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POLYTECHNIC PREPARATORY
SCHOOL

Poly Prep. Brooklyn. ~. Y. held the
last events in a series Of annual public
speaking contests on Friday afternoon,
March 81. These contests were open to
every boy in school and those who were
to participate in the final contests were
determined by elimination contests pre-
viously held in each grade room The
winners of these grade contests were
awarded bronze medals in addition to boz
Ing held over TO compete in the finals
For the lower school. comprising NTH
grade, sixth grade and hrst form, there
were two contests, ono in defamation
and the other in reading The Anal con-
tests for these events were held Friday
afternoon. March IL. The programme
Reading-Fifth grade. George Cary.
The French Twins" by Lucy Flick Per-
kins; Sixth grade, James ]. Lehman.
'Huchleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
First form, Roswell L. Gilpatric, "Arion
and the Dolphin" from HerodotuS Dec
lamation-Fifth grade. Joseph D. Allen.
Jr.. THE Height of the Ridiculous" by
O. W. Holmes; Sixth grade, Deiano
Wood. 1.-THE Fisherman" by Whittier
First form, John Casper Dreier, "Herve
Riel," by Robert Browning.
The Judges. Miss Edith Ander son, r.
NJ overall and c. II. Jung. gave the de-
cision to James Lehman and John
Dreier. These boys were awarded silver
medals.
The upper school programme COM
prised contests In reading and declama-
ton for the second and third forms, and
oratory and extemporaneous speaking
for the fourth. NTH and sixth forms,
The finals in these contests were held
March 81.
Observation-Disclosures, Remsen John
son. Jr.. The Odyssey OF 'Erbert Ig-
gins" by Robert Service; Third form,
James c. wemyss. Salvatore"
Reading-Second form. John c. Fran
els, "Dere Mable." by Lieut. Streeter
Third form. Thayer S. Chapman. ''Three
Men in Boat" by Jerome X Jerome.
Oratory (The delivery OF an origi-
nal oration) Fourth form. Donald Law
son, Theodore Roosevelt; Fifth form,
| Albert Lyman Warner. Honest Labor
VS.. Bolshevism" Sixth form. Parker
| Allenson Kerby. "Bolshevism."
| Extemporaneous Speaking (The de-
livery OF speeches on topics selected by
the speaker from list submitted by
\ the English department about ten min
utes before delivery Fourth form
John I.efferts. Prohibition; Fifth form
Albert Lyman Warner. Prohibition"
Sixth form. William Leeming Jelliffe
Employment for Returned Soldiers"
The judges were Miss Edith Ander-
son, DR.. Morris Henry and DR.. u. r.
lLindridge. Remsen johnson. Jr.. OF the
Second form won in the defamation
contest. John c. Francis OF the Second
form IN the reading The onNtorieal
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How Teachers May Increase Friendly
Feeling Between England and America

sweeping away all inpediments raised by
judicial trickery. Blackstone declared
that this writ 10 the bulwark of the
British constitution because Il did away
with unjust Imprisonment It's impor-
lance, too, was not overlooked by the
trainers of our Constitution for one
clause OF IL states that the privilege OF
the writ Of habeas corpus ehan not be
suspended unless when in cases OF re-
bellion or invasion the public eafety
mag require It. n.
A fourth step that has done much
to make England great-a step which
America has not emulated--is the courage
her great men have shown In standing
UP for the cause of liberty. In the reign
Of James /. John Bate stood forth
single handed against tnpositions on
merchandise Richard Chambers. q
London merchant. In the reign Of
Charles ]. stood forth against the levy
ing Of customs duties without an act of
Parliament. He was brought before the
Star Chamber, where he had no chance
OF Justice. and resolutely refusing sub
mission he was kept in prison for six
years, while his goods were seised for
the tax. Later In the same reign John
Hampton refused TO pay the ship money
tax levied without consent of Pariia-
ment Among those who dared defy
Charles I. was John Eliot, who intro
duced the celebrated resolution declaring
that whoever levied or paid any taxes
not voted by Parliament or attempted
to make any change N religion was an
enemy to the kingdom. Charles sent
Eliot to close confinement IN the Tower.
whore three years later he died martyr
to English liberty.
It In the acts of mon lfko Bate. Hamp-
den and Eliot that have made English
history glorious. II Is easy for the
descendants Of such men to die for
liberty. and, Englishmen who died In tho
recant war to humble tho Huns have,
like Bate, Hampden and Eliot, covered
themselves and their country with glory
In addition they have helped make the
whole world free. They have made
representation and Justice familiar to
all peoples on earth. In short they have
made England secure for all time-so
secure that the following picture painted
by her most eloquent historian seems
like idle defamation:
And when those who have rivalled
her greatness shall have shared her fate /;
when civilization and knowledge shall
have fixed their abode in distant con-
tinents: when the sceptre shall have
passed away from England; when, per-
haps. travellers from distant regions
shall In vain labor TO decipher on some
mouldering pedestal tho name of our
proudest chief: shall hear savage hymns
chanted to some misshapen idol. over
the ruined dome OF our proudest temple |;
and shall see q single naked fisherman
wash his nets In the river Of the ten
thousand masts; her influence and her
glory will still surviva. fresh In eternal
youth. exempt from mutability and de-
| cay. Immortal as the intellectual
principle from which they derived their
| origin and over which they exercise
their control"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEEN

