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Evening star., 1925-11-29
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago the people Of this
country were concerned about educa-
tional matters. having
Education. the school system in
Ooo 'i0n America was not eff1c!-
training given 10 children In The
Star of November %. 1875. is the fol.
lowing editorial on the subject
In dealing with the question OF the
figure that will be made by the educa-
tional part Of the centennial exhibit
ton the New York Post thinks there
can be no doubt that certain grave
faults in our school system have out
lived every effort at Improvement, If
indeed, some Of them are not. as there
is reason TO think. the result of meas
ures meant TO @be Improvements.
! Superticiality is almost an American
characteristic. and for that very rea-
son the efforts of our educators to
eradicate ii should be unceasins; but
no observer can fail TO see in our
school systems, almost everywhere
direct agents for fostering 1t. many OF
them born Of an earnest desire to in
crease the usefulness of the schools
In an attempt to teach too much, for
one thing. the schools generally teach
too slightly. and il is safe 10 say that
the number of things taught in most
of the common schools might he re
duCed one half with marked advan-
taEe. To become convinced Of this
one has only to look at the prescribed
course Of study in the schools Of al
most any city in the country, or 70
observe the miniature libraries which
schoolboys and schoolgirls carry daily
in their journey between their homes
and their schoolrooms.
The Post is right. we think, in
CharaCterizing as vicious the system
by which the qualifications Of the
teacher are judged by the apparent
advancement Of the pupils at public
examinations or exhibitions. II is ap
parent, as that paper says, that no
public exhibitions can indicate the
| real advancement Of pupils in sound
and genuine education. Examinations
test to some extent the amount of in
formation, but not at all the culture
the pupil has received. They show
still more largely the drilling the
scholars have had in parading their
| information before the public; and the
| teacher, to make his examinations
| successful, must devote altogether,
| more attention than is wholesome toN
| the task Of giving information TO his
| pupils and training them in qualities
| the opposite Of modestY in public. In
| this way the training OF the schools
| tends more and more in the direction
| of mere information giving, to the sad
neglect Of the higher purposes OF edu-
cation. Worse still is the effect of
! the system in giving the pupils an
| incorrect idea Of the object and pur
pose of study. The careful training
! given them aims constantly at fitting
! them to make a good display OF their
| attainments upon examination day
and they are thus taught constantly
| that display is the chief object of
| study; that superficial knowledge. held
! always readily AT command. is the
one thing to be taught in the school
| room"
Evening star., 1925-11-29
BRAND Is the Policy.

81 am the policy of the coming gov
ernment." said Arietde BRAND in
Paris yesterday upon announcing the
personnel OF his ministry, just formed
to meet the crisis which Mas prevailed
In France for the past week. Then he
went on TO explain until my cabinet
has met 10 decide upon its ministerial
declaration I am the whole thing
With BRAND the policy" France is
easona bly, safe from another reaction
for the present. For he commands
confidence probably to greater de-
gree than any other French states
man at this time. He is exceptionally
experienced in governmental admins
tration, having headed a number OF
ministries. He has weathered many
political storms. He has a large per.
sonal following. and he has now as
sembled a ministry which commands
296 of the 597 votes in the Chambe of
Deputies. While this number is not a
majority, being three less than that
point. il is Il workable bloc for the
l
In addition to these votes directly
controlled by the thirteen ministers
there will be L considerable support
from the moderate elements OF the
Right and Center. This ministry is de-
clared to he the most moderate body
assembled since the elections OF May,
1924
Brands policy will be naturally
that of saving France from bank
ruptcy. The means TO that end will
be of interest in detail. and may be
subject to question and some opposi-
ton from the more radical elements
In the Chamber. But the Left parties
cannot positively control They have
lost their position Of advantage. They
have had their opportunity and have
failed. Short Of an extreme com
munistiC reaction they cannot hope to
affect the orgapizaIion of the French
government, and the extreme Left,
comprising the radicals and Com
munists, are not in a position now TO
undertake a coup d'etat.
France has undergone a radical So
cial change during the past eleven
years. a change comparable in some
respects with that which was expert
enced in the Revolution of 1895.
The Great War impoverished many OF
the French people and created Il new
Dlutocracy. In the financial readjust-
ments due to the shrinkage Of the
franc in foreign exchange, the in
crease Of prices. the reduction Of in
comes OF salaried people and the swell
Ing of profits OF the tradesmen, es-
pecially those dealing in foods. much
discomfort with the existing order has
been aroused. The Communist party
has been recruited from these ele-
.tnents of dissatisfaction. But commu-
nism in France has not French leader
ship 1t is still a MoScow-led party.
It can hardly control the French
political situation in these circum-
stances.
Brands success in forming a min
astry with control of virtual ma jority
of. the Chamber of Deputies is a safe
guard against radiCalism. 1t may not
live long, but the prayer Of all friends
of France is that it will survive the
present crisis and serve to carry
France over into financial stability.
The collapse of government in that
r country, to whichever extreme in
reorganiza ton, would be a disaster
from which Europe would suffer, and
The world at large a we'll.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Slipping Along.

