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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
Shortage of Youths

One of the subjects engaging attention at the semi
annual conference of the board of bishops OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, in session at Portland,
is the problem of finding enough young men to fill up
the ranks in the ministry. All the denominations are
finding it difficult to keep the pulpit supplied
The given lack of adequate salaries the in
ceased cost Of living and the greater opportunities offered
secular The growth and expansion of the church
necessities keeping stream of young coming into the
ministry"
The church only appeals to limited number
who are willing to cast aside worldly ambitions and conse
themselves to life Of service To such neither low
salary the high cost Of living is derment for their
implicit faith that the Lord will provide is usually justified
Those who cannot temptation and renounce the
world have no business in the ministry.
If the church fails to awaken the spiritual side of youth
and it's call goes unheeded it may be that the fault lies in
the church itself Perhaps LIBERALIZATION is following the
excursions into the political and social field at the of
the spiritual Perhaps there too many churches and
churchmen to solve.
The shortage of young to fill up the gaps is not
confined to the church. 1t is well nigh universal in all cangs
that require hard work and discipline in preparation The
lack apprentices in the trades is noticeable Even the pro
fessons fail to attract youth who turn to unsed labor
temporary and clerical occupations without future that pay
as much to the beginner to the experienced.
The dollar of today looks bigger to the youth OF today
than the two dollars of and is spent as soon as
received The Joy labor for abors sake almost unknown
Work is done mechanically by the clock Thrift is seldom
nracticed and an unsed undscpned generation must
continue to its bread in the sweat Of its brow and secure
its discipline through adversely.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
Willamette
Women Take
Z Dual Debate

The Willamette girls debate
team last night, with two to one
victory on the home floor and 3 to
| at Pullman, came near winning
unanimous decision over both
teams of the women debaters OF
the Washington State college.
The subject was, Resolved,
That the japanese, with the ex-
ception Of students and diplomats,
should be prohibited entrance into
the United States"
Lorel Blatchford and Lucille
Tucker for the Willamette excelled
in delivery and argument, and
manifested an extreme comprehen-
sive knowledge of the subject.
Their contentious withsteod the
attack Of the negative opponents,
Veleda Brockway and Dora Viii
liams, who seemed to base argu-
ment upon the place to which the
Japanese had risen in American
life. The affirmative maintained
that "gentlemen's agreement, had
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
Edison attacks Schools

Thomas A. Edison who after series of examinations OF
college men applying jobs characterized the average
epe graduate as "amaGnsy ignorant has qualified MS
statement and explained that he does not blame the coeg
for the fact that their graduates dont seem to know
anything" nr rdon
'The fault lies in the primary schools says MI Eoson
be minds of the students have become arophied Deore
reached college The college could teach them put tne
students will not permit it. III
Mr. Edison declares that the schools are repusVe anu WIN
ha rnt the methods of teaching changed nence SUI
dents hate school, hey teach by word instead OF Dy eye
with the use of moving pictures He cites instances "he
he has ectured to children and by the aid OF f they "e
enabled to understand principles of chemistry
The inventor declares that children could be taught almost
everything and accumulate vast store OF useful knowledge
y means Of moving pictures and suggests that the Bureau
of Standards at Washington make several thousand Hs
and send them to the states and all the schools would
have to do would be to procure small projectors
There is no question but that movies could be used to
vantage in the schools but of the purposes OF schools IS
to discipline the mind and that movies could not do NO
one likes discipline hence children dislike school, Nothing
gained without effort enduring and movie education is
the most feetng of aforgotten almost as soon as SEEN
If manv students fail learn at college, because mental
growth has ceased early in large proportion OF the
people. :. -. - aoo+;on
Mr. Edison is wizard at invention but not at educaon
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
SaEeun Youth to
Head Students
AT University

University of Z Oregon, Eugene,
May 13.-The university student
body president for next year will
be Lyle Bartholomew of Salem,
according to results Of the annual
election. Bartholomew received
III votes, defeating Elston Ire
land of Hood River, who received
$50.
Eleven hundred students voted
in the election, which was one of
the most exciting in years. The
race for student body president
was expected to be much closer.
Norton winnard of Eugene
won the vice presidency by a big
margin. receiving 656 votes. Og-
den johnson OF Portland was the
other candidate, receiving 424.
The race for secretary of the
student body was exceedingly
close, Helen Carson OF Hood Riv-
er, winning over Marvel Skeels
of Coquilie. and Ruth Austin OF
woodburn. Miss Carson received
442 votes. Miss Skeels 4O7 and
Miss Austin 244. Ralph Couch OF
waIlowa was easily elected to
the position OF junior man on the
executive council. His vote was
64S while his opponent, James
King Of Spokane. Wash, reeeiv-
ed 429.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
E Grand American
Prerogative

