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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-14
Press Congress Goes to Hawaiian Islands

uAwA1. land Of romance and modern
II progress, melcnr-pot Of Pacific nations
snA sole Inland territory Of thu United
ssztsa, YIN b tia meeting place In October
Il de Press CpnSrsa Of the World. 1t u
attinx &at this Western outpost Of great
western repuldie should be the gathering
plses II ths newspaper mem at this time
VIA an syss are turned toward the Pa
eiae for he solution Of our greatest inter
national problsms-
At Honoiull one hundred years ago was
set Up the frst printing press west of the
ROCKY Hountains. In 1920 the little brig
Thaddels arrived In Hawaii after its long
journey around Cape Horn from Boston,
Carrying the noble band Of missionaries who
were 10 spread the light Of Christian civ
fi.ation throughout the tiny group of Pa
ei6e islands, and among these pioneers was
Elisha Loomis, printer, bringing with him
the Ramage hand press With which be pro-
posed b further the work Of spreading the
Eospel among the islands. The press was
safely landed and set up, and in January,
1872, the first printing began.
Within Q stones throw of the scene Of
this historic event the delegates TO the
1874 Press Congress viii gather At least
four days win be devoted Co official sessions,
at which men Of world r-novn in the jour-
nalistie field win speak, and an interchange
Of ideas win Be had which should mark
an epoch in the world Of Journalism.
One day win be devoted to the PAN
Pacific Press Conference, . branch of the
Pres Congress Of the World, to the ses-
kions Of which all delegates to the congress
viii Be invited. The sessions will be given
ever to matters pertaining to newspapers
y he countries bordering the Pacific. There
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years-there is not much the new Federal
Commissioner has missed in the way Of
education. That he must have had rare
qualifications for the position was eviuenced
by the fact that when President Harding set
out to lind q successor to Philander p.
Claxton he disregarded the suggestions ct
advisers to select q candidate from the seat
OF learning in the classic New England
college country, but reached out into the
Middle West and put his finger down on a
son OF Kentuscky and Tennessee. O..
Il was born in Tennessee" said DR..
Tigert, a. tall, lean Southerner, with a de-
lightfnl .drawl. my grandfather was tn.
first president. Of Vanderbilt University. He
was Bishop Fl. N. McTyeire, and they do
say he was the man who went out and got
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt to give q
million dollars with which to found Wander
bilt University. Grandfather McTyeire was
leader in the affairs of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South. He wrote.a complete
history Of Methodism. II
MY father was John James Tigert, Q
bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
south, and a writer Of some note, his works
mostly religious. He was for twelve years
editor Of the Methodist Review in Nashville.
Grandfather was the first president Of Van
derbilt and the first president Of its board
OF trustees. My father was for q time
professor Of mental and moral philosophy in
Vanderbilt and Il was there was born, the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-14

rolled in schools, but ouly Is, OOo, 900 are
in actual attendance The other 5000 600
are either delinquent in attendance or barred
out by the scarcity Of schoolroom facilities
and the dearth Of teachers.
Things are swinging back to normal -
regards teachers" says DR.. Tgert- Tia
teachers are going back to their old jobS
During the war and the high -waS, period
following the war teachers went out Of their
classrooms BY the thousands. But now they
are beginning to come back was. scales
are being adjusted People are out Of work.
Those teachers who were economically forced
out Of their positions during the wsr win
fall back upon their old jobs and be Elad .
get them But they will be better Of than
they formerly were, for the reason thsf
teachers salaries are being increased. II
is right that they should be increased, for
our teachers long have been underpaid.
Yet the teacher must be on the Job IN
order to merit this new increase in salary.
They viii have to be more Efficient The
average elementary school teacher should
be better equipped in point Of education
She should have at least q high school
diploma-that, il nothing else. Asa mat
ter Of fact, she should have a normal school
education or a college education. The nor
NAL school and college graduates generally
rise higher in their profession.
Something must be done in this con.
nection. The demand for teachers for our
high schools is all out Of proportion to th.
available supply. By the latest count we
were II, 900 high school teachers short. Thi,
Administration will work toward this end
Of getting more and better teachers IL
one thing to build new schools and another
thing to put good teachers in those schools.
''0ur rural schools are Inadequate. y.ry
often, out in the country, we find Il t.kes
q country child four or Eve year, 10 ret
what 1t could get in one year in , civ
school. The average length Of the rur,I
school year, too, is too short. It's time TO
take care Of the country schools along with
the city schools."
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first child born In wesley Han, one Of the
large college doSnitories. 30 reckon ! was
Just naturally born to education"
DR.. Tisert began his educational career
in the pubic schools of Kansas City in 1880,
at which time his father was serving %
pastor of the Troost Avenue Church. The
family later moved to Nashville. where the
boy completed his elementary education. BE
then entered the famous old Webb School
at Bellbuckle, Tenn, the founder, Webb,
being known afectionately all over the South
as "old Sawney." Graduated in 1900. the
young man Tigert entered Immediately Van
derbilt University, qualifying for the Latin
and Greek entrance prize. In 1904 he was
selected the first Rhodes scholar from Ten
nessee. In 1907 be took q second class in
the Honor School Of Jurisprudence at Or
ford and received the degree N. A. toIon)
in-1915.
Tisert was an all-around college man,
proficient in other attachments than book
lore. He had time for athletics and won
distinction on the playground. At Wander
biit be. was on the varsity football team
for three years, was an All-Southern full
back, captain elect Of the football team In
1904, for three years on the varsity basket
ball team and captain in 1908. At Oxford
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-14
Dr. John James Teert Neu Commissioner of Education
Points Out Opportunities IN Cinema Instruction in Schools

