The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-29
Henry S. Welcome Visits
Scenes Of Boyhood
GARDEN CITY GATHERING
Reception Was Held There Last
Night For This Well-known
Gentleman


wide travel and experience, and in
his boyhood days resident OF Gar
den City, was the guest OF honor last
evening OF the Garden City Inn,
where o reception and dinner was
held In his honor. George NJ. Palmer
Of this city presided at the gathering,
which was attended by about forty
or ftty Of the old schoolmates and
friends of both Mr.. Palmer and Mr..
the festivities, spoke very delight
fully giving Q number of very inter
estinx "reminiscences Of early school
days in Garden City, and explained
many happy experiences OF boyhood
days. Mr.. Palmer referred particularly
to the number of Garden City boys
had zone out into the world pnd had
been successful These men are now
scattered over this country aid some
of them abroad.
MIR. welcome in response to an
invitation TO speak delivered very
forceful talk on the needs Of pracl-
cal and rational education AT the
present time. The speaker said that
the great want Of the present day
teaching is instruction along the
lines of the Golden Rule" character
building. true manhood and woman
hood, the adherence to moral laws
In his remarks Mr.. Welcome ex-
pressed very great pleasure In meet
ing SO many of his old time friends
and school mates. He especially re-
ferred to the great enterprise Of the
early settlers, who as pioneers en-
( dured many hardshtps, and render
+ ed heroic services to the state and
country during the period OF the IN IN
dian wars. He also referred to the
great service rendered by the men Of
+ Garden City and Blue Earth county
/ in the civil war and the late war.
T That In the world war, even before
the United States entered the con-
fict, many of the boys had gone to
( Canada and joined the British forces.
Special tribute was paid by the speak
err to the son of the late General
who had gone to France and Joined
the forces Of that republic and has
DISTINGUISHED himself with valor. The
speaker said that Garden City and
Blue Earth county are renowned for
doing their duty when duty calls.
They have been distinguished for
years past for their high sense OF
loyalty to God and country. Here the
speaker referred to the spirit Of in
an early days. Then she even as
pired to rival Mankato. At the pre-
sent time, Mr.. Welcome said that 1t
is regrettable to note considerable
falling of of that spirit OF enterprise
that prevailed in the pioneer days. He
hoped that there would be a regen-
GRAFTON Of the old spirit. 1t was deep.
est qualification, Mr.. Welcome said
that he learned of the movement now
on foot for the establishment of con
solidated school in the village. This
school IL properly conducted, Mr.. Well
come said will be of vital importance
to Garden City and vicinity. Mr.. Well
4 come spoke as follows on the deslr-
Z ability of establishment Of a con-
solidated school at Garden City: O..
h Turn Slug Mre.
II Dieussed Lord kitchner.
+ While In the city, Mr.. Welcome Is
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
4 Palmer In very pleasant interview
i given The Free Press this morning,
4 Mr.. Welcome incidentally mentioned
I the late Lord Kitchner, who was
4 close friend and who had visited him
in Africa and took great interest in
his archaeological researches there
and in his excavations of the lost
cities of the early Ethiopian races. Mr..
Welcome employed more than three
thousand natives and large number
of white men in his excavation of
African sites in the upper Nile. re-
gions, whose history dates back thou
sans of years before Christ. Mr.. Well
come says that the death Of Lord
Kitchner was one of the greatest
losses to the British empire and the
world alike. Previous TO his most
untimely death this great man had
raised an army Of more than five mil
lion men through voluntary enlist
services in the last years Of the war
would have been on incalculable
value. especially at the Paris confer
ence, where his views and those of
Foch agreed. It has since developed
that as far back as 1915 Kitchner
urged for unity of command Of all al
lied forces, but political influences in
England prevented it. Later on the
allies had come to adopt Ktichner's
plan, and this in a large measure
fastened the end of the war.
Mr.. Welcome left today for Min
neapolis and will proceed to England
In few days.
Believes in Consolidated School
Il entirely agree as to the desira-
bility Of Garden City having a thor
school Of the type Indicated. es.
pecially If the purposes of the in
stitution include teaching the Gold
en- Rule" character building, true
y
Germany reached q pinnacle of fame
and renown for higher education and
the intellectual development Of her
psople-but to what purpose? 1t was
certainly not for the Glory of God
and the noble cause Of humanity. and
the well being Of mankind. We now
know that Germany's whole plan and
scheme Of educational and scientific
development was to enable her to
dominate the world land enslave all
peoples under the iron rule of the
'super war lord Her educational
teachings were without soul, without
conscience, or sense of honour. She
taught her sons that Might is Right"
and encouraged greed and avarice.
When Der Tag (the day. came (un-
Eprovoked), she proclaimed her 'punic
Iessly and mercilessly attempted to
svanduish the world, committing acts
iof savagery that have never been