TINE right to choose is the grand American preroga-
Il tive-the glory of American democracy. And most
important part of it the right to choose what you buy
bestowed upon you by advertising
Advertising is much part of todays life eectri-
city antseptc surgery motor traction 1t the system
whereby who has something to sell tells about it
those who do should use it. For any
thing until he knows of it's existence.
Advertising is the way by which you are told why you
should have certain goods and how to identify those
goods the advertisements you find in this newspaper
make up a catalog of needed merchandise.
Articles of all kinds and for all purposes are presented
in pleasant way through the medium of type pic
lures The outstanding requirements of every member
of the family met by offers of good merchandise of
proved value.
The advertisements will help you in the selection of
all manner of things.
Use them for guidance and
you viii be a constant gamer
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
In
OregOn-Aggie
Meet Selected

Eugene. Or, May 1S.-Entrics
for the annual dual track meet be-
tween the University OF Oregon
and Oregon Agricultural college
to be held here tomorrow, were an
nounced today.
The entries have been announc-
ed as follows:
University of Oregon
100 yard dash, Larson, Hem
enway, Oberteuffer.
22O yard dash, Larsen, Hem
enway, oberteuffer.
440 yard dash, Sundeleaf, Col
Inns. Lucas.
one half mile. walkley, Wyatt,
Akers.
22O low hurdles, Hemenway.
Kuhnhausen. Mckinney.
100 high hurdles, Kuhnhaus-
en-, Mckinney. Num-.
Mile, walkley. Koepp, Kays.
Pole vault. Ingle. Jensen,
Philips.
Broad jump, kuhnhausen.
Bowles, Blackahy.
High jump. Blackaby. Jensen.
Shot, Shields. Tuck, Brown.
Strain.
discus, Tuck. Brown. Shields.
Strain.
Javelin, Jensen, Ingle, Tuck.
? mile, Blackburn, Walkley.
Relay, Sundeleaf. Collins. Lu-
cas-, wyatt. Mayslip.
Oregon Agriculture College
100 and 200 yard dash, Shook,
Jenning. Cook.
40 yard dash, Riehert' jacob
son.
$50 yard dash. Sims, Hohling-
er. Deigh. Connect. Stone
Mile, Scea. Low. Whtlliff.
2 mile. Hobert. Mccormick.
Newhouse.
High jump. Madsen. Draper.
.Seiberts.
l2o high hurdles. Draper. caw-
ling.
go low hurdles. Goodale.
Swarthout. Seiberts.
ls pound shot. Powell. Leubke,
Hayden.
Pole vault. osburn. Garhart,
Drew.
discus. Powell. Leubke. Hayden
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13

Richard washburn Child, not
al author and lawyer OF New
vork. win be nominated by Pres
ldent Harding as ambassador "
Tokyo, according to reports from
Washington. Mr.. Child, who Is ~
years old, had been frequently
mentioned as possible secretary
% the president following the
alection last November. He IS
graduate Of Harvard university
and during the world war serS-
ed AZ a correspondent with the
Russian army. When the united
states entered the war he became
assistant to Frank A. Vandernp
An the war savings department %
the treasury department.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13

know he played cards until tne
other day when one of his friends
told me. can't understand
either, why he should stay away
from the office. Surely he can
play at night"
"You say he was not home at
supper?"
Il haven't seen him since he left
this morning"
could not tell Halls father that
I had seen his son coming out OF
Nell Marshall's gate in the after
noon, particularly as knew that
Hal had not seen me at the time.
81 wish you'd put on your things
Alix and go after him with me. "
"Oh, l can't, 1 cant do that.
Surely he will come home with
you"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
lse Alicia Hammersly
A Woman Who Wouldn't Remarry
By Idah MtGlone Gibson
The Noted Writer

