The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1912-04-11

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never in my life have seen human
kindness, fatherly and brotherly
love radiate from a human coun-
tenance as it shone from the pro-
fessors face that day; his voice was
never raised above an ordinary
tone, you could not have heard it
20 it away and yet every sentence,
every word he uttered, must, if
that boy had one atom of manhood
in him, have cut him to the very
heart and | am satisfied he left that
room better and wiser if sadder
young man. | might 90 on and on
paying tribute to this man and if
1 could write book on his autobi-
ography, | might write thousand
pages, and never pervert the truth
never mis-state fact and then the
half would not be told. yet if these
words should ever find their way
into print they would be the first
printed words l ever saw in his
praise, simply because he is merely
a teacher, his praises will remain
unsung, while millions of others
have been lauded to the skies who
have simply made a few millions
of dollars, or been the means of
killing a few hundred thousand of
soldiers, because they chose to use
their talents along commercial
lines or in war, yet to me this man
who has given his great and good
talent and life to the upbuilding of
the human race and whose works
shall live throughout the present
generation on thru the next and
even to the seventh and then on to
the millennium is a greater man
than Charles Schwab who demand
ed and received a million dollars a
year and who has only succeeded in
helping to build up great mono
poly on one hand, class hatred on
the other, capitalism on one hand,
socialism on the other, plutocracy
on one hand anarchy on the other,
graft on one hand revolution on the
other. What has the Professor re
ceived for his labors, never in any
one year has he received as much
as Mr.. Schwab for one day and
when Mr.. Schwab was being
patted on the back and feted and
feasted to his hearts content land
also his stomach's) because he was
making money for his employers,
the Prof. was only digging and
delving into the very depths of his
soul striving to make character
and men, for his employers, and
probably receiving nothing better
than a kick for his pains. Had he
chosen railroading or life insurance
or merchandising or medicine he
could have been called great today
and had he chosen the law he
would have long ago have been
seated by the side of his great and
illustrious namesake and relative
who SO ably filled his seat on the
U. S. supreme bench and whose
name, many think should stand
at least shoulder high with the
immortal Lincoln and when | tell
you that l have been trying to pay
a feeble and wholly in adequate
tribute to the Hon. James E.
Harlan now President of Cornell
college, you will know what
supreme judge | mean, and know
that in his case | have not over
drawn the picture. This man has
never been and never will be fully
paid on earth for the work he has
done and his recompense must be
his satisfaction in realizing that
his has been a noble life well spent.
| would like to see a little more
commercialism among the teachers
organizations if they have organi-
cations, if not, I'd like to see them
organized for little better pay,
and yet | would not like to see it
carried too far, for commercialism
is the bane of the world to day,
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