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I'hlljdflplii.. Monde, Urrrmhrr 18.' 192:
THE MINORITY CHECK
fPHE inciease of Democratic membcts in
the new Legislate e pros ides an
obvious opportunity for revitalizing' the
mineritj paity which in this State has
se often failed te exemplify the check
and balance theory of government.
Te offset the i eprchunsible and com
mon pi notice of ti nc'injr and of under
hand subset viciuc te (he dominant
political power in the Commonwealth,
Austin 11. MiColIeugh, Democratic
State Chairman, has taken steps te form
a nucleus of organization. Thirty-four
of the forty-one DemeciaU u the Heuse
and three of the m in the .Senate, who
attended a meeting in Harris-burg, have
been urged te act as a militant minority
in the coming session.
If the movement is sincciely suppeited
It can baldly fail te ceicie i beneficial
effect upon legislative action. Tin is
net because of any special virtue in
partisan Domeciacy, but because of the
very palpable truth that consistent op
position, if intelligent, n capable of be
coming a tonic force in the American
sjstem of government.
A genuine malty of parties would
unquestionably be a healthy condition in
Pennsylvania, just as m the Southern
states an effective Republican minority
would serve te offset these elements of
political corruption incv itably consequent
upon a monopoly of authority and pnv i
lege. THE ABSENT QUALITY
QTRANGELY enough, the vveild seems.
te be settling into a state f mind
which pcimits it tu accept wearily and
without question ihe pi onuses and
threats of "another wai." Say ever and
ever again that a thing must be and
it will be.
It is te the cicdit of the Fedetatien
of Churches that it continues te insist
upon and labor fei peace among nations.
"By patience, teleiance, love and tender
ness," says a cuncnt pronouncement
from the Federation, "war can be pre
vented." These nic gieat and potent
qualities of mind. But mention ought
te be made of still anethei and even
rarer quality that would be even meie
forceful as a pieventive of uar.
That 13 simple common sense.
FRIENDS OF THE LAW
CENTURIES age thcie was an age in i
China the golden age of Chine-e
culture it was when an.v one who dis
obeyed the laws of a community was
likely te suffei .social estiacism for bad
manneis. Laws were few and police
men were few in the China of these days.
They weie net necessary. Only men of
the lowest class who were net ashamed
te be viewed as idlers and non-producers
could be induced te be become police
men. Te this day Chinese traditions are
unfriendly te the police, who in most
cities are drawn fiem the lowest social
levels. They are supposed te be the
symbols and unpleasant reminders of
social en ei and an imperfect civiliza
tion. New, the undei!:iacluate of Wc&lejan
University at Middleteun, Conn., who
have voluntarily, pledged themselves te
avoid stieng diinl. te demenstiate their
lespect for the VeNtrad Law, icvcal a
tendency of mind suggestive of classical
and Spartan stamlatds. They are like
the automobile dnvtis in vaneus parts
of the ceuntrv who pledge themselves in
church te ebe.v the -peed laws. But such
examples mav bi misleading. They sug
gest, fei one thing, an admitted and
gcneial fuiluie of the police .system.
And, since ninety-nine men out of every
hundred will make no pledges, the fail
ure of the police system in its i elation
te meter laws and liquor will continue
te worry all people in authority A day
may come when, like the Chinese of old,
we shall be ashamed te bieak n law or
te appear in any way nnti-secial. It is
no mere than lunest te admit that as a
people vve still have a long way te go
A TRANSFORMED TRIBUNAL
"IEW Ptesidcnts have been pmilcgcd te
fix the complexion of the Supieme
Ceuit of the United States se compre
hensively as lias Mr. Harding.
Net only did the appointment of n
Chief Justice fall te his let, but two
resignations from the bench, these of
Day and Clarke, occurred almost .simul
taneously, and there is new another
vacancy caused by the retirement of
Justice Pitney, incapacitated by ill
health. Oliver Wendell Helmes is an
octogenarian whose sunender of the
Judicial rubvJ is picdictcd.
It is? latboiir.ble te suppe c that even
s
in one term President Harding will have
been responsible for the nomination of
mere than half of the members of the
highest tribunal in the republic.
While the average age of the court
is never low, what passes for youth in
the Supreme Court is becoming a factor
of considerable significance. m The "new
bleed" at present includes Taft, Suther
land and, it may be added, Butler. The
infusion will be increased when Pitney's
successor is named.
WHAT WILL GOVERNORS
DECIDE ABOUT LIQUOR?
If the President and the State Execu
tives Consider the Promotion of Tem
perance They May Get Somewhere
OOMETHING may come out of the
prohibitory-law conference between
the President and the Governors today
if the conferees approach the considera
tion of the subject from the point of
view of realists.
