The sun., 1903-12-13
DR.. BUTLER FAYORS THE ROD.
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS APPLALD
-!SLPT. NiNUELL DISAGREEs'
Ladies' Bid ,irn Smoke at Teachers Ihhen
--Dr. Finc! Doesn't Dare 10 be a.
Funny as Iie Can--ilttic Girl Dc""rs
lSthn,,s-"SOnle Kind OF Muss.

IAdlcs BID WEN Smoke ~ Iceche's .
--Dr. Finley Doesn't Dare to be a.
Funny as lie Can--Littic Girl Dcn"es
lsthmiis--"SOnle Kind or Muss.
Corpora punishment in the public schools
ID favored by President Butler OF Columbia
University, who made an address yesterday
at the annual luncheon Of the School frln-
cipals' Club at Delmonico's Supt MAX
well opposed it
There were about seventy-fve principals
present at the luncheon, three-iourths OF
whom were women Miss Laura Gill, dean
Of Barnard College, was the only woman
70 speak Just teGore the speeches began
Miss Kate Van Wogener, principal of public
School 2, in The Bronx, created sensa-
ton b. moving that the men be allowed
To smoke Albert Shiels, principal OF Pub.
lie School 40, president of the club ana
toastmaster, seconded the motion, ana
was carried.
President Butler said in part:
Il have never been a principal, but
have come into personal contact with prin-
cdpals | mean this, literally. There is a
tradition in School l. in Paterson, that they
used TO have two meetings before school
every morning The first was prayer
meeting and the second was moral meet
ina. The moral meeting was for the pur-
pose Of thrashing these who were not at.
tentive at the prayer meeting The moral
meeting was much the longer Of the two.
Llindersta nd that 10 this city we are without
that admirable exercise and that the n'ou-
trn child has to get on as best he can on
persuasion hope that the large hearted
and sentimental and soft hearted will give
us chance to get back at the boy In the
only way of which the impression lasts.
I offer mvsf in evidence Great ap-
plaise hv the rrinciTals.
Chancellor McCracken OF New YORK
University made a reference in his speech
to Panama. He said
"A nation is nation whether IL ia the
United States with its 100, 100000 inhabi-
tants and stretching from ocean to ocean,
or Panama, which also stretches from
define an isthmus, and she said that it was
some kind OF muss.' That is splendid
definition Of that nation down there. There
is always some kind Of muss. ] hope,
though, that it will be different in the
mssns 1n.us EtyH1hGsefy yey Panama
President Finley Of the City College said:
Before l came here / vsualized my au-
dience as masculine audience, and not as
2 gene ic masculine audience. t1aughter.l
The highest official IN the church with which
am connected has publicly reproved me,
30 don I dare to. he as amusing as should
be otherwise You saw what the parers
did to me. ] have attempted to make
serious speeches in New York, but my
audience was always busy catching SUBJ
urban trains. i have tried the other sort.
too. '.. ...
THE private college president is the
beggar of mbdern civilization. He has
taken the vow Of poverty and ascetcsm,
but is always asking for money.
Pr esident Finley told two or three anus
ing incidents about his requests for con-
b hibutions TO the college, but his peroration
was serious.
Supt. Maxwell. who was the g,,est Of
honor, was int oduced as the piece de
resistance. He spoke on various school
topics, and apr owed Pl esident Buffers
suggestion that the college course he cut
to two solid years of academic work
above the high schools He said that he
humbly laid the suggestion before the
I'm regard to DR.. Buffers "reminiscences
Of school days" he continued, 1T is hal d to
treat them seriously. When he attributes
his yiItues to corpoi al punishment received
In School in Patel son am reminded
Of a story he told me, with evident salts
faction, fifteen years ago, when fiji ct knew
him. A principal in a school in PateI son
was rightfully discharged for brutality.
His successor. who fitted Dr. Butler for
college, never struck q scholar in his life,
and was & eat mathematician"