The Mankato free press., 1916-05-05
Many Parents Took Advantage
OF Opportunity to Meet
instructors
Addresses Featured the Eveninq
And Some Timely Hints
Impaired
Profitable Program Was Closed
With the Serving of Nice ].
Refreshments
From Saturdays Ds!ly.

From Saturdays Da!H.
High school assembly room was
crowded last night with parents
ana frlends of the students, who had
aVailed themselves Of the invitation
extended by the faculty to visit the
school and hear the talks on edu-
cation, and a cantata presented by
the girls glee club
Principal w. G. Bate presided,
and introduced the speakers who
were greeted with applause, and
their talks very well received Sew
eral very important departments of
high school work were explained,
and their value to the student and
community was clearly shown
Three Springs" a pretty cantata,
was presented by the girls glee club
under the direction of Miss Fanny
Pitcher.
The young ladies sang very sweet
ly, the work as a whole showing
careful training and study. The play
was briefly reviewed by Miss Ruth
Hjermstad, and the choruses were
delightfully."- given. Miss Eleanor
Quimby gave the solo part with very
who played the piano parts proved
clever accompanist. The nineteen
young ladies who took part in the
cantata were Misses Dorothy Ander-
son, Ruth Anderson, Mary Alworth,
Lillian Bierbauer, Margaret Dackins,
Lucille Fisher, Doris Hanna, Eleanor
Jenson, Della Murphy, Lucille NAL
zahn, Louise Nerbovig, Alice Nelson,
VOlbOrg Olson, Irene Prowse. Elean-
or Quimby, Lorraine Wiltgen, Mabel
Dovre, Sadie Hoyme, Marcella KAN
merer. ge ki
Principal W.. G. Bate was the first
speaker of the evening, and explained
the object Of the faculty in call
ing the meeting. Hen stated that he
was very glad to see so many moth
ers and fathers of students present,
saying that the aim OF the faculty
was not in any way to offer advice,
but to explain in measure the work
that was being done at the high
school.
Parents Lack information.
at appears to u.s." he said, that
many phrases of the school work is
known to parents only in a general
minutes to present just one base of
high school work, each one speaking
Of their department to take but five
minutes time. During my allowed five
minutes will sketch few. We have
become a school of departments, and
have a uniform organization of de-
partments. Reckoning by dollars and
cents the value of the product is
great. We are a producing agency.
Let us assume that every boy and
girl is capable of producing at some
time or other in their life at least
$500 per year Figuring at that rate
the students will be worth millions
OF dollars to this community. 1t
means that our annual product is
worth about million and quarter
dollars. We have the future genera
tion to develop, and we want to
produce the best boys and girls for
the community"
Vernon Cooper, director OF the
department of manual training was
the second speaker. He gave brief
synopsis of the work in the four
rooms of the manual training de-
partment, and their equipment.
"Our course is not an educational
patent medicine" he said. "It is not
remedy for everything, and if a
boy cannot deliver the goods we
cannot give him that capacity. Our
shops are filled with people who
have selected the work. The boy to
be educated is taught in as practical
a way as possible. We have heard
criticisms, to the effect that we are
| teaching carpentry and yet are not
turning out carpenters. You can see
that in the limited time we have
| that would be impossible, as it takes
years of study to make a good car
penter. Our purpose is to give the
boy a practical knowledge of what
carpentry is, so he may choose the
trade later" Mr.. Cooper then told
briefly of boys who were supposed
to be bad boys, who had taken up
| the course of training and became
so interested that they forgot their
badness" He also gave an illustra-
tion of the value of the course by
relating the story OF a student, who
during his spare time earned money
by the practical application OF the
knowledge he had obtained in the
course sof study.
I'VE are aiming to help the boys
now and in the future said MI.
| Cooper, "and with cooperation from
you we will be better able to do So.
| Talk Ey ShumWay.
c. r. Shumway, director Of the de-
| partment of agriculture, was the
| next speaker, and told in an inter-
esting manner of the work OF his
| classes.
Agriculture he said, "can be
| described as the production of plants
| and animals which are OF value to
man. The fundamental thing is the
production of plants and animals for
the human race. A person cannot
| study agriculture and not receive a