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MARCH 16. 1921

EDUCATION IN INDIANA. Cm. Warren T. M Cray upheld the constitution rt th f.t.jt: and adhered to ound rolitical and educaticnal principles when, by signing: the Cann bill he made, it impossible for any private of parochial eehool to receive any money from public echool revnur:.. Undr tho Old liw thia question va left eDmo in doubt though a former attorney general, holding the ron.titution cboo the old statute, mAintalnd as the Cann law now exprcsraly provides. The present attf-rny KfnrrAl, n putrd undfr some political obliKation to h't'A dlff rt ntly, had been Inclined to do so and tho bill was introduced to halt him. It waa vfll done. The governor his contributed handsomely to the rcfcult. Thus and other thins considered. th5 cause of education in Indiana received a. considerable "boost .. a rult of tho recent legislativ tjession. It did not, however, come near the nvirk educators had ft for it bc-foro the nc.vfion. opened. The fact that the Ku:seli S-ie. Foundation has claiKed Indiana as 17th anion? stntei in education whs taken by legislator; a.i a rejection on the ttatc and aa an impetus for bettering educational standards. Prrhap.s th most Important educational measure parsed by the wcmbly aro tho following:: llevi.Hion of the teacher's pension law. Ilequlrin that children fhall attend wrhool Until they aro 16 years old. Requiring part time vocational ?)chooL3 for all employed youth under the age of 18. Providing a fund totaling $400;0O0 for tho F hooln of the poorer counties of Indiana. Increasing the common school levy from 5.6 cents to feven cents. Increasing the higher education levy from 2.8 cents to iivo cents. Thci;o represent only a part of an ambitious program of the state department of education and ef arioun educators. The chool levies are something cf a disappointment to the department of education. The original bill called for a levy of 20 cents for tho common fcobools. This was cut to seven cents in fhe house. An attempt to increase it to 10 centa in the ornate failed. Hi" ?ate educational lnntitution lo"y of five oenti Faid to be satisfactory, although the original request wna for ecen cent. The Jeglslaturo aJso increased the vocational education levy from .2 cent to .1 cent. It also adfjed a new levy of .6 cent for the Purdue experimental station. The new teachers' pension law is said to put the pnnn fund on a sound baids. It let based on nearly equ.jl contributions from tho teachers and the stato, with the estate's contribution idlghtly in excess of that of the teachers. The t;tato board of accounts rc cently showed that the present syrtem is rapidly declining and the prediction was mado that it would fail utterly. Tndiina Ins bren a little niow in comparison with ether st.ates in reg.-ird to its s-chool attendance, laws. The Uw requiring children to attend school until thy ar" 1 ' yar, ld ;md the one establishing part time vocational fchooLs will do much to remedy thi defect. Southern Indiana schooN havo long" been In noed rf additioml a;.tanco from, the atat. On numerous occasions echooCa in tho poorer counties have been forced to dos becauro there wa.i not money enough to ray the Uacher. Thia will b remedied to eomk tJitent by tho law transorring. a total of $4f,0.CaC in 5:50,000 insTallmnt. from the tuition Tjnd to tho state aid fund. This will not increase ohoI expenditure? but i merely a transfer. Teachers throughout the stato havo been dismtht.e 1 with condition under which they muft work. In crcler to rem dy this th legislature enacted a law rrovidir:c: that toaclifr.i T!iall contract "with trusteeet for fuU terms; that they shall be r-id In full for holiday er lays when 5hools are clowcd through ro fault of the teachers, and that trustee or teacher must Kivc 1& days' notice of any intention to break a contract. The 1 un session gave teachers increovi wlar.f and wltli tlie passage of additional acta benefiting teachers they have succeeded in getting much of what th y h.ivc been fighting for. The tt t book qution was a large one in the sres:en but l:t?lc was ion0 to remedy U. A senate committee. ?;ciu about half the session Investigating the letting cf t : bciok icntractsi but the various retorts It prp-irfd were not even di."cussed. The aeembly, hiwccr, di i increase the text book dealers' r.ft profit? 2ro::i 1 percent to 20 percent a an ind'jeemTt to dealers to handle books. Another bill r.vs or.dition.s under -uhich teacher may obtain !.f. cr-?K ThLs met with ?ome oppotdtlon on the re.:r. i that it lowered standards and was therefore n ba(.ku .4r'i. Tlu iJf.-tin of hi?rh school inpctton has long fF? a larce ono with the derwirtment of education. Th.s v solved to sporne extent by an act pro'idir.g thit an addition: high "hool inspector may be appicr.ted. do not know what the inspector is for, but we pre-:-.! to help remove one of those 17 pvnt d;-?.n: frotn the top, where the Russell Sag fVudit;on found u.. Wo hop, among other things, bf.wrver. th.it th ln?pe-tons will see to it that the t' ichrr? can d' te-t the morals to be drawn from hf Mthrr Clor.i.- r'iynKs and that thre will b ro Kathrir.e Wake among them, bent upon the old lad;" i xti rniination. O No dobt i i tru thrft th prevailing short tkirt ; re'i o: -ilv- for the eurplus of dr- goods.

rof, f ur hei-n'apt-y in oniing to peace terms with f".rrr.r.j make Harding another war premdent?

