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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

What is meant by culture" and
"inoculation" in raising beans, and
to what other plants may the
method be applied to advantage!
Where can such material Of such
there be- be obtained? H. q. ID.
Beans, peas, clover, alfalfa and all
other members of the important family
of plants known as legumes enjoy n
peculiar relationship with a remarka-
able class of bacteria that has the
power of taking nitrogen out Of the air
instead of from the soil water-the
source of food for most plants. These
bacteria live in the roots of the plants
practically as parasites and store
up the nitrogen they gather in small
Jumps, or nodules, that can always be
found on vigorous plants of the legu-
minous group. When the bacteria are
absent the growth of the plants is
greatly retarded; in fact, in the case
of alfalfa it is practically impossible
TO get a stand. The process of adding
tho bacteria to the soil or of soaking
the seed with solution containing
them is called innoculation, and the
solution of bacilli is a culture. This
innoculation of soil Is usually accom-
plished by mixing with it some pre-
viously infected" earth-that is, from
field where there is or has been a
good growth Of the desired legume.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
BLAIR ACADEMYS SUCCESS
Years Activities of Institution
Show Progress.

blair Academy closed its most sue
cessful year, with record enron
ment and a very pleasant commence
mani season. The baccalaureate sermon
was preached By the Rev. James M.
Farrar. ID. D., Of Brooklyn. The com
mencement address was delivered on
"wednesday, June 10. by the Rev. DAVID
I Burrell' ID. D., Of the Marble Cole
giate Church, New York City.
The graduating class, consisted OF
thirty students, all Of whom expect 10
20 either TO college or some tecnnleal
school.
One Of the chief incidents Of the
announcement season was the an
nouncement BIZ the principal, DR.. John
r. Sharpe, Of the erection OF new
bovs' gymnasium, to be ready as early
az nossible next autumn. The building
yili be 1856 feet in length and 40 rect
in width. and will differ from any gym
nasium heretofore erected by any
school. The building will be two $40
ries. The first story will contain the
hackers. directors Offices, swimming
nool and a complete outfit in every
narticuIar. with reference TO the con-
venience of the students, and viii be
adjusted to meet the most rigid ssnl-
tary requirements. The second story
will be divided into two parts, one OF
which will be devoted to class drllls
and apparatus exercises, and the otner
TO basketball, handball and the games
not requiring any apparatus.
The prospects for the coming year
are most hattering. More students
have been enrolled than in June OF
any previous year. There is every in
dication that every room in the great
buildings on the campus will be en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
MOTHERCRAFT SCHOOL
Announcement of Summer
Session at Chautauqua.

/ The School Of Mothercraft. Mary j..
Read, director, has announced a SUM
mer session Of its activities at Chau-
+ tauqua, n T.. this year
The activities OF this school will cen
tire about two children's cottages, IN
which children. with or without their
rsrcuts. will he received as boardcrs.
ono of these will be within the Chau-
tauuua limits and ono just outside
The course OF instruction viii in
clude lectures By Miss Read, Earl
Barnes. Professor Scott Nearing and
others. Practice work in the care Of
babies and children, kindergarten and
playground games, story telling ana
study Of individual children VIII be
given in connection with the mother
craft cottages, the Chautauqua kinder
garten and Fairgrounds. 90,
The session of the school will be
cigh weeks in length. II extends
from July 6 TO August %.
The School Of Mothcrcrdft was first
opened i'm a dwelling house on West
bud av.. in New York City, several
wears ago. as home for the teaching
Of mothcring. II is the only school OF
its kind in this country. Similar
schools hae for years been conducted
i'm foreign lands. notably Sesame
House, in London, and Pestalozzi-Froe-
bel House. in Berlin.
The work of the school is designed
to meet the needs Of young women,
mothers, mothers assistants, social
workers, nurses, kindergartners, in
fact. Of all women who desire special
training in the understanding of the
child and in the knowledge Of how
to meet. sympathetically and inteli-
gently, the questions Of children.
The summer school offers special add
vantagcs to parents taking courses Of
lectures on the grounds. This is ac-
complshcd through its staff Of trained
mothers helpers, who will care for in
fants and children left in charge of the
school. This service is open TO parents
residing in the school cottages and to
those living elsewhere.
Miss Read is glad at all times TO
talk "mothcrcraft," and hopes to make
the mothercraft cottages a centre for
parents and children during the sea-
son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

