Tirn MORX1XG OKEGOMAy, TUESDAY, AFK1L. 4. 1911.
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REED INSTITUTE
WHIT5IM.NO
President Foster Tells Minis
ters Elbert Hubbard Type
Will Be Taboo.
MORAL TEACHERS SOUGHT
Head or Institution Cite Instan
ces of Bad Example by Frofrs
tort and Tells Attribute
Pedagogues Must Hc.
. Professor William T. 'Fetter, presi
dent of Reed Institute, gar. Portland
ministers to understand yesterday
morning that he does not propose to
employ teachers of the KIbert Hubbard
type in Vhs Institute. Professor
Foster made that announcement at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Portland General Ministerial Associa
tion. "There are many teachers who pre
sent their subjects In such a way aa to
do actual harm to boys and girls." be
said. "The most common type now
adays It like lbert Hubbard. Such
teachers refer to the common precepts
ft Chrletlanltr. to the mot common
Ideals exemplified In the character of
Christ, only to scoff at them they tear
down without bulidln up.
"There are many such teachers. They
are railed teachers of philosophy. But
It matters little what they are railed.
It matters but little what an Institu
tion professes, what courses It pretends
to rive, or what moral requirements it
makes of Its students or faculty. The
ultimate question Is aa to the character
and Ideals and moral strenath and re
ligious insight and enthusiasm of the
inen who are actually coins; the work
of teaching day In and -day out.
"The work you are doing and the
work I am to hare a part In dolna; Is
one crest work. Education la greater
than most people realize. The church
end the school are only two of the
acenclea which are working all tlie
time for the aood or demoralisation of
eur entire people. I feel more- keenly
every dar that the one great problem
of our day is the problem of moral
education.
"One cannot but be impressed In thla
Crest Western country with the growth
In a material way. Yet the moral sig
nificance of thla icreat growth depends
upon the moral Impetus which It behind
It. The moral and religious Incentives
depend upon the Ideals of the men in
charge of thla great work. Increase
of natural wealth Is not r.ecesaarlly
a good to the people. It only becomes
good when high Ideals based on Chris
tianity are Infused Into It.
Moral Education 1'orrmoM.
"The chief problem of modern times
Is that of moral education. I am not '
sure we hav, made any progress In thla
direction In the last ten years. Critics
have a good deal to aay about .'higher
education.' but what about moral edu
cation? When I speak of the necessity
for moral and religious education I am
not speaking of the necessity for de
nominational schools. I think some of
our men promoting special denomina
tions have been Inclined to sire the
public a misconception by calling for
th support of what they call Christian
colleges. They mean denominational
.colleges. It la relatively unimportant
whether a college hat millions of dol
lars behind It. or whether It has so
little money It doesn't know how to
meet next month's bills. These things
do not necessarily make It Christian.
"On the other hand. I have little sym
pathy with such sweeping denuncia
tions aa that of the writer who said
we are rearing an Htustrtnua race of
young pagans. Our colleges are Im
bued, on the whole, with Christian
Meals; not the unessential, disputed
points, but those essential to the build
ing of the character of Jesus Christ.
ery time a boy gnrm Into a college
he la under Christian Influence, but It
Isn't strong enough nor thorough
enough. The men who are engaged In
teaching haven't sufficient backbone
to bring forth their Ideaia day In and
day out.
"The question Is not very much enn
eerned with what subjects are taught
In an Institution. Tou cannot tell much
about the Christian Influence of an
Institution by running through the
pagea of tts catalogue and determin
ing whether It gives courses In Biblical
literature. The courses In ethics, of
Biblical literature may or mar not be
of much moral or rellcious value.
Improper Teaching Cited.
Tn one of the colleges I visited the
most powerful force for the upbuilding
of character was a man who was teach
ing psychology. In Harvard College,
the professor of geology was the most
powerful religious teacher there. In
mr hlgti school education the teacher
who had the most Influence on me In
a moral and religious way waa the
teacher In mathetmatlcs. On the other
hand, subjects which seem to offer the
greatest possibilities for moral and re
ligloua Incentives may be to the hands
vf Incompetent teachers, absolutely
dead matter.
"Lat month I mt a teacher In his
tory who aald. T am not concerned with
morale, or with the meaning of history.
What we want are facta.' He Is. in my
Judgment, not fit to be a teacher of his
tory to adolescent youths.
"I recsll a teacher of French In Hsr
vard College who waa not surrii-lenU' In
teresfted to stay an hour In the cia
rnom. In the middle of the hour he
would excuse himself, go Into the NUL
and smoke a rigsrette. I recall a teacher
of Kngllsh literature who found hla
chief delight m lingering on the passagea
In medieval literature which were !e
eMed'.y off color. Nearly every laige In
st, tuiton li'aa some sch teachers, and
you would be surprised to find them In
seme of our email colleges.
