davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02

ested in knowing just how most of the
cents are, o written, but manufacture
ed. There is usually one man who is
as resourceful as a Balzac so far as
ideas and plots for stories are concern
ed. He cannot, though. develop them
all, SO he employs a number of men
who write for him. know of one man
who has a contract to furnish his pub
Usher each year with twenty-five books
manufactured in this way. Another
author manufactured last year more
than fifty. BY such methods from year
to year the p~opular-priced series are
kept going, the manager of the writing
syndicate being able to furnish the
publisher upon demand any kind Of a
story that may be needed.
In almost all Of this "mile-a-minute
fiction" some inhammable tale of inn
probable adventure is told. Boys move
about in aeroplanes as easily as though
on bicycles; criminals are captured by
them with a facility that matches the
ability of Sherlock Holmes; and when
it comes to getting on in the world,
the cleverness of these hustling boys is
comparable only to those captains of
industry and N2poleons of finance who
have made millions in a minute. In
superable difficulties and crushing cir
cumstances are as easily overcome and
conquered as in fairy tales. Indeed, no
popular character of history or legend
or NEUROLOGICAL story was ever more
wise, more brave, more resouceful,
than some of these upto-the-minute
boy heroes are made to appear in the
Sunday supplement Juvenile stories.
One of the most valuable assets a
boy has is his imagination. In proper
ton as this is nurtured a boy develops
initiative and resourcefulness. The
greatest possible service that educa-
ton can render Is to train the boy to
grasp and master new situations as
they constantly present themselves to
him; and what helps more to make
such adjustment than a lively imag'na-
ton? Story books of the right sort
stimulate and conserve this noble fac
ulty, while those Of the vile and cheap
er sort, by overstimulation, debauch
and ~vitiate, as brain and body are de-
.tauched and destroyed by strong drink.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02

that boys and girls read only such
books as are safe for them to read. The
Christmas season is approaching when
boys, in the form Of gift books, will be
deluged with the nickel novel in dis
gui,e.
Franklin X. Ma ,hews, Chief Scout
Librarian Of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, in the Blowing Out the Boys
Brains said:
What 1900 School Children Did
Between Friday and the Following
Monday" and The Hobbies of 933
Boys" were the captions Of
two charts that attracted uni
versal attention at the Roches-
ter, New York, Child Welfare Ex-
hibit recently held. In both cases read
ing claimed tho largest PERCENTAGE of
time. That is most gratifying; but it
must be understood that practically in
ell surveys of children's reading made
by Librarians and teachers alICst with
out exception the unwclcome fact is
disclosed that the books Gf the under
ground library" are as influential as
those circulated by public means.
Happily, though, the volumes of the
dime or the nickel novel are fast dis
appearing from this private circulating
. nxnh 90 FThrntoh thn GOOD In Hnnnanc
of the public libraries and schools and
the successful competition of the
movies" the "yellow-back" Is being
hard hit. But, alas! the modern pen
ny Dreadful has not been banished
quite so completely as at first appears.
It's latest appearance is in the dis
guise of the bound book, and some
times SO attractively bound that it
takes its place on the retail bookstore
shelf alongside the best Juvenile publ
cations.
In making a survey Of children's
reading in a certain southern city re-
Gently, in the very best bookstore |
found the famous Frank Merriwell
nickel novel series bound in cloth and
selling for fifty cents. And | happen
to know that the author of this series,
under another name, is writing other
books for the anne publishing house.
The fact of the business is that the
p,SSing of the half-dime novel has
meant lean times fer the authors of
this type of reading | have it upon
very good authority that the circula-
ton of the leading nickel novel has
been reduced from 200, 900 tC $4,000 a
week. Consequently these writer's
must find a new market for their out
put; and this Is supplied for the most
part by some of those publishers whose
books are written by authors whose
motives and methods are similar to
these of the original producers of slot.
machine juveniles.
The public will, | am sure, be inter
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02

