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The sun., 1916-11-26
Hugh Black Addresses the
S~choolmasters Association
A HIGH note Of idealism was struck
~ NJ the second monthly dinner OF

A HIGH note of idealism was struck
~ at the second monthly dinner OF
the Schoolmasters Association OF
New York n Vicinity last Friday eve
ming at the Columbta University Club.
The Rev. Hugh Bhok. the great 9cotch
preacher. now engaged In the work Of
discovering men for tho ministry. put
before the members the struggle against
materiallsm which he believes alone
can lift America The schoolmasters
we're evidently In entire sympathy with
his position. for the enthusiasm at the
success Of the meeting ran high.
The gathering wa the 212th Of the
association. There were seventy men,
osrs present. including several Of the
charter members and q number Of the
old. familiar leaders Of the profession
In this city. These men had come
particularly to Join In the tribute to
two OF the honorary members of the as
toc.at!on who have recently d!ed-Seth
Low and Randall Spaulding. Resolutions
IN recognition of Mr.. Lows services to
the association were presented by Or.
Arthur Cutler and q brief review Of the
Ute OF Randall s~paulding was given by
wilson Farrand.
The meal itself was gaily i~nterspersed
with music by the new schoolmasters
OF the Barnard School. With this
leadership the interval between courses
was filed with songs. ancient and mod
ern. II Is but fair to note that the
teachers sang "~0audeamus" and I'm
terger vite" with all the sest with
which they rendered Brave Amherst"
And The Stein on the Table"
Prof. Adam La Roy Jones Of Columbia
University. president OF the association.
In presenting DR.. Black, spoke OF him
as a representative Of q profession
closely associated with teaching. "lns
Deed said he, "our profession 10 ~
offspring of the ministry. We welcome
Dr. Black because he comes not only
as "a representative Of the greatest OF
all professions. but as one OF the great
est representatives OF his profession"
DR.. Black fell In at once with h
nfornality Of these meetings. n lent
great force to his exposition by the
very simplicity Of his remarks.
AFTER all" said he. n am nsst .
teacher. as any sound preacher must be.
Whlle II IL true that teaching n the last
onsprlns OF the ministry. nevertheless
Il In indeed the foundation Il our pro-
tession. Scotland wee bit OF .
try--is In admirable illustration OF this
TACT II was John Knox's idea TO have
IN every community, no mattAr how
small. Al educated minister and . great
teacher. 'All things elsa he said, might
then take care OF thsmseives.' The re-
suit 10 that Scotland has bean turning
out more than her share OF the WpsAt
men Of the world u osetla4A ths Pre-.
fession of tsaeh1ng rnete e1GAy tearl
s IL: si. =. H&s
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AT no time has tho profession OF the
ministry been more important than II
IL to-day. A a with a message for
tho deepest instincts and feelings Of the
human heart will never be without his
audience. In these days. when the heart
of the world is stirred to It's depths with
the feeling that things rs they are can
not 20 on. the opportunity to incuicate
ideals awaits only men OF vision for the
task. It is part OF my work to 30 to
the colleges OF the country to suggest
these opportunities. What ] am trying
to do is not to get more men to enter
the ministry but to get a select number.
Tho time will never be when the nation
will not need men who have In them the
nature of prophets-without them a ma
ton cannot live. In finding this select
group Of men I am constantly con-
fronted OF course with the assertion
that there In q great decrease In the
supply. and statistics are pointed to
but you can do anything with statistics.
II is not the lack OF numbers that both
ers me. but the lack Of really educated
men.
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as good as that Of the original company.
The girls are not only enthusiastic about
this part Of their curriculum, but they
are also very fond Of their own Little
Theatre" a separate building with a
stage where the plays are given.
Before they motored back to owl
Mrs. Merrill took her guests on a tour
Of inspection Of the school buildings.
These include a fully equipped n
Isolated infrmary, outside Of the school
grounds. that looks like the miniature
Of a modern hospital. Two trained
nurses are there and one Of their duties
Is to keep q card health index of the
school. Part Of the infrmary Is de-
voted to a mothercraft course. where
the girls learn to battle, weigh n
otherwise take care Of an infant.
In the " story granite schoolhouse.
In one OF the rooms. some OF the girls
were studying In the secretarial course.
for Mrs. Merrill insists that her pupils
must learn something which would make
them self-supporting In case there
might he need Of II In after life.
"oaksmere is in no sense a fashions
able finishing school," remarked the
principal. although there Is lots Of
wealth here. The girls wear uniforms
In the daytime and everything IL run
on a simple. democratic basis"
Mrs. Merrill herself IL so practical
and wideawake and so closely In touch
with all that In most progressive in the
scholastic world that it is difficult TO
realize that she has taken high academic
honors and Is a mathematician OF high
repute. She was graduated from Welles-
ley In 1883. She then forced her way
into the graduate school OF Columbia
University and had the honor Of being
the first woman to whom Columbia gave
q degree. She specialized in mathe-
mates mt college and soon gained a high
reputation as an astronomer. Just as
In the past she scanned the stars with
diligence and penetration. SO to-day. as
principal of Oaksmere. she studies the
field Of education TO make new discov-
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A Private School That
Is Proud Of Being New
Nothing Anticipated About Oaksmere, Mrs. Merrill's
School, Mamaroneck, N. Y.-Girls Learn House.
keeping in Practice House-High Dramatic
Work-Oaksmere Has Spirit of Success.
~ IHILE there are private schools
w In America that naturally pride

