Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-06-07

ABOUT the same.
Some years ago, IN visit To the
Normal school at Bloomington, Ill,
| this unequal distribution OF wealth was
strikingly impressed upon his mind
| The railroad out of Chicago ran
through squalid streets, where power
| ty stricken homes lined the way.
Everywhere were signs OF an utter
| lack Of comfort and means for the
development of the ethical and social,
not to say moral side of life. Arriv-
ing at Normal, he was the guest 10
a household, where wealth and cul-
ture, and foreign travel, brought the
delights Of life in It's social and phys
ical surroundings. The household, in
the best sense was essentially Chris
tian. There WAS not one thought of
wrong doing towards a fellow man;
yet the inquiry might be made, why 1t
is that our inherited and acquired
wealth, may 50 shut out the sad fca-
lures Of life, that we never think
about "the other fellow" or care how
he lives and is getting along.
4 Remedy Suggested
The remedy for all this is the bring
ing together of these separate units Of
life. He would bind together, not
separate human lives. The centripet-
al force should be felt in all these re-
lations. The spirit Of caste should
belong to the past Three agencies
naturally suggest themselves for this
end: (I The church. OF this he
said, the church must bring itself to-
gethcr before it can be II practical me-
diator between these classes. Here
L.. sl1,,tnaJ,I I, "a ~ ri
ed households Of faith. u The state;
Next, we might consider the state rs
an agency: but this Is out of it's prov
incc, as it Is practically only police
force, preserving peace and order. 1T
Is not II mediator This mcdiatOrship
should begin in the public schools.
The young girls add boys should be
gin to tear down these artificial and
unnatural partitions of caste.
Tho True spirit.
In graduating exercises, the spirit
Of democracy should be always in evil
dcnCc, VIZ: In dress; In floral tributes,
in social intercourse. Here, the char
nctcr of Christ, and what he taught,
should be fully cXemplicd. They the
boys and girls should regard them
selves rs stewards of great trust of
brotherly and sistcrly feelings, so ad-
ministcrCd rs to receive the divine
sanction and reward. In attaining
this, the spirit Of prejudice should be
cast out. There is no arguing against
1t. 1t Is in the air. 1t is in the at
mosphcro which we daily breathe
made up Of the sentiment and feeling
that enter into our daily life the out
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associations and teachings. What
prejudice Is, he illustrated by several
Incidents which occurred in the begin
ming of the late war with Spain.
Overcoming Prejudice
There was great deal Of talk which
was not Christian and how such
prejudice might bc overcome in years,
he illustrated by the union Of the
blue and the gray on the battle fields,
which showed how Americans could
fight rs enemies In the past, and how
they could dwell together rs brethren
when the passions and prciudices OF
war had passed, in the glorious pres
cnt. Here he referred to the assault
on the Massachusetts regiment in the
early days Of the war, ut Baltimore,
and related how, lately, in the war
with Spain, u Massachusetts, regiment
marched over the same ground, whore
roses were showcred instead of stones,
and where the words; " We we're enc
mics then, but now fricnds,h greeted
them. 1t was significant thing that
the first officer that fell In this Spanish
war was the son of u confederate gen
ernl. This was the enlightened and
catholic spirit for which he pleaded,
\ significant Fpct,
The speaker said that 1t was sig
niIicnnt that girls and boys were
about equal In numbers in the lower
grades; and In the Normal school in
NJ Milwaukee out of 100, only 60 were
boys. The girls are outstripping the
boys in this regard. There are new
conditions which demand an educated
person, and the uneducntod will be
left behind.
The speaker said that the spirit of
the most absurd way, in the family,
when the boy or girl spoiled 10y uni
vcrsity life and associates, comes
home ashamed of the plain and UNI
cultured parents who have sacrificed
everything for his or her education.
The Exception aud Not the Rule.
Where an effort to educate SO spoils
n son or daughter, the sooner it is
abandoned the better. But such cases
are by no means the rule; for true
education SO cnlightcns and broad
ems the mind that the individual rec
ognizca the worth of II man beneath n
plain and simple life. 1t was not the