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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
MILITARY TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Military training in the schools
conceived as military drilling is unde-
sirable and unavailing; military train
ing conceived as a comprehensive pro-
gram oi physical, moral, and civic ed
ucation Is desirable and even neces-
sary," declares DR.. w. S. Small in 4
chapter on educational hygiene in The
annua! report of the commission Of ed
ucation. department Of the interior.
DR.. Small points out that military
training thus conceived offers a pos
siblity of unifying and ennobling the
now confused and disjointed activities
in the field of physical and moral dis
cipline. The physical and moral val
ues OF both gymnastics and athletics
are well understood, but both lack
All systems of gymnastics are individ-
ualistic. Their appeal is to the desire
OF the individual for physical perfec-
ton. Competition is narrowly individ-
ualistic. Systems Of athletics are
mostly based upon group competitions,
and if properly managed are very val
liable not only for physical develop
ment but also for training in the very
fundamentals of social morality. But
the philosophy of athletics is the
philosophy of play, and the philosophy
Of play is the philosophy of instinct
philosophy that is not comprehensive
enough to serve as sole basis Of ply
steal and moral education. Military
training rightly conceived includes
these motives and subordinates them
TO the ideal OF patriotism"
The report describes and discusses
the so-caled Wyoming plan" orig
mated by Capt. E. " Steever, L. S. A.,
outlines the plans of the New YORK
military commission in relations to
physical training, and analyses the re-
latioa Of military training to school,
organization, concluding that military
training in the strict and technical
sense will not be grated upon the
schools, but military training in the
sense of comprehensive program for
physical. moral, and civic education in
which some appropriate military af-
fairs may be included is likely to find
its way into all schools"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

AS the road was rough, the box IN
which Billy Bunny and Bobby Tail
We're hidlns slid slowly nearer and
nearer the back of the sleigh. And. as
there wasn't any tailboard to keep it
from going farther. it just dropped OF
into the snow.
At first. of course. Billy Bunny ana
Bobby Tail were terribly upset They
were upset in every way. Even the
box was upset. 1t was mighty lucky
for the Bunny Children that the straw
was soft ard dry. But it wasn't so
nice to be In place where there
weren't asy aa.a,o;;s; O; ;:'T a;;;; sss;:;
They at once set to work digging
under the side Of the box, and very
soon made way out. Then they
looked about to see where they were.
And. wasn't it lucky They were IN
the Friendly Forest right in the midst
OF a bramble patch. Isn't II WONDER
FIJI how lucky some people arc? = 3s'2
This would be pretty fine place W
the summer time. said Billy Bunny.
ST we can only find enough TO eat un-
h, then. We shall be all right.
.I've got half Of my carrot left, said
Bobby Tall. I,
and rye got some OF mine, SAD
Billy Bunny. This will Keep VS. lor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

with the Russian army and its officers
and seen the edges, Marshall had been
a French poilu, a private in the army
Of France. driving his ambulance back
and forth with its grisly load be-
tween Dead Mans Hill at Verdun ana
the hospital station behind the
trenches Marshall saw war naked. Nc
Cormick got the view of those who
C, cate wars, Marshall OF the men with
whom the war is made, the raw ma
teriai of democracy that is torn an"
shredded into red sttips in the ma
chinery of war. AIcCormick enjoyed
such comfort as unlimited money
might afford in an armed camp. Mar
shall ate the food and slept in the dis
comfort, felt the fears and shared the
lot of a poilu of France, he was com
mon soldier driving an unlighted am
bu,ance in the dark. along roads torn
and tangled with debris, ambulances
thai; left trails of red significance
along the way. The trade advantages,
the treaties to be made thru war do
not appeal to him. He has seen war
with the bark on and so Marshal
calls for preparedness for defense ana
war as the last resort The states
mans gamble with human pawns for
political and trade advantage are not
counted in his conception OF righteous
excuses for war.
There is not the least doubt that
Marshall expresses the present thought
of Iowa. Ready as always to defend
the important rights Of this country
unanimous for proper pre-
paredness, convinced that we must
have system of military training
as part of imperative preparation for
eventualities, Iowa fears and hates
war The editors who counsel military
invasion of Germany by the United
States as allies of the entente are not
speaking for Iowa.
Marshall, on that Hlsht lie teiis oi'
when he stood in the darkness by his
wheel and saw the last son of dying
mother thrown on tangled heap OF
dead and standing thus broke out and
damned war by all the great and holy
things he knew, spoke for the average
Iowan. 1t is no blot on the
proved courage of Marshall and no
Of the bravery of Iowa that
both shall hate war
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
THOSE ~" FREE LECTURES.