Shipping Along.
Slipping along-slipping along
Now with a sorrow and then with a
song.
The world seems to sigh as so gently
it grieves
Where the wind softly sweeps through
the old Autumn leaves
Slipping along from the Summertime
To the gathering clouds and the
hurrying snow,
Meath the glittering stars through the
long silent nights
That seem to reflect this earth s
myriad lights.
Slipping along. Though an hour may
be slow,
The weeks and the months with
strange swiftness will go.
Well patiently wait for the robins to
sing. e
Wen be slipping along very soon
into Spring.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

distinguished Army officer on duty
in New York called up a classmate of
the old West Point days at the War
Department in Washington. After
tran acting some official business, the
Army officer in New York thought TO
chide his buddy in the Capital.
Il hear" he said, you are having
court martial over there"
Eyes, we are" came the innocent
reply: :,
well. who is being tried-Mitchell
or the War and Navy Departments"
That's hard to tell" replied the
Washington voice; zone day it looks
like one thing and the next day II
looks like the other. But you can bet
your boots and spurs on one thing
Billy Mitchell is having the time Of
his life.
All of which is perfectly true. There
is just one danger for Col, Mitchell.
1t is the danger of the trial being
dragged out too long. Unquestionably
the flying colonel faced his Judges
with the active and absolute sympa-
thy of nine-tenths of the people Of the
country. But it is difficult TO hold the
! interest of the American people. Their
interest is in one place today and gone
tomorrow There are so many things
going on 10 claim their attention. A
terrifying train wreck is dismissed in
a day. A tidal wave or holocaust
makes the front page often in but
single edition. TO hold the public In
tereSt for month or more Is virtually
impossible
Because of widespread travel the
writer recently was able TO record the
great public interest in Col. Mitchell.
a trip two weeks after the trial open
ed disclosed a decided slackeninS in
that interest.
AS the colonel is trying his case be
fore the bar of public opinion he and
his counsel should get it over with at
The earliest possible moment. Other
wise his audience may walk out on
him.
Wireless telegraphy. if not indeed,
the eighth wonder Of the world, has
been hailed as one of the greatest
achievements of mankind. as we'll as
one of the greatest benefactors Of hu-
manity. Perhaps the radio and some
of the uses TO which it is being put by
the broadcaSterS may eventually be
rega rded as mixed blessing, but as
TO wireless telegraphy there can be no
TWO opinions. In the comparatively
brief time it has been in use II has
saved thousand of lives. II has
brought succor to sinking ships and
under its magic spell the trackless
seas no longer are the silent wastes Of
other years.
Which is all by way Of saying that
the latest triumph OF the wireless has
been to save u dinner, Il duck dinner.
from complete and absolute failure.
The dinner WAS III Il New York apart
ment. The host was Fred Peterson.
wealthy rubber importer. Fred had
L l.. ss.as.. limo
or some place. In any event. he had
several c1nvashacks ready for their
brief 1G minutes in the hot oven and
had invited some OF his best friends
Evening star., 1925-11-29

