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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
"E1E NEW. DING OF Tit.
WOrRNS INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS < SCIENCES

personally the student it never
sees. Through an ingenious record
system, the Institute solves this
problem when the student enrolls.
The Personal Information blank
which she fills out at the beginning
of her course gives not only a
detailed picture of herself but a
comprehensive sketch of her do
nestle environment and social
background.
The instructors have this infor-
nation always before them in an
sWcring the Students letters and
grading her papers. If, in the
course of her dcesS-making studies,
she asks what Kind of party frock
would be most becoming to her,
the instructors know her complex
ion, color Of her hair and eyes, all
her measurements and the kind of
social affairs she probably will
attend. When her cake falls or
her biscuits arc sopgy and she
needs individual assistance in ap-
plying her lessons in cookery, the
record will show the kind of fuel
she uses. the type of stove in her
kitchen, her cook book and any
other important factor that would
not be covered in her letter.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
Names-Maiden and
Married

Keeping the records of a col
ie-o aiming 1T personalized service
IS a difficult task. But even if they
were pruned to the ultimate word
cf simplicity, there would remain
orr cver-present source of trouble.
A student begins a course under
one name, and frequently finishes
It under another. Often the bride
te-tc recognizes that personal
c.larn may not be al%l-suficient. and
tat n sound knowledge of cooking
ai.,ht make n good second line
OF cfense. She begins the les
cco7 rs a bride-to-be ard continues
them as a bride. Consequently
h"r name must be ch1nged in the
records throughout the many de-
partments Of the school. So often
does this occur that g routine pro
cedure is established. and the prop-
err change is made instantly and
without confusion.
The personal touch is present
abundantly in the division of tho
institution where taa corps of
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21

vision of a leader, and their work,
when finished, must pass the scru-
tiny of an Inspector. In every case
the grade and comment must fit
the lesson and sample. In the cook
cry course the students submit re-
ports on their work which afford
a basis of making and criticism.
For the convenience of the stu
dents, especially those far removed
from the metropolitan shopping
centers, the Institute maintains a
supply shop that rivals a depart-
ment store. Every accessory from
needles and notions to sewing
machines and bolts of costly ma
terial may be had by the student
that wants them. Another evidence
of the large scale on which the
Institute does things is afforded
by its printed matter. Preparing
its lesson books and other litera-
ture occupies much of the time Of
the largest private printing estab-
lishment in the world.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
"A "Personalized
Service" School

The letters seem out Of place.
The fact that Mrs. Picken is the
Institutes Director of ~Instruc-
ton and that the Institute Is the
worlds greatest woman's col
lege, does not explain the morn
ing mail. The letters are an
enigma until Il Is understood
that "pe1sonalized service" Is
not only the keynote Of Mrs.
pickcn's career but the moving
principls Of the very college she
serves.
It is d monument to the ideal
Of personalizeG service, and
Thursday, September 20, the
day OF dedication, will always
be memorable in tae history of
ccranton. When tina tedica.
.ion was pYerned, It was decided
that Its elaborate ceremonies
should be graeed by guests Of
distinction. Among those who
accepted the invitation to n
tend wsfe Admiral Austin
n. Knigs., Of tie Un:s.l
Bates Navy: gevernar sptoai.
sf Pennsylvania; Miss EsysA
NnMsir, de magazine cove. az
Est Who rens~t!C pa.nted pr*s!'
dsrt NarAirs; MIS- Sally tsrles
forrhen. As sor':pior !shc
made a bust Il tie Preside"I
wife Miss McGeia Tas doing
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
The College of the
Future

From tic days when the Greek
ph1la-oohars 'e>turod in the market
pa, through he Middle Ages
when ;ha universities of England
and the continent we're founded
and down ia Inc pre&ent day, the
bulk Of all instruction has been by
the "class room mcthcd. During
the centuries when printing was
unknown or laboriously SLOW, ard
the few books in existence were
in the hands Of scholars, no other
method was possible. The ardaalt-
fed success and admitted effective
ness Of the modern correspondence
school have raised 4 question as
20 the character OF our educational
institutions in the future. With
our Jnethods OF printing becoming
quicker and cheaper, and our pcs,
tai system reaching 20 every man g.
gate. it becomes u problem as 10
whether the great colleges of the
future viii he those which wait
for the student to enter their halls,
or those which raise the ideal of
pereonalized service and 60 out t.
seek the student.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
$4,000 Students in
Five Years

