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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11

Paris. Se-t. s.-CE.l.G a.5y.ces -
cave - TIE :cre.E1 oE-ce -e-e give
3-et deals 0. 80 CZt5-ezE a. Beirut
Tie killed CuE5s-e ave ~ SIX an
EzEy persons Eere Eou2Ee6. TIE
city IS i a. szte1se stats % agitation
TIE outbreak ocorTet OF he cizh. O.
Sept oetSeAo Christians i1t Mus
suinsrs sn6 tie fighting vaS furious
firearms sod Knives being usst- TIE
I-zl.sC co-sR. rescued one Christian
VITO Lad beea s:AoSet Az who had
ta..e1 AZ troot o. Tie toor Of the COZ
susa.z
This vas lie a-s. Information re-
ce.ved hs0e showing the really SER.
Gus condition prevailing e; Beirut !,
causet much apprehension il or ETA
circles. TIE presence o. tAe United
States cruiser. Brooklyn snt Sac
Francisco az Beiru; is regarded as q
fortunate circumstance
Z i expected that four other foreign
Ta-z-.gs vii gather there, TIE Of.
fC.a. r@Co--s fu-the- STOW that Beirut
< CO . t--Fe PAGES which are Tow
c--:-rs g: great animation Smyrna,
X-.C- -.--e--o las been COZ pa-at!ve.y
z-.@- : o. ire eve o outbreak. Great
eXc.t-Ls-- p.c~a..s there. TIE au-
;lO-...es 2re X -C-s-art fear OF az out.
o.-2E, III fortunately they have Nen
ale thus Ear e prevent al encounter
between re Christians art Mussul-
mans. Tie Sa,on.ca atvtces are also
again ye-y d.sgu!etIcg I : expect.
e. Ia; z general revolt through
Ing aDolg t1s foreign officials a.
Se-oD4ca that a general Instruction
Till shortly BE announced by the Mac
edo1!au committee. Il view OF this
expectation rig:d police measures have
been taken by tia vail, who Is show
!Eg much energy. Reports from Mon
as-1r say the !nsurrection In that dis
t-sct has been practically crushed By
the extreme measures taken By Tia
Turkish rroopS
The officials here attach significance
% TIE report showing tha. Z number
OF Seroes have crossei The border and
Joined the Macedonian revolu-ionis-s-
Reports from various points through
Out Bulgaria show there Is a strong
feeling against Prince Ferdinand ow.
-ag 20 the fact that Re left re ocun-
tn turing Re crisis L K not ex-
pectet. however. that tie ag,tators
vii succeed = carrying oUt their
pots agains= his Lie
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
Southern To Build New Lin.

GAINESVILLE. Ga, Sept. 10 ap
pears that the Southern Ra.lg-. r. 49,.
paay |lll build l.Ee OF road from this
city 70 the Pratt, baldwin & S~o.,
pyrltes mines. near DahIoueza. Tba
mine management agreed 10 fu-risr
100 tons daily Of ore for a specified
time and 20 bear the expense of the
survey II the estimate OF construction
did not exceed $500. 900, and the South.
err agreed 10 build the line If the fig.
ores did not exceed $500. 900. The
survey has just been completed. the
estimate OF cost 10 build car~,IIv
MADE and the figures were s265, 600.
II seems from this report that the
Southern road wiz build the line
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
NOTORIOUS AFFAIR.
Dead Body of Infant May Lead to Start.
lima DeVeIopn1e nts

Chicago, Sept. ia dispatch 10
The Record-HeraId from San Francis
CO, says:
The body Of a day-old infant has
been found at North Beach with a
cord about its neck, showing il T.
been st.angled. The body was wrap
ped in a copy of the Buffalo EveuiuJ
Times, oG which was a yellow labe'
reading; Hon. J. X. Jones. Wash
ingtOn. Ark, Evening Bulletin" This
vas wrapped in copy OF a San Fran.
cisco paper. The police are trying
70 find who has arrived recently FROM
Arkansas, aud what connection the
former chairman Of the Democratic
nat.Ona! committee has with the case
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED
Minister leishn1an Cables Concerning
Trouble az Beirut