The estate Of the late Charles
a man may devote his time closely to
political responsibilities. and still save
a little money.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
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Evening star., 1925-11-29

A crime wave in Washington, D. c..
presents an unfamiliar situation
which may compel the police. already
overburdened with traffic responsible.
ties, to take on new problems
Evening star., 1925-11-29

A board of censorship may one day
be deemed necessary to decide exactly
what kind of love letters are fit to
print. In the meantime the news
editors succeed in taking very good
care Of the situation.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Otto Kahn thinks the New York
theater needs emancipa ton from
Broadway. Broadway's power de-
pends in nowise on an aggressive
tyranny. but on the fact that so many
people are ringing door bells along
the Great White Way in an effort to
get into the show business
Evening star., 1925-11-29

In the absence Of the mosquito.
theory" Of malarial transmission thats
disease was attrib
Wood faVemcntS uted half a cen
and Malaria. % ,urx ago t 20 aN.ss a w,ue
even to the wood block paving, which
then was in evidence in the Capitals
streets. 1t appears from a news story
in The Star Of November 27, 1875,
relative to the annual report Of the
Board Of Health, that this question of
the effect of decaying wood pavement
upon the public health had been re-
ferred to n committee, which reported
that it was n source of malaria in
fection, declaring all such pavementS
in a state of decay to be a menace to
health. These conclusions, it appears,
had been indorsed by other health
organizations.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Wood Pavements
and Malaria.
Coupled.

From the Indianapolis Star.
Trying to distinguish twins is moth
ing to separating a series of revolts
down in Nicaragua.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Btuminous coal Is now famous as
means of saving time and labor. A
minimum of conversation is required
to get ii on its way from the mines.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Wealth has become so prevalent that
what was once described the so
cial Four Hundred" has become at
least the Four Thousand
Evening star., 1925-11-29

A French cabinet official often &C.
cepts his position with an understa nd
ing that the employment is likely to
be only temporary.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

China continues to try every kind OF
political move except q peace confer.
ence that really means business
Evening star., 1925-11-29

A resignation rumor promising well
earned repose is about the only per.
qusite a Secretary Of the Navy en-.
joys.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

that Ma Ferguson is treating them
like stepchildren.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Toboggan Traffic.

Tobogganing de luxe" Is the latest
wrinkle in Winter sports. From the
Bavarian Alps comes word that cleo
trio traffic signals have been installed
on the principal slides. and that tobog
gaming a sixty miles an hour through
the mountains on steeply banked
tracks is as safe and comfortable as
modern train travel.
Red and green lights. operated by
uniformed attendants, are now sending
the huge sIeds off on schedule time.
A private telephone system has also
been installed. which provides an ad-
ditional safeguard.
Whether or not it is possible 10 buy
ticket for the 1903 or oil fast sled to
Garmisc h. h.Partenkirchen, the dispatch
did not say. but 1t is apparent that a
visitor to the top of the mountain
could get home" in short order, If
1t was found necessary. A special
train might easily be provided and
he could be rushed through with all
block signals set against other occu.
pants Of the skinned ice" tracks.
1t is an eXhilarating sensation: q
sensation which many Americans have
enjoyed. TO speed over the fast tobog-
gan slides In the Winter resorts Of
Europe. With additional precautions
now being taken for the safety OF to-
bogganists. there is little likelihood
that any Of the sleds will run empty.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Chicago Funerals.

From the Chicago Daily News.
These two steps are requisite in
procuring an ornate funeral: First, be
a gang leader; second, get shot.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Going and Coming.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph. s
Either a draft or an overdraft rsAy
give a man chill,
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Renudiated Theory.

$50 you deny that a chimpa NEE
was your ANCESTOR"
80 far as am personally con-
cerned,' answered Senator Sorghum,
Il do. No creature that couldn't talk
could possibly have been the ancestor
of politician in my State"
Evening star., 1925-11-29
JJneonouerable Aversion.

Our patriotism is not slow.
1t never once relaxes.
And yet there's not a man I know
Who likes to pay his taxes.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
The Worlds q Stage.