The Y. NJ. c. A. has organized and
completed course of lectures that
Marshalltown and its contiguous ter
ritory may give notice to advantage
At least six men Of celebrity in
this and other states will speak at
the Odeon on a succession OF sunday
afternoon on subjects of personal and
community welfare, matters of large
public and private interest to aud
fences welcome without charge to the
lectures and especially invited to at
tend.
states that these meetings are not
evangelistic in character that they are
entirely free from denominationalism
in short that they arc intended to be
generally helpful to all classes and
people.
Those who have heard Harvey
lngham with del!sht-and who ever
heard him otherwise--wil be especial
ly attracted To the meetings by the
knowledge that he is on the list. Those
who heard Verne Marshal relate his
experiences at Ferdun can certify to
the absorbing character Of his mar
raMve. Other excellent speakers per-
haps less known in our city than those
mentioned have pledged their services.
The meetings as planned should and
doubtless will attract large audiences.
Why not?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
Billy Bunny and His Friends

. . . L Z NJ 49,
while until, we can look about little
more. The thing now to do is to 80 IN /
side and fix up our house.
So they both crawIed in and CONF
menced arranging things They sprea4
the straw about and made two nice
little beds. TO their delight they found
peanut and chocolate eclaire,
..Scrumptions!r cried Bobby TAN
Now we've got enough to last us fc71
weelas!"
BY this time it was getting late ana
they worried about home.
Mother will wonder where we are,
SAID paii,, Bunny. II wish we scould
send her word"
Just then Blackie Grow few HI
''Wait minute, Blackie. Will yq
take this telegram to mother?''
Mrs. William Bunny. Old Brier Patch
Snake Fence Corner:
Don't worry; we've made it'll
house for ourselves in Bramlbie Bush
billy Bunny
Bobby Tail
Qf BIaclie Grow doesn't reach IN
Old Bricr Patch before tomorrow MI
Bunny can read all about It In tn
Times Republi lean M that is, q ~ !
doesn't lose her spectacles before thai
timpo rs RI lss3a 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
Topics of the Times

Seem like Won Bernstorff is long
time finding his hat.
Nobody except Pitt and Johnston ex-
poets the Pitt-Johnston program to go
thru And they are beginning to "hae
their doots.''
Whatever may develop in the in
Movement Of this country in the war is,
great change in public opinion will be
necessary before an American army is
landed in France.
President Wilson proposes to corr
gress that it turn the whole business
over to him but the country will feel
considerably safer If congress retains
some part of its dignity and keeps a
hand on the wheel and foot on the
brakes.
The killing of those Ohio guardsmen
seems to indicate that soldier is in
more danger from unsuarded grade
railroad crossings than from Mexican
bullets and camp diseases.
III the Harding program: is now
proposal TO raise the state tax levy.
Referred to the Taxpayers League for
consideration.
At the Iowa press meeting very
unusual thing was especially noticed;
Pat" Murphy, Of the Vinton Eagle
and Iowa, wasn't there much to the re-
greet of every member of the associa-
ton.
The State Center Enterprise and
Marshall county are pluming them
selves on the victory Of that publica-
ton over a big field Of excellent en-
tries in the first page" contest be-
tween weeklies at the press meeting.
The Enterprise came first to the wire
IN great drive.
OF course pay the boys who acted
as election judges on the border. How
ever. the suggestion forces itself that
Judging an election looks like an easier
job than digging cactus.
Ding is far and away the best ev-
eryday cartoonist on the job, but even
SO versatile an artist as himself can't
match the editorial policies Of tfIe New
York Tribune and the Des Moines
Register on foreign relations and make
complete success Of it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
Mrs. Spotted Rabbit Speaks.

