Torch of reason., August 19, 1897, Image 1

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SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,
S cience.
By Mr». K. A. Hell.
Science! We bow to thee alone;
Thou canst unveil the great first cause
And we with open h e a rts and hands
Proclaim obedience to th v laws.
Science! We w orship at th v sh rin e ,
x W ith vigilance unceasing ;
E ver w atching—knocking a t thy door,
W ith zeal increasing.
money enough to feed, clo th e, and
give a college education to every
child in the land. Alcohol and
tobacco must go!
(3.) The body m ust he made the
servant of the m ind. To pam per
^be body and starve th© soul is the
most * idiotic of crimes. * * *
To live for lu x u ry and lust is to
subject the m an to the brute. * * *
Right living is inexpensive, and
gives at once health and time lor
culture. T his is no U topian dream ,
hut simple common sense.
To
make educational progress and th«*
elevation of the race possible, we
m ust begin at the foundation, and
better the physical c«>udi<ions of the
masses.
A H IG H E R ED U C A TIO N A L ID E A L IS
ÍS 9 ? .
tendi shall h e em ployed as teachers.
This plank is sound and will en­
dure for all time. Ability to teach
can only he tested by leaching.
Ih e aspirant may for a few m onths
assist a skillful teacher in a graded
or ungraded school. The com pen­
sation will he practice and c riti­
cism. The practice may he secured
in norm al and train in g schools. A
school is for the benefit of the
pupils. It is certain that no one
can teach who has not practically
learned the art. T his plan ju stly
excludes untried persons from tin»
brotherhood of teachers, thus pro­
tecting childhood from bungling
experim enters.
NO. 42.
strous.
choice.
Fitness m ust determ ine the
Fifth plank.
Resolved, That
school officers and teachers, from
state superintendent down, m ust be
chosen on account of fitness.
We must have ab ility and fitness
in all departm ents of the school
work. P lace-hunting, favoritism ,
Science! W ith th y im m u tab le law,
We are, am i ever will be free—
partisan influences, and denom ina­
W ith keen, perceptive m en tal vision,
tional preferences must be rebuked.
S u p erstitio n holds no sway w ith thee.
“ The case is a rare exception,” says
S c ie n c e ! O ur u n e rrin g consoling guide,
G ra n te d , w ith love am i reason united
a leading educator, ‘‘where teachers
T h at we, years hence, m ay live to see
and school officers are not chosen
Thy virtu es well req u ited .
by political influences, or by de­
S c ie n c e ! T he fa th e r of love and light,
nom inational preferences, or by
To th ee we come w ith o u t a feai ;
Though persecutors th ick ly stain),
personal feeling. If they are good
Thy way to us is b rig h t and clear.
men and women it is accidental. A
Science! T hou a rt th e beginning and
Second plank. R esolved, T hat tascallv state of things for the nine­
th e e n d ;
T H E SECOND CONDITION <»F E D U C A T IO N ­
No b e tte r friend could we com m and.
the position of the efficient,'teacher teenth cen tu ry .”
A L PR O G R ESS.
H
um
an
achi»*vement
U pheld by thee, and th ee alone,
shall he m ade reasonably perm a­
Sixth plank.
Resolved, T hat
We on th y “ rock of ag es’’ stan d .
never surpasses its ideal. A low nent.
teachers
and
friends
of education
ideal bars grand results.
Lofty
I he policy of changing teachers m ust organize, am i must vote, re­
C o n d itio n s o f E d u c a tio n a l P ro -
ideals inspire ami lead Io greatne-s. quarterly or yearly, or of having a gardless o f party affiliations, for
gre ss.
1. The educational ideal of the female teacher in the sum m er and men and m easures favorable to ed u ­
masses is U tilitarian and M aterial. a male teacher in the winter, is sim ­ cational progress.
[ B aldw in's A rt of school M anagem ent.]
B etter ph y sic a l conditions is W ill it pay? W ill it enhance m a­ ply ruinous.
conclusions .
Good teachers are
This low ideal driven out of the profession, and
TH E FIRST CONDITION OF EDUCATIONAL terial prosperity?
Ideas must become a c t s . O ur
hangs like an incubus over all ed u ­ half the money expended is wasted, » ducational associations are rich in
progress .
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*
T h e o r g a n is m
cational work, rendering progress fhe loss to the pupil cannot he esti­ ideas, hut the conversion of ideas
through which the m ind works
im possible except as the ideal i- m ated. W hile teaching continues into acts seems to be a lost art.
needs to he healthy and vigorous. elevated.
to he the most precarious of all These associations often rem ind us
People need time for culture. H u ­
2. The ideal of the masses as to occupations, educational progress o f the “ ten thousand men th a t
m an life should not be a mere higher education is erroneous. “ E d ­ will continue to be seriously re­ m arched up the hill and then
struggle for existence.
