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MENTAL SUCCESS DEPENDS ON PHYSICAL CONDITION—TALKS ON "NEGLECTED ASPECT

IN TEACHING HEALTH"

BOTH INSTRUCTORS POPULAR

Teachers Give Close Attention To Their Discussions of Timely Topics—"Fads in Education" Subject of Dr. Hulley— Teachers Laugh and Weep at Will of Lecturer.

The Hancock County Teachers' Institute was called to order at the opening session Monday by Supt. Richman at 10 o'clock. Miss Williams and Miss Dora Arnold had charge of the opening exercises, which consisted of two songs, "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Blest Be the Tie that Binds."

The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. R. W. Thompson of the Baptist church of this city. Superintendent Richman introduced Dr. Lindley, one of the instructors, who was greeted by a round of applause. Dr. Lindley chose for his subject, "The Neglected Aspect in Teaching Health." He gave a masterful discussion on the necessity of caring for our physical welfare, if we wish to achieve a mental success.

In his address Dr. Lindley drew many striking comparisons, showing that most all mental failures are due to insufficient care of the physical body. Statistics were given showing that a man weighing 150 to 160 pounds would produce on an average of 3,500 foot pounds of energy, of which 2,700 pounds went for the production of heat 800 foot pounds for muscular, vital, nervous and higher mental work. Only 100 to 150 units go for the production of the higher mental wrork.

The body always has first claim on the energy produced, hence the body must be in a perfect condition or the mind must suffer. He then gave some of his experiences with pupils suffering from adenoids.

After a brief intermission, Walter Dunn, agent for the Young People's Reading Circle books, gave a short talk, which was appreciated by all.

Dr. Hulley then gave a most interesting talk on "Fads in Education." He encouraged the formation of the physical culture fad, the music fad and the nature study fad.

The afternoon session was opened with a song, "Flag of the Free," after which Dr. Lindley gave a most interesting and beneficial talk on the "Multiple Personality of the Teacher." He gave many common defects, such as astigmatism and deafness, found in almost every school room, and the best means of treating these.

Dr. Hulley's subject for the afternoon was "Eugene Field and the Children." After giving a brief but interesting biography of Fields, he launched forth into his subject and for an hour the audience was first in tears and then laughter. To appreciate this address properly one should have heard it, for it iswbeyond words to describe. Dr. Hulley is very witty as well as instructive.

Both instructors have already won their way to the hearts of the teachers and the week promises to be a pleasant and profitable one.

Miss Nelle Reed is recording secretary and Arthur Williamson is enrolling secretary and treasurer.

The second day of the institute convened at 9:30 a. m., the teachers singing "Columbia," and "Onward, Cnristian Soldiers." The devotional exercises were led by Rev. Jos. B. Williamson, of the Presbyterian church, who spoke of the "Ideal Teacher."

Dr. Hulley spoke on the subject "Combination of History and Geography in the School Room." In this most interesting lecture, Dr. Hulley brought forth many convincing arguments showing that the history of all nations is greatly determined by their geographical conditions.

Dr. Lindley followed with an address on "Mental Deficiency." The most convincing statement of Dr. Lindley is that the business of the public school today is to teach the child to love to work efficiently.

The Tuesday afternoon session was opened by,singing "Holy, Holy, Holy," and "Suwanee River," followed by Dr. Hulley's address on the subject, "Child Study and Child

Training." Dr. Hulley insisted that there is a reason for all childish fears and that they should be respected and studied before a child is punished for any seemingly unnecessary fears or actions. After a short intermission Miss Dora Arnold favored the institute with that beautiful monologue, "Along the Rappahannock."

Dr. Lindley used as his subject, "The Background subject of Sleep." Some of the gleanings of this lecture ar "Sleep is of more value than food." "The time of sleep is the time of the marshalling of all the forces that stand for your efficiency."

The third day or the Hancock County Institute began with the largest attendance of the year. The large auditorium of the high school building was almost filled. Among the audience were seen many business and professional men and their wives, as well as many young people. The ministers are also taking a great interest in the work.

One noticeable feature of the institute is the large number of young teachers who are about to begin their first school. This is very pleasing to the school authorities, for they are very anxious that the young people should take a greater interest in the educational field.

Today is "Trustees' Day," and most of the trustees were found there. Institute wTas opened by the singing of "Old Black Joe," and "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me." Rev. L. J. Naftzger, of the Bradley M. E. church, conducted the devotional exercises. He chose for his scripture lesson the second chapter of Second Paul, beginning with the fourteenth verse. He then made an appeal for the uplifting of humanity.

