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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
WHAT MAKES A SCHOOL?

Cooperation between the school authorities
and the patrons of the school has been an es-
scntial factor in building up a school and MAX
ing il useful that has been too much neglect
ed Buildings, books, scholars and teachers
any kind of building, any kind of books, any
kind of teachers, and as many scholars as can
De crowded into the school room--was the old
idea of what constitutes school. Later build
ings were improved better books used, and
teachers .mere better paid, Everything in
Iris direction has not been accomplished, but
he work is still being done and improvement
rs noted daily. Along these lines Virginia is
advancing and advancing rapidly but in one
respect the State is backward This is in CO.
needed 70 make school the success it should
BE-. school patrons do not take enough inter
est in The work OF The schools: they know too
little of what IL its work and how that work
is beng done ---.r.,-.s--
Attention 10 this fact Ia being called by the
Cooperative Education Association of Virgin
In, of which J. H. Binford. of this city, is SEC
Rotary Mr. Binford is working quietly, but
effectively, to increase the interest OF all the.
people in the schools Not only will co-ope~
ration bring about better conditions in the
schools of the State and put them on higher
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

plane, but IL will result in more rapid ad-
vance along material lines. IT. will educate
the people to the value Of the schools, and,
becoming educated. they win insist on better
buildings. better equipment and better paid
and more efficient teachers. AS one of the
means to increase public interest DIR. Bnford
suggests better and more attractive school
buildings. According to his view attractive
buildings and Fairgrounds will increase inter
est, and increased interest will result in still
better buildings. Better school buildings
make for cooperation, and cooperation makes
for better school buildings, and. what is o.
more Importance better schools,
The work of the Virginia Co operative Edu-
cation Association should be encouraged
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Democracy nj. Yale.

With all the criticism that has been directed
OF late at the Eastern colleges there be no
doubt that the movement to bring about a
finer democracy among the students is gaining
impetus Yale, in particular, is waging good
war for the ideal of freer felowship-an ideal
which must be maintained If the student is to
get the maximum benefit from his four years
o. college residence.
To break up the clique, the artificial group
ing Of students according to their social or
financial ratng-that is. of course. the great
problem. And it is true that all efforts to do
this viii be In a measure unsuccessful But
much may be done. So far as Yale was con-
cerned the problem was to increase the mum
Der of college dormitories that adequate
accommodations might be provided for sopho-
mores and freshmen well for the upper
cassmen. The fight for democracy was led
by former Dean Henry p Wright, who desired
to see all the students housed on the campus
and under university supervision.
Last week there opened at Yale the
Wright memorial dormitory. in which fresh
men are given accommodations. Dean Wright
had succeeded already in bringing the sophie
mores to the campus, and in recognition of his
services in that regard the alumni assisted In
making possible the Wright memorial dormi-
tory.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
STATE FAIR a SUCCESS,

In point of attendance. OF financial receipts
yof interest displayed by all classes of people
and of the character of the exhibits, the Rich
usond State Fair has been a great success the
attendance has been larger than ever before
IN the history OF the association. Farmers
manufacturers professional men. business men
and clerks. with their wives and families, have
come seen and learned The educational
value of the fair is almost incalculable and re-
Richmond and the State.
In many ways city and state gain by the
successful operation OF the fair. bnt IN one
more than in any other 1t has proved OF last
ing benefit TO virginia. Agriculture is the ba-
sis of all prosperity and State within whose
borders the agriculturist proepers is a STATE
that win attract to it desirable immigrants,
provided that prosperity is known TO them In
sofar as the State fair performed the WORK OF
advertising the agricultural resources OF N1r-
sinia. it was worth all the trouble aud ex-
znense Visitors from the East and from the
West we're surprised at the remarkable show
ing made By the tiners of the soil. They con
fessed that they had learned much OF Virginia
that they had never known before that they
had acquired knowledge OF the agricultural
possibilities of the State which they had never
j. aseaansd that 1T possessed This impression
of the State they will carry home with them,
aud good results must follow.
The other exhibits were excellent. They
showed the progress of Virginia in all lines OF
enaeayor. but it is the agricultural exhibits
which attracted the greatest attention and
which, consequently. did the most good.
The directors of the fair, who have borne
the burden are due congratulations for the
good work The people of Richmond. who
have helped. will receive their just share
Those from other sections OF the State, who,
recognizing the benefits to be derived by all
The people have lent their aid towards assur-
ing success deserve the thanks of all
The one supreme purpose Of any fair was
never lost sight OF, Industrial, mining and
AGRICULTURAL exhibits make the fair. Every
thing else is incidental. A fair at which the
exhibits are disappointing In their size and
character has failed of its purpose, bat d fair
nj which these are large. interesting and in
s1ructive has accomplished that purpose. BY
this standard the State fair has been the best
eYer held in Virginia in the South. In other
particulars 1t was great exhibition but in
tkss one Il mas supreme. ..-------..--.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

