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TIIF! l.MflrJTk'11 PPM.? l r.rrIuA(l efu rti- titled, in tha tfm tr,r rentihtlmttfyn tt (ill neira J" dispatches crrdttld to It or no ofhrriciw rrrdlf'd .i'n rhti papor and also the local news publislnd lAerrtn. All rights of republication of sp'elal dispatches I herein are also reserved Phllidtlphla, Siturdijr. 5rpttmbrr II. 19J0 A rorii-YTAit puooham ron piiiim)i:miiia Thlnm on lilcli Hie people expert the new dmlnl(rjlon to concentrate Itn attention) The Dclau'ore river lr idae. A. drvdock bio enouuh to accommodate tht largest ships Development of the rapid transit svstcm. A' conrrntfon hall. A, buildlno tor the Free Library, An Art itusmm. Enlaraevient of the icatcr supply. Homes to accommodate tin population. THE RIGHT REPLY T)RESIDENT WILSON'S (.croud refusal ft-- to cotintcnnnce nuy rcorenlng of the m anthracite coal wage routrovcrsy is a vigor- ' 6u8 and logical rrtlcctiou of public opiniou. Tho principle involved lies at the root 'of all contracts. It ii mutual obliKiitinn, ?and this Is what the miners masking di- T.Lonor under specious nnd uncouvincinc i'tcrmi, have sought to avoid, both in their .."vacation" uud their plea for revising judg- Jncnt specifically rendered aud previously 'agreed to by both purtiest. Tho siucerity and clearness of the Prel j dent's language aud the entire nbseurc of ; 'demagogy in bis pronouncement arc char i 'flctcristic of clear thinking, unrolored by hope of further political preferment. Indul gence in Mich sound reasoning is one of the .privileges of American chief executive in :the twilight of their political careers. Ambi ,ution is often made of stuff less admirably l;tern. THE TEACHER EXODUS , TTTIGHT more resignations of teachers rc ; -t-'ecived by the Hoard of Education brings ' the total from September 1 up to fifty-two. Doctor Gnrber states that these retirements fwere expected and that there is nearly sdoublc that number of eligible candidates J from whom new selections will be made. But experknee is n prime asset in pedn- TOCV. and comneniation for resirnntinns in i large blocks is not always to be derived .from newcomers. Instructors with long ervice records are obviously the most valu able to the Ronrd of Edueatiou. Nothing can be gained by roc-tintiug the ,'crisis In the public schools. The new "Pa rents' Loan," which has been going slowly, ought to exert a more general appeal when the fact thut trained teachers are rapidly JCaYing is fully faced. THE PRICE OF VICTORY 'rpiIERE will be u big time, of course, t -- when Philadelphia's eontingent from the Olympic games returns about September '11. tA parade is planned and the inevitable 'banquet. The prospect is undeniably pleas Ijnj save in one particular. That, however, "'is vital and coucerus the uniformly dis tasteful theme of unpaid bills. The total cost of sending the American team to Antwerp uns a quarter of a million dollars. Philade'phia's share of the expense was fixedjit SU.'.rMlO. Of this amount only about ? l.'OO has been raided. Individuals proud of what twenty-two Philadelphia athletes have accomplished abroad should . co-operate in making up the needed balauce. An unpaid -for victory is of a. most un- , Comfortable, not to av mocking nature. x WHY HAYS IS CONFIDENT TflE pi edict Ion of a Republican landslide ,v made by Chairman Hays, when he ar Jrived in town jesterdav, i supported by evidence. The trip of Senator Harding to Slinnesota, the first since he was nominated, yiave the voters an opportunity to hov what "they felt about him. Thtv were so enthusi ''iistic and the result of the trip was so satis 'factory that the senator h planning to let himself be Men in n.nny other purts of the country. He i conducting himself in a .dignified manner whi, h commands respect. Governor Cox is indulging in the arts of jthe demagogue without scruple and Is losing popular confidence with every speech. V. Under the circumstances it is not sur prising thnt Chairman Ilnys, who was aware that the country decided long ago t get rid of the Democratic administration in "Washington, should be led into the belief that the exhibition which Cox is making of ililmself when contrasted with Harding's jiclf-mpccting attitude has confirmed the voters in tlieir determination to Republican Piesident. eiect a ANOTHER COX BULL G6VERNOR COX has announced that he believes the League of Nations should interere in the domestic uffniis of one of its members when the citizens of auy other member nation' think those affairs affect in tarnational relations. If this is what the league is to do then '.those senntors who opposed it on the ground that It would Interfere with the sovereignty of the I'nitrd States have more reasons for their objections thau has commonly been (supposed. j1 We have insisted that we have the ex Jfluslve right to decide our own immigration policy without interference from