STATE CoLLEoB, Pa, April 6,--The
trustees of the Pennsylvanie State COL
lege have asked the Legislature to ap-
propriats ss.s0o.4s2 to meet the IN !
stitution's needs during the next two
years. Two bills were introduced,
The sum of $1.250.0 900 Is requested for
general maintenance. To construct sin
new buildings s1.625,oo0 is carried. Tue
buildings planned are for agriculture.
mining. engineering. natural science. dp-
mestic science. an armory and power
plant.
In the extension bill ss7o.4s2 is pro-
vided to match the Federal appropriaA
ton to STAT agricultural colleges un-
der the Smitn-Lever act For engineer
ing extension. Involving apprentice. trads
and night schools In various parts Of u q
State. $4,000 10 asked, ana SIS, 900 ID
specified for the summer session fct
teachers
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shape and his stirring appeal for greater
application no study and more profitable
use OF leisure time reached the hearts
OF his hearers and awoke responsive
echoes.
At the close OF the retreat Father
Jousse received into the Association Of
the Children OF Mary Beatrice Sherry.
Mary O'Neill. Lucy Blake, Fidelis Scan
lon. Ruth Riley. Mary Ciary, Mil
bred Clary. Alice Roeth. Adelaide
Brearton. Leonora Donahoe, Genevieve
Sherry. Ethel McCaleb. Lidwine Curran
and Marie Meegan.
Lieut.. Jousss Ia graduate Of the
University of Paris. lie has begun, In
Marymount, a course OF lectures on Ia
Literature Francaise." which he will
continue to the close OF the scholastic
year.
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PREPARATORY SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES
Latest News of the Life and
Spirit Within Academic Walls

this country 1t promises an extended
field to good executives who must aid
and steer great groups of teaohers IN
subordinate positions DR.. Haney ~
speaking Of this work recently saidi ~
seeks to consider all tho phases Of or
ganization. practical GLASS teaching and
direction, which make for suooesgfpl
supervision Especially does Il oonsidst
what modern psychology calls SroN1
recreations,' or those measures end
methods which must be taken to seourS
interest and cooperation on tho pazt Is
numbers of pupils, teachers and The puh-
lie. II one had to state In a phraSs tAS
aim Of ths course It might BE- caIlsd
training in leadership'"
One Of tho interesting aspects Of ehssd
art courses IL their condemnation. TAs1
are all given In the frst three wed1m q
July, the lectures being 90 dovstaa1sd
together that the work Of three vfnfes
terms IN completed In this TINA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
ECONOMICS FROM NEW ANGLE.

WARRINGTON. D. c.. April 5.--Univer-
sfties and colleges are to be asked by the
Department OF Labor to include factory
training In their economics courses- I'm
such training Ii found the solution OF
some Of our most serious industrial dis
turbanoes" says an appeal Of the de-
partment's training service sent TO COL
iege professors, asking their cooperation.
The possibilities Of such training are
Unreasonable. To-day a great proper
ton OF workers are at tasks. some SIM
pie and some complex, without ever hav-
Ing been properly taught the one best
way OF doing their work. We estimate
that 100000 Of the 100000 indus
trial workers In this country are SO
handicapped"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

