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IS INDORSEMENT
Expositions Find Favor With
Educators as Mediums
of Instruction. ; .
APPROVE NORMAL-SCHOOLS
Educational Conference Deals With
Jjarge Questions of School
"World, "With Great Teach
ers Leading.
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
TODAY.
Educational Congress meets in Aud
itorium, Lewis and Clark Exposition,
at 9 o'clock. Admission tree at
Twenty-nlth-etreet gcte.
Presiding- officer of the day. A. J.
Church, City Superintendent of
Schools, Baker City.
Address, "The Problem of the Rural
School," J. H. Aokerman, State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, of
Oregon.
Discussion led by W. T. Harris, 1L
D., 'United States Commissioner of
Education.
Address, "The Educational Situa
tion in Idaho," Professor James Mc
Lean, University of Idaho.
Evening.
Reception at Oregon state building,
W. T. Harris, LL. D., United States
Commissioner of Education, gcet of
honor.
Educational benefits derived from the
imposition and the value of normal train
Irg for teachers of American public
wI:ools were the themes that received
attention at the thlrdday's session of the
Educational Conference, which convened
in the Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition promptly at 9 o'clock yesterday
mcrnlng. Professor E. T. Ressler. of the
State Normal School at Monmouth, pre
sided, and the addresses were of the same
high order and great value to those In
terested in educational advancement as
have those of the previous days been.
There Is a very large attendance of
teachers and their friends, that is showing
steady increase from day to day as citi
zens of Portland and visitors here for
the Exposition realize that one of the rar
est educational treats ever offered to the
per!e of the Pacific Coast is presented
at the Audintorium and that admission
la absolutely free, with an open gate to
the rlty streets, without the necessity of
entering the Exposition grounds either be
fore or after the sessions, unless one careB
to do ' so. Yesterday forenoon the main
floor of the big Auditorium was crowded,
and a number of those in attendance
found seats in the balcony.
Soclnl Affairs of. Congress.
Social functions entered into the affairs
of the conference yesterday afternoon and
last evening. In the afternoon from S
o'clock to 6 o'clock the educators were in
lted guests at a reception tendered by
the people of Soattle, through the repre
sentatives sont for the w,tjok to preside
over social functions.
This evening at the Oregon bui'dlng there
wi'l be tendered a reception to Dr. Will
lam T. Harris, United States Commis
sioner of Education, who Is accredited the
first rank among educational writers of
the age and as an authority on educa
tional matters.
A. H. Yoder, professor of pedagogics,
University of Washington, was the first
speaker of the day, his topic being "Social
Conditions and Elementary Education."
The tenor of . his address was directed
toward the considerations that must be
met In the tendency of the times toward
greater centralization of population in
cities and towns, that educational require
ments may advance more rapidly than
the changed conditions of the country.
He Insisted that every boy having normal
health should be given the opportunity to
work, and receive compensation for labor
performed that would make the boy feel
that what he does Is of Importance in the
world.
Pay Boys for "Work.
"Give him some real work and pay him
for It," he said. "A plan should be de
Ised whereby children should be put to
work for an hour or more each day. One
of the most serious obstacles to education
is the necessity for work. Moral degen
eration ensues when gangs of boys from
10 to 16 years of age herd together.
"Elementary education means more than
the education of the schoolroom. The
time will come when Portland and every
other city will have a supervisor of play
grounds as well as a supervisor of schools.
The child who does not know how to play
or to properly amuse himself needs edu
cation as much as the one who does not
know how to read.
"We don't give the girls the same op
portunity to form character and to ex
press it that is given boys. We will never
have proper conditions until both sexes
are given the same opportunity. Don't
take it from that, however, that I am in
favor of equal suffrage. I am not, for I
don't believe in all men voting."
Discussion of the address was led by
Professor H. D. Sheldon, of the Univer
sity of Oregon, and participated in by
Dr, Andrew S. Draper, of New York.
"Both speakers agreed that the country
is undergoing great educational changes
and" that the teachers of the Nation are
and xnu6t continue to be in the advance to
prepare the coming citizenship for Its re
sponsibilities. Henry M. IelpzIger, Ph. D., cf New
York, In his address on "Manual Train
ing." was no less pleasing to his audi
tors, and equally as interestingly Instruct
ive as In his address of the previous eve
ning, upon school extension, that was
one of the Important features of the
session.
"What Dr. Uelpzlger Said.
Dr. L.elpzlger said that expositions
had materially helped educational prog
ress as well as individual advance.
