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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-30
SAME METHOD or
TEACHING Is LSED

Attic Seattle has not fully dc.
veloped the intermediate school
idea. the Same changes Of methods
Of teaching detailed in former
article Is carried TO It's conclusion
in tho upper grades, Here the
full fruits Of the "soclnlized recIta.
tlon" and the project problem are
being reaped. Students speak free.
ly from notes after extensive re.
search.
AS an example Of the project
problems. how many readers OF The
Star can give 15.minute talk on
the following typical problem:
why has the United States be.
come one OF the greatest nations
OF the world?'
Hero are some Of tho facts con.
sidered by an Eighth grade student:
Climate, Industries. natural rosour.
cos. trend Of civilization, Inventions.
relations TO other nations and It's
kind OF government,
Another new and distinct feature
Of Seattle schools Is the Eighth a
geography course. The general
practice, ton years ago, was TO fin.
ish geography In tho Seventh grnde
This suporgcogrnphy course teaches
geography In rs relations TO world
Industries. Tho students learn why
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-30
Tres
Direct from
MANUFACTURERS
TO CONSUMER
FIRST CLASS
FULL OVERSIZE
FULLY GUARANTEED

In addition 10 the Manu-.
facturcrs' guarantee. we
personally guarantee every
tirc we sell. All Non.Skid.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-30
SEATTLE NOW HAS NO
INTERMEDIATES SCHOOLS

But that Is an example OF boy life
at the period. They arc stretching
out towards their particular niche in
life and In order to develop this nat.
urnl trait. and to guido It into the
right channels. school authorities
have accepted the Junior high school
or intermediate school system an the
best method.
In seeking TO learn what changes
have been adopted hi school methods
during the past year., tho first init.
nation that Seattle is behind other
forward American cities came In the
discussion about tho intermediate
school.
Seattle has none--as yet.
And Seattlo's rapid growth from
frontier trading camp and saw.
mill TO tho largest city Of its age
in the country. is responsible. The
burden OF building and cqulpping
new schools, OF hiring teachers and
meeting the operating expenses has
been so heavy that no finances
have been available for developing
the Junior high school method.
But as rapidly as tho finances of
the district can bear tho burden,
this will be done. Tho first junior
high school will DO erected this
year and the program Of building
planned by the school board con.
templates the erection Of several of
fhesn atrnrtnrea
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
AN INDEPENDENT PROFESSOR
COMES TO IDAHO

Reports indicate that DR.. Jessie
William Sprowls is to transfer his
teaching activities from the Univers-
fty of Tennessee to the Uni
versity of Idaho. This is the
result of a quarrel in the
Tennessee institution in which the
independence of the individual is
concerned, and DR.. Sprowls seems
to have stood for his rights.
AS we get the story it runs like
this: DR.. Sprowls was teaching
psychology at the Knoxville insttu-
ton, and by special request he con-
sented to teach some of the students
on a branch called genetic psychol-
ogy out of school hours, and to do 1t
without pay. This, in a sense, made
1t matter aside from the institution
work, yet 1t had its connection with
1t. The. word "genetic" refers to the
beginning of things, and in the
course Of their studies they decided
upon the reading of work entitled,
The Mind In the Making" by Prof. |
James Harvey Robinson, a graduate
Of Yale and one who has taught at |
the University OF Pennsylvania, and
Columbia and served as dean of
Barnard college, and is the author
If number of books.
The students decided how many
copies of the book to buy and had
hem ordered thru the cooperative
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
A HOPEFUL SIGN
OF THE TIMES

In its attitude toward the chau.
tauqua guarantors this season, the
people of the Blackfoot country have
shown that they have taken a step
forward. While they were spending
their money for chautauoua enter
tainments, they invested it in sea-
son tickets and thereby protected
their fellow citizens, who signed as
guarantors with never a chance to
make a profit, and with about nine
chSnces in ten that they would lose
outright. For several years the
guarantors have been loaning their
credit (their signatures) to the
town, and buying 1t back injured.
And now that the town (and
country have stepped across and
turned their coins thru the hands of
the committee, it shows co-operation
and team work, and that is all that
mas ever been needed to make the
chautauqua take care of itself
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
BLAClAr GOT STEPPING BACK
SOmE TWENTY YEARS

