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above recommendation of the Build
ings and Grounds committee be ac
cepted.
Carried.
/ Moved by r. J. McGhee, supported
by w. T. Irwin, that the doors lead
ing to the IRE escape in the dressing
room of the Roosevelt Auditorium
be changed so as to swing towards
the fire escape.
Carried:
Novel by Edw. c. A. Johnson
supported by w. T. Irwin, that the
hanging of the pictures presented
by the classes of 1911 and 1912 be
referred to- the Buildings and
Grounds Committee.
Carried.
The special committee appointed
to meet with the park board and
discuss plans for the supervision OF
the Fairgrounds during the summer
months reported that the plan as
outlined would cost from $500 to
1900 for the season. and that they
would recommend that one half of
this expense he taken care of by the
School District
Moved by Edw. G. A. Johnson,
supported by A. B. Holley, that it
be the sense Of the meeting that the
Board approve of the plans for play
ground supervision and that the
School District bear one half of the
expense of maintenance.
Carried.
Moved by r. ]. McGhee, supported
Ivy A. B. ilolley, that the bids for
general construction of the South
side school building be considered.
Carried.
After all the bids were considered
and several informa! ballots were
taken the first formal ballot showed
We lOllOWluS result.
John Donlin, votes, Bowe-Burke
Co., 2 votes.
The following resolution was in
troduced by A. B. Holley.
Resolved, BY the Board of Educa-
ton of the Independent School Dis
tr;ct of Virginia, that the proposal
of John DQ:llin, in the sum of $751;
500, general contract, with the fol-
lowing additions: Painting wainscot,
$40; fama stone floors, $685.; Ma
son treads, 5000; total $4,000,
same being for all material and la
for for the construction of the South
side school building according to
the plans and specifications prepared
therefor by Bray & Nystrom, Archi-
tects as filed in the office of the
Board; be and the same is hereby
accepted and the Chairman and
Clerk are hereby authorized to enter
irto a written contract with the said
JChA DOl1lIu III IuC COuoIA uCSAOA VI
said building; said John Donlin to
furnish bond for the full amount of
contract.
Moved by A. B. Holley, supported
by R. J. McGhee, that the above res
olution be adopted.
Ayes: w. H. Eaton, Andrew Haw-
kinson, Edw. C. A. Johnson, A. B.
Holley, w. T. Irwin, r. J. McGhee.
Nays: None.
Moved by A. B. Holley, supported
by R. ]. McGhee. that the Architect
confer with the Contractor and find
out the additional cost of installing
steel window frames.
| Carried.
Moved by A. B. Holley, supported
by R. J. McGhee, that the members
Of the Board and the Superintendent
go to Duluth on Tuesday, April %.
to select material for the new South
side school.
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OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS
TRICT OF VIRGINIA, APRIL 20,
1914.
Meeting called to order at 500
y. m. by Chairman w. H. Eaton, G.
D. Lizer acliag as Clerk.
Roll Call: Present-W. H. Eaton,
! Andrew Hawkinson, A. B. Holley,
w. T. Irwin and P. P. Colgrove.
Absent: Edw. c. A. Johnson, R.
J. McGhee.
| Contractor Donlin and Architect
Nystrom were present and discussed
with the Board the details of con-
struction.
Moved by w. T. Irwin, supported
ty A. B. Holley, that United Steel
Sash be used in the new South-side
school building instead of wood
frames. Carried.
Moved by A. B. Hclley, supported
Dy Andrew Hawkinson, that terra
Gotta cornice and coping be used in
the construction of the new South
side school building
Carried
Moved by Andrew Hawkinson,
supported by w. T. Irwin, that the
time of completion of the South-side
school building be fixed at Oct. IS,
1914. Carried.
MIR. Donhn informed the Board
that he was willing tc use the Kahn
system of reinforcer concrete.
Resolution introduced by w. T.
Irwin.
Resolved, BY the Board of Educa-
ticn of the Independent School Dis
trict of Virginia, that the proposal
of the Miller Vacuum Sales Company
in the sum Of 1915 for "Richmond"
No. 231 vacuum cleaner equipped
with h. p. motor conforming to
voltage furnished by the city and
warranted against all defects for the
period of two years, for the vacuum
cleaning system in the South-side
school building according to plans
and specifications as prepared nv
Bray & Nystrom, Architects, be and
the same is hereby accepted and that
Chairman and Clerk are hereby au-
| thoriZed to- enter into written con-
trac with the said Miller Vacuum
Sales Co., for such vacuum cleaning
system. Said Miller Vacuum Sales
CO. to furnish bond for the full
amount of the contract.
