Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Shorter Hours For | Railroad Employees ifel Conducive to Safety fkjjm K H By CHARLES C. M’CHORD, Interstate Commerce Commissioner Photo by American Press Association.

VIOLATIONS of the law limiting the service of train employees on American railroads to SIXTEEN CONSECUTIVE HOURS go to the very heart of the efficiency and safety of train operation. NEARLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND VIOLATIONS OF THE SIXTEEN HOUR LAW WERE REPORTED BY TWO HUNDRED AND 6IXTY-NINE RAILROADS DURING THE YEAR, THE ROADS SUBMITTING VARIOUS REASONS WHY SUCH VIOLATIONS WERE NECESSARY. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MEN, IT WAS POINTED OUT, WERE EMPLOYED IN HANDLING TRAINS DURING THE YEAR, AND THE EXCESS SERVICE PROBABLY WOULD NOT EXCEED ONE INSTANCE TO EACH EMPLOYEE. As a result of the prosecutions instituted by the commission the instances of excess service reported during the last six months as compared with the corresponding figures for preceding years has shown a marked reduction. * * * MY BELIEF IS THAT THE CARRIERS INVOLVED WILL CONCEDE TO THE COMMISSION’S ANALYSIS OF THEIR REPORTS SUCH A DEGREE OF ATTENTION AS WILL ENABLE THEM BY APPRISING THEMSELVES OF THE PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF EXCESS SERVICE TO ELIMINATE THE MAJORITY OF INSTANCES IN WHICH EMPLOYEES HERETOFORE HAVE BEEN PERMITTED OR REQUIRED TO REMAIN ON DUTY FOR LONGER PERIODS THAN SIXTEEN CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

Permit Every Normal Child to Develop Along Lines of His Aptitudes •' . _ 1 . ' ■ By Professor CHARLES ZUEBLIN, Publicist and Lecturer E'VER'I child not mentally defective is creative and should receive a chance to develop along the lines of his aptitudes. A CLASSROOM FOR CHILDREN PERFECTLY STILL IS A PATHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON tfiat ought not to be expected. A teacher that cannot guide children through the noise and bustle incident to work is incompetent. I BELIEVE IN THE TEACHING OF EVERYTHING IN THE GAMUT OF CULTURE PROVIDED THE PUPILS SHOW AN APTITUDE FOR THE SUBJECTS ASSIGNED. CIRCULATE FIFTY BOOKS THROUGH A CLASS OF CHILDREN, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR THERE WILL BE A VAST DIFFERENCE IN THE CULTURE ACQUIRED BY EACH—A VAST DIFFERENCE IN ACQUISITION, PERMANENT AND EPHEMERAL. THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND CULTURE. Graduates of technical schools where the work is comprehensive and the classes small will be found to have more culture at the end of ten or twenty years after having left the school than those who used the average college curriculum.