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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-01
Chatham
Training School
FOR BOYS.

FOR BOYS.
Prepares for College and University.
Guarantee, Course of Study. Faculty of
experienced men. All modern eonven-
fences. Location ideal Health record
perfect. Boarding patronage limited TO
so. Apply early. Terms exceedingly
low. Illustrated catalogue.
CHATHAM TRAINING SCHOOL.
Box SO. Chatham, Vs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-01
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union. yfFGinia.
Opens September Is, 1919

Opens September Is, 1919
THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
The school does high-grads fitting
work Its certificate of graduation
secures entrance to Universities. Col
leges and Medical Schools without ex-
amtuations, and offers partial courses
to students not expecting to finish.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Only Academy In Virginia equipped
~ ~ r = s ofsiesr. canta AIN Ed S sI n
Macon, of the u. s. A., will serve as
Professor of Military Science and
Tactics and 10 Commandant for next
session.
TERMS for sesmlen ....4 $4,000
For catalogue, or Information not
supplied by catalogue. address
DIR. WILLIAM E. HATCHER,
President.
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Trinity College

Three memorable dates The Granting Of the
Charter for Trinity College; tho Removal OF the
College to the growing Aad prosperous City 81
Durham; the Building OF the New and Greater
Trinity.
Magnificent buildings with new equipment
and enlarged facilities
Comfortable hygienic ioynj.erioa ADD seas&ii,is.
pleasant surrounding
/ Five depas trnents: heatfemic; Mechanical.
Civil. and Electrical Engineering Law; Educa.
ton: Graduate.
For catalogue and other information. address
r. L. FLOWERS. Secretary Durham, N. c
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College Of William and Mary

Bcgtnninw ~ xI9th session,
September 10. 1919.
Regular academic courses leading to
A. b.. B. s.. NJ A. Special teachers
courses to train young men for the
work of the public schools
AHA faculty, excellent equipment.
large athletic feld.
Up-to- date dormitoTies affording
every comfort and convenience
A State scholarship Will save you
e-fourth OF the expenses
Total cost per session for prospective
teachers. visa. for others, SISs
For full particulars address
II. l.. BRIDGES. Hegistrar.
Williamsburg, Va.
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Blackstone Academy

U1ae1stones Va
High Grade Eehocf for Boys, under
Chrfetian management.
Strong Faculty OF experienced
teAeherA ~ .EAsAfon apans .ssptenbsr
ie12 For Information address
n. q. LIGOS, President.
Blackstone, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-01

NANOULYH- NUN AGAUEMI
Fer BOYS ana YOUNG MEN.
Redf4Fd CITY, Va.
Offers quick and thorough preparation for
college. scientific schools or business life.
The liberal endowment Of the Randolph
Macon system, Of which this s~hool Is q
branch. permits Of unusually low terms.
$50 covers oil expense NJ extras For
catalogue and. further inforpatton, address
e. SUMTER SMITH. Principal.
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FINE RECORD MADE
BY El0N COLLEGE

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The Holly chieftain., 1912-11-01
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New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

labor contractor, who conducted the com
missary store, in addition to furnishing
the laborers. assisted in distributing the
information regarding the project.
Would they come?
The appointed evening was at hand.
Miss Robbins and some 6Dlunteer assist
ants opened the. doors. One of the great
windows looking upon the tiny, dusty
area, around which the old mill buildings
were grouped and opposite which was the
commissary store, was thrown open. The
graphophone was started and the strains
of music caught the ear OF the laborers
lOunging around the barracks and .he
commissary. Some who had washed up
and got out OF their working clothes
entered and sat down Others who were
Inclined to await developments. or who
wanted 20 smoke, or felt too tired TO
clean up" for a session OF school. took
their stand In the darkness just outside
the window. where they could hear and
see all that went on. In "A few days Dr.
Robbins could count each evening upon
an attendance Of from dozen TO twenty
five inside, and from ten. 10 twenty TAX
ing an oral lesson outside.
Picture room so vast that tho group
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

great pains with his toilet He Is an
eager learner and quick 10 note fine DIS
tinctions. He asks more questions than
any one else, always introducing them
with Miss" Ills questions are usually
intended to secure corroboratiyc answers,
for his observations are always correct
The class Is being Informed regarding the
various forms OF the personal pronoun
and he inquiries:
'ls it you FOR one and you for two|'
meaning the form Of the second person
singular and plural
or course, the query is answered IN the
affirmative. He has conquered one of the
obstacles to the correct use Of English
short, wrnkled man. wearing specta-
cles, occupies the end of the seat. He
looks as II he were between forty-live
and fifty years old II is evident from
has actions that he feels a deep sense OF
responsibility for the success OF the
school Perhaps the fact that he Is
Florentino and small land proprietor
explains this feeling. one would never
imagine that when he leaned out of the
window few minutes ago and told the
men standing outside that they ought to
come in. that he once stood there himself
and was invited TO enter.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
THE TACTFUL LATIN.

