Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-11-17
COLLEGE HEAD
SPEAKS HERE
President George A. Selke and Two
Assistants Of st. Cloud, Appear
Before AskOv PIT. A.

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Before AskOv PIT. A.
| A fair sized crowd Of parents
teachers and high school students at
tended the regular meeting OF the
Askoy Parent Teachers association
held in the school house last Thurs
day night and heard an interesting
program rendered by talent from the
st. Cloud Teachers College. President
George A. Selke OF the college anC
two young men, George Linneman
musician, and John MacDugall, chall
artist, were present for the occasion
Both of the young men are working
toward advanced degrees at the col
lege, and Mr.. Linneman is instructor
in music to the rural school classes
while Mr.. MacDugall is assistant dear
of men.
The program was opened with the
singing of America" by the audience
and this was followed by piano solo
King Cotton March," by Sousa, played
by Mr.. Linneman. Next on the pro-
gram appeared Mr.. MacDugall, and his
sketches with the chalk were very
much enjoyed by the audience as was
his ready wit. Mr.. Linneman then
appeared again and rendered three
pleasing vocal solos playing his own
accompaniment.
Mr.. Selke, speaker of the evening,
was then introduced by Supt. Fred
Grafelman, of the local school who
has been an intimate friend of many
years standing. Mr.. Grafelman told
of the wonderful work done by Mr..
Selke in his rise from the ranks to
his high position among the states
educational leaders.
A Good Talk.
In his Introductory remarks to the
audience Mr.. Selke expressed his con-
fidence in Miss Jean Tyre, primary
teacher in the Askov school, and John
Mertzacker, eighth grade teacher.
They had received their training as
teachers in his school and it was with
deep sincerity that he expressed his
confidence in them.
Mr.. Selke said he could talk on
many topics of the day which affect
us all and which would be worthwhile
but one of our greatest problems is
the one concerning the boys and girls.
He told of former instance when
as a younger man he was placed in a
position as county superintendent In
another section of Minnesota and how
he had given talks on the American
boy which he thought were very good
talks. One day couple came to him
ested in boys because they had only
two girls in their family. Mr.. Selke
explained to them that. even though
they had no boys their girls would
grow into womenhood and would have
homes of their own and then they
interest in boys because they certainly
would be interested in the kind of
boys their girls would mate them
selves with. Likewise he told of a
couple without children expressing
themselves as not being interested in
children. Everyone should be inter-
ested in children because it is the
children who are to grow into the
men and women Of tomorrow and it
is our substitutes that we want to
be we'll fitted to take our places, the
speaker intimated.
A man without a family was also
taken as an example by Mr.. Selke be-
cause of his attitude that he was get
ting nothing from the schools. He
had NO children and the cost seemed
to be a total loss to him. This is
not the case, said the speaker, for
it is the children who give value to
property. If there were no children,
that for which we work now would
have no value later and therefore
there would be no incentive to work.
Training Makes Difference.
Mr.. Selke said that training makes
big difference and in regards to
this he gave an example of a fawn
and a young wolf being kept in a pen
together. They slept together and ate
together out of the same dish. They
were almost inseparable, but on the
other hand the speaker told of an
instance where a settler heard the
bleating of deer in a swamp and
upon going to the place from where
the bleating came he saw large
timber wolf leave the deer which had
mired in the swamp, and stink away
into the jungle. The wolf had been
eating the meat from the deer's
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