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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11

trustees and all others who could say
n word for better school conditions.
editors Of school journals farm
papers and county and cty news
papers were called TO the front ana
responded nobly.
Tho campaign against illiteracy was
carried on most vigorously under the
direction of the commission, whlch
got out n bulletin which told the ms
tory of such schools, how to organize
them. TO conduct them, what to teach
in them. whom To teach ana now 10
set about IL. II also told the teach
ers that when they had taught "A Ger
tain stipulated number OF nights un-
der approved conditions they would
be rewarded by a credit to bc used IN
psychology or pedagogy as needed at
the next session OF a summer normal
attended.
Results of First Campaign.
Only 81 OF the n counties of the
state sent in reports of moonlight
school work done. or these but 26
told of organized schools of this KIND.
These 26 counties, however, reported
les moonlight schools with 2lS teach
ers and 2,b56 adult pupils enrolled.
Many hundred additional pupils at
tended these schools-pupils who
wished to be helped In their efforts
to improve their chances by prepar-
ing to do better work.
The oklahoma chapter OF Colonial
Danes encouraged this work in 1916
by offering to give $40 gold piece
to the teacher or school that rem
dered the most service to illiterates
in the state in the school year, 1915
l6. Mrs. Joseph Huckins, jr, or OK
a..s. 4 l.Nfs nf
ladies' OF the organization thruout the
state, came to Central State Normal
school at the summer session of 1915
and, after canvassing the situation
most thoroly, decided that the great
est work had been done and the prize
won by Superintendent Il, ii. Russell
of Ninnekah, Grady county. 1t was
an impressive sight when In the pres
ence of moro than $500 teachers, the
representative OF Sho most exclusive
woman's organization I'm America
presented to this teacher gold picco
in token OF their appreciation and
services he had rendered In lifting
the veil of darkness from men and
women's minds, in sacrificing him
self that others might enjoy the light
of another and better day.
Legislative Progress Slow.
Superintendent Wilson had n bill
introduced before tho legislature of
1918 in tho interest of n statewide
illlteracy commission. The bill failed
of passing. Another bill was intro
ducod and passed by tho session OF
1915, but failed because 1t lacked tho
signature OF the governor.
The work has not died, however,
and q bill will be presented at the
opening OF the session OF 1917. This
bill win havo the endorsement OF the
rate department OF education, Of the
educators OF the state, OF the county
superintendents The committee TO
represent the Oklahoma State Fed
Grafton Of Women's clubs before the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11

prospered In the new community,
which knew nothing of his past In
Waco. Then, one night at camp
meeting. Ephraim looked from tho
platform into the eyes OF a man In the
front row Tho new arrival was not
q stranger. He was from Waco coun-
" Ephrnlm led thru the singing and
then tho time for the preaching came.
He mopped his brow and began.
= "Bredren. All was goin' TO preach
dis ovonin' on tex out er the or
Testament. But is done put in my
min TO change. An dis is lie tex
now from Romars"-he pointed at tho
stranger with n meaning finger; 'Et
yo' know me, dean say nothin' an
Ahll SEQ yo' afterward.P
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11

century has thus. according TO an
other professor, been led toward the
IDEAL mathcmatic distractions and
has developed race Of scientists,
savahts and burcaucrats.
NJ. Appel, dean OF the faculty Of
sciences and an advocate of thoro
reformation Of the educational sys-
TEN, is in favor Of the adoption OF the
American plan OF Judging technical
students at work in the school itself,
rather than by competitive eXamina-
ton. Senator Gay proposes to com
plcte each OF the French universities
with faculty of applied sciences,
comprising instruction in all branches
that correspond TO the industries OF
the region in which the university is
located. France has already num-
Der Of these regional technical schools,
which require only slight transforma-
IONS in order to conform themselves
to the proposed plan.
Would Give Them Cohesion.
At Nancy there are the chemical
electrical and colonial Institutes, with
a brewing school and "A dairy school.
Lille had, before the German occupa-
ton. an industrial chemical institute,
while Lyons had "a school of tanning
chemistry and an agricultural insti-
tute. At Grenoble there is an electri-
cal institute and a butter-making
school, while Toulouse has an electri-
cal and chemical institute. These In
stitutions, in the opinion of expert
cnced educators. lack cohesion and
completeness. Senator Gay proposes
to give them official status to enable
a more thoro organization.
1T was in America that old Albion
learned to reform its methods" said
NJ. Houlevigue, professor of the fac
ultv of sciences at Marseiles. ut IS
to America, also, that we must go for
guidance if we want the man Of the
future to be equal to mis- task"
NJ. Houlevigue points to the prog
reis made in America during tho last
half century, before which most of the
knowledge OF technical science in the
country was that gained by men with
tools in their hand. THAT is why
America has introduced more Of the
practical into It's technical education
than European countries. We must
profit from that lesson in France he
adds.
Called on College Men.
Economical motive power will be
absolutely required in France after
the war. and this, in the opinion OF
the best authorities, will be found
only in the development of Frances
water power in the Alps. the Jura, the
Nosges and the Pyrenees, and the de
velopment of these resources alone
will call for the services Of n great
number OF competent engineers.
As an object lesson of the necessity
OF looking more to the practical thar
to the theoretical. men who are con-
sidering this question point to the new
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11

