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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-05
Tho New Hook Spoon Free To All.

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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-05

- Nos: 40) and N2, "Tho Atlanta Special I"
Solid Ncstibulc Train, with Buffet Slccpers
ana Day Coachos hoiwccn Washington and
Atlanta. ParlOr and Dining Cars, New York
TO Washington. Pullman Slccpcrs betwcrn
Portsmouth and Charlotte, (Opcn ut Ports.
mouth Hp. IN. Connecting at Atlanta for nnd
from Macon. Florida. Chattanooga, Nashville
memphis, IcXnS California and tho West
. Nos. Al and oo, The =. 4. l.. EXprcss Solu
Train OF Pullman Slcepc 5 md Day Conchns
between. portsmouth,, Weldon and Xtlnnsn. nj
50 New York to Weldon and Cape Charles
Connecting at Atlanta for and from Mont
E0mCry, New Or leans, roXas. Mexico Mncnn
rloridit; at PorlhmOuth with Bay Limo and
coilstwisc steamers and rail routes to ihe
Notth and Fast. '"0
No extra lur on any train.
For Tlckvts, Sleepers and informa.
tion apply to ticket agents, or to
Is. 4. NEWLAND, General Aucnt
Pass, DcPt, Kimb&ll House, Atlonta
Ga,
VIM. B. CLEMENTS, Tray Pass. Aot
6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
f.. ST. JOHN, Vicc-Presidont and
Gen'i M5r anu
V. E. MoBEE' General sup.riuton.
dent. 'ii'"h-
Il. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Mansoor
Z. J. ANDERSON, Gcn'l PassanSor
Agent. '''o"ser
General Offices: Portsmouth, Va.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-05

HOOPS PILLS cure nnus, sick
neauache, lndi~cs tiOn, bliiousucss. An
druggists. 25c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30

the school ground that were surround
ed with high board fence, with flower
beds. Certain scholars were given Sec
tons of the bed to cultivate in flowers.
The owners Of adjacent land had fruit
trees that overhung the high fence,
upon which there ripened from year
TO year, plums, peaches and apples.
These flowers were kept inviolate, and
no fruit ever was plucked from those
branches, except by permission. The
speaker suggested that the growing Of
flowers about the country school
houses could be much more easily ac-
complished than under the unfavor-
aole conditions that he had described,
and suggested that possibly that
might be one Of the means by which
interest in plants could be excited, and
from that, interest in agriculture be
stimulated.
In closing the speaker suggested that
the teachers of the various district
schools should exercise their influence
as best they could, to provide recrea-
tons during the evenings, that would
TEND TO counterfeit what is come to be
dissipation in many country districts,
Dy assemblies that meet even under
the auspices of the church organiza-
uons, that keep unduly late hours
Such assemblies ofttimes keep young
people UP at night until the late hours
OF l and in the morning. Such
assemblies are designations pure and
simple, even though they may go I'M
der the gufse of q Christian cloak.
superintendent Gregg closed by urg-
ing the county superintendent as
sembled, as well as the representative
teachers, that they should select the
bright pupils who seemed to have an
interest in agriculture, and urge upon
them the value Of the State Farm
school as a place where they could
supplement the common school educa-
ton that they had received. by a
course in agriculture that would equip
them to do their life work to much
greater advantage than they otherwise
would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
COLLEGE MEN MEET.
They Exchange Views On Topics of
Interest.

The college section met in the Plym-
Outh church yesterday afternoon.
President Dean Horace Goodhue, Of
Carleton college, presided.
Prof. Goodhue spoke on Higher Edu-
cation" Of the colleges and univer-
stiles in the United States two were
founded in the seventeenth century,
twenty-five in the eighteenth, and $40
in the nineteenth. One hundred and
forty-one were for men only, 80 were
educational, and 143 for women only.
Five million dollars We're invested in
grounds and buildings, and $4,000, 900 of
endowment.
Prof Goodhue called attention to
the multiplication and the slow, but
steady increase, both of requirements
and courses. Of 1912 great Americans.
1926 were college-bred, and 00,000,000
had lived and died who had not col
lege education, yet out of these 100000
900 only 10000 had so wrought as to
deserve recognition in cyclopedia Of
biography.
Prof. Cyrus Northrop followed with
an address on college Administra-
ton"
President George H. Bridgman, of
Hamline, discussed 1.-The Province of
the President" President NJ. VALID
strom, of Gustavus Adolphus college,
s'The Province OF the Faculty and
Harlan W. Page, Of Carleton college,
''The Province Of the Trustees"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30