They knew as all ethet well-informed
persons knew that a large amount of
liquor is being sold and drunk. They
knew that it is en the tables, at public
dinners attended by officials in Washing
ton and in evciy ether considerable city.
The.v knew that it is served in the private
houses, net enl.v of public officials sworn '
te cnfeice the law, but of some leading
citizens of the great communities. They
knew, tee, that it is sold illicitly te any
one who wants it and has money enough
te pay the pi ices asked. And they cannot
be ignorant of the fact that men intnusted
with the enfei cement of the lar. have
suddenl.v become, rich through contribu
tions from the illicit dealers who buy
immunity fiem punishment.
And they aic familiar euuugh with
the classifications of the law tj know knew
that the prohibiteiy statutes are sump
tuary laws intended te tegulatc the
habits of the people. They de net need te
be told that it has alwas been difficult te
enforce sumptuary laws, and that it K
especially difficult te enforce a law which
suddenly makes a crime of that which
a considerable number of people have
been in the habit of legarding as an
innocent act.
If it had net long been generally
known, the course of events since the
passage of the Velstead law must have
made it manifest te every one that large
numbers of people refuse te rcgaid
themselves as criminals because they
continue a habit which the law has at
tempted te step.
Se, as Grever Cleveland said in con
nection with another matter, the Presi
dent and the Govcmeis are confronted
by a condition and net a theeiy.
The advisability of tempeiai.ee is net
in dispute. But thcie aie many citizens
who doubt whether the Government has
gene about its piometion m the right
way. While many insist that it is a
meial question, every one admits that it
is also an economic question.
It does net pay te be intemperate.
This fact was becoming increasingly
evident befeie the Eighteenth Amend
ment was adopted. The man who wanted
te held his job had te be temperate.
The pressuie of competition forced it
upon him' whatever his inclinations
might be. There are thousands of men
in every large city who have given up
drinking entirely because they discovered
that if they wanted te get en they must
have their senses about them at all times.
It would net have been manv years be
fore economic piessure would have
banished most of the abuses growing
out of the use of stimulants. But the
prohibitionists could net wait. They
wanted the thing te happen at once.
The Velstead law has net worked as it
was hoped it would, and it ha developed
a let of abuses which everv one must
regret. Whether it will work in the
course of time docs net yet appear. But
when there are tens of thousands of law
breakers in every populous State and
when illicit stills are turning out whisky
in all parts of the country, the possibility
of its rigid enforcement at once is remote
indeed.
If the conference in Washington can
devote itself te the broader question of
the promotion of temperance instead of
the narrow question of wavs of enfeicing
the existing law it mav reach some con
clusions that will commend themselves
te every one except cxtiemiits
ANARCHIC POLAND
rpHE inheritance of that political in
- capacity which wiccketl Poland in the
eighteenth ccntui.v mav 1p tiaced
through the turbulent conditions in that
country today, tesulting in the assassina
tion of President Cabuel N'arutewicv,
after a fertv -eight-hour tenuie of office.
Recent visitor te aiav have pie
dictcd the lamentable retrogression of
a nation, which ought te be among the
leadeis of continental Euiepe, into a
state of anarchy. Political passions have
been inflamed te a dcgiee subversive of
order or of respect for the elementary
principles of democratic government.
The reaction fiem a century of foreign
oppression, Prus-ian, Russian and, te a
less extent, Austrian, prepaied the way
fei military adventurers of the Korfanty
type and for the chauvinist Pilsudski.
Throughout their history the biilliant
possibilities of the Poles have been offset
by political perversities of the most dc
stiuctive kind. I'rebabl.v the most ineffi
cient government ever dev iscd was that
of Poland under the old constitution,
under which any member of the Diet
enjoyed the right of "free" veto against
any measure proposed.
While in theory the present govern
ment is based upon the accepted minis
terial system, the unhealthy traditions
of the pre-partition days are tumult tumult
ously preserved in a bewildering welter
of parties and opinions whose spokesmen
have iuit hesitated te adi pt the methods
EVENING PUBLIC LEDUEK
of Internal insurrection as short-cuts te '
power.
The result is domestic confusion of the
most ruinous kind. In former Austtian
Poland, where the comparatively mild
Hapsburg rule permitted the develop
ment of education and of orderly habits
of thinking, seme hope for a leavening
of civilized processes may be found. But
Warsaw, where false national egoism is
exploited te extremes and whcie Russo Russe
phobia is, iet unnaturally, intense, le
gards the influence of Cracow with
marked distrust. The Teutonic culture
of that city is suspect almost, as bitterly
as arc remnants of the old Slavic power.
