TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. i6l 



ings, and shall not be deprived of that even greater blessing', 

 greater even- than it is to be taught to know the things that 

 every child needs to know, and should be taught to know, 

 viz., to be taught how to be the men and women that this state 

 greatly needs, and is going to need more and more as life 

 becomes more complicated. You gentlement, as fruit grow- 

 ers, realize that in these days you must have the benefit of 

 new devices and new machinery, new kinds of treatment, to 

 produce good fruit, and so mtist you also realize at some 

 time that we must devise new methods and new school pro- 

 cesses and new systems of administration to develop the chil- 

 dren of our state and fit them for the great work of the fu- 

 ture which is to be placed in their hands. (Applause.) 



Now I regret to say, Mr. Chairman, that I am obliged to 

 leave, and if I step out now I trust }0U will excuse me. The 

 reason is one that is important. I thank you for letting me 

 come here. I thank yott for letting me take part in your de- 

 liberations, and I will thank you if you will not notice when 

 I steal one of these fine apples. (Applause.) 



The Toastmaster : One day many years ago. perhaps 

 about 1607, a vessel set sail from England and landed some- 

 where on the \ irginia coast. That vessel had on board a 

 gentleman by the name of Smith. He brought his little com- 

 pany to land and maintained his crovernment in supremacy 

 in pretty good shape. Now whatever relationship John 

 Smith of Mrginia may have had to His Honor, the Mayor, 

 I will not try to elucidate or illustrate, but I will say that the 

 citv of Hartford has just as good a head in the person of 

 another Smith as that little Alrginia town down there on the 

 coast many years ago. I have the honor to introduce to 

 you Mayor Smith of Hartford. 



Mr. Smith: Mr. Toastmaster. Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 This is rather of a proud night for me. I have, for the first 

 time, occupied the Governor's chair for about fifteen min- 

 utes, and in the second place, have been pointed out by the 

 well-known president of a well-known college as a peach of 

 a mayor. (Laughter.) It was rather careless of him. and 



