Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-01

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! r. Treat should he on the list. His
Brother is on the hoard VI control
| \ Statesman Not Ashamed oi church.
Senator Whitehead Of IareSvtlle made
| SerhaPS the NEST hi liant record in the
! upper branch this year He is almost
as LIS physically as Tom Need and has
Srtat moon face, that smiles from an
oak heart and clean hred brain. He
graduated FROM Yale in 49,, and is Il
| WlG0wer with one SON Of Il and 4
cauEhter. He is a careful honest law
| Yer rather than Il brilliant one. but he
Is developing very fast since his four
| Years IN the senate and II is said Race
| county had 70 he reminded from the
outside what good stun there is in
| Whitehead Some Of the Madison
lounSers even say he viii some day SO
| to the federal senate. Next year he
| Will have to decide what he Win do
| make Il try for congress against Cooper
| or come back to the senate,
| Whitehead is a man Of old fashioned
| ideas, When the senatorial fight had
| about tired the memherS out some sort
Of show ut the Opera House attracted
nearly everybody one "Wednesday even
| ms
About Q O'Clock the GAINESVILLE mans
biz body showed itself in the Park no
,tel office.
Hello, Whitehead; you don't seem
| to be at the theater tonight Where
have YOU been anyway" The speaker
was 10 Quarles,
| Been To church." replied Whitehead
| hnuuy, in q voice that could he heard
Il k,. ~ ,l
Some of the tinid ones are afraid
| that the saloon element" will knock
| Whitehead down before he gets much
| farther. But he is so free from cant
and So just, conscientious and reason
| able. that some Of his warmest admir-
| ers are men who haven't been to
| church since they used to 50 With their
mothers thirty. forty, any number of
| years ago.
zoo High schools Get $500 Each.
Fhe high school seems To he popu-
| lar institution throughout Wisconsin.
| 1t is an industry In which the bounty
| system has been n success. In 1875
| there were fifty free high schools In
| the state; in 1855 there We're 100 and in
| lSM there were more than zoo such
| schools. Just think, 200 high schools.
with boys and girls taking advanced
| studies, graduating III flowers and
white dresses, and speaking thrilling
essays-"Per Aspera nd Astra." or The
| Essential Conditions for Success" 1t
is an inspiring contemplation
This development Of high schools
| dates back to 1878 for one feature, In
| that year the legislature appropriated
4,
schools in order to induce them to raise
the standard. Each school obtained
$500 Ten years later the number Of
free high schools in the state had in
creased to nearly double the number,
and the legislature set aside $50, 900 ad-
ditional. making the annual gift $780,
GOO For time this was sufficient to
give each OF the high schools the orig
inal sum OF $500 per snnum, but there
We're so many schools the allotment
dwindled to $240 each, last year.
And the last session doubled the np-
preparation again. 1t is now Sl00 600 for
the 200 schools $500 each 1t goes Il
long waas toward paying salaries and
small communities are thus able to
have a high school
Catholics Rally by Thousands.
A feature Of summer life in Madison
Is the Catholic summer school. Its ses-
sions this season will continue from
July u to Aug 3, Each year the pro-
grammc is elaborated. The late Bishop
Wattprson OF Columbus was IA favorite
here In appearance he looked much
like President Mckinley. and both be-
ing Ohio men they were great friends.
II
tionalist, preached memorial sermon
for his low-townsman, in which he
prayed for the great church" which
had been so bereft and for It's great
head, the pope, so soon to follow" On
the Madison programme is listed Rev.
II. NJ Calmar. the Jesuit orator, who
lays down the claims Of his church with
great emphasis. He has lectures under
the general heading of "Old but Com
mon Myths. Facts and Fables" "The
Inqusition." "Galileo Gnli'ei" THE
DRY Of Evolution; Its Scientific EXPOSE
ton" Evolution continued. "Consti-
tutiona and Religious Liberty"
The subject or Christian Apologies"
will be treated by the Very Rev. u. j.
Kennedy, q, p. s. T. NJ. Somerset O.
His lectures are: Miracles Of Christ
and the Apostles" Resurrection"
"Prophecies.' "Messianic Prophecies"
prophecy of Isaias,"
Rev. William Poland. S. j., St Louis
university. win give course Of four
lectures: Social Man" Domestic
Society" "Civi Society" "paternal
state"
Austin O'Malley, professor Of litera-
ture, University OF Notre Dame has
lectures and Miss Eliza Aller starr,
always favorite, Will give art lectures.
Among the laymen are judge Willis OF
st. Paul. a silver Democrat Judge NJ.
J. l. Wade Of Iowa city. who will
speak on Woman Legally" and other
topics: Mr. Brennon Of Detroit. Il. +.
Walsh Of Kansas City. etc. A new
feature will be special excursions, as
knights Of Columbus, the c. T. A. u.
Of A. and the Catholic Order OF For
esters
a scholar Who Knows Beans.
Professor Spariing Is a tall gracefully
awkward young protcge ~ Professor
Ely, and the author Of book on Chi
cago's municipal history which won him
a PHI D." Sparkling came from Indi.
ana, and though western farm boy