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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

compnlsory Education Of the Alien /
Upon this theme notable address
was made by Ia r. Alderman, super
intendent OF schools, Portland, Ore.
Il the recent convention OF the N. e.
"a. His statements are OF interest
{ 10 Hawaii, and are reported as fol-
lows:
Our educational system ID design
cd TO reach the coming generation
only. II completely ignores the gen.
Grafton Of today. We have as yet no
affective plan for reaching and a.
1ImIlating the great masses Of aliens
Who are coming to our shores. Con-
gross has tried to solve this prob
lem BY applying educational tests
when the foreigner arrives. But the
mere fact that he IL ilIiterate when
Ne arrives Is no proof that the immi.
grant ii poor material for American
cIlixcnship. His illiteracy probably
has been due TO q lack Of opportun.
|fv. How much more effective would
tests from time TO time after his ar
rival be IN determining whether or
not he 4 manifesting an active In.
I1rost IN becoming an American In
spirit and in loyalty.
The solution Of the alien problem
Hes IN compulsory education. Oppor.
|1nilies for voluntary attendance viii
not be more successful In the case
d the adult than i would be IN the
case Of the child. The economic
pressure h, Of course, greater on the
adult than on the child, Yet his
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
Educational News Of Special Interest
To Teachers In iaWaii's Schools
BY Vaughan Maccaugtiey, College Of Hawaii

from the war zone by returning sol
diers. -
The Unbalanced economic condi
tons which are met In many casel
by socalled charity" constitute tho
greatest peril. To give to one group
under any guise WHATSOEVER, Q com
modify or service Tor which o neigh
Dor group pays, and II therefore In
dependent, IL to break down the Amer
lean spirit. The spirit Of Americs
asks for an opportunity to work fol
wages adequate to pay for things
necessary to q wholesome life.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Daddu'S Bedtime
.Storu
How A CROW
FED 6EROA
The Grow Led ostda
Into the Garden.

fromI
OF their milk and daddy The
before back take Geda to
palace hc said tho little gir who
the si My sweetheart the palace sends
roll for She got In the Kitchen where
plenty bit hungry posi-
BILE all
would let Don't cry
remembered that had thrown beautiful
hoping they would tho river enough to
to her playmate Kay.
Don't cry begged the gan We viii get you somehow MY
that leads the bedroom and she
where the key In kept
garden Up the they
falling gently all around them When tho palace lights
which
all she wanted
really playmate
smile when
a
betrocd told
life touching win
behind said Gerda 6he
rushing throwing shadows the wall
with flowing slender
ladies' gentlemen on horseback.
the Geda daddy
the children good night
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
WINDOW BLINDS.
Called an Invention Of the Evil One TO
Keep Out Sunlight.

Called an Invention Of the Evil One to
Keep Out Sunlight
God said. Let there be light The
devil whispered to men and blinds
were invented" so writes DR.. +. Rob.
bins Of New York IN an article entitled
"HelIophobia. u Menace to the Commu,
nifty" published in the Medical Record.
According to bulletin Of the Amerl.
can Association For the Conserva alton
Of Vision. at least half the educated
population OF the United States 10 NJ.
1icted with defects of cyesight.
As n matter Of fact. sunlight 10 far
from being injurious to tho eyes Is one
Of the most successful cures for ira.
choma, the commonest Of eye diseases.
DR.. Robbins IL amazed at the numbsr
of persons who Hnd sunlight trying
and at the number who still cling "
the old and long exploded notion that
sunshine is bad for the eyes. He
blames tho persons In authority In our
libraries, postofiices and railroad com.
panies for persistently pulling down
the blinds In their institutions and cars.
He urges those who arc oppressed by
sunlight to wear smoked glasses and
not to deprive others Of the beneneent
brightness. Sunlight kills moro noxious
bacteria than all other germicides put
together.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
GIVE THE CHILD A TREE.
~ Possible. Let Him Plant One and
Own Il All ptirnsslf.

