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Evening star., 1932-09-11
VARIETY OFFERED
IN NAVY SCHOOLS
5000 Enlisted Men Finished
Courses in Last Year
Over Nation.

The Navy Is living up to its claim OF
being great educational institution by
conducting 81 service schools in various
parts Of the Nation and Offering to its
personnel wide variety of technical
training. The Navy Department yes
terday announced that during the last
fiscal year 5000 enlisted men gradu-
ated from It's various educational insti-
tutions. Receiving training as new
corners at the Naval Training Stations
at Newport, r. l.; Hampton Roads, Va. !;
Great Lakes, Ill, and San Diego, Calf.
were 6,401 recruits.
Courses Offered Here.
Naval schools maintained in the Ma
tional Capital include those for electri-
cal interior communication, fire con-
troll, enlisted range finder operators, the
submarine periscope course, radio ma
terial, optical pharmacists mates and
photographer, as well as that for deep
sea divers.
In addition to the advanced schools
mere for men who have had service
a1oat, others are maintained at New
port, New London, Conn; New York,
N. Y; Hampton Roads, Mare Island
and San Diego. Instruction ranges
- - OAi pohAlS W SlcIlOSThQuy. Ole OF
the newest courses given under naval
auspices is that in sound motion pic
lures, which has been established at
the New York Navy Yard.
This far-f1ung educational front for
bluejackets is supplemented by ships
libraries, containing a wealth of in
struction; by specially prepared text
books, offered by the Bureau of Navi-
CATION, Navy Department, and by in
struction given by officers and petty
officers on the various ships and shore
stations.
Result in Promotion.
Promotion in the Navy is based on
educational attainments and a good
record. The lowliest apprentice sea-
man may advance to a chief petty Off
Ger and on up into the warrant and
commissioned grades, say the naval
officials With. the prospect of more
pay. better rating and a more impor-
rant post, bluejackets are spurred on in
Lneir education. the officials explain.
The department said that during the
last fiscal year 55,847 courses were
issued by the Bureau of Navigation and
1862 were successfully completed.
Evening star., 1932-09-11

left to right Dr. Cloyd Marvin president Washington
University; Abram
president
University.
Center left to right rector Of the Catholic
University Amera
Bottom,
W.
schools and Dr. Hayden Johnson National University
Evening star., 1932-09-11
RURAL SCHOOLS FACE CRISIS.
DEPRESSION SURVEY REVEALS