"In some Institutions the signing of
Manlia Indicating the mural views or
purposes of f rs.ir-rrs or student haa
een actually a demoralizing Influence,
feeraua It haa led to hypocrisy. In one
Jrsartutioa I found teachers and students
compelled to sign a pledge against
smoking. I found the Instructors smok
ing In their rooms, and In the elsssmoma
teaching the student bow demoralizing
emolctng (s.
"Wherever I go I am more and more
impressed with the fact that our whole
tremendous and greatly boasted growth
In thla democratic government will be
absolutely lost unless somehow wo make
actual progress In moral and religious
growth. Unless we see thla great In
rreaae la knowledge In which we are
putting so much time and money In
f'lsed with life and meaning by the moral
tarrrm behind It. .
Kight Teachers Main Tiling.
tf I conceive the problems of this
new Institution aright, our chief task
ts in finding men. regardless of the
place where tfcey were trained, regard
less ef their age. regardless of their
denominational Interest, regardless of
the subjects they wish to teach. find
ing men who are fit to carry on the work
In the way I have indicated. Every sub
ject may be a tubject of moral Instruc
tion. erery subject, without exception,
even typewriting, bookkeeping, millinery
and cooking. These are not so rich
ethically as history, but In the hands of
the right teachers they are moral educa
tion. I am not sure that direct moral
education la of any use In our publlo
school at all. Of this much I am cer
tain, that the subject- put down In school
under the head of morals or ethics or
religion may be of no value morally or
splrituallyln the hands of aoma teachers.
"We have thought. If wo could get
something which could be catalogued,
which could be stated In phrate. which
could be Illustrated, we would have made
some progress In moral education. Pro
gress In that direction Is of very little
value. Columbia University took certain
ttepa apparently In the way of moral
education which waa very much- heralded
by varloua religious bod let. At the same
time msny of tat men were emphasizing
the tremendous moral value of the classic
education, by which they meant Latin
and Greek. Tet one of the men on the
faculty waa morally unlit to be walking
on the street In contact with other hu
man beings, much leas to be set up aa a
teacher of daisies for many years In
one of the largest Institutions of the
country: a man whose relations with wo
men were unbelievable, yet -were known
to the faculty and students, who waa
drunk whenever he felt like It. and re
garded It as a matter' of academic free
dom, being perfectly willing that the
boys stfiould know of It and take part
la it
Only Moral Men Wanted.
'When an Institution tolerate such a
man. and aeta him upon the lecture
platform or In the classrooms. It makes
very little difference mhat an Institu
tion of thst kind ssye. even though it
saya to every public and private prepara
tory school. 'We lnest you give us a
certificate of moral character for every
boy who enters this school.' It were
better that, a certificate be given him
to keep him ont of the aehool.
"We want teachers for Reed Institute
who are devoted to their work In a pro
fessional spirit, whose Interest In the
work lasts day and night. Summer and
Winter. In classroom and out. whose In
terest Is so absorbing that they would
miner come Into contact with the hu
man beings placed in their charge than
do anyhlng else. If anything else ap
pear more alluring to a candidate for
the place we don't want blm. We must
have men who know how to teach, nd
we shall have. If we can find them, men
who have breadth of achievement be
yond this."
PORTLAND WEALTH TOLD
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOOK"
w-rr is prBL,isHEi.
Statistics Show City's Industrial and
Financial Strength Valuable
Iata Are Given.
'Portland." Is the title of a simple,
yet Interesting booklet prepared by the
Portland Chamber of Commerce fr
general distribution. It Is one of 1
booklets now in the press for the use
of the Intending settler or the man In
Oregon who desires to secure informa
tion regarding certain llnea of en
deavor. The booklet Issued yesterday contains
1 pages. The lllustratlona are well
printed. Water-front scenes, with the
monuments In the city perks and
nearly all of the public buildings are
shown. Some of the facts recorded are:
"Portland haa 107. JU population, ac
cording to the census; 150 schools. 135
churches, and fraternal organizations,
with a membership of 31.000. In homes
it haa 35.000.
"Portland's manufacturing eslabllsh
ments. with an Invested capital of mora
than IJI.000.000. employing 33.000 per
sona, who earn l. 000.000 annually and
who produce 150.000.000 each year, are
rapidly growing In number.
"Of electrical energy Oregon haa 3.
