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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-01
TREAT ALL ALIKE.

A fact we have 80 often tried to
emphasize, that the man who un-
dertakes to sell liquor in the In
dian country will eventually get
into trouble. is now and then being
demonstrated. But while men are
being sent out of the country by
the car load almost every sitting of
the court, convicted of selling
liquor in the territory in defiance
of law, still the traffic goes on, and
men continue to risk their liberty
for the poor privilege of violating
the law.
But the conditions are peculiar
here, and are not paralleled any.
where else in the world, perhaps.
The courts have practically de-
cided that the law is elastic enough
to allow an individual to bring in
liquor for ones own use. The
law certainly grants no one such
immunity from the law as contem-
plated in that kind of ruling
from the courts. While the whis-
key peddler is the main fellow the
courts are after, the law is specific
and makes no distinction. 1t is
simply violation of the law to
introduce liquor into the Indian
country in any quantity, and any
other construction put upon it is
entirely foreign to the spirit and
intent Of the statute. We are not
discussing the question as to
whether the Law is just or unjust,
and We take it the courts should
not do so, but enforce it as they
find it. If one man be allowed to
introduce liquor into the territory
without being brought to account
all should be allowed the same
privilege.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

these Indians have passed away, these
words have been used everywhere.
The most potent of these words relate
to politics and are taken from the In
dian political vocabulary.
Judged by his language alone, the
Indian must leave a heritage to his
conqueror. He has made us translate
some of his words as well as to trans
fer to us his language. Indian sum
mer" is the word in which the Indian
has been remembered.
The American Indian has impressed
himself greatly on the literature of the
world Historians have found in King
Philip and Pocahontas fit subjects for
their stories.
In trade and commerce, the influence
has been great. First as the slave,
then the hired servant, the porter the
voyager, the Indian made commerce in
this country possible. The old colon
lists were thrown back on the use OF
food supply of the world has the In
dian made his impress Tobacco, the
potato, the sweet potato, the maize or
Indian corn, and all that goes with
them. Cogn saved the life of the COL
onists in New England and of the cav
alters in Virginia. Maize Is travelling all
over the globe and even in the wilds
of Africa, men are beginning to plant
it. How blessed should the American
Indian be, who gave us corni
The squash and pumpkin, the toma-
to, very many trees, plants and fruits
and the peanut, all belong to the Amer
ican Indian.
In drinks the Indian has not forgot
ten to supply the world. Chocolate,
pulpe, Labrador tea are among the
number In medicine the Indian enters
large page on the medical world.
Many gums and balsoms, cocoane,,
poisons, go back to the Indian. In
athletics, the game of lacrosse, snow
shoeing,. canoeing are due to the In
dian. In the arts everything in the
way of dying and staining, were given
to the old settlers by the Indian wo-
men,.
In agriculture we have the Use of
guano and other fertilizers from the
Indians. In the wars the Indians have
fought and fought well. In society he
has made his impress. Indian wines
were not unknown by the French since
the time of Pocahontas. Mexico and
the Central American states have been
ruled almost altogether by halforeeds.
The Christian churches have never ne
elected to use the native preachers.
The secret societies have not neglected
to use the Indian. At the head of the
Red Men, the order of Foresters, is
pure blooded Indian. In politics they
are very gifted. The only good Indian
certainly cannot be a dead Indian
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
ANOTHER LINCOLN.
A Genius Like Him
Needed to School
Politicians.
CLASS IN NATURE STUDY TREATED
Ate Honey With the Maker
Guest of Honor at
the Table.