munities, In the schools, the homes
and in the farm industries. They fur
nish an impressive picture of heroic
public service by boards Of education,
OF answering devotion on the part of
teachers, regardless of the seriousness
OF conditions which surround them, and
OF sturdy faith which sees better
times ahead even when there Is little
evidence on which to base the hope.
The letters reveal also the general trend
OF the depression from the Eastern sea-
board westward. The New England
States seem to have passed through the
hardest period, and some of the West
ern States are now entering the earlier
stages with bank failures, business stag
nation, breakdown in the taxing sys-
tenn and general paralysis of finance.
These replies also are convincing eH-
dence Of the Importance of State aid to
education as means Of stabilizing the
schools and avoiding breakdown In
their essential service.
One of the most discouraging fea-
lures Of the reports Is the frequent
reference to the elimination Of voca-
tional training, music, kindergarten,
manual training, home economics, ath-
letics and other enrichments of the
school program which are peculiarly
neeoeo curing this period OF increasing
leisure and of keen competition for
such jobs as exist-a fact which puts
the student who has not had vocational
training at serious disadvantage.
Oversupply Of Teachers.
In many sections of the country the
oversupply Of teachers is especially
serious, and is increased by the desire
Of former teachers who have lost other
employment to return to the schools
and by the tendency of married women
who were formerly teachers to seek
school employment as means OF round
ing out the family income because of
crop failures or low prices for farm
produce.
In Arkansas, where the stage was all
set for a great advance in education
through widespread consolidation and
the development Of new program, the
breakdown is especially felt, because it
slows up improvements which were
badly needed. One county reports that
teachers salaries have been reduced
from rs to so per cent and the average
school term about one-third. This Is
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less crowded heights in any profession
trade or craft, an individual must exec
his fellows. Thus artistic, scientific anc
industrial progress is made possible
standards are raised and social wealth
is distributed. To be isolated from edu-
cational advantages is to be debarred
from participation in life as 1t Is COM
monty understood and decently prac-
ticed.
Further, to possess any degree oi
liberty Of thought or action in the world
an individual must be skilled in dis
elimination as we'll as in technique
OF labor requisite to produce the basic
necessities Of personal independence
No man is free who Is unprepared to
distinguish between authentic and un-
authentic values, between elemental
truth and untruth. Neither is any man
free who Is at odds with himself by
reason Of inability to guide his own
conduct in accordance with his best
ideals. Education gives the power to
choose intelligently and to steer intelli-
gently toward the goal selected. Crude
freedom obviously is impossible, but the
educated man is undeniably better
equipped to seek it and to deserve 1t
than his uneducated brother.
Finally to successfully pursue happi-
ness worthy of enjoyment an individual
must be sensitive to the attraction of
such happiness. Francis Bacon de-
clared that man Is noblest who hath
most contacts with life" His doctrine
Is sound and sane. The universe brinls
with the elements of Joy and content
ment, but the untaught man never per-
ceives them, never comprehends them.
Especially is this true of JOY in work.
No individual can be happy in the per-
formance of labor he does not under
stand. The educated man or woman is
one whose faculties have been sharp
ened to the keenest perception and
synonym for observation, understanding
and appreciation.
The social effect of education Is the
aggregate of its individual effect John
Buchan has said that only the educated
man is humble and only the humble
man Is capable Of fellowship. Modern
life Is cooperative in character, but
cooperation is possible only among
spiritual equals. Education, therefore,
Is a way to spiritual democracy and
peace.
At the present time education may
appear to be an expensive investment.
Thousands Of parents doubtless are
concerned to knowIif they can afford
to educate their children. The answer
Is that they cannot afford not to edu-
cate them. Success depends upon prep
aration Life, liberty and happiness,
all that the race holds dear, must
be preserved, secured and expanded
through the Nations schools. be the
cost what 1t may. J. w. r.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
P:-T. A. HEADS SET
FOR BUSY SESSION
Chicago Hosts Requested to
Keep Entertainment
at Minimum.

Chicago will be host to the semi
annual convention of the national
board of managers of the National
Congress OF Parents and Teachers,
September 26 to October /. The tu-
mutt and shouting which characterized
recent conventions held In the Windy
City will be conspicuously absent, &C
cording to plans, Of those In charge Of
the meeting.
Mrs. Hugh Bradford, national presi-
dent, who will preside, has requested
Hospitality inclined Chicagoans to re-
frain from planning entertainment
features which might interfere with
business meetings.
Forsees Huge Task.
She points out that planning the
years work for more than 10000 pa
rent-teacher associations is no small
job, and the national board of man
ayers wishes to concentrate its atten-
ton on the vitally important business
which brings it together.
More than 100 parent-teacher lead
ers from all over the United States,
including presidents of State congresses
of parents and teachers and the ma
tional committee chairmen, are eligible
to attend the board Of managers meet
ing.
New and enlarged plans for safe
guarding the health and welfare of
children during the coming year will
be discussed during the sessions.
Proposed activities for the newly
created national committees on educa-
ton for the eighteenth amendment, in
ternational relations, radio, character
education, drama and pageantry and
standard and superior parent-teacher
associations also will be considered at
the meeting. These new committees
were established to meet needs ex-
pressed by parent-teacher leaders
throughout the country. and national
plans approved by the national execu-
tive committee are awaited with keen
interest by State and local chairmen
of committees on these subjects.
aWelfare Work Taken Up.
Philanthropic enterprises, while not
part of PIT. A. work under normal
conditions, are being undertaken by
thousands of units this year. Welfare
work, such as supplying food and cloth
ing for the needy, is regarded by the
Is undertaken In addition to the reg
ular parent education and child well
fare programs promoted by congress
Of parent-teacher associations. Special
philanthropy departments have been
established by many units to aid In
caring for children Of the unemployed.
to enable them to remain in school
Sewing circles, to renovate old clothing
and make it usable for adults as well
as children, are meeting regularly In
many schools.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
BY JOY ELMER MORGAN.

