The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-05
EvERYBODYS DOING
IT At THE SCHOOLS
Youngsters Are Taught the
First Principles at Elk
citing Election.
Everyb odys dom It.
Doing what?

Dong Whatt
Why voting. of course. Even to the
school boys and girls to the third grade
babies. Little sunragettes as well
the embryo lords of creation. are cast
ing their ballots with all the earnest
ness of their elders, and indeed a great
deal more in many cases.
At the Mckinley school only the sew
enth and eighth grades are holding
election. The voting is in lieu of the
usual history lesson. 1t is strictly
secret ballot, and there are booths in
three Of the rooms. Miss Hampton
Miss Kellers and Mrs. Cox's. with regu-
lation nifty foot marks, and the voters
must walk down the regulation passage
way to cast their ballot, or it doesn't
count. and there are clerks and judges
OF election inspectors. watchers and
sherins. just as there are in grown-up
voting places. The regulation sample
ballots are used, so that the boys and
girls may vote the entire ticket or they
are privileged to do as much scratching
as they wish, and no one any the wiser.
for the ballot as stated before is a dead
secret one.
In the Washington school It Is differ
ent. There are no booths there. but
what they lack in the way OF parapher-
MALTA, they make up in the numbers Of
the voters, for II IS here that ali of the
scholars from the third grade up. are
taking a hand in the game OF naming a
president.
IN all the schools where history is
taught the lessons for the past few
days have been on civics, especially as
they relate to the election laws The
children have been taught how the
election is worked out in precincts,
townships. counties and state. the func-
tion OF the election board and the exact
method of voting the straight ticket
as well as how to scratch their ballots
without invalidating them.
Principal T. F. Williams is willing 10
back his eighth grade boys and girls
against any body Of men in the country
20 vote technically correct. Even the
seventh graders would make better
voters. far as knowing how to vote
that their votes count. than many 2
citizen who thinks he has been voting
for these many years but whose vote
when the ballots are being checked up
goes into the discard, because he has
made some mistake in marking hi:
ticket. thereby invalidating II
At khe Washington school. debate OF
subjects political waged fast and furI-
Gus last week. There was the socialist
party against the bull moosers, and the
republicans against the democrats. Vic
tory IN the final debate perched on rms
socialist banner, although the old line
republicans marched to victory in th'
carly stages of the debates. but wen
down under the fierce onslaughts O.
argument as advanced by the socialists
in the finals.
The winners Of the debate between
socialists and progressives were Morris
BIumenthal, Charles Burket and Harold
Kroupa representing the socialist. TIL
debate between the republican anc
democratic parties went to these yount
republicans: Ephraim Fein. Nellie Full
mer and Dallas Stewart. But when tn
socialists tried lances with the repub
Iicans. the former won.
The ballots will be counted tonigh