be accomplished if we had more teach
ers, more time, more money or better
Libraries. We are concerned just now
with the problem of making the most
of our present resources.
Thought reading direct, were it pos
sible, would aid materially in a better
understanding between teacher and
pupils.
In personal conference lies the
teachers opportunity to learn of the
pupils motives, of his needs, of the
stumbling blocks in his way, his en-
vironments, physical defects. etc, and
to impress upon him that you are his
friend.
What May Come to Pass
I'VE would infer from the subject
under consideration that the high
school recognizes the need of con-
trolling the environment and methods
of the pupils at work. The time may
come when teachers will do less class
teaching and more educational guild
ance" during the class hour, Perhaps
it is true that at present the modern
teacher has too often, by force of ira
dition and method, become a mere au-
tomato recitation receiving device and
a machine lesson assigning apparatus.
The class room is the chief place
of publication. Publication in the class
room offers an opportunity for judic-
ious criticism. The conviction grows
stronger everywhere, however, that
the true object Of correction is to
teach self-correction. Hence the pri-
vate consultation hour, with its oppor-
tunity for individual instruction and
supplying right motives, has become a
necessity.
Various plans have been devised for
properly adjusting the school program
to allow for such a period.
Il am led to Deneve Inat it is not al
together necessary to provide a separ-
ATE pSIlOu tApItSSly lOI lulS pun poSt'
School Day Long Enough
Some educators believe that the
best solution of the problem is to ar
range the schedule so as to provide for
longer periods. This necessitates a
longer school day.
IF the common eight hour law of
the municipality, the state and the Uni
ted States applies to the adult man for
manual labor l cannot comprehend
why it should not be unhesitatingly en-
forced in school work in favor of the
growing child who has not reached his
maturity, since mental labor is more
trying and e%neryating.
I'm the Brookings school there are
seven periods, each As minutes in
length. The schedule is SO arranged
that a period may be doubled in a sub
/ ject at least two days per week with
out ~disarranging or interfering with
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02
WATCH THE BOYS READING

The Safety First" movement has e.
tended to the Boy Scouts and the week
from November % to December 4 has
been set aside for all welfare workers
to express the movement by seeing
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02
LOCAL EDUCATORS
At STATE MEETING
BROOklNGS TEACHERS FIGURED
PROMINENTLY IN ABERDEEN
SESSIONS LAST WEEK
BROWNING SAYS "TALK TO PUPILS"
Tells Best Methods for Teaching Emo
lish and Perisho Gives Statistics
On Educational Standing

Educators of B~rookings played a
prominent part in the meeting of the
South Dakota Educational Association
at Aberdeen last week. The entire
teaching corps of the city schools at
tended the sessions while a large num-
Der of the faculty at State College
were also present and many appeared
on the general and departmental pro-
grams.
The total number of teachers who
registered was almost 1900, over 200
ahead of the number at Sioux Falls
last year. Watertown was selected as
the next place of meeting, Pierre and
Sioux Falls contesting that choice.
The sessions closed Wednesday even
ing when Madame Gadski sang before
the convention. The constitution was
amended to permit librarians, mem
bers of the board of regents and school
boards to active membership, and also
to change the method of election,
adopting the Australian ballot system,
with nominations at the primary of the
second day of the session, and if a ma
jority of votes cast is not secured on
the ballot, to hold a secondary election
on the third day.
Lauds Musical Program
In speaking of the musical program
at the Orpheum Tuesday night the
Aberdeen News said:
Garnet Hedge, dean of the musical
department of State College, gave sew
eral selections in vocal in his master
full way. His voice is one of increas-
ing popularity everywhere he is known.
Prof. c. Christensen of the college
gave a number of selections and gain
ed repeated calls for encores. The per
son, however, who seemed to grip their
audience most completely was Miss
Laura Ferguson of the State College
who sang Now Sleeps the Crimson
Petal" House of Memories" and
"Daddy's Sweetheart" Miss Cecile
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02
WEIGH of the eastern school gave a
superior accompaniment on the piano"
Browning Delivers Address

