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Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21

{, 1t has also geatly facili-
tated the learning of English. That
lis, Welsh-speaking child of nine,
who has learned his own language
first, will write better English and
read English more intelligently than
a Welsh-speaking child Of eleven who
has been taught English exclusively
from the first day he entered school"
In the light of the most fundamental
facts of psychology and the experience
Of great nation in dealing with the
problem of teaching its language, our
language, the English language, to a
polyglot people, we are forced to say
that the schools Of the Spanish-speak
ing sections of New Mexico will never
be efficient until the child entering the
school receives his instruction in the
language OF the home.
As a conclusion, | would recommend
that a series Of Spanish readers be
chosen for the Spanish-speaking chill
dren of grades I, II, and Ill; that
these children be taught by teachers
who know both the Spanish and the
English language; that the teachers
begin oral English and continue it
for three or four years, introducing
the Spanish child to the English read
er probably in the fourth grade, and
as soon thereafter as possible, carry
on all instruction in English.
In this way, save the native Ian
guage to the child, and make the ac-
quired language of more value to him
No one of you realizes the Importance
Of English to the spanish-American
people more than I do; but you and
/, saturated with our English. are no
more anxious for the Spanish-Ameri-
can children TO learn the English than
the fathers, who know not a word Of
English. The whole idea Of this pa
per is to find way to better teach
the English, and am certain that psy-
and experience point the way
as herein expressed.
The football classic at the new Yale
Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21

and must be the invention Of an i'm
things Of heir neighbors, it is unfortn
nately too true that many people do
credit them. The composition Of the
Masonic committee happily frees it9
report from any possible suspicion
OF favoritism to Catholics and il rs
our hope that the exposition Of this
infamous invention may act as a
warning to our non-catholic friends
not to credit the equally vicious slam
ders that are now and hereafter Will
continue to be invented and circulated
from the same sources that live BY
fostering hatred and ill-will between
man and man"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21
CHECK Kidney froubIe = once

There is such ready action IN Foley
Kidney Pills. you feel their healing
from sthe very first dose Backache,
weak, sore kidneys, painful bladder
and irregular action disappear with
their use. o. Palmer, Green Bay.
Wis, says :i'My wife is rapidly re-
covering her health and strength, due
solely to Foley Kidney Pills. o. G.
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Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21
ROBERTS FAVORS EDUCATION OF
THE YOUNG In NATIVE LANGUAGE
Meeting Educational Council Today

Mexico, it seems to me the price is
too great. When the kaiser forces
the German language upon Alsace.
Lorraine, and the czar Of all the Rus
slams commands that the Polander
and the Finn forget his native tongue
and learn to read in the language Of
the conqueror, we express our indigna-
tion in no uncertain terms. Yet when
we have a problem of bi-lingualism to
deal with, we settle it upon the basis
that the language of the majority
must displace the language Of the few.
After all, is the Spanish language the
language of the few, when we con
slider American possessions?
This educational problem is not for
US in New Mexico alone. It exists
in Arizona, California in nearby Cuba
and Porto Rico, and in far away Ma
nila. Here in New Mexico we face
a fact, a condition, and not a theory.
We have children entering school at
six years of age, who know not word
of English. We Immediately give
them an English-spealing teacher.
who knows no Spanish, who attempts
to teach them to read. She does sue
coed in teaching them a list of words
that they can say by rote, but they
have no conception of their meaning.
When an EngIish-speaking child
comes into the school, we Immediately
say to the teacher, Proceed from the
known to the unknown Learn the
apperceptive mass of the pupil and his
home terminology, and make the
school work harmonize with them. ;"
In teaching the English child to read,
we use the familiar words of the
home. When Spanish-speaking
child enters the school, teacher,
speaking what is to the pupil a
strange iargon, who knows nothing
that he knows, so rar as language is
concerned, undertakes to teach him to
read, by proceeding from the unknown
to the unknown along the paths of the
unknown.
There is just one thing 10 do with
the Spanish-speaking child Of the first
and second grades, and that II to teach
him to read in the Spanish language,
the language of his home, using the
same psychology that we use in deal
ing with the English-speaking child.
You may say that this conclusion
is reached a priority; that experience
only is the real test Of the efficiency
OF a system. Accepting such a die
tum, we will turn to the experience
of the nation most successful in edu-
eating people of every language. The
world has marveled at the colonial
system of Great Britain, and every
nation on earth studies that system
carefully, that it may know how best
to deal with the political phases Of
colonial life. Today, we are not in
terested in politics, but in education,
and ask the question, How has Eng
land dealt with the question Of bi-lin
gualism throughout her many varied
In dealing with the question, the
Right Honorable Walter Runciman,
of parliament. in addressing
the Conference on Bi-lingualism in
1911, declared: First Of all, Of course,
one wants to know what are the Ian
guage conditions of the home"
SO far as l have been able to dis
cover, the question Of what language
shall be taught in the primary grades
Is settled in every section Of the
great empire in accordance with the
Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21

