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Philadelphia, Saturday, December 24, 1921
HALE SNYDER INTO COURT
GOVERNOK SPROUL, in spooking of
Colonel McCain's revelations of Irregu
larities in Charles A. Snyder's conduct of
the Auditor Gencrnl's office, remarks that
the Auditor General is elected by the people
and that he has no jurisdiction ever him.
But the Governer Is elected by the people
te enforce the laws. Mr. Snyder apparently
vaded the law of 1015, whlen provides that
all the legal business of the State shall be
undcr the supervision, direction and con
trol of the Attorney General," and that
"whenever any taxes or ether accounts of
any kind whatever due tne Commonwealth
remain overdue and unpaid" It shall be the
duty of the department charged with the
collection of these moneys te refer the
matter te the Attorney General, "whose
duty It shall be te take charge
til such litigation and collection."
Mr. Snyder employed Lieutenant Gov Gov
ereor Bcldleman te collect taxes due from
the Westtnghouse Electric and Manufactur
ing Company and paid him SeOOO out of a
fund appropriated for advertising. Se far
as the records show, the Attorney General
was net consulted. Mr. Snyder also em
ployed Jehn n. Fcrtlg te de legal work,
and paid him 10,000 for it within a period
of two years. And the records de net show
that the Attorney General knew anything
about Mr. Fertig's activities.
Unless the law of 1015 is te be regarded
as meaning nothing, it is the duty of the
Governer te direct Attorney General Alter
te bring suit against Mr. Snyder or his
bondsmen te obtain a refunding te the State
of the funds paid out for legal services In
apparent violation of the law. Ne ether
form of official notification should be neces
sary te qualify the Attorney General te act.
Indeed, his dcslre that his own legal pre
rogatives should net be invaded should be
enough te Induce him te take action. If
he winks at the usurpation of his powers
by ether State officials In violation of the
law, he Is pet the proper man te be In
trusted with the legal business of the Com
monwealth. Mr. Snyder's calm assumption that he can
de as he pleases and his defense of his
course are what these who knew him would
expect. He Is even se bold as te buy that
Lieutenant Governer Bcldleman served the
State se well that if he had" the fee te fix
ever again he would pay him $10,000 in
atea'd of $5000.
The thing for which Mr. Snjder thinks
that Mr. Bcldleman should have been paid
$10,000 was the compromising of a claim
against the Wcstlngheuse Company for
$13,000 less than the amount assessed
against it. With the fee paid te Beidlcman
Included, the State get $18,000 less than
was its due, and If the fee had been $10,000,
as Mr. Snyder new wishes, it would huve
received $23,000 less.
But the point at issue is the disregard of
the law of 1013, which denied te Mr. Snjder
the right te hire counsel without consulta
tion with the Attorney General.
SEASONABLE COURTESIES
LORD RIDDELL. the British journalist,
lately distinguished for the helpful ac
curacy of his tips en the Conference, has
sailed for home entertaining a highly favor
able opinion of Amcrlcau courtesy. It was
bis expressed belief that the people of this
country are in the way of becoming the
politest ou earth.
This complimentary commentator should
have extended his visit. Had he remained
ever the holiday season he could have
taken back with hlin a Christmas telf un
matched en several counts by anything jn
Dickens.
The peaceful penetration of the juletide
spirit into the very cardiac rwesses ence
held fabulous of torperutc bodies has be
Cun. The distribution of gladsome Christmas
cards te commuters upon the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway pertinently suggests
that the railroads have been maligned.
They, tee, have hearts which throb in sym
pathy with mankind as the sweet season of
generosity nnd geed will draws near.
The Pennsylvania System wudes kindli
ness nnd cheer In bright pesters and placards
graciously phrased. Signs pointing te the
establishment of un entente cordiale be
tween transportation providers and their
customers are unmistakable.
With the benignity of Santa Claus thus in
the ascendant, who Bhall say that corpora cerpora corpera
tldns are soulless and Insensible? And if
the next step in after years should be the
award of presents tidings of great joy will
abound.
Te cap the climax of endearments, it may
be said that there ure gifts within reach of
the railways which would be accepted with
profound public gratitude. The sadness of
satiety is net yet in prospect and Christmas
will never leso its zest wblle the railways
are In their present mood.