Moved by Andrew Hawkinson,
supported by w. T. Irwin, that the
al owe resolution be adopted.
Ayes: w. II. Eaton, Andrew Haw-
kinson, A. B. Holley, w. T. Irwin.
balance of the school year at a SAL
airy of so per month.
Nays: None.
Moved by Andrew Hawkinson,
supported by A. B. Iiolley, that all
mem bers OF the Board who find it
possible, shall go to St. Paul on Fri
day, May 8. for the purpose of in
terviewing State Auditor Iverson
relative to the purchase of the
state Eighty"
| Carried.
Moved AMI supported that the
meeting adjourn.
Carried.
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COUNCIL. CHAMBER

!VI N(Il. VFIAMRFR
Resolution No. TO-
Virginia. Minn.. May 5. 1914.
TO the President and City Council Of
the city of Virginia:
Gentlemen:
We the undersigned committee on f.
nance, would respectfully report that we
have audited The following bills and offer
the following resolution for adoption.
r. ]. McGHEE,
GEORGE HARVEY.
j. A. WALSH,
Committee.
Resolved. That the followings bills be
allowed and the City Clerk be and is
hereby instructed to draw orders on the
City Treasurer in payment Of same.
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Il
800
Wntnr
IL
100
Total
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Moved by r. J. McGhee, supported
by w. T. irwin, tina, the same be
accepted and spread on the minutes.
Carried.
Moved oy E.. C. A. Johnson, support
ed by Andrew Hawkinson, that the
superintendent be authorized to rent
gowns for Commencement exercises.
The Building and Grounds COM
mittee recommended that w. J.
Ahearn be allowed $500 additional
on his contract for moving the out
buildings at the South-side school,
Moved 0y w. +. Irwin, supported
Ly Andrew Hawkinson. that the
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Nerve Hacking Experiences Untold Hardshps and the
Killing of the Most Virile Will Affect Children
of Next Generation Says Dr. Bsch

matters more scientific study and a
rational and healthy public opinion.
Excellent beginnings have already
been made. The clearing house for
mental detectives Mt the Post Graduate
Hospital is doing fine work In examin-
ing, advising. properiy dsposing or
cases. and in research. Columbia Uni
versity through its extension courses
gives an opportunity to all those in
terested to study these and allied sub
jects from scientific points OF view.
But much good work will he undone
by the present crisis Exhaustion. dep
rivation, worry. financial stress. i'm
povershment, excitement. all already
are following and will continue to fol-
low in the wake OF the struggle. The
hma Jority Of the most virle will be
either killed or disabled. the women at
home will suffer untold hardship of
every kind. What Will the result OF
the war he from the standpoint Of men
tally? Undoubtedly an increase Of In
sanity amentla and nervous diseases.
Legrand du Saulle says: "Out OF
ninety-tw1 children born in Paris during
the great siege OF 1901 sixty-four
had mental and physical anomalies and
the remaining twenty-eight were
weakly twenty-one were lmbeciles or
idiotlc and eight showed moral or emo
tional insanity" And on tho authority
Of Nordau we have this statement:
Thousands lost their reason. In Paris
n veritabe epidemic of mental diseases
was observed for which a special name
was found folie obsidionale. siege
Madness And even those who did not
at once succumb To mental arrangement
suffered lasting injury TO their nervous
systems"
As pointed out above. mental and
nervous arrangements are already on
the increase. The mere progress OF
civilization is doing it and all this in
times OF peace with comparative tran
quilllty everywhere. II therefore stands
IN reason. aside from Du Saulle's and
Nordau's statistics, that these times
that try mems souls" will unbalance
many mind that under usual
environment would never have become
so affected and as the nations now in
volved are highly strung peoples so
much the more heavily will this pre-
clpitating cause. war. operate.
