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I CTRU3 H. K. CURTIS, Psesidsn?,
Jehn C. 'Martin, Vice FrMldant nd Treasurer)
CHtrln A. Tylfr, Secretary: Cnarla H. I.udlnK I.udlnK
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All riehti at republication of s. eelal dispatch
Mrs art alto relented.
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WHAT KEPHART WOULD LIKE
HARMON M. KEl'HART, former State
Treasurer, indicated through his attor
ney In Hnrrisbtirg yesterday that he would
like the formal inquiry Inte the methods of
handling State funds new making by Audi
tor General Lewis te be confined te an
effort te discover whether the State lest any
money.
Mr. Kephart has Insisted that the State
lest nothing. Charles A. Snyder, former
Auditor General and new State Treasurer,
also Insists that, although half a million dol
lars was taken out of the State funds, it
was all put back again and that the State
did net lore a dollar. Of course, he excepts
$8000 which was misappropriated by Brlndle
gad never returned.
Auditor General Lewis very properly re
fused te confine his formal Inquiry te the
questions whether the State had lest any
thing. The point ct issue Is' net whether the
State lest any money, although the expert
accountant say that it lest $11,000 in in
terest through delay in depositing receipts In
the banks. The use of public money for
prlrate purposes is Illegal. There is circum
stantial evidence that the money has been
se used, even If we did net have the ad
mission of Mr Snjder. What it Is hoped
the Jnqulry will disclose is who used the
money and who consented te its use. The
use of it was as grievous a breach of trust
as though a bank cashlrr had taken the
funds of depositors for his private specula
tions. The fart that he was fortunate In
his speculations and returned the money
would net lessen his offense.
The expert accountants have discovered
'that there was jusgllng of the accounts of
the'S.'ate Treasurer. They have found that
checks made payable te the State were ex
changed for checks signed in blank by Jehn
A. Bell, of the Carnegie Trut Company of
Pittsburgh, and thnt by this arrangement
the public money was carried en the books
of the Treasurer as cash in hand, while no
one yet knows exactly where the cash was.
The duty of "adjusting the public nc nc
.ceunts." laid by law en the Auditor Gen
eral, Is net done when he has merely dis
covered whether the bonks balance, even
though Mr. Kephart would like te have
this view prevail. Mr. Lewis has appar
ently set out te discover In whose Interests
the accounts were juggled and whether the
law was violated. In fact, he Is making a
real audit which will disclose all the facts.
Mr. Kephart ought te be co-operating with
him Instead of seekln; te put obstacles in
the way.
A PROPER PARDON
GOVERNOR SPROl'IS pardon of Con
ductor Evans and Engineer Yeakel.
sentenced te nine months' Imprisonment In
connection with the tragic train wreck near
Bryn Athyn, en the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway. Is unquestionably a response te
public sensibilities regarding the disaster.
The two railroad empleyes were found
guilty of disebedience. but It was no secret
that their delinquencies were by no means
the sole causes nf the catastrophe. The
practice c; discovering scapegoats for short
comings In railway management for nntl
quated equipment nnd insufficient trackage
is of long standing.
The public is net fooled, and It accept.
with some uneasiness an exhibit of judg
ment which evades certain rjiher embar
rassing fundamentals.
Had the coaches of the ill-fated train
been of steel the laxity of Yeakel and Evans
would probably have had less shocking con cen
gruences. The Governer has acknewledger
the Inequities of the cae by releasing these
men after the expiration of one-third of
their original term.
THE INDIFFERENT LEGISLATURE
FEW persons will dltagree with the Miner
when he says in his let'.tr te the (;lt
Club that a law should be pnssp ghing i0
tne city a. part et tne --urns received by th"
State for automobile licenses. Thi im.nev
"l'jTused for Improving p.iDllc highways, but
net a ueiiar et it it spent within th city
limits. Yet the licensed motorcars use the
city Btrects nnd wear out the pavements.
The need for an amendment te the Con Cen Con
Btitutien which will permit the city te profit
by its own public improvements is nlxe KMn.
eraily aumitteu. it tne city could take by
condemnation proceedings mere land than
la needed for the bridge approaches it oeiild
reaell the land at a profit. At present pri
vate speculators will reup the profit.
'The Majer also wants better laws relat-
, lac te gambling nnd te disorderly houses
The present laws are inadequate and make
conviction difficult.
' The last Legislature was nsked te act in
these matters, but nothing came of it. The
new Legislature te be elected in November
will doubtless have an opportunity te con
sider these things, but ns Legislatures sel
dom de what is expected of them, h0 would
be an optimist, indeed, who should expect
-action In Harrlsburg next winter.