In one phase of its life, Blackfoo
is just now stepping back about
twenty years and taking a fresh
start. Observers will be able to take
the measure of it's pep and progress
by noticing whether it moves as
slowly in this one phase as it did in
another similar work of the past
twenty years
We refer to the undertaking
named by the city council in enact
ing the new weed ordinance and
making 1t obligatory to cut the
weeds or pay somebody else for cut
ting them. In either event, the
weeds will be cut, if the present at
titude of the council continues.
Just about twenty years ago, there
was about the same sized areas
planted to tin cans that are now
planted to weeds, and the people
were just about as tolerant of banks
of tin cans as they now are of weeds.
There were so many tin cans and
boards with nails in, and so much of
baling wire that had been thrown
over the fences in any direction from
the houses, that it required several
years of agitation to get enough
public opinion arrayed against them,
to have the matter written into an
ordinance, and still other years to
get the people as whole to obey the
ordinance.
People would not stand for tin
cans and boards with nails in and
baling wire in the streets and alleys
now. They are up on tin cans
electra. They are up" on number
Of other things that were tolerated
in the tin can days, and now it re-
mains to be seen how long it will take |
ls to get up" on weeds. Some of I
he citizens are on high in regard to
weeds, some are on intermediate and
some are on low or neutral We I
lave about sixteen miles of concrete
'idewalks, and some Of the owners
VIII not allow even dust to lie on
heir walks. Some will allow every
hing that can get there, and some
'avements are sheltered with weeds
hat hang over from both sides
learly to the middle, SO that pedes-
rains wearing good clothes get
hem damaged II they go thru. II
The "weedfshness" of the public
) an interesting feature just now.
is more interesting in view OF the +,
cry strong ordinance now being
ublished in this paper that has !,
teeth" in. The old ordinances
lcked the teeth, and for that reason |
lie officers have not been tying into c
TENDERS very hard. But they have i
cen tying in harder than they did /"
4 tin cans nearly generation ago. ]
A good many of our citizens have O
aveled as much in recent years as t
d former generation In a life {
me, and they have seen a good f
any well-kept cities and towns In O
cir travels. When they GOMEZ
lck they tell about those places, c.
I'd they become ambitious to see Il
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02

The newspapers these days do not
carry so many stories as they did re-
garding prosecutions of women for
the way they dress. A year or two
ago the officers in some cities and
towns were aggressive in their eff
forts to make women cover their
bodies just about a certain way,
acting on the assumption that people
were of weak morals and needed to
be protected against their own
thoughts. A woman here and there
was taken into court and there
would be lot of fool talk and fool
testimony, and it would gradually
soak into their consciousness that
the only ones who had suffered any
harm were those who had stirred up
the discord, and that that harm arose
from within and not from anything
the defendant had said or done. In
the end, the chief embarrassments
lay with the prosecution, and are
classified as follies that cure them
selves.
These things are, in principle, a
repetition of something that hap
pened back in the seventies and
eighties regarding the right of a
woman TO wear man S attire or
some part of it, and it ended in the |
same way after lot of foolishness.
We refer to the womans rights |
movement in which the question was
often asked why woman should not !
wear what suited her best, why she
was doomed to wear long, heavy
skirts that were unsanitary, expen- |
sive, a drain upon her health and
vitality and increasing her danger in
cases of accident where quick action
on her feet was desirable.
Nobody ever answered the chal-
lenge excepting to say that it had
always been so, that it was lady
like, that it would be disgusting to
do otherwise, that certain things are
mannish and getting away from
feminine fineness etc. But woman
living in Washington, D. C. answered
the question by DOMINIC trousers and
going about her work among the Of
fees of the capital city. She was
''pinched." They took her into court
and read all the law there was on
the subject, which was not much.
The prosecution had plenty of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
AN ITEM OR TWO
AND A JOKE

