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The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
, LESSON FROM THE WAR

One of the useful lessons taught us
bv The waf is the utilization OF every
thing we possess. Not only have we
learned to use every bit of food and
to make substitutes suffice as far as
possible and to wear out our old
clothes and half-sole our shoes but
we have saved scraps of tinfoil, nut
shells, fruit stones, old pieces of rub
ber, all kinds of metal, we have sent
our used books and magazines to the
camps, and given our cast-off cloth
ing to Belgian and Armenian refugees
1t has been a lesson that was needed
IN the average American home. 1t is
true we have been charitable to the
poor. and practical in our manner OF
living but we have overbalanced these
by the many little extravagances and
careless acts that keep the American
people as a whole far short Of Euro
peans in thrift and frugality.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
]. d. ELLIFF A SPEAKER
Compulsory Education Officials Hear
Columbia Man.

Columbia Man.
]. d. Elliff of Columbia was one OF
the speakers at the eighth annual
convention of the National League OF
Compulsory Education Officials in st.
Louis this week. The convention
was presided over by Charles A. Nc
Call of Newark, ~ j., and addresses
were made by Judge John W. Calhoun
of the St. Louis Juvenile Court; DR..
John W. Withers, Superintendent of
instruction; James r. Dunn, chairman
of the Speakers Committee of the
Peace Enforcement League, and Will
liam H. Swift, assistant secretary OF
the National Child Labor Association
of North Carolina.
Mccall said 35O,0OO American SOL
diers had signed agreements to at
tend technical, art and other schools
in France and England for the full
terms, in some cases of six years, at
the expense of the United States
Government.
Judge Calhoun spoke on Progress
sive Juvenile Court Legislation" and
said ''the public school is the great
est Americanizer and the schoolboy
is the greatest and best agency of
education"
Dr. Withers made an impromptu ad-
dress on Starting Education in the
Warning Countries"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

Corporal Edward F. Wurdack, Kansas
City. Mrs. Helen Anna Wurdack
next of kin.
Private Robert L. Obannon, Creighton
. Daniel P. Obannon, next Of kin.
Private Roy W. Stewart, Oregon. Mrs
Lizzie Stewart, next of kin.
Private Roy Walker, st. Joseph. Mrs
Mabel Sheppard, next Of kin.
Private Will Wright, Patterson. Kit
Wright, next of kin.
Private William H. Baker, Fulton. Mrs.
Hattie Baker, next of kin.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Corporal Wagner William d. Paint
er, Wentworth. Andrew ]. Paint
er, next of kin.
Wounded Slightly.
Private Hermann ]. Bosselman, Con-
cordia. Henry Bosselman, next of
kin.
Private McCune Brown, Bowling
Green. Mrs. Jessie Brown, next of
kin.
Missing In Action.
Private Algie n. Boswell. Bachelor.
Mrs. Hattie L. Moore, next of kin.
Private Edward Vanover. Gallatin.
Mrs. Crystal Vanover, next of kin.
Prisoners.
Private Jos Richard Hanlin, Sullivan.
Ellen Hanlin, next of kin.
Private Verna Wattenbarger, Milan.
Terreh Edgar Wattenbarger, next
of kin.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
SOCIETY NOTES

