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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10

annoint,ne . series of committees
from, the normal schools to draw up
recommendations as to a REVISION OIL
the course of study. 1t was the pc
lief of the principals that theIe
should be greater differential IN
training for the various grades OF
work such as rural. primary, gram
mar and junior high and that TINS
differential should not only be IN the
practice teaching but in ethe supJect
matter accompanying the method. :
The question of the general condi.
ton as to morals in the normal
schools was discussed. There seem
to be few problems as the young peo-
pie attending the normal schcoois
are generally high quality In their
behavior and have exemplary Ideals.
Only five cases of extreme discipline
have been required during the past
year In connection with the 1877
students in the normal schools. the
tendency towards smoking 1s not
does It crop out in the normals.
Under the subject Of general sell
ence in the normal schools 1t Is the
concensus of opinion that there
should be one year course under
the heading of general science, q
course in general science. as the sub
ject 10 known today. operated in the
different schools or q half year
course in physics and half year
course in chemistry as will ft the
local situation. and that the teach
ing of science should keep in mind
the teaching attitudes. 1t was the
opinion also that the general science
course might cover half q year OF
natural science and half year Of
biological science and should be car
ried for five full hours Of study.
The meeting Of the principals to.
gether with the committees from the
normal schools in drafting the cours,
of study and In arranging for the
summer sessions will occur Janu.
airy is. at the office Of the commas.
sioner of education at Augusta.
Under the policy Of the board o.
trustees for normal schools for the
last few years there has been a gen.
eral strengthening of the equipmen;
and more adequate housing of tn.
students which is showing in in.
creased efficiency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
State House Chat

The State Armory Commission
will hold meeting at 10 o'clock this
Thursday morning at the office of
the adjutant general for the tran
saction of routine business. Members
of this Commission are: Adjutant
General James w. Hanson, chair
man; Col. Harry M. Bigelow of
Portland. commander of the 1O3rd.
Maine Infantry. 1t. Col. Walter H.
Butler Of Rockland. and two civil
ians, Ezekial L. Chase of Brownville
and Willard H. Cummings Of Show
Officers Burgess. Cushman and
Ward of the State highway police
have been assigned to duty In the
State highway garage for the next
two weeks, after which a new detail
will take their places. The officers
Will be busted with repair work on
number of the police motorcycles
during this period.
Speaking of the record bucks
head which arrived at the fish and
game department last week, Ser
geant Lyons of the Adju.ant Cen
erals department stated that while
he was on border duty in San
Antonio, Tex, he saw mounted
virginia deer's head with 72 points.
This head was in the collection of
resident of that city named Albert
Ulrich. AND Sergt. Lyons further said
that the entire collection was at that
time valued at $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
STATE HOUSE
Next Meeting Council Thursday Dec II at 10 A. NJ

can be accommodated at Presque
Isle 10 900. Machias and Castine
have q normal capacity Of about $50.
The normal schools graduated last
year around 900 students. We have
q requirement Of approximately 1000
teachers in the State. The average
length Of service is about seven years
which means an annual turn over Of
about 1000 teachers. We receive
some college graduates for the high
schools from our four Maine colleges
and some colleges outside. still leav-
ing us short about 300 teachers each
year with proper training. Our sum-
mer schools are usually well attend
ed and practically all our beginning
teachers are having some profession
al training in summer schools.
It was decided that the entrance
requirements Of the normal schools
should be strengthened. Only gradu-
ates Of full four year courses In
standard high schools or their actual
equivalent in credits should be adj
nitted. Students. should present
their actual high school record In or
der to receive credit for the work
done In high schools and to deter
mine their qualities in studentshihp
and attitude towards work. This
record should be accompanied by a
statement Of the high school author
tiles in regard to the quality Of stu
dentship, quality Of truth and hon.
esty, moral sense and habits and an
estimate of the possibility Of the stu
dents becoming successful as teach
ers.
Propose Revision Of Courses
The commissioner of education Is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
Brunswick Topsham
Water District Will
Issue $4,000 Bonds

The public utilities commission is
sued a decision yesterday authorizing
the Brunswick & Topsham Water
district to issue and sell at not less
than 97.79 percent of their par value
bonds in the aggregate amount of
$4,000, to be dated January j, 1926,
and bearing interest at the rate of
four percent per annum.
The water district by its patition
dted Dec. 5, 1925. represents that of
outstanding bonds issued for the
purpose of acquisition of property.
the subject of equalization, $125,000
becomes payable January 1, 1925. It's
sinking fund applicable to the pay.
ment Of these bonds amounts to So
600; hence its desire to issue bonds to
the aggregate amount Of $4,000, the
proceeds of which together with the
sinking fund will be sufficient for the
entire payment Of the bonds Of jan
uary 1. 1905. amounting to $125,ooo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
1926 Auto Plates
Will Be Issued
At Bureaus Today