Narutewicz was a liberal and under
his regime a distinct contrast te the
florid despotism of Pilsudski the dictator
and "previsional president", was pre
dicted. In the less of the new executive,
really the 'first under the modem con
stitution, ugly analogies te the Hathcnau
tragedy in Germany may be traced.
Reaction throughout continental Europe
is fast blighting the earnest efforts of
sane and conscientious patriotic re
formers. BUTLER IS APPROVED
SITTING solemnly in a long-distance
review of the life, chniacter, exploits
and tendencies of Pierce Butler, the St.
Paul lawyer whom Mr. Harding selected
as successor en the Supreme Bench te
Justice Day, the sub-committee of the
Senate Judiciary Committee decided that
he will de. This judgment doubtless will
be ratified without delay by the patent
committee and the Senate itself.
The uproar that followed the nomina
tion of Mr. Butler by the Piesident
seems new te hnve spent itself. What
appeared like the beginning of another
political storm was nothing but a sum
mer shower of radical tcais. Nene of
the people who hurried te indict Butler
in print appealed te lecite their com
plaints in the Senate. Net a witness
appealed for the pregiessive or radical
side of national opinion.
Mr. Butler was opposed because he
has been for a long time a leader of
counsel for some of the most powerful
gas, electric and lailway corporations in
his part of the country. He fought the
Minnesota Railway Rate Law for the
Northwestern lines and wen in the lower
courts before he lest finally in the Su
preme Court of the United States. He
led various gas and power companies in
legal battles for inci cased rates. It has
been charged, but net proved, that he
had most te de with persuading the In
terstate Cemmcice Commission te per
mit a valuation of $19,000,000,000 for
American railroad property, a figuie
which, though it is thought by many ex
perts te be far tee high, is the basis of
current tiafiic rates. He appeared as
counsel for gieups actively opposed te
the Nen-Partisan League a fact which
rankles in the minds of many aggressive
progressives in the Northwest and he
is a conservative of the bluff, husky and
piefessing type.
It is argued by Mr. Butler's friends
that his expei icnce with corporations
will be te his advantage and the advan
tage of the country after he is elevated
te the Supreme Bench. The radicals in
reply te this callpd attention te Butler's
record as a legent of the University of
Minnesota. He was the voice and the
mind of the beard, and he caused te be
dismissed without a hearing two faculty
men of prominence who were supposed
te held tee liberal views en the war and
the economic system in the United
States.
It must be that the radical element in
and out of Washington, having taken
time te think again of the general charge
against the prospective Justice, felt that
no really serious implication could be es
tablished from their argument. Senater
Shipstead was the head and front of
their anti-Butler movement. When he
called for his witnesses he get no an
swer. Nene was present. When the
call was issued for these who were te
testify in Butler's behalf there was
silence. Ne one had appeared. The
hearing went, as veu might say, by de
fault. Was it their own charges or the
Natien's interests that the ladicals didn't
take seriously?
TALK OF A GERMAN LOAN
A MONTH or mere age it was pointed
out in these columns that the
collapse of the whole present system of
government in Geimuny was legaidcd
by all well-informed statesmen as a
probability of the piescnt yeai. New
the White Heuse, Lle.vd Geerge, Benar
Law and ethers appear in the open with
expressions of a similar view.
What Europe dieads i, net the fall
of the German Republic but the conse
quences of that fall. Because of the
humiliations and failuies of the last few
years the moderate element in Germany
has lest prestige. If it loses held it
will be followed either by a Government
of radicals or a levived Junkei mili
tarism. Since neither of these elements
knows what reason or justice means,
there arises the prospect of a new up
heaval at the heart of the old world.
That is why a lean such as might aid the
republic te survive is being talked of
among ether people who seek te avert
a fresh cataclysm.
The declaration that Mr. Harding is
disposed te seek and publish the tiuth
about Germany's ability te pay all the
reparations demanded by Fiance is
highly significant. By bringing te light
the truth about the situation that has
created something like general paralysis
in Europe and opened the way. for
another war the President could de a
priceless service te mankind in this hour.
The truth about Fiance and Germany
would be quite as useful as the proposed
lean in stabilizing Europe and clearing
the political air.
'I'he Heiiiilf linn ndciplpi the ('apper
iTMehillcni inllliiR for data ifRiirdiug pv(pss
eiiriiinsH of nilliends A inlliead men hee
It. thin mnv ipsemlilp n elmpler en "Snake
In Ireland."