outside (sources. If Governor Cox's view of the function of the league is correct, .Japnn .could appeal to the league against any re trictions we might place upon the ndmis ('fion of Japanese to the I'nitrd Statth and 'Plllnu could do likewise. '' Tlio logic of Governor Cox's view would make the league u meddler In the internal jiffairs of every nation, and if It wci(. KPn. Jwrally accepted the league itself would break Hip in short order. f AN APOLOGY TO THE LADIES SIR HARCOLRT COURTLY himself la outdone by the cooing courtesy marking ,h.e complete surrender of tho Vare leaders Ion tho theme of .political self -determination '! the Philadelphia county committee of the ifpunlicnu women's committee of Penn- hV 'assure you." urges Chairman , , .... .. . manor HOT m '- Tom Vntson, of the Vare- controlled city committer, in a letter addressed to Mrs. Walter S. Thomson, "that tho Republican city committee stnnds ready to work with your committee and with all Republican or ganizations in the present campaign." This midden access of sweetness and light contrasts piquantly enough with the vein adopted by Coroner Knight, Councilman Unit and their associates in their negotia tions with representatives of the new class of voters n little more thau a week ago. Something akin to panic was then created in the machine camp by the astounding revelation that the Republican women of this city proposed to think for themselves and hndu't the slightest notion of taking orders from Eleventh nnd Chestnut streets. Alarm has evidently given way to reflec tion, which, if ns yet hardly cheerful, is at least indicative of rather unwonted intel lectual" strain in this quarter. Novelties embarrass the conventional politician whose shrewdness is habitually confined to fnmll inr channels. What seems, however, to hnve penetrated the city committee Is the desire to repair some very considerable blunders. POISONERS GROWING RICH IN THE BOOTLEG COMBINES Money-Mad Outlaws, In the Lead for the Moment, Are Banishing All Chance for a "Liberalized" Dry Act FOR a demonstration of unmitigated an archy you do not hnve to look to Russia nowadays or tune a wireless for Einmn Goldman or page the bomb-jugglers. You need go no farther thau the various groups of pseudo-respectable voting citizens who are saturating a good many American com munities with adulterated or imitation whisky nnd getting dizzily rich by nn open nnd wholly cynical defiance of the laws of the United States. These newer anarchists are not of the un washed. They nren't deluded by twisted visions of n millennium. They themselves do not drink the poison, s concoctions that nrc being handed out openly or furtively in many barrooms hereabouts at fifty cents a dose. They are n coldly sober crew and they are buying houses in the country nnd fast motorcars. The question now is not of the rights or wrongs of the Volstead net. It does not re late to the wisdom or unwisdom of absolute prohibition. Whnt normal-minded people are beginning to ask is whether a handful of thugs and illiterates can reallv be permitted to make the federal authorities and the constitutional laws nppcar foolish. If they can, there is no reason why counterfeiting should not become a profitable vocation or why nny laws should be generally respected. Outlawry, inspired by prehensile greed, has kept the whisky business going. Pretenses nnd concealments ore being abandoned. The traffic is open. It has been a matter of common knowledge for months that the saloons in Camden were on the old basis of open red-eye openly arrived at. The raids directed by Prose cutor Wolverton might have been made months ago had his plans been completed. The political machinery of Camden is pretty closely knit in with the social and business life of the city. It was rumored that the saloon -owners received assurances of immunity from somewh re higher up. The addresses of Governor Edwards helped largely to inspire a general disregard of the prohibition laws, and in Camden, as in this city, it is generally believed that the gov ernment is being double-crossed. Conditions in many parts of Philadelphia nro similur to those that flnnll caused Mr. Wolverton to turn the local police into fields where federal agents were Inactive or in efficient. If raids were possible in Camden they are possible here. The survivors in the liquor business ore men of the sort who made the saloon de tested nnd hated. There were men and firms in the brewing and distilling business- who quit decently when the prohibition amend ment went into effect. An inherent sense of honor made it impossible for them to break a federal law even n federal law which they called unjust. The men who hud no scruples are rolling in wealth for the time being. Whnt is to be the final result of this orgy? For an answer to that question it is only necessary to read between the lines in the statement issued the other day