Dr. Lindley followed with a lecture on "Ourselves, or The Hidden Powers of Men." He said: "Near the close of the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, a conference, composed of the governors of the several states, and other public men, met at the White House to discuss the conservation of the natural resources of the United States. They pointed to the great waste of metals of the earth to the destruction of our forests to the exposure of the'water sheds thus causing a great waste of soil. But they did not even take notice of the tragic waste in the suppression of character. "After all, it is not the raw material that is of great value, but the finished product. And the finished product is the result of the brain work of the man. Iron ore at the mine, is worth one dollar per ton send it to Pittsburgh and let it be smelted into steel, and its value increases to twenty-eight dollars per ton. Send this steel to the old Swiss watchmaker and let him make it into watch-springs, and it is worth four hundred dollars per ton. So, the difference is not in the raw product, but in the amount of brains mixed with the work. "Gold is not always wealth. Wealth is a social thing, as well as an intellectual thing. During the gold fever period in Alaska, what would a dollar buy? Bad food, bad shelter, and also bad company. What would it buy in New York, Boston or even in Greenfield? What is the difference? The moral quality of a neighborhood is of a cash value."

He also spoke of the great and good work done by many philanthropic millionaires, especially of Joseph Phelds, the millionaire who brought about the passage of the land budget in England, whereby the nobles are compelled to pay tax on their lands, which had hitherto been exempt.

Continuing, Dr. Lindley said: "There are many 'mute inglorious Miltons' in this great country of ous, if they were only given a chance to develop their talent. "There will always be a man, not well known in Wall street, or at Washington, who will lead the nation through its next great crisis when it comes. John Ruskin says the best insurance for a nation is the making of souls."

Dr. Lindley gave many statistics showing that the men who achieve the greatest success come from the city—not because the city people have greater mental ability but because they are given an opportunity to develop their abilities and put forth their best efforts.

Dr. Hulley chose for his subject "The Bugbear of the School." He said he once asked a little boy what the bugbear of the school was and he replied "the teacher." Some teachers, he said, think the bugbear is the bad boy of the class,

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but in his opinion it is in most cases, arithmetic. "In many cases you see people who are mathematically blind," said Dr. Hulley, "and this blindness is a cause for a great many quitting school. It puts a premium on truancy, for they do not want to go to school and make a failure every day. I know a boy who was always troubled with severe headaches and stomach aches. The doctor did everything in his power to cure the boy, but all in vain. These aches and pains usually came on about October 1st and disappeared about May. One day, in a burst of confidence, the boy told the doctor it was the arithmetic lesson."

Dr. Hulley then made a plea that we teach the rule and not the exceptions in arithmetic. He says that the best informed people are not always the best teachers. For they fail to see the subject matter with the mind of a child.

So great was the attendance at the teachers' institute Wednesday afternoon that it was necessary to bring in chairs from the recitation rooms to accommodate the crowd.

After the singing of "Work, for the Night is Coming" and "My Old Kentucky Home," Dr. Lindley arose and delivered a masterful discourse on "The Importance of Individuals." This address was in reality a continuation of the forenoon talk. Dr. Lindley said: "There are no ordinary people, whose lives are simply of a humdrum, colorless existence. The reason why we see them in an ordinary light is because we attempt to look at their life as a whole and not at its separate parts. The inside of life is so much larger than the outside that we are more liable to neglect the inner and more intricate part of life for the superficial outer life. "The only real things in life are the individual things. That is why Leonardi De Vinci's paintings are so valued by the French, because they comprise the individuality of the French. "God made everything different so as to make this world a universe of the greatest variations. The vast and multiple variations of human nature make it possible for them to accomplish things that are seemingly out of their power. "Some people are like winter apples. They are sour and acid a greater part of their life, but suddenly they are ripened into the sweetest fruit. Hence, we are unable to judge a person's ability to 'make good' in any enterprise until we have seen them try. it."

Dr. Lindley turned the topic of Tuesday around and instead of showing the influence of geography on history, he showed the influence of men on geography. Using Sardinia, Corsica and Greece as examples, he showed the difference in their history simply because the right man was not born. Greece, with all its art,' far surpassed the others because the right man was born in Greece and not in Sardinia or Corsica.

He drew many comparisons from the field of history and showed that up to 1860 we were living in a period of "Washingtonianism.", while from 1860 we have been living in a period of Lincolnism, because of the great individuality of these two great men. "To me," Dr. Lindley continued, "Christianity is the tolerance of the individual." He then turned his topic to the discussion of over-de-veloped and under-developed children, showing that a person suffering from some physical deformity has an eternal disadvantage. To succeed he must do his work a great deal better than the physically sound person, before he will receive any recognition."

In closing, Dr. Lindley said: "After all, human contacts are the only contacts that wake people up."

After a brief intermission, Miss Williams favored the institute with an entertaining vocal solo, entitled "Who is Silvia?"

