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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

thinkers in the country and special
lists along various lines. The courses
OF study are elastic enough to en-
able the student to take what best
meets his taste or purpose in life.
The student life is enthusiastic and
stimulating. 1t is clean and moral
in its influence and offers the
Lest chances for lifelong friendships.
The literary societies are wide awake,
the Christian Associations are fine
ly organized, the musical societies
are Of high order.
There is abundant opportunity for
the pleasures of student life as
well as the serious work.
Nowhere can such advantages be
found at so moderate a cost. This
is made possible by the plain style
CT living. Unnecessary luxuries which
are making an education in SO many
places beyond the reach of the aver
age boy and girl are discouraged.
IeOdTu anu TOOIl are suDSldulldl DuI
plain. Moreover an opportunity 10
earn part of the expense is given
so far as possible, since the work Of
the college is done by students. It
is estimated that $3.50 a year will
enable a student to live comfortab-
ly and pay every bill. Where else
can this be done?
Expense is the greatest obstacle TO
an education to both parent and child
Eerea has overcome this obstacle.
Think this over and be at Berea
by September 18th. The college wants
you to come, and you ought to be
even more anxious to come. This
is the kind of a place where you
will feel at home. Will not the homes
of the southern mountains do as Well
as the homes of Scotland and send
at least one to college.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

bars In two hours. he does the work
OF ten men without the bending Of
a back. Education multiplies man 3
powers. The educated mind catches
the wind In sails and forces 1t To
haul the commerce of the seas. 1t
imprisons the steam in the engine
end forces II to carry man over the
land and across the ocean.
Kentucky spends more than s3,oO0.-
900 annually to put q limited educa-
ton within the reach Of the poorest
end best children Of the state. An
army Of teachers are paid to train
children for honest citizenship and
intelligent industry. The state de-
mands that each teacher makes q
thorough preparation for his high
and responsible calling. The teachers
have been entrusted with the cen
tai secret OF human progress. The
child and his training are placed at
the mercy Of his teacher. The lack
OF knowledge and skin on the part
OF Just one district teacher can
thwart the purpose of the state Ia
that school and bring stagnation up
on his community and dwarf the
child's life and itG future OF promise.
Books are only one kind Of tools
used in training for usefulness and
happiness. The teacher is expected
to know thoroughly the books he
teaches and a great many other good
books. With all the abundant oppor-
tunities and facilities for securing
n splendid training for the calling of
a teacher II Is nothing less than crimi.
nal neglect to fail to be thoroughly
fitted for the responsible leadership
in giving the children OF the common
wealth their first great inspiration
and impulse for highminded and eff
cient citizenship.
These are momentous days in which
those who arc planning on teaching
next year should be deciding upon
some great school where they will
enter school this fall and winter in
which to develop their power Of mind
and skill for teaching a successful
school next year. The power OF any
teacher to teach n good school rests
upon his knowledge and the force
and attraction Of his own person
atty.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
What Kentucky Demands Of Her
Teachers
By John G. Cslfee

The pioneer days when young
man without knowledge or skill had
fair opportunities for success are days
forever gone. There is no conceiv-
able device by which farmer us
ing a crooked stick for a pillow can
be made as efficient a farmer as the
man farming with modern plows.
Neither. is there any contrivance
known to man by which an ignorant
man can be made to compete and
succeed as men Of skill and personal
attachments do. The skill OF the
surgeon would never have existed
but for the Frightening OF his mind
by education. At any iron mill you
see one man with an electro mag
net unloading a car load OF iron
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

