6 CHANGES IN HIGH SCHOOL WORK ARE SAID NECESSARY Curriculum Should Be Bet tered by Additions and Omissions "The high school curriculum needs revision In its required courses both by omission and addition," Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell, dean of the Liberal Arts School, of Pennsylva nia State College, declared at a meet ing of the high school department of the sixty-ninth annual session of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association this morning, in present ing his report of tho committee on "High School Program of Study." Courses in personal hygiene and sanitation, woefully neglected in the present curriculum, are among the additions most urgently needed to the courses, Dean Bldlsdell told. Of the approximately 100,000 high school pupils in the state, but a small 4,000 are pursuing courses in biology and 6,500 in zoology in which a little Instruction along these lines is possible although not probable, ho told, in quoting figures to illustrate the ignorance of tho students con cerning these matters. The making of an efficient and happy home, one of the most im portant functions of human life, would receive treatment in a curri culum as outlined by Dean Blais dell. This would come in the third or fourth year of his course. "It will shock some of you to think of requiring high schols boys and girlß to pursue such a. course," but added that education has been defined as guiding tho pupil from what he is to what he should be. "To-day men and women alike come to marriage without knowledge of its biology, its responsibilities, or its duties. They are utterly untrain ed To present such a course with our untrained teachers would be difficult. It would necessarily be largely a reading course with class discussions. Occasionar lectur.es and studies by boys apart from gins would be necessary." Haphazard Work Some time should be given by the boys, Dean Blaisdell believes, to a study of physical, mental and moral characteristics needed in a 'ark" number of the common professions and vocations. "Scarcely a fresh man enters college,' he affiims, ■ who ha. any guidance whatever toward his life work He stumbles Into a course and attempts to pre pare for life with the cbance that he is missing It far greater than ho "Besides teaching the PP a t ° choose a life work wisely, the high school should require him every day, to perform some helpful service, i he ufflrms. "Credit should be given, he declares, for the performance of out-of-school duties. _ The startling fact that only 18, 7 s' high school students are ing civics is told by Dean Hlalßdell. Tho plea has been made, "' that it is unnecessary to teach the subject there because it has[ been taught in th® grammar schools, but Comprehension of toe stu hfgh d Ool h °Only e s60 aU high school students are studying which science rests a K A •>f our educational P ro , ble ™®:,, ei least a years study or °l JKV XrS" Sr. I Key pursue the subject, he affirms P urBue xribute to Teachers T > SPC n a t kl Crisis '"Dr r S Parks Cad the chlldre future generations, • < w k " 0 , p , , h u BmU .""Si"" r."5 MS iSSH >ng xt the conclusion of the evening program promptly at '' S ° ° t £ lo t C *e A xtv-a Martin G. Brumbaugh en isss quired of every high school " tud ®" t : every student is a thousand times better than a football team that can A verv other team in the state, was the startling assumption of Dean "summarizing, he said that addi tional courses should be in general science as applied to the Lome in applied ethics. In sociology and in vocational guidance, bringing The total number of additional courses needed to eight. In addition to physical training and home work. "If given a year each, these would occupy one-half of the school pro gram, and they deserve It. "It would be better," he continued, "to substitute these requirements for all the at present required sciencjL for required history other than Amer ican and modern European history, and for at least one year of ref l" lred foreign languages and mathematics. Aid For Soldier® Speaking before the department of city and borough superintendents, Major W. H. Henderson, of the United States Army, outlined some of the ar rangements that are being made for the re-education of disabled soldiers. He told how they will be permitted to select some desirable vocation and be given training so that he may be come self-supporting, rather than a burden on the neighborhood. An nouncements were made at this meeting that Major Henderson will speak before the general sessions this evening, these being added as an ex tra number to the program for this meeting. That living expenses have In creased ninety-nine per cent, from 1006 to 1917, Inclusive, whereas the salaries of male teachers