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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
Don't Let High Wages Tempt
You, Educator Warns.
Shawnee County School Head
Points Ont Advantages.
men IN THE ARMY KNOW IT
Write From France of Educa-
tional Observations.
Seventy-Five Per Cent of OH
GERS Are College Men.

That education is going to be a fac
tor of more vital Importance than ever
after the war is the opinion OF Fred
A Seaman. acting county superintend-
ent of schools. Owing to the wages
now being paid. he says, many boys
are quitting school to go to work. but
he warns them that the day will come
when they will repent bitterly of their
action. Many young men are taking
up mechanical work because it pays
sos well. he points out, but when the
| thousands of mechanics who are now
in the army in France return. their
superiority of knowledge and expert
ence will, he believes. push out the
younger and less experienced men.
dad, a Teller what amt got no ed
ucation can't get nowhere is a state
ment which Seaman says a friend OF
his received in letter from his son,
who is in France. Nor is this the only
case where young men now in the
service see, all too late, the advan-
tages a good education would give
them. Mr.. Seaman points out, as a
| matter of great significance. that rs
per cent of the officers in the United
States army are men with college ed
ucation, while the remaining rs per
cent are divided between men with
| high school and common school edu-
cations. Two years ago not one young
man in a hundred looked forward to a
| military career or seriously considered
the idea of an army commission, yet
today thousands of youths who have
no other choice than to bear arms are
seeing commissions pass them by be-
cause they failed, or were forced to
| neglect. to take advantage of the OPP
portunities the public schools offered
them.
THE present war;" said Mr. Sea-
man, sis going to do more to open peo-
pies eyes to the fact that education
has become an absolute essential to
success than all the propaganda we
teachers could possibly put before the
| public. 1t is my opinion that here
after teachers will be better paid and
given more consideration than ever
before
Mr.. Seaman strongly urges every
young man now attending school to
| remain there as long as he possibly
can and not allow the present high
| wages to tempt him to abandon his
! education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21

ducing the Foreign Languages in the
Junior High School," Emma Schaich,
junior high school, Kansas City. go
Minutes).
Paper-"Distinction between depart
mental school and Junior highschool,' y
Superintendent ]. f. Hughes, Chanute.
Us minutes).
Discussion-"what Theories Should I'M
derlie the Organization of the Junior
minute discussion by Supt NJ. f. Pear
son. Kansas City: Supt. r. A, Kent.
Lawrence; Supt III: P. Study. Atchison
Supt. L. A. Lowther, Emporia. 0d
minutes.
"What should be the Content of the
Courses of the Elementary Science of
sor w. L. Eikenberry. Kansas City uni
versity. GO minutes).
cipal Lovan, junior high school, Chanute.
90 minutes).
KINDERGARTEN:
Chairman, Anne Bingham: Emporia.
Address-'Dramatizati (demonstra-
ton with group of children), Miss Lulu
in the Kindergarten Primary. DR.. H.
Report of I. X. U. and review Of kinder
garten law, Miss June Chapman, To-
LAT Rfsa'
Chairman. w. L. Holtz, Emporia.
Meeting to be held in United Presbyter-
Address-"The First Years Work." n
college mans point Of view, Professor
Higgins, Ottawa university
Address-"The Correlation Of Latin and
the Romance Languages" Miss Grace
Light. Lawrence.
Music-Latin Chorus-Topeka high school,
Address-"The Caesar Glass and the
World War w. L. Holtz. Emporia.
Address-"Junior High School Latin
, Plans and Methods Miss Rachel San
Address-"Latin in the High School," a
newspaper mans point of view, Harold
T.. Chase, editor Topeka Daily Capital
Question Box-A. T. Walker, Kansas
university. Teachers are urged to
send questions to Professor Walker
Lawrence, Kan. some time before the
Topeka meeting.)
Note-Arrangements are being made for
a Latin teachers luncheon at Topeka high
school.
MATHEMATICS:
Chairman, Stella Ofcott. Topeka, (acting).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
CAREFUL SWEET SPUD HARVEST
They Must Be Handlcd as Carefully
as Apples, Says Expert.