"Probably, Alicia, but my IDEA
is that if you go, it would SHAME
him into staying away from sucn
place.
"But Hal would be very angry
with me-"
"He has no right to be angry
with you, my child. And this
gambling fever of his rnust'be nip
ned in the bud some way.f "a
could see that Father Ham
mersly was greatly exercised even
though be finally decided not to
go after Hal. He stayed with m me
for some time, and nit eYas, n4ea6ly aa6ly
twelve when he left. ,e7.
In nv heart of hearts I could
not feel that Hal was so thought
less as to play cards on the first
night of my arrival home, and for
the next two hours my imagina-
tion played tricks with me. | saw
him lying with a bullet in his
head in some doorway. l saw
him lying beside a railroad track,
unconscious. Every possible ac-
cident that could come to him l
think l pictured.
The minutes of that night en-
graved themselves indelibly on my
memory. wonder sometimes,
now, how many other women
have watched and waited through
long and weary nights for men
to return.
At last I turned out the light
in the living room and sat beside
the window, where l could see
the dimly lighted street for blocks.
My ears were so keenly attuned
to every sound that l detected the
steps of every pedestrian while he
was still several blocks away, and
l knew that not one of them was
my husband.
And then I tried logic, saying
to myself: Don't be foolish. Go
to sleep. You can do nothing un-
til morning anyway"
l have spent many unhappy
hours in my life, but I do not
think that there was ever one SO
full of horror and soul torture
as that first night that my hus-
band stayed away from home.
/ tried to think what l should
say to him when he came. ]
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
Study Courses
For Ministers
Are Discussed

Portland, Or, May 13.-Courses
OF study for Methodist ministers
were discussed at this morning 3
session Of the board OF bishops OF
the Methodist Episcopal church.
Twenty-Five bishops from all parts
Of the United States are attending.
Bishops Charles B. Mitchell of st.
Paul, MINI. and Ernest L. Wal
dorf of Wichita, Kan, presided at
the sessions today. Tonight the
thirty-second anniversary Of the
founding OF the Epworth League
will be celebrated and Bishop A.
w. Leonard of San Francisco will
speak.
The problem of finding enough
young men to fill up the ranks OF
the ministry is being considered.
Bishop Theodore S. henderson
OF Detroit. VINO was appointed by
the board OF eda, alton of the
church to visit conferences and
talk to young men on life serv-
ice" was commended by the bish-
ops for his wof tsag this line.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13

found that was ashamed to meet
for him. ! almost
hated him as l thiught that he
knowing how / would be waiting,
had wantonly elected to remain
away. For the first time since l
knew that a baby was coming to
me l wished that 1t were not so.
I thought over and over again the
episode at Nell Marshall's, and al
last came to the conclusion that
Hal had never cared for me.
And then I heard his footsteps
in the distance. He was coming
on rapidly. The sound grew
louder and louder. Gould l be-
lieve my ears? Hal was whist
ling!
l shrank into the corner of the
darkened living room as | heard
his key in the door. But as it
opened, the light from the hall
way shone straight upon me.
why, Alix, what is the. mat
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13

failed because it delegated to the
wrong power the right to control
over the agreement.
The rebuttal made by Miss
Tucker was one of the strong
efatures of the debate and was tru-
ly clever.
Judge of the debate were George
Hug, Salem school superintendent
Miss Cornelia Marin, state librar-
ian, and ]. C. Nelson, principal of
the Salem high school. Professor
James T. Matthews was chairman.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
A Irving Night

/ staggered toward a chair that
sat near the door as Halls father
told me he would find my husband
In a gambling house.
/ must have been very pale, for
Father Hammersly came in and
said, "You poor child. l did not
mean to frighten you, but think
you should know. Ever since you
have been gone Hallett has been
out almost every night. Nothing
that l or his mother could say
would keep him at home. You
will not misunderstood my motive
when | tell you that think you
made great mistake, my dear,
by leaving him"
IF he is so mad about cards,
he probably would have gone just
the same had I been here, l didn't
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
Spokane n TO
Head War Risk
Bureau Position

Spokane, wesh.. May ls.--L. G,
Jesseph of this city has been
named by Charles r. Forbes. di-
rector of the war r'sS insurance
bureau, as rec Fl 4 'a-tAs of tbs
bureau for Nssa gton, Oregon.
Idaho aud Mo tsaa, according to
q special dispatch from Washing
ton. He viii succeed Dr. Hugh
Devallin OF Seattle. according TO
this information.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
Hill Refuses
To Accept Job
AS Toxic Envoy

Washington. May 13. = Dr.
David Jayne Hill of New York is
understood to have definitely de-
clined to be considered for ambas-
sador to Japan and it is said he is
foremost among those under con
sideration for ambassador to Ger
many when diplomatic relations
with that country are resumed.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13

Javelin, Dolton, Leubke, Da-
mon.
Running broad jump, Seiberts,
Ross, Pendall.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-13
TwoCent Cut
In Gas Price
Is Made Here

The price OF gasoline in Salem
this morning became the lowest il
has been during the last year. Be
ginning today Salem motorists
were charged 2sas cents per gal
lon-two cents less than they wee
paying yesterday.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25
DRAWS. MUSIC FROM A SAW
New Yorker Gets Startling and Pleas
ing Effects by Using the Tool
as a Violin.

