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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-12
Your Health
by DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

VOUR intellect or intelligence is to a large ex-
l. tent inherited. This differs from learning.
person may have education without being intelli
gent.
When the intelligence of human being fails TO
develop beyond the average of child II years DID,
he is considered feeble~minded.
Feeble mindedness ranges from idiocy through
imbecility and moronism up to normal intelligence.
A person of mental age below that of years is
said to be an idiot
Persons with mental age below that of years
are called imbecleS and those below that of the age
of u are called morons.
1t is also possible to divide these sub-classifca-
tons into high-grade, ow-grade and middle grade
idiots norons and imbeciles, but such classfcatons
demand more extensive study and expert knowledge
4 idiot is obviously incapable of doing any work
"A. or even of taking care Of himself exactly as
child under years of age not work or take care
of itself
An imbecile, however having the body Of a grown
person and with the mental capacity Of child of
years. can be taught TO do the things that a child
under years Of age can do.
Under supervision, it can help weed a garden.
and it can fetch and carry within the limits of its
strength. but always under supervision.
Morons, on the other hand, can be taught to
scrub or mend, to do manual work, and occasionally
even operate simple machines, without too much
supervision.
CTATISTICIANS calculate that feeble minded
~ is so fully bred into the race that approxi-
mately 100000 normal persons in the United
States are carriers of feeble-mindedness
There are occasional cases in which feeble
mndedness is not the result Of heredity These are
II which there is lack Of thyroid gland secre-
ton resulting in the condition called cretinism,
with stopping Of development in which the
brain is injured at BIRTH and cases in which
serious infectious condition has destroyed quality Of
the brain tissue.
The only answer which modern civilization has
to the problem Of perpetuation Of the feeble minded
!
feeble-minded would result in diminishing the total
number to some extent and, if carried out over
sufficiently long time, might eventually produce
great reduction.
However the large number of feeble-minded
makes it unlikely that the result would be
apparent Segregation of the predetermined in in
sttutons seems at present TO be the Only possible
method of immediate control.
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rah, rah; Shortridge High School
wants its mamama."
THERE existed in those early
Il days a close relationship be-
tween pupils and teachers. On
Saturday afternoons pupils and
teachers would wheel out their BIZ
cycles and pedal their way to
Broad Ripple for a picnic.
Mr.. Emmerich encouraged the
growth of clubs, or, as they we're
in those days, fraternitieS and
sororities, because he believed in
group activity. The annual of
1904 lists the following societies:
Ran CherOs, OSki Wos, z. 2. T.,
Colonial Maids, Senoritas, Man
chus, Raza Mataz, Tribunes,
Toreadores, Tredecimmites, Walk
uren, o. G.. T., III Kis, Bashi Ba-
zouks, Minnehahas, D. A. N. D.
Us, Laconian Maids, Mikados,
ColleenS Of Innisfall, Vivantes
Vierges, Aztecs and Phi Delta
M. Another of the early organ
izations that enjoyed popularity
was the SheykhS.
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DiIIinger Wasn't So Hot

