Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 14 September 1911 — Page 3

BEST EVER HELD

IS CONCENSUS OF OPINION—NO INSTRUCTORS EVER DREW SUCH LARGE AND EN­

THUSIASTIC CROWDS.

TEACHERS FORGOT STATE FAIR

And Their First Disappointment— Closing Lectures Up to the High Standard Set Early in Week—Pay

Glowing Tribute to Greenfield, the County and Schools.

Thursday morning visitors continued to flock to hear the two institute instructors. Institute commenced at the usual time by singing "Our Native Land, Columbia," and "Come, Thou Almighty King." Rev. Joseph B. Williamson, of the Presbyterian church, conducted the devotional exercises. Dr. Hulley was the first speaker and he chose for his subject, "English, the Great Instrument of the Public School." His lecture in part was as follows: "We should make every day a day of development and use of the English language. In reading—the first step in the study of English— the most important thing to acquire is a clear and quick recognition of works." He told of a friend who even in mature age, had to spell each wrord as he saw it. Continuing he said. "Nowr -this man is eternally handicapped by a weakness that might have been cured in childhood. We should insist upon a fclear and correct enunciation of every vowel and consonant in each word that we read. "Every one should practice attention, for reading is thinking in symbols and if we allow our minds to go wTool-gathering, while wTe read, we will not get the thought out of the subject matter. Strong visualization is absolutely necessary if we wish to comprehend the text of a difficult book."

Here Dr. Hulley quoted from Milton's "Paradise Lost" to show that without a strong visualization of this poem we are utterly lost as to its meaning. He also showed that while we are constantly teaching the three "R's" we are also teaching the three "H's"—the head, heart and hand. "We turn out just as good spellers today as we did in the time of our forefathers," said the speaker. "There were thirty-nine different ways to spell Wickliffe, and all of them were right, because there were no rules at that time. The same way with Deidrich, which could be spelled in over forty different wrays and each way was correct. But now we have adopted rules and therefore we should use them."

Dr. Hulley said that he is no advocate of the revised spelling, but that it would be a better thing if we had a uniform way of pronouncing words as they are spelled. He took for example the pronunciation of the syllable o-u-g-h in such words as though, cough, tough and hiccough.

As to definitions, Dr. Hulley's words may be summed up in the following words: "A dictionary is good servant but a bad master."

He said that entomology should also be studied, for in ancient days a name was not merely a label to designate oneself by, as the name Adam means mud Abraham, father of the multitude Isaac, laughter, and David, beloved while Jesus means deliverer.

After a brief intermission, Miss Hazel Rees favored the audience with that beautiful and pathetic selection, "Mercia at the Cross," which was greatly appreciated by all.

Dr. Lindley chose for his subject Thursday morning, "Child Leadership." In this masterful discourse he showed that leadership must be had in all things and if a good man does not take it upon himself to lead, a bad man will take the place. "There are certain qualities possessed by leaders which endear him to the others and make them willing to follow him," said Dr. Lindley. "Some of these qualities may be social rank, physical prowess, a disposition to do daring deeds and a host of others. "An umpire must have the power to make very quick decisions, although he may be mistaken at times he must decide quickly at all times. Sometimes a leader is accidentaly made so, as in the case of grasshoppers when moving in a large body, the other follow simply because the leaders go. If a fire be built in front of them the second rank follows the first, the third the second and so on until at length the entire army is burned to death.

Dr. Lindley gave many examples from actual life showing why certain leaders were chosen. He also dwelt at length upon Judge Lindsey, of Denver, who, instead of trying to break up the boy gangs of Denver, he gradually became their leader and turned them into the right track, for said he: "A boy who will do a daring deed that is criminally wrong, will, if made to see the error of his ways, do just as courageous things in a righteous cause." —Thursday Afternoon Session—

This session was opened by singing "There's Music in the Air," and "Flag of the Free." County Supt. Richman then addressed the institute for a few moments. During his brief talk he expressed his purpose to make this the banner year in the history of Hancock County schools. This was the first time Mr. Richman had spoken to the teachers since taking up the duties of county superintendent, and they were all anxious to hear him and gave him the best of attention.

