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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
ORATORIO TOO TAKING
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
Music Teachers Agree That
Heavy Work Should Not
Be Attempted.

Oratorio is too taxing 10 the child's
voice and therefore should not be
taught in high school. This was the
concensus of opinion expressed by the
music teachers at the session of the
Music section OF the Northern Indiana
Teachers association Friday morning
The meeting was held in the study
room on the third floor of the high
school building
on the question Us it Advisable TO
Teach Oratorio in the High School p"
J. l. Swhart Of Huntington took the
Affirmative and Mary Hartz of Logans-
port the negative. General discussion
followed and the majority OF those
present decided in favor of the mega
tive for the reason cited.
The discussion was preceded by
musical numbers by Lo Baby Bunt-
ing and Lady MoOn," by chorus
OF first grade pupils from the Laurel
Edgar Wilson. Following the talk
Al II. Willing. assistant superintend-
ent of the public schools of South
Bend, gave several solos.
During the business session at the
close OF the meeting the following
officers were elected: President, Miss
Mary Hartz of Logansport: vice pres
ident, Miss Louise Stone Of Indiana
Harbor. secretary, Miss Ida Kreif Of
LapOrte; executive committee. Mrs.
Media Sexton Of North Manchester,
Miss Edith Reynolds of Hammond.
Miss Ferne Parker of South Bend.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
PROBLEMS OF TEACHERS ARE DISCUSSED
ThrOlU Au0ay Readers and Let
Children DO Things" Expert
A dUises Primary Teachers

Take the screws out OF the seats
in the primary rooms. Let the chill
dren face each other. Make the rooms
attractive with rugs and rocking
chairs and touches. Let the children
do things"
These are a few Of the radical
changes III primary teaching methods
advocated by NJ. y. Hillegas of the
Teachers college. Columbia UNIVERSE
~, in his address before the kinder
garten and primary teachers section
Friday morning in the assembly room
at the grammar school building. His
subject was Some Of the Uses that
May BE Made of Kindergarten Train
ing in the Primary Grades"
Miss Elizabeth Harrison of the Chi
cagO National college gave a charm
ing talk on Stories" bringing out by
means Of anecdotes drawn from a rich
experience in kindergartening how
the story may cultivate not only the
Imagination and intellect of the child
but the moral virtues as well. Her
address was appropriately followed by
several well-tOld stories by Mrs. Alma
10. Ware, principal of the South Bend
Kindergarten Training school.
The musical features of the pro-
gram were two songs. Lullaby" and
dren Of the Madison school, and vocal
solos by Miss Josephine Decker.
Vice President PPesides.
In the absence Of the president of
the section, Miss Elizabeth Brewster
Of Indianapolis, Miss Lucille House of
Fort Wayne, vice president, presided.
She appointed a nominating commit
tee which reported at the close of the
meeting with the result that the fol-
n inc of
dent, Miss Lucille House of Fort
Wayne; vice president, Mrs Alma O.
Ware of South Bend; secretary, Miss
Berna Benham of LigOnier; executive
committee, Miss Elizabeth Downtown
of indianapolis. Miss Grace Turner OF
South Bend, Miss Wilhelmina Garri-
son Of Fort Wayne.
The kindergarten said Mr. Hille-
gas in opening mis- address, occupies
a position that is unique in the educa-
tiOnal world 1t has grown and in
creased steadily yet always with the
opposition of a great proportion of
public school men. It seems that par
euts have had a great deal to say Of
the kindergarten. The firm principles
upon which it has been established
seems to appeal 10 them Because Of
these very principles the kindergarten
is separated in methods, ideals and
sympathies from all the other de-
partments of education.
Looked ON With Suspicion.
"All too often the kindergarten
child is looked upon with suspicion
by the grade teacher. who. because
she does not understand the princi-
piles upon which the work has been
based. sets about TO reconstruct the
child
IF we ignore all that the child has
had i'm his year of kindergarten work.
we must decide that there is some
thing radically wrong with our ele-
mentary teaching. When / first con-
Guided that the kindergarten was an
agency i'm the child's training, / set
eTs do not utilize the foundations laid
in the kindergarten and I found from
experience that the present system of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
DECLARES MOTIVE
IS IMPORTANT IN
CHILD'S READING
Miss Gail H. CaImertOn of Fort
Wayne Discusses thinking
Versus Storage in Reading"
at Sectional Meeting.

