Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 362, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1900 — Page 4

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The killed In Kentucky on Christmas number thirty, but the list of the wounded has not yet been made up. And yet twothirds of Kentucky's territory Is "dry." One falls to see why merely not voting can let ex-President Cleveland out of the list of those whom Mr. Kern denounces as deserters, since what he said did the work. The customs receipts of the Philippine Islands for the present fiscal year will reach JCO.000.000, or nearly four times as much as the Spanish government collected with the same general duties that are now In force. "Whether I shall ever be a candidate again is a question which must be determined by events," says Mr. Bryan. Of course, but his willingness to be a candidate Jigaln does not need any future events to determine. The report of the commander of the army In the Philippines shows that schools have been organized la many of the towns occupled by the federal army under the supervision of officers and taught by enlisted men. But this will not placate the Aguinaldoites In the United States. ' The New York Times Is of opinion that if the committee of fifteen pursues its work with relentless energy that city will säon have a new mayor and a new chief of police. That committee proposes to hold the mayor responsible for the corruption and the flagrant violations of law, for which the Governor should remove him. The report that more suits will be brought In the United States Court by relatives of the persons lynched in Spencer and Warrick counties need not disturb anybody except the sheriffs of those counties and the "good citizens" who took part In or winked at the lynchings. The more such sheriffs and good citizens are made to suffer for lynchings the better. It is reported that claims aggregating $23,000,000 have been favorably reported in the Senate, most of which are for property alleged to have been taken or destroyed by the Union army thirty-five or thirty-eight years aga It is said that back of these bills are enough senators to delay all business and force an extra session unless these questionable bills are passed all of which goes to Increase the testimony that the reform which the Senate needs Is the previous question. The case of Professor Stanley, an educated but impoverished Porto Rican who lias been barred from landing at New York by tho Immigration authorities, brings up a new phase of the Porto Rican question. In this phase it is not a question of tariff duties or dollars and cents, but of humanity and personal rights. If a Torto Rican can be excluded from the United States on the ground of poverty alone, then every State in the Union should begin to quarantine against the rest on the same ground. The Supreme Court of Missouri has decided that the Associated Press is not under obligation to furnish all comers with the news it collects. The Missouri court says that It will not by mandamus compel the making of a contract, as would be the case if It should undertake to compel tho Associated Tress to sell news to a party not a member of the association. The Associated Press has never exercised the right to conduct a telegraph or telephone business, and, as a company, has not acquired the right of eminent domain. Again, the court says every one is at liberty to gather news. The Missouri court seems to have exercised good sense. The reports of insufficient postal service during the rast week are duo to the rush of the Christmas season nnd can scarcely bo avoided. The wonder is that the service U as really efficient as it Is, when mail matter is deposited by wagon loads and received on the same scale. In several of these complaints is the statement of the rrtagerncss of the compensation of a class of employes, particularly the clerks inside poj-totfices. Men of high intelligence are needed to fill those positions, but their compensation, is really Inadequate for the er vice they . render. If one-fourth the money which the Postal Department loses Dy the carriage of bogus second-class matter could be paid postoffice clerks they röuld be well remunerated, and tons of stuff would either drop out of the mails or pay a fair rate of postage. ' Governor Pingree has been pardoning ths worst criminals in the Michigan penitentiary so freely that several papers have protested. In two or three Instances men

fcund xrulltv of atrocious murders have been !

set free, and a much larger number convicted for criminal assault and under Ions tentences for crimes which only the hardened criminal will commit. It would seem that Governor Pingree has a grudge against the people of Michigan, else he would not turn these vicious criminals into society. There have been and will be cases where executive clemency may be exercised In tehalf of those who take life. In the heat of passion, where both the slayer and tho victim are engaged in a struggle, there may be extenuating circumstances which would warrant the exercise of executive clemency. Put there pardoning should stop. Such pleas as reformation, dying of consumption or the care of parents should have no weight, not because it 13 necessary to punishthe Individual but to punish tho crime of life-taking. To make life secure, the taking of It should be punished as th greatest of crimes. If this Is not done, those who would take life will take chances that they would not if premeditated murder should lead to certain imprisonment for life, or better, to the gallows or chair of electrocution. Besides, experience teaches that the man who escapes full punishment for murder is very liable to take anther life when set free. "lie killed a man" on such and such an occasion is often the history of men arrested for murder. In no Instance has an Indiana executive pardoned a murderer convicted and sentenced. 