bv Mr. McAdoo, who, to the astonishment of many of his associates in the Democratic party, expressed definite opposition to any revision of the Volstead act. McAdoo is the first politician of acknowl edged Influence to express a belief that has been mnde general in both big parties by the shameless violations of a law written on the federal statute books. If a light -wine-und-beer law could be used as a shield for a general traffic in more or less poison ous whisky it would, of course, arouse gen eral opposition. That n revised Volstead act would serve further to intrench and encourage the combines that have openlv flouted the laws and trniled corruption amid the mechanism of federal and municipal police organizations is unw pretty generally admitted. McAdoo contends that the whisky busi ness now far more dangerous than It ever was because it cannot be regulated cannot be wiped out until every saloon Is eliminated and until th" government appropriates large sums not only for prohibition enforcement but to insure continuing respect for its own nuthoritj. Multitudes of people who were by no means fannticul prohibitionists have come to feel u sense of outrage in the pros. once of a phenomenon that spells contempt among aggressive illiterates for the institu tions of government in this country. The matter will not be left to the politi cians, llefore long public opinion will de mand angrily that every remaining saloon be wiped out. All possibility of a mitigated prohibition law appears to' have vanished already. Meanwhile the bootlegging combinations hnve the best of it. They have more money than the government agencies established to fight them because their protits hne been enormous. Mixtures paraded as whisky are sold over bars in this and other cities at a profit that sometimes reaches a full 10,000 per cent. Some of the stuff is pois onous. Some of it is doped. All whisky smuggled from bonded warehouses to the open inurket is diluted first nnd then fur ther thinned out with unknowable concoc tions. More or less casual edorts hate been made to obtain direct evidence against wholesale violators who control the illicit business. Thus far. however, only the pettv oltendcru figure in the lists of raids und arrests. The federal agents themselves complain of a lack of money und facilities. Prece dents established by successive court de-cisH-uiN certainly hnve made their work more difficult by requiring evidence thut in every prosecution shall be final, ubsolute and un uiihtakable. .Most prosecutions instituted by tlie government are fought by battalions of shrewd lawyers, who. like a good many of their clients, have grown wealthy in n few months A stendy flood of whisky is being released from the warehouses. Why It n released, slncn obviously It cannot be re quired for legitimate purposes, no one seem to know. But sooner or later the lid will be taken off the illicit whisky business and ". 'i VEMNOf PXJBLid LED&ER - then a good many men who are feeling lucky now may go to jail. The federal government Is sometimes slow in dealing with outlaws. Rut unless it has changed mightily, it is sure. There are those who have come to feci that hniM liquor actually is coming back. What we nro actually witnessing, however, is the final destructive paroxysm of the familiar evil. Recousidcrntion of the Vol stead law will be inaclc more difficult, and In the viiil the present law will probably stand instend of the more "liberal" laws which might hnve given the saloons a new opportunity to resume. For men who could not be converted to a , belief in Hie dry nmendment by past experience have' become prohibitionists from sheer exasperation caused by the spectacle of nn unparnllelcd riot of law breaking. How far the corruption of the irregular whisky business has pcuctrated into the en forcement organization or into the police departments of cities it Is hard to say. It is not every man who can remnin wholly honest in the presence of such opportunities for graft. MAYOR AND STREET CLEANING WHEN Mayor Moore snys that there is no truth in the report thnt the con templated city loan will contain no pro visions for raising money for the purchase of equipment for clenning tho streets, ns he and his associates nro still considering the mntter, he does not clear away the doubts of those who voted for hiin believing thnt he would abolish the contract system nbso lutely next year. While the Mayor has refused to tell the public what he intends to do, he has con tinually dwelt on the difficulties In the way of municipal street cleaning nt this time. Hut the obstacles which he has mentioned Imc always existed and always will exist. They lime been overcome in other cities, nnd they can be overcome here if there is a determined purpose to carry out the plan laid down in tho charter. Woid is coming from the City Hall that some of the Mayor's advisers nrc telling him