000.000 horsepower, of which 1.000.000
Is In the Deschutes River 40 times that
developed at Niagara.'
-Portland aecurea Its water supply
from a lake 3500 feet above aea level
at the base of Mount Hood, and a flow
of It. 900. 000 gallons is brought to the
city. With the construction of another
pipe line thla flow Is Increased S.0OO.
000 gallons. The annual precipitation
Is 40.3 Inches and the average tempera
ture la E3.7 degrees. The highest point
ever reached waa 101 degreea and the
lowest point 13 degrees.
"In 10S the assessed valuation of
Portland waa 1131. 197. uSl. in 110 thla.
bad Increased to 17.3$S.20.
"In 1t0 the bank clearings were
$9.439.:i4.5l. In 1900 they reached
llot.9M.OJ7.4H. and in 110 they were
&17.171.7.7.
"In 1900 393 building permits, repre
senting a value of 3944.95 were Issued.
In 1910 the number of permits was i23
and the value waa S0.SS.20X
"Real estate valued at t-t.53:.9S5 was
transferred in 1900. In 1910 the trans
fers represented a value of 330.097.060.
These figures are exclusive of the
transfer of O. It. N. and S. F. hold
ings to the O.-W. R. N. Co.. valued
at 370.000.000.
"The receipts of the postof flee for
the fiscal year, ending in 1910 were
lorj.lM.SI. In 190S they were S41.
053. The monev order business for 1905
was 37.770.IOS. 77. In 1910 It had In
creased to 31S.191.849.73.
"Ju 1903 there were 17 telephones
In use In the city. This number In
creased to 34.713 in 1910.
"Portland spent II.091.SC1.TC in street
Improvements In 1910. aa increase of
SIC per cent over 19V
PUPILS URGED TO SWIM
T. M. C. A. Men to Explain Contest
In All Grammar Schools.
Through, approval of the Board of
Education, representatives) of the Port
land Toung ilen'a Christian Association
will speak In all Lbs grammar ecboola
of the dty today and tomorrow, an
nouncing the swimming meet that has
been arranged by the T. M. C. A. The
T. M. A. secretaries and board of
management of the physical department
will be the speakers and it Is expected
1o Interest sll the schools In the com
petition.
The swimming meet will open next
Thursday when pupils of the Albina
Homestead and Alns worth schools will
try out In the T. M. C A. tank. Testa
will be held from then every week day
until April following s schedule
printed flunday morning. The record of
the number of boys who can swim 50
yards will be kept, and the school having
the largest percentage "f boys, be
tween the saeei of 13 and 1 m-uo ran
cover thu distance, mill be awarded the,
Jaeger trophy cup. .
It la. not known exacthr on what rtats
H. H. Coraan. the noted swimming
teacher, will arrive in Portland. 11 r.
Coraan Is coming to Portland to glee
free swimming lessons at the T. M. C.
A- which will be open to every boy to
the city who is unable to swim.
Lame shoulder is nearly always due
to rheumatism of the muscles. and
quickly vlelds to the free application
of Chamberlain's IJnlment- For sale
by all dealers.
Uee Brown e Bronchial Troches
for relieving coughs and hoarseness.
M EVOLVED TO
KEEP OUT PLAGUE
State Health Board to Name
Special Deputies in .
Every Port.
EXPENSE WILL BE- LIGHT
Incoming Vessels to Be Rigidly In
spected on Arrival by Officers
Appointed for Occasion.
State In Charge,
Acting upon the advice of John M.
Holt, medlcaj officer of the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service, in command of the Co
lumbia River quarantine station at As
toria, the State Board of Health will
I sdopt what It oelievea win do an i
J fectlve and economical plan in pre-
venting the importation oi iuti"
aiseases in pun iun uu
Instead of enlisting the assistance
of the counties, as had been first sug
gested, the Board of Health will ap
point deputy state health officers, or
special agents, to carry on lnspectlpn
work In conjunction with the various
municipalities touched by Oriental ves
sels. The special offlcere will be com
pensated for only such days aa they
are actually on duty. The State Board
of Health will direct the work and tlio
expense of Inspection it to be .met by
the municipality where a ship happens
to be placed in quarantine.
Approval Is Predicted.
That thla plan will meet with the
approval of all port towns In the state
It the belief of Dr. Calvin S. White,
secretary of the State Board of Health.
