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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
NEW YORK YOUTHS
 HAVE BABY GARDEN
Thousands of Them Given Small Space in Parks to
 Practice Rural Life

New York, August 27.-Country life' and gardening have no mysteries for juvenile New Workers. They are con- fident that no country boy or girl could fool them much about gardens and the things that grow in them.
 Under the supervision of Father Knickerbocker, thousands of them have labored this summer cultivating little gardens in city parks. Some of the gardens have more than 1000 in dividual garden plots. Each with a little farmer or farmerette in charge.
 There are now after row of beets carrots and sweet corn and tangles of tomatoes with red fruit peeping out from the surrounding greenery. The farmerettes usually have fancy for a patch of gay colored flowers in one corner of the plot. The farm CTS run more to raising more sub stantial things, something that can be eaten.
 Those who have had previous ex- perience in gardening are allowed to devote their entire plot. to raising their favorite vegetables. But the beginners have to go in for diversi- fled crops.
 Two Sisters
 The two Fiorentino sisters, Joseph
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, tion at Nashville. for the state ot Tennessee.
 He is also the author of several widely read books among them the Master Preacher" being "A study In Homiletics of Jesus" no similar book ever being previously published on this subject and thus making 1t Il 'pioneer" in the field
 As contributor to all of the im- portant publications of the Baptist denomination, author and preacher, Dr. Bond Is well qualified to act in the capacity of "editoyiaI secre- tary' of the Southern Baptist Edu- cational Board and working side by side with pr. James, the two having accomplished untold rewards in the great work they are doing.
 With the approach of the opening of the colleges all over the country a few words from Dr. Jantes regard ing Christian Education are not amiss here and in speaking of his work he makes the following interesting ob- servations regarding Christian Edu- cation" and the mission of the Bap- tist Educational Board
 "The dominant mbtive in educa ton should be development of character that will appropriate the culture of the race. that will hold adeauate control over individual forces of life that will give competent response to duties, and that will eventuate in sacriflcisl contribution to the well fare of men.
 Such q motive can find its true dynamic only in intimate relation ship to Jesus Christ Such a char acter can find it's sanction only in Christian ideals. Education, that omts Christ from its ambitions and controls, fails to give recognition to truths. that are the ultimates of hu- man worth.
 There is much in their educational situation to encourage southern Bap- N-H'SN' A Ne'N SAhA oulN NCy VI lutlT Tt- sources reveals the following facts" said Dr. James.
 First they have in the south 119 educational institutions, of which 35 are .classed as senior colleges, 23 as junior colleges. SC as academies or high schools and five as Bible and theological schools.
 ''The total enrolment in these schools for the past session, 1919- 1920, amounted to 31,1s6. and there Is every reason to believe that the present year, 192O-1921. will show an increase of 25 per cent, making an enrolment of almost 40,o0O. The req son for this belief is that returns are not yet in from the spring term when many new students enter. nor from the summer terms, which are becoming increasingly popular Then, let it be remembered that practically every southern Baptist school ma- triculated in September, 1920, more students than in September 1919-- some of them turning applicants away by the score-and two of them
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interesting is that by. Enos A. Mills. in which he says among other things:
 This stilling autobiographic story carries appreciation of nature at it's true worth. It is 8 story of man and nature; has the calmness and counsel Of an old man, the urge. the elo- quence and action of young man. Fortunate it is to be a nature lover. Curwood has lived wisely and writes like lover.
 His Knowledge of nature is so intimate and his feelings so intense that he often puts years of exneri- ence and hours of joy into a single sentence, He gives a complete biog- raphy and shapes character in single sentence. This of a bluejay;
 A pirate who never loses his sense of honor" Gods Country: The Trail of Han- plness,' carries the spell. the aroma of the wilderness. In it is vigorous and poetic nature love, pictures of sun-topped peaks and purple forests. Graphically, vividly he makes these scenes You are with him at night in the far-off primeval forest. where blazes his campfire, the red flower that blossome in. the night where it blooms and fades amid the silence of centuries
 Curwood knew that there ever is an open season for one who speaks out in meeting; nevertheless he be- 1 comes the religionist militant and clears the breezy common of the earth of innocent bystandng creeds.