thnt it would be n mistake to try to begin cleaning tho streets without n con tract on January 1. It is understood that they have been saying that there is not time to make the necessary preparations. This objection will have some force if the policy of prootnstiuatiou is continued until the last week in December. But the Mayor had u year in which to make urrnngements for the new system. Virtually the only thing that has been done is to divide the city into n greater number of districts nnd to advertise for bids for cleaning the streets and for equipment and plant. This is nominally in order to enable the Mayor to discover whether it would be cheaper to continue the contract system thnn to ndopt the new system of doing the work by city employes. The real friends of the Mayor are hoping that this is all that the advertising is for. The purposes of the administration in this connection must be revealed before long. When the loau ordinance is introduced in City Council next Tuesday it will be care fully scanned for evidence of those purposes. If there is no p-ovision for borrowing money for the purchase of street-cleaning equip ment it will lie nsiumed nt once thut the contract system is to be continued for nnother year. WHY WATSON WON THOMAS E. WATSON, of Georgia, has been accused of being all kinds of n wild man, but it is evident from the returns of the senatorial primaries in bis state that this one-time Populist is by no menns lack ing in political shiewdncss. Of late the Wilson administration has been by no means popular in the South, despite its invulnerable Democratic predi lections. It is dissatisfaction with the pres ent rule in Washington which Mr. Wntson hns frankly capitalized. He has made no secret of his opposition to the unamended League of Nations. As ever he has rebelled against the powers thnt nrc. His victory over Hoke Smith promises n sent in the Senate for n radical who opposed the draft and n fighting editor of principles clntely nllieel to socialism. While it is difficult to reconcile Mr. Wat son's views on many economic nnd social subjects with those reflective of tho best thought in Georgln, the 'soreness" per haps chiefly responsible for his nomination is fully perceptible. The situation is n significant index of popular feeling in the South ns elsewhere. The Georgia which will stand for Wntson ns a senator is apparently smarting' under sensntions which by con trast make him n lesser evil. A GOOD START BY THE WOMEN XJOT the least of the good features of woman suffrage is the reopening of tho whole subject of pre-election formnlltlcs. Thousands of men in this city nnd elsewhere bae been Indifferent to this indispensable initial procedure nnd thousands have even been densely ignorant of their duties. Heretofore the assessor has been a rather mysterious individual nnd his compilations contninetl in shabby paper book, rain-stained and dust-blown, swinging from the polling: place shutter, have excited comparatively little general interest. With heartening swiftness conditions have changed. Any citizen of either sex who is not aware of the stages preliminary to voting In this vicinity muy be set down ns altogether too obtuse to cast n ballot intelligently. Fem inine interest in the extension of the fran chise can hardly fail to exert a wholesome, stimulating influence on the whole elec torate. The assessors, lifted out of obscurity, are on their mettle. Delinquencies on their part such ns were repotted are likely to receive pretty full publicity, niuco the right of the women to vote in the No vember election depends direc tly upon the Inclusion of their names on the lists. It is imperative thnt the official machin ery should function properly. Perhaps the new emphasis that is being laid upon the subject will even nrouse the chronic vote blackers among the men. With Mr. Harding reassuring tho negroes and .Mr. Cox dreaming melodrumnti cully, not to say enviously, of campaign funds, there Is just about ns much prospect of a "solemn referendum" on tho League of Nntlons as there ever wns. Judging by what has been hnppeulng In West Philadelphia, it may be realized that if vaccination for voting were possible the Health Department would turn in full enrollments. When the Leagup of Nations is finally adopted it is the "amen" in amendments which promises to give u debate-wearied public the deepest satisfaction. Advertisements for today's celebration ut Leogue Island remind us vaguely of tho political campaign. An air battle Is nn nounced ns one of the big attractions. The real perpetual candldnte Is George Washington. Ho Is quadrennially indorsed by every party. Politicians arn slow to learn. Many who take the stump nre forced up It with mouotonou regularity, ..