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Evening journal., 1918-08-15
Education After the War
Will The Future Ask Why Men Couldn't Control the
Forces They Created?

When the war is ended the whole
modern scheme Of education is likely
to appear well forward among the in
sttutions that will be brought up for
a new and relentless scrutiny. Accept
ed theories Of popular training will be
questioned, not in relation to their
practical aspects and methods Of Oper-
alton, but upon a far higher ground
There Is sure TO be an effort TO un-
cover and define ultimate goals and
Ideals. We shall ask at last what edu-
cation is for. The war has been so
costly and so great that the future will
look back upon it with merclless GU
rioslty for origins, details, cOntribut-
ing causes.
1t is easy to believe that the final
analysis may be astonishing. It may
even be said, in some future day, that
deficient education caused the war. IL
may be cOntended that a really edueat-
ed world would not have brought down
upon itself a disaster so cruel as the
present one. And the decision may be.
in all truth, that western civilization
drifted almost 10 IFS end because Il in
sisted on mistaking training for educa-
tiOn without an understanding of the
difference that exists between the one
and the other.
The war, even In such phases as are
ponderaDle at this moment, seems defl-
nitely TO provide the answer that has
always been wanting between the two
opposing theories Of education in
America-between the lonely prOpon-
n tnI gfafu
and the practical" schools Of pep and
hustle upon the other, with their ten
dency to sublimaie the utilitarlan idea
and look down upon education found
ed on classical literature and ldealism
as something worn out and done for
and unified to practical age.
Science is practical. And science has
made the present war unthinkably
cruel; terrible beyond all Imagination.
This knowledge involves no shadow OF
criticism Of science. Science makes no
pretensions to morals. Il is apart from
morals. II is searching and restless,
above the world.
There seems proof enough now that
the world does not know how TO use
the things 10 receives from this source.
And the question that sooner or later
must rise above all others that have
come out Of the war is whether man
kind can get along with science alone,
whether any practical formula Is quite
adequate TO make existence tolerable.
The war is intensely practical. It was
at the beginning for practi-
cal purposes, engineered by practical
men. Science merely fulfilled its func-
tion. II invented and revealed. But
observe the uses that have been made
Of its revelations and its inventions!
Evening journal., 1918-08-15

The Senate Committee on Military AZ
fairs is taking the new conscription
legislation more seriously than the
War Department expected TO see it
taken. The committee is putting teeth
into the new act which should have
been (but were not in the present act.
10 has adopted Senator Reeds amend
ment making all draft regstrants in
war industries or other essential oocu-
pations amenable to the work or fight
rule.
The committee aims at getting the
maximum Of benefit out of the new
call on man power and out Of the War
Departments work or tight" regula-
ti0n. The department wanted TO apply
that regulation very sparingly. 1t
contemplated driving baseball play
ers. domestic servants, walters and
other non-productive workers into
war industries and essential occupa-
tions. Il intended TO make deferred
draft classification dependent upon a
mans engaging in useful employment
But It did not intend 10 make deferred
classification dependent on a mans con-
tinuing unconditionally in such EN-.
ployment.
Evening journal., 1918-08-15