Manhattan. Kan, Sept 21.-Sweet
potatoes require as careful handling
in harvesting as do apples. says L. E.
Melchers. plant pathologist in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Much loss is caused by bruising in
handling the crop.
Sweet potatoes intended for storage
should be dug as late as practicable.
but before time for heavy frosts. After
being dug. they should be given time
to dry. but on hot day should be kept
out of the sun. They should he hauled
to storage in crates of bushel ca
pacity and should be stored in the
same receptacles. Storage in crates
helps prevent disease.
It is wise to spray the storage house
with one pound of copper sulphate to
Is gallons of waiter or with one pint
of fbrmaldehyde to Is gallons of wa ter.
Whitewash.ng the interior is a less
efficient preventive of rot.
Growers generally regard so degrees
as the right storage Temperature for
the first 10 days or so after the crop
is brought in There must be ample
ventilation.
The temperature may then be low
cred till It il between 81 and Sc de-
grees. at which point it should be kerf
while the potatoes are in storage. The
air should be kept dry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
1eNse5cn.4,rz

nor yedt Spring, adj no idt ISIS
neither Winter nor Fall, und in der
efening idt ISIS odervise, so dot a pair
off B.V.D.'s ISIS as popular chust now
as ISIS national prohibition in Leaven-
worth. Golluf und baseball half pass
ed into oblivion, und der national
pastime ISIS called Sneeze und Shuttle.
You go to bed puy der sleeping porch
on. und wake oop in der morning on
der kitchen floor NIT der oven glow
ing. 1dt makes no difference vot kind
off a sweet disposition you half, ven
you gedt dot shuttle business going
eferything ISIS lost, der world ISIS dark
und gloomy. und efery friendt ISIS a
enemy. You meet an acquaintance on
der street und he sneezes in your face,
und says. II godt cold" You blow
your nose adj him und say, so haff
l." Insteadt off taking der blonde
stenografter to lunch you cut her
wages. fire der office-poy. und kick
der cat in der stats. Heine, as a
oosual thing 1 don't attempt to criti-
cize der chob vot der Creator did ven
he made der Uniye: Sc, but idt ISIS my
candid opinion dot he sure balled oop
things ven he slipped in der weather.
vich comes between Summer und Fall.
ven you can't dress for Winter. und
likewise can't undress for Summer. Idt
makes eferypody haff colds. fills oop
der air init germs und microbes, you
can't sit puy der porch on init COM
fort. idt ISIS too hot to stay puy der
inside, makes your lady acouaintances
treat you like you vos married to dem.
und al ter looking der skituation square
puy der face in. you vunder after all
vots der use. But dere iss vun
skanatisfaction, Heine. We don't yedt
haff to listen to explanations from der
gas company trying to gife a reason
vuy der gas ISIS short
Hoping you ere der same,
Your fader
LOUIE SCHNITZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
Mein dear son Heine:


Since wroting adj you last week I
half receifed your letter in vich a no.
tation ISIS made asking for more mon
ey on account off der beginning off
der commencement off skollege
again. Heremit ISIS der check.
Heine. if you only stick to idt long
enough maybe yedt you will know
someding. Edumacation ISIS vun off
der modern improvements und in
der present age can be found in most
efery family. Efen der president off
der United Stadts ISIS edumacationed.
You vouldt think init a privacy secre-
tary, und a cabinet full oop init Off
GERS dot he wouldn't haff to know
someding, but dot ISIS nodt so. He iss
nodt only edumacationed, but vos for
sefera1 months edumacationer him
selluf in a country schoolhouse some
we're in Virginia or South Dakota,
haff forgotten vich. Sometimes may
pc der skenate will pass a bill und
send idt into der president for him to
sign und assume der responsibility
After looking idt Offer he sendts idt
back again to der skenate, und says,
mo. chentlemen. dot ISIS nodt right
You should nodt say, der tax ISIS two
dollars you shouldt say der tax ARE
Rockefellow. Idt don't take eduma-
cation does. Heine. Look adj Mr.
Rockefeffow. Ida don't take eduma-
cation to make der oil chump opp
ouidt from DER wells into Darrell.
But vot good vouldt dot oil do iff Mr.
Rockefellor. didn't know how to fig
ure oop init hiss edumacation un6
stick on couple more cents off prof
it? Most efery corporation lawyer
und bank robber ISIS edumacationed,
Heine. und iff you only stick to idt,
maybe yedt someday you will be like
dem.
Veil, Heiue, der weather. iss rapidly
changing from vun thing to someding
! else. Der mornings are neither Fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
Earthquake In SYRIA.