( ' r - i?HirAi)lSLPA, &&TMBft SBPEteElfr lO'fcO ANCHORED SHIPS MEAN LOSS River Won't Seem So Busy When Vessels Havo Quick "Turn Around" and Port Prospers A FEW days ngo Director Sproulc, of wliarvea, docks nnd ferries, mildly asked City Solicitor Smyth for nu opinion on what he should do regarding the slowness in the construction of the two new municipal piers, Nos. 82 nnd 81. South Wharves. No. 82 was to have been finished July 17, but it only about 25 per cent done now. No. 84 was to have been completed April 17, and is only 40 per cent done. The di rector's mildness in nskiug for legal ndvice is undoubtedly caused by n public apathy regarding shipping matters which is both astonishing and inexplicable to nny one in terested in this port's foreign trade. And thnt means or ought to mean everybody living within 100 miles of the city, for countless thousnnds of our people owe their present comfort nnd well-being, cither di. rcctlv or Indirectly, to the ships that ply tho Delaware river. PHILADELPHIA, as a port, has reached n crisis. Cnptnln Joseph E. Gately, of the United States Shipping Board offices in this city, is authority for the statement that it is now perfectly useless to try to attract nny moro shipping to this port for the sim ple reason that there is not u single wharf nvnllnble to a new line along our entire wntcrfront, Statements nnd figures given out by the United States Department of Commerce a week ngo showed that Philadelphia's ex ports dropped by tho immense sum of $40, 000,000 in the fiscal venr ending June 30 over a like period ending 1010. nnd thnt this port is surpassed by New York. Gal veston nnd New Orlenns in goods shipped out. The New York superiority is not cause for nuy great excitement, but that Galves ton nnd New Orleans should so far surpnss us is not ouly humiliating, but seems to contain almost irrefutable proof of the tradltlonnl "slowness" of Philadelphia nt least so far ns concerns the wonderful op portunity thnt is open to her to jump to second place in the country's commerce. Our apathy is probably duo to the fact thnt we have lacked n consistent educational campaign qlmed to show our pcoplo just what foreign commerce means to each and every one of them. They regard it ns some thing entirely nside from their every-day activities nnd not touching them personally nt all. But It docs; Philadelphia, ns the Rccond port in the country, if not. indeed, the first, would mean extra money in the pockctbook of every fnmily here and iu a radius of 100 miles. TT IS quite the ordinary thing for the traveler on the Camden ferries to point to n score or more of ships anchored in the river and to make some rcmnik tending to show thnt he thinks their presence proves uie nciivii.v or mo port, lint it doesn't. There should not be nu anchor on the bot tom of the Delaware. Ships come here to get to dock nnd unload aud get away again, not to nnchor nnd nwnit their turn. Let the commuter on the ferries count the number of ships he can see in the ?'Ji'J?m, eocl1 morning and multiply thnt by 2000. The result will be just about tho number of cold, hard dollars in ensh thnt the ships hnve wasted thnt day the pen alty, in other words, thnt we nre imposing on ship owners nnd merchants for using this port iu preference to New York, Balti more, New Orleans or Galveston, It costs just about $2000 n dnv to hold a ship in port. That is n conservative esti mate. Big nnd little, the ships that romo in here during the course of n year will aver age about fiOOO deadweight tons each. Many nre smnller; muuy urc bigger. Five thou sand tons is the mean. THERE is now in the strenm n ship named the Holyoke Bridge, which is MOO deadweight tons so close to the average that figures that apply to her muy be taken ns approximately correct for the 1440 for eign trade and 2.100 constwise trnde ships that used this port in the six mouths ending .Tune 30 last. Figures ou carrying charges for ships will vary, of course, with the valuation of the vessels nnd thnt ranges anywhere between SlfiO nnd $200 per dead weight ton. But the Holyoke Bridge is such n hnppy medium between high nnd low ratings thnt n glance nt her accounts should prove illuminntlug. Iu the first place the Holyoke Bridge has tho following sums charged ngniust her every day of her existence: Depreciation 1574 00 Marine Insurance 123 'so In'ereet 1S7 00 Itcpalra 100(10 Agency fee 1) 37 Minimum compenntlon is no Protection and Ind-mnlty Insurance.. t !i3 Wlrcleea maintenance j 00 Submarine algnal apparatus 1.00 Carolng charges ..