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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

Confronted with great practical
problems, outside the narrow range
of their everyday occupation and
experience, they are as helpless as
infants. They know nothing about
nature, her reasons and her laws,
her caprices and her limitations.
They do not know how TO measure
or how TO calculate. Left alone, un-
aided, amid unfamiliar surroundings
they are less capable of taking care
of themselves than the lower ami
mails would be.
AS l have often said: The high
est type of man Excluding moral
considerations is the engineer
and he may be as moral as the best.
He is the man that is ready TO deal
with things because he understands
things 1 would have every youne
person an engineer in embryo.
Think of what the soldier COINS
TO battle in this war must gain by
an education like that outlined
above. Half the terrors that strike
tie fields may be robbed of their
paralyzing force by the neutralizing
effect of the fore-knowledge in his
brain. Chemistry can arm him
against the demons Of the gas war,
knowledge of ballistics makes the
swooping shells less fearful. ac-
quaintance with the principles of air
fight steadies his nerves in contests
with aerial foes.
Familiarity breeds contempt. II
you know the sources and limita-
tons Of the powers engaged against
you they lose the advantage Of in
spring vague and superstitious fear
Already the American soldiers in
France have shown the enormous
value OF the turn toward scientific
ideals which our educational insti-
tutions have begun to lead the world
in taking.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

The greatest industrial lesson of
this war is its demonstration of the
need of more instruction in scientific
knowledge for all boys and girls.
Schools are still conducted on a too
literary basis. The elements Of
science should be taught several
years earlier in the courses than
they are at present. 1t is litera-
ture that ought to wait, and not
science.
The laws of motion and of cleo
tricity are more important TO be
known by everybody than the re-
inements or caprices of style, or
the rules of metrical composition.
There is more mental value in
Newton than in Homer; the one
other the evenings entertainment.
In our existing system of educa-
ton we are like an architect begin
ming his plan with ornaments. The
right system would be arranged
somewhat as follows: First, speak
ing, then reading, then writing with
simple composition; and along with
these. or Immediately succeeding
them. arithmetic, elementary math-
ematics together with the ordinary
laws and facts OF physics and me-
chanics. knowledge. OF of plants and
animals. anatomy and physiology,
the weather. the seasons, elementary
astronomy. geography, history, and,
after all these. languages, literature
and such advanced scientific and
other studies as might be preferred.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
TIMELY MEASURES
PROTECT POULTRY
Keep Germs on Defensive,
SureSt Way to Prevent
Diseases.

Poultry raisers wI4o wait until
disease appears in the flock and
then prepare 20 make a defensive
attack are likely TO be successful
only In race cases. BY far the best
plan. say poultry specialists Of the
United States Department OF Agri-
culture is To care for the flock in
such a way that disease will not APP
pear. The aim in controlling the
diseases OF poultry is they add. 10
learn now TO prevent them rather
than how 10 cure
To enlighten poultry owners as
% the characteristics Of the more
Important diseases in order that
they may intelligently use the most
improved methods of combating
them Farmers Bulletin 957. "Im-
rortant Poultry Diseases" has re-
Gently been published boy The de
partment. The causes. symptoms,
end treatment of poultry ailments.
from aspergillosis Cbrooder pneu-
mouia) to worms. are eiven in this
publication
hiliinI Oitcn A0NiSaDlc.
AS all poultry is susceptible TO
many diseases. some O. which are
highly infectious and resist all ef-
forts of treatment the bulletin sug-
gests that when birds become sick
10 is often the best plan To Kill
them The greater The number of
birds kept upon any farm or plot Of
ground. and the more they are
crowded together. the more i'm
Iortant are the measures for ex-
Guiding, graduating. and preventing
the development of the causes Of
disease.
When disease appears among
poultry the fowls should he removed
from the poultry yard and a
good coating Of freshly slaked lime
should be applied 10 the entire sur
face Of the ground, according TO the
bulletin. After "A few days it should
ne plowed and then cultivated three
or four times at intervals of a
week and finally sowed with oats.
rye, or other grain. It is best to
leave the ground unoccupied by the
fouls until the winter has passed.
AFTER the fowls nave Deen IeluIneu
the premises must be frequently
cleaned and occasionally disinfect-
ed.
How to Disinfect.
The drinking fountains and feed
troughs must be washed every week
with boiling water or other disin-
fectant, and if any lice or mites are
found on the birds or in the house
the roOsts and adjoining parts Of
the walls should be painted with
mixture of kerosene, quart. and
crude carbolic acid or crude cresOl,
. teacuDful. The house may be
whitewashed with freshly slaked
lime or sprayed with kerosene
3 emulsion. In case of az actual out
break OF a virulent disease it is we'll
20 add 10 each gallon Of the white
wash ounces Of crude carbolic
acid. Good disinfectants destroy
the germs Of contagious diseases,
the external parasites. such as lice
and mites. and in some cases the of
parasitic worms and should be used
frequently in and about the poultry
house.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

