The Conservative *
the uudying marble of human mentality
shall outlive the stone images of the
Greek aiid the Roman. These mental
images will loom up among the states
men and benefactors of our race forever ,
reflecting and immortalizing the genius
of those who carved and shaped and
toned them in the plastic days of youth
in the studios of the schools.
"The American educator carves a
statuary out of the minds of the youth
whom he instructs
Mental Images. which is co-
immortal with the
soul itself , a statuary which shall always
stand in the pantheon of our country's
history , and at last its symmetry and
beauty and perfection bo examined in
the light of eternity by Him who first
carved the mental man in the imago of
the divine mind. The schoolmaster in
the humblest school building in Nebras
ka is quietly but certainly developing a
statuary which shall outlive Parian mar
ble and time itself a statuaiy which ,
through the endless cycles of eternity ,
either in heaven or in hell , shall attest
his fidelity to his trust and his compre
hension of the vastness and delicacy of
the work he has undertaken. We
demand for Nebraska educated educa
tors. We demand professional trained
teachers , men and women of irreproach
able character and well-tested abilities.
We demand from our legislature laws
raising the standard of the profession
and exalting the office of the teacher.
As the doctor of medicine or the prac
titioner at law is only admitted within
the pale of his calling upon the produc
tion of his parchment or certificates , so
the applicant for the position of instruc
tor in our primary and other schools
should be required by law to first pro
duce his diploma , his authority to teach ,
from the normal schools.
"We call no uneducated quack or char
latan to perform surgery upon the bodies
of our children lest
Skill. they may be
deformed , crippled
and maimed physically all then ? lives.
Let us take equal care that we intrust
the development of the mental faculties
to skilled instructors of magnanimous
character that the mentalities of our
children may not be mutilated , deformed
and crippled to halt and limp through
all the centuries of their never-ending
lives. The deformed body will die , and
be forever put out of our sight under the
ground , but a mind made monstrous by
bad teaching dies not , but stalks forever
among the ages , an immortal mockery
of the divine image.
"The compensation for the services of
a proficient teacher in the primary
schools should be
Pay. equal to that of a
competent physi
cian or lawyer , or minister of the gospel.
His salary should be sufficient to com
mand all of his time , all of his abilities , all
of his efforts , and relieve him of any con
cern whatever as to his decent and
comfortable maintenance. The professor
ser in the high schools , the university ,
and the normal school should be paid so
well that the best educators of the union
may bo attracted , as they have been , to
our employ , and become personally in
terested in the educational development
of the state. The people in every county
should be alive and sensitive to the care
of their schools , and to the fact that
this university offers free access to the
higher walks of science wherein the
youth of Nebraska may attain the high
est honors and distinction.
"If these facts be appreciated , if these
precious advantages be improved , thirty
years from today
Forecast. the alumni of this
institution will
have made their impress for the good ,
the true , and the ennobling upon every
statute law in the state , upon every
school district in every county ; and the
ripened fruits of this system of educa
tion will cluster richly in the legislative ,
executive , and judicial departments of
the entire commonwealth. "
The Lee-Miller
LEE-MILLER. banquet at the
Omaha club on
Saturday evening , March 80th , 1901 , was
refreshing and instructive. Prominent
and useful citizens of Iowa were present
who responded to toasts in the most
agreeable and patriotic style of oratory.
And Governor Shaw did his heart and
head infinite credit by the honesty and
frankness with which he handled the
Philippine and other perplexing ques
tions. Nor was ex-Congressman Per
kins of Sioux City less patriotic and
sincere in his treatment of the tremendous
deus problems now confronting Ameri
can citizens , by reason of our insular
dependencies and the complications in
the far East which now threaten us.
The honored guest of the evening , the
longtime intimate friend of Doctor
George L. Miller ,
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Gen. Lee , was par
ticularly happy
in his response to his host and elicited
round after round of applause. His
remarks on the Cuban question , and in
fact all the words he uttered were
received with a fraternal and rejoicoful
unanimity that indicated how thoroughly
and happily Virginia courage , loyalty
and service to the flag of our common
country were appreciated by Iowa , Ne
braska and the whole republic.
The speech of Mr. James M. Woolworth -
worth was attractive and instructive ,
because like all the finished output of
his remarkable mind it was solid and
polished , a deft conbination of the
useful and the beautiful.
Numerous letters and _ telegrams , ex
pressing to Doctor Miller disappointment
at failing to reach
Regrets. his hospitable and
most generous and
delightful entertainment for General Lee
upon his retirement from active service
in the army of the United States , were
read in a most pleasing and well-
accentuated manner by Mr. Charles
Green. They were from men in high
places , political , social and financial in
various sections of this great republic
and evinced much consideration and
kindness for the host and his distin
guished guest.
There should be more and more such
gatherings of citizens from the several
states. There
More. should be an
"Interstate Social
Club. " It could hold its meetings
alternately at Denver , Omaha , Salt Lake ,
Fort Des Moines and St. Louis. There
should be pooling of thought , incorpora
tion of ideas , among the northwestern
states as well as incorporated capital
and the pooling of mere material and
political issues. Who will begin the
organization of an Interstate Club ?
Social intercourse , friendships and inter
mixture of thoughts , words and interests
are essential to the welfare and content
ment of the people. All honor to Doctor
Miller , the host , and General Lee , the
guest , for having inaugurated the era of
fraternal regard and non-partisan love of
home and country under such auspicious
and elevating conditions.
It is a peculiar
SINGULAR madness which
MANIA. prompts the man
who has twice
been defeated for the presidency of the
United States to constantly and menda
ciously malign the man who has been
twice elected president of the United
States by the democratic party.
The small boys who attempt to batter
down the walls of the National Capitol
with mud balls
Assaulting. will be just as suc
cessful as those
peurile politicians who are assaulting
with common vituperation and com
moner blackguardism the record and
patriotism of Grover Cleveland. To
make a small puppy more insignificant
have him bark at a lion.
AN ANCIENT CAMPAIGN.
EDiron THE CONSERVATIVE :
Messrs. Wilson and Knowles have
just been to see me about your coming
Nebraska history. Such things are in
teresting to me and their coming has
awakened in mo recollections that maybe
bo of interest to you.
The first political speeches worth men
tioning which I heard in Nebraska were
made about the first of October , 1868 , by
you and Poppleton at Brownville. Dr.