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V, n "" PHILADELPHIA
' ThtnKi on which the pfople expect the new
toWtraUon to concentrate lt attention:
' TA Delaware ritifr brldat. j.. ,,.
4 tfrvtecfc Mo tnoveh to accommodate the
' DwtoA)oi the rapW " wttm.
A ronoiton hall. ...
4 iulM((T for the Frtf urarv.
An Jtrt .WuMm.
' iiarotti of th trofer supply
Homes lo accommodate the population.
if NO MORE JOHNSON
WtflE opinion of City Solicitor Smyth that
fJ- John P. B. Sinkter has succeeded ThlUp
it. Johnson ns cltv architect and must hao
feoriplete charse of the improveraenti to bo
IW on tne minding" ni toe djuwij i :'"
tht to'end a lonR-s-tandiuj; sinecure.
Johnson had what was called a perpetual
ontract as city architect. Attempts, to oust
lira had repeatedly failed He wasu brother-
i-law of Israel W. Durham, ami mien
urbam died Charles Sccer inherited tlie
bllgatlon to protect the protese. Rut bej;er
i now dead and apparently there is no one
la power suiBclently interested In the pre
dion of Johnson s job to exert nimcti ui
Hthe matter.
If The new charter profiled for the appoint
l",.nt nf n rltv Architect Mr Sinkler was
appointed some months ajo and the city
jolicitor's opinion sustains his appointmpnt.
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PENNSYLVANIA APPLES
r. STEWART, a former professor in
il (?.&.. .. haiiapau tniiT rnwrn is
tWmty in Pennsylvania apples. He has just
Mid $53,000 for an orchard farm of 120
Mercs in Y?rk county, or at the rate of S-Ho
fn acre. This Is a pretty good price for
irm lands of any kind anywhere.
But. overv one knows that eastern apples
better flavored than those rai-ed on the
(krifatcd land of the West. Yet the western
lit growers t-end their apples to tne easi-
.rn markets twierc mey arc soiq ior iai;tj
prices.
-. When the owners of orchards in this rart
V)t the country awake to a realization of
fivtteir opportunities they will compete sue
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that is needed here is the application m tne
ntost improred methods of cultivation and
iMckintrto put on the market apples that
fre as cood to look upon as tho.e that arc
'hipped across the continent. Then the pur
chasers who buy apples for their looks will
rdiscover that flavor is worth couriering
also,
Pennsylvania has n climate admirably
adapted to fruit growing tJovernor Sproul
! is aware of this, for he onus .000 acres of
ijorchards, and under his direction the State
'Department of Agriculture K prepared to
assist every farmer who wishes to coin gold
r lrom his apple trees.
STOP THE MANDAMUSES
STr THE
k a law l
General Axoenibl) does not pa-s
next winter to put an end to the
.mandamus evil in this cit it will not be
! because such a law is not needed.
The action of the managers of the House
I of Detention iu securing a mandamus order-
lias the city to pay the salaries of thirty em
S'pioyes for which no appropriation has been
Vmade is only the latest iu-tance of a per-
iinicious method of managing the cit
: finances.
,slJWvfS' vo department of the local government
It - Kt3'Sw ont' en Bot a rourt order compelling the
f.nrovides for an annual budcet iu which an
1 1CJ'R, estimate of the amount ucided for the next
tHiT8.5t!.7aif shall be made That provision ought
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THEY FrCHT IN JERSEY
71IIERE seems to be good ground for the
A- report that the Delaware ferrv mm
panies are about readv to go back hurriedly
to their old schedule of rates m order to
avoid an airing of the ae before the inter
im M Btate Commerce Commission.
TtlwtilAnila hut'A fur rmiru mlliwl In nn fpfrr
V etockbolders in a golden tlnod Tim ruilroad
rate increases rtcentlj allowed weie nens-
sarr to hard-pressed corporations that hud
ft' m to obtain additional mimic or rik disa-tnr.
ffjThe ferry companies are not m that ila-s.
If -JSt -Ther liAve onlv h tee hnn nl iiistifirntinn fop
ifgfe the higher charges which they hae imposed
3fit'51,fivvv" lraujl
llMrf profiteer .
