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The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Schools and Teachers.

1t is the nature of chickens to come home to
roost These teachers who have been so ready to
conceal their own too-little behind psychological
tests of pupils having like tests threatened
for themselves.
1t is the inevitable that someone should see this
side and take it excuse for writing a
book. Such book is just published. The writer
did not go to the common schools, but to classic
halls of university school.
He found what he looking for-pupis who
were the victims of indifference, ,careessness, lack
of manner, want of personality and even absence
of adequate information. His discoveries are not
surprising. They are almost of course.
Teaching is only becoming a profession. 1t
has been merely refuge. Its courses in pedagogy
are not winnowng-out process. Most anyone can
get through the mill and afflict themselves upon
the children OF the Once installed, it takes
brave and strenuous work to jar them loose.
Who has ever known normal school anywhere
to tell student that he she had chosen the
wrong vocation, that fitting job for an
especial talent would be as janitor or housemad !?
What head of a school for teachers has ever told
the bright bookpupil that teaching is a specially
which requires more than mere classroom mental
ability?
1t is left for school superintendents and boards
of education to do the sitting under conditions that
add almost endless difficulties There is indeed, no
Detter test OF school superintendent than his a6il
ty and will to weed out his teaching force
1t takes more than psychology to properly
grade and place citys teaching force; to transfer
failures to success to fit tempersmens and ability
to their right niche to develop what is good and
suppress what is wrong, and to get rid of the
even clearly unfit. 1t takes other qualities as we'll
as intelligence and manner, to make real teacher
After all the greatest obstruction to good schools
and rightly co-ordinated school system is the in
difference and ignorance of the parents to what
concerns education. A course in pedagogy even
college training in addition, does not make teacher
But the dear public does not know this
? Nor is there any other vocation where it is so
easy for the individual to conceal failure for this
same reason. The school authorities are not per-
mitted to be the sole judges. They are not like
the private employer but are made to answer to a
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Introducing Messy Arguments.

TINE Springfield Republican has found that an
import duty OF IS per cent on hides would
add SIOo to the price of every pair of shoes
The manufacture of shoes is one of the chief in
dustries of Massachusetts,, and hides are now on
the free list
OF these latter facts do not influence
the Republican, staid, conservative, reliable and
eminently respectable, in its attitude to the
proposed tariff hides. 1t thinks only of that
extra dollar each man, woman and child would have
to pay for their footwear.
Maybe they would have to pay that much more
But if so, would this be solely chargeable to this
IS per cent duty on hides, or would this tariff be
but the excuse for the added price? There has
been such thing known or charged, as using Gus
toms duties in this way.
Maybe, too, the dollar would be added regard
less OF size or quality, so that $500 shoes would
take on the dignity of $500 shoe while $500
pair would gain but 50 cents each But it rather
may be presumed that the dollar would be but an
average increase.
Without this tariff, the excuse of the past few
years for mounting costs OF footwear has been
wages the reluctance of workers to labor, the cost
Of machinery, etc. No one has ever heard Of such
a thing increased profits.
If tariff is to be used in this same way
naturally all the barefooted will be against it
But there used to be theory of proectionists that
all customs tariffs paid by importers in the
form of discount prices and not reflected in
the prices to
Not much has been heard OF this in these
later years. 1t may, however, be expected to re-
appear with this companion piece of all tie
if charge being al paid in full, if several
times, by the consumer
Tariffs pro and form interesting game of
tag. 1t seems to be again and whoever wins,
the consumers may we'll hang the hats of their
fate upon the old well-worn knob of world supply
and demand for, after all, the United States is now
but part of the world.
The real hope of the consumer may rest in
world recovery of industry rather than in tariffs
free trade. Their interests may rest rather in
. ways to this end in Americas foreign investments
in Europe's ability to pay its debts, in the ability
of its people to buy, in the distribution OF ma
terials, in the league of nations, disarmament and
leveng of exchange, than in these other panaceas
for all the ills OF American industry and economics.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Reds Order AU Ships
IL Miles Off Coast Line

PARIS. Jan. 1s.--AH ships are or
dered to keep twelve miles away
from the Russian coasts on penalty
OF being fired on, according 10
wireless message signed by N
Tchitcheria. Bolshevik ForeigrShrn
lister. made public today by 1he
French Foreign once.
The warning said ships comins
within that deadline would be IN
danger from mines and coast artu-
lery shells. Naval experts here be
lieye the object is concealmenJ OF
military Preparations, especially on
shore submarine drills.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
GIVES VIEWS ON
INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES.

