St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-02
AN ADDRESS BY DoNNELLY
On the Relation of the Teacher to
the Future of America.

On the Relation of the Teacher to
the Future of America.
The meetings of the Minnesota Educ
ational association were inaugurated in
the hall of the house of representatives
at the state capitol last evening with an
address by Hon. Ignatius DOnnelly.
The audience, which completely Tiled
the large hall, was one to inspire an
orator to his best effort, and MI. DON
nelly, who ordinarily needs little en-
enlargement, rose to the occasion and
delivered all eloquent and forcible adj
dress for both teachers and superin-
tendents.
s'Education," said Mr.. Donneliy, lis
a government within a government for
the benefit of the government. In the
teachers profession there is less blow
ing of trumpets and beating of drums
than there is about any of the other pro-
LESSONS Of life. You teachers fashion
the future which shall exist after we
have passed away. However grand this
future may be, however grand our ma
ton may be, all depends upon the
influence of the teachers of the
land. Some one has said that if a key
is dropped in the Pacific ocean the vi
brations will he transmitted to the Eu-
ropean shore. We have no power to
conceive this, but in all probability
these vibrations do exist. We are what
we are of ourselves to-day, because of
the labors, tolls and thoughts of genera
tons now dust"
The speaker then passed on to com
parison of the education of ancient
people with that afforded the citizens of
our country, once in a while causing
amusement by a Well-tOld story, APPLY
illustrating his points. "The splendOr
and greatness of our future" he said,
''all depend upon the work of the teach
ers of the land, and they must be at the
front, Informed on all questions of i'm
portance. for in the near future as
in the past the brunt of the battle will
fall upon their shoulders. The man
who favors ignorance is the enemy of
mankind. How infinitely above the
politicians who are now fighting over
the distribution of the spells of this
state at Washington are the teachers OF
the state. The politicians are able to
spoil the present age, but the teachers
are making the future"
Mr.. Donnelly praised the present law
| providing for temperance inStrue-
| ton in the schools and vigorously de-
| nounced its opponents. mo man," he
| said, should except to the instruction
| OIL the children on the evils VI llCeIil-
| perance. When we look back on
that awful past out of which we came
we should be thankful that our lives
have fallen in this age and in this coun-
try, freed as we are from an aristocracy,
all established church and all the other
iniquities that have cursed mankind"
| Among the prominent educators pres
| ent from all over the state were:
Prof E E. Critchett, of Duluth, Prof. w.
| F. Rocheleau. of Moorhead, President Irwin
! shepherd, of the Winona Normal, Prof. T..
| o. Mansfield, of Rochester, Prof. A. B.
Mathews, of Breckenridge, Prof. W. Whit
| sci. of Monticello. Prof. George II. Palfrey,
of Faribault. Prof. L. H. Seavey, of
| Mora. F. w Semple, Alex Anderson
and A. Anderson, of Blue Earth City. Prof.
| c. Lord, of the Moorhead Normal school,
| Supt, Frank A. Weld, of Fergus Falls; Supt.
a. +. Bechdolt, of Mankato; Supt. Bradley
| and a large number of Minneapolis teachers
| Miss Isabel Lawrence and PrOfs. w. A.
| Shoemaker and l.. B. Avery. of st. Cloud
| Prof G. NJ Phillips. of Northfield; President
| Thomas Gray, of ST. Cloud, headed large
| delegation of teachers from that city; Supt.
| George. of St Peter; Misses b. Huntsman.
| NJ. McQuart and L. johnson of st. Peter;
| Stunt. r. E. Denfeld. of Duluth: Prof. c. l..
| Warren. of White Earth; Prof. C. ". @.
| HYDE, of ST. Cloud; Supt. H. A. Bickford of
| Otter Tail county; Supt. E. V. W. Brokaw, of
| Tifchfield: Prof Joel n. Childs, of Morris
Stunt. j. A. Wilson, of Brainerd: Prof. W. r.
| Edwards, of Tracy; Prof james Ellis, Of
| Lake Rent0n