The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-05

never able to find weak places in the :
structure-it Is built like the temples
of old when the gods saw every
where. So II you are wise enough to an
never become disappointed-it is sure to
be there; II you are not wise enough the
on ON \ what should follow. So So Just where
it should be Is superlative section on
Reading in it's larger sense. change
is restful and the next section runs into
another form Of expression equally as
fascinating-the art Of tone, which, Of
course. leads into music land.
Literature, music and art, what a trim
of literature and music how natural to
drift into the great art galleries of the
world as they have been preserved to us
and there to be introduced to the worlds
great masters and to sit before their
masterpieces and be taught of them This
i is the privilege that almost actually
comes into the life OF him who is privil-
eyed to go through the department of
/ painting and sculpture.
Beginning with the history of painting, |
development of the art up into the art
of today. Like the work in natural /
science, it Is classified and organized
knowledge.
There are many sources and volumes
from all of which could be gotten this
never before found any one that con-
solidated and centralized the essentials
in such many-sided completeness and
in style so attractive that to begin the
fstudy is to complete it.
Planned and purposed all the way
through to meet the growing demands OF
the human trinity 1t reaches the climax
| of effort in department which rounds
out character "by that process by which
one mind forms another mind and one
Its right to the title"library" in volumes
of literature that Classics with the best
essays that have been written on LIES
problems. They could not but be the
best for they are the best thoughts OF
those who have given us the best thoughts
} volumes would grace any mans library
and the contents will grace any mans life
} into which the spirit of the page enters
This section on industries, occupation,
professions and careers offers the expert.
ence, wisdom and insight gained in the
years of practical service that have de-
J yeloped a particular phase to its present
proportions. Permitted to visit every
line of business and every phase of &C
tivity In the life of this strenuous"
personally conducted through each de-
partment, by those who, for the present
day, have made our history; developed
our resources, produced marvellous In
ventions, established industries, built
/. highways of commerce.; having distin-
guished themselves in literature in NOR
al reforms, in learned professions, and
! in the army and navy, this section be-
! comes sort OF institution for determin-
I ing ones natural bent. ,..@ :,
Surely, whoever has this privilege can
not but act with more Intelligence, deep
er insight and better judgment before
taking that all-important step of deter
q mining his true place in life-before de-
q termining in what form Of life he can
: best express himself; in what phase Of
activity. he best can serve himself and
his fellow man. IL
Q Have l made you know that this is
: a work of originality and individuality, Of
g. personality and spirituality, and wond-
. rous plan and purpose; that 1t has a mis-
. sion; that 1t begins with and focuses it's
interests around the human babe from
= which center the interests of creation
itself, but always and ever returning with
Z | it's precious burden. Of wisdom and knoWl-
:, edge to meet the growing demands of the
- triune child; that it supplements and CONF
:, plements school and college,: that to him
= who has not had the privilege Of school
= and college that it is a good substitute for
y y them; that 1t comes the nearest anything
:. ever has Of bringing the school into the
+ home and so meets the long felt:need Of
r bringing home and school together: that it
y is information instruction and 4inspira-
# |
II the utmost limit the value Of each life
4 to itself and the world; that to do this it
" has brought together the varied wisdom OF
3 thousands of lives the; ripe scholarship
of the ages, the latest; thought, the most
,e helpful lessons that all history and ali
l. literature have been drawn upon to the
8 end that 1.-The Consolidated Encyclopedia
= Library may aid in general; culture and
k preparation for success; that 1t! may be
le a means Of education, that, It may aid ir
le showing that there Is something mobile,
Id in life than mere living-getting and
= money ma king" that it may teach the
J. joys Of outdoor life Of flowers, art. music
, , literature, sympathy with ones kind anc
h the tender appreciation Of everything
se there Is in: the world that, makes life
Of worth living. &
a Miss Geer's paper was greeted witt
Of much enthusiasm and she was the recip
ly lent Of many congratulations upon tht
II accomplishment Of her arduous task.
to Or. Marden on Education. -
70 DR.. o. S. Marden, editor -chief of thu
:, - new encyclopedia, spoke upon some Of tht
~ new phases of education and what i
., meant to the man who hoped to succeed
= He gave several pertinent examples which
- -. had come to his notice, one Of them being
~. .H the case of boy who wrote to him t,
-, n ask what he could. do with a bar Of pi,
a. a. IRON. The idea appealed to Mr.. Marde,
y. in new light and he set out to investi
- gate for himself the possibilities OF tn
~ raw. material
A blacksmith said he could use it to ad
GO vantage in the shaping Of horseshoes,
- mechanic would use it in the formation o
IN knife blades, another more skilled me
~ chanic would make the product NOR
10 valuable by fashioning cambria needles
y" His last visit was to q watchsmith VIII
* stated that he could mold the bar int
- hair springs whose value would approx
w. So innate several million dollars. Such wer
10 the possibilities in the raw materia
..e which could be drawn out by the traine,
y mechanic. He believed" that the sam
y. state Of affairs was true with men to -day
=! !. that we are what we make ourselves. Hi
% o, remarks closed with a tribute to- tn
10 10 northwest and particularly to the grea
W metropolis. Minneapolis. The growth Q
re Minneapolis he ascribed not so much t
no the water power and manufacturers, a
es to the quality of it's men past and present
la A Publishers Troubles. S
~, J. s. NBarcus, publisher of the Consoli
De dated Encyclopedia Library, dealt wit
me the troubles which confront the publishe
WIS Of any great work. He gave an exam
M pie his own experience with the Centur
= Dictionary. When the project was frs
me undertaken, it was the intention of tn
LID publishers to expend $4,000 upon tn
ale work, but before it had gone very ia
ere 100000 had been sunk in the venture
les was then sold for half that amount AN
e., the new promoters were forced to expen
e." over 81 O0O. 600 before the first yolun1