Richmond Palladium (Daily), 21 January 1904 — Page 1

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'THE PROBLEM OF OUR OWN CULTURE" ABLY DISCUSSED BY A SCHOLAR.

THE USE OF MARGINS Mental Dissipation Always Antagonistic to Real Culture. (By W. A. Fiske.) Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock the city schools were closed and the teachers, a large number of students and over a hundred friends of education assembled in high school hall to listen to a lecture by Dr. Edward Howard Griggs. Dr. Griggs was here three years ago and delivered a series of lectures before the teachers of Wayne county. Many, therefore, knew what an intellectual treat was in store for them on this occasion. The subject of the address, "The Problem of Our Culture," was not one that appeals to teachers alone, but had a decided nterest to individuals of any profession or walk of life. He said, in substance: One of the great aims of life should be personal culture and the means of bringingthis condition about should be the prime purpose of our lives. ' One of the greatest sources of culture is to make the best use of our margins, which means the time, long or short as the case may be, over and above that required to make a living or to accumulate the necessities of life. It is that to which we devote our margins that brings the greatest returns, because it is this time that is usually employed in doing that in which we take the greatest pleasure. "It is the use of the margins that determines the real qualities of life ,and is the great test of character." These need not be spent in hard mental labor, but may be spent in play, yet in whatever way they are spent care should be taken that they are not wasted in dissipation. Several forms of dissipation were given, among1 which was first mentioned the reading of newspapers. The speaker believes in the newspaper and regards it as having1 a two-fold function, that of moulding public opinion anl teaching urrent history, but he regards it as a very extraordinary newspaper which should consume more than fifteen minutes of time in its reading'. The time devoted to its columns of murders, robberies and other criminal deeds is time spent in the worst form of mental dissipation. A second means of wasting1 mental capital is by reading cheap magazines and. third, listening to public lectures. The speaker said he believed in public lectures, else he would not be here, yet he regarded them as a source of evil unless the hearer. was willing to give two hours of close thought on what was said to every hour eonsumel in listening to the lecture. Much stress was laid upon the fact that little harm is ever done by what is called over work. It is true that cases sometimes come up that seem to be due to this cause, but it is usually found to be accompanied by social dissipation or some other cause equally as bad. "Worry is usually one of the great causes of these mental or physical failures assigned to over work," and should be placed under one's feet. Learn to cultivate a disposition free from worry in-order to accomplish the greatest results in any vocation." The great secret of success in life is mental concentration. A lack of this is one of the greatest sources of wasted energy. To concentrate the mind upon a task hold it there until the Avork is completed is one of the greatest achievements of man. The instance of Xaroler-n spending seventy-two hours without food or sleep upon a great problem was used to press the point. " tvjS not 11;. f5et fhnt he w-,s pbysically able to accomplish such a ns this, the- tliintr in itself was wrong, Int it was the tmnz determination of the man that did it as well as later

WM. P. HEPBURN, Author of the Pure Food Bill That Passed the House. to change the whole may of Europe " The lecture throughout was replete with good things that will surely be of Treat benefit to those who heard it. MARYJILCOX Meets A ith an Accident Tuesday Night. Miss Mary Wilcox, who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hutton 29 north eleventh street, met with an accident recently. When leaving the house intent on attending; the musical, she fell on the sidewalk and broke her elbow in two places and dislocated her elbow. The doctor sa3s her arm will be stiff the balance of her life. SHOOTIRG SCRAPE 01 1. SEYENTI WILL TOWNSEND FIRES A SHOT AT HIS UNCLE. IT DIDN'T TAKE EFFECT Pulled Trigger Second Time, But it Didn't Go Off. James Townsend lives with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaar, at 309 north seventh street. A nephew, Will Townsend, also lives there. The uncle and nephew do not get along peaceably for some reason or other, and, at divers times, have had difficulties that ended in anything but pleasantness. Last evening the uncle and nephew had one of those quarrels and the heat of the afl'air became so intense that William sought recourse in a revolver, and he tired a shot at his uncle and snapped the trigger a second time, but, fortunately, it did not go off. The first shot" did no damage, save scaring the family and embedding itself in the wall. The police were called and young Townsend was arrested. lie appeared in police court this morning and was bound over to court in the sum of $1,000. EAELHAI HONORED By the Law Club of the University of Pennsylvania President Kelly of Earlham stated that he had received a letter from the law club of the University of Pennsylvania asking for Earlham 's seal, in order to place it in their club room The law club is going to decorate the walls of their club room with the seals of twelve American colleges, devised in an attractive color and rcounted on a shield of dark stained oak. The decorations will be very artistic and will make the room appear very beautiful. AH the colleges 'thus honored will be of an equal standing with Earlham, and it is considered quite an honor for Earlham to be chosen.