$071 40 She carries n crew of thirty-seven officers nnd men nnd their food costs SI. 15 each day for each man, making $42.55 a day. Her monthly pay roll is : Maater $343 7s Klret mate aj-j ,vj Kecond mate 103 TJ Third mate 17n.uo lloatawaln OS 00 8 A n. amen nt Js.'i nin on i Ordinary aeamen at 103 180.00 Chief engineer Ills 71 First assistant engineer si!" "n Second assistant engineer 193 7.1 Third assistant engineer 170 on Deck engineer 100 00 8 Firemen at 100 270 on 1' Wipers nt US ISO 00 3 Water tenders at 105 -jss nn n Ollors at 10r 2si on Wireless operator 1"1 no Chief steward Wl no First cook ... , lis no Second cook and baker 100 00 2 Meesmen at 170 1 10 nn 2 Mess boys at (CIS 130 (in Monthly pay roll II 10.1 00 This menns S140.S3 n day in wages alone, not considering the laige amount of overtime, often totnling 50 per cent on a voyage, mado possible under the present pay system. The chnrterlng of 0 vessel of the class of the Holyoke Bridge involves the payment of SO. 50 per deadweight ton per month, which figures out nt $470.03 n dny. So, to re capitulate, we have : Wages JUS S3 pft-dny Food .. 42 S3 per mv Carrying charges 071 40 per dy Charter 470 113 per dav Total 11337 71 per da This Is, of course, n rock-bottom mini mum. It does not include the overtime, demurrage, insurance nnd carrying charges on cargo (which might nltnost equal that on the ship itself) and loss to men-hunts' through delay. Altogether, the grand total would bo very far above $2000 a dav, but that figure is so conservative ns to add strength to nny nrgument based upon it. ONLY recently the I'nitcd States Ship plug Board gave out a statement show ing, for various ports, the length of tlinn averaged by ships entering, discharging nnd leaving ngnln what is known ns the ship's "turn-around." For Philadelphia the time given was twenty-one days. But no ship, ping man here believes that figure. All claim thnt it should have been much greater. Suppose wo had now In use the two municipal piers named in Director Snronle's complnlnt piers that should, under tho contract, hnve been finished long ago. It would certainly me.an that the uverage turn nround, whether the correct figure be twenty-one or fifty -one or 101 days, would be shortened by one duy. And what would that one littlo day menu iu cold dollars and cents? In tho fclx months eudlng Juno 30. 3800 vessels entered and cleared from Philadel phia That is twenty -one nnd one-third ships n day. The total delays on the two piers to tho first of this month made 181 days. At $2000 per ship per day these plera, or piers adequate to cut only one day from each ship, would hnve meant tho sav ing of $7,722,540 Iu cash to shippers and merchnnts. And Philadelphia would havo got tho credit nnd tho bulk of the business. Until the coal strike ends we shall not get excited over the threat- of a strike In the Los Ausclc- "wov'i"i fltudlos, , tt". BUT YOU ,w iv-Tr- .'M,td&S- v,w''Tyr- JF JaSrVS- affgU. -....U.W. .-!-'. 1 hi - - ,ffr--rJ"Jjjr--1" j rrV ii Vuiiiii 1 1. j i i. . -sf yjjj" ir "gjfWffTJV --':::'Ll--: "sj Sfc. .jS' i!fcslvCi?st " ....a,?-'?- 'VZ- NOW, MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Knotv Best WILLIAM C. ASH On Vocational Growth in Schools VOCATIONAL art in the public schools hns been revolutionized in the last fifteen years, states William C. Ash, director of practical arts and vocntlonal education in tho public schools of this city. "It is but n short time," pointed out Mr. Ash, "since practical education was looked upon us n thing apart from what wns nt that time understood to be educu tlon. Then ns the mnniinl trnlning idea in vaded tho school system, there wns still n misunderstanding of the renl scope nnd pur pose of the work nnd n sharp division that amounted nlmost to intolerance between studies of nn nendemic nature and those of the more practical form. "In 1000 tho vocntlonal iden got n real foothold In the schools, nud the nmnzlng growth of this, feature both in interest of the pupils and' effectiveness in the teaching is now n matter of histdry. "Perhups the most striking feature, cer tainly the one thnt ninkes its greatest ap peal to the parent nnd tnxpaycr, is tho tangible direct results which it has obtained. Where. formerly the pupil went out from school poorly equipped to make any real headway for some time in his chosen voca tion, if he had one, and wns forced to struggle niong uninformed nnd unguided, he now goes out, ns it were, with a flying start. "At the prcsont time vocntlonal pupils are not only ready to take 11 position thut commands n good snlnry, but they are ac tually placed and nre earning substantial money beforo they have finished their courses. Apprentice System Wiped Out "With the comiug of tho war the old np prentico system of work wns practically wiped out. Apprentices in various fields of endeavor nre now to nil intents ond pur poses n thing of the past. The demnui for skilled workers nnd for higher positions in their organizations is nt tho present time far in excess of the supply. "As n result of the growth of the vocn tlonnl system in the schools nnd the new conditions, tho pupil now hns unexampled opportunities not only to develop und se cure the highest possible training iu his work, but to secure that much-to-be desired co-ordination between school study nnd work und nctual prncticc in the everyday workaday world. "With the present system the high