DIR. Frank FL, H. Roberts, president
Of the New Mexico Normal University
Of this city, today advocated, at the
meeting Of the state educational coun-
Gil in Albuquerque, the teaching Of the
younger Spanish-American children
in their native language DR.. Roberts
said it had been proved that children
make better progress in school when
the language used there is the Ian
glaage of the home. He said that af-
ter few years early training in the
native language, the child will take up
English more readily than had he
been set to work studying in that
tongue from the first.
Here follows DR.. Roberts speech in
full:t
The educational system OF New
Mexico is suffering from two funda-
mental errors The school men are
responsible for one; the other is
forced upon us. | know of no error
in all our pedagogical experience more
persistent than the tendency of the
school man to generalize from too
meager data. He finds one thing that
works we'll with one student, and then
says, "This is a good thing for all
students" A professor in the Agri-
cultural College of Colorado found
some old and seasoned school men
interested in plant breeding Imme-
diately, he said, "Since this is Of value
to some Of our students, it is surely
of value to every school boy or girl,
and am going to the State Teachers
Association, to tell them what should
be taught to every boy and girl in
Colorado It seems to me we show
no better pedagogical judgment than
this when we say a text book that
Is particularly adapted to the schools
of the Pecos Valley rs, therefore,
adapted to every school throughout
the state Of New Mexico. Thinking
in the same way, we have said that
the schools Of New Mexico, regardless
Of race or previous attainment of
pupils must teach all students in the
same way and for the same length of
time
The state should be districted into
at least three districts. Into one dis
trict would place all those schools
where English is the only language
Of the children. In another district,
i would place those children whose
only language on entering school is
the Spanish. The third district would
contain those schools where both Eng
lish and Spanish are the language Of
the home. / realize that no hard and
fast lines can be, drawn, but these
divisions can be approximated. Each
section should have its own organiza-
tion, it's own course of study, and its
teachers trained to meet its peculiar
needs.
The second error, the one forced
upon the state and accepted by many
without protest, is the requirement
that all the teaching in the schools
Of the state be in English. The En-
abling Act declared that provision
shall be made for the establishment
and maintenance Of system Of pub
lie schools ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
and that said schools shall always be
conducted in English" In conform
ity with this requirement, the makers
Of our state constitution wrote into
that document the very words Of the
Enabling Act, said schools shall al
ways be conducted in English" Al
though statehood was boon to New
Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21
QUARANTINE IS LIFTED

Washington Nov. 2l The quaran
tine against cattle shipments from
Canada to the United States, imposed
because of the foot and mouth dis
ease, was lifted today by the depart
ment Of agriculture
Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-21
REMARKABLE
CASE Of Mrs. HAM
Declares Lydia E. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound
Saved Her Life
and Sanity.
Shamrock, Mo. 81 feel it my duty !
TO tell the public the condition Of nv

health before using
your medicine. / had
falling, inhamma-
ton and congestion,
fem ale weakness,
pains in both sides,
backaches and bear
ing down pains, was
short of memory,
nervous, impatient,
passed sleeple less
nj h is, and had
neither strength nor
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

Phone job orders to the Tidings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
THE STAY-AT-HONIES.

No matter how widely the summer
vacation habit spreads, there is al.
ways a steadfast section of the popu-
lation who almost never travel.
With some persons it is a natural
lack of "wanderlust." Others cant
quit their job, or think they can't.
Some lack the price of the railroad
ticket But anyway, these stay-at-
homes have a stability that one must
admire.
The man who turns up every week
day in the year at his place of labor
or business may lack the broadening
culture of travel. But there is a
splendid discipline in his regular
habits of work.
Usually he becomes a good deal of
! philosopher. He finds that even his
own home town is world by itself
a theatre of absorbing comedy and
tragedy. The sun shines Just as
bright, the oxygen is just as stimu
lating here as anywhere. AS far al
happiness goes, that is nto a matter
of location or movement, but capac
ity for taking an interest in human
life around us.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
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The Newspaper and the Town.


