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The Washington times., 1913-07-05

Children playing with matches were
responsible for a fire which Yesterday
afternoon destroyed four sheds in the
rear of COOS Florence street north
east The damage was 500.
Policeman J. r. C. Webb, of the
Ninth precinct, Is suffering today from
a deep scalp wound as the result of
being assaulted by a colored man who
wore brass knuckles. The officer was
ing a disturbance In Wylie court north
east, and he struck Nebb with the
knuckles and escaped.
Roy Murdock. of this city, ia on the
list of injured today as the result Of
an accident at the Cuipeper, Va, race
track. Peter Lewis, Of Richmond, was
critically injured, and Rodney Wood
ward, of Marshall, was less seriously
hurt Murdocks condition is not re-
ported as serious. The accident was
caused by the fall of the leading
horse in the first race, causing a pile
UP. Murdock was riding Fleetwood.
Shot through the abdomen by an
other colored man during an alteration
at Scott's Station last night, Philip
Page, twenty-five years old, living in
Ridge road. Is in serious condition to-
IL.
Nelson, who is alleged to have done the
shooting, was arrested by police of the
Tenth precinct.
Edward Maggie. nine years old, OF
Ivy City, is in Casualty Hospital today
suffering from lacerations about the
face received when a railroad torpedo
with which he was playing exploded
His condition is not serious.
The infant child Of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward b. Perry. Of 125 Sixth street
southeast. was badly cut by flying glass
when their automobile collided with a
machine of Eugene Brady. 1924 Four
teenth street northwest, on the Speed
way last night. Perrys automobile was
badly damaged. but the child was the
only one injured. The two cars came
together at an intersection where a
clump OF foliage screened the drivers
from each others view.
by police of the Ninth precinct on a
charge Of carrying concealed weap-
ons and assault with deadly weapon.
1t is charged that Wells got into an
with his brother in Jaw
Oscar Young. in Seventeenth street
southeast this morning and fired sew
eral shots, none of which took effect
Several heirs mt law fled a caveat
in Probate Court against the will Of
Mrs. Mary A. Bailey. who died Feb
ruarY IS, 1908, claiming the document
was improperly executed. The will
was filed in Probate Court by Leon
ard c. Bailey, husband of the tesla
trix, shortly after her death, but has
never been offered for probate.
Announcement was made today that
the survey had been completed for
the extension of New Hampshire ave-
nue. from Buchanan street to the
District line, a distance OF about two
and a half miles. Steps will now be
taken to have the necessary ground
by a jury.
The contract for the purchase of
$4,000 feet Of fire hose for the Dis
trict Fire Department probably will
be awarded to either the .Guttapercha
and Rubber Company or the Eureka
Fire Hose Manufacturing Company
Both submitted bids OF Clio a foot.
Tests Of the hose made by the two
will be made before award
lpg the soRtZAct ..-
The Washington times., 1913-07-05
Wanted to Know.

The pupils had repeated their morn
ing verse; Overcome evil with good"
The thoughtful boy of the class raised
his hand and asked. "Why did evil
come over with good?"-Chicago Rec
oTd-Hegald
The Washington times., 1913-07-05
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Canton Washington. No. /. Patriarchs
Militant.
National Union-Government Printing
Office Council. Initiation. Typograph-
ical Temple, f23-42S G street north
west.
The Washington times., 1913-07-05
Amusenents.

columbia-"In Mizzoura." 2:15 and S:l5
p. m.
Poirs-.The Talker." 2:1j and s:l5 p. M.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Glen Echo-AH amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and music
by Marine Band.
Marshall Hall-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. 2:3o y. m. and
$50 y. m.
River View Park-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf. 10 a. m, and p. m
Steamer St. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf at p. m. every evening except
Saturday and Sunday for forty-mile
trip on tbs Potsmaa.
The Washington times., 1913-07-05
City News Notes

Children playing with matches were
responsible for a fire which yesterday
afternoon destroyed four sheds In the
rear of COOS Florence street north
east The damage was $500
The Washington times., 1913-07-05