Copyright 1g1S)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
Furniture Most Useful

nothing quite suitable gfgving purposes good fur
Nothing quite furniture gift and daily
the hOughuness good judgment of the gver You give
arice --pluS convenience
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
How Science Can Help the Soldier
BY Garrett p. Serviss.

duct of a gyroscope. or say how
molecule differs from an atom, or
show the reason why a baseball
pitcher can put a curve" on the
ball, or explain why wheels appear
to turn backward in motion pic-
lures than they could jump over
the moon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

Indiana farmers are sowing the
largest wheat acreage this fall in the
history of the state They are 100
per cent Americans.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

Through and over all, of course.
should go instruction and guild
ance in morals. A nation whose
youth were brought up along some
such line as that would not only
be unconquerable, but it would stand
at the worlds head. not by virtue of
force, but by virtue of intelligence.
The vice of the literary type of
education is that it leads 10 a kind
Of menta; cigaret smoking, and tends
TO destroy the initiative of the
stronger faculties, which, under
scientific training, deal effectively
with the actualities of life and ma
ture Everybody should. as far as
possible. read the great master
pieces of the worlds literature, and
feed himself upon them; but with
out any qualification. everybody
should first be a fully developed
human. and that cannot be If he
values expression above perform
ance.
When our age has become a
chapter of ancient history. it will
be seen that the browning achieve
ment Of the AnglO-Saxon intellect
was not the writing Of Hamlet"
of Macbeth" but the production
of The Mathematical Principles Of
Natural Philosophy"
Every day you meet educated"
men and women who are not
ashamed 20 confess that they could
no more extract the square root Of
a number or tell how far a body
would fall in ten seconds. or &C
count for the phases of the moon.
or calculate the approximate length
Of day or night at different times
OF the year. or explain the work
ing Of a steam engine. or an auto
motor. or a dynamo. or a submarine.
or an aeroplane. or solve q problem
bv algebra. or tell the difference in
principle between thermometer
and a barometer. or detect the fall
lacy in the popular belief that the
Lusitania is still floating deep be-
meath the surface somewhere in the
Atlantic because the great pressure
prevents her from reaching the bot
tom. or distinguish a planet from
star. or understand the strange con
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17

Revised oct by south Chamber of Commerce.
Facts Worth
Knowing About
South Bend
point where river most picturesque
nOrthard to the great
IaksA
AREA ccHy square miles altitude 722 feet
AsszED VALUATION: Real estate improvements personal
property. 'SSl1Nsso.
500
Sinking fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5I11a
Net debt Observation-Disclosures. .s447387
PROPERTY AND FIXED ASSETS: s3O4s.4o1
CLUBS: Chamber
equipment Indiana Club. Club.
club Progress club Rotary Club Ean Club Ad-
Sell League. University Club, Country
complete
clubs organizations
life ..s-
DEATH RATE $50 per 1000
BIRTH RATE: lss4 per 1000
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS grade public schools
9I.aSOoOo. s45OOOO
1857 School
of
sand Night school work is also provided by the NJ c and
Y A just of
city Academy another Catholic
Three business colleges schools of music
FACILITIES FOR NEW INDUSTRIES An important induce
plant Co space
and suit had buildings company
low rental Rental includes water heat Waterman
few buildings procurabe
Write South Bend Chamber of Commerce
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Ten banks and trust companies
OF S2I343765S4.
town There is abundance skilled
Wage scales furnished request large proportion
their homes.
naeant that 0Ga nd Ra5 never a 6aG 6oo 5
ss the 14e du
commercial center
siS sass s 1923 'S and 1919
FowEE The St river dsveoRng
Of this being available for South Bend
overlook.
Cost of power and light Electric Os to OOs1 per k h
Average p. per h p per year,
Gas to per net
PUBLIC SAFETY: stations nytour
% BY tine T
Value of buildings and contents in the last
Average per years ...-.... s78iO
men two
ambulance. patrol motorcycle squad
RELIGIOUS OTHER INSTITUTIONS sixtysx churches
including denominations: NJ A costing
S3O0,OOOOO a
A c. costing S75, nj
al a inhnary
STREETS streets alleys avenues in the
limits hofs
being developed
STREET lights. 1924 including 400
$4,000 Many illuminated
bOuls us
STREET RAILWAYS (Electric). n city limits length
calls
San all
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21