Members Of the Reading and Kin
dergarten sections combined Friday
morning TO listen to the address Of
DR.. Hillegas. and the grammar build
Ing assembly room was turned over
10 the convention for that purpose.
Miss Gail II. -almertOn, supervisor Of
primary instruction OF Fort Wayne,
spoke at the sectional meeting on
Thinking versus Storage in Read
ing" Miss CalmertOn pointed out
that motive Of a child in reading was
Of great consequence in the direction
OF the child's study Of books. She
said in part:
There is perhaps no greater prog
ress shown along any line Of education
than in the progressive viewpoint
taken by educators in recent years
that all teaching should begin from
the learners knowledge and come
from the learners initiative.
I'm earlier days, the subject matter
was the basis Of our instruction. 1t
was not then, What is of interest to
the learner and what does he need for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
DEATHS.
MRS. LLEwELLYN oRyIs.

Mrs. Lleweilyn Orvis, IS years old,
died Thursday afternoon az Cassopo-
Us, Mich. at the home OF her daugh-
ter. Mrs. William Tamlyn. after an ill
ness Of three months OF complica-
lions. For so years Mrs. Or-vis was a
resident of South Bend Recently she
went 10 CassopOlis Ia make her home
with her daughter.
Surviving her are two daughters,
Mrs. Tamlyn and Mrs. George Daw-
son Of Winfield. kan, and three sons.
Willard and l.. IL. Orvis OF South
Bend, and nine grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Orvis was born Feb. "a. 1897
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon at . o'clock from the
First Presbyterian church, Rev. T.. A
Lippincott officiating. The body may
be viewed at the church from 10 un-
til l o'clock Saturday Burial viii be
in Riverview cemetery
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
ROBERT FREPAN.

Robert F'repan, 62, III Harrison
av., died at Epworth hospital Thurs
day evening as a result Of injuries he
received in a fall Tuesday while en-
ployed at the South Bend Chilled
Pillow Co.'S plant.
Mr.. Frepan was born in Germany.
July &c, 1852. and came TO South
Bend from that country 80 years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Au-
gusta Frepan; five children, William.
Robert Oscar and Henry Frepan and
Mrs. William Burmeister. all of South
Bend, and brother and sister in Ger
many.
He was married to Mrs Augusta
Hoffman Of this city July 1. 1880.
Mr.. Frepan was a member of the
Robert Blum lodge, No. 27S. I. O. O.
r. and Of Linden camp, No. AZ. w O.
w
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
DIVIDED OPINIONS ON
STANDARD IN WRITING
Uniform Methods of Grading
Are Discussed "Pro" and
'Con" by Teachers.

The advisabilty Of a standardized
system in grading penmanship, was
the main theme of discussion at the
meeting of the penmanship section
of the teachers association at the
high school, Friday morning Miss
Cora Ney, supervisor in the schools
here, led the discussion for the af-
hrmative, and made the point that
the graduation must be along some
uniformed scale, in order that prog
ress might be noted in the work of
the pupils. Individual grading by
the teachers, often shows very di-
Vided opinions on the same quality of
work, and hence no comparison Of
work OF different schools can be
made. The negative asserted that
under scale system, no allowance
is made for the personality of the
student, which is d factor that must
be considered at all times. w. t.
Hostetler, CT South Bend. and j. H
Bachtenkircner, OF Lafayette, upheld
this view Of the question. Miss Hen
rIeJta Lusch, gave an interesting pa
per on Grading Penmanship, which
started most OF the argument
L. u. Eberhart, of Mishawaka,
Weep president and general manager
Of the Mlshawaka Wooden Manufac-
turing CO., gave a practical talk on
the value of Good Writing" w. :.
Hiser OF indianapolis spoke on
Form and Freedom. When and
HOW, Get Each in the Grades" while
J. II. Observation-Disclosures, OF Lafayette,
told of several successful methods
employed in training penmanship
teachers and conducting teachers
meetings. Good blackboard work.
from which the pupil receives much
of his instruction, was one of the
qualities named by the speaker as
essential TO good penmanship
teacher
o. L. Rogers, of Fort Wayne. was
named president of the section, with
the other officers being as follows:
Q. NJ. Stifney, Hammond, vice-presi-
dent; Ida Snavely, Marion, secretary,
and }. ii. Bachtenkircher, of Lafay-
cite, Miss Grace Coffee. of Decatur,
and Miss Henrietta Leusch, Of Mich
igan City. members OF the executive
committee
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02