IBUT. MARCEL JoUSSB. S. j.,
conducted the annual retreat for
- the students of Marymount Col
legs and Academy. Tarrytown-on-Hud-
son. N. y.
AZ the French language has always
been held In high honor in Marymount,
Father Jousse was able to give some of
the exercises of the retreat in his native
tongue. All his authorizations were char
acteriaed by the ardent seal of the true
apostle and son of St lgnatius, but In
this retreat the students felt that It was
q unique experience to be addressed by
q soldier priest, hero Of the Marine. Ar
ras. Verdun. Argonne, &c.
His realistic description of death, for
instance. could not fail to lead to seri-
Gus. practical reflection. His emphatic
denunciatton OF "camouhage" In every
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

THD basketball schedule OF PEN
nington, School, Pennington, N.
- j., closed with a game at We
nonah Academy and the attention Of
the athletes IL now turned TO baseball
and track work. A splendid schedule
has been framed up and Penn Sem en-
thusiasts can anticipate some weeks OF
keen port and enjoyment whom the ball
tossers and track squads get On action
with their competitors.
The baseball schedule IL as follows'
At home with Bordentown. North Plain
field High. Swarthmore Prep and Rider
Moore. Perkiomen School. Trenton
High. Rutgers Prep, Wenonah Academy
and Southern High. Philadelphia, and
Brown Prep will be visiting games.
Coach Etsweiler will train the candi-
dates for the team this year. Capt
Jobes will lead the team and several
Of the tried mon will be on the team.
Including Phelps, Gray, Blackwell. Jack
son, Housh, Fedal. Brockhausen and
ThomaA The team has aspirations OF
being o strong Aggregation and Of being
able TO bring homo tho bacon" for each
game.
Coach Zimmerman is whipping the
men into splendid shape for tho track
meets. The team will journey 20 Swarth-
more, George School and Trenton High
for contests. Competitors win also be
entered in tho u. Of p. relays and the
Lawrenceville meet. These are annual
contests which arc full Of interest and
Penn has hopes Of carrying or several
trophies.
The spring vacation IL over and the
boys have returned with renewed en-
thusiasm for the spring term work.
These weeks will count Tremendously
in making up tho dnal averages for the
years work. The seniors will work hard
to make best possible marks for grad
uation and the honors to be awarded.
During this term the contest held by
the Phiiomathean Frateraity for the
''Robeson Manliness Prise' takes plaoe
and Mr.. and Mira Robson always give
a splendid time to the boys at this time
in memory of their son Richards Al
commencement time the Robeson Field
day sports are held and all the boys
have n chance to enter the various
events. Three prises are awarded fol
each event. so that the boys are SUR
of winning some memento. The senioi
banquet will be held during May. as viii
the anniversary banquet Of the founding
of the Philomathean Fraternity. Il vii
DO its hfty-eighth consecutive ami
| versary.
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Major-Gen. James Parker and Brig
Gen. Marlborough Churchill, all of them
alumni Of the school.
A feature Of the programme for the
weak will be the publication OF a me-
mortal volume, to be called Phillips
Academy in the Great War" which will
contain accounts Of the seventy-five An
dover men who gave their lives In the
service Of their country and of tho sixty
eight who have been decorated by our
own or foreign Governments. Among
these are Andover's two aces" Capt
Harold 8. Buckley of Agawam and Lieut..
James Knowles of Cambridge. each Of
whom was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross. Tho book will also give
a complete list Of all Andover men In
the army or navy. with tho war record
OF each.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
NfiddletoMn

Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Conn. has reopened for the spring term.
Fifteen students who have recently been
released from service have returned for
the new term.
Plans are being made for an inter
class debate between the freshmen and
sophomores during tho third week in
April.
TIE faculty has adopted and made
public q resolution in support OF the
League OF Nations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
CLINTON IN THE WORLD WAR,

The faculty of the De Witt Cllntou
High School is arranging for the pub
LEGATION of q booklet recording the ser-
vices of the Clinton students who fought
In the great war. and would appreciate
information concerning the organization.
activity and experience of any student
of the school who was In the army, navy
or Marine Corps Information should ba
sent to J. X. Whist. De witt Clinton
High School, New York. y. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR
BOYS.

