The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-07

footing here. MnwAstudents take pro-
fessional lines than are needed in the
professions, which are overcrowded now.
If more went into industrial lines pro-
duction would be increased and the pres
sure in the professionals decreased. In
dustrial training develops observation,
keemess and accuracy, which are in de-
mand in all professions. Industrial edu-
cation includes girls, also, for the homes
call for skill in woman's particular do
main. If the home is the center OF
civilization it must have trained hands
and eyes. Industrial training leads to
respect for honest toll. 1t should have
a prominent place in the common
schools. Manual training, which is one
feature of industrial education, tends to
give broader view, teaches one to
adopt the means to the end, and develops
observation. The eye and the hand
should aid the mind. Manual training
reduces theory to practice, and it also
has its effect upon physical develop
ment, exercising the muscles and resting
the eye. The power of willingness is
also developed. IF we would improve
the good citizenship of the country we
must stand for manual as well as acad-
emic training in the public schools, D
stated the speaker in conclusion.
Miss Alice Perrin told the beautiful
legend of the Watonwan. She said that
all parts of the world have their asso-
Citations of the past, and even around
Mankato there is folk lore about which
we never dreamed. While the religion
of the Indians is interesting, their leg
ends are equally so. The legend of Pipe
stone and that of st. Anthony falls are
well known The legend of the Walton
wan, with its haunted valley, where the
Sioux chief, War Eagle, took refuge
with his Chippewa bride to avoid the
treachery of his tribesmen, but was fin
ally slain by them, was related, and how
the sorrowing bride took her own life.
Miss Kathleen Hart, who is rapidly
acquiring reputation as one of the
sweetest singers among the rising gener-
alton in the city, gave two very pretty
songs, "The Swallows" by Governs, and
"The Open Secret" by Woodman.
ARTHUR Donald Young followed with
an grafton on "Child Labor in which he
showed good grasp of this very live
subject. He said that it is assuming
alarming proportions and must be done
away with or in twenty years it will
be a serious menace. Before the war it
was scarcely known, but at present two
million children are working from four
to fourteen hours day in mills and
elsewhere This kind of labor is regu-
lated by law in thirty four states, but In
eleven states there are no laws to pro-
tect children, and children six or seven
years old are put to work without in
fringement of the law Child labor is re-
sponsible for much bad health, crippled
bodies and Deaths There is no need for
child labor in the United States, for the
country was never so prosperous, and
there are plenty of adults to do the
work. The greed of employers and pa
rents is largely responsible for the pres
ent state of affairs. Some children earn
only four or five cents a day, and
scarcely any more than twenty-five cents
a day. Sickness is so prevalent among
the children employed in some places
that doctors bills take more than they
earn. One southern mill employing chill
dren declared dividend of 95 per cent,
and other dividends of 40 to so per cent.
No wonder the owners want the prac-