3111. BRYAN AM) 3111. KERN. The speech of Mr. Bryan will attract at tention because he distinctly sets forth all the theories he has ever advocated bi metallism, or 16 to 1, and free trade, In addition to all the heresies of Populism embraced in the Chicago platform of 1S0G and reaffirmed in tho Kansas City platform. The Democracy to which Mr. Bryan will belong in the future must espouse all the heresies of which he has been the leading exponent for more than four years. And in this Mr. Bryan is logical. When he renounces Bryanlsm, which is the embodiment of the last two Democratic platforms, he commits political suicide. Mr. Bryan is not that sort of man. Not only do Mr. Bryan .nd his principles stand together, but for them Mr. Bryan will attempt to control the Democratic party. It is different with Hon. John W. Kern. Since he repudiated his sound-money principles to stay with his party, Mr. Kern is for any sort of heresy that is Indorsed by a Bryan convention. Like James Russell Lowell's doughface in the "Biglow Papers," Mr. Kern may be said to "glory in havln nothln'.o' the sort.' lie takes occasion to praise David B. Hill, ex-Secretary Olney, ex-Senator Gorman and even Bourko Cockran, simply because they are supposed to have voted for Mr. Bryan, evidently forgetful that not one of them has ever indorsed the essential features of tho Democratic platforms of 1SDG and 1900. If Mr. Kern does not know it he does not know as much as many others in and out of the Democratic party, namely, that the leaders he mentioned in his speech are hostile to Mr. Bryan and to his platform, and only nominally remained with him this year In the expectation of coming to the front In the certainty of his defeat. These men and all the Democrats who have a part in the affairs of the world do not any longer regard Mr. Bryan as a party leader. If they ever did. They know, even If Mr. Kern, who assumes to speak for them, does not, that Mr. Bryan can never lead the Democratic party to victory. Neither do they love Mr. Bryan, because they hold him responsible for the overwhelming defeats of two successive elections. If Mr. Kern believes what he said of Mr. Bryan he is not in accord with a growing and Influential clement in the Democratic party in Indiana. Furthermore, the element which Mr. Kern did not represent at the Bryan banquet will control the party In 1904 and elect a delegation that will not vote for Mr. Bryan. THE END OF FLHLIC EDUCATION'. An abstract of one of the papers read in one of the teachers' meetings on Wednesday gives the impression that the author is disposed to look with disfavor upon the introduction of manual training as a part of the public school system. It is not the purpose of the Journal to criticise, but it is fair to say that the drift and sentiment of schools generally do not recognize the real fact that the larger part of the people in this country must earn their livelihood by some labor which is more or less manual. Such being the case, why should not the instruction in the higher grades of public schools prepare the young for the inevitable work of life? The least that could be done'would be to apprise them of this fact and to try to impress upon them that lives can be as successful in the workshop and on the farm as In the professions which are now held up as the only objects which young men should seek. Doubtless there Is not so much of It now as years ago, when the officials who visited schools In their addresses always incited pupils to study by calling attention to persons who, born in poverty and attending public schools, had won the highest positions and honors, and declaring that in that school were those who could be congressmen, governors and the like if they would but strive. In those years it was never said that most of those present must be citizens and men who must earn their bread by their hands, and that the education of the understanding better prepared them for the work of life. School officials at the present time are probably not so unwise as were those who visited country schools years ago, nevertheless, the tendency of teaching and of the Influence about the school, which is often more effective than teaching, Is that a fair education fiom books will enable those who have It to obtain light employments at which good clothes van bo worn. Consequently there are scores of ;oung men and women applying for places In stores and counting rooms, but a really Eood rr.ecuanic or a competent farmer is hard to find. The manual training ichool is a protest against a public school education that will lend to lead the young to look with aversion upon th- great employments which are the basis of civilization and the creators of wealth fnd national greatness. Consequently, the aim of public instruction should be to fit the young for the real work of life. ' Another Approval. New York Independent. We can only thank ex-President Harrison for his noble utterance about Porto Rico In an address iefore the students of Michigan University. Ills position is precisely that which we have constantly maintained, and he has expounded it with great force. He holdM that those who live In our territory

must be citizens, not subjects. He recognizes the right of annexation, but declares that annexation carries with it citizen rights, lie wants no expansion that brings us subjects instead If citizens. He deeply regrets the legislation which provides different tariff laws for Porto Rico from those for the rest of the country, and he is indignant that financial considerations should have controlled this action. He says: "A gentleman wrote me that it was absolutely necessary to pass the Porto Rican tariff to protect the beet sugar business. I thanked him; but I could not see that It referred to the question.- The fact that we give all the money secured by tho tariff back to Porto Rico does not affect the question. .It did not satisfy our fathers when it was proposed to expend the money derived from the stamp act in this country." FE0M HITHER AND YON.

