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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Activity at Howard Beach Estates

motorists. II will border two miles OF
the finest waterfront on Jamaica Bay
and afford a delightful "coOl-Oh" drive.
The run from Forest Hills park or
Eastern Parkway down Woodhaven
Avenue and Old South Road can be
made in a few minutes.
Additional development work IS un-
der way at Howard Beach Estates.
Storm sewers are being installed, ce-
rent sidewalks and curbs laid and
grading and topsoiling continue. Sew
eral new cottages and bungalows are IN
process of erection and many more are
Planned. The new Casino on the 0each
front is proving a great attraction 70
the residents of the estate and their
friends. The estates IS thus rapidly
being brought up TO the attractive de-
velopment planned by Frederick w;
Kavanaugh, president of the Howard
Estates Development Company.
Howard Beach Estates Is only thirty
minutes from Broadway via the electric
train service of the Long Island kali
road and is planned 10 interest the
family Of moderate means. II IS rea-
sonably restricted all-year home COM
munity, having all city conyeniences.
There are no assessments for improve
ments. All lots have waterfront priyi-
leges and the pleasures and physical
benefits of boating. bathing and fishing
may be enjoyed freely. The bathing
beach and the private canals offer IN
matched facilities for water sports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
MINEOLA TO HAVE
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Building to Cost S50,00O-Ex-
tensions of Village Water
and Gas Mains.

The progress of the village Of Nine
ola, the county seat of Nassau County,
is fully commensurate with the de-
mand for homes in that suburban
county of Long Island. Because of
the steady influx of population and
the resultant increase in public school
attendance a high school is being built
that will cost $4,000. 1t is the third
public school building TO be built in
Mineola in the last decade.
Evidence Of the splendid financial
condition of the village corporation is
afforded by the fact that 1t took only
sixteen days To negotiate the sale OF
the school bonds providing money for
the construction of the high school
Extensions of the villages water and
pas mains are being made through the
boulevard section of Mlneola, where
high class improvements are under
way. This section marks an innova-
ton in the growth of the place. as II
lies midway between Mineola and East
Williston stations Of the Long Island
Railroad. where development and i'm
proVement are deteIWIHtu aloHE '"N
best residential lines and where prop
erty long remained dormant because
the old Quaker families that owned
il would not sell until during the last
wear. Situated directly at the foot
of Wheatley Hills. this part of Mine
ola - growing substantially through
the logic of its environment. The
trend Of Mineola's best improvements
is toward East Williston. The Boule-
ward section is directly accessible TO
two railroad stations and fee values
are benehting proportionately
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Rapid Work on New Com
position of Asphalt
Pavement Being Laid.

Progress at the Howard Beach Es-
tates on Jamaica Bay is being made
ar a rapid rate. Two miles Of asphalt
paving is now being laid by a large
construction force on streets hereto
fore paved with macadam and granite
blocks. The streets being thus repayed
are Deer Street. from Aqueduct station
on the Rockaway division Of the Long
Island Railroad, 10 FLYNN Avenue,
thence westerly TO the mile-long canal
bisecting the estates and south on
Hawtree Avenue TO tie Casino on the
beach front, a total distance of mile
and a half. The streets around those
blocks adjacent 10 the Ramblersvllle
station on the property also are being
paved. 9.
nosition known as Willie, which IS
claimed 10 have superior hardness and
wearing qualities. Il is the invention
Of Harry p. Willis, Of Waterford,
former state highway engineer. and has
been adopted by a number OF munlcl-
palities and realty developers through
out the country. -. ,s;1
Within thirty days this spIenu.u
stretch Of pavement will be open I"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Bay Ridge High School, Fourth
Avenue, 9th and Senator
Streets, Brooklyn.

