The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 41, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 February 1925 — Page 1

VOLUME XVII.

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Items of Interest Concerning Oar High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. / W • Leon Connolly wrs elected a« the delegate from this school to attend the conference at Warmw. Each high school in Kosciusko county, excepting Warsaw is sending one delegate to Warsaw. Out of the thirteen who will meet there one will be chosen to attend the Junior Legislature at Indianapolis. Each county in Indiana will send one delegate to Indianapolis. Any high ' school pupil is eligible who has sixteen credits. We send our delegate with the hopes that he will be the one to go to Indianapolis. ' The State Department of Education is planning to hold a Junior Legislature consisting of representatives and senators from the high schools of the state.< Kosciusko County is entitled to one representative. Tnis representative will be elected on February 14 by delegates from the, various high schools of the county. Leon Connolly has been chosen as the delegate from the local school and he will meet with the other delegates at Warsaw to elect the Junior Representative from this county. School was opened Monday morning, but a large number of pupils were absent. The measles seem to have come to stay for awhile. The teachers not living in Syracuse ’had spent the two weeks’ vacation at their homes. The Juniors received their penant this week and it has been adorning the wall of the assembly room. The Seniors have been considering seriously for some . time the advisability of cleaning theirs. A large number of rooters were present at the county basketball tourney at Milford to support the hisrh school team. That may explain why so many pupils have been unable to talk much louder than- a whisper this week. The Senior chss plays arrived Monday morning. Mr. Blackman has consented to coach the play and the class hopes to give it as aoon as possible. Monthly exams will be held at the end of this peek. ’Nuff said. — o WLS “JUBILEE” PROGRAM A "jubilee” program is the latest wrinkle announced from Radio Station WLS. Word from the Chicago radiophone is to the effect that the hour of 8 to 9 on Friday evening. February 6, will be given over to stunts and pranks such as had not disturbed the wireless air lines sihce radio had set up its sway. The program, which will be heard by groups here and in many sections of the country, will be enhanced by the appearance of members of the WLS staff. Ford and Glenn, the musical twins, have some treats in store for the “fans.” and there will be poetry by the George D. Hay, "the solemn old judge,” recitations by E. B. Heaton. Samuel R. Guard, George C. Biggar. Ellen Rose Dickey, Mrs. Grace Viall Gray and others of the Sears -Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. In fact, everybody will do almost anything that comes to mind that can be trans*lated into radio terms, and the real old-fashioned melodies will not be forgotten. Joy has been adopted as the motto of the evening. and local radio listeners are planning to be "in” on the fireworks. FREE DEMONSTRATION There will be a big free demonstration erf the Laundryette . Washer on Saturday, February 7, *■ at Osborn & Son’s hardware store, from 2 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon and from 7 to 10 o'clock in the evening. For more particulars read the ad on another page. — —‘ TO OPEN BRANCH OFFICE Mr. Bright B. Bortner, Civil Engineeer from Albion'and Ft Wayne has been locating land lines around WawuaS Lake the past week. Mr. Bortner eontem plates opening a branch office at Syracuse this spring. 1 '