Trouble al Beirut
Washington. Sept. 9.-The state de-
partment has received a cablegram
from Minister Leishman al CONSTANT.
no3le in which he SAYS that a rot
occurred yesterday al Beirut IN which
seven Christians were killed and .ev.
eral EOundeG Two houses occupied
by Christians were pil!aged by tia
soldiers The panic vas general.
The officer and signal man from
Rear Admiral COttons feet are nov
II the consulate and an !uvesti cation
Of conditions az Beiru, IS being made
b. the flag lieutenant Consul Raw.
endal and other consular officers.
Mr.. Leishman says that the origin
OF The trouble IS not distinctly statei
by our consul. He further saws TIA,
Il Is claimed By the sublime porte that
conditions al Beirut are again cute,
and that the force now there is sufFj.
c!ent 70 guarantee the safety OF the
city. Additional instructions bava
been sent Minister Leishman along
the line OF those already forwarded
HIN looking 20 the protection Of -ha
American citizens. lieutenant Chas
I. Hussey IS Rear Admiral Cotton :
fag Lieutenant and il is presumed he
is the officer making the iDvestiga
ton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
Thirty Reported Killed.

Berlin. Sept "a dispatch to The
Lokai Alze.gec from COnstant.zop.e
says that 90 Christians, among them
being several Europeans, were killed
during the riOting az Beirut The for
sign officers here have received no
rews tending 70 confirm the report
published by the Lokai Anseiger.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
IAN ire military.

TIE British cors1l az Beirut inme5i.
ste.y after the riot called up the val
and threatened 70 ask Rear Admiral
Cotton 70 land MARINES from TIE Amer.
lean squadron il the event Of renew,
a. % the Disturbances IL official cir
c!es here the dis:l- .ances are attr!5-
uted 70 the a-riva. OF ths American
squadron and the belief is expressed
that the Christians at Beirut are Ell
GeayOring 70 bring about the landing Of
msriae2 from the warships.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
Ancient Order Of Eoresters-

Buffalo, Sept. 1'.-The high court O.
the Ancient order OF Foresters is in
session here. The principal topic Of
discussion az the business session was
a proposition 70 create a female court
Of foresters. The matter was referred
70 the incoming executive council.
which IS given until 1905 to make its
report.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
PUT FI5T0L BALL
THROUGH TEMPLE
EtgN Benford, Of Atlanta,
taxes MS Liza


