8 TEACH THRIFT MORE THAN EVER! Dr. Schaeffer Discusses Ten**, dcncies of the Times in the Annual School Report 1 School teachers of Pennsylvania are praised for doing more tfrian ever before to teach their pupils to ave and are urged to inculcate In their churges that men's highest as pirations should not be to fight, but to work for the welfare of the wgtole race, by Dr. Nathan C. SchaeCfer, State Superintendent oX Public In- ! struction in his eighty-third re-1 port of the common schools of i'ennsylvania. Dr. Schaeffer re marks upon the difficulties caused by the war, the higher cost of things; the disposition to teach 'chil dren to hate foreign nations, tine de mands of industry, the necessity of caring for t"he many colored people who are coming from the Southern states to work here and the general disturbance of affairs because of the jrreat struggle. He gives special at tention to the vocational education work. The Superintendent says tin. part: "It is an ancient saying thtot when Mars rages, the humanities: decay. The god of war is always apt to in terfere with the regular work, of the schools. The present war is TU> ex ception. The call .to the editors has reduced the attendance at our col leges and professional schools. En listment. and the draft hare taken away many teachers whose* places it is difficult or impossible to ; fill. "The burdens of taxaaton for war purposes have befein In creased to such an extent that directors will hesitate (to make ORATORIO AND CHORAL .SINGING * America Loses Because She Is i Rich Enough to Buy Music By JOHN W. PHILLIPS One of the reaaons for the appar ently slow advanpe of the real ap preciation of music in America is because wo have been rich enough to buy .our music. Foreigners, speaking and singing a strange tongue, and well advertised by as tute managers, have been liberally supported, and have even become | •wealthy. White they aroused our curiosity to a great extent, they have bettered our real musical ap preciation to a. small extent only. IWIIWIW — TTi ' MUSIC jL For Christmas 1 From • COME TOD A Y We Can Still Offer Good Choice , as Follows: Used Pianos SBO to $235 New Pianos $265 to $750 New Players $425 to S9OO . Victrolas S2O to $265 ' Edisons SIOO to $275 Victor Records 75c to $7.00 Player Music Rolls.3oc to $2.00 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS TERMS FREE DELIVERY J. H. Troup Music House Troup Building 15 SOUTH MARKET SQUARE Store Closes 10 P. M. Today. Xmas Eve at 6P. M. SATURDAY EVENING, the increase in the tax levy which seems necessary to keep the schools up to the present standard of efficiency. The "news from the war divert pub lic attention from the things of the mind to the agencies of de struction. The American people can be well satisfied if in these critical days the schcol can be kept from deteriorating in Its work both for the child and for the state and the Nation. "The school is the most effective agency for reaching every home In the land. It is high praise for the schools that so many problems are shied at them for solution. Liberty Loans, Red Cross Work, Food Pro duction and Conservation. Y. M. C. A. contributions and many other things of vital importance in the prosecution of the war have been put up fo the teachers for the pur pose of reaching every home in the land. It is the patriotic duty of every inhabitant to support the Government in all that it Is trying to achieve for humanity. The schools have shown a praiseworthy willingness to assist in every way to the fullest possible extent." "Of all the problems which the federal government has put up to the schools, none has greater significance for the fu ture prosperity of our people . than the problem of vocational education. There was a time when we could put the Ameri can workman into competition with his rivals In every country of Europe. The American worked with greater speed and efficiency. The war has wrought a change. If reports be true, the European workman, under the of dire necessity, has acquired a maximum of speed and efficiency. We shall be up against a new kind of compe tition in the industrial and com mercial rivalry which is sure to follow the world crisis in which the nations are now involved. Realizing this fact, the Federal Government has appropriated Opera Is well attended in three or | four large cities, yet there Is always a financial deficit. The large attendance is no proof lof musical appreciation. It is rather a sign of star worship and a desire to see as well as to hear; for opera ! Is practically a play set to music. In many of the large cities recitals of various kinds are well attended.. I The music students and teachers: ■ themselves make up a goodly part of such audiences, because the stu ; dent Is there to learn and the teach | er Is there to learn also, and to make | | mental analysis of any new devel opment that might be worth adopt ing for his own use. Then, In six or eight cities, sym phony orchestras give concerts to large audiences. Yet there is usu ally a deficit at the end of the season. Tho smaller ctUes cannot support orchestras or opera, so they have to worry along without these musical | luxuries. There is one form of mu- | sic however, that can be developed, j | and enjoyed in every community, j and that is the oratorios. It is the | most exalted form of choral sing- I liberal sums of money for the encouragement of agricultural and Industrial education. Includ ing home economics. "The lack of trained vocational teachers is everywhere felt, and the financial help for this purpose will prove to be one of the most grat ifying features of the Smith-Hughes Act. "The Smith-Hughes bill does not aim to foster all vocations. It lim its the federal aid to schools which do work below college grade. It does