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The news & observer., 1905-08-13
MRS. N. r. BALDWIN.
Principal School No. Five.
YOnxerS. n. Y.

1--WE have used the Graded Classics
Readers with marked success. AS
series we. find them possessing merit
of a high order. From a literary
standpoint the selections have been
wisely made and the teachers without
exception, testify to the value of the
readers in arousing and holding the
Child's interest as we'll as increasing
knowledge and adding to the pupil:
vocabulary.
The entering into the life of the
child, the selections of games, OF
child-like employments for the sub
ject- matter in the elementary books
these features accord with the best o.
modern ideas in education.
'In the more advanced book the
ethical side of the student Is Strongl ly
appealed to, not only in the selection:
of prose and poetry, but also by the
beautiful illustrations.
"The reproduction of a lesson by an
advanced pupil is one of the sures1
tests of the impressions received from
a Reading book. This has been en-
ployed in each class in the Grammar
Grades with excellent results
Il do not hesitate to endorse the
entire series of Graded Classics be-
cause they stand the test of class
room use no less successfully than
they appeal to the eye in their liter
ary. artistic, and mechanical perfec-
tion.''
The news & observer., 1905-08-13

course is in progress. The loan fund
is roady to save him from the mis-
fortune of an interrupted college
course and an incomplete education
Great care should be used in the
management of loan funds. Oniy
worthy students should receive their
help. A little prudence will furnish
ample protection The Treasurer
should know boys, their strong and
weak points. Failure to appreciate or
improve ones opportunities or Wll1ul
departure from manly department as
a student should at once debar from
the benefit of loans.
Loans should also have proper safe
guards. No loan should be made with
out satisfactory security. The rate or
interest should be lower than the legal
rate. Deserving boys can and will give
the required security. The losses are
very rare indeed. No other debtors
are so prompt in payment.
The noble fruitage of the loan funds
is already apparent. Scarce score
of years have passed since the first
loan fund was established in North
Carolina. In nearly every instance
the fund has been inadequate, but see
the fruits!
The Treasurer of every one of these
funds can point to men by the score,
high in official, professional or bust
ness position, serving their fellows
faithfully and doing life's tasks nobly
and we'll, loyal to all their interests
of their Alma Mater and to the duties
of citizenship who could never have
caught a glimpse of the larger life
without the aid of the loan fund.
In conclusion / would commend the
loan fund for students as one of the
most fruitful fields for the exercise of
a generous philanthropy. Money in
vested in brick and mortar may live
for a generation but money used in
strengthening brain and developing
manhood will yield rich returns
through all eternity. Loftier and more
lasting than the monument reared by
the poet Horace is the monument left
by the man who makes it possible for
aspiring youth to crown a manly char
acter with rich culture.
The loan funds in North Carolina in
stitutions of learning have come to
stay. Today their total is hardly in
excess of $4,000. Ten years hence
their aggregate will be more than ten
times as much.
Wake Forest, n G.
The news & observer., 1905-08-13

Discipline in its specific application
to the school room means submissive
ness to control. To maintain disci-
pline among pupils is synonymous
with securing obedience to require
ments of the rightful authority in all
conduct including study Penalty for
violated law has always among all
people been enforced upon adults
in church or State. No people yet
have ever been found, whether
savage, civilized, semi-barbarous, who
do not in religious observance,
ecclesiastical or State or tribe
requirements impose sanctions for
violation of law This imposing OF
sanctions for violated law upon adults
is absolutely universal now and has
always been so as far back as history
goes. The Bible begins and closes
with the imposition of penalties. It's
entire history and biography is full OF
ii. Its precepts and warnings are
based on this principle of punishment
for wrong conduct.
Every statute of States and nations
and countries and municipalities close
with penalties for violation of law.
Every where executions of the law
with courts, jails, penitentiaries, clubs,
money fines, policemen, sheriffs,
Judges, nldSlSlTdl0S EeHllHu uS Coli-
tinually that to maintain obedience to
law. there must be penalties for its
violation. How can a school be an
exception from this universal custom
both divine and human, when the
school deals with the most lawless
and immature of the human family?
No Jail. no policeman's club. no
money fine-just angel-power in the
eyes, when dealing with boys, who are
II. - ,c,sx l1rfx bn
hood and manhood and who do not
fully understand whether they are
men or boys. They have not the wis
dom to see the consequences of an
archy, nor the experience to know the
infinite value of law. How can they
be taught respect for law otherwise
than by its penalties? Those men who
in civil and military life have been
most admired by the young have been
the most exacting as discipiinarians
myself saw the death penalty inflicted
under military discipline and with the
approval of Gen. Robert f.. Lee, the
peerless man. He was a teacher at
West Point before the Civil War and
n teacher at Washington and Lee
after the war. He was the imper-
sonation of genius amiability. of JUS
tice and yet as teacher and military
commander he impressed upon boys
and soldiers the respect for law by
Furnishing its violation.
The switch is. now often called
brute foree"-in fact that is a COM
mon application of any corporal pun
ishment. If evolution be true, and
each individual of the race must go
through all the stages of evolution
through which the race has gone, as
the evolutionists teach, then the boy
is az brute and needs the punishment
suited to q brute He is not vet eVolV-
ed out of the brutal stage. Now, mark
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
MISS MARY MOORE WELTON.
New York.