Ew on traffic. Their attitude in tins instam e
rceabl) suggesthe of the mood of the
ii is nut MjrpriMiiK iu uuu inui hip ror
' rvo rat Ions nrp not disnoscH tn fiehr If fhi
jph '1; furrender quietly the credit will belong to
swi4 ' e people of Camden, whose fighting spun
TOiVfji . . u-jtu fmtphrH n?flin Within n ft luiiim
tsttat!! after the announcement of the new rat"
LTjlin schedule Mayor Ellis und the Chamber of
mHr' Commerce
were preparing, with the -o-
jj operation of the public, to carry the matter
ki tn flit TntAputntn rnmmli.lftti Tim fur ..
companies should hnve rtmembereil the ex
periences of the Public Kervii e Corporation
in the tone-fare experiment
WOMEN AND THE FACTIONS
'TIS frcqueuU) said that women will never
be eenuinef interested iu politics , that
Tfhe ballot will bore them and that they will
4-? n'!Tfr Tote ln KrfHt ",""l"'r''- Sucn
XsliVl nay have to be reWscd before long.
beliefs
There is, for exumple, the beginning of a
i'-fSj Bew and lively sort of factionalism in a Mt-
. Mt"'i,,"on ",a' has developed between the Penn-
vania lifaguc or omen oters and thoso
4 are attempting to organize the newly
ni'hiseii ritiretiK in the interest of par-
jocal political clans.
j, 1 e League of Women Voters Ik an out-
Ath of the women's clubs of the state.
) nesn't ask IU members to stand aloof
the'recogbized parties, but it does en-
" i" 4 or (o cumraw muepeaucne iuiuiuhb ana
a state of'mlnd in.whlch men and issues may
be fairly assesscd'irrcspectlve of their party
nflillatlons. Officers of the league have re
fused to issue lists of their membership to
thoso who would use it in a large scheme of
propaganda devised by one of the state cr
ganlzations. Women who do not think ns
the women's league thinks insist that this
Is unfair, ,
Hero is discussion that may spread and
provide tin issue for women themselves.
There jet may be n division of the feminine
vote into two antagonistic camps represent
ing the docile, party followers and women
who happen to have a more serious view of
the vote and of their new rights under the
constitution. Women arc nt heart more
clannish than men. And if ever there is
open conflict in their ranks some of the fight
ing will probably be pretty rough.
ANTI-BRIDGE M0SSBACKS
RUNNING TRUE TO FORM
People Who Oppose Delaware Span Are
Descendants of Those Who Cried
Out In Horror Against Gas Lights,
Locomotives and Trolleys
THE mossback is fearfully misunderstood.
Could anything, for instance, be more
plaguing to this enrnest prophet of calamity
and disaster than the common charge that
his mind dwells only ln the past? He will
tell you, and with nil the emphasis he can
command, that the murky future is his con
cern. That, contrary to the accepted be
lief, Is the exact truth.
The mossback, the reactionary, the tory,
the slow-coach, the 'frald cat, the chronic
grumbler call him what you will could
hardly stand the lessons of n glance back
ward. They would frighten the sniveling
life out of him. For the past bulges with
bold accomplishment, with novelties which
worked wonders, with great new ndventures
which prospered magnificently, with ambi
tious undertakings which bore luscious fruit.
Jf he reflected a bit on its "message" he
might be forced to conclude that there is
actual precedent for progress, that the an
tagonists of Improvements now uccepted as
commonplaces have been repeatedly proved
fools and that the future was not perhaps
uurelievedly black. That would ucver do.
What becomes of our present-day moss
back's "arguments" against the Delaware
river bridge, for example, if lie ponders too
deeply upon the opposition to trolley cars
in this city 'ome thirty years ago? The
mossback. who neglected at that time to look
up the disfavor with which the first steam
rnilwavs were regarded, flatly announced
that "lectric transit would be the curse of
this town; that Philadelphia with fast trac
tion serUce would be a shambles.
It is, on. the whole, rather rubbing it in
to compel the icrv much misnamed "reac
tionary" to undergo the shock of realizing
the sins of his fathers. What is pain to one
individual Is. however, sometimes good fuu
for nnothcr, and certainly, iu view of all the
poppycock opposition, expressed and furtive,
to the span across the Delaware, there is
many a good laugh for the average citizen
in the long history of dreaded ble-siugs. He
needn't be afraid of the ihrouicle. It will
stimuhtc him.
