The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-19
ART NOT A FACTOR
IN THE MAKE OF
AVERAGE AMERICAN
DR.. Merritt Driver Addresses
High School Graduates In
the Typical Native.
WE ADMIRE; NOT PRODUCE
Yankeo Traits, oevsioped Out of Pro-
. dominant Teutonic Blood, Arc
+ For Government, Build
ing and commecce.

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From The S;o,x CIV Tribune
That vo.lnp America liz n c%osrnopoIi-
tan combjnine ,be richest b,oo5 nf an
~ 80. H. IL -, al. ~. ar
ue "es' :" "S VEINS VIII .'a .f"ui-
etois Oh III races. ana ina ms mission
Is to produce a greater nation. q purer
democracy and to bring about A feeling
NJ Fra tarpit,, ,,,n,c ~. s,,t,u,s =. ~.
5000, -.
popeiui ueslhrA.ioh OF i'r- Loi"a MERRITT
Chis",, pas'ol oi ,ne cow. 1teiIn' "
got.saso, y ~ aouIeSS 10 tt's =" sthu
uates on Tue sioux eity mgr seuooi
recently,
taaea.us a rs'ntiVes on tue sIaa-
aassa pasNeu the .hIse auuitociuih 70
- . l.e s'h's VI ~" occupy
~ 81 i~niprovlsea aihpt''t"ea'et erect
ed on tne stage
N'netira q Soonposen ot d
tfrcnon naa'ons, GreeS; naoaiian.
n - Seilah' Danis"; Sor"esidfi'
aus,n,t' Stptcn ana lflsh, ana tns
= " tue u,ihsiios 81 eicse osooas
nlheti'ai; hinsieu nv eae
80 ~ fuctA, traits ot tttoss
80! nallohs. 70 %oh"er e"ae
hte "orlu puIiuefs
Americans Not Artistic.
not an artist like the Italian. said the
speaker. From his Anglo Saxon fore
father he has Inherited the traits OF
enc law gtver, the ruler, the builder
eho "leider oil empires, and young
america Is a modified Ang!o-Saxon.
he is ION Of sculpture. But he is
not a sculptori fond of poetry. but lot
= poet fond OF music, but not q mu-
stefan. America has produced no mu-
sician OF any rank and has special
lied on s~yncopated rag. But for his
good hard common sense, his archi-
lecture would have been a laughing
stock to the world of art. He is
0 of drama, but not a ~dranatist,
and according to the box receipts of
III theaters his tastes are not par
ticularly high. Cod has given unto
Ills other agents these arts, and
Americans iook upon them as avpca-
tons, things to anus for the pass
Ing moment"
Young America" continued the
Ee was not made for can ann hell
and to play the fool His German
blood alone would keen him from this
He has a humorous side b,t mis- 4.
rather his a%yocation. His dreams are
OF armies and nayies. OF congresses
and parliaments. OF laws and constf-
buttons, of republics and emnires and
OF he kingdom of Cad ana The f,naI
Judgment, His ideal If ~,anhooa ia
sober. sedate c,enrpe yuashirp
No.. Nj 49,.
.45is mis.,or 81 "a a. Spie
;finnnciallv ra naras natbina ~.
Der Sc and = the ers,test
spepithrift in the world A61eriSan
r~niilionaires became m~ilItonaires in
spite Of themselves Young America |
has no ambition 10 become an mi
mated money bag His ,nission IL nas
to set the pace in ransportation M |
country has poorer lighvavs than
England carries sever
of the o .i,s tonnage the
States. two-tenths,
Per, Sc. Young America cares moth
ing for philosophy and science and
teriai. Education is not his I. mr.i
His mission il 70 a.catnniish
Jehoyah,s ideals ~ What Gods 800
man should be. ri ifs 4 great thing "a
give to the world music. poetry All
sculpture, government science hut The
achievement of achievements ia 10 rive
ideal man and the ldeaI race of
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