have ad vanced only 35.6 per cent, and those of women teachers only 29.4 per cent., were some astounding figures presented bjL Superintendent H. W Dodd, of Allentown, speaking at the same meeting on "Remuneration of the Teacher." The average teach er's salary during 1916-16 was only 167.17, which figure was exceeded by MmmwfflfF' i "^ffl^^ir^^'^i'li^^Bifli :#jiwpiy' - „ J MAJOR HENDERSON the average salary of practically ev ery branch of unskilled labor. Hod carriers draw on an average only $7.17 per month less than the teach ers. Superintendent Dodd said. After conducting devotional exer ciaes, Superintendent David A.. Har raan, of Hazleton, commented on the method of conducting devotional ex-_ erclses in some schools. Teachers in many of the schools, he said, select their Scripture selections without much consideration. Often they are quite incomprehensible to the pupil and often decidedly inappropriate, he said. That the section of the law providing f.>. no comment in the reading should be interpreted lit erally, Superintendent Harman re gards as differing from the inten tion of the legislators. There is no objection to helpful interpretation, lie believes, but the objection is made cording to sectarian doctrines. As a token of appreciation of what Dr. F. E. Downes, superintendent of city schools, has done in behalf of the association, the organization yes terday afternoon adopted these reso lutions ,a copy of which has been forwarded to Dr. Downes: "Whereas, Superintendent F. E. Downes, of this city, who has la bored assiduously to make this and lYiany other previous conventions of this association successful, is con fined to his bed with an illness that for many days seemed mortal; "Resolved, That this association extend its greeting and express its hope for an early recovery; further, "That this greeting be conveyed to his residence with a floral token of appreciation to brighten his sick room." The tremendous strides taken dur ing the past four years in promot ing educutional reform were out lined by Governor Martin G. Brum baugh, in the opening address at the first general session of the Pennsyl vania State Educational Association in the Technical High School Audi torium yesterday afternoon. "No welcome to the teachers is necessary," Governor Brumbaugh declared, affirming that they have made the state what it is, that it is a concrete expression of these teach ers and that they are here by right of eminent domain. One of the greatest advancements made in educational reform during the past four years is the childWa bor law, the Governor declared. The establishment of continuation and vocational schools have been re forms such as have not been made in the Pennsylvania system for many years, he decfared. The system of continuation schools, one of the first of its kind in the United States, is meeting with stead ily increasing favor everywhere, and manufacturers are characterizing It as one of the most human educa tional laws in existence, the Gover nor said. State Is Active The raising of the minimum teach er wages law, the law raising of j superintendents and the law permit ting the appointment of assistant! superintendents, the wider appli- j cation of mothers' pension laws, the | enactment of the teachers' retire- j ment act, all were mentioned as re- | cent important contributions to the Pennsylvania school system. During the past four years, eight normal schools have been purchas ed, raising the total of such state owned institutions to ten, with pros pects of the ownership of the re maining three soon passing into the hands of the state. The establish ment of a bureau of vocational edu cation in the Department of Educa tion wus mentioned as another im portant contribution to Pennsylvania education in recent years. Pennsylvania was for the part she has played during'the war by the Governor in the closing part of his speech. How Pennsylvania game more than one-tenth of the number of men to the whole armed force and bore a greater share of the casualties than any other state was told in glowing words by the Governor and his remarks were greeted with round after round of applause for those men who have given the best in them to make the world safe for democracy. Robert A. Enders, president of the Harrisburg school board, in the illness of influenza of Dr. F. E. Downes, city superintendent of schools, also spoke a few words of welcome. Praise For Dr. Downes J. H. Sweeney, superintendent of Elk county schools, made a short response to the addresso of wel come. He also expressed a few words of what Dr. Downes has done for the Pennsylvania State Educa tional Association. President Wil son, once the scholomaster of Prince ton, Mr. Sweeney now characteriz es as the schoolmaster of the world. He also paid especial tributes to General John J. Pershing and Gen eral Foch as schoolmen who have made enormous contributions in the successful prosecution of the world war. Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, delivered the first regularly sched uled address of the session on "The Contribution of Chemistry to Hu man Nature." Well equipped with his breakers, test tubes and crucibles, he demon strated some of the powers of chem istry. The powers of liquid air with Its minus 194 degrees, Centrigrude, received especial attention from Dr. Smith who Illustrated its f re-zing powers on quicksilver, eggs, rubber balls and alcohol. Chemistry, Dr. Smith declared, is an agency that effects human na ture probably more than any other. The enormous contribution of chem ical elements, especially nitrogen, to the fertilization of the soil for farm ers, and of the same nitrogen in .manufacture of explosives, were TIGHTWAD m! " : t*. J . ~ ">£■— Hargest. Sr., began his HCfties to-day as warden of the county prison. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin E. Deppen, chief clerk and matron, also came to the institution -this morning to take charge. Mr. Hargest was a member of the board of prison inspectors until he was appointed warden on Monday to succeed Wil liam A. Mcllhenny. GEOItGE B. WEim.EV George B. Welbley, Pittsburgh rep resentative of the Supplee-Blddle Hardware Company, died at the resi dence of his father, A. L. Weibley, 1911 North Second street, after a brief illness, i He is survived by his father and three brothers, John W., of Pittsburgh; Charles E. and Harry 8. Welbley, of Harrlsburg. Funeral services will be held Saturday. Burial will be in the Paxtang Cemetery. The Rev. A. M. Stamets, pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran Church, will of ficiate. TKssamwn .Uuiu. Steeltori News Memorial Mass For ' Sergt. Clement Boland A memorial mass for Sergeant Clement Boland will be held In St. James/ Church by the Rev. C. J. Thompson Friday at 7.30 o'cock. Ser geant Boland Is a brother of Mrs. Mary Dunn, of North Second street, with whom he was resident before enlistment, lie was a member of Company 11. Three Hundred Sixth Infantry, composed largely of men from Brooklyn. His regiment was part of the Seventy-ninth division, which took part in the lighting about the Argonne region, in which actlbn the regiment suffered many losses. Sergeant Boland was among those killed in this lighting, September 28. He was 25 years of age, and sperit the greater part of his life in Steei ton. \ longnaker Takes Charge of Borough Police Force The new chief of police took charge of the police force this morning, the resignation of Victor Grove taking effect to-day. Longnaker was named as his successor by the police com mittee of Council, 41ml the appoint ment will be brought before Council on Monday evening for confirmation. Store Co. Ends Contract With Steel Company The Contract between the Steelton Store Company and the local steel Plant, which has been in force for many years, ended this morning. The store will no longer be known as the "company store." Managers of the store anticipate little change in the patronage, and say that they will con tinue to handle only the higher grade merchandise. . FATHER OF NEWMN BOOTH DIES IN CHESTER Newlin Booth, superintendent of the steel foundry of the local steel plant, was yesterday called to the bedside of his father, in Chester. His father died yesterday morning. * PARSONAGE WEDDING AT NOON Allen Walters and Miss Verna Ruby were married Monday noon at the par sonage of the First Reformed Church by the Rev. Herbert A. Sawyer. Mr. Walters is the son of Lewis Walters, of Pine street, and is employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The bride is the daughter of Mryand Mrs. Harry T. Ruby, of 1208 Market street, Harrls burg. BONFIRE FOOLS MANY A big blaze across the river, plainly visible here, yesterday gave rise to the rumor that the Government buildings at Marsh Run were ablaze. Inquiry showed that a large bonfire had been made In the camp to de stroy rubbish. MRS. ERITII E. BAKER Mrs. Edith Elizabeth Baker, wife of Milton Baker, of 4 8 South Second street, died at her home late Mon day night. She was 23 years of age, and leaves a husband and one daugh ter. Funeral services will be held at her late home to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial will be made In the Oberlin Cemetery. Thomas Boland, of Robesonla. was visiting his sister, Mrs. James Dunn, North Second street, yesterday. Bo land Is a brother of Sergeant Clem ent Boland. of Steelton, who was killed last September. Clarence R. Bothinger, of South Harrisburg street, will leave this week for Camden, N. J., to take up new