DIR. and Mrs WOodson Moss cele-
brated the seventh anniversary of
their marriage by an informal after
noon and evening reception at Christ
/ ian College yesterday. Invitations
were limited to relatives, trustees,
alumnae and former students of the
| college, who called between 8 and 6
o'clock in the afternoon. The faculty,
officials, and present student body
were entertained at night from S to
10 o'clock.
The drawing rooms, reception hall
and library were decorated with bask-
cts and vases of roses and chrysan-
themums in pink and white. A pro-
gram of songs and violin music was
given by students of the college con-
servatory of music both during the
afternoon and night.
Receiving with Doctor and Mrs.
Moss were Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar d.
Lee and Mrs. Beverly Joulett Davis
of Louisville, KY. a house guest of
Mrs. Moss. Mr. Lee is the new head
of the department of history and po-
litical science at the college and he
and Mrs. Lee are graduates of the
University of Missouri.
Assisting during the afternoon hours
were: Mrs. D. A. Robnett, Mrs. NJ.
A. Hart, Mrs. E. W. Stephens, Mrs.
]. S. Branham, Mrs. A. G. Spencer,
Mrs. Stanley Smith, Mrs. John E.
Sykes, Mrs. W. W. Payne. Mrs. F. G.
Harris, Mrs. John T. Mitchell, Mrs.
Claude Thomas, Mrs ]. S. Smith, Mrs.
w. S. St. Clair, Mrs. B. c. Hunt, Miss
Laura Moss.
At night the following student Of
ficers and officials were assistant host
esses: Misses Clare Louise Wallace,
HELEN Harvey, Cornelia DUNCAN,
Berenice Rogers, Marcelle Lively, Lila
Hext, Dorothy Pontious, Louise Gil
lum.
Doctor and Mrs. Moss were remem-
bered with many flowers from town
friends and the student body present
ed them with a pair of silver vases
of colonial design.
Mrs. Martha Walker of lola, Kan,
was expected to arrive in Columbia
this afternoon to visit her mother,
Mrs. ]. H. Crew, and her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. H. H. Garth, of 703 Missouri
evenue.
Misses Ruth Mitchell and Etha DAILY
gave a masquerade dinner dance
Thursday night for the members OF
the Alpha Delta Pi sorority who live
in the house. The Alpha Delta Pi
house has been quarantined for three
days.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
Teacher Should Lead.

Nor does this tell the whole story
of the possibilities and difficulties Of
rural-school teaching. The right man
or the right woman in this office may
become a real leader in the commun-
ity, knowing its people intimately and
sympathetically. Under his or her
tactful direction the schoolhouse may
become a true community center en-
riching the social life with a round
of wholesome activities. They could
make these lonely outposts of culture
what they should be, strategic CEN
ters of national strength and national
idealism.
"It cannot be a source of pride to
our people that the United States gives
less attention to the training of
teachers than does any other great
nation. 1t cannot be a matter of
pride to our people that, Of all our
professional institutions, those that
have been intrusted with the prepara-
ton of teachers for the public schools
are the most penuriously supported
and the least attractive to ambitious
youth.
Nor can these normal schools with
their indequate support supply more
than a fraction of the teachers an
nually needed for the public schools
Their total output each year is scarce
ly enough for the needs of urban COM
munities, leaving the rural and viii
lage schools almost entirely depend
ent upon unframed recruits. In a
typical state-a state that is perhaps
midway between the most progressive
and the most backward educationally
eighty per cent of the rural-school
teachers this year are boys and girls
fresh from the eighth grade of the
common schools-and even under
these inadequate standards New York
state reports a shortage in teachers,
so keen is the demand for their SER
vices in other occupations.
For the national government gener-
ously to cooperate with the state
first in meeting the emergency which
is drawing so many teachers away
from the schools, and then in support
ing institutions and agencies for the
preparation of competent teachers
would be to raise at once the status
of the teaching profession and there
by enhance the efficiency Of the schools
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

ton of the University obtained 1OO
pounds of yarn yesterday from the
Red Cross and promised to knit 1l2
sweaters. The Christian College Club
has promised fourteen sweaters and
Stephens College has promised forty
sweaters. The Ladies' Aid, Hickory
Grove, Mrs. @. r. Gutherie and Mrs.
Wright Smith made donations to the
yarn fund.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
"BUSIEST MAN, NO LONGER

The busiest American" has earned
a rest.
Since the beginning of the war
and even before that-responsibilities
have been heaped upon Secretary Nc
Adoo's shoulders until the average
man wondered how on earth he took
care of them.
The fact that they were cared for
is sufficient testimony to the energy
and ability he spent upon them.
In a sense, his departure from pub
lie life is to be deplored. We can
imagine the Society for the Promotion
of Cartoonists' welfare adopting reso-
lutions protesting to President Wilson
against accepting the resignation.
Secretary McAdoo will carry with
him into private life the good wishes
of most citizens of this Nation.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
CASUALTY LIST

