Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

| open letter issued to the teachers,
school superintendents and school
directors of the state to-day The
superintendent makes a strong plea
Ior interesting foreigners in Ameri-
canlzation, and says: mo one can
De adjusted to our American civill-
zation without acquiring the rudi-
ments of an English education"
The beneficient activities of the
Red Cross. the Y. NJ. c. A. the Y.
w. c. A, the Knights of Columb
and the Jewish Welfare Board
should enlist the interest and sup
port of all who are connected with
the schools. Liberty loans and war
savings stamps should be explained
ana encouraged in all our schools.
war gardens and the various forms
of food production and food conser-
Vation should be fostered by spe-
cial instruction" DIR. Schaeffer also
urges that attention be given to con-
serVatlon of resources and the prop
er use of fuel, that books on food
be studied, fire prevention day be
observed and it's meaning made
plain, that textbooks should not be
changed during the war and that
Columbus Day be given proper cele-
| bration by patriotic rallies and eX-
ercises.
Those who have made a careful
study of the pupils in our public
schools claim to have discovered
| that the two most common charac-
teristics of high school pupils are
loyalty and patriotism" says DR.,
| Schaeffer Ordinarily these are
thought of as emotions or affections
! but when the will enters into them
| and makes them the law of life, they
| become virtues of the greatest value
in the formation of character. The
war furnishes many opportunities
for fostering these virtues and pro-
noting that love of home and kim
dred and friends and country which
| displaces greed and selfishness and
makes treachery and treason impos-
sible. After the return of our vic
torious army we expect to live in
peace with our allies and the other
! nations Hence it is our duty to
| train our boys and girls to be human
and cosmopolitan as we'll as Amer
lean, to conserve the humanities as
we'll as the material things and to
live the Golden Rule and the Ser
mon on the Mount"
Watch New Discasc-Careful OBJ
| servation of cases resembling in
| huenza are being kept at Philadel-
| pIld, SHeSlSI, pIlSlOl anu ohhCl
| places on the eastern state line and
along the Maryland and Delaware
borders by State Department of
Health inspectors and physicians to
forestall any outbreak of Spanish
Influenza. For some time there have
been reports of the disease appear
ing, but nothing like the foreign all
ment has ben discovered.
| Plans Are Reyised-Plans for
various crossings of railroad by state
highways which have been in litiga-
ton before the Public Service Com
mission have been revised and steps
| to bring the cases to conclusions are
being taken. 1t is hoped to get a
number of them agreed upon this
year so that work on abolition can
be started next spring If conditions
are favorable.
Routine Work Out-The State
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings cleared up the routine business
at the session yesterday. The con-
tracts will await the return of the
| Governor.
Hearings Under Way-Heariqgs
in Public Service cases are under
way in several cities. The Erie series
! started to-day.