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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-12-31
spaper Syndicate.)
CRAM M ING.

This article is not addressed ex-
clusively to students. but also to those
| who are using the common methods
of obtaining information by pressure
or force.
So unqualifiedly am l opposed to
| examining for examination, and to any
other similar process. that / have be-
come a strong advocate of reform
| in this direction, looking toward the
establishment OF a new scheme where
! by the pupil will be prevented from
continuing this vicious practice. which
| has nothing to recommend 1t.
/ would suggest irregular periods
for examinations. SO that the pupils
would not be advised In advance OF
the ordeal, and. therefore, would be
obliged to study regularly and persist
emily, If they wished to be prepared
for the tests.
It is quite likely that the pedagogue.
kiln-dried and unconventional, would
take exceptions to anything which
would disturb the dregs of his
academic tea, and would claim that
examinations would not be complete
or satisfactory unless they followed
a full term of study.
Perfection in this direction, as in
others. is impossible. Better be near
er right than farther from right. al
ways assuming that there must be OBJ
jections and often valid ones, to every
action, educational or otherwise.
My investigations. show that fully
ninety per cent of college undergrad
yates and high school pupils. includ-
ing those who are studious, cram for
examination. It has become custom.
and still remains in force.
The cramming-for-examin meth
cd. instigated in the school, is carried
through life. end enters business and
profession. Instead of learning by
study and persistent effort what is re-
quired. nearly everybody especially
prepares himself to meet some antici-
pated examination or test, which is
usually scheduled to occur on defin-
ite date. The knowledge obtained in
this way does not remain. 1t is forced
in and forces itself out. usually leav-
ing the mind as empty as 1t was in
the first place.
The business or professional man of
iuA hCa 10 oiwoyr
ready to meet emergency. He as
sumes it's constant occurrence. He
grounds himself in what he should
know. ever studying. ever learning.
ever open to suggestion, ever anxious
to obtain information. OF course, IL
an unusual task is presented to him,
he may read up or study the subject
more intently. but he does not depend
upon this special loading Of the mind
A short period of daily study accom-
plishes more than double the amount
of time spent in examining. and that
-whic'. is obtained naturally and resu-
Iarly is not easily forgotten, but re-
mains as permanent asset.
Work. whether you have to study or
do something else. Keep everlast-
ingly at 1t. whatever may be your duty
or your vocation. Learn something
every day. and do not make a special
ty OF overlooking on any one day. II
you do, you will be like the over
charged gun which is more likely to
burst than to send the shot to the
| target.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-12-31