I
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 18,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Clcmencc'au Reminds Il'cr of Her
French Governess, Who Chidcd
Her for Remissions, but Never
Quite Get the Range When
She Fired Her Het Shots
It.v SARAH D. LOWKIK
rpODAY n woman lluit I littd been eon-
versing with en (lie rtups of the Auulcni.v
when Inst I saw lier as wc sleml wiiIIIiib
for the iloets le open en the CIciucmitiiii
meeting Mopped me i.i full career te ask
me new I hud been lmpif"cd by wlml lind
etftirrcd inside the Academ.v the ether il:i.
when we were told dm truth about eiiikcIvi
from the viewpoint of the French nation.
I Mild Unit any one who lins lind n Frem li
nursr. or it French K'ncrncs, ami could re
member (hat far lmk. niut have felt pel
fcetlv fnmllinr with (he whole atmosphere
el (he morning' dNceurvp.
iir p,i' P'C'H'liimiii 1 1 i ninl probably d'""
iV , em c,,r "'I"'1' Fit'iifliiniin. bill
there is a Pi-cneli point of view Unit ap
parent It. nil have In i iiiiitnen ; n latiRtiiiKe
of the miml, Hint N as c-lmnicteritic n die
iniiKiiiiBc of the leiliili.t. e llml when nti.
1 ii'iiclimnn nddirscfN n fuieigner lie li(s the
same idioms of epci-tli and of belmvlei.
.. ,'" ,'!,r Frcnih Keveriiess found im
mediant' and wished te impress nlc with
J") naughtiness she lind it pel feci I iIIITimimiI
line of npprencli from--let us s.i.v the liMi
niirr, orfrem in.v giiimliiielhcr, ei fiem
m.v fnllier. The tindclriibleiiess of mt i luir
arter te (he ether' minds micht lie in m.v
tiiKchleveuMipsy. or nn tlNiik'illcnif, or mv
Millie ; but te the tVcn. h miml it lm in
m, link of application te ihe IiiipemmI iiiL
mv lmk"ef NeilmiMifti in the iindi iIiiMiik
ami Ihe winit of rcnl sinlnlitj ,,f miilmci in
in) icmUiin le mv trnilu-r and le m Ic-miii.
, wai impolite net mil. te hci. hut te ihe
Iiemli iiiiRtinRc in m .anles nttilinle
toward the Krent tut of linKliins.
T CAN Xi;vi:R remember fceliiiR liuii ei
- in the IctM iihniiifil after or dm inn I lice
Ifillliee. She might pep" nl me nil -lie
plcii'.pd; 1 net pi- thought that 'he pit nu
isiiikp. Me sins mil' net nn in. I knvw
of tilfiit.t of sins thtii wcie mine, se npii.ii-
enth did the iilph muse: s ,n tee
pniKiinntl.t did ni) fathpr, and se sm pi is
inch new anil then ,, m. Ki.iniliuethfi.
Hut (.. r... i ..:i... i. ...... i. , .. ... .i.
..... .w ,ii, uiii,v UC'rilUNU OI n K Ol Illlisn
nt 1 1 ttn ii til... ...a.I I. 1 I I.
(Mm tlie ninulilns of a c-enipktu Mimpic Mimpic
lieiisien of the Flench Iiiiiriiiiru b) dnlhliiR
lii'ic mid thcie. I diillipd well that was out
et the iiielieii.
TN SHOUT. I became nwnic that the
I'lfiiili point of tipw- som-hew never
eeiihl be Hip Aimn ic-in point of view, net
beimitp ii wns ,.vM ndmiriihlc. lint inst lip lip
i.iiise le u it was net se impeilniit I
rrallpii. tee. that even le the j.'ieviiiiis
minlpmeispllp was net se iinpeilmil ns she
wns te hnplf, uni tlmt vvhnt she claimed as
dfffifiiif due te hirsclf bewtuse she wns
IVpikIi vv.is in icalit.v enh .shown hpr be
cause ihe wns i.ither stinltenud, eldish
woman who was c.uning her li-iiij: and the
llvinj; of lur fninilv with great pluck and
Leiisidrrnlilf U'iricil.v.
' And boiled down le the bnic facts, it
stunk nip tlmt the big genial audience nt
the Ai iideinj Ihe oilier morning listened le
Clenif in imii with mm li the same detach
niptil lli.it Anifi linn children listen te ihcii
I'ipikIi governesses, mid for the same ica ica
sen. His points against us were net s0
impnitnnt te lis us th(., tere te hiin, he
taiise tliev wpip Fienrti notions of point of
depaituip fiem the ttulr admirable inthei
than Afneilcmi.
