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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
The Educational Problem Is Far Above the
Plane of Mere Literacy
By A. .. WEEKS. North Dakota Agrieultural College.

T7N THESE days of curriculum changes much Importance attaches
to the principles governing the selection of subject-matter. The
u choice OF studies and the selection of materials for incorporation in
studies are matters of outstanding significance, for the information
which one secures goes far to determine his life; knowledge may be
thought Of as constituting an extension Of powers such as might come
with additional bodily organs.
Recognition OF the fundamental types Of knowledge, economically
considered, and of their bearing upon careers and democratic fulhlIments
must be accorded when curriculum revision is undertaken. Somehow the
democratic Ideal must be reflected in what the schools present rs studies
10 align the curriculum with the common welfare involves free
access to the basA forms of knowledge. Differentiation or deficiency OF
currlcula resulting Ii cocal disadvantage is inconsistent with democratic
purpose 10 train only to be a producer would be to promote a definitely
sHahfed society. To limit access to the training of culture similarly fails
OF general welfare. To withhold the basic knowledge functioning in
economic and civic relations likewise is inequhabe The effective citizen
must have adequate knowledge Of production, distribution, and consump-
tion Efficient production, just distribution, and wise consumption are
essential features of a democratic society.
The organization of a curriculum e~mbodying the principles stated
would nec@itate a considerable addition of materials, especially in
realistic economics. Much of the traditional subject-matter Of
the high school would need to be discarded as functionally inert for any
vital relation; new materials would have to be added, and timehonored
subjects taken apart and recasifed for logic Of program.
Today the exigencns of democracy raise the educational problem far
above the plane of mere iteracy, and the issue becomes one of the selection
of materials of critical significance for social equilibrium.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
Noted English Portrait Painter Thinks Modern
Girl Loyelier Than Her Predecessors
SIR WILLIAM oRPEN, Noted English Painter.

A year ago, when critics were telling the world how much it had de-
Perforated since the century before, l voiced the heresy that men and
women were not only betteFlooking and therefore betterminded than
they have ever been before, but that they were steadily improving. Every
day confirms me in that belief.
1t is my business in life to study faces. It is also my lot in doing
my job to get to know automatically what is in the mind behind the
face, and do not hesitate to say there is no such thing IS real beauty Of
face without beauty of mind. And there il a lot Of both kinds of beauty
about today.
Beauty is more than a regular bone structure covered with healthy
flesh and skin, and whether a face is a fortune or not is always a hallmark
A criminals face proclaims his vice, whether he likes it or not, as clearly
as al honest mans proclaims his worth. This is no more a coincidence
than the fact that pipe smokers from Mr.. Baldwin down cannot keep a
crease in their trousers. All faces and all appearances are shaped through
an attitude Of mind. AS you think SO you become.
When see, therefore, b~etterlooking men and women about me /
know they are inspired with better thoughts and that these viii be handed
on to and multiplied in our great-grandchldren.
The average Of beauty is rising and it is rising because there is going
on a steady rise in virtue. / do not use the word in any prggish sense,
but for want Of a better term to describe the inherent decency of instinct
and goodness Of mind which are evident in all around us.
1t may perhaps seem somewhat unfair to compare an outstanding
beauty like Mrs. Siddons with the modern girl, but Miss 1925 does not
suffer by comparison. Mrs. Siddons' beauty was famous because beauty
was rarer in her day. / can readily think of a dozen now who would OUT
shine her. | see rivals for most Of our canvas beauties daily
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
PAVING PROGRAMME
NATION INCREASED