A LIST OF SUPERINTENDENTS HO ADMINISTERED SCHOOL AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND .

MADE SCHOOLS FAMOUS Justin N. Study Served the Longest Term of Years From 1884 to 1896. " Not long ago at a dinner party in Richmond, inquiries were made about some of the old superintendents who had served the people of Richmand in this very important capacity. Since that time, the Palladium has made some inquiries with the following result. The List and the Term of Service of Each One: Josiah II. Hurty 1S55 to 1S57. William D. Henkle 1S57 to 1S58. George II. Grant 1858 to 1SG0. George P. Brown 1860 to 1864. Jesse H. Brown 1S64 to 1S65. William A. Bell 1865 to 1866. Jesse H. Brown 1866 to 1S67. George P. Brown 1867 to 1869. James McNeil 1869 to 1873. John Cooper 1S73 to 1881. Jacob A. Zeller 1881 to 1884. Justin N. Study 1884 to 1896. Thomas A. Molt 1896 It will be observed from this list that Jesse II. Brown and George P. Brown served in this capacity at two different times. Jesse II. Brown is living at Indianapolis and George P. Brown is the editor and publisher of the Illinois School Journal, one of the leading educational periodicals in the United States. W. A. Bell lives at Indianapolis and can still tell a good story. John Cooper lives at Irvington and J. N. Study is superintendent of the Fort Wayne public schools. The present superintendent, Mr. Mott, keeps the s chools advancing and growing so that they are known even beyond the limits of Indiana. RELIC ELKS' FAIR A Blank Marriage License Presented to Clerk Haas. During the Elks' fair County Clerk E. M. Haas donated to the fair several marriage licenses, and they were given away in the country store. Among the many given out was one to Wm. Kramer, the well-known lumber dealer. Yesterday Mr. Kramer went to the clerk's office, accompanied by his blank license and had Mr. Haas fill it out. Mr. Kramer said the boys had considerable fun about it at the time, but it was fun no longer. So the genial clerk had no alternative but to issue the license and dig down in his "jeans" for two "plunks" and deposit the same in the county's excehquer. Mr. Kramer's license was to marry Miss Martha McWhinney, a sister of Mrs. Dan Walters. TOffifCALE -. Gets C C. & L. News Franchise. - Thomas Cale has bought the news franehse on the C, C. & L. railroad, which franchise will be an independent one. Mr. Cale will take up the position as soon as the road gets into Chicago aud Cincinnati, its terminals. Mr. Cale has the run from Richmond to Columbus, Ohio, on the P., C, C. & St. L. railway at present, and his friends and patrons on this line will be sorry to see him go. His successor h?s not yet been named. EPLOSIOIT. (By Associated Press.) Johnstown, Pa., Jan, 21. One man is dead and seven seriously injured by an oY?ksion at the Cambria Steel company.

GRAND DISPLAY OP SPEEDHUMAN AND OTHERWISE THIS MORNING.