The value of live, energetic news
paper to any town or city Is absolute
Iy impossible of estimation. There
are so many ways that the newspaper
promotes the interest of the city and
the individual citizen when it is pub
lshed that it would be like trying to
number the sands of the sea to enum-
crate them. 1t is the true friend of
the city or town, and every resident
thereof, and stands ready to fight the
battles even of individual citizens in
a way that no other agency has either
the nerve or the courage to do 1t
stands as a great bulwark of defense
for the city and for the people.
But this is only one feature" says
the Publishers Auxiliary. There's
another that is seldom given much
thought, and that is that the news
papers of any town or city are pay
ing investment for such places as in
dustrial institutions. People welcome
with open arms and loud acclaim any
factory costing a few thousand dol
lars, and they think the town is Won
derfully fortunate in securing plant
that will give employment to a num-
ber of people. Sometimes they even
put up a bonus to secure such a
plant. There are many newspapers
which give employment to a number
of people, and nothing is thought OF
it. The money that comes to the
paper is spent in the town or city
where it is published. None of it
goes away except for ink and paper
and some other small supplies that
cannot be bought at home. The news
paper is essentially a home institu-
ton. 1t works day and night to
build up its home town and state and
spends it's money freely with home
people 1t is published on strict busi-
ness principles these days, and that
is the reason for the growth and pros
perity that has come to many papers
during the past few years.
"As a business enterprise a good
newspaper is about the best industry
that any town has and its publishers
ask nothing but a square deal"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

An exchange that has been figuring
on the hard times has come to the
conclusion that they are caused by
the fact that most people buy more
than they produce. 1t says: eve let
our timber rot and buy fencing; we
throw away our ashes and buy soap;
we give away our hides and buy rope;
we raise dogs and buy hogs; we let
our manure go to waste and buy
guano; we grow weeds and buy vege-
tables and brooms; we catch five
cent fish with a 81 rod; we build
school houses and send our children
off to be educated; and lastly we send
our boys out with a $40 gun and a
$40 dog to hunt for ten-cent birds.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Hadley's Fame Soon Gone.

V. o. Lawrence, an Oakland busi-
ness man, was talking to the Rotary
Club about advertising.
"If you want to get results you
must advertise continually" he said.
"The public forgets. Just to prove
this to you, l will give a prize to any
man here who can tell me offhand
who was President Taft's running
mate at the last election. I'll ven
ture there isn't a man here who can
remember the name, although it was
household word with all of us al
the time"
The speaker paused while the 10d
men in the room pondered. Finally
one said:
do you know yourself who il
was?"
Lawrence laughed. 81 do not" he
admitted. II intended to call up one
of the newspapers to find out, but
forgot it,"
The question remained unanswered
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

author, and of the printer and pub
Usher thereof; and any person writ
ing, printing, publishing, circulating.
posting or causing to be written,
printed, circulated, posted or pub
lished any such letter, bill, placard,
circular or poster as aforesaid, which
fails to bear on its face the name and
address of the author and the printer
or publisher shall be guilty of an lille
gal practice, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be punished by fine of not
less than $40 nor more than 81, 900"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
MUST HEED CORRUPT PRACTICE
ACT.

For convenience and guidance OF
officeseekers we are giving herewith
section 3519 of statutes relating to
elections, Lords Oregon laws:
ct shall be unlawful to write,
print or circulate through the malls
or otherwise any letter, circular, bill,
placard or poster relating to any cleo
tion or to any candidate at any cleo
ton, unless the same shall bear on
it's face the name and address of the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
| HIsTRIC AND EMPHATIC mo"

Secretary Bryan, in view of the ap-
preaching Chautauqua season, asked
congress for an appropriation for a
special assistant secretary of state"
to be appointed by himself. The
presumption ives he desired a man
who would be responsible to him and
not to the president, the senate or
the country. The salary of the special
assistant which Mr.. Bryan desired to
leave on the job was to have been
$4,000 a year.
Bryan's proposition was before the
house. The arguments had been
heard and the roll had been called.
The vote was 217 against the pre-
mier's special assistant.
"Call my name" growled Speaker
Clark.
"Mr. Clark% called the clerk.
''No."
The speakers vote came like an
explosion. 1t was a short word, but
its mingled growl and roar voiced
revenge for treason at Baltimore and
all the pent-up hate of two years re-
| Election.
When the house heard the speak
er's vote and recalled the events OF
the last two years there went up a
round of applause seldom equaled in
that body.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
THE PAVED HIGHWAY.

