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PROPOSED SCHOOL AMENDMENT
Abstract of an Address by State
Superintendent Hinemon on
Amendment No. 8.
(Continued from last week.)
No man can look into the face
of a little child and predict in the
remotest degree what the future
of that child may be.
We must not forget that the
sweet babe of Askulon became the
murderous Herod and that the
gentle pupil of the wise Senega be
came the cruel Nero whose very
word caused an empire to tremble.
The pages of history are full of
examples of high and illustrious
achievment by those who were
born in poverty and the humblest
positions in life. It is the proud
boast of the American people that
the highest office in their gift may
be reached by men from any sta
lion in life, and they rejoice in the
fact that a tanner, a rail-splitter, a
tailor, a canal boy and a school
teacher have thus been honored at
their hands.
Every character is the result 01
two conditions heredity and en
vironment. Of heredity I have
naught to say, save that the great
est blessing that can come to any
child is a noble ancestry not an
ancestry of high rank, of distin
guished character, of power and
place but an ancestry of honest
purpose, of pure character, of
clean life; an ancestry without
blame or blemish. Environment
has much to do with the develop
ment of character. Childhood is
a constant warefare. It is ever
surrounded by two contending
forces, “reason, conscince and
higher nature,” and “a gang of
animal apetites, a horde of bandit
propensities, ready to barter heav
en and earth to secure their de
sires.” We cannot eliminate en
vironment as one of the most po
tent forces in human development.
Take gtaiti from the same bin,sow
some in soil that contains all the
essential elements that nourish
plant life, sow the other in sterile
soil; in one case will be gathered
full grown grains, and in the other
only shriveled kernels, l'he re
sults were clearly not the fault of
the seed, but of conditions. When
the queen of a hive of bees dies,
the workers select a cell in which
they develop a new queen; to this
they bear a certain kind of food
suited to the demand; as a result
of changed conditions, the cell,
which, under ordinary condi
tions, would have produced only
an ordinary bee, now brings forth
a queen.
li theehudren born in mo homes
of vice anti depredation are ever
waved I hey must lie saved in large
part h.v tin* public schools. Indeed
we may say with truth, “The pub
lic school is the hope of the na
tion."
The public school is truly demo
cratic. Here all classes and con
ditions of society meet on a com
mon level and children learn what
they must in later life, that in this
great and glorious country of ours,
honesty, integrity, virtue, truth
and the other cardinal virtues are
the things that win; and not inher
ited title, family station or a full
purse and inherited wealth.
Whether the brain is found in
the humblest cottage or in the
costliest palace, it is the duty of
the State to provide the means by
which that brain may be adequate
ly fitted for its place and work in
life.
The two greatest factors in the
development of any civilization are
the home and the school. As the
school improves, the home im
proves. The child is the basis of
the nation and the state. The
children of today will be the eiti
zens of tomorrow. The great end
of education is to make good eiti
1 zeus. Let me write the son its of
the children, said a great poet and
I care not who writes the laws.
Let me teach the children till they
are twelve, said a great churchman,
and I care not who teaches them
after that. With how much more
truth may we say of the schools,
“(Jive us the first ten years of a
child’s school life and we care not
who teaches them after that. ” The
child is the climax and culmina
tion of all God’s creation. In
holy writ we are told that when
humanity is redeemed, and the
people of God are restored, k‘A
little child shall lead them.” In
the center of American civiliza
tion is a little child. ’Fake wise
and loving care of that child, and
all human interests are secure.
Neglect that child and all human
interests are in peril. We talk
about the resources of the State.
What is the State? Not high wall
ed cities, nor embattled towers,
nor massive battleships, nor ar
mored cruisers, nor towering for
ests, nor majestic mountains, but
manhood and womanhood, the out
growth of the children of the State;
to save the child is to save the
State. This is the purpose of the
proposed amendment to the con
stitution of Arkansas. The abso
lute inadequacy and the complete
insufficiency of the public schools
to meet the demands of the times
are clearly evident to every
thoughtful and patriotic man.
No man can claim to be a demo
crat and vote against, this amend
ment, for it embodies every prin
ciple of the right of local self-gov
ernment. No man can claim to
be a republican and vote against
this amendment, for it certainly
represents the doctrine of govern
ment “of the people, for the peo
pie, and by the people. " Are we
afraid to trust our fellow citizens'
Are we not willing that the peo
ple shall decide what is best for
their children? I can conceive of
only one man to whom 1 grant the
right to vote against this amend
ment with perfect consistency with
his declarations and his profess
ions, and that is the anarchist,
whose avowed purpose is to
; blight and destroy the State. No
man can claim to be a patriot and
vote against this amendment, for
a true patriot will not only give
his material substance for the wel
i fare of the State, but he will
place his life Lself upon her altar,
and pour out bis heart's blood for
i the protection of the children of
the State, and generations yet un
born. When the cruel scourge
of civil war swept over the face of
our fair land, men rallied under
the gray and under the blue, and
fought with a courage and dat ing
unequaled in all the annals of hu
man history, that they might pre
serve to their children and their
children’s children, certain prin
ciples of government. Shall we,
their children, falter in an hour
like this? We ure unfurling a
new banner in this State. On its
peaceful folds are inscribed the
words, “For Arkansas and her
children.” • We invite.every lov
er of the State, every lover of lib*
! erty, ever lover of humanity to
enroll under this standard and join
! with us in a righteous crusade for
| the adoption of this amendment
| which means the salvation of the
! children of the State from the
I thralldorn of ignorance which
i threatens to overwhelm us.
Equality of opportunity is the
only foundation on which a repub*
I lie can safely rest. Equality of
(opportunity in the twentieth cen
! tury is an impossibility without
equality of opportunity for edu
cation. Equality of opportunity
for education is an impossibility
for all the people without proper
ly equipped and well conducted
public schools. Shall these chil
dren of ours, as good as the best,
have an equal opportunity for
power, progress, prosperity and
service with the children of other j
sections and other lands? Are
notour children as good as the
best, and do they not deserve the ;
best' The answer must come in
September. It must come from
the plain people of the state.
Shall it be an everlasting “Nay,”
or shall it be an everlasting “Yea.”
Everlasting it must be. Upon
the answer hangs the blight or
blessing of millions of minds, the
bondage or freedom of millions of
j souls, the weal or woe of one of
j the fairest lands on earth. By the
| traditions of the past, by the facts
of the present, by the hopes of the
future, by the love you bear your
children, by the duty you owe
your country, yourselves and
your neighbors, we appeal to the
people of this State to rally to the
support of our public schools and
make them adequate to their high
mission and their stupendous
task.
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THE TEMPERANCE F IGHT
The Inter-church Temperance
Federation of Arkansas has issued
a proclamation to the Prohibition
ists of the state urging preparation
for a campaign prior to the Sep
tember election, the purpose of
which is to vote down the sale of
whiskey in the various counties of
the state.
The report comes from Little
Rock where the society has its
headquarters, that the society has
more funds than ordinarily, anti
that it will make a very determin
! ed tight. Several counties that
have heretofore been considered
wet for all time to come, have
been selected as the battleground,
and speakers will he placed in the
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