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THE MORXIXG OEEGOMAN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER -TO. 1916.
SCHOOL IS CALLED
MENTAL GRAVEYARD
Dr. Suzzallo Tells 1000 Teach
ers That Present Method
Stifles Child's Thought.
CULTURE'S VALUE SHOWN
President Pearse Point Out Ratio
Between Education and Earning
Power Ashland Teacher Is
Elected Before Adjournment.
BW. Henry Suzzallo. the young presi
dent of the University of Washington,
yesterday publicly shattered some of
the- most treasured Illusions that he
alleged many 01 the. modern teachers
possessed, and ended the three-day ses
sion of the Oregon State Teachers'
Association by asserting that many
school teachers killed oft the desire of
the pupil to study by cramming him
with inconsequential facts.
"You till him with detailed facts,"
asserted Dr. Suzzallo, "and leave him
an Intellectual corpse. It is better that
he be given just a little knowledge
than so many facts; his soul burns and
he comes to hate the entire school sys
tem, including the teacher."
Ashland Educator Elected.
Dr. Suzzallo's address, that consumed
more than an hour and was listened
to attentively by almost 1000 teachers,
was preceded by an able address by
Carroll G. Pearse, of the "Wisconsin
Normal School, who talked on the divi
dends the state should receive from
those It publicly educates, and by the
election of officers of the association
for the ensuing year.
George A. Briscoe, of Ashland, was
elected president of the association.
Dr. H. D. Sheldon, head of the depart
ment of education of the University of
Oregon, was made the. vice-president.
and E. H. Whitney and W. T. Fletcher,
of Portland, and Mrs. E. A. Ivanho.e. of
Ia Grande, members of the executive
committee. The secretary and treas
urer will be named later by the mem
bers of the executive committee.
"Fit Boy to Think,- He Sajn.
Dr. Suzzallo attacked the idea of
educators making their courses strictly
cultural or vocational. "Fit the boy
to think for himself, and do not over
load him with so many facts that he
will become an intellectual corpse," was
his advice.
"Don't poison the emotional maln
SFrtngs of human action. Give control
over Intellectual machinery through
abstractions, laws and rules.
"We seem to be welding our new
system of education upon an old foun
dation. We are attempting to weld
vocational training with the cultural.
"In medieval times the apprentice and
the journeyman represented the con
crete things, the preacher and the
scholar the abstract things.
"Grammar was used to understand
the language. Language was used to
understand the literature. Literature
allowed the attainment of knowledge
and through knowledge there was ob
tained a standard of living.
"The living has been revered for so
Jong that the means to which living
the end is attained also became re
vered and soon we lost sight of the ob
jective. "Suppose you have in your home a
bowl in which you feed your child
milk. Suppose that bowl came over in
the Mayflower. It is all full of cracks
and nicks. Would you send that to the
mender? No. Woe is the man who
would send it to the mender.
Old Things Too Sacred.
"That is what is the matter with our
educational system. We revere the
cracks and nicks and make no effort
to mend them.
"Culture must be rendered in con
teniporaneous terms. We cannot for
mutate our conduct from a culture that
is not ours. We must pick out those
qualities of mind that have been the
most virile in American life for our
own culture.
"Every cultural man Is a man of prin
ciple. He must not surrender his judg
ment to the will of the mob spirit. Ha
must use his brain power to the final
test."
Temper Should Be Restrained.
Dr. Suzzallo asserted that the child
should be disciplined when he was an
gry and praised when his disposition
was unruffled. He said that a child
should get moral Instruction through
Its emotions. He said that modern ed
ucation should give a "breadth of in
formation interpreted in terms of prin
ciple.
Preceding Dr. Suzzalo's address Pres
ldent Carroll G. Pearse. of Milwaukee
Wia., said that "education pays
money."
"The definite results, the dividend
we get from the education of the young
people of the state, said Mr. Pearse
"are these: An investment in the child
of social responsibility, an increase of
earning power and the fitting of men
and women for public service.
Education Increases Value,
"Every community wants to know
why it is spending its millions every
year on educating the child."
Mr. Pearse produced figures to show
that with the increase In the amount
of education a man has the more he
Is worth in dollars and cents to the
community in which he lives.