TINE rural schools Of America are
fast in the grip of the worst
financial crisis In their history.
i This Is the inescapable conclu-
Evening star., 1932-09-11

1OllOW tQe 1Opl 1QQlau pan OF SeSTega-
tion, under which those who are ultra
conservative live In one city while those
who style themselves progressive live
In another. But our society is not so
ordered. This is fortunate, for In the
testing between the liberal and the con-
servative viewpoints, the truth will be
found.
Holds Truth Is Good.
The university must stand for truth.
1t must insist upon intellectual integrity
and must see to it that whatever posi-
ton such integrity may dictate is not
violated This is the principle Of free
dom, and only through freedom can we
arrive at truth.
Progress being dependent upon the
individual, the university should be so
organized as to care for individual diff
develop alike, any more than all trees
grow alike. 1t is not possible for the
small, isolated college so to order its
curriculum that students may maintain
their individuality and develop as they
would, normally and naturally. If they
had a broader and more varied field of
knowledge in which to find themselves.
This explains the growth Of the great
urban university. The large university
Is not a new development, but has
arisen always at the centers of culture.
Paris, in the sixteenth century, had
more than 5000 students. Washington
today has so large student population
because 1t Is cultural center.
The fQvdnf1ru y,11vnT,ar~
hears frequently deplored. 1t should
not be. It is the answer to the demand
for variance In opportunity. In the
small college one must ask all the stu
dents to conform to q pattern, and those
who do not find themselves out of place.
There soon develops what Is known as
school spirit" which usually Is but an
other term for Standardization Of the
human mind.
1t is often stated, as q contention
against the large university, that small
classes are advantageous to the student.
AL studies that have been made Of this
subject, and an investigation carried on
personally over the past 10 years, show
that the facts favor large class COM
munities. 1t has been demonstrated
that grades average higher for classes
numbering from 100 to 800 students
than for classes of Is and under taught
by the same instructor Immediately
must make an exception in the case
Of language classes, where one Is de-
pendent upon drill, and in the case of
certain classes in science. where the
student cannot be left to himself until
he has mastered technique.)
Methods Different.
It is true that a different type of
teaching Is reulIired To handle the large
class. An instructor who not only Is
better trained, but who has a stronger
personality, Is called for.
II we are sincere when we say that q
university Is a place in which young
men and women should develop them
selves, then we must also recognize the
fact that the university is not the place
for "spoon-feeding."
The arguments In favor Of the large
and varied academic community do not
obviate the necessity or the possibility
Evening star., 1932-09-11
Bulgarian PIT. A. Meets.

A recently organized National Union
Of Parents and Teachers of Bulgaria is
announced by the International Fedora
ton Of Home and School. DR.. Dimitre
T. Katzaroff, director for Bulgaria, re-
ports that the new organization is plan
ming the publication of pamphlets of
information and the organization OF
lectures on the principles and methods
Of the home and school movement.
Evening star., 1932-09-11

Editor, the National Education Association.
TINE rural schools of America are
fast in the grip Of the worst
financial crisis In their history.
i This Is the inescapable conclu-
sion that Is forced on one from q
study of the replies which the county
superintendents Of schools have sent to
a recent letter from ]. w. Crabtree,
secretary of the National Education As
ISOLATION, asking for an ION the spur
Of the moment" letter, giving a birds
eye view of conditions in each county.
Mr.. Crabtree's letter was sent out not
as a QUESTIONABLE but merely to secure
a knowledge of conditions to guide the
association in its work.
In spite Of the natural desire of local
school officers to take a hopeful view
and to paint as favorable picture as
possible, the fact stands out clearly that,
while conditions in some communities
are worse than In others, they are bad
throughout the country, and that chill
dren are suffering serious educational
consequences. In some cases the school
term has been shortened; In others the
teacher load has been increased beyond
the possibility of the best service to the
children; taxes remain unpaid; old
text books which are out of date are
continued in use; progress is slowed
down. BY and large, perhaps half of
the progress which has been gained
since the World War in the direction
of better rural schools Is being wiped
out by the shrinkage of farm values
and the impossibility Of maintaining
educational standards in the face of
adverse economic conditions.
Try to Keep Hopeful.
Mr.. Crabtree's letter Of inquiry asked:
'I wish you would write me as to
conditions In your county or district.
What signs of improvement In labor
opportunities and for business? What
discouraging evidences? To what ex-
tent have salaries been cut below those
Of 1881? To what extent have in
creases occurred? To what extent has
the school year been shortened? To
what extent has the teacher load been
increased? To what extent have courses
OF study been trimmed?"
This letter is bringing a steady
stream Of replies from every section of
the United States, giving an inside
picture Of conditions In the farm COM
Evening star., 1932-09-11
Cooperation Stressed.