Indeed, about the best tonic im-iginable
for any one entertaining the least doubt
about the immeasurabl-S-ftood to be gained
from the sorely needed bridge is an inquest
held over old newspapers. Illumination by
gas was an appalling menace. iSteiim en
gines would destroy the cornfields and slay
the cattle. The sewing machine would pau
perize thousauds of needlewomen. The
lethal trolle.vs would surpa-s the car of
Juggernaut.
Such wails are all in type. They might
be called inconceivable if only the other day
the "menace" of the Delaware span had not
been circularized. This time it Is the poor
farmer who i to be "victimized." sacrificed
and taxed for the benefit of the Insatiable
automobilist '
Of course, the ordinarv inhabitant of tln
populous metropolitan and interstate dis
trict is uot casil gulled by such nonsense.
He knows through altogether too much ex
perience that the ferries are hopelessly in
adequate and out of date nud that the bridge
will transform this region. I!ut the iost
unquestionably fu-scs him. Sometime, with
the mossback iutcrrupting the icv of the
past, he wonders in a muddled way whether
the project isn't too huge. Hadn't we better
wait a while.'
One wav to oorcomc this foolishue-. m
addition to f.u ing the past with manful ap
preciation is to per cheerfully into the
oncoming jcars We haven't, natural!,
begun to grasp tithe of ecn the elemental
benefits of the budge Progie-s grows out
of progrcjs, und it is difficult to jump men
t.ill thiough stages of development to be
inlinrited. Rut no special !nirmnnn is
nettled to nalize a few ot the banc piofit
of the pro tett fin whn!i T'hiladelph'a and
Camden. New Jers-oj and Piuuham:i tire
cmbaikud.
F.terv one can understand that the ferry
irritation wtH-ease. It is also obvious that
despite state lines Philadelphia and Camden
will inhiee a metropolitan unity of enter
prise which must be invigorating in the
highest degree Hut bcnd these Imme
diate gains thtie uie aspeds of the under
taking w'lich spur tin- imagination without
for a moment transgressing tn field of per
feitH logical possibilitj .
., Colliiigswooil. Huddoufirld. I'alm.rsl, Mer
chant ille. Gloucester will be subuibs of u
new luterstute t tt , quite as intimate! parts
theicof as (iermuntowu, Durbv, 1'tankford
and Haddington a if now- i omponents of
Philadelphia. The limits of initropolitun
expansion not congestion, be it understood
delight the fan') v ithout dt ludlug it.
And as transportation condition will be
changed, so will the gincral development of
trad" and mdustry he revoliitiouUi d, not to
sa emancipated. In all sobiictj it may he
fo'nceivrd that the gieat twin metropolis on
the banks of the Delaware will oujov oppor
tunities of growth unrivaled iu anj iltj in
the land.
It is hard, because we are o accustomed
to fcir plight anil its antiquity, to appreciate
with due clurit the preposterous handiiap
to this region which the lack of a span has
been The Delaware is a noble stream, but
it is not the Amazon ut Para nor the St.
Lawrence at vuebec The latter flty. it may
be mentioned, bonsw a gigantic bridge, the
construction of which invoUid engineering
and (manual dillnulties lirsitle whlth the
burden of our project is feathery.
Furtheimore, our nwe of the Delaware
has rather outstupped the respd-t wortln u
majestic nwi. I'litll i oinpariltively iei i ntly
it seems to haie bi en icgarded in the light
of a veritable Mediterranean. Iteallj, it
isn't quite that broad ! Nor is th financing
of tho bridge the least comparable with the
nuperb array of engineering wonders of which
civilization Is rightfully proud.
We are not planning a Forth bridge, nor
a Panama Canal, nor a Oatuu dtiin, nor nn
Alaskan railwa. The highest estimate of
cost of the bridge is 40.000,000. the lowest
about 520.000,000. Evm the heaviest of
those sums would not bankrupt the com
munity.
JVhat Js JKtded is fewer easps pf astonish...
EVENIN& frUBEIO LEDaEB
ment over our alleged "daring" and moro
practical initiative In n work decidedly moro
indispensable than miraculous
Not nil prophecies arc dangerous. Some
have the nature of a bet on a certainty, and
so fnr ns the bridge is concerned it may be
pretty safely wagered tbat tho first span be
tween this city and Camden will not long
remain unique. What hnppened to the East
river is n heartening precedent. The public
of Greater New York wasn't the least nervous
about cither the advisability, the practica
bility or the expense of the second, third and
fourth bridges between Manhattan and
Brooklyn. These were calmly regarded ns
steps in the ordinary march of public Im
provement. And so It will probably be with
the companions of the first Delaware river
structure. As wo erect them w'c shall be
inclined to view somewhat contemptuously
our agonies over the pioneer span.
