South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 85, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 25 March 1920 — Page 6

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MARCH 25, 1920.

RECRUITING GOOD TEACHERS. The educational committee of the federation of Women's clubs in an eastern city has taken up as one of its chief activities the business of helping to recruit good teachers for the schools. The women have embodied in a sot of resolutions the compelling reason for such action and the lines they rnenn to foliow. Since every state is suffering from tho same acute .shortage of good teaeherr, tlie action of this representative body of women is of general interest. The resolutions following oice a common need, und misht act as a valuable sugpestlon to other communities hesitating as to the ilfsirabillty of tlio public taking an active part in tho campaign, for more and better teacher. "Whereas there is a deplorable shortage in t lie teaching staff of the public school, caused primarily by tho economic, nnd .social inequalities of the teacher' position, and "Whereas there is ne"d of comro.sito thought by school authorities, K.liool patrons ami all citizens of the fctate, "Therefore bo it resolved, that we do hereby pledge ourselves by earnest effort to recruit our ablest young men and women for the teaching profession, by giving every assistance wlthJn our power to proper adjustment of salary and social position nnd by proper emphasis on the durable satisfaction of teaching." The future of this country will be no better than the schooling its youth receives. Nothing so vitally concerns any nation as education. Public cooperation along the lines indicated in the above resolutions should help to solve one of the serious American problems.

CONFIRMATION OF MR. COLBY. Confirmation by the senate of Halnbridge Colby to be secretary of Ftatc, may have com from v republican sense of humor incident to tho reactionary democratic peev, or it may have come as a response to the "country wide" complaint against rartyism in Washington, in defiance of which partyistn has set the pace. Tho majority in the senate may feel, in the face of their attitude toward the Versailles treaty, so plainly of a partisan nature, that they have gone about as far in that direction as is politically safe. Purely enough, the president was not hideboun.! c emocratic in the appointment of Mr. Colby. Ay we have explained before, we think he did it because of Iiis inability to find democrats progressive enough to follow him in his course, and here is a man who has been loyal to him from principle, rather than from old partisan atllllations. which seldom means anything once the walls of partisan advantage have been scaled. Mr. Colby has been conspicuous for sever. -.1 rnrs as a progressive and independent, but, if judged by faithfulness to support of democratic leadership through tho many crises of the pat few year?, ho is a pretty good democrat. His independence was shown notably in 1 9 1 1 when, after helping to bring about the nomination of Roosevelt by the progressives for president, ho refused to follow the colonel when tho 1 Itter decided to join with the republicans for Hughes. Ho then turneO! to Wilson as the leader for progressiveness, ;;long with nearly 2,000,000 others, putting over the xictory of 1916. .apparently '.mich to the chagrin of the old bourbonic school. With the ability ot" Mr. Colby unquestioned, his standing as a lawyer being high and his public service and addresses showing that he lias a broad knowledge and clear ideas on the great questions f the day. there could be no other e.vcuse than the narrowest partisanship if his nomination were fought in the senate. If the republicans bail opposed him they would only have drawn attention anew to the shallowness of their criticism of Wilson as "too partisan.'' as if any republican in the senate had license to complain of partisanship. Tf they had attacked him as a progressive they would have shown all there ever was to their profession of regard for progresshe t rineiples. while democrats who complain are no better than the republicans, advertising their progressive pretenses as a hypocrisy even more boldly still.

SUN MOVES SLOWLY. One of the long -stablished industries of Georgia under attack and its beneficiaries are throwing their political and moral forces into a pool for concerted rcsi.slar.ee. Humane societies backed by the supfort of civilized opinion and impulses have begun a vigorous campaign for the abolition of the "whipping bosses" or "flogging masters" who have been fixtures in Georgia prisons. Naturally the disciplinarians who have drawn salaries for enforcing order and obedience or compelling labor in municipal sto Wades and county, are not going to gie up their jobs without a t'cht. whatever public opinion may be. The start was marie when the humane society of Atlanta force I the abandonment of Pegging women inmates of the city stockade. Then followed an order forbidding whipping men prisoner", which encouraged the exponent", of .'lodging o much that they set out to have the practice wiped out all oer thItate. lccci.i folio d in dPtcrent count! but