! The truth seems to be that mans
spirit has not kept pace with his in
genuity. He is clever but he is not
wise. Man has created many things,
PHILOSOPHERS, machines, influences,
which he is unable TO control. His
machines are marVelOus-yet they de-
strOy him!
The war has shown how exquisitely
the mind Of man has been refined
how keen its edge has become. But
It has shown, too, how deficient the
larger part Of mankind has been in the
spirit, where all the larger motives
Inevitably begin. There is the sugges-
tiOn Of stupendOus drama in the spec
tacle Of mans soul out and moving
through unspeakable agony in a con-
iict with the things mans mind Great
ed. Because nobility was willed upon
men, because the kingdom of heaven
is still somehow within them, they
must battle and die TO overcome the
things they wrought.
This is the plight Of a world which
believed il was educated. II remained
for America and our own armies abroad
10 lift the aims of this war TO a plane
and an aspect that can be recOnciled at
last with a true ideal of education. 1t
was the spirit Of America that first
went to war. We made the issues finally
clear. The war for the rest Of the
world was a monstrous dilemma with
out end or answer. So it must always
be TO men who are merely practical.
il seems the more strange, therefore,
that the answer to all mans question
ha r1o Of
difficulty. was written thousands OF
years ago in the literature which the
teachers Of this livelier, faster age pro-
fess to dsdain. The noblest OF the
Greek dramas was written to show
that In war the winner, too, must lose.
All great literaturees, like all great
attempt TO prove that pride
and possessions, material things, con-
quests and victories are not in them
selves adequate to provide peace or
happiness. In every ancient ciyiliza-
tion this truth was proved.
IL is the spirit Of America that is
winning this war-and yet the exist
cnce Of the spirit as an active force
has been denied. And so it is the spirit
alone that can be educated. A mind
can only be trained. It Is a deeper
and sounder education in elemental
truth that will be adequate TO control
the forces Of the age we live in. Con-
irolled these forces can be by the sort
Of knowledge that is interpreted In
what some schoolmasters call the
dead languages. The dead languages
are not dead. They are alive, with a
sort Of truth that is more efficient and
logical than mathematics and more en-
durable than any conquest and richer
han the world.
Evening journal., 1918-08-15
HONOR's ROLL.

w have talked much about our "sons" going to
w war and lighting battles that we have gotten
the notion that they're all young fellows. But they're
not Some fathers And at least one is a grand
father. This soldier with grandchildren IS James A.
House, of Clinton, Mont
Soldier House enlisted for being a grandfather he
too old to receive selectve service call His son
put on khaki uniform and marched away. That made
House rather lonesome He too. wanted TO get into the
fight. What his could do he could do And being
possessed Of the youth (young for grandfather and
physical qualifications that make a man eligible for
place in Uncle Sans army he readily accepted for
the engineers replacement company
mighty proud man Grandfather House when
he made the rounds kissing his dozen grandchildren
goodbye lie has the right to be proud II there are
any other grandfathers in khaki we'd like to get their
names.
This is great country when even the grandfathers
are on the anxious seat to get into the big scrap
Evening journal., 1918-08-15
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

MO mistake made by the State Advisory Board
IN Of the United States Employment Service when it
elected Ayres j. Stockley TO be its secretary
Mr.. Stockley, who is a Delaware College man. is a
native Of Smyrna. In recent years however he has
resided in Wilmington and practiced law here with
success The State Advisory Board fortunate in being
able TO obtain such 10 attend TO its secretarIa
affairs
The appointee is intelligent. Industrious palnstaklng
and courteous Those things being true his admnls-
tration OF the office should be marked by success
Many expressions already heard show that the seee-
tion meets with popular approval
Evening journal., 1918-08-15
MUST SUFFER- AND WATCH AND WAIT

n the early stages Of the war many Americans in
dulged in harsh criticism OF the British navy be-
cause It failed to dispose more quickly OF the German
submarines.
We now have such submarines operating destruc-
lively our coast and appreciate more fully the
difficulties Of dealing with them
That they will be driven off destroyed in time goes
without saying. The their bases Of supplies on
this side Of the Atlantic discovered the one
or the other Of those desired results will be achieved
Meanwhile, Americans must do as the Britons have
done and stil dolngsufer and watch and wait for
opportunities for telling strokes
Evening journal., 1918-08-15
With The Paragraphers

During recent debate in the Reichstag Socialist
deputy declared that German beer as now produced is
nothing than brown water-Des Moines Register
With a service flag containing 800 stars the St. Louis
Teamsters Union may be said 20 have hitched their
wagons TO quite constelation.-St. Louis Republic
Suggestion TO members Of the Indiana Democratic
Convention: Take Of 1918. and 1920 Will take care
of itself."-Washington Post.
The murder OF German official angered the Kaiser
but the wholesale murder OF Belgian women didn't Tease
him.-Detrot Free Press.
Evening journal., 1918-08-15

forced by the dealers here known Certain It is
that 1t has subjected TO serious inconvenience many
automobilsts who were not OF its existence.
What the Federal Government is seeking to do is to
impress the minds Of those who may be nconven-
fenced the fact that 1t is in way responsible for it,
either by way of order or suggestion.
Evening journal., 1918-08-15