The following notice appeared on the
bulletin board last week at Horace Mann
School for Boys, New York city:
Dance for the benefit of the play
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LLXX re teachers have got to make
w good Our lads in Europe
did. and thus demonstra tod
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-26

W. M seli polnted rtySl q God
Almighty now spending hs1 last
less DAYS Ia Holland.
Think OF ali these things when yoA
are tempted 10, get out your epknife
for the p1rpose Of whiting down the
price. Think also OF the effect u VIII
have on tho business and that son Of
yours II you expect him 70 I'LL your
shoes and succeed you some day. As
his heirloom, leave him q real bus,
mess, not one that measures on the
same level as the ju4k man: Again
we say, hold fast for q price. The
world will think all the mpFe Of you
il you do. The crucial period Is nov
upon US. 1t is your indiylduals action
that will either make Or break the
market. Never mind what the other
fellow does. The chances are Il you
encourage him with good example.
he will be Just as staunch as yourself.
Again we say. the time Is Of hand
when you Gust insist on fair price.
Let this be uppermpst in your thoughts
and actions for the next three months.
After tina. you can depend on 1t, the
future will take care OF itself and It
promises to be a rosy future II yeu
will but take care Of the present.
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'l6IlI | EEEz!|ll!!E||''

Capt. Oliver Brown made this mem-
crandum at Wellsburg on Feb. 2s,
1886 and as he died shortly after ct
an advanced age. Il has been preserv-
ed in West virginia,s history
april 3. l775 I stood in front q
the first cannon fired BY the British
on the Americans at Lexington: June
~ Of the same year ] was IN the EN-
gagement Of Bunker hill, Was with
our army or York Island, participated
in the battle Of Harlem flights where
we beat The British. ] commanded 9
company OF 80 men and two field
and wounded. Next I was in the. bat
pieces. Lost fifteen Of my men killed
tie Of White Plains, whore we were
defeated. / was In the battle Of Tren-
ton. also in the battle Of Princeton,
was stationed at Boud Brook after
that engagement. Was mex. stationed
at Need Fort. Was at the battle Of
Brandywine where We were engaged
all through the day; at slindown our
army had drove the Red Goats into
Germantown where they took refuge
in an old stone house. 1Jcame to
Wellsbnrg In 1870 ~ town here then
The Indian war was not yet ended,
Everyone In that early period was
obliged 70 cary arms for self prctecs
lion. Z, /.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-26
BIG BOOM N ~
BOYS ACTIVITIES &c [:
Committees Are appoint
From Public Schools to
Meet Tonight.

= ( ~.
+ New life ia being put into the boys
mass meeting which takes place every
Sunday. at the Boys department of the
Y. M. g. a. These meetings. thus far,
have been decided success. The
crowds Of boys attending range be-.
tween 200 and 800; but an effort Is be-
ing made 10 make them more inter
esting and entertaining to the boys.
Bernard s. Mason, boys secretary
OF the Y. M. C. "A, who has been con,
Quoting. the meetings, has organized
mass meeting committees of boys In
zach Of the public schools, and has q
central committee with one hoy from
each school. rsvssrs tsI. ~
These committees will have in
charge the planning Of the programs
for the meetings, and will instiH the
sspep" into the gatherings.
Speakers OF note are to be used at
these meetings, and, with these boys
planning the entertaining features, It
LIS expected that the attendance will
soon overtax the capacity OF the Y. M.
IC. a. auditorium.
Judge James w. Robinson, OF Clarks-
liburg, viii talk next Sunday on Prison
for Life his talk being story sof
crime and criminals which he has
ldealt. A returned soldier will also tell
stories of fighting In France.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-26