NLD Mr.. DIlinger's career on the stage was brief
~ and not altogether successful. Hampered and
harrasSed by the authorities, he played meager
season and then retired to his farm and it
noticed that the drama, far from being uplifted,
sagged more alarmingly than ever as a result of his
efforts But he the victim of discrimination.
They wouldn't let him exhibit his boys straw hat
and shirt with the bullet holes in them.
Such attractions these, including the Dionnes,
seldom last very long for there is something about
such heroes and herones in the flesh even in the
moving pictures which descendants their audiences.
1t will be interesting to what form of drama
is written for Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the
event that he should be acquitted of all wrong and
induced ito follow many illustrous predecessors
the stage. AS an innocent man he would be only
German carpenter with criminal record, and
surely fascinating figure of man, unless ne I'M
dertook to appear twice daily in act entitled
How didn't kill the Lindbergh baby"
Copyright 1885. by United Feature Syndicate 1nc)
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scorn the idea of a patriotic wom-
an? Does he dare cast this slur
on her in the face Of history. Why
should she not feel this noblest of
all feelings?"
The challenge went unanswered
in future issues of the publication.
The school gradually was be-
coming a personality. 1t adopted
it's school colors-red and white
and Hans Stechhan wrote a yell.
School spirit soon developed.
So bitter was the rivalry between
Shortridge High School and Man
ual that the principals of the two
schools were forced to confer to
stop violence between pupils of
the two institutions at athletic
contests.
The principals agreed that two
jeering yell5 be discontinued. The
North Side students had shouted,
Girls in white, girls in red,
they're the girls that make the
bread" manual had a cooking
school) A Manual pupil wrote an
inspirational yell which was i'm
mediately adopted. 1t was "Rah,
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souri,, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, New York, New Mexico, Ore
gon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, YER
mont, Virginia and West Virginia.
Opposed we're California, Della
ware, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachu-
sets, Minnesota, Montana, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
South Dakota and Washington.
Split we're Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine,
Nebraska, Nevada, North Caro-
lima, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Wisconsin and Wyom-
ing
The United States is said to be
the only country which follows
the practice of allowing only one
branch of bicameral legislature
to advise and consent" with the
executive branch Of the govern
ment in treaty-making.
THIS arrangement is said to be
due to the circumstances
which obtained when the Consti-
tuition was framed. Each of the
13 colonieS-or states-was con-
sidered to be independent, and
each felt it should have an equal
voice with the others when trea-
ties were being negotiated, re-
CARELESS of population.
Those who framed the Consti-
tuition, however, were less united
on the tWo-thirds rule. James
Wilson of Pennsylvania objected
precisely on the ground that it
thus became possible for a few to
block the desire of the majority.
Rufus King Of Massachusetts,
agreed with Wilson, and Nathaniel
Gorham Of the same state said
that if a majority could not be
trusted I'VE are not fit for one
society"
Elbridge Gerry, also of Massa-
chusetts, feared, however, that a
majority might be corrupted by
foreign influence, and the COM
mittee of II voted to for the
tWo-thirds rule. Roger Sherman
Of Connecticut suggested that
treaties be ratified by majority
Of the entire Senate, regardless
Of the number actually voting
and this failed by the narrow
margin of to 5.
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being the Victory for the People
which its foes claimed.
Assuming that each Senator
truly represented his constitu-
ents, the final lineup indicated
that, in round numbers, 80,000,-
900 Americans favored the court
as against approximately 45,0O0,-'
900 opposed.
These figures are estimated by
tabulating the population of the
48 states and lining the people
up, for or against the court, &C
cording to the vote of their Sem
ators. When one Senator voted
for, and one against the court,
the population of that state split
accordingly, half to each column.
Il n
IN the final vote, the Senate
L alignment showed % states
in favor Of the court, IL opposed
and IA divided. Those for it were
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Con-
necticut, Colorado, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mis-
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at Manual in 1895, were particu-
larly impressed by the pupils in
dependence of thought. Clubs
were organized. Thought was
stimulated by debating societies
and literary groups.
An early issue of Mind and
Hand, the student newspaper,
reports an account of heated de-
bate on the bloody Pullman strike
in Cook County, Illinois. George
Pullman then defied organized
labor in & spectacular manner.
The affirmative won II to 8 on
the subject, Resolved That
strikes are an evil and that the
recent strike clearly proves this"
II
EORTY years later the United
Il States was to lay its labor
problems before Federal labor
boards for arbitration.
The student mind was bent on
grave subjects. Katie Pearce, a
pupil, wrote in Mind and Hand
an article protesting that women
were as capable of patriotism as
men. Can man, in his heart.
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WE have a building,
but we have no school
-et. That is our task"