For twenty two years st, AIMS Aead-
emy, conducted by the Msrist Brothers,
AZ ISIS to t57 East 10th St. has earnest
In trained boys, physically, intellect
ually and morally, toward the triple
standard Of culture, efficiency an!
character,
Sound scholarship, helpful mRnlness
and Catholic principles have. from its
foundation. been the basic principles If
St. AIMS Academy. The first work Of
the school was to set up an excellent
high school course, so carefully
planned and so efficiently executed that
the Regents soon inspected the school
and approved il. Each year since then
the students have been receiving Re
cents counts and Regents certificates
Of graduation.
But to accomplish academic and re
hciops work according to regular high
school regulations did not satisfy the
desire Of some Of the Brothers, notably
Of Brother Daeiamus, now the leading
spirit Of st. AIMS.
To give TO the students a few hours
Of type training did seem to him ana
20 his co-workers q limitation Of the
possibilities which the school ought 70
Be able to accomplish. Therefore,
Brother Dseiamus carefully observed
and set his scientifically trained mind
10 work to see how instruction could
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
PRUNING FOR
ROSE BUSHES

Pruning is a very effective opera
ton at this season if done in the
right way and on the right plants.
In the case of the old-fashioned types
that bloom but once a season it is
best to cut back rather severely as
soon as the Towering is over. This
causes the development Of strong
new growth on which flowers will be
borne next summer. Where the ram
Ter sorts are grown on a low trellis
or as q bush this same severe pruning
is a good scheme. 1t may appear
cruel, but you will find that new
growth Of from five to ten feet is
quite possible before cold weather.
Where the vine covers a porch or
pergola you will, of course, want to
leave the foliage as dense as possible.
In this case do not prune at all unless
to head back unruly shoots and cause
a branching and thickening Of lanky
stems.
A correspondent has just written TO
ask what to do for a Dorothy Perkins
plant that Seems to have grown TO
shoots. Some are as long as four
feet and thicker than the parent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Marist Brothers Success at Saint AIMS
Academy Originated Idea OF Com
plete Supervision = Boys Kept
from Evil Street Influence.

cal with home environment OF the most
desirable type Thus. at an age whom
the mind is most plastic and highly
unreasonable the boy is safcguarded
from the pitfalls Of the street. Rec
rCation adapted to his physical needs
and to his mental status is provided For
him. under the supervision Of efficient,
devoted teachers. Part Of this three
hour period is given up 10 the prepare
ton of the academic tasks Of the NOR
row and is accomplished under the
best possible conditions.
Thus, when the boy goes home to
dinner he is ready TO enjoy the social
freedom Of home society-s frecdolt
which is undisturbed on the part Of
either parent or boy by the thought Of
difficult tasks for the morrow. This
especial training in the preparation OF
the next days new lessons and in the
use of the study period is extremely
valuable TO the boy.
This especial training at st. AIMS
has been the topic Of much well de-
served praise for that institution
praise bestowed both by clergy and by
laymen.
Among the boys at st. AIMS are
many whose parents are business peo-
pie too much engrossed with economic
cares TO be able to give to their boys
proper training during the week. These
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

adult toads for breeding at S25 per
hundred
"When an English farmer wishes to
establish q toad colony, he purchases
in April, the beginning of the mating
season, a number of adult tOads and
conveys them to small, artificial
pond Tin case there is no natural pond
or quiet stream on his estate), where,
after mating, the females deposit their
eggs. The imported parents usually
wander away later on, since the local
ity is strange to them, but the young
ones which are raised upon the farm
consider the estate home, and, exhibit
ing a strong homing instinct, will sell
dom stray, hunting year after year in
the same locality and royalty repaying
him by keeping his gardens and lawns
free from noXious insects.
"A. B. Kirkland, in his article on
The American Toad tells how Celia
ThaXter, well known authoress, dis
covering that her beautiful gardens at
the Isles of Shoals were being injured
by insects, imported large number of
toads and set them free in her gardens,
which were soon saved from further
injury.
"ToGds are as useful and as desirable
in the greenhouse as in the garden.
At Maiden, Mass, a rare collection Of
orchids was being badly injured by
myriapods and sow bugs, when on the
advice of Mr.. Kirkland toads were in
troduced, the insects were devoured
and the orchids we're saved.
'Lot US hope that our wide awake
American farmers and gardeners will
follow the example of their English
brothers and establish toad colonies
throughout our country. The expense
would be small, while the benefit de-
rived would be great"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
JGfHQ- LUoD
O ST

