Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, October 20, 1915, Page 7, Image 7
URGES NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (Continued From First Page.] ments in favor of co-education, were it any part of my purpose in this dis cussion so to do. I am of the opin ion that the opposition to co-educa tion on the part of the average lav man is the result of ill directed im agination or sentiment, and that the large majority of those who oppose it, while thoroughly conscientious, have never studied the question from professional viewpoint and can glv'e few \alid arguments in support of their opposition. I ought to say that I have no more objection, personally, to the separation of the sexes than T have to co-education. So far as any purely academic or moral aspect of the question is concerned, I do not be lieve it makes any particular differ ence whether our high schools are co educational or not. Under proper di rection they will be good either \vny. And, holding the view that I do, it will not surprise you that I shall take no time to present any academic ar gument one way or the other. Separation Economic "In my opinion the question before us, so far as co-education or separa tion is concerned, is not academic, but largely economic. Eleven years ago, when the Technical High school for boys was established, a movement be gan in this city which is bound even tually to separate the sexes in out high schools, whether we want (hem to be separated or not. Since that time the ratio of boys to girls in the Central High school has gradually be come smaller, until to-day there are only 240 boys in a total of 348 stu dents in the older school. At the pres ent time there are only S3 freshman boys in the school with a total fresh- AMCSEMENTS RESHf To-day and to-morrow Dniilrl Frohman presents M.tßfil ERITE CLARK in his famous \ew York Lyceum Theater surer**, "SEVEN* SISTERS." Paramount. Friday, one day onlr MYRTLE ST EDM A\ In "THE WILD OLIVE." from the novel by Ilasll Kini;. Para mount. Professor Wallace, the eminent blind organist plays from 2 'till 4.50 and from 7 'till 11 p. m. Mis.- Mer chant from 10..10 'till 2 and from 4.30 'till 7 p. m. O \ \ Photoplays VQwtVyQjb l t<e Luxe 3s to-day axd to-morrow •>C WILLIAM FOX, I'rcsontK The Mob( WliiMime of Kmotlonal Stnrn I DOROTHY BERNARD Sui»|M»r<rd by THURLOW BERGEN 1 "THE LITTLE I GYPSY" • A Picture Drnma Thnt Thrill* ami Delight*. with a Wonderful fast of Broadway Favorite*. A Photoplay of Romance In 31.% Gorgeou* «eene*. 5^ COMING FRIDAY AND SATIRDAY | Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew ip A Vltaeraph Bine llllibon Feature. "PLAYING 1 ==^^^==== ==== fc MR. HERMAN VEAGER «t the pl|M* orßiin, nfterno«»nft 2-."5, I | M ■ g 'vn'n«« •->»• I I I/* Hnnil your favorite selection A \r ,<4 to nn iiMher. >lr. Veascn will plenwe you. and nlnnym worth It. MATINEE EVENINGS 2 30 HyFWiaßfilTll 7.30 to 10.30 10 and 15c iMttSZffiZEIS 10-15 and 25c OBRIEN HAVEL & CO. GOLDSMITH AND HOPPE ~ MANG AND SNYDER "THE DRUMMERS" EMMETT AND TONGE LEROY HARVEY AND CO. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AIND SATURDAY Excursion Trip With the Day Pullman P A DELIGHTFUL ?V. „ I n WITH PRETTY Loughin's Comedy jp | Animals GIRLS, CATCHY f SONGS AND A fP' Ma jorie Fairbanks & Co. GOOD COMEDIAN "The Elopement" The Joy Ride of the Season, a Good Time For All. WEDNESDAY EVENING, j man class there of 304. And if Latin and commercial subjects were offered | in the Technical High school, as many of our people are urging and as the principal is recommending, separa tion would be practically complete. The* problem would solve itself so far as co-education Is concerned. And 1 do not think the matter of more or I less desirable physical occommoda j tions has had very much, if anything, i to do with the drift toward the tech | nical institution. This is strictly a I boys' school, the boys know it to be j such, and, as a rule, they would rather j be by themselves. Why Tech Is Not Made "Boys' High" "During our high school conLro | versy, which has now been going on for several years, many persons have volunteered the suggestion that the I whole question might be settled by ' removing the boys of the Central High school to the Technical High school, thereby relieving the Central j High school of its overcrowding, sepa rating the sexes, and avoiding all | necessity for any new school at all. i We have attempted to meet this sug ' gestion by showing that by surh an I arrangement, neither school could ;vc j commodate all of its pupils And It [ is for this reason that classical and commercial courses cannot at this time be offered in the Technical High school. "There are now approximately 450 ■ boys in this school