en!y by virtue of concessions to public opinion, as the propagandists learned whn the campaign spnad owr the täte and the "llo-glng masters'' legan tf, rn'ike a tiht to save their jol.s. Then i: was four.d that the Georgia, penal code established the positions of "whipping bo.-sos" but left their a pr ointment to the discretion of prison wardens, and the opponents of flogging are overjoyed to lie informed by the warden of the prison at Hrunswirk that there has not been a flogging in that institution for 10 years. The humane societies and women's organizations have Interpreted this as evidence that flogging can be dispensed with everywhere, a view they are at present trying to impress upon the legislature to bring a repealer. Hut the "flogging masters"' are putting up a stubborn fight to retain one of the recognized Institutions of the rtate.

DANISH SELF-DETERMINATION. So much hrus been said lately 'about the "blunders" and "injustices" of the Paris treaty that it is pleasant to record an indisputable act of fairness and sound judgment, provided for in the treaty an l now accomplishe d. It is the. carving up of tho disputed Schleswig-Holstein province. In strict accordance with the principle of racial self-determination. Schleswig-Holstein wa.s taken forcibly from Denmark shortly before the Franco-Prussian war. At that time the- German government promised to have the final determination of sovereignty to a popular ote. but never fulfilled its promise. The Paris treaty undertook to remedy that obi wrong. And ia doing so. It sought neither to benefit one nation nor punish the other. The disputed territory was divided into three successive strirs. shading gradually from the purely Danish population in the north to the purely German in the south. In the plebiscite just held, the northern strip voted to join Denmark, and the middle strip to remain with Germany. Denmark thereupon gave up all claim to the southern strip, without a vote. The deer-ion has been confirmed by the supreme allied council at Paris, and thus one long-standing international dispute is ended. There are rubers to be ended in like' manner, in the Saar valley, in Silesia and elsewhere. Need it be doubted, after this example, that they will hesettled with equal iustice, -specially if the League of Nations eer comes Into its r roper functions and authority ? And if all such disputes could be gotten rid of with a f.iir degree of satisfaction to the parties in controversy, a tremendous step would be taken toward insuring the world's peace; for most wars have arisen over disputed territory.

FORSAKING SELF-INTEREST. The statement made by the director eif til" bureau of war risk insurance to an investigating committee of the house of representatives that of ;i,000,(Mjiv or more service men who carried government insurance during the w.ir all but OOe.O'M) hive a lowed their policies to lapse culls attention to a deplorable situation. The value of life insurance Is so widely recogri'zed that to give up the extraordinarily cheap war policy, hehind which stands the wealth of the nu'.ion, Is equivalent to a renunciation of self-inte-rest. The director of the bureau told congress lie was confident that the number of policy-holders would be increased to 2,000,000 within five years. Public-st iriteel erga nizatlons should cooperate with him in his campaign to persuade service men to reinstate their insurance.

When those who were so surprised by the apI ointment of Hainbridgc Colby as secretary ef state recovered, they found that he was a capable man and one who will maintain the best standards ef the oüiee. Therefore the senate ratified the appointment.

Since Turkey has not hael a navy worthy of the name she will not suffer greatly from being deprived by the allies of that adjunct of government. The bayonet, not warship, 'is the favorite weapon for slaying Christians.

The man who paid JS0O for a barrel of rain water, thinking it was whisky, needn't be so sore. Rain water has its uses; and he might have fooled away the money for oil stock.

Paris reports of a French suggestion to tax tourists may be an effort to make them feel at home.

How would it do to make those who protect the Turk responsible for what the Turk eloes?