 This nature worshipper has a working faith, has reasons for his universal sympathy. His wilderness melodies carry no barbaric notes ot war, hoist no flags of hatred, draw no hateful boundary lines. Kinship is the spirit of nature.
 Mother Nature evolved this mighty hunter into mfghtier one Into one who feels with Kipling, that
 Tt is better to let the wild beast run
 | And let the wild bird fly
 Each harbors best in its native nest | Even as you and T.
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By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

all Baptist teachers for a Baptist school" said Dr. James.
 Tt js not necessary here to discuss the reasons, but 1: will be sufficient to say that. with the growing em- phasls which is being placed upon Christian education due 10 the ef- fleets of the World war, many teach CTS are turning from State schools to devote themselves to the cause of Christian education. As an instance of this. mention may be made of Prof. Harry Clark, who recently sew cred his connection with the Univer- sity of Tennessee to become Educa- tionaI Secretary of the Tennessee Baptist state Convention. At this writing 55 names of Baptist teach ers many of them having an M A., or Ph D., or both from the leading universities of the United States have been filed with this bureau, and should the reader of this be acquaint- ed with a good Baptist teacher who wants to teach in Baptist School, the Teacher Bureau, 317-319 Jefferson County Bank building, is at his ser vice free of cost.
 The survey also shows the publi- cation each month of the Baptist Education Bulletin. which seeks to popularize Christian education and to stress its importance. The aim Is to make this publication worth while and the constant expressions in praise l of 1t show that, under the wise direc- ton of pr. Albert R. Bond, editorial secretary, this aim is being realized. Since the bulletin contains material suitable for sermons and addresses on Christian education it would be well for those who take it to file |. for future reference and for those who do not receive it to make ap- plication for it." he said.
 Another item in the survey is that the Education Board of the Southern Baptist Convention located in Bir- mingham, seeks to become a clearing house for its constituency on educa tion in general and on Christian edu- l CdllOH III pdIliCuIdI. <ailHOu6u LHe board is young. yet it is rapidly ac- | quiring information about what is going on in the educational world,- all of which is placed at the disposal of any one who wants it. This in- formation whether 1t be concerning our own or other schools is always gained at first hand and therefore can be relied on. The board seeks to maintain the most cordial relations with every Baptist school in the south. There is not one of them, even the smallest, over which the board has any authority even the vaguest. but itself Is the servant or them all.
 ''The last item in the survey is that the education board is the disbursing l agency of the Southern Baptist Con- vention for the south wide enter prises" said pr. James. Tn fact, the only discouraging feature in the educational outlook among southern Baptists Is the lack of accommoda- tions for students who are hunger;ng and thirsting for an education in a Baptist school.
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ID ERHAPs nothing which has happened to Birmingham from a moral and religious standpoint has been of more value in recent years than the coming to this city of Dr. W. C. James as corrss bonding secretary of the Southern Baptist Educational Board. and pr. Ebert R. Bond, hls associate. holding the position of editorial secretary.
 Dr. James and Dr. Bond have made 8 great many friends here since their residence-each in his way being :, man of remarkable personality and ability and In the Southern Baptist church these two men formerly &C., tive ministers in charge of large congregations are regarded as among the hrainiest and most able/ men in the personnel of the church
 Dr. James is greatly in demand a. a preacher and besides discharging his arduous duties as Secretary ot the great Baptist Educational board. he finds time to carry the message of Glad tidIngs" each Sunday to large congregations, the fortunate congregation today to hear him be- ing Highlands Meth odist church, Dr. James having been Invited by the board of stewards to take the place of pr. W. R. Hendrix, pastor who is away for his vacation.
 If you talk to pr. Bond about Dr. James he will tell you that he Is q man of charming personality and the best mixer" he has ever seen.