The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MILFORD

In the final game of the Kosciusko county tournament played at the Milford gymnasium on Saturday evening Milford walked away from North Webster and won the title, the score being 27 to 15. North Webster jumped into the lead in the first few minutes of play by scoring two points on fi ee throws and for a few min- 1 utes led Milford by this narrow margin. Milford finally broke into the scoring column bv caging a free throw and followed a minute later with a field goal which put them into ths lead by one point margin. The Milfc’d forwards soon got busy gradually nosing ahead of North Webster w’’o was fighting hard but unable to cage enough shots and at the end of the half Milford led by a score of 16 to *7. The second half was do er than f'he first with North Webster scoring eight points and Milford eleven but after the first few minutes of plav in the second half the Milford team wr.s never ( in danger. Milford showed betiter team work than North Webrtejr and were able to cage? a big-« ger percentage of their shots. Following is the schedule of games played: Friday?* Game* North Webster 28; Pierceton 8. Milford 27; Leesburg 7. Syracuse 23; Etna Green 20. Burket 24; Claypool 10. Beaver Dam 16; Mentone 14. Saturday Forenoon Atwood 44; Silver North Webster 28; Sidney 13. Milford 19; time). Beaver Dam 32; Burket 17. Semi-Finals North Webster 28; Atwood 11. Milford 34; Beaver Dam 9. Final* Milford 27; North Webster 15. In the game Saturday morning Syracuse gavs Milford a battle royal, forcing them to play an overtime period to win by a single point The end of the first half left the score at 13 to 5 in favor of Syracuse. Syracuse lead from the start and kept the lead throughout the first half. Milford seemed short on t°ani work. In the second half Milford gradually moved up pntil the score was tied at 17-17. In the five minutes overtime period Milford made 2 points with a field goal and Syracuse annexed one point with a free throw. The game was refereed by Smith. Following was the lineup: Milford: R. Schultz, H. Schultz, Hollar, E. Miller, Sechler, Hammond. N. Miller. Syracuse; Hoeleher, Connolly, Auer, Snavely, Shock. O 4. SURPRISE Quite a few neighbors and friends of Klink found out that he had a birthday on Wednesday, January 28. and they got busy and planned to have a -inrprise on him that night. Everything worked well, the refreshments were all prepared and the guerts gathered at the Variety Store, where they waited until Mr. Klink went borne from his meat market. They watched every move he made from the windows of the Variety Store, and by and bv Mr. Klink started for home. After a few moments in walked the crowd, Hmost directly behind him, but Mr. Klink had been "wire” to the plans all day and when tliev walked upon the porch they found him sitting at the window watching the crowd as they came in. But the end is not vet. This bunch that started out to have a surprise party was not to be <Ait done, and on Tuesday night, February 3. got together and went to the Klink home and gave Mr. Klink the surprise of his life. There was no joking 5 about it this time, he had to admit it then and there that he was the victim of well prepared plans. o — W. C. T. U. MEETING The W. C. T. U. wHI meet on Tuesday, February 10. at the home of Mrs. Tillman Hire. Rev. W. L. Eiler will speak at this meeting on the subject of "The 1 Bills Before Pur Legislature at Indiananolia” Another intorest--1 ing feature of this meeting is that it will be the Frances Willard Memorial Meeting, and an invitation to any and all who are interested in this work is given [ and are urged to be present. o 1 0. E.B. i The Eastern Star Chapter will iljneet on Monday night, FebruI*rv9.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925.

I HINDU TO PREACH HERE NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON

I Rev. Joel Lakra, of Ranchi, In|dia, a native Hindu, will be the! I speaker at a special service in •Grace Lutheran church at Syracuse, next Sunday afternoon at 13:00 ’ o’clock, according to announcement being made by Rev. R. N. McMichael, the Lutheran pastor. Rev. Mr. L»akra is a product of | Lutheran missionary work in India. He has been in America for a number of months studying at the Lutheran seminary at Chicago. He is preying to go back ‘ to his native land as a Lutheran missionary. Rev. Mr. Lakra comes very highly recommended as a speaker. and is certainly well qualified to give first hand- information about India, itsi people, its customs, its religion, and what Christianity has accomplished among the Indians. The woman’s missionary society of Grace church is sponsoring Rev. Mr. Lakrn’s visit to Syracuse. He will speak Sunday morning in the Lutheran church at Noppanee, and in the evening at Cromwell. NAPPANEE TEAM ORGANIZE At a meeting of the base ball fans at the Qty Hall Wednesday night an organization was formed and completed to function fdr the year 1925. The Town of Nappanee whore! Base Ball team came through: last year so successfully will again endeavor to put on the field a team of equal or better caliber than last year. The five directors of the team will endeavor to handle the p roposition on a strictly business basis meeting each Monday night and laying nlans for the week. It is their intentions also to have an open meeting for the fans once a month, for a discusrion of subjects of vital importance to the team and the fans. — r»~ . MEETING OF P AST CHIEFS The Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters were invited to the home of Mrs. Ed Unrue Tuesday evening, the meeting resulting in the organization of a Past Chiefs Club. - The foliowing officers were elected: President, Mrs. Ed. Unrue; Vice-president., Mrs. W. T k Colwell; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. E. E. Hollowav. The club will meet once a month, the first meeting will be the last Tuesday in February at the home of Mrs. Unrue, with a pot luck dinner. o FAIR DATES FIXED At a meeting of the members of the Northern Indiana Fair Association held at South Bend last week the fait dates were arranged as follows Aug. 18-22—South Bend. Aug. 25-28—LaPorte. Sept. 1-5 —Goshen. Sept. 7-12—North Manchester: Sept. 21-25—Kendallville. The Rochester fair dates were not picked, but that exhibition nrabably will be held between Sept. 12 and Sept. 15. - ■- -O--: NEEDLECRAFT CLUB Mrs. W. T. Colwell entertained the members of the Needlecraft Club at her cozy cottage home on Kale Island on Friday afternoon. The ladies brought their needle work, and after the regular business session, at which some interesting questions were discussed, a pleasant social afternoon was spent. The guests were invited to the dining room and a two course luncheon was served by the hostess at six o'clock. TEAM Al Gerard, of Warsaw, has picked the following star performers from the Kosciusko county high school basketball tournament as his choice for the all-county team: Forwards—Hoeleher, Syracuse; Phelps. North Webster, Roy Schultz, Milford. Centers—Schlecht, North Webster; Auer. Syracuse. Guards—Weimer, North Webster, E. Miller, Milford. BASKETBALL NOTES Two gashes have been schei doled for Friday, February 6, at the Syracuse gymnasium, as follows: Silver Like H. S. vs. Syracuse H. S.; Syracuse EL S. Girls vs. Syracuse H. S. Teachers. At--1 wood H. S: (first and second . and second teams) will play Satnrrbiv Febrnarv 7.

