Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 126.

ADDRESS TO GRADUATES Dr. Nathaniel Butler of Chicago University Delivers Commencment Address. PRACTICAL POINTERS On “Some Common Errors Regarding Education”— Twenty-three in Class. * * * ****** * * * * # CLASS ROLL. * * * Frances Marcella Cole. * Charles Alger Brodbeck. * Helen May Fanner. * Margaret Bell Mills. * Jacob Milton Yager. * * Naomi Porter Dugan. * * Dallas Marion Elzey. * Gladys Eugenia Kern. * Benjamin Wilson Teeple * * Sadie Blanche McCrory. * $ Edgar Donadl Vanvii, * * Ruth Belle Baltzell. # * Paul Vernon Myers. Rose Mabel Green. * * Herman Sherman Beery, •> ! * Velma Oneida Lenhart. * William Sigman Bowers. * 1 * Hester Jane Long. * * Gregg Counterman Neptune. * Zelda Edna Schnitz. * Karl Kenneth Battenberg. * * Orpha Ellen Sheets. * * Neva Imogene Brandyberry. * : i ; Hi ❖ ❖ Jjs £ ' The largest class of graduates since 1897, when the three-year tourse was merged into the four-year course, Friday evening was graduated frcuy the high school, when twentythree young people received from i City School Superintendent E. E Rice their diplomas, showing that they.had completed the course prescribed by the Decatur high school. The commencement exercises were held in the Bosse opera house, and when the cur-, tain arose at 8:30 o'clock a large and ■ » appreciative assembly greeted with applause the pretty scene on the stage. Arranged in a semi-circle were the twenty-three young people—thirteen young ladies, typical American girls, and ten young men, typical American boys—all in the pink of physical, mental, moral and spiritual development. The girls in their pretty frocks of white, were just as sweet if not Sweeter than any girl graduate " who has ever been graduated, and the boys just as good looking, if not more •o, than any others, but above all this they had that air which is more than mere prettihess and ornamentation—that which assures one that they are equipped with all the forces and power that will make good in the larger and newer world and wort-:, which they are about to enter to take up. The stage was very simply, but appropriately decorated, the background being hung with high school and college pennants, showing that the minds of the students me stul looking forward to and expeiU; - : J i pursue their education still further. Music by the male quartet, com!'; -■ tag J. Q. Neptune, D. A. Baumgart her, E. E. Rice and J. C. Tritcm ' - a medley of those good old son- “ long ago, sung with that simplicity true harmony and sympathy that brought home to each hearer the quaint truth and sentiment that malo s such songs live forever —old, but ever new. The Rev. E. A. Goodwin of the I ’<• Ited Brethren church, in an earne Prayer, and beautiful, invoked the c‘i ttine blessings upon all, and then came a vocal duet, beautiful in it sc': and rendered all the more so by th-' Perfect and beautiful interpretation of the singers, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune, this being onof the most pleasing numbers on the Program. Professor E. E. Rice then introduc the speaker of the evening, Dr. N thaniel Butler, of the department oi duration of Chicago university. Dr. Butler is recognized as one of the for®ost educators of the United States, an d being in close touqh with thstudents of the world,-was an author-

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ity on whereof he spoke, his theme being “Some Common Errors Regarding Education.” Dr. Butler stated that his lectures were in many cases considered “dry.” 'if dryness means “well-seasoned” and getting down to the pith and point of the matter, he is right. There was never a more practical, more helpful, more pointed lecture, teeming with plain, every-day matters of interest to all, than given by him. He struck straight to the heart of tne matter of education, the false afid the true, and the fact that he has been in contact with students every day for many years, makes him an authority thereon. First of all he considered the age at which a hoy should be taken from school and put to work in business. He stated that a young boy, trained from early years might be a help to the business, but would it be a help to the boy? He might begin early to win dollars and cents for the