City Health Officer Wheeler believes
that such a plan will be both inexpen
sive and satisfactory. The city health
department will be assisted In the work
by Harbormaster. Speler, who will de
vote apeclal attention to all ships com
ing to this port in future about which
there is the slightest suspicion. N
County Phyalcla'n Geary will also
work In conjunction with the State
Board of Health and the city authori
ties. tra. White and Geary will meet
with the City Council of St. Johns to
night and will explain the neceaslty
of carrying on inspection work at the
St. Johns harbor as well ss at the Port
land waterfront. These offlcert will alto
take up the matter with the authorities
at Linnton. St. Helens and Rainier,
three other porta located In Multnomah
County.
Medical Officer Holt has volunteered
to co-operate with the .State Board of
Health and through his office at As
toria he will be able to keep the health
officers here informed as to any vessel
coming Into Columbia River ports that
may need rigid inspection before clear
ing. In a letter received by Dr. White
yesterday. Medical Officer Holt says:
Responsible Men Needed.
"I believe the most practicable, eco
nomical and efficient method of accom
plishing results would be to name a re
sponsible, conscientious physician In
any river town where such services
wpuld be likely to be required, as a
deputy state health officer or special
agent, to be compensated only for such
days at actually on duty, and Instruct
him carefully aa to his duties. It will
be seen that absolute responsibility and
common sense would be what would be
most to be desired in such appointees.
"Such supervision would not at all
conflict with my Held, and there would
surely be no difficulty ln any event, aa
wa are both looking to the public wel
fare. I have usually Informed the Port
land City Health Officer when a vessel
goes to Portland under restrictions,
and have auggested the exercise of his
police functions in carrying out pre
cautionary measures.
"I shall be pleased to keep you in
formed, and freely to furnish you with
suc0 facta aa may be desired at any
time."
LENTEN SERVICES BEGIN
Noonday Meeting for Business Men
Held In Majestic Theater.
A series of dally noonday Inten
services under the auspices of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, of the Kpis
copal Church, were commenced at the
Majestic Theater yesterday when Right
Rev. R. Ij. Paddock, bishop of Western
Oregon, delivered an appropriate ser
mon. These services have been established
at the down-town auditorium for the
benefit of the worklngmen and busi
ness men who are unable to leave the
central part of the glty at the noon
hour, and are commenced at 12:10
o'clock and last until 11:40 o'clock each
afternoon. Bishop Paddock is sched
uled to preach today and tomorrow at
the hour named, while the dally pro
gramme up to and Including April 1C
Is as follows: April , 7 and ft. Rev.
C. W. Robinson, of St. Paul's Church.
Oregon City: April 10. 11 and 12. Right
Rev. S. W. Keator. bishop of Olympia.
Wash.: April 13, Rev. E. T. Simpson,
of Hood River; April 14. Right Rev.
Charles Scaddlng. bishop of Oregon;
April 16, Rev. E. T. Simpson, of Hood
River. .
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Grape-Nuts
FOOD
tones and strengthens
the digestion in a nat
ural way.
It contains no medica
tion but accomplishes
its purpose bj providing
the necessary food ele
ments in the right form.
Let a 10 days' test of
Grape-Nuts convince
you. f
"There's a Reason"
Postum Cereal Co Limited.
Battle Creak. Mich.
of the world's bottled beers is the supreme position occupied
Its high reputation and mild and exquisite flavor is
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Bottled onfy at
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St. Louis. Mo.
16 SPEEDERS TRAPPED
VIOLATORS OF AUTO IAW PAY
FOR THEIR SPORT.
Alonzo X. Swallow, Arrested for
Second Tint In Ten Days, Fined
$100, Sentence Suspended.
Arrested for the second time within
ten days for exceeding the speed limit,
A Ion to N. Swallow was fined 3100 In
Municipal Court yesterdty and then ten
tence against him was sunpended. upon
the plea that he waa unable to pay the
fine.
Sixteen offendert against the automo
bile ordinance were on the docket, most
of them having been caught In a trap
posted at Union avenue and Skldmore
street. W. C. North. Deputy County As
sessor; P. Hendricks. 666 Thurman street;
B. R. Corbett, E. B. Mall. 104 Second
street, and W. Burgs rd. 4TI Alnsworth
street, secured continuances. C W.
Knowles. of Vancouver, and T. Tillman.
JQ3 Front street, paid fines of 335. W. J.
Qulgley waa assessed 321 and W. H.
TRJSCUIT is the Shredded Wheat wafer a crisp, tasty, nourishingwhole
wheat Toast, delicious for any meal with butter cheese or marmalades.
Always toast it in the oven before serving.
ABSOLUTELY lU
the
Brewery
Ohatten drew a like penalty. Dr. J. C,
Hayes. 649 Williams avenue, explained
that he was hurrying to the bedside of a
patient. He was fined 335. but sentence
was suspended. J. T.- Jones, an em
ploye of the Postofflce. was fined $25
for speeding a motorcycle and sentence
was suspended. George Gibson paid a
fine of 325 and W. G.. Donald paid 330.