Dr. Hulley then took the platform and by request he gave one of the most interesting lectures of the session. It was on "Riley." Dr. Hulley said as this was Riley's home town, he had not intended to talk on Riley's work, but since so many had requested it, he would consent. "The people of every State in the Union," said Dr. Hulley, "consider Mr. Riley as much their poet as do you people here in Greenfield. He is just as dear to the hearts of the people of Florida as to the Hoosiers." The lecturer then told of meeting a Confederate veteran, Col. Lawrson, of Kentucky, who told him the story of his cousin's career in the Confederate army until in the battle of Franklin, when his life was snuffed out by a Yankee bullet. Dr. Hulley then recited to the veteran Riley's poem, "The Old Man and Jim," which was almost the same as the story of Col. Lawson's cousin. When he finished reciting the poem, Col. Lawson arose and with the tears streaming down his face, said: "Oh, that man wrote that for the Kentuckian just as much as for the Hoosier, for it touches the heartstrings of both."

Riley has been called the Bobby Burns of Indiana, for he dignified the common things of our everyday environment. Dr. Hulley gave many quotations from our Hoosier poet. Many of these quotations brought laughter,, while many of them brought tears. The following are some of the poems quoted from: "The Poems Here at Home," "Old John Henry," "At the Literary," "In the Big Farm House," "The Old Man and Jim," "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," "Waitin' fer the Cat to Die," "The Happy Little Cripple," "Granny's Come to Our House," and "Little Billie Goodin."

After a brief intermission, Miss Dora Arnold favored the audience with a beautiful piano solo.

The subject of Dr. Lindley's lecture was "Care and Culture of the Emotions." He said: "The victories of man over matter are all due to his power of intellect, and our intellects are of little value unless warmed by the heart. The intellect is merely the headlight which is propelled forward by the heart which acts as the engine. "What would be the result if the emotions of pain and pleasure were utterly blotted out? Why we would be as naught. The feelings of love, anger, joy and fear are all uncontrollable by the will. Fear in excess belittles a man. This was plainly shown in the Iriquois disaster, where men trampled on the wromen and children in their frantic effort to save their own lives. "Howrever, if fear is used in the right way it is a great purifier. For if all our fears of the evil were turned against the existing evil, what a clearing up time there would be! "On the three or four square inches of our face may be seen the life of the heart. We see the child or adult curl their lips in anger this is a relic of the savage age, when men used their teeth to fight their enemies. "It is surprising at what small things the human mind is made to fear. Among the causes of fear are people of short stature, thunder, lightning, darkness and thousands of others. "The man who never gets angry shows a lack of self-respect or of will power. While one who never forgets a wrong done and lives in anticipated revenge, shows the rudiments of a strong character if their^. powers were but turned in the right direction. —Friday Morning—

Friday morning's session of the County Institute was well attended and was opened by singing "The Old Oaken Bucket," and "Flag of the Stars, I Love." Dr. Hulley then conducted the devotional exercises, taking for his scripture lesson, St. Matthew, Chapter VI, 19th to the

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33d verses inclusive, as follows: 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the- light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 If No man can serve twro masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.

Dr. Lindley then chose for his topic "The Training of the Will." His lecture in substance is as follows "The eftd of all of Nature's teachings, it seems to me, is to make us wise to know, and bold to perform. "A completely fashioned will is one that enables us to do, in a definitely firm and complete manner all that we undertake. The training of a man's will converts him from a mere passenger on the ship of life, to the pilot of the ship. "We see- the primitive will of man, then wre see the more fully developed will, as shown by the conquest of the air the penetrating of darkness of the briny deep by the throbs in our bosom by the thunder of our battleships, and the blossoms in art. "The measure of one's will is determined by the answer to this question: 'How much effort can you make?' If the answer is 'None,' then you are but a shadow but if the answer is 'Much,' then you are a power in life. "The proof of one's will power may be seen by just a very simple action it may be in words but the deepest proof admits of no answer save the turning of the will and the tightening of one's heart strings. "What is the wonderful, supreme power of man? In order to answer this question, we must see the mechanism of the will. "If we wish to see this mechanism, wre must pay close attention to the individual, for his ideas leap into his muscles. If a person has a mind rightly filled, there will be no conflict, for these right ideas will leap into his very muscles, that there will be no need of a conflict. "Every decisive battle in life Is fought in the field of consciousness. It is a struggle between the 'yes' and the 'no.' Take a little child who sees a large dog. If the dog makes no unfriendly signs toward the child, he may take a few steps toward the animal. The 'yes' has possession, but if he stops before he reaches the dog, it is because the 'no' has gained the upper hand in consciousness. He may then go on if the 'yes' is stronger, or turn back if the 'no' be stronger. It is in this way that the will power is fashioned."

The Hancock County Teachers' Institute for 1911 is now in the past, but will be remembered by all the teachers and visitors as the best institute ever held in the county.