Policeman J. r. C. Nebb, of the
Ninth precinct, is suffering today from
a deep scalp wound as the result of
being assaulted by a colored man who
wore brass knuckles. The officer was
attempting to arrest the man for Great
ing a disturbance in Wylie court north
east, and he struck Nebb with the
knuckles and escaped.
The Washington times., 1913-07-05
Shot through the abdomen by an

other colored man during an alteration
at Scott's Station last night. Philip
Page, twenty-five years old. living in
Ridge road. Is in a serious condition to-
day in Freedmen's Hospital John l..
Nelson, who is alleged to have done the
shooting, was arrested by police of the
Tenth precinct
The Washington times., 1913-07-05

Edward Maggie, nine years old, OF
Ivy City, is in Casualty Hospital today
suffering from lacerations about the
face received when a railroad torpedo
with which he was playing exploded.
His condition is not serious.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

4 passed, Just as IN manufacturing
( processes the day for the methods Of
mere common sense" has given way
I 70 the methods Of expert skill ana
I science. The ten thousand little red
schooIhouses at the country cross
| roads and their Successors" says Pro
fesor Bailey, Of Cornell, have never
taught tho business Of farming" But
va know to-day that the business Of
farming can be taught in the schools
We know that culture and utility can
be united. and the joining Of these
two hemispheres Of life is the educa-
tional problem Of the day.
the town. The fundamental duties Of
me common school viii be to enable
tho child TO sleep in his own bed and
eat at his own breakfast table until
There Is no occupation in the world
TO-DAY that calls for more ability and
judgment brains, training. industry
and adaptsbility than farming. 1t is
mans job. To pillow and COW and
reap without understanding Is no
more real farming than cutting a
mans leg of with an ak is real sur
gerry.
no longer IL the book farmer
sneered at but rather IL the trained
expert the accepted guide and teacher
Of ne farming class. Agriculture to-
day is a science, the revelation hav-
ing been brought about by the aKrl-
cultural college and experiment sta
ton established some 30 years ago
BY their painstaking observation Il
facts and careful and accurate inter
probation Of the laws OF nature on an
enormous scale there has become
available an immense body OF precise
information concerning the principles
that govern soil fertility. plant life
and animal life, the three cardinal ell
ements in the business OF farming
Moreover. this body Of knowledge ha
beon gradually reduced to pedagogical
form until to-day there exists gu .s
an adequate amount OF agricultural
text and literature for use in our
common schools.
Granting the need and desirah lity
Of introducing Industrial education iu
our common schools, many practical
questions suggest themselves. Frs.
shall we have separate vocational
schools, or shall agriculture and mo
chanic and domestic science be In
troduced as elements in the courses
Of the entire common school system
Forcible arguments are presented on
either side. My own State Of Ala
bama was the first State IN the Union
to tablish a system OF Congressional
agricultural schools, there being CT
present nine such institutions in the
State, They have already done ex-
cellent work and are rapidly becom-
ing the type Of Industrial school for
which they were originally intended
However, recognizing as l do the
value Of the separate agricultural
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