! The keenness and the senstiveness OF
thc Italian laborer are not always appre-
ciated by the American. who IS unable IL
get helow the sur ace OF the foreigner
When Miss Robbins was teaching the
school the words Of America" she trans.
lated Sweet land of liberty into Dolce
terra Ill Liberia"
polite young man said gently. in eX-
cellent Italian The song makes a mis-
take, teacher"
After this school had got well under
way DR.. Robbins decided the time was
ripe for establishing another far out on
the line at Camp I. This camp was In the
woods near Beckett nine miles from Lee.
There were no houses near at hand. 1t
would be necessary TO walk two miles
after the school closed in the evening to
a farmhouse where she could spend the
night, and the nine-mile journey from
East Lee had to be- made every other daY
and back again on the alternate days.
The decision having been made, one morn
ing she boarded tool wagon bound for
that distant place and in due course
reached her destination. II was a curious
place I'm which she found herself. The
dormitories, covered with black building
paper, held on with lath, occupied only
a part OF the clearing. Scattered oyer II
here and there were sod-covered, tent
shaped structures which somehow remind
ed one of pictures of Valley Forge. These
curious structures had been erected nv
the Italians for cooking purposes They
consisted OF ridge pole and V-shaped
roof OF eight-foot poles set close together
over these were spread leaves. Sods
were then laid on extending from the
ground TO the ridge and around one end
closing it except for little hole I'm tina
angle at the top. Under this opening
was built a stone fireplace, but with no
chimney, for the draft through the shell
ter was relied upon to carry the smoke
through IT, And 1t did. An improvised
table of saplings and rough boards and q
crotched stick. crude sort of umbrella
tree, to hold the pans, comprise the fnrn-
shings. Sometimes the equipment is
supplemented by an additional crotchod
pole In front, on which other kltchenware
hangs,
Mr.. Sergi, one OF the labor contractors
was willing 10 give her a room N a
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

name, died a year ago at Valhalla, y.
Y, where she had opened a school for
the laborers on the new aqueduct. There
is another such school In the, labor camp
at the Ashokan dam.
Up to the present time such schools as
have been established have been located
where work was 70 be continued for
long period on some great public improve
ment. Can such school be conducted
successfully along the line Of new rail-
road, where the labor camps are moved
from place 10 place az the work pro-
crosses? Dr. Jane f.. Robbins, head work
er OF the Little Italy Settlement Brook
lyn, and chairman Of the camp school
committee OF the Society for Italian Inn
migrants, decided to test this point on the
electric line which the New York & New
Haven Railroad is building In Western
Massachusetts The contractors showed
interest when the project was broached
and agreed 10 do what they could. SO
last MAY Dr. Robbins went TO Lee TO
make beginning. She travelled along
the route Of the railroad and saw the
men working aud the camps where they
ate and slept The obstacles seemed many
and great She said she felt like the
farmer when he saw hippopotamus Tor
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

Of tables and benches and the half dozen
lanterns in its centre suggest Il drop Of
light In waste of darkness. DR.. Rob
bins and three or four volunteer in
structors are vibrating among the schol-
ars. The light from the lanterns scat
tered about on the tables shines into a
group of interesting faces. over at the
end of the back row Is a man past middle
age, whose cOuntenance looks as II time
had given IL some hard wrenches. His
ears are not mates. One stands out fur
ther than the other. His forehead down
whose centre is a scar, is furrOwcd with
horizontal wrinkles. His sparse mus
tache suggests that of a Mongolian. His
eyes are small. dark and beadlikc. But
there Is no doubt of his earnestness. He
undertakes every task that Is proposed
with an intensity that would capture the
heart of any teacher.
Next To him Is young man. the re-
fined lines of'whose face and whose light
skin and hair DO not suggest the Italian
laborcr. lie is quick and reads. 60 smile
at the smallest opportunit, ,A.->a lad
next in line has dark brown eyes and
white teeth that shine IN the lanterns
rays. His dark hair is parted carefully
and his dress shows that hc has taken
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