The lecturers, Dr. Lindley and Dr. Hulley, were a continuous and pleasing surprise, as their magnificent minds, stored with the best knowledge of the day, were unfolded for the benefit of the assembled teachers. No institute lecturers were ever more popular here and none ever endeared themselves to the teachers more, nor were any

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preceding these ever able to attract and hold as large crowds. They made their work so pleasant and interesting that the teachers even forgot their disappointment in not getting to attend he State Fair and only a very few played "hookey" for the sake of counter-attractions.

At the closing session of the institute Friday both instructors paid a glowing tribute to Hancock county, to Greenfield, to the excellency of our school system, the intelligence of the teachers and to the great interest taken by the patrons of our county in school wrork.

The Friday morning subject of D. Lindley, "The Training of the Will," was replete with splendid thoughts, a continuation of the report of his lecture where we left off in Friday's paper, and a report of the afternoon's work is as follows: "We should try to correct the faults of others more by suggestion than by command. Did you ever notice the difference between the Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments? One commands, while the other simply suggests. "Another means .of training the will is to gain the attention of the pupils. Now, I remember when I was a boy that David Star Jordan lectured in our town and every boy in town went, and sat as near the front as he could possibly get. It made no difference whether he lectured on 'The Fish's Scales,' 'The Chinese Language,' or the 'Behring Sea,' we all sat there with mouths agape, drinking in every word as it fell from the lips of this great man. Now, he had the power to gain and to hold the attention of his hearers. The one trouble was that you would become so interested that you became fatigued. Another means of training the wrill is the public opinion. "At West Point Military Academy if a young man is found to have lied to his teachers or to his fellow students, a committee of students is appointed to investigate. If they find he has lied, they force him to leave the school and to accept his car fare home. Of course, the public opinion of his classmates tends to make him love the truth."

Dr. Lindley here told of a boy, born in the slums of San Francisco, and then sent to live in New England with his grandfather. "Now, his grandfather was a pretty rough character," said the speaker, "and of course, this did not tend to improve the morals of young William. "William wrent to school until he reached the fifth grade. But he was always a source of great trouble to his teachers. One day the regular teacher became sick and a neat little lady was chosen to fill the vacancy until her recovery. After the first day all the school began to remark upon the changed disposition of 'Bill,' for he was the best boy in school his deportment was of the very best. When the old teacher came back the little substitute told her how good Willie had been. "Of course, this greatly pleased the regular teacher, who thought her troubles with that particular youngster were over. But, Alas! When school opened the next day, William began with his usual bad actions. The teacher went back to him and asked why he minded the other teacher and was so unruly today. "At first the boy refused to answer, but at last, with tears in his eyes, he said, 'She was the only person who ever talked to me like I amounted to anything.' Public opinion, you see. "One way to make one love his duty is to arrange it so he can succeed the first time. Do not give them one hundred pounds to carry when they are only able to carry ten pounds. "In the region of the St. Lawrence river it is every boy's desire to become a pilot not an ordinary pilot, but one of the ten pilots who can steer a boat through the great Lachine Rapids. "Fred's father was one of the ten who steered the boats through those terrible rapids. Fred had gone with his father on many a trip up the river. When he became 18 years of age, he asked his father to let him steer the boat through the rapids. But the wise old man said: 'Not yet, my son, for when you steer it through safely once, you'll have no trouble after that.' "For three long, weary years Fred went with his father on these perilous trips, but the old man always gave the same reply to his request to run the boat. But one day, when the water was at its lowest, and the danger was the greatest, Fred did not ask to run the boat. "They entered the first rapids, and the spray dashed high over his head, until he could scarcely see his aged father as he bent over the wheel. Emerging from the first rapids, they entered the second, which are worst than the first. Here

the father was completely hidden from the view of his son, for the foam and spray dashed high above the ship. When they entered the third and last, it was more terrible than all the others. The water roared and tore so hard at the rudder that it seemed as though it would tea the wheel from the hands of the old man. Just before they entered the final whirlpool, he called to Fred to 'run her through!' Fred took the wheel, and with his father standing beside him, his hand resting upon his shoulders, Fred proudly steered the ship through to the calmer waters beyond. No\9, he had waited and watched, and when the time came he was equal to it. "Another story is told of a boy who would not sing writh his class. The teacher asked him wThy he did not sing, and he replied that he could not. The teacher then asked: 'What can you do?' 'I can go like a cornet,' said the pupil. So he was allowed to 'go like a cornet,' and in a short time he was so idolized by the pupils that they almost refused to sing unless he was there to lead with his 'cornet.'

