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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24

, A meeting OF the members OF the
Fin Feather Club will be held Tues.
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Bryan Cotton Exchange. All mem.
bers are requested 10 be present.
Business OF importance.
W. 4. SAUNDERS, President.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
MILLIcAN NOTES.

|, Mrs. X. T. Williams and Knox. Jr..
returned Friday from a pleasant visit
to relatives in San Antonio.
Miss Maggie Gooch returned to
/. Nayasota Wednesday after visiting
friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Thompson OF
Houston have returned TO their home
I, after spending a few days with rela-
tiyes.
Miss Mamie Mae Williams spent a
4, few days In Bryan last week.
Billie Johnson of Bryan spent Sun.
day with his parents In this city.
Miss Caro- Mae Edwards has re.
turned home after a pleasant visit
with friends in Bryan.
Mrs. Henry Meekins OF Anderson Is
the guest OF relatives in this city.
Miss Gladys Johnson returned Sun.
day after visiting relatives in Bryan.
X. ID. Crawford and son OF Naya.
'sota are visiting relatives In this city.
Mrs. Kenneth Bowen and little son
have returned to Navasota after visit.
Ing relatives In this city.
Mrs. Kenneth Bowen and little son
hape returned to Navasota after visit.
ing Mrs. q. +. Woodall.
Miss Ruth McGregor returned home
Wednesday after pleasant visit with
relatives at College Station.
Miss Eulalior Hempfling was shop.
ping In Bryan Saturday.
Miss Irene Furman entertained very
delightfully."- Tuesday night with lawn
party. The lawn was lighted with
Japanese lanterns. giving a very pic. !
turesque appearance. Contests and
games gave diversion for the evening.
Delicious cream and angel food cake
was served. The guests bid their hos.
tess goodnight at a very late hour.
after spending most enjoyable even,/
ing. Correspondent 4
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
JACKS.

A long time ago, while we were
publishing paper in certain East.
ern town, portly gentleman with a
grievance and big walking stick
dropped In to see us. We had inno-
Gently made mistake in stating that
his son Jack had met with serious
accident, as result of which he was
nursing three broken ribs and other
internal injuries. 1t was his jack that
got hurt, all right, but no his son
jack.-Rule Review.
Well, II there were two Jacks In his
family we don't see how the portly
gentleman with the grievance and the
big stick reasonably could take OF.
Tense at the confusion you found your.
self In. The irate subscriber should
not have expected the editor to be &C.
quainted with all the members Of the
subscribers household and barnyard,
too. OF course an editor sometimes
does get acquitted with lot Of Jacks,
but he cant know them all, or always
guess which is entitled to be spelled
with a capital letter. An editor, in
fact, has quite enough to do without
getting acquainted with all the live
stock in his bailiwick. There was
time when every leading citizen knew
every horse and mule In his commun.
ity and could talk OF them and re.
count their merits or dement's by the
hour. But those days are gone. Even
q close observer these days can hardly /
tell his own automobile from any.
body else's, and IN this town some.
times an unguarded auto is driven
away by a total stranger.-State
Press.
That knowledge that some men pos.
sessed In times agone OF all the horses
and mules In the community. their
age, traits. characteristics, previous
ownership ana limo OF ancestry, was
considered great accomplishment.
Every community had one or two men
who possessed this information and
they we're looked upon as veritable
oracles. These men could descant
for hours upon the live stock OF the
community illustrating their remarks
with frequent drawings in the sand
with the end OF quirt handle showing
peculiar brands the locality where a
certain spoiled" horse pitched his ]
rider into the next county. the course {
OF creek, where a blind trail crossed
the big road" etc. They never 9
lacked for an audience either. as there !
was always n crowd who stood around d
open mouthed listening to the lecture s
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24

There Is some talk that the Hon.
Thos. b. Love is so chagrmned over
his recent contest that he has dedi-
Gated the remainder OF his life to
cleaning up politics In Texas" Poor
old Tom should remember there Is no
Euphrates River whose course he can
divert through the Texas political
stables.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
EXAMINING TRIAL MONDAY.

