The use and growth of these three things, body, mind, and
spirit, must all be found in any effective system of education.
The same three-fold activity is equally necessary in a group of
individuals. Take for example the merchants of a town, who have
established a Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade. They have three
objects: first, sound and profitable business; second, organized
cooeperation with each other to their mutual advantage, as in settling
disputes, securing satisfactory rates from railroads, and inducing new
industries to settle amongst them; and third, to make their town more
beautiful, more healthful, and generally a better place to live in. Take
a labor union as another example, and you will find the same three-fold
purpose. A good union admits only good workmen to membership in its
sound body; the members get from the Union the advantages of organized
cooeperation in selling their labor to the best advantage; and in
addition they enjoy certain special advantages often of overwhelming
importance.
The practical value of organization and cooeperation is obvious, and they
are being utilized very widely in nearly every branch of our national
life.
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