Promises Regarding Financial Matters
That Re Had Broken Mace Him De-
spondert and with Derrin9er he
Ends His LIE
Atlanta, Sept I0.-EGger 4 Bec4ord
Teores sncHg the Desr.ag Harvester
Machine company. WITH or-ces at 40
AustelI building, killed hiZs-.f q;
$50 O'Clock his morning Il Grant
park.
A cote was found Oh Els ps-eou IN
which - lated that Re had made
many promises % friends regarding
financial matters and 1aG broken them
al -ha, lis Masonic friends lad up
he'd him and had helped hin Z one
emergency and another u2tg the pow.
e. OF humiliation had become toe
great for him % bear. and - lad de-
tern!red i was best for hin . en-
rs i..e
Be1ford shot himself Though tie
right temple VII - ca-!be- Ce-E.1.
&C.. ~ he .-ne he killed t:-5s-
is believed - was z : sitting post
Ion. Wen found this morning rs
right am vas doubled Up under MS
BODY. c.asp!Lg ne cerE!Lger. Dean
appeared 20 have 5eal Instantaneous.
Or his person wee also tCu.5 e.
te-s % friends aL5 one % his father.
wL0 Is 4 prominent and wealthy bank.
er. Of Greenfield. Ind. which = :1e
home Of r1e dead man.
Al $50 O'Clock this morning Patrol.
Eec Moss and Smith heard tie shot;
which ended BeEfo-1s lie. They
were making their regular rouzts u
the park when the firing % he p.sto.
was heard near he old deer enclosure,
some distance below TIE band sand u
the park. They Immediately proceed.
Cd u he place. but heard nothing C
attract their attention. ard could Az1
10 trace o: the work OF Be1:ord.
They then EFT tLe place. and q teT
minutes before O'clock this morning
a negro Iaborer. passing through tie
park. found BeafC-d's body cold i
death on the ground.
The body vas taken IN charge BY
tie park authorities and al u 3e-tak
er notified
Last night al 5 o'clock an unknown
man entered the Piedmont hoceI al.
asked for a room. His appearances
forbade the clerk 70 allow him % reg.
!steT and he Immediately eft ne to-e..
This IS supposed 10 have been Ben.
ford. although L. has not ye- been
ideItiAe6 as the same man.
During the greater part Of yes-e7
day Bentord was seen at he park. 7e
borrowed knife from al erp.oye 70
open car Of ssrdi1es. which lie ate
with some crackers.
Benfo-d vas a 3Zd degree Mason. He
was a member Of the Mystic Shrine
and stood high with his fellow crafts.
men.
Benfo7d had been regarded as
a man OF high integrity.
He vas about 81 years OF age.
Within 10 feet Of the place where
Bsnford took his life. two other SUI.
cides have occurred. Three years ago
man named Bean killed himself =
almost this Identical spot Ten years
ago another man, named Bennett. CON
mitted suicide az the same place.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
rnOU5Lc AT NASHVILLE
scno0' Rouse is Locked and Sheriff
Has Kew

Harmony Grove. Ga. Sent e-rbe
Maysville school trouble is sill mn.
settled
PROFESSOR Reese Griffin. who was
e'ec'ed by TIE board Of trustees. has
resigned his position and left the city
Sno accepted work elsewhere.
ms scAooi Is being taught by Mrs.
FEMME Iruitt. who was elected by
the trustees as his assistant. The
schooi OF the opposing faction I. also
IL operation.
Both factions have fled bills of in.
junction and the school house Is lock.
ed up and in the hands CT the sbe-;H
OF Banks county awaiting the decision
Of the courts.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
MYSTERIOUS RoRRERlEs SOLVED
Plumber TO Amount of $4,000 May B..
Recovered.

hENOkCi CAs
Chicago, Sept. 10.-The mystery OF
half a dozen roOberies in the houses
OF wealthy residents OF Hyde park.
and other parts of the city has been
solved apparently ana plumber amount.
Ing 20 $4,000 may be recovered.
Henry Noe, jewe:er, AMI Charles
F. Stou, a railroad ticket broker. have
been arrested and charged with re-
ce!ving the stolen property.
The man charged with committing
ali the robberies is Samu~ Smith. a
negro. He was arrested and confess
Cd that, attired as an electrician o..
janit1r. Re had gained admittarce &c
the houses Of families Il their az
sence an robbed the places al his
leisure.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11

WzsL.ngtC1. Seq. s.-T1e p-es:3e-;
has MADE tte following promotions a-5
appointments = IT, diplomatic se--
wee.
JOA1 u. Ride. . Minneapolis. no4
frs sec-ecs-! o. &c embassy - 8
Petersburg. q D. c0-szl general suc
diplomatic sgelt e. Cairo. i pace 2.
Jo1- g Locg, deceased
Spencer z. E51y. ~ E-.lois. C0z sec.
reta-y Q. legation 81 Co-s-zurnople,
% b. Erst secretary o: embassy % s.
Petersburg
Peter A jay. 0: RAote Island. Tow
eeconc secretary o. legetlc1 az Coz
stant.topls, % b frs secretary C,Tz
ses Fra1t Smith. 0. Peo1svsva1sa. 20
BE second secretary Of tas Legation
~ Cousrs--.-oP.e-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
FURIOUS FIGHTING
OCCURS IN BEIRUT
Encounter Between Chris
tians and MCssUmEas.
SERIOUS CONDITIONS PREVAIL