I have wondered many times
whether there are any captive grass
hoppers, lizards. crawfish, etc, In
the schools OF Eastern Kentucky AZ
result of the suggestion made n
Teachers Department regarding the
Rural School Menagerie."
Trusting that tho seed sown then
may have born fruit, ! will further
suggest a Botanical Garden for our
rural schools. Now a Botanical Car
den is place where are grown
strange and beautiful plants from
every corner OF the globe. While
our Kentucky schools may not be
able TO have plants from every
corner of tho globe growing in them,
they all can have plants which are
strange and beautiful"
Nothing Is needed but a will 70
do and a little forethought and eff
fort to have the beauty and interest
of any school increased many per-
cent in a few days. To start this
work you will need the following
articles:
enthusiastic teacher.
s boys and girls.
8 old tomato cans with enough
soil to fill them.
Some colored wrapping paper from
a store.
Seeds OF corn, wheat, beans, pump
kins and with this material you can
grow plants strange and beautiful"
In each window OF your school house.
You may not think that these
plants are in the least strange to
the country child. but let them grow
and watch them for a few weeks
and you will find that not one pupil
out OF ten has really ever seen them
growing.
With the material at hand let
each can be taken, by one or two
pupils as may seem best, to decor
ate. The paper may be put on smooth
crimped. puffed, scolloped, ruffled,
in any combinations of color available
and desired, to suit the taste Of the
decorators. In this way very pretty
flower pots may be made, much
prettier than the ones you would
buy.
Before putting in the soil make q
few holes as large as a lead pen.
ell in the bottom OF each can. This
is for drainage, and the lesson as
to why soil should be drained ought
to be impressed. When water stands
In the soil air is excluded and air
in the soil ia ag necessary to the
plant as water itself II might be
well for one can to be left without
holes so that the results may be OBJ
served.
Now fiji each can with earth, but
into half of them mix some kind Of
manure or commercial fertilizer. II
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

ing scientific agriculture, fruit and
stock raising.
They should lead in political lie
and in every thing that makes for
better Industrial and social condi-
lions. A college education is not TO
take the boy or girl from his noun
tain home by giving him something
that would not be OF use TO him
there but II is to show him that his
best opportunity is right In that
mountain home and to give him the
training to use II to advantage.
Berea College is especially adapt
ed to meet this need. IL was found
ed for these mountain boys and girls
and is maintained for them. Its teach
ers are trained TO give them the
hest there is, It's Library is unsur-
rassed in the state, its laboratories
are equipped for first class work;
its lecture courses bring to the stu
dent at a nominal cost the best
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
Why Boys and Girls Do Not Go to
School
CONTINUED from page twol

The day is past when Reading,
Writing and Arithmetic are sufficient
equipment for life's work.
Another reason, and perhaps one
most often given, is that many young
persons have no money with which
to buy an education. Amy one who
has Known Berea College students
knows that no young man or woman
in the mountains of the south can
give such an excuse so long as the
way is open at Berea for students
to earn their expenses.
Any boy or girl who reads this
statement and who may doubt it has
but to write for a copy of the little
booklet, "How Some Berea Students
Earned a College Course" to learn
how boys and girls without money
are obtaining an education at Berea.
What is true OF Berea is true in
many other cases il the country to-
day and a large number Of the stu
dents gathered together next month
in all the colleges and schools Of
the country will be young people
without money but with determine
ton to win and get an education In
order that they may be more use
full and render larger services in the
worlds activities.
Let 1t be said of no mountain boy
or girl in the future that lack Of
money keeps them from having such
a liberal education as Berea College
can offer. Rather let It be said In
the spirit Of determination, Eve will
find a way or make one." This ex-
cuse Of lack of funds can be over
come by such young folks.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

"women and children nrsti' This IL the
law OF the sea:
But why not make II the rule wherever .
man may bef
Let II become the law where roisterers
quench their thirst:
EmblaEon II over the bar-'-rhe women
and children nrst'
The man who IL staggering home. having
squandered his weekly wage.
May dream OF heroic deeds and his name
on the printed page:
He may long for the chance TO prove.
where worse has come to the worst.
That he has the strength to say: The
women and children FIRST"
But why on the sea alone. or only when
dangers rise1
why not where the lights are bright. why
not where temptation iiesf
Does he who 10 Boosting where he fingers
TO quench his thirst
Bee, shining over the bar; The women
and children nrstr'
The world will have fewer cares and
there will be few that sigh.
And few will sit In the dark and hope
iessly wonder why.
And few Yiii bemoan their fate or fancy
thsmseives sccurst
When all men obey the law; The women
and children nrst"
a. Il. Kiser In Record Herald. Chicago.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
I'LL DIE TRYING"

