The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22

Plans Penny Lunches to Feed Poor
PupiIs--IlIinois Working on Worlds
Largest School of RaiIroading.
This is the denunciatory and con-
demnatory season for the educators,
and the opening Of the schools and
colleges and resumption Of teachers
Institutes were inaugurated by YER
bal fusillade against conditions.
Perhaps the most important Of the
criticisms was that Of President II. B.
Hutehins Of the University of Michi-
gan. famous for his insistence upon
the preservation Of department" DR.,
Hutchins slammed a certain class OF
women students, and to their faces,
too. In his annual address to the CO.
eds at Ann Arbor.
"Deliver me from the woman who
comes to the university to prepare for
career" said the president, and he
urged students to select studies that
would better fit them for being home
makers and mothers. 'If you have
particular ability the career win seek
you out" he said in closing.
Another instructor spoke a good
word for the much ridieuled college
yell. DR.. Ina Bender, assistant super
intendent of schools at Buffalo, N. Y,
in addressing the Iowa teachers term
ed II a safety valve for cussedness."
HighbalIs In Curriculum.
Though not mentioning concerted
cheering specifically, N. @. Schaefrer'
superintendent of public institutions
of Pennsylvania, took an ind1rect
swing when he denounced the present
American system of education as be
ing curriculum Of football, baseball,
evening balls and highballs." He also
told the Worcester county Mass.)
teachers that the children of immi.
grant parentage were rapidly distanc'
ing American progeny in school,
Following this assault was an at
tack on cherished American inst1tu'
ton, ''Home, Sweet Home,P by VIII
Earhart, musician Of Richmond
Ind. before the Wisconsin teachers
convention. Earhart declares the song
that has been translated into every
civilized tongue is wooden"
ST don't mean the words" said Ear
hart. 'grhey bring associations that
are fne, but musically 1t is awful
The composer had just one thought
and he tried to develop 1t with -four
notes-never a change, never sur
prise. to keep up the interest In the
melody. Compare with this wooden
composition Mendelssohn's 'Consola
ton. What difference! What 9
pleasure it brings to the mind with its
pleasing changesr'
Strike Causes School Feud.
The growth Of fractional feeling
among school children has been exen
plifed at Lafayette, Colo, a coal camp
where general strike was declared
some time ago and strike breakers
imported from West Virginia.
With the arrival Of the strike break
ers' families trouble began. AT tht
| schools the strikers sons battied witt
those of the breakers, and finally more
| than 100 of the former declined to at
tend school with the ''scabs." At /
conference between the truant officers
the school authorities and mothers O.
both factions an agreement wal
reached that the strikers children
should sit ON one side of the class
rooms and those Of the strike breakers
! on the other.
But criticism and strife are not tn,
only features OF the opening Of tn,
school year, for progressive ideas ar
also in evidence. For instance Chi
cage has taken the first step TOWARD
the solution of the problem of feed
ing the thousands of school children
from the poorer districts, the board
of education deciding to establish
lunch rooms in six of the larges
schools, particularly In the foreign
sections.
Meal For Penny.
It is the plan to limit the lunch Il
soup and bread and butter. One penn,
VIII be charged for the lunch or break
fast. II child Is hungry, however
and is without penny it viii be fed
The children will receive all the sour
and bread and butter they want. Th,
| girl pupils viii be taught to set tn,
tables and to serve the food. Tn,
board committee was told that tn,
physical and mental progress OF thou
sands Of children was being RETARDED
by lack of nourishing food.
The University of Illinois has start
ed d campaign to develop the creates
school of railroading In the world an;
has enlisted the cooperation of sixt,
presidents Of railroads doing bushes
IN Illinois in securing a large appro
priation from the legislature 50 tina
every phase Of the business could b,
taught.
A novel idea has been started by thl
school children Of Lincoln and Min
| ha1nalie whereby fha what orroxuin.