"It is altogether the most satisfac-
tory set of Readers / know. In my
opinion you have the right conception
of Phonics, both as to the method OF
teaching it and as to its proper subor-
dination to the thought side of the
work. While I differ from you in a
few details. l consider that you have
met the most serious requirement of
a set of Readers-that OF giving the
children literature from the begin
ming. You have also succeeded in
giving them much fresh material,
which adds to the attractiveness of the
books. / most heartily commend the
whole SERIES
The news & observer., 1905-08-13

put an end to his laoors in ps.-.er.
and found employment
Wherever he went, he IN
large measure of success af.. ..
gret that a lack of knowl
facts prevents my giving H.-
tended notice of his great
flee it to say, that WI ...ta- -.
wrought, he gave the same .te te.
ful service. Today his gft.s
numbered among the most sstsI .+..
zenS of the communities VIII I'D.
bored. Doctors, lawyers, mi
the gospel, teachers. merchan
ers and business men of every
owe a large measure of their
in life to the teaching power
stephen ID. Bagley. And happy a
that | may for them and myself
this brief tribute to his memory
Captain Stuart l.. Johnston was an
other teacher of note, a man of learn
ing, who was a native of this county,
reared on farm near Plymouth, q
graduate of the University of North
Carolina, and brave Confederate
soldier.
+ Captain Johnston was engaged in
the study of the law, when the Civil
War came on. Like thousands of
other gallant sons of the South, at the
first sound of the tocsin of war, he
put aside his private business, and
enlisted in the service of his State.
He was Captain of Company II,
Seventeenth Regiment, n. c. T. Cap
tain Johnston was not a hard student,
seeking knowledge, as a miser seeks
gold, to hoard it, He loved learning
for it's beauty, because it elevated and
ennobled the soul, and he sought it
as the bee seeks honey among the
flowers and fragrant fields of life. Fa-
miliar with several languages, master
of an elegant diction, he wrote ana
spoke with fiuency; while the facts
of history, of mythology. of mathema-
tics and of learning generally, went
about with him as if he was a fa-
miliar friend, as q reader, he had no
superior, and delighted and charmed
all who heard him. Possessed of "a
nimble wit, he was quick at repartee,
and could overturn an antagonist in
argument with the ease of trained
gladiator but he loved not bouts of
this kind, and never sought them
Like many another fine spirit, he
had his days of gloom, but the
shadows quickly passed, and the sun
of a beautiful cheerfulness shone
through the most of his checkered
life. Children loved him and honored
his as an elder brother. He was not
martinez, but he led his pupils
through the fields OF knowledge by
SURE pdtIlOS, HldhiHS study as near
recreation as it was possible
The scenes of his labors as a teach
er, was Washington Beaufort, and
Bertie counties. He died while teach
ing in the latter county. He "rests
beneath the shade of the trees" on
the banks of the Roanoke, i'm the
sacred precincts of Grace church
yard Plymouth, n. C. A fitting
burial place for 'Soul so warm and
true"
It is to teachers like these that the
state owes debt of deepest gratitude
In the darkest days of her great af-
iiiction. When the cherished hopes OF
her pravest sons and noblest daugh,
ters, mad well-nigh turned to ashes OF
despair in their hearts, these choice
spirits reighted the lamp of learning
which like a pillar of cloud by aoS,
and pillar of fire by night, is surely
leadlng our people 10 the lana -
glorious promise. Let us delight tC
honor their memory.
Roper, n. G.
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
The Country School Teacher Can Eat
All the Rations He Can Get.