" Possible, Let Him Plant One and
Own Il All Nimsslf.
Every child should own tree. A
tree Is symbol OF lie II lives II
stands for everything that Is noble. II
is rooted In the soil aud stretches itself
toward heaven. II stands for patience,
humility, persistence beauty. courage
and God.
The child should plant the tree him
self aud thereafter watch II grow year
by year. lie should put Ills hands on
It's rough bark and say; This * my
tree. will sta.id by It aud live up to II"
II Is curious how blind we sometimes
are to certain ideals because We can.
not see aud handle them. We need
something to connect us with the invis'
lble but none the less potent aud form
alive world OF aspiration aud inspirn
tion. What could he better than tree
There Is something about the silent
beauty OF tree than casts over MS n
spell Of calmness and lnvlncibllity. The
storms Of life may sway us and brcal;
our branches; the grim and melancholy
autumn may strip us OF our brllliance,
but the spring Will come once more
and clothe us In a new glory. so WI
20 OH fulfilling the majesty OF the law
If your child owns II tree the memory
Of Its benehcent Influence will cling to
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Bethany Presbyterian Church

Morning service at IL a. M. SER
mon, "The Church Under the Con.
scription Law" Evening service al
8 p. m, sermon, Religion and the
Food Situation" Sunday school al
10 a. m, This is Sunday school day
when everyone goes to some Sun
day school. We urge you to attend
ours or some other, only go. Chris
tion Endeavor at y. m, leader
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Saint Luke's Church

The Fourth Sunday after Easter.
Holy Eucharist at S a. m. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. M. Holy Euchar-
list at IL a. m. All are cordially in
vited to these services. On Monday
evening will be held the annual par
ish meeting in the parish house,
which will be preceded by parish
supper to which all members Of the
parish and their families are invited.
Charles Wilson Baker, rector.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Newman NJ. II. Church

Morning preaching service IL
o'clock, Topic, Eternal Redemp-
tion," The choir is charge OF J. s.
MacMurray will render the anthem.
Nearer My God to Thee" Soprano
solo. Face to Face" Ny Mrs. Bert
Barnes. with cello. violin and piano.
Offertory selection. cello. violin and
piano.
A s o'clock the topic will be the
third OF the special series, rs the
World Growing Better or Worse?"
Do not fail to hear this sermon. An
them, Lead. Kindly Light" Duet,
Light at Evening Time" Mrs. Her
man and Mr.. Stonaker.
Sunday school at 10 a, M. Sam
II. Baker. Supt.
intermediate and Epworth Leagues
at p. m. A cordial welcome to all.
Melville T. Wire. pastor.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Judpiuo Q Pstats.

A good potato should be Hrm aud
crisp when cut, and thin cross sec.
ton when held between the eyes and
the light should show a relatively uni.
form distribution OF starch throughout
It's whole sren, as opposed to large.
translucent, watery central area. which
denotes a lack Of starch In this portion
Of the tuber. The even distribution OF
starch insures greater uniformity IN
cooking and In texture OF the nesh
when cooked
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
First Church Of Christ Scientist

Christian Science services are held
every Sunday. in the w. o. w. hall.
at l a. m. Wednesday evening meet
ings at o'clock. The subject for
today is. Everlasting Punishment.
The reading room is open daily from
2 to p. m. except Sunday. The
public is cordially invited to attend
the services and to visit the reading
room.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
When the check fell beside my plate

When the check fell beside my plate I
was astounded on discovery that I had
lost my purse, doubtless at the hands
Of q pickpocket. The assiduous and
expectant waiter stood by. I was q
stranger In this city, and Of course
knew no one in the restaurant Al
ready the waiter was beckoning to
some one, perhaps an officer. I was
sure to be arrested. Gladys, unaware
Of my dilemma, was drawing on her
gloves. A great clock doomed the
hour. I was saved, for at the twelfth
stroke / awoke. e."-Oakland Tribune.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
AT the Churches
Raptist Church

Subject this morning. The Bus
mess OF Christianity" Anthem by
the choir, Sunday school at 10 a. m,
Supt, Kirker win gladly welcome you
b. Y, p. U. devotional at Z p. m
Evening gospel service : y. M. ser
mon. Following Jesus"
Miss Pattillo will sing, anthem b,
chorus.
A kindly welcome to all.
8, A. Douglas. pastor,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06

