The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-11-15

or life; this power that creates power,
and now the question comes, whence
comes it and is it for each of us? From
these letters and from other sources,
we find that power comes from an at
titude Of mind. a realization that our
work is worthy"
Under this point the speaker brought
out emphatically the need of profess
sional training and spirit and illus
trated this by q personal reference and
by myth. She also brought out the
quality of the material with which the
teacher works, saying, This living
brain Is not store house to be built
nor a plate to be photographed upon,
but it's power is to be made self pro-
ductive, self expressive and self de-
veloping. AS Michael Angelo saw
David in the block OF marble and set
him free to give joy to the world, so
must we see the latent possibilities and
set them free. "Tis our to bring from
out the stress and tears. a God-like
figure. fashioned from Within
Need Trained Minds.
"The second point was introduced in
this way. To do this great and beauti-
full task we must possess the dehcacy
given only to trained minds. Briggs
says, Efficiency made fertile by
education is the need of the times"
(Here statistics were given by the
speaker showing that Il per cent of
the best places in America are held
by college graduates, and this point
was taken up fully)
Advises a Hobby.
The next point was the power that
comes from growth, and the speaker
admonished all, not only to press out
into the fields made familiar by tradi-
tion and custom, but that they be
adventuresome and wander out into
the undiscovered, even the forbidden
countries of the mind. She advised
that each have hobby, suggesting al
so that some work be done along the
line of mental efficiency tests and even
along the line Of the Simon-Binet test.
This will keep the mind alert and
keen" said the speaker, and no teach
er who does work of this kind need
fear rating either by competitive
examinations Of civil service methods,
for they will be minute men as 1t
were"
possessed to any marked degree is the
ability to put yourself in another's
place. AS in literature, SO in life, the
greatest have taught nothing higher
than this power of seeing with the
eyes of another. Stevenson could see
as a child; Shakespeare as a woman;
Browning and Lincoln approached
more nearly this viewpoint OF
humanity, and the great teacher
reached perfection in this respect.
God be thanked, the meanest of his
treasures possess two soul sides. The
one to face the world with and the
other to tell a woman he loves
her." ........, . ....... .,., ... .... ...... ..
John Mott was chosen as Mexican
commissioner to do the delicate work
Of reconciliation and reconstruction
because OF his broad sympathy with
alien view points which he received
from his work along international Y.
W. c. A. lines. (The speaker then
brought out that quality Of mind that
detects shadow from substance and
said, that cooperation was by
product Of this powero
The next point was the power that
comes from an atmosphere of hope
and confidence that things will come
out all right.
Faith a Power.
Perhaps the strongest point brought
out was the fact that creative faith
is one of the main sources Of power.
(This was wonderfully illustrated by
reference to Thos Mott Osborne of
Sing Sing and here the poem by Edwin
Markham entitled, Our Believing
Thomas, was read. and a beautiful
reference was made to 1t by concrete
ILLUSTRATIONS COIIlluB uuQ6T LhS
observation of the speaker. The i'm
portance of health was next brought
out and statistics was given, taken
from the census of 1912 showing it
was possible to live little longer. A
reference to this point was humorous
ly given by the reading Of short
article from The Minneapolis Tribune
which paid gOwing tribute to
widows, saying that they are able
to put right values on human life and
remain young a little longer.
We quote from the speaker, IAN old
miner was working on process of
ma king gold fresh from the mine. He
was holding it over the very hot fire
for a long time when a bystander
asked when 1t would be ready, "Not
until can see my face in it, he ans
wered, and this reply is parable.
Our Maker looks on our lives and
through the dynamic Of the religion
Of the Savior of Galilee, through the
fires Of every day life brings out the
image of His face. If we have not a
religion as . working basis and unless
we work at 1t we will fail with those
to whom we must be guide and mem
tor.
"And this is my last point. the power
that comes from spiritual realization
and renewal. When we go into a fac
tory we look a long time before we,
find where the power is generated, but
at length in an obscure place sur
rounded by a forbidden zone we find
the dynamo adm then we know that all
departments get their power from this