I ENROLLMENT LIST OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY : > - Bloomington. Ind., Feb. 3.— Kosciusko county had 46 students at Indiana unversity during the semester which closed on January 23 and is expected to have approximately the same number for the floeend semester which was scheduled to open February 4. according to university officials. The county enrollment list is caried below.

Little change in the teaching staff and the courses offered has been made for the semeriter now beginning. Requests for special , courses in addition to the regular work in various departments have been turned down on account of inadequate teaching forces and because of a shortage in clare rooms and laboratories. The shortage was particularly evident at the opening of the fall term when a number of .applicants could not be ; n the school of medicine, in the school of education, and in other schools and departments.

With an enrollment which will nrcbably exceed 5200 this year, in spite of the fact that approximately 500 applicants were turhed away last fall because of overcrowded conditions and scholastic deficiencies, the state university has quadrupled in enrollment since 1002. when Dr. William L. Bryan assumed the presidency. The average growth of enrollment has been 17 percent annually for the past 22 years. To meet this tremendous increase in enrollment, the university trustees four years ago promised that the educational tax for Indiana and Purdue universities be increased to eight cents. The rate was placed at five cents. The trustees are asking again this year for the eight cent rate originally proposed. Chas. Kettleborough, director exf the state legislature reference bureau, bast made a comparative study which shows that the state ineome for Purdue and Indiana universities ip 1922 was $2,305,783 as compared with an state university income in 1922 from the seven sttates of the north central group of $3,766,359, nearly double the state income for Indiana’s two state universities. Since then the depreciation in Indiana tax' valuations has resulted in a decrease of $5860,00 in the estimated income for Purdue and Indiana universities under the five cent rate fixed by the 1921 legislature. The Kosciusko county students enrolled are as follows:

Akron —Roy E. Meredith, Atwood —Emery A. Roveustine, Burket —Edson G. Van Dorn. Respa E. Van Dorn, Claypool—Graden W. Regenos, Etna Green —Birdie L. Hess, Harley O. Poor, Margaret A. Poor, Leesburg—Fred M. Anglin, Mentone—Ruth Aughinbaugh, Albert E. Bloom, Alton Bloom, George F. Clark. Winifred Clark. Thais M. Greulach, Thelma I. Harris, Blanche F. Kelley. Milford—Pauline M. Klinger, Edwin W. Neff North Webster—Charlotte L. Erwin. Wallace B. Erwin, Walter M. Hall, Gene H. Kline, Ira C. Nine, , Pierceton — Everett M. Dill, Lawrence G. Dill, Clela EL White, (nurses’ training school, Indianapolis,) Syracuse—Orval L. Klink, Silver Lake—Mil ton L. Leckrone (medical school, Indianapolis,) Warsaw —Opal F. Anglin, William R. Beroth, Dale W. Brown, Frank H. Grandy (medical school Indianapqlis.) Harry C. Hall, Joseph C. Headley. Earl B. Hill, Marian Ker, Robert E. Kuhn, Mabel E. Liebrack, Thomas M. Loveday. Estelle W. Lynch, Lawrence Siders, Donald E. Stamats, Winona Lake—Helen D. Huffman, William J. Laurien, Earl Wiseman. o — farmers INSTITUTE The Turkey Creek Township Farmers Institute will be held at the jQakland Theatre on Saturday, February 14, forenoon and afiemoon. The following program has been prepared: 10 a.m. Music. Moving picture, ’The Homestead.” 10:30 a.m. Subject, "General Farming ” by an able speaker. Discussion led by County Agent T. A. Parker and Chas. Jackson, County Agent of Elkhart county. Appointment of committees. 1:30 p.m. Report of commit-, tees. , 1:45 p.m. Subject, "Dairying,” by an able 2:30 p.m. Moving picture, "Out of the Shadows.”