Lord help the millionaire! There
is Rockefeller with no appetite; Nor
gan so restless he can't stay long in
the place; Carnegie has long been a
sufferer from dyspepsia and the rest
of 'em are dying with envy because
they are not as rich as the three of
'em Blessed be bacon and beans and
health With the grace of God!
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
PROF. w. j. SPILLMAN,
Washington. ID. c.

81 think these books incomparably
the best / have seen. The selections
are from our best literature, and they
are made by one who thoroughly un-
derstands the child mind. There is a
liveliness and reality in the illustra-
tions not to be found in any other
school books with which | am famil-
lar. The books are in reality the very
best of literature, and SO graded thai
each story is of a kind natural to the
stage of the child mind for which il
is intended -
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
PROF. Il. III. PERRY,
Memphis, Tenn.

children learn to read easier and
quicker than when using other books
of the same grade. Last
year when the Johnson people got up
their First Reader OF the Graded
Classics series / began with my little
boy, who barely knew his letters. He
is now in their Fourth Reader, and
reads with rapfdity and ease. of
course, he has had exceptional pains
taken with him, but l have used the
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
LORETTA SMITH.
Principal Model School.
Monmouth, Oregon.

81 am delighted with them. The
class of literature; the One-line SEN
tence; the size of print; the gradations
of the lessons, and the coloring of
the pictures, are all very commend
able features. In fact, the best L have
seen. Also the lists of words or the
attained vocabulary, is a very excel
lent feature in the arrangement Of the
books"
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
DIR. j. I'll. ORCUTT.
President Central Oregon State Nor.
NAL School.

President Central Oregon State Nor
NAL School.
"The First Reader is a natural
method for teaching or learning to
read. This is the first text / have
seen that puts into execution the ac-
tion-the natural law of child-life. 1t
is well graded, carefully selected mat
ter being used and appeals to child
life from start to finish. The phonic
element in reading is rightly and grad
ually introduced. The Second Reader
is a continuance of the First, grow
ing stronger as the pupil advances in
strength. The review of the words
found in its predecessor is an admi
able feature. The Third Reader is
the Second Reader grown older, larg-
er, and correspondingly stronger. The
selections are such as to appeal to the
interest of the pupil, leading him un-
to read to learn as we'll
as to learn to read The Fourth
Reader is a peer among school read
ers-a book without a superior, so
far as | am acquainted. The mechani-
cal execution is an Illustration of art
in book making"
PROF. A TOMPKINS,
Principal Chicago Normal School.
81 wish to say that | think the
Classics an exceptionally good set Of
books for school purposes. They are
bright and somewhat unique. | feel
they are among the very best books
now being put forth for school pur-
poses.
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
ELIZABETH HARRISON,
Principal Chicago
kindergarten College

ST write to express to you my great
pleasure in your First Reader in your
Graded Classics series. / consider
the First Reader the best / have seen.
If you have any more as good as that
is please send them to me. with bill
for same. Present my compliments to
the authors
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
DIR. c. ALPHONSO SMITH,
Chair of English.

1.-THE First Reader, Graded Clas-
sizes seems to me admirably adapted
to it's purpose. 1t is beautifully made
up and the contents are chosen with
rare taste and with tactful under
standing of what will delight and
the child"
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
MRS. Ida B. McMURRY.
Illinois Normal University.

II am delighted with It. I THINK It
s one of the very best First Readers
out-perhaps the best l am inclined
to think so. It's strong points, to my
mind. are: First-lessons that appeal
to the interest of the child, many "a
quiring physical activity as we'll as
mental Second-the pictures are q
real preparation for the story to be
read: these are beautiful life-like pic
lures in the main. Third-the general
makeup of the book is good and AZ
tractive 1t is well bound and we'll
printed, with large, full type, and has
an indescribable appearance of clean
Iiness. | am IN receipt OF
Graded Classics No. 3. | like the
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
What Leading Teachers are Saying

book very much. The selection of ma
terial is excellent, the stories are we'll
rewritten, and the Illustrations are
excellent"
The news & observer., 1905-08-13

Riches have wings that flying-ma-
chine inventors are unable to duph-
cate.
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
There's a Reason for This,

full
ends paradise begins
is its strong i
him
II n the 5
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
! Valid Reason.