FRENCH ECONOMY AGAIN
THOUGH francs are down, they have net
fallen sufficiently te strip the economy
effected by daylight saving in Paris of Us
Juiprcsslviicss, The City Counselor of the
French capital has announced that the ad-
vanced-heur system, operative from March
2D te October 2S of this year, represented a
1 saving of 200,000 tens of fuel, worth 100,
000,000 franca.
' V') At the present rate of exchange this Is
t ' .wemi en sT.nnn.nnn -.whiMi wm,M ) n...n
f. ..mum struck from the budeet of any Arner.
,' lean .metropolis.
Vr riW- I'hlladelphiaus no longer
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need te be convinced en the subject of the
summer-time schedule But the Natien as
a whole is net yet enlightened. The French
accomplishment may come in handy in con
tentions en behalf of n Federal Daylight
Saving Law, providing its opponents are net
tee much vexed ever the ubiquity of unas
sailable facts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS WISHES,
WITH SOME EXPLANATIONS
The World Knows Hew It Feels te Be
Tipped Inte a Snowbank en the
Way te a Holiday Festival
THERE nre times new and then when it
seems impossible te express a wish for
a Merry Christmas generally for nil people
in a city like ours without feeling somehow
guilty of graceless audacity and thoughtless
uttcrunce. This is one of theru.
The whole world has had the normal
course of holiday jeurncylugs twisted, ob
structed nnd diverted in strange ways. It
has been tipped into n snowbank, lest in a
storm, shunted into nn Inhospltable wilder
ness, and nil the words in all the languages
would net be adequate alone te make
Christmas merry for many of the people who
have had te bear the continuing hurts of
the disaster.
New, one of the best liked of all legends,
and one that takes many fernu, Is of peeple
who went forth In lordly fashion for the
conventional Christmas of lights and giving
nnd receiving and, nftcr losing their wny,
found the real happiness and the true mean
ing of the season in a lowly nnd unfamiliar
place. It would be pleasant te suy and bo be bo
lleve that humanity is sure te find some such
ending te Its present treuDlcs. Perhaps it
may. Certainly it is right te hepe that it
may, and u sporting view of a bad spill is
the better and mere helpful one.
Yet it isn't easy te wish Merry Christ
mas te all people, high and humble, geed
and bad, deserving and undeserving as we
set out te de without misgivings, without
n troubling eense of places In which there
will be no rejoicing and a memory of little
lonesome faces glimpsed en the edges of
crowds and a thought of multitudes te whom
Christmas must be as any ether day net
merry and net bright at alL
If we were all very old and wise nnd
packed with the knowledge that comes only
with experience at the end of life, it might
be possible te find comfort in the thought
that faith and patience and courage nre,
after all, the best of the virtues, aud that
all ought te be well in a country that has
been giving n fine display of these rare
qualities of mind and heart. It might be
enough te remember that we are for better
off even in material ways than any ether
country.
That is true, but It isn't enough. Most
people arc young and eager Ter the happiness
that Is their right. If, for reasons outslde
themselves, people nre unhappy at this
season, something Is wrong somewhere.
Yet even though the words sometimes
sound idle, one must go en wishing Merry
Chrlstmascs at all hazards. Fer the bimple
thought itself seems te carry n power net
altogether of this world. There are chests
upon which the lee Is normally utmost thick
enough for skating that actually warm te it.
Toe many of the processes of business and
government and ordinary human relutlens
meve in nn atmosphere below zero.
If we let go of Christmas we should
abandon the mood that, if it were extended
ever all the year, would create for mankind
n new heaven and a new earth. Fer It is
ut this season, nnd in this season only,
that the hardest-headed people learn te leek
at existence from the ether fellow 's point
of view, te experience the luxury of doing
generous and unselfish things and knew
that It Is uctutilly better te give than te
receive. Se, even in the deeps of the snow
bank, with the chicle damaged and the
horses tangled In the harness, It is net use
less te talk of Merry Christmuses und even
hepe for them.
This, then, is Saturdaj. There remains
plenty of time for every ene ussured of n..
conventionally Merry Christmas te remem
ber the unusual number of peeple who have
no such comforting prospect, te resolve that
no child shall have reason te feel se lonesome
and forlorn as many of them leek In the
midst of homeward crowds and te drop in
en the little family In the little house that
you have been trying unsuccessfully te
forget.