WINONA PREPARING FOR GREAT BIBLE CONFERENCE Indications even at this early date are that the Thirty-First Annual Winona Lake Bible Conference next August will gather one of the largest assembles in its history. Many of the preachers and teachers have already been secured, and the§e with others, who are confidently expected to accept the invitation which has been extended to them, will constitute an array of talent U’at connot be excelled. The dates for the conference are Fridav, August 14 to Sunday, August 23. inclusive. Negotiations are in progress with several of the great preachers from abroad, but the talent from this country thus far secured is as follows: Rev. Herbert W. Bieder, D. D., of Bala-Cynwyd. Pa. Prof. A. T. Roberts’n, D. D., of Southern Baptist Theological SdTiinarv Prof. Charles R. Erdman, D. D„ of Princeton Theological Seminary. > Miss Grace Saxe. Bible Teacher, Denver, Colo’-ado. Prof. George L. Robinson, D. D., of McCormick Theological Seminary. Rev. C. H. Wollston, D. D., of Philadelphia, Pa. Pres. John E. Kuizenga, D. D., of Holland. Mich. Peter MacFarland, of Minneapolis. Among the Evangelists are Lvon, Vom Bruch and Stewart; while among the Mission men are Soerheide, Becker, Clark, Dibble, Blackmore and George Trotter. Among those invited

but who have as yet not given definite assurance of their attendance are Hon. William Jennings Bryan. Dr. George W. Truett, Dr. L. W. Munhall, and Dr. O. Ingvoldstad. One of the special and most important features of the program will be the conference on Missions, a couple of hours each day being devoted to the history of* Missions anti the needs of the field. Prominent missionaries home on furlough will speak and the Stereopticon and Moving Picture will add interest to this asoect of the work. All missionaries .home on furlough are urged to attend, and-special arrangements for entertainment may be made by writing the Director of the conference. Rev. W. ■E. Biederwolf, Winona Lake, Indiana. Winona, the Park and the Lake, furnishes a recreational retreat unsurpassed, and this in the midst of the spiritual and educational atmosphere makes the place one of the rarest soots in the entire country for a Bible Conference. o ROUND TABLE CLUB Mrs. W. G. Connolly was* hostess to the Round Table Club on Thursday evening. There were twelve members present to enjoy the two book reviews that were given. Miss Lillian Hamman had as her subject, Selma Lilioronas Home, and Mrs. C. R. Hollett’s subject, from the same authoress, was Gosta Berling .A very pleasant evening was spent with the hostess. o SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER Mr. Groundhog saw his shadow Monday, returned to his den and according to tradition we will have six more weeks of winter. That is, of course, if you believe in Mr. Groundhog as a weather prophet. If not the outcome may be the same, or vice versa. The majority isi willing to await the outcome and if Mr. Groundhog is wrong in his prediction he ought to be shot. IN MEMORY One year ago today, February 5, since we laid our beloved wife and mother to her rest from earthly cares. How we miss her. The time drags heavily, as we feel she will surely return to our homes and greet us in her usual sweet and comforting way. William McClintic and Children. ART CLUB The Art Club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Sol Miller on Monday night. The members of this busy club are turning out some very pretty and artistic pieces of art. The club is composed of members who have natural skill along the lines of creating beautiful pieces of art. o W. A. CM B The Wednesday Afternoon Club was entertained by Mrs. C. R. Hoy on Wednesday afternoon.

