Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-01-25
Evening Session.

Evening Session.
Sen. l. O. Thorpe presided at the
evening session, and as the President
of the Village who had been appoint
ed to make Che address of welcome.
was unavoidably absent, Sen. Thorpe
himself very appropriately and ac-
fulfilled that duty. He re-
called the early days of the Institutes
here when scarcely more than dozen
attended and they were gotten out by
personal effort Now: the attendance
is numbered by the hundreds. AL
though the Senator understood from
reports of Institute work elsewhere.
that the corps were sometimes dined
and otherwise invited out, he conclud-
ed that such things were due to the
limited hotel Accommodations in other
places, and since we have two Of the
finest hotels in the state, here, We do
not need to extend that particular
courtesy. He said that the producers
are the largest class in our agricul-
tural state, and it is exceedingly prop
er to recogn nize these and assist them
to do their work better, and build up
better homes. He especially mentioned
the cooking school department as
worthy Of special note, because We all
eat three times day, and there is
probably nothing that causes more
drunkenness than poor cooking with its
consequent dyspepsia. He spoke of
this occasion as being interesting, be-
cause all town factions, political par
ties, etc. could meet together in this
work. because all wished to see pros
perity and live together in an enlight-
ened community.
The musical part of the evening was
under the supervision of that COM
peteht instructor. Mrs. Hand. a part
of the High School class rendered sew
eral selections and received an encore
for one OF them, a very lively medley
in which they skillfully passed from
one part to the other. 1t is very graft
flying that Mrs. Hand does not sacri-
dce sweetness of voice when she teach
es her pupils to become skillful.
In addition to the songs by the
young people were sweet solos by
Misses Wilcox, Schaffer aud Moss
berg, and also solo by Mr.. Pietsch,,
who has a magnificent baritone voice.
The members of the Institute corps
who, at these meetings, have an op-
portunity of hearing the best singers
throughout the state, say they rarely
have the privilege of listening to so
fine musical treat.
The second speaker was Mr.. Frye, q
representative farmer. He spoke ol
the antiquity of his profession. be-
cause farming goes back to Cain and
Abel. Scripture never speaks of the
old patriarchs as prospecting about
Mount Arrarat for gold, but whenever
one was singled out as rich it is men.
toned that he had great flocks and
herds, was a farmer in fact. Wher
the farmers are happy, everybody else
is happy, except the lawyers who have
the best run of business in poor times.
With all respect to the profession o.
law, because it teaches man his duty
to his fellow men, yet scientific farm
ing he considers higher, because il
teaches him his duty to nature. MIR
Frye thought the Institutes were par
tally solving the tramp problem, be
cause the Institute teaches that the
average farmer is as we'll of as in any
business he can follow, and therefore
more boys will stay on the farm ano
fewer crowd into the cities and become
tramps by being thrown out of EN-
ployment- -,
At the close of Mr.. Frye's remarks
the Willmar Mandolin and Guita,
Club, with their instructor, Mr.. Lee
made a first public appearance ant
so thoroughly had their work bee1
done that they receiver a heart,
encore
Sen. Greely of the Institute corp:
came next. He was rather dubiousl,
introduced by the chairman who sait
he rarely expected any good thing Il
come from South Dakota, but believes
would appreciate good thing whe,
s<cc. Con. NAoo1v avr1a s,ns3 &hnA -
only lived a mile and Z half in Dakot,
so perhaps the state has not had mncl
effect upon him His advice Was 4
stay on the farm, and if you go any
where, go vest People always sue
eeed better when they remain in thei
on Latitude He mentioned that owe
60per cent of our. congressman Al
from the farm. ss..