The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-27

Gated patriots, stands firm as a mountain
on its base More and norevgWe- need
to Join together the cultivated mind and
the loyal heart.
/ am glad. teachers, to meet you.
envy you and your opportunities; / hon
or YOU. Yours is an exalted calling.
Into your hands is entrusted the max
ing of men who will be the voters and
the voted for in our republic. Your
works follow you. You can afford to
be patient, hopeful, earnest, for in the
years to come, If you do well your part,
men and women will rise up to bless
your memory. and this great nation will
owe you a debt of gratitude, for as long
as patriotism and education march side
by side, SO long will our country with
stand the storms of war and the dangers
that threaten in time of peace.
BETTER THrnI Schools.
After Gov, Van SAINT had delivered his
address he asked to be allowed to make
a few remarks not under the heading
of his speech. He said that he was very
much in favor of any movement that
would increase the efficiency of the rural
schools in any respect. He said it was
the duty of the teachers to further that
end, and he told them that if there
ever was any legislation passed that
would operate against the advancement
of the rural school it would be their
fault
Gov. Van SAINT was followed by Supt.
Lafayette Bliss, OF Waseca, who gave
Some Observations on the Teaching of
Patriotism" Supt. Bliss maintained that
the home was the first place where the
lessons of patriotism were taught, and
that a child who at the age of ten years
was not a patriot never would be one.
He contended that the home influence
was paramount, and if anarchy was i'm
DIhad at fha fiFaS6a chill
go through life an anarchist Continuing
he said that children should carly be
taught the correct meaning of personal
liberty, and that obedience was the fun
damental principle of patriotism. That
the children might be filed with the
spirit of patriotism, he suggested that
each school house should be q miniature
hall of fame in which hung pictures Of
the noble men this country has produced
The next address was by Dr. D. L.
kfehle, of the state university, on ed
ucation for Living DR.. Kiehle said that
for long time education was for the
governing class only, and that women
received but little During the last few
years this had been changed to a con
siderable extent. and so far as men and
women had common aims they were ed
ucated together. He said that the pres
ent system was still lacking In q most i'm
portant respect, and while the giris re-
ceived an education to fit them for mon
ey makers and providers their education
as wives and mothers was still IN its
Infancy. DR.. Kiehle then drew a yery
interesting comparison between the edu-
cational systems of this country and Of
Europe. which was as follows:
The educational policy of continental
Europe has been to improve the intelli-
;, gence of the people in order to make
them more efficient in their respective
spheres of life and thereby to increase
their usefulness to society above them as
we'll as TO add to their own happiness
but without disturbing the traditional
class distinctions as they exist
In America the opposite idea has
largely prevailed. Those in humber
walks of life have been taught that edu-
cation Is the avenue of escape from the
sphere of life into which they have been
born and with which the evils Of life
have beer associated
Under this impulse cur system has
fostered general migration from domes-
tic and Industrial life. Our daughters are
headed away from their home firesides
and are strung along the. way from the
table. and even to the offices of the law
Yer and the physician. Our boys have
dropped the hammer and the hoe and
are headed for the towns to become
clerks. doctors. lawyers and legislators =
DR.. Kiehle would not choose between
the American and the European systems.
but said that it should not be lost sight
Of that true education had for its aim
the preparation for a life of comfort in
every walk of life 1t is to furnish our
youth with culture of mind and heart
that will make them noble men ana
women and with the necessary skill of
hand that viii make their home place
of refinement and health, and the shop
a rlace of intelligent and remunerative
industry It is to make all modes of cul-
tivate1 life honorable
The Mission of Women.
'The School and the Home was next
discussed by Mrs. e. H La Penotiere,
president of the Minnesota Federation