 Dropping into the Headquarters" of the Baptist Educational board the other day had nice little chat with Dr. Bond about pr. James before the latter came in, and among the things that pr. Bond told me about Dr. James was this:
 ''He can find more people to talk to on a train than any man l ever saw"
 That's the keynote to Dr. James character as I learned later-his hu- man, genial, kind, friendly manner for he loves everybody and enjoys being with everybody--and in this way he has drawn around him a large circle of friends who love him for his every day human Christianity.
 pr. James is a graduate of the Richmond, tva.) college--the "Uni- versity of Richmond" taking his A. NJ. and his D. D., degrees there and his Ph. D.. at the southern Baptist Theo- logical Seminary at Louisville.
 After serving as pastor of the Grove Avenue Baptist church at Richmond for 13 years, he came to Birmingham to take up his duties as corresponding secretary of the South ern Baptist Educational Board which was organized only two years ago-still a mere infant in arms" if we judge by age.
 pr. Bonds religious career has been quite as significant as that of pr. James. He being for many years the able editor of "The Baptist and Re Hector" the official Baptist publica-
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-------------------- AMERICAN SCHOOL
 NEEDS MORE FUNDS
By Associated Press

Shanghai. August 27.--Plans were taking form through the summer in Shanghai to open a campaign In the fall to raise final Taels 150,0o0 to begin work on the erection of tho first buildings of new American school These first structures con- sisting of class room building aud dormitory and the ground, will cost approximately Taels 4s7.ooo. or about ssso, 900 in gold. Of the Taels 4s7.-
 900 required, Taels 324.000 have been raised, Taels 107,o00 having been given in a campaign for funds held in Shanghai last year and gold s16o,-
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inc and Rookie, are famous gardeners in their neighborhood. But Joseph- inc believes the succulent cabbage is the only vegetable worthy of an ex- perienced farmerettes attention. Rocky, who is equally experienced, yearns for the juicy tomato and cul- tivates her plot accordingly Thus the Fiorentino family is assured a good uspply of both vegetables.
 The rivalry between children and neighbors is keen. There are prizes given at the close of the season for the best attendance, the best kept plots and the best specimens of veg etables.
 Mrs. Fannie Parson, supervisor Of parks. understands the psychology of the juvenile gardener and there are enough prizes so that no district can fail to get at least one. Mrs. Parsons Is 70 years old and nearly blind, but she visits the parks and supervises the work of her score of assistants every day
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2 W. C. JAMES, BAPTIST EDUCATIONAL SECRETARY x

, young men. Surely we should be grateful to the Lord of the Harvest
 for these laborers and still more
 persistent in prayer that He would
 send others into the field.
 Moro and better laborers is the crying need.
 ''The harvest fields, oh, brother, see. Are just as white as white can be;
 And much we're losing every day
 For want of men to work and pray.
 For want of men and women. too,
 To find whate'er they find to do;
 For Jesus sake to give up all,
 And humbly at His feet to fall"
 Not only are southern Baptists de- termined that thetF schools shall do
 honest, thorough work and thus
 measure up to the highest educational
 standards, but as never before they are emphasizing the Christian life of the school and of the student. They admit that in this respect they have
 been negligent, if not indifferent, but are determined that henceforth .here
 shall be no ground for this charge
 against them. In proof of this, let 1t | be observed that the Bible is being
 taught in practically every southern Baptist school, that increasing em- phasis is being placed upon the Christian character of the teacher
 and that movement is now in the
 making which has for it's object not only the Christian but denomina- tional training of the students. thus preparing them for effective work in their home churches.