The numerical equivalent of nbout tho
population of Nevada will migrate to the
seashore today and tomorrow. The crowd
will be jammed to the utmost on the river
passage and, for those moments of archaic
inconvenience, undeniably fretful. Ask nny'
member of It on landing whether he desires
the bridge, nnd be careful not to stake more
than n German pfennig on the chance of nn
unfavorable reply. T'nllkc the mossback,
ho is nbout 100 pef cent likely 'to rccali
the past as the most vivid of all arguments
for speeding up the imperative work that
lies immediately ahead.
ROOSEVELT WOMEN IN POLITICS
rpHE Roosevelt women, now that they have
the privilege of voting, arc following the
example of their distinguished kinsman nnd
preparing to take an active part In politics.
It will b6 recalled that one of the first
things the Colonel did after he wns graduated
from college was to join the Republican or
ganization in his district. He believed that
It was the fluty of every citizen uot only to
vote, but to assist in shaping party policies.
He could have no Influence iu party policies
unless he associated himself with the men
active iu the management of the party.
Mrs. Corlnne Roosevelt Robinson, the Inte
President's sister, has arranged to make
political speeches, her first appearance being
in Portland, Me . on September S. When
she spoke at the Chicago convention it wns
not as a qualified elector, but as a represen
tative of the women who hoped to vote.
When she speaks in Maine it will be ns n
voter capable of casting a ballot on the
same terms as men.
Mr. Alice Roosevelt Longwoith. the
Colonel's daughter, has offered her servircs
to the Republican National Committee, and
they are certain to be utilized where they
will do the most good.
The exninpl" thus set is likely to be fol
low eil by other women fitted b. contact with
public men to sove the nation iu political
campaigns nnd ulthnitely in office. If we
nre to get the benefits promised from equal
suffrage we must use the abilities of the
women in every way possible.
The Roosevelt women doubtless were in
hearty sympathy with their kinsman when
he led a bolt in 1012. but thev nre aware
that he returned to the Republican party
and at the time of his deatli was planning to
give to it the best that was iu him in the
approaching presidential campaign. No
American was more fully convinced than he
that if the nation were to be restored to
nonnal conditions after tho war it must
summon the Republican paity to power.
The Democrats hnve proved their incapacity
for the task.
Under these circumstances the Democratic
campaigners who are seeking to lure the old
Roosevelt Progressive following, which wns
teally the forward-looking wing of the Re
publican part . into support of Mr. Cox nre
likely to find their task exceedingly difficult.
UNFASHIONABLE STRIKES
ANY ONE who reads the newspapers is
aware that strikes are not so fashiouable
as they were a ear ago, either in the
I'nited States or in Europe. The Rritish
foal miners have iu a few months aban
doned one strike plan after another. They
are eager for arbitration.
Threats of an anthracite strike have been
made in this state, but the miners' leaders
are now seeking to have wage disputes set
tled "without the interruption of produc
tion "
The fact is that labor and the employers
nMke have been learuiug some bitter les
sons. Ever) body loses in a strike. After
idleness anil htudship and loss on both sides,
everv great labor question is settle'd on n
basis that would have been easily attainable
through peaceful disiussiou.
Labor und the emplo.vcrs are in a mood o
perceive the unreason of industrial conflict.
It is not unlikely that witliiu a year or two
strikes mn.v be eliminated altogether in the
i'nited States through high!) systematized
arbitration inachincr.v i stablislied under the
auspices of the government iu forms accept
able to capital and labor.
COLLEGE CLUBS
JCDGE TERGT'SON'S giant of a charter
to the Yale Club of Philadelphia has
added one moro to the number of legally
incorporated organizations of graduates of
universities in the fit).
It also calls attention to the lack of a
I'mversity of Penus.vlvuuin Club.
The Yale men will have a common meet
ing place fiom which will emanate as inuch
fif the Yale spirit ns has survived bincc the
giaduates left New Haven.