A new automobile was bought in
1924 for every 10 feet of rural high
way constructed. throughout the coun-
try. If all the new automobiles were
strung in line along all the new roads,
each would be able to move only five
or six feet before traffic would be
blocked. The result of this situation
is that 1925 will see the greatest pro-
gram of new road building ever known
in America. Populous districts al
ready have started to do what the rail-
roads did years ago-double track ex-
listing rights of way.
Pavements in metropolitan districts
constructed a few years ago are not
wide enough to care for the increase
in traffic. Wayne county, Michigan, in
which Detroit is located, fittingly took
the first step to rectify this condition.
That county spent $1,G00,000 in 1924
acquiring wider rights of way and
will pursue a similar policy this year
The program planned there involves
super highways with widths of So. 120
and 204 feet, according to traffic de-
mands.
About 64,112,565 square yards of
rural highway was constructed last
year, equivalent to 6,O71 miles of 49,
foot road. This exceeded the record
of any previous year by nearly 875
miles. Hard-surfaced highways in
this country now total 31.700 miles.
The greatest increase in pavement
construction was in the building of
streets and alleys, which totaled 3d.
92E,S62 square yards, or 40 per cent
more than in 1923. This work is
equivalent to 9,378 miles of 18-foot
highway. or enough to run a band "a
feet wide from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. In addition, contracts for 1000
miles of hard-surfaced highways were
carried over into this year.
Asphalt pavements laid on the
streets and highways of the United
States in 1924 total 118,800,OO0 square
yards. This is an increase of 10 per
cent over the yardage laid in 1923.
Reports from Washington, Oregon,
California, Arizona and Nevada indi-
cate that 70 per cent of all paving
contracts let In those states in 1924
were for asphalt.
Telegraphic forecasts from 81 state
highway commissioners and 40 city
engineers of cities Of 100000 popula-
tion or over indicate the 1925 paving
will run 20 per cent yer 1924.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DIR. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor Of "HEALTH"
INHERITING WEB
FINGERS

MIR. BRYAN doesn't believe 1 evO-
AVA luton. If Mr.. Bryan would study
comparative e~mbryology, he would
learn that each individual living thing.
in its growth, passes in a few weeks or
months through all the forms which
its race has passed through In hum
dreds Of thousands of years. Each
animal body, whether a frog, a bird, a
lion or a man, is for a short time in Its
growth like all the other and lower
forms from which 1t has come.
Man has developed or evolved from
and through all the lower forms of life
and each has left its marks on him.
These have generally been lost Or cov-
cred up but sometimes. for some
strange reasons, these marks of u
lowly origin remain. They are what
comparative anatomists call ''yestigial
remnants"
One of these strange occasional CUR
vivals is a webbing OF the fingers and
toes. The fish have fms, broad fiat
paddles by which they can force their
way through the water. Frogs have
distinct toes but they are Joined to-
gether by skin so as to form a broad
propeller. Ducks, like all water fowl.
have webbed feet.
But when man got away from the
sea and became a land animal he lost
his webs on his hands and feet He
needed fingers and toes more than he
did swimming apparatus, so they be-
came separate and unlimited down to
the base Of the third joint. The hu-
man hand Is a wonderful piece of ma
chinery. more useful than the paw OF
any animal and 1t Is the human hand
that has made man superior to and
more powerful than all beasts.
Occasionally an individual throws
back" to his sea-born ancestors and IL
born with webbed fingers or toes. Why
nobody knows.
An unusual series of such cases Il
reported by DR.. Douglas P. Murphy In
a recent issue Of the Journal Of the
American Medical Association. In I've
generations Of a family in a mountain
community, fourteen cases were found.
Inc, nAOt MCiuOCAe a AlOuntdltlrCfp hAU
the second and third toes on his right
foot webbed. Although this is the first
case which Doctor Murphy saw 1t was
evidently considered a family mark
since the mountaineer threatened to
disown his first child II 1t did not have
this defect. Fortunately for his do
nestle happiness, his first son had
all his fingers and toes webbed. The
son had ten children, three Of which
had webbed fingers or toes. In the
next two generations, nine Of the chill
dren had this family mark.
What is the cause of this peculiar
ity? No one knows. II occurred in
boys as often as In girls. In this fam
lily. 1t was found In one-third OF all
the children. 1t only occurred in the
children of web-fngered parents.
Neither the children nor grandchil-
dren of normal members showed this
deformity.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
Grade Separation Urged
for Safety of Public