 Not ohly are they giving partic-
 ular attention to the Christian life
 of students in their own schools, but southern Baptists are locating stu
 dent pastors and other Christian
 workers in state colleges and uni- versailles whose sole concern it shall
 be to look after the moral and spir- itual life of the Baptist boys and girls in attendance there. Texas
 Baptists, for example, are placing a trained Baptist worker in each one of the Texas state schools, i. e.. uni versity, A. & M. and normal schools, who gives full time to the spiritual interests of Baptist students. Also at the University of Texas, the Bap- lists of the state have established a
 chair of Bible, where Baptist stu dents and others may receive thor ough instruction in the Book of Books and the work done is credited toward their degree. At this univer- sity five other denominations are do- ing the same thing and ere long a
 similar practice will obtain in every state university in the south" Dr. James declares.
 Another Item in the survey is the
 establishment by the education board of a teacher bureau, the object of which is to bring Baptist teachers and Baptist schools together. Only
 those who have tried it know how difficult it is to secure all Methodist teachers for Methodist school and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
"MoNTAGU wYCHFsRLY"

"MONTAGU WYCHERLY' By L. Allen Harper; Charles Scrib-
 ner's Sons, Publishers. New York
 City.
 Montagu Wycherly has romantic name and is good looking. Herrick Is agreeably surprised when he takes the opposite seat in the railway com partment. Immediately he gets a large cinder in his eye, and thus be- gin his troubles in the course of true love. Herrick, too alive to let any story run placidly, has many experi- ences in most of which Montagu plays conspicuous part. Blue-eyed, sunhyhaired, refreshing as the Eng fish countryside which she loved, Herrick was too busy with a certain frail youngster (knowing him, We can scarcely blame her) and a gouty old lord to encourage the lovelorr. Still, Montagu was more than good looking. and there are not always cinders--
 All this because Mrs. Harker has had the rare skill to write a convinc- ing love story with an ailins sense of humor.
 THE WORLD SHUT OUT" By Norval Richardson; Charles Scrib-
 ner's Sons, publishers, New York
 City.
 A story full of the incompatible charm of Italy-the sunny charm of the Alban hills above Rome. Gordon Galbraith goes to Italy to straig hten out an estate left him---in the ab- sence of other heirs--by his grand mother, the old Principessa Valdra gone. He finds Mrs. Francis from England occupying lodge on the es- tate commanding particular View and apparently drawn to the Spot by . a strong compulsion. Back and forth between the two weaves the delight fully drawn figure of the old avvo- cato, Torrecella. until an unexpected and most dramatic incident reveals ta Galbraith the true heir to the yilla Valdragone. the secret Mrs. Francis has been hiding-and a romance.
 MAN TO MAN"
 By Jackson Gregory. Charles Scr;b
 ner's Sons. Publishers, New Yor
 City.
 Once more Mir. Gregory has writ ten a tale of the southwest Thi new one has all the dramatic an vigorous qualities of his matches stores that bring you the freshnes of out-of-doors. It opens upon tn return of Steve Packard who ha tChAc hCiHS, dAtSi tSu cars ol dQNcn tttrous seafaring. to the ranch whic he has not visited since his father death.
 Steve's grandfather. great char 2acter and power in the local regios Hell Roaring Packard. resents hi Rrsndson's rowing disposition, and i does not take enemies of the Pack ards long to set them against eac other in motral hate. Encircled witl Anemies, lied about. distrusted, Stey finds himself with a mansize job o his hands to defend his rights an prove his mettle., What happene. how he won his game. and the girl Ii ioved, is the story Gregory has tol with skill only a master story-telle oan command. And he has filled hi 2pages in the telling with breathles 6ftuations where a mans life and woman's heart hang in the balan. eS fate.
 THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS Hy Kermit Roosevelt. Illustratet
 Charles Scribner's Sons. Publisher,
 Now York City.
 Prom his youth Kermit Roosevelt waa the companion of his father I Aie great hunting adventures, acco,r <. nanying him to Africa and throuK 0pxth America and down the Ui knowu river. This volume Is a me ] an,or,al of that joyful companionsh!l xhe epsning chapter Is an intimate ac
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, count of Kermit Roosevelt's recol.ec. , tons of his father in these various hunting adventures. full of persona incidents and narratives. Several ol the chapters have to do with hunt. | ing in America, including Mexico l They are entitled, "trhe Sheep of the Desert and Moose Hunting." Ther, Is charming account of differen kind of hunt. Book Collecting 1T South America" Finally, he gives { sketch of his fathers friend, Setf Bullock. the last of the frontiersmen type celebrated and adored by Col onel Roosevelt.