Beirut 10 No~ Cente~ Ct Grcat Halra-
ken arc Mere Severe Cut3rezes are
inoe 81 Ssionics Imminent
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
APPOINTMENTS BY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Several Changes In Consular
Service.
ALSO DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

dorm ~. Ricoie, No~ First Secretary
CT Embassy a. s. Pe-ers5Urg To
ee Census Genersl 60 Cai-o-Cthes
Changes.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11

Promises Regarding Financial Matters
That he Had Broken Mace Him De-
spondert and with Derrin9er he
Ends He LIE
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11

The steamer Louise, with I25 per
sons on board, Is reported lost az San.
dusky, o.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01
Andrew Carnegie

Edinburgh, Scotland, october %, 1902.
"The seat of manufacturing power is and will
continue so be, more and more simply question of
where the raw materials are found under suitable
conditions. Capital and skilled labor have lost the
power they had to attract materials; these
attract labor and capital
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

day from the above plants and
its new 2O0-ton Blast Furnace.
So 1t will be seen that the COM
pany will not only be able to
meet its interest obligations
promptly, but will have surplus
earnings sufficient to not only
pay a handsome dividend upon it's
stock, but to enable 1t to expand
its business, to the betterment of
every one interested therein.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01
RAW MATERIALS.

The Seattle Iron and Steel Com
pany has acquired all of the prop
critics of the Pacific Steel Com
pany at Irondale, Washington, It's
complete blast furnace and CHAR
coal plants, wharves, bunkers, saw
mill. laboratory, dwelling ana
boarding houses, 800 acres or
land. etc, as we'll as all OF the
records of experiments made at
the Irondale Furnace in the use
of the ores and cokes OF the "a
cific Coast; all expert reports
upon the iron ore mines and the
cokes of this Coast ; all OF the IN
valuable information obtained by
The Pacific Steel Company IN It's
exhaustive and successful WORK
in using the native raw materials
of the Pacific Coast in the manu-
facture of high grade pig iron. .
This company has purchased
the Sarita Iron Mine, on Bar
clay Sound, which is a magnln-
cent property, with an enormous
tonnage of high-grade iron ore
already developed.
1t has a lease on the Iexada
Iron Mine, on Texada Island, con
sisting of 2,431 acres, which is
well-developed property, con
tanning a practically inexhaustlDle
supply of grade iron ore.
1t has options on the fine
groups of developed iron mines
at Sechart and Copper Island,
where there are large bodies OF
ores in sight, and has access to
large bodies of hematite, mag
netite limonite and carbonate
iron ores in Washington, Oregon,
California and Alaska Z; and It mas
favorable arrangements MADE Ior
supplies of coke and limestone IN
as large quantities as may be re-
quired.
FINANCIAL PLANS.
The Seattle Iron and Steel Com
pany invites the people of Seattle,
and of the entire Pacific Coast, TO
become investors in the securities
of this company, to the end that
the money necessary to establish
this great and profitable business
on this coast may be furnished by
Pacific Coast people, and that the
large profits that the business
will yield may go to the pockets
of Pacific Coast investors, and re
main on this Coast, to further ala
in the development of the business
and industries of this Coast.
The Seattle Steel and Iron Com
pany will secure the money 1t re-
auires to carry out it's plans, In
addition to that already paid In,
by the sale of it's First Mortgage
20-Year 6 Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
These bonds will be issued in
two denominations-one OF the
500 and the other of 5000, so
that the man of moderate means,
as well as the capitalist, may have
an opportunity of participating in
this investment-an opportunity
that no one having funds for IN
yestment should fail to profit by.
This company will not sell any
of its stock, but it will give 1901
per centum of its stock as al
bonus with every bond purchased.
That is, 500 of stock Will Ioo
company every 500 bonds. 5000
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

of stock will accompany every
$500 bond.
These bonds, as has been said,
will be sold to investors at 90
per centum of their face value.
They are First Mortgage 2O-Year
Gold Bonds, bearing G per cent.
interest, payable semi-annually.
Within 90 days the Seattle Iron
& Steel Company will have a net
income from the operation of its
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01
THE PLANS OF THE SEAT.
TIE IRON & STEEL
COMPANY