Other Editors Than Ours

rovi:i: witiioi t pkufoiimanci;, (Now York Times.) Thus far in the course of a special session of more than six months, and in three months of the current regular session of congress, the republican majority's record has been one of negation. The republican leadership is notorious for the wise and needful anl salutary measures it has eqpposeel instead of notab'e for providing the beneficent legislation that it rromised and the people expected. There are two damaging counts in the ropular indictment of the republican congress which has had control and responsibility for. three-fourths of a year. One Is that, having proclaimed a program of constructive enactments of Its own. it has failed to accomplish a single important task to which itn leaders pledged it. The second count is that, though seemingly unwilling r unable to take the initiative, the republican majority, in their partisanship and prejudice, have stubbornly refused to accept the recommendations of Pres't Wilson. Nothing could better reveal the contrast between democratic aggressiveness and progressiveness and republican Incompetence than the history of the last eight months. In all that period the executive branches of the government have been under lemoeratic authority and direction. The legislative department hits been wholly dominated by republicans. All th great problems and accompaniments ef reconstruction negotiation of peace, readjustment of the nation's finances, the settlement of two and the prevention of several great strikes, tho suppression of revolutionaries have been met ami successfully solved by the executive agencies, and that not emly without help, but often in the face of hindrance. fnm the republican legislature. All the while the republican senate was obstructing i eace and making the treaty a barrier to the most vital requirements of the country. Kven if the republican house of representatives had been capable of functioning, its product in the form of bills would have lain like driftwood in the senate. Surely, the people cannot be mistaken as to the identity of those who. through incapacity and indifference and virulent hostility to the president, have become i sponsible for withholding the measures anil machinery which the country has needed during 'ha cuajiv U.0 ii Lh of republican rezimu.

The Tower of Babel

By BILL ARMSTRONG

pa pi:uki.s si:z: Ileadin an up-to-date cargo t ad. you are forced to conclude a solid, substantial business man just HAS to smoke them.

ing the Women's Chamber of Com- : merce of South I.end Tuesday night. ; said a great many nice things about, Charley Speth and John Chess. : wh-s- last name is KP.sworth. She : evidently doesn't kno.v them there two birds as well aj we do. j

Wesley Hill is dollar hair cut

of the 1 will be '

Dr. John opinion the

the big issue of the coming campaign rather than the treaty and prohibition.

IX Till: OLD DA YS, YI'.S An admiring reader suggested

that we could probably get an entire i

roluinn of fun out of the northern lights the ether night. We looked at the display in the skies through sober eyes, just presumed that it was a r .'lection from the corner street light in Niles. and went to bed. Charley Chaplin, in "Carmen," was just about as funny to us as the northern lights.

Jake Heckaman. on learning that Art Hubbard walked to Dakeville

just for the exercise, ast him why he didn't go on to Logansport because he felt that that was where Art belonged.

i:xcrsi:s Tin: mit: ixsi haxci: .max GIYF.S. "We are putting e,n a gold pin contest this month and I have a geod hance to be in the le ad in this county." "Your application will put me In line for a free trip to our district convention at Flkhart." "I am trying very hard to get into the 10d per cent club this month. Your policy will turn the trick." "What if you should die tonight?" "My office' has be-on writing $20.000 per day for seveni weeks. If you don't buy today, this record goes to the bow-weiws." "You're- predty old and feeble, but T think I an get you by if 1 tell them I know you personally."

It's interesting to picture the scorn em the face of the modern real estate man wher. he meets up with a would-be rente r.

The

high cost of everything has

sent the price of oats sky high. Next someone will come along and want to know the cost f wild oats, and we say here; Hrother. it is a epiestion that cannot be answered.

tiii:ik i:ai:s mi st iiavi: m:i:x p.ruxiXG. Mrs. i:ii.a leth Hagerty, aeldres-

I, OCA Ii hhimi-s. During a talk before the South Ib-nd Heal Kstate board Tuesday noon. I lev. A. M. Fells, of Westminster Presbyterian church, made an appeal to the board to llnel him a house- to rent by June 1st. It is probabb'"that the matter will be appealed to the national real estate body and fremi there to the United States supreme court Then when the matter is finally decided and Dr. Fells secures his rented house In South Hend, it will be foumi the kitchen is a trifle- small and the bouse w on't have enough bed rooms.

former Private 1st Class Ixuis Wedf writes from Miami. Fla., that

he is enjoying his well earned rest

immensely. Mr. Wedf lias recently joined the ?, Star Hennessey club, one ef the- most exclusive organizations in Florida, he informs us.

More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

TIMFS IIAVi: CHAXGFD. Former Prince Joachim .f Germany has been - fit to jail for throwing a platten at a man who refused to stand when "Deutschland Cbec .Mb-s" was being plavcd.

WHAT'S IN A NAME

Faeis about your name; Its history; lis me.Vning: whence It xas derived; Its slgnlfie-.nce; jeuir lucky day nnd lucky jewel. i;y mim)Iu;i Marshall.