superior accompaniment on the piano"
Browning Delivers Address
Speaking before the English Teach.
ers Association, Superintendent ]. w.
Browning of Brookings made the point
that schools are to prepare, not for
college, but for life. He said in part:
In what | shall have to say | shall
endeavor to keep in view two points.
The first is that although grammar
schools, high schools. and colleges
from an unbroken and Independent
educational system, yet the schools
have another function than to prepare
for college, and for that reason, if for
no other, the college is not a supreme
court from which educational decisions
are to be handed down. We have been
governed too long not by facts, but by
tradition or pure theory, which we
have been unwilling to abandon even
in the presence of failure.
Where English Teaching Fails
Everywhere throughout our broad
country the same characteristics mark
the outcome of English teaching in our
schools. They are: First, lack of free
dom in the use of language; second,
lack of accuracy; third, lack of fertil-
ity of thought. The child comes to
school using language freely. AS soon
as possible we put a pencil into his
hand and freeze him up In a short
time he has stopped talking. There
fore, the changes that are needed in
the teaching of this most important
subject have to do, not SO much with
the various ideals of the stpdy, as with
the method of handling it. One thing
is sure, whether we recognize the fact
or not, everywhere, and in every sub
ject, we are persisting in the use of
study courses and methods of teaching
that are maniiestly not producing the
desired results. In any other line Of
activity we abandon a method that
does not reach the end in view. In
education we persist in it.
Train Children AS Do Pigs
Upon testing some of our educa-
tional methods by even the most ele-
mentary principles of psychology, it
becomes apparent that a large num-
Der of children receive precisely the
kind of training that has been bestow-
ed upon the educated pig. AS educat-
ed pigs nod their heads or stand on
their hind feet in response to certain
noises, so children in school read with
out compromising the meaning and
write without knowing the purpose.
Must Use Facilities at Hand
"The second point which l wish to
keep in sight is that in asking what
we can do to secure increased eff
cheney in our work; we are not, for the
moment, concerned with what might
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02

Yellow copy paper. 8kx11, at the
Register office At $1.00 per thousand
sheets.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02

the regular schedule. The first portion
OF these periods consist of the usual
type of formal recitation, while the Sec
ono Is a conference period with the
teacher of the subject. The teacher
is present with her pupils, ready to aid
by thought producing suggestions. Ad-
dittonal conferences with the teachers
are voluntarily held after school.
In all the conferences in the Eng,
lish department the teacher has made
the pupils feel that this hour is likely
to bring u something new and inter
esting and really valuable as we'll, SO
that they come into the English room
in a pleasant spirit, and with an air
of expectancy which is of itself an in
spiration to teacher and pupil alike.
This is a place where teacher and
pupil meet on common grounds for
helpful progress-where the hard i'm.
peratiye thou shalt of the rest of the
day is replaced by the gentle I'VE will, :"
and where measurements of arbitrary
standards laid aside, the object of the
teacher and pupil alike is to win an
hour ahead in actual progress and un
derstanding."
Perisho Also Talks
You cannot have a republican form
Of government or maintain the demo.
cratic institutions of a state unless you
have an intelligent, educated citizen,
ship" said Ellwood C. Perisho, presi-
dent of State College before the gen,
eral meeting. The future of the ma
ton depends upon the ability of the
masses to govern, but before the peo-
pie can justly rule, they must know
how to rule. What greater work can
the schools do for the state than to
give its citizens the kind Of training
an intelligent and civic honesty"
President Perisho quoted statistics
showing South Dakota's comparatively
low national standing in educational
matters. For instance, this state
stands 32d as to number of children
Of school age in and out of school,
while North Dakota ranks 18th. AS to
school property per capita for school
children, we rank 32d while North Da,
kota ranks goth. AS to yearly expendi.
lures per child South Dakota ranks
22d while our sister state stands 18th,
As to the average school attendance OF
70 days, we rank 2Sth. AS to the cost
of schooling per child, South Dakota
ranks 9th with 25 cents per day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02
Train Children AS Do Pigs
Must Use Facilities at Hand