~ EvERAL years ago Nlsltor 10
large public works under construc-
~ ton At AspinwaH, near Pittsburgh
i could have seen a certain New YORK
woman sitting by the roadside watching
,he laborers at their toll. In her lap was
! A notebook. Within earshot of the work
men, she jotted down the orders OF the
bosses and the various comments which
accompanied them. These were some oil
the sentences she set down:
Bring two pals Of water-not one
nail" Men, don't drop the spades.
Wake the axes to the road Bring
three ropes here" "All grip the rope.
sEasv. now. easy" Get hold there.
"An pull this way" Now shove that
way" Push. boys. push. shove the
bar under the car" Pull the bar back
on the rail" Grip the bar there. Now
all shove the car" The boss wants the
car TO go over this hole. over she
goes" OF course, there were words and
phrases interlarded of which she did not
make note. She used eclectiCism unspar-
ingly. otherwise II would have been nee
cssarv TO use dsshes in quoting from her
paper.
She was not sitting beside the road
lust for the sake Of hearing Irish and
American bosses swear at Italian labor
crs She had an end I'm view. She had
decided to establish school for the la
borers at the camp. She felt that for the
good Of everybody concerned they ought
to learn little English, 80 that they
could understand the boss, could get into
contact with America and lie better able
10 take care of themselves in strange
land. She was collecting specimens Of
the kind of sentences which would be
most serviccablc 10 tho alien laborers.
These were TO form her textbook. her
language primer In due course her
school was established and her primer
published. This was the first camp
school I'm tho United States Other
schools followed il ana other primers for
the instruction Of foreigners in the Ian
guage, ways and government of the
United States have followed the little one
made up of camp sentences Miss Sarah
W. Moore. for that was the woman $
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
Tbe ManS School in Session Asbohan Lebor Comp
Many ToiIers on Aqueduct and Railroad Take
Advantage of Opportunity Offered by lnsti-
tutions Promoted by DR.. Jane E. Robbins
to Study English and Other Subjects.

the first time: There amt no such thing 4;
there could not be-
The route OF the new railroad follows
modest stream, flowing from the neigh
borhood of Beckett into the Housatonc
near Lee Scattered along the banks of
the stream are the decaying remains Of
frame buildings which once served as
small factories. These are now occupied
ny the Western Massachusetts COnsuuc-
tion Company as offices, shops, commits
Sary stores and lodgins houses for the
worltmen. \ group Of red buildings of
this character stands near East Lee, In
the shadow Of the ridge along whose base
the highway and the stream wind on their
way ON a bench carved along the face
of the hill above are the newly laid rails.
In on, of the buildings dhat next the
road is a large room, perhaps 30 feet by
50 feet. three Of whose four sides are glass
from the height II a mans chest TO the
ceiling Being unocCupied, IL was offered
to Miss Robbins for her first school.
Rough board tables, with backless seats,
such as one sees at picnic grounds, were
introduced for the prospective students.
\ long table was placed on end and
small blackboard nailed to the upper half.
a few poster pictures were tackled up and
few tin reflector lanterns secured. \
graphophone. accompanied by "A number
of records of arias from "Rigoletto' and
Of other well known songs the gift OF an
interested storekeeper was sent on
box. The schoolroom. it's furnishings al
most lost In the great room, was now
ready for pupils.
An Italian does not like TO be addressed
as My dear sir" by persons outside his
family circle. IT Is too endearing for com
mon use Therefore q little skill had to
be exercised in framing the leahet out
lining the plan of the school which was
to be distributed among the laborers. II
began Distinguished sir" i'm Italian
This may seem somewhat inappropriate
TO put it mildly, when addressing 900
Italian laborer, but high sounding phrase
DO not seem so stilted in the polite Latin
tongues. Moreover. after eilminatlu"
My dear sir there appeared To be moth
ing except this form remaining. TIA"
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a Proqd 5tal{Sn' Sronpy
ST Va1bal1a. She Goes
to tbe School Oe-rden
With Her Granddaughter