vet. That is our task"
Principal Charles E. En-
merich spoke those words
to a nervous group OF q
teachers who sat sOlemnly
around a table at industrial
Training School in Febru-
airy, 1895.
It was the teachers first meet
inc after Otto Stechhan's dream
of a free industrial high school in
indianapolis had been realized.
Slowly during the winter Of 1894
and 1895 there arose on Meridian
and Merrill-sts the dignified
building that was to become En-
merich Manual Training High
School in later years.
The structure itself was equipped
with the most modern educational
devices and was divided into
three sections-the technical to
the north. the literary in the GEN.
ter and the scientific to the south.
Most Of the pupils had come from
old High School No. 2, which had
occupied makeshift quarters in
Ward School 6. Others were at
tracted by the facilities of the in
dustrial shops. The first leaders
of the school were sons and
daughters of the prominent Ger
man families whose enterprise had
helped make the school reality.
The United States Census of 1880
shows 1888 German-born Indian
apoliS citizens.
n
DOTH pupils and teachers felt
ID the excitement of the new
school. 1t was an experiment,
and both the city and the nation
were looking to the institution as
a probable answer to problems
arising from the American indus
trial revolution.
Many persons in indianapolis
felt that the purpose of the
school was to make mechanics and
workers instead of educating the
pupils in The conventional "cul-
tural subjects" Mr.. Emmerich
discouraged such an attitude as
much as possible.
A story Is told that visitor
came to Industrial to inspect the
shops. Mr.. Emmerich called
young Purdue graduate to his
office. The instructor, knowing
Mr.. Emmerich's democratic view,
was wearing his overalls when he
was introduced.
And this, suppose, is a jani-
tor" the visitor drawled.
Mr.. Emmerich sharply lectured
the visitor on his favOrite theme
appreciation of shop work.
Teachers, now retired, who were
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Patman, a currency inf1ationist,
proposes to raise the S2,000,000,000
necessary to pay off the bonus by
an issue of greenbackS. Vinson
wants to finance the deal by a
bond f1oatation.
American Legion officials are
backing the VinSon scheme, much
to the vocal indignation Of Pat
man who has been sponsoring
bonus bills for years.
In the croSS-f1re of brickbats be-
tween the warning camps is gang
ling Speaker Joe Byrns buSily as
surfing each-without much sue
cess-that he is not playing
favOriteS.
ByrnS' one thought is to get the
bonus issue off his hands.
While Administration strategiSts
have been cudgeling their brains
for ways to prevent the passage
of a bonus bill, the TenneSseean
has been iterating and reiterating
one refrain:
For my part I would like to see
the matter disposed of as soon as
possible"
president ROOS EVELT
Il caused Names Tory Senator
Frederick Hale to blush a deep
red the other day.
A large delegation of Maine
officials. among them Democratic
Gov. Louis Brann plus the states
three representatives, plus Hale,
called on the President to discuss
the famous PaSSamaquaddy Bay
tidal power project.
During the conference, one of
the party started to describe the
Maine coast line.
"Oh, you don't have to tell me
about the coast Of Maine" the
President replied smilingly. I've
sailed every foot of it. Why, I
know more about it than Freddy
here. I so TO Maine every sum-
mer. He only goes there once
every six years when he has to
run for Office"
NOTE: Hale usually spends his
vacation hunting in Alaska or
deep-Sea fishing in the Caribbean.
TOW seriously Donald Rich
II berg takes his role Of Assist
ant observation-disclosures actually
he winceS at the title-has been
disclosed by his secret maneuver-
ings with the National Labor Re-
lAtions Board.
When Philadelphia blue-blood
Francis Biddle took Office as
Chairman of the NLRB. he and
his colleagues went over to see
the President who was most
cordial.
Come over and see me any
time" was his farewell. I'm al
ways at your disposal"
And as troubles loomed on the
labor horizon, the Labor Board
endeavored TO take the President
up on his suggestion. Always,
however, the door was barred.
Finally, the Jennings case came
up arousing the opposition Of
newspaper publishers. Louey Howe.
White House confidant, recognized
the seriousness Of the situation
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WESTERN UNION ASKS
CITY BOND ABOLITION
Works Board Refers Plan to Legal
Department.