In his lecture on the making of d
genius, Abraham Lincoln, at Clark
university last night, DIR. Chamberlain
made a strong plea for the develop
ment. IN America of another politician.
Of stlieNcharacter of Lincoln, and la
mented the tendency toward empire.
The iupertebrate politicians of today
need Lincoln to school them to in
feasibility, he said.
Or. Hodge took his nature study
class on short excursion and after
wards surprised them with a treat at
the. laboratory. He and Mrs. Hodge
served a dainty supper, the chief fea-
ture Of which was honey taken from
the laboratory hives, and the guest OF
honor was an inquisitive humble bee
that came in unlimited through the
open door.
DR.. Hall spoke on Adolescence .
telling the broad meaning OF the term,
and the dangers which might result
from interrupted development at this
period Of life.
Tomorrow and Tuesday there will be
no evening lectures, the students be-
ing invited to a musicale at Mrs. S.
e. Reed Lawton's, Monday evening,
and to an open air reception on the
university grounds Tuesday evening.
The new arrivals yesterday were c.
S. Lyman, superintendent of schools,
Oxford; Mary T. Whitney, South Sos-
ton OF N Kendall, superintendent of
schools, New Haven; May Belle Mar
tin Springfield. W Tn
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feet on the weight of the children.
About three-quarters lost in weight and
one-third had increased. In the higher
school, larger percent OF children had
lost in weight. The excitement caused
by examination. DR.. Kozinzoff thinks,
causes the loss In weight.
The demand of hygiene and pedagogy
are In perfect harmony. 1t is difficult
to decide between normal and patho-
logical fatigue. The individual differ
ences make 1t impossible to lay down
any fast laws on school work DIR.
Brown and Krepelin say that children
should be graded. according to their
ability to resist fatigue. The plan has
been tried and the possibility of such
grading Is undoubtedly good.
Let no one think that the outcome of
this is to make school work easy. 1t is
to make conditions that will permit it
to be made hard when necessary. Dr.
Bryan says we may be in danger Of
eliminating the intense effort necessary
in school work
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
ON a HIGH PEDESTAL.
Or. Chamberlain Has Many Good Things
to Say About the indians.

DIR. Chamberlain spoke on Culture
transference, and said in part: The
people of Brazil were of the lowest
type of humanity. They were saw
ages, with barely the rudest nipple
ments and seracely any organization
On the other hand, we have people like
those of Peru, who reached a height OF
civilization equalling those of Egypt OF
of Babylon. Extremes Of that kind
indicate a long residence of man in
America and different environments
We have four centres of civilizations in
Central America, one in the United
States of Colombo and one in Peru, and
in each of these we see signs of pre-
ceding civilizations.
The civilization OF the Aztec was
coeval with our middle ages. The
civilization of Mexico was much like
that of Greece. It was much higher
developed socially than in architecture
or in arts. 1t was about the same as
may be said of the civilization of Cen
trail America, which went slightly high
er in architecture than that of Mexico.
The civilization of Yucatan was like
that of the Chaldeans and like England
in the fact that their language was the
simplest of all the tribes. Almost mono-
syllable and almost as devoid Of infiec-
ton as English is. These people de-
veloped religion more than others. The
people Of Colombo Tesembled that of
the Hutruscians Their civilization is
largely one of art. The Peruvians are
the Romans of America. Their gov
eminent was like that Of Rome; the
Uncas had developed power something
like that of the Caesars In Rome.s
Colonizing, sending out armies, build
ing up an empire very like Rome.
On the other hand, Peru resembled
the Semitic civilization. They almost
developed a system of monotheism. but
there was little chance Of 1t spreading.
SO it is with the art Of ancient America
Each nation had a different kind To
use the American Indian as an illus
tration Of what this people has done
for the world. Four hundred years ago
Columbus met a few harmless Indians
that have passed away, but the indian
is not race to become extinct when
surrounded by proper environment
Text books give bad ideas Of the In
dian, but men Of learning have .inves-
tigated his problems and DR. Brinton
said that the Indian was a man as we
are, struggling with his problems as
we do. He has given us many memo
rails which will last always He has
dotted the country over with names of
his own making, which, the genius OF
our race cannot supplant. II there
were no other memorials these names
would be perpetuated for all time. II
only in the Biographies. Our Lam
guage has taken up from the Indians
hundreds of words which are used in
our common speech. Though most Of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
THE THEORY OF PLAY.
PsychoIogIoaIIy, tits an Overflow of the
Desire to Live.