No said he. on that occasion. shak-
ing his head, Il am the papa of boy"
lie thought better of IL aftcrward. and
decided that the fact that n was old
enough 10 bo the father Of sons. them
selves ldborcrs in this country. should not
stand ia the way Of his love Of learning.
He went TO Pittsdcld and bought specta-
clos. Now he Is at hand every evening.
and IT IL easy To see 10y his energy and
attentivcness that being the papa of a
q boy" Is not going to interfere. lie is re-
ported to be- rapidly learning English.
I'm front sits Philip. Philip is seven
teen years old, and is picking up English
easily. lie is gentle lad. although per-
hapS the foreman would not discover II.
one night when the school was singing a
well known American song, tea filled his
eyes as the words. The young folks roll
on the little cabin door" were sung. Just
why he should weep a. this juncture was
rot clear until later he said: Il want to go
to Brooklyn. My brothers baby is sick"
His fayortc song is the familiar "Funi-
cUla." and the line which he likes best.
Il love to spend my time in singing some
joyous song His gentle spirit. however.
viii not prevent him from returning to
Italy next year to perform his allotted mil
itary service. But his English will ulti-
matcy serve him, for he expects after
ward To come back to America.
In the next row OF seats is Greek
with a downy mustache, and by his side
an Italian lad. who seems To be the butt
OF his companions on the work and who
repeats everything said by the teacher.
| including the directions In the last row
- u foreman, who Is anxious To get on
In arithmetic, and is toling with lugubr-
| ous countenance over the problems in
fractions placed before him.
These are some Of the scholars who
nave Needed the call OF the graphophone
the playing OF which for some time before
the opening hour, o'clock, is the an
nouncement Of the approaching session.
The last strains OF an aria from "Rigo-
lettC' have grated their course through
the norm. and the serious work OF the
evening Is begun. It opens with read
ing lesson In English. Miss Robbins reads
1t aloud and all, looking upon the leaf
lets, repeat IL after her. IT describes how
David looks at a building lot" and tells
how that astute person got the owner to
take s25 off from the asking price. and
then having registered the deed. selected
plans for house and had II built by
contractor. AT last the class reads:
David lights a fire to dry the house.
The family moves into the house" Hay-
ing thus learned how home Is procured
In America the absorbed students are led
through the ntricacies OF the present and
past lenses. This Is enough of hard
study for one evening k5It Is time for
little relaxation. This takcs the form OF
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
1->borerg ar Ce.rnp # Nesr Becket. Mass.

shanty free, and toolbox was provided
for the "didactic material Mr.. Serg
also put up notices.
Would this school be a success? There
was some sceptcism as to whether a
woman would be willing to continue a
school in a camp OF Italians out In the
woods IL was expressed to DR.. Robbins
directly by "BlH" Worden, a wandering
character of the locality. who has oeen
picking and peddling berries through a
; lifetime 50 long that his hair and beard
are gray and his gait shows signs OF
. approaching decreptitude. Ills brain
( shows no lack OF activity, however.
You that school teacher he asked
her. point blank.
! Yes
You amt afraid of Italians
! No"
Not forty thousand Italians"
! NO"
! II guess youll do
| As night fell the sky grew black with az
approaching thunder shower. Ore lantern
served To illuminate the room AnoIhsr
could not be found. There were seveul
! delighted to hear the gentle lady o.
they described her. speaking iu Itain
and taking an interest i'm them. Ate
the session two boys were delegated y
the superintendent of the work 10 esccF
! her TO tho farmhouse. two miles away
The muttering of the storm frightensa
| them so much that the gentle lady ,ooS
pity on them and sent them back contn-
uing her way alone.
Maintaining this school out IN the
woods is not an easy task. for the nine
milo journey back 10 her boarding place
is usually made by a chance yehlcR
which she picks up" on the road as she
lounges along I'm the morning sunshine
feasting her soul with bird songs While
she supplies the inner woman from
little packet. But she considers It worth
while, for from nine 20 twelve are pres
ent at each session
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
DEFINITION OF A MAN.kILLER