boys remain at the academy five days
Of the week, but they spend week ends
home with their parents. The Brothers
are particularly DESTROYS of having
them make these weekly visits home in
order that home influence may not be
lessened and home ties loosened in
consequence.
Another distinguishing characteristic
of St. AIMS is that its course of study
and training is not so purely academic
as it is scientific. Thus it may be seen
that ST. AIMS has risen to the oc-
casion and been one of the first instr
tutions 10 give to boys course OF
training that will fit them for solving
the new vocational problems.
A glance at the graduates here pict-
urcd will show the high type Of Catho-
lie youth that this institution produces.
Nearly all of the graduates are accus-
toned to seek college training IN
schools Of applied science. Cornell
Columbia, Fordham and City College
are among the higher institutions of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

be supplemented by social training and
how the boys could be removed from
the danger Of the unwholesome street
influence to which they were subjected
daily from 20 o'clock.
The result of this careful observa-
ton on the part Of Brother Dsciamus,
an observation supplemented by mucn
and long consultation with his col
leagues, was a sweeping modifcati On
of the common system Of the conduct
Of high schools and the introduction Of
what has become perhaps the most
strkingly Characteristic service Of st.
AIMS namely, the day boarding sys-
ten.
This day system practically places
the boy during all Of his daily absences
from home under the direct supervi-
sion Of the Brothers.
From 9 O'Clock IN the morning until
o'clock in the afternoon the boy is 2t
school.
Every effort is made by the Brothers
to make the school surroundings identi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
GULF COAST ACADEMY
Training of Body and Mind
Under Ideal Conditions.

In many ways the Gulf Coast Mill
tary Academy is ideal for the boy, for
it is out in the country. five miles
from town. on the sea coast. This en-
ahles the boys TO avoid the distractlng
Influences Of city life and prevents
anything from interfering with the
school work The climate is such that
a boy spends all his leisure time out
Of doors all the year round. and there
is hardly q night when he cannot sleep
on the great galleries Of the dorml-
tories
The school is limited to one hundred
boarding boys, and there Is a teacher
for each twenty In this way every boy
gets from his teachers that personal
attention without which his progress is
necessarily not the best. The teachers
all live on the campus, and are in con-
slant contact with the students, not
only i'm the schoolroom, but also IN
their daily lives. This means much,
both for discipline and for the moral
tone Of the school.
The military work is Of great value
TO the growing boy. He learns lessons
of obedience. neatncss, system and self
control; lessons that he must learn
some time, if he is to attain success.
Here these habits become second ma
ture. At the same time the boy re-
ccives from the drills the best possible
opportunity for development.
The Gulf Coast Military Academy
encourages every sort Of out-of-door
athletic game. Because of the climate
there is hardly a day during the year
when there are not games of baseball,
football. basketball, or tennis going on
the splendid athletic field. Through
out nearly the whole yearly session
there arc swimming and boating. All
Of these exercises are under care
full and capable instructors, and the
swimming and boating are in charge OF
a seaman Of exceptional ability. These
things keep the boy busy in a normal,
hoalthfll way, and at no time does a
visitor 80 thc academy find boys cooped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