An examining trial will be given
Monday the negro Jack Childs, who IL
charged with the killing of his wife,
Mary Childs and MORALLY wounding
his father'in-law, Henry WEIGH. Thurs
day afternoon, on next Monday morn.
ing In the county court room BY Jus
tice OF the Peace l.. d. MCGEE. UpI
to the hour OF going to press the older
negro who was 80 badly wounded, was
still alive but no hopes are entertain.
cd for his recovery.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
SUMNER STUDENTS HAVE DANCE

The summer students OF the A. q NJ.
College had an informal dance last
night at the College. Music was fur.
nished by a victrola and everybody
reports that a splendid time was had.
i Is planned by the society leader OF
the summer school. Mr.. Albert Cert.
TO have an informal affair Of this kind
weekly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
on natural history. Another peculiar.

on natural history. Another peculiar.
ity about these live stock oracles was,
they could not tell you the name of
the governor Of the state nor the
birthday Of half their children. But
alas and alack. the horse and mule
connolsseur IS fast disappearing from
the earth. put out OF business by the
constantly increasing Entertainments
OF the automobile.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
RECEIVED sPRAINEp ANKLE.

Morse Kenner OF waxahachie, who
is attending the cotton CHASING school
at the College. happened TO quite a
painful accident this morning at the
Y. VI. c. A. Building at College. He
was standing on the edge OF the high
portico OF this structure and stepped
back too far. falling TO the ground.
He received a very severe sprained
ankle. Medical attention was neces.
sary but the young man Is reported
TO be doing dicely this afternoon.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
GOOD PRICE FOR WOOL.

A. krohn. a prosperous German
fermer from Zulch. Madison County.
was here yesterday with his spring
wool crop. He sold 400 pounds at 20
cents a pound.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24

II is said one million Mcxicans have
pledged their readiness to Carranza to
fight the United States In case of war.
Carranza could not feed a million men
twenty.four hours, much less furnish
them with uniforms and properly
equip them for service.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24

The primary is less than month
away and the candidates are letting
no grass grow under their feet. Meth.
er are they missing any barbecues.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24
BRYAN 4 CENTRAL TEXAS IN
TERuReAN RAILWAY-oF.
FlcE OF THE RECEIVER,
HEARNE, TEXAS.
Circular No. I.

June 18th. 1916.
BY virtue Of appointment by tho
Honorable United States District
Court. Southern District, the under
signed hereby assumes charge as Re-
ceiver Of the Bryan & Central Texas
lnterurban Railway. All correspond
ence In relation to the business Of this
company shall be addressed to the Re.
ceiver at Hearne. Texas. and he alone
Is authorized to make purchases or in.
cur obligations for account Of the said
company. j. W. GREEN
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-24

NICE FURNISHED ROOMS for light
housekeeping. Ring i30. Mrs. A.
p. Carr.
The sun., 1916-08-27

upon as a fathomlcss sea, full of per-
lis. And yet Didcrot. one Of the fierc-
est advocates OF scientific study as
opposed to classical. could not help
bearing testimony to his own expert
cnce Of the latter. Homer" he writes,
rs the author to whom l owe what
l am. and l Judge hat I am somc-
thing. 1t is difficult to acquire any
excellence In style without q knowl-
edge Of Latin and Greek. I early
drank in deep %draughts Of Homer,
Virgil. Horace. Terence. Plato. Euripi-
des. also Of Moses n the prophets"
It was quite in conformity with tho
principles Of the French Revolution to
ignore the past and create 4 'tabula
rasa" Of the human mind in order to
build up a new system Of education.
society and religion. The utilitarian
idea is. however. not new except in
its exclusiveness. for at all times there
existed professional schools in which
applied science received due attention.
The novelty Of the ncw system con-
sists in minimizing and almost exclud-
ing h most potent element of educa-
ton and culture that the civilized
world has known.
After all. the thoughts and ideas Of
men. their scope and value, their ar
tistic expression. their influence in up
lifting and refining. in giving a true
insight into nature and art, are more
human and humane than anything
that utilitarianism can devise. "Woc,
worth the day" when arts decay "and
the world is given over to the exploit
ing Of material forces for gain. power
and pleasure" That day has not yet
come. The traditions Of Christian CIV
ilization have not yet been consigned
to oblivion. They are still in honor.
although here and there disfigured in
many of M noble seats of learning.
And assuredly the church.. that great
preserver of old in the darkest of ages.
nay be looked to to stem the tide Of
literary decadcnce and throw the man
tie Of her protection over the humani-
ties and religion combined.
The sun., 1916-08-27
By the Very Rev. J. w. Moore, c. M.