The Itenl Thins. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "Do you think her hair is all real?" "Why. of course. A g!rl with her means would r.eer buy any other kind." A Reformer Rebuked. Puck. German Child I don't believe In emperors, mamTJL. German Mother (shocked) Oh! Tou little Infidel! Another Cry for" Reform. Chicago Times-Herald. The kidnaper frowned. "What's the matter?" asked the old pal whom he had not seen for years. "I experted," the kidnaper answered, "to find J2.",O0O In the sack I had hung by the chimney of the deserted cabin, but all I got was a note sarins the- boy was only a stepson. Curses on the man who declines to be a father to his wife's other husband's children1 We must move 'to have cur civorce laws amended!" Had Ilia Own Girl. Brooklyn Life. One of the churches in a little Western town Is so fortunate as to have a young woman as its rastor. She was calleJ. to the door of the parsonage one day, and saw there a much-em-barrassed young farmer of the German type. "Dey said der minister lifed In dis house." he said. "Ye?," replied tho fair pastor. "Veil m I I vant to kit merrlt!" "To get married? Very well, I can marry you," said the mlnlstercss, encouragingly. "O but I got a girl alreaty," was the disconcerting reply. December. When the feud of hot and cold , Leaves the autumn woodlands bare; When the year is getting old. And Rowers are dead, and keen the air; When the crow has new concern. And early sounds his raucous note; And where the late witch-hazels burn The squirrel from a chuckling throat Tells that one larder's space Is filled. And tilts upon a. towering tree; And. valiant, quick, and keenly thrilled. Up starts the tiny chickadee; When the sun's Hill shortening arc Too soon night's shadow dun and gray Brings on, and fields are drear and dark. And summer birds have flown away I feel the year's Flow-beating heart. The sky's chill prophecy I know; And welcome the consummate art Which weaves this spotless shroud of snow! Joel Benton. PROSPERITY IN CUBA CIVIL GOVERNOR GOMEZ'S TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN ADMIMSTRATIO.X. Cathedral Mrrlae Declined by Alexin I'. Frye,' Despite the Concession by .Monnlgnor Sbarettl. HAVANA, Dec 27. A decree has been issued putting the clerks of courts, bailiffs and other officers on salaries from Feb. 1 and doing away with the fee system, which has been greatly abused in Cuba. Jose Miguel Gomez, civil Governor of the province of Puerto Principe, who is in Havana on business connected with the development of the industries of that section of the island, says that peace and prosperity prevail under the American administration. He says the cane crop is heavy and that wages are high, owing to the shortago of men. In his judgment Cuba is gradually becoming satisfied and wishes nothing radical from the constitutional convention. The rural guards, he asserts, are doing good service, and there is no brigandage to speak of. He contradicts flatly the sensational reports on the subject of outlawry that have appeared in some of the Cuban papers during the last few weeks. J. The first formal reception and ball held in. the palace since General Wood became Governor General of Cuba was given this evening, more than a thousand persons attending. The marriage of Mr. Alexis E. Frye, superintendent of Cuban schools, and Senorita Maria Teresa Arruebarrena will be a civil ceremony, taking place on tho evening of Jan. 1 at the palace formerly occupied by General Lee at Quemados. Mr. Frye declined a cathedral wedding because of the promises demanded by the church. Monsignor Sbarettl, bishop of Havana, urges a church wedding, contending that the example set by a civil marriage will have a bad effect on Cuban teachers generally, and he orTers a dispensation from Rome to remove the limitations to which objection is made. Senorita Arruebarrena. however, is not disposed to acquiesce in such an arrangement. AN HONEST MAN. David R. Pnlse Una Paid the Last Dollar of 9720.KM Indebtedness. AKRON, O., Dec. 27. Word was received here to-day that David R. Paige, of New York, has paid the last dollar of his Indebtedness. The report was verified by City Commissioner A. T. Paige, of this city, a brother of David R. Paige, who said today: "It is true that my brother has succeeded In freeing himself from debt. The remaining four notes of Paige, Carej' & Co. were lifted Monday, and I assure you that it was a pleasant time for my brother. All except five of the notes were lifted a year ago, but the entire task was completed Monday. It was a giKuntie undertaking to wipe out a debt of T'-UCO.), but Mr. Paige accomplished it. and now ho proposes to take a short rest. I received a letter from him the other day, and he expressed much jov In accomplishing what he has. He is not in the best of health, and will spend three or four months In the South before he returns to New York, where he again intends to enter business." David R. Paige, after meeting all of his obligations, is weJI off. After returning from South America, where he was practically an exile for a long time, he pressed Ids claims against New York city for work on the Croton aqueduct, and he has been successful in securing a very large part of the money due him. Xot Planning to Room Ilrynn. CHICAGO. Dec. Zl. Charles A. Walsh, of Iowa, secretary of the Democratic national committee, who arrived here to-day to assist in arranging for the meeting of the national executive committee in January, makes denial of the report that the present organization of the Democratic party is planning to make W. J. Bryan the presidential candidate in 1W4. "There is no foundation for such a story." said Mr. Walsh, "as the last address sent out by the committee said: 'It is not designed to advance the Interests of any one man or organization.' That is all the organization declares, and that is all I wish to say about the matter,"

FOR THE EDUCATORS