ings. even such plans as those referred
to will not suffice in some parts of The
Bronx and of Brooklyn to accommodate
all the pupils seeking admission to the
public schools.
"Already the number of children who
are receiving less than five hours
dav of schooling has increased TO lOl,-
396 and we had on September 30, 1914,
1.7S8 classes with fifty or more chill
dren to a teacher. We are approaching
an almost unexampled crisis in the
matter of school accommodation"
The growth of our high school popu-
lation, he points out, Is one OF the most
extraordinary phenomena in the his
tory of American education; double
sessions in them are injurious, and
even more than in the elementary
schools it is the duty Of the Board OF
Education to insist on adequate appro-
priations for new sites and buildings
An ample trial in the Washington
Irving High School, he explains, mas
shown the deplorable results OF the
double session plan, and 1t would be a
calamity to the youth of this city 10
depend upon that plan for permanent
relief to our congested schools.
A month ago the Board of Educa-
ton took action toward establishing
ON an extensive scale the system OF
instruction that has been practised IN
the so-called model" town OF Gary
Ind. ,.,o
As starter, a group of twelve
schools in the upper north and east
sides of The Bronx, are to be adaptea
10 the Gary plan, and the two ne"
school buildings known as NO. 04, at
IntorvaIe av.. Freeman and Chisholm
SITS. and No. 80, at st. Pauls race
Washington and Park avs, now under
construction, are to be adapted for use
under the new plan.
The cost of this new plan, as apcc
nl;ed 10 the proposed Bronx group Oh
schools. was recently reported TO the
School Board as follows:
Alterations TO eight schools anu
new equipment, $52,26O. ,,
Additions 10 four schools, with ne"
equipment, $542,OOO. Lools
Additional land for the four schoo'S'
S225 600. ..., se,6
~ 0f tbis sum. s15O0OO has been APP
propriated for an annex 70 IuD,i'
School as, at 18TH ana hon man 80
ard Iorillard Place, $lS0.OOO has Deen
IN
S Srbi a, s1l5 900 Tor Public School 81
and Sl20. 600 for Public School Az. -,
The statement is made that TINS wiz ~
render unnecessary the construction 90 Oh
two new schools proposed for this sec sec.
ton. which, with the land, would nd0 cost
about $500. 900 each, or $l,COO'OoQ;
Under the Gary plan The bron %
schools will be equipped with gynina-
sums. studios, Fairgrounds, museums museums
libraries and workshops, IN auui'ioi'
TO the regular classrooms. tau.
The net effect Of the rev syste;nI,
Of instruction for elementary puPii pms
above the fourth year is to ieng'G G,,n
their school day from four or nre
hours. as it is at present, to SIX hour'
and twenty minutes. 1 %
No more time will be devoted 10 10
actual study than at present; me nc
aim of the course is TO teach the emil
dren chow to live and how to earn a
| living" :; .bo
While some of the pupils are IN tne
regular classrooms others VIII De IN
the special studios and laboratories
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

and still others will be in the play
Grounds. The children will not De
massed, as under the existing system
az plav at one time or at study at one
time. but the whole force will be pro-
ken nm into alternating groups.
In this way the net capacity OF eacn
school will be so increased that all
maritime classes will be done away
with, il is estimated, and not only
will the children get greater Varl-
etv of study and recreation than ever
before. but they will be kept on the
city streets, with their manifold temp
tations and physical dangers. q,
The building of the modern school
is an interesting study.
Who would think of studying the
heat conductive qualities OF hooring /;
Yet this is a problem that the school
builder must solve. To lay floor IN
a classroom which will draw out the
natural heat from the feet would not
be tolerated. For that reason one Will
notice the classrooms in every school
built bv Father Knickerbocker have
wood flooring. The halls may be
asphalt or other material, but the
classrooms will be foored with WOOD:
Wood. which is full OF air cells, VIII
not chill, while other material VIII;
c. b. j. Snyder, the man who de-
signs the city's schools, has multi =,
tude of other things to think OF IN
building a school. He must plan an
attractive building or the Municipal
Art Commission will not approve the.
Man. IL must be absolutely freprooi
p py"i the Fire Department will not per
NIT it to be built. Then the Highways
Department must be pleased with the
law of the building according to the
street for the building 10 go up. ! ne
Department of Water, Gas and EIec-
tricity must also pass upon the plans
Several other city departments a'so
er,,t;n;7e the drawings before they go
70 the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment. There the plans must not
only win the boards admiration from from,
an artistic point Of view, but also from
the position Of an economist iof 'hsy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

