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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-20

Mr.. j. G. Mcguire, of Yazoo
City, who is now representing +.
C. Palmer and Company. of New
Orleans, spent the first of the
week in Columbus the guests Of
friends.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-20
Holding Annual Session This
Week in VEST
Point.
MANY ptlfGlTts ARE IN ATTENDANCE
Endorse Action Taken by Wood
row Wilson on Sinking ofthe
Lusitania.

Nearly one hundred delegates
to the Mississippi Press Assocla-
tion. which is in session in West
Point this week, arrived in Co
lumbus about 6 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. accompanied by the
West Point Hussar Band. They
came to this city on a special
train from the A. and M. College,
where they were guests from
noon until 5 p. m. and they re-
NAMED here until II o'clock last
night.
After reaching the city, the
large number of visitors were
met at the Southern depot by a
special committee and were es-
corted to the college. After be-
ifnnEE ifnnEE-sss.ss sss.sswn over the campus, they
enjoyed adinner given in their
honor in Skattuck hall. At s
o'clock an Interesting musical
program was i,eard in the college
chanel.
The fiftieth anniversary meet
ing of tie association Convened
at the city hall in West Point at
9o'clock Tuesday morning, pre-
sided over by President C. S
Glassco, of Cleveland, W. Alfred
Bean. of Amory. acting secretary.
The largest delegation ever
known in the history of the asso'
citation is in attendance.
The most important feature OF
Tuesday was the resolution intro
duced by E. A. Fitzgerald, of the
Vicksburg Herald. endorsing the
action taken by President Wood
row Wilson in the sinking of the
Lusitania. The resolution, which
was unanimously adopted, was
as follows:
''The Mississippi Press Associ
alton at it's 50th annual meeting
congratulates our beloved presi
dent, Woodrow Wilson, on tn
able and patriotic note addressed
by him to the Emperor of Ger
many on the sinking of the Lu
sitania. This magnificent stat
paper in every way carries
message of humanity and justice
two of the highest tyres of char
acter known to the human race.
The address of welcome wa
delivered by Hon. T. Z. Kin
brough, and the keys of the cit
were presented to the member
OF the association by W. G. Rot
erts, of the West Point Board O
Trade. Their talks were respoC
ed to by W. H. Rucker, of tn
Itta Bena Times. A delightfl
musical program was then rel
dered. After a most comple1
and instructive address by tn
president, C. S. Glassco, an az
journment was taken.
The afternoon session was d.
voted mostly to addresses ar
papers pertaining to newspap'
work. A talk on "Mississip
Ready Prints for Mississippi P
pers" by Thos. E. Kelley.
Jackson, was followed by an i
teresting paper on "Busine
Methods and Records" read
C. E. Cunningham. of the Ne'
ton Record. "Fifiieth MilesioI
in History Of Association" "
the sail jeci If a talk made by
T. Carlisle. of tie West Poi
Leader. A most inter, sting {
ticle was next given by Rad
Reed, editor of the HoustonHu
mer, his subject being i'Piint'
dom.
At o'clock the crowd was {
tertained with a matinee at
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-20

Elite Theatre.
Tuesday evening a luncheon
and band concert were highly en-
joyed at the Southern Christian
ollege.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-20

Miss DJretta Weiss has return
ed to Meridian after a pleasant
visit to Mrs. A. Gerstensang.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1915-05-20

Hon. M. Maxine is spending
several days in Alabama on bust
ness.
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with their knowledge. For this. they
are not to be blamed.

with their knowledge. For this. they
are not to be blamed.
System At Fault.
1T is the system which Is at fault.
The unprepared. badly trained
eighth grade pupil is given an in
structor for whom he is not ready
and who should rightly be given
jurisdiction over the infinitely more
vital training Of the small child.
When I say the forces OF educa-
ton are scattered. l mean that the
young child. instead of being taught
to read and write and spell. Is show
cred with masses Of miscellaneous
In his brain but are soon supplanted
by other things. The child should be
taught to work. to correlate the
written and spoken word, and to
learn through fundamental mathe-
matics the meaning Of study and
concentration.
Il believe in manual training as
supplementary to grade studies. es-
pecially where the Classes contain
children whose future Is to enter the
world in working capacity at an
early age.
There is too much oral informa-
ton given the children and not
enough oral work from them. The
teachers have too much to do.
Too Many Pupils.
Then you think that the teacher
has too many pupils under her
charger" I asked with memory Of
my own school days when from forty
to flfty children in a class room was
the rule.
Most decidedly" she said smil-
ing. for the hule should be, in jus.
tice to teacher and pupil. fifteen to
one instructor. The high school
classes are SO arranged that the pu-
pills receive more individual instruc-
ton. Why on earth should the
small child. whose nature is so COM
plex. and who needs above anything
individual attention. be standa rdized,
forced to fit himself to general
educational system, and the older
child. more poised, sensible and grown
up, be given the attention which is
really unnecessary?
III the children in the grades were
taught study and concentra tton in
stead Of miscellaneous knowledge
which they do not retain, and do not
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SEEN IN THE SHOPS
By the Shopper