the southern cause were at their low
est ebh.
"Thats fine horse YOU have" said
one Confederate officer: give you
S25. goo for him"
TWENTY-FIVE thousand nothingl"
retorted the officer. 81 lust paid S1o.-
COO 20 have him curried. New York
Times.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11
Fixing the Sheriff.

Ephralm got into trouble in Waco
county and beat the sheriff over tho
line by about three .umps. says tho
Cleveland Leader. 1Io migrated to u
distant part OF the state and. seeking
q livelihood. turned to preaching. Ae
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11
Rnllcllcal.

Hlm-IIow did you llko the stage
hangings IN that Shakespeare show?
He-Thore weren't no hangings, y
boob; he killed EN- with u sword
The Widow
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11
FRENCH WILL
COPY AMERICA
More of the Practical Needed
in It's System of Technical
and Scientific Instruction.
WAS LACKING IN ENGINEERS
Schools Tended to Create Say
! ants and Bureaucrats Instead
of Men That Do Things.

Correspondence Of The Associated Press }
PARIS. Feb. ll.-Far- sighted on
servers declare that the engineer Is
the man of the future in France. II
Is not mere supposition based upon
. the eventual reconstruction, but
ems rather to he u deduction from
Nnew spirit of the Frenchman. In
me words of u professor of the Cen
trail Polytechnic school. France
trained it's students before the war
as If they should all enter the insti-
tute", and it is generally recognized AZ
fact that. in ner hour of need,
France felt the lack among her scien-
lists of men able to give practical ap-
pication to their discoveries.
France has had great engineers-a
few Of them-at all epochs. French
engineers pierced the isthmus of Suez.
drodged the South American ports,
built the seaports of the Levant.
started the Panama canal, gave the
fiYt impetus to the automobile in
Dstry and aviation; yet in its indus
/rial enterprises before the war
France employed an average Of only
one engineer for every hundred work
men, where Germany employed four.
II Is to this situation that many at
tribute the fact that France was losing
its lead in the automobile industry
and had been already passed n avia-
tion by Germany when the war broke
out.
We're Breeding SavaDts.
The engineers of France came from
the Central Polytechnic School of
Arts and Trades, the School of Mines
and the School Of Electricity, in all of
which. professors complain, matho-
mates, which play the principal role
were taught for their own sake rather
than IS a means to an end. The elite
Of every generation I'm France for a
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11
Moonlight
School
Rv MOSES d. WOOD.

by MOSES II. WOOD,
Dean IF the Department OF Educa-
ton, Henry Kendall College, ,
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart attended
the superintondents' section or the
National Educational association
which met at Dallas. Texas, in Fe'
ruary, 1912. Here she told the story
Of her moonlight school experiences
and successes in Kentucky Hon. Il.
II. Wilson. superintendent Of the OK
lahoma school, and President Charles
Evans Of the Central state Norma
school, Edmond, We're present ana
heard the tale. Each told OF the move
mcnt as opportunity offered and urged
that something be done Here ana
there thruout the state, a night school
was started.
The writer came to Central Norma
IN the fall OF 1913 and began to speak
TO the pupils cf the department OF
education about the work being done
in Kentucky by the mountain woman
with her moonlight schools. Tho story
was a wondroug one, the work at
tempted was vital to the south u
chances for service were large ana
rs q consequence, the tale was OFT
retold, new features We're noted an"
mentioned. Prof. h. +. Nihart has
been at Central for many years anr
the newcomer often asked him about
how tho work was going. ono ia.
Frof. Nihart said in reply 10 the usual
query: well, Mr.. Wood. some OF ther'
arc complaining that you talk 10"
much about some kind of moonlight
school In kentucky
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The Gospel Is Preached.