Kaiser

ruled tb

When Pill the

Kelch. (The Cerman w trd for lcition), If.s youthful sons could g" c:i buns, And n.isoe have- like sons o' guns, A:m'i ait the- s-.M. stolid I'iuns Looknl on with admiration. i -ii e eft'-l 'ii.i slapped they cried, Har-har: What playful k.e'.s those princ-'s are!" Whenever they reeled down the street With more than they could carry. And loudly cried, "One side! One side! You common kerls we can't abide," The people that they snarled at sighed : "Their Highnesses are merry!

Ixt's follow them from place to place And let them biff us in the face'." A subject beaten by a Prince. Who'd ladled in a hidefull, We.uld straight expose his battered nose. Point out the spots where princely blows Had landed, and would strut and pose. All puffed and grand and prideful. "Look. Herren," he would say, "and see Just how Mein Fuerstchen walloped me. Put now if cny prince gets lit. The Berlin toppers trail him. And if he fight or quarrels of nights. Or shoots out the electric lights. The guardians of the peoples lights Incontinently jail him. They're taking lessons now in freetlom. The Huns are and they surely need 'em!

Attention. Candidates. The middle of the road is the surest place to get hit by the steam roller.

The DIITorenee. The railroads need a raise of rate and we need an overcoat. The railroads will get the raise in rates.

AGATHA. Agatha, the good oUI Knglish favorite, had a elistine-tly Gri'e-k origin. It come s from the Greek word meaning good. For a long time it remained indigenous te Greece, but finally came to European fame through a Sicilian girl called Agatha who was tortured to death at Home in the Deciaii persecution. Sicily straightway made her a guardian saint and since that little island has always proved a bone- of contention between warring European counttries, and was he-Id successively, for periods of greater or less duration, by the Greeks, Saracens, Normans, French Arragone.se, Spaniards, and Hourbons. the name of St. Agatha spread throughout Europe. St. Agatha's festival day is celebrated in the churches of all the countries which held Sicily for a time. Even Russia has adopted the name and calls it Agafia. Agatha w.uj the name borne by the daughter of William the Conqueror who was betrothed to the unfortunate Earl Edwin and died on her way to a state marriage in Castillo. St. Agatha was a favorite saint in England and the shears with which she was mutilated are the symbols carved on many an old wooden church calendar. For that reason Agatha became one of the most popular feminine names ef England. Its voguo became so great that like all names In common use, it was applied almost generally to the servant class. Agatha is the name of the interesting maidservant in Southey's "Doctor." Put of late years it has leaped to prominent revival among the mest aristocratic circles and the list of "Honorable Agathas" includes a daughter of almost every titled house in Great Pritain. France likes the name and both Italy and Spain have taken it without change with the exception of the aspirate which they cannot pronounce. Portugal calls it Agneda. The flame-hearted ruby is Agatha's talisnianic stone-. It is said to give her bodily strength and mental pt)wer and to wear it, insures her poise and regal bearing. Tuesday is her lucky elay and 3 her lucky number. Her flower is the lily, signifying purity. (Copyright, 1?20.)

Almost lrcIiitorl

Aid man Shell, of Kentucky, is 1.10 j vears old. He can remember when !

Pry an wasn't a candidate for presi elcnt.

The Horoscope

Till USD AY, MARCH 25. The astral forces In operation on this day, although of conflicting nature, make for lively and interesting situations. The Moon is in sextile aspect with Sol, Jupiter and Neptune, a fortuitous combination of Influences making for success, increase of busine ss, advancement and progress, particularly for those in employment and for trusts, combinations and secret organizations and societies. Offsetting these, however, is an adverse' positirm ef Saturn with its delaying, obstructing and disappointing force. Under certain mutual aspects between Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune, peculiar or inexplicable conditions or events are likely to arise. These may have a bearing en social, domestic or affectional affairs, and be particularly significant in the latter, which is also under a baneful Lunar ray. Pe careful in the matter of pleasure, and have regard for money spent in pursuit thereof. These whose birthday it is may expect a successful year in business. 1 ut they should be careful of expenditures, and not be too indulgent in pursuit of pleasure. A child born eui this day although successful in its undertakings will be disposed to soend its monev on pleasure.

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