KILLING MOTHER GOOSE AND HER JINGLES AND CHIMES. "UV are moved to again come to the re-seue of the children, even aa we frequently have for the preservation of Santa. CUua and Washington cherry tre. Neither Is It that we axe overcome by the hysteria of those who harp about "blue lawtv" er ing tho ptialma of "personal liberty," and feel bent upon making; common cause with them in this defenie. It I a far stride from pleading tho caue of John Barleycorn to eepous'.ng the immortality of Mother Goo The famous Jingles of Uncle John "teach no morals," wo are bound to admit, but when it cornea to auch a charge againat Mother; well, it is some different. Still Miss Katherine BlaJce, addressing the Nation, al Educational association convention, wants that mighty institution the Mother Goose rhymes, exterminated for that very reason; oh, lady, lady! No morals in the Mother Gooa rhymes, chimes and jingles? You know less of the spirit of childhood, and how to weld it for good; yes, les than Historian Henry Cabot Lodge knewr when he set forth to rmxsh the TYaehingtonian hatchet. Mother Gooe embodies all the moral philosophy of the ages; the best that ha been produced through the centuries by the greatest intellects. Follow her; Ifurrvpty-Dumpty sat on a wall. Ilumpty-Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's hor and all the king's men Cannot put Humpty together again. Mr. Humpty-Dunvpty i supposed to rer.rev?nt an egg, but does his predicament not embody tho phllofcophy of the downfall of kaisere. the collapse of daydrcanoa and illusions, the shattering of hopes by the taking of a falre step? Poor old Mother Hubbard found no bone in the cupboard and the moral im of improvidence, the failure to provide for the future. Jack Spratt could ct no fat, IIU wife could cat no lean. And w. betwixt them both, you tee. They licked the platter clean. There arc many morals to the troubles of the Spratt family. Two of them: marry your opposite, to insure harmony, and by a just interchange of commodities, the wants of all are ratified. "Tom, Torn, the Piper'j Son, stole a pig " The fig got loo and into trouble, and landed Tom in jail. Moral: don't steal. "Little Bo-Peep lost her sheep," but they came borne of themselvtfl. Moral: don't worry. Most problems solve themselves if given time. Because little Jack Horner was a goodly lad, he found a plum in his Christmas pie. Moral; being good is always rewarded. And so it goes. Plato is unread, but hLs more important philosophy haa been paed on by old Mother Goose, who, by the way, waa a real person, now buried in Boston. There are, admittedly, Mother Goose rhymes without morals to be pointed out to klddle, hut surely there stni is room In the world lor entertainment to make childhood happy, develop the infant imagination and paint the morning of life with rosy hues. Let the Miss Blakea get buy. There is nothing sweeter in the world than a mother singing to her baby this Mother Goaj lullaby; Hueh-a-byc, bay, on the tree top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough bends, the cradle will fall. Down will come baby, cradle and all. A dire catastrophe to threaten a baby with, but ba.by doesn't know. Many of us can recall our mother singing it to us, and of all treasured memories it ;r the la that would be Rurrcndtred. Kill Mother Ooose rhymes? They cannot be killed, any more than man can destroy the mus'c of the wind or the glamor of the Milky Way. Again it is enly a case of this ultra-practicalism, born of intellectual lazinesa that suggests euch murdcration. What we need iff parents and teachers of youngsters who can eee the morals and lessons in such as tho Mother Gooao rhyme.

RURAL EDUCATION. "Education Ls the very life-blood of democracy The standard of rural schools is generally lower than that maintained in the cities. Education in the country is estimated to cost $18 per child as against 553 for tho city child. Good schools are just as essential for the farm laborer and his family aa for the farmer himself, and if the farm help know tnat they can have the advantages of proper educational advantages for their children, it may mean a more stabilised farmlabor situation. Rural echools should bo headed by one who Is in thorough sympathy with agriculture and should eliminate those text booka that aro bawd on city life. The rural scheol has a broad flefld of usefulness In the building up of tho ocial ae well as the educational life of the community. The Importance and dignity of farming, as a profeseion. requires the best of brains and skill and shouM 'be emphasUed in the school work. However, tho country school should offer educational advantages equal to those of the city, not confining; the. entire curriculum to rural subject. The elevation of farm life to the high standard that It deserves will come when the standard of education offered the farm boy or girl shall have reached that point where it Is equal to that offered anywhere. o .