To the Editor, The wsshinrto1 Hs-al6
As very much is being said rcla-
tive to President-eIect HardlnEs de-
cision against the usual inaugural
ball and parade during the iuaugu-
ration Of the President. I beg space
through the columns Of your valua-
BILE paper to add just a few more.
words.
We are taught in HOLY Writ thst
when the wicked rule. the people
mourn; but when the righteous rule
the people rejoice"
And so this Bible lesson rs very
appropriate to the present limo IN
which we live. For when one man
rules there is much discomfort and
unhappiness among the people IN
this free republic a majority Of the
people should Be respected Ereal
majority OF the people OF This coun-
try grew tired OF W hat seems 10 b-
one mans rule here. TIy spoke
The voice Of the peyrIC-as well ss
the request Of the iudiNldual-ls IN
titled TO due respect,
All Of US kept UP with the dulng-
and sayings Of the supporters ot ~
two candidates for tho PRESIDENCY.
We remember how eloquent they
grew in their speeChy~ when they
vehemently attacked and condemned
this so-called one -mau-rlIo business
They preached sEains' Oh, uu' man
rule, and they made millions OF con-
verts. The voters said. We are tlred
of Il, and by our ballots demand
change" Well, the victory was won
But where, now, is the prospect Of
change? Echo answers. Where Is
the prospect OF q change
The people worked hard. they
gave their time and their money "a
win a Republican victory And when
the victory was won they yelled
themselves hoarse; but deferred inc
shouting (withOUt which no victory
is really CompleteD until the tth o'
March. But. alas. one man says u
many millions: ''Thereu be ne
shouting
Though the peoplC-cN,ry true
lover Of his and her CoUutrl-.oh
our President-elect and extend .'
him a hearty welcome. and will eP'
deavor to make il very pleasant ana
warm for him in the Whit, House.
We beg to call his attention 90 IN,
fact that thousands of paiToue
American citizens would hr happy 70
come TO Washington TO paN honor 70
him as their new President nule'-
less many costly gowns have ne,l
purchased for the inaugural hall
and hundreds Of thousands Of ptopie
have been prepared 10 come here 70
see the great parade. Here they ma,
see the land and sea defenders o'
this great country. In shor'. ingS
want to come TO see the sights. WI
not the President-elect reflect an'
respect their wishes?
J. c. CUNNINGHAM.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
WASHINGTON ARCHITECTS
WILL EXHIBIT IN PARIS.

Washington architects will ex-
hibit in the Salon of 1921" of the
Societe des Artistes Francois in
Paris. and their architectural pno-
tographs and drawings, with those
of the other fifty chapters of the
American Institute of Architects
will be shown there under the au-
spices of the French government.
Twenty-Five local architects are
preparing to send pieces of their
best work, consisting mainly of
city and country houses, banks and
office buildings.
THE French are much more in
terested in what is being done here
in domestic and commercial archi.
lecture than in the purely monu-
mental" says z. W. Dom, jr., who
is arranging the Washington col
lection.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Society of Friends
Remembered in VIII

Mrs. Sarah E. Coffin, who died
January 1. directs in her will filed
for probate yesterday that the so
ciety of Friends" at Thirteenth and
Irving streets northwest receive $500
from her estate.
Mrs. Laura c. Berringer. a sister,
is to have all the personal property
and household effects. The balance
of the estate is devised in trust
to Luther A. Swartzell. Oscar p.
Austin and the National Savings and
Trust Company. who are directed
to pay Austin $4,000.
The trustees are also to pay to a
grandniece. Grace NJ. Coffin. 81 900.
and similar amount to a grand
nephew. Robert ]. Coffin. and the
rest of the estate is.to go to Lucy
Voline. a niece.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

public easily aroused and not knowing their own
interests.
The head of private school said: "We have
made this school just what public school ought to
be and could be, and if the public schools were what
they should be, there would be no place for this
school," He spoke sad truth and one for which
the people of his city solely responsible, for
after all good schools the product almost solely
of good teachers.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

\ popular exposition OF the lue =
ory of relatively as eNpOund by
Einstein was translated fro the
original Esperanto, and read by
Allan Davis before the Columbia
Esperanto Society last night at the
Thomson School. The following are
the practical results of the theory:
The phenomena of nature can no
longer be divided into two classes,
namely, mechanical and electro
magnetic, because they all occur
according to the same laws. The
geometry of Euclid is not invariably
applicable No body can move with
a velocity greater than that OF
light. The mass of a body is de-
pendent upon the rapidity with
WHICH it moves. The mass OF a
body increases If energy is given
to it. Matter and energy are identi-
body is calculable according to the
formula, me (m=grams of mass,
C=velocity of Light. According to
this. one kilogram of coal contains
$4,000, 0,000,0 100000 calories 1--WE now
obtain from it only 10000 which
would suffice to propel a $4,000
horsepower steamship for ten years.
Time and space do not exist sepa-
rately, but only together. In addi-
ton to the three now known dimen-
sions, time is to be considered a
fourth. The empty space of the
universe has curvature. Light rays
passing the suns disk are curved
on account of the suns gravita-
tion.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

lake when thought / saw some
thing shining in the water. II
appeared TO be a piece OF tin or
silver, Puzzled leaned over the
side of the boat and placed. my face
near the water. Then this trout.
evidently thinking that my nose was
a piece of food, leaped up and
grabbed II. Naturally, threw my
head back and in so doing ] threw
he FISH into the boat and here Il is"
Gray Is making an effort to have
the fisherman brought to Washing
ton 20 sliven mp things around the
Bureau Of Fisheries
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
SEARCHLIGHT RESEARCH
EXPLAINED TO OPTIC EXPERTS

