The Mankato free press., 1923-10-12
try today are in great forward
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movement. ... .. ..".-"a.
Mrs. H. A. Patterson made AN an.
louncement of the activities of the
Orpheus club during the coming
winter months. Among the musical
features to be given by the club
are the Sacred Concert" the mid :
Winter Concert planned for the
second week in February, and the
second May Festival"
A duet rendered by DR.. Lloyd and
Mr.. Shoemaker ended the program.
At the close of the sectional meet
iEgs yesterday teachers were the
guests of the Mankato Teachers
association and the Mankato Civic
and Commerce association on a au-
tomobile tour of the city and it's vi
cinity. The tour lasted for more
than an hour and the guests were
shown all of the beautiful and his
toric spots in the city.
Teachers of today are being Civ
en- the responsibility of developing
sentiment in the mind of the child
that shall ultimately be the building
OF unity of opinion and ideals among
nations" declared f: ]. Kelley, as
sistant president Of the university of
Minnesota, in an address before the
teachers attending the second days
session Of the Southwestern Mime
sofa Education association this
morning at the Lincoln school au-
ditorium.
This ideal is the job of the edu-
cation of the future" said the
speaker. The chief thing to do to
attain the final result is to supplant
selfishness and other forms of con-
troll with a strong self control.
THE selfishness Of person or a
group of persons should be sub
merged in its individuality for the
betterment Of the majority Of So
ciety. Unless selfishness Is curbed
there will be no end TO the world
strife that has swept the globe"
The remedy is in the school,
where the youth should be taught
self control. A child's self control
is the basisAof a world peace where
we can live together unselfshly.
Teachers should somehow infiu-
ence the child to do the thing he
wants to do, but has not the con-
troll of himself to make the decision.
The duty of a teacher to con-
troll the child is a secondary idea to
allowing the child self control and
the making of his own decisions.
To illustrate his idea that self
ishness caused a great deal of the
world strife. Mr.. Kelly told of sew
eral leading international topics of
the day. He cited the case of the
Yokohama disaster, when shipload
Of supplies from Soviet Russia was
the city. The food and supplies, he
cofd uyaS canf tho cfriNkan nffv
by the communists of Russia with
the terms that they should not be
given to anyone but members Of the
communists party.
This selflshness by the soviet
government Of Russia in demanding
that the supplies be given to one
certain political creed, caused the
food commission to reject the food
and order the ship out Of the Yoko-
hama harbor. The commission stat
ed that II could not handle any re-
lief supplies that were not meant
for everybody, regardless Of political
belief, according to Professor kel-
ley.
Referred to the Klan.
The speaker also referred to the
condition existing in Oklahoma
where the Ku Klux Klan opposed
ed that the standards OF the Ku
Klux Klan were high and noble, he
said that he did not favor the or
ganizatioh The khan, he said. was
showing its self1shness in trying to
usurp the rights of the government.
The khan according to the speaker,
fails to see the distinction that they
are taking the government into
their own hands instead Of seeing to
II that the government does the
same thing that their ideals stand
for. They have not the self control
TO stand by the government and see
that it does the right thing, he said.
In referring to the occupation of
the island of Corfu by the Italians,
Professor Kelley, stated that Premier
Mussolini ordered the evacuation OF
Corfu when he saw that the world
opinion was against him. His self
control overcame his selfishness in
ordering the withdrawal, according
to the speaker.
Professor Kelley illustrated sever
al instances of the selfishness OF a
child which could be overcome by
the right kind of teaching by its
teacher. Self control in the child
will become a habit in the adult,
according to the opinion of Profes-
sor Kelley.
DIR. John C. Stone of the Mont
clair Normal school in New Jersey
was the second speaker on the
morning program. His talk dealt
with Common Sense Arithmatic."
Previous To President sWaldo's ad
dress, vocal solos were beautifully
rendered by DR.. H. J. Lloyd and
Glen Shoemaker. They were accom- =
panied on the piano by Mrs. Wilbur
Taylor.
Drilling and Drilling.
In his talk before the teachers
DIR. Stone stated that it was the duty
of teachers in the lower grades tc
see that a pupil grasped the mean
ing of the various phases Of arith
metic so that when he rose highe.
in school he knew what it was for.
"The drilling and drilling OF artth
metic into the young child's mind Is
all right to a certain extent, but he
must be taught how to compute anc
when to do so, and why it should be
done, Some children may be able
to compute rapidly but they do moi
know why or what for they are do
ing It," said the speaker.
A vocal solo by Miss Eta May
Young, of the Mankato State Teach
ers' college opened this morning
general session. The meeting was
presided over by President Clark w
Brown, superintendent Of schools a.
Albert Lea.
Sectional meetings were held dur
ing the remainder Of the morning
following the general sessions. Miss