"The First International Exhlbltlonln
London In 1851 was in a large measure
responsible 'for the provision for art
and technical Instruction which marks
Great Britain's educational system. The
manual training movement in the
United States really dates from the
Centennial Exposition of 1S76. Through
the attention there directed to the sys
tem of tool instruction exhibited by the
Imperial School of Moscow, Russia,
St. Louis and Boston established the
first manual training- schools In the
United States. The expositions did not
originate the manual training- idea;
they called attention to the need that
was beginning- to be felt in the edu
catlonal world.
"During the last 30 years both the
curriculum and methods of teaching
have been clticised, and the greatest
nroblem of the time, what shall be
taught to our children, is beginning
to be recognized as a subject worthy
of statesmen. The belief is spreading
that what we wish to put Into a na
tion's life must be put Into its schools.
GUBERNATORIAL POSSIBILITIES
NO. VII E. L. SMITH BY HARRY MURPHY,
ARTIST AND BIOGRAPHER
E. I SMITH, OF
THE subject of my present literary de
bauch, ladles and gontlemcn, is the
strange and eventful life story of Hood
River Smith, or to employ the identity
concealing nom de plume with which he
occasionally disguises himself, "E. L."
Smith. Just when and where he was born
I do not know indeed, what I don't know
about him would crowd several large
libraries. Mr. Smith Is a farmer, with
emphasis on the farmer. Heretofore. I
have discussed in these columns farmer-
editors, farmer-professors, farmer-law
yers, farmer-politicians, etc.; all of whom,
It is understood, have carefully avoided
any onerous contact with the duties which
are Incidental to really and truly farming.
The subject of these luminous cogitations,
however, enjoys the rare and transcendent
distinction of being a farmer wno iarms.
The reader can readily verify this beyond
mvii and dissension by taking a trip to
Hood River, where Mr. Smith may be
discovered on his farm almost any sun
shiny day when he isn't attending a con
vention hde in hand, engaged in offering
his struggling young strawberries every
Inducement to grow up ana ue rcai Dig
and husky.
At Hood RIvor, among his neighbors,
Mr. S.'s reputation for probity Is remark
ably good. Some of his more ardent and
nnthuBlastlc admirers even go so far as to
maintain that his strawberry boxes never
have false bottoms.
Mr. Smith has but one dissipation. This,
is of the most baneful and In
sidious brand. The efforts of his friends
to break the power of the malignant habit
and further, as Professor "Woodward
so tersely expresses It, 'the whole boy
should go to school.'
"There are intellectual, economic,
physical and moral grounds for the
value of what Is called manual train
ing. The school instruction of the past
laid undue stress on language expres
sion. Children do not go to school
merely to learn facts, but to be trained
how to learn, how to think, how to
help themselves. The basis of element
ary manual instruction is laid In the
kindergarten, therefore the kinder
garten teaching self-activity la
so valuable a feature of elementary in
struction. Things and nature as well
as books and words, should form part
of our educational curriculum.
Train Hand "With Doing.
"The school curriculum should be re
lated to life, and not merely to examin
ations. Living as we do In an indus
trial age, and the majority of the work
ers of the land being engaged in dis
tributive and productive branches, that
Is, manufacturing, agriculture and
commerce, the pupils of our schools
should be in some way prepared for
these Important activities. The eye
and the hand are such important aids
in intellectual development that the
training of these important members
should form part of every natural sys
tem of education. Shall the school
master exercise in writing only, the
member on which the Creator has
lavished so -much skill? Drawing and
tool instruction shduld be Included in
every school curriculum. Besides the
dlscllplnary value of manual training,
it will impress many of the" pupils In
the schools that it is as dignified to
engage in the .fields of Industry as it
Is to enter the professions. The boy
who can use tools has a power which
will enable him to get along In life
better than he who Is Ignorant of their
use. The fact that the schools teach
something utilitarian will do much to
ward encouraging parents to keep their
children in school as long as possible.
The appreciation of the value of prac
tical Instruction may be illustrated In
the New York public schools. There
are several high schools, but the most
popular are the Manual Training High
Schools for boys and the Technical High
Schools for girls. These schools do nut
turn -out artisans, but they combine
instruction in what arc known as the
liberal arts, with knowledge of the
processes of commerce and the appli
cation of science and art to industry.