He said that the college of agricul
ture of Cornell University had compiled
figures among a certain number of up
state farmers and had discovered that
the proportion representing earning
power existing among those who had
had a common school education, a high
school education and those who had
gone higher was in the ratio of 3, 6
and 8, respectively."
"Education gives the man or woman
a social view of life," said Mr. Pearse.
"It makes him responsible for his
neighbor. It gives him a good feeling
toward his neighbor and a feeling of
responsibility toward his state.
I'uhlic Servlct Improved.
The training for public service, io
that men and women may discharge
the dignified duties they are called
upon to discharge, can be had only
through education, was the assertion
Of Mr. Pearse.
Just before the close of yesterday
morning's session the report of the
T' solutions committee was read. One
resolution, that proposing to change the
time of annual meeting, was the center
of heated discussion. The proposed
change was from the Christmas holi
days to the days following Thanksgiv
ing. The resolution was tabled, all the
Other resolutions being adopted.
The resolutions adopted Indorsed the
efforts of "those influences which se
cured for Portland and the Northwest
the 1917 convention of the National
Education Association." Through this
name resolution boards of education
represented in the state association
were urged to take out Institutional
membership in the National Education
Association.
Bone-Dry tin Favored.
Another resolution prayed that the
"legislative assembly of 1317 enact such
operative legislation as will imme
diately put into force and effect the
letter and the spirit of the so-called
OFFICERS OF THE OREGON STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
mw ft h
bone-dry prohibition amendment." The
association pledged its support to the
enforcement of such legislation.
Another resolution pra:.Ted for fh'e
strict enforcement of the law prohibit
ing the sale of cigarettes to minors, and
recommended that if the present law Is
Inadequate another more stringent law
should be proposed by the association.
The intensive study of the rural
school problem was made the special
office of a committee of seven.
Minimum Salary Wanted.
The association recommended the en
actment of a law making eight months
the minimum of a school year and a
minimum wage law based on certifi
cation and experience.
After finishing their sectional dis
cussions yesterday morning the teach
ers were entertained at luncheon at
the Lincoln High School by the alumni
of the University of Oregon.
Whil" the assembly programme was
being carried on In the auditorium of
Lincoln High School the seven members
of the alumni council of the University
of Oregon Alumni Association met pri
vately and discussed the legislative pro
gramme that is to he presented at the
next session of the Legislature.
There were present at that meeting
Waltr Win slow. president: Francis
Galloway, The Dalles: C. K. Spencer,
Portland: Mrs. E. P. Geary, Portland;
Ed Bally. Albany: Ben H. Williams. Eu
gene, and Thomas Townsend, Salem.
Some of the visiting teachers
left for their homes yesterday. A num
ber of them will stay in Portland and
visit for a few days longer.
PRAISE IS GIVEN NEWSPAPERS
President Carlton Says All Angles
of Convention Well Handled.
President E. F. Carlton, in his annual
report to the State Teachers' Associa
tion, paid a high tribute to the news
papers of Portland and the manner in
which the reports had been handled.
As a result he referred the delegates
to the news accounts and dispensed
with the usual formality of detail. He
said In part:
'There has been some complaint in
the past that the newspapers of today
are not fully alive to the matters which
affect the vital interests of a com
munity and commonwealth, I think
that this feeling, should any one Iden
tified with the Oregon Teachers' Asso
ciation have entertained such at the
opening of the session, must certainly
have been dispelled after having re
ceived the generous treatment this or
ganization has on the part of the Port
land papers. All of the publications
have given full and complete reports
of the proceedings, not only of the
majn bodies but also of the working
committees, so that "all who run might
read,' and demonstrated beyond a doubt
that the present-day newspapers are
always ready and willing to give full
credit and publicity when anything
worth while is accomplished. The fact
also that the Portland papers have
accorded us such splendid publicity is
a testimonial of the highly educational
character of the work of this associa
tion, and we all have occasion to con
gratulate ourselves upon this score."
STUDY OF EACH CHILD ADVISED
Frank Shepherd Says Teacher Must
Keeep Abreast of Times.
"Manual framing a3 a factor In the
vocational movement, that seems more
nearly to meet the demands of the stu
dents, teachers and the people than any
other educational undertaking of the
day. bears the same relation to indus
trial efficiency that reading does to
liberal education. It is the foundation,"
declared Frank H. Shepherd in his ad
dress to one of the meetings at the
Lincoln High School yesterday.