THREE 3IEETIXGS OF TEACHERS' GENERAL ASSOCIATION HELD. Matters of Great Interest to the Teachers of Indiana Presented and Discussed. SECTIONS HOLD MEETINGS THE CO I NT V S I PE R I N IT E X D EN ITS HOLD LAST SESSION'. L. II, Jones, Former Superintendent of the City Schools, Talks at Mght 3Ieetlnc The second sessions of the State Teachers' General Association began yesterday morning at 9 o'clock in the Senate chamber. About 500 teachers had registered by this time, and the meeting started off under most auspicious circumstances. The invocation was offered by Rev. II. C. Meserve, pastor of Plymouth Church. Miss Lillle Josephine Adams, of this city, pleased greatly with her rendition of Luzzi's "Come, Holy Spirit," and Rubenstein's "Since First I Met Thee." The first address of the day was delivered by Dr. Charles R. Henderson, of the University of Chicago, on "The Educational Significance of Social Prevision." Dr. Henderson said in part: "Because prevision is possible, social regulation in the common interest is also possible. The merchant attracts customers by appeal to known motives.' The teacher studies psychology to gain a lever of control over mind. The experts in health, engineering, art, education, religion, hold the world's wisdom in trust for the community, and. by their knowledge guide their fellows. The people, not expert in specialties, can jirdge policies and results and command experts to serve them for honor, love and pay. The prophetic hope of moral triumph Is not the 'dream of a child or mystic, not the exuberant optimism of impulsive youth, but it grows out of a calm survey of the permanent forces of social life. Thoso who struggle manfully with evil are the least cynical, the most cheerful. Pessimism is tho luxury of misanthropic shirks. "Here lies the significance of social prevision. At the roots of social movements is pedagogical process. Not physical push and pressure, but the drawing of ideals is the energy of progress. Progress is furthered chiefly by the conscious efforts of educators. It is the sublime privilege of teachers to present to the minds of the growing community the most attractive expressions of tho world's best life, and preoccupy the mansions of the soul with beauty, truth and goodness. Plato, Dante and Tennyson, as individuals, have passed from earth; as incorporated in their writings, they work ever and powerfully upon the social spirit through teachers. "We cah help organize the school as a miniature model of what we wish society to become, and the tuition of the day becomes a schooling in civil virtue. The school teachers, as they develop professional learning and power, will become partners In the councils of the community and factors in social controL . Aldermen and legislators will increasingly consult them. The school building represents1 the chief center of civic life, the common ground for all who cherish ethical and esthetic ideals. As sectarianism Is subdued and tho sublimely simple forms of religion stand forth unclouded, religion, as universal brotherhood in the common fatherhood, will reassert itself as the supreme manifestation of the human spirit, and men will not dread it as a derisive influence in civil affairs. Perhaps the public school will be the chief agency for clarifying the spiritual life, testing the essentials and universalizing the elementary ideals of faith in organic connection with the certainties of science and the utilities of industry." PRESIDENT PARSON'S PAPER. The next paper was by President W. W. Parsons, of the Indiana State Normal School. His topic was "Religion and the School." At the outset of his scholarly address Professor Parsons submitted the questions: "Is It the duty of the public schools to give any kind of religious culture and training?" "What religious doctrines, beliefs and sentiments, if any, shall the school inculcate?" and "By what means, if at all, may the school seek to influence the child's religious thought, emotion and Ithavior?" The speaker said that the Constitution of Indiana provides that the work of the schools shall. be carried on by Christian people. The teaching of any doctrine, belief o sentiment is not possible. "Whatever objections may be urged against the direct teaching of religious dogmas or doctrines in tha schools and by whatever means, said Professor Parsons, "surely every taxpayer and Citizen of the State would be glad to know that in each of Indiana's more than 15.000 schools there is a ir.an tr woman of upright, ethical, exemplary spiritual life. When Indiana's three-quarters of a million children are taught by men and women of sound ethical and spiritual life devoted In the most conscientious way to the work of building up in theso children the highest elements of worthy manhood and noble, womanly character the problem will have solved itself. Society will then realize the highest justification of the great expense to which it subjects Itself in maintaining and conducting these schools." The discussion was begun by President Swain, of Indiana University, and continued by President W. P; Kane, of Wabash College, and Superintendent C S. Royse, of the Ripl?y county schools. Some cf the speakers took Issue with points made by President Parsons, but President Hamilton would not allow the discussion to be prolonged. The meeting adjourned shortly before noon to allow the delegates an opportunity to listen to the singing of the chorus of four hundred voices, pupils of public school No. 22. of this city, directed by Miss Luella Parr. This event, which was greatly enjoyed bv nil who htard it. tcok plac in the south end of the Statehouse r-jtunda. AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon session was marked by the largest attendance of the series of meetings thus far held. Every available bit of seating space In the auditorium was filled and several hundred stood In the spacious lobby. The programme was of exceptional interest and had an added flavor of the entertnining in tho music rendered by pupils from local schools and by the glee club of the Indiana University. A chorus of forty girls, pupils of music in the Indianapolis public schools, under the efficient direction of Miss Leila Parr, rencered a number of songs with hueh spirit and finish that the audience seemed willing to make the entire programme musical. President Hamilton then introduced Superintendent Richard G. Boone, of tho Cincinnati schools, who delivered a profound address on the subject of "Type Facts in Teaching." He said In part: "That a child has become interested in the doings and life, history of any one of the inclusive forms of animal or vegetable life, assures an Interest In all life forms and a habit of following their behavior nnd their uses. Good teaching means the use of typical facts, in thi group of kindred facts. Inasmuch as they best represent the group. "Just as reading a masterpiece in literature makes unnecessary, unprofitable, possibly distasteful, the reading of many commonplace pages and volumes; and just as acquaintance with great paintings and marbles that have endured makes a single view suffice for minor pieces; and as a knowledge of th few vital factors in agriculture lays bare the essentials m all farming; to a first-hand tudy of a typical mammal nuy do more tor one In fixing a habit of interest and self-helpfulness than an Inventory of all mammals; and an intensive but simple study of the