AND HOWARD CAMPBELL Was the Principal in the Case After the Automobile Had Spent Itself. Howard Campbell lives on Ft. Wayne avenue. Mr. Campbell is the owner of an automobile and takes great pride in telling his friends and neighbors of the merits of his wonderful machine never was such a machine, and the neighbors hope there never will be again. We will not say right here what make the machine was, but if any one comes privately we will tell them, provided there is enough of the auto left to find the name plate. The auto is kept at Gaar's shop and the driver usually takes Mr. Campbell to and from the shop. This morning he drove the machine into Mr. Campbell's yard as usual. Everything was calm, peaceable and serene Avhen the machine was left standing in he yard. Suddenly and without warning something gave way and the bustupabus phelontasimus of the jump-the-fence-abus bursted and the machine started off slowly at first, but gradually gaining in speed, until it reached the fence, when with the speed of a college athlete it climbed the fence (Supt. Gormon is authority for this) and when last seen it was far onits way toward automobileville. The neighborhood was terror stricken as they all felt shocked and supposed it was an earthquake. merWg LECTURE ByD- M. M. Swadener at 5th Street M. E. Church. Rev. Dr. Madison M. Swadener delivered his lecture on "Qualities that Win" in the Fifth Street M. E. church last evening, to a mosl appreciative audience. The speaker held the undivided attention of every listener in the house. The lecture was beneficial as well as entertaining, full of wit and replete with humorous anesdotes; amusing, but to the point, and, as he proceeded with his subject, which he mastered so well, grew as eloquent as a Patrick Henry. His language was very choice, and his gestures easy and natural; he has a faculty of presenting his subject so logically, so forcibly, so earnestly that his audience wished for more when he had finished speakiig. Had the people of Richmond known what a rreat treat was in store for them, the church would not have held them. Those who did hear him were delighted. 1XT TUESDAY Tne Holland Palace Car Will Arrive in Richmond, Next Tuesday one of the new Holland palace sleeping cars will make the first run from Indianapolis to Richmond. It will arrive here some time during the day, the exact time to be given later. The car will be here for a short time and will be open to the public for the purpose of inspection. Since it will be unable to pass under the C C. & L. railroad bridge, the car will slop at the inJerurban barns, on the west side. The trip will be made by the officials of the Richmond Street & Interurban railway, the Dayton & Western Railway company and the Indianapolis and Eastern Railway company.

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YUAN SHI KAL Who is Commander in Chief of the Chinese Army. Ben Pardieek of Muncie spent yesterday here wiiL his brother, H. H. Pardieek, and attended the PardieekMorel wedding. For Being Drunk Two Young Men Are Sentto Army. Frank Moore and August Kromer were in police court this morning charged with being drunk. They plead guilty to the charge and were sentenced to the regular army for three years. Superintendent Gormon says he wasted no time in loading them on the train for Indianapolis, where they will enlist in the service of Uncle Sam. SOME HAPPENINGS AT COURT HOUSE SEVERAL ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED THERE. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Issue Jury Commissioners in SessionMarriage Licenses. Letters of administration were issued to John J. Brannan on the estate of Michael Brannan, deceased. Bond, $300. Laura A. Pack and John Elliott, executors of the last will of Eunice Elliott, have petitioned court to be allowed to borrow money on estate. Letters of administration were issued to Jonathan O. Edgerton on the estate of Ruth Ann Edgerton. The jury commissioners Peter Beeler and Jerry McDaniels are in session today selecting jurors. They have 141 names to select from. Marriage Licenses Have been issued as follows: Fred Clifford and Cora Burr, Dublin. Harrj- Maule and Theresa Mott, city. William Kramer and Martha E. McWhinney. The Richmond Home Telephone company has announced that the new directory will be ready about the first of March. The number of 'phones has increased w-onderfully since the last directory wTas printed,' last April, and the number is increasing daily. On the thirty-first of December there were nineteen hundred and thirty 'phones, and, by the time the new directory will be printed, there will probably be twenty-two or three hundred. The "copy" is being arranged at the present time; therefore, if any subscriber has changed his residence or if any person desires to become a patron of the line, he will pi en so call up 'phone 201, so that the names may appear correctly in the directory.

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