Searchlights, used for target To-
cation and beacons or landmarks.
are useful in both peace and war,
DR.. +. Karrer, of the Bureau of
Standards, told the Optical Club at
its meeting last night at the Blu
reau of Standards.
Tests that the bureau has been
making on army searChlights were
described, and some of the results
explained.
"A searchlight beam can be seen
only because of its diffused light.
Dust and water drops in the air
reflect and refraCt the light, and the
very molecules of the air itself diff
tract or scatter the light, making
the beams luminous" explained DR..
karrer.
This recent work on diffused light
may be of assistance in interpreta-
tion of certain astrophysical phe-
nomena, such as the luminosity of
the tails of comets and the sharp
outline of the solar disk, he said.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

II the Greek gentleman who used to carry
lantern as his hallmark, were living, he
would hardly use his time making the ac-
quaintance of, the coal operators.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings;
Activities of Societies
In Washington.

Washington Academy of Sciences
and Chemical Society, joint meet
ing, Cosmos Club, this evening,
Sis o'clock. DR.. c. L. Alsberg,
retiring president, will deliver an
address on THE Relation Of
Chemical Structure to Physiologi-
cal Action"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

If Congress decides to send committee
of investigation to Cuba, Mr.. Volstead will
not be asked to head it. !
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

The grape growers are finding that they
but squeezed the profit out of their product
in turning it into wine. Hence their praises of
Mr.. Volstead.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

Let act be done at haphazard, nor
otherwise than according to the finished rules
that govern its kind.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

Having tried both, D'Annunzio has de-
cided that welding the pen is less of strain
on the nervous system than swinging a sword
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

lot of envious people turn green as
proVerbial cheese when they see the moon
get full with accustomed regularity
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

When Grover Cleveland peeled off those
two words "innocuous desuetude" he un-
consciously painted a word picture of Vice
President of the United States
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

How are the mighty fallen! Photographer
are now calling D'Annunzfo "Gabe"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

Mr.. Harding has a mind of his own, bu
many are wondering if it works sngle-handed
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

There must be some reason why law
breakers hailed before Judge Lands at once
get their business affairs arranged for long
absence.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20

The economically independent girl can now
afford to marry young to reform him.
But she should not give him too much spend
ing money.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
New York Tribune

or course, the feeding of the Pol
ish civilians released other food for
the Polish army. Thus, indirectly,
this country contributed to the de-
fense of Poland. But we need
scarcely regret this. During the
war we helped the Germans by re-
licving them Of the burden Of feed
ing Che Belgians, and IL was not
reported that German sympathizers
in this country condemned the
course. What VIC did for the Ger
Poles.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Chicago Tribune }

The wsstage of the war has been
a serious blow at the society OF
which, in the broad yet basic sense,
America is a part. But the wastage
threatened-and. indeed, going on in
spite. of formal peace may very
we'll carry Europe beyond hope OF
convalescence.
The millions of children now
starving for lack Of food, of which
we have a vast surplus, are the ba-
sis of the future. IL they die or
grow UP depleted in vitality the
whole character of our civilization
will be deteriorated. Europe's pro-
ductivtty win be reduced materially
and With the loweringfof her pro-
dUctfSn will come a lowering Of her
standard OF living. Our own trade
will fan of. Our best market will
be restricted. Debts owed us will
not lbe paid In short, our material
PROSPERITY will be seriously and per-
haSs permanently affected.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
Opinions
of Other
Ed i t Or S
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
New Orleans statesJ

A competent authority thinks that
in the end it will be found that ST.
100000 will not much more than
represent the expenses Of making
the House larger. In the meantime
il will be interesting D note
whether this increased expenditure
to avoid reduction in the member
ship Of any OF the State deleEa-
tions will affect the agitation which
has been going on for some time in
favor of an increase in the pay OF
Representatives from $500 to ylO,-
600 on the ground that expenses are
so high at Washington that a men,
ber can no longer get by on his
present income.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
New York worldJ

or the fund collected for the com
mon use Of the various war relief
organizations there remains an un-
expended balance OF some $1,000, ,OOO.
This money is now idle, the purpose
for which II was accumulated hav-
ing passed with the cessation Of the
war. Why should it not be turned
over to the Hoover committee for
the relief Of starving children in
Central and Eastern Europe? Their
war work is over; there is no pos
sible pesce-time use to which the
money could better be put, and IL is
Immediately available for the relief
work in question. Why not give IL
all to the Hoover committee and
start the rescue work among the
childish victims of wars priVation
on an adequate scale and without
delay?
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
l.. w. ROGERS, PHILOSOPHICAL
HEAD, AT HARRINGTON,