primary grade work does not make it
possible.
There are certain interests Of the
child that do not belong TO the kim
dergarten any more than to the grade.
The predominant instinct OF the child
for example, is sOciability. The kim
dergarten assists the child in making
his social adjustments, 1t teaches him
how TO give and take. An immense
amount of freedom is permitted in
the kindergarten. IL is & virtue in the
kindergarten, yet under the present
system, the primary teachers dare not
permit it.
eff the elementary teachers are to
utilize the work Of the kindergarten,
a great change must come about.
Give Up Fixed Chairs.
"In the first place fixed chairs
should be given up in the first grade
If you do not realize how difficult it is
TO place a chair for another person.
just try it once. Nine times out of
10 he will move it. Up TO the time
the child has gone to school the Sc
verest punishment that could be melted
out to it has been to sit on a chair for
two, three or five minutes. The
change to fixed chairs for six or seven
hours day is too radical.
Moreover. you can't get an adult
" tcih do lOlA6 clS llC 10 OAAC IltliibtA
in row Of individuals. To get results
let them face one another. The same
rule applies TO children.
Doing things is another of the
child's prime instincts.
1.-The parent who can devise the
greatest number of things for children
to do is TIE most successful discip-
linarian. Idleness means mischief.
"In the kindergarten the child has
been doing things principally with
his hands. In the grades. take him
along farther i'm his manual work than
he got in the kindergarten.
with a few hammers and nails in
the first grade we could accomplish
a great deal more than we do now.
Then there is the matter of games
1t is remarkable how much real
knowledge can be got out of games.
If we are not lngenius enough TO in
vent games for the first grade pupils,
let us throw it open to the children.
Could Throw Away Readers.
Gas for reading in the first grade.
We could throw away most of the
readers which we use in our primary
grades and do no harm to the child.
The vocabulary in most of the readers
now used is not built upon q study
OF the words which the child uses and
most readily learn.
"In the primary grades with which
/ am most familiar we have done
away with fixed desks. We have q
few rocking chairs. We have rugs on
the floor and if some Of the children
wish to stretch out on these to do
their studying we permit them to.
Some time we expect to have couches|
in the back Of the room. We utilize
the social and play instincts of the
child in our teaching.
This condition of the kindergarten
and primary work Will not be possible
until the kindergarten teacher can be
prevailed upon TO drop some Of her
mystic kindergarten terminolOgy. so
that she and the grade teachers can
speak the same language, and until
the grade teacher has Incorporated in
to her training some of the kinder
gardeners training"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02

her place i'm the front ranks of prog
ress. Wise men change their minds.
I'm shifting the basis of instruction
from the subject matter to that of the
child's needs. the drill element was
for a time almost discontinued. And
the loss Of formed habits proved a
great waste, for effective drill IS simply
forming habits
Games a Drill.
From the thought that actions are
completely right only when pleasure
able, the game came to take the place
of formal drill. The game produces
i'm the pupil pleasurcable excitement
and thus holds his best attention.
Habits good or bad are being
formed all the time and the habit
tendency is important. Yet we know
that habit is flexible and does not be-
come So fixed that the balance is lost
when forming new conditions.
THE thinking must be moving. the
motive i'm drill must progress Drill
with motive is getting hold of prin-
cipals which control new data such
is the reading game
Habit a Process
Then since habit is related TO the
end it must be "a moving thing. a
process. And it is the teachers part
10 supply conditions which cause
when abundant, may not produce
thinking habits, however, drill does
minimize conscious attention and con-
SeQuently fatigucs. And since habit
is a product of attention, and must
be acquired and acquired through
repetition, drill has its place. Make
the drill a game and IL manages the
child.
In the storage of a vocabulary a
81 n A. n
learning to read The thought side
of reading brings out the art. as diff
fering from the storage side-the
science 1 like 10 think OF the words
rs like a frame TO a picture. Ruskin
saws, The frame should surround the
picture with a space of silence
"Our reading matter for children
should be SO clearly within their com
prehensiOn both as 10 their command
OF words and command Of meaning
that they Will seem To need no atten-
ton when getting the thought.
The art in reading allows the read
er to note the landscape as whole.
The reader grasps the determining
words in a sentence. he quickly
judges relative values. The mind is a
new store house OF the choicest kind
and the old man as he allows his
memory 10 wander back over the past.
finds treasures of thOught.-cCmfOrt
or displeasure-accOrd 20 what he
has stored in his mind. What a re-
spOnsibility has the teacher in train
ing correct habits in reading and
thinking. for as Arnold Bennett says.
a person is and can be nothing more
than the total result of his habits Of
thought
40 election Of officers for the read
ing section took place prior 10 the ad-
iournment of the reading section 10
the grammar building. IL Is probable
that the election will be held this
evening.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
MARKETS