work. Lieutenant James H. Johnson, of Camp Sheridan, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Clarence F. S'aylor, 305 Plne\street. Weir Retires as Minister of British Air Forces Vorer> WEIE.. Lord William Weir, Minister bf the British Air Forces, has resigned according to a report from London. The report adds that the air force's will cease to exist as a separate de partment of the navy and army, but In the future will be administered by the War office. Lord Weir was successful as Air Minister, and prov ed himself one the greatest war administrators. He was formerly Dlrector-Gonoral of Aircraft. He Is a brother of Lord Northcllffe. Sim's U-Boat Fighters Display Versatility Admiral Sims is the Pershing of ' 1 American Navy. Just as the Brit ish fleet worked on daily without the issuance of communiques, the units of the United States Navy on the other side did their huzardous bit In the sub marine zone. There was no pritise, because praise would warn the Hun. These boys are proudly displaying a birthday cake, which they made for Admiral Sims. It was delivered and eaten. W. M. Donaldson Retires as Head of Paper Company in Favor of His Son An important business change is noted in the legal advertising col umns of the Telegraph this evening. W. M. Donaldson, banker,, business man and prominent in civic activities, steps out as the head of the Donald son Paper Company to-day and is succeeded by his son, J. Allan Don aldson, who has been identified with the business for a number of years. In 1883 Mr. Donaldson in associa tion with R. A. Johnston organized the Johnston Paper Company, which was first established in the old Shakespeare Hall, the site of the Telegraph building. He had previ ously been engaged in similar lines at Philadelphia and had dealings with Mr. Johnston in this city. Impressed with the wonderful future of Har risbui-g as a railroad center and dis tributing point, he proposed the busi ness partnei-ship which followed and which continued until 1906 when Mr. Johnston retired. Meanwhile Mr. Donaldson had pur chased the property at Second and Locust streets where was formerly located the girls' school, conducted by Miss Woodward. This building was subsequently enlarged by the ad dition of a modern warehoudb with all facilities of handling paper in bulk. Under the direction of Mr. Donald son the business was developed to its present large proportions and when his son started at the bottom he was constantly in the mind of the father as his probable successor in the business. The change to-day is the culmination of the years of test ing and the young man takes the helm with the good wishes of the business community and a large cir cle of friends. ( W. M. Donaldson, as the pioneer in the paper business here, is widely known in financial, business and Ma sonic circles. He has given mufch time to the development of the great Masonic Home at Elizabethtown and in all civic activities has been among the leaders. He has desired for some time to relinquish some of the bur dens of business and felt that the close-of the war and the opening of a new era presented an auspicious time for the change.. Municipal Ash Collection Begins For First Time Municipal ash collections began to-day with teams and men work ing in the districts just north and south of Market street, yie Bureau of Ash and Garbage Inspection an nounced. Yesterday the agreement with the Steos-Simonetti Company to do the work ended, and the bureau was directed to hire teams and men and nontinue the work during the present year. Officials in charge said that at present the teams and men are , being furnished by the Stees-Simo netti Company each day. It is planned at present to have twenty two teams employed under the di rection of the city's assistant in spectors. Co-operation of the housekeepers is urged by the inspection bureau. Collections will be made every ten days now instead of bi-monthly. Ob servance of the rule requiring recep tacles holding not moro'than one and one-half nor less than one-half bushel will help the men in keep.ng on schedule, it was said. CITY'S BALANCE IS $215,507 FOR NEW YEAR Funds in the city treasury Janu ary 1 total $215,507.81, it was an nounced to-da.v. During December receipts totaled $41,385.97 and ex penditures $78,989.71. The balance December 1 was $253,111.55. The annual report of City Treasurer C. E. Weber will include receipts, expendi tures and the balance of avai able funds the year beginning Janu ary -7, 1918 and ending January 6, [1919. Ford Gives Employes Wage Raise ; Minimum Fixed at $6 Per Day Detroit, Jan. I.