... ... I,.- ,in, uni UC'C'ilUsi; WMl'll" 1 IUI1III
Till- ie.ll inteiest te us In v. firt, in seeing
Clpineiiie.iii and pieeing out in our minds
why lip should have bppii se fuimidable as
the dominating inlliiinip of the Big Four.
Whv he should have pined l'lesidcnt Wil Wil
eon nt a (1i:i(lnntngf wlun it came le
adding two ninl two and making twenty-two
instead of four.
Why. if hp would lit nothing come out
from these (eimeils. he was willing new te
(eine s f;u nnd te s.n .0 mueh and te tell
the Forum what then he would net tell bis
own (ieveininpiit.
WIipii Sen-iter Pepper i ailed everything
within sight that was sacred, from the
rlinndeller te the stix khehlpis' piescptiiinn
bn. te vvitnpss tint we V(ip in the pies
pnep of an Immortal, vve nil knew vvp weip.
We knew that that lmih FreiKlimau. se
leininisient of Itisiiiiink above the irnvnt,
and of tlieus.inds of Ins own (euntr.vmeii
below it we nil knew thnt he hml 'made
histeiv nnd was in u sense meie lespnnsibje
for what hml htippfiifil after the armistice
than an one living, and wp nil lil.nl him
for his pluck or his ustlpssness in leming
ever te sield us for net taking the situation
of Frame with ptepei deference, and for his
leading us a lectin e en Frem h Idealism
veisiis American mexpenslbllitv We let
him "pep" at us and even applauded him,
liei.iuse we felt safelv out of innge, I doubt
if lie stineil a sjng(. emotion of lepentniKC
in us however iniuli vvp liked him. be
i.iii"' if we had it te de ngnin we would
witlidiaw nt pteclsel.v the same point that
vve did before, given the same situation of
adverse purposes among the Allien,
WHEN he eluded us for coining late, and
for going cnil), and fei sending a bill,
and fur stepping ciedil. and for lefuslng te
use a big stick en laimpe new, ei t.igglng
our lug stick with our Allies' names for the
fiiluie, it was all leiniiusient of ein musery
sielilings bj mademoiselle. Hut there was
this gient ditTeieiup in the occasien: Ah
ilnldreii the Fienib point of Mew of our
selves had net inteiestul us. but the ether
nemine Heiiieni can's point of view did
lnhiest us. just beiause it was French. We
saw the mind of Frame with a little stmt of
suiiirise that it should he aflej all se like,
in its essentials, the mind of mademoiselle.
"I hide nothing fiem jeu," said Clemen
ipiiii. "What I sa.v I mean' nd." le
added with nil the iiutlieiltv nf a g.-eat
wiitei nnd a gient speaker nnd n fm ile de
bate I. as well ns u Fieni hiiinn "wlmt I
iman I sn.v !"
THERE we were Inn I, in the s, hoelioom
wilh nil em slipshod wnvs of expiessjng
euiM'lves in word and deed In Id up te keiii
In one whose welds were iviutK fitted te
liis meaning with no "1 muni in vav," or
"I lint suit of thing." ei "if ei "bui"
nbeiit it. It Is that Mulsh, thnt .ilinnst "lust
of finishing." which is ih csveme of
Frame, but vvhiih wilh us H ,,,, nr
ineneeis and ndventuieis mrl iiheitisers
and enthiislnsts. is non-i vimc hi V,. admire
it in Frenchmen and buv then pinduits, lint
we de net dlltivntP it in ourselves nor par
tlfiilml) dfslte it for nut fume
Se tlmt when Clemcm uni pre.nhei it with
serious humor vve listened wnh geninl
humor and were glnd that our 'It Troepeis
looked se "fit," and our Mi. Ilek's Forum
had se many iPprpspiitathe persons m it,
nnd that the nudiphenes were wmking well
and the Aeademj was etill ours te welcome
the great of the earth In. and Hint France
wasn't going te be put upon b the Her
mans if it wns true the (leimnns were up
te tricks.
We were inteiested le see the e.velnews of
the "great innn" and the suede glees, nnd
the gestuies nut and In of the arms, and
hear the sliiRiilarl) veiling video win, the
lueiik nnd tieble in it, nnd le observe thp
deietiim of the slinking of hands nfler each
episode, and we liked the occasional bon met
such as:
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pessimist in net Ien. All these thmgs niiide
u feel that "s. '",ll' Imving (ieerge
I'epper de his vpr.v best as our spokesman,
net te speak of our Mavei and our Gover Gover
eor en the Miilf, ns mir Welieuiing Com
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I believe, stir our heails te nuj feeling thnt
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be our lelit of view of our dutj. We diil
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ought te see It. Hut vvp saw him, and seeing
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
JOHN G. KIRK
On Commercial Education in the High
Schools
mllE ever-widening possibilities offered bj
the high schools of Philadelphia present
cemmeninl eduuitiennl ndvnntagis of which
Ihe parents of Ihe students who me eligible
fei these courses aie gpticrnllv in ignorance,
sqvs .Tehn . Kiik. dineter of cemnieicinl
edueatiem of ihe public school sv stein of Hip
dtv.