PITTSBURGH. April R.-CATTIE-
supply light, market steady. Choice So
dS40. prime $500 20: good s750d1.Sl +,
tidg butchers S75Om7 ~. fair sTO0fT.50 .
common s600NG15s common to good TAT
bulls $3.uNMs o. common go good Fat cows
SllO0Wl-5o- heavy aHd chin calves 5000
ST.
SHEEP AND IANTBS-Supplv light
market steady. quotations on shOrn stock
Prime. wethers SGG0mGT5: good mixed 81
WGze: fair mixed S5I0mGuo- culls and
common S3dAJo. lambs SGHS.s5: spring
lambs S12Hl6
HoCTS-ReceiptS S double decks: market
lower Prime heavy hogs 81 30g77. % /.
mediums S74JM9JO: heavy Workers 80
6sT-J5: light Workers -. l06TT ~: pigs s.
25dT.50. rouChs SGG64O. stays $3.50:
heavy mixed s. 4QGT4J
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
PRoNIsIONS.


lCOrrected DAILY by + " Mueller. 2l6
+. Jefferson Blvd
FRUIT-Oranges, per case S2.3J selling
az 2Oc 10 J0c per dOz.; lemons, per case
$50. selling at SOC to 4Oc per doz.: ba-
nanas, per bunch $40, selling at g. to pc
per doz.
NEGETABLES-New cabbage paying
2l4c per H., selling ar - per H.. new po-
tatoes, paying 30c, selling at J0c
BUTTER AND E(fGS-Countrv butter
creamery butter. paying zoe selling sc:
eggs. strictly fresh, paying 1Sc 10 2Oc.
selling at 32c 10 2Jc
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
THERESA sZDIEL.

Mrs. Theresa Szimel. IS years old,
died Thursday afternoon at her home.
712 =. Scott ST. She Is survived by
her husband, Geza Szimel ana her
son. Joseph Szimel
Funeral services were held at St
Stephens church at o'clock Friday
afternoon, Father Alexander Narlaky
officiating. Burial was in the Cedar
Grove cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
CHICAGO LIVE sroCK.

UNION STOCK YARDS. H.. April a.
HOGS-Receipts 12.0OO: market steady, -
higher Mixed and butchers S6 G0M695:
good heavy S6.75G695: rough heavy s8.4a
M6G0: light S66J669 30: pigs S5.aM6 40 ;
bulk So 100000
CATTLE Receipts LOCO; market steady.
Reeves Ss.5GfS.40. cows and heifers s. O0fI
500; calves SS2J692J
SHEEP-R Receipts 5000: market steauy
Native and western S725M9.00; lambs So
m1015
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
CAN YOU MEASURE UP?

CHICAGO. April 2.-Some western
gentleman" of about so. who does not
drink. who could keep a wife in COM
Portable circumstances, who has a
pretty good disposition. and is a clean.
neat dresser. has a chance TO become
the husband OF Mrs Nav Cessna. OF
5742 Commerce av-. Philadelphia. In
a letter to Capt O'Brien Of the city
detectives. Mrs. Cessna asked that the
Chicago police find her man answer
ing this description.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
EAST BUTTAIO STOCK.

EAST BUFFALO. April CATTLE
Receipts - head. market steady Prime
steers SS50NS75. butcher grades seas
CALVES Receipts 800 head. market
active, 10c higher. Gun 90 choice 81 .
d1J0.
SHEEP AND LAAfBS-Receipts IS head
market active and steady. Choice lambs
Sl050Gl1: cuQ % fair STm10: yearlings
SSN10: sheep 81 5od9.
HOGS-ReCciptS 1000. market active
Workers S7.60dI65: pigs $50: mixed s.
90; heavy $50; roughs SGG640; stays s.
N7I50
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
AIONZO NUTTING

Alonzo Nutting. formerly a resi-
dent of South Bend, died at Three
Ricvers, Mich. Wednesday, Funeral
services will be held at the Jones
chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon. Burial will be in the River
view cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
FUNERALS.
AIONZO NUTTING

Funeral services for Alonzo Nut
ting. who died at Three Rivers. Mich,
Thursday. Will be held from the Jones
chapel Saturday afternoon az >
o'clock. The body will be brought
from Three Rivers Friday afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
POSTPONE GAME.