not see kta provide schools for the learned or technical vocation. It does not seek to provide schools for ing of bankers, commercial men, stenographers and secretarial ex perts. It does not provide for the unskilled occupations. The voca tional schools which are operated under the Smith-Hughes Act are mainly designed to aid those who will engage, either in the skilled trades and handicrafts, pr in the arts of the husbandman. "Stress upon Industry and agri culture haa caused many persons to lose sight of what the ordinary school is doing to fit for all voca tions. By teaching the rudiments of an English education, the elemen tary schools impart the essentials of adjustment to our American life. By inculcating habits of punctual ity. regularity, accuracy, veracity, obedience and the like, the teacher supplies what is essential to success In every vocation. When the will enters,into the practice of these habits and makes them the law of life, they become the school virtues which lie at the foundation of suc cess in all the vocations. The colored people have come nerth, not by the carload, but by the trainload, and In the near fu ture their children will become pu pils in our public schools. Let us endeavor to avoid the mistake which was made in educating the descendants of the fugitive slaves who came north In the days of the 'underground railroad.' The third and fourth generations are now in our public schools. They are no ing, but it is the least supported. A great deal of music is thrust upon the people in the smaller cities. A manager comes along. He has a wonderful artist. He arouses cur iosity. He gets the local committee all 'het up." The artist is booked.! The event is looked forward to with ! almost as much awe as the millen | nium itself. Many tickets are sold; 1 I Just about enough to cover expenses. J i The artist comes and goes. , After the smoke of the train has! died away the raving dies with it, j and the audience individually, and collectively is back to earth not 1 much wiser musically. 1 There may ! a * ew sou ' s who get some inspir ation from such an event; but, great er Inspiration and musical growth would come, if the money and effort were expended in supporting a choral or oratorio society. Outside artist*, | for the solos could be obtained If I necessary, at first, but the best ofl | the local talent should be chosen j for this work. There is no use in deceiving ourselves with the belief j that people, and especially young | people, will voluntarily take up good I reading; literature that would really ; benefit them, poetry and even the | Scriptures. But if this class of lit- I erature can be woven into music I the door to delightful and inviting] I is opened; and herein lies thel ] charm, and power, and good influ j ence of choral singing. But . how many choral societies go to pieces for want .of support? What Is the j trouble? I Singing is healthy exercise for' body and mind. It teaches concert- i tration, calculation and observation, j It disciplines the mind, it Quickens | and develops the mind, it encour i ages memorizing. It warms and j nourishes the heart, and enriches! the soul. Singing, rightly done, de-1 yelops and strengthens the body, and beautifies speech. It would not seem Uke Christmas without "The Messiah." This sub lime oratorio should be heard at Christmastide every year, In every city. The choruses should become | as familiar as "Rock of Ages," or | "Abide with Me." Pilgrims should | be seen wending their way, in rev j erent mood, yearly to hear the old, I old story, glorified by Handel's inspired music. Then there is the story of St. Paul, beautified by Men delssohn's music, and also the dram atic "Elijah," and the noble "Cre ation," by Haydn. Many others, some notably good, are well worth study and performance. We are insistent upon our young folks studying mathematics, lan guages, (some dead), history, grammar, etc, etc., but we are not nearly so anxious about this finer thing that develops self-expressions, and refinement—that feeds not only the mind but the heart as well—thatl makes for culture and the better things of life. God has given man kind both voice and mind, it Is man kind's duty to develop both, so that life may be beautified and enriched by thought, speech and song. The' world is occupied In many things I that are not worth while; music is worth while, and the oratorio and like music has a legitimate right in our lives. We are slowly shutUng It out; and replacing it by less ser ious and shorter works, largely in | spired, and very rarely worth giving a second hearing. The singing of oratorios should be encouraged. There is nothing like it to develop flexibility and evenness of voice, as well as the musical per ception and imagination. It de mands purity of tone, a wellinform ed mind, and a spiritual loftiness of character to successfully interpret It. Surely then, It Is good for us. MUST CARRY COAL Because of the hieh piles of snow along the curbs of the streets, many coal dealers have been forced to give orders to their drivers to pile the coal on the pavement and let the con sumers carry it into the house. This measure is necessary owing to the lack of men to deliver the coal. It has heretofore been the custom to carry the coal to the cellars in bags when chutes could not be used, but the recent shortage of labor has thrown the burden on the consum er. I SEEKS JAIL WARMTH Joe Reddy, notorious police char acter, last night made another un successful attempt to break Into Jail, the tenth attempt in as many days. Reddy's chief ambition now, it seems, is to spend Christmas In jail, and the police magistrate refused to accommodate him. Reddy is notor ious, In that In the summer he al ways pleads to be released when he is arrested, and