Some du) the University of Pennsylvania
graduates will organize u club here for the
accommodation of the 10,000 alumni who
live within the metropolitan district and for
the convenience of the alumni in other parts
of the country who return to town nt inter
vals to renew their associations with tho
institution from which they got their edu
cation. The loial alumni have allowed the New
York alumni to steal a march on them, for
in New- York a club has been organized that
is alread) planning a maguificent clubhouse.
THE TEACHERS ARE QUITTING
rnHE loss of twent.v-fivo instructors iu the
-L division of physiinl education in the pub
lic h hooN hardly hnrmonlr.es with the op
timistii picture recently drawn of the full
enrollment of teachers.
William A Steelier frankly asserts that
manv of the resignations have been due to
the low pay si ale. The new shortage,
moreover, m curs at the very time when
Doctor FurbiiHli is insistent upon n start"
in this department siifliciently incrensnl to
tuuble the schools to conform to the stnt
luvv prescribing early ph.vsical examinations
of all the pupils.
The date for the opening of the school loan
is approaching. Theoretically, it ought not
to he the dut) of individuals to buv bonds
to enable the public school s)stem to be con
ducted properly Hut the gravit) of the
situation transcends this sort of logic There
should be a full subscription foi the school
loan The way to prevent teachers, either
iu tho pl steal education division or an)
other, from legitiinntcl) seeking more lucra
tive positions is to pay them what they
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- POBXL'ABELPHIA , SATUBDAYirAUGUST
A COLLEGE FOR LABOR
Trade Unionists of Philadelphia Will
Go to School to Study the Eco
nomics of Modern Business
and Industry
TO THIS city of many shrines of lenrning,
of schools of the nrts nnd sciences, of col
leges where law and medicine and- engineer
ing flourish, of neademics where the fino
arts nnd their handmaidens, tho mechanic
nrts, are fostered Bide by side, comes a new
cducationnl institution, the Trndo Union
College of Philadelphia.
IT IS worth noting nt the outset that the
Trade Union College is precisely whnt Its
name implies a college by nnd for the trade
unionists.
The men on its executive council represent
the railroad shop workers, the upholstery
weavers, the machinists, the carpenters, the
bricklayers, the hosiery knitters nnd the
metal polishers. They nro union men. all of
them j they are members-of unions affiliated
with the American Federation of Lnbor ; they
Btand for the great conservative nnd con
structive force In American industry. The
Trade Union College is not designed to be
nnothcr school of parlor bolshcvlsm.
THE plan nnd purpose of tne college can.
not be set forth better thnn in the words
of the preliminary educational program put
oct by the committee which has the project,
in chnrgc.
"What we want and need is to know nbout
those things that directly nnd powerfully
nffect our lives. We want to know why
it is that the worker who spends his Hfo
making things that arc supposed to be for
the use of bis fellow- men so often has
nothing for his own use in his old ngc. We
want to know why there is no work to bo
done when the workers need jobs nnd need
things that other workers make. We want
to know why, when we nre the biggest share
of the voters, our elected representatives can
pass Esch-Cummins bills, nnd, as judges,
can get out injunctions that deprive us of
nil rights. We want to know whether it
is necessary that the children of the workers
should go to work at the age of fourteen
Instead of having a chance to develop body
and soul until they grow to manhood nnd
womanhood. We want to learn to discuss
these things, and we want to know bow to
get the facts about them."
TT IS a characteristic of organized labor,
-Land one of the sure Props of Its power, that
it seekR Its ends simply and directly. There,
fore the plans for the coilegc have been
developed without much concern about the
purely physical concomitants of n teaching
institution. The college is not going In
for clnborate nnd costly equipment. In
fact, it Is not even decided definitely
where the classes will be held. The
main thing is that there will be classes,
pupils and teachers. There will be places
of assemblage for the lectures in Kensington
nnd in the central part of the city. Per
haps a college building will come later.
Six courses have been outlined for a start.
These have been chosen from considetations
of practical effectiveness. The courses nat
urally divide themselves into two groups;
the first hns to do with economic informa
tion, the Bccond with its expression.
In the first group come the history of
labor organisations in the United States:
labor and law. and labor and industry.
The second group of studies will embrace
English, public speaking and current even's
nnd parliamentary practice.
It is not the plan of the projectors of the
college to limit the courses to the subjects
just enumerated. Whenever twenty students
agree upon a course the executive committee
will arrange such a course for them if it
can be done, liesides the formal covrses,
it is intended to have a couise of popular
lectures dirlng the fall and winter, open
to all members of the college upon the pay
ment of n nominal fee. As an adjunct to
the college, it Is hoped to huve u public
forum for the discussion of questions of the
hour.