A. A. Brown, indianapolis West
ern Union Co. superintendent, to-
day asked the City Works Board to
do away with the $4,000 indemnity
bond of his company has been
required to post yearly against
possible damage to city property by
the underground cable of the
company. The board referred the
matter to the city legal depart
ment. -
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Questions and Answers

O-who was Hester Prynne?
A-The heroine Of a Scarlet Letter" by Haw-
thorne.
C-what is the language Of the original Magma
Carta?
A-Latin.
O-HOw Is -Cavalleris Rustcana" pronounced
-VAhl-lay ree-ah rOos-tih-kahnah-"
O-What does the initial M the quarter dol
lars that were issued from 1916 TO 1891 stand for?
A-AIacNeil, the name OF the designer.
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aUEnough
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

NOTING that Mama and Papa Dionne, the par
~ ents of the Canadian quintuplets. now ele-
waiting the drama in Chicago. have been searching
the reviews with particular curiosity how their
playwright tailored his story to their rather special
qualifications
The DiOnneS are not all-rOund actors, but types
of a highly specialized kind and play which would
give expression the character in which they APP
pear before the drama lovers must necessarily be
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WELDING CLASSES TO
RESUME AT Y. M. C. A.
Russell Pursel Again to Have
Charge of Course.

The class in electric and acety-
lene Welding will open for the Sec
ond semester at the Young Mems
Christian Association trade school
at 7:30 tonight. Russell Pursel, who
has taught the class for nine years,
will be instructor.
The public speaking class met for
the first time this semester last
night. Glasses in radio service and
repair and show card writing are
now being formed at the trade
school. High school and business
college courses also are being
formed.
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and arranged for the Labor Board
to explain the case to the Presi-
dent.
A date for the meeting was
fixed.
But without a word of warning
it was suddenly called off. DON
aid Richberg had heard of the
conference and rushed over to
the White House demanding that
it be cancelled.
ID ELATIONS between h
NNLRB and the White House
have been delicate ever since.
Whether the present members
resign is in the lap of luck.
When Roosevelt published his
letter reversing the board in the
Jennings case, both Ed Smith and
DR.. Harry Mills handed their
designations to Chairman Biddle.
They were diSSuaded from for
warding them to the White
House, however, by Senator Wag-
ner and other Senators who are
drafting labor legislation. They
argued that the bills they are in
PRODUCING will remedy the situa-
ton and make the NLRB supreme
in all labor disputes.
Also the President called in
Labor Board members, gave
similar assurances, temporarily
smoothing the ruf1ed waters.
Copyright 1885. by United Featurel
Syndicate. Inc.)
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| COVER THE WORLD
By William Philip Simn1s

WASHINGTON constitutional amendment to reduce
w required ratify treaty from
will sought by Senator James Pope d.
Idaho).
backing of who feel that under
comparative handful of block the will
of overwhelming majority
of the the World Court reveals that when
thumbs American
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By Dre1o Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON Feb jangle going behind the
w the has all the aspects Of
another with charges those two super
zealots gaion-Texas Wright Paman and
eorgas rauous author of bonus bill and
each is he O
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CONSTRUCTED with extraordinary tact,
sympathy and ingenuity. After all,
the quintuplets themselves are not
joining in these personal appear
ances and it is the babies. judging
by the pictures. who have most of
the family charm and heart appeal
or, as we call it in our business.
human interest or HI.
Not only do the parents look re-
markedly ordinary, but it will have
to be admitted that there is Moth
ing Strikingly original in parent
hood, so the task which they and
their author have assumed in ele-
waiting the stage seems much more
imposing than that of having the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-12
ANTI-HEARST DRIVE
OPENED AT De PAUW
Students Join National Protest
Against Newspapers.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Feb. PA new
kind of pledge pin bloomed on the
campus of De Paw University here
today. 1t is a campaign button and
the legend reads: Don't Read
Hearst"
The buttons are being circulated
nationally by students protesting the
current Hearst newspaper cam
paign against alleged radical pro-
feSsorS in American colleges.
Hearst's Chicago Herald and Ex-
aminer and American circulate in
the De Paw territory.
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TWO FORT OFFICERS
ARE GIVEN TRANSFERS
Capt. Holmes Goes to Philippines,
Lieut.. Davis to Hawaii.