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,118 THERE A BETTER WAY?
fiR,lNATOIV "A"IUBU'S P"m that
KM?it is shocked at the exin-ndit,.r "
w$jX ,n tbe Pennsylvania primary election
iffii'i,1tPe1',,,cnl P'ny He knows verv
, ami " i't,,..Mj luiinni vuiinec op ,.nr.
,td en without the use of money. iw,.
XM? Print"1 "JVU" for m' urea
' -Ija'a State with n large population. If hn
Mrs are te ee rcacneu some one must nut
k-the money. It Is useless te pretend tnat
'tmpalgn can be conducted for nuthlng
. never nyc vecu be conducted nnd their
-win w, iiui urcu jn .uiKsissippi, the
hic,ui oeiimer, itarnsen,
. ,ot"M'ae large in Mis-
irania, but Harrison
Wnu.l. sum.
Bwnte.' !t
twu
:'9Sh
about the nomination of Senater Tepper
here, hut thnt Is chiefly because of the dif
ference between the population of the two
States and because of the different methods
of campaigning.
That large sums are needed is unfortu
nate. It makes It difficult. If net Impossi
ble, for a peer man te contest for a nomi
nation with a candidate of the regular po
litical machine, whether It be Republican
or Democratic. And the primary system
Increases the cost, for It lnys en the can
didate or the machine the necessity of rais
ing money te pay for two contests, one for
the nomination and one for the election, If
the energy spent In denunciation were de
voted te finding a better way there might
be hope of improvement.
FAITH IN THE TREATY IS
THE SAFEGUARD OF IRELAND
Hew Desp This Is Is Shown by Cellins'
and Griffith's Acceptance of Winsten
Churchill's Warning te Extremists
TJKL1EF that the majority of the Irish
A- people ere eager for the execution of the
treaty whereby the Free State te be erected
will become a member of "the group of
nations forming the British commonwealth
of nations" Is an invalunblc safety valve
in a situation overstocked with political
explosives.
Confidence lu the virtue of the compact
produced last December at the peak of a
crisis has obviously restrained the some
times Intemperate Winsten Churchill, whose
review of Irish affairs presented te the
Heuse of Commens is candid and grave,
but unmarred by trueulence.
Among his most interested listeners en
Wednesday, in seats reserved for distin
guished strangers, were Michnel Cellins and
Arthur Griffith. They heard the recent
accommodation with the De V.cra faction
denounced ns striking "directly at the pro pre
visions of the treaty." They heard from
the lips of the Colonial Secretary the decla
ration thnt a breach of the December agree
ment would be held by the Imperial Gov
eminent te justify the resumption of "pro
portionate liberty of action."
This warning, of course, means nothing
less than a reoccupation of Irish territory
by the Rrltlsh in the event of treaty in
fraction. Yet both Mr. Cellins nnd Mr. Griffith,
the former of whom is chiefly responsible
for establishing the "alliance" with Irish
extremist republican- te which Sir.
Churchill objects, pronounced the latter's
discourse as "perfectly fair."
The ostensible paradox In this estimate
by these two Irish leaders is removable only
by remembering that they and Mr. Churchill
and the Rrltlsh Government are working
toward an identical end.
It Is a difference in methods which pro
duces the apparent confusion. It may fur
ther be said that it is disparity of pro pre
cedure which has rendered the adjusting of
Ireland te the new order se painful nnd
seemingly prolonged.
It Is the fashion with nations that have
solved their fundamental problems In gov
ernment te regard the struggles of ether
peoples toward a groundwork of new ad
ministration with skepticism and some dis
dain. Utilizing the convenient cuptlen of
"finished history," the English, for exam
ple, are prone te dismiss lightly the old
conflict of Cavaliers and Roundheads, the
bitterness and antagonism engendered by the
revolution of 1CSS nnd the intensity of the
struggle ever the Iteferm Bill of 1832.
In America, pride in the processes of self
government conflict between principles nnd
practice notwithstanding is undiminished
by the recollection through the chroniclers
of the chaotic period between the close of
the Revolution and the adoption of the
Constitution und the stormy entest waged
ever that basic instrument. It is of record,
moreover, that the spirit of the Constitution
was net clearly defined until an epic civil
war had been fought.
While such instances of dissension in the
establishment of democratic Institutions de
net necessarily constitute excuses for strife
and turbulence, they de at least counsel
patience, toleration and sympathetic under
standing in respect te similar struggles by
politically younger peoples entering upon
the day of oppertunit .