The first fullblood Indian woman in
aboriginal costume, and speaking no
English, to appear before the senate
committee on Indian affairs in behalf
of her people, was heard by the COM
nittee in the course of an examination
Of extraordinary interest. She was
Mrs Spotted Rabbit, wife of the chief
of the Big Horn district of that name,
and informed the committee thru an
Interpreter that she had come to
Washington at her own expense to
protest against the proposal in the
Myers bill to authorize the construc-
ton of dam, on the Big Horn river,
on the Crow reservation. and the par
tition of lands upon such terms as 70
yield the state Of Montana oTie-ha1
the proceeds, the reclamation service
the other half and the Indians nothing.
Mrs. Spotted HaDoit was attirsu ~ q
costume. the waist OF which, other IN
dams In the room said. must be worth
at least 10000. 1t was OF a priSht
hued woven cloth so dotted with large
and perfect e1k's teeth that short
distance away they looked like part OF
the design Of the garment
The Crows had sent On dslega-
ton Of hSteen persons to plead LOT
their rights, and Spotted Rabbit had
made an irnpassioned address IN ms
native tongue before his wife took
the stand She opened her statement
With the voluntary explanation ttieif
she was a woman Of CONSEQUENCE N
her own tribe; producer. who added
ha- r,a-- ta the family stores and al
,,,,,, .at a s,r,nd meal and that she
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

+ A tAf 3
Clapp. Of Minnesota. put as delicately
as ir'he Were addressing the first lady
OF the land, Mrs. Spotted Rabbit
promptly informed the committee that
she was 90 years old. Her testimony
was not Of ringing Importance but 1t
was brought out that as a girl she had
lived after the aboriginal mode Of the
american Indian, when the hunt and
not the field supplied food for the
family, and that notwithstanding all
the privileges" enjoyed by the Indian
as a ward of Uncle Sam, she would
much rather go back to the old life.
The Indians ARE seriously con-
cerned over the legislation attempted
in the Myers bill declaring that 1t
proposes to divide the Crow reserva-
ton which it is their wish to keep in
tact and to ignore or evade their
rights in the uses Of the Big Horn
riSer.--Roston Transcript
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
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The Hon Made Good. 8

The telegraph messenger at Ashlai,fH
KY, Gerald Tharp, says the Westei
Union News. is familiar with the prifI
cipIe embodied in Ebert Hubbard
story, "A Message to Garcia. ait1l
this will probably be his first intimf
ton that such story was ever wrs
ten. sss
A local confectioner called Tor
messenger to go out TO a farm hoa.
for two dozen eggs. Gerald was g
tailed FOR the errand. which ordinary
would consume thirty minutes. AT II
e,:ta OF three hours returned WI W 1
III: iist c ssss, and was promptly called +
the carpet BY the manager TO explff
b l.,s;: 4: z: I. tse .;Ir ID
d round Irish brogue Gerald eSpsairses
that the FARMER had only twsti ty-thi
.eggs. ard he had waited two and pi5
iiialf hours Tor a Plymouth Reck llsnfi 4
lay the other egg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
4 Masonic Meetings
. Visitors always welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. r. 4
A. M.-Special communication. WORK
in second degree Friday, Feb. 9, 1880 p
m. John w. Wells, secretary; w. II
Steiner, W. N.
SlGNET CHAPTER, No. 3S. r. A. NJ.
Special convocation Monday evening
Feb Il. 100 o'clock Royal Arch de-
sree followed by oyster supper. carr
Skaffner. H. P; John w. Wells. secre-
nary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 90, r. 6 s. NJ, Nom
day, Feb. 10. Regular business. l. l..
Ferries. Recorder; George Gregory
]. u.
STATED coNcLAVE, st. AIdemar
Commandery, No. 80. K. 7 Tuesday
Feb. 20, regular business. 1880 p. m. /.
+. Forbes. recorder; H. G. Mueller
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. E.
ESPECIAL meeting for school of IN
Struction at $50 Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. IA, dinner $50. Regular business
Downing, secretary; Mrs. j. E. treder-
lex, w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
Ripping Rhymes

