippi or the Anna | hav e+fI
 men in our American life who have no
 been successful in blowing their owl
 horn' simply because they have neVe
 tried. They have been willing to do thei 1 work in their own way and let it stan
 solely on it's own merit. Very likely tn
 pupils in the higher grades of our publi schools have some vague knowledge 0
 Horace Mann and what he did. But as them about Kerry Barnard and the
 would be as helpless as before the name
 of Sennacherib or Genghis Kahn An ' yet Henry Barnard did more than an other man, except Horace Mann. in put
 ting the public schools of America on
 permanent foundation. He is really tn 2 father of the high school and the norma f school As univeSPay Sresident, as U.
 commissioner of education, as editor C
 The Journal of Education, and as autho
 of six volumes on education. the quit Henry Barnard is entitled to the lastin gratitude of the American people.
 Gsd bless the laddies in the enjoymeI
 Of the present golden hours which th = future will not duplicate. This is ia 5 from saying that all the pleasures of lii
 aer packed into the teen period. It
 my firm conviction, based both on ol s serYadoR and experience, that when u Q balance between the joys and sorrows # life is correctly struck. we shall see tn;