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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21
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most collegiate institutions wherein II
is held that the most important part of
education is that part which is given in
college and that all that goes before
should be gagged strictly with reference
to that particular phase. II apparently
recognizes that the most precious years
of life, so far as education is concerned
are those of childhood, and that next In
Importance come the years of adde's
cence, which is the high school period
1t apparently sees clearly that it will
serve the people and will serve civiliza-
ton best by building upon the work
done by great system of public schools
rather than by compelling them or at
tempting to compel them to shape their
work with reference to its demands
without regard to the present needs Of
boys and girls in the public schools.
1 should not have ventured to accept
your invitation to address you here today
were 1t not for the fact that I feel that
all people in the New England states
win cease to tolerate this condition as
soon as they become acquainted with the
facts, and l come before you to make
this plea, because I think you are in
better position than anybody else to ex-
plain the facts to the people
Men of substance and large means and
people of small means alike in years
gone by have contributed literally and
often beyond their means to the sup
port of higher education. I am sure that
we are all grateful for the gifts which
have gone to our colleges from the large
number of contributors of moderate en-
dowments. | am sure that we are all
glad when we read that a rich man has
contributed literally and without re-
striction to the work of education no
matter where that work is. But when
it comes to the point where men OF fab
| ulous wealth. instead of giving their
money themselves, create a self-perpet-
uating board TO distribute their gifts
under such conditions as board may
prescribe, then I say that the proper
response of a free people Is the response
of the apostle of old, Thy money per-
| isheth with thee
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21

the United States are to receive pensions
and what faculties are not to receive
pensions. and when it may decide what
educators outside of college faculties are
to receive pensions and which ones are
not to be thus endowed, and at the same
time finds itself so placed as to be devoid
of any responsibility whatever except to
itself and possibly to the donor OF Its
funds, then that group is certainly in
very enviable position.
Whenever such board as that govern
ing the Carnegie Foundation or the
Rockefeller Foundation or in control of
similar huge sums of money adds to the
business of carrying on National PEN
sion bureau, the side line OF investigat-
ing and reporting upon the whole matter
of professional education throughout the
United States and conducts surveys OF
important cities and even of sovereign
states then it certainly has in an i'm
portant degree enlarged its sphere OF
usefulness And when in connection
with all this ii contrives to make itself
a bureau for the recommendation of col
lege presidents state commissioners of
education. superintendents of schools in
ployees of the United States government,
it has further considerably enhanced its
usefulness.
A board of % very distinguished men
with head offices in New York City may
have a collective wisdom in educational
matters in every way superior to that OF
the people and their responsible officers
of IS states 1t is quite conceivable That
such a board, actuated by purely altru-
istic motives, would be able TO direct the
whole education system of America more
wisely than could anybody else. But,
such a power is not consonant with the
free development of our institutions. 1t
is not an instance of liberty under the
law. 1t is not an instance of responsible
government. If such functions need to
be exercised for the country as whole,
then they should be exercised and paid
for by the United States government,
and not by any private, voluntary and
irresponsible body whatsoever.
Names independence.
Your own State of Maine is so far as
know. the only state In New England
where large liberty under the law pre-
walls in education. You have here under
public control the whole educational
system from the kindergarten to and
| through the university. So long as you
maintain that condition, you. at least
| know that the sovereign State of Maine
! controls it's own educational system from
top to bottom. The control may be, wise
! or unwise That doesn'ts particularly
matter compared with the vastly greater
| consideration that it is under your con-
| troll and not under the control of boards
or interests which have no responsibility
to the people of Maine.
| The University of Maine has taken the
step which all colleges of their own mo-
| ton ought to be willing to take 1t has
Invested itself of the privilege of saying
what kind of an education the youth
shall receive before he goes to Orono. 1t
| has left that, as it should be left, to the
| responsible officers of the State and of
the towns and cities of the State. 1t has
receded from the position occupied by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21

1t is said that the big blizzard of
February 10 moved the heavy trestle
and railroad track of the Mount
Washington cog railway, at the point
known as the Skyline trestle. north
of the Jacobs ladder trestle. The line
was blown some distance out of align
ment by the fierce blasts which swept
the mountain side, and their force may
be imagined from the fact that the
tracks of the Mount Washington rail-
way are laid on a heavy trestie of
heavy timber, firmly bolted to the
stone of the summit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21

The equivalent of one school year for
more than 400 children is lost because Of
contact with minor contagious diseases.
according to figures recently compiled
for Pittsburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21

The University of Southern California
has appealed to the Central Labor Coun-
Gil of Los Angeles. to aid in the work of
making its course in trade unionism a
success
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21
w. A. MalIert

The first speaker at this session
was w. G. Mallert, principal of the
Pennington State Normal school,
who took for his subject THE Prob
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21
A More Insidious System.


