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The New York herald., 1922-10-08
RED AGITATORS
PREY ON ALIEN
The Immigrant Is Corrupted if Posi-
bic as Soon as He Lands by Fellow
Countrymen Who Preach Discon-
tent and Work for Revolution
By INVESTIGATOR.

ton. The formation of the Workerss
party is the result of such an effort.
The Communist party of America can,
therefore, have but one attitude toward
1t, which is active support of its pro-
gram and activities"
Thus the secret paper of the Com.
munist party-for it's place of publi-
cation and circulation are secret
tells the true story of the formation
of the Workers party. which is in
turn indorsed by C. L. Ruthenberg.
executive secretary of the Workers
party, when addressing the first ma
tional convention OF the Young Work.
ers' League.
THE Workers party Is building a
new and unified organization" said
Ruthenberg, having but one purpose.
and that is to fight the revolutionary
struggle. to fight the struggle to es-
tablish a Soviet republic in the United
States, and it's tactics and purpose are
those of the Communist Interna-
tional."
A pleasant thought. A republic
founded in America on "the tactics
of the Communist international" Inn
possible, you will say, and rightly. but
the germs of this malignant disease
have spread through the coal fields
and railway shops of this country. and
are gaining new victims at an alarm
ing rate.
The Worker, an organ OF revolu-
tionary working class expression. is
published weekly in English by the
Workers party in New York. This
paper was formerly The Toilcr. but
it now completely controlled by the
Communists, who publish seven other
papers in foreign tongues. each carry
ing its bitter denunciation of our
Government and advocating a Com
munist rule in the United States.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08

still flames on so undeniably Latin
that each years graduating class is
made up of poets. politicians and phar-
macists.
Once upon time. four years ago.
our high school classes were conducted
in an old Spanish fort with grass
grown moat. But "the" earthquake
left only a single tottering wall--and
we moved into an old rambling Span
ish dwelling. The stained crumbling
walls of my classroom are suggestive
of ancient mural decoration and a
recent tidal wave. Other cities boast
of beautiful model school buildings OF
long cool corridors and perfect rooms.
But having drunk from the enchanted
fountain of Columbus on our pueblo
/ must linger spellbound in this ro-
mantle spot.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Mrs. Grundy Not a Myth
but a Washington Woman

In an old play called Speed the
Plow" there was constantly referred
to a character who never once APP
peared in it. She was Mrs. Grundy,
whose criticism, always sharp and
spiteful, every other character in the
piece feared. What will Mrs. Grundy
say?" was the catch word. To most
people this mythical woman was the
original OF the famous character. but
the annals of Washington tell of an
other, a veritable Mrs Grundy. wife of
United States Senator Grundy, who
aspired to rule, society in the capital
after the manner OF n martinez. sub
jecting not only morals but manners
and dress to rigid criticism.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Small Membership Among
English Speaking Workers

To the credit of the real American
workingman it must be stated that
the April issue of the Communist
says: "We have a very small English
speaking membership-less than 20
per cent of the total" This makes II
easy TO understand why the Com
munist papers are mostly published in
foreign languages and why the acts
committed during the recent strikes
were almost entirely the deeds OF for
eigners.
The Communist party itself. which
takes its orders direct from Moscow.
is divided into two parts: the under
ground and the open political party
THE underground or illegal Commun-
ist organizations" says article % OF
the Second Congress Of the Com-
munist International, must make the
fullest use OF the possibilities offered
by the legal labor movement i'm order
10 become by means OF intensive party
activity the real leader Of the great
revolutionary masses" In other words
the underground party must be ready
TO do the dirty work Of wrecking
trains massacring miners. &C. which
the legal party has made possible But
how. you may ask. can this legal party
function? For the Communist itself
admits nothing is more certain than
that the Communist party cannot have
a legal existence in the United states
at the present time"
However. tho Car OF all the COM
munists. seated. literally. in the throne
room OF the Car of All the Russias.
has ordered legal party in the United
states. and his word is law. Hence
the sudden birth of a new radical
party in America last December
known as the Workers party-noth-
ing more nor less than the legal part
OF the Communist party
The members of the Workers party
will tell you that this is untrue; that
they have no direct connection with
the Communist party But the hearty
Endorsement OF the Workers party by
the Communists tells the tale.
Being the revolutionary vanguard
Of the American working class" says
the Communist. "the Communist party
of America is chiefly interested in the
development of political mass move
ment OF fighting workers. II seems
it's main duty at the present time Is
in promoting and influencing every
sincere effort made 3 the above direc-
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Paintings of Clipper
Ships Are in Demand