and 240 in Cen i tral. a total of 690. Our Technical • High school at present can accommo date comfortably 550. You can i readily see that there would be. by putting all the boys together, a sur j plus of 140. The Central High school 'at present contains 70S girls. This ! building also can accommodate com i fortably in one session, leaving needed j laboratories as they are. only 550 stu ' dents, which means a present surplus of girls of 158. What's* to Be Done I do not think that any new co educational school, however attractive in its appointments, will stem the tide toward the Technical High school— certainly not, if Latin and commer cial subjects be added to the courses in the latter. Hence, the question arises as to what to do under the cir cumstances. We have a large num ber of our people—possibly a major ity, so far as I know —expressing a desire for a separation of the sexes. | We have a boys' school already es j tablished, and the city can hardly af : ford to support another. We have a J demand for the establishment of ad ' ditional courses in connection with 1 the work in the Technical High i school, and we have an increasingly j large percentage of our boys attend !ing there, even under present condi tions. What is the best solution? F.nlargc Tech to Fifth Street i Sly honest opinion, with a full knowledge of conditions and after the most earnest and careful study of the situation, is that we should both en large our present Technical High school to accommodate all of our boys, and erect a new school to accommo date the girls. The enlargement sug gested would involve the acquirement of all the property east of the pres ent building, as far as Fifth street and the erection of a building on this property conforming in architectural effect to the present building. I am reliably informed that this could all be done at a cost not exceeding $300,- 000. Erection of Girls' High School The separation of the sexes would simplify considerably the architec tural problems in the erection of a girls' high school. The building could be made smaller than originally con templated, for it would have a smaller number to accommodate. Its inter ior arrangements would be simplified, since provisions would have to be made for girls only. And all this would materially affect the cost of construction. I have made more or less careful inquiry and i am of the opinion, from the Information gath ered. that a girls' high school large enough and good enough to suit our needs and aspirations, can be erected for $300,000 to $350,000, not includ ing any expense which might be en tailed for site or equipment. Junior High School "Another consideration which might affect the cost of new high school construction is the attitude of our people with relation to the question of the junior high school. The best educational thought to-day advocates the division of the ordinary twelve year period of public school education Into six years in the elementary schools, three years in the junior high school, and three years In the senior high school. Without taking the time in this paper to dlsctuis the excellent arguments in favor of this classification. T shall simply record the fact that within the past two or three years the idea has taken firm root in educational administration throughout the entire country. The National Bu reau of Education at Washington, the departments of education in various States, the National Educational As sociation. State educational associa tions throughout the United States, and hundreds of prominent educators have given it sanction. Our own State of Pennsylvania is urgent in its advocacy of the new classification, and already a number of the larger cities and boroughs of the State are adopting it. I venture to predict not only that within ten years the plan will be standard throughout the country, but that the school system that has not adopted it will be re garded as ultra-conservative or be hind the times. I have no doubt that Harrlsburg will be brought face to face with this question within the near future. Plan of .Junior High School The plan of the junior high school contemplates the separation of the pupils of the last two elementary grades and of the first year of the high school into one or more sepa- A M VSEMENTS r Grand Theater DBRKV STREET THURSDAY "The Island of Rejuvenation." In « parts, fcnturlns; Edith Story and Antonio Moreno. AINO "FROM Ot T OF THE RIG SNOWS," lit .1 acl*. featuring .lames Morrison, Dorothy Kelly and Geo. Cooper. ' * To-morrow GERESTEN AMI SEMENT CO. Presents SMTZ MOORE and GEO. H. SCAN I.OX IN THE WINNERS PRICES Mat., 25c 38c and 50cj Mailt, 15c to 75c. Oritheuin Theater. Monday Evening. OCTOBER 25. MELBA Beatrice Harrison, 'cellist; Koliert Parker, baritone: SI. I.CKcre. pianist. Lower Floor—s2.oo, Rnleony —-$1.50, f-,00, $2..»0. . Gallery—sl.oo, $1.50. Roxes —*12, MS and S2O. Mall orders accompanied by re mittance and stamped envelope till ed before the openinu of public sale in the order of receipt. Public Sale Opens at Ho* Office, October 22. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH rate and distinct buildings, with a view to beginning earlier than at present, under the most favorable conditions, courses of study that most nearly con form to the various vocational prefer ences and adaptabilities of pupils. An excellent report on the general sub ject of junior high schools was pre sented to you several weeks ago by the chairman of your educational committee, and In the main received my hearty endorsement. "But in spite of all this. I do not believe the organization of junior high schools at this time will solve our present problem. If we should remove to-day all the freshmen from both high schools and place them In junior high schools, we should still hardly be able to accommodate in our present high schools all the high school students that would be left, to say nothing of any margin for future growth. In other words, we should still be face to face with the same problem that has confronted us for several years. "My personal conviction is that Junion high schools a' me will not suffice to meet our p. <ent educa tional needs, and that the supplying |of increased general high school ac | commodations and facilities as before outlined alone will meet them. Plan For Junior Highs "But going back to our ori ginal proposition that in our planning we should plan for the future, how does the junior high school question affect the problem? Very greatly, in my judgment. If junior high schools have come to stay, as is no doubt the case, Harrisburg is bound to have them in the near future and ought: to begin to plan for them. A part of this planning would include the erec tion of smaller general high schools now than It would otherwise be nec essary to provide. A high school large enough to accommodate 1,200 girls and a high school for boys with equal accommodations would doubtless be adequate for the needs of the city for at least fifteen years, even without junior high schools, and if we in clude in our plans the adoption in the meantime of the junior high school idea, whereby the freshmen would eventually be removed from the high schools, we should then have suffi cient accommodations for many years to come. "The continuous growth of the city would also warrant very careful con sideration of the junior high school question, in our plans for the fu ture, for such schools properly lo cated would be more accessible to pupils and would postpone for a year the walking of long distances to school. The matter of reducing the immediate expense, by the erection of smaller buildings now than would otherwise be necessary, will also doubtless appeal to the public in the consideration of the problem. Matter of Sites "We shall turn now to the third of the vital questions we have sug gested for discussion —the matter of sites. A number of sites have been advocated during the past few years of high school agitation. Of course, if the Technical High school is enlarg ed to take care of all the boys, there is no alternative as to the location of the proposed addition. With ref erence to sites proposed for the new school not all in my judgment are sufficiently central, particularly If it should finally be decided to erect a girls' school. I think we shall all agree that wherever the school is lo cated it should be both central and easily accessible with reference to all parts of the city. One proposition that has been advanced is that the present Central High school be en larged by an extension to Briggs street. Personally I should regret to see this done, for two reasons: First, no addition could be made to the present building that would harmonize architecturally, either externally or In ternally, with the old building,/and we should have a school partly old and partly new of which we should never be proud and with which we should never be satisfied; and, sec ond. were an entirely new building erected, the present building might be used to advantage in solving the junior high school problem. Park Extension Facing Site "Another site that has been ad vocated by many is in North street, with the new building facing Capitol Park extension. Such a site would be both central and accessible and would be in harmony with the views of many of our citizens relative to the grouping of our public and semi public buildings about the new park extension. The outlook also would be all that could be