The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-20

ilalntalnihg the system mas cost III
Rochester about $500 more tim under
the old plan, but the attendance Il
larger. Mr.. Johnson intends In an
other year to have more men teach
ers in the seventh and eighth grades
Superintendent G. A. Patchln oil
Springfield gave an address on
"The Vocational Guidance OF Stu
dents" and criticized the average
teachers In smaller towns for not
finding out what the occupations OF
that particular town are. He be
lieves that a boy will naturayy turn
to the occupation In which his
father Is engaged. TOO many school
teachers are guilty of giving the
boys the impression that II is bet
ter 10 work for white collar Jobs
than overall jobs. Altogether toe
large a percentage OF seniors ain
TO be professional men. Mr.. Patch
IN believes that teachers In the
high school particularly should find
out what line OF studies each stu
dent is most apt at. and to encour
age him in deciding upon some oc
cupation in which his aptitude will
naturally lie.
Talk BY Miss Pierce.
Miss Pierce OF Faribault explained
the use OF the Binet Simon test
which is used In finding the mental
age OF school children. She told OF
the use II had been put to In Fari
bsult. and showed some OF the ma
tcrials which are used In the test.
Superintendent c. +. Young oil
Wells talked on''schos. Social Affairs
and spoke particularly of dancing
Mr.. Young did not express opposi
ton to dancing as an amusement
and said that he had noticed NO
actual harm done by dancing further
than the midwnek dances tended 10
Put the students In no condition 10
do their school work the following
day. lie believes that In smaller
communities. particularly, tho socia
affairs OF the students should be
more under the guidance Of the
schools. and that the schools should
really be the social centers.
Elysian Enterprise: When r. II
Savage disposed of his land ON thc
south side OF Lake Elysinn to Mar
tin Sexton, the two-story house on
the place was not sold with the
land. Chas. Born afterward bought
the building, and intended to move
IL on his farm on the north side
OF the lake, to be occupied by Chas
spoor who will manage the farm
next summer The building was
drawn across the ice one day this
week, but as the teams rounded the
point near J. A. Carpenters farm
the ice gave way under the heavy
load and the building sank into sew
eral feet of water and mud. The
ice ut that point was about fifteen
inches thick and not as safely
formed as In the iunsheltered parts
of the lake. The building could
not be stirred with three capstains,
and as ice has formed about the
frame since the building settled into
the water IL Is doubtful IL II Can
ever be landed. A man by name
OF Johnson, and experienced mover
from Mankato, directed the work
OF moving but before the start he
expressed doubt OF It being q safe
venture. He had intended to move
a house for Albert Hrdlicka from
the Frank Taylor farm across Lake
Charles into the village. but after
the experience of last week he pass
ed up the job.
Minnesota, the banner dairy prod
net state OF the world, has ono
animal for every person in it's pop
ulation, an average surpassed no
where else in the world. Dean A. F
Woods told the members, of the
Minnesota Live Stock Breeders as
soclatlon, In welcoming them at theil
session at University farm yesterday
He discussed the theory that as the
population PRESSURE incretses the nun
her and the type OF live stock de
oreases.
For the 1OO.OOO.OOO people In the
United States we have in round
numbers 69.O0O.O0O cattle. or one
animal for every three people," he
said. and this is about the average
throughout the world. Denmark
ranks next to Minnesota and wis
consin about the same, Iowa, the
grea- beef stock state, has two
animals for each inhabitant."
John b. Irwin OF Minneapolis
president OF the association, urged
all the stockme of the state to obli
terate lines of division In their
work and to pull together for the
live stock interest OF the state.
From Fridays Daily.
Raymond Eisenminger, the fifteer
year old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
uHs