Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 78, 10 February 1919 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, FEB. 10, 1919.

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-SCHOOL HEADS ' OPPOSE NORMAL

SUBSIDY PLANS

Supt. Bcntley Among Educaf: tors Against Taking Over Private Schools. " "I am personally opposed, to voting 'publlo money to privately owned "schools, but I am in favor of allowing ( private owned schools to grant teachers' certificates to graduates providing their courses met with the approval of the state board of education," - Bald City School Superintendent J. H. Bcntley, today following his - return i from (the conference of the city and .township superintendents In Indianapolls. The superintendents' association at their final session yesterday voted to oppose the subsidizing of V private owned normal schools In Indiana by the state, as is being asked .by the presidents of the schools, o "The association favored, however, .a the establishment of a standard twoyear course for teachers in the normal schools under state direction, and a "four year standard course in the state colleges," Mr. Bentley said. "This very Important question ties up with Indiana's problem of getting enough competent teachers. The fact is that Indiana " does not have one-fourth enough teachers in training In her normal school3 to supply the demand. J do not believe, however, that It will he necessary to subsidize these Schools if teachers' certificates are Issued for courses snupervlsed by the state board of education." ' He explained that Indiana normal schools have stood out for a four year course for teachers, which is ridiculous to expect, since the salaries of public school teachers do not warrant such preparation. Indiana nor

mal scnoois are, as a resuu, not nearj

run, Benuey saia. "ine suDsiaizing of privately owned schools would include not only such schools as TrlState, Danville, Valparaiso and Winona, but any new schools could jump in and claim inclusion. On the proposed basil Earlham college or any other school can put In a two year 'normal course, and in this way the demand can be supplied. "Another Imperative question," Mr. Bentley said, is that of Indiana teach- ' era' examinations. It is my idea and the general sentiment of Indiana sunerlntendonts that certain requirements ; should be made for teachers and that -upon successful experience certificates thould bo extended to life length. Our many teachers' examinations cripple the system and keeps good teachers out of the state. I have known a number of such cases in which well prepared and successful teachers having teachers' certificates from one or two other states have had to take a common school teachers' examination before being allowed to teach in Indiana. The system operates against the good of the schools. Indiana is peculiar in this requirement. I do not recall any other state that has such a law. Good teachers . will keep up ; poor teachers will show up, despite examinations." " , ' ; At the state meeting, J. N. HInes, state superintendent-elect in reading ' the measure that is to be introduced in the legislature establishing . standard courses, said that section of the bill providing for the subsidizing cf provatcly owned normal schools had been stricken out of the bill. The superintendents were general in expressing themselves as opposed to giving aid to normal schools in this way. ELDORADO WOMAN DIES OF INJURIES ELDORADO, Feb. 10. Miss Emma McCoy. 71 years .old. died shortly after midnight this morning, as the result of Injuries sustained when she was struck by a train at the . Main street crossing here. Miss McCoy was just leaving the tracks when she was struck by a cut of cars from a local freight that was switching in the yards. She was kknocked from the track. Her left side was badly crushed and she sustained Internal injuries. Miss McCoy had lived in Eldorado and this vicinity all . her life. She leaves a brother, George McCoy," mayor of Eldorado, and a sister, Mrs. M. L. Coovert, with whom she made her home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the United Brethren church at Elldorado, the Rev. A. C. Barnhart chelating. Burial will be at Otterbeln. To distinguish bottles containing poisons in the dark a sandpaper band lo encircle them with an opening for their labels has been invented. -

WITH THOSE 111 ARMY AND HAVY

This column, containing news of Richmond and Warn county soldiers and gallon, will appear dally In the Palladium. Contribution will be welcomed.-- -