There has long been a disposition in this
country te lie contemptuous of our Latin
nelghbers-ln their endeavors te master some
trying problems of government. Side by
side with much sentimental sympathy for
Ireland there Is often a tendency te view
with self-sufficient alarm each setback or
misplay in its difficult approach te stabilized
emancipation.
It Is only seven months since the treaty
proposing the Irish Krer State was nego
tiated. Considering that Rhede Island pre
ferred Ifolatien te union with her sister
States from 1T67 te 1700, the period of
cress-purposes and dispute in Ireland has
net been proportionately long.
The ad Interim ndmlnistratien, as Mr.
f'hurch.ll calls It, has been vexed with
problems demnndlng the utmost exercise of
patriotism, political discernment and states
manship. Mr. Cellins and Mr. Griffith,
among ethers, have labored herelcallv te
speed up the machinery wherebv the Free
State will be duly set up and fortified with
a constitution.
They have been forced te cer tend with
an embarrassing multiplicity of adverse
forces, including these dominated by Im
practical visionaries and honest idealists
bv selfish politicians, by religious blgetsi
by chronic marplets and by disorderly op
portunists. Rewdyism and brutality have
capitalized the situation as they have In-
variably under analogous circumstances the
world ever.
Save for the vote early last winter by the
Dall Eireann, the voice of the Irish people
as a whole has enjoyed comparatively scant
opportunity te be heurd en the subject of
the Free State autonomy. The Ulster com cem com
pllcntien nnd the ease with which this can
be utilized te serve the purposes of trouble
makers have prolonged some of the
most unfortunate features of the rase.
Michael Cellins' negotiation with n.
Valcra and his republicans of ,, formula
of election and ministerial procedure in
volves a point nf extreme delicacy which
Mr. Churchill Is right te regard with
gravity. As an expedient te suppress dis
orders and the outrages of conscienceless
bandits and hooligans In the Seuth of Jr0!,
land, denounced by both factions, It may
be useful.
What Mr. Cellins Is seeking te render
possible Is the holding of elections for the
previsional parliament, te be eventually
,lnwu?, unees ine..ireaiy witn consider
ftUMhWt the VrtM'aHata cwsUtutlen -w
P 'ff?? D,"'" rdJe thati
four members of the Cabinet must be of the
anti-treaty persuasion.
It is here thnt the English are concerned
for the validity of the treaty, since Article
XVII of that document provides that .every
member of the previsional government shall
signify "In writing" his acceptance of that
Instrument.
The opinion Is said te be held in Dublin
that the two Governments, the previsional
nnd thnt of the Dail, will be found working
side by side nnd that republican members
of the Conlltlen Cabinet will have no office
In the previsional government sanctioned
by the treaty.
In that hope is the answer te Mr.
Churchill's warnings. Therein Is nlse thnt
fnlth In the eventual triumph of the trenty
which has nlready survived se many pitfalls.
HOOVER'S COAL SCHEDULE
SHOULD the coal strike continue through
the summer the country will have reason
te fear net only n coal shortage, but n coal
panic. Under such circumstances specula
tors couldn't be expected te resist the temp
tation te profit enormously and unfairly
through reserves of mined and prepared an
thracite or bituminous. The agreement
for n fair maximum rate at the mines, just
entered Inte between Secretary Hoever and
the operators, Is Important In a number of
ways. It is ns much for the protection of
the fair-minded coal operator as it Is for
the protection of the consumer. It rigidly
limits the opportunities of the occasional
gamblers who have no objection te exploit
ing any nntlenal crisis for their own ends.
And It will de much te prevent fuel kiting
of the sort which turned public sentiment
against the coal-producing organizations
during and Immediately after the war.
Hoever's suggestion of a fixed rule under
which consumers, assured new of stable and
uniform prices, would buy their fuel In
neighboring and convenient zones, and se
avoid the wnste of long and needless freight
hauls, is significant of what the Govern
ment may attempt In the near future in
bringing about better order in the anthra
cite and bituminous industry. Haphazard
buying or buying for shifting or chance
markets Is one of the bad habits of middle
men generally. Men of Hoever's sort have
always seen the necessity for the elimina
tion of almost Intolerable overhead costs in
volved In the practices of coal men, who ac
tually spend huge sums te send their prod
uct ever long stretches of railroad te meet
the terms of contracts entered Inte by
chance or through nccidentnl association of
Interests and without regard for economic
losses which fellow all along the line when
railroads are burdened te haul coal te points
at which coal may be produced in almost
unlimited quantities.