A total of $50 is reported today on
the combined Army casualty list. They
are divided as follows: Killed in ac-
ton, 1S1; died of disease, 229; wound
ed severely, 10; wounded, degree un-
determined, 5S; wounded slightly, SO;
missing in action, 125; prisoners, 10;
died of wounds, 1872.
Those from Missouri on the list are:
Died of Disease.
Sergeant Antony W. Gallagher, St.
Louis. Mrs. William Gallagher,
next of kin.
Sergeant Sam N. Fine, New Madrid.
Mrs. Francis L. Fine, next of kin.
Private Lambert T. Elsner, Sweet
Springs. Henry A. Elsner, next OF
kin.
Private Clyde Martin, Hardage. Mrs.
Clyde Martin, next of kin.
Private Roma o. Drumright, Redtop.
]. w. Drumright, next of kin.
Private Frank Farrell, st. Louis. Mrs.
Lee Farrell, next of kin.
Private Estelle C. Harris, Madison.
Mrs. Rhoda Harris, next of kin.
Private Rodney H. Johnson, st. Louis.
C. L. Johnson, next of kin.
Private Conrad F. Martens, Colecamp.
Mrs. Metha Martens, next of kin.
Private Clyde Underwood, Jackson.
James F. Underwood, next of kin.
Private Charles H. Brame, Slater.
David W. Brame, next OF Kim
Died of Wounds.
Private Arthur S. Foster, South Paris.
Mrs. A. A. Foster, next of kin.
Private John .Nacke, st. Louis.
Mrs. Kate Warner, next of kin.
Private William r. Ripley, Slater. Mrs.
Florida Ripley, next of kin.
Private Chandler P. Wright, Kansas
City. Mrs. Edward T. Wright, next
of kin.
Wounded Severely.
Sergeant Roy Lee Keller, LewistoWn.
William A. Keller, next of kin.
Sergeant Dallas W. Wilson, Memphis.
George W. Wilson, next of kin.
Corporal Fred Masse, Hermann. Eu-
gene Masse, next of kin.
Private Paul King, st. Louis. Mrs.
Mary King, next of kin.
Private Theodore Kneemiller. Ham,
burg. William Kneemiller, next OF
kin.
Pribate Robert Love, Williamsburg.
John Love, next of kin.
Private William H. Brockhoff, Con-
cordia. Henry Brockhoff, next OF
kin.
Private Charles Hankins, Koshkonong,
George Hankins, next of kin.
Private Clemons W. Juergens. Tavern
Henry Juergens, next of kin.
Private Henry C. Miller, Bucklin. Mrs
Edna Miller, next of kin
Private Lewis Newman, Lewis. Charles
Newman, next Of kin.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

Mrs. Martha Walker of lola, Kan,
was expected to arrive in Columbia
this afternoon to visit her mother,
Mrs. ]. H. Crew, and her grandmoth-
er. Mrs. H. H. Garth, of 703 Missouri
evenue.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

You begin to realize that winter has
really come when on a cold morning
your car shows about as much inclina-
tion toward starting as balky Mis-
SOuri mule,
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

One used to hear quite bit about
the good old days before the Civil
War" but it seems almost as long
to us now since the good old days be-
fore the influenza.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
Japanese Sale.

The Edith Circle will hold its An
nual Japanese Sale Saturday, Decem-
ber at 2 o'clock in the basement Of
the Christian Church. adv.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
HalIsviIIe Girl to Marry.

A marriage license was issued this
morning to Chester Ancell Of Stur-
geon and Miss Josie Durk of Halls
vile.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

throughout the land. Without en-
croaching upon the autonomy OF the
several states, cooperation would
recognize in a most effective way the
dependence of the nations welfare up
on the public schools and the signifi-
canoe of the teachers service TO the
nations life"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE
us. PEACE PROBLEM
Half of American Children
Are Taught by Unframed
Instructors.
A LACK OF TEACHERS
Nation Pays Less Attention
to Teachers Training Than
ANY Other.