Military Affairs Committees lead.
Force without limit" is the true pro
Crane of the United States. Mere po-
litical considerations must be thrust
aside. In that respect the action of the
Senate committee is most hopeful. 1t,
Evening journal., 1918-08-15

at least. is going TO stand for fun en-
ployment Of our labor resources and a
drastic application of the theory that
if a deferred class conscript will not
work prohtably and continuously at
home he must go 70 the front.
Evening journal., 1918-08-15
~ a4g'3A
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Economies
Save Work. Time-Money

The O-Cedar Polish Mop carries
war time efficiency into the home in
the saving of time, in the saving of
work and in the saving of money. To
waste any of these is unpatriotic.
'sS First consider the O-Cedar Polish Mop
as a saver of work. 1t saves the work of
getting down on the hands and knees to
dust, clean and polish the floor. 1t saves
time by dusting, cleaning and polishing all at
one and the same time.
Evening journal., 1918-08-15
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Every subject acquires adventitious Importance TO
him who considers 1t with application.-Godsmith
49,:
Adulstion ever follows the ambitious for such alone
receive most pleasure from nattery.-Goldsmith
:--.-.
The best preseryave to keep the mind in health is
the faithful admonton of a friend-Bacon
Evening journal., 1918-08-15

Tanks and Yanks cutting great gaps In German
ranks for which give thanks
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
EXPENSES OF WAR

When it is realized that one 16.inch
shell complete with explosives, pack
ing, ETC., costs nearly $1,000 some idea
can be formed of what even a slight
encounter with the enemy costs in
these days Of modern warfare. The
actual money involved in such an Of
fensive as has recently been going on
on the western front is almost too
much for the average person to mag
inc. Too few stop to think about 1t.
They are ready enough to shout for
the brave boys who have held back
nothing from their country's call but
they do not always stop to think as
they should that the shouts should
have strong foundation under them,
foundation of Liberty Bonds and Lib
erty Bonds and still more Liberty
Bonds. Every dollar counts and ev-
cry dollar that can be put into bond
does just so much toward winning the
war One dollar will buy an overseas
cap; so cents will buy pair of wooden
gloves; 60 cents summer undershirt
and $2.10 winter one. 1t takes 1925
to buy an artillery (wheeD harness
and $4,000 to provide one 16-inch
gun to fire the $1,000 shell.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
TRANSPORTATION OF OUR
TROOPS

"A transport miracle, Sir John
Maclay, the British controller Of ship
ping, calls the success with which the
United States has moved 1900, 900
American soldiers from their scat
tered camps on this side the Atlantic
to the fighting areas across the seas.
Although the seas have been beset by
the enemy the loss Of life in taking
the men across has been almost in
finitesimally small. This bit of Amer
lean efficiency has not only surprised
our enemies; we have surprised our
friends and even ourselves.
And it isn't all due to the Navy. The
railroads have had their share in the
achievement. Director General Nc
Adoo seems justified in his statement
that while the development of the
Railroad Administration requires
time, progress has been made toward
the goal
And it isn't all due to the Navy and
the railroads, either. 1t is the Liberty
Bond purchasers who made it possible,
and back Of the purchasers the Lib
erty Bond. If the people respond to
the Fighting Fourth as they did to the
First, Second and Third, and there is
every indication that they will, there
is no telling what other miracles may
be accomplished.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
TOWN LOCALS

The body of Mrs. M urphy who
died at St. Johnsbury was buried in
the old Catholic cemetery Wednes-
day. Deceased was a former resi-
dent of this place.
Bernard Petrie, who enlisted in
the navy, is home on furlough of
seven days. Bernard had the inf1u-
enza but made a good recovery and
is looking in the best of health. He
is enjoying is furlough and everyone
is glad to see him.
C. J. Lefebvre was called to
Wells River, Monday by the i'll
ness of his son, Charles E. Lefebvre,
and on Wednesday a telegram came
telling of his death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Webster
have returned from their wedding
tour and are stopping with their
parents a few days. They expect
soon to go to Melbourne, Que,
where they will make their home.
Mrs. M. A. MacDougall of
Melbourne, Que, spent Sunday with
J. E. Smith and family at the Amey
cottage at the head of the pond.
This was Mrs. MacDougal's first
visit to Island Pond. She enjoyed her
trip and admired the beautiful
lake and mountain scenery.
J. Rolfe Searles, attorney, of St.
Johnsbury was in town last week
on legal business.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan
Facts and Figures
BANKING POWER
OF AMERICA

