The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
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1t was announced that Princeton uni
versity had received gifts of $1.200,0O0
from persons Sot named, and that the
money would be used to build two labora-
tories.
President William Jewett Tucker Of
Dartmouth college has rendered his res
ignation TO the trustees, giving az his
reason, heart trouble, which made it inn
perative for him to retire.
Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania has signed
the bill authorizing school boards of cities
to set aside money each year to create
retirement fund for public school teach
ers, the method being left entirely to the
discretion of the different boards.
Speaking at thelgraduation exercises of
the Friends select school at Washington,
where his son, Archie, was pupil, Presi-
dent Roosevelt pictured his ideal Ameri-
can boy as one who plays hard and works
hard, who is brave and strong, but gentle
and kind. The bully, he said, was the
meanest boy ia the world.
The report of committee at Bowdoin
on the means employed by students who
are working their way through college,
shows sixty-seven different occupations
in use. The highest amount earned was
that 500 in year by one student as
the pastor of church. Another made
$500 by managing summer camp. A
canvasser for stereoscopic views profited
$780, and book agent made 5000 One
enterprising student got up local d.
rectory, and was paid $500 for it. An
ha~ al Il
earned $3.50. Other profitable jobs Sc
cured were tutoring, snow shoveling, car
conductor, hotel steward, clerk, draughts-
man, summer school teacher, chauffeur.
butcher, farmer, purser, reporter and CO J.
terer. The committee reaches the con-
clusion that any person blessed with good
health and the will can earn half his
college expenses if he is not too proud
to work.
ports that on April % a municipal school
dental clinic was opened in the German
city of Frieburg, the operations of which
he thus describes: 1.-The dentist at the
head Of this school clinic examines all
the children In the city, both in their
homes and in the public schools. A re-
port on such examinations is sent to the
parents, who are asked to send their chill
dre1 to the school dental clinic for free
treatment. Those children having ten or
more poor teeth are first treated. an ex-
ception being made in the higher classes
where those with only slight defects are
to be treated, so that they will leave the
public schools with sound teeth. After
these worst cases have been attended TO,
all other children with defective teeth are
to be treated, the younger ones given pref
erence. The treatment of the teeth in
cludes extraction, filling, crowping. etc.
There is 70 actual instruction IN dental
hygiene, but at the opening of the dental
clinic the teachers explain its objects and
workings to the children. The tooth re-
port card contains on the reverse side in
structions as to tie care of the teeth"
Mayor Mcclellan of New York has
vetoed the bill recently passed by the
State Legislature equalizing the salaries
of men and women teachers in the higher
grades of the schools of the METROPOLIS.
He justified his veto on four grounds
ID Violation of the home rule principle
CD local authorities already have the
power TO do the same; 90 discrimination
in favor of a certain class of teachers
al that it would destroy the elasticity
of the present school system. Both
houses of the Legislature passed the
measure over the Mayors veto.