Mr.. Sheldon spoke yesterday on ''The
lneory or play" and began by speaking
OF the evils of the short term of office
or state superintendent of education
and OF the politics which must enter
INTO ms election. The superintendent
should be given power enough to give
q stimulus to educational work. Then
the training of teachers is inadequate.
frobably 70 per cent of the teachers in
the whole country are not trained in
normal schools.
CONTAMINATION IS needed badly in edu-
cation, In management, in methods and
IN finances. The best teachers go to the
cities where salaries are larger. But
tnere is no popular sentiment among
the teaching profession for this central
lzatlon With better training and long
er terms of service, the teachers will be-
come more united in spirit and the cen
ge ntly.
There is one thing teachers and edu-
Gators seem to have forgotten. and that
is the influence of play. In these lee
lures we shall use play in its broad
meaning OF spontaneous activity. PLAY
DEFINED in this sense Is not confined to
the human species but is found
throughout, the higher vertebrates.
Gross Of Zurich has elaborated the three
HeluB OF pay
What is play? Psychological investi-
cations show play to be an overflow Of
the desire to live. When we come to
analyze the play instinct, one of the i'm
portant elements is to make believe
We live the life we play, to some ex
tent. The fact that we can regulate con-
ditions In play, and that environment
fixes conditions in work, shows the DIFF
ference between the two.
The standpoint of the 18th century
was that everything was provided for
man. This was thought of play, as sim
ply being provided to give us rest. Shil-
Ter began another theory that play is A
result of surplus energy. Herbert Spen-
Ger elaborated this and says that as the
young animal Is fed by the adult and
is taken care of, the young animal
makes use of play to get rid of the sur
plus energy. Gross thinks play is in
stinctive, and that superabundant en-
ergy is merely one of the conditions.
Genetically, play Is interpreted as our
ancestral habits This seems probable,
but there is no way to prove It,
The play impulse was at it's heights
among the Greeks, where the work was
done by slaves. The Roman mind was
more serious, but the same instinct
was there, in rather brutal form. In
the middle ages. the tournaments took
the place Of the military spectacle of
Rome.
Among modern people, the greatest
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
Mems Hosiery.

4
| inherited from his mother. and 1t was
: only by his friends that he was pre-
vented from ending his life in the sad
dest way.
Ann RntIedge died. but 1t was her
love and her death that shaped Lin
coins course to the height which he
achieved
We may date, then the rise. of Lin
coins genius from this hrzt love,
About year after. he became in love
again. proposed and was rejected, and
called himself a fool and Hwoa'e never
to marry.
After his removal to Springfield he
became engaged to Mary Todd, sis
ter-in-law of q legal friend. They were
contrasts and It took some time before
they could yield enough to mike their
love lasting. They became Engaged,
but Lincoin's honesty made him break
the engagement.
In 1912 cordial relations were again
Established, and II was soon evident
that Lincoln could not live without
ths love Of Miss Todd On November *
1872 the marriage took place. and hk
found the woman soul which was 90
companion him through all tie years
after. S
Lincoln was appreciative of women
in general; he was no more willing to
help a sex downward than to keep a
race in slavery.
OF his absolute adherence to right, we
have many records. Neither persua-
sion nor threats could move hin1 How
we need such d man at this time when
the balance seems to struggle between
an empire and republicl How we need
a Lincoln to school the political inyer-
tebrates to tInfiexibility!
In some of his talks he erinced all
most womanly instinct, coupled with
his natural refiectiveness.
In 1880 there came to the Write House
a man who was a self-reliant genius trt-
umphant over every trait and tribala-
ton. 44eli- -As.
Not efrons rebellion alone did Loacoln
save his people, but rescued them from
bitter partisan wTahsaing HIS seconsf
election was a tribute of the nation ana
when, six months later, the bdflaf 0f
the assassin ended his life, the rejeleZ
ing over the end of the long Struggle
changed to a. universal sorrow WFic6
went up from all the world. But
though Lincoln dted, the HORRIBLE eDanae
Of slavery was abolished 5 4 There 4 9 IA
no more worthy statue than that Which
stands in Lincoln square, WASHINGTON.
To the descendants. of these slaves, Lin
coin is little less than q god. If ever
man conquered in life and. death, it
was Abraham Lincoln.
Many eulogies Of Lincoln have been
spoken and written, and of them Walt
Whitman felt a human and spiritual
kinship with that man. Instinctively
these two men recognized in each pther.
the man. Never has genius sung to
genius as Whitman's tributes sound
ed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
THE AD oLEscENcE PERIOD.
President Hall Outlines Methods to Be
Used In Development of the Child.