A to the most embarrassing mo-
nent In his life, q. r. Treat related It
to the club In this way:
Il had taken Gladys Harcourt to a
swell cafe after the opera, and as We
were both hungry l ordered without
stint, while the score mounted up
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Try 3 Drops Of Magic "Gets-It"

There's a wonderful difference be:
tween getting rid OF a corn now. and
the way they used to try to get rid
OF II only four or .five years ago.
"Gets-It' has revolutionised corn
history. It's the only corn remedy
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06

Mrs. Bestui. The choir under the dis
rection Of Mrs. Harry X. Clark will
sing morning and evening and Mrs.
Clark will sing a solo In the evening.
We welcome you to serious thought
and earnest worship.
l.. Myron Boozer. minister.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Christian Church

Bible school. 9:45. Z. C. Macy. d.
rector; service. IL: sermon. 1880.
subject. Christ Our Sacrifice.
communion. ~: Junior c. E.. 3: SEN
ior C. E.. I; service. s; sermon.
$3.50. subject. Questions" A well
come awaits you.
]. II. Harmon. minister.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
The EGO and the Shsi.

Eggsbells are made chiefly VI carbo.
nate Of lime. aud the yolk ls half VIA.
ter. half oil aud nlbumen. while the
white of an egg. as II IL called. consists
Of water chiefly with albuinen and q
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-06
Lutheran Church

Lutheran service will be held Sun
day evening at 1870. corner Eighth
and E streets. Rev. Morenz- oeser Of
Medford, will conduct the service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
A NEW SCHOOL" IN OPERATION

To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
sir: a leading article on tho front page
of The Tribune Saturday, January Zo) an
nouncos In large typo the new Sehoo'
movement TO be begun In New iofk' iou
may DO Interested to lonrn that such school
a. wRs there described was established IN
Chicago seventeen years ago ~ coiohei
Francis w. Parker. To-day the school Is
without doubt ono OF the most popular IN
tho city-cven Of the Middle West, for sur
prlsing number OF families have moved to
Chicago I'm order that their children might
attend.
For seventeen years mathematics has been
taught there an such form, IN such amounts
md ut such times as other subjects require
Science, industry and mathematics are there
inseparsble. Science, industry, history e"i0s'
literature and geography do TO a considerable
extent utilize the same material. Formal
grammar has been done away WITH but
though every exercise Is spelling lesson
several years Of experiment proved that TINS
was not enough. Regular spelling lessons
have been reinstated. The New York school
might we'll profit by this experiment
Few textbooks are used and the world
"a the laboratory. This school was started
when educational views were far less liberal
than they are now, and had to go through
years Of scorn and ridcue that the New York
school will not have 10 face Frequent held
trips, excursions 20 factories, geometry exer-
cses that meant the actual surveying OF the
school yard. physics exercises that involved
the setting up of a miniature telegraph line
in the school building were considered
nothing but play" in 1901. Since that time
various Parker school methods have been IN
troduced by that name in schools from Cail-
fornia to New York Il refer in New York
State to the Vanderip school at Scarbor-
ough, which has attempted to introduce
Parker school methods this last year,. The
principal OF this school is only one OF hun
dred principals who travelled from different
parts of the country to Chicago in order to
learn Parker school methods.
The influence of this general educational
movement has affected even the public
schools to the extent OF introducing more
and more hand work and learning more from
life and proportionately less from books
There may be other schools which have plo-
reered along these same lines. merely wish
to point out the fact that the New York
school is not pioneer.
Il will not be scoffed at as a pioneer
school invariably is. 1t is hard to realize
now how tremendous that scorn was, when
the school has an ever increasing waiting
list" when its alumni are distinguishing
themselves in colleges in both East and West.
II is hard to remember that parents in 1901
had 10 have the courage Of their convictions
IN order to send their children TO prepare for
college at "a play school, "a place for
good time" j.. ID. >.
pnrrhLnnnsin v Y Ian % 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
THE PROTEST OF A HANDFUL
A Serbian Rejection of Mr.. Wilson's Easy
Road to Peace