Amsterdam. Sept. PA violent
earthquake in northwestern Syria was
reported in dispatches received here
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21

.Address-"Qualtties I Look for in a
Mathematics Teacher"
(a) Supt Lowther, Emporia.
tb) Supt; Raymond Kent Lawrence.
icy DR.. U. G. Mitchell Kansas university.
Address-"How the War Affects
ta) The High School Mathematics club.
Miss Mary Helwig, Kansas City.
(b) The mathematics of the class room,
~ Miss oleott, Topeka; ~ Miss LandIes.
Austin, Lawrence.
Report from committee on standardiza-
ton of mathematics teaching. Miss Wood
yard, Kansas City, member of central as
ISOLATION committee
MODERN. LANGUAGES:
Chairman. Ethel Baughman, Kansas City.
program in preparation.i
Chairman. H. c. Butler. Lawrence.
Course Professor Frank A. Beach,
it.e Discussion.
Address: How School Music Helps Win
SCI. the War" Mildred Hazelrigg. Topeka.
|. Address: war and Music,r Professor
Arthur Neyin, Lawrence.
The National Anthem.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
Chairman. (acting) l.. NJ. Lock.
Discussion "Recreatiye Gymnastics"
Meeting addressed by Principal W. A.
Bailey. Kansas City.
Further numbers announced next month
Luncheon a la carte for all people in
served at II noon Friday, November s.
at the Chocolate Shop. Those who can at
tend notify Lora NJ. Lock, high school
Kansas City, Kan, on or before November
8, so tables may be feseryed.)
PHYSICS. CHEMISTRY AND GENERAL
SCIENCE: M
Chairman, H. s. Riggs, Lawrence
Address-"Physical Science in the Small
er High Schools" Supt Jonathan Dow.
.Oskaloosa- (Discussion).
Address-"Economy in High School
Laboratories" Gllustratedl. C G. Har-
rel, Atchison. fDiscussion).
Address-"The Development of Chemistry
and Its Teaching in America" Qllus-
trated). Prof. F.. d. Bains, University
of Kansas.
Question Box-Questions often arise
where the opinions of fellow teachers
would be helpful. Science teachers are
requested to bring in such questions
either signed or unsigned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
is NECESSARY WORK
Position as Press Correspondent May
Be Basis for Exemption.

Be Basis for Exemption.
Washington, Sept. 81. = Provost
Marshal General Crowder ruled that
employees of press associations actual
ly engaged in the collection and trans
mission of news by wire to newspa-
pers are in necessary occupations and
entitled to file claims for deferred
classification under the selective serv-
ice act.
In response to inquiries. Crowder is
sued the following statement:
Persons regularly so employed are
entitled to present claims to district
boards for deferred classification on
the grounds that they are persons en-
gagged in an occupation found to be
necessary to the maintenance of the
national interest during the emer-
gency. Persons so claiming deferred
classification should be prepared to
present to district boards "a proof of
the claim as set forth. and ca proof
that they themselves are necessary to
the operation of the particular enter
prise in which they are engaged
such claims should be noted on the
questionable in accordance with the
directions given in the insert relating
to the presentation of claims for de-
ferred classification on the ground
that they are engaged in industries,
ETC."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
RED TROOPS MUTINY
Lettish Forces Refused To Fight
Against the Allied Army.

Amsterdam. Sept. 21.-The Allege-
mine Zeitung of Essen charges that
the recent defeat of Bolshevik troops
on the Thurman coast was due t. a
mutiny of Lettish troops. who refused
10 fight the allies
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03

1.-The men who are going away to camp. -four store is a warehouse full of soldier gifts. fEverything that a man can need in camp for comfort and convenience - things that are practical and will conform to army require ments.
 FCome and look over our ar ray for your soldier friends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
CAN ALIENS VOTE
 ON FIRST PAPERS?