DIR. Hall spoke on Adolescence, and
said in substance: The subject of ad-
olescence is a new one, but it has a
copious literature. This period of life
begins at this climate at IL or IA, and is
complete at rs or 26, when complete
maturity of mind and body is reached.
The most important change is in rapid
growth. Boys and girls often grow five
or six inches in a year, and most of
this growth takes place in the spring
Most of the growth is in the long bones
and is sometimes SO rapid that the mus
Giles stretch and we have growing pains
In extreme cases the bones develop in
equally, and break by the weight Of
the body
Growth in weight has it's most rapid
period a year or two later, and it is
in the fall Boys in average cases
reach their greatest height at 10, and
most girls at Is. There Is no limit to
the growth In weight. The muscles
increase rapidly, but do not gain in
strength at first. The circulatory sys-
tenn has peculiar laws of development.
In year or two the heart in weight
and size, increases a great deal, and
the calibre Of the arteries increase, too
Very important is the increase in blood
pressure. Normally the pressure in
the arteries would send the blood eight
feet IL an opening were made. But as
in other places, the growth is by no
means regular or symmetrical
The ragged increments OF growth
causes the awkwardness of this age.
This stage is very important, as 1t is
natures time for growth, and IL ar
rested, 1t cannot be made up. Civiliza-
ton depends on the growth in this time
OF life. 1t Is a kind of second birth.
Before this time schlldren resemble one
OF their parents, but at this time all the
ancestors of the human get In their
work. There is a great struggle can
collation., conflicts between different an
cestraL tendencies yi, v,s5
Before this period the child Is an in
dividual; afterward 1t Is a servant OF
the race. The child who leads a nat
ural' life lis selfish, and as maturity
comes on, an altruistic. tendency begins
to Develop At this period touch is
more modified and especially the tickle
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
! STUDY AND RECESS.
There 10 Too Much Of the Former to
Balance the latter in School.

DR.. Burnham, after a review of lee
ture Friday, spoke on The period Of
study" and said in part: The q1es
tons concerning the length of the
school-day periods of study and length
OF recess, are practical problems. Spe-
c1al care should be taken of children
who are nervous. A number of nro-
grams have been made out by differ
ent Investigators,
1t Vs. true that, with their home work.
many OF the school children work too
long. In many places not enough care
Is taken Of the young children, Their
hours are much too long, and they do
not play enough or sleep enough.
Children should be fresh in the
morning. s-
The length of the period of study
has created great deal of discussion.
BeTgstrom said that the periods should
not last over As minutes, ana that
there should be Is minutes rest be-
tween. Richter recommends a program
very much like Bergstrnm. In The light
of Investigation, the best provisional
rule seems as follows: 20 to 80 minutes
for the ages Of, to q; 30 to 80, s TO IL;
40 to 40 Tor older pupils, with rscesses
OF 10 TO is minutes.
~
school would be a pedagogic and hyaienic
gain. There is tendency in the nigh
schoolg OF Massachusetts to do away
with recess, and it is a most unfortu
nate tendency rafte
Shultss thought that the periods in
the morning might be longer 1t was
found that In a two-hour period of adj
ding, a 6ve-minutes rest batween.
helped the work in the second, hour; ID
minutes did little good, but Is minutes
was found to be very, beneficial
The question of sequence OF studies
Is important. 1t has been shown that
arithmetic Is the most fatiguing study
to the children.
How should recess be spent? Az
far as possible in free play out OF
doors a43s rtra fe
One session a day, or two? Certain
Investigations in Germany go 10 show
that the afternoon session amounts to
little Investigation has shown that
the two hour noon intermission is not
sufi1cient rest for the afternoon work.
The question must be settled by local
conditions. If a child belongs to the
working class and has breakfast at 0
and dinner at noon, two sessions a day
may be good, while for the child who
is accustomed to have breakfast later
and dinner in the afternoon, a one
session day might be better. iA
The relation OF examination to IA
tixue Is the next question Investlga-
tlona have shown that the periods OF
examination are fatiguing to all child
rem. Or. Kozinzoff has studied the ef-
i .
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
WORLD WOULD BE BARE.
Remove birds From the Air and Insects
WlIsOeteat Mans Efforts.