This commission planned and car
ried out the greatest and most sue
cessful educational campaign ever at
tempted in the southwest IL not in
the nation. Beginning with sermon
from every pulpit on Sunday, Novem-
ber IA, 1915. rallies were held In
every school district in the earlier
days of the following week and the
later days were devoted to township
rallies. County rallies closed the To-
cal work and all the educational
forces of the state went to Oklahoma
City to attend the oklahoma state
Teachers association. This campaign
for better schools thruout the state
did much for rural education.
Farmers and their families, people
of the consolidated districts, the VIII
lagos and the small towns were
aroused the city schools received the
inspiration. United States senators,
congressman and officers; state Off
GERS from the governor down were in
vited to take part; leading educators
from state schools. city schools, VII
lage schools; county superintendent,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-11
Oklahoma organized.

vi
At the summer term of 1914 rresi-
dent Evans called n meeting OF those
teachers who were interested In teach-
ing illitera:es in oklahoma. The meet
ing was held and the Oklahoma Llte.-
acy league was formed with Moses g..
Wood, chairman, and May Livingston,
secretary. More than scventy-iive
teachers enrolled as members Of u1'-
league. MANY others pledged them
elves in open meeting TO aid VA thc
work. Much good was done that year,
as many schools were opened ana
many were taught TO read and vri.t
Miss Ada Haymorc at Alma, T.. T..
Eoane at Meshack. Lawrence Lay at
Carney and others did valiant ser
vice. As many as siXty-cight schools
were conducted and ninety-one ilntc.-
ates were taught in addition to sew
eral hundred who took advantage OF
the opportunity to attend school 70
| clp out an education that had been
sadly neglected.
The summer session of Central state
Normal school was fully alive along
the new line of teaching and the Lit
eIacy league was joined by 322 eai' -
est teachers who were ready TO scrN e
wherever an opportunity could be
found. and 1900 pledged President
Evans in open meeting to give every
Iossible effort TO stamping out illit-
oracy in Oklahoma,
Great praise is due Supt. r. II Will
sen for bringing Mrs. Stewart TO OK
lahoma and having her present the
story of moonlight schools to the
teachers assembled at each one 0f the
sly state normals at their summer ses-
SONS. Mr.. Wilson called to his OFFICE
representatives from each Of the state
normal schools and caused to he or.
sanized the Oklahoma rural school
| Improvement commission with the
| following members: r. ii. wilson
ex-officio. Oklahoma city; Moses r.
| Wood. Edmond, president; j. Il. Bar
ton, Tahlequah. secretary w. T. Dod-
! son, Durant; a. Il. Fentcm, Ada; E
\. Herod, Alva; l.. S. stephens
/ Wcatherford,
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21
What's Up In Som,A Dakota.

Big Biz in South Dakota does
not want the Non-Partl5an Lea
que to have a hand in making
the laws or the state. Big Biz
is we'll satisfied with the chain
bound control of South Dakota
politics that it has maintained
for many years, and 1t never
dominated a session at Pierre
more arrogantly than during the
two months that has just ended
No band of politicians ever
tried more Fundamentally to put
it over on their constituents.
Few such politicians ever double
crossed the people and got away
with so much. When the legisla-
ture convened the same old gang
was in control and found itself
even without an organized oppo-
SltlOn
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21