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As son of the country that is, like
Belgium. experiencing the veracity of Ger
many's defensive" war assertions, permit me
TO say few words regarding President Will
sons address delivered in the Senate few
days ago.
There is, in our opinion, no doubt in the
least that President Wilson is worthy OF
every praise and appreciation for his human
itaran principles and ideas, especially from
the part of those nations that have always
felt the brunt of the aggressive tendencies
Of the big nations most severely; and. prob
ably there is no other country now that
would welcome more heartily the realzations
Of President Wilson's endeavors regarding
the liberation Of subjugated peoples than
Serbia, which fought the first Balkan war in
order to free her brethren from the Turkish
yoke, and the majority Of whose people have
been for long time and are still under the
domination of the Hapsburg dynasty.
But could all this ever be accomplished in
the manner President Wilson outlines? Could
the world ever feel secure for the future
peace if the present war is terminated under
the conditions proposed by the President and
peace concluded on a mo victory" basis
What guarantees could the world have in the
international treaties concluded with nation
that considers all such documents as mere
scraps of paper" that violated the neutral
ity of Belgium it itself vowed to observe, and
is even now threatening to violate the neu-
trality of Switzerland?
No, no; il is impossible that President Will
son is such a profound idealist and Utopian as
70 believe that the worlds stability could be
attained if Germany was left to negotiate the
peace terms under the impression that she
was something more than or even equal to
the Allies.
President Wilson ought TO be convinced
once for always that there could never be a
secure peace in the world until the cause Of
all the present calamities and mlseries the
entire world is passing through now, the
Prussian militarism, be crushed and done
away with.
We are now only few thousand left, a
handful in comparison with what was once
rnfghty Serbian army. The rest fell in de-
Tending their country from the combined at
tacks Of brutality and vandalism, while others
persisted retreating through the terrible and
i'm passabe snowclad mountains of Albania.
And this is all representing the Serbian ma
tion now, all that is left to us to begin new
life. and to build again our national existence
and future.
But we are ready TO sacrifice even this, TO
renounce our only hope, in order that this
constant menace TO the peaceful development
and existence OF every civilized nation might
be finally subdued and conquered.
DUSHAN NJ. PAVLOVITCH.
New York, Jan 25, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
Tourists on the Battlefield

Already the thrifty French hotelkeepers
are planning for an inundation of Ameri-
can tourists after the war. The American
Industrial Commission brings back word
that S1O0,000,000 is to be spent in putting
up new hotels and rebuilding old ones. 1t
has been the way of visiting good Ameri-
cans to drop something like s40,000,000 a
year into French pockets. Thrifty Aneri-
cans who would like to share in this tidy
business now have their chance. Capital
to develop the hotel system Of France is
cordially invited.
Beyond the hotels lie the battefelds.
Motor routes are already being considered
to take the curious Americans among the
names once famous in communicates. Sight
seeing buses to the battlefield of the
Marine? Such is the prediction in Paris.
And we can trust French taste not to
border on irreverence with the megaphone
tactics so dear to the hearts of sightseers
in our own New York ION the right you
see La Fere-C hampenoise, where General
FOch broke the Saxon line" No, it
will be neither the time nor the place for
easy-going curiosity hunters. The hand
of tragedy will have wrought too recently.
Visible evidence will tell where the Saxons
fought and failed. The battlefield of the
Marine will be no picnic ground for many
a year.
Yet the French are right in foreseeing
an thrush of American visitors when peace
comes. The war has brought the nation
and her people closer to our hearts than
ever before. A trip to Verdun is likely to
become the first thought of every traveller.
And it will rank as pilgrimage to every
good American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
Deus ex Machina

