The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-12

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4l~ u-utaa r.sers 90 .rre-Vatl1a.
a.rr iarss. a4lrs Fsrnrrflur AM Erarla q
action ere lrulErf unto UIaH Hr fha atn-
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At"lFfl"H improve n.Us ~Hr.H zNaa
wisely re.ulsr.t. rhsI rIs. r.tt t..g !
m boil ~h' would othr-aise start -
80 t-- moral SIDE atri.ti-s -.ssir.
tfaInifg arl tra.uirr r-I-ir-- teupsr-
application Hf tne Golden Rule a. TO-
"tnic- 20 sport. ftrf-rrr nation. Erit
-v.f-ror troll t-uGl.rlt obedience an. test
% ara fralr~l Tor use iu ufs school
-ii-it aud loyalty are aroused. -oop~-a-
t"r and -H rratfN Increased Athistics
mean unf merely sfrurE bodies. tut clean
athlete lies the future hope % : clean
strong alert and generous frIeutship.
Class Hist0ry.
I'd, .I h. class history ~ Horace MAynArd
n~ class ~ 1914 entered wIth efrht
stud"nt- in 1870 rh.-~ we're ~ Wal
Sc. its~S.r Me1semellsr. Corrcil 70.
: wallace Major siren Was prinripai ana
Mr. NciIre assistant This AS the
kTar hen ben the Ions -honorcd principal
in the foiloving year Mr.. McLure
Wa PRINCIPAL and Mr. Marcus Bond
but basketball was begun early ana a
falr team vas developed IT. Nas also
ne year - ths great heat nave Ia West
~ Aandef when the corn al popped IN
Glenn Chambers barn and was thrown
All over the nelds Eo that several gaiu-
snie cows thought u was showing and
IN lgil-lg Mr. McI.ur. and Nr
Wright we're the teachers II Vas tne
and landed on a newly Vanished foor
"A here his feet stuck and the rrfncfpuf
cagsht him. Mt Corrcll had left school
and now Mr.. Gibson vas unable Co re-
turn IN the second half. The class now
numbered six
The year 1885 opened wi,N A
thoroughly renovated hsIldirr and m
t"-date equipment The faculty con
sisted Of siN The old school woke up
the Institute and thus the class num-
btred seven flfty-tour boys have reg
istered. In football Linsly won olt
OF : Eames. and 1875 points 60 the or
ponents. IS; IN basket bail. Linsly was
on" OF the four strongest teams In this
vicinity and IN baseball Linsly ac-
knoWledges no superior m the valley
and she has made an excellent showing
against two college teams.
Prison Reform.
VIM. Menkemeller.s essay on Prison
Reform" IN part was a. follows
The highest IDEAL OF prison life f.
not punishment. but a reformation OF
those confined. This plan has been in
troduced In many places
Cleanliness Is the nrst runE In the
ladder. II some OF our lawmakers were
compelled 10 live In the prisons. where
Min and vermin predominate. there
would be a speedy reformation.
Good supervision. good books, Bibles
and religious literature TO help the
prisoner become a good citizen are some
OF the crying needs.
Every man has at least a spark OF
manhood iu him. Not brutal treatment.
but the honor system will kindle that
spark To flame.
Young or nrst Offenders should not be
placed with hardened criminals for hv
so doing they become degraded They
should be thrown In contact only with
what Is decent and uplifting.
At Moundsville many privileges are
granted. At Meadowbrook. y. Y. the
experiment was tried OF letting the men
work freely In the open air on farm
ed guards to watch them. Prisoners
continued 10 try 20 escape. Under the
moved Not prisoner has tried TO escap.
under this system also only four per
cent return TO vicious courses after iib-
The New Testament teaching OF,
charity and brotherhood f. the hope Of
proof that the teachings OF christ are
practical not visionary and that they
The Stupidity of War"
"Oh Judgment thou art fled 10 british
beasts and men have lost their reason"
said Lieut.. Glenn Chambers. in deliver
ing a very telling grafton on the Folly
Of War" War" he said was ira
tional because Of the stupendous cost
even In times Of peace. because Of It's
nf-NAFuftlhn OF the highest type OF pnNEl=
cal manhood leaving the most unfit TO
propagate which resulted In the deter
ioration Of the quality Of posterity. and
because OF its cheapeniug the value of
true virtue. The courage war fosters Is
merely physical. not the mental and
moral courage Of "a mother or "A cheerful
tuilcr working for those dependent upon
him. The very progress Of civilization
has been the slow growth Of reason 20
a dominance over the brute strength. OF
right over might. He ended his address
hN paving tribute the wisdom 81
honored President. Woodrow Wilson.
giving an example unequalled In all
history. Of n strong and much-wrungri
nation restraining its adversary az well
as itself from tho horrors Of war and
seeking to advance the period OF mutual
understanding and justice among the
nations"
Class Prophecy.
The class prophecy OF Charles Hooper
While setting in nv ono" on Firth
avenue, New York. October 10 1924
computing survey IN which "a slight
error may cost me two or three million
/ dollars. ! am interrupted by my super
intcndeut Of correspondence who hands
me % letter from Kleiuer earl Chamh-
ersl. lie has just engaged Dr Nenke-
meiler as mine doctor for his gold mine
81 a salary Of f35o.UO year. Or
Menkemeller Is 20 arrive tomorrow with
his wife and 70 children. Kirbacn
makes an excellent mine SUPERINTENDENT
I but is 30 exceedingly feshy that he
finds g. difficult 90 make mis- daily visits
I 10 all parts Of the mine. Another ain
Guilty is his costume. Tie finally be-
came so snamorcd ~ the ,uIrrtgefte
cause. that ne said he just couldn't re-
! sist becoming one of them. so now he
wears womcu's clothes Euetlese ana
hiEh-staudinE hat feathers are now On
style Mr Wallace has a chicken rancn
treal chickeusl near F1rlS gold mino
I IN california. His early dislike for
girls has become n mania, he fees from
] them. Now he lives tn a cove on a
mountain top. Tie has seen two girls in
/ three years ana says n they are 20 boz
/ n .Hs.H H.s I'D
| have 20 move. -. Chambers who alway "a
was very conscientious about creedg
/ finally fO'ncd the Norwons A. hts
ried 90 70 wlNea much against HIS Will.
, ~ course They are an under 10 wears
old. His congregation are all Chinese.
172 IN all al OF them fauudrvr,~n.
They accept M0rw0ni=m readily and
the only people Glenn ever found who
could understand his sermons. liawker
went 60 the bad and has served 10
'ears 81 2n-Esar sentence IN Triaon.
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