True It is that Du Saulle and Nordau
are writing Of defeated nation, France.
nation in fact that possessed a most
marked ego prior 70 1s70-a factor in
| Itself tending toward hysteria. But II
such results obtain in a war which
when compared to the present one
shrinks into insignifcance. II logically
follows that the participants will all
he losers in the end, and what obtained
{ during the siege Of Paris will he ex-
! pcrienced to greater or less degree by
every nation The victors will md their
! crown Of laurel full ~ thorns.
The strain Of modern warfare on the
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hospitals and almshouses numbered
10 zoos. while in 1910 the number had
jumped to 30 6js. In twenty years time
there was an increase OF over lO4 per
cent During the same period the in
crease OF population was only so per
cent Unfortunately, we have no
similar statistics concerning feeblemind-
edness. but 1t Is believed by many that
this is also on the increase.
Some observers hold that the most
frequent causative factor in the pro-
duction of feebleminded children Is n
morbid heredity. Tredgold states that
In his inquiries "over so per cent. Of
persons suffering from the severer
grades of ament!a (mental deficiency
we're the descendants of pronounced
homeopathic stock. In 60 per cent.
the heredity was in the form of
insanity or epilepsy: while in is per
cent IT consisted OF a marked family
tendency to paralysis. cerebral hemor-
rhaRes or various neuroses and psy-
chooses Onsanities)."
lie further cites the findings Of Beach
and Shuttleworth that insanity. cpl
lepsy and allied neuroses were well
marked in the ancestors of ~ per cent.
VI INV DttltuNF NI'N fNhullufut NIN III
Caldicott considers that 20 To 10 per
cent have homeopathic antecedents. In
America a commission appointed by the
Legislature of Connecticut found neuro-
pathic heredity to he the undoubted
cause in 80 per cent In Germany Koch
came 10 the conclusion that II ac-
counted for 60 per cent Of cases In
Switzerland ,canton Of Bcrn) the
census Of 1898 showed that heredity was
present In 80 per cent OF idiots while
In Norway Ludwig Dahl found 1t 10
occur in 20 per cent OF cases"
Generally spcakng We may say that
in al diseases there are two causative
agents operating. an underlying cause
and preclpltating cause. The French
Revolution may he paralleled The UNI
DERIVING cause was the oppression Of
the bourgeosie by the mobiles for sew
eral centuries: tho preciptatIng cause
was the storming or the Basti.e.
In paresis. for example, popularity
known as softening OF the brain, the
underlying fundamental cause Is a GER
tain so-Called blood disease. while the
factors which may bring the symptoms
Of parcsis to the fore, precipitate them
are mental stress and anxiety. alco.
holism and the like \ person may
have the blood disease and never de-
velop paresis or any other very strik-
ingly serious maladN. simply because
the precipitating causes are avoided.
Thus much can he done in the way oi
prevention in mental hygiene not only
In the present generation. hut ever
more especially for those To follow
Irnunpina Ia nile in ho.
rcdtary factors. hut legislation will mo-
do 1t. What is necessary Is the wider
dissemination OF knowledge Of these
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Drawn and superior intelligence do not
necessarily make the best soldiers.
with the leaders it is different. but
they are few and are seldom shot. To
quote David starr Jordan. There was
once time when the struggles OF ar
mics resulted In a survival OF the fft-
test when the race was indeed to the
swift and the battle to the strong. The
invention OF 'villainous gunpowder' has
changed all this. Except the kind OF
warfare called guerrilla. the quality OF
the individual has ceased to be much Of
factor. The clown can shoot down
the hero and. In the words OF Charles
F.. Lummis. he doesn't have to look the
hero In the face while he shoots the
shell destroys the clown and hero alike,
and the machine gun mows down whole
ranks impartially. There IL little play
for selection in modern war save what
is shown in the process OF enlistment"
And in an up to date Armageddon
such as now selection in enlistment ia
one of the worst features; the RANK
and file private is submerged and assiri
lated into huge units; he is democratize 4
to an IL, brain atrophles for want Of
use Drawn is whipped 20 the maximum
and then left neglected 10y the roadside.
Il is sad that the German infantryman
doesn't even attempt to aim-he simply
places the gun ut his shoulder and
shoots. individual craftsmanship has
given way to vclley fire. /, Is also re-
ported that the Germans don't like the
old fashioned bayonet charges Yet
their military was supposed to be the
latest word in armies.
