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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01
ny JOHN ELrnrru WATKINS.

ny JOHN ELTRETH WATKINS.
Z T PPERMOST in tens of thousands
OF parental minds This Scptem-
~ Der morning s ne question;
shall we send our young horefui
ITO college,"
And nasmuch as advice on no otheor
Nsubjeot can just now be as welcome
TO fathers and mothers voxec ny this
vital problem, have persuaded tile
national governments highest author
ity on education to discuss it with
me, for their special benefit refer
l1o the United States commissioner OF
leducation, Dr. Ph.lander priestey ClnN-
ton. who. wh,n elevated TO TINS re-
lsponsible Office a year ago. was RECON-
tmendcd TO the Prcsidoni as ono OF the
amos, progressive ana successful cduct-
tors Of American youth TO be found
! in the country ur. ClaNton Is, him-
iself. very much OF a college ui,n. AZ
Ter having been graduated AT the ami
versity OF his native Tennessee H"
look post graduate course at johns
Alopkans. Before being called TO take
directive charge OF the national bureau
lof education. here IN Washinston me
| had been a schoolnaster for ono year,
suporint, ndcnt OF public schools FOR
eight years the superintendent OF a
lsummcr school for nine years. ana
professor of education Tor eighteen
years onc-half OF which ucr4ud WIS
spent in state normal college and
the other half in the faculty of mis-
alma mater
During this time ne has also oditod
1 two educational Journals has mAle
two tours abroad TO Investigate the
educational systems Of foreign coum-
tries and hns served as am officer in
seven learned societies Having com
menced his own education I'm ana hay
Ing taught in q country public school.
lac has had experience TIA every sta-e
OF school, college aud university Lille,
from the bottom upward. and that be
has striven ion our youths better OPP
portunities for PLAY as wcn as foi
study. is revealed by the fact That ne
is both director Of tho Playground
Association OF America and chairman
of the National Storytelicrs' LeaEue.
But for fear that after peiusirE such
q lengthy record OF his educational .cX-
periences you should picture Commits
d Toner rlaXton IN your NINA cyc
AS an aged PATRIARCH should add
mat ne began his career as somewhat
pf prodigy, having received his uui-
Hersity degree while sun boy in MS
teens. and that he Is as Sc, within
his forties.
Useless Luxury 10 Whoms
Us there any class OF young mon
,or women, who can afford IT, for whom
tcollege training would ne useless
luxury I asked APE ClaNton
"The function. ol. the "conese is not
alone TO equip one 70. make a living"
ne replied "a further and most i'm
portant function is tina, OF preparing
one FOR life of giyins what we call
couture.
"wheu the farmer the blacksmith
fhe preacher the merchant tho doctor.
abe schoolmaster the lawyer and the
housekceper have 0nishsd their day's
work they an remain men and women
rich their lives and add go ME Joy
OF living theu 1t showd ho lhc hori-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

intendencics o. schools. and to become
principals and instructors in high
schools. In many states it is prac-
tically impossibic for man or wo-
man without college training to secure
a position as public school principal
or as Instructor in public high
school"
~ Fnctor In Politics.
Are college men as successful as
politicians as those of loss Schooling p"
"peTusal of our congressional dircc-
tories during the pas, generation viii
reveal the growth in the proportion OF
college mon who have controlled our
government Tho three candidates for
the presidency this fall are university
men. and ono has been college
president as has been the present
Speaker OF the House. After making
study Of the more than I5.oou emf
nent men OF the past and present
listed in Appleton's Cyclopacdia OF
American Biography. President Thwing,
OF the Western Reserve Univorsl-
~. concludes that a college education
INCREASES mans chance Of reaching
the lower house of Congress 35a fold
me senate. $3.50 fold. the presidency,
1892 fold. and tho Federal supreme
Court 2.oe7 fold.
Eject Jpon society.
But it must not he forgotten that
the bencnts of education are not pri-
marly for the Individual educated.
should We not he more interested in
the results which como to society and
the State as a whole? DR.. Gorgas does
not receive In wages or salary the
fun value of his services in making
possible the digging OF tho Panama
Canal Neither does General Cocktails
receive more Than a small fractional
part Of what mis- scientific knowledge
OF engineering adds to the value OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