school student iu the fourth yenr of his chosen course spends two weeks out of every .school month In nu industrial establishment nctu ally working nnd producing nnd enrning a good salary. "This plan presents several advantages. In the first place, tho pjipil is enabled to earn money und take some of the strain from his parents struggling to give him nn education, und in many cases is enabled to finish n course that he would othcrwiso be unable to do, "Then he is enabled ns he goes nlong with his course to put iuto operation in nctual working practice the things which ho learns in school, so that lost motion is eliminated. The big Industrial establish ments offer the pupil nn equipment to work with that is out of tho question in the public school system. Gets Start In the World "And from the practical standpoint, he enjoys the inestimable ndvnntage of 11 start as n bread-winner nnd the fact that if ho chooses upon completing his course ho is well established in u good-paying position with bright chances of advancement. "At the present time the courses of study include electrical construction, macliinn shop prnctlee, mechnulcnl drafting, carpen try, cnbinetmnking nnd pntteruiuuking. "Not only nre tho boys provided for. but tho girls hnvo not been overlooked. Home economics nud domestic science designed to fit the girls to become better wives und enable them not only to become efficient in dividually, but to become renl helpmates to their husbands of the future, arc features of the courses. "But it is my ultlmato liopo that we will be able in the near future to broaden out nnd meet the needs of tho day by including courses to meet tho needs of tho changing times. The niod'rn field is practically un touched. Philadelphia Is ono of tho grcntest manufacturing cities in the world. The needs of Industries for skilled men nre cnor mous, and tho development of boys to meet these needs will redound to the benefit of both the pupils nud the Industries them helves. Great Fields Open For instance, there Is nn enormous field In tho textile industries. Tailoring offers a field thnt has undreamt of possibilities. Tho needs for skilled men in this Held n ,.. mendous. Tho remuneration is well worth while nud tho working conditions have been ;eyo.KDe SpS ywknen fc thlTlleld situ tt tvuiiiittvi (cy prwujenojr . CAN'T CATCH THEM THAT !WAY only grent prospects for the pupils, but a general bcttcrrpeut of the industry nnd bet ter nnd less expensive clothing for the huge nrmy of wenrers. "There is no need to dilate on the nmaz ing growth of the automotive fields of edu cation. There nrc untold possibilities. In dustrial concerns hnve in this, ns in many other modern businesses, shown n grent willingness to co-opcrnto with the schools in every wny to develop these branches of training. "Hnnd in hand with this growth, with its future possibilities, is the establishment of a school for teachers of the vocational nrts nt the University of Pennsylvania. Eng lish, psychology, sociology, education nud teaching nrc some of the features of the course, nnd for tho first time in its history the 1'nlvcrsity is giving college credit nnd granting degrees iu such work. Cultural Side Preserved "This brings us to the statement which hns often been made thnt the vocational training neglects the cultural side of edu cation. A striking refutation of this is to be found in the fact thnt the Central High School, for years the rock-ribbed center of pure academic training in the city, is the center of the vocational system iu the day schools. At the present time there nrc n thousand pupils, and this term will see nu extension of the courses to other schools. "It Is the plan of tho schools not only to fit the boy for n better plnce in life, but to establish him culturally, so that he may take his place in life uud bociety nud acquit himself creditably. Boys are equipped with the iden thut they nre going to rle in the world nnd assume greater responsibilities. "Care is taken to see thut they aro not exploited nnd know their worth nnd nlso thnt they can realize nnd seize for them belves the greater possibilities of their chosen vocntlons. The icsult of this trnin Ing was especially evident during the war, when muny of the boys assumed responsi bilities of natlonnl importunce. "I can see u wonderful future for the vocntlonal school." Admission by the editor of the British Lnbor Herald, organ of radical English labor, that his paper is subsidized to tho extent of hull n million dollars bv the Mos cow Bolshevists would be lcs., ustonlshing if ho hud not denied the chnrgu a week ago What Do You Knotv? QUIZ 1. What Is the origin of tho expression "caso hardened ? 2. Where is the Llgurlnn coast, which has -. wiHStnii',iha.?en by "! earthquake? 