This company will Immediately
remodel and enlarge it's Blast Fur
mace at Irondale, increasing it's
capacity to so tons of Charcoal
Pig Iron per day. The eighteen
carloads of materials with which
to remodel this Furnace are now
on the grounds. Wee expect to
have the repairs and enlarge
mentS, now under way, complet-
and to nave the Furnace back
into blast, within 80 days, max
ing 80 tons of Pig Iron per day.
There is an enormous. demand for
this high grade iron, which can
be marketed at a minimum profit
of $500 per ton-thus giving this
company a profit daily of $500 on
the operation of this Furnace
alone
The new Open-Hearth Steel
Plant and Rolling Mills, each with
a capacity of so tons per day, and
the new 200-ton per day Blast
Furnace. of this company, will be
erected upon the splendid site that
has been secured ON THE WA
TER FRONT AT WEST Sc
ATTLE.
The company now owns a new
modern 12-inch Rolling Mill, con-
sisting of five stands of ree-high
rolls, and 20x36x30 new Tod
Tandem Compound Engine. This
mill, which is the best and most
modern that money can buy, has
arrived in Seattle and is now at
the Oriental Warehouse. 1t will
be installed at West Seattle as
soon as the foundation and build
ings can be prepared for its re-
ception.
In addition to. this Pinch Mer-
chant Mill, the company will also
install 22-inch Merchant mill
at the same place.
THE BONDS OF THE SEATTLE
IRON & STEEL COMPANY
ARE NOW ON SALE.
Subscriptions for these bonds
will be received in Seattle by
Puget Sound National Bank.
First National Bank.
Washington National Bank.
National Bank of Commerce.
Dexter Horton & Co.
navian-American Bank.
Seattle National Bank.
Washington Trust Co.
London and San Francisco Bank.
American Savings Bank and Trust
Co.
Canadian Bank of Commerce.
International Bank & Trust Co. of
America.
III. O. Shuey & Co.
James ID. Hoge, Jr.. Treasurer Sc
attic Iron & Steel Co.
at its offices, 634-635 Lumber Ex-
change.
Application by mail for bonds
should be made to James ID. Hoge,
Jr., Treasurer, President First Ma
tional Bank, or to any of the
above named banks, or to the Sc
ATTLE IRON & STEEL COM
PANY, LUMBER ECHANGE, Sc
ATTLE, WASHINGTON.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

furnace at Irondale more than suf-
ficient to meet all the interest
that will annually accrue on all
of the bonds it will have out
standing.
Within eight months it will
have a net income of $3.50 per day
from its furnace at Irondale, and
its Omen Hearth Steel Plant and
Rolling Mills and in 20 months IT,
will have an income of $4,000 per
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

is ncupo under laws Of o a
A.
r,X Treas
A MooC anmanM Maurice
H j. NJ
THET ARETH
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01
EQUAL
SUCCESS
IN THE
IRON AND STEEL
BUSINESS
The Seattle Iron Steel Company

T
Of
Many Big Manufacturing Plants and Thousands of Well Paid WOrmen
nj enow consum on the Coas
More Than S25OOOOOO Annually Leave the Pacific Coast
d foreign
THE SEATTLE IRON \ STEEL COMPANY
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

A. J. BLETHEN,
President Times Investment Co.
President and Editor Daily
Times"
HOMER III. SWANEY,
President The Pacific Steel Co.
e. Z. DOUGLASS,
Vice-President McKeesport Title
4 Trust Co., McKeesport, Pa.
j. c. SMITH,,
Treasurer McKeespOrt Tin
Plate Works, McKeesport, Pa.
r. j. STONEY, JR.,
Banker and Broker, Pittsburg,
Pa.
WILLIAM PRICE,
SUPERINTENDENT Irondale Fur.
mace.
NJ. J. CARDIGAN,
Secretary and Treasurer The
Pacific Steel Co.
e. M. WILSON,
President Western Iron & Steel
Works.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

