The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01

the general session of the morning was
broken up into section meetings. Al
least half of this number ATTENDED the
session of the associated school boards.
held in the auditorium of the CentraI
Presbyterian church, though the ma
! Jority of these stayed only through
Ex-Gov. Lind's address, leaving i'm
mediately afterwards to attend those
sections Of which they happened to he
members. President ]. M Brown. of
austin, Mimi, who presided over this
section introduced Mr. Lind. The ex-
governors address was frequently in
terrupted with applause.
The suggestions I have to make to
you, he began by way of introduction.
are suggestions that have occurred 10
me through observation. experience
and much earnest thought. Americas
Gibraltar means, Of course, our public
School system. l trust We Will ALWAYS
refer 10 our schools as the conserrars
OF society, but just how far our hopes
nave been realized in this direction lei
US now consider. My ideal of our in
Sutuuons IS political equality. society
IN Which every member is required TO
exercise 10 the limit every one of his
faculties. Institutions cannot he
snip. 5fhere is a distinct correlation be-
tween the two.
AS a corollarY Of my ideal of in
sLltuuons let me give you my ideal of
true citizenship. 1t is q person Of
strong physique, body healthy and so
trained that It's every member viii re-
spond instantly to q command Of the
VIII; an intellect trained in reason
ing powers to reason -eorrectly. and to
arrive at safe judgments: and with fha
/ moral sense SO developed that with
physical and intellectual perfection
there viii also be moral perfection.
The cardinal attributes of s1rb an
ideal are justice, duty, sympathy and
disciplined VIII. If any Of these is
lacking the citizenship fails to that
! extent Does The present system Of
! education develop the child along
those lines? If it does, il is the Glib
rattan. II II does not, ii is not a safe.
! guard. There is a distinct line of de-
narration between the physical, the
| intellectual and the moral
morality IS a social obligation ANY
one OF me three sides may be de-
NeIoped at the expense of the other two
sloes. from the very. beginning of the
world there has been a constant struq-
] gle among all forms Of organic life.
The survival of the fttest has been the
law 1t has been a struggle for self
/ preservation, and there has been no
morality in it. The struggle began
with the first crystal, it was carried on
Lhrough the vegetable kingdom and the
animal kingdom and 1t has survived in
human life. In the beginning the world
was not moral
Now mere physical and Intellectual
/ development does not fit men and
women for their duties to society. The
| moran law cannot be ignored and So
clety be preserved. Are We NOT ie-nnr
ing moral development in our present
system OF -education2 We can onlv
! Judge by present effects and these are
| not SO. encouraging. The press elihIv
asserts the world over that the right is
| with Inc strongest and that great COM
/ nnercla1 nalOns have a right TO DarcoI
out among themselves the smaller na-
mons Such teaching ignores the
moral law.
/ You have heard me spoken of as an
antI-Inperialist in politics, and 7 am
| one. 1t Is such conditions that have
! made me one. But am not a nacsi
| mist. Education has done rn1,cl, -
we must not let it become a Franlzar-
! stein TO run away. with US. R7+ lie
| most human problems this one Of how
/ 10 brang about the most fhorol Oh
| moral development cannot be work ed
/ out in advance. The teachers ,7777e.+a
| work II out, term by term year nv
year Moral training, of course. 1,777c+
always be commenced in the homes
but 1t must also be continued BY teach
ers IN schools. More religion in o11r
| public schools would not hurt those
| schools. This concluding sentiment
| was loudly applauded. -
So much had been said 517rirq +bo
day in the way of criticism Of s71r, -
1ntendents teachers ana the schools
themselves that when Lafayette F3liss
OF Waseca, struck new note bv his
defense Of the teachers that new no1e
! was welcome
Dur1ng this coming year you viii
| probably hear plenty of criticism of +ls
teacher, said Mr.. Bliss. -You viii
hear that he shows a sad lack of gen
eral culture; that his Scholarships is
low; that his efforts are infiffe1enT
Now want you TO consider some of