But the invisible government in educa-
ton is not limited to the New England
college entrance board. Behind the
board and behind the colleges constitute
ing the board is more distant ana a
more nsidious system conceived Tor a
worthy purpose and capable OF accom-
plishing great good and calculated to ac-
complish great good, which it in part I'M
doubtedly does accomplish. Nevertheless
it is true that public education and all
education in this country is more and
more being determined by bodies like the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment of Teaching. 1t is very significant
that a commission appointed by the Car
negie Foundation to make an educa-
tional survey of the state of Vermont
issued among it's findings particular COM
mendation of Mddlebury College for its
membership in the New England college
entrance board and at the same time
recommended that Middlebury should
forthwith cease to perform the functions
which it has recently been endeavoring
to perform for the common life of the
state of Vermont. In a word, that 1t
should cease to attempt to give any
training for high school teachers and
that 1t should lay aside its courses in
the practical arts. Now. when a small
group OF men are 30 placed that they
can determine what college faculties II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21


There can be little doubt that the
nation wide wave of legislation in re-
straint Of the liquor traffic is intimate
ly related to the fact that a generation
has come of voting age since laws
for the instruction of children in tenn
perance physiology were first placed
on the statute books. There can be
no doubt that the widespread deter
mination now existing in the nation for
better government, for more efficient
social life, for more sympathetic I'M
Outstanding of human welfare, Is also
related to the enormous increase of en-
rollment in our higher institutions of
learning which began about 1880. |
might go on and cite case after case
which makes evident the principle
that, as are the public schools today,
so will society and so will government
and SO will human welfare be at a
period within the life time Of people
who are already in late middle life.
The power which can direct the type
of education given in our public school
system is the power which can deter
mine what New England and what the
United States shall be at an earlier
day than most Of us have been in the
custom OF thinking. I do not hesitate
to say that the men who have grown
accustomed to control the life OF the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21
Where Is the Blame?

Now, how about these students who
fail in this first half year of college
work? Is it necessarily the fault of
the high school that they fail? Does it
necessarily argue inefficiency amongst
teachers? / refuse to admit for one
moment that, when pupil has had a
creditable record in the high school
and passes from the high school to
college and fails in the college, the pre-
sumption is at all against the high
school, but that on the contrary it is
against the college. l refuse to admit
for one moment that teachers IN our
public high schools of adequate edu-
cation and of prolonged experience are
to be adjudged necessarily inferior as
teachers to the young tutors and other
college instructors fresh from some
graduate school and with no shadow
OF training or experience as teachers
themselves who happen to be in charge
OF the freshman class. l have seen il
naively remarked that the reason why
a student whose record in the high
school was good had failed in college
was because he became too interested
in athletics. Very good. but who is
in charge of this student? Who is re-
sponsible for him after he gets to col
lege? Is the high school to be forever
responsible for his going in and COM
ing out? Likewise, have seen in
more than one case good high schools
condemned because a young lady grad
uate found college work so easy during
her freshman fall that she plunged
into the social whirl and fell by the
wayside. Is the high school response
BILE for her failure?
Turn the Situation Around.
Let US turn the situation around
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21

the value of individual work but of
team work as well. We have had re-
markable industrial development in re-
cent years and this has depended
largely in the number of leaders who
have been pulling their fellows for
ward. The time has arrived when the
gifted class must be taken care of ed
ucationally, and already some of the
higher education institutions are so
doing. The speaker closed with quo
tation from Geo. p. Brown of Ill. Our
schools will never be one-half as good
as they should be until they cost twice
as much"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21

Turn the Situation Around.
Let US turn the situation around.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03
Vast Expanse of Rich
Country Ready for the
Magic Of Development