Home and School Cooperation" Is
a new publication Of the White House
Conference on Child Health and Pro-
lection. A study Of what Is being done
to promote closer cooperation between
parents and teachers is presented in this
book, and recommendations are given
for improving the relationship Of the
home to the school,
Evening star., 1932-09-11
SELF.MASTERY is NEED
OF HOUR, MARVIN HOLDS
u S. Universities Face Most Vital Task of Teaching
Nations Youth How to Meet Future.
G. W. U. President Says.
BY CLOYD HECK MARVIN,
President, the George Washington University.

he University
YEVER
of the individual in this present time time that chal
enges at physical stamina, attributes,
telecual capacities
We constantly being told that live period change
and that Nation readapt This adaptation
accomplished through action change
must about through change in the individual This
lem education.
The university of today
lead the when all about it is problem
scientifically and without prejudice to what should placed
youth who know
not why Of what they speak, not easy.
There those who the university
many hold that the university
lacks vitality because 1t is too conservative adjustment
learning the best society civilization
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
FORTUNES In FAIRBANKS
ulSCRICT AWAIT MODERN
Methods GOLD RECOVERY

A manuscript report on the
Fairbanks district, by James M.
Hill, has just been issued by the
U. s. Geological Survey. This
IL one of the reports resulting
from the special study of mineral
resources in the area tributary to
Tue Alaska Railroad that was car
REQ on during the field season OIL
1891. The Fairbanks district
has produced nearly 100000
from placer deposits in the years
1874 to 1880. 1t is estimated that
0redges or other mechanical de-
vices, reworking the same streams
and others that could not be work.
ed by hand methods, may produce
an even greater amount during the
next 25 years. 1t is believed that
the lode gold deposits, which pro-
duced nearly 100000 from
1910 to 1890, can produce in the
next Is years. under adequate fl
nancial support and skilled tech
nical and administrative direction,
an amount Of gold that will COM
pare fayorably with that SO far
yielded by the placer deposits.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
Joe Morrison Here
from Telegraph Creek

]. C. Morrison, who arrived from
Telegraph Greek last evening re-
ports that the ice cleared from the
stlkine on April u.
Leaving Telegraph at ) D. M,
" ednesday, in small boat with
CUPBOARD motor, Morrison arrived
in Nrangeu at 5 O'Clock the next
evening. de reports that all are III
sood health along the river. The
nrst plane OF the year to be useO
Ior mining purposes flew four men
from Atlin to Mechanics creek last
week for the start or the season.
The Dease Lake road is in good
condition, he says, because of a
Dry season. 1t will be improved by
the B. C. government during the
coming year. Prospects are very
bright this year in the mining dis
tricts. The older companies are re-
Stunning work and several new COM
panIes are starting operations in
me Casslar. The fur catch OF the
aIssrlct, according to Morrison, will
rum aned of the catch last year.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
SCHOOL SUPPLIES SENT
TO KASIL0F HOME SCHOOL

w. K. Keller, territorial school
commissioner, made response to the
inquiry of Mrs. Archie McLane, of
Kasilof, about school supplies by
sending her a generous lot, includ-
ing plenty of busy work" for little
tots, reports the Seldovia Herald.
In the absence OF a public school,
Mrs. McLane who is graduate
teacher. set up a little volunteer
school at her home with all rules
and discipline that go to make up
the. regular organization. Written
regarding possibility of getting sup
plies, Mr.. Keller lost no time in
getting them to Kasilof, making up
a consignment from surplus at
Fairbanks. A more complete as
sortment was later sent from Ju-
neau. A school will be established
when there are the number of
children, as required by law, to
attend.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
DLEMER ESTATE TO BE
AUMITTEU TU PROBATE

