Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-27
EDUCATOR OF BOULDER,
ADDRESSED INSTITUTE TODAY

The principal feature of today's ses-
sion of the Teachers Institute was an
address by DR.. Callahan, the head OF
the preparatory school at Boulder. DR..
Callahan arrived in the city last even
ing His address this morning was on
classical Education and lis Relation
10 Modern Life His remarks were
made from the college viewpoint In
his Introductory he stated that HE
was based on TWO principles-the
struggle for life and the struggle to
live. as examples he mentioned the
doctor aud the nurse, and the minis.
ter and the teacher, He gave a num-
her of other Illustrations and brought
out the fact that the practice OF altru-
ism was greater than the struggle for
life alone, In other words, If You help
others AT the same time you are help
ing yourself, you are living the ideal
life He said that the success of life
depended upon the point of view, and
he spoke from the college viewpoint.
One of these views is that sanity Is
greater than success" BY this was
meant that the well.balanced mind is
| more TO he desired than the faculty OF
money getting. He spoke of the
| Greeks and their influence on other
| nations. which exemplified the prin,
riplc uf moderation in all things.
lie was Of the opinion that the ed
ncation of the specialist tended to mar
rowness. unless such education was
built upon broad foundation Of lib
erai culture. He spoke convncingly
upon the value of years spent In col
iege and the effect for good which they
must necessarily have and deprecated
| the growing notion of so many stu
| lents to take only studies which would
enable them to make money. He said
we could buy lawyers, bnokkeepers
and teachers at $50 a month, more or
iess. bui that we could not buy the
manhood that made its possessors a
| power In the communities in which
they lived Plenty OF routine men
could he obtained simply by putting an
ad in the paper, but men with eXecu'
| live power-men wanted to do some
| hing more than routine work were
not so easily obtained For instance,
| II Is easy enough to get man to poi
| lsh pin but not SO easy to gel siic
,esslul manager for the factory where
he pen is made.
| He dwclt on the fact that the power
% make money should not be held up
nermost In students thought, and
| advanced the theory that with noble
character and good education any
man or woman win be able to make
sufficient money for all needs.
The manual training class has con
fined its labors so far to weaving and
paper folding This afternoon ham
mock weaving was taken up. The iron
work will be commenced the middle
of next week. Such articles as can
die sticks. picture frames, coffee hold
crs, etc. will he made.
Prof. Callahan will lecture in the as
sembly room OF the high school build
being "A Day in Egypt" He is
most entertaining speaker, and the
public is cordially invited to hear him
The lecture by Prof Miller tomor
row night has been postponed to early
next week owing to other things in
terfering,
The joint meeting announced il
these columns yesterday for Sunday
night will he held in the Presbyterian
church, and there Will be about nin'
| speakers besides lots of music, Moth
ing further can be announced at this
| time.