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The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Sound" Criticism.

The editor OF the Merrytown Mail
received II complimentary copy of a
musical composition from friend who
desired a favorable criticism of his
work. This is what appeared in the
next issue:
'As the editor of this journal doesn't
know a demi-semiquaver from IA dfh-
pasOn or a bass clef from a high c.
he will not therefore be expected to
give an extended notice of this pro-
ductiOn. We can say, however. that
the type used in printing the compost
don is clear and plain. and that the
paper appears to be of the best quality
of rag. The design on the front page
Is most artistic, and the words are as
tender as real spring chicken and as
poetic as the song of the meadow lark
on u May morning. The melody is
snund and all right. The harmony
too, appears to be strictly o. X. with
40 patent defects or noticeable blem-
lshes. The tonality is clear and re-
sonant. und rests on harmonic rela-
lions and melOdic elements. This is
about all the praise in connection with
said composition we are able to evolve
from our cnbbage-fiavored tempera-
ment"
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Wonders Of Coal Tar.

In the American Magazine Albert
w. Atwood says;
Although modern high explosives
require vast quantities of nitric acid,
sulphuric acid and alcohol, the basic
ingredient of most is derivative Of
coal tar, which In turn is a by-prOduct
of eoke-burning. Here is the indus
try. with all its branches and ramlfi-
cations, which perhaps more than any
other In this country has been ex-
panded by the war. In coal tar we
have the imprisoned sunshine Of mil
lions Of years, and when that prehls-
toric brilliance is released by one set
or stage Of processes we have mod
ern dyestuifs. Still other processes
and we have naphthalene (camphor
balls) and many modern drugs, such
as sspariu; while the Photographic.
Photographic and many other indus
tries depend more or less completely
upon it. Finally benzol, which is the
first stage in the process and from
which all these other products come,
is the most Immediately available sub
stitute for gasoline"
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Rather "TalI" Story.

Two travellers just back from their
holiday trip were disputing as to which
had experienced the greatest cold
Said one:
I'm the part Of Ireland where was
the ground is frozen so hard that when
they want to bury a man they just
sharpen his feet and drive him In
with pile hammer"
The other replied:
"Yes, 1 know that place. Didn't
stay there long; found it not bracing
enough for me. Went on to a small
town farther north. The hotel where
l was staying caught fire. No fire es-
capes or ladders in that primitive set.
tlement. Staircase burned away. Luck.
lily kept my presence Of mind. Emp
tied my bath out of the window and
slid down the icicle."
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Not as 1t Sounded.

Dr. f. Osmond Carr has told story
nr how. seeing one Of his own operas
advertised for performance at Harro-
cate while he was on II visit to that
resort, he went in to see the perform
auce. Before the curtain rose an
aged invalid was carried into the
front row Of the stalls by stalwart at
tcndants, and left there. The COM
poser was gratified to see how the In
valid led the applause after every
number, humping vigorously with the
stick with which he had been pro
v,ded.
During the first intermission, how
ever. the humping was continued. and
then the secret was out The aged
playgOcr had expected to see "A drama
was disgusted to find that the piece
was comic opera and had been
knocking to signal his attendants to
,ome and take him out.-London
Globe.
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Thinking and Aetna.

We read our papers and find tal,.y
OF suffering. poverty hardship. Puy,
Indignation, Il desire to better condl.
lions, u warm sense of our coIp'uon
humanity. is stirred within US. Thut
Is thought pleading to be eInbOdl
in action. II We permit 1t to remuih
unused, we have depleted our force.
We are letting the steam escape. The
next time, emotion will tend To seek
the same chaunel-itnd evupOrute. This
is death To resolution, forccful charuc
ter. If we are TO be strong, alert to
meet each emergency of life, we must
put into immediate action every high
emotional prompting. William James
says: 'Jt is not in the moment of their
forming, but in the moment of their
producing motor effects, that resolves
and aspirations communicate the new
ser to the brain"
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
EGYPTIANS FOND OF CATS
Animal Was Not only Domestic Pet,
but Was Honored When
Il Died.