business, and for himself, also, but mere wage-earn-ing skill is not the only value of education. One should be broadly educated • the social side should be considered, tbe value as a citizen should be considered, the love of pictures, music, books, religion, the broadening of human sympathy, love for nature, and the aptitude for carrying responsibility should also be developed. An education should not be judged by its ability to earn a livingalone, but in its developing an intelligent citizen. Too much time cannot be taken for perfecting the education. There is no short cut to anything worth while. The Lord takes years to make an oak tree, but only six weeks to make a i squash. In this day of competition, i business men and professions want trained men. and a true training rej quires time. I A training is the thing that counts. And what we want to do at the time required, does no hinge upon what we 1 want to do, at that time, but upon what we have been doing ever since we began living. We are trained by I continuing to do things. It is a mistake to think that self-made men succeed because they are self-made. They are endowed by nature with transcendent ability and succeed because they must, and in spite of hardships. Because such men of unusual ability succeed, and w ithout education except j that Winch they pick up themselves, is nor saying that all men, yith ordinary ability, can do so. Schools never made a man, nor will lack of schools unmake a man, who is made of the i right kind of stuff. Give the man euI dowed with a great natural ability a training and he will do much more than he would through his own efforts. Another mistake in education is in thinking -that schools are not “real life” —that real life does not come until after graduation. After-graduation is not different from real life. School life, is life itself—in fact it is more intensely real. What we are in school, we will be in after life—because it is there the most vivid impressions are made —and life in school is inseparable from after life. Do not do in school life what you do not want to do in after life. It is a mistake to think one can “sow’ wild oats” and not reap them. A farmer who has succeeded in ridding his farm of Canadian thistles after five generations of fighting them, would be foolish to go out and sow Canada thistle seed again, and expect not to reap the folly of his deed. So it is in life. Do not sow the seed of undesirable traits and there will be no reaping of the folly. It is also a common error to say that schools are irreligious. While, in this country of freedom of worship, it would be wrong to teach dogmatic religious creeds tn the schools, it is nevertheless a fact that the students, who look up to their teachers and follow’ in their footsteps, taking them for their high example. are imbibing from the • living religion” of the teacher's life, the precepts of religion. We should have not mere teachers of religion, but more teachers who live their religion. The greater number of the schools recognize this and only religious teachers, of the highest moral and religious standard are employed, their lives being a living example of righteousness to the students. Dr. Butler then closed with an earnest, ■ heart-to-heart talk with the graduates i on their new step, not into real life. > but into further life. The presentation of the diplomas , was then made by Professor E. E. Rice after he gave an excellent little I talk on the school life, its hopes and ideals .and then came the presentation .■ of “the spade from the seniors to the juniors." This has been a custom of ’ several years, the spade being symbolical of “digging” that virtue so neces- ? ?ar y to success Each year the sen(Continued on Page 2)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, May 25, 1912.

Wluru' if ' 7 ML Jr/'X al FT •’* ; fP'rJ ' S ' Wis Jr" Is SENIOR CLASS Upper row, from left to right: Gregg Neptune, Frances Cole, Will Bowers, Naomi Dugan, Donald Vancil, Zelda Schnitz, Ben Teeple, Milton Yager. Second row: Charles Brodbeck, Orpha Sheets, Karl Battenberg, Paul Myers, Velma Lenhart, Neva Brandyberry, Sherman Beery, Margaret Mills. Third row: Blanch McCrory, Rosa Green, Ruth Baltzell, Jennie Long, Gladys Kern, Helen Fonner, Dallas Elzey.