Every one is willing to admit that
future generations will moke greater
use Of electricity for cooking pur-
poses than We have. and though
electric stoves have been on sale for
several years, the majority of them
have been priced at IS or more. At
lhs small electric stove has bsen
put Gu 1 & market that hes as great
:. ~ etv q Uses as n lnp.c c. en-
sfvc article, yet is priced at s2.15. II
may be used to toast. to hrNn hops
and small steaks, and, in addition.
to cook foods in pans. as on a gas
stove. Coffee or tea may be made
upon 1t and later in the day this
useful and compact little stove
makes a valuable extra burner to
help IN ErcpNr'Lt dinner.
A young peoples store IN T. street
announces that this Is Babies
Week" with them. Special price, in
all departments are a feature of the
eale. Among the most tempting bar
Iains are children's dresses at IL.
These arc made of white lawns and
GrSandies. trimmed with embroidery
or lace with wide ribbon-run beading
at tho waist. These dresses are
suitable for children from the ages
of two to six School dresses for
be found developed In the pretticst
Gingams and chambrays. The mother
who Ia trying to save herself hours
Of heated worl, with q sewing ma
chine when the first depressing hot
days fnd her children with all last
years clothes ready for the scrap
bag, will give very genuine sighs OF
relief when she sees what dainty
garments she can buy ready-made
- SsSsonable prices.
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Peters Adventures in
Matrinony
BY LEONA DALRYMPLE.
ASHFORD ONCE MORE.

ASHFORD ONCE MORE.
" HE grease We packed in the
clutch did the trick. The engine
decided to 90 once moro. and
we were saved another night
upon the water. We ran very slowly
after that at my suggestion. It was
night by the time We reached the hotel.
and was in quite as black a mood as
ever had been in my existence.
vas tired. sleepy. dirty. hungry. and
my sunburn was agony. Arms, legs,
shoulders and face were stin and nam
ing. How very hard men work for
evolved a cynical philosophy Of recrea-
ton as walked UP toward the hotel.
Peter Makes q Mistake.
Mary. beside me. stumbled. found
that her arms were full Of things, some
cushions that she'd smuggled out from
our room, and one or two things that
case and wern't.
Good heavens!" said irrita bly,,
why in the world are you carrying ali
that stun. anyway"
Because" snapped Mary. ITS got to
70 back. and you didn't ofrer to carry
7 didn't know you had it," flashed
No said Mary, with dangerously
sions ana Staring so .ympstheteallS ei fiSns at
your legs that you forgot my sunburn
'Give me the things l said. ITS
bad enough for us to go through the
miserable. without you following me
bruta''
stopped short and snorted.
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MISS ELIZABETH TIMLOW.

require. they would be able. on enter
Ing into higher branches oe educa-
tional work. to do without the expert
teacher. the highly paid college
graduate. and could have their work
capably overseen by the normal
their work would be moro important
than It's actual administration.
For Older Teachers.
TO 60 back to a fuller explana
tion OF the need for older teachers,
can give a few definite examples OF
Just what mean. Experienced
teachers understand or should under
stand child psychology. Normal
school graduates know about 1t. but
nothing counts but actual experience
II Is the application OF theoretical
child training which alone is Of value.
gained certain amount Of po.se. and
of refinement. She should be free
to a certain extent in the admins
tration Of her work. and Aloud not
be held down and confined by
standard which ruthlessly crushes
know when and how to change the
work OF the small child. and this
goes, not by anything which can be
learned out Of book but through
experience. certain qualities OF un-
derstand.ng. Of appreciation. are
gained only through perspective and
this foreshortened perspective of the
normal school graduate. SO lately q
pupil herself. Is not adequate to meet
the demands Of the primary grade
child.
THE first two years of the childs
school life should be replete with
study, variegated to be sure. but all
directed toward the ultimate goal Of
instruction In reading, writing and
q little arithmetic. but primarily
reading. For 1t Is by reading that
the child obtains all further infor-
nation. Poor readers demand oral
work. information impaired instead
Of gained, and this makes work for
the teacher, and none for the child
Thus his knowledge OF how to work
such an important factor in his
future life as an entity in the state
is nil.
The Memory Stage.
Again the public school system is
wrong. In that it allows, through a
lack Of knowledge Of child psych-
ology again. the ages OF eight to
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Three Minute
Journeys
Where Men Are Still Put In Stocks.
Buried Alive.
BY TEMPLE MANNING.