The American clipper ship arrived in
the year 1850 and changed the Eas;
India trade as thoroughly as the steam
ship was to do later. In Salem and
Boston there were many. old sailors
who never believed in the clipper build.
But 1t became the popular model with
young enterprising merchants in "A
short time. Paintings os the famous
clipper ships are in demand always,
and II is still common advertisement
to read in Boston and New York
papers: Misunderstanding and prints
of clipper ships
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Having Placed Boy in School
Don't Interfere With Him

To this | would in many instances
like to add a corollary. I.think it If
have not always the hardihood to utter
it TO foolish father. The corollary is
this: After you have placed your boy
in prep school that you have thor
oughly examined. leave him there to
derive all its possible benefits Don't
interfere with his plan of study nor
with his routine of sport don't go to
see him too often, but let him grow
elf-dependent. If he has grievances
listen to them sympathetically and
then analyze them with the boy. They
may dissolve in the strong acid of rea-
son. Let him learn economy and
something about banking principles by
making him depend on the small
amount you put in the school bank for
MIN for kis sodas, and other little
qualifications and don't, don't send him
cakes, candies, sweets, delicacies of
any kind that will only make him i'll
and envied."
And after SO many "don'ts" a do"
should follow; it is this. when a father,
wise or foolish. has found that the
prep" school of his choice is doing all
IL could be asked to do and that it is
making a real man of his boy. a man
who recognizes his responsibility
toward his fellows and is learning TO
carry them out generously, don't In
terfere with this quiet and sure prog
ress by taking him out of this school
and transferring him to another. That
is a do" that will tremendously help
the boy and it's easy. Just leave him
alone.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Prep" Schools Have Changed
Greatly in Twenty Years

Now, things have changed in the
matter of preparatory schools in the
last twenty years. There used to be
but few to choose from and one of
these trained boys for Yale, another
for Harvard, still another for Dart
mouth, &c. There are hundreds of
good preparatory schools to-day. and
while their seniors choose at the start
what college they are going to, per-
haps no two of the twenty or thirty
graduates have chosen the same col
lege. Each one of these prep" schools
offers something particular, and it is
the duty of the wise parent to study
these offerings and choose a school for
his boy.
You can't do that very wisely at the
last moment and over the telephone.
There is no lack of schools aud
father and mother have to decide
which one is best suited to their par
ticular boy. The old schools have
changed in method and curriculum.
Are they better or worse? A wise
father thinks it over very carefully
and will go up to look at the school,
not merely once but several times
And he will talk his boy over frankly
with the headmaster.
That's the kind of father head
master concerned for the success of
his school likes to have to deal with,
for it means that the boy when he has
entered will be exactly the right kind
of boy. BY this time the boy is 13 or
IA and his father has weighed and
measured the various advantages and
disadvantages of various schools. So
has the boy. He has read prospectuses
and he knows what to expect. He is
well stocked with the requirements
when he comes up in June for his en-
trance examinations; he realizes how
long he will be here and where he is
going from here, to what college,
that is.
And the headmaster knows that. too
and prepares him for that special COL
lege. He cannot lay out a royal road
but he can macadamize the road, which
need not be dusty or dreary.
With here and there an exception
but so seldom occurring as to be
college. And all our prep boys are
taught from the first class to the
senior class along the lines of instruc-
ton that lead to success in the eX-
amnations of the particular college
chosen for an "alma mater" BY this
l mean that we don't wait till our boys
are seniors here and then cram into
them what they need to get into Yale
Harvard, Princeton or whatever col
lege.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Market Bargaining Goes On
lust Outside the Door