The look of sympathy. the gentle word.
Spoken so low that only angels heard;
The secret act Of pure seff1saErffice. r.
Unseen by man, but marked by angels
eyes
These are not lost.
r. Browning.
/ have been asked What do you
consider the greatest happiness in
life? Apart. Of course, from the high
est Of all joys-love.
To my mind there is no doubt at all
about the answer, though I will admit
that at first / hesitated.
/ believe that the Joy of having done
good, fine work to the very best of
ones ability gives the greatest happi-
ness with the one exception) In life.
and I shall explain why. for In all
probability you do not agree with me.
First Of all. the doing OF good work
means the Use of the best that In In
you. and the best is the happiest.
BY good work do not mean charita-
BILE efforts. Good work. 80 far as that
goes. Is always beneficial to others as
we'll as oneself, and therefore is az
great in its way as the rich mans en-
dowment of a hospital. or a hundred
pound donation to our beloved +. A. F..
To do your best work means that
you must have no fear and no fafter-
ing. no upbraiding of the conscience.
no sense of unfitness and no time for
such small ana idle things as petty dis
contents, envies, and jealousies.
Fret, then. there is joy in the actual
striving to do good things; and, sec
ondIy. there is an exultant, thrilling
happiness in having succeeded in doing
them.
Now my talks to you may be badly
written, they may be deficient in lit
erary style, and poor things as regards
the choice and variety OF words. But
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Discomfort, Envy and Jealousy
= ny MARYsCHAMPIoN.

they are nay best, and as such they
give me great pleasure.
I suppose II is all because good work
tho tact Of doing your VERY hest--ts
of the essence Of truth. You are true
to your highest self and your highest
ideas. when all your heart and mind
are concentrated upon your task. And.
subconsciously, you must feel that.
whether you intended ii or not. your
good work is Of benefit to many others.
Therefore, to my mind, the JOY OF
doing and having done good work
brings US the greatest happiness that
is possible In life--next to love.
That, you may say. seena an easy
enough way to gain happiness. So 1t
Ia. But you have 10 realize what really
good work means
1t is absolutely no use making pre-
tense TO yourself that your work Ia
your best Ii you have one eye on The
clock and only half your mind on your
task.
1T is not so easy as you may inn
agine to work single mindedly for tha
first essential is that you love your
work. You must love your work for
your works sake not for the wages
1t brings youi
You must love your work. any work
as an artist loves his pictures and =
writer his books. You must make
your work your enjoyment, not a
mere hated drudgery.
And, II YOU can do that, you will
And that your work wilt love you, and
will mould itself to your will and your
hands with an ease and a rapidity that
grows daily.
Then. when you are really and truth
fully and thankfully doing your best.
you will find great and growing hap
ptness. a joy in what 20 are doing;i
a contentment In what you have done;
an exalsa.ier In what sou have to do
In the future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
LOST IN THE MAZE.