There isn't any Hamlet sad
Excepting in the mind and heart.
There isn't any Santa Claus.
Yet how we like to play the part
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Jnd Tunkins says mince pie Is a
homely delicacy that Is liable to re-
quire a Doctors prescription before
and after.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Ray Of Sunshine,

IT understand some Of the Western
farmers have raised more corn than.
they know what to do with
"Wsn." answered Uncle Bill Bottle
Of the country that's law.abidin'."
Evening star., 1925-11-29

'All gamblin'," said Uncle Eben, lis
foh fun; only you can't tell whose fun
it's gineter be-"
Evening star., 1925-11-29
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ing edition, Is delivered nv carriers WITHIN
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Evening star., 1925-11-29

Fifty years ago the people Of this
country were concerned about eduCa-
Evening star., 1925-11-29

In the absence of the mo!
theory" Of malarial transmission
Evening star., 1925-11-29


The real dirt" farmer has been
discovered in the incoming Con-
gress. He is Representative Franklin
! Menges, native of Menges Mills, Pa.
After a post graduate course in
chemistry, physics, geology and mine
! ralogy and receiving the degree of
doctor of philosophy from Gettysburg
| College. Mr.. Menges was instructor
in chemistry and physics at his alma
i mater for 10 years. He was head of
the science department of the York,
| Pa, High School. Then he was in
vited by the Department of Agricul-
| ture of the State of Pennsylvania to
give lectures at farmers institutes on
| soils, their origin, construction and
maintenance of fertility. Twenty
| two years ago Mr.. Menges was ap-
| pointed by the Pennsylvania COM
mission of the Louisiana purchase
exposition to prepare and have charge
Of the agricultural exhibition of the
State at st. Louis.
Since then he has devoted all of his
time to farmers institute work and
examination of soils for individual
| farmers throughout Pennsylvania. He
gave suggestions for managing soils
Ito supply products for which there
was demand in local communities and
| accessible markets. While engaged in
| this work he accumulated large
amount Of material, which, together
| with soil surveys that he had made in
| every county and township in the
State, was published by the State de-
partment Of agriculture. Eight years
| ago the farm institute work was alb
| sorbed by the extension department of
| the Agricultural College. Then he sur
rendered himself to his longtime de-
sire and became a dirt" farmer.
X X
Another veteran coming back to the
legislative grind is Representative
| Harry c. woodward. Republican. of
Spencer, Pa, who. has already inter
mittently served Is years on Capitol
| Hill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21

Solution of Les+ week's Puzzle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21
Had All Qualifications

An application for position "a
teacher il Butte county, South Dakota,
has been received from u woman In
Wyoming. In part, the application
says: Il will introduce myself as an
old-fashiored old maid school teacher.
can ride horseback, am not afraid Of
rats, mice or rattlesnakes. Will be
pleased to receive position in the
wildcat section of your country. do
not smoke cigarettes, use profane lam
guage nor drink booze. Am so home!y
that the men stay clear away from
me-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21

Over on the Klein piazza, cool, fresh
ly dressed, and comfortably curled up
in an easy chair, / could see Marie,
lately returned from the State uni
versity where her brother told me she
was taking domestic science, but now
with copy Of Ibsen or the latest mag
azine in her hand, she was cultiyating
her literary tastes or perhaps just en-
joying herself. No one has servants
in my native town, so l could infer
with certainty that Maries mother
was out in the hot kitchen washing the
breakfast dishes or stirring up some
thing good for luncheon. Marie's do
nestle science was theory only-she
shyed little at the practice, and let
mother do the work.
had occasion one day to drive out
into the country, and in my wander
ingsI encountered Sam Warren. Sam
had been registered in the State Agri-
cultural college, but he had not been
thought by any means the brightest
boy in his class. In fact Sans col
lege record if judged by. the grades
recorded in the registrars books would
have pointed pretty clearly to the fact
that Sam was a sbonehead." He had
been out of college now two years and
had time to turn such information and
training as he had acquired to some
practical purpose.
The Warren farm had been worked
for a long time; the soil was i'm
poverished and the buildings had be-
gun to look pretty dilapidated when
Sam went to college. A first glance
now would show that there had been
a complete regeneration. The fences
were as trim as they could be made
the buildings were shining with fresh
paint, and everything about the place
was neat and orderly. There were
fields of alfalfa and clover; sheep were
grazing in the pasture; there was mod
ern machinery everywhere; and it was
plain to see from the healthy grain
and cornfields that somebody had been
giving attention to the soil.
l found ON inquiry that Sam had not
only reyolutionized things on his own
farm, but that he was looked upon as
a regular oracle by the neighbors who
took his advice and followed his
methods.
| / am not railing against college
education. l believe in it strongly
The only thing meant to say in these
few paragraphs is that you can't al
ways tell what man is going to bring
home from college. Sam Warren was
undeniably the dullest Of the four stu
dents referred to; he would have adj
mitted IL himself; and yet he had
learned more in his two years of col
lege than all the rest of them.
i %, 1926. Western Newspaper Union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21
DON'T BROOD OVER
STOMACH DISTRESS