Twelve or thirteen years ago the
Blackfoot people were all wrought
up over the location of the proposed
new depot, and held meetings will
the railroad men and among them
selves to determine where it should
be placed. Some wanted 1t in the
center of town, some wanted it down
towards FIT. Hall and some wanted II
up towards Wapello-out of the
way, but close in.
! Mr. Bancroft was then the general
manager of the Short Line, and
when the Blackfoot people and the
operating department of the railroad
company agreed upon a location, the
depot was built and dedicated.
Everybody seems satisfied with it
after ten years Of use, and the
calamity of having it in the middle
of town seems more than Offset by
the convenience of having the town
all around it. 1t was the result of
getting together and using all the
judgment possessed by all parties
and then acting on it, and accepting
the situation thus created.
When the day came for the dedica-
ton of the new building, suitable
program was planned, and there
were some speeches. Joel Priest was
on hand as the representative of the
company, and the other officials
slated to come did not arrive. The
program called for a speech present
ing the depot to the Blackfoot public,
and this role was filled by Joel
Priest in his usual felicitous man
ner, and among other things, he said,
We want you to feel that this is
your depot and your road and the
service is for you. We want to have
a closer unity and understanding
among ourselves, and if at any time
there is anything we can do to serve
the people better or to make them
happier, we want you to make your
wishes known"
That was the days. when every
locomotive had to blow three long
blasts every time it started or
stopped or loosened the breaks or
frightened them, and it was just one
darned blast after another day and |
night. P. w. Powers was chairman |
and he responded by making applica-
ton to have shock absorbers put on
the town to make the shrieks of the
engines more endurable. Mr.. Priest
is considerable of joker, land is
good at repartee, but that was one
time when all he could say was that
ne would pass the request on up the
line for consideration.
When Mr.. Priest got back to Salt
Lake he went in to see Mr.. Bancroft
and gave him rather glowing &C
count of the meeting of the Black
'ooters, and told how he had been
jailed upon to make the speech of
and said that he gave
hem the depot with all it's furniture.
fixtures and appurtenances, where
lpon Mr.. Bancroft said, well,
vou're pretty damn liberal in giving
way my depots."
Last week when some of the fell
ows riding with President Gray
we're in the West Firth district they
old him of the need of an extension
+ the Gardner spur up the river and
cross to Firth, and said that would
omplete the loop hooking up with
'lackfoOt and Idaho Falls. And he
tsposed of it by saying, Yes, that 3
'ould make loop all right; but l I
ont know what we would do with
after we got it."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
WHAT BOY SCOUTS HAVE DONE

The Boy Scouts of America cele-
brated the week of the thirteenth an
iversary-February 8-15. In its brief
! history 100000 American boys have
been Influenced by its program OF
character building and citizenship
training, and have promised to follow
the scout oath which Is as follows:
"On my honor l will do my best:
81. To do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the scout law;
SO. To help other people at all times;
"3. To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight"
! The present membership Of boys and
/ leaders is over one-half million.
The boy scout program in providing
wholesome work and play for the boy
in his leisure time has proved re-
markable aid in the prevention Of ju-
venile delinquency.
A large number of universities, col
leges, normal schools and theological
seminaries have placed the study Of
scout leadership in their curriculi.
Grade schools are becoming interested
in placing the study Of the program
In their work in connection with citi-
zenship training.
The boy scout movement stresses
out-of-door life because it believes
that to be the most helpful type Of
citizen, a boy must become a strong
and healthy man. Summer camping
has been put on an organized basis,
through the efforts Of the movement.
Last summer 100000 boy scouts went
into camp for two weeks or more.
AS an aid to the boy In keeping men
tally alert the program offers merit
badges for accomplishment in 81 va
rious subjects. Scouts through the
merit badge system have wonderful
opportunity to choose wisely and
thoughtfully their future vocation.
The wholesome activity, splendid
courage and skill shown by boy scouts
have furnished literature for boys with
high and noble themes. The move
ment also produces magazine for
boys that has set an excellent stand
ard in boy reading.
Many cities and towns have been
recipients Of services from the boy
scouts In such work as campaigns for
safety first, cleanup. better health.
forest IRE prevention. wild-life con-
bird protection, and similar
public interests. This serv-
leo Is q direct outcome Of the training
which emphasizes citizenship through
Iervice."
Competent nrst aid has been given
y the scouts In countless individual
'ases. and In connection with many
,ublic disasters, such as the 1918 In
luenza epidemic, the Pueblo flood. the
theater tragedy. Six
hundred and three gold medals have
cen awarded to boy scouts who have
isked their lives to save others.
The scout slogan-"Do a Good Turn
become famous through
ut the country. With half million
couts and leaders seeking daily for
he opportunity to perform an act Of
indness. one readily realizes the ire
,endous force for community welfare
hat lies In the boy scout training.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02