It is when you come te the little houses
that iUls hnrd te say "A Merry Christinas
and allappy New Year" in the right tone
of elry ussurance. Winds of misfortune
have been blowing upon many of them
without rest. And yet they are weathering
through. The mothers of some of these
satne shy nnd wistful und emptj -banded
children have been holding them together
women who, without at all suspecting it, are
the true heroines of these times.
Te knew the sort of Merry Christmas that
no upward jump of the stock market could
provide it is only necessary te go about
nmeng the least of these and take the leek
of disheartenment out of their ere.'. Every
body would benefit you, yeurseii, most of
all. Then we, for our part, could de mere
comfortably what we set out te de higher
up In this column. We could wish a Merry
Chri'tmas and a nappy New Year te all
people; te the geed and the bad, the high
and the humble, the rich and the peer; te
every one who reads this and te every eir
who doesn't, without discrimination.
TRAFFIC COUNCILMEN?
THE educational value of experience
doesn't lessen with time. The people at
City Hall who de most of the talking and
who would like te issue most of the orders
relative te problems of meter-traffic regula
tion are obviously and lamentably without
experience te guide them In their special
uctivitics.
It might be altogether proper, therefore,
te suggest that Mr. Weglein, Mr. Guffuey,
Mr, Hall nnd some of the ether moving
spirits in the City Council exchange places
for n week with the policemen who have te
btand in a twenty-mile gale en Bread street
when the temperature is obeut 10 degrees
above zero or work a Murket htrect sema
phore ter a whole day when the air Is filled
with snow or sleet. That bert of ex
perience might be geed even fur seme of
the drivers of motorcars who assert that
traffic men are net be polite In winter as
they might be.
If there is any geed reason why shelters
of some sort should net be provided for
policemen who have te held down fixed pests
In winter weather it is beyond ordinary
understanding. In New Yerk and ether
cities where serious efforts nre being made
toward the efficient and intelligent regula
tion of meter trade the traffic policeman Is
net exposed te rain, snow, wind and weather
during the roughest months of the yenr. It
has been found that small shelters are net
only practical. They increase the general
efficiency of the men.
But te the politician type of mind a
policeman Is net n human being. He is a
voter and a holder of a miner political job,
nnd is as such supposed te be content with
whatever treatment Is handed out te him.
It is doubtful whether the nvernge member
of Council, seeing a half-frozen policeman
swinging his arms, ever thinks of the Heed
lessness of the hardship which the city In
flicts en the members of its hardest-worked
department.
HOME LESSONS FOR CONGRESS
THIS is net the first time the holiday
recess of Congress has been a matter of
public appreciation. The timeliness of the
suspension this year Is especially marked.
It is hardly debatable that indersement of
the achievements thus far of the Washing
ton Conference is henrty and widespread.
Net even the bungling ever exact interpre
tations of the Four-Power Treaty has dis
abused the public of the idea that It should
prove a solvent of some of themest delicate
problems in international nnnnls.
Whether or net the hemelnnd of Japan Is
Included within the protective meaning of
the compact, the terms unquestionably
premise new guarantees of pcace nnd a
humane ami civilized remedy for such con
troversies us may arise.
The reluctance of the noisier elements in
Congress te view the situation in a bread,
constructive light has already been revealed
in absurd quibbles, in wnrped academic
argument and in obstructlennry tactics re
calling the dismal days of the Versailles
Treaty contest. It is a geed thing that a
temporary halt has been cnlled upon these
preposterous exhibits, which nre unduly dig
nified with the ascription of "reasoning."
The marplets nre new provided with the
opportunity of learning something nt home.
Apart from all ether considerations, it is
never geed politics te misrepresent constit
uencies. Opposition Senators are conceiv
ably in a position te learn something before
their return te Washington.
THE NEXT SENATOR
TnE continued illness of Senater Crew
suggests the lnadvisabllity of running
him ns a candidate for election next fall.
Senater Crew has been in his place in
Washington but twice since he took the
oath as successor te the late Philander O.
Knox.
This is unfortunate. Congress Is consider
ing legislation of the first Importance. It
will affect the industries of this State. Con
sequently It is desirable that the Stnte
bheuld be represented in the Sennte by two
men vigorous enough te make their influence
en legislation felt.
At present the Pennsylvania senatorial
delegation is weak. Senater Penrose has
net recovered his health and he has te hus
band his strength. And Senater Crew is se
ill that he has been able te de nothing. He
was 111 when he wns appointed and his
health has shown no improvement since that
time.