''al or New Jersey The college bovs
alone could SGT up for themselvos -,
second Omaha the college girls an
Other Norfolk In pronortion to pop-
n'"i'on Tie share az our youths do.
Ing real college work has increase,
ahou, i4o per cont in tho las, twenty
ycar' va now have Upward Of san
real colleges about 100 more than
'"'ni} years ago. and In the s..aa
length OF Time our army 81 college
professors has inorea-el from 10000
to $4,000"
The College clrl ro-nn,
AFe Gun slfis gaining on our bo,s.
in college amhiuon7"
"Decidediy Within the last ,wen-
'y years the proportional Increase o.,
or women in college has bean NOR.
than 400 per cent. whilo ,bs, a, o,..
per cent
Ihs rapid increase ~ young wo,,., 81,
~ e"..'ses mas been on" ~ 'hs no., re-
mtrNAh'e features cf moaera .d,r.,t,-
Ml,hin twenty yenrs those doing c.oii,ro
"ofk thofc me preparatnry .rad,s L
in'fea'rf nvo;oid- There cas- b. no doab,
mar eoilese women are much better a,tsa
ENcryVhcre they earn tic beti.r ssi.rI.,
anu aye able 70 condlct their OH enter
r'is's no moro nrontab!y
Eject on Her Marriage Chances.
Afe the matrimonial opportunities o,
M2nen lnhuene'd 1y college ,rainins7" I
asked tnc commissioned. IN conclusion
Ffciidiee a-airsi collrgo women a BE-
Ing oid rnaidisn il rapidly on the De
.Lsa'. %, fepliei .Ii is probably true
thar ten per cent O., college women who
MARI Is noi quite 70 rea, as that - other
MoI'n "no become wives but ~ is also
pfohAni} true ;ha' o. inc same women a
smaller perr"riaSe would marry even
though they dd not 20 20 college \ large
proportion ~ thosc Women who arst went
70 colicsc in iarEe numbers especially 10
Che co-edHcatioual colleges sonld not have
married at all az would have married laie
n NE even n mo, bad not gone 10 college
Thrc were the 'strons-ininted. indepen-
DENT women. Who strongly felt their aoiiiy
and had ne desire 80 make thoir own way
IN tho World
I'm the hcsinnIns. our college courses
were Niapiod 20 women Of mis- type.
whereas they are now hoirE more and moro
adapted toward Better n''irs our women for
mo duties Of the vac The mother ana the
hornemRker
CcopyriFht 1912 hy John E.:rcth watkins
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

Continued From Fifth PaEe)
there is space OF little more than
a century The city that Thomas
Moore visited al the beginning of th'
century has undergone
many veclssitudcs of fortune since
and confngration. and bitter years of
poverty and struggle.
1t has lost much, and it has gained
much, In population. in business in
tcrcsts and in wealth. That il had In
dividuality in 1903 Moorc's poem proves
1t is 10 be hoped that it's individuality
Will never he sacrificed.
European cities. London. Paris Wen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01
Persons Who Have
Visited Richmond

ma, Berlin Rome and hundreds OF
others have bcauty of architecture
not skyscrapers-to ennoble material
progress. These cities have. all %
them. their art galleries. their music
halls; centres that cultivate tho love
OF beauty that refine and educate
taste. It Is to he hoped again that
Richmond will not build In such over
waste and greed Of money as 10 for-
get and pass by Influences. that above
all else should he the leaven OF pros
pcrity and the rule and measure OF
TRUE advancement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

