The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-11-29

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follows: President, G. L. Putnam,
Colville; vice president, C. E. Dvorak,
Chewelah; secretary, Mrs. Inez
Drake, Loon Lake; treasurer, Miss
Lou Kilgore, Springdale. In addi-
tion to these officers, the executive
! council consists of Leslie Lee, Mar
Gus; Arleigh Hough, Northport; Lii
liam Boyce, Colville; Mary Eller,
Northport; Martin Cory; Daisy; and
Miss Baughman.
Better Boys and Girls
The quickened. interest in the
health problem due to the revela-
tions of the war was evidenced in
. the attention given the talks and
demonstrations of Miss Mary r.
Lutz of the physical training depart
ment of the state normal school at
Ellensburg. She urged the avoid
ynce of highly specialized activities.
The main reason for sports should
be the attainment of health, hence
sports should be Of such nature that
all may participate. Jimmy Jones
is likely to say Johnny can do it
better; will not try Let Jimmy
compete with himself, try to outdo
his own record. Do not pit him
against Johnny"
Another phase of health work was
brought to the attention of the
teachers by Dr. l. S. Clark and j. C.
Harrigan, who spoke in behalf of the
Anti-Tuberculosis League. They met
with a sympathetic and ready re-
sponse and more than hundred
teachers enrolled as members in the
county organization.
Maintain American Ideals
"rhe Public Schools and American
ism" was the subject Of an address
by Dr.. F. F. Nader, extension diree-
tor of the State College of Washing
ton at Pullman, before the Stevens
county teachers institute on Tuesday
morning. DR.. Nader said in part:
Upon the public schools more than
any other institution now falls the
duty of maintaining American ideals.
We have recently been somewhat
startled, on returning from our vic
tory in Europe, to find that We have
a serious menace at home over
which we must win victory of war.
For generations America was pro-
claimed as the land of opportunity
for the oppressed and down-trodden
of the earth, as it was. But that
doctrine was proclaimed so widely,
and taken advantage of so fully by
people OF. other lands, who did not
understand the background of Ameri-
can civilization that now we find non-
Americans serious menace to the
safety and stability of our institu-
tions."
The speaker then told of having
paid visit to Gary, Indiana, the
home of one of the main plants of
the United States Steel corporation,
and of having walked the length of
the main stret of the city and not
hearing anyone save three negro
girls speaking English. He told of
having seen advertisements for many
commodities written in foreign Lam
guages because of the inability of the
majority of the people in the COM
munity to understand our language.
He then showed how the necessity
for wOrkingmen to do the work that
has to be done in this country has
filled the land with foreign ele-
ment which, because it does not
understand the basis Of American
citizenship, makes it difficult to keep
up American standards of economic
and civic life. He advocated the re-
striction of immigration until the
army of immigrants now here can
be Americanized, proposition which
was heartily applauded by the aud
ience.
"The Most Loved Man."
Prof. Edmond S. Meany, author,
educator, raconteur, and said to be
the best POSTMASTER in the state,
was most interesting member of
the corps of instructors. He is at
the head of the department of his
tory at the University Of Washing
ton, and has specialized in the his,
tory of the northwest. His addresses
all dealt with the history and the
personalities of the northwest, and
his presence in Colvile was the more
pleasing by reason of the historic
setting of the city Of Colville. He
took occasion to visit the old Fort
Colville site, and to renew acquain-
anceship among Colville's oldest
residents.
World. Famed Flutist
An unusal treat was given the
institute by, Miss Marguerite De For
est Anderson, futist, who by rare
chance is now sojourning in Stevens