Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1924 — Page 6

■ YESTERDAY AnD TOMORROW A PRACTICAL EDUCATION RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAR IS HELL AN OLD GAG By Arthur Brassbone Editor Daily Democrat, Decatur. Indiana. Dear Sir: The Knights of the Prolific Pen put on a contest to imitate Brisbane. I vi>n! So you can see for yourself that there must have been some poor authors. Will you kindly publish this in your Dally Democrat* I assure you that this malerial is all new ant! original. Nothing borrowed except the form and style. No infringement on copyrights. .lust a few Inklings as the spirit moves me. Our Club Is made up of members who are subscribers to your paper and all sport Eversharps us proof thereof. If you see fit to give us room, we can furnish you this service once a week free of charge. You stated in your form letters sent out to gain renewals that you wanted the clientile to participate and contribute. Here’s our mite- will you co-operate* Sincerely, ARTHUR HRASSBONE What is a practical education? Ttyaverage college and school curriculum resembles that patchwork known as the “crazy quilt." This scratching the surface will not do; one must plow . deeper. Few studies thoroughly done.| ami these few the student, is the answer to the foregoing question. Many young persons are learning more ways of expressing thoughts than they have thoughts to express, and instead of having ten ideas of value, they give promise of reaching at least ten methods of stating one idea, and perhaps a small one at that. In 1435 Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for disagreeing with his neighbors on matters of religion. Williams claimed that the church and government should be independent of each other and that every man should have the right to worship as he saw fit. In January the following year he fled through the cold wintry blasts and arrived in the Narragansett Bay country. Here he founded a town which he tailed ‘■Providence." Rhode Island, which is the birthplace of complete political and religions liberty in th* United States. The colony of Maryland in 14-19 passed the famous Toleration Act which provided that no Christian ihould be intorefered with In any way in the practice of his religion. While the proprietor. Lord Baltimore, was a Roman Catholic, many of the colonists were Protestants. These, however, were not persecuted but were given dne respect and granted religious toleration. The result was that they were contented and the colony prospered. Persecuted religious sects soon came from all quarters to Seek freedom Recently the federal court at Portland. Ore., held unconstitutional the public law in that alate which reqnirea children of grammar schisd

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age to attend public school. The law was adopted nt a general election in 1922 by initiative. The court took tlie view that the constitutional rights of parents bad been contravened by ' the law just as much as the rights of the complaining organizations. The case will be appealed to the U. S. supreme court. Charles G. Dawes has presented to the reparations commission a “businesslike" plan for obtaining reparations from Germany, while balancing her budget and stabilizing her currency. But Germany sends an answer of three strong objections. Nations are beginning to learn that 1 war is costly and that Germany's definition was not over-emphatic. It is always well to remember that the "next war" Is being planned when the last one ceases. The next war will not be “declared." it will sweep down like a tropical storm, unannounced by any thunder of lightning. There is enough war timber lying about to kindle the whole fire again—IF NOTHING PREVENTS. Tito world has a Peace Palace at The Hague; it did not have the WILL to Peace In the people; therefore war <ame. Suppose we have a b-ague of nations. We ought to have It or its equivalent and we still have the opportunity of getting it. But without the WILL to Peace, without a strong set toward Peace as an ideal, a league of nations would be of little conseI quence. Peace should be a real, positive program! Paper can only hold ink. But the I WILL of the people for Peace can ; hold back every war-like force in the world. A small, well organized min- ‘ ority is more than a match for a large unorganized majority. In Russia there are 150.0W1.000 people; yet COfi.M* Bolsheviks rule them. Ono thing Is important just now; the world this moment is doing morel for war preparedness than for Peace preparedness. Does that concern you I now? If not It will later for there! will boa “next war" just as certainly as tomorrow will be a new day. if there is a more deliberate organization for it than there is against it. It I is not a question of what the people "want;" it is a question of what they WILL. Turn this over in your mind and ponder it a while. It can be sat - I ly said that the people seldom "want"l war; but Just as seldom do they WILL Peace. Students of an Observation class in Pittsburgh report that the most com- • mon "gag" found in the "I-ost and Found” column of local papers is i this one: "The party who took so-atnb ■ ‘ so from in front of the so and-so store ou such and-su. h a night, is known , and unless It is returned. prosecution ■ will follow." It Is estimated that this will not I bring results once in five-hundred I times. It is even claimed by good i authorities, that when a thief sees such an ad his mind is actually rellevt ed. for he knows then that no clue is > against him otherwise no such public methods would be employed. O- — - - • The Mexican rebels have no airt planes but are doing some flying. I' nevertheless — Greenville piedmont.

