Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-30
President Butcher of EmpOria
Normal Advocates New
Educational Plan.
WOULD REACH MORE PEOPLE
Many More High School Students
Could Receive Instruction In High
err Branches Under System.

| In nigh schools would materially III
crease the number Of college trainet
people In the state.
In his address at the high schoo
| teachers conference at X. y. recent
ly he said that under the California
law of 1911, more than a dozen higl
schools in that state are doing fifth
and sixth year work. Three higl
schools in Minnesota have established
junior college departments. The pub
lie schools at Grand Rapids offer un
derclass college work. Junior colleges
are located in ST. Louis and Kansas
City and one year of junior college
work is being given at st. Joseph with
the intention of establishing sec
ond years next year
THE purpose of the junior college
is to prepare the high school gradu
ate for entrance into the sophomore
or junior class of the college or uni
versity; or, in other words to offer
work equivalent to the freshman or
freshman and sophomore work. Presi'
dent Butcher said.
Communities unable or unwilling
to raise sufficient funds to support
adequately the regular high school,
will be found establishing junior col
leges as soon as this movement be-
comes popular" says Professor Butch
err.
California has pointed the way, and
that way is through state aida policy
already adopted in our own state for
certain phases of high school work.
There are arguments in favor OF
the junior college. 1t offers college
opportunity to the student whose par
ents can not afford to send him away
to school. 1t takes care of the stu
dent who can not for other reasons
leave home. 1t solves the problem of
the immature student whose parents
are unwilling to trust him, more fire.
quently her, away from home influ'
ences. 1t sets new standard of edu-
cational attainment in the community.
1t causes more people to go to col
lege. In many instances a student
would get more scholarly, certainly
more mature, instruction in good
junior college than in the large insti-
tuition of learning where too often lack
Of funds and consequently crowded
conditions, make it necessary to put
the freshmen in large groups and I'M
der advanced students and inexperi
enced teachers"
Cake Killed Chickens-When a
young wife of Chicopee had bad luck
with a cake recently, she threw it to
the chickens. The chickens died. Then
the young woman decided there was
poison in the baking powder and sent
for state food inspector. Harry Bell
of Leavenworth Investigated. He
found the baking powder blameless.
The woman had used salt instead OF
sugar. The chickens ate the cake and
died from thirst, the inspector says.
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Wheat Outlook Is "Fine"-Wichita
Board of Trade members Who have
been into the country and have made
an inspection of the wheat conditions
say the grain is in splendid condition,
but a bit backward. The outlook is
fine.
X X X
Bio Fire at Perry.-Fire recently de-
stroyed six business houses at Perry
with a total loss estimated at $4,000.
C.. l.. Lawson, fire fighter, was in
jured when an ammonia tank in the
Ice plant exploded, hurting him to the
ground.
X * X
X. U. Man Won a Debate-Support-
ing the affirmative of the question,
Resolved, That the United States
Should Permanently Retain the Phil
ippine Islands," the University of
Kansas won unanimous decision over
Colorado university in the annual Kan
sas-Colorado debate at Lawrence.
X X 4
Mayor of Atchison Quits.-Dr. c. c.
Finney has resigned as mayor of At
Gibson. Contempt proceedings had
been brought against Doctor Finney
in which an Atchison benevolent lodge
was named following raid of the clut
rooms last November.
X X X
Kansas Boy Villa Wetim-P. Y
Davis of Columbus has received notice
that his son, Arthur DAVIS. soldier
was among those killed in the Villa
raid on Columbus, N. M.
X X *
High School to Test crops.-Th'
Mcpherson high school is preparing t
have an agricultural station in connec
ton with the school work. A plan Il
being developed to use vacant lot il
making agricultural tests in germina
ton and the growth of grains ant
flowers.
An $4,000 Land Sale-The best spo
cash land sale in months in Russell
county has just been made by Henri
Strecker, who sold half section I
Carl A. Anschutz for $4,000. MI
Strecker will retire from the farm.