Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-15
School Programs
For Observance Of
Temperance Day on
Friday. March 9TH

u AASSye ASAA 80
Dr.. Augustus o. Thomas, state
commissioner Of education, Thurs
day sent out q communication 70 the
schools superintendents announcing
that the first Friday In March is
designated as Temperance Day for
the schools Of the State.
"This year the day falls upon the
seventh of March," continues DR..
Thomas.
SECTIONS one and two Of Chapter
1903 Of the public laws OF 1921 re-
auire that one 45-minute period dur
ing one day in the year be set apart
and used for instruction in the his
tory and benefits Of prohibition and
the prohibitory laws.
There are two distinct purposes
in the passage Of such an act. One
is to teach the children the evil re-
suits OF intemperance and the bene-
fits of clean living. The other is to
teach the necessity of obedience to
the laws Of our country. What Abra-
ham Lincoln said about the viola
tions Of the law Of the land should
be burned into the minds and the
hearts Of all our on-coming citi-
zcns; Let every one remember that
he who violates the laws OF the land
tramples on the blood of the fathers
and tears asundcr the charter of
lis own and his children's liberty
"Onc advantage OF the present day
school over the school generation
ago is the attitude OF education to-
ward life. The old school used to
prepare for life Today we recog-
niZe that school is life and that the
child is living life just as surely as
lao viii In in later whom the
school IS over We are. therefore,
connecting the schools of our coun-
try with life activities and getting
our inspiration az well as our ma
tcrials from tho actual practices and
necessities of life.
IF the mission or purpose Of the
school Is to help boys and girls to
do better, the desirable things of
lifo which they will do anyway, it
follows that we must incorporate In
nt1r instruction lessons which will
tend not alone to provide knowledge,
but the inclination to develop right
habits ana ideals on the positive
side az we'll as to shun evil.
III. G.. Wells was correct when he
said The school-master. whether
mother. priest. or teacher is the real
maker OF history. If it were possible
TO set up a code of ideals such as
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VIC could determine with reasonable
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we are sending out to all su-
perlntcndCntS for distribution a sug-
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