DECATUR DAll V DEMOCHAT SATURDAY, APRIL 12 1924

New Addition Opened At Ossian: Boom Seen *1 Albert A. Melching is back of a . movement to promote u residence .'building boom nt 0.-.iiin. There is . reported to have been a med for some time of more residences al Ossian, and to afford building sites Mr. Mel- ' thing has brought four acres of land from Theodore Crowl and two acres from Harvey Prough, and will have ’ incorporated as the A. A. .Melching addition Io the town of Ossian. Part ■ of the land already has been platted thirteen off Ijtfever street and either side of the south side of Craig street, the new addition lying on the extreme east of both these streets. There yet remains one and three-fourths acres of land, this lying direftly east of the new school house site, but which will be used for residence lots when a street is put through. One lot is already sold, the construction of the house to be begun at once, and the work of grading the toad and laying concrete sidewalk will commence as soon as possible. - - o (TTY MARKET FOR MARION IS PROPOSED (United Press Service) Marion. Ind., April 12—Plans for the creation of a city produce market for Marion are being completed by a I committee of the Grant county Farm i Bureau. f The market, according to members i of the committee, would be a com- ' munity affair, and. at the start would only be open two days a week. Country Produce, eggs, butter, chickens, fruits, vegetables, bread . pies wills he sold at the market, nc- ! cording to plans. Elimination of the ' middleman would bring prices down to a same level and still allow a good

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profit for the farmers, the members I of the committee believe. OMinor Changes Made In Basketball Rules » J New York-, April 12. Minor changes; ’ in the basketball playing code to as ( ■ sure a greater uniformity in Interpre--1 tutlon and to eliminate wholesale 1 fouling were made yesterday by the ‘ joint basketball rules committee repre- : seating the A. A. I'.. the International Y. M. C. A. ami the National Colle•i.itc Athletic association. While tlie changes will not material- - ly affect the style of the amateur game as it is now played they will tend to clarify the code by shifting the burden of the defense, thereby 1 giving officials a tangible technical violations a matter of judgment. The most important change from the player's point of view makes ' guarding from the rear, where theroj ! is resultant contact, a personal foul. This makes the rule more binding and decision becomes mandatory instead I of arbitrary. The rule pertaining to running with the bull was clarified by specifying that, the ball must leave the player's hands before the pivot was defined for the first time to enable an official to discriminate against pivoting and “making progress with the ball.” The jumping rule, which compels n player to have his hand behind his back while jumping, was modified so that in the event the offended team g.-ts possession of the ball after the violation shall continue without interruption. but In the event the team making the violation gets possession of the ball, the infraction shall bo callI ed. A substitute who has been sent into the game must actually participate be- ' fore he can be withdrawn. The time

• loment in games played in quarters , was changed so that between the first and second and third and fourth quarters but one minute shall elapse. The duties of the umpire were ex , panded so that an umpire can call 1 out of bounds on his aide of the court and can also toss the bull up In scrim--1 mage; hut in divisions of opinion as to rulings pertaining to fouls the refer, •■ shall be supreme. The math r of changing the scoring ‘to make a field goal count three points and a foul one was brought up and discussed to some length but was pigeonholed. q WOt 1.1) HAVE DANCERS “PI NCH THE ( LOCK" Indianapolis. April 12. Punching

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( the time clock nnd signing the register nt public dance halls may soon ! be the vogue here If the present daneo i hall ordinance is revamped according ! to suggestions‘made at a meeting of the committee charged with rewritThe idea, according to members of the committee, is Io prevent married persons and boys "out for a. good ' lime.” from frequenting the dance halls. The committee did not say just what they proposed to do if the patrons of the dance halls conveniently) •forgo’ their real names for the moment.” Substitution of the name of hostess for "matron.” anfi raising the pay from ,2 to s"> were discussed.

looking for k Elwood. Ind., April looking for a chief of pollcp 1 No small job, either, lhßtt , y(lr «’ find a man who wifi ••„„ ’J “»•’ at till sum- t , m „ w| ’"'■ Sider the salary offers ‘" l ' For the time b.-lng the m been Perming a chief of J.7“ fnayor. and. he says, | tP h . full. s hu M — _ I Th,-r, ‘ '••■ non.) of a , k . . i party forth.. ans J if a liepubli.un convention m,,,,,,. ever b- crazy enough m LaFollelte for I’resideut Blade.