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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10

and unwisdom of the so-callcd sys-
tenn Of "certiication" of public
school teachers are being comment
ed upon unfavora5ly by school au-
thorities, by school committeeman,
oy patrons and by teachers them
selves. 1t was merely a fad when
:cnceived-it is a monumental farce
Today. The forthcoming general as
;enbly, taking counsel of the expen-
sive n,ake-shift and fad, could do a
genuine benefit to the rural public
schools by kicking the unworthy
thing out of the back door once for
al.
There has not been found, and nev-
er will be, way to placate what ma
:ure has done. No mechanism yet in
rented and assembled, no theory yet
advanced or dreamed of, no system
7et evolved, can make real teach
" out of some people, no matter II
hey have taken every degree from
Ill of the favored (stardardized)
schools combined and in turn bagged
very "unit" in existence, conceived,
.vented or imagined.
Yet under the law, this : being at
empted. By the operation Of this
,crt:fcation fad there are teachers
oday, who are drawing $4,000 per
Month salary (twenty days to the
: Month and five hours to the day.,
yho persist IN saying in polite society
md in the school room "between you
nd ~ and "daddy brought sister
md l." and kindred evidences of such
acl of education yet they are "grad-
lated" from the standardized schools
ecognized by the certifcation ma
hine. Over against this are teach
rs of fine personality, of great in
crest in childhood. who never bobbed
heir hair and always wore dresses
lenty long at the bottom and plenty
Ugh at the top, who never saw in one
the standardized schools or made
he acquaintance of the holy and ter
:ble 'units," who have inspired hun
reds of boys to get a proper vision
+ the meaning of life and to press
onward educationaliy, have been de-
AIRED or disgusted ~ this certifca-
ION fad and driven from an active
anticipation in the educational ell
eavor of the state.
By the tyranny Of the butchered,
leorized and centralized provisions
f the school law, the local authori-
les, when called to account for their
.ck Of functioning in a satisfactory
,anner, say their "hands are tied by
ne Raleigh folks" and it is impossi-
lie to do otherwise. If the educa
ional department at Raleigh csrbin-
i all the educational, medical and
xpert knowledge of the centuries,
ley cannot, by any college record or
tendance upon summer schools and
ping the little theoretical stunts an
ually prescribed and counting cum
s" CHATS the long suit of the mod
rn educational leader) say who will
AXE competent and efficient teach
in Frogpen district, or in any other
.hool district. If your county sup
,rintendent Of schools is worth S3,-
20 per annum and entitled TO a
900 clerk to assist him IN his ardu-
rs work, then that same official has
ense enough to ascertain who is
ual;fed to teach in his several dis
riots without referring the matter to
ficials at Raleigh, some of whom
robahly themselves could not give
abstraction in the rural school room.
This certifcation business is all
osh, expensive bosh.
Now / hope no one will misunder-
.tand my position in this matter. 1
% not endorse all that this fellow
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10

Somehow, I have felt that there
need to have eur system of cert::fica
ton of teachers just a little simplf
fed. In the frs: place there are to
many varieties of certificates an
then this thing Of credits and unit
and hours just keeps me puzzled al
the while. You must have credit 70:
so many hours a week, or it may B.
units, and so many subjects and then
you can get certificate, that is ii
you have sufficient units. It is a,
right TO have some sort of standard
and requirement but it seems to M
that there should be emphasis laid OF
something else besides units and
hours. A central state board is 6
good thing, it relieves the county su
perintendent Of a lot of work ant
worry and then at the same tim;
causes him a great deal Of worry TO
keep up with the units. It has occur
red to me that an applicant Nigh!
have an abundance of units and yet
be utterly unfit to teach children, ant
really not knowsa great deal. may
be mistaken, but this part of ou.
school law, along with the rest Of !,
needs to be rewritten. And some
practical man or woman who has hac
to deal with its application should
have something to do with the rewrit-
ing. We should have a mixture OF
theory with a modicum OF common,
sense. / read the article which am
going TO print in this connection
from the Uplift in the Charlotte OBJ
server. l want you to read it and
then give the subject some thought.
The Observer says the author is a
practical and successful teacher in
the schools Of North Carolina.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10