These particular schools are ma!ntalne'
chiefly at the expense OF the constFuc
t!on company. The Society for ltaHsH
Immigrants is also interested. CsnP
schools have demonstrated their usein
ness in a number OF directions. The,
have demonstrated the 'improya5leness
OF the Southern Italian. They suplp
him with mental food after his day
work aud teach him how 10 read ne"s
papers and make his own bargains in US
language Of the country. II Is the tesv
mony of his superiors that he is Es
quarresome and plays cards less. Oss
playing is a recreation which sometlH,'
among Italians leads 10 murder
almost the only recreation In most ia0V'
camps. The school makes better "o''
men and they are reported 10 be NV.
contented with their jobs. This Is OF :.
small value especially at the pres'",
time. when there is such scarcity Y
this particular kind of labor that II co.
not be secured at less than 81 ana
a day. -.
Contentment means a good deal IN Wy
case OF Italian laborers, for the nau'
OF the boot shaped land has Sooo ~.
of individuality beneath his swarthy 'a
He may be nothing 10 the cohua.
except number" with hands anu ~.
and muscles trained through many ~
erations To dig in the soil, hut ue"s"
the sheath of the number ths'o "a
something else. 1t is "A personsliS
may not complain to the boss, out ',s ,.,'s
ask for his time" IL he does no' IA "a
the treatment he receives. IL enc !,
only penetrate to this personally -,
would be found that he was sufhe'eh".
sensitive 10 his environment to oo'e's so
harsh language, styling foremeh "A
shout at him, using coarse wo'us'
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

t. O.. , ~. . -, t,.iia,,
SIHslHs' ooil' vi t''c SonsS d't i'e''"'''
some American First there is Santa
= moi, d, .,Io ,fi,, o, ..r., -;,.o.,r,,Ia" AMI
1-"N''' - '"'' -l'O' -
''FuniCuld.' Then they SING America
,turo ,..re.s, "oId Folks at IJoulr b." "Old
Kentucky Home" MY Bonnie" and
~, nj ,,. a., ti,I H..
H'I'' VII N''I' D.. Wy l''N'' Tvs
Cone PerhauS on this evening they
,..t,t l.,,,. ..ni,.,..- .,,., on .h,,,t ...v..,-
WIZ war" i'N' "''" "'' "''''
down South where the cotton grows.
ri. ,...i. 900. ,,.r,,t.,, go, tf.. tfY.LI,,.I
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-23
LAcEs AND FANCY WORK.

Salvo's lace store irish, Cluney
and Armenian laces and various other
European fancy goods Fort St., near
Beretania.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-23

of pastors and delegates from all over
Maui gathered on Tuesday and Wed.
nesday. The first session was held
on Wednesday morning at which dis
cus,sion of rules of procedure govern
ing the body were taken up for discus
sion. These were very complete deal
ing with all phases of association pro
cedure.
The principal address of the week
was delivered by Mr.. Akaiko Akana on
Thursday evening upon The Training
of the Will" He spoke for over an
hour and held his large audience with
rapt attention.
The concert on Friday evening was
a great success. Much credit for the
success of the weeks meetings was
due Rev. D. W. X. White. pastor Of
the Wainee church, Lahaina.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-23
LUNA WAS AGGRESSION
IN PAIA Disturbance
Strike Situation Quiet---NO Sympathetic
Strike---Judge Kingsburys Charge to
Grand Jury---EvangeliCal ASSOCi-
alton Meeting

"Of all the great giiTs so purchased
and handed down to us by means of
this governmental chain, none is more
precious than the jury system. 1t is
of the fullness of wisdom, bounty and
benevolence in government AS we
now undertake it's use and service, it
is most fitting that we remember its
COST its worth, its use and its pow
erful agency for our good.
"Of old it was the palladium of
liberty, protecting the people from a
tyranny of oppressive rulers. For us
it is such so far as is needed; but
with it liberty of the individual has
been so established that it is now
more especially the palladium of the
national life of a free and self-govern-
ing people-the palladium of self
existent nationality. 1t is so truly
and plainly an exercise of self-gov-
eminent by the people that it offers
no vulnerable point for the attack of
the anarchist or government-hating
class. The birthday of the jury sys.
tenn after the atonement of the ma
lions for the sins of their rulers is
the first governmental Christmas.
"The jury system is in two parts
the grand jury and the trial jury.
"The grand jury comes to us unaf
fected by the many changes and un
shackled by the many obstructing
rules and unimpeded by the many OBJ
stacles that now pertain to the use
of the trial jury. These became at
tached to the trial jury in times o.
the recent past under different con
ditions than now prevail; so that, il
they were ever demanded, they are
no longer of any beneficial use, but
are rather for distractions to justice
and are made to aid defendants FOL
the defeat of the due administration
of our just and benevolent laws.
Fortunately, you of the grand jury
are not to be so hindered or turned
aside in the performance of you
duties in your present service. You
with due regard for it's importance
can, untrammeled by needless tech
nicalities, proceed in the execution o