William Williams who has been with the U. S. spruce division In Washington state has been ; mustered out of the service and arrived in Richmond Saturday afternoon: ' The method of torture and death used by - past generations of Europeans as viewed in an old Louis XV

prison is described by Orville D. Beeson. A. I. 2d. R. O., now at the U. S. Naval Air station at Brest. France. Beeson -writes in a letter to hre father, Robert Beeson of Greensfork: "Day before yesterday I had a very interesting trip through an old chateau in Brest. Part of it was built by Caesar, part by Napoleon, and part by Louis XV. The one large tower is a prison. It is about six stories high and full of little cells and hallways. The cells are all small and mostly dark as a dungeon. They are about 12 to 15 feet high with straight smooth walls, the ceiling being at right angles to the walls, and the shaft in the center at right angles to the walls. "In about the center of the tower is a rather large room where the sentence was passed. The prisoner was placed on the floor; the judges sat around a gallery about fifteen feet above, the room being circular. Off to one side was a little torture room where the prisoner was placed between two walls and an iron rod was put against each temple. This was slightly tightened on both sides by screws. The prisoner would have to stand in this position for no definite period. There were other devices which were as bad or worse. "You can never imagine until you see some parts of Europe, just how wonderful the U. S. A. really is. You can throw all patriotism away, and base all on solid facts, and America leads the world, on an average of 75 years. So if anybody tells you that Europe has something America hasn't you make up your mind they're wrong. I made a mistake, just one thing thev have that we haven't and that in filth." LeRoy Harding, former high school basketball player, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Harding. i3 at Vals-les-Bains, a rest camp for American troops in France. He was one of 1,200 Americans sent to this camp, it is an old trench summer resort, noted for its mineral baths. It is in a section of France in which Caesar's legions fought. Roman Jos. Vosmeier, is listed in Monday's casualties as wounded severely. Mrs. Wilhelmina Vosmeier of 517 South E street Is given as the nearest relative. Benjamin E. Edwards is listed as wounded slightly. Mrs. Clark I. Edwards is listed as the -nearest kin. " t Earl 'St Meyers of Williamsburg is also named as wounded slightly, i Corporal Charles H. James of 202 North Eighth street, is listed in Saturday casualties as died of disease. In a recent letter to his sister, Mrs. Mary Wishmeyer of 166 Fort Wayne avenue, Corporal Clarence Beatty writes: ' "We are settled down for a while In a small town called Wehlen along the Moselle river. Quite a nice place, but do not know how long we will stay here. I was in hopes of coming home soon but I guess we have a lot of guard duty to do that will keep us over here for a while. I am well satisfied, however. There are probably soldiers in every house in the town. Four of us are living with a German family. We have one room for sleeping; another for reading and writing, or other pastimes. "I have been through some shell

INFLUENCE OF FATHER ON CHARACTER OF SONS URGED BY SPEAKER AT MASS MEET

Opening the Father-Son week here, Bertram C. Day of Indianapolis, made anddress yesterday afternoon at the mass meeting at the Coliseum on tho subject of "The Secret of Character Building." He dealt with the subject under three heads, the farces' of heredity, the law of Heaven, and the law of repetition. Aa an illustration or the powers of heredity he pointed out breeded animals.: ' ' ' ;' . "If a man wishes to have a fine horse he must have a fine breed of horses behind the horse of the present time." said he. "The Arabians have always had the idea of treating their horses well and feeding them in the proper way. Now after centuries of this kind of care the Arabian horse la the finest in the world. So with cattle. If they are treated right and given the proper food they will develop into a fine breed of cattle but if the wrong kind of food is given them and they are not given the proper care the cattle at the end of a few centuries will not be worth having." In comparing these animals to the human race he said: "In the human race it is the same way. If we allow ourselves the proper care and the proper kind of living we will develop and go up the ladder but if the opposite is the case we will be like the

cattle and horses, not worth having

on earth.

"The son-will do as his father does I under most circumstances and for this

reason the fathers should be men of

high character, morally, , physically and mentally. . "The Python is a harmless snake as long as it is fed. It baa ne poison fangs, but when it is hungry, it is deadly. . - "So with our habits; they are all right as long aa they are kept fed but when they become hungry they are very, very dangerous. The muscles will not develop if they are not used. They do not have the power to repeat an action. The ; muscles and the bones are dead in themselves but It is the brain behind -them that makes them do what they do." Mr. Day compared Frederick the Great of Germany to Washington and showed how the father influenced the son's actions. A group of singers led by Lee B. Nusbaum gave several selections.