Thus individual heroism. endurance
and ability have vanished. II Is now
largely a question OF mechanics, with
these sterling qualities feeding the fur
naCes
Dealing with the period following the
Franco German war. Max Nordau
writes: Every single Frenchman suf-
fcred reverscs Of fortune. lost some
members of his family and felt himself
personally robbed OF his dearest con-
ccptions. nay, even OF his honor. The
whole people fell into the condition Of
a man suddenly visited nv a crushing
blow Of destiny. In his fortune. his posi-
ton his family, his reputation. even in
his self-respect"
!, Is well known 10 psyChiatrists that
stress and strain operate most heavily in
breaking down nervous stability The
more civilized We become the more in
sane We have, and the same IL true of
all diseases in general. 1t is not the
increased intelligence Itself coexisten,
with advanced civlizat ton that tends to.
ward nerve exhaustion. II il the wear
and tear OF nerve tissue involved in
/ the struggle for existence together witt
/ the refining Of the nervous system
4 which makes the mechanism more deli.
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birthratc Of Germany increased and that
Of France decreased. But Germany had
been increasing and France decreasing
before the war
In the year 1872. when the German
Empire was enjoying increased pros
perIty (Which later. however, proved to
hc largely innatedD there were $4,000
marriages concluded When the eco
nomic panic reached It's height in 1873
the marriages fell to 335,133. But the
important thing from the physical and
mental stability point Of view Is not SO
much he number Of marriages and
births, but the quality Of the children
horn.
Physicians are accustomed to sur
round prospective mothers with safe
guards tending to eliminate as much
as possible deleterlous nervous infiu-
cnccs, and what Is perhaps even moro
salient, We must see that their physical
conditions are az sound az possible
Already in Germany the food supply is
growing short, with prices steadily ris-
ing. In such dreadful times as these
what must tho mental and physical
conditions Of tho majority of these I'M
happy women he?
Furthermore, with n marked dimi.
mutton in the number of males. women
will to much greater extent than
| formerly take their places in the fields
and factories. That hard labor con-
hncmont within doors. &c. are detri-
mental Ia the nervous system and ma.
tcrnty, especially to women not aCcus.
toned to such conditions. cannot bs
denied
Herbert Spencer formulated this doc.
trine: The ability to maintain indi.
vidual life and the ability To multiply
vary inversely." In other words, tn,
more specialized we become under the
| Increasing stress Of civilization the less
! Il do We become for procreation. HighlS
developed nervous mechanlsms tcnC
toward comparative sterility. And II
might he interesting To note here that
maternity IL frauEht with more danger
now than ii used to be- and the placid
| ignorant peasant woman has an easier
| time than her neurotic city bred sister
The present European war IL q
! friGhtful calamity. Materially. It will
profit nothing. Much will he forever
| lost and the rest will he merely re-
distributed. Mental and physical SUI.
! fering will never he atoned for. Tn,
| sum total Of European mind will b,
less efficient and healthy than it was.
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Continued from mira Page.


finishing an nj frcsco luncheon. They
Joined us and proved to he The only
American War Correspondent, greatly
annoyed at being captured. as he had
been so often captured during the Mexi-
can war that no copy was left In a
for him; an only English War Cor
respondent, in khaki suit that imi-
lated "A uniform, and with the ribbons
Of several medals. another American
war correspondent, not yet among the
"onlies" and an eX-ofccr Of the United
states army, who could not understand
why that title could not pass him every
where.
They had been Carccrlng round the
country on tho strength Of possessing
cards which admitted rcpor' ers 20 OH
tain the official Communiqucs in Paris
twice day, and naturally found them
selves stopped when they drove into
mouse trap like a Quarter General.
Fortunately for them AZ we were to
he sent away at ,and because ! ne
| lieve, the headquarters STAFF was to
move the next daY) they were sent
away a the same time Our automobile
was returned Ia us, but in a sad state
Tho starter refused to work. the hand
rake was out of business, and generally
pcaklng our handsome Packard looked
lsrCputable,
About the procession got under way,
Two carloads, one Of real war CORE
spondents and one uf amateurs each
with gendarme to keep them ln and "A
gendarmo captain in a third,
We were supposed to make Paris 10y
80, but IT was before We reached
the Notifications. As It was evident
that We should not hc FREQ before all
restaurants were closed we debated
whether We should adjourn to the
apartment NJ the stout or slim "orrc-
spondent To consume the remaining hnN
NJ sardinrs and anything else We could
and IN their married quarters We
settled this point before reaching Gen
| GallienVs quarters and were discussing
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they do not carry much cargo. and M
less passenger traffic Is heavy tho noat.
ing palaces are lucky 10 make expenses.