'"If every year we could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men," Impatience
is at the root OF many defeats. 1t is customary
nowadays to sneer at tho virtue for which the
name of Job is synonymous, but those who say
that patience is the virtue of an ass or beggars
virtue not wise as the Spanish provero'
maker. who said:
"Patience! and shunie the cards" Most people
shuttle the cards eagerly -nough. but the patience
is lacking. Seeking to grasp the stars at a bound
they fall bask to the earth.
And SO. II people at he commencement OF q
New Year adjusted thei- desires In accordance
with their abilities and instead OF signing for the
unattainable made the yery most OF the oppor-
tunites vouchsafed TO them. one would hear less
OF broken resolutions and wasted lives.
DO the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knoxest to be duty, said Carlyle. Thy
second duty will already have become clearer.
The Turning Of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out of fash
ion On the last night of the year we no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than have been In the
past TT is of no use making resolutions. never
can keep them,' is the plea that is usually prof
fered This is mistake. however 1t is COM
mendable to resolve ian alarm clock helping one)
TO get up half an bour earlier than usual in the
morning. even though 1t resuts-as. alas 1t too
often does-in getting up half an hour later.
1t is what one aspires to be that counts.
II people could live more In the present 1t
would help them enormously IN tne keeping
good resolutions. So many people persist in be-
ing Just a little ahead all the time.
Tomorrow" they say, I'VE will REFORM but
the tomorrow of their imaginings never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide
Iy diverse people as Horace. the Latin poet who
iourished in 65 b. c., and pushful persons who
flourish Cexceedingly) at the present day. Join
issue in this particular.
Who begins possesses half the deed" says
Horace.
Dare to be wise: make commencement
DO it now is the curt command OF the mod.
ern apostle of Hustle" Again, Horace says. IF
you are gnorans how to live Alright. give place
TO those who have learn ID the lesson"
Get get out says manikin, following
in more concentrated. II 'ess courteous language
the same line of thought somewhat lower
plane. The concerned with the things
of the soul and the spirit: the other with worldly
advancement There some who contend that
the two cannot go together but il las has beer
contended by many men of wisdom) what a mar
is is of more importance than what he has 1t is
well to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by. II have not made progress, we have
gone back. The soul never stands still. Time ha,
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou, wild heart,
Wild heart OF youth that still
Hast half mind to stay.
! grow too old comrade;
Let part.
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the follies and immaturitie.
Of youth into old age. There is wisdom in ad
justing oneself to time, to pront by past expert
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pie who wait for the New Year before effecting
a reformation in their lives are seldom success.
full in carrying out their intentions. They are
not possessed OF the spirit of energy anG resolu
tion necessary to achievement. 1t may be
argued that it is better to make good resolutions.
even though they are not carried out, than not
10 make them at all Thir is open to question.
however. Unless is absolutely determined
10 do what one has decreed, It is perhaps on the
whole better not to make promises to oneself.
Unfulflied resolves continually repeated. tend to
weaken the character. and to reduce ones faith
IN oneself. Just resolutions put into practice
are conducive to strength and selfconfdence.
Very little tends to overbalance the resolutions
of the average person. In fact. many people vel
come any excuse to exonerate them from the
carrying out Of their resolves One Individual
determines, let US cay. never to lose his temper
He comes down on New Years morning with a
set smile on hir face. Alas! It is shortlived
The whole world seems in conspiracy to drag
him back to his former frame of mind. The cof
fee is cold. the letters which look SO aurine
prove to be chiefly bills and begging epistIes. he
falls over the doorstep he leaves the house
All these minor annoyances. which. il rightly
met, would have helped him to conquer his weak.
ness, but to throw him back into his
original state. and before evening he is ms bad
ever he has been,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-12-31

NY weakling can made resolutions.
1t needs a strong man to keep
them. That is perhaps why New
Year resolutions are SO often
futile. The strong do not wait for
high days and holy days to amend
their conduct or carry out their re-
solves. They obey Goethe's dictum:
Seize this very minute,
Boldness has genius. power and
ma apfc In if
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-12-31

Of youth into old age. There is wisdom in ad.
justing oneself TO time, to profit by past expert.
ences and to acquire that sense OF proportion
which refuses to magnify trihes into tragedies
and to worry over the Inevitable.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
HAYDN AND CHURCH MUSIC

Carpani. the poet. once asked his friend.
Haydn, how II happened that his church music
was almost always Of animating. cheerful and
even gay description" To this Haydns answer
was: u cannot make II otherwise. I write &C.
cording to the thoughts which feel When I
think upon God my heart In 30 fun Of Joy
that the notes dance and leap, a. II were from
my pen. and since God has given me q cheerful
heart II will be easily forgiven me that serve
him with cheerful spirit"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20

but
heather tn
bein converted cannibal
n Africa
|. on n q standin
talk he
all could be gathered
In orssted,"
THAT have bin campaign" venured Casey.
whenever
roof Wan would silver tn other gold bug an ch
IN mint
yed
Mexican Bedoe talk tn habits
people
red ask me- say they al nutty.
Meetin ben held halls half tn
-Besorra couldn't his hand hail wdout
he vas son make speech an In moment he'd be
AN tn would hav speech whether he loiked
because tn crowd would akn hind would
Sixteen CRY amy more
IN su nsn n vans on IN other soias that were shou fr
People cain offices both soides doin
Maybe compared campaign
campaign. blond an halt
poor aout salt an on tn other people
fishtin figured that Proc
AN thin some genius probably days
In his ofe raised tn cry ay IN full dinner pail
is Cockra such wonderful pleadery asked
tn Cochran convinced
that III good ud St Patrick was tn greatest man that
ev a oreiand
tn celebration that
Bourke that Patrick Cherokee Indian
because in that event Grogan. al
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
Yarns From Washington
~ FRED c. KELLY