went on by jolly Street and made
brief stop here just to look in and
see what the enrolment is. They need
a few more in two of the rooms to
comply with the law as to enrolment,
and I understand that there are few
children of the school age that have
not yet entered, and there are few
to move in the district and they tell
me there will be no trouble about
complying with this provision of the
law. The attendance has been fine.
There seems to be someone who has
been abusing the building and l can
not believe it is the children. l am
going to call the attention OF the
trustees to it and request them to
give warning that this is school prop
erty and must be taken care OF and
not abused any more than would be a
church or a private home. The locks
are broken of the doors and the
property otherwise needs to have q
little care taken Of it. l am sure II
those who undertake to prize open
doors and who break locks would only
stop to think they would not DO It.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10
o o o o o . ., o o o o o o
AMONG THE SCHOOLS

Friday and Saturday Of last wee
were taken up with the examination
Of applicants for teachers certii
Gates. The number was small thi
year. | had only six, five young VIC
men and one young man. feel tha
all cf them are going to pass tn:
year. There were eighteen negro ap
plicants.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10

From Jolly Street I drove on dow.
to Pomaria. I did rot go to visit the
school but to confer with the trus-
tees ard the trustees of the St. Johns
school to see if arrangements could
be made to transfer the children
from St. Johns to Pomaria. hope
snat such an arrangement has been
made, and that the children will be
transferred at once. Il would give
these children at St. Johns the bene-
fit of high school, and that is what
we must consider, what is best for all
the children.
F.. II. A.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10

Now l hope no one will misunder-
.tand my position in this matter. I
% not endorse all that this fellow
:ays, but l have been just a little
.gainst all this "bosh" about units;
nd hours and credits and so en-. Now
am in favor Of our state bureau Of
hammers and think the establish
1ent Of this board was a good thing,
nd the board is doing a good work
helping in standardizing the pro-
'ession of teaching, ard l am sure
ney will soon get rid of much of the
ed tape and get where we.can really
ell, as e" - .? examination can
ell, W.. . 81, to ia! teachers. We
lave an excellent board and the
members have been of great help to
re in the work am trying to do for
she schools and the children of this
ounty. The only thing that gets me
'ometimes is when they come to talk
ng about units and credits and hours
when I know that some applicant
Who may be shy one unit is great
leal better teacher than some who
nave units to spare. But then l guess
here must be some sort Of measure
c,ent or standard just like we say that
takes sixteen ounces to make a
pound, and | guess / should not say
anything about the units, but seri-
ously there is one thing shat the
BOARD should have, it seems to me,
hat is somewhere on these eEamina-
ton papers, and that is a statement
from the county board as 20 he per-
sonnel and disposition and-Oh,
don't know just what l would Ike u
lay, but ! mean this, that sometimes
an applicant may stand perfect ex-
animation in the questions submitted
by the board and yet be utterly un-
suited to teach children, while an
other may not answer half the Qnes-
tons that are pat to her and be Q
most excellent teacher, ard while the
county board might 5e mistaken in
these matters yet knowing personally
Evening star., 1922-05-19
FIRM TONE seen
ON CURB MARKET

By Special Leased Wire to The Star.
NEW YORK, May ia generally
firm tone was displayed on the curb
exchange during greater part Of
the session today. A number of, issues
established new high records,
Business was larger than in months.
especially in some of the low priced
issues. Commission houses were ac-
tive and purchased on balance.
Oil shares were prominent, with
Mexican Seaboard in excellent de-
mand. Woodley made a new high
record on buying by southern iiI1f r.
ests identified with the company on
expectations of the completion Of new
wells over the week end.
Announcement that the Producers
Petroleum caused a sharp rise in the
latter. Cities Service old common
stock rose several points and advances
were general in the remainder Of
the oils. Imperial Oil Of Canada was
one of the exceptions, at one time
showing a loss of several points.
Motors In Better Demand.
There was better demand for some
of the motor issues, Daniels establish
ing a new high record and REQ NOV
ing upward The radio stocks were
in better demand with Dubilier the
leader. Phillip Morris made new top
and there was a good demand for
profit-sharing and tobacco products
exports. Some of the inactive issues
were lower at one time. Schultz show
ing a rather sharp loss and Swift
International reacting after early
ceded after advancing in the first
hour
Evening star., 1922-05-19
DIVIDENDS.
DRY GOODS BRoADENs.
Trading Is Active With Prices
Holding Firm.