—A new minimum wage scale of six dollars a day, a flat Increase of one dollar a day for approximately 28,000 employes throughout the country, was an nounced to-day by the Ford Motor Company. Employes of the Ford tractor interests also are Included in the increase. The new wage mini mum becomes effective to-day. Twenty-three thousand other em ployes of the Ford interests already receive $6 or more a day. Prohibition Ratified by Feb. 1, Friends Predict Washington, Jan. 1. A survey of the wet and dry situation throughout the country Just com-i pleted by the Methodist Board of Temperance shows that there are 2,546 dry counties and 351 wet 1 counties. This is a dry gain for' the year of 460 counties. During the year tne drys won state-wide victories in Ohio, Florida, i Wyoming and Nevada, With a re-, count pending in Minnesota. They, were defeated in Misouri and Cal ifornia but eected ratification, leg-l Islatures in both states. There are 1 at present thirty-one dry states, not including Texas, where a state- ; wide prohibition law was held by the state supreme court to be con-' trary to the constitutional pro- 1 vision for local option. At present, opening of saloons in that state is being prevented by injunctions and , refusal of the comptroller to grant licenses. Th eprobability is that the federal > constitutional prohibition amend-} rent will be ratified before February, 1, 1919. Government Witness at Han Propaganda Inquiry A. BttXZ BiELASW Columns of newspnper space Jiave been devoted recently to the Ip.sti- I mony_ given by A. Bruce BleTaski, I chief of the Bureau of Investigation, f Department of Justice, before the Sen ate committee Investigating the brew r ery and /Clerman propaganda. This i photograph was taken at Washington he had begun his sensational [ disclosure* COMPENSATION IN CANCER CASE Peculiar Claim Is Awarded; Common Law Wife Enti tled to Law's Benefits MPW missioner Leech, of the Compensa tion Board, in which he sustains the findings of the referee in the case of the appeal of the National Aniline I and Chomlcal Company, of Marcus I Hook, against the award of the ] Board to Emma Whittle, of Phila delphia, following tho death of! George Whittle. The Board reviews the case at length and holds thut, j while medical testimony is at vari- j ance, common sense dictates that' since Whittle's slight cancerous af fliction of the face gave him no trou- j hie previous to the accident and that 1 it developed into a fatal illness imme- I diately after injure to ids cheek, it | is safe to infer that the accident' was responsible fox death. As to Whittle's "common law" wife, the board rules that to all intents and 1 purposes she was his wife under the law and is therefore entitled to tho award. The following other findings were announced: Case of Angeliki Frnn gia, Chios, Greece, vs. Jones and I>aughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh, findings of referee set aside anil new hearing granted. Case of Charles Witherow, Ber The I Business i Man i*, will buy his printing* now and save money against the constantly increasing. , cost of paper* f •CT j Some people will never learnl An 3 some learn in a short time I And still ;SJ others are wise enough to take advan- fi tage of their opportunities. i/ What is the use of turning one's < back to war conditions. ... . / / r " f The war is on! Paper costs more and more as the scarcity becomes more acute. The business man will need more printed matter, stationery, circulars, pamphlets, etc., as time goes on. But the business man will take time by the forelockJ • We are happy to *ay at this writing that we have on hand a fairly liberal stock of paper. And with our extensive facilities for printing we can share our economy in production with you. I ' Therefore order your printing , now. Call us on the phone and a n%£ui will be at your elbow in a jiffy. ,: 1 9 " rri The Telegraph Printing Co. , Printing Binding Designing Photo Engraving Die Stamping Plate Printing HARRISBURG, PA. t winsdale, vs. Reed Collier Company* 1 Berwlnsdale, new hearing grantee- Case of Angela Dlpalo, ItalJW' against the P. & R. Railways Com- Pany, new hearing granted. All Offices Closed—All the statw' offices were closed to-day in honori of the New Year. State Bank Call—State Banking Commissioner Daniel F. Dafean to-; day issued a call for a statement byj all state banks, trust companies andl saving institutions as of the close of . business, December 31. Kaufman's Clean Sweep Sale Starts Friday Announcement is made on anoth er page of this paper of the be-t ginning f the Clean Sweep Sate, a semiannual event at the Kaufman' Stores, beginning on Friday. The stire will be closed all to-morroy In order to enable theA salesforcd to rearrange and remarljV the merchandise preparatory to thV opening df the event Friday mortm ingr The broom, as In the pn* will be a feature of the sale. I particulars regarding the event ~.l I |