FURTH, WILLIAM PIGOTT,
Puget Sound National President Railway Steel Sup
TX. ply Co
lent Seattle Electric Com c. L. DENNY
Downing all the electric President Denny Blaine Co.
IS of Seattle and Tacoma, JAMES d. HOGE JR.
the Interurban Iine) President First National Bank
LISE, Seattle
lent elise Investment Co. S1ERWOOD Gll14ESPY
Globe Navigation Col General Agent Mutual Life In
lent Chamber of Com Co., of New York.
ce, Seattle. D. D. LOWMAN ,..-..-
IMSON, LoWi 4! a. nanlord stationery
~ A. s. KERRY,
- M Sti,,.on nt;u 10 President Kerry Mill Co.
A. MOORE, President WASHINGTON Iron
lent Moore Investment Co. Works
MORAN, A. HEINRICH,
lent Moran Bros Co. President Seattle Brewing &
IE McMICKEN Mating Co.
resident First National r. r. SPENCER
TX, Seattle. Cashier National Bank of Com
resident 'P.-I." Co. merce, Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

set Creamery business with
may o
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-01

Steel necessary to
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-08
Welsh Rabbit.

Put into a small saucepan two table.
spoonfuls of butter. one-quarter pound
Of grated cheese, one saltspoonful OF
salt, one of mustard, one-quartcr salt.
spoonful of black and white pepper, a
dash of red pepper and the raw yolb
of an egg beaten with half cup of
sweet milk. Stir together over the fire
till Of homogeneous custard-like con.
sstcncy and serve on hot toast Thi,
is enough for three persons If tn,
rabbit Is made in a chatting dish at tho
table, have little pitcher of cream OF
milk at hand 10 add, as the mixture
thickcns in the blazer after Il while
The especial advantage of this recipe
es in the fact that it can he made a
week in advance if desired and will
keep without loss Of flavor. Upon hard
ening it forms like gelatine or stiff
jelly, in which form 1t is convenient to
Keep in the ice box.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-08

An evil excrescence Is growing upo.
our public school system which canno
be removed too speedily or completely
1t Is the Greek letter fraternity evil
The evil does not lie In the Greek letter
That is merely an accident. Any othe
symbol would serve as well whcl
should produce the same impression o.
ostentatlous mystery and eXclusiveness
The evil lies In the effects of these or
CARNATIONS upon the spirit, the habit
and the relations of the pupils, ant
these effects are almost wholly bad
The Greek letter society may not be AZ
unmixed evil in college or university
Possibly it may in some cases be al
agent of good. 1t may, for instance
bring together to their mutual advan
tage students of similar tastes VIII,
have already made choice of simila.
pursuits. In the public high school thi
sort of society Is wholly out of place
The public schools are essentially dem
ocratic. If they should cease TO be s,
they would fall to accomplish one of thu
AiibSl lAiIOl Nuhb VI NhNii NINdNlOH
The secret frat" is not democratic;
is essentially aristocratic and breede
of class and caste spirit. Wheneve
these societies are introduced into I
high school distinctions of caste appea
at once. The members of this and tina
frat" are selected not because of su
perior scholarship or merit as shown b.,
their school work and department, blu
because they are socially acceptable T.
this or that "set' The result Is In
trlgulng, clannlshness and supercilious
ness on the one side and resentment OF
the other not only in the first year, bu
at each succeeding advance. All thi
has the effect not only to found lifelonl
enmitles and TO beget and strengtheI
the caste distinctions and feuds whicl
promise no good to the republic, bu
they Interfere seriously with tn
proper work Of the schools. Intrigue
and the social diversions, amountin.
often to designations, take the place o
school work, and scholarship decline,
while mental habits which are far fror
conducive to good citizenship ar
formed