NEW YORK. May 1s {SpeciaD.-
The market for cotton goods is broad
ening as the tendency Of recent price
advance to be maintained. becomes
more sapparept. The demand for
,sheetings continued active today with
the bag trade taking goods for spot
and delivery well along into midsum-
mer. Orders for the standard width
print cloth constructions were not SO
large In size but were of satisfactory
volume. Lrills, twills and sateens all
were active and firm and there was
also considerable business done in
hne combed yarn goods at current
prices.
The raw silk market was strong in
sympathy with the activity and hrm-
ness shown in the oriental primary
centera. Thrown silk was more ac-
tive locally.
Evening star., 1922-05-19
u. q. TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Col
Selling checks-dollar values at noon today
Evening star., 1922-05-19
LEAF TOBACCO MARKET,

ceipts fell on to $50 hogsheads, sales
increased to 22z hogsheads. of which
q considerable proportion were French
grades.
Prices per 100 pounds-Inferior and
frosted, 3.08a5.00; sound common.
6. 6.00a1O.00; good common. 11.00a17 90;
medium, ls.00a30N0: good to fine red,
rs1. .00a45.00;, fancy, 4s.e0a5o.00; sec
onds, common to medium, 5.00a17.oo
seconds, good to fine, 1S.00a30.0o; bay
tobacco. fire-cured, 15.00a55.00: upper
country, air-cured, nominal: ground
leaves, new. 2.00a3.00.
Evening star., 1922-05-19
sTuDEBAKER EARNINGS HIGH

NEW YORK, May 19.-Interests iden-
titled with Studebaker' Corporation re-
veal that it's earnings are at the rate Of
$40 a year. In this years first quarter
the corporation earned about $6 a share
on its stock The current quarter, 1t is
declared, will show SO share. It is
not expected that the SO rate will be
maintained through the year. but it is
declared that indications are that the
company's 1922 net profits will be far
ahead Of those Of any previous year.
Evening star., 1922-05-19
NOVEL OSTRICH FAN.

NEW YORK, May 1s.-Among novel;
ties preduced by local manufactured
Of ostrich feathers h fan Of coque
ana ostrich, on one side Of which there
Of the new fans In his line are round
shaped and hsve celIuloid or ivory han
dies Color contrasts, such as orange
and black. are carried rout Ia the line.
Evening star., 1922-05-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 19.-Foreign ex-
change irregular. Great Britain. de-
mand, 4.44A;. cables. AS: sixty day
bills on banks. 4.42%. France. de-
mand. 9.o6h; cables, 9.07. Italy. de-
mand. sos: cables, 5.081z. Belgium.
demand, s;271a: cablee. s:2S. Germany,
demand, 33as; cables. 33A. Holland.
demand, 1874; cables. 1878. Norway.
demand, 1850. Sweden, demand. 1855.
Denmark. demand. 21.27. Switzerland
demand, 1912. Spain. demand, 1885.
Greece. demand, AIS. Poland, .02h
Czechoslovakia, demand. 1872; Argen-
tina. demand. 1852. Brazil, demand,
1887 Montreal. 80 1.32.
Evening star., 1922-05-19

Total sales of bonds today were SIS. .493 o
compared with s,S7s. 900 previous day q
% 529. 900 q year ago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
PEOPLES SETTLEMENT.
Mems aud Womcn's Clubs VIII Sing
Christmas Carols This Evening.