man of Theodore Roosevelts power for
good or evil over his felow-men cannot be ig-
nored His violence of expression attracts at
t.ntion. his domineeriug spirit and command
ing personality hold it. When he talks all
psople listen and when he acts all people
watch the result He is set apart and mark
cd as a man TO be feared and loved; admired
aud hated. Loving publicity and feeding upon
e. he is fortunate, for he could not escape it
II he would All the world is interested in
shat he says and what he does. He is always
hta4d u9rh attention ard usually his opJn~.
ions are received with respect Sometimes be-
cause OF the inherent value OF them. but usu-
ally because of the influence they have over
great mass of people, the personal following
that his forcefuI personality has gathered TO
him.
This Is the rule 30 which there are but few
!. exceptions .hut there are EXCEPTIONS When,
he touches on the tariff few listen and fewer
sull heed what he says r. he knows much
about it he has been eminently successful in
keeping the knowledge 10 himself. First.
free-trader, then a protectionist, then moth
Ing As a young man with no political ambi
tons 10 twist his point Of view. he was an
opponent Of the protective system and expo
nsnt OF free trade. DESTROYS for Office. he be-
came a protectlonist, in office he managed 10
conceal his opinions. il having any NON he
again wants Office. and realizing that the tariff
Issue is nor a rcd herring, dragged across The
path OF political reform 10 make The people
iose the seeat. he rorgets his own definition
ard se.sk 70 address The people Of Wisconsin,
where tat r. reform is a burning issea on the
& HNrsEEuH
Il Hut who cares what he says? Who believes
& anything he SAYS the subject? Who be-
lieses he has intellectually honest opinion
In the natter
.secordinr 10 the press dispatches, he DE-
Headed his reeefd ihe sarin, He may have
called Il a defense. but IL was not. He has no
public record on the tariff TO defend He ma.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

pains and pleasures are Do wa.
ever think how quick a play 1t IL
between the rise and fall of the cur
tain?
Those questions do not seem very
joyous ones, perhaps, but they an
true. and truth is happiness. What
! want to impress upon you Is this.
The putting Off of happiness !. M
much pleasure lost. You cannot re-
fuse it today. thinking TO reap doubly
tomorrow. repeat to you that YOU
cannot do IL. and know. d, M 4. :.
You turn your back on II ana !,
dies--in your breast and in the breast
OF one or more others. 1t thrfyes
upon happiness ana ficurishes ana IN
creases thus-it dies quickly with IN.
cold shoulder. with procrastination.
with stupid hesitation.
1t Is just AZ illogical for a sail.
Ing master to ignore fair wind ana
remain in port waiting for a more.
perfect breeze, as for You to let the
teaping moments. OF happiness 20
past you.
They are very agile, these little
scamps Of happiness. The more q
them you catch, the better the traininr
you are In. and the more you win be
able to catch.
But once you let them 60, ana make
NO EFFORT to hold them, you become
stih and slow and happiness escapes
Along your road OF life. miles
ahead OF you. little and big patches
OF gold. cleaning sunshine are watt
ing. warm and beautiful. encouraging
and comforting. Are you going 10
pause In the grey Of your present
steps and refuse to bathe your heart
and body. mind ana soul In 0oa'a
own gold OF happiness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
COMES NOW THE IDIOT.

Everybody who disagrees with him is a
liar, everybody who expects anything from
him in return for campaign contributions is a
fool. and those who believe with Dr. Wiley as
to what constitutes a drug is an idiot. Wiley
IS an idiot; consequently those who agree with
him are idiots.
Talking of a conference at the White House
between Roosevelt, Wiley and number of
manufacturers of adulterated foods. DR. Wiley
tells the following incident:
AT this 1uncture Mr.. Sherman interposed;
But Mr., President, how about the saccharin?
My firm saved $4,000 last year by using sac
butted in at this juncture and said: Yes,
Nj. President. and every who eats these
products is deceived, believing he is eating SUI
gar, and, moreover, the health Is threatened
by this drug Turning upon me in sudden
anger and with a fierce visage, the President
said Anybody, who says saccharin is injurious
IS an idiot Dr. Rixey gives it to me every
day Having thus had my mental classical
ticn officially defined, | withdrew.
Two days thereafter the Remsen Board
was gazetted. 1t received with shout of
acclaim from the throat of every adulterstor
and misbrander OF foods in the land"
or course, in opposing the man who called
him an idiot Dr. Wiley, like Senator La Fol-
lette is doing it out Of spite.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
A Sneak-Thief of Happiness
ny EILEEN ELrzABETH.