4.s31
Dr:s Hodge spoke: on Insect study
and said in part: Lord Wa1singham
says there are over 100000 species Of
insects living in the world Dr. Tyler
said our epvironment was made UP of
living beings to the greatest extent,
and 100000 species of insects play a
great part in environment. Lovelock,
in speaking Of science, says that tech
meal names and classifications of spe-
Giles are to science what dictionaries
are to the language.
In the study of nature there is a field
spreading about us, and the greatest
difficulty is to select which part of this
field to study This geological age has
been called the reign of man, but man
is not at the head zoologically. At the
top stands the insects. 1t has been es-
timated that if the birds were all re-
moved, the ravages of the insects would
lay bare the world in nine years.
Having 212,975 known species of in
scots, 1t is hardly necessary to tell
teachers not to attempt to have chill
dren learn the species Of insects.
think it is best to have children
bring the more common insects to
school, and especially have the girls
learn the life histories of the domestic
insects. Then there are the insects
which injure fruit trees and vegetables.
Insect parasitism should not be neg
lected. The relation of the lady beetle
to plant lice should be known by every
child.
Another class of insects we should
study are those which are beautiful.
The dragon flies, butterflies and moths.
The aesthetic Is one of the most i'm
pcrtant human values in our nature
study. For a child to see the develop
nent Of a butterfly or dragon fly it
would make him naturalist for life.
The ants nest and the bee hive should
be taken UP. Insects have. created all
our fragrant and beautiful flowers, for
Just as a plant is able to attract in
sects so will it's species survive. So
far as can figure out, the honey bee is
the only insect we need to fertiIize all
the plants and fruits.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
HUMAN OF GENIUsEs.
Abraham LincoIn's Rise Dates From His
First Love.

DIR. Chamberlain spoke last evening
onr'The making Of a genius, Abraham
Lncoln." and said in part; Emerson
has well Said 1T is natural to believe
in great men; it is easy to believe in
usefulness Actually and ideally we
like to live with our superiers. Our
children and our cities are named for
them.
The greater the genius the nearer
human he is. wish to speak of the
most human Of the gehiuses, Abraham
Lincoln.
We know that he was the legitimate
branch of a long line OF ancestors who
were citizens and statesmen. He can
be traced back through six generations
to Samuel Lincoln who came from Eng
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

current Of play is to be found among
people Of Anglo-SaXon descent. The
particular pre-eminence of the Anglo
Saxon in freedom had its rise in the
higher organization Of play. Among
the southern countries the climate pre-
vents much Of this active play.
There are four rather strongly
marked periods IN the development of
play in the individual
In infancy the tendency is TO have
muscular plays. From four or five up
to IL years there are initiative plays,
and along with this the traditional
games of childhood come in. In this
the children are very conservative in
bringing down formula and verses
From IL years on, there is a tendency
to social games like base ball and foot
ball. 1t depends on environment how
long these games are kept up. In Eng
land they last through life.
From Is on, the instinct takes on in
Ventive and creative forms.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
PROGRAM MONDAY.

The program for tomorrow issas fol-
lowss tsA $50
a. mi DIR. Hodge BIRD studvs,
9 q. m, pr. Burnhafn ?: 81 entiiation
and cleanliness"
10 a. M. DIR Sanford sThe introspec-
tive life"
II a ms Or. HALL Food and naiiri-
ton"
| ?. M; Mr. sheldon-TThe pedagogy
Of play"
to p. M; DR.. Hodge4'Natur
study laboratory"
p. M: DIR. Lindley-''Feeling and
emotion"
? to p. M: Mr.. Goddard Biological
laboratory"
p. M: DR.. Chamberlain Environ-
ment and civilization ? III A9N4 az
D. m: Dr. Meyer Disorders of
speech" PSI - ssi5isaA yssgcfS
p. M; Dr. Durham Educational
conference" ~ tfIf
Z p. m; Or. Lindley Psychological
demonstration" f-9fss 50 siG5'N
5 to 10 p. nj: Musicale at the home Of
Mrs: S. =. Reed -Lawtons 10 Institute
road. ga vsvG-N ssSpaHsS siif yTy
a a{es1war9 lsrols anrAfsl
-4t.Tf4sfl.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
NERVOUS DISEASES.

DR.. Meyer spoke yesterday on some
of the, common nervous diseases in con-
nection with the development and
function of the forebrain, telling Of sew
eral cases Of children born without a
forebrain or midbrain, who were able
to move and feel.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

After his removal to Springfield he
became engaged to Mary Todd, sis
ter-in-law of q legal friend. They were
contrasts and 1t took some time before
they could yield enough to mike their
love lasting. They became Engaged,
but Lincoln's honesty made him break