New Britain herald., 1925-10-20
FOCUSES X-RAY ON
EDUCATION SYSTEM
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child In the first grade fails TO learn
he goes back and gets nothing. He
leaves school and joins a gang, pos
sibly becoming the leader He finds
his way into q reform school aud
eventually into state prison. Society
has made a criminal of him.
What are We doing to train the
morals Of the young? Tests show
that of 10000 examined. Ga per cent
Will lio or steal or cheat il tempta-
ton comes their way. You can't
teach morals by precept. We've got
TO start our character training In the
normal school. Teachers who are
only half heartedly interested In this
work, or those who use their teach
ing jobs only as lunch counters on
the way to matrimopy, are not
capable of putting their whole in
tcrest into the Job.
There Is need of training in
character as well as intelligence. If
you put a child in the second grade
before he has thoroughly mastered
the first, you have laid the founda-
ton for immortality. The first step
In the training of morality is TO train
the child to do thorough, honest
work. We simplify matters by doing
our education on wholesale instead
of retail basis.
"Children today are learning
morality on the playground, They
are learning TO subdue desires for q
more definite objective, to play the
game fair and trust to the umpire.
I'VE are headed for the rocks un-
less we do vastly more In our schools
than we have done In the develop
ment of character and intelligence.
Election Day AbsentceIsm
The speaker dwclt upon tho I'M
portance of the work service clubs
are doing in looking after the under
privileged child. lie spoke upon the
problem of getting people to assume
their civic responsibilities and said
| the fact that many voters do not
even go TO the polls on election day
is scandaous. He referred to the in
flux of foreign population and
warned against what he said was a
growing tendency upon the part of
foreign born people to COLOMBO in
stead Of being assimilated.
They are showing a tendency
more and more TO remain in their
own groups and read papers printed
I'm their own tongue" he a i, 1--WE
are building UP colonies Of people
who are cut oft from any possible
understanding of what America
stands for" He said he has read
MANY foreign language newspapers
aud invariably found that when they
mentioned America at all it., was 10
criticise while they were filled with
glowing accounts of conditions in
their native country.
The only escape from these prob
lens Is for each member of each
service club TO do his full duty" he
added.
In concluding the speaker took Z
final fling at The prophets of gloon
who predict the end of The world BY
reading an inscription taken from
an Assyrian tablet in ConstantinopIe
which he said was written in 2S0t
3. c., $500 years ago. The inscrip
ition was as follows:
our earth is degenerate in thest
latter days; there are signs that thu
world is speedily coming to an end
bribery and corruption are COM
mon; children no longer obey thei1
parents; every man wants 10 write
a book and the end Of the world il
|evldently approaching"
In the absence of President Harr,
G.. Hancock who is Ill, Vice Presi
! dent John A. Andrews presided
James y. Donahue sang two solos
The attendance prize was donated
by II. j. Donnelly and was aWardC'
to Bernard G. KranoWitZ.
Report on Law Violators
Attorney David L. Nair, chairman
,of the speakers committee, askc'
| that all members report as man
llIdIllC NlOldllOhS as tlISS SNS uui III
the coming week, for informatio,
when n speaker from the department
; of motor vehicles will address tn
club next Tuesday. lie said ii wa
. mot necessary to report the mum
! Ibers, that the club simply wants /
know how many violations thcr
r are. Within the past few days h
c said he has seen IS cars without ia
> lights, while other members rcportc
. seeing many cars with only on
t headlight and many parking bcyon
/ 1.-The limit in restricted areas