River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-15


ing and thinking for the pupil what
the pupil should do and think for him
self, nor would he tolerate the ac-
ceptance of hasty or imperfect work
from pupils, as such practice robs the
pupils of self-reliance, self-respect
and initiative-all forces for the up
building of true manhood. The pu-
pills must subordinate individual i'm
pulse to the good of the whole and
supplant responsibility with a sense
of duty.
He believed the teacher to be an
inspirer, guide, a prophet, and that
he should have large vision for he, of
all men, has the power to transmute
knowledge and power into the con-
sciousness of obligation which is true
usefulness. The youth must come in
contact with superior personality
who can inspire him with his own en-
thusiasm, or the life of the youth be-
comes bankrupt. Born into throb-
ing complex and ever-changing world,
the pupil must be brought wholesome
" into vital contact with that life in
order that there may be that living
action and reaction which contributes
to spiritual growth as well as to pro-
gressive and elevating change in
things as they noW are.
IA &. xoo,I,o,e tho EalJ of norm, al
school education that his influence is
most potent. He felt instinctively
that the true normal school is not to
be found in the building, however
beautiful, nor in the campus, however
spacious and attractive, nor yet in
the library, laboratory, shop, or gym
nasium. The normal school is to be
found in its spiritual force, in its re-
suits as revealed in the enlargement
of spiritual life evolved out of that
teaching activity where the soul OF
the student is touched. ouickened, ana
developed by the soul of members OF
the faculty-the calisthenics of soul
touching soul for the uplift OF both.
The normal schools must bear the
stamp of high purpose made and re-
vealed by the president and faculty,
all of whom possess high notions OF
the destiny of its graduates who are
to go forth from it's portals, as mis-
sionaries of intelligence and good
conduct, preaching the gospel OF en-
lightenment and social cooperation
to the boys and girls who are to be
the future rulers and workers of Am
erica.
All, both faculty and students, are
to be imbued with the belief that the
normal school is not mere school, but
a real section of life, and that it must
operate through appropriate activit-
les in the creation of high and honor
able ideals in conjunction with the
home, the church, the vocation, the
state, and society at large. This is
a magnificent conception, demonstrat-
ing without question that the destiny
of the nation is in the hands of the
normal schools. AS are the normal
schools, so will the nation be.
An omniverous reader of good books
Warren D. Parker possessed the rare
faculty of insight into their messages
and of transmitting those messages
into his rich and growing personality.
An accurate observer, and keen
thinker, having an affinity for all good
things, he combined the results OF his
observation with the fruits of his
reading and thinking, so that from
earliest youth to ripe old age,
Heavens rich instincts in him grew
AS effortless as woodland hooks
Send violets up and paint them blue
1t was the writer's fortune to count
him for many years as friend. His
loyalty to friends was true as the
needle to the pole, his devotion to
their interests was mistaken, and his
sense of obligation to them was root
ed deep in his generous nature. He
was withal a courteous, chivalrous
getleman, whose keenest pain was to
inflict pain on another. Nothing con-
tributed more enduringly to his hap
piness than in discovering worthy and
ambitious young men and women,
struggling against poverty and an I'M
stimulating environment, and quietly,
persuasively urging them to make
the most of themselves, often contrib
uting, always unostentatiously, from
his own means to further their edu-
cation. Never would he speak word
in disparagement of any one, though
provocation was often present.
Warren D. Parker chung to the faith
and lived it in his life, that every day
was day of judgment; that each
days close brought its reward or its
punishment in proportion as man liv-