Tile Egyptians are the first people
uong whom we find notices of the
II. II figures largely upon the mon
lomts us domestic pet, and was
.uared when dead. COmical stories
,re told hy Herodotus Of the anxiety
, eaye the cats when house caught
n and f- grief when one died. The
~ sreIs to have served rs a retriever
u fpwliug expeditions. and even In
ahfug. n seems strange that no mem
ion Of the cat occurs In the Bible
i'm amy Assyrinn record. Even in
India II was but recently known as a
Domestic animal It's Sanscrit name
S uprlara, from root meaning to
clean from the creatures habit Of
licking herself at her toilet. Her nous
ing hublts We're well known to the
Hnmuns and even 10 the Erruscans as
hnwn by antique gems aud even wall
naiutiu.s. The mouse killer d0nesti-
,uted among the Greeks, called gale.
described by Aristotle aud humor-
pusly referred to 10y Arlstophanes in
Peace" has been shown by Professor
gnlleston N have been our white
breasted mnrtcn. BESIDES the cat. the
Egyptians domesticatcd the ichneu-
mon, popularity known rs rharaoh's ;
rpt which is still to be seen in the
houses nt Cairo.
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
IMPORTANCE OF FARM WELL
Exesiient Place for Cooling Milk and
cream-Results Secured Are
Generally Satisfactory.

The cooling OF milk and cream and
the keeping OF these products cool
In the summer is one of the greatest
Importance II the results are to be
satisfactory. and yet 1t is a problem
on many farms.
A well or pit walled with cement,
brick or stone. or with dirt walls In
some soils. may be used for storing
cream. and results are usually very
satisfactory. An illustration taken
from Bulletin No. 1873 Of the Nebraska
experiment station is shown here.
The well should be ten or fifteen feet
deep. On one side is an elevator to
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Woman Earns a Double Salary.

Did you say no one can do two
things at once? But listen to how this
little woman did two in one. Sounds
like a mystery? Oh, mol You have
doubtless read of the portrait painter
Of children who married a successful
kindergarten? Well. this young WON.
an knew children, she knew the sto
ries they liked and the toys that they
preferred to play with so well that she
could make both-the stories and the
toys.
The toys were so quaint and IN
usual that a large toyshop heard OF
them and is delighted to sell them.
And the stories. too, not only enter
tain her husbands little subjects, but
entertain and amuse many other chill
dren through the means of an accom-
modating publisher.
Not many women are so gifted as
this young woman. but those OF you
who have either OF these talents might
avail themselves OF such an income as
this woman genius gained from either
OF Exchange
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Fall Fresh Cows.

Spring fresh cows yield most OF
their milk when low prices prevail
for dairy products and :he dairyman
is busiest with the crops In winter
such cows yield only small flow OF
milk at most On the other hand, a
fall fresh COW gives large supply
OF milk during the winter and fiushes
again with the stimulus OF pasture
in springtime. Fall fresh cows should
annually yield from 10 10 10 per cent
more milk than those calving in the
spring.
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
wen Tor Cooling MIk.

set cream and milk cans on and on
the other a weight The size OF the
weight is varied to suit the load on
the elevator Guide wires secured at
the top and fastened to posts in the
bottom hold the elevator in place
In some experiments cream was
held at temperature below 20 in
one OF these wells when a tempera-
ture Of 104 was registered in the shade
above ground
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
One Side Later.

Lou Guernsey, who has been a tele
graph operator for the Pennsylvania
lines at Columbus for 25 years. had
an unusual experience Just because
some freight cars hoped the track
and blocked traffic for while Guern-
eey started to shave. because all Of
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Best Is the cheanest.

1t is being gradually understood
that the best COW is the cheapest,
regardless OF the price paid for her
and for such correspondingly good
prices are always obtained
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
The Application.

Did you hear how the baseball UNI
pire used the old proverbH"
NO; what did he say7"
That you can't touch pitchers with.
out being reviled."
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
The ResuIt.

Dear me. girlsl What on earth is
that peculiar sweetish smell in the
air all over the house7"
why, Geraldine is burning her old
love letters in the furnace"
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
The Reason.