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t used to be the custom in the old 70
man plays, when the solution Of the tragedy
got beyond the powers Of the dramatist, to
shove in from the side scenes the wooden
image of some god, with a man inside, who
pronounced his fat upon the situation.
good voice was the main requirement for the
part, for the mans personality was concealed
by his official robes, and since as god he
was supposed to know little or nothing OF
the human element in the tragedy, its mo-
tives or development, no action was expected
of him - general formulas, praises Of the
virtues and the gods, with just enough OF
point to the actual situation to veil the abb
surdity of the intrusion.
This figure was called the deus ex ma
china, or machine god. The whole thing was
not considered very high art, but as II lent 3
touch of moral grandeur. and served TO edify
the populace it was allowed TO pass.
don't know whether in the Roman mytho-
cgy there was ever an Angel Of Peace thus
introduced on the stage. II there was the
analogy is complete. G. L. ST0WELL
Dorset, VT, Jan. Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
A Traffic Commission Needed

Police Commissioner Woods a short time
ago said that New York City had out
grown its streets, and that, do the best
they could, the traffic police could not keep
pace with the work they were called on to
handle. His letter to Mayor Mitchell advo-
eating the appointment of traffic COM
mission to study the situation and make
recommendations for the relief of the
community carries weight, for there is no
body in a better position than he to APP
preciate the need for such action.
The problem presented is not that Of the
city's natural growth, though even that
would have brought about a condition
where the traffic was too much for the
streets. What is at hand now is an alb
normal condition. With large sections of
several of the city's most important north
and-south thoroughfares practically out of
use because of subway construction, there
has been in the last couple of years an
increase in vehicular traffic.
Where in 1915, Mr.. Woods points out,
there were $4,000 pleasure automobiles
licensed, last year the number had in
creased to 10000, and the number Of COM
mercial vehicles increased precisely so per
cent. from $4,000 TO $1,000.
Easy money has filled the city with
spenders-not only the natives, but visit
ors from all over the country. Stores are
doing big business, which necessitates an
increase of delivery facilities. War bust
ress for a couple of years has overtaxed
dock and terminal facilities, which has
meant a tremendous amount of trucking.
Any person endeavoring to get around
town in a hurry, particularly If nc finds
his means Of transport limited to the sur
face cars, can easily convince himself Of
the degree of traffic congestion.
leaving out of consideration the deaths
which such conditions cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27

the Dominican Republic. We have built
the Panama Canal and acquired political
control over Nicaragua. Our economic and
political interests combine to establish an
ever-growlng American ascendancy In this
part of the Amorscas-an ascendancy OK
tending south Of the Canal into Colombia,
Venezuela and Ecuador
II is a matter Of vital Importance TO the
United States that the Monroe Doctrine
should be upheld In this natural and In
evitable sphere Of influence. We ought to
retain political guardianship of this region,
even though we withdraw our protection
from the great states Of South America,
now competent to care for themselves.
The Monroe Doctrine is therefore to-day
as important to us in the abridged form as
it ever was TO the earlier generations In
its more universal form. We should real
ize very clearly what we are doing II we
surrender it in order to become q member
Of worlds peace and arbitration concert
It might be that the advantages Of the
concert would overweight the advantages OF
our sticking to nationalism and Isolation
That is a question which ought to be freely
and fairly considered. The Tribune has
never attacked the concert idea as IN itself
illusory or mischievous. 1t may offer the
only possible means of getting civilization
forward-of keeping the world out of wan
ton and useless wars.
We criticised the President for putting
forward his plea at an inopportune mo-
ment-at a time when a demand for It's
consideration could not help giving sub
stantial moral support to one set of bellig-
erents in Europe and work to the embar-
rassment of the other set. We condemned
the peace move as practical Endorsement
of Germany's suggestion that the time is
now ripe for peace. We do not believe that
it is ripe. Nor do We believe that any neu-
trail power should attempt at this Juncture
to impose conditions of peace, or even eX-
press its opinion as to the terms with
which either set of belligerents-or both
sets-should be satisfied.
We have also criticised the unfortunate
haziness and obscurity of the Presidents
speech. We have asked that his plan be
its real meaning be ascer-
tanned and brought home to the people.
The pretence that the plan is not in conflict
with the Monroe Doctrine is disingenuous
and irritating. 1t ought to be abandoned.
Internationalism is absolutely in conflict
with Monroeism. The debate on the Borah
resolution will show this clearly. 1t will
therefore be a useful contribution to the
publics knowledge of what Mr.. Wilson's
scheme of internationalism really means.