~ IHILE there are private schools
w in America that naturally pride
w themselves on their antiquity,
being ~centenarians or older. there Is one
school that glories In its newnesA hav.
Ing Just passed Its first decade. This
school Is Oaksmere. Mrs. Merrilrs School
for Girls. that occupies . fifteen acre
estate at orlenta Point. Mamaroneck.
onfhe-Sound. ". Y. fHF :
"An Of us. both the faculty and the
girls, pride ourselves on tho nswness of
lhe school," said Mira. winifred Edger-
ton Merrill. the principal. che other
afternoon while tea vas being served In
Nerrillton House.
'rhArs Is nothing antique or anti
oua,ed about the school, continued Mrs
Merrill. srpiins. ct will always b. the
rev school, for It will always have a
newness about It. as II IL up 10 date and
new in'its ideas all Of the time. We are
living in the present with eyes turned
10 the future. We have no barnacles Of
the past clincing to US and retarding our
progress. aF
"The first thing we aim 10 make Of
the girls IS good citizens. inc in order
10 become good citisens they have to be
very healthy. very intelligent and very
practirai."
And as an example OF how successful
her pupils are in acquiring the frst
requisite. Mrs. Merrill pointed with PRIDE
TO the record made by the schools basJ
ketha.l team this week. II beat q high
school team 81 10 1 and a New York
private chool team IS to o.
There is something about the char
acter OF the school. Mrs. licrriA pointed
out. as she chatted In her business Of
dec in the Moorish Room. that takes
hold OF a girl even after She mas only
been at Oaksmere q fortnight. II Is
this subtle something In the life of tho
school that makes her successful in
every thing she undertakes. whether II
Is dramatic work or Latin or athletics.
or whatever II may happen to be at the
time. And II In this same Oaksmere
spirit that carries the graduate along
80 successfully in after life and makes
her equal to every emergency. This
really wonderful spirit seems due partly
10 the lack OF seif-consciousness that
al oaksmere girls have, partly TO their
remarkable power Of concentration and
to their highly developed efficiency and
s~slf-conadence.
zone OF the features that makes
oaksmere unique" continued Mrs. Mer-
rnl. rs the Practice, Hoaiss. which was
formerly a masters residence. and 10
located on IN ad1oin!ng estatA Groups
Of students in rotation take up their
home in the Practice House. Each in
turn acts as the mistress OF the house
hold. This student-mistress must as
sumo full responsibility down to tho
smallest details. She plana orders and
directs the meals and does al the mar
kstins. thus utilizing practically what
she learned while studying In the domss-
tie science department
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Let us look up the reasons for this
lack. In the first place. l learn tina
over 30 per cent. Of the high schools Of
this country do not even offer Greek.
To the man or the boy who has his heart
set on the ministry this in the hrst in
lance is a drawback. There ought 70
be in every high school facilities given
for a select number OF boys TO prepare
themselves for the great profession. We
have nc right to assume that our educa-
ton must be just for the great body Of
students. We must look out for the
minds which are instinctlvely hne and
select.
Il was educated In Scotland at q sort
Of New England academy. The head.
called the rector. was always interested
In the average pupil. but once or twice
a year he went through the school thor
oughly. looking for what he called coll
lege material-the lads with parts, the
ones with qualities worth while being
developed. When he found such ne
separated them. No more ordinary pur-
suits for them. They were educated
severely along lines leading directly to
college. Essentially these were Latin.
Greek. English and mathematics; n
at ~ they were usually ready. There
are always a certain number of boys
whom God has endowed with the gift Of
~scno'arship, any 'hese ousni 70 Nc 'ouho
anu nsoursseu; ~ oco.ahu u was
s..se .enU.ais Wiz 'n,ousn 'neil oolese
and almost invariably this selection
proved worth while Tor the country
II am democratic enough 10 say
Amen to general education, but II must
not lower the standard Of scholarship.
II IL getting constantly more difficult to
and men for the great Jobs of the world
the joos tina in the financial sense do
not pay. What liz wrong with preaching
really lies at the door of you teachers,
because the preacher who fails to deliver
n message does 70 principally because
he is not enough OF a scholar or n
teacher; he doesn't give q man enough
to put his teeth In. ! appeal to you not
to let the best minds slip by through the
influence OF commercialism OF material
ism. Not only my profession and yours
but all the others are being constantly
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Seib row