 "IN CHANCERY"
 By John Galsworthy. Charles Scrib ners Sons. Publishers, New York | City.
 The story of Tn Chancery." dealing with an English family of wealth and | position and with their associates forms large and impressive presen tation of the upper classes of English society. In spirit and treatment it does not so much resemble Mir. Gals worthy's later novels as such earlier ones as "The Country House" and 'The Man of Property" Indeed, this Is true also in subject for 1t Is con cerned with the affairs of the famous Fosythe family of "rhe Man of Property" While dealing consider ably with a later generation than ap- peared therein. Soames Forsythe, old James. Irene. young Jolyon, June and others that contributed to render the earlier novel so memorable, figure conspicuously in its pages.
 FIND THE WOMAN
 By Arthur Somers Roche. Illustrated
 by Dean Cornwell. The Cosmo-
 politan Book Corporation. Publish
 CTS. New York city.
 ' Find the Woman" is the story of the girl of your dreams
 ! Charm and beauty, youth and cour- age. faith and purity--all that . woman has.
 Magic and mystery, wonder and TO- nance, temptation and triumph-al that New York holds.
 Read and stand amazed at wha' happened when the woman met tho city-when Clancy Dean, the girl oi tan's exotic and terrifying whirlpoo } Of life.
 , A refreshing novel is Find thu woman novel of youth and mys tery as fascinating as anything vol have ever read. !, , THE SLEEK
 By E. NJ. Hull. Small Maynard S : Co, Publishers Boston. Perhaps of all the books publishes this season none exceeds in popu larity, The Sheik," by r. M. Hull Already the screen" version is an nounced--the east" selected and tn
 arrangements all made for its produc tion and those who have not read i (and if there is anybody. 1t would b
 difficult to find that one), then h will have a chance to witness thu amorous love story with its exoti l. atmosphere of the desert and will romanticism of love and youth an 3 beauty.
 l The Sheik' is really an unusua } story because of many things, mainl,
 the original idea of the plot. as wei as the originality of the characters
 their temperament and their pre- : affections.
 ''The Sheik" is a story of beau , tiful and high born English woman , may be grossly captured while ol . her way across the north Africal , desert by a mysterious and bronze : like Sheik, mistreated and assaulted : by him. kept prisoner for days an, 1. days. and then finally discover tha shs loves him pat1at'ly and wtn sta'
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denied admission to as many as they received" he continued. The survey shows that the number of girls in these schools was more than third in excess of the boys, suggesting that the former are quicker to seize their educational opportunities than the latter. The facts though are
 that there are more girls than boys and that boys, on account of labor conditions, are compelled to work on
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and Training schools up to December 1, 1920, 1.155 students, of whom 529 were women and 626 were men. In addition to these are the 1,257 stu dents looking forward to the min istry, but at present studying in the various academies and colleges over the south, and besides these there are 2,1S5 volunteers for definite Christian service, of whom 1,732 are women or girls and 453 are boys and
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tees. but they are the property of the denomination. Some are under the central of the home mission board, some belong to one or more district associations, but the large fast to the Baptist convention of the state in which they are situated" pr. James said.
 The survey also, ~ieows that there had matriculated in ' Theological
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900 having been contributed by mis- sion boards in the United States.
 It has been planned to make tbs new school center of American cons
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the farm and elsewhere. However, sighting their opportunities for. an education to suggest the fear that unless they mend their ways in this respect they may in few genera tions reduce themselves to a position of relative inferiority.
 These 119 schools are not under private control nor under the control of a self-perpetuating board of trus-
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munity life in Shanghai. The site that has been selected is tract of about 17 acres located admirably in the French concession.