It is presumed that he will serve until his
successor is elected. Under the .circum
stances, It is important that the Republi
can leaders begin te give serious attention
te the selection of the man te Buccced him.
The new Senater should be a man se clean
as te give no occasion te whisperings about
his undisclosed connections, nnd he should
be se able that when his name is mentioned
there will be general agreement that he
measures up te the requirements.
PUTTING DRIVE INTO THE FAIR
WHEN Mayer Moere demanded mere ac
tion from the Scsqui-Centeniilal Com
mittee he merely did whnt this newspaper
hns been doing for several weeks.
The general committee and the bub-cem-mittees
have done little but talk. A cer
tain amount of discussion Is necessary, in
order that different minds may find u com
mon meeting ground. But they had a meet
ing ground in the first place, nnd that was
en the preposition that the 150th anni
versary of the adoption of the Declaration
of Independence should be celebrated by nn
international fair.
Ne considerable sum of money has been
raised, and no real vigorous effort has been
nuide te raise any. Ne site has been agreed
upon and no director general has been ap
pointed. Right here lies all the trouble. The lack
of a director general means the lack of a
driving nnd co-erdinating force back of the
enterprise. Until he Is selected the project
will lag.
It is geed te talk about a city appropria
tion of S'J.riOOX'OU nnd u State appropria
tion of u similar amount, and an appro
priation of $.",000,000 by Congress. But
neither the State nor Congress will make
nny appropriation for un enterprise that is
still in the air. Seme definite nnd con
crete plan inuet be prepared, and prepared
without deluy. Then the foundation will
huve been laid for impropriatiens.
SCORE TWO FOR COUNCIL
EVEN Council appears te have caught
something of the mood of amenability
characteristic of these genial days. Twe
ordinances passed by the Municipal Legis
lature this week denote a constructive public
spirit worthy of perpetuation.
Frem the eutbet the Franklin Field pro
posal, involving the arcading of several city
streets for the new stadium, has been ex
empt from nagging. Sympathy with an In
teresting project Is substantiated by th,e
unanimous vote upon the enubling measure.
The University will new be unhampered
by right-of-way technicalities and can ad
vance whole-heartcdly te the work of raising
funds for nn ambitious nnd wholly desirable
undertaking.
The adoption of the ordinance trans
ferring the Roosevelt beulevnrd te the
jurisdiction of the Purk Commission consti
tutes another geed mark upon the council
manic record. A confusing divided author
ity is thus effneed.
The buccess of the Fairmount Park ad
ministrators with the public squares is ample
proof of their fitness for the extended re
sponsibility. There can be little doubt that
the boulevard will be well guarded and
maintained in excellent condition under Its
new auspices.
The offense of the dele
Wind It Up gates te the Washington
And Let's Ge ('onference was net in
including Japan In the
territory covered by the Four-Power Treaty,
but In biding the fact. Apart from the
seeming deception the Incident is unlmpor unlmper
tunt. The ene big thing In the Conference
Is the effort te still wur'a alarm clock nnd
substitute a timepiece that will tick peace
fully. Say, Santa! Listen! The hardest
worked of all your assistants is without
doubt the postman nud this year his work is
greater than ever before ; 20 per ceut greater,
In fact, according te reports from the Post Pest
office Department. We kuew yeu're darned
near broke, Old Tep, but perhaps if you dig
down in your Jeans you may find a bill a
little bit frayed or a coin a little worn en
one side and Get the Idea, Old Spert?
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COLONEL PRINTZ'S PARK
The Flrat Seat of Government In
Pennsylvania Should Be Perpetu
ated Tlnlcum Island the 8lte.
Themas Willing Balch's Werk
By GEORGE NOX McOAJN
rnHOMAS WILLING BALCH, vice presl-J-
dent "of the Historical Society of Penn
sylvania, Is greatly interested In the pres
ervation of Tlnlcum Island ns a park in
honor of Governer Jehan Prlnta, who estab
lished there the first scat of European
Government In Pennsylvania,
The 000th anniversary of that event will
be celebrated twenty-ene years from new.
It was in 1038 that Queen- Christina of
Sweden sent out a colonial expedition which
effected n settlement nt a point within the
bounds of the present City of Wilmington.
Christina Creek was named in honor of
their Queen, as well as the fort at this
place.
