The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-19

The great need of such an jnSD4QtQf
was brought out iforcibly during dc
late war when IL was found that SO
many of the young men were found
TO be physically deficient. Mrs. Brand
rup explained that the state board OF
health. the public health service and
the Red Cross are getting back OF
the visiting nurse proposition. Some
may think that the country districts
are not in need of such an instructor,
but this Is fallacy. Boys from the
country districts were found to be as
sadly deficient physically as those
living in towns. Mrs. Brandrup closed
her remarks by asking for the sup
port of the movement for appoint.
ment OF county nurses in all parts OF
the state.
Talk On Education.
The forenoon sessions closed by III
address by C.. A. Prosser, director OF
Dunwoody Institute. Minneapolis.
Mr.. Prosser said in opening his re-
marks that the largest business of the
state and nation is the development
of education. which conserves the
health, the soul and spirit Of the
child The Inheritance of the child
even Lredominates that of democracy
The child is entitled to physical
scientific and religious Inheritance
and there Is no other device in the
world that surpasses the public school
in dispensing such inheritances I'm.
der proper public auspices the public
schools are the highest sources fol
transmitting knowledge, which in turn
is transmitted to future generations.
The thing that makes education the
largest thing and the most democratic
thing in our country. is the fact that
every barrier of religion, color ant
race is removed in the common
schools. s..-..
The speaker decried the fact thai
in many instances economy is used in
matters OF education, while money /:
lavishly spent in other directions. He
said that if we are to get the best
results out of our schools we will
nave to pay the price for well quail
fed teachers. Such an investment
brings the largest dividends in the
world, in the way of better future
citizens
MIR. Prosser stated that the women
must guard from being exploited in
politics, and hold their judgement in
allegiance, until they thoroughly un-
derstand the questions they are vot-
ing on.
The speaker brought his talk to a
close by making strong plea for
better salaries for the teaching pro-
fession. He stated that the purchas
Ing value OF the teachers dollar like
that of everyone else had been cut in
two. The result is that many good
teachers have been forced to dror
their chosen vocation to go into some.
thing where they can make a decent
living.
Will Organize BY Counties.
Just before adjourning at noon, the
conference on motion of Mrs. J. w
Andrews of this city went on record
unanimously in favor of organizing
the second district by counties.
The conference was brought to a
close this afternoon by discussion
on the necessity of unifcation OF
laws. which was led by Mrs. S. T.
Child, chairman of the committee OH
unification of laws of the American
Bar association, and a splendid adj
dress on "Howt to Secure Legisla
ton by Senator +. e. Putnam of Blue
Earth 8"
The conference taken as whole
was a very successful one, and the
visiting ladies' left for their homes
we'll pleased at the entertainment af-
forded them at Mankato.
"The New Democracy"
Mrs. j. w. Andrews of this city
delivered an able address on the
topic Of THE New Democracy"
Mrs. Andrews in opening her ad :
dress stated that there is at the pres-
ent time tremendous activity on
the stage of live. and the drama of
life has been stirred to it's very
depths. 1t remains to be seen whether
the changes which are about to take
place will be for the better of for
the worse. The speaker stated that
she took The optimistic side of the
problem. and thought that we can
not set ideals too high. Certainly il
we emulate the teaching of Christ we
have to set them high in the new
democracy. We must wish our wagon
hitched to star and then make an
effort to reach that star. Having high
ideals, Mrs. Andrews said, would nee
essariiy mean that we must believe in
the fatherhood of God, and the BROTH
erhood of man.
1t was brought out in the address
that during the great world war just
fought, we were certainly fighting for
freedom, and we hope that out of the
chaos will come oneness of spirit in
the democracy of the future.
During the past few months the
speaker had had several converse.
lions with men on the topics of the
day. All of these men were good,
moral men. not what one would call
Christian men. and yet with each
one the thought was expressed that
we must bark back to the teachings
of Christ. study the thirteenth chapter
Of First Corinthians and be more
familiar with Christ's sermon on the
mount and the golden rule. Mrs. An
Grews said that the democracy OF
tomorrow should begin with Ameri
canization in it's biggest and broadcast
sense. In addition to this the speak
err urged that every bill looking to-
ward the furtherance of child welfare
should he supported Linked with
this we should take up the problems
Of good health. !, The problem of wo-
men in industry should not he lost
sight of. In word the democracy
Of tomorrow will be largely governed
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