raj and abstract language that often
obscured their meaning. Far too many
teachers had learned the form of teach
ing rather than the subject to be
taught. Methods Of presentation meant
nothing when the teacher had nothing
to present. 1t was fortunate that the
human mind was of so tough struc-
ture, tnat 1t grew and developed in
spite OF the teachers.
II have sometimes thought de-
clared Prof. Coulter, that the whole
question of the science Of teaching is.
not how to impart instruction, but how
10 impose the fewest obstacles to men
tai development
Prof. Coulter next discussed the SUBJ
1ect Of science in secondary schools.
devoting special attention to the old
and the present methods of teaching
botany.
The third problem considered by Prof.
Coulter the speaker styled "The Over
production of Pedagogues"-n teach
ers, but pedagogues. An idea pre-
vailed that a common school education
and few weeks special training
would equip a teacher. 1t was such a
pern1cdous theory that was responsible
Tor the existence Of incompetent teach
efS The great CONSERVATION Of public ed
ucat1on was the state. 1t was in the
power of the state to stop the overpro-
auction of pedagogues by making high
er the barrier guarding the entrance to
the profession of teaching The time
had come when the barrier should be
made higher and higher.
Prof. Coulters fourth and last prob
lem was the eVer-present one" of
Schools and Universities" In the
main the universities had imposed more
upon the schools than they had con-
coded. Prof. Coulter said that while
q hnl cd hot ~,
ments for entrance to the university
We're wise and justifiable, he did not
believe in SO extending the specific de-
mandS as to make the high school moth
ing more or better than the univer-
sity appendage. Prof. Coulter thought
that the specific demands of the uni
Versity ought to be very few. Over
specialization was a great evil. What
should be required was certain degree
of intellectual development. The time
had long since passed when lack of
proficiency in certain aristocracy Of
subjects or studies should block the
avenues to a higher education and pre-
vent a student from proceeding with
his education until he had acquired a
certain knowledge Of those specific sub
Jects. That school or that teacher held
in the dictatorial grasp of an institution
that recognizes nothing but such an
arbitrary system was pedagoglcally
blind.
Prof. Coulter denounced the set en-
trance examination required by uni
versities. The testimony of the teacher
as to the pupils qualifications was the
best testimony to be had. Universities
seemed to pride themselves more upon
their raw material than upon their fin
ished product Prof. Coulter added in
conclusion that he had often thought
that the close meshed seive was placed
at the wrong end Of the university
course.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
GEOGRAPHY AND MODELLING.
Two Subjects Discussed in the Ele-
mentary Section.

Mrs. Alice Cooley, Of Minneapolis,
presided over the deliberations of the
elementary section which convened in
the spacious assembly hall at the high
school. Elementary Geography was
the topic UP for discussion, and Prof.
Darius Stewart, of Fargo, who was
down on the programme very nlpdestly
for suggestions" spoke for an hour
during which he advanced aenuInber of
new ideas on the subject Of geography
for younger pupils. Latitude and longi-
tude occupied not little Of his at
tention, and during the explanation OF
the symbols, as Mrs. Cooley called
them in her opening remarks, the Da-
kota teacher made strong plea for
the handling of geography in such
way as to appeal to the child mind.
He encouraged the teachers to do all
they could in the way of making the
details clear to young pupils, and forth
with advanced a plan which, he said,
would not give students false impress
sions as to latitude and longitude as
old maps and globes were apt to.
Illustrating his statements with
globes and sections together with
maps, he showed the true relations
different points bore one another and
explained how by his plan, students
could not go wrong in the matter Of
perspective. He submitted tests by
globes made by pupils in his own
school. The matter will be discussed
further today.
Miss Jean Gowdy, Of Minneapolis, fol-
lowed with a paper on Sand Modelling,
It's Purpose and Legitimate Use" Miss
Gowdy took the position that sand
modelling promotes self-interest and
activity in the child, gives him another
avenue for expression, in which he
may express himself when words fail
in him, and makes clear through
touch, ideas which he had gained but
partially by sight. A fourth advantage
claimed, was that it shows the teacher
the working of the childs mind.
Miss Gowdy denies vigorously that
sand modelling is dead and lifeless in
the main because neither light nor
shade can be produced, and insists that
il can be made living and animated by
the manner in which it is taught and
used. fra6 eng entf
Minnehaha falls was mentioned as
being the nearest approach to an ideal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
snvER's REDUcrIo AID ABsURDuu