ssoFd ~ nd sso oi lle lzs I,ase ct
s7ss q sd3;ioEisI Silei b Mrs
r. - e5rcJ Of he argument and The bDeyitY Of the
Sest. For fbe edl5on Of Oesober II Mrs j Waitet
Barnes lsTote under The tile Don't be Bond Saeka
an appeal winch for yieor and dneemess every way
worldly Of he mother Of three soldier sons The nett day
Mrs Leepz was represented again with an edloEa,
''Your Conscience and Your Button. and tor The e0a>
cluas day Of the campaign Mrs Leeper supplied another
poem entitIed To You.
N5not too nueh to say that these editorials and poems
constte the most notable seres Of articles that ever aP
peared m Faiinont newspaper. Every Ene of every one
of diem came straight from the hearts Of the authors No
professional W4cr could have hoped TO equal them But
even this splendid showing does exhaust the record Of
the literary effort which the Of Fanont made for
The loan. The stories which appeared N The West
Vrsan telling Of the progress of the eapaisn from day
to day were all written by Miss Elizabeth Stone,
of The West Vnsmans reportold staff. Il was no
mean Journalistic feat collect st and assemble the facts
so as 10 make this long drawn out story interesting all the
while, but Mis- Stone did It m way which reflects much
credit upon he4 ability as newspaper woman.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21
The Bath OF sTER.

Is interesting to recall now. when Germany depe1-
ate need Of peace finds the way to II all the more
difficult because of the moral abyss INTO which the war
has plunged the German people individually and oolleo-
lively, that of the pubcsts OF that country at the
outbreak of host6es spoke glowinsy Of the Strengthening
and cleansing the spiritual side of the German people
o,vuld receive from the bath Of steel"
was not the fault of the bath of steel that the effect was
just the opposite is too soon make predictions about
such matter but every present indication warrants the
hope that the moral tone well the physical health OF
the United States VIII be raised by participation IN the
war The same thing although to less extent may be
expected m Great Britain and France.
Dr. Charles S. mcfarland, commissioner of the Fed
eraI Council of the Churches of Christ m America. who
has returned after exhaustive investigation of conditions
on the other side. gives clue tohe striking difference
m the effect of the upon the souls and characters of
imagine more absolute difference than that which differ
entiates Foch. Peshing. Haig and King Albert from
Kaiser Wilheln; mdenburg, 1udendorf and Nlsekensen
OF General Pershng DR.. mcfarland said he IS revealing
wonderful qualities of stategic SKILL together with the
personal qualities of modety unse6shnes and self eface
rnent lis simple and genuinely reisiouse his example
and words have great moral and spiritual ideals be-
fore our officers and men, the opinion of this trained
student of men.
Dr. says that his greatest hope of the future
comes from the personal impressions Of the Allied generals
clearly humane Just and tender. This IS the feeling one
gets from personal contact with them Clearly the spr-
.al difference between the two forces sybolized by
the difference these two groups of leaders, concludes
DR.. mcfarland
This calm judgment upon very vital aspect of Amer
cas war eort ought to give great comfort not only to-
parents of boys IN the army, but to all Americans
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