y WALT MAsoN


! = 4
We oIIen near the critics ;ttise= state. in
magazine or journal, This noble book
is truly great--its fame will be eternal!'
Just now they're boosting such q book.
writ by gifted Briton, and say we'll
ali have far TO look. for one as ably
written. "It will endure while people
speak" they say. "the English lingo; 1t
is the work the fighbrows seek-a mas
terpiece, by jingo!" And in a year. or
maybe less. the book will be forgotten;
j bought and read 1t. confess, and
found 1t rather rotten. Since Steven
son was called away. beyond our jnris-
aictien, / doubt IL any human jay has
written lasting fiction Each year. we we
han masterpiece that's bound to last
for ages the sens SO ne will never
cease to con Its noble pn ges. can you
recall the books you read, two years
ago last Autumn? They were inmorts.!
tones, you satd--and then the Junk
man rot 'em. The modern authors Try
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

The university says of the celebra-
ton: Presidents OF universities, SUI
preme Justices and justices. governors
of states United States senators, cap
tains of industry publicists, statesmen,
jurists. men eminent in the professions
and members of the diplomatic corps
will attend. II is the anniversary OF
the birth Of Abraham Lincoln. And It
is the determination Of nearly a thou
sand Of the foremost men and women
of America IL make this the most
impressive and eventful celebration of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
The World Riddle.

am tired of thinking
All things are true. and so are their
opposites.
believe every philosophy, but not that
il contains all
The world riddle is heavy upon me to-
night,
O sphinx. why do you stop me on the
road. and let the others pass by?
Why do you mock my impotent brain
and tear my feyered heart asunder?
How often | have spent the whole eve
ming over some idle mechanical
puzzle
Cursing my stupidity for not being able
to solve it,
Cursing my infatuation for not being
able To give 1t up
Stretched and racked upon the horrible
little instrument OF torture.
This is life.
The Sphinx himself can furnish no
formula by way of solution.
Perhaps IL grow into him and into me,
/ may feel at last the answer OF
peace at the roots of my being.
But meanwhile would that l could
throw away the top. put out the
lamp and go to bed.
Ernest Crosby.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

Probably the most notable celebra-
ton of Lncolns birthday this year
will be the one at Lincoln Memorial
University, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn,
the institution which is called fire.
quently living memorial to Abra-
ham Lincoln. The celebration will
mark the twentieth anniversary of the
founding Of the university and will be
attended by many famous men and
women from all parts of the United
SfafAS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

to teach old lessons. stale and hoary)
they roll their coatsleeves up arg
preach, and SO forget their story. WI
listen to them as they spout, and yavI
where We should chortle; and nonI
since Stevenson went out, has strud(
the note immortal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

that day in history"
IN the pictures are shown at / Al
3 the new statue Of Lincoln by GeoI
Grey Barnard, recently completed a
placed on exhibition In New York al
intended for a permanent place In CT
einnati; at 9, the music building
Lincoln Memorial University; alta,
Rev. DR.. John Wesley Hill. chancelI
Of the university; at s, the late @
Oliver Otis Howard, founder Of
university.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

The life of typewriter ribbon has
been greatly increased by the invention
of a reinker by which ii is possible TO
apply quantity Of ink to the rib
bon which has become useless from
driving out The reinker consists of =
barrel which contains the ink, and 4
ralnking head or cap which also serves
TO retain the ink In the barrel. The
cap is fitted with felt wick. which
feeds the ink to the reinking roller as
required This device does its work
in few minutes without the necessity
OF removing the ribbon from the ma
chine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

other respects, he is a model citize1
and his life is one long-drawn-on1
dream Of peace. Every once in whild
we find contractor who is a real
christian, which teaches US that soind
men can retain their religion under
most severe trials.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