MEMORIAL SERMON For Departed Soldiers Will be Delivered Sunday at U. B. Church. BY REV. E. A. GOODWIN A Union Service in Which all Protestant Churches Will Join. The annual memorial services for the departed soldiers will be held Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the United Brethren church, when the Rev. E. A. Goodwin, the pastor, will deliver the memorial sermon. He has chosen the very suggestive theme, “Honorable Scars,’’ and a very appropriate, as well as inspiring and helnful sermon will be given for the living as well as in memory of the dead. The service will be a union meeting and all the protestant churches of the city will dismiss in the morning for this occasion A special invitation is extended to all the pastors of the city to attend and to assist. Special preparations for the musical part of the program have been made by the choir, and everything possible will be done to do honor to those who gave or risked their lives for their country. The G. A. R. and W. R. C. will attend in a body. o A PRETTY SIGHT. It was a pretty sight in front of the National express office this morning al 6:40 o’clock when the local agent, J. C. Patterson, liberated a crate of twen-ty-four beautiful carrier pigeons, as per the request of their breeder, F. Scott, of Toledo. The little birds circ led about the city two or three times till they got their bearings and then started off on a bee line for their home city. The birds were sent here to test their homing ability. Mr. Patterson will receive word Monday from Mr. Scott relative to the time they reached home. MR. KEIPER BETTER. The condition of Jacob Keiper, now under the care of two doctors, and a trained nurse, was somewhat better today over that of Friday, and his chances for recovery were more favorable than heretofore. Unless something unforseen in the way of blood poisoning sets in, he will get along all right. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE. There will be no morning service at the Presbyterian church tomorrow, owing to the memorial service at the United Brethren church. The evening service wiljjie held at 7:30, when the last sermon in the series of a modern man’s religious questions will be given.

ENJOYED SMOKER. Ode McClish seemed to fenjoy the trip to the penitentiary at Michigan City very well and smoked some fifteen cigars on the way there, it is said, as it will probably be his last chance for many years, the prison furnishing only pipes and prison tobacco to its inmates. Sheriff Durkin and Policeman Melchi met the other Adams county men now confined there and had talks with them. Gert Reynolds, who is in the barber department, was well and seemed in good spirits. The showman, Cook, who was sent up from here last fall, is working on the stone pile. o BASE BALL GAME High School Seniors Win from Faculty in Game With Score 8 to 7. INTERESTING GAME First One Played on New Clover Leaf Diamond— Some Fast Playing. The first game on the new Clover Deaf base ball diamond was played Friday afternoon when an interesting game was pulled off by the high school seniors and the faculty. The seniors won by the score of 8 to 7. The diamond is not yet in the best of condition, but there was some fast playing, nevertheless, with plenty of good spirit and good pitching, on both sides. There were not quite enough to make up the two teams, so It was necessary to go “on the outside" for some of the players. J. C. Tritch and Howard Wisehaupt were umpires, and the line-up follows: Seniors: Catcher, Sherman Beery; pitcher. Leland Frank (sophomore); first base, Karl Battenberg; second base, Gregg Neptune; third base, Donald Vancil; short stop, Charles Brodbeck; center field, Paul Myers; right field, Frank Lose; left field, Dallas Elzey. Faculty: (Pitcher, Chester Johnson; catcher, Carl Beatty; first base, Cal Peterson; second base, E. E. Rice: third base, D. A. Baumgartner; short stop, M. F. Worthman; left field, MarJin Hoffman; center field, Rev. Karl Thompson: right field, Clark Spahr. Umpires—J. C. Tritch and Howard Wisehaupt. 123456789 Seniors 03011010 2—B Faculty 10303000 o—7 o SPECIAL CAR LEAVES AT NOON. The Knights of Columbus special car on the interurban will leave the station in this city at 12:45, noon, tomorrow, Sunday, May 26th. Quite a number of Decatur Knights will take the fourth degree, which is to be exemplified Sunday.

