The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-14

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!: One of the Speakers at the st. Peter i
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Special to The Journal.
St. Peter, Nlinn. Nov. 1.-The fourteenth
arrlal meeting Of the Minnesota state confer
cnce of Charities and Corrections opened in
this city last night. AS expected the attend
arce is larger than at any previous convention,
this being particularly true of the county
commissioners section. A large proportion of
the counties of the state have availed them
selves of the new law which permits delegates
to be sent at public expense.
Philanthropic workers from the twin. cities
and Duluth. together with the heads of nearly
all of Minnesota's correctional and penal 1nsti-
stutions, are present and the officers of the
OrganiZa ton look forward to a profitable series
of meetings.
Superintendent H. A Tomlinson of the st.
Peter state hospital called the conference to
order and addresses Of welcome We're delivered
by City Attorney H. N. Benson, P. w. Sat
DRY, president of the st. Peter Commercial
club, and Judge Henry Moll. In his reply on
| behalf of the conference Superintendent f: l.;
Randall of the st. Cloud reformatory outlined
the Objects purposes and scope Of the or
ganization and introduced A. W. Gutridge, its
president.
Of the Associated Charities Of st. Paul. took
as the subject Of his address: CHARITY at
Close Range He advocated organized UNI
changing and concerted system of conducting
charitable work and discouraged rash and SEN
timentai sympathy, which is often injurious
and frequently of a hlndrance than a
help. Discussing the pauper, Mr.. Gutridge said:
1.-THE notion is widespread that the prin-
| cipal needs of the poor man are material Ac-
| tua1 experience has shown that there is not
enc in fifty in the city of st. Paul where
| q remedy can be furnished by supplying the
| applicants physical needs. Pauperism Is
disease and it must. be treated by wise, we'll
trained sympathy. Physical distress is only a
small part Of the trouble and 1t cannot be en-
! tire1y remedied by applying ter1a1 rel1ef
The most common commodity in charitable work
Is money; the most rare ana precious Is per-
severing disnterested help
Today's sessions of the conference Will be.
4 devoted to the consideration of two general
] topics: ''The Prevention of Pauperism and ma
| Crime and "Relief." Tonight addresses Will
| be given by Professors T. L. McVey and Will
| liam A. Schaper of the state university. To-
morrow the county commissioners section will
be in session. One of the features at today
session the address Of J. w. Olsen of St.
Paul It was an able argument on the in
! fuence Of the home and attracted great at
tention
Mr. Olsen prefaced his remarks with several
quotati lions from Horace Man.. He said:-
at is the business of education to train the
beyhood and girlhood of today into manhood
and womanhood that tomorrw shall eagerly enter
into and possess the physical, intellectual and
moral riches to which they are the rightful heirs
in the fullest measure Of enjoyment -
! FORTUNATELY, in this land of freedom the best
Drawn and brain of the country is not impressed
| into military servitude to insure the stability
J of our national institutions. The only direct
and permanent means of self-preservation in
America is found not thru education by the
| three Rs, but thru educating the head hand
and heart for independent self-respectng,
self-supportng citizenship. 1t follows manifest
ly then, that a function of the school is to
educate for the prevention of crime and pow
erty.
Duty Of Public School.
81 believe that, while the public school has
a duty to perform in educating adults away
fIpif tv
and thrift, it is directly responsible for the
development of our budding manhood and woman
hood Such causes Of poverty o as in
conditions, accidental death Of. the
breadwinner cannot be eliminated by. the
school or any other human agency. but gen
orally speaking, both subjective and objective
poverty producing conditions can be removed by
| proper school training. -' 49,. r.
"Crime and poverty are caused largely by
weakness Of body and to counterfeit hereditary
weakness and preserve the strong the public
school should provide for the child the most
healthful physical environment The school
house should be heated and ventilated after the
most approved plans, and ample and attractive
Fairgrounds should be provided. The school
should be equipped with the best Of everything
textbooks libraries, illustrative apparatus and a
well-ordered gymnasium for regular and syste-
matte physical training. 1t should have compe-
tent supervision and such abundant discretion
large movements unfettered by the shackles i'm
posed by self-seeking politics. =
:: Primary Causes of Pauperism.
s.One of the primary causes of pauperism is
lack Of character. Disease is in many cases
considered of the leading causes, but that
may frequently be traced to immortality (or un-
morality of the person in want or of his par
ents. While David of Israel was not familiar
with the life history of the Lazarus or the
Colonel Newcombe of the future, his assertion
L have not seen the righteous forsaken hi:
seed begging bread may be accepted as broadly
true of the world today. H.; 10. .-.. ..... "
''The teachers influence extends far outside
the four walls of the schoolroom. She wht
has read her commission Alright seeks to COM
into contact with humanity at all possible points
Having herself a welI-defined standard Of life
she is the educator of the parent well thu
, child. Having definite ideal of manhood ant
womanhood' she seeks to im1art 1T to her her boy
grade and each class. but she sets herself
study the likes and dislikes, the capabilities an
weaknesses, the peculiar bent of each child Ell
| trusted to her care, seeking to reach the inner
most and best in each thru that interest whic
| is the widest avenue of approach. r.
g. Duty of Parents.
! While the parent has the right to requir
| all this of the teacher, he must be equally e,
i acting with himself. He. too, must have
definite and disable theory of life values; he. to-
must frame clear and comprehensive definite
of the word education. and he must have
realizable ideal of the manhood and womanhoc
into which he would have his boys and CIR
develop. The home and school must work t
gether. The parent and teacher should have
full mutual understanding and work along lin
eonverging toward the same ideal 1t Is II
duty of every parent to become acquainted wi
his chdren's teacher, to understand her air
and methods, that the cooperation of home al
school may be intelligent and sympathetic.
'tSuch instruction and recreation for the chi
and for the adult, outrivaling the cheap al
4 feeting pleasures of the street and the div
cannot fail to make for the setting ide
homes ideal society and ideal nation . ffl
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