mechanics of some one trade, using representative tools, be more effective in fixing the constructive habit than a smattering work with many trades; and one foreign language really mastered, be made the basis of learning other languages. "These type thoughts, or mother thoughts, become the centers of purpose and the origin of interests. The child has a right to this discriminating use of lessons. The teacher must make, and must be able to make wise selection of material. The knowledge instruments that may be used are numerous; life Is short and the fcchool period shorter, and the impossibility of making up a course comprehensively must be apparent. "Given a fair notion of what the Ideal of education is. the conviction grows that teachers generally consume much time on incidental and accidental and fruitless exercises; that a desideratum of the schools i3 discriminative teaching, the choice use of suggestive lessons, having manifold dependencies, and wholesome connections, and inviting Interest. Teachers are wanted who have themselves studied much and who know the truths in ccicnce and history and literature ani literature and artand ethics that are significant, and toward which elementary studies should lead. Courses of study are needed that, while citing a number of available type studies for each grade, will still leave the intelligent teacher free to select from among them such as she and her children can use to best advantage, taking more or fewer as the strength and attainments of her class permit, and tho equipments of her school make possible. "This paper, however, it should be said, is not in any sense an explicit plea for intensive study, but rather a simple statement of what would seem to be the wisdom of so choosing the materials for school exercises that through the rich, suggestive and 'fertile lessons the child shall acquire a habit of quickly and with certainty seeing the important and using It. Attention to the type of teaching may be a step in this direction. It would simplify the process of instruction, make learning interesting and ease the exactions of the system. "If, anywhere, the principle applies also to matters of school government and moral culture, not less than to the understanding; to all ages of chidren and to even subject. Details easily weaken, and the chile" needs self-initiative. That, in her treatment of children, the teacher lay stress upon vla' phases of conduct, upon motives rathev than the variable happenings of behavior, upon traits of manly and womanly conduct, above obedience to mere arbitrary rules and the fad of a moment, will have the effect to exalt, even in child life, the higher motives for right doing and the wish to do right commensurate with his acquaintance with the right. "To have fixed this habit of distinguishing what is really inclusive of vital condi' tlons, and with far-reaching consequences makes easier the effort to make the life parallel this distinction of the intellect. "The type in teaching is a fundamental factor in all steps of expert succer. In all that pertains to the understanding, its recognition by the teacher is a necessity: in the moral and esthetic appreciations, it is the part of wisdom. The success in teaching which we crave for ourselves or others gives this recognition an abiding value." A BRILLIANT ADDRESS. A brilliant, erudite and interesting address was delivered by Prof. John L-. Lowes, of Hanover College. Professor Lowes Is by no means an orator, but the wide range of literary knowledge displayed by his address and .the elegant diction in which his thoughts were clothed more than made up for the lack of eloquence. For a solid hour Professor Lowes held the attention of his listeners, and some of his remarks were of such extraordinary strength and pungence thaHie was interrupted with spontaneous and hearty applause. He is an exceedingly rapid and fluent speaker and talks entirely without the use of manuscript. The way in which he quoted from the great authors, from Beowulf and Chaucer down to Tennyson, Wordsworth and the recent school of writers, fairly astounded his audience. Some of the prominent educators who listened to Professor Lowes's remarkable address declared that it was one of the most interesting and helpful talks they had ever heard. Professor Lowes made an earnest plea for teachers to abandon the habit of looking at the outer world solely through the windows of the schoolroom and to commence bringing into their lives as teachers some of the light and joy they derive from mingling In the world. He said that, in order to teach

a man or woman does not necessarily have to be learned In the literature of the world, but that he is poorly equipped who lacks such knowledge. He showed by quotations from authors of certain periods how the limitations and prejudices of those periods projected themselves into their literature. In conclusion Professor Lowes said: "And another suggestion I'd like to make, that now and then we take not merely half an hour a day, but a whole summer to ourselves and resolutely turn our backs on normal schools and summer schools I teach in one of them and so cannot be suspected of a prejudlce and live outdoors with books and birds and trees and in their fellowship loaf and invite our souls. I mean just that. Year in, year out we keep on winding ourselves up until we actually almost physically feel our minds grow tighter, more constricted, clamped as In a vise. But the best work of the world, its sanest, healthiest work, has always been the fruitage of its larger, buoyant, open-hearted moods moods when cur thoughts, as Goethe says, come joyiully and stand before us like free children of the soul, and more than half the secret ot the ripeness which is all, is the learning to relax the tension, to unclamp ourselves, as Dr. James has saidtand let the mellowing influence flow in upon us unrestrained It simply means the difference between cramped and free-hand work when we go back to it. And it is no mere sentiment that makes me Join together books real books I mean with birds and trees in such a scheme. It !s the glory of our Engl'sh literature that so much of it has been written out of doors. Scott galloping on horseback over the moors whose heather be must smell each year, he said, or he'd die galloping to the growing music of Marmion; Burrs at the plow in the fields of Ayrshire. Sit' down some day and think l ow much of English poetry and prose has tit-tually mellowed in thr: sunlight and been winnowed by the wind It's out of doors on horseback that the Canterbury tales are told; it's out or doors that more than half the scenes of Shakspeare's plays are laid the forest of Arden. Birnam wood, the orchard at Verona, the island of the Tempest with its music of the, sea; it's out of doors in tho good, green Kvood. on the