The conventional saw has recently
appeared in new role-namely, as a
musical instrument. Indeed, one Of
the leading novelties of a current New
York musical revue is the musical car
penter who uses his saw as a violin.
After prOtracted experimentation
and untiring practice, Sam Moore Of
New York city has succeeded in get
ting very agreeable music from ordin-
ary carpenters saw, according to the
Scientific American. He holds the saw
handle between his legs, holds the tip
of the saw in one hand and works the
usual violin bow with the other. The
vibrating steel blade emits soft, APP
pealing notes, the pitch of which is
varied by changing the curvature of
the blade.
All sorts of queer effects can be
obtained by the adept manipulation
of the blade; in fact the musanD de-
rived by this means can hardly be de-
scribed. If anything, it resembles the
human voice; then again it has the
queer wall of the Hawaiian Ukulele
All in all, the effect is startling and
pleasing. 90
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25
sCHoLAsTIcISM IS INEFFECTIVE

A modern school should not go
through the form of teaching children
useless historic facts just because pre-
vious generations of children have
learned and forgotten them, and it
should also have the courage not to
read obsolete and uncongenial classics
simply because tradition had made this
sort of acquaintance kind of good
form. As for Latin and Greek, a pos
tive case cannot be made out for ell
ther. 1t is useless to inquire whether
knowledge of Latin or mathematics
is valuable, because the pupils do not
get it, and it is equally beside the mark
to ask whether the effort to obtain
his knowledge is a valuable discipline,
since failure is so widespread that the
only habits acquired through failure
to learn Latin or Algebra are habits of
slipshod work, of guessing and of me-
chanical application of formulae moi
themselves understood.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25
RETAIN OLD RELIGIOUS RITE
Quapaw Indians Stick to Form Of Wor-
ship of Which Feast Forms an
Important Part

In the vicinity Of Devils Hollow,
several miles east of Quapaw, Okla,
there is a wigwam-shaped church
building located miles from any white
mans habitatiOn, and a long distance
from the nearest Indian dOmicile,
where the Quapaw full-blooded Indians
congregate regularly to worship the
Great Spirit in silence. They sit about
a tiny fire that has been built on q
stone base in the middle Of the dirt
floor, from Saturday night at sundown
till Sunday noon, fasting and praying,
but never speaking a word.
A feature of their church meetings
is the feast that follows the fast and
religious rites. The meal is served
in a little mess house nearby, and
when the services are over the squaws,
who have slipped out a few hours be-
fore. the time to close, are ready with
the dinner and all sit down to partake
of the food that is always part of the
program.
The church was built many years
ago, so that the residents might have
a place to worship, a custom still kept
up, regardless of the fact that there is
no preacher, no choir, nothing to cal
them but the religious spirit of the In
dian. Chief Quapaw owns nearly 1,OOC
acres Of land in this region, but wheI
he was offered $4,000 for few acres
of it that lay in the city Of Quapaw
which was named after him, he re
fused because, he said, he knew thu
white man would try to get the money
but could not get the land away from
him.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25
THE IMPORTANCE
OF SENSE TRAINING

The training of the senses always
should be prime object in human ed
ucation at every stage from primary
to professionary. The prime object it
has never been and is not to-day. The
kind of education the modern world
has inherited from ancient times was
based chiefly upon literature As a
result, the programs Of secondary
schools in the United States allot
only an insignificant portion of school
time to the cultivation of the percep-
tive power through music and drawing.
And, until lately, boys and girls in Sc
condary schools did not have their at
tention directed to the fine arts by any
outside or voluntary organization.
- Chas. w. Eliot.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25
Local and Personal at Leesville

