The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22

mail delivery Gall then undreamed of),
and the wondrous miracles they have
wrought. Who that has lived in the
brief epoch which has witnessed these
miracles will presume to set limit to
the revelations Of an unfolding future.
been busy smoothing and Frightening
the paths of ind stry, ethics has been
working for their elevation. Revised
ideals Of life have brought great
changes in social organization and have
wor ked a mighty revolution in the cur
rents of human progress. In the heaven
of the Norseman g dreams, elysium con-
sisted Of daily battles, with the magical
Qualifications Of victory. Thus deeply
rooted was the conviction that fighting
was man s highest function, and that
industrial pursuits belonged only to
slaves and the lower orders, an ideal
of existence evolved from the chronic
struggles of the race, in an age of per-
petual warfare.
But the activities Of the warrior have
declined, while industrial activities
have enormously Developed; hence that
which was once degrading has become
honorable, commendable, the badge of
usefulness and distinction. Industry
commerce, fnanciering have succeeded
war as objects Of life, as fields wherein
put forth and the most dazzling prizes
are to be won. .-'~ .s...
We live in that era today, and we
cheerfully conform to its ideals. The
war policysWas appropriate to the ages
which tested the supr emacy of the
strongest races; the industrial policy is
appropriate to this age, in which the
domination Of man over the powers of
nature and their subsection to his use,
is the CRYING need
But the philosophers Of hope, the
prophets Of rational optimism, look
forward to period "when life shall no
| longer be for learning and working, but
when learning and working shall be for
making life complete, there will, it is
predicted, come better adjustment of
| labor and enjoyment. Material prog
ress will have yielded to mankind its
benefcent results, and processes Of evo,
luton thruout the organic world at
surplus of energies that are not alb
sorbed in ministering to material neces,
be supplemented by the gospel of
recreation, of relaxation, of reasonable
amusement. Heaven speed the dayl
Minnesota, in the sphere of education
has kept in mind the duty of prepar,
ing her youth for doing their share of
the work of the world. AS might have
been expected, from their antecedents
our people lost no time in establishing
well-organized school system. In the
five and one-half decades Of their state
and territorial existence, they have al
| ready accumulated school fund which
is a marvel of vigorous enterprise and
| wise management.
Our educational advancement has fol.
lowed riigidly practical lines: A. great
one had understood him, and that one
This apparent contradict tiSn'i is easily ii1
Ineligible when we remember that the
learned writings of one profound
author, having been. carefully trans
rectly .re-translated, by a different hand
into the original, were found to be alb
solutely incomprehensible! It is, then
doubtless for the best that our educa
tional development has been thoroly
practical, and one may hope that the
man educated beyond the limits of his
intellect may long be rare spectacle
The common school as the base of the
states special fostering care. But thu
other parts Of a harmonious whole arr
not neglected. The high schools, thu
university, the normal schools, anc
other accessories of the most modern
and approved educational systems ar,
cherished, aided and encouraged to tn,
full limit of magnificent public en-
dowment. 49,.
i A few notations will convey infor
nation as to the educational interest
of Minnesota, appropriate to our pres
emit purpose: ...r-....
The permanent school fund of tn,
state aggregates $14,O0O,COO; the school
houses and sites are valued at $4,000,