The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-27
TEACHERS
IN SESSION
BEGAN THEIR THIRTY-NINTH AN.
NUAL MEETING YESTERDAY
MORNING e.
FEW PRESENT AT THE OPENING
Miss Margaret A. Haley, Who Is
Waging War on All Chicago's
Large Corporations, Was
Feature of the Day
GOVERNOR VAN SAINT SPEAKS

| When President j. Van Dyke raped on
! the desk in the Central Baptist church
| yesterday morning, there was not a very
large number of educators present to
] open the thirty-ninth session of the Min
| neSota Educational association, but later
| on they began to drop in until the aud
| itorium of the church was we'll filed The
president in his opening remarks said that
it was not to be expected that there
would be larger opening attendance, as
many of the teachers had not yet ar
| rived in the city.
| Immediately after the convention of the
| association had been called to order
| Mayor Smith stepped on the platform and
! delivered an address of welcome to the
| teachers on behalf of the city. During
! this Gov. Van SAINT entered the hail. and
| was invited to a seat on the platform.
| Mayor Smith nodded pleasantly and con-
| tinued.
| President ]. A. Van Dyke began the
| work of the session by delivering an adj
| dress On the history of the schools in Min
| nesota. He began his historical account
| with the founding of the first school in
! the state in 1882, and then followed the
| rise of education down to the present
| time. He paid deserved tributes to the
| influence of Miss Bishops little log cabin
SCIiOOi WHICH WAS IOunQeQ IN tnlS city III !
| 1S4l. The labors of Jabez Brooks and
| John Ogden in the early education
| field of the state were remembered
President Van Dyke took up the much
| mooted question of the purchase Of text
books. He strongly advocated their be-
| ing purchased on the open market, claim
ing that such action would be better for
all concerned He spoke bitterly on the
bill relating to this matter that was kill
ed in the last session of the legislature
! designating the instrument as vicious.
FavOrs Industrial schools. i
| The president then took occasion to
| compliment DR.. w. W. Folwell, of the
| state university, his successful work
| in establishing system of high schools
! throughout the state. Industrial training
| was the next topic touched upon, and the
president of the association spoke
strongly in favor of this system of edu-
| cation. He likewise advocated that spe-
! cial attention be paid to the. science of
| agriculture in the rural Schools saying /
/ that as 95 per cent of the children that
attend school are obliged to earn their
| living with their hands. their education
should be based on this fact.
President Van Dyke called upon the |,
teachers in particular and the state in
general to remember that a great debt
y,
the first territorial governor of Mime
sofa, who even In the early days in his
first message to the territorial legislature |
laid particular stress upon the needs of :
education. n
Shortly after the conclusion of the adj
dress by the president, Gov. Ramsey en-
tered the hall, and received ovation.
He was Immediately called upon to speak,
and every word that was uttered by this
Gov Ramsey complimented the teachers
on their work and in contrasting the edu-
cational facilities of the present tirno
with those of the early years, he said
that ne did not think that there was a
state in the Union, considering it's age,
that had made the advancement that
Minnesota had.
Van SAINT Is AppIauded.
When Gov Van SAINT mounted the ros-
trum he was given rousing reception
by the teachers His subject was "Patri-
| otism and Education and was as fol-
| lows:
| Patriotism is one of the noblest emo
| tions. Education Is one of the greatest
I! requirements. If a man have these two
! qualifications, one of heart, one of BRAIN !
| well developed, he will be a useful mem
| ber of society. Life is measured in terms
| of usefulness to ones friends, to ones
neighbors, to ones country. 1t is not
| selfish achievement of wealth or fame,
but useful service which marks sue
cessful life.
It is difficult to compare patriotism and
| education. They should go hand i'll hand,
| one as an accompaniment to the other,
| and in children they should be developed
| together. can conceive OF nothing more
| noble than educated patriot, man or
| woman with well-trained and well-stor-
| ed mind, striving to bring larger meas
| ure of happiness or liberty to others; and
| nothing more despicable than an indl-
1lI< tod 1VllT
| will Intentionally labor to subvert the
| liberty Of his fellows. | would rather
| be an ignorant patriot than an educated
traitor.
All patriotism should be directed and
| controlled by reason and education, for
nothing is more impotent than StronS
emotions and gross i1 OF centrT are
beautiful and essential endoWmentS IN
the makeup of mankind; but blind falth,
false ambition, senseless courage and un-
| intelligent patriotism lead TO wasteInl
and ridiculous excess"
In our country we owe much to the SOL
der and the teacher. They nave to1Ied 1Its
work of the soldier we know, but the
significance of the scholars mission, un-
| heralded by the blaze and roar of can
non. Is usally overlooked. The teacher
and the patriot-the school house and the
| flag. How naturally we link these two
| together as We study our country $ MS
| for discussion: Does the constitution
| follow the hag?" Let the lawyers and
| the statesmen settle that. OF one thlng
| we are sure the school teacher does. We
| sent soldiers to the Philippines to call
| the inhabitants to order, and then we
sent ship load of teachers, whose work
will make the presence of the soldier un-
necessary. AS 1 stand here in your pres
| ence recall tine school days prior to the
war No more patriotic body of men anu
women ever lived than the scnool teach-
ers of the early sixties.
| Let us hope that white-winged peace
has come to remain forever Peace hatn
he victories no less renowned than war
Vital questions are to be met. They
must be settled properly. In order to do
this we must not only educate our cnll-
dren. but must teach them to be pa
triotic The time is coming, yea Is here.
when courage greater than is required
to face the cannon's mouth or to charge
the enemy's works, is needed; that is
ever to stand for the right. Those who
preceded us did their part well. lntelli-
gent patriotism has borne fruit. The
| work of the teacher has not been In
| vain When the shock of war came we
met if like men. When calamities have
| thrown the nation into the greatest
| grief. there resulted no panic. Lincoln.
| Garfield Mckinley, are stricken down,
| but the nation lives. Men rise and fall,
[ but the government, supported by edu-
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