Within the past week inquiries have been received at the State Headquar- ters of the Connecticut Woman Suf- frage Association concerning the au- thenticity of the statement that in eight of the United States aliens have the right to vote on their first papers. That this Is unquestionably true Is evidenced by the statistics published in the 1918 edition of the World Almanac and by the highest press authority of the country. The New page article entitled ''The Kaiser s Hand in the American Ballot Box" in which 1t was pointed out that by the "Delbrueck Law" Germany smuggles twice perjured subjects into citizenry of United States to work for secret ends. The author, Richard D. Harlan, says: Article XIV. of that law ought to be blazened in black letters in every newspaper in the land, in order to open the eyes of the American peo- pie to it's sinister purpose. It reads as follows:
 "' If any person, before acquiring
 
 have received the written permission of a competent authority of his na- tive state to retain his nationality in that state, he shall not lose his na- tionality in the said native state. The German consul shall be consulted be- fore this permission is granted.
 The author of the article further says, "In that law the imperial Ger man government publicly served mo- tice upon the entire world that. as a part of, its pan-German propaganda, it deliberately planned to smuggle Ger man subjects into the citizenry of other countries-men who, while out wardly renouncing their German na- tionality and solemnly swearing their undivided allegiance to another coun- try were secretly to remain subjects of the Kaiser"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
MAY COMBINE ALL MESSENGER
 SERVICE HERE

although no official notice has been received at the local post office, 1t is understood that Postmaster Genera. Burleson has recommended that com mitteee be appointed to gather data regarding the coordination of the tele- graph and postal systems. This would mean an enormous saving of labor especially in the merging of the messenger and special delivery postal part of the service. Boys going to a certain part of the city could carry letters and telegrams at the same time, thereby saving the services of one or more persons. The same would be true of clerks and carriers, one man being able to do the work of two.
 There has been some speculation on the subject as to the location of the building to be used in the city, should this ruling be enforced. Whether the local post office building would be large enough with the proposed addi- tions to accommodate the telegraph system, or whether an outside build ing wou;I be leased for the purpose, is being discussed locally.
 Postmaster Green this morning Said that he had received no official no tice that the personnel of the postal and telegraph systems were to be CO., ordinated, but he said that should such a thing be done, the saving of labor would be considerable.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
Two Southern Stars.

In the extreme Southeast is one of the lesser known of the bright stars. Fomalhaut. in the constellation of Pis- cis Austaralis, the Southern Fish, a different group from that of Pisces, which is one of the cancellations of the zodiac. Foma1haut is of approx imateIy the same brightness as Deneb in Cygnus and is usually classed as one of the first-magniture stars
 though its brilliance is somewhat less than the scientific first-mag gnitude; the astronomer calls it's magnitude "1. .3"l Because of its extreme south
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
AMERICAN ARMY ARRIVES IN WEST
 PART OF FRANCE FOR REAL WAR

1t was a good map. and the wrapping paper map of the big American camp will go into the archives"
 When taps sounded tonight every man of this S6,6Oo0 was under canvas although if the morning every man had been afloat It was the record accomplishment in landing, for while one body of arrivals had been large. AZ, 900, the landing had taken the best part of two days, whereas this huge transfer was in the daylight hours of the first day.,
 And right on top of it," said the General" one ship is arriving with 12.0o0 more men, and then another flotilla of transports and then anoth- er"
 Thus this gigantic influx of armed men goes on steadily and unceasinsly, on record time, with little or no con- fusion. each man and organization be- ing cared for and accounted for as they move forward to the front and all of the huge enterprise of docking. landing, transporting and camping, with all their infinite details, created outNof practically nothing within the last ten months.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
THE IDEAL WIFE.