Continued From Preceding Page)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

feet Of timber lie on either side Of this
road within a distance of fifteen miles
The building of this road put the
finishing touch to Apalachicola since
it provided an entrance to the North
and connections at River Junction
with the east and west coasts of Flor
ida. and New Orleans. 1t traverses a
magnificent farming territory and is al
ready bringing its lands into market
and increasing their values, diversified
industries are coming in and lumber
shipments are growing daily.
The Georgia, Florida and Alabama
railroad also comes into Apalachtcola
via ferry from Carrabelle, giving the
town two rail lines of entrance and
exit, besides those by river and gulf
steamers
Between them. the rivers and the
railroads traverse a wonderful section.
from which both should wax rich and
richer. One hundred square miles Of
territory are practically undsveloped.
Adjacent to, and north of the town is
an almost unbroken forest of 100000
acres of virgin timber from which it
has been estimated that it will pro-
duce $1,000, 900, 900 feet OF lumber,
1858, coo barrels OF spirits of 420
of 500 pounds each and will require
$4,000 cars q year for forty years to
remove.
The principal products Of the coun-
ties on the Apalach1cola river, are cot
ton. tobacco, sugarcane honey, round
and sawed timber, naval stores, Full
lers earth. fish and oysters. Valuable
cement and also phosphate are safS to
exist near both the Chipola and APP
alachicola rivers The resources are
but slightly developed
The geographical location is such
that Apalachicola is the natural dis
tributing point for the pine and hard
wood Of this section. as well as the
cotton and other commerce of the APP
alachicola system of rivers, every drop
OF which enters the gulf at Apalachi-
cola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03
CITY OF APALACHICOLA
KEEPING STEP IN THE
MARCH OF PROGRESS

forests, gave employment to the people
and made an entering wedge in the
virgin pine and cypress of the sur
rounding territory. These cargoes were
.lightered in vessels to the gulf for ex-
port trade.
Vast oyster beds in the Bay Of APP
alachicola were discovered and utilized
and since the Civil War, the shipment
of raw and canned oysters has gone
a good ways towards the support of
the town. Also, the innumerabIe salt
and fresh water fish have added their
not insignificant quota to the business
of Apalachicola. Jointly, these indus
tries employ a fleet Of some 200 boats
and hundreds of hands, and next to the
sawnlills are the present money max
ing elements of Apalachicola.
ApalachicoIa Northern Railroad.
The Apalachicola Northern railr cad,
completed in the spring of 1907,
opened a territory of immense wealth
to the investor, capitalist, sawrriI and
naval stores operator. This road con-
meets with the Atlantic Coast Line at
Ga, on the north and terIni-
mates at St. Joseph's bay. Six billion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

ming upon a small scale have reaped
goOdly profits from their labor
InSus4 rial Possibilities
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03
BANKINGHOUSES
IN FRANKLIN co.
TWO STRONG INSTITUTIONS IN
APALAcHICoLA AND ONE IN
CARRARELLE.

There are three banks in Franklin
county, two of which are located at
ApalacI1icoIa. The American Ex-
change bank at ApaIachicoIa has $50
600 capital nd $4,000 surplus nd the
deposits aggregate s125,OOo The Of
ficers are. J. P Coomps, president;
Byron D. Morris, vice president; F. B.
Wakefield, cashier and J. Wilhelm, as
sistant cashier.
The Apalachicola State bank has
$4,000 capital. $685. surplus and the
deposits are $1S5.0oo.
The Marine -Grecian bank is To-
Gated at CaTTabelle and has $4,000
capital. The institution is new one,
but Is growing rapidly. The officers
are. H. L. Mattair. president; 8. J.
Giles. vice president and o. c. Smith
cashier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03
MANUFACTURE
OF FURNITURE
P. r. sNELLGRoVE MAKING a
START IN THE RIGHT DTREc-
TON.

T. F. sneIlgrove Is the pioneer in
the manufacture of furniture in
Franklin Co. and has established the
business in a small way in Apalachi-
cola He makes a speciality of mission
furniture, devoting his energies to ia
bourettes and stands for the present
There Is an tnexhaustible supply Of
wood suitable for furniture making in
Franklin Co. and the citizens Of Apa-
lachicola are much interested in the
work Mr.. SnelIgrove is doing. a
sample of the work Mr.. Snellgroye IS
engaged on at present is shown in this
edition, and all that has been made so
far has found ready sale. With a lit
tie machinery there is no reason why
this should not be made a paying In
dustry. giving employment to a large
number of hands. It is understood the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