The advocates of manual Instruction
believe thoroughly In the value of lit
erary Instruction, but advocate that In
a complete and harmonious education
axt anrt.lV'!"JX..nUi;5l:t, toQ, k.iejcoj
HOOD IUVER.
have only been rewarded by its greater
aseondanay. I refer to his predilection
for presiding over conventions. Time was
when he found one convention a month
sufflclont to break the Insufferable monot
ony of life, but, as Is well known, disease
refuses, most inconsiderately, to stand
still, so at the present writing It is dis
tressing to relate that he regards that day
as Irrevocably lost on which he doesn't
request the meeting to "please come to
order" at least twice. It is said that he
frequently gets up in the middle of the
night to attend a convention. Mr Smith
sometimes' disappears from homo for oon
sldcrable periods, causing great grief and
consternation among his distracted rola
Uvea, who. after anxious search, usually
find him in Portland, Pendleton, or some
other place, quietly presiding over a gath
erlng of delegates, political, agricultural
or commercial, the kind, being of no con
cern. In the accompanying masterpiece I
have portrayed with marvolous fidelity
Mr. Smith in the throes of his favorite
vice.
The overwhelming fund of Important
and valuable facts pertaining to this hon
orable gentleman's history which are con
talned in the above will doubtless consid
erably astonish the reader. I am not
however, soliciting applause richly as I
may desire it for my thoroughness In
this matter, for In view of the public's
passionate Interest In all facts, even the
smallest and most Insignificant, bearing
upon the hero of those disclosures. I ree
ognlze it to be no less than a bounden
duty to spare neither expense nor energy
In placing before my readers every scrap
oz information obtainable.
HARRY MURPHY.
nlzed. Domestic science should form
part of the curriculum in girls' schools.
The study of fire, food, clothes and
health is particularly the province of
woman.
"Manual training- will
able agent in the upbuilding of moral
cnaracier, ana now to give moral train
ing in Our UUbllo school a In th mih
Ject Which is now fnrmnt In th
minds of the leading educators of our
land. Statistics. It In nM shmr thef
large part of the criminal classes ST
young men who have had no industrial
training. -jaian finds some mischief
sua ior laie nanas to do.'
Fourth Ii of Rascality.
"Mr. Froude saya 'the three Ra of no
industrial training have gone; and w
are ant to produce a fourth nt
rascality. Rich as our eountnr ( n its
natural resources, now that It has defi
nitely entered into the International arena
it enters into tne neld of commercial
and industrial competition and f main
tain its high rank It must rely on the
orains or its citizens as well as on its
resources. Aa we have learned much
from Germany In the realms of higher
learning, we can profit too by a study of
Its wonderful system of education vhioVi
has for Its object the training of each,
unit in Its national life for the highest
efficiency. Germany in many respects Is
in tne leaa in many Industrial lines. Thb
jeaa is cue to the application of scientific
knowledge and educational mnin. oil
departments of human activity. In the
city schools as well as In the rural
schools, provision should be made for
trade schools, technical schools and farm
scnopis ana the result would be the In
creaeiea intelligence of our people greater
prosperity ana greater happiness. The
manual training movement, broadening
as It does the term education.
attract to the cause of teaching many
ui ino ac-jcst minus and secure both
mgner appreciation and higher remuner
atlon for tho teacher. As President
Roosevelt said reeentlv; Th. irh -
the' most important functionary in our
suciai me.
TOTTER" ICHPT OX.
Popular Steamer Makrs It Trip Septem
7n firmer fn mut fVtn r
! oeacn patrons, tne J . J. Potter will re-
I main In SprvlrA hAtvnen Tnl1n... .t
North Ttflrh stnnnlni- nt l)nrln ...n
! the middle of September, making the last
inn aown aaturcay. beptember IS. Leaves
Awi-uirwi uogjt mis weejc a xoiiows
day. August 3L 3:15 A-'m.; Sa'turday, S-
imiui;; a iu a. ji. x-arucuiars ana o. K.
ThlrH unit TCimhlnrtnn tj.. 0 T3nt
Commencing Wednesday. September 6. tho
. tvi nui mane vvi li2llIU ITlps
uuu.uwiica in jrarxisxia.
OBJECTS TO QUERY
Deputy City Attorney Clashes
With John F. Logan.
WITNESS FAILS TO ANSWER
Miss Hyland, "Witness in El Rey
Saloon Case, Is Asked to Tell
3Ier 3rothcr's Address
in Seattle.
An nttemnt on the part of John F..
fine in the absence of
Justice of the Peace Reld for the de
fense In the case against the propri
.tnr nf El Rev saloon and rooming-
house, to secure from Miss Mary Hy-
land the address of her moiner, neariy
brought on a clash of arms between
him and Deputy City Attorney Fitz
gerald in the Municipal Court yester
day morning. Judge Cameron had to
call upon the lawyers several times
and rap loudly for order before the
row ceased.
nnntv FItzrerald came off victor-
!," fnr mi: Hvland left the court
room without giving the information
asked for by Mr. Logan. Tne iaer
did not cross-examine the witness af
tor her direct examination, and It was
not until Harry E. Bowen. a defen
dant had whispered to him that Mr.