Somebody Numbered, and as a result
the Omaha fast mail, going nearly a
mile a minute, crashed into the Den
yer limited at Western Springs, and
thirteen persons were killed and many
wounded.
Engineer Bronson of the fast mail
died In his cab with his hand grip
ping the reverse lever.
Lying in the hospital, his face twitch-
ing with pain, Fireman Crane told
how Bronson died.
He said:
1--WE got no warning until we were
within about $50 yards Of the limited
Then some one tagged US, and at the
same time couple Of torpedoes were
exploded.
"It was foggy. Before we knew IL
we had crashed into the Denver train.
Bronson died at the throttle. When
he saw death ahead he turned to me
and said:
"Train ahead. l don't think I can
stop her. I'm going to die trying
swell, he died that way. He stayed
right in his seat with his hand on the
reverse lever"
Somebody blundered.
Make your roadbed as level as par
lor floor, build your cars of steel, put
semaphore towers every half mile, use
every safety appliance known, and yet
somebody may blunder.
You cannot insure the perfect work
ing of the mechanism Of the human
mind.
In this dreadful wreck somebody
blundered 1t was not brave George
Bronson. though now he is dead they
are trying to throw part of the re-
sponsibility on him.
He died trying.
Could any man die better than thatf
Could death find a litter time to
snatch away a mortal than In such a
moment7
Could brave souled man go into
the presence of his Maker on instant
call in a better wayf
"I'll die trying"
George Bronson's life was as dear
to him as yours Is to you. He loved
his dear ones there In Burlington as
you love your own. but he loved his
duty morel
He is but one Of the great army of
railroad men. who live always In the
presence OF death and duty. who. when
the clear call comes to them on the
instant, calmly push aside all thoughts
Of self and loved ones and die trying.
To all such heroic souls and to the
intrepid soul of George Bronson, en-
gineer, hail and farewell
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

come the heads of the great business
enterprises of the country.
In former years the young man
needed no special training to enter
business. II he could read. write, and
use figures. 1t was enough. But today,
no matter what line OF business he
enters, he meets the keenest COM
petition from educated, skilled. and
tboroly trained rivals.
Business is more complex than It
used TO be. The business man OF to-
day cannot afford to spend his valu-
able time teaching his clerks the
things they could and should have
learned in a business school. Rookie
Teller laid the foundation for his
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
Customs Confscate Wine.

The Paris customs authorities re-
Gently seized 100000 liters Of adul-
terated wine and threw II into tho
Canal du Midi. As result thousands
OF dead nsh have been OF late found
floating about the Canal and the Porto
Dc Cstte. II 10 estimated that the
canal and port have been depopulatsd
Of fish for two years at least. Such
IL the havoc wrought by the adulter.
sted alcoholic beverage intended for
human consumption. Meanwhile. the
havoc wrought BY the inspected al
coholio product continues with all too
little hindrance.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

man q probation oficer who had wit
messed the trial interfered and pleaded
with the court to remit the fine. which
the court did, but sterniy remarked
that the law must be enforced.
The probation officer afterward took
the matter up with the park commits
sioner, who commended the park po-
nceman for the arrest.
Well
Possibly the requirement to keep
OF the grass" is proper and there must
be a penalty.
But Just the same
Mercy and discretion are never out
Of place. Surely should the future his
torian Of the first quarter of the twen-
tieth century come across this story Of
how a poor mother with a sick baby
was arrested for trespassing In park
owned by the people and remanded to
Jail he will pause and moralize ON the
subtle cruelty of the age.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29

A public school teacher relates the
following conversation between her
self and pupil:
Teaoher-You were not here ysster
day, Minnie. How was thatf
Pupii-Pieass. teacher. I had q
mind the baby.
TeAcher-Could not your mother
mind the baby while you were a
SCHOOL,
, mo. teacher. she had to mind ~
thsr.-
-Oh, how was thatr'
. Father IL drinking again. teacher.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
Business Training
BY =. N. livengood

In almost every neighborhood there
are a few young people who are
naturally fitted for business careers.
They are called" TO become clerks,
bookkeepers. stenographers, store
keepers, and some of them will be-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
Editor Waxss Sarcastic.