matter how bright the day, how strong the
sunlight, the picture can be, shown in all
detail without any strain of the eye. with
out drawn window shsde. By means Of
this invention It viii be possible to intro
duce visual education in the public
schools Of the country.
- '' =
A CHAMPION Of modern education, DR..
~ Tigert proposes utilization of every new
instrumentality for, the spread Of education.
Born in college ,dormitory. raised in a
school environment. educated first in domes-
tic and then in foreign schools, the presi.
dent of a college at the are Of twenty seven
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-14
THE MOVIE CAMERA PROFESSOR

movies more readily than the story it ha,
heard from the teachers rostrum-compre.
bending it better and remembering 1t longer.
1t is DR.. Tigert's contention that the Bib.
story unfolded on the film sticks more tena.'
ciously in the juvenile mind. than the Sunday
school lesson explained BY the teacher
at Is an age of pictures" be says, ..and
I, for one, am convinced that for the future
the motion picture Is to forward our cam
paign against illiteracy AZ nothing else that
has been adapted to the schoolroom in this
era Of new-fangled things. Already the
movies have invaded the schoolroom. They
have come to stay and to render US inyalu.
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he represented his college, Pembroke, in
rowing, tennis and cricket and was a mem.
Der OF the Rhodes Scholar baseball
team. =
thoroughly equipped in educational train
ing, he came home from Europe TO assume
Immediately q full professorship-snd be
never fell below that rank. His first POSI-
ton. from 1907 to 1909, was professor Of
philosophy and psychology in Central COL
lege, Fayette, Miss, after which he was
called to the presidency of the Kentucky
Wesleyan College at Winchester, Ken.-st
the. age of. twenty seven years. In 1911 he
accepted the position Of professor Of phiIo-
sophy and psychology in the University Of
Kentucky ut Lexington, Ky. When the
department was divided in 1917 he was
offered his choice of the chairs of philosophy
and psychology and accepted the latter The
position he held until President Harding
nominated him for the national commission.
srkhip Of education. s-. --5,--,
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During the war Or. Tigert took q leave
Of absence and went abroad for service
Serving with the 7. n. c. A. in educational
work be was stationed for q time in the
Forth Of Scotland near the naval bases,
where the mine barrase was laid across the
North Sea from Scotland to Norway. Later
he was transferred In charge Of army edu.
cation at aerodromes In the vicinity Of OK
ford, England, and was then transferred TO
France with headquarters in Paris. With
the formation Of t. Army Educational
Corps he was detailed as q lecturer with the
army Of occupation and served in all the
divisions with the single exception Of the
Forty second One month was spent in the
school center Of the First Division ut ARR
bach, Germany.
The new commissioner Is married and a
the father Of two children. His wife wa.
Edith Jackson Bristol, Of CHICAGO. thu
daughter OF a Western Union Telegraph Co.
superintendent. DR.. Tigert is the author Of
many works, probably his best known work
being In the line Of commercial applications
OF psychology, especially In the field Of the
psycholosy of advertising. He Is a member
OF many educational and scientific orraniza-
IONS. As a lecturer be is widely known al
over the country.
'HE first aim here in the sdministrs-
ton. Of my Office is the same as that
OF my predecessors 10 ofbce-the aim Of
interviewer. The army tests showed con-
ciusiveiy to the public that many thousands
OF our people are deficient in the most eIe-
mentsry points Of education. What ".
must do is to get every single child in the
country into school and see that that child
is given an education"
1t was pointed out that Of 1900 900
children in the country q, O0o, 900 are en-
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mainIIg senses. Too long We have been
using the ear instead Of the eye. I am
for visual edu.Ltion. Man, pre- eminently. u