all but the Nonpartisan League
and when it was over they went
to work to frame House Bill 424.
Plenty of Supervision
Over Cabbage Crates
This famous bill entitled An
Act to Establish Department of
Grain Inspection and Markets; to
Prescribe its Powers and Duties
and Appropriating Money There
FORE" appropriates $4,000 and
spends most of its ink on pre-
scribing rules and regulations for
'open or closed receptacles' for
farm products, labels that may
be put on such receptacles' for
farm products, labels that may
be put on such recep tacles, and
the powers Of the market com
missioner to gather statistics. 1t
scarcely touches the grain hand
ling industry, which is the real
issue with the South Dakota
farmers. It's provisions would be
applicable to apple boxes, cab
bage crates, butter frkins, and
such things but not to grain ele-
vators 1t creates a market COM
missioner at a salary to be nam
ed by the governor mot to ex-
ceed S3,OOO.)
1t provides that standards can
be promulgated by the market
commissioner, subject to the gov
ernor's approval and then
makes a bowling farce out of the
whole act by providing that this
can only be done after the stand
ards have been passed upon and
approved by the secretary Of ag-
riculture Of the United States.
The scope of the act as shown in
section 5 provides that the de-
partment is to cooperate with
the United States department of
agriculture and with similar de-
partments in other states IN
EXCHANGING INFORMATION
| for the spectators in farm pro-
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21

duce No one else can make use
of it. Everyone who knows any
thing about the way the bureau
of markets gathers it's informa-
tion and sends it out, knows that
it is the tail to the dealers kite
In fact one of he chief functions
of the market commissioner is
to diffuse useful information"
relative to the prices and
movement of farm produce.
Willing 10 Accept
Any Old L. =. Grades
This then, is what the South
Dakota legislature palmed off on
the farmers as a grain grading
and inspection measure. There
is nothing in it about grain in
spection, and its insincerity as
an attempt to establish a state
grading system, is proven COM
pletely by a provision that 60
days after the United States gov
ernment establishes grades for
farm products, South Dakota S
market commissioner shall pro-
mulgate those as the grades of
South Dakota. This was obvious
ly intended to sidestep the whole
issue and let the federal grain
grades (Which are highly salts
factory to the milling c,
tentatively set forth) be declar-
ed the law in South Dakota. The
proposedfederal grades have al
ready been discredited by the
methods used in Minneapolis and
Fargo in taking farmers testi-
mony regarding them, but the
South Dakota legislature that in
tended to back the Nonpartisan
League off the map" has provid-
ed that these federal grades shall
be accepted. no matter how bad
hey may be, when finally prov
| ed.
In a nutshell, the outcome
Of the great hearings by the
joint committee of the South
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21

Dakota legislature on grain
grading and related matters
is summed up in a bin thar
prescribes rules applicable
to apple boxes, or cabbage|
crates, and a provision that|
the United States depart
ment Of agriculture SHALL
prescribe the grain standards
of South Dakota grain.
Another sample of the decd
practiced by the Legislature upd
the people was the passage
Senate Joint Resolution No. /
which pretends to provide (th|
a constitutional amendmentl d
the purchase and operation
state owned elevators and wan
houses, but contained this iokd
There shall be no Limitation
upon the Legislature as to Il
amount of taxes that may be /
sessed and levied in order to ed
ry into eject the provisions
Section H. With a no-limit pd
vision as to taxes, the old gaI
politicians confidently expect
the people would defeat this al
endment at the polls. Nonpd
tisan Leader.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21
If there had been an organized

If there had been an organized
opposition it could have kept an
eye on their maneuvers and
warned the people that their leg
slature was deceiving them by
pretending to enact popular laws
and at the same time hindering
all future progress by framing
them SO they would have to
be unmade before genuine hon
est legislation could be enacted.
They filled the road with a
pile of rubbish misbranded "peo-
pies measures. This debris will
have to be removed by the next
session Of the South Dakota leg
islature, before the League pro-
gram can be begun. 1t consists
chiefly Of House Bill 42i, de-
signedly unworkable grain in
spection bill, with a still more
useless "market" feature, and a
half hearted terminal elevator
measure Senate Bill 275 and
House Bill 425, appropriating
s.. 500 to investigate the advis-
ability + establishing state
owned terminal elevators, -four
mills, packing houses and cold
storage plants; and Senate Joint
Resolution No. Is, containing a
joker to make it unworkable.
No Excuse for League"
Sa, Fox. Politicians
The motive back Of these and
other measures was disclosed by
Representative William c. Bess-
Ter Of Sioux Falls, who remarked
in a hotel one day towards the
end of the session. When this
Legislature is over, there will not
be the slightest excuse for the
Non-Partlsan League in South
Dakota.
Representative William A. Ne.
yin cordially agreed to this, and
other legislators frequently ex.
pressed the same sentiment
They were backfiring against the
League by grabbing the titles OF
the laws the League farmers
wanted enacted, and using them
to cloak fake measures Of their
own. In fact this contempt for
the people became so outspoker
before the session had been lone
IN progress, that it was general,
put into this formula: We nc
Igot the NOn-P Partisan League
backed off the map"
This became the talk of the
capltol, the gossip Of the lobbies
land was generally accomplished
wi,h knowing winks. They be
gan to boast openly about theil
own cleverness. and it was thi.
boasting how they bad succeed
ed IN putting it over on the peo
lple, together with the fact tina
no real legislation in accordanc,
with the league program was be
ing enacted. that brought w. H
Talmage and r. w. Morser to tn,
capitol in the closing days will
the demand for one real measur,
IN behalf Of the people, which
was passed after prolonged bat
tie, Senate Joint Resolution No
| l6.
League Proposal
Is Quickly Killed
The first n,nac,,ro ;r%.ol
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21
Eighth Grade Examination