1.-THE second point which | wish to
keep in sight is that in asking what
cheney in our work; we are not, for the
moment, concerned with what might
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
CAR SHIPMENT DELAYED

L. Haste, assistant manager OF the
Bryan & College Interurban. informed
The Eagle today that a recent com.
munication received by them from the
American Car Company at ST. Louis
informed them that on account of re-
cent trouble at the factory they will
be unable to ship the car until January
IS, but they were positive of shipping
1t on that date. The railroads claim
they will have it in Bryan in about
four days after shipping, but it is not
expected under one week. The line
is in practical readiness now for the
car and everything is expected to
move off with smoothness as soon as
it arrives.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
QUEER FACTS FROM
EARTHQUAKE ZONE
House Construction Caused Large
Death List-Baby Born After
Mother Buried In Collapse.
lBy AssocIated Press }

Rome, Jan. l6.-The cause Of the
high mortality from the earthquake.
including villages where more persons
were killed than injured. was the con
struction OF the houses In the stricken
region These were made simply by
piling up loose stones, often without
mortar
Just outside Avezzano the searchers
found woman with a baby which Was
born after the mother was buried In
the collapse. Both are recovering.
The child was named "Torremo
tlono." meaning a small earthquake.
One hundred persons we're crushed
to death attending a funeral at a
church at CastellIri.
Twenty nuns perished while receiy.
ing Communion in front OF the altar
at Sora.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
.MK|NVEY HAS
SHARP TORNADO
Several Buildings Were Blown Down.
Damage Fifteen to Twenty
Thousand Dollars.
CBy Associated rressj

Mckinney. Tex, Jan. IA mid.
winter tornado last night south OF Nc.
Kinney did fifteen to twenty thousand
dollars damage. L. +. England's gin
building was partly blown down. The
entire west end brick wall OF the
Texas cotton mill was blown in on the
second floor
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
WATCHING WHEAT
PRICES ADVANCE
Department Of Justice Keeping Eye
Skinned for illegal
Combinations.

Washington, Jan. l6.-The Depart
ment Of Justice is watching the big
jumps in wheat and -four to make sure
that no illegal combinations are be.
hind these increased prices of food
stuffs.
President Wilson today ordered the
Attorney General of the United States
to investigate whether there was any
violation of the law in the rise Of
wheat and -four.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
TITANIC STRUGGLE COMING IN EAST
RUSSIA SENDING NEW
ARMY Of MILLION MEN

Giant Forces to be Thrown Against Prussia
She is Also Maintaining Her Forces About
Warsaw and in Hungary-Great German
General Hndenberg is Preparing to Meet
This New Move-No Change in French and
Belgium Fronts -Caucassians Scaled Car.
pathianS by Holding to Horses TaiIs-Ger.
mans Sending Large Forces Into Flanders
for a new Effort to Capture Calais Italy
Lifts Cotton Embargo and it May Now be
Shipped to Austria and Germany via Italy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
GOMEZ ARRESTED At
NEW ORLEANS
IRy Assoclated Press.l

Washington, Jan. l6.-Quirel Gomez,
a former Huerta brgadier general,
was arrested at New Orleans and or.
dered delivered at San Antonio for
trial for attempted bribery and for
diamond smuggling.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
German Official Statement.
CBy Associated PressD

Berlin, Jan. l6.-.The official an
nouncement agrees with the French
report tina, there was no importan.
iighting
II says the Germans in the victory
at scissors captured thirty.two can.
non.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
Italy Lifts Cotton Embargo.
fBv Associated PressD

Washington, Jan. l6. - The Italian
Foreign Office announces the embargo
has been removed on the re-exporta-
tion OF cotton from Italy. It may now
be shipped to Austria and Germany
via Italy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
CBy Associated Press.l }

London. Jan. i6.-Reports continue
to come that the Russians are sending
a new army OF nearly a million men
against Prussia, while maintaining
their forces undiminished about War
saw and Hungary.
Hindenberg is said to be preparing
to meet this move against Prussia.
The German reports say there is
no activity whatever at the Russian
front on accountof the wet weather.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
CARRANZA RECAPT-
URED GUADALAJARA

Vera Cruz. Mex. Jan. l6.-Carranza
officials announce the recapture O.,
Guadalajara, the second city Of Mex
leo. which villa captured In December.
Dieguez Carranza was the leader who
recap.ured the city.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
BASKETBALL TODAY.