desired. "No small number of our people have raised objection to this location, however, on tire ground of the expense which would be involved. Probably the best way to settle the question of this particular site would be to in clude an amount sufficient for its pur chase as a separate loan item when the high school question again comes before the people for approval. If a majority of the voters are willing to incur the expense, they will vote affirmatively on such an item and the matter will be settled. If they should vote negatively, the whole question of site might well be left to the school board for settlement. This seems to me the fairest way of disposing of this particular location, especially be cause of the particularly large expen diture that is involved. "The matter of sites for junior high schools is a matter that need not be decided at this time. The present Central High school would serve the purposes of the junior high school admirably, with some remodeling, were the new high school erected elsewhere. The plot at Third and Reily streets is also well adapted for such a school, should it not in the meantime be used for other purposes. The school district also possesses a large plot at Nineteenth and Chest nut streets, which is a good location for a junior school In the Allison Hill section. Downes' Proposition "To sum up the matter briefly, my principal suggestions are as follows: STOP SCALP ITCH AND FALLING HAIR How Dull Lifeless Hair May Be Brightened and Invigorated People whose hair looks dull and lifeless and who find it growing dry, brittle, splitting at ends and coming out fast at every combing need a genuine scalp invigator and should get one without a day's delay. A little Parisian Sage rubbed briskly into the scalp will work wonders for hair of this kind. Just a few days' use and the hair becomes glossy and healthy looking, dandruff vanishes, scalp stops itching and hair stops falling out. Parisian Sage Is more than a hair tonic. It is a scalp treatment and its use means strong, beautiful hair and a healthy scalp. H. C. Kennedy and lead ing druggists everywhere sell Parisian Sage. It is not expensive. Wits FOR HAIR AND SCALP "1. The separation of the sexes on economic grounds. "2. The enlargement of the pres ent Technical High school at an ap proximate cost, including site, of $300,000, to accommodate all the boys. "3. The erection of a new high school for girls at an approximate cost of $300,000 to $350,000, not in cluding site and equipment. "4. The taking Into consideration, in this construction, of the present junior high school movement, thus reducing the size and expense of the buildings suggested for our immediate high school needs. "ft. That the matter of a Capitol Park site he s.ubmlttecd to the voters for their approval. Has Cliangcd Views "Two years ago or even one year ago I would not have been willing to advocate all I have advocated to night. Then our co-education prob lem was not as definite as it seems to be to-day The boys were not drift ing so rapidly to the Technical High school. Then there were about 325 students there, whereas now there are ■l5O. Then parents were not so in sistently as now demanding new courses in that institution. Two years ago the agitation of junior high schools was practically only begin ning. Now junior high schools are a part of a new order of educational classification throughout the coun try. "It is not the duty or perogative of the superintendent of schools to se lect sites or erect school buildings. The most he can do is to state the. needs of the school district as he sees them and offer such suggestions as he may feel himself qualified to offer and at liberty to offer. This I have attempted to do this evening. I do not presume to say that the sugges tions 1 have made constitute the only solution of our problem. There may be other and better solutions. But I do say that the course I have out lined appeals to me personally, after the most careful study, as the best one to pursue/' Conditions Deplorable The Rotary Club educational com mittee's report was much similar to Dr. Downes'. although both had been written independently and without pny collaboration. Dr. Shope, chair man. pointed out the deplorable con ditions in the Central high school with its two half sessions daily and the con sequent disadvantages to faculty and students. He said that the Harrisburg high school graduates should at least have as high standing before college and university entrance boards as such towns as Lebanon. Greensburg, Cou dersport, York, Wiconisco and other places with only a fraction of this city's population. Lays Blame to Citizens He pointed out that no blame at taches to the superintendent of schools, the