The Christmas program which be
gan on December 10 IL still being car
ricd on at the Peoples settlement.
One Of the plcasantest evenings OF the
holiday season will ne enjoyed to-
night when the members of the Wo-
mems club and the Mems Club meet
Tor the annual Christmas carols
around tho tree and a Christmas play.
every year at this time by the
brownie club. The House orchestra
Will play.
On Friday evening tho Mohawk and
The Moose Clubs. boys l4-i6 years OF
age. will have their Christmas enter
tainmcnt presided by two basketball
games. and on Saturday at . a. M, the
Christmas entertainment for Junior
house members and their friends will
hc given. The settlement. with its
beautiful decorations ~ holly.
laurel. and Christmas wroaths. has
been the mecca ~ the children FOR the
last two weeks, while many passcrs by
have fingered To admire the lighted
Christmas tree. \ table extending the
length of the general room has been
covered with presents for tho chill
drcu's play-huur. which Will Ice put
into usc beginning tho first Of tho
lyc1r. The house will he closed New
Years week, from January > 10 Janu.
! AIRY s.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
THE WOMAN WORKER PROBLEM
by Frederic j. Haskin.

the children are young. More than
hall OF the working mothers of
Passaic leave childrn under ave
years OF age at home every day or
carry them along 20 work. .
The Women's Bureau calls atten-
ton TO It's discovery that 1T was not
IN. widowed mothers nor other wo-
men with disrupted marital relations
who were winning bread apparently
at the expense of the care of young
children, bu, the married women Nv
ing with breadwinning husbands" The
revelation. the report says. makes a
strong urge for further Information.
Question Why Unanswered.
The bureau report says further: 1T
Is Of manifest importance to know
why 81 large "A group of women with
home responsibilities should be al
work whom the usual family providers
are in evidence. Rarely are the wages
Of fathers sufficient 10 keep grown
unmarried daughters from going into
industry as breadwinncrs. but that
the wife and mother should 20 out TO
work while the husband and father is
a breadwinner challenges attention.
Is 1t because she must or because she
wants to-"
hut after raising this interesting
question the bureau report calmly
concludes that without information
on family income. which II Is not
possible to secure from census
schedules. a definite answer 10 this
question cannot be given
The work done ny the women would
indicate that necessity rather than n
desire for = career guides the woman
workers OF Passaic. II is "A manufac-
turing town and the majority OF the
women are employed at spinning and
weaving in the textile mills. n run
ming machines In handkerchief fac
tories or At productive work in other
manufacturing plants. Women DO not
ordinarily leave babies under five
years for such work unless under f.
%nancial stress.
How tho mothers dispose Of thci,
children Is not. OF course. shown 10y
tho census records, but tho Womat'
Bureau made a survey OF 80 repre-.
sentative homes containing workins
mothers with small children 70 nnt
out how they provide FOR their bahic.
during working hours. or thea,
mothers. 107 burn the candle AT both
ends. working in factories or othci
places AZ night In order to he at hom,
IN h day TO care FOR their children
In llS families the children. an under
IL years. look out Tor one another
while - mothers keep store viii
babies tagging AZ their heels.
Except FOR a few families where ;
daughter. mother. or neiEhhor help.
with the ~houSework. all " ;he en-
plOyed mothers cook. clean. ami waSl
FOR tho families after working hours
while the Women's Bureau does uo
draw any general conclusions. th,
married woman who works for luN
sr.cS does ne; seem to lee N cN.
jcrCe .n psssaic. Out 90 sumo lO.O0u
working women only hoo hold Ger.
cal positions. and less than 500 are II
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
Al HILLARY DANCE