THE SIEGE OF CONGRESS
IT IS net often that a news report from
Washington contains n sentence se
packed with unpleasant significance as oue
which loomed In Mr. Gilbert's dispatch te
this newspaper yesterday. "Fer months,"
we were told, "Congress has been grinding
away at legislation in which it does net be
lieve!" The question under discussion was the
soldier bonus. Obviously the majority in
the Heuse nnd the Senate doesn't believe in
the justice or wisdom of the bonus appeal
and the scheme devised by Mr. McCumber
and his committee te meet it. Congress has
gene along, however, in Its usual way. And
new it is seemingly prcparlnj te meet the
subterfuge of lebbjists with subterfuge of
Its own. There are slsns te Indicate thnt
the new Renus Hill will be filibustered te
death as the end of the session nppreaches.
And members who have voted cheerfully
enough for the bonus will be Feeretly grati
fied te see the whole plan defeated or at
least dclaved.
The question here suggested is larger
than the bonus. Why must the Heuse nnd
the Senate seem te be actuated by hypoc
risy? Why is Congress grinding away at
legislation In which it does net believe?
What will become of the whole Federal ad
ministrative system If that habit is con
tinued? The fact Is that Congress has been
learning te obey the lash nnd the lnsh only,
and that the whips of the big lobbies nre
forever swinging ever It3 head. Until n new
political conscience in America reacts te
send better men te Washington, and until
Congress is filled with men who cannot be
whipped into submission by any self-interested
or fanatical group, the people of the
United States will continue te be burdened
by laws crented upon order rather than in
response te any popular desire or need.
THE WAR-GRAFT INQUIRY
ATTORNEY GENERAL DAUGHER
TY'S plan for a sort of interior tribunal
within the Department of Justice te survev
war-graft cases new pending or selected
for prosecution nnd te sift out these that
may be "pressed te a successful conclusien''
hns many obvious disadvantages. It im
plies, te begin with, that a jail sentence is
the worst punishment that can be Inflicted
upon a war grafter and that prosecution is
useless in enses that cannot be sustained by
evidence adequate te convince n jury of the
actual guilt of accused individuals or groups.
Thnt is net n proper view of the situation.
Nine-tenths of the punishment which nor
mally is Inflicted for crimes such ns the
Attorney General's Department Is setting
out te investigate comes with exposure and
public criticism. If there were grafters
clever enough te keep themselves within the
limits of the law, while they took a criminal
ndvantage of the Government and the pub
lic In a crisis, they shouldn't be granted Im
munity from the light of an official Investi
gation. Opponents nf the Administration in Con
gress, like the political enemies of Mr.
Dnugherty himself, will net fnll new or in
the future te draw the attention of the
country te the unusual nature of the selec
tive system in question, It will be inti
mated and openly charged that the "sieve"
In the Department of Justice could easily
b? made te serve n double purpose. In the
end it would be hard te prove that cases
abandoned by the Department of Justice
after a survey by the special tribunal were
net put nslde for special reasons net de
fined in the current statements of Mr,
Dnugherty'H policy. Tbe Attorney Geni
rral's office ought te fellow the conventional
line of procedure. It should gather all
available evidence and present It in the
usual way before an open court. Other
wise the Attorney General will almost cer
tainly be accused by his enemies of actually
playing favorites in the war-graft cases.
u A Nebraska candidate
Oblique for the United .States
Senate is campaigning
hv Indirection He Is traveling the State
lecturing en the radio and never by nnv
chance does he refer either te himself or te
politics. After he has left town bllllxjards
brletly announce his candidacy. There may
be here n tip for Congress. Preceding n
vote en the tariff or the bonus. Representa
tives or Senators may talk briefly of base
ball. golf, home brew or some ether foreign
subject. The proceedings being free from
bent need net be prolonged nnd the Natien's
business will therefore be expedited.
Mrs. McCermlck says
Oh. Sir! Oser is a fortune hunter
If Shakespeare be taken
as authority the name of Mathllde's fiance
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Director of Public Health Gives Illus
tration of Hew Technique Wins a
Way for Itself While Haphazard
Methods Are Scrapped
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
ONE of the most popular women of her
day made a remark in my presence that
has stuck In my mind ever since, while little
by little I have come te agree with her
verdict.
"It is net se much what jeu de as hew
you de it thnt counts,"
What the artist calls finish nnd the sci
entist calls technique and the clergy call
"manner" and the man in society calls
charm nnd the drcssmnkcr calls style; what
the teacher is partial te his scholar because
of and the builder fires his carpenters If
they lack Is just that power of doing a
thing well, whatever It is, from n hundred
yard dash te lending an orchestra.
