The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-28
Father G. Magic.

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Father G. Maggie.
Lofty Peaks of American States
manship" was the subject of lee
ture delivered yesterday afternoon
by Father G.. T. Nagle of DesMoines,
Ia. The lecture is an historical study =:
an analytical review of the period
when American diplomacy and brains
brought about independence and set
up the nation that was destined to
become greatest the world has ever
known. Father Nagle is an orator of
ability. His eloQuence is of the inspir-
ing sort and his thorough knowledge
of the historical events from the
birth of the Republic together with
a full understanding of the diplo.
matte methods employed to bring
about the important steps in our de-
velopment, combined to- make his lee
ture highly instructive as well as en-
PERTAINING. He showed an intimacy
with the great characters of history
from Washington to Roosevelt. and
his tributes to the many of the great
and powerful men conspicuous of the
early history making of this country
were of exceptional beauty.
Other Features of the Day.
Yesterday was the first day for the
Wayne County Teachers Associa-
tons annual session and probably it
was one of the best programs that
the association has ever had the
pleasure of listening to. It will main
tain the same high standard through
out the week. however, for both
Prof. Fess and Prof. Zeublin are on
the program for two lectures a day
"A Method in History" was the sub.
ject of Prof. Tess address yesterday
morning. He sought to impress the
teachers with the idea that in giving
instructions in history 1T is cutie nee
essary to make it plain to the pupils
the great value of finding the rela-
tion of events, one to the other or of
one event to series of succeeding
events in history. BY this means i'm
portant matters in history are ais
ways retained by the student. while
fact presented that stands alone
without attention being called to its
relation with other historical matter
is generally forgotten. Mere memoir
izing of historical data is valueless,
though when the relations of events
are made clear. the memorizing
comes without effort and the subject
is thoroughly understood
In the afternoon Prof Fess gave a
character sketch of Thomas Jefferson
which was highly entertaining and
instructive.
Natural Advantages"
Prof. Zeublin's morning lecture on
Natural Advantages" was discus.
sion of the manner in which the won
derful and varied resources Of the
country were being put to use.
The United States has the advan-
tage, Prof Zueblin said, of almost
every natural advantage. Every sort
of climate. every sort of people. yet
unity with it all The land question
naturally is sinvolved in the consid-
Grafton of natural advantages and
Prof. Zueblin's ideas on this point in
dictate strong sociaIistic tendencies
He characterized the 1and-ownership
system of this country as one which
no sane man of the present day
would invent and yet it was tolerated
by people in general who only in
rare instances had ever given a
thought to the injustice which must
result
This thing we call patriotism. this
love of country said Dr. Zeublin,
which is in all of us TO a greater or
less degree. is strange when we think