Capt. Don N. Holmes, who has
been assigned for four years to the
18th Infantry at Ft. Benjamin Har-
rison, has been transferred to for
eign service in the Philippine Is
lands. Lieut.. John j. Davis, 18th
Field Artillery, has been assigned to
duty in Honolulu, Hawaii, and will
sail late in April.
Capt. E. t. Hayes, 10Th Field Artil-
lery, has assumed command of the
western Indiana Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps district with headquar-
tiers in Mitchell.
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NOTED HISTORIAN Is
UNDER FIRE BY NAILS
Berlin Professor Ordered to DiScon.
tinue His Lectures.
BUUnitcd Press

By Hifcd Press
BERLIN, Feb. 12.-Prof. Hermann
Oncken, noted historian of Berlin
University, was ordered today to dis
continue his lectures.
His offense was that his students
cheered him after Nazis had de-
nounced his lecture of Jan. u,
Revolution and History" in which
he contradicted Nazi historical
theories.
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used in poor taste" Guy T. Visknlskk Of the Port
land Oreg0nian thinks that the manner in which
the press has conducted itself al the trial has been
little short Of disgracefu" And ne adds, las for the
DISTINGUISHED names who have made themselves
trial sob sisters and brothers COR few guineas the
less said the better"
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bableS m The INST place. Nature deserves credit
for an important assist in the quntuplet play but
nature has turned pro and the only help that Mama
and Papa can count on when they appear behind
the foOtlghts is that of the hired interlocutor or
lecturer. discourse based on their claim to fame
would be something on the order of a lecture on
ones operation
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Q-Give the source of The quotation:
The quality of mercy is not strained;
1t droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven"
A-shakespeare's Merchant of Venice" Act
" Scene I.
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moons some OF the participants have
behaved as If preOccupied not with
judge OF jury. but solely with tomOr-
rows headlines. But though the
proceedings have been outlandish
they scarcely lear out the SNUG
suggestion Of Mr. PeW's publication
that justice has dropped her sword
and scales in order 10 run copy for
the papers.
Among regular newspaper men
there is a wide difference of opinion.
Louis B. Seltzer Of the Cleveland
Press in speaking Of the space used
on the trial says that "a surprising
w smaM percentage Of u has ben
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NTHAT the graduates today
w feel today as the greatest
tribute to Mr.. Emmerich is the
growth of musical organizations
at Manual. Mr. E4merich him.
self organized the first 12-piece
orchestra. During his time
chorus, Mandolin Club, and va
rious singing groups became &C
tive.
A military corps was organized
in 1896. So strong was the pa
triotic fervor aroused by this
training that several boys rushed
to the recruiting office at the out
break of the Spanish American
War.
The history of student publica-
tons at Manual was a precariouS
one. The Mind and Hand was
succeeded by the Armgus, the
Mirror, and, finally, the Booster.
E. H. K. McComb, the Manual
principal now, was toasted when
he was a mere teacher by a ballad.
One of the verses asked, Nov last
of all this question-hOW do You
succeed to MUNICH the dreadful
deathlike contents of old, stale
Taggart lunch?"
The March $4,000 Mirror in
Guided in its personals column:
"Mr. Siebanthal asked in one of
his classes how many legs mos
quito has. Roy Howard, with a
glance at Edwin Denzlerm,
growled: Two" Mr.. Howard is
now chairman of the board of
Scripps- Howard Newspapers.
Two months after the new
school was established Emily
Helming wrote in the Mind and
Hand, eve are sorry that we had
not the privilege of taking the
whole course at this splendid
school,"
Mr.. Enmerich's plea to his
teachers that it was their duty
to create the school had not gone
unanswered.
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Charles Enn1e1ich Shaped Destiny of South Side Institution

The undergraduate organiza-
tions were short-hyed because the
Indiana General Assembly. in its
great wisdom, OutlaWed high
school social societies.
Some of these groups still exist
as graduate clubs where middle
aged men and women gather to
remember their Manual back
ground. Prior to the depression
they gathered considerable sums
for worthy causes at Manual.
Drama rose to a position of high
Importance as talented pupils
competed in the writing of class
plays. Joel Baker, Criminal Court
probation officer, was a charming,
but husky-voiced Portia in the
play, The Merchant of Venice
up-to-Date," presented by Manual
munners 25 years ago. Mr.. Baker,
who now supports a mustache,
portrayed the feminine charms of
the famed woman lawyer.