sightseeing ANIMAL
Six million feet of film made during the
war did more to educate the people to the
needs Of food conservation and the like than
any other agency. With motion pictures,
he believes, it will be possible to ware the
battle against nlite -cy as It has not been
possible with any other educational eouip
ment- Popularized as a recreational and
entertaining medium, the motion picture for
the future will become more and more an
educational medium.
I'm nearly every ma1l town and vir,.,.
anywhere and everywhere you 70 throughout
the country" says DR.. Tigert, you find
the movies. They have come to stay; they
are 4 part Of our life; they are constantly
being enlarged and improved. What can
be done with them as q means Of impartins
knowledge already has been demonstrated: IL
is for Us to utilize them on q larger scala
and adapt them to the peculiar purposes Of
education. Within that celluloid film lie.
the most powerful weapon for the attack
against ignorance the world ever has
known"
In pictures, argues the new Commits.
sioner, there is psychology. What W..
see, in the aggregate, is more impressed
upon the mind than what we hear. The
child who is too Indifferent or too thick
skulled to comprehend the spoken word will
grasp the meaning Of a picture, particularly
when 1t is picture in motion. The child
will remember the story it has seen In the
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able aid. In spreading the doctrines Of
Americanism I know Of no better way to
drive home the truth than with the screen
and the camera. We have 5000, 900 feet Of
film in the department now ready for that
very thing"
For the future It will not be necessary tn
darken the schoolroom for lessons that mr..
70 be imported with the motion pictu,.
camera. DR.. Tigert has seen demonstrated
. new translucent motion picture screen ~
vented oy Thomas A. Edison and others By
means OF which motion picture can be
snoWn Without darkening a room. The new
screen mas been demonstrated to President
naIoins and Government officials and by or.
perS pronounced an unqualified success ~.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-14
By Charles w. Duke

sCGAss In history, attention! The les
~ SON for today begins with the en-
Eaxenent at Belleau Wood in the battle Of
The Name. Watch close now, for We will
have an oral quiz after the review Of this
film"
Cickety-clickl 1t Is the zero hour.
Great guns are shown in action laying down
. baraye against the German entrench-
nents- here Il q closeup Of General
Rrshtnx and his aides. The scene shifts
10 he trenches where the American troops
arc heelins on the firing step awaiting the
word 10 20. Not . comedy but an honest
tD-goodnes trench in actual time of war
faee-
'Ovr the top ID the command. Away
20 the devil hounds" scrambling out Of
the trenches, charging across No Mans
Land he eye Of the camera, lifted over
the edge Of the par.pet, shows the Yankee
fighters IN fun Gy, the battle SCARED
Beneau Wood dimly shown In the back
ground As the Germans retreat and thu
Americans pursue the motion picture
eanera follows on and reveals the marines
In the new position they have occupied, the
trenches held . few minutes ago By the
a
"That WIN be an for this morning." says
teacher. NV for q quiz on what you have
seen Firm the captions and the pictures
you h[' learned all the salient facts Of the
bGttle Of BeIleau Wood. I want to see now
how much of It you remember. Tomorrow
vs VII take up another phase Of the
American drive In France during the sum
mr of 1913"
EOR tie future It Is more than likely that
L history win be taught thus Dr.. John
James Tgert, the new United States Com,
missioner of Education, whom President
Harding recently installed into Office, Is an
ardent advocate Of visual education"
Henceforth, he believes the motion picture
finn and camers VIII play a potent part In
sducaticn-
"Eishty-fve per cent Of an our knovl-
sdse comes b rs through the agency of the
human eye" DR.. Tgert told me when 1
called on him In Washington the other day.
Mine per cent filters in through the ear
and the other 8 per cent through the re-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