What Mr.. Bryan's party could not
succeed in having done in a legal way
sundry enterprising individuals, with
an unquenchable faith in the divinity Of
silver and an uncomfortable purpose
that it have it's full rights, are doing;
clandestineIy, however, owing to the
hostile and malicious attitude Of GER
tain statutes of the United States. 1t
has been the fashion in all times to
apply opprobrious epithets to those
who were resisting tyranny and striv-
ing to promise and install the right.
and these worthy gentlemen are no ex-
ception, although they protest, with
vigor, when they do speak, that they
are not counterfeiters. But we an
ticipate.
Some little time ago the receiving
teller of San Francisco bank. max
ing up his cash, thought that one Of
the silver dollars in his till was a trifie
heavier than it should be. Laying it
aside he sent 1t to the mint for ex-
animation. 1t was there pronounced
a counterfeit. There was nothing on
the face Of it to indicate this except
a trif1ing imperfection in the milling,
not perceptible to ordinary inspection
but the assay showed little more pure
silver in the coin than the BIN grains
in the minted coins Thereupon the
treasury detectives were put upon the
track, and, putting this and that to-
gether, they found that Montana sill
yer miner had been engaged in the
business of coming silver dollars freely
and quite unrestrictedly at a ratio OF
IL to 1, without waiting for the con-
sent of any foreign government, and,
indeed, without that of his own. The
Montanan has managed to elude the
special agents of the treasury who
have been seeking him in order to In
troduce him to his irate Uncle Samuel,
but this accidental find Of the San
Francisco teller has made the treasury
officers cautious in receiving silver
dollars, and it is reported from Wash
ington that there have been found by
them many such that were better dol
lars than those from the minis, so far
as their silver contents are concerned.
Could anything better illustrate the
absurdity of the free coinage policy?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
GRADED SCHOOLS.
Question of the Prom Otion OF Pupils
Discussed

Discussed.
Room is in the capitol was com
fortably filled with the graded school
instructors when George E. Butler. OF
Blfd Island, the presiding officer. called
the initial meeting Of this section to
order. There was to be an hour OF
round-the-table discussion with Mr..
Butler leading, and the question was
On What Principle Should the Pro-
motion of Pupils from Grade TO Grade
Be Determined? After the few in
troductory remarks from Mr.. Butler.
Z: A. Pachin. of Caledonia, opened the
discussion.
1t was contended in the first place.
that the ability of the pupil should in
Itself determine the matter Of pro-
1notlon from one grade to another, but
the mooted question, it was submitted.
was how best to determine the ability
OF the pupil. Some Of the teachers
held that the instructor having the
student, and coming into direct con-
tact could best tell his capabiIities
and that no written examination or
test would fully bring this out. This
was urged with special Vigor in the
case OF the lower grades. where the
younger students had not the neces-
sary physical ability to stand the test.
InoSe taking the opposite view in the
discussion maintained and it appeared
70 pc the sense of the meeting, that a
written test or examination was the
true and only medium to determine. for
the reason that whatever the teachers
aplIlty, or however keen his insight.
there were points which might run
from day to day, and only be par
Tally known to either teacher or pupil.
Inc only way, they argue, to determine,
these points is to test the pupils ability
TO express them in good clear logical
Iashlon. the object being not so much
10 test the subject matter digested. as
TO test the pupils power to do work
assigned to him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
GIVE 1T EFFECT.

