Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-15
JACOBS0N'S STAND
On EDUCATION
Proof Given Of Falsity Of Demo.
cratic Assertion That He
Is Opposed to Schools.
Ills POSITION IS MADE CLEAR
Believes in Economy, but Not Parsimony
Especially Favors Better Schools
for Farmers Children.

The Democratic press, on insti-
cation of the Democratic state
press bureau, is attempting to
make the people believe J. F. ia.
cobson is opposed to education.
This is what the Democrats are
asserting:
when it is recalled that Mr..
jacobson, the Republican candi.
date for governor of Minnesota,
state with the finest school sys-
tenn in the world, is opposed to
educational ideas it will make him
a pretty hard pill for some of the
enlightened Republicans to swal-
low"
This statement might as we'll
be nailed now as any time, and
the. truth be published. These
are the exact words of the Re-
publican candidate for governor,
Mr.. Jacobson, in his campaign
opening speech at Clarkfeld:
! "'That state is best economical
ly, socially, morally and INTEL
lectually which wisely spends
most for the education of it's peo-
pie. We have a splendid school
system, but l feel that some of it
can be made more practical than
at present. Germany has, since
the Franco-Prussian war, taken
the lead in industrial education.
Her trade schools have been fos-
tered by the government as have
the schools of no other govern
ment Or state. The results are
becoming apparent. The hand
work of the German artisan is
supplanting that of all other civ
i1ized nations. England is hum
bled, France is beaten, and the
United States is looking to her
for an example. To do a thing
we'll, will cali for combination
of hand and head work and will
develop the highest culture meas
ured by a rational standard.
I II plead for economy, but not
parsimony in all matters of edu-
cation. Spending money for a
good school, a good book or the
requirement of good habit. is
economy.
manual training, domestic
science, and agriculture furnish
the field for our highest efforts
and our best thought.
'The farmer boys and girls,
because of their scattered settle
ments receive to-day the poorest
chance for an education. Yet
no single calling in the state is
of half the Importance and if our
present school system is found
to be inadequate for their spe-
cial training, to make them more
Intelligent, to make them better
farmers than they are at present,
this one should be speedily and
adequately supplied.
''Nothing suggests itself to me
lat present to be more practical
and feasible than the establish
.ment of county agricultural
schools. They should be built and
maintained, partly by the state
and partly by the localities in
which they are established. If
they should become a gift of the
state there would result as un-
holy and .undignifed a scramble
for them as the world has ever
seen.
.But by making it possible for
any county to acquire one OF
these institutions, they should
bear the largest burden them
selves.
"The teachers to supply these
new school systems can be train
ed in the state agricultural
schools in addition to the work
already performed by that great
institution.
Does this sound like 'opposi.
ton to education?
III. TAKE FRANK DAYS ADJ
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