are The men who juggle the dollars.
OF the many departments that new
school plans must please the most cX-
acting is the Board of Education.
Beautiful lines it must have. The
building must reflect its purpose
which is a very hard problem when big
windows are necessary TO meet the
light and air test. II permitted to
have smaller windows the problem OF
exterior beauty would be simpler. /.
must have beauty and an abundance Oh
light at the same time. Inc hrst must
not be sacrifice for the latter.
The courses of studies in the schools
today are many. Many of these sub
iects REQUIRE classrooms OF special ar
ranqement or position in the building
for light purposes. The science room
il best perhaps in the front of the
building. The drawing room must nave
north light; botany may De DesI
studied under light from another
angle; the dressmakers must pc IN
room not flooded with sunlight nor
must the younger mechanics be put
among machinery under the stronS
ravs of the sun. II would lnJure Ihe
ewes, and study under such condlt!oh
would not bear the best result. ne"
there are dark rooms and many otheI
special rooms necessary under tno
course of study of the modern schools
From this il is evident that the ue-
signer must be more than an arcnitee'
of ability and fine artistic sense; n.
must be a pedagogue or he VIII no'
know the special requirements IN cIass
rooms necessary 10 the teaching Vi
many subjects. ,.,.,.L
A school must be a model OF health,
fulness. 1t must guard the health o.
the healthy and improve the cGndltlon a.
Of those not so healthy. For those not
robust there is what is known as ar
"open air room Study mas a. ~
that such rooms are best several nooIs
hove the street level and with south
or southeast exposure. Attached to
I'll the open air classroom is kitchen, IN II
which foods are prepared that VII.
help to build up the physical vig0r Oh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Auditorium of the Bay Ridge
High School.

In the kindergarten rooms children are
pictured at play or some primary IN
dustry. In higher grades the decora,,
tions. if there are any, will be found
to be associated with the subject
studied in that particular room.
The nursery pictures for the walls
of the kindergarten class must not de-
pict acts of cruelty. A boy running
after a cat or a cat after a rat or any
thing of that sort-pictures which
careful mothers have seen no harm IN
placing on the walls of their children's
playrooms not be permitted by
Father Knickerbocker. He, or, rather
the men who build and care for his
schools, claim that a child's mind is
very fertile, and such pictures might
have a bad effect on the youth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

students. There is where the knowl-
edge Of medicine enters into the con,
struction OF school buildings. Special
rooms are provided for manned chill
drcn.
Then the heating qualities of ma
terials must be understood. Steel fur
niture, so much used in Offices, IS
tabooed in schools. for the reason that
IL would reduce the natural heat of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BEING COMPLETED
Several Are Expected 10
Be Ready by Opening
of Next Term.
DIR. MAXWELL TELLS
OF NEED FOR MORE
Multitude of Things the De-
signer, c. B. J. Synder, Has
10 Think Of.

In suburban parts Of The Bronx.
Brooklvn and Richmond boroughs city
schools are the principal factors for
their upbuilding. While the surround
ings may be healthful and charming,
rents reasonable and transit facilities
GOOD. usually the first thing parents
want 90 know before moving 70 new
location is How near is school II
il is beyond walking distance Tor a
thild or # a car is necessary TO reach
Cne. other attractions Of the nclChbor-
hood fail TO appeal to average parents.
MANY are afraid 20 trust their young
sters 70 travel on car lines unless
escorted.
The large rapid transit improvements
row under way will IN the next few
years result in the building uD Of new
residential sections in the var GUS Dor
Cughs. This will mean that new
schools IN these districts Will be need
cd. Figures show that many children
are on part time" in spite OF the
dozen or more schools now under con-
struction in The Bronx, Brooklyn,
Queens and Richmond. some Of which
are expected TO be ready when the
schools open again this fall.
City Superintendent William H. Max
we'll, iu his sixteenth annual report,
maze .asl eDI-.Iy' ~ pi1 cr;tic; go The
Board Of Estimates attitude toward
reducing the appropriation for pubic
schools. Practically no money was
given by the Board of Estimate for new
sites and buildings in 1914.
There are now twelve new schools IN
the course Of construction in The
"IoAA' DIOoh4!H' queens Gu ".
as IN az rs ia "a ia ani a four
% 80, -, -, 70 Public
- FSr9 prooI,1,-n and Nos OF
~. 80 D." 49, aL,oIe bo;ro,
gnu % 'H queens NY &c rrho
nuN' are Nos, - o., 90 anu G., 4o' - NJ
y. bronx ~ 81 ana 20, III 1919
TO- IN BROOK. To ana nos; ~ ~ Gnu 80 -
hlehmond. PuDHc ScnooI o. az 49,
envy ST., near broadway Is ~ PLeSoil'
the newest OF the Manhattan sonGolo;;
! viii De opened at 'he HSN'
"IIn' .1o.;o, e
Naplu progress Io"aII ooiiipie III U;,,b
CeiNE mace on lhe IIu9hinE .aiitod
.0ngoI' Ne" IealuieS 70 NC catioi j.,
~, ~ '"S ~ amer On'4Gs NE III E;oid
~ i,e Diou@' a' I-a9V Io4Vh -, GU &C
'@SS' between preston any -aoi -,
WI oe a swimming pooI' sH0"'4
~ c;...,dor+
1fav,'an @''l. ' report 49, daroer
,ba. Ell says 'AeIe Is ti"r 80 &C. to
III ,at '.e ug'e'op1heht u LniidirCs
- - ,He e.e'l',htaIy SonoV H. eating
co,e.:s-. ~ et'e"' 'S,o.r 70 The
SSp"bioS p'iiI,'Ssa 49, nnS a Ia time"
,Isrs i. .,,,toilrent in
sc5ooi h i,S{ iVsuIs III a ~ ''''''''
H. o1,.uliE opeIaslonsh ool nonula-
,io, 5as i.eci , 'ne S ,'nnrnca6ented
49, ~ S'o"" az ,o,9 ~ shaved
an w. ,e SCn0oa ye%i ro,;stor for all
tcbooIs "f 81 qs7 nTar ne school wear
l9l2-T3 The corresnonding increase in
average attendance for ali schools was
1880. Durino his neriod the clement
arv schools Lone Increased 26.O45 in
Iegjster from GSt 995 70 68744O. In
Septenber 1914 the register in ele-
hentarv schools was 754.78l, an in
crease or 28582 over the corresponding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Long Island Cottages Rented.