-Automobiling is not an uplifting
sport"
What makes you say that7"
TT seems to be one Of those cnsoF
n which 50 many men go under
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commissary department and providing an
equipment for the kindergarten.
pr+ 7 was still skeptical. AS we passed
from shop to shop, through groups OF boys SO
absorbed in their activities that neither the
presence of the principal nor of visitor dis
turbed them, began to be worried about the
Three RS What" / asked, "of history
arithmetic and spelling, geography and pen
manship?' 1t seemed to me that any boy "''h
n normal sense of boy values wouldn't have
much use or energy for the dates Of Jeffer-
sons Administration after spending an hour
or two in the garden or printing shop. MY
maiden aunt's cult of discipline was still
strong upon me.
Mr.. Patri smiled and took me through half
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If the Label "Gary System
Doesn't Scare or Prejudice
You, ReadamdLearmHow
1t Works in Practice
xMmmMMNMMM@

class of the day prepare to-morrow's desserts.
But you may ask, as l did Of Mr. Patri,
whether it is our purpose merely to turn out
professional cooks or expert printers; whether
we have forgotten that it is the main business
of education to turn out children who can think
things through for themselves, growing human
beings alive at every point of the mental COM
pass? This kindly, gentle-voiced Italian eyed
me a bit ndugently as put the question. In
reply, he turned dreamily to the garden across
the way. "That doesn't look as if we were
turning out mechanics" he said, as he pointed
to teacher demonstrating to class botani-
cal fact by flower plucked from garden
grown by the boys and girls themselves. "Or
that" and he took from his desk some pictures
of community dramatics that have not least
contributed to the schools reputation.
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By Irwin Edman