The automobile registration divi-
sion at the Office of the secretary OF
state. State House. and the branch
offices at Auburn, Portland and Ban
gor will open at o'clock this morn.
ing for the issuance Of 1926 auto
registrations.
Residents Of Augusta and vicinity
who expect to secure their number
plates for the new year without con-
siderable of wait in line. are ad
vised to secure them early as the
office of the secretary of state Is al
ways crowded with applicants during
the two or three days Just prior to
the opening of the new year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
Katahdin Farmers
Tel. Co. Seeks to
Increase Rates

The Katahdin Farmers Telephone
Company, operating in Patten and
sections of Aroostook county, We'd
nesday filed at the office of the public
utilities commission a new schedule
Of rates, which is proposed to be
made effective Jan. l, 1925.
Many changes are included in the
new rate schedule. AS a general
proposition the rates sought to be
established constitute advances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
New Corporations

The certificate of INCORPORATION of
the Atlantic Transportation Conn
pany' organized at Auburn, was ap-
proved wednesday at the office of
the attorney general. The purpose
OF the new corporation is to own
ana operate steamships; capital
STOCK $lOO0oO, all common; nothing
paid In: par value of shares, 500:
three shares subscribed: directors
PRESIDENT. James A. Pulsifer of Au-
burn; treasurer. Forrest E. Ludden:
and Ethelda M. Green of Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
Governor Names
State Detectives

A bulletin posted on the board in
the office of the Governor Wednes-
day announced the appointments of
Maxine Beaulieu of Lewiston and
George A. Sprague Of Bangor as
State detectives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
Portland Gaslight
Co. Nav Issue Bonds

Authority for the Portland Gas
Light Company, first refunding mort
gage bonds in the sum of $4,000 is
contained in a decision handed down
by the public utilities commission on
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-10
Toilet Goods

Never before have had such attractive array of
Toilet Goods being shown this year. Single items
include: Bath Powders, Toilet Powder: Compacts and
other needul accessories for the toilet Matched sets
from such manufacturers COty, Hubigant, Hudnut,
Caron and other world-famous makers
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
THE DIFFERENCE HERE.

Thousands of men and women came
to America-tho usands of them set
tied in Observation-Disclosures they want
ed to get to a place where opportuni-
ty spoke in no uncertain. terms and
the binding traditions of the mother
country were not in force. Father and
son and grandson were held in mar
row chains of social convention, and
class and caste walls were aunsur-
mountable. If the father was a shoe
maker so was the son, so had been
the grandfather and the grandson
would most likely cobble shoes. Sons
of kings became kings, no matter
whether they had ability or not. Right
of succession was right established
by a pseudo Divinity summoned for
the occasion to impress the people.
But in America there were no such
limitations and no Divine right of
succession. What came to a man must
be on merit alone--not for what the
father did or had not done. The.
shoemarker's son, the peddler of pa
pers, the rail splitter might be the
greatest in the nation but he must
earn the right to such place. This we
have forgotten in Wisconsin in 1925.
Never before have we picked a man
for a high place just because of a
name or just because of father.
Never before have we violated the
first just reason why men and women
came to America to forget dynasties
and families and princes and success
sions.
Worth has counted heretofore. Work
has been a factor We say now to
young men, 'fYour time is wasted; be
a son of father who does something
and it makes no difference how mex
perienced you are, how little you have
ever originated, how few thoughts of
your own you have ever had-so long
as you have great father and a
great name you may begin at the top"
What son should do hereafter is
not to pick opportunity, but be care
full about selecting father.-Janes-
vile Gazette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
ONE TROUBLE WITH WISCONSIN.

One thing that is the matter with Wiscon-
sin was demonstrated on Tuesday. We refer
to the very light vote that was cast in the
primary election throughout the state.
And Kenosha was no exception. There was
every reason to believe that representative
vote would be cast in this county, but for some
reason or other, the voters in large numbers
failed to go to the polls and help in nominating
is to come in two weeks The issues had been
well drawn in Kenosha. Speakers for each of
the candidates had come to this city and had
outlined the meaning and Importance of the
primary election. The press for weeks has
devoted its columns freely to discussions of the
election and reports of the campaign addresses
of the candidates and their boosters 1t has
been what used to be described as s'red hot
campaign" and yet the voters do not appear
to have been sufficiently interested to turn
out and mark a cross to show their preference
for candidates.
Few and far between are the admissible
excuses for failing to vote. With very few
exceptions all these voters who did not take
part in the primary election on Tuesday proved
unfaithful to the trust which is reposed in
them to take part in the government of this
commonwealth.
There is one optimistic feature regarding
the stay homes at the election on Tuesday.
It was a primary election and they have a
chance to remove some Of the stigma attach
ing to their failure to vote by taking part on
September goth in the election of a United
States senator. Don't let that be another cleo
tion won by the stay-at-homes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
OFFERINGS TO THE DEAD.