IN the course Of my travels. which
have taken me into nearly every
i country on the globe. naturally I
have seen many interesting and
novel sights-some Of them astonishing.
But the most astonishing thing that my
eyes ever encountered was q human
head lying on the sand-and alive. I
knew that it was alive for l could see
the eyes wink once in a while. and oc.
casionally the muscles Of the face
twitch when a ny would alight on some
Of the features.
1t was at religious fair or festival
near Lahore. in British India-some-
thing resembling our Thanksgiving. A
friend Of mine, stationed near there.
had invited me to visit him and attend
the fair saying that l might find some.
thine among the wild tribes that would
interest me. Official duties Of some sort
prevented my friend from accompany.
ing me to the gathering. but he sent a
servant to act as guide. not that I
dialects OF that section Of the empire;
but, as my friend insisted and the serv-
ant was native. ] accepted his COM
pany.
the place where the festival was being
held. and for an hour or more I wan
dered about seeing nothing that inter-
ested me much until suddenly came
upon this bare head of man lying on
any other person, bit OF sand un-
shaded and unsheltered. 1t was sight
SO uncanny and startling that for q
moment / was astounded. / thought
surely that a man had been murdered
and involuntarily looked around for
| the body. Then l saw on the face what
was apparently wink. Walking closer
&C uld sec the flies buzzing around the
! face, and then would come the twitch-
head must be enduring whether 1t was
attached to a body or not. 1t was a
| dark. bloated face. covered with a
sparse black beard and matted hair.
| thrty-five and forty years old. The
| forehead was grotesquely painted in a
way to accentuate the coarse and alto
| gether unlovely countenance.
| Just as ! was about to approach and
make closer examination. the servant.
! who had wandered away from me mo-
mentarily. came UP. and. passing me.
dropped a coin in copper bowl which
N India. is always the badge OF men
delaney. Singh Din. the servant. then
explained to me that this was but one
| OF the army of beggars and fakirs al
TSSs Tss to BE- found nSo, at affairs Of thi: sort
would have himself buried in the sand
| up to his neck early in the morning
and remain there all day. his little cop
per bowl near him. Late at night his
| friends or attendants would dig him
out. and they would divide the spoils
| Of the little copper bowl.
| ! took snap shot at the beggar
! greatly to singh Din's perturbation but
not to the disturbance OF the buried
man. who winked with satisfaction a,
the handful of small coins I left in the
bowl
tcopyrisht BY Nswspaoss ysas,rs ssrvse>AI
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Mary" l said. do you realize that
we're on the verge Of a quarrel, simply
because I'm all in and you're all In. and
we're both taking It out on the other"
along peaceably enough until you turned
You mean" said. until You STUN
bled tactfully to let me know you were
carrying that stuff."
, Mary.s color was 50 high that I felt
II didn't stumble purposely." she said.
almost in tears. my arms hurst 80,
and I was 80 tired couldn't help It,"
felt positively that I was brute. II
Mary had said so I wouldn't have de-
MED It. Yet felt too irritable and per
verse to apologize. and stalkeG on with
Mary at my heels. don't remember
whether or not said good-by to Jaynes.
l didn't much care.
Mary Shows Her Charity.
I'm sorry you feel so badly. Peter"
said Mary. suddenly. ana was con-
After all. the essence Of woman's soul
Likely" I said to Mary. Il don't feel
q great deal worse than you do still.
Mari. l must. for I can scarcely walk.
Shall telephone a doctor?'
Good Lord. no." snorted. He'd
probably think I was a great fool max
Ing such a row over sunburn."
''Mr. Jaynes told ME just what to get
for 1t. Then with bandages-'
Mr.. Jaynes." said l. for no reason at
all save here was a safe subject for re-
resentment. can go to the devil!"
Peter" 81 shed my wife. I'm afraid
you 're In temper.
Copyright by Newspaper Feature service)
The Washington times., 1915-01-29
Miss Elizabeth Timlow Sees
Overbalanced System Pre-
vailing to Detriment of the
Young and of National
Life.
Ry FLORENCE E. YODER.