By United Press.
One of the greatest reconstruction
problems facing the nation, now that
peace has come, is the problem of
bettering public education, according
to leading educators.
Half the school children in the Unit
ed States are attending schools taught
by unframed or badly trained teach
ers, according to a New York COM
mission of educators headed by G. d.
Strayer, president, National Educa-
tion association. This commission
has completed study of national edu-
catiOnal conditions, and its cOnclu-
sions are none too flattering to Amer
leans who believe that the fate of a
free people rests largely upon the
widespread diffusion of sound educa-
ton among the people.
Concerning conditions in the rural
and village schools. The commission
says:
Teachers Lack Training.
1T is the little schools Of the vii
lagos and the rural districts that the
youngest, most inexperienced, and
least well trained teachers are to be
found. Little schools they are invidual-
ly, but large in the aggregate and big
with national significance, for in them
more than one-half of the nations
children are enrolled. And of all
phases of the teaching service that
which is represented by these rural
and village schools is the most ex-
acting, the most arduous, and in many
ways the most responsible. While
the teacher of the graded city school
instructs a single group of children
approximately equal in age and at
tainment, the rural teacher must COW
er wide range of subjects with many
roups, adapting himself a score OF
times each day to the varying levels
of growth and attainment. While the
city teacher is helped by expert prin-
cipals and supervisors, the rural
teacher is all but absolutely isolated
itiative, enthusiasm, and resourceful-
and must supply through his own in
ness many of the elements of good
teaching that one working in an urban
community gains through contact
with his fellows.
And yet the environment of these
small and isolated schools is in many
ways the best that could be provided
for the education of boys and girls.
The equipment of libraries, shops, and
laboratories may be lacking, but po-
tential resources in abundance lie
round about. What is needed is the
mind to interpret them and translate
their lessons. But this is the hardest
kind of teaching, far harder than to
assign lessons in books and hear reci-
tations 1t is a kind of teaching that
requires knowledge, insight, and skill
to be obtained only through broad
and thorough training followed by a
faithful and carefully supervised ap-
premiership.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15
Family and Friends Of Young indian.
apolis Officer Learn the Meaning
Of "Sans Origin"

The son Of a prominent Indianapolis
business mar recently received a COM
mission and was called for service In
France, relates the Indianapolis News.
The family and many friends of the
young lieutenant were anxious to learn
of his safe trip across, and the father
received many inquiries about his
sons welfare during the weeks Of ST.
lence following his departure.
Finally a cablegram was received
and the word was passed around that
the soldier boy had landed safely.
Someone thoughtfully inquired just
where the cablegram came from, and
a close inspection of the message re-
vealed what was thought to be either
the port of landing or the headquar-
tiers of American troops. 1t was writ
ten plainly enough, across the top of
the message-"San Sorigin." Specu-
latiOn was rife; Office associates
brought out aliases maps and encyclo-
pedias were consulted to find out, II
possible, whether the young officer was
near the scene Of activities, at q port.
or in the south Of France. Finally
someone with a knowledge Of French
spoiled all the fun by informing the
eager group thats "Sans origin" was
the French equivalent to somewhere"
or, literally, without origin. The Ca
BILE operator who had copied the mes
sage had merely divided the letters
In the two words at the wrong place.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15
FARMERS BOUND TO WIN.

The record of farmers last year,
made in the face of obstacles, is ground
for confidence on their part that with
equal application and organization
they can overcome the difficulties this
year, according to Secretary Houston.
Unquestionably there will be difficult
ties to surmOunt-dificulties in re-
spect to labor and in respect to fer
filters, both as to price and quantity.
Prices of farm machinery, also, with
other things, have risen. In some re-
spects the farm-labor situation may
not be quite so difficult as last year, al
though 1t will continue to be especially
acute in certain sections of the cOun
try. The environments have been built
and there will not be a renewal of ur-
gent demands in many sections for
labor for such work. The draft regu-
lations provide for the deferred CLASH
fication of skilled farm labor. The
population Of the country has in
creased somewhat within the past
year. The secretary of war has asked
congress for power to furlough sol.
diers of the National army for agri.
cultural service If necessary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15