It takes trouble, but dear me, hew it snvea
trouble In the end; and no way mere than
In our Intercourse with one another. A
compliment badly delivered can be a sort of
Insult, and a rebuke well delivered need net
be an Insult. It is all in the way it is done.
There is nothing se stupid really as te
have te undo what one hns done because it
has been done badly; that Is, done without
a clear realization of the consequences. And
we say of n person that he hns poise or
thnt he locks balance becnusc either he gets
his balance before he moves te his end or
he falls te poise his weight for a moment
before he springs te the next point.
A GREAT deal used te be sold about un
conscious grace of manner, but manners
have te be conscious nets until they become
second nature nnd arc unconscious graces.
I think, tee. that most of us can testify thnt
the trouble we put ourselves te when we nre
considerate well mannered is child's play
te the trouble we nre put te for being
inconsiderate bad-mannered. Se In our
human intercourse it nctually pnys te have
technique, just ns it docs In tennis or golf.
We get there quicker by doing it well and
In geed form.
I am mere and mere struck with hew
technique Is winning n way for itself along
every line of work, nnd hew the old hap
hazard guessing methods nre being scrapped.
I saw an instance of that the ether day down
en the office tnble of the Director of Public
Health.
There were three blue prints of the city
streets showing the conditions in the city
with regard te typhoid fever in the months
of February, March nnd April. Very minute
red dots Indicated the whereabouts of the
cases ever the area of the city. In February
there were two dots down in the Third
Ward in a certain division and perhaps one
street npart. In March there were about
six red dots In the same locality, nnd In
April some sixteen red dots or mere.
The rest of the city wns practically Im
mune, or nt least the cases were widely
scattered, nnd with the cenvnlescenee of the
case in any particular locality there had been
no new cases.
Plainly, something was wrong down there .
in the Third Ward, and in thnt cne par
ticular locality. The question was what?
I asked the Director if they had found out,
and he said yes, after a very careful sift
ing of nil the possible means of infection,
they hnd found the "carrier" et the disease.
In this case the cause of the Infection was
a woman who without being ill heiself was
just a walking typhoid-fever carrier from
the Infection that she nourished with her
own bleed. She wns a cook, nnd with the
feed she prepared she innocently, but none
the less fatally, scattered poison.
BEING new a proved carrier, she can be
quarantined by the health authorities,
which Is very hard en her. no doubt, but n
life-snver for her fellow men. I thought ns
I looked at the maps and followed the Direc
tor's story of the expert agencies set In mo
tion te track down the possible causes and
prove the real cause hew much we owed te
his technique nnd thnt of his associates
under ills careful und progressive regime.
Dr. Furbush has mere than most n sense
of great nnd really Imaginable kindness in
his way of accomplishing his great work of
caring for the city sick. His first object, of
course, wns te cure or te alleviate suffering
of the body, but ns the new wards or the
renovated old wards nf the city hospitals
grew under his thoughtful planning nnd mul
tiplied, he has shown an eager and per
sistent desire te reach out and make the
circumstances of Illness and of trouble nnd
of death easier.
Net enlv hns he done effective work ns
agent of the city for the city sufferers, but
the wuy it has been done is gradually being
lifted up into a plane of scientific kindness
ns well as brotherly love.
Fer Instance, In the plnns for the morgue
new under way out at the Municipal Hos
pital there Is a real accomplishment of
merciful kindness carried out in bricks and
mertnr.
Te these of us who have net had the agony
of losing some one very near and dear of a
contagious disease, the ruthlcssness of the
burial prescribed by law and safety has
never been brought home. But the Impessl-
Diiuy out ni me .uunicipnt wards for con
tagious diseases under ordinary circum
stances for the family te sec the' body after
death has wrought great misgivings nnd
anxious pain in many hearts and minds.
Often, tee, for persons te whom a burial
service and friends nt the service arp In
some sense a comfort nnd even a satisfac
tion, the restrictions of the law concerning
contagious and infectious cases are a real
tragedy.
BY THE arrangements of the new build
ing out nt the Municipal Hospital,
where all the contagious cases that cannot
be cared for nt home nre taken, the new
building te which thp bodies of the fatal
cases arc taken after death has been made
with n chapel te which any company can
be admitted without fenr of contagion
There is a place for the clergy te robe and
for the family te gather, and then, where the
altar would be in a church, there is a great
glass window looking out en n little garden
plot of (lowers, which in its turn Is con cen
nected with nnether part of the building
used for the reception and care of the
bodies. The body in Its casket is placed in
the bed of flowers, and then the curtain
covering the window Is raised by an electric
button, se that these whose right It Is te
sec the body can de se under the most
peaceful nnd least harrowing conditions
possible. Then the curtain is drawn nnd
the casket sealed hermetically and delivered
te the family for burial.