mite interest and Of direct practical
value.
And to accomplish ne greatest
good with these subjects they should
be introduced into the upper els
mentAry and the grammar grades.
for, as we know. only a minute frac-
ton OF the children remain In school
beyond the eighth grade.
The college Of agriculture. the ex-
pertinent station, bulletins, farmerE
institutes, are all valuable-3ndeed,
absolutely indispensable-but the real
work Of regenerating our agriculture
and our mechanical trades must be-
gin with our children.
And there seems to me ample time
for the introduction Of these new sub
jects in our courses Of study. As
things stand, we have erected a stu
pendous educational scaffolding for
our children. In my opinion. and
am ready to defend the thesis, the
preparation for tho work as It is
given to-day in cur elementary and
secondary schools and colleges and
professional schools, could with profit
be reduced a third Of the time.
Let US have less of cube root, less
of certain forms of geography, less Of
superficial physiology less of story
telling and idling Of time, less of
stocks and bonds and bank discount,
etc, and we can readily find place
for studies that VIII put more cream
in the churn and more beans in the
bin: that will inculcRte a genuine love
and appreciation of the rich delights
Of the farm and countryside; that will
create a spirit of devotion to country
life rather than alienation, thus serv-
ing to check the cityward exodus Of
our country boys.
Practical Work.
And the problem Of practical work
for school agriculture Is rapidly fnd-
ing solution. The school garden, the
village plat system. the large farm
system of the Christian Brothers at
LincOlndale, New York, and the Jew
ish National Farm School near Phila-
delphia, the agricultural high school
system Of experiment stations and
farms are all successful efforts in the
right direction, but the supreme
movement for practical work for all
schools and especially for the rural
schools, is the organization OF boys
corn clubs boys pig clubs and girls
canning clubs. The success Of this
movement has been marvellous It
permeates the remotest regions and
has met signal success In the very
smallest schools. The laboratory is
a boys own home, the boys own
farm; the girls own home and the
girls own tomato patch. 1t is or
ganized rural life on the spot II is
the thing itself II shows the boy
and girl that farm life pays. II en-
lists their interest and throws the
center of gravity to the country rath-
er than to the city. II is the
great antidote against the call OF the
crowd and the lure OF the limelight
In one Southern State, for instance.
there are 1000 boys thus organized
and over 1000 girls the average yield
of corn having been raised in this in
dustrial army of the young from IS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

school the weight OF argument IN the
ratJcr a5 a whole seems to lie en-
urc,v Ia flvor OF the combined or
coanrrcl't1n school The accessible
IT'S Of Che vocational school TO chill
dIsH right at their own doors Is a
highly important matter. What
does It mean for the future OF the
country" IL has been asked, when
boys and girls who advance beyond
the grammar grades have TO go into
town TO get their high school educa-
tion? At the most impressIonable
age they ore trained in the habits Of
the age Of is and vet receive an ade-
tuate education. This means that the
school should teachs both industrial
subjects. as well as those subjects
that interpret to the children the
beauty and the inspiration Of Gods
great outdoors"
Course Of Study.
The subject matter for a practical
definite course OF Industrial training
lies Immediately at hand. The prin-
ciples Of agriculture, horticulture,
Horticulture, carpentry, basket MAX
ing, all forms of nature study, hab-
its Of birds and plants and fish, why
plants grow. how plants grow-all
these can be taught, all being OF inf
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Oouldn t Catch Him.

A farmer took out a policy of Gre IN
surance on his barn. After a loss anc
due proofs, the company came to set
Tie or adjust the loss. but took advan-
tage OF IT'S option under the eontract
to build a new barn.
subsequently a life insurance company
sought to have him insure his life II
favor of his wife.
"Oh, no. he said, you don't catch me
q second time, II Ia die you would
come around here and offer TO get g
new husband for her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
The Ideal School )
81

his strength and not required to go
through monotonous movements day
after day that fosters a dislike for
exercise.
The many beautiful formations IN
gymnasium work appeal to young
fellows imagination and he looks for
ward to this hour of the day with
leenest anticipation.
Then. too, this work is done under
the watchful eye Of a trained ply
steal director and not left to the
pleasure Of partisan cadet officers.
The apparatus work ever holds
fine fascination for the boy and his
best efforts are given IN his desire
to excel
The Home Life.
Furthermore, the various games
that make a gymnasium hall Indis-
pensable appeal most forcefully to the
boy.
Not the least Of the advantages of
the home school is the air of gentility
and refinement The barracks and
mess hall are necessary adjuncts of
an army post, but more necessary
stin for our young boys are condi-
tons, wholesome and sanitary, where
the gentle influences of home life
keep fresh the manners and courte-
sizes which characterize the gentle
man
Punctuality. obedience, neatness,
erectness Of carriage. etc. so AFRO
gantly claimed as the exclusive train
ing OF the military school, md. as a
matter Of fact, their completest fulfill
ment IN the home school
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Training for Life Work in Our Rural Schools