"Industrial efficiency may be at
tained through the manual training
work in the public schools. The teach
er must keep his lamps trimmed and
burning. He must not sleep at the
switch. Inventions are made so rap
Idly that manufacturers are hard
pressed to keep abreast of the improve
ment. Three important principles of
instruction are:
"The children of the community must
be constantly and sympathetically
studied by the teachers and the prin
cipals so that these may understand
at all times the conditions, the capacity,
the interests and the educational needs
of each child.
"The instruction of each child and
youth the content, method and the im
mediate purpose of that instruction
must be constantly adapted to the needs
of the Individual in the light of the
needs of the community."
These ideas found expression in the
St. Louis Manual Training School, es
tablished June 6, 1897, where the pu
pils" hours were divided equally be
tween mental and manual work.
SPECIAL TRAINING ADVOCATED
. L. Griffin Emphasizes Need of
More Effective Teaching;
"The greatest single need of the
high schools at present is teachers who
are prepared to teach their respective
ubjects. declared Professor F. L
Griffin, of Reed College, of the sub
ject of "Mathematical Responsibilities
of the High School betore the Oregon
Teachers' Association at the Lincoln
High School. Professor Griffin gave
u graphic description of the causes of
criticism directed against high schoo
courees in mathematics and pointed
out some effective means of obviating
the difficulties which past experiences
have demonstrated to have existed.
"The worst fault of the traditional
courses Is that they have been planned
primarily for the students who are
going on to college. .Nearly 40 per
cent of the students who enter the
high school do not continue' to the sec
ind year; these get no glimpses of
geometry, either in its utility or Its
logical side: they get no trigonometry
not even graphical methods of solving
surveying problems and force problems
such as the analysis of simple bridge
structure; they get no command o
logarithms, the most wonderful In
tstrument of calculation ever devised.
'A combination course covering the
I &t : f LACI(NISDEAD
E. H. Whitney. Member nt the Ex
ecutive Committee. V Oeorge A.
Briscoe, Ashland, President. 3 W. T.
Fletcher, Portland, Member Executive
t'ommlttee. 4 Dr. H. D. Sheldon. Eu
gene, Vice-President.
topics mentioned before would have far
more cultural value than the present
course In algebra. The succeeding
courses could be more advanced work
in algebra and geometry, according to
the practice in France and Germany.
The fourth-year course should Intro
duce the elements of analytical geome
try and calculus, the most powerful
and practical of modem mathematical
tools. This will require teachers thor
oughly familiar with their subjects,
and. indeed, the greatest single need
of the high schools at present is teach
ers who are prepared to teach their
respective subjects."
EDUCATIONAL "LAMPS" LISTED
D. A. Grout Points Out Cardinal
Necessities to Teacher-.
The seven lamps of education that
the teachers shall hold ud to light the
lives of the children of today, even as
Ruskin's seven lamps of architecture
helped to mold the educational forces
of the 19th century, were given to the
.teachers assembled yesterday by D. A.
Grout, assistant superintendent of
schools in Portland.
"The lamp of sacrifice typifies the
spirit of self-denial and self-forgetful-
ness.
"The lamp of obedience represents
the observance of fixed principles in
our work. Obedience to our Higher im
pulses as well as to the laws of an
enlightened civilization is necessary to
personal and public welfare.
"We must all worship at the shrine
of truth and send out our pupils as
truth seekers.
'The lamp of life must burn brightly,
that the true life be ever distinguished
from the false. Education is the show
ing on how to live a higher, nobler
life. Childhood is full of energy and
promise and should be taught so that
the mind will continue to grow and to
develop; that is, really continue to live.
The lamp of beauty represents an
element that should be incorporated
nto every child's character.
"The lamp of power typifies a qual
ity above and beyond knowledge.
"The lamp of memory Is the spirit
that perpetuates in the schoolroom the
great men who have lived, the great
causes that have been struggled for or
the glorious victories for humanity
that have been won. We have a rich
heritage for so young a country, and
we should make the best of our oppor
tunities."
LUNCHEON HELD AT LINCOLN
Financial Dilemma Explained to
University Faculty and Graduates.
One hundred faculty members and
former students of the University of
Oregon took luncheon together at Lin
coln High School yesterday noon. f.