S a is to a
to a twill
the a ldevelo a
isl eto to this end.
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
books in classes all this year, and with
better results than obtained with the
use of any other book"
MARY CHEVES WEST.
Horace Mann School.
New York.
"By far the best / have ever seen. y
PROF. p. u. CLAYTON.
Chair of Pedagogy.
Nf
University Of TenneSS'

Graded Classics First Reader is
probably the best Reader ever pub
lished in America. A beginning class
of first-year pupils in She Practice
School of the State Normal and In
dustrial College, Greensboro, ~ c.,
read it and re-read it in less than
four months. After finishing this
book these children took up Second
Reader (Graded Classics No. had not
then come from the press), which
they are reading with great ease.
The news & observer., 1905-08-13

/W<HERE land
and so and
pupil
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
MISS MAY ANDREWS,
Principal Model Training School
State Normal College.
Florence, Ala.

"Since giving Graded Classics a
Thorough trial in the Model School
lclasses, | wish to say that they have
proved satisfactory in every respect.
IThe selections are from the best liter
ature for children, the illustrations
are both attractive and helpful, and
the grading is accurate. The emil
ldren, without exception, prefer
Graded Classics to any Readers they
have used, and my only objection TO
them is that the children do not seem
satisfied With any other Readers after
having Graded Classics"
PROF. ALBERT III. HILL.
Assistant Supt. Schools.
Richmond, Va.
''We are delighted with them. They
lare first-class in every respect
PROF. r. S. DREHER.
superintendent Schools,
Columbia. S. G.
"I wish to say that have examined
I'Graded Classics First and Second
1.-THE handsomest publications I have
lyet seen issued from your presses. AS
Isoon as the books are opened one
lsees at a glance at the reading mat
tier and the delightful pictures, that
The is in a true childS world beauti-
Iful and charming. These books are
sure to take rank among the best
JReaders on the market"
The news & observer., 1905-08-13
PROF. III. C. GILBERT.
superintendent Schools.
Florence. Ala.

"It is series of classic selections
dressed in such beautiful style as to
make them very attractive and inter-
esting. The sentences are full to life
and spirit, and beget in the learner a
desire to have more-quite the oppo-
site feeling begotten by the old-time
tread-mill process of learning to read
was also struck with it's careful,
systematic gradatiOn. The pupil is not
crowded and discouraged by the hard
ness of the reading, but by easy steps
he seems to be led to the more difficult
sentences. l am also pleased with the
ready reference of the First Reader
words found in tn first part of the Sec
ond Reader. All in all, we have never
used a Reader with which we have
been quite so we'll pleased"
The news & observer., 1905-08-13

MISS ASHBURNER. Principal Girls
High School. Lincoln. England;
PROFESSOR WELTON. Head of
the Training and Education Depart
ment. Yorkshire College: MISS EN-
ERSON, Head of Woman's Depart
ment and Lecturer in Yorkshire
College.
1T is a decided advance on any
thing of the kind which has ever been
brought out in England"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18
Will orasnize City Leaqus.

A movement is on foot among the
baseball faas of the city to organize n
C'ty league, composed OF the Elks, the
clerks. the stenographers aud the regu-
lars. This will give the hague Four
teams. A iaestr.. Of the managers of
different teams will probably be held
Monday and a schedule and ether de
tails for tha organization Of the league.
arranged. A game has been arranged
to be played Tuesday afternoon at the
ChicAasaw park betwe1L the Clerks
and Elks. The league games will PC.
played at tie city park as soon as the
rark is put II coudVion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18
FOR SALE.