Whatever the coming legislature may
or may not do it should relieve itself
and the state Of the scandal Of adopt
ing constitutional amendment con-
ferring upon the legislature the power
to rectify an admitted evil, with sue
cessive legislatures refusing to obey the
legislation. We refer to the amend
ment submitted to the voters and by
them ratified in 1890, adding to section
Of article l, which secures inviolate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
WANT MUSIC TAUGHT.
Teachers in That Section Vote
Unanimously for It,

The music section gathered in Room
Ia at the Windsor during the early
hours Of yesterday afternoon, and
listened to the annual address Of the
president, Prof. O. E. McFadon, music
supervisor in the Minneapolis schools
Mr.. McFadon spoke of the failure Of
the last legislature to pass the bill
asked to require examinations in music
Of applicants for state certificates Of
the first and second grades. and urged
that the association take steps looking
to the agitation of q similar measure
again at this session.
Charles w. Johnson, Of Minneapolis.
also urged the Importance of musical
training in the schools, and George Q.
Krimbill of Winona, secretary of the
music section. placed it well at the
top Of school studies in point Of i'm
portance in the symmetrical develop
ment of the youthful mentality. Prof.
Curry, of South st. Paul, asked the
teachers how many Of them would be
in favor of an act requiring musical
examinations of applicants for second
as we'll as first grade certificates, and
the vote was unanimous.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30

liz "a a. VI u NY JURY, Lie PIONISiOu
that 1.-THE legislature may provide that
the agreement of five-sixths of any
jury in any civil action or proceeding,
after not less than six hours delibera-
tion shall be sufficient verdict there
in"
This amendment was submitted after
prolonged discussion, In which the
evils of the unanimous verdict were
amply shown. Chief among the argu-
ments for the majority verdict was the
opportunity the old system offered to
hang the jury by corrupting a single
member of it, and the power thus given
the INSCRIPTIONS agents of corpora
lions to procure denial of justice. The
frequent miscarriages of justice thus
occasioned as we'll as those caused by
the presence of stupid or a preju-
diced juror, are matters within the eX-
perience Of every lawyer and judge
proach to our judicial system. 1t
brought into question the entire jury
system and made thoughtful men ask
if this old bulwark against the oppres-
sion of king and noble had not only
outlived it's first purpose, but had not
become instead an instrument of the
same kind of oppression it was meant
to guard against.
When, too, in the same courts,
in equity cases, questions Of fact,
involving vast sums, are sub
mitted without question to the decision
of the judge, without any suspicion that
the rights of man are sacrificed it
is puerile to maintain that cases on
the law side Of the same court, presid-
ed over by the same judge, involving no
more important issue than the contest
ed ownership of a pig, must be re-
ferred to twelve peers of the republic,
who must agree upon what are the
facts of the case and unite in a unani-
nous verdict assessing the damages or
determining the title. When, again,
interests as vast as the fiscal policy
of the nation are decided by a bare
majority in the electoral colleges, it
fatigues absurdity itself that absolute
unanimity should be demanded of the
twelve men in the box as to whether
it was Jones dog that worried Smiths
sheep, and, if so, what amount of dam
age he caused.
Three successive legislatures have
come and gone leaving a trail of use
less when not mischievous legislation
behind them, and in each of them in
f1uenceS are said to have been power
full enough to smother any bill seeking
to give effect to this beneficial amend
ment. That these influences, whatever
they were, were not honest is apparent,
for no one who feels his cause Just
is unwilling to take the judgment of
majority of his fellows upon it, It
is just as apparent that one who
knows his cause is weak or unjust
would wish the opportunity to defer
or defeat justice by securing a friend
upon the trial jury who would fail
to see the force of the evidence that
! had made. his eleven colleagues of one
mind. Whatever the cause of former
inaction, whether mere Indifference or
more potent influences, this legislature
! should earn some merit for considera-
ton of public interest by giving to the
amendment of 1890 the effect it re-
quires by suitable legislation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
MRS. TUCKER FORTUNATE.
WindfaII Comes to st.
Paul Family.