Don't lay awake nights and feel mis-
cradle an day--there's one right way to
fix up your gassy. rebelious disordered
stomach in such short time that your
heart will be gladdened.
Today Dare's Mentha Pepsin is the ono
remedy supremely efficient where acute
or chronic indigestion or gastritis is
making your days and nights miserable
Reports Of its mighty power, to over
come unbearable. near suffocating stom-
ach agony have swept the land until to-
day its sales are marvellous.
Get one bottle Of this pleasant speedy
acting medicine today with the distinct
understanding that If it doesn't help you
your money will be returned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21
THE RETURN OF THE COL
LECE BRED
BY THOMAS ARkLE CLARK

THERE is wide difference between
A what we actually teach people IN
college, or anywhere else for that mat
ter, and what we think we teach them.
My first experience illustrates the point
to my own satisfaction at least. The
exact subject | was presenting does not
matter; it was only the fact that l
thought l was interesting my students,
that l was putting certain literary
facts clearly and forcefully before
them, that l was actually giving them
something definite and specific. l was
really proud of the manner in which
was carrying it offAthat is, was
until / read my first final examination
papers; then revised my mental atti-
tude toward my talents as an instruc-
tor. No one really passed the exami-
nation. Possibly l had conveyed to
them some sort of informati0n-they
often tell me / was a good teacher
but 1t was certainly not the things that
had imagined i was teaching.
/ believe this result is not an un-
common one.
Last summer near the regular time
of the return Of the college student to
his old home town, visited in the vii
lage in which had spent my child
hood. Most of the young people who
graduate from the local high school go
off to college, and most of these who
60 off ultimately come blackstone of
70 Y CODnnxrhof
than their friends anticipate.
was down at the station when Bob
Lord returned from short stay at
Michigan. He was dragging a reluc-
tant bull pup by a chain, he was carry
ing a heavy golf bag respondent in
the tartan of the McGregors or some
other Scotch clan, and he was gotten
up in togs of cut and color never
before seen on the streets of that
town. There was not golf links with
in fifteen miles, or dog fancier in the
county, so that what Bob brought home
from college was likely to do him lit
tie good at home.
A few days later George Fosbenner
blew in. from Northwestern Juggling a
zylophone and a ukelele. From ten in
the morning when George got up, until
midnight or later when he went to rest,
the strains of the latest ragtime could
be heard yelling from the Fosbenner
front porch. 1t had been currently
reported by Georges mother that he
had been perfecting himself along COM
mercial lines at college and that he
had done well in his studies, but his
homecoming gave no evidence of that
fact. rad
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21
FareweIl to Fog?

Experiments have been carried out
by United States aviators in the dis
persal of fog by discharging showers
of electrified sand 1t is reported that
the sand showers had the effect Of
causing a series of small clouds to
precipitate as rain. thus breaking up
the heavier cloud masses
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21
Helpful Suggestion

'I'm in quandary," she said to the
milliner. Il don't know what to do
about a hat. TIM Of two minds about
it."
"Then take two hats" suggested the
milliner, land please both minds
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