3. why did tho constitution provide that each stuto nhould be equally renro Hented In the. Senate? ,y Pro Howo?8 flimoU8 Invention of Ellas B' "rn'arry"y "mCB 11(I Klne IIcnry Vl" ' W,Vn "n'Tinn "9 tl,e beWirerents In the two Balkan wars which almost immediately preceded tho world war? 7. In tho enry versions of tho fairy tales Cinderella wore fur slippers, not glass slippers How did this' curious error ., ,.J" ,ht' English account occur? 8. V. ho wns thn first white man to exploro 0 .' "J Mlslppl river to Its mouth? 9. Which was the first southern Mute to becedo from tho Union? 10' W,wolrdl8cotl.lonfnal '"Canlnff f the Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Tho narrowing northern part of Idaho w'l,nrow, northeastern portion of - rruWcBt Virginia nro called panhandles 2. Tho most conspicuous and gifted "nVly jidvocnte of a protective tariff ' noifcv i?amh?ton.""ed StatCS Was Atoxande? 3. The first namo of Huxlev. the ,.,,, Ma. bll0Sl8t and !lttf,T. ' ln nrfi-Li,0 Hoa"K:"n I" China over flowed Its embankments and a erten "An?0"18 resulted In which about l.OOO.noo people lost their Ives. Th i!'-1.?""'1 w,lH Bt'000 so.' ire miles considerably greater than that of the . state of Pennsylvania. lne &,'SS? WUh vi C A tt'cnt?y VrrfeMut ? , !njnBTlat,n E 7. Werewolves In medieval mythology were Thr0n.en.i,lbpnga turne,i Into wolves Their skin was supposed to bo hull.?' proof, unless tho bullet was hielLVri 8. a.oVnnfud?1daa,tfPaellSrt ,h "o. ,' ?L"".C- Ho Is considered with'".;'. .".! RS."er..w"?.. "nlted ths art 9. The welkin Ik tl, .1,.. 10' "XtZZrtt tYlV"" , , tac5o Boosevelt in apos ?t W,tl with T4 r''&.v.i: . .nJ" f 1 ' tf i .rriM' us . r v'vt.s ' U I 'It i v "- ; r- v,i ( , . .... .. ... s - . SHORT CUTS .Buy a baby bond for baby ! Parley Christenscn Is evidently no pwe I'uncy. Bergdoll's lawyers never dreamed they una so iricuy n client. Wood alcohol continues to be the moit effective prohibition ngent. It is the firm conviction of the radical ngltntor thnt to labor is to prey. Camden hns done her best to prove that prohibition isn't a dry sunject. Miners who hnve returned to work have proved tbnt they nrc Americans first. Most political candidates are familiar with the location 01 llomn Hood earn. Presumably school teachers hayea't been making money enough to buy the babj bonds. Pcrhnps if tho auto bandits could be induced to make a noise they might set pinched. Keerefnrv Tinker would have made I very interesting witness nt the trial of Sergeant U Hare. Mr. Ttrvnn will not allow the Demo cratic candidate to be even one-half of 1 per cent wet. It isn't chnnce that disgraces gambllni so much ns tho crookedness that seeks to eliminnte chnnce. Ono evil of jazz dancing is that it gives fnnntical "moral upllftcrs" a ennnce to in veigh against all dancing. Wonder 1fr the Home Hooch Associa tion is back of the effort being mode to dis solve the California raisin combine? A bull wns recently sold in Buenoi Aires for $03,600. Thntrs prcttv nearly a big a price as it brings in a political cam paign. Ono irrtovoiiK Hiln wo have to look for ward to is nn election crowd, mixing its bail with soprano ns it watches the iitcciioa re turns. JU Our Lone Pedestrian says there are 1 few motorists who pny no more attention M a traffic full-stop sign thnn if it were taerelj u comma. The man who first spoko of "worVJuf for n dead horse" must havo been lookiJI into the future nt nn underlying companj in n transit corporation. The Jnpanese beetle is uow a menace, It is worth while to nut up with a lltW inconvcnlauce in the shape of a quarantloi to prevent it from becoming a scourge. A lending psychologist writes to tell til world thnt there is no difference between the mental powers of men nnd women, y some of the more ndvanced feminists tn will sound like a libel. The Sun nnd Now York Herald and th Kansas City Star are at odds as to whett" autumn is nt her best In Gothnra or K. J But where autumn is nt her worst Is tM habitat of nny hay feverlte. Every parngrapher in the "oun.tj;' having made his little comment on j greatest corn crop In the history of tJJ country, the fnrmer will now proceed worry over his shipping problems. Perhaps the suggestion of Governs Cox thut Johnson and Tnft debate on W League of Nations would bo acted tiPa Mr. Cox would first consent to a deta" between himself and Mr. Bryan on V" hlbltlon enforcement. rPliA MAsal.lniaV . tVt.M. T nnnniilr TjITI stock Bonrd of Trado predicts a "'"! shortngo for the markets of the unltw States, which, he says, will mean hl.t" meat prices. His deduction is probably cor rect; nut need not bo If meat-eaters in to fish, which Is plentiful. When Mlllerand nnd Giollttl meet at Ah' les-Bains u And Mlllernnd asks Giolittl's ntd to o 11 plan .(, To fnrra thn Ilnn In .t,nnA1 .nul lltion U" henrlh nt tJV.tniA Will ho receivo the aid he seeks? Ab ' there's not a chance! .Jd But still it will not hurt at all t 'R8 man to moo , . : r ? i 1 &-&-- .2rH. ,. .Mli'm r i'fty.'fr.ftvivn'n
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