The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
HIGH SCHOOL SECTION.
1t Enjoys e BANQUET at the Ryan
lifL N Hotel.


The high school section of the State
iducational" association gave banquet
at the Ryan no eFl last evening. Less than
forty members We're at table, but the af-
fair was an enjoyable one The banquet
was served in the ladies ordinary, which
was tastefufly decorated for the occasion
V. h. Wassen,' of Blue Earth City, vice
president of the association, presided and
acted as Toast master, Prof J. G.. Bryant
of st. Paul, president of the association
modestly keeping in the background
Bernard zifnrnermafn; president of the
st. Paul school board, responded to the
| toast Why Boards of Education Are
Warm Friends of High Schools" Ninety
per cent of the pupils who entered the
schools, he said, did not reach the high
schools. The high schools We're the poor
mans college. The graduates Of the high
schools were better fitted to take up a
business life than a college graduate.
Boards Of education felt kindly toward
all schools, and particularly high schools.
The lack of funds had been staring the
boards of education in the Twin Cities in
the face for the past four years, and if
1t appeared that the bodies had not been
doing what they should for the high
schools in the Twin Cities it was because
there had been u shortage of funds. What
was needed was a prosperous new year,
| not only for the high but for other
schools. "
Judge o. B. Lewis, of st. Paul, respond
| ed to the toast Teachers. He said it was
some times embarrassing to talk about
people when they were present, but hoped
this would not be the case this time.
Pleasant recol1ections of home were
called to mind by the Christmas festival.
and it was but q short step between the
home and the schools. To measure the
| success Of teacher, daily duties, faith
fully done, should be the standard. In
the public schools Of the land 100000
| teachers taught 100000 pupils The
teachers had the future presidents, SEN
ators, governors and cornmanders-in-chief
of the army and navy before them. In
their keeping were the men and women
who for the next half century rule the
great republic. The American teachers,
as,well as the American mothers, had in
their care the destinies CT the nation
Judge II. G. Hicks, of Minneapolis, re-
sponded to the toast, High Schools and
National Prosperity" He explained that
| there had BEEN some mistake in placing
after his name ON the programme the
statement that he was a member Of the
Minneapolis board of education. 1t was
another Hicks who had that honor, but he
( was pleased to greet the high school
teachers of. Minnesota. Teachers should
be organfZed.i ItsWaS the practice to rank
teachers below other professions, but this
should be reversed. National prosperity
was not to be ,gauged by the size Of the
+ army or navy, the amount of money in
the treasury or the wealth of the people,
but by the number Of happy, intelligent
men and women. & The high schools. of this
and other states had much to do with
the prosperity Of the nation. The home,
the school andYthe church, were the three
potent influences in the nation. Time
was when it was the church which stood
first. but now it was the influence of the
public schools. TThe; pupils of the high
schools were impressed, by the character
t Of the teachers A hundred years ago it
was important,lt the king should be
honest, intelligent and educated. Now it
was the citizen, who was the king, who
must have these qualifications. The men
who would rule, America in the future
were the ones now In the schools, and
| the teachers should see that they were
properly taught -....f t-.
The programme of toasts was inter
spersed with vocal selections by Miss
Alice Whitaker, William Zrlmbach and
Mrs. Caroline ZUmbach.
| William L Nolan, of Minneapolis, added
to the enjoyment of the evening with sew
nraI recita tiOuS., .5.~.-