The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-04
GOALS FROM THE FIELD

Bible and aie9 Of ssScts PpP1s II
says, is perfectly appalling. He has
been cen looking over some; OF: The test pa
fpers written on such topics and finds
InaC the worst one was written by
minister's daughter.
Inns would seem torsexcus all the
rest OF them, but it does not. Igno-
rance OF the Bible from any cause is
BOT n?I excused. But is ignorance Of the
rance in other directionsY Here are
couple Of school essays on the Hugue-
nots, written in a Chicago public school.
one pupil wrote 80 The Hugnnots. are
people in France that are followers of
victor Hugo. Their leader is man
named Jean Vatican that was a thief
put got converted and turned out
well Another said: "The Huguenots
roller that the mogul used in India 10
run over people. It squoshed them to
death and was very terrible. It had
eyes on it like a dragon and snorted
steam when it was running They are
no huguenots emmy more y
What happened to these pupils9 They
are probably bright Chicago boys who
could :, drive team thru Clark street,
ind their way to any park in Chicago
the, whitesox Why do they fall down
SO horribly on the Huguenots7 Appar-
emily deceived by things which sound
Inc same but are not so. Victor Hugo
from his name ought to. have been a
5Huguenot. If he WASH It, what business
mad ne with that name9 AS to the
other, Juggernaut and Huguenot sound
enough alike, especially as some teach
the, mind of. the. child. The one thing
TO be observed in both essays is that
that which was objective. was clearly
grasped; The one pupil knew about
victor Hugo, he was a man who had
written a fascinating story. The other
gave fairly hair-raising description
of'the Juggernaut and what it was for.
As to the rest it is a historic tumble,
showing that the pupils were TAU ht too
much rather than too little. =. =. -
:, II there is any fault to be found with
1t starts the pupils down too many
roads at once. They become consider
ably lumbled in a maze of facts, fig
ures, fancles. songs, poems ard legends.
The educators, ought to take some point
ers from the advertisements in the
| daily papers; They should note that the
merchant ei who has something to say,
states ms main fact plainly at the be-
glnh1 l1} and restates it several times,
+ and; while pc. has a lot of facts they are
al OF one kind, the stuff offered is good
and 1T is cheap-good and cheap. GOOD
and cheap. If a merchant had a LOT of
Huguenots on his shelf somewhat shoD-
| worn and; wanted to get them out of
the way to make room for a consign
I ment. ct HHlonites' he would begin his
talk with the Huguenots, pound on the
Huguenots and endwith the Hugnenots
he would endeavor to convince every
reader that his home was incomplete
without an assortment Of Huguenots. The
schools apparently do not. do that. They
mix their Huguenots up until the boy,
one boy honestly thinks they are
+ Steam ha1in ,roller. and another. dim.
y ~ believes they are an" existent
cumst5ances,z it is as well that the
schools are not teaching about Moses.
or we might find that he is judge of
the municipal court in Omaha, while
AarOnsls one of those new-fangled botan-
lists from 't9 Los Angeles. :.
Because, the wife, of one Of the dea-
cons was attlred in a natty bloomer
called the First Presbyterian church Of #
i Greeen1c;sastle, Ind, is divided against it.
T self. The pastor and his wife. in their
round Of calls, rang the doorbelI of the
/ SENIOR deacon They were admitted bv
r. beWliderlng% creature ms fluffy
;;,pants::' At first the minister
thought it was was one Of. those imported
I Japanese, bellboys and was Just about
! to remark on the growth of metropoli-
tan customs in Greencastle when a
closer. inspection showed that it was
the wife of the deacon herself. Then
the pastor let go Of some comments
which made the hostess mad. She re-.
ported. to, her husband, who expressed
a Willingness to knock the preacher IS
block. off Gin a minute" New srelig.
i n} forgiveness, charity. meelzness, and
all the long list of Christian virtues
are overwhelmed, swallowed up as It
We're and Greencastle is divided on
bloomers--- naturally since boomers can.
not, be all on one side. IT: ought to
4 teach the pastor a lesson. He, Should
4 give notice when he is on q tonr of in.
l spection. He is not supposed to be a
bank examiner or a grand Jury.
I '.,%.... ~. James Gray.