Scion Of Athens is believed to have
said know myself" Chic, the Spar
tan philosopher, Remember the end !"
Ihales, Of Miletus, who hateth surety
ship Is sure" Bias, Of Priene, Most
men are bad" Cleobulus, Of Lindos,
avoid extremes" Pittacus, Of Nifty
lene, Seize time by the forelock :"
Perlander, Of Corinth, Nothing Is i'm
possible to Industry"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02

Some whales travel twice q year
more than quarter Of the circum.
ference Of the globe, being In the
Arctic In summer and on the other
side Of the equator In winter.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
City Of Angeles
Mobiles Stop Off
Coast Shriners on Way to Con.
clave Pass Through in
Two Sections.


The Shrine caravan from Al Maiai-
kah temple. Los Angeles. paused at
the Omaha oasis for 80 minutes Sat
urday on its way TO the imperial con-
elave at Washington. The caravan
Of 800 mobiles and their wives il in
two divisions. The first arrived at
s.25.
Leo Youngworth. James w Jump.
Louis NJ. Cole. potentate. and Motley
II. Flint are imperial representatives.
Stories were told OF holdup which
occurred somewhere on the Ne
hraska plains. when five masked men
stopped the first train under George
A. Fitch. recorder. and relieved the
passengers and train officials Of their
valuables. II was intimated that sus-
picion has fallen on few of the
Omaha mobiles and that the affair was
staged" to give a thrill.
Part OF the baggage consists Of
100000 souvenir postcards, 5000 car
tons Of California raisins and 500
boxes of oranges.
After a brief concert in the union
depot the transcontinental 5ourneyers
were again on their way east.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
Lincoln Man Shot by Posse
Files Suit for $4,000
Special Dispatch 10 The Omaha Bee.


Lincoln, June 3.-Fred w. Luns.
man. Lancaster county farmer, who
refused to halt at the command OF
two possemen. who believed he was
Fred Brown. Omaha chain man, and
was shot by the possesman here last
summer. filed suit In district court
for $4,000, Gus Hyers, former
state sheriff: Lloyd Gettys and
Howard Morris are defendants. Hy.
ers. he alleged. had these two men
guard a bridge near Lincoln without
properly deputizlng them, and the
two men had no right to fire. when
he failed 20 halt. They were not Of
ficers Hyers Is now In the real
estate business at Havelock.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
No Trace Found
of Mother Who
Left Sick Child
Neighbors Fear Mrs. Fred
Opocensky Has Ended Her
Life in River-Use Blood
hounds in Search.