moors and mountains that we'llve with Friar Tuck and Robin Hood, with Leatherstocking and even with Ralph- Percy nnd Jocelyn Leigh, and out of doors, by grace of sky and weather. Is the place they should bo read. After alt. the noblest thing that life can mean to any one of us Is to be growlngly alive in body, ndnd and soul; thai so vhe sum of life may be the richer, rlner. warmlier human for our living; and that, as I conceive it, is the office and the place of literature in the teacher's life." A moit enjoyable event of the afternoon was the sinning of tho Indiana University Glee Club. The young men were in excellent voice and won an enthusiast! encore by their singing of a pleasing medley endins with the college yell. Th- discussion of th addresses of Superintendent Roone and Professor T,owes was led by Prof. Calvin N. Kendall, superintendent of the local schoolr. Professor Kendall paid a high tribute to the men who bad preceded him and heartily indorsed Professor Lowes's Idrns. Mh Edith M. Morris, of the Greene st!- High School, followed in a crisp, pointed talk of n few minutes' duration. In which she ndvornted wide reading among teachers. The fornl discussion was c'osd bv Principal R. K. Bedgood, of tho Lafavette Hish School. TUR NirsiiT session. Annual Ail tire by Snrr!ntcnlnt JoncM, of Cleveland, O. The mertirsc: of the General State Teachers' Association at Plymouth Church last night, despite the bad wekhcr. was well attended by Indiana teachers anxious to renew their acquaintance with Superintendent Lewis IT. Jones, of the Cleveland schools, and who for nine years was superintendent of the schools In thl3 city. Mr. Jones was on the programme for the annual add re..", and his paper on "The Higher Educational Ideals" was said to have been one of the best ever read before the association. In part he'said: "So far as our world idouls are controlled through feeling I have observed four classes of people: Optimists, pessimistic optimists, optimistic pessimists and je?sim!sts. The optimist Is a man who without much thought, but with considerablo feeling, believes that things in the universe. In the physical world, In the social order, are substantially right that things are moving In accordance with the will of God. He Is so confident that everything is right that he does not think it necessary to raise a finger in anj form of help; and he seldom does. The .pessimist,

on the other extreme, believes that things are fundamentally wrong; so certainly are they moving toward destruction that it Is unnecessary to take his time to try to avert disaster; and he never does. The optimistic pessimist believes that things are fundamentally wrong, but that he has been able of his own effort to save, a few things out of tho general wreck. The pessimistic optimist believes that things are fundamentally right, that the Ideal of God is In the worlJl as a living force, but that a few things have gotten snarled where evil men too long have. had their way. He believes that it Is his business to Join snoulder to shoulder with all who are striving for tne betterment of things and people. Ten such men will form the saving remnant of any city or nation. In the world ideal ts controlled by thinking there are four progressive stages, standing for four classes of people. The first class is compose-d of people who have not passed beyond the childish stage of thinking. They are interested in things. The childish stage of curiosity which leads a child, after he has played with his toy until he is tired of It, to take it to pieces to see what is in it Is the highest view of this grade of thinking. lecause It does begin to search somewhat for the relationship of cause and effect. "The second class of thinkers perceive quite fully that things are not more Important than their relations that In some instances the relations are the more important matters. The interest of such persons grows as important relationship manifest themselves in the study of things. But this grade of thinking never rises to a true self-active cause. It rests Its conclusions on contingency some things happen to get into conjunction this establishes causative relations, theso generate or liberate forces, and these move the stars In their courses. It records results, systematizes facts and develops the first stages of science; but it leaves all questions of true causation still unsettled. "The third grade of thinking makes a distinct advance. It holds the same interest In things as the first and sets a like value on relations with the second. But It makes a definite effort to see causes and to find unities. It discovers that behind the movement of things in their relations, there must be a power which gives law to the contending forces and limits results. People have given various names to this power. It is the highest conclusion that can be reached by any process of reasoning which takes. into account the external world as the chief element of existence. The fourth and highest grade of thinking sees the futility of seeking an explanation of the universe externally. It begins its investigations with the self. The Investigator must so examine himself as to be able to discover the three characteristics of Fplrit, viz., self-activity, self-consciousness and self-direction. If one cannot find the elements of these In himself, be need never seek for them elsewhere. The processes of self-activity and self-consciousness make it possible to discover higher and lower orders of human experience and thus to lay the foundation for the setting up of ideals of conduct. So soon as this has been done the person has started on a course of self-direction. The proper Mending of these processes of self-activity, self-consciousness and self-direction lays the foundation of human progress. This blending of the three makes it possible that a person may take advantage of the experiences of others, deeming it of worth to his own life. No sane man has ever lived to his fiftieth year but wishes he could try it all over again, taking back to his youth the experience of age. This is what education does for the youth. Given an infinite universe and a being capable of experiencing all within himself, there is implied an infinite time; thus, is the individual immortal. On this foundation philosophy Joined with religion in asserting the immortality of the individual, personal soul." In conclusion. Superintendent Jones said a man was truly educated "when he thinks clearly, reasons logically, judges justly, aspires nobly, hates intensely, loves devotedly and drudges cheerfully." Miss Maude Essex, a pupil of school No. 2, of this city, sang two pleasing solos. - COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.