"The idea of commercial pilin atlen." said
Mr Kirk, "is te develop in the IiIrIi schools
(the venilv (muses of which start in Fpb Fpb
uiaiv'ef each veai) definitp unit ceuises.
s tlint eneli be'v ei girl who attends fei a
teini and then, for an) reason, ins te elis elis
centinue his or her education, ineivesdehnlte
instruction which will fit him or her for such
a position ns he ei she must take nt thnt
time Enoh of these ceuises is ( emplete in
itself, but enrti e nurse simplv lnvs a founda
tion for Hip instinct ion of the succeeding
tprm. In ether words, each (eiirsp is a
feutidatinn upon which the supeistnictuie of
the succeeding leinis mnv be elected.
Demand for Commercial WeiU
"Coinmeieinrweik lias Iippii a fintuie of
the cuirieuliim of the Phihidelnbla lush
schools fei about llii'tv .veins. It was
started vvIipii iIicip wns a pepulnr demand
for It ami the demand has been surn, pver
sinep the time of its inauguration, that ever
tuc renHiiig evpuislen hns been leiiulred.
This pxpnnsleii bus been in the Iiiip of oiTer eiTer
Inc varied subjuts in vvhiih instruction mav
be given, mi ns le tit the student for Mich
n position as his inclination nnd abilities
mny dlr'ct.
"It has be n our evperienie that a bev
seldom takes ihe academic eeiue. There
fore, H is n K'"d "lea for him. if he finds
that be bus net either the oppeitunii.v or
tin. inelinntieii le K" te college, te select
some lili. of eeliiinei(lill welk that will he
n prn( thai gain te him. If this is bis
inclination, he will get a Reed deal meie nut
of subjeels which deal with the practical
side of life than out of the pinch academic
blanches, which mini) "f them de mil like
and whhh mnnv etheis hnve net the abllll.v
te m-istp".
'Theio is n (.cieiallv in i opted idea among
Hip people at bilge Hint the liip.li si hoel
courses en common iul tinining Rive the
student little pim'fnnl insight unci actual
training I" the vaihuis subjects. This is a
gieat mistake. The linlning v hie li thi
students leeelvctiu the liiRli schools en coin cein
ineiiial siiblcets is belh thoieiigh ami piac
tie al, and Ihe gindiinte Is litlid te lempite
In in timl knewlidRf and some expeiieliee
villi tin' most competent iiiph in that Imp
of vveik
Combining Knowledge and Piartirp
"'I'liise ceuises nip se laid out nnd
developed llml the student who takes them
hns n geed foundation in m . identic work
ns well as ii piaclleal knowledge of the vveik
whidi li'' N le de. Hi' is prepnied In ninny
vvnjs for the buttle of life, mid theie nip
pin'ctically no limits te the possibilities of
ailvHiie eiiii'iit of the students who take (hose
courses ,
"The plnn is te give a general bnckginund,
which Is best achieved bj some of the aca
demic lines, and then te erect the commer
cial superHtruptuie upon this foundation.
Thus the students leeieive a piaitical train
ing for their work in life.
"In eithei weids, Hie high schools of
Philadelphia offer the bejs and gills of the
dt.v a tiieiniigh training for business. The
gieinps of business studies which are open
te them me of three t.vpe.s. One ginup gives
eniphnsls te bookkeeping, business Institu
tions, iiistnnis nnd prnctiics; another liniiis
Hie student t" be n stonegiiiplier, a t.vplsl,
a tiling clerk, n i Ipricnl nssistnnt or a
secretin). Still a thiid gives Reneral infor infer infor
nintlen about blinking, production, ninnu
faiturlng. innilceting, trnnsportiitlen, ellh e
inniiiigeiiie"'. Milemiiinshlp nnd cemmetclnl
jaw.
1 lie leasing Eiiriilng Power
"As Hip ceiiisp In the high si hoel luisi.
ness IKiinluR is new nigaiiied. the bejs
nnd Kiilx of the fit) me ussiircd that wilh
each v ear's ndwinee in the high school
life thcie will be an inciensliig ciiimug
power llueiigli lb" nddllliiniil liaiiihi'.' ami
educnliiui whidi is tlieie secuicd, mid a( Ihe
feline lime ine "" "r nu- Kin who iiiiikiier
1922
but one or mere vcais will be qualified at the
end of each .tear for the kind of position
that his age' nnd geneial idiiciitieii will
justify him in accepting.