Romance especially early on mar
ket days when the barefooted country
men for miles around gather just out
side the classroom door and swap
goats and pigs In Porto Rican mar
ket no negotiation comes to an end
without much rapid fire of the Latin
tongue and perpetual motion of the
Latin arm. Thank heaven for the
energy expended in pantomimel At
length, however, the bargain is made
and the new owner sits down on our
doorstep TO fasten together poor
pigey's four feet that he may be car
ried homo as casually as a dinner pail.
The remonstrance is earsplitting. The
little kids also add to the babel. chant
ing pathetically for the mother goats
The New York herald., 1922-10-08

the shoulder to shoulder toy houses,
out from the cool hidden patios of the
cement houses, come the many chill
dien answering the school bell as If it
were the Piper's music. Thus have /
watched them these three years as
pedagogue in Porto Rico-and mar
veled much as to how ten or more
children can possibly emerge so clean
and starched from one room hut.
Marveled also to see the dusky daugh-
ter Of the poor peon and the daughter
of the fortune favored Spaniard bend
ing together over the same geometry
problem at the same desk. Marveled
again to watch them solve problems,
from chemistry to Cesar, with only
black coffee for inward inspiration.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
By A HEADMASTER.

r SHOULD like to begin my talk
about fathers l have met by the
= ringing of my telephone bell on
the morning of the day that fall term
opens. My secretary announces an
out of town call and that l am per-
sonally asked for / take the wire and
hear:
I'm Mr.. So and So; I've got boy
who needs to go to school. People
tell me you run a good school. Shall
bring him up?"
Perhaps l should particularize that
the school where I am headmaster
is an hour by express train out of New
York and twenty minutes by motor
from the station. 1 try to put this
man. whose name is known to nearly
everybody, off by telling him over the
telephone that his request is not
merely belated, but inconvenient to
satisfy owing to the extraordinary de-
mands on my time on the beginning
day of term. Naturally | say this
politely, and as matter of course my
excuses are lost on him, as ! knew by
former experience they would be. Only
a denial amounting to prohibition
would keep him from coming. His
affairs are. after all, as important to
him as mine are to me, and / cannot
tell him how supremely foolish he has
been to leave the great question of his
sons education to the last moment.
But q consider) it may be his first
moment of leisure, and ] also take the
boy into the consideration. He may
be just the chap we want in my school,
although with such father U'm al
ready visualizing the man), doubt 1t.
Still, a good prep school is intended,
broadly speaking. to overcome some of
the follies of parents and with smile
and a sigh l submit. Let him come
and bring his boy.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Formerly
Held in an Old
FortW ere Forced
by an Earthquake
to Move
BY ESTHER DOW
In Wellesley AIumnae Quarterly.

TN a little narrow amphitheater be-
stween rocky scarped hills and
\ bay of tropical blue dreams, old
world Aquadilla - poor, untidy. hea
ridden, picturesque. Tiny palm
thatched huts. appearing to have
scrambled half way up the steep hill
sides and to have become tired of the
struggle, lean against the rocks or
hide their poverty under flaming POM
settia bushes. Below, along the
crooked, gossipy. narrow streets, paste
boardlike toy houses in toy paint box
colors stand shoulder to shoulder
Here and there. little more apart,
yet in neighborly nearness. are proud
ly modest mansions OF cement with
ornate balconies.
Down over the stiltlike stairs OK
the tiny huts, out from the cracks OF
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Colleges Ought to Be Glad
nf "pren" Perruit

The colleges say: "Give us the high
school boys" and they have never
eulogized the private schools, yet it is
my opinion that owing to the very
careful preparation given to the re-
cruits we send them the work of the
colleges is prodigiously simplified in
turning out better classicists, better
scientists and what is far more, better
men. There are more private school
boys in nearly all standard colleges
than come from other schools. and this
has made change in the colleges that
corresponds possibly to the changes
wrought here. 1t could hardly be
otherwise since we are the training
ground of the college and have it ever
in mind.
A generation ago boys as rule did
not go to boarding school and fewer
matriculations were made at the ages
of 16 and II than now. By the willing
ness of parents to share the earlier
years of their boys with the private
schools the boys. l think, gain many
advantages; they start their college
life earlier and better than that, which
may not always seem advisable, they
start trying to be men earlier than
they used to.
What l say TO a father when he asks
me for advice about his boy is this.
and / shall have to make a part of it
repetition: Make up your mind
early that your boy is going to college
and choose the college, then select the
best preparatory school for that par
ticular boy
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Rich and Poor Children
Side by Side in School