supervisory principals, the high school faeultv or the School Board, but laid the blame at the door of "Mr. Citizen and Madame Citizeness-to-be," who have not evinced any interest in the Harrisburg school affairs "except fo see that the school tax is squeezed down to the lowest possible limit." Based on data obtained after sev eral years of research and study, Dr. Shope said that the Rotary Club's committee had decided that the high school problem could be settled best by the establishing of junior high schools, the erection of a modern senior high school for girls and the alteration of the Technical high school to make it a general academic and manual high school for boys. The committee suggested that the present. Central high school, the Shimmell and the Steele huildings might be used as three junior high schools. t 7 rges Junior High Schools Dr. Shope explained that a junior high school enables the teaching of the pupil along departmental lines much earlier than under the present system and showed that educators all over the country favor this system of instruction. He quoted from statistics by the best authorities in the country show ing that the junior high school system is much more economical than the present system of eight years of ele mentary instruction and four years of high school. Dr. Downes corroborated this end of the Rotary committee's report, but said that the figures were incorrect to some extent, he believed. Dr. Shope declared at the end of his report that the time is coming when the high school will indeed be the. "people's college" from which young men can enter the professional schools without the burden of time and ex pense now demanded in the entrance clause insisting that applicants have several years of college work. *'l<atllos' Night" It was "Ladies' Night" at the Rotary meeting and the Rotarians right roy ally entertained their wives and youngsters. Arthur D. Bacon, presi dent, delivered an address on Rotarlan principles and ideals, which was fol lowed by a varied program including the singing of Rotarlan songs and the personal introduction of each mem ber of the organization. Miss Mary Buttorf sang several se lections. and addresses were made by Casper Dull, president of the Library | Board of Trustees, and Miss Alice R. Eaton, librarian. Mr. Dull pointed out what the library is doing for the city in an educational way and urged the Rotary members to boost the library whenever possible. Miss Eaton told of the ideals of service which are the keynote of the present day library, and read to the Rotarians a list of books along business and engineering lines on the shelves which business men find are helpful. A little blue slip was passed to the Rotarians which read: ASK THE LIBRARY Our business is supplying In formation. Let. us find you the right hook. Telephone us for the informatiori you want. Service cheerfully rendered. No charge. Harrisburg Public Library. George W. Bogar, chairman of the entertainment committee, told of the plans for the big public Rotary meet ing to be held Tuesday evening, No vember 16 in the auditorium of the Technical High School building. He exhibited a set of dishes and a box of fine letter paper, which will be given to ladies winning prizes at this meet ing. It. was also announced that Edw. B. Black, of the Black Art Store, will offer a prize at the public meet ing. Following the serving of refresh ments. the Rotarians and their guests were conducted on a tour of the build ing. Newsies Re-elect All Their Former Officers Officers of the Harrisburg Newsboys' Association were re-elected last night at the semiannual meeting of the or ganization as follows: Wagner Hoff man. president: Park Weaver, vice president: David Klawansky. secre tary: James Bloom, financial secre tary-; Jacob Davidson, assistant; Ar thur Koplovitz. treasurer. The treasurer presented Mr. Hoff man with a handsome scarfpln, the gift of.the newsboys to their presi dent. The Rev. E. P. Robinson, who is an honorary member, was chosen as general supervisor of the associa tion. After a short talk by Samuel Kauffman. physical director, the boys decided to organize a football team and selected David Klawansky as man ager. The bannuet Friday night to be given by Dr. E. S. Meals has been postponed. ...... • OCTOBER 20, 1915. § EDISON WEEK Concerts Every Day Com e In This is the card of welcome to all lovers of (rood music. We want everyone to join us in celebrating Mr. Edison's great achievements. This week is Edison Week—Oct. 18th to 23rd. To-day there is a special Edison Week Program. Concert Every Day WEEK A special concert by the New Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph each day. Come to-day. Come every other day. A choice selection of exquisite music from the great __ library of Edison Records. No charge / l - \ for seats. Come In and bring your . \ friends. 