10 46 bushels per acre; over 100 of
them averaging over 100 bushels TO
the acre. The gospel Is good seed,
good fertilization, good cultivation;
and tho fruits Of this gospel-good
crops, prosperity and happiness and
content on the farm. The slogan
Of this movement Is mot so much,
back TO the farm" as stay On the
farm"
Manual Training.
Another highly important factor Of
practical work that should be under
taken by rural schools IL manual
training.
Truly, one Of the most imperative
needs Of the South to-day is a me-
chanical sense-the ability 70 utilize
machinery and labor-saving devices.
How many farmers in any commu-
nifty are able to apply to their own
business the beneficial results of i'm
proved farm machinery, or recent dis
'coveries in practice Of farm life2 And
what shall be said Of the lack Of me-
ohanical conveniences about the home
or in the kitchen?
On every hand there Is a most ur-
gent demand for skilled labor, the
supply being entirely inadequate. Yet
only the most meager facilities are
available for white youths in the
South for learning these excellent
arts and crafts Of the hand that real
ly make up the higher material ex
pressions Of a peoples civilization.
We advocate this training for the
negro. We advocate II for the in
corrigtble white; but, 1 ask do we
desire that the door to all this fine
form of mechanical labor shall be for.
ever closed to the great masses of our
Intelligent and worthy youths?
With the development into electri-
cal energy of the water power along
the foothills Of the piedmont escarp-
ment, the South seems to offer a won
derful field for the application of me-
chanical industrial skill. Shall we
leave for others to enter in and take
possession Of this legacy, or shall we
train our own sons for these great
possibilities?
Why may not the day come when
we shall see the work Of the home and
farm yard done by electric motors
chopping the food supply for the cat
tie, pumping the water, driving the
sewing machine, swinging the chun
and rocking the cradle-thus sup
planting the hand that rules the
world
Wood work or carpentry will be
the form of manual training most
readily developed for the boys. the
equipment being inexpensive and
readily supplied. The chief obsta-
Gle to the immediate progress OF this
movement Of indsutrial education. as
we know, is the lack Of properly
trained. competent instructors; but
the obstacle is not insurmountable,
The agricultural colleges, normal
schools and agricultural high schools
are already remedying the defectS
and the widespread demand and hand
some salaries offered for vocational
teachers will inevitably bring supply
A prosperous, intelligent and CON
tented rural population-this ls a
thing desired.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
By CHAS. G. THACH, LID.
President AIsban1s Polytechnic Inst.
tU4e.


TROM the beginning the aim Of
education has been to prepare a
man for his vocation The par
ticuIar vocation Of supreme signii-
canoe may have varied with the age,
yst shs ain Of the system Of schools
has ever been the fitting Of men FOR
the dominant calling Of the day. be
Il what It may. SChoolman, clergy
man, lawyer, orator, soldier-has not
each Of the whole catalogue Of the
so-caTlsd learned professions dictated
in turn, the type Of educationg And
now within the last half century has
arrived the artisan, the doer Of things
as wen ss the thinker Of thoughts
She farmer. the acknowledgements
training for his own special life work.
And to-day the most significant fac
tor in our educational life Is perhaps
that education known as Industrial
General Education.
In discussing the question Of edu-
cation in the rural schools, I should
insist that the first imperative need Is
a thorough general education. Be
hind the trade and the profession Is
the man. Every farmer is a citizen
and he has both a soul and a country
20 save The rural school must give
ghe pupil an intelligent understand =
ing for the honorable discharge Of
the various duties Of life. A degree
and range Of information and intelli-
Fence are demanded by the exigencies
and problems OF agriculture which
ere hardly equal IN any other occu-
patton.
And IN this development Of the
American tarmer, the little red
sohoolhouse Of the olden day, with
its ld-fas1ioned course Of study,
wrought mighty work. II brought
marvellous prosperity and growth to
the United States Its Widespread in
fuences permeated American society.
it made our nation the wealthiest and
most productive OF ell the nations OF
the world. II brought thrift, mental
alertness and elasticity. prosperity
and culture to our people, and made
Yankee ingenuity and resourcefulness
a proveTb throughout the world. II
has been the melting not for the com
plete blending Of our polyglot ele-
ments. II has been and win ever be
the great antiseptic against national
sta gnation and decay. English think
ers like Mr. William Mather assigned
the greatest influence on American
manufactures 10 the general educa-
ton Of the American boy derived from
their common schools. The funda-
mentals Of a common school educa-
ton oan never lose thetr value for
training the human mind
But times have changed, and the
day for general education alone has
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

BY PROF. GUY A. MOORE.
Principal University School for Boys
Stone Mountain, Ga.