In closing, Dr. Lindley said: "Let us not do too much for the pupils do not do what they can do, but lead them to discern their own hidden powers. —Friday Afternoon Session—

Dr. Hulley's talk Friday afternoon was on "Education in Life." He said: "Education begins with life. Life is education. Education begins with birth. It is our rea'ction against our environment. There are a great many educational factors that are outside the school room. "Education has been defined as knowledge as information as polish as refinement and culture, but it is neither of these. A man may be a learned fool, or he may be an educated ignoramus. A great many educated people are profane, obscene, so showing that education is not refinement. "We liave not time to develop all our powers for in all of us there is a possible musician, artist, doctor or lawyer, but if a man decides to be any one of these, he must put aside all his possibilities of the others and strive for the one only. "Socrates was the wisest man in all Greece, but he did not know as much as a graduate of our grammar grade. Imagine Socrates on a bicycle, or riding an ocean liner, or riding in the twentieth century express train, or reading a morning newspaper! So you see he did not know as much as an eighth grade pupil of today, but he was a great deal wiser."

Here Dr. Hulley turned to the young men and made an eloquent appeal to them to attend college. He told of men who worked their way through Harvard as barbers, tutors and of one young man who gambled his way through. He said: "I do not want any of you to gamble your way through, but I told you they got through by hook and by crook. This was one of the crooks. "Men, if possible, get an education. This is an age of brawn and brains we have cheapened the cost of education, but have not cheapened education."

In closing, he summed up education as the enlargement of life, the widening of the horizon, the making of a larger, better and fuller man and woman.

Dr. Johnson, of Illinois then made a short talk of "Res Parvi Romani," or the small things that have to do with Rome. He told why our year begins on January 1st why we celebrate December 25th as Christmas, why we use the Roman numerals, MDCL, etc. This was a very interesting talk and wras greatly appreciated by all.

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Early Corn Will Be Cut SoonSome Farmers Wait For the First Frost to Fall.

Early corn over Hancock county is reported as being in condition to cut for fodder. The husks have turned, which is a pretty good indication that corn will keep when put up in shocks. Some of the farmers wait, however, for the first frost to fall. The next twenty or thirty days will see a great deal of corn cut, is the word that comes from the country.

Notwithstanding the storms early in the season, the corn is standing straighter than usual, which will make the harvest easier. The late corn will not be ready to cut for some time yet.

It is prophesied than an unusually large amount of corn will be cut and put up this year, because of the scarcity and high price of hay. Much of the corn will be shredded and some will be put up in silos.

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Wm. H. Pauley, Auctioneer. PUBLIC SALE

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction at his home, twro and threefourths miles north of Cleveland, on

Tuesday, September 19, 1911, Beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., the following personal property, to-wit:

Three head of horses, including one extra good draft horse, and two general purpose horses. All good workers and drivers

Three head of cattle, consisting of one full-blooded Jersey milch cowr, 3 years old, a good one one black three-fourths Jersey milch cow, 3 years old, a good milker— both are gentle and kind one half Jersey heifer calf, six months old.

Eleven head of hogs, consisting of fine shoats weighing from 50 to 75 pounds. Some of them are fullblood Chester Whites. They are fine ones.

Oats in the granary growing corn in the field, good corn for the season two tons timothy hay in the mow five tons of oats straw.

Farming implements and machinery—One good farm wagon one Champion binder, one mower, two breaking plowTs, one new corn plow, one corn planter, one spike-tooth harrow, one corn sheller, two 5hoed wheat frills, two sets work harness, one buggy, one sleigh, one 150-egg Sure Hatch incubator, one 150-chick Sure Hatch brooder two new Philo brooder coops, one lot of full-blood Brown Leghorn pullets, one lot of Barred Plymouth Rock pullets.

Household and Kitchen Furniture —including one Decker Bros, piano, one davenport, one bed room suite, one bookcase, one heating stove, some gas burners, one kitchen range, one sewing machine, and many other articles too numerous to mention.

Terms of Sale—All sums of $5 and under, cash in hand on sums over that amount a credit to September 1, 1912, will be given, the purchaser executing bankable note with approved freehold security, waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws. A discount of 5 per cent, for cash on all sums over $5.00. No property to be removed from premises until terms of sale are complied with.

CHAS. V. HATFIELD.

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Superintendent's Word Final. Regarding the question of the right of carrying to the courts the matter of transfer of school children from one township to another, State Superintendent Charles A. Greathouse says the word of the county superintendent is final under the present statutes.

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