A SIMPLE plan has been worked out for
the government of the college. Each of thp
affiliated unions is entitled to n delegate to
a centi.il educational council, which will
have final decision in nil matters pertaining
to the college, deciding on courses, teachers,
location ofchishes. The council will choose
annually nn executive council of srven ot
its members, n president and a becretarv,
treasurer Tln-.s the entile supervision of
the college will remain in the hands of the
unions themselves.
The college hns been modeled in part on
a similar and highlv successful institution
in Washington, I) C. located at 142:1 New
York avenue. During the spring term nf
the Washington College, which began this
jcar on Pebriiar) 2, there were ten -week
trout ses of lectures und class work on ele
mentar) and advanced English, modern
literature, the vocational education move
ment, economics, practical mathematics,
industrial h.vgiene and the co-operative
movement There was also a course of
lectiiies on the dcinociatic control of in
dustry. w
IDLE Philadelphia labor unions are
nrenaiing to open their Trade Union
College, the faculty of Amherst College,
of Massachusetts, are making icady to con.
duct classes for woikers in Spriugficld,
Holvoke and neighboring towns.
"The teacheis of the college believe they
can help the workers to a better under
standing of the problms of the indiistriil
world and the place they occupy in it, ' says
a circular just issued by Amherst.
' The) (the teachers) nKo feel," the clr
ctilnr continues, "that they have much ,o
gain from intimate contact with men and
women who have gained their knowledge
of modem Industrial tociet) by first-hand
experience."
It is inteiesting to note that while tho
Amherst plan provides that the teaching
force shall be made cp from the college
faculty, the contiol of the courses is vested
jointly in the college nnd the representa
tives of the labor organizations.
TO Philadelphia the plans of the local
trade unions for their own educational
institution must make more than a per.
funetory appeal; for the city of Ren Frank
lin, who wns nt least us much nn artisan
ns he was a philosopher, cannot forgn
that she is the mother of those sttong chil.
,imn of one birth, the Continental Con
gress and the Universit) of Penns)lvani i
The city that has fostered libcrtv and
education 'through all her da.vs will give
a kind!) welcome to this new pioject, born
of the workers' desjip foi full and free
self-exntcssion, and of their deep-rooted
conviction that it is through the knowledge
which is power that tin) must work out
their industrial salvation.
Kipling on John Knox
WHEN Kuflvnrd Kipling was awarded tho
degiee of LL I) by the University of
Edinburgh iccuntly he paid the following
tribute to John Knox, the grent noncon
formist: "A stinnger. speaking with due
ilefereme. might be forgiven for thinking
that, though the liberality of )our citizens
made nud adorned )our univiislty, none the
jess, the ihiviug force behind this .'100-) enr
oll) dominion of the Scot derives its esseiico
from the strict and unbreakable spirit of
that gnat educationist John Knox, who,
whatever he iniiv have said about the mon
stious regiment of women, neither flntteieil
nor feared anv flesh. It was John Knox
who, at lifelong hazard, laid down nud
maintained the canon that it should be law
till foi nun so to use themselves iu matters
of leligion nnd conseieiu-e as they should
nuswer to their Maker is it too much to
sny that after all these .vcara. on these triple
foundations of freedom, authority nnd re-
1 sponsibility, the moral fabric of your unl
' xersitj-jwaa reared!"- . . ,
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. GEORGE WHEELER
On Shortage of Teachers
PHILADELPHIA high schools may facu
a berious shortage of teachers befor
the winter is over, according to Dr. George
Vheeler. associate superintendent in chnrgt
of high schools.
"At present, while the situation has Its
difficulties, it is not nny worse than it has
been from time to time." said Doctor ,
Wheeler. "But us the winter goes on and
we get into the Tcbruary term, or second
half of the school year, wo are likely to
encounter serious difficulties and perhaps
a shortage that we cannot meet, unless the
incoming supply of available teachers proves
satisfactory-
"While we have filled most of our exist
ing vncancics up to the present time, we
have exhausted our eligible lists in a num
ber of subjects and wo are still eight
tcaphcrs bhort.
"Resides this, we have u)t .vet received
the fall batch of resignations which gen
erally come in .September. Uy next week we
shall' likely know the extent of these changes.