G reater ucation unfits for ordinary life; tarded.
m arched down again.” Momen­
education renders the people dis­
physical vigor and more leisure lie
T hird plank. Resolved, T h a t effi­ tous interests call educators together
contented; education makes people cient teachers shall receive fair sal­ to consult and determ ine; they
at the foundation of hum an eleva­
asham ed to work; education causes aries.
should go forth to achieve. Á work­
tion. We venturesom e suggestions: college hoys and girls to become
The mass of our teachers are m ean­ ing platform would augm ent the
1 Good parentage, careful re ar­ lazy.” Such notions, though com­ ly paid. H igh-sounding speeches
value of educational associations a
ing, and hygienic living are sim ply mon, are false and m isleading.
about education, and the meagre thousand fold. A political educa­
im perative. The duty of physical
3. To produce a nobler m an­ salaries paid teachers, are shameful tional {»arty, or a political tem p er­
health and vigor should he incul­ hood is the true educational ideal. contrasts. I lie salaries of teachers ance {»arty, is an inexcusable b lu n ­
cated around every fireside, taught Let the masses once realize that should assuredly com pare favorably der. W hat we w ant is th a t the
in every schoolroom , pressed by education is the developm ent ami with the rem uneration of other friends of hum an elevation act as
every jo u rn al, proclaim ed from training which renders a man of occupations requiring equal skill one m an, and work for results. In
every platform , and thundered most value to him self and the race, ai d labor. T his is fair. Then we public and private, in the caucus,
from every pulpit.
and fits him for the highest happi­ will be able to retain in the profes­ a t the {»oils, and in Ihe legislature,
2. Tem perance is a sine qua ness of which he is capable—let a sion talen t and efficiency. Rutting the united and concentrated efforts
non. Tem perance is self-control, noble m anhood become the popular positions tip to the lowest bidder, of the friends of education will tell
the subjection of the anim al to the educational ideal, and a stupendous m aking salaries the same regardless for hum an good. Organized and
m an. Tem perance l e n d s to health change will take place in our edu­ of qualifications, ami reducing sal­ well-directed effort succeeds.
A
and leisure, intem perance is the cational work.
aries below the cost ‘ f intelligent hold ami determ ined policy may
curse of our race, and m ust he re- 1 W ise agitation is the third con ­ living, are blots upon our eisiliza- frighten weaklings, hut it will com­
moved. We specify:
dition OF ED U CA TIO N A L PROGRESS. tion.
m and the respect and support of
(1.) The liquor traffic with its A gitation is cosmic; agitation keeps
F o u rth plank. Resolved, T h at men and W OM EN .
train of evils must he prohibited. pure t in* ocean and the air; agita- county superintendents m ust lie
The cost is fearful. In our country
T h e H o ly T r i n i t y .
tion is the process of purifying and successful teachers, am i must pos­
and G reat. B ritain, the direct and
sess
a
state
certificate,
or
its
equtvo-
indirect cost of alcoholic drinks ex­ elevating society. To effect results lenf.
Reason, Observation and Exper-
feeds the cost of food and clothing, the agitation must he well-directed
The su p erin ten d en t plans and ience—the Holy T rin ity of Science
Worse, the liquor traffic brutalize-, j and persistent.
Educators may
destroys physical vigor, burns out ]earn ,n .,n y a lesson from politi- directs, and In nee m ust he a leader. — have tau g h t us th a t happiness
manliood, and leaves the body a fit cians. Every slat« should have a As such In* m ust he a m aster work- is the only good; th a t the tim e to
dwelling place for fiends.
m an and fam iliar with the details he happy is now, and the wav to
( 2 .)
f h e tobacco traffic with its " ull-digested platform , looking to
oi the work: hence m ust he chosen be happy is to m ake others s»».
benum bing and degrading effects, steady educational advancem ent.
m u st'b e ' »% '.iw ,rd.''“ w > ''n w d ' 7>ol The p lan k s will la? ch an g ed ’t o meet ,r '" " tl,e ra " kBof P " ’»«’” 1™ ' »«“ <*-
is enough for us. In this be
argue. The startlin g I'a-ts stare us the dem ands o f the state and the
A judge must he a m an learned Itef we are content to live and die.
in th»* law; how much more should
by any possibility the existence
in the face. Th»* liq u o r traffic a n d
tim e s.
the tobacco traffic must go. Abol­
the superintendent l>e a skilled »» » 1 " ’« ^ superior to, and ¡tide-
IDEAL
EDUCATIONAL
PLATFORM.
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pendent of, n atu re shall be dumon-
ish these, and you change seas of
First
plank.
Resolved,
T
hat
UCd
°
r
o
appotn
or
e
ect
sup
gfj-ated*
there will then he time
hum an woe to m ountains of hum an
joy. You double the physical vigor only persons who have dem onstra- e 'in te i.d e n ts from nierely partisan enough to kneel. U ntil then, let
of the race. You save tim e and ted by experience their fitness to or personal considerations is mon- us stand erect.— R. G. Ingersoll.