COUNTY UNIT LAW IS BEING OPPOSED

Meetings are being held and petitions are being circulated all over the state in opposition to be nrrnosed county ''unit law which is up in the legislature, the bill having been introduced in the senate by Senator Stute of Knox. Tfye bill propores to take away from the people all local control of the schools and place the management in the hands of a county board of education. This board will also elect the county superintendent. f It is claimed that the cost of the boards throughout the state will be less than $50,000 and that $1,000,000 in trustees salaries will be saved. Right there is an effort to deceive the people. Trustees are the officers nearest to the people and have more to do with local taxation than any other official. Take away the rehool control from the communities and you rob them of their last vistage of power in local government. Cities of 5000 population and over are not affected' by the law —they will still control their own schools. This seems to be more on the part of the advocates of the law to play =nfe. By cutting out the larger cities they confine the opposition to the rural (sections and in that way stand a better chance of winning in the fight for the measure. If a citv of 3000 or 4000 population should come under the law why not a city of 5000 or larger also be governed bv the law. The proposal looks like an effort to centralize the power in school control in the hand? of a few individuals who will have control over the county boards. These beards can say what shall be and what shall not be in the matter of schools, and the expenses will keep climbing. L It is) not surprising that the people are up in arms against this measure. o A. DEAHL VISITS SHEPARD ,The following is taken from Saturday’s Goshen Democrat; James T. Shepard is a model prisoner in every way, according to 4 statement made by Attorney Anthony Deahi, of Goshen, who Friday visited the Milford banker and Warden Edward Fogarty in the prison at Michigan City. Mr. Deahl stated that he bad a long talk with Warden Fogarty who declared that the stories regarding Shephard’s bad behavior had no basis, that Shephard had a record of ideal behavior, that he did more than was asked, had not been in solitary confinement, nor had he been punished. The warden shewed Mr. Deahl correspondence in which he had demanded and received retractions of the false stories from the larger newspapers of this section. Mr. Deahl was called to the prison by Mr. Shephard, who has engaged the local lawyer to represent him in individual matters. The banker told Mr. Deahl that he believed the Milford tangle would be cleared up with little loiss to anyone. He appeared in a very cheerful frame of mind, according to Mr. Deahl. o FARM HOUSE DESTROYED The, old Daniel S. Cripe farm home, owned by Frank Phillips, three and one-half of Gcshen on the Fish Lake road, was destroyed by fire starting about 7:30 o’clock Thursday evening. A defective chimney is believed to have been the cause. John Berkey, who lives about 20 rods west of Mr. Phillips, noticed that the roof of the farm house was on fire and hurried ever and gave the alarm. The furniture and a milk house, adjoining the house, Were saved. The Goshen fire department was summoned. Upon arrival they confined efforts to saving and protecting buildings nearby. The loss will be several thousand dollars. o , CLEAN-UP SALE C. C. Bachman’s semi-annual clean-up sale begins Saturday, February 7, and continues for ten days. At this sale seasonable and dependable merchandise is offered at reduced prices and buyers can save real money. Read the advertisement on anotbFr page for full particulars. ' o , ■ ■ Mr. and Mrs. Williarp Levinson ! are the parents of a son, bom on I Monday, February 2.

NO. 41.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface, Hammera A hammer is a most useful and necessary tool in the hands of a carpenter or anyone who has a legitimate use for it. With it you may drive a nail or bruise a finger. When one needs a hammer he needs it badly. It ig really a household necessity. To bring to the hammer is a term often used when one is compelled to sell at auction his personal property. The carpenter then and the auctioneer as well use the hammer. The miner ures a hammer to drive his drill. The circus man uses a hammer to drive stakes for the tent ropes. The stone cutter uses jt to guide hisi chisel. There is the riveting hammer, the tack hammer, blocking hammer, steam hammer, trip hammer. brick-layer’s hammer. Hammers of stone are still found in th** relics of antiquity and. are still in ure among barbarians. There is the piano hammer, the gun hammer and the dental hamon er, the horseman’s hammer, the blacksmith’s hammer and the forger’s hammer. * There are more kinds of hammers, than any thing else in the > world. In mythology there is Thor’st hammer by the throwing of which thunder and lightning was caused. Everyone of these hammers even the mythological one, has some good and legitimate purpose, but there is just one hammer, in the world that is the onposite of all there others, and that is the hamnier which the professional knocker wields with such malicious and fatal results. That is one hammer which should forever be cart out from the line of ancestral hammers of fame and dignity. If you are toting a hammer like this, throw it away.. - Bifry it so deep that you will have to go around on the other side of the globe to resurrect it This kind of hammer should never be used. The man who wickedly and wantonly * wields the knocker’s hammer should be forever silenced with a well directed blow on the head with a sledge hammer. Boost— ” don’t knbek. Boom your town. If you don’t who will? Make all tlje newcomers and prospective residents think it is going to be a metropolis of this country, and it soon will be. Get in live and energetic men and the town cannot help but prosper, go forward"and grow. You never saw a town ( amount to anything where business men were engaged in telling how dead it was—lifeless, and that all the powers could not start it moving, building up and endowing it with new life. A young man who had reached the stage at jyhich his voice was changing went into a Syracuse grocery store. In a deep bass voice he demanded "A sack of flour;” then, hist voice suddenly changing to a high pitch, he added, "and pound of coffee.” “Just a minute, please,” said the clerk, “I can’t wait on both of you at once.” There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to use it. j. An exchange says that an Elkhart woman was discharged by the court for running a colored gambling house. The woman was in luck, for if the gambling house had not been “colored," she might have been convicted- _ s * The big oil companies,, accord- . ing to a magazine article, want to know what can be done with all the by-products of gasoline. A good many of them are taken to the doctor’s office and hospitals. ’ - The name of our friend, the groundhog, should be Written ori printed as one word, not two words. Ground hog reminds us of sausage. We are told a dollar bill lasts seven months. It won’t do it in a poker game. And now in closing—You ean believe the groundhog if you want to.