/ wonder II i should shock you If
time looking for the moran of life.
don't go straining your eyes for the
tiny conventions and reasons, day in
and day out"
That is what I am saying to yob
today. Time is too short and life IL
too. fieetingly precious to waste many
hours. and if anything on earth de-
YOURS time, Ii is the myriad little
worries. the searching of the heart
and mind as to the rightness or
wrongness OF some triviality
Procrastination, as we all have
learnt, In the thief OF time-and the
sneak-thief Of happiness. Therefore
Il shall mangle motto to counsel
you). don't put OFF being happy till
tomorrow, when you may be happy
today.
Seize upon the joys that scamper
into your day. Don't try to settle
them up. thinking to yourself, Il Won
der IL 1 should: perhaps / won't en- .
joy; maybe. tomorrow ! can ind
something greater"
You cannot bottle sunshine. II you
try to, you will find your bottle full
OF sreyness, and maybe your sky
dull with weeping stormclouds.
The moral in your life 10 your con-
science The only moral Of your
conscience II that no action OF yours
should harm another. One OF your
greatest duties IL to be happy. Your
happiness must make others happy.
and happiness, like time, must be
seized by the forelock.
Do you ever realize how tiny all
our lives ami works and griefs and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
MORE WISE MEN AND ANOTHER rooL

According Colonel Roosevelt. the man or
corporation who contributed to his campaign
in 1904 with the expectation of getting any
thing fool.
According to Edward T. Stotesburg Phila-
delphia banker and assistant TO j. p Morgan.
he collected $l65,795. so for the national cam
paign. Among the contributors to this fund
were:
The United States Steel Corporation STA
755.
Cambria Steel Company, $1,000.
Bethlehem Steel Company, $4,000.
Midyale Steel Company, $4,000.
Pennsylvania Steel Company, $4,000.
The directors of these trusts and subsidia-
ries are not fools; therefore they expected
nothing But they got it. being allowed to
gohble the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
The Tennessee Coal and Iron COMPANY con-
tributed nothing, and was gobbled, and now
goes to Join John D. Archbold in the fools
club with the difference that the Tennessee
company did not pay a hundred thousand dol
lars initiation fee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Wilson Has Both.

Political prophets who write for the papers
have a way of tossing States back and forth
from one party column to the other, but they
usually hedge their prophecies safely with Ifs"
and "howevers." In the present campaign all
political signs fail and the public must take
facts as they find them and judge them not
by the traditions OF the past but in the light
of conditions unexampled In the history of
American politics. This holds good even in
States where Republican majorities are a mat
ter OF observation-disclosures for example.
The statement is made by Democratic organ
izers that Wilson should carry Illinois This
is surprising statement to make, especially
when 1t is considered that this State has given
its electoral vote consistently to the Republ-
can party since 1892. In that year Grover
Cleveland broke through the great wall and
captured the State for the Democrats. No
Democrat has accomplished the feat since that
time.
But with all the tangle the present cam
paign presents. the sooner the country recog-
ntzes that which the signs portenn the more
comforting 1T will be to every one in the final
analysis. Whether one is an out-and- out ad-
mirer of Woodrow Wilson or not, the fact
remains that he is the one big candidate in
the field.
Roosevelt has the enthusiasm. Taft has the
organization. Wilson has both, and more, for
Roosevelt cannot organize his enthusiasm nor
can Taft enthuse his organization. 1t has been
in the air for weeks, this Wilson sentiment
but it has never reached the strength OF the
past few days. The Democratic cause is gain
ing daily in most unexpected places as we'll as
in those places where its strength should be
This is not true of the Republican or the Pro-
gressive parties.
In most OF the counties in Illinois the Pro-
gressives are conceded to have drawn any
where from twenty to sixty per cent OF the
Republican strength. But in no county has
there been made apparent a desire by Demo-
Gratis to do other than vote for the Democratic
ticket from top to bottom.--Moble Item.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Should be entrusted with the great Office