THE FIRST RUN 1 The New Fire Truck Proves Its Speed in Evad g the Eyes of the Curious. AT EFFECTUAL WORK; Marked the Initial Trip of New Apparatus —No Damage Was Done. A small blaze at the residence of Dr. D. G. M. Trout on Mercer avenue about 8 o’clock this morning called' the fire department on the first run with the new equipment. As the alarm was blown several crowds of citizens issued forth and made a strong race for Monroe and Second streets to see the new machine depart, but it had gone. Ten sec-/ ends after the alarm was blown the machine was in the street and headed west. South on Third street it went and east on Adams and southeast on Mercer avenue it ran. Within a minute and a half the equipment was at the scene of the fire and the men set to w-ork in getting the chemical in order. The Erie section gang, working near-by, had already helped put out the fire and it required only a few gallons of the chemical to effectually deaden any blaze that was left. The fire was out and the crew' was getting the equipment on the truer before the crowd began to arrive ami many comments on the speed of the new apparatus was heard. The fire w'as caused from an overheated flue and caused no damage aside from the scare which was given the occupants. SUNDAY SERVICES. The Y. P. C| U. of the U. B. church will be lead Sunday evening by Miss Nett Deam. The program is as fol-1 lows: Opening Songs—Nos. 50, 66. 52. Lesson Subject—“ How to Please Christ. II Tim. 2:1-13. Song—No. 23—Quartet:Goldie Fisher, Leah Hammond, Nina Chronister, Hope Hoopengarner. Prayer—Pastor. Song—No. 192. Reading of the Lesson. Duet —Zelma Stevens and Hazel Butler. Reading—Ercie Butler. Lesson Readings. Adresses —Howard Wisehaupt and Ben Hoagland. Duet —Zelma Nelson and Marie Kell. Bible Readings. Song. Talk —Pastor. Meeting turned over to the' president, Harry Imler. o Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Jackson of Craig- < ville went to Ft. Wayne this afternoon i to visit with relatives. 1 i . *

MR. ANDERSON TAKEN HOME. Believed He Has Typhoid Fever—Erie Engineer, Been 111 Ten Days, John L. Anderson, one of the staff of engineers for the Chicago & Erie railroad, who came here about two months ago, and who has been ill for a week or ten days was taken today to his home at Pittsburg, Pa., being accompanied home by Engineer Welch. It was at first thought that Anderson was suffering from malaria, contracted while in the south last fall, but the physicians today diagnosed his ailment as typhoid fever, and recommended that he be taken home at once, which will be done. The young man has made many friends here who hope he will soon recover and return to his work here. STULTZ CHIMES One of the Promising Trotting Racers of the Season Was Raised Here. BY W. H. STULTZ Sold Two Weeks Ago to the President of Chicago West Side Club. Stultz Chimes, a gelding, born in this county, owned and raised by W. H. Stultz, promises to become one of the greatest race horses of the age. I'he horse was born in this county about six years ago and was turned over to Harry Jones of Rushville, one I of the world’s greatest horse trainers, on an agrement that he was to prepare the colt and dispose of it on a fifty per cent contract. Two weeks ago he sold Stultz Chimes to a Chicago man and the Western Horseman, I in this week s issue, says: “Stultz | Chimes, which trotted in 2:14% in his’ work last year and has a two-minute I record, is now’ owned by the president of the West Side club, at Chicago, and will be raced.” He is one of twelve horses, sired by Council Chimes, that will be raced this year and it is believed that Stultz Chimes will be the sensation of the big circuit after he gets to trotting for the money. M”. Stultz will W’atch his work with much interest, and may see him go before the season is over. He sold the horse for $750. o — COMING TO FORT WAYNE. Welper and Fields’ Jubilee —Largest Theatrical Co. in America. A theatrical event of supreme importance will be the appearance at the Majestic theater, Fort Wayne, on Friday, May 31st, of Weber and Fields' Jubilee company, direct from its sensationally successful engagement at the Broadway theater, New Y'ork. This wonderful all-st.ir organization will be ■ brought to this city absolutely intact without a single change in the personnel. It is hardly necessary to state that such a cast as will be seen here has not been gathered together in this country since Weber and Fields were last seen together. A glance at the list of names is sufficient to convince the local theater-goers that for once at least “the entire original company" is something more than a mere promise. Here the}’ are: Lillian Russell, Fay Templeton, William Collier, Geo. Beban, Bessie Clayton, John T. Kelly, Helena Collier Garrick, Ada Lewis, Frankie Bailey and Weber and Fields themselves. The organization will be seen in the irresponsible entertainment now current at the Broadway theater, “Hokey-Pokey.” This is the customary merry medley of satire, travesty and out-and-out musical comedy, staged with exceptional lavishness and inter- ; preted by a company of more than a hundred, including a typical Weber- > Fields chorus of fascinating and > charming girls. As a special feature > a short burlesque of “Bunty Full the s Strings,” is introduced and is play- * fully called “Bunty Bulls and > Strings.” * Prices: Gallery, $1.00; balcony, j three rows, $2.50; nine rows, $2.00; > entire lower floor, $3.00. Out of town =1 mail orders will receive prompt atten- = tion.