Resolutions passed at the last
meeting Of the Sc~hooimdsfers Asso.
citation Of Net0 York aud Vicinity:
Whereas in the death Of the Hon.
Seth Low the Schoolmasters AssQcia-
ton has lost an honorary member.
highly valued. o loyal helper and al
ways a strong supporter.
Whereas the city has lost an ex-
Mayor whose zeal in its welfare and
usefulness In its service continued to
the end Of his life al ex-president OF
Columbia University. whose practical.
tactful and effective efforts have
raised the standard OF education.
both public and private, throughout
the city.
Whereas the country has lost a
citizen whose ability and willingness
to serve the public interests have left
a lasting record In It's history there
fore be II
Resolved, That a. An association
we hereby testify to our high appre-
citation Of Mr.. Lows work Il an edu-
Gator and a public servant and that
we believe he deserves from US and
from the public the title Of the FIRST
citizen Of New York be It also
Resolved. That a copy OF these
resolutions be forwarded to the fam
lily Of Mr.. Low and that another be
placed on nle In u records.
The sun., 1916-11-26
SCHOOLS, COLLEGE, ACADEMIES

ments in china linen. kitchen utensils
and all other expenses which must be
classified and itemized. Tho oaknmere
graduate IL likely to have n exact
knowledge Of costs possessed BY few
business men,"
Besides the valuable experience gained
at the Practice House Mrs. Merrill at
tributes part of the superior personnel
OF the Oaksmere girls to their training
In dramatic work.
Il place great Importance on dramatic
work." said Mrs. Merrill. as she and
her guests were slipping tea. at helps
ones diction and department. gives poise
and grace n enlarges the sympathy
and understandings.
The only course in the United States
that can be compared with that given by
the dramatic arts department In Oaks.
mere Is that under Prof. George Pierce
Baker at Harvard. Indeed, the literary
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What Is Going On
Within Academic Walls

THE football season at Westminster
School. S%imSbury. Conn.,. closed
on Saturday. November Is, with
the defeat Of Taft School by a
score OF z to o. This last zero
for their opponents mea that
the Westminster boys have not only
been %unbeaten. but that they have
covered The season without being scored
against. thus placing themselves in the
position Of football leaders among the
chools Of central Connecticut. The
splendid coaching Of l.. @. Pettee con-
tributed much to this exceptional record.
but the good head work Of Capt. Robert
son. quarterback, inc tho team work of
the whole in addition to brilliant indi-
vidual playing. have also been factors
which have made memorable the team of
1916. In the evening q dance was held
in the gymnasium, with Mrs. ". L.
Cushing as hostess. The Sunday morn
Ing following J. T. Dallas. assistant
headmaster of Taft School. conducted
the service In the Hay Memorial Chapel.
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MISS SCHOOL.

