Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-07
SCHOOL AND TEACHER DAY
BY JOHN It. BoIFEU1LLET

cation, the American Legion and the Nation
al Educational Association.
'The object of this week IS to focus the
attention of the entire nation upon educa-
tion, and to make national sentiment for the
improvement of our schools and the further
ance of our educational aims
Superintendent Parks earnestly requests
the active cooperation of all Georgia school
officials and of I'll friends of education to
make the weeks program success, and to
join with the United States commissioner Of
education in making the program the big
gest appeal for education that has ever been
made to the American people"
When Aristotle was asked how much edu-
Gated men were superior to those uneducat-
ed he replied: GAS much as the living are
to the dead" 1t was the opinion of this
great philosopher, as it is the belief of all
wise men, that education is an ornament In
prosperity and refuge in adversely.
Someone inquired of Antisthenes what
learning was the most necessary, and he
answered: "Not to un1earn what you have
learned"
Great and Grave Subject
No theme Of greater and graver import
ance can engage the thoughtful attention of
all true Georgians than their public school
system. It is a mighty and benefcent insti-
tuition in whose advancement and welfare
every patriotic Georgian should be inter-
ested.
that makes people grand, and builds
state up to honor and glory. 1t gives the
development in character of all the heroic
and noble qualities OF life. 1t stimulates the
nobler instincts. Therein is sown the seed
of that knowledge that teaches us the worth
The free public school is the open door
to everything beyond.
The demands upon the public schools have
steadily enlarged in recent years, and will
continue to enlarge in the future. The i'm
portance Of these institutions will grow with
every passing generation.
The thorough training of the children is
the whole basis of our republic, without
which all other plans for perpetuating the
union must fail
Children Make the Nation
The children of the present day are the
nation of the future, and properly educating
them for wise and right conduct as citizens
is plain and indispensable necessity.
Humanity, justice and public pride all de-
mand the instruction of the children, for
government like ours will never be perpet-
uated without an educated citizenship.
Public education l. the very foundation
stone of a successful democracy.
Educate your children, for education has
a tendency to exalt the character. Educate
them, and society will be blessed by their
living, and the state will be advanced and
elevated by their private excellence and pub
lie worth.
Educate your children, so they may Learn
in the springtime of life the Importance of
self-reliance, self-improvement, .self-think-
ing, and thus be prepared for their own in
dividual responsibility, essential element
in perpetuating civil government and relig-
ious liberty.
A Higher Standard
Education Of the children means better and
stronger men and women of the future,
higher standard of morals, both public and
private, and keener enjoyment and under
standing of things that make life really worth
while.
Every child in this state, no matter how
poor and humble, should have full oppor-
tuntty at the public expense to drink freely
of the fountains of knowledge.
The majesty of law, the dignit govern
ment, the elevation of society, ~ mainte-
nance of good morals, the purity of home, the
security of property, the safety of human life,
all demand that our children be educated
On education the future enterprise and
prosperity of Georgia, the thrift and business
of the state, essentially depend
There should be deep local concern ev-
erywhere in public schools. When schools are
numerous the people have intelligence, power
and wealth. Schools are ''anrexes to our
homes" The scarcity of schools is a reflec
ton on the social state of the people.
All Praise to Teachers
Thousands of noble characters, with ambi-
ton and aspiration, with zeal and determine
ton, with love and devotion, with talent and
skill, are enlisted in the service of the
schools. The people of Georgia should be
grateful to the teacher for the successful work
they are doing in enlghtening the minds of
the children, encouraging them to the pur-
suit OF mental good, and in elevating and
ennobling their natures.
The spirit of education will indeed be
aroused in Georgia when teachers begin to
be paid according to the Importance of their
profession. They should be sufficiently
compensated to be able to make teaching
permanent business. Good salaries will rare
ly fail to secure good teachers None but
educated teachers should be employed to
have the cultivation of the minds of chill
dren. school should not be expected to
thrive and prosper if the teachers in it are
but little better educated than the pupils
they teach
Whatever benefits the teachers will help
the pupils, and whatever aids the children
will redown to the glory of Georgia and add
to the happiness, contentment and prosper
ity of all the people.
Through all the splendid attributes of
mind and heart possessed by teachers,
through all their sublime patience, there
"shines love for human nature and for
God, as well a patriotic devotion to the
state for whose 5afety, and by whose au-
thority the public schools exist"
Superintendent Parks
The people of Georgia are indebted TO the
wisdom and experience, the lofty spirit and
courageous purpose, the discriminating
mind, the perseverance and energy of Mar
vim M. Parks, state superintendent of
schools, for the splendid operations and
golden results Of - administration. His
is comprehensive and judicious
The present age enjoys the rich fruits Of his
labors and future generations will reap the
benefits Of the eff 9ctiveness of his work He
holds firm place in the confidence Of the