empiricism in evolving educational
methods. as II in the centuries gone
by little or nothing had been lone or
understood concerning the relation OF
liberal learning to the calling OF n
lifetime and ones place in society.
The classics Is factors in education
have been largely superseded by
science. The humanitics are being
gradually pushed into the Background
to make way for specialization. We
are in a hurry to take our places in
the work OF the world and to carve
out a career which may lead to for
tune and fame. But fortune and fame
are tickle. and often prefer to wait
upon those who court them with grace
and spiritual fervor. THE race is not
always to the swift"
There have always been cycles of
protest against the humanities. A util-
itarian and commercial age Is apt to
set little value upon "a little Latin and
less Greek" The eighteenth century
witnessed Just such n change as has
been working out not only in Amer
lea but also in France. England and
Germany for more h half o EN-
fury. But utilitarian education was
viewed very differently by its advo-
Gates.
The Able F1eury in his scheme Of
studies would require young men to
become acquainted with the most COM
mon and ordinary matters Of every day
life. He had in view The young men
Of family and high standing who neg
lected natural interests. and suffered
them to deteriorate to the detriment Of
society. But Fleury. while attaching
great Importance to useful knowledge.
gave the first place ( that knowledge
which tends directly 10 the perfecting
and refining O man both in soul and
body. Locke. an English philosopher.
would have every English gentleman
learn q trade. Rousseau's plan OF edu-
cation regarded the useful as alone
worthy Of attention. His Emile was
to be guided by se~lf-intcrests only.
knowledge for its own sake he looked
The sun., 1916-08-27
Continued from Thirty first page.

Continued from Thirty-drst page.
the one subject which Is Of chief i'm
p~ortance.
II admittedly the State has no right
to teach religion directly neither has
1t a right TO teach irreliSion indirectly.
And yet it teaches what Catholics re-
pudiate as a positively false religion.
Catholics know and believe. for in
stance. that the human will is free.
They believe that the "Word was made
flesh" The first they maintain is a
necessary condition Of morality: the
second a. the fundamental doctrine
Of Christianity. Yet professors Of
pedagogy in state assisted colleges at
times teach doctrines subversive Of
these truths. a professor. for exam
pie, Of the City College says: "Man
wills in terms Of what he has habit
ually willed. just as he thinks and
feels in terms Of all he has thought
and felt in the past. The law of APP
perception knows no exception in mem
tai organizations" More explicitly:
"a we'll developed will is only the re-
sultant OF the impulses Of past life"
II man thinks" without exception
lin terms of all he has thought in the
past" then 1t would be impossible to
accept the virgin BIRTH the mys-
teries Of the Trinity" M "incarna-
u" and many other vital dogmas
OF the Catholic faith. Naturally. at
least, men have set thought in the
past in terms that harmonic with
these sacred truths.
a professor of the New York Uni
versity in one of his books on pcda-
gogy automatically dogmatizes On the
incarnation by asserting the fantastic
doctrine OF Hegelian monism that the
Word became the world before lie
became man" No public ccnsure can
be. OF course. attached to these gem
tlemen for the expression of their
opinion. But what Of the State? How
can 1t reconcile its anomalous posi-
ton between its profession and prac-
tice? 1t processes not to teach reli-
gion. and yet the professors Of its
State aided institutions. both by the
expression of false opinions and the
suppression Of the truth. insinuatingly
propagate q definite religious belief.
Than the newly developed science Of
pedagogy. which Is nothing else than
The sun., 1916-08-27
WHAT IS YOUR PERCENTAGE,

Raymond A. Kent, assistant professor
OF education and principal Of tho Uni
versity High School. gave an examina.
ton to the Junior and senior classes Of
the College OF Education to test their
general knowledge.
Fifty questions were asked. as follows:
Name the 'Vicc-President Of the
United States; Governor Of Mime
sofa: ruler. with title. Of England:
"ruler. with title, Of Germany: United
States Senators from Minnesota"
Locate "Petrograd": "Vstlcan";
"Court House.: ~"Parthenon'; Golden
Horn; Golden Gate"
Who "Was the Little Corporal?
"Played the harp before saul"? I'm
vented the telegraph? Discovered tho
Pacific Ocean? Wrote nine SYM
mcnts?"
What rs the motto Of the United
states"? "Is the Triple Entente"1 lis
the blood forcing organ? rs the centre
Of the nervous system? rs the normal
temperature Of the body"7 "Is the max
imum weight carried by the parcel
post?
Who wrote Captains Courageous,
Treasure Island'2 Tho Virginians"f
''The Virginian'? 'Tranklin's Autobiog-
raphy'? paul Revere's Rider
Complete the following: Fools rush
IN ITS a long way Give me
liberty" "What so rare"
Why are the following famous :
alexander Graham Belr"? Father
Damien? "Daniel Boone'7 Edward
MacDowelr'? Florence Nightingale?
"Fritz kreisler'? MARY Fickford"2
In what books do the following charac-
tiers appear "Aladdin'7 "Shylock"!
Little Eva? "Rowena"3
Some fell as low as l6 per cent. on the
examination. and the general average
was not high. me same test was given
to high school students. n they fell stu
lower In percentages earned.
The sun., 1916-08-27
The Position of Catholics
Toward Education and
the State and Religion