Facts just being revealed by mod
ern science have been known to the
occultists of India and other East
ern countries for thousands of years
and modern scientific research Is
corroborating the statements OF
their sacred books, L. w. Rogers
president of the American section OF
the Theosophical Society, said yes
terday when seen at the Harring-
ton.
Rogers, for many years national
lecturer ~6or the American section
and elected president of the section
at the convention of the organiza-
tion held in Chicago last July, has
just returned from England where
he was greatly interested in the
work being done by Sir Conan Doyle
and other celebrated English inves.
tigators of the unseen world,
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Is IN INDIA.


The present world organization
known as the Theosophical Society,
revived by Nine. Blavatzky in the
latter half of the last century, has
International headquarters at Ad-
var. India, the residence OF Mrs.
Annie Besant, the Englishwoman n
whose brilliant mind has ruled over
the destinies of the organization for
many years.
Pierre Lott. while in India, paid
a visit to the Theosophical head
quarters and in his book india"
paid tribute to the venerable presi-
dent and the ~Occultists whom he
met in the beautiful House of the
Masters"
Maurice Maeterlinck. Rogers said
in his work Our Eternity" pro-
nounced the theosophicaI system the
most beautiful philosophy Of which
he had ever heard. although he de-
Clared that it lacked convincing
proofs. In a later work. Mountain
Paths" he appears more strongly
convinced of the proofs offered by
theosophy.
Rogers pointed out that the occult
truths upon which theosophy rests
years in the Orient, while modern
science is but three centuries old;
yet science has not produced a
single fact. he says, that is in con-
fict with the theosophiCal teach
ings. from Kepler's solar demon
strations down to the latest dis
coveries in evolution.
"On the contrary" said Rogers
Sfa huN c1fa H,,t
confirms the previous teachings Of
apply to the visible worTd that
science knows. Thousands Of years
ago occultism taught evolution as
development. And comes biology tC
prove that. so far as science can
vet reach. this is true"
VERIFY TEACHINGS
IN RECENT YEARS.
Some of the teachings of thcu-
sophy, he declared, have been veri-
fed in recent years. In 1896 A. 2
Sinnett published the Growth of
the Soul" in which it was declared
that there are two planets beyond
the orbit of Neptune, and this was
ridiculed as another occult alb
surdtty. But in September, 1907
Prof. Forbes announced that there
are planetary groups indicating the
existence of two planets beyond
Neptune.
The theories of modern chemists
have long been the property of
occultists, Rogers added. Long
ago." he said. "occultism divided
the matter of the physical world
into solids, liquids. gases and
ethers. Science could grasp nothing
beyond the gases. The air was its
outpost of tangibility. That there
was matter yet rarer than it could
contact was not admitted But new
discoveries proved the absolute cor
rectness of the occult hypothesis
Science now recognizes the exist
ence of ether and thus accounts for
modern phenomena"
Rogers is on his way back tC
Krotona, Hollywood, Cal, the head
quarters of the American section OF
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
SCIENCE CORRoBORATEs
LOGIC OF THEOSOPHY,

Occult investigation" said Rog-
ers, which is the method of
| theosophy in seeking the solution Of
natures mysteries, carries us at
once into the realm of the intan-
gible and the abstract. But 1t deals
always with facts and with logic;
theosophy is an explanation of the
| universe that is inherently reason
able. 4 close examination of its
teachings will show not only that
they are being corroborated by
science, step by step, as science
| moves on into the hitherto un-
known. but that at no point and on
no subject do they do violence to
reason. 1t is only when we get a
partial understanding of some of its
teachings that they appear fan
tastic.
"a clearer conception of them
shows that such teachings as the
continuity of life. the law OF karma
and that great cycle of physical and
spiritual evolution known as rein
carnation, are in perfect harmony
with the known laws of the uni
verse. Now a thing that agrees
both with all the ascertained facts
of the physical world and with our
highest conceptions of morality,
that satisfies both intellect and con-
science, that rings true to the sanity
that pervades the universe, is in
herently reasonable"
Theosophy. Rogers explained, is
simply that great body of truths
which are common to the esoteriC
side of all religions and which have
been known to the elect of all lands
although veiled in symbolism when
given gut in the form of revealed
religion.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
RESULTS OF EINSTEIN'S
RELATIVELY THEORY.

\ popular exposition of the the
ory of relatively as eNpounA by
Einstein was translated fro the
original Esperanto, and re3S by