Ixgan caled the young woman back
and asked her for the address oi ner
mother, who lives In Seattle.
"Don't answer mm," snouieu j.
nrtdressinjT Mls3 Hyland,
and pointing a finger at Mr. Iogan.
"Are you running this court, Mr.
Fitzgerald?" angrily queried Mr. Lo
gan. Do you own ana comroi mu
nnTt iritislvely? Or ha3 His Honor
something to say about It?"
"Address tne courc, spoise up ouuu
Cameron, rapping for order simultan
eously. "If you have anything to say,
gentleman, aaress me wm-
r .i -t-tviu vniin? woman where
her mother lives, "as I certainly hnve a
right to," said Mr. Logan.
"She Is my witness," replied Mr.
trifTi-rr-slii 't hrnuc-ht her Into court.
and I'll protect her. She was on the
land, out air. iogan ianeu io
,.- onvthlnp "Ha cannot bedn now.
and besides, what he wants to know
is for a purpose that I oon t propose to
stand bv and see worked."
"I hardly think. Mr. Logan, that you
should ask such a question at this
Hm" ctti Juries Cameron. "You
should have cross-examined the wit
ness when she was on the stand.
"Very well. Your Honor," replied
Mr. Lotran. "we'll And out anyway
where the mother lives."
The war betwenn Mr. Fitzgerald and
Mr. Logan began as soon as Miss Hy
and was called to the stand. The cases"
had been set for hearing, and air. uz
gerald had all of his witnesses present.
Mr. Logan then said that he appeared
merely as a favor to Justice Reld, who
is counsel ior me aeiense, ana wisncu
tn ratoe rnnrinupfl
"Well I don't nronose to stand for
any such arangement, stated air. ux-
gerald. continuances are taken in
out the prosecution, and I won't alltiw
it: lm ready to try tne cases now, anu
given
If Judge Reld Is at the bench, let them
secure other counsel, Mr. Logan is a
good lawyer, and willing to take a fee
for this .case."
"Mr. Fitzgerald never wants any one
else to secure a contlduance, but I no
tice that when he wants a postpone
ment, he demands It, and when he goes
fishing and fails to get back promptly.
other people have to wait for him,"
retorted Mr. Logan.
Finally it was agreed to take the
testimony of Miss Hyland and hear
the remainder of the evidence Monday.
Harry Bowen, proprietor of El Rey
saloon; Belle Rowley, keeper of the
rooming-house above, and. Andrew
Hoffman, bartender, are charged In the.
informations with permitting minors
to enter and drink in the saloon, and
are also charged with maintaining a dis
orderly house. ,
Miss Hyland swore she had been In
the saloon three times, each time
drinking beer. She said Bowen and the
bartender were present, that they made
no objection to her being there and
that they did not inquire her age. She
swore she secured a room, remained
over night in It and that Belle Rowley
made no objection.
Following the notable example of
the Portsmouth plenipotentiaries, those
who were negotiating for peace In the
case of John Nohoun, charged by Vic
tor Cohen with asmult and battery,
carried on negotiations in French. It
was difficult to arrange matters at
first, but an adjustment of the situa
tion was had after brief parley.
T suggest that Judge Foley act as
interpreter," aid Attorney Petraln,
addressing Judge Cameron. "Foley Is
French, so am I and Deputy City At
torney Fitzgerald. Both the defendant
and prosecuting witness are French,
and only the court Is outside the pale."
"I appear as private prosecutor, so
I suggest that Mr. Fitzgerald act as
Interpreter," said Judge Foley.
"Anything to get these negotiations
under way and secure peace will suit
me." said Mr. Fitzgerald.
After hearing the testimony of sev
eral witnesses, through Policeman
Crate as interpreter. Judge Cameron
took the matter under advisement.
Cohen Is now under arrest on a charge
of embezzlement, preferred in Seattle.
Michael Lalsner and his 'dog live at
287 Klrby, street Alblna. The dog has
no license, but that is merely a detail.
"What caused the trouble that brought
the dog and its master into court wa3
that the canine, being fond of veal,
laid hold of the calf of little Johnnie
Casson's leg, "then and there biting
the same In a public street of the city,
contrary to the statutes made and pro
vKled and against the peace and dig
nity of the said city."
