, 1890-07-10

their affections and becoming the COM
pnnions of their lives, Man ~ every
age has been the servant pupil, discipl.
of art, commanded by IL, strengthened
by II, blessed 10y II, Its voice Is lrrcsist.
lille, coming from the divine source OF
his own life and lifting him into the life
above, jtIst as the vitality of the plant
lifts and transforms into Itself the hith'
erto Inorganic elements OF earth and air.
The lifting power must come from above
and this power of art II one of the great.
est by which our material hie shall
roach It's highest spiritual development
Tho very recognition of beauty Is an
earnest OF Immortality.
The American people in their neees..
sarily mechanical routine of life need
this heart relief as much as rest OF head
and muse. The theology and the
school can not safely sever themselves
from the commerce of the nation. HIS
tory shows us that wherever this has
occurred tho most fatal results nave
/ followed, and the great force for 70,
yival or maintenance OF national veal
has been and is the development OF
material resources, industrially and ar
tistically,
America must not Judge herself nor
her arts by standards OF Greece and
Rome for the conditions OF life now are
vastly changed and much improved.
We can not do, even II II we're u thou
sand times better worth doing, anything
well, except what our American hearts
shall prompt and our American skies
teach us, ior all good workmanship II
the natural utterance OF its own people
In It's own day. The art life, which Is
] the result Of this new industrial activity,
will come from the sure and gradual ele-
vntion that Is the necessary outgrowth
of universal purity OF thought and ac-
ton. Inspired by the purpose 10 edu-
cate and thus redeem the masses, TO
awaken and stimulate an appreciation
| OF nature as tho GENERALIZATION Of God's $
thought dominated by the Christian
idea, the leavening OF the entire lump.
the nations aim shall be-not the devel'
opment of intellect for intellects sake
nor science for sciences sake, nor art Tor
arts sake, but everything ior human
ity's sase-to make humanity God-liSe.
THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
The department Of elementary schools
and industrial education and manual
training held u joint meeting at Market
hall under the topic "Proviston for aud
course oftraining in the manual training
division Of primary classes and slemen-
tary schools" and was generally con-
sidercd by various speakers. Their
arguments for such training were taken
| from their own experience.
THE PUGET SOUND DELEGATION.
1 The Puget sound party at the National
educational convention comprised the
| following; Mrs. A. II. w. RLyner aud
Miss Clara j. Helig. of Tacoma; the
! Misses Jennie Carr and Sadie Young, I, D..
| Caughey. Ellen Reid, Nellie Hamlin,
Matte Forster, Grace Albry, Katharine
Beman, Alice Miller, Nellie Clayton,
Mary Hegardt, Kate Bigham and Mr.. J.
ID. Atkinson, of Seattle; Mrs. Caroline
Beman Mrs. w. u. Field, Misses Mary
England, Dix Bartha Dearborn, and +.
4. Gault, superintendent oil the Tacoma
schools.
The last-named had a mishap on his
way here. In order to cross lllecille-
waet on snow sleds, in order to reach a
| glacier, the ice broke, and the gentle
man was treated TO free plunge, The
bath in the chilly glacier water Of the
mountain torrent was bad one. but he
effected his escape from the icy water,
sustaining some bruises from being
hurled against rock by the raging
stream. This event afforded no little
amusement for the party, which the vic.
tim OF the Joke enjoyed with as much
zest as any one.