"Tifcrc are some teachers who do not
resign, but simply do not return for the
fall term. Of course, we shall not know
nbout this until after tho term opens.
Great Need of Teachers
"As it now stands, our eligible lists are
exhausted iu the branches of English, his
tory, modern languages, commercial sub
jects and ninthcmatics for both men und
women teachers. Teaihcrs In the commer
cial branches nre particularly hard to get,
because they arc in such great demand in
other schools nnd in Industrial plants.
"In fact, conditions an- such that we will
be unable to wait until the regulnr time in
Murch for conducting examinations for
eligibles, but shnll probably be forced to
call for u special examination for such a
list in October.
"We are forced to depend for higher
school teachers largely upon out-of-town
places, since Philadelphia is unable to sup
ply the demand.
"One thing that increases our difficulties
ln the present situation is the law which
lenuires that all our teachers in the higher
schools shall be selected from an eligible
list of those who qualify nt our examina
tions. Thus we nro not benefited by the
let-eutly organized State Registration Hoard,
where applicants ma) he registered and
placed on the nvallable lists for duty in their
favorite subjects.
"Superintendents in other cities in the
state outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
hnve much simpler problems, as they have
but to refer to this new board, and can fill
their vacnncics from its lists, if they desire.
"It is nlso required that our higher
echool teachers shall have nt least a college
education In un institution of accredited
rank. This, of course, narrows the field
from which we may choose.
"Our eligible lists are good for three
years. In the time which has elapsed sinco
some of the teachers qualified for posts In
the schools here conditions havo changed
radically. The cost of living has gone v,p
considerably, nnd some of those who might
have un opportunity extended them to teach
here have declined because the salary does
not meet their dequirements. Still others
have bettered themselves materially in the
meantime and were not available when thb
vail came for them.
Great Inerease in Students
"Our enrollment of high school students
for the coming year in Juno Inst was 22,500,
while a year ago It was 20,000, making an
increase of 2000 students in tho higher
i pchoals..ovcr last
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classes this will mean an increase in the
number of teachers needed for the coming
term of not less than thirty over the last
term, which has been met.
"But even after the returns nre all in
nnd the present school term is under way,
our problem is uot settled. In February
we will have another Inrgc enrollment of
pupils coining iu nnd that will mean that
more teachers will be required.
"With the school vear In full swine it
is difficult if not almost impossible effectively i
to recruit tno ranks ot teachers, (jualineu
teachers whom we demand nre already tied
up with contracts for the year with their
respective school boards, nnd it is next to
impossible to effect nny change in between
seasons.
"Then most of those who arc seeking new
and better positions have mnde their plnus
by that time nnd arc definitely connected in
one way or another.
"The February enrollment of pupils bids
fair to be very heavy. And the prospects
for securing nddltional teachers to meet this
increabo is none too good. Some of our
eligible lists nre exhausted and others
well depleted. We have only this method of
obtnining new teachers, nud the require
ments nre such ns, to narrow the field. The
snlnries, too, arc such that other fields of
employment appeal more to many candi
dates. "So, unless the coming examination shall
produce a large list of eligibles, we shall
indeed face a serious situation.
Future Is Uncertain
"We do get some teachers from the cle
mentnry school ranks. But we do not wnnt
to denlcte the forces of the other branch,
for that would be only transferring the
burden. Some teachers, of course, point
themselves for high school teaching. It is
the advancement which they hnve looked
forward to from the time they entered the
bchool ranks. Others, on the other hnnd,
hnve uo desire to get out of the elementary
schools und into the higher schools.
"We have a prospective enrollment of
high school pupils in the nenr future of
23,000. The list of teachers does not num
ber more than 1000. That makes an aver
age of one teacher to each class of twenty
five, which will just about meet require
ments. "Rut what the future will bring forth is
the question. There are not as many trying
for tencherH' positions as formerly, and
more nre constantly needed. And competi
tion in other fields Is strong. So the future
is nt nny rate uncertain."
KROONLAND
GREAT u thing as is"u liner,
Kroonland, )ou were greater when,
Stripped of finery, you carried
Hordes of seasick fighting men.
Down your rolling mnin compnnlon
World-famed passengers have trod,
But moro famous were the plain men
Khaki covered, hobnail shod.
Belch your black smoke to the heavens,
Baro your white decks to the sun,
Turn )our heavy, pounding engines,
Churn the seas, as on jou run.