through that and on beyond. still run
ming, Farther down was a grassy
nook-on beyond the road. She went
there and hid behind the willows
where she could cry and no one be the
wiser, But she could not cry the ache
out of her heart nor the rebellion
against the hurt that life had given
her. If she could only have burned
memory when she burned that clip
ping. She could still believe and be
happy If only she could fornrt the
things it said,
Phoebe called her after "A long ~hile
had passed. Billy Louise bathed her
face in the cold water of the Wolverine,
used her handkerchief for a towel and
went back to take up the duties life
had laid upon her. The doctors team
was hitched to the light buggy he
drove. and the doctor was standing in
the doorway with his square medicine
case in his hand waiting to give her a
few final directions before he left.
He was like so many doctorS-he
seemed to be afraid to tell the whole
truth about his patient. lie stuck to
e~vasive optimism and then neutralized
the reassurances he uttered by empha-
sizing the necessity of being notified if
Mrs. Macdonald showed any symp-
toms of another attack.
Billy Louise ran into her own room,
grabbed IA can of talcum and did not
wait to see whether she applied it even
ly to her telltale eyelids, but dabbed
at them o. the way to her mothers
room.
doctor says you're all right, NOM
mic; only YOU mustn't go digging post
holes or shoveling hay for awhile"
mo, | guess not !" Her mother re-
sponded unconSciously to the stimula-
ton Of Billy Louise's tone. Il couldn't
dig holes with a teaspoon, I'm that
weak and useless. Did he say what it
was, Billy Louise|" The sick are Al
ways so curious about their illnesses.
"Oh. your lumbago got to scrapping
with your liver. | forgot the name he
gave it, but it's nothing to worry
about" Billy Louise had Imagination,
ltlHtlllt|tI.
Il guess he'd think it was something
to worry about if he had it," her moth
er rctorted %fretfuTly, but treasured new
erthelesS by the casual manner o. Billy
Louise. Il believe | could cal a little
mite Of toast and drink some tea she
added tentatively.
And al egg poached soft If you want
it, nom. Phoebe just brought in the
eggs Billy Louise went out humming
unconccrncdly under her breath as if
she had not Il rare beyond the proper
toasting of the bread and brewing of
the tea.
One need not 80 to war or voyage to
the far corners of the earth to find the
stuff heroes are made of.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15
PRODUCE GARDEN
STUFF AT HOME
Department Of Agriculture Issues
Appeal to Farmers for
More Food.
SECRETARY HOUSTON'S VIEWS
Gardeners and Truck Growers Should
Meet Local Demands-increase
Commercial Production Wher-
ever Possible.

Gardeners, fall in!
A call for more food from Americas
gardens, both the commercial and the
home plots, is contained in the de-
partment Of agriculture's agricultural
production program for 1918, recently
announced. This is what the program
says to the gardeners:
Market gardens near large cOnsum-
ng centers should be increased so as
to meet as nearly as possible the
needs of the community and in order
to Obviate the necessity of transport
ing such products from distant points.
1t is important to do all that is pos
sible to relieve the strain upon trans
p%ortatiOn facilities.
The planting Of home gardens, es-
pecially for family needs and for pre-
serving foods for future use, again
should be emphasized.
The commercial production Of per-
ishables generally should be increased
above normal wherever it is reason
ably clear that transportation and mar
keting facilities will be favorable.
Last year the production of perish
ables is estimated to have been SO per
cent greater than normal. Notwith-
standing the large output, the market
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15
BY B. M. BOWER

She did not think there was anything
Ward could do, and she thanked him
for offering to help. There was moth
ing, she said pathetically. that anybody
could do. Even the doctors did not
seem able to do much except tell her
lies and charge her for them. No; she
did not need any money. THANK you
just the same, Ward" That was about
all. 1t did not sound in the least like
Billy Louise.
Ward answered the note then and
there and called her Wilhemina- mine.
which was an awkward name to write
and cost him five minutes Of cOgitatiOn
over the spelling. But he wanted it
down on paper where she could see it
and remember how it sounded when he
said it, wen If it did look queer. Far
ther along he started to cali her Bill
Loo. but rubbed it out and substituted
Lady Girl with capitals. Altogether
he did better than he knew, for he