Should / be entrusted with the great Office
% President, would seek counsel wherever
1t could be had upon free terms. I know the
temper of the great convention which nomi-
mated me; know the temper of the country
through it. ] heed with deep thankfulness
the message you bring me from it. I feel that
/ am surrounded by men whose principles and
ambitions are those OF true servants Of the
people thank God and will take courage"
Governor Wilson talks like man who really
believes he was not nominated by the bosses
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

cation to everybody but the people. But gov
ernments cannot go into power in such happy
and right conditions IL the people will not do
the financing when asked to do Il.
You have been clamoring, Let the people
rule All right II the people would rule
they must give They must do something more
than just vote. You are the people. Do your
part.-Roanoke Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Come Across Democrat
Send in Your Contribution

do not forget the one Big truth says the
Baltimore Sun:
If Wilson's fight is the peoples fight it must
be financed by the people
A ''big truth" indeed, and truth which is
now demanding recognition with more impera-
tive force than at any previous stage of the
campaign. The great national campaign is
rapidly drawing to close, Demands OF en-
tirely legitimate nature for campaign funds are
rapidly multiplying and pressing upon the
national Democratic committee. They must
be met if Wilson's campaign Is not to drag
and lag and limp to its conclusion under tho
strain and stress of acute money need. The
national Democratic management ia now tell
ing the country of the condition: ii is urging
it upon newspaper attention, it is bringing 1t
as prominently as possible before the Demo-
cratic voters of the country. Upon this latter
class is placed the burden of the responsibility
to contribute funds sufficient to defray i'm
perative campaign expenses and let 1t be
hoped that no vain thing is thus being done.
The Sixth district of Virginia is expected to
contribute at least $4,000 to the WiLson-Mar-
shall fund. Hon. N. c. Manson of this city has
been chosen to lead and direct the movement
to raise the amount just indicated. Send in
your contributions to him--send them now
send them, and We Democrats
all over the Sixth, wherever abiding send
them in. Start now. Begin this morning!
Keep at it! Help the movement in every DOS
sble way, and to the honor of the militant
Democracy of the Sixth see to il that 1t re-
asked OF it, by the national party authorities
Forward your contributions either TO Mr.. Man
son or The News. Give as literally as you can,
Mr. Democrat. but at any rate give--give some
above all else give now lynch
burg News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

I'm 1904 We we're hopeful in 1908 conf
dent, but in 1912 we are dead sure says the
Columbia State. Let's hope its third guess is
the correct one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

Statesmen are never appreciated IN their
own families Hi Johnson's daddy has declar-
ed for Wilson
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

Marylanders must pay to hear the Bull
Moose. Evidently they do not believe in that
State that salvation is free.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Grove Avenue
Flats

Large lot. plenty Of light. Two fiats.
Hot water hsat- Rental. si.1oo. Price
$4,000. Situated near Robinson street
=. A. coNNELLY d CO.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13

Hedges. being FREQ from certain stellar In
dorssmsut should make . better race In New
York State than did Mr.. stimson.--Indianapo-
Lis News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
Must Give to Rule.

Have you, Mr.. Democrat. sent in your con
tribution toward financing the Democratic
national campaign? II not. why not. Are
you waiting for your neighbor to act? why
not lead him and incite him 10 action by your
example? RI everybody hangs back and waits
nothing will hs done. You do your part now
I Probably you have complained rs bitterly q
people controlled the government. or course
they controlled 1t while they supplied the
money necessary to elect 1t. What else could
you expect.
Now II IL proposed TO have the people q,
iarge--of whom you are one and 4 part
nnance and supervise the nsxt federal govern
msnt and haYs II 70 into pcYay tree e nhli.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
CoIoneI,e Nweet Dt.noettIon

Colonel Roesevelt's statement that his doc
tor gave him saccharin may account TOT the
sweetness Of his aposition--WashtnStcn
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1912-04-11
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