New York, Feb. es.-EiEhty millions
of Lutherans and innumerable other
Protestants. IT was announced here to-
day by the National Lutheran Council.
will participate in a world wide cclo-
bration on April Il of the 4e0th ami
yersary of the arraisnment OF Martin
Luther before the Diet at Worms.
When Luther nailed his ninety-fiye
theses upon the door of the University
OF Wittcnberg and refused to recant
his alleged heresies despite the threat
of cxcommunication," says the state
ment of the council. ''hc helped TO
usher in modern religious and civil
liberty. DcnouncinS as tyranny the
cnslayement of Christian conscience,
the daunticss monk declared the Bible
to be the only infalliblc rule of faith
and practice and closed his defense
with the words: There / stand /
can do naucht otherwise. So help me
God, Amen"
The main purpose OF tho celebration.
1t is stated, is to obtain "A clearer un
dcrstandirg OF how Lutherans and
Christians OF other denominations
thruout the world may become more
effective in bringing Gods Will to bear
world conditions" To this end, special
congregational services viii be held on
Sunday, April II, and at y. IN. on
that day. the hour when Luther was
summoned to confront his judges, all
Christians are invited TO read tho
scriptures, mediate and pray for
purity and unity OF tho Christian
faith. effectiveness In all good work
and tho advancement OF true Christian
liberty, brotherhood and universal
good will
A message from tho council. ad-
dressed to the Luthcrans OF every land
recommended the gusdriccntenary as
"a fitting time to review the benefits
inherited from Luthor's unshukable
utteranccs. The tribunal before which
Luther appeared was tho most impos-
ing lsscmblagc OF church and state
potcutatcs that could have been gath
cred anywhere in the world at that
time" 1t continued:
IA century earlier John Huss ap-
pcurcd before such body under very
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

medieval monk. 1t was born in the
last quarter of the 18th century on the
Atlantic seaboard OF the North
American continent. And now. in
this first quarter of the 10th century
10y the grace OF God it is coming to
full maturity all over the world"
Tho program for the celebration will
include, beside special GATHERINGS in
churches and halls, by congregations,
womcn's organizations, young peoples
societies and mems brotherhoods
otl1s. features such as Sunday school
exercises. music of the Reformation
period and street pageants. Large art
posters and a quadricentenary hand
book syrnbolizins Luthcr's work will
be dstribuatcd.
Messages from Luthorans in every
walk Of life thruout the world will be
read at most OF the meetings. They
Will be received by the council hero
and after being compiled Will be sent
broadcast to all churches. The mess
ages win he confined to these topics:
THE influence OF Luthcr's stand at
Worms on subsequent individual
church and civil life An estimate Of
the successes and failures OF Protest
antism and tho reasons. Tho success
scs and failures OF the Lutheran
church and the reasons and the means
by which Christianity may he made
more cffcctual in its work for man
kind -
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

Chicago. Feb. 2s.-Thc Intimate story
OF the initial settlement OF the CEN
trail west is being laid out at the Uni
vcrsity of Chicago so that for the first
time he. whose time is brief, may read
just bringing to close. eight years
OF work on the arrangement of col
lection regarded here as unqucstion-
ably the best OF its kind.
Thru the acquisition OF this material
and the way in which it has been made
readily usablc the university libra
rians believe that Chicago hereafter
viii he ono OF tho chief centcrs. II
not the first, for the study of tho
history of the opening of tho Amcri-
can west. The collection and the work
on it has thus far cost the university
more than $4,000.
II is to the history of Kentucky.
the first state TO be organized west
of t. Alleghanies. that the univer-
sity's treasures chiefly relate. Its
thanks for there being such collee-
ton belong to Col Reuben L. Durrctt.
n Louisville editor who gathered
everything about, Kentucky that he
could lay his hands on.
In many another western or south
crn state such acquisitions might have
an interest chiefly local. but the fact
that when tho Virginia cmicrants
crossed the mountains into kcntucks
they began the opening of the west.
gives their diaries. journals and doc
umcnts peculiar significance.
Among the chief prizes OF the col
lection are the minutes of the last five
conventions at which the Kentucky
settlers asked for statehood. Between
1881 and l7ss they held no less than
IL conventions. The records of the
last district convention, at which tho
first state constitution in the west was
al 10 h, =,
arcralso the papers of the first west
crn governor. Isaac Shelby.
One of the choice exhibits of the col
lection consists OF a. plea for sup
port OF tho adoption of the constitu-
ton of the United States addressed by
kcntuckians. At that carly date Ken
tucky was a part of Virginia. and
Madison wrote Col. George Nicholas, "A
Nirginian going west. urging him To
get the Kentucky counties to send fav-
orable Delegates to the Virginia con-
Ncntion that was to consider adop-
ton OF tho federal constitution. Ed
ward a. Henry in charge OF tn. col
lection, reports these letters have new
or been published.
More than 200 gallons of whisky
we're subscribed for the support of ono
Of kcntucty's carly ministers. accord
ing to one of tho curiosities of tho
collection. This is subscription list,
passed around in 1907. for the Rcv.
Joshua Lacy Wilson. Presbyterian
clergyman Of Bardstown. Ky. The
pledges totallcd pounds sterling. 2ss
shillings. 700 pounds of flour, 1i2O
pounds OF pork. % yards of linen. 100
pounds of beef, 6s bushels of wheat and
222 gallons of whisky. Whether or not
tho Rev. Mr.. Wilson considered the
subscription Inadequate or not is no.
recorded. but he removed the Same
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27
SOW000Q LUTHERANS CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY DIET AT WORMS