That seems an obvious thing te have
thought of nnd te have done long age but
it is one of the many things that are being
accomplished by the far-seeing prevision of
the City Council under the present direc
torate for the hrst time.
I SAW the firBt blue prints en that desk,
tee, for the new plnnt out at Bvberrr-1
for which n fund of $:t(K).00() from the city Is
just nvnllable for the segregation nnd core
and training of the mentally deficient chll-
ureii " " w. iiiu morons in
the varying grades of helplessness The
plant is te be built somewhat en the nliVn
if Letwich Village, the New Verk Vta,"
colony for such cases. This In Interesting
te PhiladclphtnnB because Its chief instlgate?
nnd very efficient J-dmlnlstrnter hT '
of Dr. Themas Klrkbride, whose' work
our own hesp tal for mental cases is Krl
authoritative throughout the world. F,i,k
lln Klrkbride has equaled his father's work
JfiP n A'' ""S-fl'A. .,.1..i.?pWng Letwich
YUiage " "iiuucipnin is actually
accepting the work of oue of IPl. own "en
These of us who were in his office the
ether day asked the Director of Health If he
bad any mere plans afoot, and he S,0v",l
UB n plan for remodeling an old building fw
n convalescent ward for children who Vew
8L.hf,rt !f "JJK" "? .""& .'ever
or uipm""'"' " "" "liui ee aumcient t
watched nnd brought up te par.nt home.
te accommodate al the children who .will
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
CARL A. HUMMEL
On New fdea In Athletic Training
ANEW iden and one which is working
out admirably in mass athletic trnlnltih
is new being put Inte effect In Philadelphia,
nccerdlng te Carl A. Hummel, supervisor
of athletics for boys In the public schools.
"Athletic- work," said Mr. Hummel. Is
new being conducted en strictly scicntihe
lines, especially when npplled te mess train
ing. Therefore some innovations hnve been
made and they are working very success
fully. Te lllustrnte one of the mnin prin
ciples which we nre new following. I will
speak of a representative track meet. At
the first track meet of the junior lilgli
schools of this city, nt Kensington, which
comes off in a day or se. each school will
send eighty boys, divided into four teams
of twenty each.
"These eighty will be the honor students
In the track and field work of the year nnd
they represent the pick of from WOO te IbOU
pupils.
Eliminating the "Star"
"The great point of this system is thnt
it will ellminate the 'star,' because, each
of the members of the four teams will take
part in every nthletlc event. The points
scored by each individual will go, net te
him, but te his school. Then the tetnls will
be added up and divided by the number of
contestants nnd the uverage thus obtained
will be the average nf the school for the
event. The total of the points in the
vnrleus events will be the nvernge of the
school for the du.v nnd the meet.
"This course has a number of distinct
advantages. In the first plnce it does nwny
with the possibility that nny one or two
athletic boys enn 'run away' with the meet,
nnd, in the second place, it does nwny with
the danger of over-sperlnllzatlen in the sev
eral events.
"But perhaps the greatest nnd best of
oil Is the effect which this method of
scoring has upon the less brilliant of the
contestants. The child which needs athletic
training the most Is usunlly the one who
does net rnnk nt the very top. The one who
docs this Is usually sufficiently interested in
the sport te de his best under nny circum
stances nnd does net need the opportunities
se much ns de some ethers. This method
of scoring puts them all en a level, ns all
the points scored by any of them go te the
school nnd net te the credit of nny one con
testant. Many Field Days Held
"We nre tr.ving te get nwny from the
spectacular In athletics und work, net only
in the mass, but te encourage these exer
cises which have been found te be the most
beneficial te the children. Formerly only
the best were chosen te represent the school
nnd the scores were Individual, but new
we nre getting te the idea of plnjlng gnjnes
with greater numbers. We new hnve ten
voile) bnfl courts nnd ten captnlnbnll courts,
se that twenty teams arc nblc te play the
games at the same time. Thus within two
hours every child in n school will tnke part
lu the game.
"There are four essentials In athletics
running', jumping, throwing nnd climbing.
All games are simply some form of thesn
four essential nthletlc activities; there is
nothing else, us every activity falls into
one of these four classifications, Te test
the nil-round nthletlc ability of n child,
nil thnt is necesbary is te tpst his ability
In one activity In each of the four groups.