Separation of all grades, either by
depressing the railroads or elevating
them, is advocated as the only sure
method of eliminating the appalling
loss of life at such danger points.
Sooner or later, an aroused public in
dignation will force the separation of
all grades, such as have been brought
about in European countries.
Just now the railroads are making
a 'last-ditch" stand by attempting to
get through congress an act which
would make every lactor car stop at
every railroad crossing. This is an
attempt. to deprive ordinary citizens
of all rights to damages in case of
accident between a motor a and a
railroad train.
Such a law would not reduce ross
ing accidents to any appreciable de
gree, because many motorists r not
sufficiently acquainted with the terri
tory in which they are driving to
know when they are approaching a
railroad crossing. Oftentimes 1t is
safer to proceed across them than to
stop.
There is one answer to this prob
lem. Either make the locomotive stop,
which is perfectly feasible, since the
engineer knows just where every cross
ing is, and economically it would be
cheaper thar to waste the time stop
| all motorists; or separate all
grades and eliminate the hazard once
and for all.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
Much Road Work Done by
Forest Service Bureau

More than 1900 miles Of roads and
nearly 5000 miles Of trails were con-
structed within or adjacent to the LAT
national forests during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1924. according to the
annual report made by the chief of
the forest service to the secretary of
agriculture. In addition maintenance
work was performed on 1923 miles Of
roads and 80, 1O5 miles of trails.
Including the construction work
completed within the last year, the
total mileage Of national forest roads
constructed by June 80 of this year
stood at S.707 and the total mileage
of trails at 1885.
The sum Of $9.351.142 was expended
on the road and trail work of the
forest service during the last fiscal.
year, the report says. This sum was
augmented by funds from cooperative
agencies. such as states, counties and
local organizations.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09

materials in combination, crepe for the
blouse. flannel for the skirt.
Only the master stylist can succeed
in attaining chic In a shirtlike jumper
of flannel with a self-lined strip OF the
goods ~deIineating a scarf neckline, clos
Ing up about the throat, then tying In
a careless cravat bow whose long ends
fall to almost the hipline of the blouse.
The sleeves are finished at the wrist
with soft turnback cuffs exactly as on
a mans shirt. Not a furbelow or hint
OF decoration on skirt or jumper. yet
the frock bespeaks the very Qulntes-
sence of style supreme.
OF authoritative style Is the two
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09

piece simplicity jumper model pictured.
1t Is Of fine flannel. the new stone
gray, which is one OF the leading colors
Of the present. Notice the tailor
stitched panel which fronts the blouse
and serves as pockets, as 1t widens al
the lower edge. The long sleeves and
the buttons are two items which char
acterize many of the smartest jumpers.
When 1t comes TO color. Madame
Mode is somewhat ~conciliatory in that
many Of these flannel or crepe dresses
are in pastel shades or pure white. A
very new and popular shade is called
blonde and the putty coIors are in
favor. likewise cocoa brown
All Paris Is lace-inspired this sea
son, which means that we in Amer
lea are the sama. for with mod
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
CRYING BABIES

