Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-09
TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN.

TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN.
second Meeting of the Rln City kin.
derEarten. Association Last Evening
-Constitutton Adopted and Board
OF Managers Elected - Addresses
Made by several Gentlemen.
The second public meeting of the Elm
City kindergarten association, held in the
chapel of the College street church last
evening, was largely attended, and Of q
most interesting nature. The meeting was
called to order BY President HenryF.
Peck, who, during the course of an able
and eloquent address, explaining the OBJ
jects and aims Of the association, viz, to
take the young children out of the streets
and give them an opportunity to make
something of themselves. said as follows:
The century now drawing to close is
the most remarkable In the worlds his
tory In respect to the advance made in the
arts, sciences and inventions. It is within
the present century that the first steam
boat was constructed; that gas was first
made to illuminate our streets and houses,
to be followed later by electric lights; that
the first telegraph was constructed, which
now flashes our messages from town to
town, from city to city, which CROSSES the
seas and puts us in communication with
all countries of the world; the telephone,
which enables the merchant, the manufac-
turer, the banker and the broker to con-
verse with their agents a thousand miles
away. as we'll as to talk to their friends in
different sections of the towns in which
they reside.
The far greater part of our labor saving
machinery has been invented In the pres
emit century; notably, the sewing machine,
the pin machine, the agricultural machine
for our farm, the typswritipg machine for
our Office, and 30 on in all departments of
labor.
WeshaYe practically said that there shall
be no more war, because we have invented
such deadly weapons that a battle between
opposing forces would mean annihilation.
Now, while we have mads Htich advances
in material things, can;awe show such
progress in spiritual and mo,al forest
Within the present century have been
founded the great organizations for Chris
tianixing the world.
We have the foreign and home mission
airy associations; for the relief of our I'M
fortunate and suffering We have improved
hospitals; for our orphans, for our deaf,
dumb end blind we have our model ssy-
lums.
Our old soldiers who are unable to care
for themselves are provided with comfort
able homes in different sections of cur
country. Our almshouses are provided
with all the latest improved appliances to
render the inmates as happy as their cir
cumstances will allow. We have our
Kelley institute to cure our drunkards;
We have the Christian associations to save
our young men and our young women. As
aria fo chnrohoS houo
Christian Endeavor, Kings Sons and
Kings Daughters and other numerous Or
ganiaations.
And now it would seem as though the
dawn of the millennium is being fastened
by q new force, the free Kindergarten sys-
tenn of instruction. And when we think
Of the millions of children in our land who
can be reached by this moulding influence
and at an age when the mind is susceptible,
how Important it is that the light of good
influence should bs brought to bear, like
which IL under the careful care Of the
gardener, and with the same result.
After President Peck had completed his
remarks the committee which had baen
appointed at . previous meeting to draft q
constitution reported and the constitution
was unanimously adopted. After the con-
stitution had been adopted IL was signed
by nearly all those assembled. The asso-
citation starts out under most suspicious
| circumstances and will undoubtedly become
power for great good in the city.
The following board of managers to hold
| Office until the annual meeting when of.
fcers will be chosen were elected:
| Ex-Mayor Henry F. Peck, Attorney
Henry Ct. Newton, Rev. E. NJ Poteat, Rev
J. W. Van Ingen, Franklin s. Bradley
Rev. Charles O. Scoviile, Professor E. L
Curtis, Superintendent 8. o. Preston, F
81. Coggswell, J. P. Strong, John F. Doug
lass of Douglass & Sons, Rev. William D
ter, J; r; Eastman, state score
Mrs. T. W. T. Curtis, Miss Sarah Morse
DR.. Adelaide Lambert, Mrs. A. B. Treat
Mrs. Brown. wife of Rev. F. A NJ. Brown
Mrs. ]. L. Pstmore, Mrs: L. w. Robinson
Mrs. Rsdfeld, wife of Cashier Red6sld
Mrs. F. Il. Cogswell, Miss Frederick
Beard of WEIGH training school, Miss Nj
@. Livermore, head of the kindergarten a
81 Olive street, Miss Jessie J. Scranton.
Addresses were also made by Attorne
q. G. Newton, Principal Lewis of tn
Webster school, Rev. W. D. Moesman, Mis-
ca Beard of the WEIGH training school, for
merly of Chicago, Rev. Mr.. Van Ingen
Giles Potter, James Howarth.
INTERNATIONAL DOWNRIGHT
Comment From a British Journal
The London (Eng) Standard of May
has the following editorial comment:
The decision of his honor, Judge Town
the southern district of New York, in tn
consolidated cases of 'Blaok VS.. the Henri
g.. Allen company" and "Black VS.. Isaa
K. Funk" of which we have received a
advance report, is of the utmost interes
to authors and publishers. We can her
give only bare synopsis of the results G
these important cases. The following gen
eral statement Of the facts will suffice
raise and to illustrate the issues involved
An American gentleman, General F. A
Walker, made verbal agreement wit
Messrs. Soribner, the we'll known fir
Of publishers, to write boo
on the population and indIstrie
of the United States. 1t wa
In this book should, after its publication il
America, be assigned to Messrs. A. & c
Black the publishers of the "Encyclop@di
Britannica" and that the book itself shout
be reproduced under the article ''Unite
States" in the twenty-third volume of tn
ninth edition of the Encyclopedias, y" the
in process of publication. General Wake
wrote his book, published and copyrighte,
it in America. and forthwith granted al
assignment, or an extensive license, of tn
copyright, to Messrs. A. & @. Black, VIII
duly incorporated the work in the "Ency
clopadia Britannica" The defendant
reprinted the "Encyclopedia," including
General Walkers article, and Messrs. A
& o. Black thereupon sued them in tn
l United States for infringement of copy
tight. After an nnavailing attempt t
defeat the PLAINTIFF on demurrer, the, de
PENDANT fell back on a number of plea
which, In point of variety and ingenuity
/ were not Unworthy of DR.. Azucco Gar
buglio. They denied, inter alia, that tn
plaintiffs had sufficiently proved the ex
istence Of their firm, or their egreemen
with General Walker (who, as the lega
proprietor of the copyright, sued as
co-plaintiff); they impesohed the plaintiffs
title to sue; they maintained that a mum
Der of copies of the Encyclopedias Bri
tannica" had been sold in Great Britain
before the date of its publication,in Amer
lea; that an author could not change tn
name of his work-as General Walker hst
done-between the date of the provisiona
protection obtained by deposit of It'll
and the date Of publication; that tn
price of nine dollars asked by tn
plaintiffs for each volume of the CEN
cyclopedia Britannica" was s'exorbitsnt'
and that their profits had in no wise beef
enhanced by including the article in cues
ton in their American edition of the s'En
cyclopaedia Britannica" On all thes
| Issues, both of fact and of law. Jado