"Concietel.v, the student who finishes but
enejear will he epialitied ler icitaili clerical
positions, which mpiuc a fail ceiiiimuid of
fuiuliinii ntul English, some knowledge of
business customs and feiins, geed handwrit
ing and a leasenrtblc degiee of facility in
mitlimctic.
"The student who sntisfnc teiilv com cem com
pletoH his second enr will have ndded te
bis (iiinllliciitlens a bread knowledge of the
nppliintiens of Hie elemental v principles
et bookkeeping, n geed winking knowledge
el eomiiieieinl geegiaph.v and ( einmercial
pieducts and ndelitinnnl nbilit.v le use anil
understniicl the English language.
"But, In addition te this, there" will be
sec med nlse a blend and liberal education
iu ait. music, literature, hister.v, science,
niathematies and foreign IniiRimges. Tliu,
llie high sclmels offer the highest tucilities
i'i piepnring the boy or girl for practical
business.
Cnnslileilng the Courses
"Few of the students and, pel Imps, still
fewei of the patents. ienh.e that the high
schools of the cltj nre piepaied le offei the
students u ienise which will lit them inline inline
dlatelv le take a position in business life.
If il he neeessaiv for the student te lake a
position as seen ns possible after the expira
tion of Hie s( hoel ceuises, it is a veiv impei -Hint
matter both for the children 'nnd fei
the patents te censjdei caicfull) the gteup
of sluilus winch mat. he puisuid in the
high school nftei the dose of the grammar
si hoel 1 OI1IS0S,
"It mav lie -mid it is well for eveiy
student te hive- a bread Reneial idiicatleii
in addition te the business tinining. Busi
ness cemtail will be the let of piacticallv
evei.v graduate of the high schools, and,
then fine, te a gient extent the success which
I he li ill will make in life is dependent upon
the piepei handling of the futuie business
iidatienships,
"It is tin. evpnifiiep eif almost eve iv pei -sun
who has gnu,. mie liusiness life "direct
finm tin mIioeN llml u kiievvlcdgf el nnd
n leit.im amount et skill in the us,, of cot
lain Hiihinis whidi lenstuiuh i,,,,,,, tn (,,,
i- ni nu niisiuess
wen Id me liciessmv.
i ne iilgil sc icmi
i einmeii ml l i.ilnin . ,.,, , s
....s ,,,, ,,MU, ,!,, in,. j, I,,,,,, i, (l s(.
eli nt fu sini, husiness activities as he nm
wniil Ilium diatch te puisne.
, ... i ..i . .. - " " '
I'lep.lling for Cnllrgr
" n i he niliei hand, if the
siiidc in
siu.u.e.1 is te he able te take a collegP
';-. H; lilKh school will hi huu f.,i
""it ns well 'I ),,. highest fueiliticsferpur
Milng this ,,,, .,,,. , giwu. I,,r
"lint Hit miijeiitv of students me net se
si .,,, ted ,,, ,l,,n ,a lake Hie la's, ', se
i' I UKhei i.hieailen. Miikmg 1MM,. '1.1
'" be I... of hv ,a, tl,Pg..,tV7, t, ,
tleefn.e. p.. p ,, le flllhIllss ' "
if Uie verv Ims,, p.cpanMicns f ,,',
"""" 'b'H'inil fei the linlned weiker
the knew lugp iiki'ssmh i i,.i,... , , "" "
The business v (Id ela vs 1 N lll)0,"
Tlieiefe.e, H,e l.ev or , . ' ,'' I, "'
us seen nf or si hnei .s M " "V
.- "...lis none.
thnt
ing
,. .11 .1 n . ... .'.', "lieu as pesn ih c.
POSNible
'.111 .1.. ..tic 11, 1 CIIIS1I CI inl.trnll, ,. ., .
wh.,,, Ihe h,gh U,ZTxnT
""'el llll I tllM ilM achieve
end
Santa Clans
In Rive is In ltd (hail niche "
".live in vi r lets 1 ,,M1 Kl, ..
li. what a let of kind), ,,
A10 RiitliiKd 101,11,1 den, Kama CI,,,,,'
And what ,1 let of klndi, gInU ,mn'
Aie piciuil 10 de the tilings he thinks
llii hit. 1 -men, hmilweikiuR g,jH
,U" In in.- the kids the things (I,., r,M .
he sal.sgi, s, rnlrii i- wmiH "me
Who .ml ih,. dep,. f,M. ChusimaH' scenes
Viiil 11M the -Imps ,e cm., (he reeks '
li.it buv Ih.. Hiuirk for Hill,, sneks.