THE scientific study of babies has
\ exceeded in efficiency the thorough
ness of the Chicago stock yards. In
that center Of business energy 1t is
an old story that every part of the pig
except the squeal is used. In a recent
issue of the American Journal of Dis
eases of Children, three doctors de-
vote % pages to the effect Of cry
ing on newborn babies. They don't
say anything about the effect of the
babies crying IN other members of the
household.
Put into plain language, the ques-
tons which the investigators were try
ing to answer were: how much en-
ergy does the baby spend in crying and
how much food is needed to furnish
this energy.
They found that crying use up a
baby's energy, just as physical work
uses up the energy Of an adult, and
that this lost energy must be restored
by food. In other words, crying Is
work for a baby, and sometimes hard
work.
Few of us grownups realize how
hard a baby works when it cries. The
authors estimated that If a baby cried
continuously for "a hours (which.
thank God, 1t never does), and II it
was 20 per cent efficient in using its
energy, which would be better than the
best locomotive, 1t would do an amount
of work equal to lifting It's own weight
to the top Of the Washington monu-
ment. And all this on only three ta-
blespoonfnls of milk AS a fuel saver,
the baby has the best power plant ever
built backed off the boards.
How much energy the father ex-
ponds in walking the floor with the
baby while it is crying, the article does
not state.
But the important fact is that crying
is not a harmless amusement on the
part of the baby. 1t is work. 1t uses
up strength and energy, which the
baby needs for growing. 1t tires the
baby and makes him feel miserable.
and then he cries some more.
Yet it is the only way he has OF
making the stupid. gr0wn-up world
know that he is uncomfortable.
Crying is his danger signal and his
safety valve. If he is well and happy
and comfortable. he won't cry. Then
everybody else is happy. He only cries
when there is something wrong. and
he sooner this Is corrected the less en-
srgy he'll waste
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09

fact very apparent in most all Of the
import frocks.
Now that lace is the word, we are
following up the suggestion most en-
Enthusiastically. Truth is, 1t does not
take nue. urging. for when it comes
to lace where Is she who is not a born
enthusiast upon he subject? Indeed,
we are so charmed with the idea hat
summer will witness not only lace
frocks but Ince wraps. lace hats. lace
scarfs and lace shswls. What is more.
we are going to use several kinds Of
lace together, such as a froek OF
chantilly with white lace sleeves and
set-in godets about the skirt, the en-
tire posed over a tiesh-colored satin
slip.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
10. 1885. wsstern Newspaper union.l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
TWO-PIECE JUMPER FROCK;
LATEST AFTERNOON GOWNS

TOR a smart little gown for town or
! country choose a two-piece jumper
frock, for the skirt-with-blouse costume
is the accepted mode Of today. In max
ing your selection keep in mind that 1t
is the quality of simplicity which
counts for mora than all else in these
now so modish two-piece dresses.
1t is the simplicity which only CON
summate art can attain which fashion
is playing to the limit In these frocks
which are usually of flannel or heavy
silk crepe or jersey cloth. Some won
derfully attractive dresses S these
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09

which stamps them as distinctly OF
foreign creation.
In the frock to the left, which is a
Callot model. ecru lace enhances neck,
sleeves and the waist front. 1t -
denteIla ~d'argentine. which translated
is lace of silver. which ga%rnltures the
formal afternoon gown to the right.
The thought that the scarf Is inevi-
table In modern dress design Is exem-
pIified to a fiattering degree in this
instance. The s~ide-skirt flares of lace
are interesting and bear a message of
coming tendencies. The V-neck as
sures US that WI are getting away
from boat-shape and round lines. a.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
Education Must Become the Directing Force in
International Relations
FANNIE FERN Andrews. Ph. D.

Education is the road to better understanding between nations. Edu-
cation. having developed greater international faith, will go far toward
eliminating war in the future.
We must train the youth Of the whole world to regard citizenship as
including world relationships and to reeize that good citizenship involves
GOOD will among nations. No one nation can establish world comfy, even
though its national ideals include the obligations to treat other nations
;pstlv and honorable. This is an international problem and must be
solved consciously and with determination by international agreement.
framing youth is the function Of education, and education must be-
come a directing force in international relations if we can ever hope for a
new attitude il world affairs. What lies in the future depends upon the
youth Of today. A new world could be made through a universal training
Of youth in the ideals Of good comradeship and interdependence which will
supplant selfish national aspirations with straightforward diplomacy. Edu-
cation a. an agency to promote world justice should be put to the actual
lest. The schools Of all countries should mold the thought Of the children
TO this vision
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09

ern means o. communication we are
no longer miles apart, rather just a
few hours.
If 1t is not the frock-entire, then it
is the lace-t1immed gown which finds
Its origination in the atelier of the
Partisan c~ontnrier- This recollection
for lace garnlture manifests itself
most exquisitely lns the two handsome
afternoon frocks pictured here. The
sketch was made In Paris from the
original models. a statement which is
perhaps superfiuous, for they bear in
their every detail that something
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
Saved Good Road Taxes