"Jumping is nne of the most valuable p.
erclses for children, nnd n long step for
ward was taken when It was decided te have
n jumping pit placed In every yard of the
. nvl...lMn minnlnw nnd nil Uf
city. 'iiirui ',,"",', """ s-iHuuing i-an
be done equally well wllh a cement or brick
vnrd. but the jar In jumping Is tee great te
be safe en se 'hard n surface, 'therefore It
hes been decided te take out eight of the
cement blocks In every yard which has the
nil-cement yards nnd put In a jumping pit
of sand.
Increase In Interest
"The Increase in interest In athletics
has been very noticeable en the pan of i.
veunger people, during the Inst three years.
It was undoubtedly festcrcil te n censid.
ernble extent by the war euis, but it ml
been retained and we arc doing nil wc cm
te stimulate It.
"The children practically conduct (ie,n
nthletlc councils themselves nnd they ni-e
closely linked up with the regular school
work. Lath class has two teams and tin.
captains of these tenuis form the council
The teacher or principal nets' only in nn
zzEZ? Xui'zizs virnuy HeJ5. no
Thus the
emetittratttu
!?
government.
HONK ! HONK ! !
"Se great hns been the Increase in the
interest in athletics tlfat new practically
every child in the school Is n member of
the school athletic association. Each one
gets n button which admits him te nil the
meets, except where the space Is limited, as
In the enses of indoor meets, when u
definite number is allotted te each school.
It Is n notable fact that at the recent Penti
relay carnivnl every high school, every
junior high school, every continuation school
and about eighty of the elementary schools
in the city participated. At their own field
day last Saturday. 0100 children attended
and 400 teams took part in the contests.
Ibis certainly leeks as though the interest
in the best kind of athletics was perma
nent. Mnny Activities Covered
"This year there will be thirty-seven ath
letic activities, se that each child will surely
find nt least one in which he is cspecinllv
Interested. Heretofore, the teacher has been
busy training n team, say for baseball, and
uwice hns devoted his time te eighteen bows,
the first and second teams.
"Under the new idea, the snme teacher
C"" """"y handle from OTiO te 7."0 bevs.
Willie one team plajs, members of the ether
n, i n8 ,ft'rc,, timekeepers and ether effi-
m , . r,ir" tllp 0,,lt'1' ,eam I,laVN and (he
officials , an; chosen from the team which
has finished.
"In order that the signnls may be heard,
the teacher uses a revolver te start und step
the games nt the halves. This is neces
sary, because sometimes us many ns slxtv slxtv
feur tennis are plnjlng at one time. When
the first group of two teams has finished
plajing, their places nre taken bv the
second, also made up of two sets of teams.
It Is deemed inadvisable te have mere than
two very argc groups, as otherwise the chil
dren would get tired of nwaltlng their turn
In the larger schools there arc from four
te six nctlvitlcs going en nt the same tlme.
"The same general plan has worked
equally well In the elementary schools. This
J ear the track meet occupied four davs and
next year, with the Interest In nt'hletics
maintained, this number will have te be
increased.
i "Wrc IV "lse KettlK nwnj from the
classification as te groups, such as lie t
heavy, etc nd nre nfse .hanging f? ,,i
physical education te health education, w"
try te Impress the children with the value
f geed health und with the idea that b d
health Is abnormal." a J""
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Who Is the present I'renil. r nf Canada'
- ""a R,M "?
3. What was the name of the tariff tnur
Passed during the Wilsen udmlnlstrT
i- JXt"11 ,'s " dragoman"
t. wnOTJ! Xxt,Mi ""'" "EBSB
8 WSlberta? th "'ree Cl,lef rivc,s f
ft. What Is copra"
l' Hnnme? U'e hhrAMi M,c set its
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Th.. Pxprtssleii. "At the fee- of C.anvi.
1W." metaphorically means at the feet
of wisdom The quotation Is from the
twenty.secend chapter of Acts thlrrt
verse, which runs; "I am ve'rl v n
man which am a Jew, born In Tnrsu?
a city in Gullclu. yet brought up n
this city at the feet of Oiimnllel at rt
according te lha perfect manner if .V,
law of the fathers, and S "..tt
unto Cled, ns e nil are tiffi ,iiVylf!us
:. I'rlnce Itupprecht of liavnrla, ene ef'the
srArw?firwn.ttdne-
though net in the direct mntn iini'
Sua' Uarl W" KingilneCf
a The Fortunate Isles Is another nnm
the Canary Islands, aSwatehT,,',,'
slen In the Atlant c Ocean eir n?
const of Africa, "' erf the
4. A curbstone nretind the mouth of a wi,
Is qilled n putenl, a Wt"
5. About 000,000 American soldiers actum
reached the act ve battlefronts in .ily
World War. """renta In the
0. The heroine of Shakespeare's m,,.
"fymbel no." is imnnn' ,l s l,lil.