Four years later Colonel Jehan Prints
was sent out with new colonists and addi
tional supplies te re-enforce the infant
Swedish settlement.
Prints wns net satisfied with the site of
Fert Christina, a few miles up a narrow
creek, a tributary of the bread Delaware
River.
What the hardy soldier, who had served
in thirty years of war, desired was a con
venient place te control the passaga of the
Delaware with his cannon.
SHORTLY after his arrival Prints started
en a voyage of exploration up the river.
nc get as far as San Ktkan, the site of
the Trenten of today.
He decided thnt the lower end of the
Great Tenckengh, or Tlnlcum Island, should
be the slte of the capital of the New
Sweden.
Se it came about that he removed his
people from Fert Christina te the Island.
In honor of the Swedish pert from which
he had sailed with his expedition he named
the new site Fert Nya Gotcberg.
He built houses for the settlers and held
Swedish Protestant religious services in a
chapel built near the fort.
It wsb the first church of any religion
built within the bounds of Pennsylvania.
As Mr. Balch points out. the lower end
of Great Tlnlcum Island, through the ac
tivities of Colonel Jehan Prlntz. became the
cradle of what is today the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
It was the first permanent white colony
settled within the area of this State.
Tyni. BALCH tells nn interesting story
J-'J- nbeut n portrait that hangs en the
wall of the Executive Mansion in Harris
burg. Twelve years age he mentioned te M. de
Lagcrcrantz, the Swedish Minister te the
United Stntes, that no picture of Prlntz
could be found in this country, nnd asked
him te use his efforts te discover ene in
Sweden.
Ne matter hew small, It could be copied
and enlarged as u valuable contribution te
the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
The Investigation Was started and resulted
in the finding of a portrait of Colonel Prlntz
In the Church "of Joukeplng.
A copy of It wns made and sent ever
as n gift from King Gustavus te the Swedish
Colonial Society, of this city.
JN MARCH of last year Mr. Bulch called
X Governer Sproul's attention te the nbove
facts. The Governer instantly becumc inter
ested nnd employed Mndame Van Hclden te
copy Prlntz's portrait in oil. It new hangs
in the Governer's mansion In Hnrrisburg.
It carries this inscriptien:
"Jehan Prlntz, Governer of New Sweden,
1043-1053, who established at Tlnlcum
Island, en the Delaware River, the first
permanent seat of government in Pennsyl
vania." Among ether things which Mr. Balch
thoughtfully suggests te perpetuate this
event in our history Is the naming of the
highway between Wilmington and Philadel
phia the "Governer Prlntz Highway."
Trees could be planted te Prlntz's memory
in Fairmount Park, at Esslngten nud else
where. He should be visualized in bronze in Phil
adelphia and the ground en Tlnicum Island
should be purchased and restored exactly
ns It steed originally If any plnn or drawing
of It remains.
APART from the surprise occasioned by
Secretary Hughes' address at the open
ing of the Armament Conference in Wash
ington, I think the next ereatest was that
of hearing the various delegates, and par
ticularly the Orientals, express themselves in
correct and fluent English.
Japanese. Chinese, Portuguese nnd Italian
representatives rivaled the English nnd
Americans In the correctness of their diction
and the range of their vocabulary.
And yet, particularly se far nH the 'Jap
anese were concerned, there wns little occa
sion for surprise of any thinking spectator.
These of us who recall Wu Ting-fang,
the eminent und scholarly Chinaman twenty
years nge, will recall that he had command
of perfect English; one of the most gifted
Chlnnmen that ever visited this country.
Practically every Oriental in the Inst
thirty years who has visited this country
in a diplomatic capacity has been a master
of English.
THE Japanese Minister te the United
StntcH thirty-one years nge, G. Tatcne,
wns nn English scholar of high nttninments
who had already discarded nutlve dres.s.
His wife nnd child also followed Occidental
fashion in the mntter of their uttire.
Mr. Tntene had been n member of the
commission appointed by the Imperial Gov
ernment te receive General Grant in 1870
en his tour nreund the world.
He nccempnnled the ceneral and his party
during their stay in .Tnpnn. ,
About the snme time that this distin
guished Japanese wns being received In
Washington the French Government wns
arranging te receive the Chinese Minister
then recently nccrcdltcd te Its Government.
Vshlng-Tshnne wns a Tartar by birth and
a Reman Catholic In religion.