His candidature for the nomination
for Representative to succeed the late
F. 0. Bolgiano has been announced by
Mr.. D. H. Turner and his friends. sub
ject to endorsement by the Democratic
primary.
Boating on little lake about twelve
miles from Shreveport. last Saturday,
resulted in the death of Miss Mabel
McAlpin, Mr.. Willard Nc Gee and ].
&c. Breid, New York salesman. They
had been diving from the boat and it
turned turtle. The bodies were recov-
cred and the funeral services were held
last Monday, August 22.- at the First
Baptist church in Leesville, a large
number of mourning friends and rela-
tives attending. The interment took
place in the Anacoco cemetery.
4 y y =
Marriage licenses were issued at the
Vernon Parish Courthouse this week
to: Mr.. Eddie DeRamus and Miss
Vivian Wilson, of Glenmora; Mr. Geth-
ern Mcdaniel, of Elizabeth, La, and
Miss Terrie Smith, of Leesville; Mr..
R. M. Burns and Miss Ida ingalls,, both
Of StilIe; Mr.. ]. c. Etheridge, of Lees
vile, and Miss Christine Smith, of
Norwood; Mr.. E. w. Carder and Miss
Lola Crosby. both of Leesville.
q + y a
! Mrs. Lawrence has the pleasure of a
visit from her sister, Miss Ruth Ford
and her friend, Miss Margaret Brown,
of Natchitoches; DR.. D. 0. Willis is va.
cationing at Hot Springs, Ark; Mr.
Joseph Delahan is visiting friends il
Beaumont and Port Arthur, Tex Mis-,
Lenora Hansos, of the First State BanI
is spending her vacation in Batol
Rouge and Sulphur; Mr.. and Mrs
Landry, of Crowley have been visiting
! Mrs. |. c. Boyd; Mrs. A. B. Everett
of Cravens, was visitor at the hom
of her parents in LeesvilIe; Misse
Margaret and Merriam SandelI went t,
Houston, Tex, on a visit to their aunt
Mrs. Millican; Mr.. ]. P. Pollard is en-
joying weIl-earned rest at Ho
Springs, Ark; Miss Zera Hewitt, tn
popular assistant paying teller of tn
First State Bank. has returned fror
her vacation, which she spent in Cal
weston and other Texas cities; Mr.. F
A. Bradford has returned to his farr
near Leesville, after having resided fo
some time at Oakdale; MIR. Waite
Pines has returned from his vacatio
at Hornbeck; MIR. Calvin Blue an
Misses Mamie and Bell Blue, OF l.,
: Ridder, have been the guests of M,
Lenora Smith, of Dodson, were visi
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25

Loyce Smith, of Dodson, were visit
ors at the home of Mrs. Ed Boone; Mr..
H. L. Cain and his wife are now at
Varysburg, N. Y, where they have
been appointed teachers at the local
public schools; the family of Dr.. S. R.
West are visiting relatives and friends
at Mineral Wells, Tex; Mrs. |. C.
Boyd has returned from trip to
Houston, Tex; Miss Grace Crowley is
the newly-appointed stenographer at
Hon. A. R. Hicks court clerks office;
DR.. E. R. Candy, the throat and eye
specialist, of Alexandria, has been vis-
iting his parents in Lesville.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25

The next regular meeting of the
Vernon Parish Police Jury, president
Hon. Columbus Pitre, will be held at
the LeesviIle Court house on Monday.
September 5th. at 10 a. m.
Mayor o. E. Morris has called the
regular meeting of the Leesville Board
of Aldermen to be held at the city
house on Tuesday, September 9th.
y y y y
AT last Saturdays special meeting
of the Vernon Parish Board Of Edu-
cation, DR.. Jones presiding, it was de-
cided to erect new high school for
the Anacoco district, the new residents
to vote upon the question Of levying
the required anount by taxation. ~
perintenIue Flniy StanIy has COM
pleted the lists of the teachers appoint
ed for the ensuing semester, 2Z0 beng
on the list.
Hunters will be strictly held to OBJ
serve the state game laws and the man
who is to see that the laws be not vio-
lated is Mr.. E. A. Winfree, the newly
appointed Conservation Agent for Ver-
non Parish.
= y 3 *
~ The newly-elected officers of the
Leesville Post of the American LIE.
gion are: Dr.. D. o. Willis, Command.
er; Raleigh Turner, Vice-Commander
A. B. Cavanaugh, Adjutant; H. R
.Scobee, Master-at-Ams; A. Allen, w
Cudd, and ]. c. Terrell, Executive Com
mittee.
Messrs. S. T Ward, president Of tn,
West Louisiana Bank, and his faithful
cashier, Mr.. Cain, have returned from
an extended business trip to OakdaI
and other places in the Parish. The,
report that business is prosperous am
that the roads are quite good owe
which they travelled. =
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-25
FARM FORESTER'S
SERVICES AVAILABLE

New Orleans, La.--Mr. M. L. Alex
ander, Commissioner Of Conservation,
announces that the services Of H. J.
Stahl, Farm Forester of the Depart
ment, are now available to the farmers
of the State and the boys rsforestra
tion clubs
The work of the Farm Forester will
be to assist them in selecting species
to plant on their farms and lands un.
suited to agriculture; in thinning and
caring for farm woodlands, and in
other services the farmer may desire