know a boy who has never brought
any real happiness i1to his home.
During his babyhood he was i'll most
of the time and his mother got very
little rest. AS he knew older he de-
yeIopaj tantrums and beat his head
against the floor wien he couldnt
have his way. When a grown boy, he
refused to go to school. A little later
he ran away, but finding eating better
at home, at less cost. he came back
When old enough to work, and his
mother could well have used all AID
he might give financially, he said ne
wasn't strong enough to get up at sew
en- o'clock In the winter, so he gave up
his position. The strange yet COM
mon thing about it all is that this
boys mother was so organized that
she saw no fault IN her boy and ratE-
az aided and abetted him in his man
ner of looking on life. She complain
cd. buf she did nothing tangible to
alter a character fast going to ruin.
She could say: poor child, he thinks
he Is doing all right" Sure, he
thought he was doing all right because
he could bully everybody around him
Again wondered what mothers
we're for. we poor mothers! VINO
haven't the inspiration necessary TO
take our youngsters by the back OF
the collar and shake sense into them
Il we can get it there no other way.
heard a sweet old lady say once:
1'Ycu can't teach children sweetne9s
and humility Of character. That comes
through heritage. Your child VIII be
what his ancestry was before him and
no amount OF beating or reasoning viii
change him" II this be true, what re-
mains? Rather dtscouraging: is 1t
not? And yet am inclined to believe
there is more truth than fiction IN the
remark. Children there are we all
well know who step sanely and sweet
ly through life, a blessing and source
OF happiness to everyone about Nettn-
er parents nor teachers spend mucn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21
IH.aMEM .ANn THE LoAN cAMPALcM.

guId Be nyiidious to single out of the hundreds
oan workers and say that he or she, is deserving
praise than some other worker. who perhaps did
81 nm q as high total of subscriptions. Practically
diem put ther whole souls INTO the unselhsh and
effort, and as the who subscribed for htty
bond when he felt that he could not afford even
much S as public spirited the whose outside
~ n INTO the thousands, all who did work IN that splFlt
sI.enIited TO equal praise
here was. however, one feature about the Manon
campaign which unique. and the history OF the
ndid record which the county made would not be com
4 soma mention were made of it his was the
s of editorial appeals made the first page OF ne
esf Virsnian during the of the campaign 1t IS
possible 10 trace direct results to effort OF this
but we know that these appeals attracted great
81 attention not only Marion county, but outside
appeals two of which were m verse. were made
N 5e5a Of The Marion County Liberty Loan OreanIza-
lie most notable fact about them. after their splen-
ga literary zleri, Is that they were all written by women.
o. ss elays The campaign opened The West Vrsnlan
poem written for the occasion by Mrs Jeannete
s5sE eepeE On October g. just after the order to
an meetings issued by the health authorizes
M looked for time as if the campaign had suffered
e paEable Blow. there appeared editorial also vr's,
Il By Mrs Leepe1. under the head Of Hold the Line.
mo tsys laiaE another editorial entitled Buy Liberty
8oGa BY Ms. James A Meredith. was printed
This sfe reprinted m one Of the Clarks0us papers,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21
SPLEMDIDLY DONE
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M ARIoN county's showing IN the Fourth LII

MARION countys showing the Fourth Liberty loan
wi campaign magnificent The leaders and the
and short drive turned out with its handsome oversub-
scrption which helped so materially IN putting the state
oves but the real heroes of the occasion the people
Exact figures and facts not yet known. but IS be-
This indicates practical loyalty upon the part of the
people of Marion county which ought to ELL every man,
woman and child in the county with a great PRIDE
the burden placed upon the Individual workers greater
and N none was the response general and generous
1t may be said without the slightest fear of contradiction
that the campaign in the last week by the enu-
siassm and the industry Of the and who re-
sponded to Chairman Liveys earnest appeal for aid to
put the big undertaking
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

