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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1916.
NOTED EDUCATORS
IN SESSION HERE FOR
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS
Problems of Importance to Be
Discussed by Experts From
Many Institutions of
Learning
MEETINGS AT U. OF P.
Continuation School nml Kindred
Subjects Will Bo
Considered
The ndvnncompnt of education nnd other
educational problems, especially those In
Pennsylvania and nelRhborlni? States, were,
discussed today at the openltiK of a four
day conference of leading educators In
the Kast. being held nt tho University of
Pennsylvania.
Superintendents, professors, members of
school boards and teachers arrived by tho
scores this mornlriR and started on n tour
of the continuation schools of the city.
This was the first start of their conference,
which will Include efficiency In teaching
and ndmlnlstrntlve problems.
Among the schools visited were those nt
K. Sncllenburg & Co., Berg Brothers, I.H
Brothers and the ftandail. ninney and
Grant grammar schools. Tho visitors
manifested a keen Interest In the working
of tho schools, and praised the officials
of tho school system here and tho mer
chants for developing the Idea to such a
high degree.
The format opening of the conference
will tnko placo with a general session nt
Houston Hall, nt which Frank P. Graves,
dean of the School of Kducatlon nt the
University, will give an lllustrnted lecture
on "The Involution of Kducatlonal
Method." .foslah If. Pennlman. vice pro
vost of tho University, will deliver the
nddrcss of welcome.
Competitive examinations will bo held
for they benefit of secondary schoolboys
and a prize oratorical contest will also bo
held In Hio latter part of the wed!
Dolejjnt.es to the conference will be ad
mitted free to the Pennsylvnnlft-tJftver-ford
baseball game on April IS, and In tho
meantime they will bo entertained r.t
luncheons and other affairs. In addition to
tho sessions of the conferences.
A conference for city superintendents
on the work of tho continuation schools
will be held tomorrow morning and nn
other meeting will be called for tho county
superintendents on the question of school
ndmlnlstrnllon In the county. Dr. Nathan
C. Sehaeffer, Superintendent of Education
of Pennsylvania, will bo a prominent
speaker, along with Klwood P. Cubbery,
of Leland Stanford Jr., University! Dr.
Charles A. "Wagner, Commissioner of Edu.
cation of Delaware Dr, J. George Becht
and Millard B. King, of tho Board of Edu
cation of Pennsylvania.
At 4 o'clock tomorrow and Friday there
will bo departmental conferences for univer
sity, high and elementary schoolteachers.
Dr. Llda B. Karhart, of tho Xew York city
public schools, will be among the speakers
nt these meetings. Others who will take
part In the discussion are Prof. Blchard
C. Scheldt, of Franklin and Marshall Col
lege, Lancaster, Pa. ; Prof. Edgar Daw
son, of Hunter College, New York; Dean
Andrew T. West. o,f Princeton University,
who will discuss tho "Fundamentals In
Liberal Education."
Dr. James 15. Bussed, dean of Teachers'
College. Columbia University, will lecture
In Houston Hnll on "Education for Cltlicn
ship" tomorrow evening. City superinten
dents wilt discuss tho report of tho commit
tee appointed last year on the standardiza
tion of superintendents' reports Friday
morning. At tho sam? time tho county su
perintendents will consider tho supervision
of rural -schools. Dr. Georgo D. Strnyer,
of Columbia University, wilt speak at both
these meetings.
Tho new ndmtsslon requirements of tho
University will bo taken up Saturday
morning and discussed with relation to
the co-operntlon of tho secondary schools
In their administration. At tho same tlmo
Dr. Lotus D. Coffmnn. dean of the Collego
of Education of the University of Minne
sota, will discuss the rating of teaching
efllclcncy.
PARDONED MAN JAILED;
HAD COUNTERFEIT COIN
Suspect, Recently Freed by
President, and "Pal" Taken
After Chase
Jefferson Professor Honored
Dr. Itotiart A. Hare, professor of treat
ment and diagnosis nt tho Jefferson Medi
cal College, was honored by the faculty
nnd students yesterday In commemoration
of tho completion of 25 years' service. Tho
professor was presented with n bronzo
statue of Mercury. Dr. Francis X. Dcr
cum was master of ceremonies. Dr. ,1.
Chalmers Da Costa delivered a short nddrcss.
Two men with prison records, ono of
whom had been pardoned only recently by
President Wilson, were arrested late last
night on a charge of attempting tb pass
counterfeit silver dollars. They were taken
after a chase through lark streets and
nlleysr during which they are said to havo
thrown a number of tho spurious coins
away.
Bartholomew rtulll. also known ns Joe
Busk, In whose pocket was found a par
don signed by tho President, hnd served
two yenrs of a six-year sontenco for coun
terfeiting In Kentucky, nnd Is said to havo
admitted to tho police that most of his
life hnd been spent In prison. He gave
his address ns 2907 Almond street. Ills
companion, William Englo. 52 years old,
who said his homo was at 314 South tilh
street. Is said to have admitted he hnd
Just been released from tho Eastern Peni
tentiary, where ho served a sentenco of 13
months. The men will be turned over to
the Federal authorities today.
Mrs. Tlllle Brown, who conducts a small
cigar store at 4th and Pino streets, Is re
sponsible for tho enpturo of the pair. When
sho was offered a silver dollar in payment
for cigarettes, nho thought tho coin was
bad nnd detained the men on tho pretext
of getting change, whllo her son went for
the police. Tho men, suspecting a ruse,
left tho storo nnd ran down Do Lancey
street.