The basket bali game to have been
played Thursday at the y. W. G. A
between the Sunday school classes Of
St. Pauls church and the First
Christian church was postponed for at
least two weeks The date OF the
game to be announced later
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
SOUTH BEND MARKETS
POULTRY AND MEATS.

Corrected Daily by Jimmle's Market, I23
W. Jefferson Blvd
POULTRA-Paying lie; selling 2Oc.
NEAL-Paying 121sc; selling DC
BEEF-ROast 12c, boiling PC. porter
house 80 70 "a; sirlOin Sc
HAM-Selling lSc.
LARD-Selling 1Sc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
MARCH SHOWS GAIN IN
LOCAL BUILDING WORK

Building activities took a sudden
jump through March. when - per
mits aggregating total OF S43,547
were issued from the office OF the
board of public works. This is near
ly $4,000 larger than the figure for
January. which was e5.S5e for six
permits. The figure foS February was
$17.455.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
BENJAMIN FRUIT.

Benjamin F. Fruit SO years old, 74S
Howard av. died Friday morning.
Death was due TO apoplexy. He is sur
Vived by a son. Lester, and n sister.
Mrs. Sarah Chapman. of Sullivan. III
souri,.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
HAY. STRAW AND FEED.

Corrected Daily by the Wesley Miller
HAY-Paying $l2 20 S14. selling az Sic
TO SIS.
STRAW-Paying = TO s.. selling az SIC
and zoe per bale.
CORN-Payiug Toe selling at Sc 20 90
OAIS-Paying J5c, selling at 62c 20 81.
CLOVER SEED-Paying $50. selling
at 80.
AlSIkE CLONER-Seling at $40.
TIMOTHY Selling at 81
ALFALFA-Montana grown. selling 81.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02

(Corrected Daily ~ Major Bros $ To-
gan ST.
HEAVY FAT STEERS-Fair % good
C. 70 Gl2c; dressed, 61ac 20 7i5c.
H0GS-150 lbs. up S62J 70 500.
LAMBS jisc 10 TIC: dressed &c
TO loo.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02

Corrected Daily by Warner Bros seed
store ia T.. WAYNE ST.
TIMOTHN-S3 To 81 per bu
RED CLONER-S7 20 50 ,.er bu -.
ALF'ALFA-S10 20 S11 per bu.
ALSIkE CLONER-S9 10 $50 per bu.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02

Corrected Daily 10y :. W. Lippman. DC
y. Main ST.
TALLOW-R Rough, - % o.; rendered
No. l. 4c To- &C.. No. .. s. 20 &C.
HIDES-Green, No. j. zoe 10 l2c; cured
calf skin. 10c 90 1Jc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
FATALLY BURNED.


NEWARK, \. j., April One
woman was fatally burned and two
others seriously injured in "A fire at
the metal factory Of Kelly & CO. this
city Thursday. II is feared that the
four story factory building viii be
total loss
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
SPARKS START FIRE.

Fire starting from chimney sparks
burned a small hole in the roof OF
the residence of Howard Edwards, 500
Dubail av, at o'clock Thursday
night. Small damage was done TO the
building. Hose company number 10
nadn the run
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
LODGE. No 27s. l. o. O T.

All members are requested 10 meet
at their hall Sunday April 4. at ! p.
m. TO attend the funeral OF Past Grand
Robert Frepan.
CHAS. J. ENG Ell y G.
GUSTAVE TOEPKE. Secretary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-08
PERFECT FITTING UNDER
WEAR is HERE

Men who appreciate a good COM
Portable fitting union suit, one that
can be worn without being con-
stantly reminded of it, will find that
desired feeling of comfort and sat
isfaction in Lewis Union Suits or in
our Kenosha Cooper Union Suits.
We have a suit to fit each need,
light, medium and heavy weight
and in all the good materials. All
are knitted in the latest and most
approved manner, and all are made
with the best closed crotch, that
really does not cape or bunch up
and that is closed to stay closed
with one convenient button. Prices
$1.OO, $1.25, S1.5O, S1.75.
$500 to $500. Let us prove to
you the value of these suits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-08
THE CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi.
eel Health.

The experience Of Motherhood is try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in a hundred is prepared or un.
derstalGs how to properly care for her
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial Of strength, and when it is over
her system has received q shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
light upon this comes the nervous strain
Of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplsinable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time In which TO prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
livery woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, most valuable tonic and
invigorator Of the female organism.