7. Columbus dlBCevertd Arncrlcn tlmt u .
?.il.L0"0 of tne Bahama Islands in1"
'"lands, en n
r rimy,
S "Trtiat nn n vwl sl.t.i. a...
jay" Is a quotation from Jehn nfC"
den's play, "Arungzebe," Pry-
,,j i. ;."" ." r-lomerrow win
I P?.mSr ' 5fnalS "" thank' you. i
5y - " reVthaW?' "a- mercl'" '
10, Friday !8 the Mennmmsdan Subbath.
SHORT CUTS
All's Fair te the conscientious booster.
Records and precedents are only niad
ie dc smasneu.
A few mere victories and McCumber
win De .a wreck. -
The seed book school of literature is new
giving way te the railroad folder school.
Senater Pat Harrison hasn't any Idea,
Ivinf It tie... ,i I... I.. .j ,, I
. ..,. it vui-m iu jj've 1'cejuc an cuueauea.
.. , Study of musical comedy forces the be-'
.7 . , ' th,'', ,sn,t Iulch thinking done In
thinking parts. :
Curpentlcr's willingness te fight Demp
spy again shows hew n man will de 'niet
anything for money.
And the mere culpable Mr. Daugherty
should prove thp grenter the necessity that
Mr. Merse should stand trial.
.Don't blame June tee much for yesttr
day s weather. Just for a little while she
thought her name was April.
(loedness gracious! We're almost nt
excited ever the McCermlck matrimonial
affairs as vye are nt the possibility that
cutis is inhabited.
The allegation of Chicnge police that
there is in existence u nntlenal ring of
automobile thieves will interest rather than
surprise car owners.
ticrniany is due te discover that the
money that makes the mare go is net born,
of a printing press. Stabilization Implies
u iiuifu ui iinuwicr color.
Se far as wp knew Kensington Is the
list community te crown her May Queen
in June. This puts her eleven month"
iincaii or tup precession.
The New Yerk haberdasher from whom
armed times srnle n hiitwli nt nuliin rli.
ably hopes thev will eventually play the star,!
i..,.i ,,, mill, Hum ei it party.
noting tne Possibility nf tivn mure
municipal golf links, our Official Janitor
pridefully notes the fact that African Oelfl
manes its own appropriations.
A former Coverner of Texns and hi'
win- arc netn candidates for the Democratic
iioiimiuiieu ter tne united States Senate.
Hew run they hope for harmony In the
I'll! I., .
Dispatch from Naples snys locusts are
ill-Milling mips, cievcr and corn, ret
"corn read "wheat, hnrlev nm! nnt"tlti
"corn" which Jeseph hoarded in the land
ui rK.M'''
If it be true thnt thirty-one memberi
, .,.,- .v.,, n Kimiuaiiiis cinss ac rrinccnw
have never kissed n girl, it mny be a striklnl
illustration of strict obedience te the ancient.
ndjurntien ".Mind the paint."
i. ln wer,(1 de move, quoted Dcniesthenrt
Mcdinnis. Here's the Leiiisinnn I.eglell'
tu re eensli crlnc a hill Xn nmliihit i,phi.,ei
horse races, and It seems hut yesterday since
nm uniiemiiu iiuu-ry was running.
War stocks of poisonous gases and flame
throwers are being Imrrlnii m ti, ,ii.trlt;
surrounding Naple.s, where locusts. In some
niaics a ioei neon, are eating up thp crepi.
1 he slogan nf the pest is prebnblv, "W
Naples ami die."
The author of "flood-by, Delly Graf,"
hns lust died in the Mnnlmii.n a,n ifei-
pltnl. He was blind, insane, n pauper anj
a reproach te the philosopher who dcclirti
, he didn't care who wrote the Notion's !,
It no migiu write its songs.
Auditor General Samuel R. Lewis a"'
Harmen M. Kephart, former Stat'
Treasurer, have announced thnt they
new ready for an Investigation. There "
here cemmenuaiiie agreement. One epinwi
However, inai tuncrences may develop ii".
A New erk Judge has vrry prepetlf
repudiated the unwritten law as justlncl'
tleu for homicide. Hut the common-
sense view nere expressed will continue s
have little weight with u masculine jnl
dealing witn u pretty woman whatever i
etlcnsr.
fl
The pardoning of the Heading trJ
men cenvicieti ei respensiDlllly rerj
iiryn aiujii disaster win cause no
amount of pretest. Culpable though
law- leunutneui, tne public Is net. la
te. stress taa errors that breuibt -the
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