! tage OF ono as much as of another"
ain what special folds OF endeavor
is the demand for college graduates
growins?'
I'm all departments Of iife study
OF any list OF men now cnioying prom
incnco in the United States on Europe
shows very clearly the valuc o. a
college education to-day Fos exam
pie there has been issued this sum-
MGR d now edition of standard bio
graphical directory OF notable living
mon ana women Of the United states 1t
furnishes educational data concerning
l'.'lN individuals who are boo nigh Of
fetal position. who are connected with
exclusive learned societies a:ld VINO
have achieved special prominence in
crcditahlo lines of effort or these.
considerably more than half COS FOR
cent? arc college graduates and nearly
three tourths CIi per cent? have hdd
college training. There are but 10
por cont VINO have had only common
school education. while ouly forty
three out of each Thousand ,i,ss than
nalf OF per cent? lave o,en self
taught The lesson in these figures,
therefore, IS that the colicso cducu-
ted American has more than l5o times
as much chancc of b-Comirs notable
AS the citizen VINO has not Dvcn TO
college and more than 500 times as
much chance as the citizen whose cdu-
cation has stopped at the common
sDhooi 80 much for the colleges adj
Vantage In making one notable.
college una Earning rovcr.
"What about earning rower2 How
docs tho COLLEGE affect ,hat?'
1T is as easy 10 give figures an
swcrine that also. showing that col
ioeo tranins increases the earning
power of man or woman in all de-
partmcuts Of economic and industrial
life Thus a recent study of ono hum
drcd % tho wealthicst men in the
United States. made for the American
Educational Review. leads the imVcs-
tsator TO the conclusion that "a col
lvgo education increases "A mans
chance of succeeding in business and
becoming rich. 277 fold one of our
we'll known technical colleges latcls
collected reliable statistics concern
ing the annual earnings OF graduates
who had been out in tho world only
ton years. 1t was discovered that the
avcrage member or tho class was re-
ccivins sa.lo7 year. that 10 per cent
of the members were earning from
$4,000 to $4,000. and nearly > per
cent from $4,000 TO $4,000. only TWO
of these men Were receiving less than
$1,000
Eject on Farm Earnings.
Take the farmer. FOR eXamplc
Fisurcs gathered and tabulatcd some
time ago SHOW that of large group
of men engaged in practical farming
those who attended tho district school
receive an annual Income Of only s3iS,
those who stopped at the high school
or its equivalent S62e those who att
tcnded college or q university. SSH.
These statistics fusihor show that re-
gardless Of his capital the educated
farmer secures larger income for
his labor than The uneducatcd uler
Of inc sol. or those investieatcd the
class with S2.ooo capital or under en-
jov an average income of SlS7. if they
have had only district schooling. but
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

s2ss II they have had more cduca-
ton. and that those with $4,000 to
$1,000 capital earn an average of
S3sS. if educated only in the district
school Si6e If more highly educated.
And SO it goes all the way down thu
table. The farmer with from $40
600 to Sl3.ooo capital earns less than
half as much if he mas stopped at the
district school as he earns if he has
gone higher.
in all tho industries there Is n
growing demand for men and women
with technical education and train
Ing to MI positions of scientific and cx-
pert direction. and tho salaries paid
10 these college graduates are large
compared with those paid to men AMI
women in positions not requiring so
hish standard of education Those
who wish TO become employers or di-
rcctors of other workers need the
college. Those who are satisfied to
remain only among tho employed and
the directed VIII not nnd college train
Ing SO essential
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01
Hamilton Watch
History

The first Hamilton Timekeeper was
begun in the carly spring OF the year 1892
and completed late in the fall Of the same
year The fourth Hamilton Timekeeper
to be made was purchased by Mr. Edwin
Paul, a conductor on the Pennsylvania
railroad, and If you were TO ride from
Philadelphia to Harrisburg Pa, to-day
on Mr. Paul's train YOU would be running
on the time OF that same Hamilton Time
keeper
The Hamilton Timckeepcr was origi-
nally railroad watch made for the use
OF railroad men.
Now every business man who appre-
Ciatcs an absolutely accurate timckccpcr
may have
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
chicago Hoard Of Trade.

Chicago. Dec. 3O.--whcat dcvcl-
opcd strength owing to smaller world
shipments than expected. The open
ing was unchanged 10 Sc NJ. May
started ~ 81 smslhc. \ rise Ia 81 u
Mgl7sc followed. The close was
nervous with May i4c net higher at
o.
Wet weather rlodn corn firm NAV
opened shade or - hike amount
higher Ht ASMiS Ne ana stCndi"d ~
iSd4SMc. The close was firm with
May u shade higher at 4Shc.
Oats followed the upward course
Of other grains. May. which started
unchanged tn i-l6r higher at S2% n
39Ac. seemed inclined 60 keep with
In that range.
Provisions took the up grade with
hogs. First sales varied from Sat
urday nights level Ia i5c higher, with
May at Sl8 for pork, S9.75a $50 foI
lard and &a,7O@9.7 FOR ribs.
Close;
wheat-Dcc.. SsHc; May. Si%c
July. $3.50.
Corn--Dec., 47hc; May. 4shc
July. 49c. a..
oats-Dec,. s27sc; May s2%c
July. 32hc.
Mess pork, per hbi jan Si7.A5
May, SlsO2is.
Lard, per 100 lbs-Dcc., S9.Gb
Jan, $3.50; May. $3.50.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.--Jan., $3.50
May, $40.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
German secretary ~ STATE Dead.