He was proficient both In English nnd in
French. This wns due te his having been
educated at the school of languages In
Pekln, which is a kind of diplomatic college
for the training of young men designed for
foreign pervlce.
The wife of Yshlng-Tshang wns also n
Tartar nnd of the same religious persuasion
ns her Illustrious husband.
In striking contrast te these examples
Is the fact thnt the United States Is com
pelled te emplev Interpreters for our diplo
mats nt practically every foreign court.
Often these are neither citizens of this
ceuntrv nor united te it by any bend but
thnt of salary.
Today's Anniversaries
1745 Benjamin Rush, n physiclnn gen
eral of the American Army In the Revolu
tion, born nt Bvberry. Pa. Died in Phila
delphia. April ID, 1813.
1800 An attempt wns made te assassl assassl
nate Napeleon Bonaparte with an infernal
machine.
1810 The vnluoble service of church plate
waseteien irem at. i-aurs uatneural in Lou Leu Lou
eon. ., ,
1S37 Empress Elizabeth, of Austrln. born
In Bavaria. Assassinated nt Geuevn, Hwlt
rerland, September 10, 1808.
1847 Lewis Cass, of Michigan, wrote a
letter which wns the first embodiment of the
doctrine of "squatter sovereignty."
1803 William Makepeace Thackeray, fn fn
meus novelist, died in Londen. Bern in
Cnlmttn. July 18, 1811.
3g0l Fourteen lives lest In a collision en
the Hudsen River Railroad at Hastings,
1S07 The Pepe Issued an encyclical en
the Mnnlteba school question.
1020 Japanese Foreign Minister told the
Teklo Diet that the new American-Japanese
Treaty wenw nuuuy tne uaurernia Any
Alien i4aaa uw.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. JEAN B. BECK
Talks en Elemental Education
ELEMENTARY training In all things Is
the first essential of u success which is
founded upon a firm superstructure nnd is
net superficial, according te Dr. Jean B.
Beck, professor of French literature at the
University of Pennsylvania.
"Genuine originality," said Dr. Beck,
"docs net consist merely In doing things
differently from ethers. This we usually
cnll queerness. The real thing consists In
doing things by n method which Is based
upon sound reasoning nnd the application
of principles which hnvc been shown te be
correct. What happens from the ether sys
tern wns shown te me during a recent walk.
Aute ns Educative Symbol
"I was strolling aimlessly when I heard
the furious tooting of an automobile born.
Before I get te the plnce the trouble had
been righted and a man told me thnt a lady
in the mnchlne found her engine had gene
dead' nnd wns tooting the horn te start it
eguin. New it takes ubeut an hour te
learn the mechanical operations necessary te
run a car that Is, if everything gees right.
But let nnythlng go the ether wny and the
standard mnnlpulntiens only result in put
ting the operator in the position of the lady
mentioned.
"Apply the same thlug te education. A
child is taught a certain mechanical way
of btudylng, as the teacher generally alms
at quick results. Consequently, as seen us
there occurs un instance where inltlntive
is required the student shares the fate of
the lady. Individual initiative Is a geed
thing, but it needs guidance if ene docs net
want te loco time by letting the student
find out bv himself whnt has been discovered
nnd definitely established by ethers.
The Self-Made Men
"I am ufrald that we ovcr-emphasizc the
value of self-made men in high posi
tions. At best they are the exception and
for every one of them there nre hundreds
and thousands of mediocrities who, if prop
erly trained, would have reached u higher
level.
"There are many se-called artists,
pointers, musicians und professional men
who have acquired a thorough mastery of
the mechanical manipulations of their busi
ness. But let an indiscreet pupil hbIc a
theoretical question or demand nn explana
tion of bemethlng really fundamental and
our here will act like the tooting lady. If
their education had emphasized the theory
of their business as well ns the practical,
none of them would ever have te fear being
placed In the humiliating position of being
Intellectually stalled.
"Take, for another example, n mechanic
in n wiw mill. If he understands the prin
ciples of the machines be operates he will
stand out among the average handlers of
these machines almost as a genius. A
violinist who enn net only piny well, but
who can illustrnte nnd explain what he
plays is a phenomenon.
Improper Elemental Training
"What Is the rcaben for this lack of
fundamental knowledge in se many workers
and craftsmen? Improper truinlng at the
"Hew wonderfully Inquisitive nnd enthu
elastic nre most children I And hew amaz
ingly dull und apathetic we find most of
them when they leave the school benches.