~ good many towns in this forward-look-
ING country they still go to school at 9
o'clock in the morning, and, except for the
,.rr,s recess at noon, spend their days imbib-
:. from, Teacher what have for schooldays
-usmorial been known as the Three RS.
r,.v read tenth editions of the same old read
:, and learn incidentally that Washington
-. the first President of the United States,
a.t az follows sc" except after &C." and that
harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania.
v,;eh is. to be sure, all very necessary and
.s,v;ng information. But you will recall, If
700 are honest in the matter, that while until
,o,lock these things took up major part of
pur time they did not seriously absorb your
sxntion, and that, unless you were wicked
,ourh to be kept in, o'clock meant signal
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farmer actually conducting their own truck
farm; a half-me from the school there is
whole acre of farm land, in which the boys
have engineered complete system OF irri-
CATION canals, and in which they raise hait
the vegetables for the lunchroom.
That was the first index / had 10 the
living quality of the work. Just as In the
garden the children raised their own vege-
tables and the specimens for their botany
classes, held right here in the open, so was 'he
work conducted throughout the school. Inc
pretty little booklet, with its colored cover ana
neat Typography, which was my first introduc-
ton to the school was not only written by
the pupils, but printed by them in the odd ana
tentative little print shop in the basement
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"There are such stores Of energy that we
have never touched; every new thing we can
teach the child to do enriches his experience,
whether it be printing, or garden, or dra'
matics or the shop. hardly think we are
cramping these chldren's lives by keeping
them happy at school most of the day, instead
of letting them roam in the streets. 1t is our
business to fill these cramped lives, and we are
doing it. and the parents around here have re-
sponded"
And the neighborhood confirms Mr.. Patri.
The Italian population of the district, for the
most part laborers, have come to love the
school and think of it as their own. Many OF
them, though they can very i'll afford it, have
kept their children at school long after work.
ing papers were obtainable, because they were
not only doing useful things, but the children
themselves had come to identify their whole
lives with 45. The morning | was there,
recent detection, now timekeeper on the night
shift of an ammunition factory, came in his off
hours to play with his ex-cassmates and keep
IN COucn WIFI lile SCllOol.
The pupils, too, have responded; truancy is
no longer a major problem, and scholarship
has improved since the additional work has
been introduced. And the idea is just in its
beginnings. Mr.. Patri is one Of those modern
educators who believe that the school is not
thing unto itself, but part of the community;
and so last summer he organized adult classes
in the playground, where children, under ex-
pert guidance, taught their own mothers the
English language. There have been concerts at
which some of the talented Italian musicians
of the district give recitals for the community
There are, of course, difficulties, of which
even Mr.. Patr, who has overcome them, is
acutely aware. There are thousands of teach
ers who know the new idea means more work,
a longer day and new problems, and even to
the most generous, teachers salaries are not
temptation to put in overtime. 1t means,
moreover. continual inventiveness and judy
ment. for the modern school is not single rule
of thumb, nor can it be well managed by peo-
pie exclusively trained to pound things into
children's memories in the old-fashioned class.
It means more than the installation Of gar
den or print shop for behind these is necessary
the installation Of a new philosophy, which
those of the schoolhouse do not easily acquire.
AS test case for the modern school Z. ). 4b
seems to have worked. But it means more men
like Mr.. Patri-ths | learned from other
sources-schoolmaste with the enthusiasm OF
the poet and the patient power OF the execu-
tive And the seats of the mighty among
teachers are not often filled with such as tnese'
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d release 10 do the things that really interest
u you. And before you got into the eighth
rsde you had begun to distinguish with your
,Isrs between the Clustered School and the
Great Outside World.
Which reflections lead TO the announcement
hat there are a few towns-and New York IS
'sgnning to be one Of them-where they
issli7e that the child's life, no more than the
idlts, is bounded by the Three Rs. We have
ssrned that instead of setting the child at a
dssk from TO 3, if in school he is active and
Interested, it will be profitable to keep him
tssre until 4 or 5.
started in the West fifteen years ago, this
ia that children ought to live in school as
hey live out Of it if ever they are to become
rally acquainted with the world they have
'ssn exploring ever since they first put their
asnt thumbs into their mouths. John Dewey,
Zen professor Of psychology in the University
sChicago, noticed that children rapidly and
excessively educated themselves long before
asy vent 70 kindergarten; that chairs, napkin
'ngs and oranges were their first lessons IN
eyEics and chemistry and toy blocks their
M adventures in architecture. Until six
~ ronped about in enlivening excursions
sa'ag the thousand novelties around them;
'''n the A 3 class until they were gradu-
sed, II they didn't leave discouraged to be-
one errand boys, they sat with folded arms
hands behind their backs learning the prin-
apal cities Of Europe and words often mis-
yelled. Dewey and his colleagues suggested
~a' II you only used the child's "restlessness'
80 "nmpatience" 20 advantage, if you kept an
7son what he really wanted TO do, you might
y resources hitherto unsupported and fill the
'Ads school days with rich and surprising de-
'sspments.
"nok Some time for the idea 10 come East,
:" after being whispered in the Sunday sup
'>nsnts for years the Gary system, as it is
'~''d, finally came into New York. Last win
~'h will be remembered, Mr.. Writ, who was
Of the successful pioneers Of the new
~"e'nent, was the storm centre Of things ed
.~''"'al In New York. Out Of the fuss and
'/ several trial schools resulted, and the
.'<''hg Of more than year has left material
:" reckoning and review.
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Here, too, I learned,
were printed the def
cheney cards, the at
tendance records and
dear Renaissance of an
elder day.! tt e
memory gems for the
literature classes. In
the shop, instead of the
trifles upon which in
most schools they amuse
themselves for a term,
they were turning out
all the tables for the
science rooms, repair
ing the locks, making
tea wagons for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

a dozen Of the regu-
lar classes. Listening
to a group in Ameri-
can history In Public
School as reveals no
such terrible revela-
ton as those Of the
slate pencil tradition
would have us believe.
Indeed, from all one
can gather, the dates
and the points on the
map and all the aca-
demic routine seem to
be illuminated and en-
riched by the activi-
ties Of the farm and
the shop. Spelling has
for generations been a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Truck Farming for