Ik 11 1 Nam,, 1 ficun tin. Void, I'ole stalls
ve wen h!s immii'M 1. i,...;
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SHORT CUTS I
Even when debts arc canceled somebody
has te pay them.
Speaking of collapses, just watch lie
Chiistmas pockctbeok.
A pedestrian has no rights a traffic cop
feels bound te respect.
Letter carriers nre beginning te fed Hit
weight of Santa Ciaus' pack.
The burning question of the day con
tinues te be, "Have ou any coal?"
Daugherl.v'R enemies might hare hat
better luck if they had let him alone.
Government crop reports show tint
Cern Is still King; but his first name is m.t
Harle.
Somebody should send the SfeKew
Soviet a copy of the Sun's Santa Clm
editorial.
i'he light cruiser building pregrun 1
m.ihing light of the limitation of armament
1 (inference.
I here nic these who think the Immigrn Immigrn
tien law nnd the Velstead law should wni
their peiccntages.
Added te the terrors of the third degree
is the fact thnt conviction for perjury may
await one who succumbs te it.
One thing that (emmends the luti
subsld.v te ninny is the fervent hc.-it vvitli
which La Follette opposes it.
Chief of (he Federal narcotic aipiail
s-i.vs the diig nddlct is disappearing. But
it ma be meiely round the corner.
Wniden of Sing Ring hns opened (off
lei in fei uninvited guests. Unwilling gucsla
will, ns ever, receive fust nt entlen.
Fffeits te dislodge I.ndcp mnv net be
successful, but thev contribute nothing t ,1
cl... .... e ...1..., .. .... r I.....II, 'I
.in- jm-.u u in ciiieci 01 me ..lussHi'iiusrt.'
Setinter.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 Win 1 is the meaning of the '&
Alaska'
- vviie as AlncrtUB Magnus"
new ;
7. When wns Tweed the bees of Tammany,
s Who wns the first aviator te cress tt
iaiBiis.1 inanner:
O 1 li.... .11.1 II... ....... nil. -it . nn,a In III
v ., UIU .HO III.IIII3 XltUll I Jli is. .w -.
associate it with theatres, gardens nn'
places of amusement'.'
10 What kind of nn animal is n senal?
Answers te Saturdays Qui
1. The Menul Htialts Is a channel betweW
the Island of Anglesey and Nerthwf'J
Wales, upannrd by a famous tubular
111 lliRC ,
.' lainch's l.ane Is the name of a bat"'
fought nenr Diummcndsville. Ontarl'i.
between the llrltlsh and the American'
In 1S11. It was virtually a dravvu
battle
.'. Justices Jehn H. Clarke and William
Hay rteently icslRiied from the u'
pienie Court of the United Statea
i. Madicpeie Is any branch reef coral
peiforiite stoue coral. It Is al'e u'
uuiiie of the animal which produce
n.iidrepore ceinl, ..
R Opossums and kangaroos belong te "
order of mnisuplals, pouch-careiiia
ll.ll.UIIIH .
fi. Cleopatra, Queen of Ugypt, was of in'
Cireel; nice, 11 ineinbei of the family
I'teleni finiill, who became rulers I" I
Ugjpt aftei the bteak-up of the l.m I
pin. or Aiesnnuei tne cireai
7 A tontine Is 11 collective form cf ll'e"h
iiulty. the lnellvlilunl profits of wliitn
Inciciinn us the number of surU,.l
ellinlnlBlies, the final suivlver ,"''"?
the whole. The siiblect of tout hies '
iicnted nt some lengtb in "The wreija
llex," bj It I,. Stovenseii and i
Osbourne. , . ...j
S iici until HuUeimann, the dlstlngulsli'J
neiiiinii (Irainntlst, wrote tne P''
"lleliuut." Known in the English ''
slen n "MaKdii." ,,,t
i). The word soughing mny be pronounce"
"suf-liur." "sewing" or "heui'Iuiu. . ,
1ft A bezenlan la a. raw recruit, u vvrtlu.i-
lftmve. It Is derived fiem the I ri f,!
"blsemie." "a lecrulj," from ', ,,V
neuil. Tlie weid H effectively " , J
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PesKiiilan'.' Hpeak or die'" J j
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We. hi first npplleil te America?
I What Is the light of ftngarv '
i". What Is the ineaiilnir of yule"'
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