The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-18
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WHITE STAR LINE COMPANY
OFFICIAL DESCRIBES HOW HE :.
THINKS ACCIDENT HAPPENED
Certain Titanic Went Down After Death Grappe With
Sharp Spines Of Iceberg Which Tore Bottom from
Mighty Vessel As if 1t Had Been
Made Of Pasteboard

NEW YORK, April 17.-An Official
OF the White Star Company said to-
night:
From the reports that have come
II is evident that tne Titanic went
down after q death grApple with the
hidden 'spines' OF the iceberg. These
spines. sharp and jaxKed. rowelled hef
bottom Just Al the tender side OF a
greyhound could be rowelled by q
THE Titanic was 20 built that she
could be turned into thirty water
light steel boxes within thirty seconds,
The device controlling the bulkheAda
was operated from the bridge. 1t
worked practically instantaneously.
There h no doubt that in this In
stance the buikheads Of the Titanic
were locked within a FEW seconds OF
the first crash. say first crash be-
cause believe there were series OF
impacts believe the ship fought the
iceberg until she went down.
1T II probable that six-seventns Of
the iceberg. which was under water.
projected out a distance OF several hum
dred feet. The Titanic, speeding along
at seventeen or eighteen knots. Mas
ness said she did not have sufficient
time to correct papers and. then ex'
plain them to the pupils.
She ventured to say. in connection
" it'll the program, that II was not
always possible TO carry It out to the
letter, especially when SUPERVISORS
we're coming in every now ana Then
DR.. Chandler brought out that II
Miss Cohn's ideas regarding the
teaching Of arithmetic were followed.
the child would be eleven years old
before It could use a book In this
suo1ect. He emphasized the point
that 4 child cannot. under the law,
enter school until seven years OF age.
Miss Cohn and the school super
intendent INDUCED In little tilt over
the question whether she REGARDED
herself al an expert witness. Che
laughingly remarked that she was
only a novice She did think there
were experts present. She finally de-
clared that she was speaking out OF
experience OF nine years. Whether
that made her an expert she would
" Professor walter c. Mercer. direc-
tor OF music tn tho sehoIss here took
the witness In hand. and Questtoains
her - TO whether music II taught BY
rote or note. The professor finally
had to retire IN despair. the wttncss
differing with him at practically ev-
cry essential point.
Teaching Many Years.
Miss CornsliA Stcrrs Taylor. teach
er In A .and b grades In John
Smith school, who followed Miss
Cohn, could not recsll exactly wheth-
or she had been In harness thirty
ties Or @thiFfx-fDnr yNARA She pre-
cedeed to read ! prepared paper IN
which she noted vigorous objection
and other features OF the curriculum.
She commended that the group system
worked an injustice on dull pupils.
She freely admitted that she had fall
ed to follow written instructions on
repeated occasions and ohe had no
apologies to make. She wanted more
time especially for AupeFvisal read
inE ana writing. She had no tiaaS
for phonetics. though she made u =
point to steal sosns for - ehe faar-,
ID that she might ~ = At subject
for the penitentiary. if sAe were htl1
responsible for ali her 0efelictton0.
She Ytdicuied manual training. ~.
l;sving It had NO place IN the currt-
cuIum. She toid Of vi.tt from ne
supervisor who undeft00k to Sh3x
an envelope. the results being thAt'
much valuable time 49, lost, ahe
would like to havs the a6ht nala-
vtes week, allotted - vaAAual rAin.
ing. for drill WORK N ~ e1nenfia4Is
Later, Bhe said did NOT o83eot to =
timpiified fern Or sAAAaAl training.
However. she insisted thAt ~ 1H3..
tern In vogue wAs out ~ roa1On. 4he
dih not object to ply6scal exstclDeA