Truck-Farming for
tions, I was welcome.
The school, l was
therefore not surprised
to discover, is at first
glance much the same
as the traditional
plant. But as l seated
myself opposite Mr..
Patri in his Office /
noticed across the
street a large garden,
rich with the varied
colors of its autumn
crops. There were a
dozen or more chill
dren, under the guild
ance Of a professional
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
No More "Creebimg Like a
Snail Unzvillimgly to School"
if the School Be Angelo
Patri's in The Bronx

UP in Pu b Ii c
School As, / was in
formed by the Board
of Education, / would
find the best instance
of the Gary plan as
it is worked in New
York. The duplicate
school, which is the
core of the scheme,
is made up Of two
sets of children-one
doing the regular
academic work, the
Three RS, while the
other occupies tn e
playground, auditor
iums or shops. These
classes a tern a t e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
LAMB-FRICASSEE, SALAD AND
PIE ALL COME UNDER THE
HEAD OF CLASSROOM
WORK

The cooking classes, too, are something more
than the messy fritterings of amateurs. You
can get very good luncheon in this school,
cooked by the children as part OF their regu-
lar work; your bill will be checked up by one
Of them, and the total fiscal operations OF the
day will be tabuated and accounted by group
in domestic bookkeeping. And not only does
the food taste good, but you will learn, II you
STAY after luncheon for the class in nutrition,
lust why these little white-capped student
cooks found lamb fricassee, tasty salad, pie
and bread and butter the proper staff OF lie
for you and their teachers. And If you have
the time, little after l o'clock, you can see
the next class operate the dish and towel wash
ing machines and get the kitchen into shape in
rapid-fre order If you still have the time,
from . to 8, you can wistfully watch the last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
FADS AND FRILLS IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS? MR.. ANGELO PATH
CALLS THEM BY OTHER
NAMES

The notion, simple enough, that child will
take more interest in what's going on if he's
actually part of the proceedings was last year
befuddled with all sorts Of hysteric objections,
many of them quite irrelevant to the main
point. Hence, armed with all the skepticism l
was able TO muster from old-fashioned edu-
Gators of my acquaintance, sought out my
way to the congested Italian district Of The
Bronx, where Mr.. Angelo Patri has for year
been keeping the eyes of experts fastened upon
Public School As. On my way up in the sub
way pictured child chaos, where raucous
Youngsters rushed about, irresponsibly shift
ing at will from the print shop to embroider-
ing and from clay modelling to the shop. Or
I recalled the earnest protests OF organized
labor. and counted on seeing an army Oh
little mechanics turned out to be stupid cogs
in heartless machine. / remembered the
words of a maiden aunt, who had told me the
other night, on the twentieth anniversary Of
her teaching career, that there were too many
frils and fads in present-day educatlon what
we needed were the solid days of the COS, when
the Three RS and the essential virtues used
from 0 TO TO be impressed upon her memory
So while new movements leave me always
vibrant, it was with misgivings that entered
Public School 45.
The principal, Mr.. Angelo Patri, was very
cordial. OF course, he had warned me over
the telephone, a good deal of the equipment
was still in the cellar, much of it had still to
be bought, and the building had not yet been
modified; IL I was content TO see the idea
worked out in these extremely pioneer condi-
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pointless exercise to the boy in the primary
school. because in his young experience it really
matters very little whether or not he spells
necessary" correctly. But if the proof has
TO be corrected and the type reset, spelling be-
comes as it has in Public School as, one OF the
worlds prime concerns.
Mr.. Patri opened the door of science room'
and with politely stifed reluctance l entered.
At this very time of the day when l was at
elementary school we had studied the lever,
and the boredom of the fulcrum had remained
with me all these years. But as the door
opened I gazed into darkened room, at one
end of which stood boy lecturing to the class
on q lantern slide Of a complicated piece of
machinery, flashed on the screen by one OF MS
classmates. And before left saw group
Of bows, with standard equipment from the
Bureau of Weights and Measures, getting
knowledge of levers, not through drab deflni-
tons of fulcrum, but through practical train
ing in appraising the weights of the BEANS the
cabbage. etc. which constitute the diet OF the
district. Incidentally, Public School 40 is SIT
mated in a neighborhood notorious for short
weqhtinp." so science is here q species OF
practical wisdom.