1 I New Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph Mr. Edison's perfected musical in- I strument—-the laboratory recreation of music just as it was rendered by the musical instrument or by the singer. The diamond stvlus repro- O] duces the tone of the artist with ab- J solute fidelity—human, life-like, nat- l ural. Nothing mechanical. The tri umph of the science of chemistry and acoustics. The Diamond Disc does away with the bother of changing I DeedleS ' Come to the special Edison Week • concert to-day—and each day this week. You are welcome and we will be glad to see you. * J. H. Troup Music House Troup Building 15 S. Market Sq. Romans Are on Top of Academy Honor Roll With twenty-seven honors and twenty-three failures over the Greeks' twenty-one honors and forty-three pa pers, the Romans at the Harrlsburg Academy scored 2 points on the yearly cup for their work last month. The honor roll as issued by Head master Brown follows: Romans—First honors, Charles Gil mer, George S. Jeft'ers, Gilbert Spang enberg. Alfred L. Klaer, Frank Stine man, Mercer B. Tate, Jr. Greeks—First honors. James Mer sereau and Thomas Wickersham. Romans Second honors, William Rennethum, Onofre Castells, Josiah Dunkle, William Galbraith, William O. Hiclcok, Roy Heisley, Richard Johns ton, Skoki Kanesshiro, C. Emerson Metzgar, Wilbur Morse, Henry Olm sted, Samuel Phillips, Robert Shirey, Robert Stewart, Robert Shaub. » Greeks Second honors, William AKbot, Park Beckley, Edwin H. Brown, Daniel Bacon, Earle Bortell, Percy Boughey. Carroll Craig, Charles Dunkle. Gantclifte Jay, Herbert Kauff man, Disbrow Lloyd. Max McLaughlin, Fred Moody, Donald Royal. George Reily, 3d, Nelson Shreiner and Ham ilton Schwars. Mother of Seven Held With Man on Four Counts Henry T. Kipnle and Ellen Brosey, alias Cooper, alias Osbourn, accused of bigamy, perjury, furnishing liquor to minors and another serious charge, were each held under SI,OOO bail after a hearing late yesterday afternoon be fore Alderman A. M. Landis, of the Sixth ward. At the hearing it developed that the Brosgy woman has a husband living in Lancaster and is the mother of seven children. Kipple also was accused of having married the second time while his first wife was living without secur ing a divorce. >II'ST REMAIN AT XISH Athens, Greece, Oct. 20, via London, 11.35 a. m. —The diplomatic corps at the Serbian court has been compelled to remain in Nlsh for the present at least. The expected departure of the diplomats for Monastir, in South western Serbia near the Greek border, has been postponed on account of the interruption of railway communica tion between Nlsh and Saloniki. MANY GREET REV. MR. HART Practically the entire congregation of the Fifth Street Methodist Epis copal Church turned out last evening to hear the Rev. B. H. Hart, of Wii llamsport, for fourteen years pastor of the church, lecture on "Investments.' The lecture was given under the aus t.ices of the Woman's Missionary Society. FREE COFFEE 20 OUNCES TO THE POUND / DURING COFFEE WEEK October 18th to 23d, 1915 WE WILL Give Free % lb. Coffee With Each Purchase of One Pound of BENEFIT BRAND > BEST STANDARD COFFEE (35c value) 240 lb. or E*XTRA FANCY COFFEE (40c value) 280 lb. or No. 1 MALEBERRY COFFEE (40c value) 280 lb. or PLANTATION COFFEE (38c value) 270 lb. or BRONX (N. Y. Style) COFFEE ...(30c value) 180 lb. Tamsui Tea Co. 331 MARKET STREET, SECOND FLOOR Demonstration in Honor of Edison Day In honor of Edison Day to-morrow, the anniversary of the birth of Thos. A. Edison, the J. H. Troup. Music House. 15 South Market Square will conduct a series of demonstrations of the Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph, one of the more recent of the inven. tor's contributions to mankind. A feature of the demonstration will be the playing of records which Mr. Edison has selected as his favorites from the large collection of records that have been made. Demonstrations, will he conducted during the evening for the benefit of those who are unable to go to the store during the day. ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PLANNED By Associated Press London, Oct. 20, 10.46 a. m.—lt is reported from F'rankfort that the cen tral powers have decided to undertake still another campaign this time against Montenegro. According to this report forwarded from Amster dam by a correspondent of the Central News, 20,000 Austrian and German in fantrymen. with Artillery have arrived from Galicia at Saraisevo, in Bosnia about sixty miles north of the Monte negrin border. 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