The custodians of Westminster Abbey are
perplexed by offerings laid on the tomb of the
unknown soldier" buried there. Visitors are
getting into the habit of leaving gold and sill
yer jewels and other precious articles and
even money. The crypt underneath the tomb
is said to be accommodating rich store of
treasure Nobody knows what to do with the
tributes. They are destined apparently, to
overflow the crypt in time. III
Offering gifts to the dead is one of the most
ancient Of human customs.
There seems to be, too, in this procedure, a
vestige of another observance of olden time.
Rich offerings were formerly laid at the feet
of the statues of pagan divinities. In the pub
lie mind this unknown soldier" seems some
how to personify the fallen nyriads Of British
soldiers or even the military power of Britain
and so becomes sort of British war god
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
NEW ENGLAND.

How difficult it is to change the hab-
its of the people of state or sec
ton of the country.
Every time there is strike of an
thracite coal miners New England has
experienced a coal shortage. New
England always has insisted it couldr' !
burn anything but anthracite?
Now at nearly every county fair in
Massachusetts, the people are being
taught how to burn bituminous coal.
1t doesn't seem as if any such cam
paign of education would be necessary
to induce people to burn another kind
of coal when their favorite kind is
not obtainable
But that's the power of habit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
Views of Others
THE TAX LISTS.

If there is merit in income tax
publicity it is not Immediately appar-
ent. Thousands everywhere read the
lists, exclaim curiously, search for
more well known names and say, "The
crook" or HIM, didn't think he was
worth that much" or How does he
do it? That seems about all.
How such publicity will stop eva
sion of taxes is not clear. tax re-
turn does not mean great deal, after
all. 1t may indicate greater or small
er income than has been popularity
supposed and then again it may mean
unusual profits or losses for the
single, taxable year So long as there
are tax exempt securities lit is not
even a fair index of personal or cor
porate wealth, since much of that may
be submerged in the tax exempts.
Since government auditors always
have had access to every return and
make any amount of examination, it
is not probable that tax evasions will
be either more or less frequent than
they were.
Thus far the chief result of publici-
ty is to appease public curiosity. Men
read, adjust their own conceptions of
their neighbors' money making abili-
ties and perhaps, in few cases, ad-
just credit ratings as well. In either
adjustment they are as likely to be
wrong as right Possibly a few men
may be vain enough to want a better
public showing next year and thus
determine to pay more into Uncle
Sans Golfers hereafter, but that kind
of vanity is too costly to, become
popular. All in all it is still to be
shown That there is much to tax pub
licity beyond making interesting
reading and satisfying universal
curiosity about our neighbours affairs.
Milwaukee Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

carry over into the whole field of the
citizens responsibility. The attitude
of people toward their government,
although if often gives cause for con-
Germ, rests upon a broader basis than
the popularity of single law. Every
one takes some laws more seriously
than others, and necessarily SO. All
laws have not the same Importance
and some have greater social sanction
than others. For this reason it would
seem to be mistake to rest the APP
peal for observance of prohibition
laws merely upon. the general duty to
obey the law. Rather, an attitude
of intelligent sympathy toward the
law itself must be built up If 1T is to
be generally, observed.
reports of school administration
officials and of teachers who have
made extensive studies of moral prob
lens in the schools give little support
to the theory that prohibition is in
itself cause of moral breakdown" it
continued. ut may perhaps just as
truly be said that it does not appear
to be great asset. Certainly, the
non-observance of the law by parents
has rather tragic effect on boys and
girls.
"In the colleges, undoubtedly, some
alarming conditions have developed.
Even in a conservative UNCONVENTIONAL
college a student has been known to
earn his way through school by boot
logging. The evidence, however, seems
to indicate favorable trend at the
present time; at least this is the opin-
ion of nearly all the college deans
consulted, and it receives some meas
ure of support from other sources"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

Washington AP)-An exhaustive
discussion of the effect of prohibition
on crime, conditions in settlement
neighborhoods, drug addiction, the
morals of the young, and respect for
law in general was made public to-
night by the Research and Education
Department of the Federal Council
of Churches as third section of its
special report on the social con-
sequences of prohibition laws.
While pointing out that a lack of
complete data makes definite conclu-
sions impossible, the report made
these assertions:
The tendency of young people of the
present day to depart from conven=
tional rules of behavior cannot be laid
entirely at the door of prohibition
but "the fact that prohibition has
made no more decisive effect in
heightening their moral tone gives
food for earnest thought"
Crime statistics indicate rapid in
crease in violations of law, chiefly of
the misdemeanor class, but it is
"gratuitous" to blame prohibition, and
call that can be asserted is that pro-
hibition has thus far not prevented an
increase in such offenses."
Available information indicates that
in settlement neighborhoods there is
less drinking and family life has inn
proved under prohibition but that the
law nevertheless is widely violated
and "the bootlegger is getting rich"
Assertions that prohibitions has
tended to increase the use Of drugs
lack definite proof and would appear
to be untrue.
"The general impression that re-
spect for law is declining leads many
ardent supporters of prohibition to be-
lieve that its foes are undermining
all citizenship, while the latter assert
very positively that prohibition has
destroyed respect for all law. Fortu-
nately, neither contention is fully
supported by facts. The best authori-
ties in psychology and education agree
that a persons attitude toward law
and government is not determined
with reference to single statute, and
that hostility toward one law does not
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
TOM SIMS