Dr. Hulley then in his masterful way, favored the audience with a most interesting and touching account of "Burns, and His Humanity." Dr. Hulley dealt with the early life of Burns and his wanderings and many love affairs. He quoted a vast number of his poems on love, nature, and also his humorous writings. He showed the many sides of Burns' nature and quoted poems to illustrate the same.

Dr. Hulley is certainly a master in his line and brought forth rounds of applause time after time. In closing he urged us not to judge harshly of Burns (or any other), until we know the whole story of his whole life.

AT GAMP MEETING

INTEREST CONTINUES UNABATED AND GREAT CROWDS ATTEND—GOOD PREACHING

AND FINE SINGING.

MISSION SERMON THURSDAY

By Rev. James Taylor, Who Has Been in Africa—Evangelists Robinson and Compton On Daily Program Several at Altar Tents

Continue to Fill Up.

Interest in the Holiness Association camp meeting at Cleveland continues unabated, and is not very much affected by the weather.

Monay's attendance was very satisfactory, and there are visible results of the meetings, several going to the altar for prayer.

On Monday Evangelists Robinson and Compton preached, the latter preaching at the evening service, and there was a large congregation. Good singing is also a feature of each service. A much larger attendance is expected as the week advances, as more people are coming to remain at the grounds, several tents being erected Monday.

Thursday will be a special occasion, as Rev. James Taylor, a returned missionary from Africa, will talk on missions. Much enthusiasm and religious fervor are being shown and the meetings promise to be successful in every way. Many Greenfield people are in attendance each evening and some are camping on the grounds.

The leaders in the meeting, Rev. Bud Robinson, L. B. Compton and John T. Hatfield are all at their best. The meetings are pr^'^unced the best ever held at this, pupular place of worship. Peopk are there from Ohio, North Carolina, Texas and all over Indiana. The meetings will continue over Sunday, when an interesting program of services will lake up the entire day.

WHERE THE CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL

Official Division of City For School Purposes—Definite Lines Are Drawn.

The city schools will open next Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock, and the city has been divided for school purposes by the superintendent. The official division is as follows and pupils in grades No. 1 to 6, inclusive, residing south of the Pennsylvania railroad, will attend at Lincoln school.

Pupils in grades No. 1 and 2 residing north of Pennsylvania railroad and east of State street, and pupils in grades No. 3 to 6, inclusive, residing north of Pennsylvania railroad and east of Swope street, will attend at Longfellow school.

Pupils in grades No. 1 and 2, residing north of Pennsylvania railroad and west of State street, and pupils in grades 3 to 6, inclusive, residing north of the Pennsylvania railroad and west of Swope street, will attend Washington school.

Pupils in grades No. 7 and 8, and high school students, will report at the high school building.

PAWPAW CROP IS SAID TO BE VERY LARGE.

It will be cheering news to the pawpaw fiends that the Hoosier banana crop is going to be extra fine this year. Those who have made trips to the country and to the woods where they grow, bring back reports that they are thick, in fact, more of them are found than in many years, and the farmers who have a patch of them will guard them carefully, as they are growing scarcer every year, and the demand is far »beyond the supply. When the frost comes they will be at their best. Wild fruit df all kinds is also ripe and in large quantities and the man who likes persimmons is sure to get his fill of them, as the trees are loaded down.

Miss Ruth Goble is entertaining Miss Jackson, of Fortville, for a few days.

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MANAGER OF THE CUMBERLAND CABINET FACTORY HERE TO HIRE MEN TO WORK IN

FACTORY THERE.

COULD KEEP THEM AT HOME

By Making Terms and Combining Local Plant Here Splendid Opportunity Soon to Pass —Would

Benefit All Lines of Business and Make Money For Investors.

Mr. Brown, of the Cumberland Kitchen Cabinet Factory, was in Greenfield Wednesday looking for skilled workmen to work in the factory. He wanted four skilled mechanics.

This is the factory which it is proposed to move to Greenfield, and occupy the J. H. Moulden plant on the sidetrack of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the west edge of this city. The cabinet plant is a good one. It makes money at Cumberland, and has a demand for all of its products. Most of them are contracted for before they are made. The company has offered to come to Greenfield on most reasonable terms, and enlarge its plant. Its representatives have gone over the Moulden plant, which is a No. 1 in every particular, and is not only suited to be transformed at small expense into the cabinet factory with increased capacity, but many of the products of the Moulden factory can be profitably manufactured in combination with the cabinets, thus making a factory of greater production than either of the original plants have been, and giving employment to more people.