Crenk )our panels in the runwa)s
Through the night, by cabin door
Great you arc, but you were greater
When armed seasick men you bore,
P. K. Lima, in New- York Evening Post.
Mrs. J. Gnrdner Cnssatt, who was op
posed to equal suffrage, now sa)s that it .Is
the duty of every woman to vote. Let's hope
that they will all see it thnt way. If they
do they will do better than the men huvo
ever done.
Director Caven reasons like a human
being In explaining why he hns refused
a permit for the erection of n vender's stand
nn the sidewalk hevond the building line hn
said thnt the city is about to spend ?.'i8,O00
to cut off the part of two buildings in Chest
nut street nenr Fifteenth that extend ton
far Into the sidewalk, nnd he can sec no
reason for permitting other obstructions,
He says all stands beyond the building line
must go. Ho has authority to make them
jjnd u ne exercises it every ono butthe
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What la nn argosy?
2. What is .the meaning of "Istan" as af
fixed to euch words as Afghanistan,
lleluchlstnn, Kurdistan, Arablstan?
3. What Is the most wostern state from
which any candidate hns ever been
elected President of the United States?
4. Who was this President?
6. Who was Thorw-aldsen?
6. Which of the two celebrated statesmen
named William Pitt was tho Earl of
Chatham?
7. What do the Initials A. j. as applied to
time stand for?
8. Whero and when was John Wilkes Booth
captured after his assassination of
President Lincoln?
9. What is preferable as good English, "I
differ from you on that subject" or "1
differ with you ort that subject"?
10. How many yards make a rod, pole or
perch?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Allan Plnkerton, the famous detective.
declared that he had found evidences
of a plot to assassinate Abraham Lin
coln while on his way to Washington
to be Inaugurated In 1861. Plnkerton
had tho duty of guarding Lincoln on
this Journey. ,
2. Oxide of hydrogen 1b water.
3. Oliver Hazard Perry, winner of the bat
tle of Lako Erie In 1813, lost his flag
ship, the Niagara, and moved to
another vessel whllo tho conflict with
the British wns In progress.
4. Borneo is the largest Island ln tho East
Indies.
5. The November election falls on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In No
vember. 6. Jane Porter wrote the historical romance,
"Thaddeus of Warsaw.."
7. Carnation tints In painting are flesh
tints. -
8. A yak la a long-halrod, humped, grunt
ing wild or domesticated ox of Thibet,
Asia.
0. The great fire of London occurred ln the
seventeenth century, In the year 1666.
10. The tides are caused mainly by the moon,
the tide-raising power-of the moon ajid
sun being as flvo to two.
Gasoline, says a headline, is coming
down. In quality or in price?
So far as the anti-suffragists are con
cerned the fall and the summer overlapped.
Before he gets through with it Gover
nor Cox is likely to decide that it is better
not to know so much than to know so much
thnt isti't so.
"Prices," declares a headliuc, "take
two drops." But n larger dose than this
will be necessary beforo the complete knock
out can be induced.
The figures "revealed" by Governor
Cox seem to be of thnt fancy order which
nre bometimes outlined by reckless bkuters
on extremely thin ice.
Fourteen points hnve been added tbl"
week to the reasons for the abolition of
grade crossings. They arc the names of tho
fourtccu persons killed ot such crossings.
Ex-King Constantino asserts that he is
waiting in Lucerne "with resignation.
And, one might add, precisely because ot
this and a few accompanying compulsions.
The Cubnns nre trying to merge their
two big political parties into one in order
to avoid strife and discussion. And the new
purty that will immediately spring up
what is to be done about that?
If nny one in this world is qualified to
know what hard lucks feels like it is the
plain, uverage, evcryduy Russian who wants
to be decent and Work for a living and in
in peace. ,
The Orient is bidding farewell to the
congressional delegation that went to Inspect
It. And it isn't apparent tbat the better
understandings that every one has been
making bpeeches nbout exist between tne
I'nited States and Japan.
Willlnin . Folwell. In charge of rnls
ing money for the Republican Nntlonal Con i
niittct) here, said that he never beard ol tno
ullotineut of S500.000 which Mr. Cox an
nounccd had been made for him ta get m
Philadelphia. But then Mr. Ko'well has
not had the advantage of lisleulus to Dwna
cratic dope attlsta. '
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