learning which this years graduates
will attend
In five years the number OF students
at 81. AIMS has increased from 10
20 337. The daily attendance averages
$50.
That this new type of day school,
which gives TO the boy all Of the ad-
vantages Of a boarding school while
allowing him 90 spend his nights nc
home" is an excellent innovation IN
day school education is attested 20 by
the fact that last year tho Horace
Mann High School, that excellent aca-
demic institution conducted under the
wing OF Columbia University, intro
duced this day boarding school feature
which was inaugurated by st. AIMS.
The City Of New York this year rec
ognized this beneficial ST. AIMS plan
of saving boys from the street by intro
ducing in many Of its large city ele-
mentary schools for bows the after
noon athletic centre which aims 20
amuse boys and keep them on the
street from to $3.50 o'clock each day.
At the recent commencement in June
Alfred J..Tallcy, CX-Civil Service Com
missioner. warmly praised ST. AIMS
Academy as one Of "the largest, best
and most efficient boy saving schools
of New York"
Thus. under the gentle but firm and
wise guidance Of Brother Daciamus, as
sisted by his associate Marist Brothers,
in the heart of this great city ST. AIMS
Academy does yeoman service in the
great and noble cause of education.
It's service IS expressed in two ways or
in two forms-frst, in the actual saw
ing of thousands of boys from per-
nicious influence, and, second, as a
model institution to demonstrate what
religious training, joined to efficient
and practical scholarship, can accom-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

stem" 1t may be that this precoclous
DEVELOPMENT is the result OF heavy
spring or winter pruning. If so the
best plan is to refrain from any
further trimming except, perhaps, inc
pinching back of the terminal buds
of the longest shoots. II may become
necessary to dig narrow trench
around the plant Just deep enough to
permit cutting some Of the main rooJS
two to three feet from the stem.
Still another way to induce thicker
branching growth is to bend the stems
sharply every couple of feet so as -
avoid a straight upward course Tor
the flow of sap, since this often re-
suits in bare stems tipped with
rosettes of leaves.
OF course, a healthy, vigorous cane
growth is highly desirable-u 1t
takes place at the expense of blossoms
because plenty of wood this year
means plenty of flowers next season.
However, by the use of liquid manure
and bone meal or such other we'll
balanced fertilizers instead of highly
heterogeneous material, such as nitrate
of soda, it should be possible to pro-
duce thrifty growth Of both wood
and flowers in good proportion.
The following is contributed by Sara
Savage Muller, Of Brooklyn:
"How to protect his crops against
insect pests is about the most difficult
problem that faces every gardener.
Spraying is the usual practice, but it
is expensive and often gives only tenn
porary relief. He who is wise enough
to encourage the presence Of birds and
insect eating animals is really solving
the problem for where they are numer-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

EDITED BY r. T.. p. SEYMOUR b. s. A..
"HERE are roses and roses, and the
varietal names that any expert
or professional grower has at
the end of his tongue are enough to
make your head spin. Making a very
general and arbitrary classification,
however, we can say that there are
three types with which the gardener
on = small space can beautify his
grounds. First, there arc the climbers
with the "old, original" Crimson Ram
bier. the far daintier but rather SIM
ilar Dorothy Perkins and various re-
lated forms varying from peculiar ma
cpnta shades and deep reds to pure
white In several of the latter, by the
way. the buds are a delicate yellow
right up to the time of opening, when
the white Of the inner side of the petals
makes il appear as if the vine had been
subjected to a magic touch. In TINS
same group we should mention, too, the
trailing types that arc so ehectiTe
when started over steep bank or 1t
the top Of a stone wall set into the face
OF a terrace.
A second rather distinct form is the
standard or tree rose, In which the I'M
pressive cluster Of large, rich dos
SONS is borne at the top Of a long
straight. bare stem. Such plants are,
of course. examples Of the skill OF nur'
serymen in growing the branches
stalks Of the china or rugosa species
and budding upon them the improVed,
horiferous variety, whatever It may be.
The original purpose Of the standard
rose was 10 vary the level Of the rose
garden, but it's rather ungainly SIN r
ness renders il particularly adaptaDie
TO and usually associated with the lor-
NAL garden built on geometrical lines.
However, il is frequently valuable
material in a herbaceous border where
generous splash Of color is desired
al a height )f three feet or more, anc
where there is an abundance Of other
plants TO grow up and hide the bare
trunk. One disadvantage of the stand
ard is its tenderness and the tendency
Of the stem 70 sunscald. This may be
Offset by a little added care-namely,
the wrapping of the bush with straw
, IN the late fall and its stalking at all
hines.
In the third group, which we MAJ
cs4l the bushy roses, we can include
everything else-the delicate teas, the
harder hybrids, the eoarser rugosa
type and anything that is just gar
den rose" OF course, such a classified
tiOn Is in part a matter of treatment,
since individuals Of one group may by
different care and training be thrown
into one Of the others.
The. most essential thing in the care
Of ans gort OF rose right now is the
destruction Of the rose ehafer. This
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

