Evening star., 1923-01-12
|MPLORES EDUCATORS
TO SAVE CIVILIZATION
DR.. Henry L. Smith Tells Teachers
Institute of World Perilous
Situation.

Likening. civilization to ship afioat
upon dark seas, DR.. Henry Louis
Smith, president of Washington and
Lee University, at the opening ses-
sion today of the Teachers Institute,
urged educators to take advantage of
their marvellous opportunity" to
change its path in a better direction
through the teaching of love, jus
tice and human welfare. Education of
the mind, he said, Is not sufficient to
turn the rudder ''of the ship of civil
lization."
Virtually the entire teaching per-
sonnel of 1900 attended the institute
meetings, sessions of which were held
in the Central High School auditorium
for the white teachers and in the
Dunbar High School auditorium for
the colored teachers. The public
schools were closed for the occasion.
During the next era of Christian
civilization" DIR. Smith said. the
many are to rule the few. If the
forces of knowledge and enlighten-
ment do not reach the restless mil
lions. then bolshevikism has written
the epitaph on our civilization"
'TrembIing on the Brink
DIR. Smith expressed the belief that
central Europe and the near east are
trembling on the brink. God only
knows what will happen" he said.
Throughout the country, Dr. Smith
pointed out, there is springing up
movements of brotherhood and CO.
operation and a passion for universal
education.
Miss Charl Ormond Williams, field
secretary of the National Education
Association, told the teachers that
-, hi fz
cerned in the matter of better educa-
tional facilities for the District, en-
phaSiZing that the National Educa-
tion Association has gone on record
as favoring the Washington school
system as a model for the city schools
system throughout the country. She
also spoke on the responsibilities of
the teachers, pointing out that it is
up to them to educate not only in
the schoolroom, but outside.
James T. Lloyd, member OF the
board of education, admonished the
teachers to do everything possible in
the interest of the passage of the
Capper teachers salary and school
reorganization BILL describing it as
a measure which means more to the
public schools than any other legis-
lation since 1906.
Favors Senate Bill.
'I would like to see the bill passed
by the House in the same form that it
passed the Senate" declared Mr..
Lloyd, then there will be no chance
to lose in conference.
GAS reported by the House committee
the bill is not perfect, but you can't
get legislation that is perfect in
every respect" To this remark the
teachers applauded, while some
Kissed. The Kissing, however, was
in the minority and was confinA1 to
the rear of the Central auditorium
DR.. Frank p. Graves, New York
state commissioner of education, ad-
dressed the afternoon session on
Educational Movements of Today"
Alexander T. Stuart, director of in
termediate instruction, presided at the
central meeting in the absence of
Supt. Rallou. Music was furnished
by the Tech High School Orchestra at
the morning session and by the Cen
trail Orchestra in the afternoon. A
special violin solo was rendered at the
afternoon session by Durwood Bower
sox. an Eastern High School student,
accompanied by Edwin Moore. Singing
was led by, Edwin N. C. Barnes. direc-
tor of music.