during unfavorable weather, always makes his attempt to spend the time in jail. / WXRRJSBTTRG longer like their strong and vigor ous ancestors. Undor-foedlntf In childhood, Irregular meala In udult years and other concomitants of a lack of thrift have made them what they are. If we do not teach them thrift and sanitation, they will be come a menace to the health and welfare of the very people who brought them from the southland, where they did not have to faco the rigors of a cold climate, the temp tation of booze and the pulmonary diseases that carry them to an early grave. "Suffice It to say that educators are laying stress upon the teaching of thrift as never before. Every where one hears discussions upon care and wisdom in the management of our resources. Families are urged to adopt wheatleßs and meat less days. Children are taught to save their pennies and their earn ings by purchasing U. 8. Thrift Stamps, War-Savings Certificates and Certificate Stamps and by mak ing deposits In school savings' banks. Years ago a school savings' bank movement was started In Pennsylvania, and other states have recently gone Into the movement as If it were something new. "With the free textbooks and supplies, our school savings' banks and our opportunities for Investing small sums in thrift stamps, pupils can be taught, not merely to save their pennies, but also to take prop er care of the books and supplies which aro furnlßhed free In all our schools. Care of public property, especially school property, will beget care in tho expenditure of the mon ey that has been raised by taxation for the support of the Government and the education of the people. Our efforts to secure thrift should be supplemented by efforts to secure economy In the management of the resources of the state and the na tion. "Dire necessity has taught many of our teachers thrift and economy. In spite of our minimum salary laws, it has been impossible for nost of them to do more than PADEREWSKI IS INSPIRING POLES ; Gives Up Concert Work to Organize Army of His Countrymen In ancient times-It was quite the order of things for a bard to come | before the populace and, by his j songs of might and victory. Inspire j them to battle. It is, therefore, with a touch of this old world glory that news comes of the new work of I Ignace Paderewski, the world-fa | mous pianist and composer. For, be it known to all who are Inter ested in. the career of this great j Pole that, instead of continuing his work of charming an audience of people, he has taken up the more stupendous task of inspiring an qrmy of soldiers. M. Paderewski is at the present ! time organizing an army pf 500,000 j Poles who are to go over to France and fight for the honor and rehabili tation of their country. According to Madame Helena Paderewski, his wife, M. Paderewski feels that noth ! ing at the present time is of equal ~ ~^zz Victor Records" | j | oover their necessary living ex penses. All over the land move ments havo been started to provide pensions for toachers who have reached the ago at which retirement Is for the good of the schools. "May we not hope for the day when the lending nations of modern times shall vie with one another, not In devising agencies of destruction, but in perfecting, plans to bless the whole human race ? Is It wise to instil hatred into the hearts of our children, hatred of the enemy, of the foreigner, ol' our rivals in busi ness. commerce, finance and Indus try? 'Got strafe England' 1B a type of should not be taufcht our children. Hatred of vice, of sin, of oppression may be Instilled, but not hatred of human beings. Our prayers and aspirations should be for all the toiling, struggling, suffering men and women upon earth, regardless of race, color, creed or nationality. Victory should mean blessings, riot merelv for our selves, but for our neighbors, our Allies, our enemies; otherwise the sacrifices of this gigantic war will have been In vain." Train Kills Pair on Present-Buying Trip Chester, Pa., Dec. 22. —While on their way to visit the stores and se lect Christmas yesterday, Rob ert Clark, 70 years old, and his granddaughter, ElVa Clark, both res idents of Linwood, were instantly killed when an express train on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash ington division of the Pennsylvania Railroad struck them at a grade crossing near their home. Clark and his little granddaughter kept the purpose of their visit to the village a secret from other members of the family, but a list of names of relatives and articles which were to be purchased for each was found in the child's little handbag. The bodies were badly mangled, importance to the work he has un dertaken. She says, in speaking of this new army: "M. Paderewski has been orgtfti izing them, encouraging them, in spiring them and Ifeading them. He has felt kll along that the power and the desire were both there, thit the men were ready at any moment to do their utmost for the cause of Poland and that all that was needed was somebody to gather these forces together, to unite them and make them into a strong and powerful whole. That he has done and that he will continue to do Just as long as the war work needs him. "Some people say that he might do Just as much for his countrymen by continuing his concert work and his composing and helping the cause of Poland through that channel. That he has already done, that he has done since the beginning of the war, but he feels that is not enough. Nothing is enough at present. A man's country has the right to de mand the utmost of him. Personal fame and personal glory are as noth ing compared to the greater work of holding Intact or re-creating the glory of one's country. Soldiers to March to New Antfiom "M. Paderewski is not alone in this