The Session Cloven with the Reading of Paper. The county superintendents of the State "brought their, meeting to a close with yesterday afternoon's session. The entire session, yesterday morning, was taken up with a discussion of a paper read by Dr. J. N. Hurty on "What Can Be Done to Make Sanitary Our School Property that Is Too Valuable to Abandon." Dr. Hurty said the health of the school children was too precious to endanger and there was great need of proper sanitary conditions in schoolhouses. He said In many instances schoolhouses were poorly lighted and had a very damaging effect on the eyes of the students. The doctor suggested that schoolhouses should be lighted from one side only, instead of having windows all around, as in the case of most of the present buildings; In conclusion Dr. Hurty Faid that all schoolhouses that were unsanitary and could not be made sanitary should be torn down and new ones built In their place. The principal paper of the afternoon session was read by A. L. Gary, of Rush county, on "County Institutes Supervised and Controlled by the State. ' Both Mr. Gary and Superintendent Ksarey, who followed with a discussion of the same subject, expressed themselves as being very much opposed to the proposed plan of turning tho county institutes over to the supervision of the State. They both insisted that the institute should be left in control of the superintendents, as they were directly in touch with the teachers and knew their needs. Superintenden Elijah McFarland. of Martin county, read an interesting paper on "What Should Constitute the Minimum Scholarship and Training of a Rural School Teacher?" Mr. McFarland said that no teacher was qualified to teach in a rural school with less than a four years course in the high school or Its equivalent. The last paper on the programme was read by Su-perlntendent Elis A. Andrew, of Miami county, on the "Question of Teachers Morals." He said that it was absolutely imperative that a teacher should possess good morals. The teacher, he said, was a model for his pupils, and they unconsciously followed in his footsteps. He said that a teacher should not only be moral, but should be Industrious and economic, as It would be the best Incentive for the pupils to acquire the same habits. These requisites, he said, were absolutely necessary In every teacher, and applicants that lacked them should be denied a license. After the programme had been completed a short business session was held, at which the superintendents resolved not to recommend uniformity in high school text-books. A resolution was also adopted to the effect that no teacher going from one county to another shall be given, a grade of success before obtaining a license to teach in the county to which he goes. The superintendents will meet again next June. INDIANA SCIENTISTS. QucMtions of Considerable Interest DlncnsMctl by Them. The Indiana Academy of Science began Its fiftfenth annual meeting In the agricultural rooms at the Statehouse yesterday. In the morning the several sections of the academy met in general session and the afternK)n was devoted to section meetings. The meeting was attended by worker? in science from all parts of the State. The first and one of the most interesting papers on the programme was read by Dr. Robert Hessler, of Logansport, on "Preliminary Notes on Mosquitoes and Malaria." He said the most deadly malarious districts of the earth were the Roman Campagna and the Isthmus of Panama. He said that formerly malarial fever was very much restricted in its distribution, but it has spread out more and more as the years have gone by. The cause, he said, was discovered and described twenty 3'ears ago. It is a Plasmodium that lives in the blood at the expense of the red blood corpuscles, and is called Plasmodium malaria. It is found in the bodies cf mosquitoes and they become its transmitting agent. Joseph Moore, of Earlham College, read a paper on "A Shell Gorgot Found Near Spheland." John S. Wright read a paper on "The Examination of Vegetable Powders." In which he dialt with the methods of detecting the adulteration of drugs, spices, etc. The use of the bicycle was illustrated by Charles T. Knlpp In demonstrating the principle of the gyroscope. Dr. Dennis delivered the annual address, his subject being "Photomicography." lie spoke of experiments made by himself and Dr. C. S. Bond, of Richmond, in this field. His address was illustrated by a lantern exhibition of photographs of a wide range of microscopic objects. The officers for 1W1 are as follow: President. Prof. Mason B. Thomas, professor of botany, Wabash College vice president, Dr,

r. S. Baker, professor of chemistry. De Pauw University: secretary. John S. "Wright. Indianapolis; assistant secretary, E. A. Schultzc. Fort Wayne; press secretary, Gccrßc W. Renton. Indianapolis; treasurer. Dr. J. T. Scovell, Terre. Haute.