EUaStS.
clark Dfvou TamhertOn. Ph D., from In
structor TO uc assistant professor Of Biblcal
literature.
Bernadottc Eycrly Schmitt, NJ :. fOxonJ.
PH. D.. from instructor TO be assistant pro-
foesor Of history.
Edward Won den Stcinen, u. D.. from in.
strurt1r 10 be assistant professor OF. physical
education.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Francis Chester Becker, A. g.. 10 be IN
strurtor boo philosophy
Arthur Hamilton. A. NJ. 10 be instructor
iu romance languages.
Richard Foster Jones, A. NJ, TO be ins,ruc-
tor iu English.
Richard Stanley Forsyth,, A. NJ, 10 be in,
sfructOr in English.
Harold IIossaci< McGrcBor, A. g., 70 be In
struct0r iu chemistry.
Paul I. NgergaaTd, 4. B., 10 be instructor
iu sociology.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
ENDOWMENT FOR
HENDRIX COLLEGE
Institution Raises 100000 and
Will Seek Equal Sum to Gain
100000 Offered.

On May %, at its meeting in New
York City, the General Education
Board offered Hendrix College. Of Con
way, Ark, conditional gift Of 100000.
The conditions upon which the gift was
dependent we're: First, that Hendrix
College should raise $500, 900 more; and
second, that $4,000 of this total S4Oo,-
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gle harmful habit, being in this respect
even more desirable than any other in
habtant Of the garden either feath-
cred, furry or otherwise.
"Thc toad does not pursue It's. prey,
but depends entirely upon quickness Of
its tongue for its capture. 1t selects
an advantageous spot, perhaps beneath
a bug infested potato vine, in front Of
an ant nest or beneath a street light,
and there waits for its prey to come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

within reach Of its long, ribbon-like
tongue. This is attached to the front
instead of the back Of its mouth, and
the tip end is coated with glutinous
substance, which adheres to anything
with which it may come in contact.
During the summer the writer had
many opportunities of observing where
and how toads catch their prey.
There was one particular toad that
hunted every night on our walk be-
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cial train soon after the Christina
holidays. This migration has not
only proved the claims of its origin
ator, but has demonstrated that bet
ter school work, a higher sense Of
self-respect. and normal, healthy con
ditions result. The winter home IL
Florida consists Of permanent quar-
ters completely equipped for $50 boys
and every advantage that will promote
health, earnest work and right rels'
tions is provided.
It has required unusual patience
interchangeable labor and prolonged faith
on the part of Colonel and Mrs. Fog'
Ter to convince the public that their
method of boy-training is the RICH.
and practical solution of the problem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

600 should be used for building pur-
poses and S250,O00 should be added
TO the endowment. The college has ae-
cepted the terms OF the gift and viii
at once proceed to raise the S3Oo'OOO
required.
Previous to this offer, that IS, on
March 1. 1914. Hendrix College closed
out it's first 100000 endowment ana
invested this amount in safe interest
bearing securities. OF this sum- the
college raised s225,0OO and the General
Education Board raised S225,000.
This year the alumni and old stu
dents have just erected on the campus
at the cost Of $4,000, a beautiful home
for the president.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
BERKELEY SCHOOL GOES TO CAMP

On Friday last a merry party Of
eagerly expectsnt, light-hearted boys
and their camp leaders to the number
of forty in all-started from the Ber-
kelley School for their summer camp
at Lake Champlain. The party went
by the night boat TO Troy, thence by
way of train to Burlington,
Last Monds a yparty of other Ber-
kelley boys started to make the jour
ney to the camp by motor boat up the
Hudson. through the Chsmplain Canal,
Lake George and Lake Champlain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

Gus it is practically impossible for in
sects to get the upper hand and be-
come pests.
Among all insect eating animals
none is so useful to the farmer as the
common toad, since it feeds chiefly
upon noxious insects, such as grass
hoppers, crickets, potato bugs, gypsy
moths, brown tailed moths, cabbage
worms, cut worms, weeyils and others.
Moreover, it is possessed OF not a sin