Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-08-06
WELCOME ~TED'

In welcoming the head OF Mime
sofas state government and its able
leader Governor Theodore Christian
son---to our community for brief
visit tomorrow friday the Ameri-
can rather than 10 laud him In high
praises will publish herewith ex-
tracts OF commencement address he
delivered before 1909 graduates OF
the University OF Minnesota In the
Memorial Stadium ON June Is.
A mans own words and actions
rather than the words OF others are
what count
II IL not common that a governor
OF state Is nick-named but the
American. like newspapers all over
the state feels that II has special
pfIViiege here. Having known the
Governor personally for over 10
years during which time he was pub
Usher OF the Dawson Sentinel. the
writer met him frequently nj Elitori-
al meetings and from the beginning
OF our acqualntanceship respected and
admired him And the reason he IL
called Ted" by the newspaper men
is because he Is liked by them.
Mr.. Christlanson has delivered
many able addresses of late years but
desiring to choose something brief
the American selected the one he de-
livered before University graduates
when the slogan was Education for
Sufficiency". He said In part:
Some more inclusive ideal than
that of either the classicists or
the practicalists must be set up,
one that will compass both those
lines Of educational development.
Sufiiciency in education de-
mands. first Of all. that individu-
ais know how to conserve health
and strength while using them to
the utmost. II demands training
in better, wiser. and more pro-
fitable use of leisure. and. we
come now TO the last and perhaps
greatest test of education for suf-
hciency. In a democratic coun-
try, such as ours, education should
improve citizenship and thereby
safeguard civil and political
liberty.
II is the duty Of the college
man TO take a deeper and more
substantial interest in public af-
fairs. He should consider as
carefully and as conscientiously
the things which concern the
state as those which concern his
own business or profession. His
sense Of public obligation should
be kept as keen as his sense of
personal obligation. II is not
enough that he scorn graft and
frown upon dishonesty in gov
eminent. His should be no mega
tive citizenship. He should be
a leader in civic Righteousness.
subordinating every ambition,
every plan, every policy and
every attachment to one purpose
the making Of q better nation.
II is the privilege and duty of
the educated in this country. not
only to vote at the ballot box,
but also to express themselves in
diligently upon public questions
and to take their part in form
ing public opinion. There they
have a leverage OF power un-
equalled.
This. then. is my slogan for
education: II shall be neither for
efficiency alone. nor for culture
alone. but for suffciency. | have
tried to suggest that such an edu-
cation demands individual and
social health and well-being, the
wise use Of leisure, and good
citizenship. In closing | simply
want to point out that the ideal
IF sufficiency in education is a
flying goal. II can never be COM
pletely realized by an individual
alone.
What man or woman. no mat
ter how well educated. is suffi-
cient for the extent of the
worlds need. for its sorrow and
loss. its opportunities and privil-
egesl Religion and philosophy
alike answer that by ones self,
nobody is sufficient for all Of
these things.
Our suffciency today is not in
ourselves as individuals. II is in