The growth OF Se Institute has
been phenomenal among educa-
tional institutions. At Glhc end of
1916, its first year, it hal. a staff
of 25, floor space amounting to
$500 square feet and an enroll
ment of 3,022 students. A year
later there were nearly 5000 stu
dents. In 1918 the enrolment was
over $4,000. Since then it has
advanced with giant strides. The
total Institute enrolment is now
over $4,000. The staff has in
creased to SAG and the floor space
to $4,000 square feet.
Since the cornerstone was laid
June 8, 1920, the new building
gradually has assumed the proper
tons of one of Scranton's most i'm
posing structures. The style is
collegiate Gothic, and the con
s~truction is reinforced concrete
with a facing of tapestry brick
and Indiana lime stone. The main
hall is finished in Pink Kasota
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21

marble 20 n aeirht i NH. far'.
and nbo1v !'h.af in Cas', :ioN-. The
buili..g "a. ~ t<~t '"2,. ~ ter
wiIs al cont. las sa ta.t .: ik
FIVE -.oors Z. :rsst ~ iIt'iH oi.Ars
feet CT s:s4c. Acme Is 1y1s
tt!ces AZ .'.h' neaass|n1 tos
feet hy 81 set
II a~-rarE!rg ~. a~sTsr~etsr ~
f1I"viDp protrAr va saoptsA'
Al ~,ft"r1.nr m<et.rs x-tL Dr.
F.r,yN ~ ~ r,csts' ~ A.'tre~
.he t~sJ'>&to:y ait~~ys; & ia 10,
d!Htiaruish?i guests pres!ied cv.,
BY Mr5. I'icEe7, ana a due w
cc1arloa'5 Town Hall WIN cuceo'
LAID cor all the Institate sat and
more than 80 F'rssS. before
work on TIE ncv ~ l.t:ro hc%tn il
YVES decided tho. . i,r sho1l. :,
made tn shcvr y this ~ioilcatj'c
dinner vhi'k vUlld G"IiHi III
work of construction fre,, .he Gay
the cornerstone was III uEt;l
the day the building was cot.~
pleted. Governor Sproul aud Deal
Sweeney were the speakers selected
for the dinner.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21

instructors reads and corrects
PAPERS. The lessons of beginners
concern themselves with elements
as Fundamental as the proper
threading of a needle and the
simplest kinds Of stitches. With
the passing Of the primary and
intermediate stages of her instruc-
ton, the student finds herself mas
tering the fine points Of tailoring,
or hat trimming or cake-making.
In all the courses bit cookery, the
student must submit samples of
her work.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
It's System Adopted
by Canada

The1etters on Mrs. Picken's desk
demonstrate the success the Insti-
tute has achieved in maintaining a
relation of personal intimacy with
its student body. It's record Of
contact with more than a million
women in all parts of the world,
it's growth in a few years from an
idea to a potent civilizing force,
and the honor of having its
methods and text books adopted by
an agency as monumental as the
Canadian government, have rot
brought it scholastic formally
It's growth, in fact, has served 20
make more sensitive it's contact
with individual students.
Mrs. Picken directs the force that
Is today teaching dress making,
and cookery to more than
$4,000 women. Still sba f1ds tl:e
for the problems Of the high schonl
girl, the Gopher Prairie wife a,:l
the aged woman. Moreover. she
has found i way OF satJrt ting her
organization with :he same zoa,
for helpfulness. IL TIE eyes IF
the Institute, the student IS first Ok
all q woman. When she writes
aboat her intimate domestic per-
piexities, and she writes ahont
them frequently, she finds her ia
structors more interested in tA9
pattarn she IS fash:ioYirX for her
future thar the che she is draft
irr :cr crr dress. Eve-y Letter a
stueent receives froi. tho Institute
"paar Fri.:.A, Gn5 it is nnt
long tefcre ne iealus here Is :
wealth Of meaning behind .l.at
kGlut,tioa-
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21