Tho police having arrived, followed
them and soon captured the men. who nre
said to havo thrown n. number of tho coins
nwny as they ran. In tho pocket of lltilll,
however, seven of the coltfa were found,
nnd later a search revealed several others
that had been thrown away.
Captain Matthew Griffin, of tho United
Stntes Sccrot Sorvleo. accompanied by
Pollco Llcutcnnnt Koestnr, later searrhed
ItulM'a rooms and nre said to havo found
a complete counterfeiting outfit. Cnpt.il u
Griffin considers the capture nn Important
ono.
CARSON COLLEGE WILL
BE REAL FAIRYLAND
Grounds and Structures De
signed to Stir Both Thought
and Imagination
Contracts for work on the Collego for
Orphan Girls, at Chestnut Hill, provided
in the will of tho late Bobert N. Car
son, were let today. Tho specifications
call for structures and grounds which
will form n rcnl fairyland for the stud
ents nnd will be different than any other
Institution In tho country. Work wilt
begin at onco on n. mllo of road building,
extensive grndlng and tho planting of
thousands of trees.
A model settlement has been designed,
In which moro than a score of buildings
Will receive ns much tare as tho hundred
acres on which they will stand. Albert
Kolsey, tho nrchltcct, thus far hns de
voted himself prlmnrlly to tho general
layout nnd to the screening of tho site
from discordant neighbors.
The thousands of trees to surround tho
property nre to form more than n moro
screen nnd windbreak. They nro to bo
of educational value nnd Interest; they
nro to stimulate thought and tho Imagin
ation. The northern windbreak will contain
"Tho Moon Well" nnd "Tho Ktar Well,"
connected by "The Wonder Walk." a dim,
long, curved, sylvan tunnel paved with
plno needles lending to two circular open
ings In the forest, from which, apparently,
tho only means of escape will bo tho sky.
A single grovo of three ncrcs In extent Is
being planted ns a main entrance np
proach, which will frame "Tho Focus,"
that Is, Hint portion of the main drive
wny focusing upon two tnll fplres nt
Chestnut Hill.
"The 1'cter Pan Puzzto" will bo an
amusing maze of Intertwined branches
for the younger children to climb from
treo to tree. "The Bird Wnlk" will bo
studied to luro tho birds, containing, as
It will, nn amazing village of gaily
pnlnted little blrdhousea. while every
where the grouping or trees anil shrubs
will be mnsscd to enhanco tho value of
tho picture.
SON FINDS MOTHER OVERCOME
Gna Jot Open, Sho Dies on Way to
Hospital
Mrs. Annlo Molvey was accidentally
asphyxiated today at her homo, .1929 Oer
mantown avenue. Her son Frank, an
employe of the Mldvnle Steel Works, be
camo alarmed this morning when ho failed
to find his mother In the kitchen prepar
ing his breakfast. Ho went to her room,
to find her overcome by gas. Ho ran to
the stntlon house, nt Germantown nvenuo
nnd Lycoming street and notified Ser
geant Lukcns.
The ofllccr summoned the nmbutnnco of
the Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Clara Leach
tried to revive tho woman by use of tho
pulmotor, but sho died n few mlnute3 Inter.
It Is believed sho left her bed and acci
dentally brushed against the gas Jet, nnd
thnt she became unconscious almost Immediately.
Eight Rescued From Flames at Dawn
Eight persons 'were led through smoke
to the street by three policemen In a fire
nt dawn today In tho bnkery of Christian
Sautter & Son, Inc., nt 1419 Locust street.
Tho persons Included Mr. nnd Mrs. Sautter
and their threo children. Tho fire started
from unknown origin In the rear of the
second floor. Tho bakery Is next door to
the 6th District police station nnd Police
men Qulnn, Mulhcrln and McNIchol wcro
soon In the burning building leading tho
employes out.
Mulhcrln wns overcome by smoke, but
quickly revived. The blaze wns confined
to tho store nnd extinguished after It had
done damage amounting to several hun
dred dollars.
SCHWAB TO LEASE HOTELS
"Dry" Hostelries Taken to -House
Munitions Plant Workers
SUNBUUY, Pa., April 11 So acute has
tho housing situation become hero that
tho Charles M. Schwab Interests, which
operate n large munitions plant, has
made overtures to James C. Packer, Bun
bury, owner of the Baker House. In Lewis
burg, which was refused a liquor license
this yenr, to rent the place, ns well ns the
Cnlneron House, the other unlicensed hotel
In Lcwlsburg. They propose, they say, to
tiso both for boarding houses for skilled
mechanics and operating heads. A lease
will be signed within n few days.
Lowlsburg Is four mites from Milton nnd
Is connected by train and trolley service.
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six Garford Utility three-quarter-ton trucks.
The sale was made only after three weeks
of exhaustive competitive testing against mo
tor trucks of practically all other makes rep
resented in Philadelphia.
After two years of use under all conditions
of traffic and weather the Public Ledgr.r has
purchased four more Garfords of the sa-ne size.
This repeat order is based solely on the re
markable record for absolute dependability, en
durance and economy made by the six Gar
fords in the many months they have served the
Public Ledger.
The Public Ledger knows from actual ex
perience that these fast and reliable vehicles
can be depended upon absolutely to carry on
the highly important work to which they are
assigned.
The complete Garford line of styles and
sizes enables us to offer a Garford to Tit
exactly the requirements of any trade.
There is & Garford to fit your business
be it big or little.
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