One of hte most successful men of this country recently wrote: What ever I am, and whatever success I have attained, lowe it all to my wife. She has ever been an inspiration and tho greatest helpnate of my life" To be such q successful wife should be the ambition of every woman, but how impossible when dragged down by headaches, backache, dragging down pains, nervousness and the blues' Every woman in this condition should start at once to build up her system by a tonic of specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com ponud, which for three generations has been restoring American women to health and consequent happiness Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03

A good many people are exercising the right of freedom to strike and hold up the war supplies for the army that is protecting their freedom.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
(By pr. c. s. Brainin of the Columbia
 University Observatory Staff

(By Dr. c. s. Brainin of the Columbia
 University Observatory Staff
 The temporary star, Nova AQilae, which flashed out so brilliantly early in June, is repeating the history of all that 1t is gradually sinking back to tho state of insignifcance from which 1t so gloriously emerged. It Is not possi- ble to prophecy in detail it's future, but at the present writing 1t Is definitely waning and retains but a small part of its light-emitting power Its posi- ton in the sky, of course, remains un- changed, but for the convenience of our readers we again give its position on the star map. There is possi- bility that this nova may differ from other novae and rise again to bril- liance; that Is to say, while we know of no reason why this particular nova should act in an unusual manner the very nature of these stars is so much in doubt that it cannot be said that ?. rejuvenation is entirely out of the question. So the nova in Aquiia should be observed regularly for fiuc- tuations in brightness.
 A Noble Triangle of Stars.
 The three stars, Vega, Deneb and Altair mark the vertices of a large right-angle triangle in the heavens, which, itself interesting, aids one greatly in the recognition and fixing of several important constellations. Vega is the most brilliant of these three; it's light has a strong bluish tinge and resembles strongly the light from a carbon arc lamp as used for street illumination. It is the brightes: star situated in the heavens north of the celestial equator. It passes almost directly overhead in these northern attitudes and at our usual map time can now be found few degrees to the west of the zenith, where it forms the verteX of the triangle at which the right angle is situate. l.
 Deneb, in the so-called Northern Cross. which is a part of the constella- ton of Cygnus, the Swan, is now very close to the zenith, perhaps just a lit tie to the east Altair, which is the main pride of the group of Aquila the Eagle, lies to the south, very close to the meridian.
 Singly, Vega is the most easily rec ognizable of these stars. because of the beauty and strength of it's light and also because of the two lesser lights of the constellation Lyna which are found near Vega. These two, called Beta and Gamma Lyrae, respectively, are shown on the map, though nos named.
 In this way one can rapidly gain an acquaintance with the entire heavens; 1t is only necessary to re- member certain of the more promin- ent configuarations and use them as stepping stones for the recognition of many others.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03

ern sky and does not command the at
 tention which its brightness deserves.
 Almost in the corresponding posi-
 ton in the Southwest is Antares, the Red Star in Scorpio. which is practic-,
 ally of the same magnitude as Fo-
 malhaut and rises only 8 few degrees
 higher in our sky. scorpio is one of
 the zodiacal groups and lies in the
 Milky Way. Antares is noteworthy
 star, for 1t is over 200 times as great
 radiator of light and heat as our
 Sun. If the Sun were as powerful as Antares, we could not exist upon the Earth at our present distance of 93 million miles. In volume 1t is
 probably more than a thousand times
 as great as the Sun.
 The Sun On the Equinox. , On the 22nd of September the Sun | will be on the autumnal equinox,
 moving south very rapidly. On that day, daylight and night will last near | ly equal lengths of time, about twelve hours each. Until that date the days | G.e. daylight period) have been longer
 than the nights in the northern half | of the Earth; the southern hemis- phere has at the same time been having it's Winter. with longer nights than days. It will now be our turn,
 while the southern countries have
 their Summer of long days and short
 nights. The North Pole begins It's long night, six months, without Il glimpse of the Sun, and in the Ant arctic the six-months-long day is l dawning. It may at first appear curi | ous that at the time of the equinoxes the Sun is visible from both poles at the same time. It is seen practically in the horizon, setting at one pole and | rising at the other.
 A Summer of Daylight Saving. Now that the last month of the day | light saving time has come we can | look back and pronounce the scheme | certainly a success. Though adopted | essentially as a war measure to con- serve fuel, 1t hasproven so delightful and beneficial that it will no doubt be left as a permanent institution af- ter the war is won. All the dread | ful prophecies made by the ultra con- servatives who opposed it seem to
 have fallen down badly, and not one of the many spacious arguments em- ployed has survived. Of course, the 1 scheme already had been tried and | found good by several European countries; and there has been some talk In England of advancing the clock two hours, instead of one, as | heretofore.
 We shall turn our clock back one
 hour October 1, and make up the hour lost when the law went into effect
 May 1.