Total resources of the 1858 national
banks and 20,423 trust companies.
state banks and savings banks of the
United States aggregate over six bill
lion dollars more than year ago and
are greater than in 1916 by nearly
twice this sum. Resources of the ma
tionstl banks amount to $18,249 905, 900
and the state institutions to $22,275,-
104,1S0 totaling S40,525 100000 With
the Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan
about to be launched these facts culled
by The Analist assume a special sig
nificance to the American people,
or the 1858 national banks in the
United States New England has 4O5.
OF the 20,423 state institutions she has
1884. The national banks in New Eng
land have resources amounting to ST.
319 ,351 900 and the state institutions
to 1926, 100,024.
| The recent establishment Of the
United States Council of State Bank
ing Associations to provide an organ
izatton exclusively representative of
! banking institutions under state con-
troll has led to study by The Analist
of the relative resources of national
and state banks and an inquiry into
the distribution o. banking institu-
lions and banking power among the 4S
states of the Union.
The tremendous increase in the
banking resources of the United
States becomes apparent when refer
epce is made to the last annual report
of the Controller of the Currency
showing the estimated banking power
| nf ntru in INV 70
| been $29,353, 100000, and in June 1917,
! $34 Alb 100000.
The combined resources of the
banks Of six states, New York with
$10,893,S71 900; Pennsylvania $685.
$4,000; Massachusetts $2,SS1 900;
Illinois, $3.50, SAT 600; Ohio, $1,876,-
100000 and California, $1,77012S,0 900,
aggregate $23 ,923,O00 or approx.
mately three-fifths of the total re-
sources of all the banks in the coun-
toy The resources of banks in New
York state are more than one-fourth
of the total In 16 of the 4S states the
resources of the national institutions
exceed those of state controlled banks.
They are Alabama, Colorado, Florida,
Idaho Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota,
New Mexico Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn
SylVan1a, tennessee, Texas, Virginia,
Washington, and Wyoming.
The combined capital of the 20,423
banking institutions under state con-
troll amounts to $1,19S,583,841, COM
pared with $1,096,932, 900, the COM
bined capital of 1888 national banks.
The surplus of the state banks totals
$1,217 ,070,794, compared with $685.
$4,000 for the national banks, and the
undivided profits of the former class
of institutions amount to 1926, ,464,
compared with $685., 937 900 for the lat
ter. The capital, surplus, and undi.
vided profits of the state institutions
total S2,651,823,1 100 while the total of
the same items for the national banks
is $2,256, 900. An analysis of these
figures shows that the average capital,
surplus, and undivided profits of state
institutions is $129,000 while the aver.
age for national banks is $293,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
COST OF SHIPS OF WAR

What is to be done with all the
money that is being asked for on the
Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan? Pay
for battleships, submarines and a thou
sand other things to be used by our
boys on the land, on the sea, in the air
and under the sea- To complete sin
gle battleship now under construction
requires $29,O75,O0O and a battle cruis-
er takes $24,90O,O00. A scout cruiser
takes $7,220,00O and a destroyer ST.
$4,000. A coast submarine costs
SS50,0O0 and sea-going submarine
$1430,0 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
ON PUTTING THINGS OFF
There Are Times When Waiting a
Little While Helps a Whole
Lot