Speaking Of homes, how perfect
many OF them would be were it not
for tho people who live inside. won
der If all mothers have child difficult
ties, or whether the bringing up OF
some, remains merely pleasant IN
terlude in the days events. Occasion
ally think mothers are mistake ana
that It would be vastly better were
children Matched from shells. run ant
er and fed. sat on hard for few
menths, and then allowed to go when
ever way suited them best They OBJ
iect so strenuously to being overlook
ed! It Is so difflcult to impress upon
them the fact that older people at
least have the reputation OF knowing
best. They can become 50 superc1A-
ous-so Overawing. so thoroughly an
unpleasant family element during
most Of the days Of extreme youth. In
fact it has come TO pass truly t4!e
lies is entirely In style and perfectly
proper.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

The Times this morning says paid E1kins emissaTes
are going through industrial sections Of the state
saying that we any business in this war; that
wilson got us into it and 1t is to elect
Republican to get out To put it with the
bluntness which such charge deserves. that is lie
The Times knows it is lie If such thing had ever
happened names localities and dates would have been
supplied The same thing applies the other charge
made in the same article that Ekns workers are telling
the voters that the administration is responsible for the
deaths from pneumonia in the environments.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21
E 5HEHHH

On October 81, 1853, the King Of
England issued proclamation forbid
ding settlements to be made west 0e
the Alleghantes until the land was
bought from the Indians. Two years
later the governors of Virginia ana
Pennsylvania were ordered 70 remove
all settlers west Of the mountains By
force. There was bIufE Of trying 70
do so. The soldiers found the settle
mentS vacated when they visited
points west Of the mountains but there
Is no record Of anyone actually being
disturbed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

the dining table in the course Of the
evening meal. I ceased my end OF the
conversation Immediately. expecting
prompt measures; but the baby was
allowed to step over the main dishes
cross the table and to emerge on the
other side into fathers arms without
question or criticism. After the game
had been continued some time, !
found my rather old-fashioned mind
prompting me to say: But don't you
think that rather bad habit for your
child to form?'' Not at all" replied
the fond parents, I'VE believe If you
constantly say no to children. they
viii grow up to hate you, so we allow
ours very nearly all privileges. And
truly they did. The baby walked the
KEYS Of the piano. played with the cut
glass. upset jam on a fine oriental rug
ana generally had a very good time,
certainly not having room in his smau
personality that night for a single
hate germ. wondered-especially la
ter when l visited that home again and
saw how masterfully that child ruled
wondered what parents were for
anyway
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MoNpAY EVENING. OCTOBER 81. 1913.

~ 81 lie scope. By The people. for he people. DhOse
popas 9e derfped from the consent Of the gOnerned:
denoaoeD n republic. sovereign Nation of H'any
sopsega Statcss perfect Union. one and nsepGa5te.
UPON those PRINCIPLES of freedom. equality jas
lec and humanity for Dch American patriots sacrificed
lser hes and fortncs therefore bcGepe mp dutp
. country to Lore Il; 10 support its Constitution; TO
ags; TO respect It's flag; and 10 defend against
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21
Teachers Emergency
Exam Saturday Next

In need OF fully six teachers IN the,
county. W. E. Michael, county super
intendent OF schools, announced today
that he would hold an emergency.
teachers examination next Saturday
morning at O'Clock In his Office IN
the court house.
Superintendent Michael urges an
persons who expect to try for teaehers
certificates to apply at this time be-
cause It may be the final emergency
examination for the year There are
probably six vacancies IN the county,
the majority being In Winfield district
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

A Jewish Welfare club for soldiers
of the Jewish faith has been organ
lied at Camp Meade, in Maryland,
where many West Virginia soldiers
are In training, to assist the men In
understanding the ideals for which the
United States is fighting and for
which seven welfare organizations
have united to serve the fighter. The
men have taken for their motto: BE
come better Jews and better Ameri-
cans"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

From Spain comes report the effect that Germany
has called in her U-boats be true for 1t would
only take about one more outrage like the recent sink
ing Of an Irish mail boat the complete smash
ing Of Germany. The Uboat wasthe most costly Ger
man failure of this war After 1t in costness the
Zeppelinu Together they arrayed the world against
Germany and the German people VIII be generations
trying to live down the effects.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21

The Fourth Liberty loan went over 1t is confidently
believed thanks to the fact that immense
rush of bond buyers during the last two days Of the
campaign. That's the way the great American public
functions always what it ought to do and then
a little more, but it takes its time about it.