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So man without culture is a savage and the mind of man a gem upon which 

 the light plays fitfully, alternating with darkness. We have minds capable 

 of searching into the mysteries of Nature, or soaring among the stars, and in 

 in some degree of annihilating time and space. Then let us unite hand and 

 brain work, and thought and culture will assist us to rightly cultivate the soil. 

 To the trained hand and the cultivated mind must we look for help to lift 

 that burden which falls heaviest upon the mothers and children. Sometimes 

 when we are utterly wearied with the same round of cares, the same scenes 

 from day to day, we look back to the times of the shepherds and patriarchs, 

 and think they must have enjoyed life, wandering from place to place with 

 their flocks and herds to find pasture. Standing by the side of Abraham and 

 looking over the little encampment upon the borders of Palestine, bow happy 

 Sara must have been, when she could say " To-morrow we shall strike our 

 tents," "To-morrow we shall move on among new scenes," '^ To-morrow we 

 shall camp on green slopes, beside unfailing waters." But it is not to the 

 past we should look, with its old ways and traditions, neither should we be 

 satisfied with the present, but we should make progress toward a prosperous 

 future. When we look out and see the industrial colleges opening wide their 

 doors to the boys and girls from the farm and workshop, and to the children 

 of every industry, then we know that we have lived generations too soon. 

 When we contemplate the great advancement of the past fifty years, the efforts 

 made by thinkers and toilers, we can dimly see what the twentieth century 

 will usher in. 



And now, fellow laborers, by the help of our Agricultural College, by united 

 efforts, and by Grange movement let us seek to elevate the standard of intel- 

 ligence among all the industrial classes, making the homes brighter, the bur- 

 dens lighter and the self-respect greater among the toiling millions, and in 

 this good work may Michigan lead the States. 



INDUSTRIAL TRA.INING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. 



BY DR. MARY E. GREEN". 

 [Read at the Charlotte Institute, February 16, 1887.] 



We know we must submit to laws we do not make, to taxes we do not 

 impose, to justice we cannot administer. As mothers, wives and daughters 

 we may develop all the best faculties of men, but we are not citizens. I 

 believe the time is coming when man shall be so grand and just under woman's 

 education and influence, that neither will longer complain of injustice. Slav- * 

 ery always makes slaves of two ; the one who holds the chains and the one 

 who wears them. 



But in thought at least we are free, and with the equal advantage of educa- 

 tion, with the knowledge that we have a voice in the education of our chil- 

 dren, ought we not to hope that great things may be accomplished? 



If women would think and then act, we should at once have a more prac- 

 tical education for our children. By practical, I mean an education in those 

 things that will tend toward giving one ideas whereby he can earn a living. 