The proposition to bring the factory to Greenfield should interest Greenfield people. They can not afford to lose it,.and still the time to accept the proposition is about up. Surely there are a few men in Greenfield who will invest a few hundred dollars in a money-making factory, which will pay a good interest on the money and at the same time give employment to labor in Greenfield, thereby benefiting the whole town. Surely it does not need argument to convince citizens that well employed labor is a good thing for a town. Here is a Cumberland factory coming to Greenfield to hire and take away laboring men. Would it not be much better to have the factory in Greenfield giving employment to Greenfield laboring men at home? The factory is willing to come. It is a success. It has a business and trade established. It will enlarge and make more money and employ more men at Greenfield than at Cumberland. Its terms are very reasonable. The people of Greenfield should be glad to get the factory. Now is the time to act.

Get this factory and there will be fewer empty houses, more customers for the stores, consumers of fuel, patrons of barber shops, citizens to push for Greenfield, and make her a better town in every commercial sense. Take some stock and take it now. Don't let this opportunity pass to do a good turn for Greenfield and for every citizen in Greenfield.

Smith Family Reunion. The Samuel Smith family reunion occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Duncan in the west part of this city Monday. There were about seventy-five persons present, including Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dye, of Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. Adam P. Hogle, of New Palestine Albert Schuh and family, of Richmond Rev. Chesteen W. Smith and wife, of Anderson Chas. Hogle and family, of Springfield, 111. George Hogle and family, William Espey and family and Dr. Gilbert Eubank and wife, of Indianapolis and Thomas Smith and family, of Coshocton, Ohio.

Buck Creek Township Teachers. Trustee John F. Shelby reports the following teachers for Buck Creek township this year:

No. 1.—John Leslie. No. 4.—Frank Leslie. No. 5.—Eva Hubbard, Nelle Reed, S. E. Wallace, Flossie Hurley.

No. 6.—Elbert Griffith. No. 7— Howard Macy. No 8.—Allen Eastes. No. 9.—Victor Stoner.

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ARE ON A FLAG?

MANY PERSONS THINK THEY KNOW, BUT CANNOT TELL WHEN THEY ARE CALLED

UPON TO DO SO.

SMALL BUT1MPORTANTMATTER

Territories Are Admitted as States and People Generally Fail To Keep Informed Is Nearly Always Guess Work With the Great

Majority of People.

Shut your eyes and looking wise, answer this question: "How many stars are there in the American flag now that Arizona and New Mexico have been admitted?" It's a safe bet that unless you have already seen the number—forty-eight —mentioned in the newspaper dispatches concerning the statehood bill, you will have trouble in giving the correct figure.

It is doubtful if there is any other equally important fact connected with the country's government that is shrouded in such profound ignorance. It is remembered how badly the veterans in attendance at the annual state encampment of the G. A. R. in Fort Wayne several years, floundered when the question was put to them.

The answers then ranged from sixteen to fifty-two. One particularly intelligent veteran gave this answer: "Well, there were thirtysix before we took in Cuba and Hawaii, but I don't knowT how many there are now." Another declared there were forty and six territories. But a single veteran gave the correct answer.

Not only is this ignorance prevalent among the veterans who of all classes should be exceptionally well informed on this matter—but it includes practically every one. There is no doubt, in the minds of most citizens, as to what the stars on the flag represent, but when it comes to telling how many stars there are upon the emblem the only way they can tell is by spreading the flag on the floor and counting them.

Such general ignorance may seem to some to be impossible, but try the question on your friends and see how many give the correct answer. It might be a good idea, how ever, to first fix firmly in your own mind the correct number. It would seem as though more emphasis should be placed on this matter in the schools of the country, and then there would be no reason for shamefacedly dodging the question when it is put either by a foreigner or countryman.

Cider for Rheumatism.

"Cures" for the various ailments of the flesh are many—yet there is room for a new one each year. Allen Crandall, who has long been a rheumatic victim, drank a quart of new cider, made from Maiden Blush Apples, and is well today. Fearing another attack Mr. Crandall ordered ten gallons more. Possibly the cider from other apples would do as well as the Maiden Blush brand, but none other is "guaranteed." This is an important discovery, as buckeyes are not quite ripe, and the high price of Irish potatoes puts the "spud" out of mind as a cure.—New Castle Times.

For Sale—One complete lot of broom machinery for manufacturing brooms, consisting of one winding machine, one broom press, one clipping machine, one seeding machine, one scraper, one casing tank, one waiter, one pounder, needles, cuffs, knives and other small articles used in manufacturing the brooms. This machinery is in first class condition and can be bought at its worth. For further particulars see James F. Miller at Hardware Store, Wilkinson, Ind. alvv

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Amor Giles and Eddie Bushman attended the funeral of the latter's mother at Cincinnati Sunday. Mrs. Bushman was a sister of Mrs. Lewis.

A Bargain in Farms.

Fore Sale—Two farms with good improvements. One 40 acres, the other 80 acres. See Roy Binford, R. F. D. 3, Greenfield, Ind. 5t6eod-wt2

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