philosophy. and particularly psychol-
ogy reduced to practice In teaching.
there is no more effective natural In
strument for either the preservation
or destruction OF the Christian faith In
the souls, first Of teachers and then
OF pupils.
Such are some OF tho dominating
ideas that influence Catholics to make
such sacrifices for the education Of
their children.
The sun., 1916-08-27
Catholic Education Retains
a Conservative Attitude
On Vocational Training

Since Chief Vocation Is to Become a Good Citizen,
Moral Training Can Never Be Dropped From a
Course of Studies-Too Early Vocational Train
ing Leads to Quackery and Ineficiency.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-11
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish in this way to thank orr
many friends and especially ReY. j
d Ford. of Nartinsburg, during i'll
ness and death of our daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold Shade,
ft Pikoside
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-11
The PROFESSORS SHIRT
e~eeere~~eeesep elsro ~
BY FRANCES LAW.

-.
1IibEa2e' 1.oeieiiiig'
"A little warm Tor so carry ~ ~,
year he remarked, pleasantly
seemed ihat although these ~" i''.'
been ue.ghhors for years they never
got past the conventional sd1i'et o..
the W...aer or ho" much he'5't 1-i'
lilaes W"fr dong This year iH.si .3-.'
lie was quite No on his own pore
and ha3 Ills hand On the screen door
before Marsha hai tae courage 70 ask.
"u5H ira sou getting aioae. since
Mr. Cold wont auay*
oprarv vaH. Her niece is here to
Loo a#.er nae until Sic returns.
.44.= H4t= I wish had his tech
when +, a5.es sighted Martha aad
MOI rHT.#zsg that der words Wer.Hs
exaTt9v sHat Size meant ut all, sua
sat u H74ufd rifle. tut hee Thought
wlraz buster tfaa hrF hands. "Thafs
, aHfH=4 creature that's keeping
baijse 81. .s1 now. i suppose IFS tat
/ he's Ia could ID. though. Well
eaa.s ~ aaffar eft n e0D of ten
j IL l.s.aa nsa me a piece OF thai
ngf 6s.ad If mfae. III lake over q
nI.te af ite
g. ragfng nm 10 work She went
h..,. A. =,5s I'5tcFo1 Fbon before
T,5,I-i,.. ~ ber o,so lunch She fixed
~, o.. =-5r5sas.ar,s treat covered n
aff15 +..ea.a ana took II over the
| Eas,z ~ rho cfatbe.ffap was o.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-11
THE MARKETS

rms following ars tne prevailing
prices being paid By Martinshurs
merchants ard elevators TO-DAY;
Note-Tne pricer Quotad below Tor
tho loesl markets ara tina prices
dealers are offering at noon to,'aY
Wheat ....=,-..,... ..-....-,.. ........s AZ
Corn .....-....-.... ...-....=.. soc
Butter ...e.....-...,..... ............2Sc
Eggs ........#-..-... ......... .t......3Nc
Young Chickens .........= .,... ..#...13c
Todsy'S Baltimore m8r'eei
Wheat ............. ......-........ 80 l-H
Corn .............,..,. ...,......t., VSdJ9N
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-10-11

com IL Maftinsbure Dollar Bay
~ s.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-03
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Happenings In The Seven Counties Which Form The
Boundary Line Of Knox

Ray Cox of Canaan township ask,
divorce from his wife on the grounds
that she is jealous and continually
quarrels with him.
Word is received that niece Of
w. E. Miller and Mrs. Martha Bartlett
of Mt. Gilead is killed in an automt
bile accident near Hawkeye, Iowa.
County fair officials are gratifled
over prospects for big event.
Fifty sacks of mail delivered al
Mt. Gilead postollice one morning.
Forty-six-year-old apple displayed
by Mrs. Eliza Tuttle of Morrow coun
ty.
Caledonia purchases electric light
plant for $4,000.
Central Ohio Dental association tc
meet in Mt. Gilead on Oct. 4.
The interior OF the Baptist churc
of Mt. Gilead has been redecoratet
and a rededication will occur on DC
tober 8.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-03

