New Ulm review., 1922-10-25
MAKES PLEA FOR
MORE TOLERANCE
DR.. STRICKLER SPEAKS ON
"PROBLEMS OF DAY" AT
1sH ] MANKATO. sc
DECLARES VIEW POINT OF
OTHER FELLOW is WORTH
' STUDYING. - ID ny

A plea Tor the deVeloplllelt VI
toleration in America so that one side
can appreciate the view point OF the
other was made by DR.. O. G. Strickler
of New Ulm in an address last week
before the so members of the Mankato
Kiwanis club. The club met in the
Elk's club rooms. The subject Of lis
address was Problems of tie Day.
DR.. Stric!Sler declared that America
was deficient in liberation. He as
serted that looking at things from the
stand point of the other fellow would
bring about tolerance. Frequently
he pointed out, the other fellow may
be right. Often the other fellow has
ideas worthy of consideration and
emulation. ., s..,..
Quotes Chicago Divine.
81 recall that Jenken Lloyd Jones'
the famous Chicago divine, in an ad-
dress one time in New Ulm, declared
that on his fathers farm in Wisconsin
the lambs were divided among four
sons," DR.. Strickler said. each boy
painted his initials on his particular
lambs. 49,
"But the boys found that when the
lambs grew larger, the Distinguishing
letters were erased by the influence oi
the elements and the animals rubbing
against each other. I tell this story to
illustrate that the more we ere IN
touch with each other, the better we
understand and the less we care for
our Distinguishing types.
Urges Language Study.
"a short time ago in the United
States it happened that if person
spoke Scandinavian, French, or Ger
man, he was greeted with the question
Can't you speak the United States?'
l believe in a thorough understanding
of the English language but do not
think that this means an exclusion OF
foreign tongues.
Il think that we should encourage
our young people to understand foreign
languages for their broadening effect
The great future trade OF the world
it is said, will be in South America
Here Spanish and Portuguese are
necessary. Let our young people
learn whatever language will benefit
them whether it be Chinese or Mexican
Education Is Duty.
Il notice that the motto of the
Kiwanis club is We Build and I feel
that no better building can be done
than for the organization to assist the
government in every practical way to
extend education. The last census
revealed that 100000 persons in the
United States were illiterate. 1t is
our duty to educate the young people
of today so that they will be prepared
to take up the responsibilities of
citizenship. This applies to women as
we'll as men for with the coming of
woman suffrage they are being called
upon to serve upon juries and to hold
Office"
Mentions Ku Klux Klan.
As a supreme illustration of in
tolerance DR.. Strickler called attention
to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
which he asserted should be condemn
ed by good American citizens for it was
an organization foreign to the spirit
of America.
''If the principles Of the Man Of
Galilee were practiced we would go
long way toward solving our prob
lens Of today" DR.. Strickler con-
cluded. 81 met woman on the train
the other day who professed to be a
Christian. She advocated killing off
every man, woman and child in
Turkey. She knew no more about the
philosophy of Christ than cat does
about Sanskrit.
Christianity Never Tried.
H. G. Wells in his Outline of
History declares that the time is
coming when the Christian religion will
disappear and it's place will be taken
by mixture of religions. I believe
that Christianity is not failure be-
cause it has never been tried. We are
500 years behind the practical applica-
tion of the teachings of the Man of
Galilee." -
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