Stuttsart. uermahy. Dec 30.--Al-
fred Won Kinderlen- Wacrhtcr. score
tary ~ state Of tho German empire,
died suddenly at his home here today
after brief illness Kinderien-
Waechter had felt extremely unwell
for several days. Tho end came with
great audiences from heart failure
while he was practically alone. Alfred
Won Kinderlen- Wachter was 90 years
~ age. He had occupied once Rs
imperial secretary Of state for for
oiRn affairs only since June 2s. 1910.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
sI.g0, Spcltcr firm, s5.t5.
Money Market.

New York. Dee SG.---Moncy on call
easier; highest per cent; lowest, ? y
per cent; ruling rate, I per cent
Time loans weaker; sixty days 4 per
cent: ninety days. 5ia per cent. six
months. ga G5is per cent.
Prime mercantile papcr q per cent
Sterling exchange firmer. with actual
business In bankers bills at tA,S1 for
sIxty-dny bills and at SA.si for de-
mand. Commercial bills, ti.S0A.
Bar silver, 62Hc.
Mexican dollars. 40c.
Government bonds firm.
Railroad bonds Irregular.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
FOR SALE

Desirable business property, im-
proved and unimproved.
$1,000 -6-ronm cement block, mode
orn, corner In Highlands, on car
line.
tlS00--6-room double frame, bath,
electric lights, furnished: corner lot
near shops; rents for $50 per month;
5000 Cash, balance s per cent,
t2,6S0-S-rovm, 2-story frame dwell
ling. bath, electric llghta: corner lot;
Attn ward on car line.
12,3OO--G-room brick, modern, cor.
nor, shade, outbuildnss: eth wards
terms.
N.0O0--9-room, story prick, mod.
ern, corner lot; West Central avenue,
$1,000 cash. balance per cent.
t2,OOO-b-room frame modetn, 80
foot lot: fourth ward, near car lines
I200 cash. balance easy paymenN
MONEY To loan
FIRE uNEURANUM
A. FIeischer
III aOuTR FoURTH UTWnEF
Next to PostOnlce. Phone sra
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
Personal Property Loans.
MONEY no LOAN.

ON furniture, pIAnoA or aana horses,
wagons and other chAttsmi also on
salaries ana warehouse receipts: a.
low Ra $1,000 ana AZ high as $4,000,
Loans are quickly maze ana strictly
private Time-ono north 20 one
year given. Goods 70 remain In your
Cali and see W before borrowing
Steamship tickets to and from all
pRrts OF the worlO.
PRIVATE OFFICBs--open RVonIugs.
THO HOUSEHOLD LOAN CO.,
Rooms 8 aud =, GFont BnildiDR
SOSh West Central Avenue.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
No He.

"Dld your husband ask your ad-
vice before starting out 10 voto7"
Eyes but he might AS well have
gone without H."
Why"
n saw tho ward boss waiting f0l
him al the cOrner."--ChlcaEo Record
lierala.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
Santa Fe Copper.

(QuOtatiOn furnIahcd by Loenn a
Bryan. . Board OF Trade. Chicagoo
Boston. Mass. Dec. 3O.--Two nun
bred shares Of Santa Pc copper were
sold today at ga. The market closed
at 90 az "a.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
The Markets
WALL STREET.

New York. Dec. sO.-Professional
operators favored the short side Il
the market again today and sold the
active issues literally for time,
with resultant sharp declines. In ad-
dition there was scattered liquidation
In some uf ten minor sbecioHIes and
high class investment stocks, Amer
lean Express fell 10 points to liz low
est figure in Il dozen years. Little
outside interest was apparent. and
after the floor traders had CeHac1
selling tho market ranied easily
Amalgamntcd displayed conspicuous
strength. There was less tension In
the bond market and eau loans open
cd 1T per cente.e
Bonds were Irregular.
Copper stocks rose smnrtly on the
announcement that large orders had
been taken for the metal AT l7Nc.
AmulRamuted touched ~. General
Electric also gained points. Lock-
uwNnna opened down 10 points.
Prices orcpt gradually despite the
paucity of the demand and in tho
early afternoon the list averaged
slightly above lost weeks closing
Closing prices:
Amalga mated. 76h.
Sugar. ii6.
AtChison, 1864.
Great Northern. 1898.
New York Central. lO7M.
Northern Pacific. l20H.
Reading, lG6h.
Southern Pacific, l0i3s.
Union Pacific. ijSH.
steel, 81
Steel preferred. i09k.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
CIIIcaRo I.IyeslOck.