SEATTLE, April 26-An elderly
man VINO Ieaped to death from a
oeattIe-Bremerton ferry is believed
10 nave been Frederick "A. Diemer,
former operator of the Nome Trans
portaIion Company who disappear
"a on Marcn IL leaving a suicide
aots.
Last week Superior Judge Ches-
Ter A. Bachelor made ruling that
unIess Dtemer, aged % years, re-
,urns within the next thirty days,
AIS estate will be admitted to pro-
gate. Dlemer left a note in his
hotel room saying: i've made q
mess OF lfe and am going to take
g cold bath" Judge Batchilor said
the evidence that Diemer had sui
cided was SO conclusive that q
longer period was not necessary
betore the estate could be submit
ted TO probate.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
Audience Enjoyed
Gym entertainment

A Veiy gratifying response on the
part OIL the pubic was maue TO the
usual postmaster entertainment
at ST. PnInps gymnasium last FRI
aay evening, the attendance Delng
large ana very appreciative OF the
program which was given by the
young people of the church assisted
by the nigh school gee cub under
the direction OF Miss Brunsvold.
A piano solo, Les Muscadins, y
by Miss Marjorie Johnson opened
the program. This was followed by
a song by Miss Jaequalyn Nettle-
ton, There are many Flags +,
which served to introduce the short
play depicting George and Martha
Washington, Marion Nussbaumer
and Irene Sundberg, respectively,
in Colonial costume giving vent to
their amazement in the language
OF their time at the modern inYen-
tions and conYeniences they en-
countered when they stepped out
of their pictures into present
day home. George and Martha had
time to dance a few steps of the
minuet, also, before the owners of
the home, Helen Anderson and Har-
ry Sundberg, appeared.
After the play, which had been
directed by Harry Dalgity, followed
Might in June" by the Glee CLUB,
a recitation by Lois Nussbaumer,
Little Miss Tulip" sung by Glen
ora and May Thomas, humorous
reading by Lois Wheeler, vocal
selections, AN Old Adobe" and
"Sorter Miss YOU. by Marjorie
Johnson and the second play, a
scene from the trenches called THE
Higher Command.
This play, a plea for peace, was
given by the young men of the
church, Harold Meldahl, Harry
Goodrich and Hall Ferguson, in
uniform. The Glee Club closed the
program with THE Kiss of Spring.
The accompanies for the song
numbers were Miss Brunsvold, Miss
Dorothy Voss and Miss Marjorie
Johnson.
A social time followed. The
ladies of the Guild who had trans
formed the gym with bunting and
arrangements for the refreshments,
served coffee and cake to the adults
in the library of the gym and
chocolate and cake to the young
folks in the social rooms back of
the gym. The receipts were suf-
ficient to make up the amount
needed for the annual church as
SeSsment.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
CATHOLIC CHURCH

May l. The fifth Sunday after
Easter.
Feast of St Philip and St James
Apostles.
1880 a. NJ Communion Mass.
10. a. m. Parish Mass.
Sunday School.
Z. p. m Rosary and Benediction.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
are Rogation Days.
Thursday: The Ascension of our
Lord into Heaven.
Friday: First Friday of the month
with the usual devotions in honor
of the Sacred Heart.
Wednesday evening. the Ladies of
the Altar Society will hold their
monthly meeting.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
KLAW0CK HUNTER BRINGS
IN MOTHER WOLF, z PUPS

According to Klawock notes in
the Ketchikan Chronicle, John
barrow, elderly Native last week
brought in the pelt of a mother
wolf and seven live wolf pups.
claimed to be the first pups seen
by any Klawock Native.
The wolf caught in a trap, drag
ged it over a mile to her den, where
she was located and shot by OAR
row. His bounty on the wolf family
will amount to 1920. He has killed
81 wolves in the past three years.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-04-29
At the Churches
PRE- BYTERIAN CHURCH
Russell F. Peterson, Pastor

~
1890 a. m. Morning Worship: ION
to the Holy Land
II noon Bible School. Isaac and
His Wells"
lis p. m. Christian Endeavor So
ciety IAN Endeavorer Is Pur-
poseful"
1880 p. m. Evening Worship;
Spiritual Quiekening and Prog
ress'
Wednesday evenings we meet in the
church parlor for a season of
prayer. Come, 1880 p. m. With
Gods Word let us find help.
The Christian Endeavor Society
May LIST, is changing its hour of
meeting in order that there may
be no conflict with the hour for
the hospital benefit.