The Latin temperament needs no
such combustible as that. yet thus fed
1t comes pcll nell into the school
room. laughing arguing, chattering in
cessantly. And the process begins.
She who will tonight dance at the
Governors ball and she who will sit
by n tiny smoky lamp sewing blouses
for New York houses; he who has
his coffee served royalty as Mon
seigneur's glad chocolate cup to his
lips" and he who helps his father to
grind little sugar cane for "refresco"
to be sold in dirty glasses at the
corner of the plaza for a penny--to-
pcthor they study and help each other
in noisy social fashion. one thing in
disputable they have in common--their
boasted Latin temperament. And that,
though fed by Anglc-saxon textbooks,
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Fault of Fathers Seen
Without a Magniher

Few of the fathers are so foolish as
this one, but while the faults of par
ents in general are not so glaring they
are distinct enough to be seen by a
headmaster without a magnifying
glass.
Don't imagine that / think head
masters are wiser, or less prone to
human errors than other men. They
are not But if they could provide
grandparents with the primary grade
of instruction and this knowledge
should filter down to parents. the
headmasters would have an easier time
of it and accomplish greater results.
The silly or stupid father, | am
happy to say, is decreasing in num-
Der. and from deductions taken up TO
date / am sanguine enough to believe
that father with average common
sense is taking his place.
There are two kinds of boys that
come to my school. the right kind and
the other kind. The first is the chap
who from the beginning of under
standing knew he was going to col
lege as soon as he was old enough
and sufficiently prepared. He knew
too, the college he was going to. II
was Dads college. He and Dad had
talked about 1t constantly; he knew
the names of Dads classmates, knew
a good many of the men themselves,
he was prouder Of Dads football and
baseball trophies than was that gentle
man himself and, in fact, with his
growth grew up that thought Of col
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
How Little Some Fathers
Know Their Sons Is Seen

Many fathers come to me and un-
consciously admit that they don't
know their sons at all we'll There is
always one thing sure to be said by
these foolish parents, and l hide a
to the reiteration.
Says this stupid father, who holds
his young hopeful by the hand: "One
thing / can say, and that is that my
boy never lies. He doesn't know how
to lie"
! have been headmaster for nine
teen years and I'm proud and fond
of nearly all my boys. past and pres
ent, but I've never met one who
wouldn't lie. It's natural for a little
fellow to lie, often it's a lie for self
protection, more often it's a lie caused
by pure nervousness. Kids as we'll as
men bristle up when they are called
liars and their determination then is TO
keep it up. But have found by making
a distinction between the lie and the
liar they come quickly to an open
confession. III other words. we throw
the sin where it belongs and we don't
single out the sinner for condemna-
ton. In too many cases we have to
do this db oUo. In dealing with boy
of wise parentage we should only be
finishing what his parents began. Don't
think we try to make boy over in
every case; far from it, when he
brings good from his home we are de-
lighted to allow him to keep it.
There are fathers who argue with
us as to the training we give, but
these are in a minority. What they
feel, too often, and what is hardest to
overcome in its influence on the boy, is
indifference. In cases we would often
feel like rejecting an applicant if the
father were his only advocate. But we
don't What we say is: Let us see
your lad. let us talk with him; maybe
we'll find that we like him" And de-
spite the prejudice the foolish father
sometimes arouses we do like the lad;
we take him and he makes good.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Tried to Fix Educational
Scheme Between Trains