A Kansas editor sarcastically an
sounces that he wants to buy q sack
Of -four. q pair Of three-ply-button
trousers. and "a straw hat. and that he
u ready "a receive bids on the same
He says that is the way the merchants
DO when they want two dollars worth
sf fob work.--Atchison Globe
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
TEE rRIspAssIR.

In q New York tenement where -
cents for the gas meter 10 problem
and rent day IL a tragedy poor wo-
man drew on her meaeer savings Of
dimes and pennies to summon a doctor
for her baby. whose suffering was In
tense
The doctor said the babe must have
the fresh afr OF the parks.
whereupon the mother took the child
to Central park, which, valued by imam
ciers as worth billion dollars, belongs
TO the people of New York.
She saw an unoccupied lawn and
took her baby there. Mother and child
lay down upon the grass in the shade
and soon were both asleep.
Scarcely were the slumbers begun
than the majesty Of the law appeared.
A park policeman awoke the tired
mother, worn by the sleepless nights
In the hot tenement, and demanded her
name and address. He placed her I'M
der arrest and notified her to appear
next morning In the court
Terrified and weary. the poor mother
went back to the stuffy, noisome
home" to spend another sleepless
night.
In the morning she left her baby
with a neighbor and appeared before
the magistrate. where she confessed TO
the heinous crime Of trespassing on the
peoples premises.
The court fined her 81.
Weeping, the woman said the doc
tors bill had taken all her savings,
whereupon she was remanded to jail.
As she started to go with the police
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
1tGHalyg|Z;ZENMl1Zs!st
MagNWIltS
ESEAk&A-

Conducted by the National womsn's
Christian Temperance Union)
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-13
THE NOON HOUR.

There was a time within the mem
CRY of man when two hours were re-
garded as the right length for the re-
cess every day between school ses-
sions; but now only a short hour is
allowed, and complaint is being made
in Massachusetts, because 1t is a
hardship upon many families and an
abuse of the teachers.
The FAN River News, with refer
ence to this question says:
This was the point raised at Tues
day nights meeting Of the school
committee. 1t was declared that
teachers who must be in school a
quarter-hour at least before the SEES
sion opens, have not enough time to
so home to their meal eat it com
fortably and get back to school before
the bell rings. A point that was not
mentioned, but is an important one in
this City of the Dinner Pau, Is that
children who carry dinners to people
at work in the mills are numerous
enough to be taken into account in
any arrangement Of tho school ses-
sions. Such children. who ere obliged
to 90 any considerable diGtance on
their e1and. find the time very short
in which to return home. eat their
meal and get back to school. 1t will
be possible to overcome the present
difficulty by cutting out of the after
noon session the customary recess"
These are points well taken against
the short noon recess; and as for the
afternoon recess in winter that could
well be omitted without the scholars
suffering any inconvenience what
aver
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-13
a GRATIFYING EAcT-

It IS a gratifying fact to know that
every one u the bodies of the s. miss
.ng naval men who went down with
he Maine TO stay IN Havana harbor
have been recovered and given Chris
rian sepultre.
This is highly creditable to Major
Ferguson who had direction of the
work. and tells for his humane care
and watchfulness in task which
many had pronounced impossible and
ct at rest for all time any uncer-
ainty which may have existed as to
he responsibility Of the explosion
he relatives and friends Of the un-
fortunate officers and men who lost
heir lives must be especially grateful
or what has been accomplished.
These patriots deserved to be given
burial worthy Of their sacrifices and
tate. and the prospect now is that
most az them viii be eventually bur
.ed in their homeland where the
stars and Stripes will float above
heir graves and loving friends may
decorate them with flowers.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-13