him on canvas; DR.. Thomas E. Fin
negan, Pennsylvania State Superin-
tendent of Education, and Miss
Mary E. Sweeney, President Of TIE
American Home Economics Asso-
citation, and Dean of the DEPART
ment of Home Economics at Mich
gan Agricultural College. Miss
McMein also painted a portrait Of
Mrs. Picken to hang in the Insti-
tute building.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
Constructive Comment
on Lessons

Every sample and lesson paper
IS Judged carefully on its own mer-
its. When the work is graded it
is returned to the student with
comprehensive and constructive
comment. The instructors work in
small groups each under the super
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
ss~'Personalized Service

"Personalixed e:ev;,e."
rendered unitcdly by Tie
whole Institute orgariKa-
ton under Mrs. Mary
Brooks P;Sken, Director
Of Instruction. is the Sc
crct Of ths Institutes sue,
cess. Every persons,
characteristic of face, ap
pearance, education, taste
and environment is known
to the Institute for every
student. The record OF
them is before every in
structor when grading
lesson papers and answer
ing letters. The student
miles away is visualized
like a girl in a class room.
Instruction, guidance and
advice are fashioned to ut
her particular needs.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
8 widely as they varied in

A 8 widely as they varied in
IN the scale Of human needs,
they were characteristic of
Mis-. Picken's morning mail.
A high school girl in Fresno
was not popular. She bewailed
the shyness and Indifference of
the males. How would she COM
pei for herself the attention she
saw lavished on girls not half
so sprightly and attractive?
The wife of an underpaid sta
d ton agent in a Gopher Prairie
town was in full revolt against
the drabness and stupidity Of
her Main Street existence. Why
should she not forsake her hus-
band and seek the brightness
life somewhere must hold for
her?
A seventy-year-old woman,
sheltered throughout her life
from the crudities of existence,
was faced with the necessity of
earning bread for herself and
her 'sightless husband. Could
she learn to do plain sewing and
keep a roof above their heads?
Was there any hope for their
destitute age?
Although the problems of her
correspondents in great cities,
towns and rural sections have
first claim on her attention, the
office of Mary Brooks Picken is
not at all; like the sanctum of an
aagony column" editor. Io-
Gated in the tower of the new
million-dollar building just dedi-
Gated for the Woman's Institute
of Domestic Arts and Sciences
in Scranton, Pa, her Office sug-
gests the headquarters from
which a great industry is
directed.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-21
STUDENT Pictured
~ QACO,S g

At erst glance It light seem
;acozs:ble for a,y SCHOOL to serve
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
LEGION EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE CALLED
National Commander Galbraith An
nounces Meeting Feb. z, 8, 9.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. IF.
w. Galbraith, Jr., national comman-
der of the American Legion, has is
sued a call to the national executive
committee for meeting in Washing
ton, February Z, 5 and o. The execu-
tive committee is the ruling body Of
the legion.
Many matters of Importance to SER
vice men will come up at the meet
ing. Foremost among these is the
formulation of a plan for pushing
the legion program for immediate and
full aid to disabled veterans of the
world war.
The legion legislative campaign with
particular reference to the national
bonus also will be discussed. The
committee is expected to take action
on the 100000 offer by the Knights
of Columbus, which was made with
the stipulation that the money be ex-
pended for the erection of a memorial
building in Washington.
The committee probably will vote
on the question of the legion joining
the veterans League of Nations" as
the tentatively organized Inter-Allied
Veterans federation has been called.
Veterans of nine nations have joined.
A committee of legionnaires partici-
pated in the caucus at Paris at which
the new federation was formed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
AVTATORS TO PLAY
FAST MOBILE TEAM
Fast Game Promised at Armory Sat-
urday Afternoon Between Locals
and Mobile Visitors.