The public school system in the
great majority OF States IL top
heavy and entirely overbalanced."
declares Miss Elizabeth Timlow.
principal of the Cloverside School.
who is one Of the educational COM
mittee Of the District branch OF the
Congress OF Mothers and Parent
Teacher Association. Asked why
the fourteen-year-old school sradu-
ate is untitled for anything but the
lowest order OF unskilled labor, she
said:
THE average fourteen-year-o -old
child is not even a good speller. Ia
poor in arithmetic. has no poise.
little conservative power, and,
worst Of all, cannot obey orders.
This Is not his fault. nor the fault
Of the teacher, but OF the system"
Miss Timlow Is q Wellesley grad
sns has many oi
training with small children in her
own Cloverside School.
The high schools" she said, are
showered with money, high-salaried.
experienced teachers and experts.
THIS is entirely wrong. The eduea-
most important factor In the life Of
a nation, and 1t is they who should
be given the experienced teachers,
the mental and moral training. and
the surplus of experience in teach
ers. The young teacher in the pri-
mary grade accounts largely for the
shortcomings I mentioned.
Should Be Experts.
When 81 per cent OF the children
leave the grade schools at the age
OF fourteen and have no other train
ing and when only 8 per cent 90 to
the high schools, II is evident that
the bulk Of money supplied by tax
payers should 20 for the thorough
dren who are in the majority.
'All those in charge Of grade
school work should be experts in
child psychology. and should be
thoroughly qualified to administrate
the grade school affairs. Uneducated
officials allow the forces Of the
school room to be scattered. They
grades Of the graduates Of normal
schools. AS q matter OF fact. the
young teachers should be employed
at low salaries in the teaching Of the
higher grades. while the teachers Of
the lower grades should be seasoned.
experienced women. who are paid
high salaries. Salaries should be
graded from the bottom up instead
Of from the top down as they are
now.
whenever grade school teachers
take degrees at the colleges, when
they reach tho crux Of practical and
theoretical training In an educational
way. they Immediately prepare to
leave for the high schools where
they can obtain salaries in keeping
The Washington times., 1915-01-29
DAILY EDITORIAL
For Women Readers

greet, how to say good-by. how to
enter and leave q room. and how to
act in the presence of his elders.
He should be taught how to intro
duce and when and how to give and
receive. This should not bs a con-
tinual business Of nagging. carried
through many days. but should be
an intimate and formal little occa-
sion. as regular and sacred as the
prayer time.
Mrs. Ruggles. the mother in
BIRDS Christmas Carol" had the
right idea when she rehearsed her
family. yet she was busy woman.
And her children, with their poor
clothes, but their unmistakable at
tempt at training. caught the eye Of
the Bird family. and brought them
good luck and friendship In the end.
The mother who kindly and sem
sibly makes her children little ladies
and gentlemen. poised and anxious
to appear at their best at all times,
gives them the golden key of per-
sonal magnetism, which sometimes
opens the door of opportunity for
them In later life.
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Educational Expert Finds Vital Necessity For
Revolution in Methods of the Public Schools
Child Should Be Taught to
Work Rather Than Be-
come Repository For Scat
tered Masses of Informa-
ton.