MUSIC IX SCHOOLS. That Section of the Tendier Ann. clntlon In Session. The mufic section of the State Teachers' Association met yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock In the odlce of the lieutenant governor. There were several Interesting papcra read, all of which tended to show the great benefits to be derived from the teaching of music in the public ehools. The meeting was well attended and the papers were listened to with great Interest by thus present. Those who read papers wre Superintendent John F. Haines, of Noblesvllle, on "What the Superintendent Expects of the Supervisor;" Lillian G. Smith, of Indianapolis, on "Public School Music from the Standpoint of a Teacher." and Nellie Beach, of Princeton, on "Public School Music from the Standpoint of a Super visor." J. L. Glasscock, of Lafayette, who was to have read a paper on "Public School Music from the Standpoint of a Principal, was not present. Before adjournment the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, . J. Stables, of Noblesvllle; secre tary. Miss Nellie Beach, of iTlnceton; executive committee. William Earhart. of Rich mond, Miss Rose Nichols, of Danville, and R. Gibhardt, of New Albany. Northern Indiana Teachers. The Northern Indiana Teacher' Association will meet in Anderson, Ind.. April 4, 5 and 6. The executive committee, through Superintendent B. F. Moore, of Marion, its chairman, has almost completed arrangements for the programme, which will be a double one and of unusual length. It is expected that more than three thousand teachers of northern Indiana will be present. Dr. N. C. Shacffer, state superintendent of public Instruction of Pennsylvania. Walter Scott Perry, director of lratt tart) Institute, Brooklyn, and Booker T. Washington will deliver lectures before the association. Inspector James L, Hughes, of Toronto. Ontario, will also probably be secured. Mayor Dunlap and Governor Durbln will deliver the addresses of welcome and Superintendent C. N. Kendall, of this city, will respond. There will be an art exhibit, nnd Professor Perry's work will be illustrated lectures on art. Every effort will be made by the officers of the association and by Anderson to make the meeting tho greatest yet held in northern Indiana. An to County Superintendent. To the Editor of the Indianapolis ournal: The last legislature passed a law providing as follows: "No person shall he eligible to or shall hold the office of county superintendent unless he bold at the tlma of his election a thirty-six months' license or life or professional license to teach in the public schools of the State." The writer doubts the constitutionality of the section of law just quoted. ' To say that it is an unjust, superficial enactment is to put It In mild terms. The enactment does not say that the person who desires to be county superintendent shall hold a thirtysix months license Issued in the county in which he desires to be elected superintendent, or whether he may secure the thirtysix months license in some other county. If the candidate for county superintendent Is required to secure a thirty-six months' license from a county superintendent who is desirous of succeeding himself In office, then the first man is at the mercy of the other. In this way an unscrupulous county superintendent may successfully thwart the ambition of all his teachers who aspire to become the head of the schools in their county. On the other hand, if a thirty-six months' license Issued in one county can le used as a proof of qualification In another county, a candidate for county superintendent, no difference what his qualifications may be, will manage to find an unscrupulous county superintendent to issue the required thirtysix months' license. In Pike county, two years ago. it is said, and not contradicted, that a candidate for county superintendent, who never In hl life was able to merit but a twelve months license, was on band with two thirty-six months' licenses, issued In other counties. Of course, in accordance with the letter of the law, he was eligible, although he did not hold a valid license in Pike county at the time. In the opinion of the writer the qualifications now required of county superintendents should be greatly modified. It would be much better to say that in order to t eligible to the office of county superintendent the applicant must have taught successfully for ten years In the public chool of the State. Anybody can get a thirtysix months license to teach school. EX-TEACHER, Petersburg, Ind., Dec. 2G. PIRATES PUNISHED. They Raided British PoMsesslona and Lost Five Jnnksi and Forty Men. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 27. The steamer Miowera brings advices of a raid on th British possessions by the Tugeri tribe from Dutch New Guinea. A squad of police met the pirates from Tugeri at the mouth of Morehead river. A fight on the water ensued, the police capturing and sinking flv Junks. No prisoners were taken, tmt it it estimated that forty were shot or drowned. There were no casualties among the government forces. Afterward the Tugeri made another raid on the Morehead villages, killing fifteen persons. Six1 months ago th tribe concluded terms cf peace with tht Bitltsh. The Miowera also brings ndvices from Queensland that a prosjector named I. Kiliane has been killed, and. according to the belief of the ship's ioopk taten by the natives. A report is brought of the ubcovcry gold In Samoa, near Apia, and that Mataafa is becoming restless, and on Dec 6 called a meeting of native chiefs. NEW TELEPHONE DEVICE. It Enable Two i'rmoni to Talk o the Same Wire nt One Time. CHICAGO, Dec. 27. A practical ;ystem of duplexing telephone wires by which, using an auxiliary telephone, conversations with two persons may be held simultaneously on the same wire has leon adopt-d by the Chicago Telephone Company, and instruments for its operation will le put In Immediately at muny of the big itorcs and in offices where the use of the tilephone U heavy. The auxiliary telephones will, as a lule, be used Jor Incoming mct-sages. but they are so arranged that out calls may s made at the same time that th main telephone Is in u:c. Sujerintcnö nt Hlbbard said to-day that the plan had been thorouchly tested and had proved a success. By Its use a heavy savb.g in tr.e running of wires will bo made. tesld:-? more- than doubling the capacity of thi telephone service by firms u.-lng it heavily. RESEMBLE DIAMONDS. Alleged Precious icin Fnnnil Near a Coal 3Ilne la New Mexico. A1AMOGORDO. N. M.. Dec. 27. A prominent railway official note to-day received n lox of fifty gems chicly resembling and alleged to lw diamonds found near Capltan, the coal camp on tho line of the El Faso Northeastern Railway Company, eighty miles north of this place. The stones were found by J. J. Blow, formerly f.ssotiated with the De Beers Consolidated 'omjany at Klmberley, South Afrba. who has boon secretly investigating the field lor the at month, and a letter from him Lccompanylrg too shipment states that they up: cithtr diamonds or something si ilosely rescrhling the gom thut they deceive "him. They suce.-sfullj- tnd every crude tst krewn. The gems will be sent away for finl analysis. Haff to Sail the Bunion Ilnnt. BOSTON. Dee. 27. 'apt. Hank HafT haa been selected as sailing master of the Bot ten boat to be built to defend the America's cup. Re has had great exjerleuce in cup races, lit? sailed tho Volunteer and Defender in ISST and 1&7, resjvctlvrly.