The dog seemed to enjoy the session
of court immensely. It sat up and took
notice of the proceedings, and appeared
to be proud of the honor of being the
only dog In the room. It didn't budge
whsn Johnnie mounted the stand and
related the dramatic details of the bite
that caused jthe trouble. There was no
denial by Mr. Lalsner, so the court In
structed him to secure a license for the
dog, and to appear In court today and
hear the decision in the case.
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As the result of a letter written to
tho Chief of Police by a private clti
zen. Detectives Kay and Jones rounded
up Tom Barrett and George Murphy,
who have been nanglng around South
Portland saloons, drinking and making
themselves obnoxious to the residents
Jn the vicinity. They are .charged with
vagrancy, and their cases will be heard
tomorrow.
Fines of $1 each were imposed upon
Ed Bcrtelon, James Craig. J. w. Mack
ey. Roy Anderson and Harry Quick,
who were arrested by Policemen Burke
and Crate for riding bicycles without
bells.
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That the Change Was Appreciated
Was evidenced by tne immense crowds who packed the immense
ampitheater last night to see Pain's marvelous production
Wast Days o
:AT:
THE OAKS
For the next two weeks the doors will he opened at 8 o'clock .each
evening, and the performance begin
Promptly at 8:45 o'Clock
Each night witnesses the culmination of the glorious Fete Day Fes
tivities "by the thrilling, never-forgotten, awe-inspiring destruction
of Pompeii, by tremendous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. A
scene of startling, vivid realism; marvelous pyrotechnical and elec
trical inventions. Reserved seats on sale at Skidmore's Drug Store,
161 Third street, and at the 0. W. P. & Hy. Co.'s ticket office,
First and Alder streets. General admission, including seat, 50 cents.
Reserved seats, $1.00. Private box seats, 1.50. Admission to "The
Oaks," 10 cents; children 5 cents. No afternoon performance of
this attraction.
Coming: The London Royal Marionettes
WORK FOR JURY
Many Crimes in Oregon to Be
Investigated.
WOT TO ADJOURN TUESDAY
Several Cases of Sensational Charac
ter Are to Be Placed Before Fed
s cral Grand Jurors by Dep
uty District Attorney.
The Federal grand jury will have a new
lease of life and will continue to exist
and delve even after Tuesday, September
5. which has been the popular date set for
Its ending. It seems there are other crimes
and misdemeanors In the state of Ore
gon which need Investigation besides the
fradulent land transactions, and in order
that these cases may be attended to the
grand jury will be turned over on Sep
tember 5 as an instrument of vengeance
to Deputy District Attorney VT. "V.
Banks, who has a dozen or more cases to
be Investigated.
Some of the cases to be presented by
Mr. Banks are of sensational character
and others of a good deal of Importance.
The list runs from raising a $1 bill to
$100. another case of making counterfeit
moulds and money to a very brutal
charge of rape, the statutory penalty for
which, under the Federal law. Is death
or life Imprisonment. The Jury will be
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occupied with these cases for the greater
part of the coming week.
The fate of Wlllard N. Jones and his
associates In the Slletz case le about
ready to be made known to the public,
judging from the witnesses who have
been before the Jury and the Indications
and rumors about the Federal building.
All of the old soldiers who have been
waiting for their turn to explain their
acquisition of timber claims under the
guidance of Mr. Jones, havo been given a,
chance to tell their stories, and yester
day afternoon saw the closing of the in
veotlgatlons, so It Is thought, unless Mr.
Heney has a few other witnesses whJ
were not In attendance at the cou.i.
house.
The "Williamson caso will be the next
up and yesterday afternoon the corridor
was filled with men and women froir
Prlnevllle and vicinity waiting for th1!'
call to appear, before the Jury with ther
testimony. It Is expected that the in
vestigation into the Williamson case will
bo commenced this morning, or at the
latest during the afternoon, and that It
will occupy the greater part or all of tho
rest of the week.
Failed to Get Quorum.
"When Mayor King called the St. Johns
Council to order last nlsht for the ad
journed meeting It was found there was
no quorum present, only Councllmen
Thompson, Peterson and Unquest re
sponding to their names. Councllmen
Lcggett, Shields, Edwards and Brlcc werj
conspicuous by their absence. This lat
ter faction, who walked out of the Coun
cil Tuesday night had adjourned until
next Monday evening. As there was nn
quorum present last night, the Council
adjourned until this evening.
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CHILDREN'S FA CHS.
How Interesting to study the faces of
children. Note the different faces and
heads, the great variation in features.
You will find a good chance to study
faces in the Mellln's Food Exhibit at th'e
Lewis and Clark Exposition; hundreds
of children's faces, and all happy and
healthy. The Mellln's Food Exhibit is in
the Agricultural Bldg. r