Prof. C. 4. Harrington gave the second
Of the series Of lectures which Miss
shoemaker 10 presenting to her pupils
at the New York Collegiate Institute, 345
West Emo avenue. New York city. on
Wednesday last The subject was Undue
tive Effects Of Electric Cu~rrents." Begin
ming with "Oersted's' experiment. Prof.
Harrington later produced induced mag
netism n secondary currents. He also
showed that q coil of wire may produce
self induction. When 4 solid copper ring
was made to oat in air. when an ordi-
nary telephone was used to detect the
presence OF an electric field and whom an
electric lamp was made to give its full
intensity OF light-all without any visible
connection with q current-the girls Just
clapped their hands in wonder n de-
light.
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side OF our course includes lectures by
Prof. Baker on the dramatlzat.on Of the
short story and the poem"
Mrs. Merrill said that this season the
department Is under the general direc.
ton OF Edward Goodman, the director
Of the Washington Square Players. A
play Ia given every two weeks under the
coaching OF Mr.. Goodman. Philip Noel
Ter, Miss Florence Enright. or some
other Washington Square Player. The
writer was so fortunate as TO see one OF
them. Forbidden Fruit" from the Play
ors' own repertory. coached by Miss En-
right. The acting was astonishingly
smooth and finished, considering It was
amateur theatricais at chool. The sub
stitutes were to give their performance
the week following, and Miss Enrlght
declared that their acting would be quite
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check this laboratory knowledge. Only
under practical conditions can she learn
how to engage and how to handle SER
yAntA how to measure their capacity.
6he learns how the work of a household
should be divided. the t!mo acquired 20
perform each task thoroughly and how
to avoid the friction and constant wor-
ries which destroy the comfort and en-
joyment of 30 many homes.
'Tho accounting lessons Of our busi-
ness courses are put to actual use. for
great stress is placed upon the economic
side Of housekeeping. The importance
is emphasized OF knowing the exact cost
of food supplies. Of wages. of replace
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BARNARD SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

The ancient history classes OF the
Barnard School for Boys. New York
city. as part OF their study Of original
sources. paid a visit TO the Egyptian
and Babylonian rooms OF the Metro
poiitan Museum OF Art last week with
their instructor. Mr.. Wood. At the con-
clusion OF the trip. which included the
Tomb Of Perneb. Of the old Kingdom,
and the rooms devoted to each OF the
main epochs, the boys were asked to
write an account of the trip. m the
best one handed In vas by William
bradford Hubbell OF the freshman class.
He wrote,
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Students from New York city and
nearby towns met recently In the main
building of Notre Dame University,
Notre Dame. Ind. and formed a Notre
Dame club Of the metropolitan district.
The officers chosen were: Joseph w.
McKenna, president; Raymond J. Nc
Cabe. vice-president +. Patrick Kenny.
secretary: Kenneth Il. Fox. treasurer.
The club Is to give n banquet at the
Waldorf-AStoria during the Christmas
holidays. The members will go TO and
return from New York city at Christmas
vacation In a body In special cars. Ar
rangements for this purpose are In the
hands OF Andy McDonough.
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ROSEMARY HALL.

The hockey team OF Rosemary Hall.
Greenwich. Conn. defeated the Love-
Haywood team. 6 to /. In a game played
at Stamford last Saturday afternoon.
About htty OF the girls. as we'll as the
head mistresses. Miss Ruutz Rees and
Miss Lowndes. motored over for the
game. The girls brought back the ban
ner they la won n hung !tin the
gymnasium with appropriate ceremonies.
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Y. SCHOOL OF PHILANTHROPY.

William H. Matthews. member Of the
Board Of Child Welfare. will speak about
THE Board Of Child Welfare" Tuesday.
November 2S. at 2:l0 p. NJ. at the
assembly hall. United Charities Build
ing. 1o5 East Twenty-second street. New
free lectures given under the auspices
Of the New York School Of Philanthropy.
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cries for the beneht Of secondary private
school education.
1t Is difficult to tell which one admires
more. Oaksmere. the school. or Mrs. Mer-
rill, its principal. And yet they are 40
part OF each other that TO praise one Is
at the same time to praise the othef,
And that high praise Ia due. an after.
Looms visit IL sufficient to prove unQues.
tionably.
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1T II only in an establishment like
the Prnctlcs House can . young eir
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sERGloLANGUAGES

Any one. however slow" or advanced In
years. can easily learn a foreign language
bv using our mrtho'. Sruuish aughtrspiily.
10th Year at 3l5 Eifth Ave. Cor. SYd 50.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-13

FOR SALE = GENUINE NANCY Hall sweet potato slips, $1.50 per thousand; in five thousand lots, $1.25. Apply Mrs. Giessen, R. F. D. No. ?. Box 158, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 6-4-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-13
BETTER FARMING
 HINTS.
NeighbOrhOOd Fairs.

