Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-07-16

our sporting ground. II mas accoil'
panied man in his long journey OF
progress from the hut of the savage to
the palace of the king. Nature has
aided man physically by his highly won
drous attitude, by his dextrous hands,
by his feetness Of foot, but magma
ton has crowned him as the world S
conquerer. In imagination began man
first glimmering of real life. 1t found
him with a naked hairy body, savage
and ferocious against his fellow. But
imagination, like the mills Of the gods,
grind exceedingly slow yet exceedingly
| fine, and has accomplished the mar
velous task Of producing modern man.
Imagination fills the dreamer with hope
Imagination made Columbus discover
America it made Newton discover the
laws of gravitation, and Watt to dis
cover the power of steam. lmagina-
ton called from Edison the electric
blight, from Morton chloroform, which
has blessed man and lessened his pain,
Lister gave us anticeptic surgery
Jenner gave us vaccination. Imagina-
ton induces man to provide food and
clothing for winter, hospitals for the
sick and comfort for the helpless. I'M
agination works slowly, but ceaselessly
in mans progress. 1t enables him to
leave the earth to conquer the universe,
to measure the sun, to count the stars
in the milky way, to study the surface
of Mars, to calculate the moon and the
tides. 1t makes him travel through
the air and under water, to control
lightning, to make nature supply him
aid and comfort. Imagination makes
man the captain Of the world.
EDUCATION
Education has been one Of the win
dow lights in progress. 1t is the dis
tribution of knowledge. Education en-
lightens and restraints. Education is
process by which we are taught how to
know and how to do. The man of edu-
cation knows how to be taught from the
solid ground of nature and knows how
to act from the solid ground of expert
ence.
The University Of Wisconsin is one of
the greatest and most useful of univer-
sites in America because Of the utility
of the education it imparts. It's stu
dents have caught the spirit of progress
and spread it over the world. The I'm
iversity is the richest investment Of
Wisconsin. Her graduates are in the
vanguard of progress. The Wisconsin
University is teaching her sons and
daughters to work wisely and to the
best purpose.
In education there are two roads Of
progress the mental and moral as well
as the industrial. The mental andmoral
cultivates the ideal, the realm of
thought, the classic products Of the
mind. The mental and moral cultjvates
mans philosophic world, the field of
ethics, the views of right and wrong
However, other education than that Of
the classic must be added, because few
can maintain themselves through philo-
sophie or literary education For the
progress of the masses an industrial
education is demanded for we must all
work Agriculture, engineering and
| commerce must be cultivated to insure
aid and comfort in life. Wisconsin Uni
versity is the leader in the industrial
system of education It's engineering
college, its agricultural college are
known for their usefulness the world
over. The useful education tends
toward progress because it teaches
toward the dignity and utility of labor.
Wisconsin's education system is cele-
brated for its utility, progress and
growth.
Supervision and constant improve
ment of the public schools is a perma-
nent and chief duty of the people. The
public schools are the mills of govern
ment gods, which grind exceeding slow
but exceeding fine. The hope Of pro
gress lies in the education impaired by
the public schools. The chief aim of
the public schools is the formation of
character on which progress depends.
CONCLUSIONS.
Deeply implanted in the heart of man
is the spirit of progress. Persistent,
intelligent. wise industry builds the
road of progress. Wasteful industry
as on ancient useless pyramids, is the
bane of progress, the badge of authori-
ty that has enslaved many bodies and
many minds. Progress is the distinct
i've mark of man alone. The spirit of
progress is now afoot, the birth of mo-
mentous event is at hand, the triumph
of peace has arrived with hopeful
promise of the future. The innate
force of progress has pervaded all civil
lied nations from prehistoric times
Progress is the triumph of peace.
Every grand achievement is developed
in the mind saturated with a spirit of
progress.
Progress consists of All the achieve
uents of all aces. its discoveries IFS