They arrive The lad is a quiet,
gentlemanly little man, overdressed
but simple in manner. His father
well. l can best describe .his type by
saying that he arrived at lao and
expected to take the 2:19 back to town,
leaving his boy in my charge and
having settled what he calls the
whole shooting match
Questions about the schools his son
had already attended he permits his
son to answer. and it is doubtful if
the father even knew what the pre-
liminary education had been. Ques-
college he wishes To prepare for, what
indications he has given about his
work in life are brushed aside as being
merely time wasters. Here's the boy,
here's the school, bring the two to-
gether and roild!
The theory this father. who couldn't
precisely define the source of his
knowledge of the school, however
scanty, was working on was that
money bought education. He had the
money and offered it literally, his son
either would get the education or he
wouldn't, that wasn't his affair.
With difficulty / kept myself from
uttering the conviction that with such
a father odds were in favor of the
wouldn't" And / felt truly sorry for
the lad when he had to go back to
town with his father. That boy be-
gins life handicapped.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
FINDS PARENTS
OFTEN RISK SONS FUTURE

eprivate schools and the rule has been
that boys go there younger and
younger each succeeding year. We
are getting more like England in this.
Personally 1 feel that there is gain in
this. but especially is there gain for
the boy of IL years whose father as
matter of course asked what kind of
a pipe to buy him.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Many Expect to Decide AI-Impor-
tant Problem Of Boys Education
in the Most Casual Way Between
Trains, Believing That Money VIII
Supply All Deficiencies

lege Already as a prep he is loyal
child of that college.
And before that, say at the age of
ten, the father proudly sees that his
boy is measuring up to what he had
hoped for and he begins to cast about
for the right prep school that will
keep these ideals glowing warm.
The New York herald., 1922-10-08

cessful prep" school, and until boy
understands it his education isn't even
begun. He ought to have understand
ing long before he comes here, but
often we hear boy say:
IF father hadn't always given in to
me things might be different" That's
a terrible thing for father to hear
or it should be.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-22
ARTELLS DICKSON
sings At ROTARY
Baritone Pleases Club Men,
bers; "On to Muskogee"
Continues as Slogan.

Artells Dickson. young baritone Of
New York entertained Rotary Club
members AZ the regular Wednesday
noon luncheon session at Hotel Ard
more lie was accompanied by Mrs.
w. Il. Tyer, pianist. In addition TO
his selections, the club sang num-
Der of Rotary songs
Plans for the attending of the dis
trict conference at Muskogee 30-3l
We're discussed. \ majority Of the
club members have signified their in.
tention of being present at what Is
being termed the biggest and best
conference ever held in the 18th dis
trict.' Ardmore Ronrians. their
wives and scout troop, go to the
conference In a special train which
leaves here Wednesday night. March
The 29th.
Olin Wolvfrton was the speaker OF
the day. giving a 3-minute talk on
Rotary" i A. Lloyd was received
as member of the club.
AT the conclusion OF the meeting n
photograph Of the club membership
was taken.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-22
Mrs. Church Goes To
WOOdfOrd For Work

on Friday Mrs. Minnie b. Church
county home demonstration, will meet
with the Parent-Teacher club at Wood
ford. Organization of a Home Demon.
stration club win be perfected at
Woodford on March 81.
At a most enthusiastic community
meeting at Cannon during the past
week Mrs. Church weighed and meas.
ured The school children. Two chill.
dren were found TO be greatly under.
weight. one weighing u pounds less
than normal and the other 20 pounds
less The attention Of the mothers
was called to the condition and they
Immediately agreed on all plans for
the change in diet OF the children.
The children win be weighed again in
April
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-22
AUSTIN FAMILIES
RACE WITH BLAZE

AUSTIN. Texas.-Two Austin iam'
lilies had a race with a small forest
fire near Austin sunday. j. o. Sau-
land and family and J. b. Lang ana
family had been on n Sunday outing
when. late in the day, they found
themselves in the midst of n burning
cedar brakes Then came the race.
They were hemmed in on three sides
by the burning brakes and the only
avenue Of escape with the road TO
Austin. both sides Of which were veri'
table roaring furnaces. The road was
wide and the families in two ahtomo-
blles succeeded in reaching Austin, but
with blistored faces and hands. The
enamel on the ears was baked ana
cracked from the fire.
The fire is reported TO have burned
over a strip eight miles long and 200
yard wide.