WASHINGTON. March 2o--John ~ Tillman,
OF Fayetteville. Ark. Is an ambitious person
red hair--red hair with a romantic backward
sweep-and disposition 10 do those things that
he sets out TO do.
Consequently. because he made a little agree
ment In his early boyhood To come TO congress
he II coming TO congress-
More than thirty years ago pair OF young
sters. one OF them Tnlman, sat under big oak
tree and off-handedly made n boyish compact to
meet some day in congress The plan entered
into lightly was not sealed In blood luck Finn
fashion. or any thing like that; still. M Tiiman
looked nj It. an agreement IL agreement He
took the thing seriously and made up his mind
TO keep the tryst. Ever since that day under
the big oak tree he has conducted himself as
one having an appointment to fulfil and eager
90 be o nthe way
Both the young men who framed the pledge
became lawyers and each served his district az
prosecuting attorney. Then OF the young
men blew up. so far as sticking to his agree
ment was concerned lie quit thinking about
congress and became a Presbyterian minister.
But TiIlman never Stacked up nj all when the
other party TO the bond notified him that he
had entered the ministry and that all political
plans were declared Off
MY daytime vision and my dream by night
he freely admitted. In a grand sweep of oratory.
this district in the nations white-columned
Capitol"
What else was there for the voters to do,
You couldn't go to the polls and force a man
Furthermore, Tillman has lire of talk that I,
Ii extremely hard to resist For example he
was speaking with great forvor one day of his
training on the farm And these words he said
Il know what II Is TO toll and TO suffer I
know the grinding exactlons Of life on the farm
But II In not bad training 10 be forced out early
on November mornings. and toast your bare feet
In the warm brown leaves where the COW slept:
TO be thrilled by the amorous kisses OF the
June sun as you trail the meekeyed mule up
and down the long. but hot corn rows; TO get
out before daylight and assault the feeblemind-
ed call, with his foamy lips glued to the full
udder bis little tail wiggling In speechless bliss.
and wrench him away from his partial mamma
submitting meantime TO his butting or his kicks
as you tether him TO the rail fence, preparatory
to securing the fanily's share OF his mothers
morning Offering and to coax the warm milk
from the black-andwhite Holstein and from a
half dozen young Jerseys full OF fidgets and
brainstorms TO convey while II II yet dark
substantial refreshments 10 rs smelly razor.
backs, odorous as an emanclpation-day picnic;
To administer TO the Iowly mule, TO corn him
and fodder him and finally to take your life in
your hand. and with currycomb and brush 10
massage his linchng sides and manicure his
treacherous hoofs."
When a man can summon so much eloquence
In regard TO the feeding OF few farm animais
what may he not be expected 10 say when be
gets up In the house OF representatives soms
day 70 discuss the state OF the unionf ,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
Stand Fast That Is Every
Americans Duty at This Time

Did you ever awake in the still hours
Of the night with the dread tocsin of fire
ringing In your ears, leap from your
couch but to see the glow of the flames
In your very windows, rush forth in wild
alarm to find your neighbor's house
ablaxe from foundation to roof?
Did you hasten to his aid, your soul
melting In pity at his misfortune, only
to be stopped midway by the sudden
thought that your own home might go
nextf
Then those sensations must recur TO
you when you view with calm reason the
International situation of the hour.
Europe is ablaze with war, and though
your heart throbs in pity for the woe of
its people, you must feel again the same
cold dread that clutched you when you
NV The flying sparks fall upon your own
thatch.
You know your country may be next.
Many good man and true residing
olone the Mexican border has long been
Inboed with the conscientious belief that
~ United States should have interviewed
q Moxico when Madero fell and his
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20

lem Lowney was readin' in
tn paper down Z tn store that
a Missouri woman called her
husband, publicly, "A loafer. a
drunkard, a thief and a liar
Bill Study said Mrs. Bill had
never yet gone that Tar, pub
licly."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20