Notice is hereby given that
Eighth Grade Examination "
be held at Lennon, Lodgepo
Whitney, Faith, Bixby, STR
and Bison on March 22nd a
23rd. Seventh Grade Exa
nations will be held on sal
days in all schools.
Arthur A. Hale. Supt.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21

was Iclldlc JOliiI ANOooiASAOIi lNO.
10 by Senator Dowdell, which
proposed constitutional amend
ment to permit the state or its
political subdivisions to be bond
ed for the establishment of pub
licly-owned and managed indus
tries, such as -four mills, elevat-
ors, packing plants, cold storage
plants and the like. This was an
amendment to section 2 of ar
ticlc Is of the South Dakota con-
stitution, which prescribes that
the debt limit can not be raised
beyond 100000. Senator Dow
dell's resolution proposed that
this be raised to $5OO,OOO, and
contained this significant proviso
in addition:
provided, however the state
or any political division thereof
may issue or guarantee the pay
ment of bonds in excess of the
debt limit specified in this ar
ticle, provided such bonds are Sc
cured by first mortgages upon
real estate or upon property Of
public utilities, enterprises or in
dustries.
This was similar to a provision
in House Bill A, famous in the
North Dakota legislature for it's
assassination by the cohorts of
Big Business. The South Dakota
attempt met a similar fate, but
without rousing the people of
that state to indignation as it
did in North Dakota, for the
South Dakotans did not have the
League organized in either
branch of the legislature.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 10
was bumped off, neatly and
quickly with just one motion.
Senator Marvick moved that it
be laid on the table, and it was
by roll call that had but seven
opponents. One of the seven was
Senator Howes, who six weeks
later fought to save Joint Reso-
luton No. Is, which proposes an
amendment to Section of ar
ticle l3 of the South Dakota con-
stitution, and is the only thing
, the people got bearing the in
dorsement Of the Nonpartisan
League.
From the time No. 10 was kill
ed until the last week of the
session. it was smooth sailing for
the clever Old Guard. They
/, framed the farmers measures
to suit their own taste, and
courted publicity for passing
i, laws SO fulfilling the farmers
program, that they had the
League backed off the map.
That is all they were trying to
| do. Once they had the league
backed off the map safely and
surely, they would go ahead with
their own designs, just as the
! packing trust goes ahead with its
own high prices, when it has un.
derbid the local packing house
and put it out Of business. And
here is sample Of the kind OF
!, law they used to put the League
out Of business in South Dakota
House Bill 424 was introduced
by the joint select committee or
market commissioner, grain grad
ing and inspection etc, etc, ano
represented the crowning achiev.
ment of the Old Guard in the
Fifteenth legislative assembly OF
South Dakota. This act was the
outgrowth of public hearing.
held earlier in the session. With
a great show Of enthusiasm fol
the farmers, a joint legislative
Icommittee held hearings on the
lgrievances of the farmers. callec
lin the big land owners, the farm
ers who own bank stock and live
in the cities, leasing their lane
lby townships to real tillers o1
1.-THE soil. and other such folks
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-21

Ienten Services at Epi>eop
Church
Rev. Geo. F. Dow will condd
Ienten services each Wednesd
evening during Lent at 80
m. at tlt Trinity Mission Chu1
in Lennon