Bad news from Albuquerque, N. r.,
is that a movie star has won the ri, /:
to remarry.
Be caeful about what you prete
to be. In Columbus, o., sword-et :
accidentally swallowed knife,
New vest-pocket battery will run !,
car 10 days. But what we need is !
pocketbook that will run one forever.
Schools started. The kids's Vacation
has caded. And moth~r's vacation has
begun.
The nearest approach to perpetual
motion is schoolboy wearing out his
shoes.
The girls are wearing evening
dresses which show the sunburn where
their bathiSg suits stopped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

sense tolerated. Liberty and law-one and in
separable!"
fuIl discussion of the subject opens the
way for columns and columns of words, but
there is considerable encouragement when it is
realized that business and professional men
throughout the country are giving this sub
iect more and more attention, and it may not
be far-fetched hope that out of this delibera-
ton may come something that will clear the
way for the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
Happenings
Is Years Ago
September 1s, 300.

Last night Captain Kerwin and Ben
Drinkwater, of the Winnie Weaver,
had narrow escape from death when
the boat sprung a leak. When their
craft was about thirty miles out of
Kenosha, they found that it was about
half full of water and that the pumps
were broken so that it was impossible
to remove the water by any method
other than bailing the boat with pals.
The men were rescued by the coast
guard in a state of exhaustion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
HAWK LOSES PREY.

County Donegal, Ireland.-A swal-
low, chased by a hawk, flew into a
house here and, coming to a turn in
a Astairway, changed its course quickly
to the left. The hawk was travelling
with such impetus that it could not
turn and plunged straight ahead
throughAa glass window. The hawk
was not hurt by the impact, but it
didn't catch the swallow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

Travellers now go down from Jerusalem to
Jerico in automobile along a motor route opened
by Britain. And it is not unlikely that they
occasionally need the services of Good Sa-
marian just as motorists do in other parts
of the world
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

The fire department was called out
last night to extinguish a fire in the
Elsen store, on Bronson street. The
fire was caused by the explosion of
gasoline stove and the losses are not
very great.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

The state fair of this year has been
most successful one for Kenosha
county, inasmuch as that large num-
Der of the Kenosha county citizens
have taken prizes of some kinds.
Among the most successful prize win
ners are: George Kreuscher, Jake
Kreuscher and Everett Ripley.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

At last a suitable use has been found for the
string bean. A Hungarian scientist utilizes
the string as material for weaving carpets
making us shudder to think how many rugs
we've eaten.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

The new English Luthern congrega-
ton is now completely organized and
the next services will be held Sunda.i
afternoon at three o'clock in the
Gronquist hall. The services will be
conducted by the Rev. G. Franklin
Gehr.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
A BIBLE THOUGHT A
DAY WILL DRIVE
CARES AWAY

GREAT THINGS: - Fear the Lord,
and serve him in truth: for consider
how great things he hath done for
you. Samuel 1924. ~
PRAYER: o, Lord, Thou are good,
and we are grateful. We had tainted
unless we had delivered to see Thy
goodness in the land of the living.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

Of course now that President Coolidge has
started a probe of the air department, elaine
and his cohorts will have to oppose It, Or
maybe they will try to take the credit for it
from Colonel Mitchell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

Some rude person arises to inquire how many
of those bathing suit beauties that have been
parading at Atlantic City for the glory Of their
home towns can swim. Why, man, they'd be
wasting their talent in the water
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

About $4,000 tons of cast iron will
be used in completing a tunnel, now
being built under the Thames river
in London.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

Summer is riding to fall" says the
GAINESVILLE Gazette, reminding one that he had
better get the coal bin filled up and that pretty
quickly
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

Anybody would suppose the western powers
had enough police work at home, without
yearning to police China
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

As means of protection a toad
throws off from its skin fluid ex-
tremely irrating to the mouths of dogs
and certain other animals.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

You can't tell what's in boy by
looking at him. Philadelphia doctor
got an iron bolt out of one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

That voter in the second precinct of the
fourth ward who voted for LaFollette on the
Socialist ticket certainly knew what he was
doing.