County Agent Tucker of Miller county has helped to organize five neighborhoods in that county for fairs to be held in September or October. Each district includes from four to seven school units and the organiza- ton has set of officers, and five mmittees-program, fair, education, health and roads. Thus there is something for everybody to do to- wards building up the community Last year two such fairseF were held, the one at Fouke having. an att end ance of two thousand people: Last year the prizes were furnished by the business. men of Texarkana but this year the farmers decided to finance the fairs themselves although cor dially inviting the town people to attend There should be a. thousand of these neighborhood fairs held in Arkansas this fall The extension service of the University of Arkan- sas and United States department of agriculture. with offices at Fayette- vile and Little Rock, is deeply in terested in this movement and 90 men and women county agents are willing to help.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-13
New York Cotton.

New York, June 12.-The cotton market opened barely steady at a de- cline of 1O5 points today in response to disappointing cables. Spot houses were moderate buyers at the decline and there was further local covering, hrt there seemed to be considerable foundation and after some early lr- regularity, active months sold about om1O points net lower, with July to1ching 12.73c, October 12.8Sc and December 13. O5c before the end of the first hour. Liverpool was a buyer on the decline. but general business was comparatively ron quiet e Private cables renorted a pause in the demand in 1iverpool. the market quiet and no disposition to press sales. The early selling movement seemed to have pretty well run it's course on the decline to 12.SSc for October, and trading later was quiet, with prices working back to within 2 or 3 points of Saturdays closing figures, or up to 12.95c for October deliveries. The de- tailed weather reports were consider ed generally favorable, but the talk of an encouraging weekly crop review on Wednesday seemed to bring in little pressure and there may have been some scattered buying in expectation of bullish domestic consumption figures from the census bureau ton1or- row.
 Trading continued quiet during the early afternoon and there was little further change in prices, which ruled around 1293c for October and 13,08c for December, or about 4@6 points net lower.
 Cotton closed steady. The range:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-13
Youthful, Beautiful
 Skin Easy to Have

You may be as healthy as d bird in the air and still have q poor complexion. Changing seasons and temperatures winds. dust and dirt, are apt to iniure any skin. even though the general health be good. When these external influences spoil the complexion. the natural thing is to re- move the spoil by external means Or dinary mercolized wax will do this. It will actually absorb the weather.soile film-skin. d little each day Ill a week or two you'll have a brand new com plexion. a new skin The eXquisitely beau tiful and youthful complexion thus ac- quired. comes easily, without harm or discomfort. there's no reason why any woman should not adopt this simple treat ment. Get an ounce of mercolized wax at any drug store. apply nightly like cold cream. washing it off mornings. This will not fail i'll any case.
 To quickly remove wrinkles. signs of care and age. bathe the face occasionally in il solution of powdered saXolite. one ounce, dissolved in one-half pint witch hazel The results will surprise you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-13
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that pursu- ant to decretal order of the Jeffer~ son Chancery Court in the case of Nellie Oaks and w. D. Jones, Tru;- tee. vs. Mollie A. Rcge"s and Henry D. Rogers. the undersigned. as Com missioner of this Court. will, on the 26th day of June, 1916, during the hours for judicial sales, offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Courthouse in Pine Bluff Ar kansas, upon a credit of three months. the following property. lying and being situated in Jefferson coun- ty, Arkansas. tO-wit
 Commencing at the Southeast cor ner of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section Eight (8), Township Six (6). South of Range Nine (9), West, South of the Public Road, thence West Six (6) chains seventy-one CID links to the point of beginning: thence West Thirteen ,13) chains twenty-nine (29) links; thence North to the public road four (4) chains; thence north forty-three (4S) degrees east eight (S) chains: thence north sixty and one-half eco R) degrees east seven and S0-l0o chains; thence south fourteen Q4) chains to the point of beginning. ex- cept five (5) acres deeded to William H. Simpson as shown by deed dat ed November II, 1898. and recorded in Deed Record B, third series, page 50 of the Deed Records of Jefferson County. Arkansas, and three (3) acres deeded by the said Mollie A. Rogers and Henry D. Rogers to H. P. Brown as evidenced by & dced dat ed May 29, 1912, and recorded in Deed Record 75, page 43S, of the Re cords of Jefferson County. The land herein conveyed being five and 22-1O0 acres.
 The purchaser of said land will be required to execute bond with ap- proved security for the purchase price, and lien will be retained up on said land to secure the payment thereof
 F. M. REEVES, Commissioner, 6-6-13-20