The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-06-02

under the leadership of May Usher
Griffin, advanced and sang Lift Vi
Your Heads" in a highly creditable
manner.
Rev. f. M. Rule offered an earnest
prayer.
The chorus again advanced an6
sang Gypsy Life"
DR.. Duryea was then introduced by
President Soaring and gave thought
full and eloquent address on the sub
ject, Culture and Life" He is a
pleasing and forcible speaker. This
was the first time that MankatC
audience ever had the opportunity OF
hearing him.
He opened with some very. pleasant
remarks to the graduating class. He
then took up his subject, showing how
life is essential to growth, in the soul
as well as in the plant. Life cannot
be given or increased, but it can be
assisted by securing the needful con-
ditions. Culture with the plant and
nourishment with the animal should
both be applied to the mind. The
things that can give the mind and
soul their greatest growth and most
perfect development should be secur-
ed, giving the most perfect manhood
and wOmanhOOd.
The teacher should not merely con-
template the drill on certain topics,
but should from first to last aim to the
perfect manliness of man. We can
only deal with the mind through the
heart, and not directly with the mind
itself. Bringing one by one the facul-
ties of the mind into action does not,
as many suppose, accomplish the de-
velopment Of the mind as whole.
The theory is utterly misleading.
There never was an action of the
mind without the influence of the
heart and the instigation of the will.
In the gymnasium the body, by sys-
tenn of exercise, becomes rstrong and
schools-it must be stirred by enthu-
siasm to growth and activity. Con-
stantly and theoretically repeated, it
develops its resources and makes it
master The will must bend the
mind to accomplishment. The teach
er must find some method by which
some of the sacred fire can be brought
down upon the sensitive tendons Of
the mind, and thus make noble man
hood and womanhood. Whoever fails
to stir the heart and in this way
bring the mind to fruitage fails in
some degree as teacher. The latter
should bring out and blend together
the sections of the soul until it expands
to the breadth and rises to the gran
deur that God has made possible.
This is different from reading, 'rit-
ing and 'rithmetic. The teachers are
not to be taught miserable mimicry
to practice in the schools, nor can
they get alone in the summer schools
that which they should have, By
enobling, purifying and broadening
the heart we accomplish the growth
of the mind.
The miserable hereSies of speech
should be gotten rid Of There is no
theory of morals except that which is
within us. He will do the right thing
when it comes to action, who is pure
in heart. Do not teach rules of NOR
ality, but let the teacher put his
personality in the school, standing
there living moral law, an inspira
tion to morality. The moral life and
fire of the teacher will kindle the
most sluggish heart. The men and
women who count for most will count
for most in their offspring of this
earth.
History stretches cut as vast net,
and a person cannot know one part
unless he knows all. One cannot
know the Emperor Carl unless he
huOWS NotSdI. AlU 10 IOuS duu 1l1c 10
short, but when | die | feel that l
shall not all die, and God will not
permit my well meant plan to fail for
shortness of life but will care for me
in the future.
When the right teacher comes into
the school room there is vitality tremb
ling in the air and life in the atmoS-
phere, and samong the dull scholars
noble fruit is brought. The speaker
gave an example of such teacher
who had in six weeks made the most
anarchistic school in the city lead all
the rest. She started in country
school, but is now climbing the lad
der, round by round, and is nearing
the top.
The speaker then took up the sub
ject of ''llfe as we take it," 1t is a
heresy that infectS and curses us all
A lawyer should be man, a doctor
should be man. We are all making
mistake. Let every man be ener-
getic, resistless, and do what he does
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