Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-23
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Officers of the State Board of Edu-
cation, who have been making a care
full study of the manner in which the
public schools are meeting the require
ments of the hour for the training of
youths for the professions and busi-
ness, say that in the last few years
there has been marked change in
the attitude of school men, directors
as well as teachers. In quite num-
Der of districts the authorities have
asked the businessmen of their COM
munities what they thought the young
sters needed most to make them use
ful In business. In Doylestown, for
instance, special efforts were made to
get the viewpoint of the merchants as
70 what they thought the young men
and maidens needed in the way -
instruction to fit them to earn livings.
In some of the western communities
the school directors have made can
vases OF their people to get the
thought of the bankers. merchants,
doctors, lawyers ana others and have
compared notes with the teachers who
have done considerable scouting about
on their own account. The result is
in number of places that graduates
or nigh schools can step right into we'll
paying places instead of having to
grind away a couple of years learn
ing business ways at small salary to
|
ance to their employers until they are
broken in"
In the same connection it is inter-
esting to note that the demand for
books as a result of the industrial and
transportation activity has increased
IN every part of the country and q
writer In the Philadelphia Public
Ledger of yesterday calls attention to
the marked increase In the use of Ii
oraries for general information. In
| brlef he gives exactly what has be-
come the situation at the Harrisburg
Public>Library. The collection of
books here is being used more and
more as a supplement to education
| and practice. Young men, and older
ones, too, have taken up mechanical
work in some of the mills or railroad
SHOPS and are now turning to the
/ book TO add to what they get in every
day work. The library is asking the
heads of industries to suggest what
books are needed to furnish this infor-
nation and will do the same with the
businessmen. In the language of
the Philadelphia writer libraries are
no longer collections of books, they
are disseminators of information.
The defeat of Representative "BilI"
Adams in the contest for legislative
nomination in the First LuZerne dis
trict will remove a picturesque figure
from legislative halls. Adams is a
former United States soldier and has
a fine record for over seas service. He
wrote a book and lectured. He es-
poused the cause OF the big Bull Moose
in 1912 and came here for the tumul-
tuous session of 1918. returning for
1915. He never failed to attend ses-
sions, although he cut variety of
capers on the side, one of his feats be-
ing to wade the Susquehanna which
won for him the nickname of Colonel
of the Goldstream Guards" He head
ed the list of members on roll calls
for two sessions and when he voted
for local option he startled the whole
general assembly. Adams was named
to a place in the State Insurance Fund
but bumped against the constitution
and had to give it up. But he took
that as good naturedly as he did other
filings of fortune in his strenuous ca
reer.
The record of $3.50 per vote. paid
by the county of Dauphin as expenses
of the election officers for the primary
election in Rush township comes pret-
| ty near being a record for the State
in the recent primary, which was dis
tressful because of the queer things
that happened and the uncertainty into
which we have all been plunged 10
know results. There have been other
elections which have cost the taXpay-
ers about $40 per vote, but Rush now
holds the record and quite a few peo-
pie have commented upon the increas-
ed cost of holding primaries under the
new law and the fact that now the
county has to bear the whole expense
instead of the State shouldering the
burden. 1t would be interesting to
know the whole cost of the Rush
township election, counting in print
ing, expressage, supplies and other
items.
Five hundred petunias are being
set out in the long line of flower beds
which border the Capitol plaza. These
plants will take the place of the tulips
which bloomed with such rare beauty
this Spring and will last most of the
summer. They will in turn be sue
ceeded by some late blooming flowers.
Beds of cannas will be placed in the
recesses of the Capitol and the beds
about the park will be filled with
geraniums and other summer flowers.
There were two new faces at the
ends of the bench of the supreme
court when it met yesterday, Justices
Robert S. Frazier and Emory A. Wall
ing occupying the places filed by JUS
tices John Stewart and Robert Won