WHEN YoU AND WERE Young.
I wandered today TO the hill. Maggie.
10 watch the scene below.
The creek and the creaking old mill.
As we used TO long ago.
The green grove II gone from the
hill. Maggie.
Where hrst the daisies sprung
The creak'ng old mill IL stu, Mag
Stree you and I were young
And now We are aged and gray.
And the trials Of life nearly done:
Let us sing OF the days that are
gone. Maggie.
When you and 4 were young
IS, -. , gas. ana .n .sn e. M :sy and
In polished white mansions Of stone
Maggie,
Have each found a place 20 rest.
II built where the birds used to play
And join in the song. tina, were
For ". sang az ray AZ they. Maggie
when you and were young.
They say am feeble with age. Mag.
gle.
Ny ,;s,.e. ar. less 'prishtly t"ar
Ny face l. a weIi-wfitten page. Mag
But time alone was the pen;
They say we are aged and gray
A. - al. ~h,.e break.,
But TO me you're ss fair a. you were
when you and = we're youns.
Author Unknown.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
By OLSON GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. March so.-No
human being knows whether Priest
dent Wilson will run again for pres
ident. or retire TO private life nc the
end OF his term. A lot of Demo
Gratis would like to know. Efforts
TO smoke him out have thus far fail
ed, The present plan is 20 boom
Champ Clark and see whether the
result win force any communication
nom the White House. Previously.
VIM. y. McCombs. chairman OF the
Rational Democratic committee. tried
unsuccessfully 20 ind what the pres.
ident proposed TO do He came TO
Washington and had a talk NJ which
Mr.. Wilson filled his favorite role
OF pleasant listener. McCombs went
away without any assurances one
way or the other. He announced
to the press, however. that there
would be harmony dinner" at
which prominent Democrats OF all
factions would meet and that the
purpose and result OF this dinner
would be the beginning OF Wood
row Wilson's boom for second
term. Thereupon Woodrow Wilson
announced to Sc newspaper CORES
pondents that the dinner was Mr..
McComb's own personal idea and
that he knew nothing about IL ex-
cept what Mr.. McCombs had sug-
gested. He, himself. had not en-
dorsed n nor authorised any an
nouncement In regard to L. This
wet blanket was all that was re-
quired by Mr.. McCombs; he went TO
the rear and took a seat
Some political significance may
be discovered In the revived agita-
ton for a presidential primary law.
II Is fairly safe. OF course. 10 be-
gin agitating after congress ad-
journs for a period OF nine months.
However. this agitation has COM
menced and no less than U. 81
Senator Alice Pomerene. OF Ohio.
Democrat and constitutionalist, has
been In conference with the presi-
dent. the announced purpose Of the
conference being TO consider and
draft q proposed national presiden-
tial primary Law for passage by the
saith congress.
should such an act be passed and
national referendum be taken
among Democrats on the subject OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
Pointed Paragraphs
Some men are too honest to take

Some men are too honest to take
a hint.
Men spend a tot of money for
things they don't want.
A man runs into debt. but he
either walks out or stays In.
No girl wants secret marriage
still II Is better than none.
II takes some switching TO get
small boys on the right track.
But IL you have anything to say
TO mule say II TO his face.
Courtship and novels are more In
teresting than marriage and history.
The world owes much to its writ.
ers-and a great deal more to Its
cooks.
Folks are quick TO discover the
faults OF wise men and the merits OF
fools.
When a man 3 satisfied with him.
self he IL apt TO be dissatisfied with
others.
A woman always figures on what
she could buy with the money her
husband wastes on cigars.
Men al the theater who are un-
able to get out between the acts
for smile must grin and bear II.
The individual who sits between
two fat women IN a crowded car
knows what II IL TO have greatness
thrust upon him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
SATURDAY MARCH 20. 1918
VIII Wilson Run Again? No One
KnOUS and Wilson Won't Tell