The American labor delegation now in Paris has
wired to this country urging that congress take such
action will put governmental affairs in constructive
position, and on the same day the administration an
nounced that there will be call for special session
of congress until the President returns from the Peace
conference In the meantime many highly important
domestic matters will hang IRE The labor delegation
notes IN Its telegram that the labor unrest the other
s after the war conditions and there
is danger that there will be repetition Of this here,
but Mr. Wilson SO completely dominates his adminstra-
ton and his party that practically steps have been
taken to ward off the danger while he has been away
II is apparent that The Times does not know anything
about the newspaper circulation situation in this city,
and having got into argument that is unfortunate
for 1t is now trying to becoud the issue. Since the
dispute started The Times has Withdrawn its papably
false claim to having circulation but in spite
Of our direct hallenge II cnes to tell what it's cir
culaton really is beyond the admission this morning
that ts sreetsales not much than 200 copies
a morning. Characteristcally, this humiliatins
statement does not tell the real facts for very fire.
quently the street sales Of The Times are much less
than 200 as this newspaper has very well known for
some time. Now, Times what you willing to claim
for total But perhaps you would prefer to
have US tell the public what the actual figure Isl? Tues
day said that could prove that The Times has
q larger circulation than The West Virginan. You
carefully refrain from repeating that assertion this
morning. Up until this controversy started Tho West
virgtnian never disputed Times circulation claims.
being content to tell whatits own circulation was and
standing prove truth Of the assertion at
all times. Now let's see you prove the truth Of your
claim Tuesday not willing to come clean
about The West virginan and doubtless the public
will regard it admission that you are outcassed
not only in city and Marion county fields but in
total circulation.
Harrison county members of the legislature are re-
tiers which they especially interested in his call
snecial session Double there is much merit
in these measures but IL the Governor is wise he will
keep the work of the special session confined to the
two questions mentioned at the close of the regular
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-26
Edit T. nal Comment
on Current Subjects
The Aeld nest.
-(From he Black Diamonds

lEr0m ne Black UlamOnu.)
a The next ninety days will determine
the future OF the coal industry for five
years. Both operator and retailer will
be put to the acid test during that per-
Iiod. II the Crice Of coal holds for the
next three. months, It will mean that
the coal man is really connected with
q business that Is a mans business. 1t
will mean tnat In the future he can
class himself with the ironmonger. the
banker and. the successful manufactur.
er-all men who feel proud Of the bus.
inessS that gives them q livelihood. In
order to reach this exalted state, the
coal man will simply have to steel
himself to ,:efuse tonnage unless the
price offered represents fair profit.
III will prob baby mean many idle days
and little business for q short while,
but ali the business lost now will come
back OF "a substantial profit later in
the season.
It5takes nerve TO turn down busin-
ess with the mines operating two or
three days week. It takes courage
to refuse tonnage with teams eating
their head off In the retailers barn.
But think Of the reward If the entire
industry can stand pat for three short
months. II the price breaks now, IL.
means utter Generalization for q gen.
Grafton to come. It will mean that the
coal trade is composed Of ,short-sight-
led weak kneed, chicken hearted
white livered automatons that do not
possess the courage to ask 3 fair pro.
cit for their labor. II viii mean that
they realize they are not worthy Of
their hire md they will be entitled to
Iail the syNpntAy they can get, which
VIII neasnEe up to the amount tecelK:
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"WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2e, 1918.

8beleve n the United States Of Amcrica as goyern-
people by The people, for the people. pho,e
dre derived from The consent of the governed:
asaledaeS in republic. a sovereign Nation Of many
sesAeisn Sates; perfect Union. one and inscp9able
Ice md humanity for phich american patriots sacrificed
tsH and fortunes Therefore believe il is my duty
n to love il; 10 support lis Constitution; 70
aps to respect its flag; and 10 defend il against
III ssisries
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SEED. coRNe FOR SERBIA.

IL HAT project to CIT West Virginia farmers TO donate
.esd CON ffot he farmers II Serbia ought 70 make
powerful appeal 70 tie lhusbandmen Of this state.
because we take il the central thought Of the project is
to make an appeal Of The people Of the
little country was - completely ruined BY the war
Z The thought that Serbia IS very like West Virginia
geographically and m many other ways is not new. It
has remarked before but the lay Of the land and
the quality Of the soil IS the only resemblance that exists
The people Of Serbia, especially their agricultural meth
sod., are among the most backward in the world For
centuries they have TILED The soil BY the most primitive
methods and now if nation is to be restored to cond
ton Of economic they must be taught to mod
ernie, TO lean no VITO use American farm machinery
adopt crop rotation and farm on a more extensive scale
IN speo fact that their men have been sadly depleted
BY the wsr.
50 ihe men who have undertaken to teach them the
American msthods going 70 take them seed from state
which much resembles the country in which they live AMI
say 70 them people who sent you this seed farm in
teigenty and enersedeay and raise large crops from
their acres. and the best possibly way in which you can
show gratitude is adopt their method to the end
that this seed may yield in the same quantities it would
have produced in its native hills.
Doubtless that appeal will work wonders in a country
which already grateful for what the people Of America
have done, but the starting point Of the movement is the
individual farmer in West Virginia. Unless he responds
literally there viii be no rapid recovery in Serbia where
auy heroic people are in very real need Of assistance