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AGAINST KIIPARATi: rncii (Indianapolis News.) The Marion County Chapter of American War Mothers yesterday forwarded to Pres't Harding, ßae'y Hughe and Sen. Lodge, chairman of the benate committee on foreign relations, a protest against the making of a separate peace with Germany. They protest on the ground that their "sons offered and many gave their Uvea in order that the honor of the United States might be preserved." The issue is Indeed one that touches the honor of the country, and very closely. A nation can be sensitive in regard to its honor without being "touchy." A nation that i not sensitive In this regard Is without that prid which is e&sential to its greatness. It was three years ago this month that tho great German drive began, that drive that seemed for a timo to have smashed the British army, and to hive wplit the Anglo-French line. Its great result was to force unity of command, and through that to eeal the doom of the German army, though it made another desperate effort in July. There was no talk then of separatism, and there should be none now. When Halgs men were fighting with their "backs to the wall." and it seemed that the whole allied line m!ght be disrurted. they were ftgluins our fight. There should be. the same unity now unity in peace as well as in war. Crjr holding aloof for two years has made th task of our friend and associates much harder, made the enforcement of the treaty much more difficult. We are facing, not a German-American, but a world situation, and should deal with it as such. "The long, long trail" has not come to an end. It is very largely within our power to fy how long and painful it shall be. A separate ptacc should not even be thought of. That it is near than for a time it seemed to be is a mittr for great thankfulness. There ought to be many uch protests as that which yesterday went forward from the Marion County Chapter of American War Mothers. For the danger has not et parsed, and it will not do to assume that the country has escaped iu

The Tower of Babel

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By HILL AILM STRONG. is Tin; Kprrorvs jiail. March 13, 10ZU

To My "Bill." Father of Evelyn and

Editor of the Tower of Babel: My Dear "Pa." In appreciation of your many very clever and interesting references to me in your column in the News-Time your dear baby Kvelyn is promoted by the spirit of fun and frolic on this the anniversary of your birth to show that of the old block she is a chip She sends you something for your hip. You'll And therein a varied collertlea Made by a very careful selection From the choicest jewels of thought And let mc jay in addition I am in the rightful position To tell you it cannot bo bought. 9 Now dear "Pa" drink to your Queen-Rightly named your Evelyn For man cannot live on Water alone -Even with tho heart of a stone Yet. man can live as he oughter With a Tonic from his daughter. With love. Your Evelyn. P. S. Dear "Pa" You may be surprised and have this to My How D'cvel-yn know it was my birthday.

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A word of explanation is probably in order; that the little device accompanying the above letter was not in the editors mail. We must hay that we would be perfectly willing to grow old more mpidly if our birthday always brought such a beautiful and very desirable kind of presents. We suggest a monument for a man that will give this type of a present anonymously.

A MTTTKK FROM I K SOUTH. Plymouth. Ind.. March 14. 1921. Bill Armstrong, outh Bend News-Times: I object: Kay Bill, if you insist in making Charley Frazier Peg Catcher, in the would-be new administration. I will advise Charley to come to Plymouth, where he is ever welcome, and where the Sun Fish and Goglo Eyes, will meet him without the ordinary can of bait. Let Walter fc'app have that Job. Yours. J. A. Molter.

WHAT TIIKY SAH ON TIUZ 1ZDTTOTIS ANNIVERSARY. Jake Heckaman I think 1 11 run pretty well in the seventh ward, as it is down in the direction of Bremen. The Income Tax Collector Congratulations on your tirthday anniversary. !t bure ought to b" easy for you to remember on what day to pay your income tax. Tar baby Bowl Wowl Tarbaby's Parent Bill, you crazy lout, today is tho day you should sign up for one of my dandy Safety First, policies. Dave Fishgrund I -wish you every success. The fact that you have lived TU 3 ears is every indication that b'outh Bend people arc the most congenial and friendly in the world. Chief of Police Kline No I have no warrant for you hero that I know of. The Business Manager Oh. goody, every birthday I get a newhat. I'm sincerely glad that you weren't a Leap Year baby. Joe Stephenson You're getting so old and inhrm that I suppose I'll have to buy a wheel chair for you some of these days. Andy Weisberg On your next birthday, I'll promise you a nice dinner here at the Oliver with the help. Be Tiere early. Fred Rose Come over and we'll split a bottle of furniture polish together.