The biggest bargains offered in the
Southwest today will be found in this
list: YOU cant beat them. II you are
wise you won't miss this chance.
l.OOO-acre tract of land IS miles
horth of Ardmore; perfect title to
same. 81 per acre. one-halt down, bal
anCe to suit purchaser.
$40 acres three miles north OF Ma
dil. all in cultivation, four good
houses, all under fence; rents go to
purchaser. Price per acre $50.
POO acres of fine farming land SIX
n lies east of Madill, all in cultivation,
perfect title Price $40 per acre.
100 acres, good house, all under
fence. 20 acres in cultivation, rents
this year go to the purchaser, six
miles east Of ComaEche. Price per
acre sl2
30 acres near Duncan, all fenced, 30
acres in timber all finely set in grass
all smooth land, a bargain at SIS per
acre.
100 acres of unimproved land, GOV
ered with good commercial timber,
one mile from station II NJ, X, & I.
railway perfect title. Price per acre
s..
Four lots In ArdmOre northwest
clos-e in. liOX42l feet, good tive-room
house and fruit trees Price $1,000.
20 acres of good b)ttom and, 80
acres in cultivation, two miles from
Cameron, T. T., l6 miles from Fort
smith. Ark, covered by iutermarried
surplus Price per acre SlS.
l2O acres Of fine farm land, 10 acres
in cultivation. miles out. two good
houses barn, we'll and fenced, perfect
title. Price per acre S25.
INDIAHOMA REALTY COMPANY.
Offices over Hamilton shoe &C.
Corner Main and Washington SITS.
off Ardmore, Ind. Ter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18

Notice Is hereby given to contrac'
tors that the building committee OF the
Marietta school board wishes TO re-
Ceiye bids on a ninerOom, tWo-story
brick school house, to be built in the
town 0f Marietta l. T., between Aug
ust l.. and December /, 1905
All bids OF same must be in hands
of said committee on or before Thur ;
day, July 6, 1905 Committee reserves
the right to reject any or all BIDS.
Contract will be let on above mention
ed date
Plans and specifications Nor said
building can be examined at the drug
store of W. W. Smith at Marietta,
where they are now ready for inspec
ton. W. +. MOORE,
Chairman Committee,
1916 Marietta, 1. T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18
For up-to-dats repairing take your
harness to j. C. Freddy.

The ladies of the Central Baptist
church served cream and cake Friday
afternoon and evening at the residence
Of Mrs. G.. II. BrticG Qnite a crowd at
tended the AFFAIR and something near
s35 was taken in. This was the time
set for the payment OF the d1CIar roll.
The dollar roll is an unique way OF
paying the church, out. of debt All
the lady members OF the church have
pledged themselves To- earn % dollar
every three months aud pay IL Sn the
church debt. Friday wac the first pay
Gay on the dollar rufE
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18

II you are going to have a storm
house built, house underpinned, side
walks and curbing steps made, ceme-
terry lot curbed, or house built, or any
thing in the line of masonry you can
save money by getting my figures.
All work guaranteed Dougherty
crushed stone and Wypnewood sand,
the best in the country.
l.. r. MARSTON.
2slm Phone 325
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18
Lindsay Bonds

Lindsay. T. T., June l7.-At = recent
election at this place Sio 1000 bonds
were voted for the erection of 2 school
house Munic'p pal work along the line
Cf sewers and some paving are also
under consideration r. D Wagner,
mayor Of Lindsay, states that building
and improvements the coming year
will aggregate s250.O0O. The town IS
attracting some factory interests.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18

Arthur Jackson was placel in is'l
yesterday ON a charge Of disturbing the
peace.
were lodged in jail yesterday on a
charge Of Sabbath breaking
Walter Mcpherson was placed in Jail
for assault and battery.
Will Davis and Isom Couch were
rlaced in jail yesterday for selling
whisky.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18

The remains of Philip the 1.yearold
cid son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Penning-
ton. who died Friday morning, were
followed to their last resting place
IN Rose Hill cemetery yesterday morn
ing at 8: 30 o'clock by a host of friends
and relatives. The funeral services
we're conducted by Rev II. L. Walker
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18

There will be regular services at the
Cumberland Presbyter an church to-
day at II o'clock. No services this
evening SUNDAY school $3.50 this
morning Junior Endeavor at O'Clock
and Senior Endeavor at O'Clock.
II. l.. WALkER, Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18

number of young ladies We;e in
the city yesterday en- route from
Bloomfield Academy where they have
been attending the Indian school for
the past term, to their different homes.
Also several young ladies of this city
have returned from that college.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-18
Ourant 8uys Eads.

One produce firm az Duncan is said
90 have bought $4,000 worth 0f aggs
since January /. THE town also
claims to be first as a hog market, first
a. a fruit and vegetsble market ana
second only to Ardmore as cotton
market.