Chicago. Dec. observation-disclosures
$4,000; market steady; beoves, 1870
1880; Texas steers. $4,000 b.SO:
western steers, &6.7b@7.s0; stOckers
and feeders. S4.25@740; cows and
heifers, t2.75@75O; calves, $3.50 ~
1850. 49,.
Hogs--Receipts 10000; market
strong: light. t7.t5d7.SG; mixed,
S7.2Oa7.55: heavy, 1890 7.gO;
rough. E7.i5d 100; pigs, $1,000 7.2b;
bulk OF sales, t7.lOI7.50.
Receipts $4,000; market
strong: native. $4,000 $50; western,
S4.2bG5.hO: yeaTlings, $4,000 100
nntIve Iamh' k6.lOWC.75; western
lambs, t6.4nft 8.75.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
Knnsan CItY IAvestock.

Kansas cltyT Dec. SO.--Cattle-Re-
ceipts $4,000, including 1000 south
erna; market steady Ond strong; ma
tive steers. C(S.b0 GS.25; southern
steers, Ss.OAG Use; southern cows
and heifers. fs.b0d6,25; native cows
and heifera. ;s.s0a 500; gtoekeTa anh
faeders. 5000 1859; bulls. $1,000
$50, calves, $1,000 1900; western
steerA $500 500; western cows
Ss.76QS.bO.
Hogn-I Receipts 1000 head; market
zoe higher; bulk OF sales, tT.2O@
T.4O; heavy, S7.4OW7.b0 packers and
butchers, tT.2s@Ttb; light, s7.i0@
7.s6; pigs. 1b.5O9S.5O.
Receipts 5000 head; mar
ket steady; muttons, SS.sb s'sb
lambs. t6.S0Q $50; range wether
ana yearllngs. $4,000 7S0; rams
ewes. ts.oO0L7k 4
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30

New York. Dec. 3O,--Coppcr nrm;
standard spot and December, jan
uory and February, &l7.OoG 1887.
Tin firm spot and December, $50
30GU 5O.SI.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
Lead hrm, sI.2OG4,ao,

Lead hrm, &4.20WA ,30.
Speitcr steady, S7.2OT 40,
Anthony unsettled, t0okson' s.
SlO.NOGI 1850.
Iron quiet; No. l northern. 8lS'bO
1880: No. , northern, &iS.0OW
1880; no. southern. tls.2id 1900;
No. southern. soft, fiS,25h 1919.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30

Mrs. Knickcr--whnt impressed yon
most IN "Hnmeo and Juliet"
Mrs. Subbuhs--The fnct that Juliet
could keep nurse In what appeared
to he the suburbs. Bazaar.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
FOR SALE.
FOR RENT--Ranch
TYPEWRrTERs

ALL klNDS, both INV AND bseOna'
hand. bought, sold, Tsntss ana ~.
pSjFcd, Albuquerque Typewriter M
change. Phone ~. SAL West Gold
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
NJ. I0uls WOOL,

81. Louis. Dec. 30.---Wool steady;
territory and western mediums. ~ ~
25c: fine mediums, lSH zoe; fine, II
a. Use,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
BLAMEFOOLISHNESS

Did II ever O,cur Ia You tllat every
body ella always looks first for Mutt
and Jcn?
Tile next look n ut tlr Want Ads.
II u READER hasn't glimptlon enough
to look at the Want Nds anyhow
Mutt and JcfT win land him.
Anyhow, everybody r1'ds EN-
That's ali we've got Ia say. do YOU
get us?
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30
YOU ALWAYS LOOK FOR
MUTT AND JEFF

Their funny daily antics nc tile head
Of the Classified advertisement PaGc
In the ~ cnlng Herald have nI'ny u
time aud Oft driven away your blues
nv thcIr sheer
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-30

81. Is0dIs apelteS.
&C. Louis, Dec. sO.--Leod hrm'
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OHTEOFATIkH
DIR. q. N. CONNER. 4'
Llcenaed 20 Pratice 'uaie0pathv.
Medicine oF OusRogy. ~
My special work "a curing ohRonia
diSensN-.
Office IN the sew stern bullAlnu.
corner Fourth and Central Qvanuo.
Telephone for aPpointment esq ~