The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-08-29
LABOR oMNIA viMcir.-
A Lecture Delivered 90 the Teachers II
Bearrf County. August I6, 1895, By
REV. T.. ID. MUNsELL.

Ns Ou"sN 'iHtct y tue motto
oklshOBa. Whether the mind that hr.
conceived ], was inspired by the spirit {
dus,ry that began early 10 show itself .,
distinguishing Characteristic Of The thousand
ihai populated Oklshoma's prairies in ~
heur. ! an unable TO say. Sach might vel
De- the errlspation ef it, origin: for, com.
Iarins sa- history anil our progress with
iha, Of any other state or territnry Of ths
Jnisa ii-eloses ib. fact that, in point Ol
rapid advancement In all lines. we stand
si'l.osi q parallel. Truly. has been
re.iers'si time and again from the lecture
p'a'torm sad the pulpit--in our beginning vas
;hfsied. ia = political sense, that divine
propsecy which says that a nation shall he
horn in day, but l. that all ihs, sau be
said. No. not all. that nation that was born
n day has ers~n to full rsiure in less
'han decade. Ia q few short years she hss
takea her place. among her sister common
weniths. with those in the van. as powerful
factor of the government She occupies ,hi.
Position and enjoys these advanced civic
blessings not wholly by reason Of any out.
side aid. or influence farsigp TO her own
baundrie-, bot. for the greater part. because
o. her o~n indoaisLlc push and energy. un,
compromising real. aud untlriug industry,
Characteristic. noticably prevalent in her
sftt tah \ ~
SeIl have bee. the inspiration that suggested
labor 0mnia yincet" as our motto.
BE that Is il insy. ] cannot help but be-
lisvc the reverse TO he true. that the motto
has bsen and is the inspiration Of the ex-
ceiling. perseverins eOnquering spirit that
'li.tinsui.hes Oklshoina's sons. Believing
sud acting upon this solid. uushaken. time
demonstrated Law that work accomplisne.
everything. they have laid hold Of the plow-
share and grssped the pen aud opened the
Textbook. aud. by persisisnt fighting away
On these lines with Grants determination,
they have literally Transformed in the shor,
space of few years ih. ~igwnm villages u
fhs red-men i,.,o Hourishing cities and the
h.eak barren prsriss into beautiful. growing
farms. "isbor Omnia yince,;' and rec-
osuiring this fac, they have gone forth, not
With any experimental view, but with full
assurance Of and dependence la the In.
sviiable result. TO stsadfas,ly work out
practical aud visible demonstration: aud Ok.
lahoms, as she stands to-day. politically,
socially. religiously, aud best Of all eJa.
eationally, is that demonstration Of this great
universal law.
From an educational standpoint. We can
view and review this demonstration with much
eh:husing Interest, for in this methinks per-
hsps II Is the eleare-t. In respect to our
internsl political advancement, our govern
ineutsl policy. it necessarily requires much
time aud study and experiment before we
can arrive nt those methods and those laws
which are best adapted to our peculiar needs
The highest social standard can only be
reached As our civic ani religious AMI other
relations combine to consuce il. Our re-
hgious side eau only be stimulated by the
faithful planting aud euliivaiing tho divine
reed of truth. which according to Gods plan
grows slowly. But our educational work
has had no fe,ters to bind its step, nothing
10 reiard iis rapid advancement TO the
practical ani praise worthy level on which
we To-day and IL. Along this line we have
had the finest acccss to ell the advanced
methods and principles: end our interes, .ad
enthusiasm 10 training the young and dis.
ciP'iaisg the rising generation for The po-
siiions VI 'rasi they will Que day be called
upon to occupy, have lei us to adopt these
methods aud pursue the best possible ad.
vAntases; aud though we mny s,ill feel ,hs,
there 10 much room for Improvement "a our
educational standard, yet il is not without
pride that We point TO the progress we have
already made in so short u period Of history.
But tins has not been accomplished with
out work-indeed. lsboi, persistent. hard,
energetic. aggressive, is the secret II this
accomplishment. IL is the foundation upon
which our educational structure has been
reared, aud 1t is this that shall lay the bat.
clements Of perfection upon her high walls,
aud hsist the minarets OF effective beauty aud
upon her lofty towers. whose sub.
lime pinnscles Of power shall be seen far and
near and whose shadow OF influence shall be
felt In remote places. Such il. and shall he,
the demonstration ofthis great underlying Law
OF progress from an educational standpoint In
Oklahoma, by okldhoIua's educators.
But in face OF all this, il is sadly true that
we Who live in this long narrow strip of
Northwest Oklahoma do not fully enjoy these
privileges. We are in an isolated region, shut
sr almost entirely from the great body Of
Oklahoma. aud enjoying no immediate con.
nection with our more fortunate neighbors
on the north ani south. Our local al.
santsges also for long years have been very
poor; and. such as they we're, have been met
for the most part by a spirit Of disiniei est
on the part of the transient. unsettled people
In the eyes Of the East and North and even
Of our own foster parent. primitive Okla
homa, Beaver county is just next to the
jumping OF plase." aud for years she has
suffered aud been retarded ia her deyelop,
m 'nt BY the array Of missiles Of unfavorahle
criticism aud evil report hurled at her from
sll sides. This state Of things has naturall