The fast five from the Naval Air
station will meet the s. G. c. team of
Mobile Saturday evening at the Ar
mory hall in what promises to be a
closely contested game. While the Av-
iators were defeated by the Louisiana
State last Saturday evening, they adj
ministered defeat to Loyola, in New
Orleans. the previous evening, to the
tune of 46 to Il.
The airmen feel that a good part
of their energy was taken from the
games through the fact that the over
haul and gassing of their plane had
to be completed before the struggle
over the weekend could be called
Under the management of Ensign
Acker and the coaching Of Ensign
Bark. some stiff practices have been
put in this week, so that the game of
Saturday promises to be interesting.
The S. G. c. holds victory over Lou
isiana state, the one time s. l. A. A.
champions, besides being the winner
from SpringhiIl during this seasons
contests.
The local team viii have two Off
GERS on it's lineup. So far this season
the Aviators have won from Pensa-
cola, Knights of Columbus and LoyoIa-
The Montgomery Outlaws and L. s. U.
have drubbed them.
Lineup for Saturday evenings
game.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
ORLEANS COTTON
TREND Is LOWER
Late Trading Turns Toward steadiness
However.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. while the
trend was lower during the better part
of the session in cotton today, there was
sudden turn toward steadiness in the
last half hour of the day when shorts
took profits and the consequence was
that last prices showed losses of but
8 to q points. whereas at the lowest
levels the market stood A to 40 points
down. March traded as low as 1920
and closed at MAI.
The selling was due to a variety Of
causes, chief among which was the I'M
favorable opinion regarding the politi-
cal situation abroad. Liverpool came
in worse than due and this caused the
lower opening. A little later the break
in the foreign exchange market, the fall
in silver and in English consols and
reports of tighter money in domestic
marktes attracted attention. Lowest
levels followed the circulation OF a gov
eminent publication calling attnention to
figures showing that production was far
in excess of consumption. AT the weak
est stage of the day shorts commenced
to take profits in large way and be-
fore long the demand from them grew
to such proportions that the ring could
not readily supply it with the result
that the tone OF the market improved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
WILSON WARNING FOR MARCH q

WASHINGTON, Feb. both Pras-
ident and Mrs Wilson are counting the
hours which must elapse before they
can retire to private life.
The president realized fully when
the election went against him that
his work in the presidency was fin
ished and that the several months
which must elapse before his success
or took office must be more or less
period OF marking time.
He would have been more than will
ing TO have given way to the new adj
ministration at once, If such a thing
were possible.
The presidents health is said to be-
! improving daily
Careful Living
From the beginning of his GONZALES
cence he has followe da regimen of
living worked out to the last detail by
his physicians.
Included in this regimen are a GER
tain number of hours each day which
he devotes to public business
Barring a short period that i'm
mediately followed his breakdown and
one or two short periods Of relapse,
there has never been a time that mat
ters of the first Importance have not
his personal attention.
And what is more, in spite of vicious
rumors TO the contrary, there has
never been time since the begin
ming of his conyaIescence that the
president has not been able to bring to
bear on public matters of the first
Importance, an intellect as keen as at
any time during his tenure Of office.
One Of the things which he has not
been permitted to do is to receive visN
itors and discuss public questions per-
sonally with them.
Inauguration Plans
The president and Mrs Wilson will
take possession of their new home on
March 3, the day before Senator Hard
ing is inaugurated
He will ride TO the capitoI with
Senator Harding and after the sim
pie inaugural ceremonies will ride with
the new president to the White House
where he and Mrs. Wilson will be the
luncheon guests of President and Mrs.
Harding.
The career Of Woodrow Wilson as =
public servant, covering a period Of
ten years, two as governor of New
Jersey and eight as president OF the
United States, will be at an end.
He will be a few months over Ga
years old. Assuming that his health
continues 10 improve his writings
about the stirring times in which he
played such conspicuous part. will
greatly enrich the historical record OF
the nation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
CHILDREN STILL
SWEEP CROSSINGS
ST. Johns, N. F., Is Only Town i
America Where Custom Exists.
(BY Associated Pressl