, No trace has been found Of Mrs.
Mary Opocensky. 80, wife Of Fred
opocensky, 1922 Polk street, who left
her home at Saturday morning at
tired in her nightgown.
On account Of the illness Of Fred.
jr., the 11-year-old son, with diph-
iberia, the home has been quaran-
tined and Mrs. Opocensky had been
nursing the boy.
According TO the boy. he awoke
about yesterday morning and asked
his mother to get him a drink Of
water. Another son, Carl, Il, said
he was awakened by his brother and
heard the back door slam. Finding his
mother gone. he awakened his father.
A search of the neighborhood was
made and the police were notified.
Captain Sheahan. with Officers Earl
Risk and John Jaclzman. in the police
emergency car. searched for several
hours in the vicinity OF Camp Brew
ster and Fontenelle forest.
II is feared by neighbors that Mrs
opocensky jumped into the Missouri
river. II Is said she suffered from g
nervous strain since several of. hei
teeth were extracted a month ago.
The husband has engaged a loea
detective agency TO search for hi,
wife. and a number af men with th-
aid of two bloodhounds are making
a search
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
Gage County Starts Drive
for Testing Of Cattle

Reatrice. Neb., June 3.-Frank {.
crocker Of Filley, ex-president Of the
Nebraska Farm Bureau federation
and one of the states leading swine
and cattle breeders, expressed keen
qualification. when he announced
that John clausen. also OF Filley,
was the firs farmer In the state
TO sign bovine tuberculosis
drive petition. Over 5000 head OF
Gage county cattle were tested during
a campaign last year which was halt
ed when the state appropriation be-
came depleted and the fight on the
old law developed in the legislature.
Under the new law county must
submit petitions bearing the names
of 81 per cent of its herd owners II
II is to receive state aid. This county
is the first to launch campaign for
signatures. the drive being started
late today.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
Former Residents of Holt
County to Hold Picnic Here

The O'Neill club VIII hold It's an.
nual picnic Saturday afternoon. June
.. in Hanscon park. in the form OF an
outing. to which all former residents
Of o'Neill and surrounding territory
in Holt county now living in Omaha
are invited 20 attend.
Festivities will start at 1. Women
are requested to bring basket lunch
con, with an additional supply to ac-
commodate guests.
The pavilion has been engaged for
an old-fashioned Holt county dance.
The committee in charge is made
up Of Mrs. A. +. Mullen. Miss Mar
garet Donohoe. Miss Margarite Lima
han, James II. Hanley. DR.. M. p.
Kane and William p. Kelly.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
Officials Continue Drive
ON Chicago Bucket Shops

By International News Service.
Chicago, June s.--Raids on six more
brokerage offices and the issuance of
warrants charging operation OF a
confidence game for two men were the
results OF the states attorneys battle
on alleged bucket shops In Chicago.
All books and records We're seized
in the raids Miss Lillian johnson,
boolSlIeeper and cashier for hrok.
erage house raided Friday. was ques
toned. A list OF IS firms suspected
of operating bucket shops was given
tho states attorney, following bank
ruptey proceedings against tho Chi.
csgo offices OF Jones +. Baker. curb
broker. doing business nationally.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
Berlin Newspapers See
Signs of Civil Warfare
ny Universal Service.

Berlin, June s.-Although the
communist uprising in the Ruhr is re
ported Quelled. there were occasion
al outbreaks OF sabotage directed
agslinst the French. In reprisal the
French have fined the city OF Duis.
Der 100 900 900 marks for the destrac.
tion ~ railways and telegraphs.
Newspapers and political CORES.
pondonts throughout Germany be-
liove that civil war threatens on a
large scale and point out a fatalistic
tendency evident throughout Ger
many as the principal factor in the
expected disorders.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-04
Worlds Largest Camera
Fills Two Complete Rooms

Washington. June 2.-The largest
camera in the world is In the De-
partment Of the Interior.
It weighs 1000 pounds, occupies
two complete rooms, takes a picture
one yard square, and is operated eth
er by electricity or hand as easily
as the tourists smallest camera.
The lens, bellows and copy holder
are in one room and the plate holder
and dark room in the other. Maps
of oil fields, charts showing mineral
resources, or even a map of the Unit
ed States from which some American
child will learn his first lesson in
geography, are all being reproduced
daily on this Photographic monster.
The three-and-a-half ton giant was
designed by >. II. Linsenmeyer, pho.
tographer of the Geological Survey.
and is being used as a center for re-
organization of the departments pho
tographic activities.