Patrolman Mackey reported that a
driver named Herbert, while driving at a
rapid pace, turned completely over at
Twenty-eighth ttreet and Linnton road.
Hla machine was badly damaged but he
escaped unhurt.
Floyd T.-Bolton, manager of the Port
land Motor-Car Company, was accused
of driving recklessly over the Burnside
ttreet bridge. He paid a fine of J16.
The Sound Sleep of Good Health
Can not be overestimated and any
ailment that prevents it is a menace
to health. J. U Southers, Eau Claire.
Wis- says: "I have been unable to
sleep 'soundly nights, because of pains
scross my back and soreness' of my
kidneys. My appetite waa very poor
and mv general condition was much
run down. I have been taking Foley
Kidney Pills but a short time and now
sleep as sound as a rock, my general
condition Is greatly Improved, and I
know that Foley Kidney Pills have
cured me." Good results always fol
low the use of Foley Kidney Pills.
They are a prompt corrective of
urinary irregularities. Try them. Sold
bv all druggists.
Nearly all children have wheat-hunger
a craving for the body-building
elements found in the whole wheat, the
most perfect' food given to man his
."staff of life" for four thousand years.
The whole wheat- contains all the
elements needed to build the perfect
human body. This cannot be truth
fully said of any other cereal. It is
through the shredding process (pat
ented and owned by The Shredded
Wheat Company) that the whole
wheat is prepared in its most digest
ible form.
By this process all the tissue-building
elements in the whole wheat are re
tained, while the outer, or bran, coat
is scattered along the shreds in infini
tesimal particles in such a way as to
stimulate peristalsis (bowel exercise)
in as natural way.
jS 2, AT THE
the result of 50 years of untiring devotion to Quality
known to the ancient and honorable art of brewing.
WAGE RAISE UNSETTLED
MXOTYPE OPERATORS MAKE
SO OFFICIAL IrEMAXD SO FAR.
Employing Printers In Job "Offices
Willing- to Hear Employes on
Subject of Increase,
Arrangements for a proposed confer
ence between a committee, representing
the Typographical Union, and a like
committee from the Printers Board of
Trade, to consider the demand for an
increase in the scale paid linotype-operators
employed In Job offices, have not
been completed. Official notice of the
action of the Typographical Union in
requesting such a conference had not
reached the employing printers' organi
zation yesterday.
The outcome of the meeting is diffi
cult to forecast. The employing print
ers, affected by the increased wage that
has been demanded, are standing firmly
by their contention that they cannot
grant the advance. On the other hand,
the linotype operators, it Is reported.
Most Children
Are Wheat-Hungry
Give a child two Shredded Wheat
Biscuits every morning with hot milk
and a little cream and he will be fully
satisfied and will lose his taste for
mushy porridges that are usually
bolted down without chewing.
You can't build sturdy boys and girls
out of books and sermons. Their
bodies must be developed from the
food they eat Shredded Wheat is
an ideal food for them to study on, to
play on, to grow on.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit with hot
milk or cream makes an ideal break
fast for school children and is quickly
and easily prepared. The porous
shreds of cooked wheat combine natu
rally with all kinds of fresh or stewed
fruits, making a complete, wholesome
meal. Your grocer sells them.
TOP
by old reliahBo
Blumauer & Hoch
Distributors
Portland Oregon
will insist that the higher wage be paid
May 25. ' Unless one side yields. It now
appears as though a strike cannot be
averted.
"We have not been notified officially
that the Typographical Union has au
thorized a committee to represent it at
a conference with the employing print
ers," said F. W. Chausse. president of
the printers' organization yesterday.
"While the employers very generally
have agreed to stand together and resist
the increased scale demanded by llno
typers, we are entirely willing to meet
with a committee representing these
employes and thoroughly consider their
demands."
Homeseekers ! Chehalis, Washington.
Surrounded by largest dairy, fruit and
farming country in Pacific Northwest.
Acreage Inducements for Intensive farm
ing. County seat Lewis County, where
land is cheaper and the best. Chehejls
is the liveliest inland Washington town
of 6000 people. Paved streets, electrlo
lights, sewerage, water, gas and all mod
ern comforts. Has 3225,000 in public im
provements under way now. Visit Che
halls and see Southwest Washington's
largest farming section before locating
elsewhere. Chehalis has a variety, of
manufacturing with large monthly pay
roll. For details, visit Chehalis. or ad
dress Citizens' Club. Chehalis, Wash.