Who killed that fundamental human trait of
lnquisitlveness the bud of creatlve enthu
siasm nnd the live cell of progress?
"If an Individual possesses this Ines
timable gift, the talent or genius te create,
It should be carefully festered. Feed it with
the essence of what is best, the noblest of lt8
kind In history, und you will bring up an
artist worthy of the name; glve It the wrong
intellectual diet and you will get a freuk.
"This consideration leads te a question
of greater portent. Is It uet possible that
the traditional way of teaching history may
be responsible for perpetuating seme of the
horrors and the greatest woes of mankind?
Teach Geed, Net Evil
"Instead of piling up Jn the Innocent
.murderous) wars; In a word, instead of
g&klw. JiliiagijVtf y,t,eAyAAjlt -i-.
IN FULL POSSESSION
V JRvffjiWnsPifVsKv I pjiyjpaagjyspvTiBy' v jfcJL- v
dwelling upon that side which humanity has
in common with the brute, would it net be
better te instill Inte the youthful mind the
knowledge nud love of thnt one quality
which distinguishes us exclusively from brute
creation, namely, the faculty of enjoying
beauty in all its forms, in nature, in art, in
literature, in music nnd all the fine nrts?
"Let us net step ut scrapping ships nnd
reducing nrmics. Let us banish also the
hideous figure of Mars from the history
classes und replace It with the radiant fig
ures of Pallas und the Muses. Let us feed
the Imagination of the young with the treas
ures of the great writers, musicians und
artists of all lands nnd of all times and
mnke them understand the Implied teachings
of the progress nnd the ethics which nre
bidden behind the legends of mythology nnd
of folklore. Our own land is rich in folk
lore, but nslde from the pitifully small
number of members of the learned societies,
who knows anything nbeut It? And yet it
is full of the essence of the customs, stories,
songs and beliefs which this soil produced.
Learning Mnde Toe Easy
. "It might be helpful te inquire, even
superficially, Inte the causes of this apathy
toward elemental education. The present
system apparently falls te areuse the In
terest and co-operation of the student.
High-sounding courses nre taught, while
the most fundamental of all subjects, gen
uineness, thoroughness and merciless accu
racy, are neglected.
"The teacher of standardized methods
usually acquires his proficiency in the class
room at the expense of his pupils, who often,
In some ways, play the role of the guinea-pig
at h clinic. This is a thought which should
stir the parents nnd the education beards.
"Hut within the last few years conditions
have tuken n turn for the better largerly
through the endowment drives, which hnve
awakened the puhlie te the conviction that
the teaching profession needs nnd deserves
improvement. Better snlarlcs would mean
that teachers would no longer have te take
teaching positions before they are prepared
te teach. It would also justify the raising
of requirements nnd standards. Better
teachers will produce better results in edu
cation, nnd thnt would be n been te the
Natien as n whole and one greatly te be
desired."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Hew tnanv square miles are contained In
States" " terrltery of thB United
" W1iat,as h. nitlennl son of the
feeuthcrn Confederacy?
3. Hew many times Blncn Its onmnlzatlen
te"li thB Council of the Sngua of
Nutlens been In session? "C"BU0 et
4. When and what was Fries Rebellion?
"' W1dfta"aflewer?a m0"UBk '" also thenn
6' 'ie'canea?"1111610"8 and Why were ""
7. "Where nre the Falkland Islands?
8. What Greek god wero winged sandals?
' WpennV?l UttCr "U" an abbrovlatlen for
10 WroeUeXh?bl0US an""al8 re brea
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. St Qeorge Is the patron saint nt i.'i..j
2. An ueellan harp rt stringed init m"n.
played by the wind B instrument
8. Alexandria In L'eypt, was the city of
flbrury. Ume' mSt fameu 8? It'
4. Fra. Ange'llce (Giovanni da FI(elv we-
Bl "etnnrr5vCi;rf,;?I('8 'h0 Pent Secre-
un pi-1 fnv m tt v i
7. An aerelite Is a solid body renchlnir th.
earth from unknown parts bavn,i ;V
earth's ntrnesphere When win th
night, aerolites usually censtat ?,f at
luminous head or flre-balL fellow,.0.1 1 a
u bright train of Incandesce,. t malt!?