Q.-Sinoe Christ is referred to as the
"Prnce of Peace" (Isaaiah tx, g. and
the angels announced at His birth
peace on earth, good will to men"
(Luke ii, IA, how is it that we find the
Lord Jesus Himself saying, Suppose
ye that am come to give peace on
the earth? ! tell you, Nay; but rather
division7" IF. w
Answer.-The whole history of the
Christian Era has been one of blood
shed, wars and strife. And these for
the most part have been brought about
by differences of religious opinions.
In Matthew oath chapter, our Lord set
forth a wonderful prophecy relating
to the conditions that would develop
in the world down to the time when
He would return to establish His own
Kingdom or Government in the earth.
There would be wars and rumors OF
war, earthquakes, famines, pestilences;
and then, in the very end Of the Age,
"a time of trouble such as was not
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-13
CIRCULATION
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION.

flE WEN VI 9GA1E0 iONs
In am address to the Union league
al New Haven the other day the may
or OF New haven gave voice to the
following excellent suggestions
"Whs, this city needs most is the
cooperation and encouragement of
Young business men. ! know YOU are
busy men. You are too busy 10 give
your valuable time TO the city Of New
Haven. You are too selfish with your
lime and / think not Intentionally,
but you are careless. L say 90 you
chat sou ought 10 get into the political
game. You will Ike it and it will do
Sou good How many Of you have
visited my Office in the past two years
20 make q good suggestion? How
many uf you have attended % meeting
~ the board OF aldermen or a hearing
Yf tho board Of aldermen I don't
SEQ vcry many familiar faces here"
There is a way for able and busy
men tD make themselves felt in gov
eminent without seeking public Of
flee. They should know their towns
better and when they see a way 20
better things-a chance for progress
t would be "a decided help to those
I'D authority for them TO make sug-
gestions and to Jet the powers that be
know that they would have their sup
port fin the advancement recommend
ID
II the busy. prosperous portion Of
the community lived less 10 them
selves they might promote their in
terests and the general welfare of the
people with perfect ease.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-13

I deprecated its being brought out, as
I thought it would tend to blast the
reputation of a married woman, as
understood who was living happily
with her husband, and was not proba-
bly, what the committee was searching
for. ] asked him to see Mr.. Coving-
ton, who had prompted the resolution,
and find If that part Of the record
might be omitted.
Thought Sweet Consented to Omission.
Il understood from the secretary Of
war and also from General Wood that
Mr.. Sweet had consented to an omis-
sion of that part of the record, unless,
upon its being brought to the atten-
ton of the committee, a full record was
desired, and that in accordance with
that understanding the particular
pages of the record were omitted from
the return until further notice was re-
ceived from Mr.. Sweet
Willing Whole Record Shall Go In.
81 do not desire any misunderstand-
ing, and | wish that the whole record
shall go to the committee if the COM
mittee desires it, and to know what
the Circumstances are. ] will ask you
therefore, to take the pages Of the rec
ord to Mr.. Hay, the chairman of the
military committee and to Mr.. Sweet,
show them the pages and such cores
pOndence, confidential or otherwise, re-
ferred to in the record.
Couple Living Happily Together.
you have also letter from me
written in July last. when you consult
ed me about this matter, which / in
tended to be confidential and not to be
put on the files, but I have no Objec-
ton to your showing that letter to Mr.
Hay and to Mr.. , and if they
desire to bring that out, you may make
it a part of the record. You will please
explain to them the circumstances that
according to your understanding with
me and the fact that Mr.. and Mrs.
-- were living together happily,
and the appeals which he has made to
you to withdraw his original letter. in
which he made the charge, and then
leave to these gentlemen the decision
as to what course he shall take
VERY sincerely,
WILLIAM H TAFT"
WhippIe Charged Suppression.
Messrs. Sweet and Covington, refer
red to in the presidents letters, are
representatives in congress from Mich
igan and Maryland, respectively.
General Whipple testified Saturday
that Presidents Taft's letters had sup
pressed" charges against Major Ray.