'HURRY TO THE PHILIPPINES' SAYS HARRISON

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Francis Burton Harrison. ' When Governor General Francis Burton Harrison, who recently returned to this country, accounts to President Wilson for his six years', stewardship of the Philippine Islands, he will describe the vital need for American business men and teachers. Later he intends to point out to American business men and trade bodies the need of haste if they hope to outdistance the Japanese in the race for the islands' trade.

fire and am lucky to be here. I was wounded once in the foot, but it did not amount to much. "On November 11 I was In the front lines with shells bursting all around, and at 11 o'clock when the firing ceased it was so quiet a pin would have caused some attention if one had dropped. Everyone was sure glad and had a smile instead of a grin as we had to go some, to do our part that day. "Have been traveling around Europe some; England, France, Luxemberg and Germany, but I hope the next stop will be the U. S. A."

DRAFT PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL LEGISLATION

Following a movement instituted by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce about a month ago, petitioning the State Chamber of Commerce to assist

in securing proper legislation which should aid each community of the state in solving the financial problem of erecting some fitting memorial for the world war soldiers, sailors and marines, a state-wide committee has been appointed and legislation Is now being drafted. A woman's committee has been appointed, headed by Mrs. Anna Studebaker, Carlisle, chairman of the State Council of Defense, to cooperate with the men's division. While the matter of the memorial committee was taken up at the eleventh annual convention of the State Chamber of Commerce, held in Anderson, January 15 and 16, and precipitated a spirit of animated discussion, it was finally referred to a further committee hearing called for Indianapolis January 2, at the Claypood hotel. The state was widely represented at this meeting, among those present being Mrs. M. F. Johnston, of Richmond. As a result of the various views and wide discussion a committee was appointed as follows: Arthur Brady, Anderson, Ind., chairman; Cap t H. S. Norton, Gary: Joseph H. Mills, Richmond; Mrs. B. W. Gillespie, Indianapolls and Miss Margaret Holland, Vincennes. This committer was empowered to redraft the bill under discussion and Incorporate as nearly as possible the suggestions received favorably at this meeting. , Mrs. Johnson brought but the idea that while we were building a memorial we should consider not only the present uses but for the possibilities of the usefulness and the beauty of such a Memorial one hundred years hence. She is chairman of the Richmond Art association and suggested that in some way the supervision of an Art commission would aid in making these memorials more beautiful. She felt that the different public-spirited citizens might decide to make gifts of art or other memorial work for the beautifying of different parts of tho building.

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MRS. ROOSEVELT SAILS FOR FRANCE

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Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of late ex-president, at extreme left; Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, in center, and Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt on gangplank of S. S. Lorraine on which Mrs. Roosevelt sailed for France. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the late ex-president, is on her way to France to visit two of her sons, still in service there, and the grave of Quentin, killed in action. Theodore Jr. is now a lieutenant colonel. Kermit is a captain. The picture, which shows Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by ber daughter and daughter-in-law. boarding the ocean liner, shows her heavily veiled This is one of her few public appearances since the death of hei husband.

PRESENT IS ONLY

LULL IN STORM SAYS PREMIER

PARIS, Feb. l0."WhiIe I have said that the war has been won. It would perhaps be more accurate to say thai there is a lull in the storm," said Georges Clemenceau, the French premier, in the course of an interview with the Associated Press. "At least," he added, "it is as well to face squarely all the possiDUiues." Although Germany had been beaten militarily and bad been largely disarmed, there still remained, the premier pointed out, "a chaotic but fruitful Russia, from which great help may be drawn by the Teutons." There would be danger, he thought, of a "reopening of the military debate, if it were not for the assurance President Wilson had voiced recently that whenever France or any other free people was menaced the whole world would be ready to vindicate its liberty. In the society of nations, said the premier, each nation must be willing to renounce its traditional aloofness and be willing to employ the national strength outside its own country, both in war and in peace. Premier Clemenceau warmly praised the help the American troops bad given in winning the war for democracy and expressed disbelief that there was a man in the American army of occupation who regretted that he had "fought on the side of freedom" because he had found more creature comforts in' Germany than in France.

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