Smaller liners. such as the President
Lincoln. President Grant PcnnsyI,ana.
Grosser Kurfuerst. Rarbarossa and yes-
sells of this type roll up the profits for
the Hamburg and Bremen shipping
men. 1t Is coincidence that an 4
these ships which paid So Handsomely
In the past are now tied up in this uor..
The President Lincoln and Presden.
Grant, which are now lying idle AT thA
Hamburg-Ame!ican South Brooklyn pier.
are the most modern of this d.vi-
dend fleet and are probably the Two
best paying ships anoat. with a very
large cargo and stcerage passenger
capacity those two vessels have op.v
S5out one-third she operating expenses
of the great express ships.
The Lincoln and the Grant. each "
$4,000 tons register. have a capacity FOR
$4,000 tons Of cargo each. II was In
these vessels that "A good deal OF he
American machinery and heavy freight
for Germany were carried They very
seldom left port that they wore not
down To the plimsoll mark with cargo.
h'lh AlidN lllfdIl "a DIG Dill LOT inc SnlN
p"rs To pay.
Very little cargo j. carried hv tho
express ships. those palatial vessels that
must have an army Of stewards IN
board to say nothing of the expensive
food and the 1000 tons ~ coal eaten
mp every day. 1t has hcen said tina,
it cost sl25.oOo to run the Vatcrlani
round voyage But II the vessel had
500 saloon passengers at $3.50 each Ire
trip would probably he profitable. tn y
is not considering second or third claas
passengers, from which some profit could
reasonably he expected on such
voyage. But of cargo she would lave
very little on any trip. probably Snn
or 900 tons OF light stuff. known as
| express freight
party Of newspaper men were com
ing up the bay several months ago on
n tug with Vice Director Never NJ the
| Hamburg American Line. The Penn
sylvania passed down the harbor bound
out to sea.
Give me that ship said Mr. Never
with smile, 'and you can have al tho
| big ones"
| The remark was made in n more or
less joking way, but II meant that the
smaller ship, needing n comparatively
small number OF stewards and without
the luxurious accommodations 81 a
! floating hotel, but with big cargo space
and steerage capacity. is really the big
dividend builder and the foundation ~
all profits in the long run. Liners "
this class run all the year, except for
a short overhaul period. but the Natc"-
land and lmperator and other h.g
vessels must be laid up each year from
about November to April I. This =
necessary because OF slackness in pas
senger business.
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the presiding deity OF the press bureau
which runs the war publicity depart
ment with an IRON hand' lie told IA ne
mao arranged 10 spare us nigh' IN
'hercneNiul prison put 10 nix uS up
III me FORMER hlgh school, which We hNu
just ieit
snouiu not FORGET however u''
.ne AoJutaht In charge or the 'h'T'he'
Miul prison SAID the same thing "a mo
.o'ohe' commanding the gendhfh"S NJ
No'hieny' we were sun not prisoners
Only detained IN fact,' ne adn'''
'herche-Midi is not a prison
In what had been the library NJ me
school seven beds were placed WIN
mattresses, pillows and ono BLANKET
| was glad | had brought n sack away
as souvenir: It was useful ON 50 r'i
night. Gendarmes were placed -
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n her fathers store az hookkceper.
Then the villain enters. This youth also
loves the girl, He so plans his cam
paign that Christy gets into difficulties
with the father and leaves the store.
Matty secures the girls promise to wait
for him and starts out 10 make a base
ball career. lie goes into a bush league,
where he plays phenomenal ball. A big
league scout discovers him and makes
him an offer. Chrlsty goes away TO the
city. gradually pitching his way to fame.
Throughout the entire picture there is
enough action taking place on the ball
grounds to keep all bail fans inter-
ested Fortified by his record Chrsty
then returns TO his home town, only TO
discover that his sweetheart's asher has
become an ardent baseball rooter. The
father gives Matty his permission Ia
marry the girl any time he wants.
When 1t was first learned that Christy
had Joined the movies many Of his ad-