Some of the automobile owners con-
eerned now with good roads taxes Of
dimes during the year will be more
het up at times over extra car ex-
penses in dollars, relatively speaking
A dollar Of "taxes saved" is quite apt
to mean a '-ten-spot" lost-rung out
Of your wallet and up on the cash
register in the garage. The big ques
ton is: "Shall we split good roads
savings to get more good roadsf" II
is worthy Of consideration by those
concerned.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-09
A Primary Motive in the Movement for Better
Homes in America
By JAMEs FORD, Executive Direttor.

A primary motive IN the movement for Better Homes in America is
to encourage instruction. in home economics and home life in the public
schools. The whole-heacted cooperation of the public schools in better
homes demonstrations 10 clearly caused by a recognition on their part of
their almost unique presogatrve in educational extension for the raising
of general standards of Using.
In the thousand-odG demonstrations of better homes conducted by
local committees throughout the United States during the 1924 Better
Homes week. approximately one hundred school practice homes were
opened to the public With appropriate lectures and demonstrations, In
several hundred other communities, teachers co-operaed in the program
for better homes and pupils demonstrated the arts of cooking, table set
ting, bed-making, furnishing partially or completely rooms in the demon
straton home.
There can be no question Of the pedagogical value of a school activity
of This sort. which co-ordinams the work Of many school grades and de-
partments in an absorbing and vital enterprise for the service Of the school
and the community.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
GOES TO COURT
TO keep Child
Pastor Alleges Kin Seeks to
Kidnap Daughter.

BH United Press
SOUTH BEND. Ind. July 1s.-
The Rev. William Atteberry. Meth
odist minister, today held a court
order restraining his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Amsbaugh, from "spiriting away"
his three-year-old daughter, Lillian.
Atteberry said Amsbaugh and his
wife wanted the little girl for their
own child.
He said they took Lillian under
pretense of going on an auto ride
and went to Iowa. Atteberry fol-
lowed them to Iowa and brought the
child back.
Amsbaugh and his wife now
threaten to carry the child away
where the parents cannot find it, At
teberry declared.
The preacher has taken his fam
lily to Benton Harbor, Mich, to
protect the child from being alb
Quoted
A temporary. injunction was
granted him against Amsbaugh and
his wife and hearing will be held
next week on a move to make the
injunction permanent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
DISMISSAL OF
TWO RUM0RED
Sages Loath to Believe
StatehouSe Story.

Political sages were loath today
to believe the story that Governor
Jackson is to expell Mrs. Vivian
Tracy Wheatcraft, vice chairman Of
the Republican State committee,
from her job as assistant State tire
marshal. Political expediency, the
politicians say has caused Jackson
and Mrs. Wheatcraft to make wry
faces at each other.
1t also has been said Jackson is
asking for the resignation Of DR.. J..
G.. Royse. assistant secretary Of the
State board of health. Royse and
DIR. William T. King, board secre-
tary. have been in an incessant wan
since the board reinstated Royse.
Both Mrs. Wheatcraft and Royse
deny the stories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
BARRIERS Trial
TO end MONDAY
Owens Takes Stand in Own
BehaIf-Court AdjournS.

Fate of Louis owens, charged with
murder of George Robinson, Dec. 6,
1924. will rest with a jury in Crlmi-
nal Court Monday. owens, testify
ing in his own behalf, Friday, said
he stabbed Robinson in self-defense
with a pair Of shears during an ar
gument in the locker room Of l.. s.
Ayres & Co., where both were en-
ployed as BARRIERS.
This is the second trial of the case,
the jury disgareeing at the first
trial. Special Judge Charles S. vii.
site Friday adjourned court until
Monday.
According to owens story on the
witness stand there had been i'll
feeling between himself and Robin
son for some time preceding the
tragedy He said that during the
fight in the locker room Robinson. a
larger man, struck him and bit him.