The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-29

dependent, the Other dependent. l ne
one il forced to think and act for him
self, thrown upon his own resources,
thereby developing strength of mind
and character He becomes original in
his IDEAS. The other is willing to fol
low the majority
one of the best places to learn to think
is in milking cow, especially kicking
COW After she has kicked you over
twice in one milking, bruised Y0nr arms,
spattered Your face and placed your hair
on end your mind il very active your
imagination il building all kinds of de-
vices to keep the legs Of that COW and
you from coming in contact You are
now thinking. If yOu have ever tried
to drive drove of hogs from "A corn
field or 10 stop II flock Of sheep from
passing thru II gap after one has gone or
if you have lived where you often have
had to take care of II team, milk four
cows feed the chickens before dark,
stop the noise Of twenty squealing hogs,
20 that you can hear your mother call
yon when the calves milk is warm to
feed TO half dozen hungry calves with
only one stick in sight-yOn have been
thinking Trained in thinking the
country boy comes to school and his his
tory, geography, and mathematics are
easy for him. The first difficult sen
tence does not make him throw his head
back turn the leaves for pictures, look
around the room for companion who
has met the same or similar sentence,
and if he fails 30 find him, 4tares vacant.
ly at the floor until the movement of
classes awakens him only to have the
act repeated but, when this sentence is
met. he leans forward in his seat, places
both elbows on the desk takes hold Of il
with the same energy that he did the
calls ears when removing its head
from its mate milk pail.
This boy does not know what fail
means. He goes at his work in u logical
way forms mental pictures Of what
/ he's reading about When he has u
clear cut image in his mind, he closes his
/ book thinks through what the book has
sald at the same time trying to see the
picture in every detail. If he is reading
about Roosevelt, he pictures II robust,
.tt ltr la. IA
! gold bowed spectaclea and the promi
pent teeth II it is the Battle of the
| Straits, the positions of both fleets, and
especially the flag ships, are pictured
He sees the burning ships, the drowning
! men etc
He now has mis- lesson. When he goes
| to class, he is confident He talks from
| that picture aud not from the book. He
/ has something real in his mind He
I knows that he knows Can stand on his
! feet to recite on both feet and on his
own feet He has thought 1t ont for
/ himself and believes in the old saying
To think for thyaelf one good idea but
/ known To- he thy own is better than II
! thousand CLEANED from fields by others
suwu
Not 7o with that vacant starcr He
can neither stand TO reCite or recite
when he is standing And 40 our conn.
| try boy or girl strides ahead from the
first passes many OF his city brothers,
il graduated from the high school with
the highest huuors on to college or in
70 business and we find him later in life
chairman or clerk of the town, mayor
Of the city. in the legis!a' ure or III con
gress
Bat hope young friends, you will not
be satisfied with the splendid training
4 You now have bnt will choose to devel-
I op your powers still more. Do not be
too anxious to get the paltry dollar to
morrow and thereby 20 into your world
work without sufficient training to cope
with men of the times
II il for YOU and your parents to de-
't'ltt w hhNt th' iouhi"'i'h WI
laid many of the correct habits are
formed All you have to do is TO spend
n little time and energy. The modern
II s 50 well equipped, il reckoning you
on the splendid training school for
teachers In this comfy IL inviting you