The Wellborn high school boys
basketball team came up today to play
the Tabor school on the Bryan Bap-
tist Academy court. The game was
scheduled for 2:30 p. m. The team
was accompanied by NJ. B. Autrey,
principal of the school.
The Steep Hollow school boys bas-
ketball team was also scheduled to
play the Allen Academy team this af-
ternoon on the academy grounds at
2:SO O'Clock.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
COTTON FUTURES
ADVANCED TODAY
(ny Associated Pressl

New York, Jan. 16.-Cotton made
new high price records today. March
reaching 500 on the future market.
Southern spots rose slightly. The
cause was the increased foreign de-
mand.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
Held to Horses Tails.
IN Assoelated Pres.

10Y NHsOtIAItI FFr's
London, Jan. l6.-The native Cauca-
sian troops won one OF the most diff
cult Carpathian passes for the Rus
slams by holding to the tails Of their
ponies at night and scaling an impos.
sible looking summit
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
ATTLEMAN WAS
SHOT To DEATH
Another Wounded and the Police Are
Searching for a Ranch
Foreman.
iRv Associated Pressl

FL Paso, Tex, Jan. l6.-H. f, Boy
kin, a wealthy ca;tleman, was shot
and killed at the Sierra Blanca cattle
pens today. Walter Steers of Valen-
tine was wounded. The police are
searching for H. L. Robertson, fore
man of the Nelson Morris ranch in
Northern Mexico. He had a dispute
with Boykin over cattle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
9elsians Ignore German Soldiers.
(ny Associated Prsssl

Brussels, Jan. l6.-The Belgians
here are giving the silent treatment"
to the German landstrum which
guards the city. II soldiers enter a
shop the Belgians leave or move as far
away as possible. Women and chill
dren turn their heads the other way
on the streets when a soldier ap-
proaches.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
WHEAT MADE A
FIVE CENT DROP

Chicago. ILL.,, Jan. l6.-May wheat
dropped FIVE cents in the first fifteen
minutes OF trading today and went
down 70 Sl.iO. Selling OF immense
quantities was the cause.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
MEXICAN GIVEN
80 DAY RESPITE
(By Associated Press.)

Austin, Tex, Jan. 16.-Governor
Colquitt today respited for thirty days
the Mexican FREDERICK Gomez, sen
fenced to hang at Laredo Monday for
the murder of his sister-in-law.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
French Official Statement.
by Associated PrsssO

Paris. Jan. l6.-The official state.
ment today says the Germans recap
tured one trench in North France yes.
terday
The French made some small gains.
but generally there were only artillery
duels.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
Germans 10 Move on Calais.
nv Associated Pressl

London, Jan l6.-Many trainloads
Of German troops are reported going
into Flanders for a fresh German at
tempt TO capture Calais.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
To Be Cold in North Texas.
CRv Associated P-ess)

Dallas, Tex, Jan. l6-Twenty above
zero is predicted tonight for North
Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
THE LEGISLATURE
n RESTED TO-DAY
lRy Associated Prnss.>

Austin, Tex, Jan. 16. - Neither
branch of the Thirty.fourth Legisla-
ture was in session today.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
COTTON RECEIPTS.

Cotton has been received in the 10
cal warehouses this season as fol.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-16
SHOWING TODAY
IN PANHANDLE

NV Nhf0'IaTfI TTF7sI
Vernon. Tex. Jan. l6.-lt is snow
ing here and IN Southern Oklahoma