ming upon a small scale have reaped
goodly profits from their labor.
Industrial Possibilities.
The town Of ApaIachicola needs q
gas plant and there is no question but
that a street car line would prove a,
paying proposition. Either ApaIa Chi
cola or Carrabelle would be a good
site for a furniture factory, for there
is an abundance of suitable domestic
lumber and the mahogany forests of
Cuba and Central America are within
easy reach. The manufacture Of bar
rels, baskets and trunk Stats offers OPP
portunities for investment and. climate
and atmosphere being perfect, there is
no reason why the manufacture OF. CT
gars should not become an important
industry. The opening of the Gulf
Coast Inland Waterway will give
Franklin county cheap coal and iron
as we'll rs the lowest possible freight
rates to the interior as we'll as to other
exporting points.
That Franklin county has n wonder
full future in prospect there can be
no question. That it Is on the eve Of
great agricultural, commercial and in
dustrial development no one who has
kept in touch with the onward march
of West Florida doubts for an instant
And Franklin county stands ready
to extend a welcome to all who come.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03
DR.. JOHN GORR|E
THE INVENTOR Of
ICE
NOTED SCIENTIST A RESIDENT
OF APALAcHlcoLA DURING HIS
LATER YEARS.

DR.. John Gorrie, inventor Of artt-
fetal ice and refrigeration was a resi-
dent of ApalachiCola during the years
he worked upon the invention, passing
away there on June IS, 1858. DR.. Cor
rie's patent was No. $3.50, issued Au-
gust 2, 1850, and although he did not
live TO fully appreciate the wonderful
boon he had conferred upon humanity.
semi tropical countries, those who fol-
lowed have not forgotten. In front Of
the Episcopal church at Apalachicola
stands a beautiful marble shaft erected
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

Why Hurry? My dear Reginald.
now that you've left college you must
really begin looking for some sort OF
employment" But don't you think,
mother, 1t would be more dignified to
wait till the offers begin coming in o.
Life.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

His Prayer Answered: "Ah." he
sighed, IF you only gave me the least
hope Il" Gracious" interrupted the
hard hearted belle. I've been giving
you the least I ever gave to any
ma n."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

in his memory by the Southern Ice
Exchange, an organization composed
of southern ice manufacturers, while
surrounding the memorial is a beau
tiful park-Gorrie square. laid out and
maintained by the city Of Apalachicola
as q tribute to the memory Of one Of
its greatest citizens.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

Chamber OF Commerce
will take this mater up in the near
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-03

future with a view to the organizatio
of a company TO carry on the work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-04
Member of the Associated Press.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1914.
NO MORE FIRE TRAPS.

The local fire department deserves all
the good things that are being said about
it's work in coping with the two fires
which menaeed the business section of
BrattIeboro last night and early this morn
ing. That the property loss was not far
heavier than it is proves beyond question
the efficiency of Brattleboro's fire fighting
force
But there Is another question that
should be given serious consideration by
, the property owners Of the town, and that
relates to the type of buildings that shall
be constructed in place of those that have
gore up in smoke. For years the south
side of Flat street has been looked upon
as serious fire hazard, and with good
reason Last nights blaze was an excel
I lent demonstration of what is likely to
happen when wooden buildings. built
closely together, catch fire.
Now that a portion of the structures
ON Flat street have been wiped out imme-
diate steps should he taken to prevent the
erection of other buildings of the same
type If Brattleboro's building inspector
has authority to govern this matter hc
should act at once. Ii not, the public
-enJnld re informed Of he limit Of his
powers 50 that it can take the matter
into its own hands as a matter of public
safety Brick buildings of a substantial
kind are the only ones that should be al
lowed on the site of those burned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-04
BUSINESS OPTIMISM.

The New York World recently tele-
of commerce or board of trade in the 100
largest cities of the United States asking
for replies to the following questions !:
How is business now What Is the out
look? A large majority of these repre-
sentative business men answered and the
World has sized mp their replies as fol-
lows:
New England - Described generally as
good in spots, bad in streaks, particular
ly the latter" In manufacturing sections
the depression Is attributed to tariff re
auctions. Dominant note optimism and
courage
Eastern States - Generally speaking,
more OF less below normal, due mostly to
war, directly or indirectly, but with many
bright spots, where some industries are
normal or above and some mills and fac
tories working day and night. Normal
conditions predicted by Jan. l. 1913.
The South-Practieally all depression in
the south ascribed to the cotton situation
which is partly offset by good crops il
some sections and by public improvements
and prospects of increased shipping il
others. Strong faith in future.
Middle West-Conditions nearer norma
than in any other section, generally de
scribed as fair to good Prospects prom
ising.
Mountain and Pacific States : Below
normal in places, but general conditions
good and in agricultural sections prosper
Gus Outlook bright.
In commenting upon the sentiment thu
indicated The World points out that tn
dominant note is optimism regarding tn
future Times have been hard, it is true
but now that confidence is returnin
there is every reason to expect decide
improvement in the business of tn
country generally.