"ProcrastinatiOn never got anybody
anywhere, but" said Mr.. Gratebar,
there are times when putting things
Off q bit helps lot, as, for instance,
In the matter Of answering certain
letters.
II get once in a while a letter that
is cross, i'll tempered, sarcastic or that
maybe sets up some proposition that
the writer himself would have known
wouldn't hold water if he had stopped
to think about it.
Nov, my natural inclination would
be to answer that letter right away.
l could shoot his proposition full of
holes easily and make it look foolish.
His sarcasm l could answer much
more bitingly. But what l do now
IN my somewhat ripper years is to smile
and say to myself:
Whats the use?
what l do now before answering
such letter Is to wait day, to sleep
on it.
There's a habit that 1t would be
worth any mans while to cultivate.
Sleeping on it will iron the wrinkles
out of any sort Of trouble, solve for us
any problem; 1t soOthes and clarifies.
1t brings back our courage and our
sense of humOr. And then, in the
morning, when 1 come to answer that
letter l answer it in a spirit that
makes not an enemy but a friend.
This sort of putting things off l
don't call procrastlnation it is Just
waiting a little to give all hard feel.
ing time for evaporation"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
Don't You Need One Now?

Indigestion, biliousness, bad
breath, gas, constipation or any
condition arising from a mass of
undigested food in the stomach
needs immediate attention. Foleys'
Cathartic Tablets are mild
and gentle, but sure in action.
Causes no gripping, pain or nausea.
Cleanses bowels, sweetens stomach,
and tone up liver. John w. Thurs
ton. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
COST OF AM AMMUNITION

The ammunition in each torpedo
fired from a ship in the present war
costs from $4,000 to $4,000. One
FOUNDER cartridge contains ammuni-
ton valued at $.72 while a six FOUNDER
cartridge has ammunition valued at
$40. Ammunition in 3-inch shell is
valued at So. That in a 4-inch shell is
valued at IS, in a 5-inch shell at $13
and in a 6-inch shell at SIS. 1t is a
simple problem in mathematics to find
how many torpedoes or shells can be
filed with ammunition by a single
Liberty Bond.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
New York
Shirt Waists
|. F. JONES, Dry Goods

Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Foss were
called to Boston Saturday by a
telegram announcing the critical
illness of their son, Claude, who was
at Tufts college training camp, i'll
with pneumonia. He passed away
before they arrived. They returned
Sunday night and the body came
Monday afternoon. .
y Mrs. B. Riggle of Seratford, N:
H., spent the weekend, with her
son, Frank F. Riggie.
Mrs. Frank F. Riggie and Master
Kenneth have been spending this
this week with relatives in S. Paris,
Me.
News is received of the marriage
of Miss Helen F. Snow of Biddeford,
Me. and Rev. Thomas Hall, formerly
of this place, at Old Orchard, Sept.
Oath.
j. E. Latin has moved to Berlin,
N. H. where he has employment.
j. O'Brien moved some heavy
machinery for the Herald Wednes-
day and parties wanting such work
done should see him, for he knows
how.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
WHAT LIBERTY BONDS ARE

What are Liberty Bonds? Liberty
Bonds are promises of the United
States Government to pay money at a
future date with interest; for example
a $50 Third Liberty 4A%o bond is a
promise to pay the bearer $50 on Sept.
Is, 1928, with interest in the meantime
at Az %, i. G., $2.12 per year or $1.O6
on every March is and September 15
until the bond Is paid,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
BUY A BOND.

BY II. ". Neal, Everett, Mass.
Eark, voice to You appealing,
Men of Freedom, Thought and Feeling.
fnnocents implore you kneeling,
Buy a Bond"
Hosts of Hell are Right defying,
Sparing not the sick or dying;
Broken hearts to you are crying,
Buy a Bond"
For our boys who, in the fight,
Stand for U. S., for God and Right.
Keep their home fires burning bright,
Buy a Bond.
In the name of Liberty,
Strike tho blow to make men Free,
Help to win the Victory,
Buy a Bond!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-10-04
Couehed So He Couldn't Sleep.

Bronchial coughs, tickling in
throat and ashmatic spasms break
ones rest and weaken one so that
the system is run down and serious
sickness may result. Enos Halbert,
Paoli, Ind, writes: Il had a severe
cold and coughed continually at
night; could hardly sleep. Foley's
Honey and Tar cured my cough"
John w. Thurston. Adv.