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 1.-The
child crossing sweep a character that
seems to have stepped out of the
pages of Dickens, has come into his
seasonal occupation in this colonial
capital. So far as known st. Johns
is the only place in North American
where the institution survives. The
old world touch given by the young
tatterGem&lions and their broOms has
much of the picturesque and in a city
subject to weather conditions that
make for snow bound crossings and
muddied flagstones the children have
made themselves so familiar and use
full on the streets as to have unof-
fetal status as a public utility.
No whitening city labOrer of Chi
cage or New York does his work more
faithfully. Unlike the municipal en-
ploye the child crossing tenders ply
their sweeps independently and with
out wage. At the end of the crossing
however, the pedest rian almost invar-
iably finds the little ones holding their
broom in one hand and extending the
other for aims. Payment in pennies
is given freely but the pedestrian has
a problem. when he finds several seek
ing to clear his way and awaiting
their payment combatIvely at the
curb
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
STOCK DEALING
EXTREMELY LIGHT
Session Is Almost Dullest of the. Sea-
son.

NEW YORK, Feb. Dealings in
the stock market today We're chiefly
noteworthy for the extremely high
and narrow turnover, total shares OF
about 425,000 shares representing al
most the dullest full session thus far
this year
The sluggish movement was accom-
panied by a general impairment of
quoted values, which extended from
] to points in the prominent issues
and rose above that range in several
of the more speculative stocks.
News and general developments OF
the day FASTENED the reaction which
found substantial expression in the
important commodity markets, do
nestle money rates and virtually the
entire range of international remit
tances.
Passing of the American Hide and
Leather preferred divie~nd met with
popular expectatio in dew OF known
conditions in that industry. but thu
retention OF the common dividend
probably upset the calculations of the
shorts
Rails contributed moderately to the
reversal. Following yesterdays course
lowest quotations We're registered in
the final hour, the setback being con-
current with another rise in call
money from Z to per cent, this en-
couraging the bars to continue their
commitments
All the leading rates of foreign ex-
change moved in favor of this center.
the reaction from recent gains being
attributed to dissatisfaction OF Euro
pean interests over the terms outlined
by the reparations commission.
Weakness of industrials and liberty
issues. especially the latter, was the
outstanding feature of the bond mar
ket, the general list, however. dis
playing heavy tone. Total sales. par
value, s12,S50.OO0. Old u. S. coupon
As rose LIZ per cent on call.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-02
Market Conditions
The Latest Wire Reports on Cotton,
Bonds, Stocks, Etc.
COTTON MARKET
AGAIN NERVOUS
Sharp Break In Prices Follows Liverpool
News.

NEW YORK Feb. 1.-The cotton
market showed continued nervousness
today and there was a further sharp
break in prices. March contracts sold
off to 1883 or AZ points net lower and
more than cents per pound below the
high price touched on the January rally.
This carried 1t back to within 40 points
of the seasons low record, and there
were rallies in the late trading on COW
ering with March closing at 1885. The
general market closed steady at a net
decline of IL to 10 points. The market
opened steady at a decline OF to II
points in response TO lower Liverpool
cables, the lower opening OF foreign eX-
change and reports of declines in south
ern spot markets late yesterday. Sell
ing was not particularly active or gen.
eral but there was scattering liquidation
as we'll as some local and southern pres
sure on the break which carried active
months 80 to ~ points net lower during
the early afternoon. May contracts
sold off to 1882 and July to 14.17 and
the decline was accompanied by reports
of an easier spot basis in the Allan
tics.
There was a good deal of covering at
the lower level OF prices, however, and
probably some buying for a reaction in
the late trading, with last prices show
ing rallies of 20 to 80 points from the
lowest. The conflicting opinions ex-
pressed with reference to the German
indemnity agreement seemed to have
had confusing effect on sentiment and
probably rendered the market more
sensitive to the talk of bearish statis-
tics and the possibility of increased spot
offerings with the advance of the plant
ing season. Liverpool cables reported
continned depression in Manchester and
said mills had fair stocks on hand.
The reports of an easier spot basis
were considered partly responsible for
the renewal of March liquidation and
relative weakness of near months.