the next nominee. Woodrow Wilson
would unQuestionably win. This as.
sumes political sentiment TO the as
at present. and does not take into
account scores Of political possibili-
ties incident to foreign and domes-
tic complications The presidents
only serious competitor would be
Champ Clark. although Oscar I'm
derwood might develop a following
among the safe and sane business
Democrats. But n president has q
large lead In prestige. advertise
ment, patronage and power.
The presidential primary law
would serve another purpose In at.
fording a way TO dodge the single
term plank which Mr., Bryan insert
ed In the Democratic platform at
Baltimore. Bryan does not care
particularly now about the single
term plank. and does not care for
the presidential job himself. There
are enemies OF the administration,
however, who would willingly use
this single-term declaration To en-
barrass Wilson and possibly make
difficult his denomination. HIS an
swer would naturally be the pas
sage OF q primary act. A popular
verdict under such an act would
enable him to say that the matter
had been taken out OF his hands and
that he must bow 10 the superior
command OF the people.
The effect OF a national primary
Law would be very important on the
plans OF the Republican opposition.
The standpat Republican leaders.
who think they have everything
coming their way. would and a IA.
tional presidential primary act en-
barrassing. They are planning now
a campaign OF ''favorite sons and
the manipulated convention OF the
good old-fashioned kind. with an
ultimate nomination OF some good
business mans candidate" like
Theodore e. Burton or Myron T,
Herrick. Such plans would have
an uphill time under a popular pri-
mary. Perhaps THE greatest EN-.
barrassmsnt would arise from the
fact that n primary would probably
result In the return OF Theodore
Roosevelt as one OF the entries In
the campaign. possibly as the pri-
mary candidate for the Republican
nomination.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
From Another
Point of VieU

In Pittsburgh financier has married
his stenographer. He won't do the die
tating from now on.
An item says the French army is
sorely in need Of dogs. There are times
when an army needs its cannon and other
times when the thing it needs, appar-
emily, is merely whistle.
Our own opinion is that some of those
who oppose More Daylight" are very
much in the dark.
Gad's not upon the job today,
The muse is on the shelf,
Which quite compels the editor
To write verse himself.
A New York plumber committed sui
eide. Found the world, evidently, hope
lessly out of joint.
Possible Ally sentiment today: Darn
the Dardanelles!"
Spain, newspaper item says, is in
need Of American coal We are almost
identically in the same fix Spain is.
A perfectly fresh egg should be cook
ed at least half minute longer than one
which is several days old, according to
popular science note. A surer way,
We feel, would be to take the ordinary
egg out half minute before you would
if il were perfectly fresh one.
The natives of Siam are said to have
a horror of odd numbers. But, we will
bet, no more so than that Indiana man
who is the father of three sets of trip
lets.
It's what Sherman said, too, to get a
war over with.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-20
Annex Cold Lands
Are you such a mother'

BY snnexing Franz Josef land.
Russia Increases the number, rather
than the extent Of her possessions
The archipelago consists Of about so
Islands. almost all ~ the group be-
ing covered with snovclad glaciers.
The Austrian pioneers believed they
had discovered continuous land. but
their successors. the first OF whom
was Benjamin Leigh Smith, found
that the acquisition was broken up
into islands. Both Nansen and the
Duke OF the Abruzzi have explored
the group. Now that Austria's Arc.
tic territory has been captured. we
may hear OF the hosting OF the Brit.
ish flag In Kaiser Wilhelm II. land
and Luitpold land. which areas IN
the Antarctic are German posses
sions. wilhelm IT, land was discoy.
cred by the Gauss expedition. and
LuitpoId land. In the weddell sea. by
Lieut.. Fflchner.-Pali Mall Gazette.