Under tho auspices ~ tho Ladiea
Auxiliary az Wilmington Council No
500. United Commercial Travellers. a
delightful Christmas dance was given
last night IN tho du Barry OF the
Hotel du Pont. This Is the first dance
90 its kind ever given by tho auxiliary.
Many novelties were introduced
during the evenings The Committc,
ip charge az tho affair comprised. Mrs
Robert u Staats. Miss Mildred Grubh.
Mis- Edna l.. Monott. Mrs. Harry
Layton. Hiss Edna layton. Miss MIL
irrd Walls. Mrs. George Conley and
Miss Jessie Bower.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27

lie has come back from tho North
cn lights to which he fed To Ect
away from the electric Lights. Ills
winning ana dining days cost him t30,-
900 In n short period, and no In broke.
Writing OF his experience. ho says
1T has been N vivid year. But there
wan too much Of II for one annum. I
have experienced tho cxhIlarntion OF
nixht life. 1 hnvo chuinmcd with the
Say theatrical crowd and %pntronired
only the most accomplished OF boot
leggcrs.
Il have known "lovo at first sight"
have Ind n throe-day $4,000 honey
moon ut tho Biltmore with ono ~ the
prettlost chorus girls in New York.
and have been through tho dry cyni-
cism OF tho finish OF such n marriage
Live news OF real valu In printed
In the classified ads todny.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
DESERTED ny POGO GIRL.
Rob Savage, Yale Spender, Back Home
After Medltatiye Period In Alaska.

New York. Dec. 2I.-Robert s.
tBob) Savage. son OF n wealthy
family. and whose clopement with
Geneva Mitchell. Follie, Pogo" girl.
days honeymoon. has returned to
Seattle.
Savage. the rollicking. frolicking.
s%pendtbrift Bob" of Yale. who handed
walters fifty-dollar tips and vas host
ut some OF the most lavish parties the
liialto had ever known. has been away
for months In Alas. disillusioninc
himself. He has been overcoming the
in~fatuation which resulted In his sen
s%ational marriage last March with
ssneva Mitchell. the Midnight Frolic
Pogo Girl" who tired Of him In three
days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
professional or managerial service.

professional or managerial service.
SO far as unmarried working wo-
men are concerned the Women's
Bureau found that rs per cent were
either sole bread winners. or n OF
two. or one of three or more bread
winners In families having no male
bread winners living In the family.
More than 30 per cent OF the singie
bread winners In Passaic were board
ing or lodging. living with employees or
with relatives. or were domicilcd in
Institutions. In other words, nearly
half OF the single omc bread
winners apparently had sharply dcfn-
cd responsibilities for personal or
family support"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
RifPIiNG RHyMEs.
ny alt Mason.
THE GREATEST Room.

- had health hot fame nor
wealth nor grandeur could al
lure mo said Hiram Hick. but
] am sick and al "a. docs cam
cure mo a dark green taste Ike
rancid paste ia ~ ny mouth
forever ~ growing worse say
doc and nurse 30 spite - their
ondeaNor one thing alone i
hi to own sighed Hiram. heavy
hearted u speak OF health: and
now bog stealth that blessing mas
departed THIS Hiram Hex
vas pretty slick a. raklng ia
he plumber by day and night
n" used 90 hshi. and tramped
rivals under ~ mar;s %
tfade bis wad he made and
would not rest a minute: Il
ant afford 20 resi-. no roared.
here Il mo- profit IN %. And
hen n DAY ms strength cav.
way. the doctors gathered round
him. and he was packed in ice.
rrrto wrackcd. and rules ~
doe bound him And now hes
.rure % talk and moan about
hygone plumbers Health
DO cries. "our noblest prize.
fUs greatest of all wonders. OF
what avail are heaps OF hale n
"u' has got bone SPAWN. II ke
ls spend long hours on end
rlhhins becswux salNs iny
A cheap john game - human
Fame 70 one has got lumDago.
end has 90 drink some bltters
fIna md live on bran and sago.
Good health's a graft al which
] ln.rhed when I was chasing
richos now I'm half dead and Ia
mv head tho sawbonss sewed
nine stitches
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27

About $50 persons attended the
third annua, ball given under the
vices NJ the Ladies' Riclor Cholcm
NoShcv Zcckchinin Society last night.
100 tho New Century club. Tho pro
cccds viii he used { ~ dofray the cX-
p,nScs ~ maintaining tho Homo To-.
the Aged. az III West street Many
novel Textures were introduced.