1t will be interesting to watch the
effect of paving the Pacific Highway
upon Jackson county.
Already, before the road Is opened
to travel, we have the announcement
of an interurban auto-bus line, which
will provide hourly passenger service
between the communities. Auto
truck lines on regular schedules that
will pick up and deliver the output
of farm and orchard and distribute
the merchandise from the city store
will follow as a matter of course.
The paved highway will give to
the farmer the benefits of the city,
yet preserve the charm of country
life. The farmer along it uses cleo
tricity, enjoys the telephone and
cheap transportation. 1t is far less
trouble for him to go to the city than
it is for the average city dweller to
reach the business center.
1t seems more than probable that
the first result OF the paved road will
be an increase of population and of
homes, subdivision of property, more
intensive cultivation-a greater de-
velopment all along the line. Hence
the paved road will increase the
wealth and resources of the country
to a far greater extent than its origi-
nal cost.
But the influence of the paved
highway will not end here. 1t will
make the county a Mecca for tourists,
and so bring in a constant stream OF
revenue during the summer months.
1t will unite the various communities
of the valley into one large commun-
ity, with common interests and COM
mon purposes, wiping out sectional
strife and discord, for eventually the
highway will be lined with suburban
homes.
Extending in an unbroken line of
pavement to San Francisco and Los
Angeles, the highway will virtually
annex this county to California. The
ties that bind grow stronger yearly.
From the north there is little CO.
operation. A streak of mud will sup
plant the paved boulevard in Oregon
and there will be little temptation
either for tourist or resident to go
north when the south offers so much
more. This constant intercourse be-
tween southern Oregon and Califor-
mia is bound to produce community
of interest.
Josephine county should bond it.
self and complete the highway from
the Jackson county boundary to
Grants Pass, thence towards Crescent
City. The California tourist will
then come up the Pacific Highway
and go back the coast route, or vice
versa. There is no particular object
in constructing the highway north
when northern counties refuse coop
Grafton. The improvement of the
CT ater Lake Highway will afford an
outlet east to Central Oregon. thence
north and via the Columbi1 Highway
to Portland.
The paved highway promises tc
have a most important effect upoI
the growth and development of thu
country as we'll as beneficially affect
ing the character OF the population
by molding a new and broader envir
onment. 1t will change the countr,
as the paved streets have transforme,
the city. The example set by jackson
county will force the road develop
ment of the balance of the state an
help create new Oregon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

Some complaint has come regard
ing the giving of half the road in case
of an automobile coming up behind
team. The parties claim that when
they come up behind fellow with a
team he stubbornly refuses to give
any of the road, no matter if there is
plenty of room to turn out. Now the
law recognizes the rights of both the
man with the team and the man with
the auto, and these rights should be
respected. There are plenty of men
who are running autos who should be
driving OK teams and vice versa, but
all men should not be treated that
way. The law says that when man
is overtaken by faster vehicle, the
man driving the slower vehicle shall
turn out and give half of the beaten
path.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

A statistician has figured that to
raise a boy in the simplest way from
babyhood to IS years of age costs
$4,000. II that is true, let the statis-
tician figure out the problem Of how
a man who earns $3.50 a day rears
four boys and three girls without beg
ging, borrowing or stealing. And 1t
has been done, is being done and will
be done.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

Open eyes will discover opportuni-
ties everywhere; open ears will never
fail to detect the cries Of those who
are perishing for assistance; open
hearts will never want for worthy OBJ
jects upon which to bestow their
gifts; open hands will never lack for
noble work to do.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

The Commercial Club Is desirous
OF obtaining good specimens Of grains
and grasses for exhibit purposes. Will
those who have such kindly leave at
the Commercial Club rooms? II
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

When n man puts in fourteen hours
fishing and then doesn't land enough
fish for one meal he stops repining
for the primitive days when every
householder provided his table from
forest and stream.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03

Phone news items to the Tidings.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-05
ADDITION TO new
PLYMOUTH SCHOOL

That $4,000 addition is to be built
this summer to the New Plymouth high
school, four rooms and school audi
torium being added besides a modern
system Of heating, plumbing and ven
tilating, is the information brought by
Rev. P. M. Smock, pastor of the New
Plymouth Baptist church, who in COM
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Murphy
and daughter and Mrs. George Walker,
drove to Boise Wednesday to attend
the funeral of Mr.. RateSn.
Rev. Smock states that the entire
course of study in the school has been
changed and that elementary agricul-
ture will be given next term for the
boys and domestic science for the girls
Professor o. d. Carper. former prlnci-
pal at the Franklin school on the bench
and later superintendent of the Star
schools, has been engaged as superin-
tendent of the New Plymouth schools
and the trustees propose to spare no
expense in making the school efficient
in every department.