The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-06-04
PRINCETON, MILE Laos COUNTY, MINNESOTA VII

Every true teacher, ! imagine, look
ng into the minds of those under
aer care hopes to find more than or
binary intelligence. Parent and
teacher alike hope to bring greater
learning and power.
Making the most out of oneself.
You know there is difference be-
tween self-appreciation and self
folks make mistakes in
that thing. some put the wrong
stamp on the wrong coin. The way
to tell the difference is about the
way Bishop Fowler says the Irish
man told the difference between the
mushroom and the toad stool; that
is, you just eat them and if you live
they are mushrooms and if you die
they are the other thing.
Greatness requires room; it begins
from childhood -babyhood; I'VE
stif1e under it. The baby is not con-
tent to live in the cradle very long:
it is right that it shouldn't; it be-
gins to find itself and looking into
it's mothers face realizes it belongs
to her. 1t pushes out into the room
and gets around in the room and
then the room is too small for it;
then the house is too small; then the
ward is too small and after a while
the town becomes too small. 1t is
going out, pushing out; it requires
room in which to grow. We have
the actual instinct to lead us along
to greater things.
Let me instance something in this
way: The Japs over there in Japan,
after they were wakened up from
their sleep by the Americans, made
rapid strides; they have wakened up
and sent their men to all countries
to live and learn. We are gradual
ing from Hamline young Jap and
we also have one in the freshman
class.
There is something in the spirit of
freedom. Because we breathe in the
free air on the great prairies in this
country so we ought to produce men
of freedom which would not be pre-.
dominated over by any people of the
globe. Our people are not content.
They are pushing out. We have &C
quired the Philippine Islands ano
now we are interested in Cuba an0
also in Mexico. We were very much
interested in Mexico in '45 but not
much mere than now.
The great nations Of the worlc
crave more room in which to grow
they are sitting. under. limita tions
and it is true to sense in the indi
vidual. These: young people here
who are graduating tonight, I dom,
. know just what their ambitions are
} I am sure they have ,ambit lions which
, are very good. There are things
: which they would naturally desire
; If these young men would desire tt
} own several of these farms aroun(
J here, it would not be low desir'
but it would not be the best. I
/ you would desire to own the banl
, here or a string of banks, it would
be high desire but not the highest
If you wanted to own an automobile
) while your desire would be high, j
, would not carry you to success but j
might carry you some place, but l d.
alone. There are two reasons why
! don't get an automobile, 4one is tina
, my children are mostly boys and, tn
other reason you can learn from tn
7 Methodist preacher or most any othe
preacher. My boy says he wouldn'
] ride in a Ford but the one / tell hin
3 he can have is the 'can't afford''
These young ladies also have ambi
3 tions; do not suppose there woul
= be anything wrong if each of thes
= young ladies would desire to be tn
, most exquisitely gowned lady an
i the hostess of the leading home i
e Princeton.
o To do things worth while: I hav
+ a little daughter and she is just tax
f ing lessons over at school in domes
o tic science, but I want to tell 20
+ she learns one hundred times NOR
: from her mother than from tn
a teacher: she prefers it from tn
teacher as she does not have to tax
: care of the after effects-the dish
> washing is bad but the cooking nc
J. so bad. E
d We are not here simply to ear
F: money; we are not here simply t
acquire farms and great wealth, bt
y we are here to live up to those n
e quirements which build into OF
J. lives, which make us bigger me
g and bigger women, better citizens (
n this great commonwealth; bette