The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-27

street. They will all run overhead
the railroad tracks, thus using the
same right of way and protecting the
lives of your citizens. II this predic-
ton be not fulfilled YOU have less
sound sense than / give You credit
for" These were the words of DR.
Charles Zueblin in his last address be-
fore the chautauqua yesterday after
noon. DR.. Zuebiin spoke on govern
ment and he handled the subject in
masterful way. Rather than coher-
ent argument his address was series
of epigramatic sayings. Some of them
were:
The average American is a part of
anarchy. He does not believe in gov
eminent. He lodges his public re-
sponsibility whenever he can
Government is the administration
of the public business in the interest
of the common life
The contrast of the rich and the
poor of today is more awful than at
any previous time in the worlds his
tory
Amy society which has poverty is
corrupt. 1t cannot endure that power
ty though it may have to endure it for
awhile"
Nothing less than the greatest
good of all is worthy goth century
IDEALS
"A democracy is a state in which
every man is a free man. That is not
true in America"
We are all subject to the capitalist
and the priest when they ought to be
our servants"
We will never be free unit, we
have woman's suffrage. They have it
in dark Finland. even"
We are not freemen even in art
The artists and the theater managers
dictate what we shall hear"
I'VE are all overspecializing today
The business man is especially mar
row. He cannot run even a charity
enterprise economically"
Next to the gathering of the
worlds raw materials, transportation
is the greatest economic problem"
All transportation ought to be uni
fled in the interests of the people.
THE best thing that could happen
in this country would be the unifica-
ton of all steam and electric lines
under one great head and run for the
common veal"
Government control of railroads is
the only solution"
Schools Abroad.
Schools and Schoolmasters Abroad
was the subject chosen by Dr. Phil
lips for his lecture yesterday after
noon. 1t was an interesting address
replete with much information that
was new to the Wayne county teach
ers. The speaker said that all over
Germany there are two classes of pub
lie schools-a class for the rich and
class for the poor. The rich pay
tuition, the poor do not No one who
can pay thinks of sending children to
school that is free. There are no
high schools in Germany as we have
them in this country Instead they
have gymnasium or classical schools
The school term begins at Easter and
continues with various vacations I'M
til the following Easter. They have
ten months training in ALL In the
summer, school begins at Z o'clock in
the morning. Co-education as known
in this country is not to be found in
Germany. The girls do not attend the
gymnasium, but have higher training
of their own. 1t stops however in
the secondary schools as the German
believes that woman's sphere is the
Kitchen, her children and the
church.
The average of the German public
school is higher than the average pub
lie school in this country owing to a
more efficient teaching corps. How
ever the best American school is bet