work. Besides the encourage ment he is getting from the people at large, from the Poles all over the country, he is being aided by other artists of Polish birth who are simi larly devoting their time to the cause. The leader of the military band that is going over with the new army Is Mr. Ivronski, the well known Polish singer. A feature of the new army will be their march ing song, a new anthem that M. Paderewski has composed." Deputy Coroner Cloud took charge 6f them and an Inquest will ba held to determine the responsibility. A gatetender la on duty at the cross ing. Store Ice; Save Ammonia During War's Duration Such Importance Is now attached to ammonia as a war commodity that the Food Administration Is plan ning to effect a reduction, if possible, In its use for making artificial Ice. Ammonia Is widely used for making ammunition, for cold storage and for the manufacture of artificial ice. As between direct military re quirements and the uee of ammonia for Ice making, the Chemical Divi sion of the Food Administration ful ly recognizes the pressing need of the former, and declares that a re vival of natural harvesting on a large scale will help greatly to re lieve the situation. The U. S. De partment of Agriculture is also using its valuable and widely distributed organization to this end. While it is Important that everyone dependent on artificial ice be informed of the situation, dairymen, creamery oper ators and others having ice houses are advised to fijl them completely with natural ice this winter. Since refrigeration machinery has come into vogue, there has been a marked tendency to discontinue the harvesting and storing of nat ural Ice. But as a war measure to insure plenty of ammonia for mili tary purposes and at the same time to be certain of an abundant sup ply of ice for preventing food waste, every owner of an ice house is re quested t<f fill It to the roof this win ter. Ice of the Jack Frost brand will be the most patriotic next sum mer. teiSd Until you have seen and heard the Columbia Grafonola you are not likely to have a complete conviction that you are buying the right instru ment for your home. From the lowest-priced Grafonola at $lB to the handsome cabinet instru ment at $250, Columbia instruments invite and welcome comparison. • Join Our Christmas Club on Pianos and Player Pianos It gives you the opportunity to make the family a gift of never-ending pleasure by paying a small initial payment and the balance in convenient instalments. Our Well Known Line of Renowned " Makes Needs No Commendation. Call today—Make yoar selection —and have a piano in your home on Christmas "Open Evenings" Spangler Music 2112 N. Sixth Stll 1 |H* , Bell Phone 401 2 I^JJI DECEMBER 22, 1917. Sunday Attacked by German at Revival Atlanta, Oa. ( - Deo. 22.—Wild scenes attended the revival meet ings conducted hero last night by Billy Sunday, the evangelist. Billy engaged in a fist ilght with a Ger man sympathizer and had decidedly the better of the argument when the crowd separated them. The evangelist was making a vig orous attack on Germany and her allies, saying ho did not believe "God would be on the side of a dirty bunch that could stand aside and see a Turk outrage a woman." In the midst of his sermon he was interrupted with cries of "Look out!" "Stop him!" as W. H. Beu tervauth, a carpenter, forced his way to the platform. Sunday turn ed and struck at the intruder. He missed and Beutervauth sent a glancing blow on the face. Sunday sent a hard wallop to the chest. ,Wild confusion followed. The German was roughly handled. In the tumult Mayor Candler was choked but not badly hurt. There were cries of "Lynch him!" from all parts of the tabernacle. The police finally forced their way to Beutervauth's side and took him to a police station. He refusfed to talk. SUPPER FOR SENIOR CI,ASS Marysbille, Pa.. Dec. 22.—Members of the senior class of the Marysville High School were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benfor, mem bers of the class. A sauerkraut sup per was served to these members: Miss Adella Smith, Miss Frances For tenbaugh, Miss Mary Deckard, Miss Anna Hammaker, Miss Alda Gault, Harvey Bratton, William Keller, Percy White, John Shearer and James Renfer. No Christinas Turkey For U. S. Soldiers Now at French Front With the American Army to Franco, Dec. SO (delayed). The great bulk of the American expedi tionary force will not jet Its expect ed Christmas dinner. A submarine attack forced the ship which was carrying cranberries to turn back, and through some un known circumstances two ships which were carrying the supplies of turkey left the United States so late that it was impossible for them to arrive In France in time. Turkey# now in the Army zone were left over from Thanksgiving, as was the 1 mincemeat which has been receiv ed. This supply will not go far. The quartermaster's corps is busy trying to procure a substitute for the anticipated Christmas provender n this side of the Atlantic, but the Army is disappointed, for turkey at Christmas had been looked forward to by virtually every member of the command. The quartermaster had made careful preparations, but his calculations went wrong, as to-day's announcement shows. When the news became known among the forces there were loud cries of distress from many quarters, and envious eyes were cast at the roaming French poultry. From tho general outlook now it appears that | the principal dish of the day will be monkey turkey" which appears on the commissary lists as ordinary can ned corned beef. Over one cook shack In the zone there has been pinned a striking pic ture of a gobbler, underneath which is written: "Take a good look! This is the only turkey In France, and I got It!"
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