Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-23


sense sl-,Gt the pretseat system VI vSia-
cation.' sA.d G. ID. James ~ f'hiiassoi
ILsa IN The Marion ash evening. 81
le@st there u II the Michigan system II
anything like the one we have la mia
delpalaA ~ soenas o. nss ~ II the cS.a
ua0E schools had boes captur-d 10 the
fa1dists asoei. hard. common ss;ass
sd.eatlon 10 sabeT,iinated IL fsds l
have 10y and d gih an the grammar
grad. ia our sity schools. and II ssu1s mol
seesn a. il either had learnsst a. much IN
! bad a, their sss. aud dim have
half the advantages, either. They knos
enough and are bright - two Dew dol
lac. bot most a the things they know
are - no ,snoit 10 them. Ny little gif
knows az least fifty shades and oolors,
and can call their names At sight The
other day ssked Der what the esnancl.
patton proclauaatpon Mas. and she said
4; xas the srticlss ~ agFeencnt aaopt@a
by the thirteen eoia1iesL ] ASKED the
ioy where Hawaii ~ aud what 10 the
condI,ion ~ It's p~uIIe. lie said they
never hal that in his geography. ana iio
d.dn't know anything about ~
That boy esa repeat all III"
tables M the metric system
aud knows enough fs-i stus 10 pass a
civil rersicer.forIa examination. Neither
~ those children can write sentence
and use correct ana grammatical
t.nglsh. Ii ~ painful Ia THINK 81 The
facilities for learning and he .siueat,onai
advantages modern children have,
when they really learn ~ little. There
il something wrong with the methods
~ instruction Scientific teaching may
Ia all right. but | cant Ere Just where
lie efficiency comes in. The average
child with oriinar, intellect can acquire
mere valuable education from the dan.
papers and the magazines than he can
learn an school"
MANY persors wonder how IL ~ pos
siblc for men Ia b. enirapped 10y forest
fires the way those ten unfortunatesw were
F.. at LouIs Sands Lake City camps. said
7 &. r. Haak - Luther. in The New Law
ingston yesterday. but only few per
SONS these that have had experience
I know how dangerous "A fire in siashing
i-. IL IL doubtful IL prairie fires are any
worse. An slashing burns as rapidly and
az fierccly IA anything one can imagine.
With high wind II lis Impossible 10
/ stop the flames. and the men are liable
( 10 bc caught before they realize their
/ danger. | remember once In our own
ease. ~ a very narrow escape. IN fact al
most miraculous. me camps were IN
/ the midst IL "A slashing. and one morn
: ing We decided L. burn the brush ON the
/ south There was fire raging at the
/ north, but we didn't know anything
+ about il. That afternoon the wind
+ changed and il swept down upon ue.
! Had II not happened that we burned IN"
/ brush at the south 81 the camps III the
morning nothing under heavens could
have saved us II WAS about the luck
lest escape | remember IL. The north
woods are very dry this spring. and un
less they have rain before long there
will lie an immense amount III damage
! done
Arthur Bevans ~ Kalamazoo. will
succeed ". &. Eckwal AS assistan,
clerk in Sweets. Mr.. Eckwall will 20
10 the Occidental hotel in Mussegon
MIR. Bevans has been connected with the
Rur,iick house in Kalamazoo. He will
assist Will Stow III looking after the
wants ~ the guests in Colonel Riseley's
popular caTayansary.
W. Ransom ~ Kalamazoo was q
guest in The Morton yesterday. He wa'
II one time commissioner II the stat,
land Office Mr.. Ransom Is one of The
oldes; alumni of the University 81
Michigan. and il still IA enthusiast,
and loy al az an undergraduates.
f.. j. Morley Of Buffalo. familiarl.
known unto the furniture craft az Cor
luod~ Morley. siraycd into The Morton
Yesterday and ate dinner. He Is in tn
l..aly,.sr .fsar tnnffar
poratory for the big July trade.
". l.. Brown Of st. Louis. Mo. repre-
scnting the branch Crookcs Saw com
pany. Is guest in The Kent. lie ~ tn
company's Michigan agent and intend
To move his family 10 this city.
John l.. Bailey. Rockford bushes
man. and T.. t.. Chappell. a prominen
citizen 81 Sand Lake. were among yes
terllay's arrivals in The Clarendon.
j. w. GUNNER ~ Cadillac. "a membc
/ 81 the firm Of GUNNER 4 Sons. lumbc
manufacturers. WAS among the arrival
in The Morton yesterday.
NJ. O.. Wanting Of the Holland Time
and III. VI. Patrick. one 81 Reed City
leading merchants. dined ia The Ne'
Livingston yesterday.
senator &. l.. Brundage ~ Muskcgo
dined in The Kent yesterday on his va
Ia Lansing la assist In the wind up 4
the legislative session.
o. Il. Davy. an Evart merchant. is
guest in The New Livingston. lie Is i
the city for medical treatment
The Hon Perry Hannah. the founde
81 Traverse City, was "a guest IN III
Morton for dinner yesterday.
MoKroN L. VI. Greenwood and wif,
Muir. W &. Ransom. kalamazoo; X
Sherwood. Sherwood. Ernest Bacol
Nilcs. Perry Hannah. Traverse Citl
John Moore and wife. Saginaw.
NV LyISC>ros NJ G.. Mantln,
Holland. H. VI. Patrick. Reed City: {
". Siauhaugh. Ithaca; T. NJ R0cdel
Ithaca. .. X. Davy. Evart. J. H. Tia
rison. Sparta
Swurr's +. Potter. Recalling: J :
Lane. White Pigeon: T. NJ iosli
Adrian. J. Kelsey. Jackson; " T.. ol
Lansing, q. J. Jones. Sault Ste Mar
EAeLr ". H. Freeman and uif
, Maple Hill. y. u. Williams Chariott
g. l.. White Saginaw. J. II. Noric
Cedar Springs: \. VI. Brown. Breed
Nillo. ID. NJ. Warren. Sparta.
kY~r " \ Hull. Traverse City. (
( l. ifundage. Auskegon. & ,. TIA
chett. Aliegsu. 4. T. hiri Saugatpci
j. ". Luce ojen, = IT, Bauer. Dctroi
tL,RrVDo~ William olney. ~.
Wright, Vernon, J. l.. Bailey. k"cktor.