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CHARTERED A CAR Knights of Columbus Will Go to Fort Wayne Sunday in Special Interurban Car TO WITNESS WORK Fifteen of Decatur Council Will Take Fourth Degree With Class of 125. Arrangements are made for chartering of a car by the Knights of Columbus for their going to Fort Wayne Sunday and to convey a large number of the local council to that city to take part and witness the fourth degree which will be conferred upon 125 candidates, fifteen of whom will be' from the Decatur lodge. Elaborate have been the preparations of the Ft. Wayne council to entertain the hundreds of members who will come from the forty-nine councils of the state, and the state office-s who will exemplify the work. A great honor is being bestowed upon Fort Wayne as this is the first time that the fourth degree will be conferred outside of Indianapolis. At least thirty from the local lodge will be in attendance for the work of the afternoon and the big banquet to be served at the Anthony hotel in the evening, when the assembly will be addressed by famous orators. Rev. Father Schumacher, C. S. C., state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the Notre Dame university faculty, has been slated for the evening talk, which will be followed by an address by Edward Remmert, fourth degree master of Indianapolis, as well as Maurice and Charles Neizer of Fort Wayne, who will respond to toasts. The special car will leave Decatur at 12:45 and I will convey none others than Knights of Columbus. ?-l o > QUARTERLY MEETING. The first quarterly meeting of the conference year will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday and Monday. The special services will be as follows: Love feast at 6 a. m. Sunday. Sermon by the district superintendent, J. A. Beatty, D. D„ at 10:30 a. m. Following the sermon will be holy communion. At the evening service the pastor will preach and administer the communion to those who cannot be present in the morning. The quarterly conference will convene at 7:30 Monday night. Dr. J. A. Beatty will preside. o FIVE DITCHES SOLD TODAY. The surveyor’s office was the scene of a busy ditch selling this morning at 10 o'clock, and the result w’as as follows: The Pearl King main ditch sold to Mayer & Stevens for $2,175; the Pearl King branch ditch sold to J. A. Young for $907; the Jacob Henchen ditch sold to O. C. Yaney and William F Bracht for $1,035; the Fritz Koenig ditch sold to Sam Butler for $399; the V\. P. Barkley ditch sold to Mayer & Stevens for $515. o * MEMORIAL DAY. * * Decatur, Ind., May 25, 1912. 4= * The beautiful custom of the * * living patriots strewing the ■:< * graves of the dead patriots with * flowers on memorial day shows * with what reverence and esteem * * the people of the United States -k * hold the defenders of our coun- * * try. The people of this country * * deem it a pleasure to reverently * lay aside their usual vocations in * * life and join with the boys in blue a * to place their flowers and gar- 4- * lands upon the graves of their * * fallen comrades w'ho have pitch- -k * ed their tents on the other side of * * Jordan, where the tree of life is * *blooming, and the call of arms has a * ceased. I would earnestly re- * * quest that all our j>eople give k * heed to this ploclamation and v * that you close your usual places * * of business, and that you re- « * frain from your usual avocations * * of life from 1 to 5 o’clock p. m., * * on Set.oii’il Day, May 30, 1912. * * JUDSON W. TEPLE, * * Mayor of City of Decatur. * **************