Arthur F. Tomlinson leased at Far
Rockaway, Long Island, for the estate
Of Emma Muhlebach to Arthur Burke
the house at 375 Broadway; also for
Oliver Whitson to Samuel Myers the
cottage at the corner OF Mott Avenue
and Oak Place, and at Edgemere, Long
Island, for Esther Levy 70 Mary van
Campon . cottage in Neptune Avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

body. The art Of the decorator must
not be lacking, or the Board of Educa..
ton will be heard from. The walls or
the classrooms and the halls must be
tinted or decorated with meaning. The
effect of colors on the eyes and nerves
must be considered, and those giving
the most pleasing atmosphere deter
mined. Decorations and paintings
must convey some ideas. For instance,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19
WONDERS OF MILKY WAY.
The ''Diamond Dust" That GlitterS in
the Eastern Sky.

August and September are the best
months to observe the summer con-
stellations because then they are high
at an early hour of the evening. says
Latimer J. Wilson, in Southern Wo-
mans Magazine. They are also the
best observing months in some To-
calities where there is less rainfall.
The showers of June and July have
become less frequent and the hot day
is followed at night by a thin haze
instead of water-laden clouds. The
haze does little to prevent star-gazing
unless it becomes thick enough to
cut off the light of the bright stars
and blends them into harmony with
the quiet summer night. Across the
eastern sky stretches the milky way.
What is this strange Dand Of 1umi-
nous clouds? With the invention of
the telescope the mystery of the
milky way was solved. 1t was found
to be stars, in which clusters and
garlands are interviewer in the most
fantastic manner. Every point of
light is a sun. Even a good opera
glass will show that stars compose
the milky way. They are transform
ed by the opera glass into "a glitter
ing mass like diamond dust cast in
the sky. A telescope reaches deeper
into space and shows hundreds of
stars gathered into this small re-
gion. But it is the sensitive plate
attached to the telescope which re-
veals the real wonders of the milky
way. Instead of hundreds and thou
sands of stars, the photographs show
millions. The faintest objects which
can be recorded on the plate are
hopelessly beyond the reach of the
human eye even when the largest
telescopes are used. The plate ac-
cumulates the light which falls upon
it while the retina becomes tired
with continued straining for faint
light. Thus stars can be seen in
photographs which can never be seen
in the heavens.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19
Arbitration.

A peaceable man in a steel town
of Pennsylvania came upon two
youths fighting. Let me beg of
you," he earnestly besought, Ito set
tie your dispute by arbitration.
Each of you choose half dozen
friends to arbitrate"
Having seen the twelve arbitrators
selected to the satisfaction of both
sides, the man of peace went on his
way rejoicing. Half an hour later
he returned that way, and was horri-
fed to find the whole street fighting,
while in the distance police whistles
could be heard blowing and police
rushing to the spot from all quarters.
"Merciful heavens! What's the
matter now" the peacemaker asked
of an onlooker.
Sure" said the man, "the arbitra-
tors are at work"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19
Lucky stones in the Mails.

