Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-09
THE MAN WHO TALKS

hDl IlNlng still in the age of 1 miracles, one would be inclined to say that the last word had been spoken in me iine of schooihouss construction. 1t would seem that the word 'sinipossibiI- l ny had been stricken out of some Of lne nelds of scisncA especially in the yuepartment of mechanical arts. Let one visit the new Elizabeth street schooi- nouse m our city, and he will be in- chned to ask, what more can be done n the shape of buildings to meet the re- qulrements of modern elementary edu- eanaon When measured in the terms of advancement, the little red setaol house of yesterday is separated from the palatiai school building Of today by continents and centuries. The size. beauty and utility of this honor to our eitysis borne in upon us all the more irn- pressively because heaven and earth had to be moved to get it. The city IS entitled tc self-conapat patulation for es- caping the disgrace of building an addi-1 ton to the old Nit. Pleasant building. May the children In that section of the city appreciate what has been done eor1 them.
 If the writer could gain the ear of every boy and girl as they enter upon the new school year, he would attempt to give advice along this line; learn fo| distinguish between play and work. If the two are mixed there will be pleasure in neither. It Is certainly great thing 1 in school life to know just when to play, and just when to drop 1t. And if play is allowed to trespass on the time ailot- ted for study one will be disappointed in | the pleasure afforded. To do anything out Of it's proper environment fails to accomplish it's desired end. To study in the play hour is fully as undesirable as to play in the study period. It may not l be very easy for young people to see the viewpoint of older people in regard to the great importance of packing the few hours of study each day with the very best there is in them, but they will see | 1t some day. It Is after all a simple thing to do the very best each day.
 The hrst idea in relation to labor is the fact of it's absolute necessity. This is fundamental to any intelligent discus | sion of the subject. No other basis IS admissible than the fact that the world l must work if 1t is to live To build up ducing man of straw. Any departure 1 from this idea will make our thinking | defective. The world must have three things in order to live-food, clothing and shelter. For the most part food stuffs do not plant themselves, nor ga- I ther themselves into storehouses; this I is always the product of labor Nature
 
 l raw state; 1t is man who adapts then, l to the purposes of human need, and ia- Il bor is the channel of transmission. Ma ture does not build houses, but she fur nishes the material out of which houses are built. Man builds saw mills. makes brick. mortar and cement. and with these houses are built. From what | ever angle the matter is viewed we shall find that labor is absolutely nee
 essary.
 Il Does the fact of our adaptability foI labor throw any light on the subject , Physiology shows that every human or. gan depends upon something outside oi itself for explanation. The investigator
 finds the human lungs made up of min t ute and numberless air cells which art 3 meaningless f there Is no air to be in 3 haied. Breathing is an unconscious ef f fort on our part to carry out this design i. of nature. There Is the same co-opera . tton between the eye seeing and thu 7 light to be seen. Either without the eth CT would be a mockery to the Creator B and this is said reverently. Along thi T same line what explanation can be mad h l of the human hand? Is it not, far ant Il away, the most ingenious device eve 2 created for doing things? Has any ma |, chine ever yet been produced that wa
 capable of doing go much work, an I
 human hand? Is it not then the teach
 ing of physiology that the hand Is de e signed to work If this reasoning IT true then idleness Is unnatural.
 al If labor in any form Is looked upo e as penalty for living then life ,- tragic We may rest assured that Go "a does not send his children into tn [ world for the purpose of penalizin , them. The only penalty in this worl is the one which man himself imposes / If person commits murder, it is no the judge who sends him to life imprls d onment or to the electric chair, 1t is tn e man who sends himself there. All tn f judge has to do Is, after hearing tn a evidence, to announce the sentenc {, which the mans crime has created. Un '' less I greatly misinterpret the spirit c s the times, there is a growing tendenc l- in certain quarters to look upon labol Q and especially hard labor. as a misfor r. tune a certain curse which nature in R poses for being poor, We are penahze f for not being born rich. When sue :. ideas prevail life can be nothing els :" than tragedy, and hence all the device U to avoid work. The outbreak of law
 Iessness in all it's hideous shapes fs, fo 7el the most part, an effort to get Twin it without earning t.
 
 ~ industrial system today Is to shy z IS hard work. The careful student Of ect + monies cannot avoid this conclusion Iyl There is an evident disposition, on tt
 part of many, to get what is called "tt
 soft snaps" where the pay will be bL
 and where the dainty hands will not 1
 soiled, or the graceful back bent, or u 'd sluggish mind exercised College pres at dents are claiming that there Is a rus
 ! p0r hA 1Vnsu ffxy Nf tn ha fAN 2,
 lives of usefulness so much as to enjc it the sports of college life, and as of neans of escaping the hard jobs of If
 If this Is the correct interpretation wh
 our colleges are having waiting lis running up into the thousands, the si " uation is indeed serious. In fact 1t 't' nothing short of tragedy, because u
 worlds work-which is hard work
 both for brain and muscle, must be dor as by somebody, and if not by those vi or are trained physically and mentally,
 whom is this work to be done? Whei
 is the world to look for leadership id not to it's supposedly educated men ar 1t. women? And leadership involves u l. hardest kind of work.
 The world of commerce. and indust Is- is suffering today from sek-imposi es idleness Society Is suffering from par ilv sites; in other words from non-produ
 CTS. The world has not only always r
 quired but demanded the labor of eve
 able-bodied man. Where man power h Ill ever fallen short there has been suffe es, ing, because when man enters the arr or he is taken from the ranks of producer
 From the very beginning of time to |
 present, the world has lived from hal ,ut to mouth for three reasons. 1. Fro \. the conditions of climate In no sing he soos.trs ''e nssU nrdsed dsss nAys s.en eno1