Stone Mountain, Ga.
a CHERISHED ideal Of every
~ father and every mother for
their boy is that he may at
tain nearly physical perfection: that
his mental powers may receive their
fullest development and that morally
and spiritually his character may be
fashioned free from flaws. This is
the school training planned by every
true educator This is the school
training that produces the highest
type Of American manhood, the train
ing that produces the man who meas
ures four squares
This commonly desired end is to-
day sought by two methods one of
coercion and restraint. the other Of
persuasive guidance and sympathetic
leadership. These methods are as old
as the history Of education. II is still
q question in the minds OF parents
which idea shall prevail in the educa-
ton OF their boys.
The Home School.
The fundamental principle OF the
non military home school is that Of
sympathetic guidance. The develop
ment Of the boys faculties Is sought
in an appeal to his better nature, but
not through fear or force. In the
home school where only q limited
number OF boys Is taken, the peCul-
a. %
cry boy can be studied and under
stood. The value OF individual train
ing can not be overesttmated.
The paramount idea in education
Is the development Of personality
Just as boys differ in physique, Just
SO they differ IN heart and mind
Just so surely as the physical exer-
cises for one boy are not suited to
another, Just SO surely particular
methods must be followed in his
mental and moral training. Herein
lies the peculiar value Of the limited
home school
Sympathetic teachers study the
temperament Of every boy and gem
thy turn him from cheap common
place thinking and lead him TO live in
the realm Of fine ideals and noble
aspirations.
The idea that character was ever
developed by command Of superiors
has been discarded. The great men
who have risen from such training
have been great in spite OF it-not
because Of it.
Napoleon's famous saying that
obedience must pretede commanding
loses value when measured by the
Duke Of Wellington's immortal words,
The battle OF Waterloo was won
when was a schoolboy on the play
grounds at Eton"
The Napoleonic idea Of men has
lost favor
TIA man Of to-day is TO be an in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
But q Bad Shot

A rifieman in telling a story, said:
My aim IS TO always tell the truth. -
Yes said a brother private; but
you're the worst shot in the reSi-
ment."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
dividual force not a unit Of a mass
dominated by one despotic mind.

dividual force not a unit Of a mass
dominated by one despotic mind.
Two European Extremes.
The schools Of England and those
OF Prussia form a striking contrast.
The former. non military schools.
have for decades given to the world
the highest types Of the gentlemen.
Rugby, Elton, Harrell, Winchester,
etc, where the burning purpose Is
the development Of men. are strit-
ingly set against the Government
school OF Germany where the boy is
fashioned first a soldier and then a
man
Gymnasium vs.. Drill Field.
The gymnasium is universally rec
ognized as superior TO all other forces
for physical training. The gymna-
Sums in the Y. NJ. C. A. buildings IN
hundreds Of American cities bear tes-
timOny To their popularity Here the
boy is given work, proportionate to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28

The SPEAKER (pro temp: The
next matter for consideration is re-
solve in favor of the Central Maine
General Hospital of Lewiston. The
pending question is the second reading
of the resolve.
On motion by Mr.. wheeler of Paris,
the resolve was again tabled and spe-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28

The SPEAKER tpro tem): The next
matter for consideration is order rela7
i've to the appointment of a special
committee to investigate the state
school for boys and the Industrial
school for girls. The question is on con-
current action with the Senate.
The order having received passage
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28

Continued on Page -Eighteen.)
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TIE SPEAKER tpro tem): The nexs
matter for consideration is the report
~. Tie committee or Judiciary to which
was referred Bill entitled An Act %
nroyide for the better supervision Oh
certain charitable and Benevolent IN,
stitutjops.e reporting Ought no. -
inaesl' The pending question IS the ae-
centance of the report.
On motion by Mr.. Trimbie OF eahiis
mo rsnort was laid upon the tapif,
lending its acceptance. H-s