8. An abacus In1 architecture Is aL?ri'
lum'n.IeVel tab'et " tIm PiVBrSr
9. The story of the Wise Men of the East
Matt"11 ,n U' "P St sH
MO. The names ascribed te them are Caspar
Balthasar and Meluhler. p r'
6. Argentina is se called from the Latin
"argentum," b ver, In refereiY . i
I'lata Itlver. which fermSnar! n !Ae
boundaries. "I'lata" l th f ,u
wnr.1 fni- ll '" l" Spim 8h
V
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SHORT CUTS
Merry Christmas I
Perhaps the Hnrrisburg grabbers weir
saving up for (Jhristmas.
The jlngla of Santa Claus' sleigh belli
is net being beard in Kussla.
Jehn Bull fears that he may find a sub
marine In his Christmas stocking.
A Jey crowd ; a bliss mass i
Busy streets mean Merry Christmas.
Late Christmas steppers are new con
sidering the saddest words of tongue et
pen.
Summon your philosophy and make It
snappy ;
Tomorrow you'll be broke but happy.
Fer tJin Txilltlenl Knntn Claus who all-
poses of ginger snaps the average pelttlelaa
hangs up his stocking the whole year 1eb
After hnvlng felt the goulash of sdret'
slty, her egreement with Czecho-Blerua
should ennble Austria te return for at KM
a taste of her salad days.
Conference delegates may profit bf
noting that whenever Congress decides tt
tnke a recess there is never any doubt u U
the meaning of the motion.
On this Joyous Christmas Rnsjlani MUJ
dying of starvation by tne tnousanej. -will
make Interesting rending for Waucv
of Georgia, who is staging opposition te cea
gressienai rcnci.
"Hew beautiful upon the mountains tij
the feet -of him who bringeth glad tldlnij.
Last night Christmas stockings worn by tt
nsslstnnts of Santa Claus were filled wiu
tired but beautiful feet.
T !. n.n1. . rjnnnr1irlin(fL SIS SUfl
ciently shocked at the thought of a Lleuten
nnt governor accepting eiaie "v.. it,. Ii
tru legal services there is little Iiklihoea
that the next Governer will have se mw
delicacy.
r.i t, i . - A- l, nnfin Kbeft
santa vjiaus is mwuje i"i w ," ;
There is no limit te the hours of emplejmefl
he demands of his assistants, insteuu
paying wages he exacts pay. And bis svm
think themselves well paid if a child mlW
en tnera.
Santa Claus Is the dearest old bran
in the world. He Illustrates delightfully tM
shopworn platitude that it is mere blessed w
give thau te receive. If he could make M ,
the virtues commonplace the mlllenninu
1.1 1.- -..111. .
WUUIU UD WHU UD
In "Washington next month there wffl
. i .i -a i. ttuclnesa organ-
DO n general mcciuig ei wiu uu.v --- .
izatien of the Government te '"". "ij
mlnlstrntlve economy, iinrruu.b ---.
send delegates te pick up a few crumes
necceBurj nuucub
We gather from the weather reports tM
if it doesn't rain or snow Christmas innj
cloudy nnd unsettled with skating a pe
blllty. The only thing that seems ccrtnm
that there is little iikbihioeu u u". -being
overcome by the heat.
It may be that when Mr. Snyder reij
the act of 1015 prohibiting the head
State departments from hiring lawyers w
out express authorization from the Atternw
General he suspected that the framer im3
te "Include Jupun," which, in current Kj
jargon, menus thut the words may, unu
easy interpretation, mean the oppeslt
whnt they say.
...... tf..lr.nfir II
Ab it is manifest tnat no '""",.'.,,.
equal le the task, what is needed n all '
ternatienal conferences Is u ce'?"l",rt
Krnmmurlens te bet forth in lwP.lJaBJffif
just what the words of any given tM
"" J'vlng, for instance, in eF"
1'ewcr xreniy exinuini-u ii. ,,"1rrj. (et
Missions aud inbular dominions" Include ,
de net Include) Japan, It will PWJJV'.S
"conference" which may cither be l M
mi interchange of opinions or bMin.
leaching of a decision te be censlderedP'g
lug en all the participants. After K.
bub-coinmlttee limy be appointed. Ri
praise the correctness of their "f'takj
There is nothing in the world se Pla!TJ
HA.ta m rt at tunvil a 4llfr wnfflls F Is.