similar charges and was burned at the
stake. Luther knew that but he went
tearlessly forward to the test. lie
knew that his writings gave express
sion to the deepest ycarnings of null
titudcs of pious souls among his coun-
tryrnen. He had arrived at new
principle of religious authority He
definitely rejected all authority except
the Word Of God in matters OF rclis
ion. With the dramatic scene at
Worms, Luther burned all bridges
behind him.
The incident contributed another
principle that is vital TO the modern
world: The principle of separate
functions for church and state; the
only principle that guarantees freedom
OF conscience right OF private judS-
mont and religious liberation.
Times not yet born were listening.
Thus the spirit OF modern liberty was
conceived in the first quarter OF the
18th century in the rugged soul OF
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27
KEEP URIC ACID
OUT OF JOINTS
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers 20
Eat Loss Meat and Take
Salts.

Rheumatism is easier to avoid than
TO cure, states a woll-known authority.
We arc c-adviscd to drcss warmly: keep
tho feet dry; avoid exposure: cat less
meat; hut drink plenty. OF good water.
Rhcumatisn is n direct result of
eating too much meat and other rich
foods that produce uric acid which is
absorbed into the blood. 1t is tho
function of tho kidneys to nltor this
acid from tho blood and cast II out In
the urine. the pores or tho skin are
also a means OF freeing tho blood of
this impurty. In damp and chilly
cold weather the skin pores are closed
thus forcing the kidneys to do double
work. they become weak and sluggish
and fail to eliminate tho uric acid
which kccps accumulatinE and circu-
lating through the system. eventually
settling in tho joints and muscles
causing stiffness. soreness and pain
called rheumatism.
1T the first twinEo OF rheumatism
got from any ph7-macy about four
ounceo Of lad salts; put tablespoon
fore breakfast each morning for q
week. This Ia said to eliminate uric
acid by stimulating tho kidneys to
normal action, thus riddlng tho blood
of these impurities.
Jad Salts * inexpensive, harmless
and Is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon Juice. combined with lithia
and is used with excellent results by
thousands NJ folks who are subject to
rheumatism.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27
UNIVERSITY COLLECTING HISTORY
SETTLEMENT OF MIDDLE WEST

year to Cincinnati, where from 1907 to
1876 he was pastor Of tho First Pres
bytcrian church and a pillar of west
crn Prcsbytcrianism. The university
has his papers.
Tho most complete record of the
Spanish conspiracy" which sought to
dctach n great part of tho west for
Spain. leading to the final disgrace OF
Aaron Burr. to he found in this coun-
try. Is here Tho university has also
every printed history OF Kentucky. Ak
well as many in manuscript and a
great number OF diaries of carly set
tiers and travellers.
James ]. Davis. the Pittsburgh bank
or who has been mentioned for tho
post of Secretary OF Labor in tho next
Cabinet. is n Wclshman by birth and
began his career in America some
twenty-five years ago as an iron pud-
dlcr in rolling mill in Birmingham,
Ala.