eleven to 70 by without taking ad-
vantage OF the memory stage. At
that time the child gets his craze
for secret societies. he makes up
alphabets. wants to know a snade.up
language, and scribbles code In his
copy books. Then he should be given
man viii be devoured BY him. and
his vocabulary will expand by leaps
and bounds. Arithmetic with
mechanical processes will be easier.
owing to his sharpened facilities for
memory work.
Then from ten to fourteen comes
the glimmerings Of the re- sonins age.
and algebra and geon:.y can be
given. for here is an opportunity to
supply new interest. At this age,
too, their little minds are full OF
visions. or ideals. Of hopes and as
piiations and warnings for the life
to which they are to attain. How
can q teacher OF forty-eight children
be able to foster properly these
precious years and supply the neces-
sary moral and mental stimuli? She
simply cannot do It.
Her time Is taken up with deal
ing with a class Of unframed chill.
dren who do not know how to study!
Nor how to obey Instructions! And
then, think Of the number!
The Laboratory Method.
This system Of sugarcoatins
nable. They should be taught that
some things are hard and that they
require effort. If stamina IL not
given in early life, the man and
women Will not have 1t. My children
are taught to face difficulties. They
are marked by erort and anal re-
suit. not by standard. We work by
fhA 1ohNYnfnrv tn nAthA-
matics. They are given no help.
but are marked by that which they
accomplish Each child 10 given
different work, and does that per-
fectly. What they know they know.
and It is surprising to note that no
all are rounded up by the time they
are twelve years Of age!"
This laboratory system Is whole
story in itself. and deserves more
detailed mention. Miss Timlow is
a living example OF the theory
which she breaches. for surely does
she undsrstand the psycho!osy o,
The Cricket Books" The April
Fool Twins" or "A Nest of Girls,
to realize that It Is the poised. ex-
perienced educator who should be
given the care Of the small child.
all be changed. for the good OF the
state:" I asked with q mental pic
ture Of the upheaval.
Yes" she replied. And it should
be tried out. not for one year. or
two years. but for Ave or ten. Fun
damentally the theory is correct.
Practically, It meets the demands of
the public and has been tried out
repeatedly with great success. But
II would be necessary for a whole
class to 20 through the entire set
OF grades. This means from ten to
fourteen years
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has no medical virtues
that III avow. The unchallenged
"So1acA' accrAAitod h., v,eryotR

"ObACCO has no medical virtues-
that Ill avow. The unchallenged
i "solace" accredited by nervous
smokers to this lavish. heart
expanding weed Is q victory for their
cause. 1t 10 such q victory. however.
as the armies In Europe frequently re-
port, something like this: "Our left
nank gave way slightly, our right nank
also gave way somewhat, and so did
our center. We even retreated q little
for strategic reasons. despite the over
whelming superiority Of the enemy's
numbers. but our victory in thus re-
pulsing them Is all the more complete. :"
Thus 1t 10 with the alleged ''solace"
that smoothes the brow Of the other
wise harassed adherent Of Lady Nico-
tine. Actually what has taken place Is
the hypersusceptible and irritable de-
velopn1ent Of the smokers temperament
brought about by indulgcnce-that Is
an appetite and a craving for the drug
When this Is satisfied by pipe. cigar,
cigarette or a piece In the mouth, 10!
calm and quiet hover over the face OF
the previously rippled waters. Instead
Of blame, credit and honor are given the
plant.
Opinions Vary Widely.
NICOlIHC 10 UuL ouc VI SuC IuduS iSb
vid. soul-stirring. tissue-boiling. constit-
uents Of burning tobacco. As filthy
and unsociA as the tobacco chewing
habit ts, It lacks come Of these dangers.
the smoke heated vapors and other pol
sonous fumes Of the burning refuse.
The tobacco habit cannot be consid-
ton irrespective Of Its physiological and
economic waste. Indeed, because 1t 10
an extravaganza for many men and the
origin Of throat, tongue, stomach, audi
tory and various other serious distenn-
pers In some persons. does not prove It
TO be q menace economically ana physi-
oloGical|y for everybody.
Experimental results arc always d.
vided and at variance as to the effects
Of the tobacco habit upon muscular
and intellectual efficiency. Whether q
man 10 slim or fat because he smokes
Is also still a moot point. There Is
neither vice nor virtue in the matter:
to the alcohol habit or even to any i'm
moral habit.
sane or physically perfect man should
! smoke. Tobacco, II is unanimously ad.
,hen it ennnet nG sd 0es even those it b.
chance does not harm physically. why
carry lighted match into the powder
magazine OF health?
Method of Cure.
1t 10, therefore. that summon all
reasonable men-and Of course women,
,, Of whom there are few-to abandon the
pernicious. enslaving habit. 1t 10 worth
| less to everybody. except those who deal
in It, plant 1t. or manufacture its finished
| products.
But" you ask, how am to break
| the lifelong habit" The answer rests
partly in your own will to throw of the
| shackles and in part with your deter
| mination always to do something els'
than to smoke when You crave thu
| weed
The much vauntcd silver nitrate curt
is not to be trihed with Poisoning with
nitrate OF silver is always worse ever
than the poisoning by fiery embers O.
paper and tobacco smoke. Nitrate o.
silver is a caustic which may literall,
eat away the tongue and nearby tissues