1t does not seem possible that in
this admittedly enlightened age suf-
ficient number of persons could be
found credulous enough to pay high
prices for lucky stones,' alleged to
possess mysterious powers by means
of which lost jewelry is restored, true
and false friends pointed out, the
sick healed, the poor brought into
possession of wealth, the unemploy-
ed assured of work, hard luck BAN
ished and secrets revealed. A post
Office fraud order just issued dis
closes that such a business has been
conducted by mail from Philadelphia
for a term of years, during which the
profits have been at least 100000,
and for the last several years the
promoters have gained an average of
$4,000 a year by purchasing the
stones at prices ranging from ? to
Is cents each and selling them at
prices based on the'estimated credu-
lity and purchasing ability of the vic
tins. Customers were obtained by
circulars with highly spiced litera-
ture. lists of names purchased from
'astrologers" and others engaged in
one way or another in relieving the
weak. foolish and superstitious of
their money.-Rochester Post-Ex-
press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19
As She Took Him Up.

81 went home feeling awfully bad
the other night" confides a married
friend to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MY eye was bright, my step was
firm, my head was clear and my d.
gestion was perfect-still | was feel
ing rotten. l told my wife about it
as soon as I got into the house. |
groaned something pitiful. At din
ner | groaned some more. though |
was so hungry that | had to keep
right on eating in spite of the mis-
sus' protests. Finally she said:
I'm afraid. dearie. that you
won't be we'll enough TO go to that
dance with me tonight And. before
I thought. | blurted out:
"'Durn it. I'm afraid | will
And I couldn't explain to her that
if was a slip of the tongue. and she
dragged me out with her in spite OF
my shrieks of pain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19
AN ORDINANCE.

to regulate the Driving and Speed Of
Automobiles at Certain Corners in
the Town of Bamberg:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Bamberg,
now met and sitting, and by authori-
ty of the same:
That all automobiles shall come
to a full stop before making the turn
at the corner of Main street and Rail-
road avenue, the corner Of Main
street and Church street, and the
corner of Railroad avenue and New
Bridge street, in the Town of Bam-
berg. All persons violating the pro-
visions of this Ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined not more than
One Hundred Dollars, or be imprison-
ed not longer than Thirty Days, at
the discretion of the Mayor.
Done in Town Council this 5th day
of August, in the year of our Lord
1915.
E. C. HAYS,
E. H. HENDERSON, Mayor.
Clerk
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19
Her Serene Highness.

Little green lizard, threading the
Over the lawn to the sea,
Fearest thou not where the people
pass,
Hither and thither, to be?
For the lords of the earth, their
pride and their fall,
Carest thou not in the least?
Thou who are lowliest, dost thou
have all.
Being lord of thyself, little beast?
Whittier thou goest and what is thy
thought,
Serenely here by the sea.
Curiously wonder /. knowing that
naught
may think interests thee!
Shadow of ebon wings frighteth thee
not.
Nor rustic of far. far soaring palm,
AS it sways in the sky where the
snowy clouds dot
The blue of the tropical calm.
Lift then thy tiny head all unafraid,
Innl.ipo 70 ont fO fha sea-
Feeling the flicker of sunshine and
shade,
And happy. just living. to be.
M. E. Buhler. in the New York
Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-19

TheAObserver, it may be noticed,
is taking no part in the beauty con-
test" for the harvest jubilee,
which is to form one of the attrac-
tions of State fair week in Columbia
We may be regarded as little old
fashioned in saying so; but we do
not approve of thrusting young
women forward in a beauty contest.
It may be all right; but it doesn t
look good to us, and so We are not
giving it any space or other en-
couragement.- -Newberry Observer.
Yes, and there's another reason;
and that is the contest referred to is
pure advertising matter; and If the
Observer can afford to give its space
for free advertising, it. can afford to
do more than this newspaper can. 1t
is time newspapers treated every
body alike. If store conducted
such a contest. it would have to pay
for the advertising; why not the
State fair? When the dividends, II
any, are paid, the newspaper will not
be included.