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Ignorant Essays BY J. P. McEVOY

TYFIOAL COXAXRSATIO.V. Life Insurant. Are you carrying a lot of lifo insurance? I should say I am. Sometimes I think it's a good thing and sometimes I don't. That's the way I feel about it. Sometimes I think, it's' a good thing and sometimes I don't. I've gvt more than I can carry now, but I tell my wife I am worth more dead than alive. That's funny. I teil my vife the same thing" yes -sir, I say. "don't you know I'm worth moro dead than alive?" But I think it'.s a good thing don't you? Yea, I think it's a good thing, you never kn'ow what's going to happen to you. That's right, you never do. I know a guy onct that was just as hoalthy as you and nie. He didn't have nothing tho matter with him no way, and in 24 hours he was as dead as a door nail.... yea sir, dead as a door nail. Funny ain't t? T knew a guy like that too. just as healthy as you and me didn't have nothing tho matter

with lu'm and he, dropped over just liko that. I know lotn of them like. that. Fr do I. You never know whit's going to happen, d 3 you ? You suro don't. Funny, ain't it. It suro is. Hero today and gone tomorrow. Ain't it so. It sure is. You never know what's going to happen to you no way. You suro don't. Nothing like leaving your family provided for. You said something that time. T il say I did. Y du suro did. You know I dii. I'll say. You never can tell whafa going to happen to you. can you? Ain't it tho truth? Well, here'3 where I got off. Be good. If you can't bo good be careful Ha, ha, that'tf good. Don't you do nothing that I wouldn't do. I won't. . . .s'long. S'long. (Copyright. irL'l.i

ARE you planning to be an Easter jCjl. bride or to dress one? Are you wonderLnrr what costume to select for the going' away trip? t The new fashions vere never so fine; never so varied and simple. And we have chosen for you only the noteworthy. t Re member, good style, good quality, good taste, fair prices. Rcady-io-Wear Shops Second Floor GEORGE WYMAN & CO. Come and Sec Us

More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

THE SYNTI CKTTO COW. We yield to dlcnry Ford all honor due him; As clouds of blinding dust about us rise ATons the road. -we. have to hand it to him For making motor cars as thick as flies. And yet ho must bo just a bit demented Or off his dip a trifle, anyhow. When h puts forth tho claim that ho invented The first synthetic cow. For many years the lacteal trade has fiourishexi; When first tho cave-man led his simple life. His progeny in infancy were nourished By pro.y by the bull's lucolic wifo And from the chalk cliffs on the shores of Dover, When cows ran dry, some prehistorfc tbilk Adroitly manufactured and put over The first synthetic milk. And ruow. in almost every' farming roRion When grass is scarce, and talcum powder cheap. Tho profiteers of synthesis are legion, Their ways and wells mysterious and deep. Whenever fields are sc-re for want cf tillage The dairy busin.s.i never knows a stump A-s long aa there exists in every village, Tho honest eld town pump. Synthetic cows', tha sons of Father Adam Em?:oyed 'em in tho childhood of the race.

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Persians had 'em And dare'd not look their babies in the face! Wherever talcum can be defeated. "Wherever rivers run or wells are bored. Synthetic rs have been originated. But not by Henry Ford. (Copyright, 1321.1

JUST FOLKS By EDGAR A. GUEST

RtrrntNrNG spring. It won't 'bo long before we'll uar Th robins calling loud and elcar. And huir the blackbirds on the fence With all their feathered consequence, Chattering and sputtering over things. And petting mad and locking wings And bills and feet, tho way men act At times about Komo simple fact. Disputing ono another there As though tho L.ord on h;gh win care Whieh eno of them was fed tho best Or which ono had tho finest nest. It won't bo long before we'll .f, Th gre'n returning to tho tree. An' over all our ives am w Will stretch a kindly sky of blue; The tulips will come springing up To catch the sunbeams in a cup And everyone- of them "will say, "We were not dead, but just away. Wo've had our fleep, and now we rise, Fresh messengers from heavenly kies. To carry beauty down below For everyone of you to know. It won't be Jong heforo the streams Will wako from all their winter dreams. And start to Ja ugh and racf again Down hillsi'leg and th kvel plain, Making their journey to the sea Most human-like it seems to me; For we aro headed seaward. tr,o Bach morning hrre we wake anew To tos3 and race and move along Towards that great unnumbered throng Which went before, and at th end Our live with greater lives to bend. It won't bo long before the Spring Should strengthen faith that' filtering. (Copyright 1?C:.)

"Poo Touch. j We doubt if Liloyd George in I danger of losing hw premiership. We j don't believe there is another man on the face of the earth who would J take it. l

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