WASHINGTON, j. c., Dec. 29.-Mrs
Mary Logan Tucker, wife of Maj. Will
liam T. Tucker, paynaster in the Unit
ed States army, department Of Dakota,
with headquarters at st. Paul, received
a very substantial legacy from the
late George E. Lemon. Under terms
of his will, which has just been filed
here, Mrs Tucker receives a cash leg
acy Of $25, coo, and a one-fifth interest
in the entire estate. The five-year-old
son Of Maj. and Mrs. Tucker, who was
named after Capt. Lemon. also receives
$25, 900 and one-fifth interest in the
estate. These are the largest legacies
left to any two persons under the.
terms of the will. During his life, Capt
Lemon was an intimate friend of Gen.
and Mrs. John A. Logan, Maj. and Mrs.
Tucker are now in Washington, visiting
at the home of Mrs. Logan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
STUDY OF CHILDREN.
1t Is Considered In the Sectional
Meeting

The child study section met in the
windsor par1ors about O'Clock. the
members being slow in assembling on
account of the other sessions of the
cay In the absence of Prof. Kirkpat
rick, OF Winona, who is ILL Supt s. s
Farr OF the st. Cloud city schools.
presided. Miss Isabel Lawrence Of
the st. Cloud normal school toId If the
enid study that had been done at
tnat Institution, comprising the an
alySlS OF stories popular with the chill
uren, 10 determine the elements which
were of interest to them and the con-
stfuctlve work that followed the re-
searches thus made. The work. how
ever, was young, and could be Judged
put poorly yet. She was of the opinion.
however, that the children cared little
Tor descriptions of beautiful things.
Prof. Parr was of the opinion that the
chlIdren appreciated beauty as well as
older people, but he did not believe
that they enjoyed reading descriptions
OF such, and while he had observed in
language lessons of small scholars the
frequent occurrence of the word beam
tlful IN Qualifying nouns, he was un-
der the impression that the words were
borrowed from the teacher
Mrs. A. w. Cooley, primary SUPER
visor IN the Minneapolis schools re-
lated her experience. She had en-
deaFored to ascertain from the chill
dren the name of the books they most
enjoyed, in order to determine if pos-
sible the elements that appealed to
their nature, but the result had been
that the lads who were least high ana
noble in their reading always wrote
the name of the Bible or some other
book that they knew she thought was
good book. Mrs. Cooley precipitated
some discussion by the suggestion that
the attempt to teach the little ones Of
things divine; and to gather from them
their ideas Of God and heaven had
proven almost equally unsuccessful,
and she was of the opinion that this
branch Of study had no place really
in child study, properly so-called.
Prof. Taylor, of Mankato, Miss BIais-
dell, Prof. Sawyer and others particI-
Iated in the discussion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30

WASHINGTON Dec 29.-Forecast for
Wednesday: Internationally fair,
threatening in southeast portion; colder;
northwesterly winds becoming variable.
Wisconsin-Partly cloudy: probably light
showers in southeast portion; fresh and brisk
westerly winds; colder in northern portion.
The Dakotas-Fair and colder; variable
winds.
Montana-Fair followed by light rain or
snow Wednesday night; colder in eastern
portions; easterly TO southerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Dec. 70, 6:4S
p. IN. Local Time, p. m. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations
TEMPER
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30

location for geography class. present.
ing as it does, nearly all forms of land
and water
Inc subject was generously discuss
ed, the discussion being led by Miss
Carrie Robbins, Of Mankato.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
Ice Blockade.

ST. JOHNS N. F., Dec 29.-An ice block
ade on the whole of the Northwestern coast
of the island has begun and steamers and
vessels are returning here, it beingeimpossible
to reach the mining settlements.sIAll navi-
cation will be suspended for theGbalance Of
the year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer. 3O.21 thermometer. 80; relative
humidity, SO; wind, southeast; weather
cloudy; maximum thermometer, "a; minimum
thermometer, %; daily range, 8; aount of
rainfall or melted snow in last "A hours, 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
AT THE THEATERS.

''The Prisoner of Zenda" was again pre-
scented to as large and as enthusiastic an
audience last night as on Monday night. No
admirer of true art should miss this play.
Special matinee New Years and regular mat
inee Saturday.
The popularity Of farce comedy is being
evidenced at the Grand the present week by the
large audiences which are favoring the per-
Torrance of ''McSorley's Twins" as present
ed by Ferguson and limerick and the capable
assisting contingent. Today at 2:30 popular
priced matinee will be given and a special
afternoon performance will be given Friday,
New Years day.