Charles Evans Hughes, lacking 9th
s4r argument, asserts his devotion to
the prlnciple of arbitration. The Re
publican party, though, is not with him
In this assertion. In 1895, following the
catastrophe strike of the American
Hallway Union in 1894 which Grover
Cleveland broke up by the use Of the
regular army, the party after nominal
ing Mckinley, adopted plank at st.
Louis in which 1t declared for the for
nation of national arbitration board
10 "settle and adjust the differences
Aetween employers and employees en-.
iEs2ged in interstate commerce" 1t was
n bait designed to secure the support
nj the defeated railway workers, who
helieved that thereafter the Federal
government could be depended upon to
hold fairly the balance in Industrial
disputes. The pledge was never re-
deemed although the Republicans gov
erned the country until 1912. President
Wilson offered his services to bring
about peace in the same spirit that
President Roosevelt rendered his Of
Gees to Japan and Russia when those
nations were at war; Q. for the pur-
pose OF bringing about peace. Neither
eide would recede from it's position and
1Othing was left but industrial war.
AT this point congress intervened and
enacted the eight-hour law, pending
The investigation of conditions for
which the bill distinctly provides. Now
lhe fapts diatten out the deception the
Presidential candidate seeks to prac.
Aice upon the publIc!
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-03

Judges are now elected on a non
partisan judicial ballot, which gives
to every voter an opportunity to vote
for the best qualified candidate, ire
spective of party aiIliation.
Knox county is in the Fifth appel
late district, and Judge Robert S
Shields of Canton, o., who is now
serving his first term, is candidate
for reelection to the appellate bench
His record as a judge is of the high
est order; and if faithful, earnest ser
vice is to be rewarded he certainly
merits the unanimous support of all
voters in the district, without regard
to party fealty.
Judge Shields has been endorsed by
nearly every bar association in the
district. He is ripe lawyer, a just
and fearless Judge, and his opinions
are recognized by bench and bar as
being clear and vigorous expositions
of the law with which they deal
Judge Shields is personally popular
In this county and throughout the dis
trict, and we predict for him not only
in this county, but in the district, a
large majority, thus lnsuring his re-
election on November 7.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-03

Taking their cue from the permis
stiaDof Governor Wifiis to allow prize
Eight at Cedar Point on Labor Day, and
rfhe further permission to exhibit Aims
the 1ight before the children OF the
saaoe, promoters have taken 1t that all
the bars are down in Ohio.
Co-inhfientalIy with the widespread
Sunday opening Of saloons in the larg.
gr cities, and the unchecked law viola.
nnn, 1t would appear that they are
right
Eastern promoters. with IL. C. O'Con,
sSn ~ well known sporting leader at
udhe bead are now planning to hold a
white hope" fight in Ohio to take the
hssaxV-weight championship from Jess
Willard, who has held 1t since he
knocked out Jack Johnson. They be.
HisSe they could bring crowd of 40,-
$50 to the Ohio town st4stit@Beeures the
light
II Is apparent that Governor Willis
ihSaB sacrificed all moral principle to
gain what votes he BsWV Cor re-elec-
iahon. and unless legal authorities as
'S@me TO act Ohio will soon be known
aB the ''openest state In the nation"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-03

Democrats of county open campaign
with former Gov. James M. Coz and
Thomas J. Duffy as principal speak
ers.
Mansfield police looking for two
men selling patent medicine under
false pretenses in the county.
Little more than 100000 of the =
per cent preferred stock of the Mans.
field Sheet & Tin Co. remains unsold
Lincoln Highway Farmers Improve
ment association to meet at home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Friday, west OF
Mansfield, on Oct. 4. Interesting pro
gram prepared.
l.. II. Lutz, near Bellville, has bot
hands crippled as result of two acci
dents only week apart.
Rev. L. A. Long, pastor of First
Brethren church, starts three
weeks series of evangelistic meet
ings.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-03

Mrs. Fred Jacobs of this city went
to Columbus Friday to spend several
days with relatives.
H. C. SHETLAND of North Main
street went to Columbus Friday to
spend the day.
Mrs. G. C. Congdon of East High
street departed for Washington, d. c.,
Friday where she will spend few
months with her son, Sidney B. Cong
don of that city.
Mrs. Walter Hess of North Gay
street went TO Howard Friday to
spend few days with relatives.
Andrew r. Proper of East Ham
tramck street attended the Licking
county fair Friday.
Charles X. Salisbury of East High
street went to Columbus Friday to
spend the day.