.entive genius OF the country for the
Improvement of the navy. sir. Ei;ddi-
son was born on Feb. II, ls47 and
many prepa fations We're, mace IN MS
great New .Iersev factory and else
where to celebrate the completion 81
his seventeen year. IN the picture are
seen Mr.. Edison and Secretary q the
Navy Daniels N q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

Ii is estimated by DR.. j. a. Udden,
director of the bureau OF economic
geology and technology OF the univer-
sity Of Texas. that there Is more than
10000 horsepower going to waste IN
the rivers of Texas
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
THE CONTRACTOR.
- leoliI u5x.d cabbaSes.k Nn&{

The contractor is always being
layesi by the weather or foreman y
has tust come down with inebriety
the death. Of second cousin Of
wife on her mothers side, but In,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10

Physicians and Surgeons
Rooms ao2 70 3o5. Phone IS for the
following physicians and surgeons:
OR. M. U. cHESIRE
Or. ;,EtSON MERRILL
3R. r.. p. NICHOLS
OR. GEORGE M. JOHNSON
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-12-28

should be always before the pupils
minds. First: Latin is the very best
subject to develop the agility of the
pupils mind; to make it more ready,
more logical in its working and more
systematic in its method of discover
ing or establishing a truth. In short,
the study Of Latin gives the pupil a
broader mental vision.
Secondly: On account Of the large
number of English words derived
from the Latin, some without under
going any change, Latin is an almost
unequalled instrument for teaching
the mother tongue. The daily drill
of transating Lalin sentences into
correct English sentences will give
the pupil more pra teal English in
his Latin than in his English classes,
and the importance of Latin in a
scheme Of education will be more than
justified.
The Senior AS. are reading the
/ Third Book OF the Aeneid with a deal
of interest, and seem to enjoy it i'm
mensely. The Senior BIS and Mid
| die AS. have covered more ground
/ in the given time than the other
/ classes. There are several orators
among the Senior B's. In hearing
them recite one is reminded of form.
er days when Hattie Jackson, Carrie
Bryant, Louis North and other Latin
satellites were in the high school
The Middle BIS. have learned not to
look up julius Caesar with dread, but
as one of the greatest generals and
statesmen the world has ever pro
duced,
Last but by no means least In earn
estness and proficiency, the Junior
AS. cannot be overlooked There is
an abun1ance Of excellent material In
the class, little raw, but when il
has gone through several refining
processes it will be as brilliant as
any that have ever been in the higf
school,
LENA T. JACKSON,
Professor of Latin.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-12-28

WEDDING AN
NIYERSARY

Rev and Mrs. B e. Peters gave a
reception to their many friends as a
celebration of their 3Sth wedding an
niversary on December 18th 1917, at
their beautiful residence, 2S17 west
II St.
The reception was conducted under
the auspices of the Baptist Christian
Relief number three, of which they
are members.
Their friend that arranged the re-
ception were Mrs. Lucy Davis Mrs.
Bennie Gilmore, Nell Hart, Ida Scott,
The Rev. DR.. J. P. Robinson officiated
in their 3Sth wedding anniversary mar
riage ceremony. Promptly at 8 p. m.
They were conducted into their par
lor by Henry Mitchell an Myrtle craig,
little girl and boy.
Then DR.. ]. p. Robinson with very
impressive ceremony presented them
with their marriage licence of 1879
and declared them as man and wife
for the balance of their life. The groom
then presented the bride gold ring
with two sets of rubies, a gold broch
with a diamond set. Then DR.. Robin
son gave a powerful lecture on the
essential elements in making mar
ried life success, and his lecture
was received and appreciated by all
Yours for Christ.
REV. C. BELLS.
|. The Peoples Defender.