L Campbell, president of the Univer
sity, In the principal speech explained
the financial dilemma of the tmversity
through the unexpected falling off in
the state assessment ana tne unexpect
ed large growth of the University en
rollment. President Campbell said in
part:
"The receipts from the mlllage tax
for the University during the years
1915 and 1916 are fully $50,000 less than
the estimates made at the time the
millage tax bill went into effect. The
amount received during the next two
years. 1917 and 1918, will be at least
another 150.000 short of the estimates,
making a loss of not less than $100.
000 in the receipts for the last four
years.
"During the same period our enroll
ment at the. University will have in
creased not less than 60 per cent. The
decrease in income in the face of the
increase in attendance makes the prob
lem of maintenance alone at the Uni
versity a very serious one unless re
lief is obtained from the Legislature.
PERIODICALS USED IN SCHOOL
Current Magazines Applied in
Teaching Civics.
The co-operation of teachers and
periodicals was discussed by F. E.
Moore, principal of the Ashland High
School. In his presentation of "Methods
of Handling Current Events." The lack
of textbook material is due In part to
the old idea that history constitutes a
study of the past life of man and that
civics was simply a study of the son-
stitutlon. said Mr. Jloore
"Regular weekly and monthly service
by the periodicals has been inaugurated
whereby a list of suggestive questions
and outlines are sent to the schools
ordering these publications.
"Assignment of lessons In these peri
odicals follows an outline prepared by
the instructor to fit the particular les
son in civics or history, or it may fol
low a form sent out by the service bu-
reau of one of the periodicals and be
given independent of the text book."
ELECTED YESTERDAY.
I
Retired Capitalist Succumbs
While Asleep at Imperial.
OWNED
First and Washington Corner
Among Parcels Held Brother
Also Victim of Heart Dis
ease and Dies in Bed.
Lazarus Ackerman. 69 years of age,
who for the last 23 years had made his
home at the Imperial Hotel, was found
dead in his room yesterday morning.
He had apparently been in good health
the day before, and had died during the
night. The cause of death was diag
nosed by attending physicians as heart
trouble.
Mr. Ackerman was born In Germany
and came to this country more than 50
years ago. He was engaged in busi
ness enterprises here until a few years
ago, when he retired. During his re
tirement he lived very quietly, and
was known only to a few who 'visited
him occasionally at his hotel.
The manner of his death was simi
lar to that of his brother Solomon, who
died several years ago while asleep.
Mr. Ackerman was the owner of sev
eral pieces of property here. Included
among them are the southwest corner
of First and Washington streets and
the 100 feet on the west side of Third
street, between Taylor and Yamhill. He
was a half brother of Alexander Mayer
and of the late Alice Ackerman. He
has several nieces and nephews In this
city, among them being Mrs. Maurice
Goodman.
Funeral services will take place at
the chapel of the Edward llolman
undertaking establishment at 10:30 on
Sunday morning. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise
officiating. Burial will be In Beth
Israel Cemetery.
FOOD CONFERENCE HELD
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS KIND SOME
VIOLATIONS OK LAW.
Economic Base, However, Is Beyond
Department's Control and funda
mental Economy Is Advised.
HW YORK, Dec. 29. After a con
ference here today of Federal District
Attorneys from Maine to Weet Virginia
who are investigating the high cost o
living, a statement was issued by
George W. Anderson. United States Dis
trict Attorney at Boston, In charge of
the Government's Inquiry Into food and
fuel prices, declaring that "business
men who hold or detain cars unneces
sarily and unfairly are under just sus
picion." '
Explaining that the Federal attor
neys had met to consider facts gath
ered in their districts tending to show
"combinations obnoxious to the anti
trust act, to exchange views as to the
significance of the evidence thus far
ascertained and to consider the best
way of enforcing the law in the public
interest," Mr. Anderson added: ,
"We have spent a long day of hard
work on this task. It is but to repeat
to say that there is evidence that some
of the peak-high prices in various parts
of the country I do not now indicate
where are due to unlawful acts.
"The economic base of a large part
of the high prices is beyond the con
trol of the Department of Justice and
local authorities. Housekeepers' asso
ciations and women's clubs have each
their duty to perform. I direct atten
tion to the work of fundamental per
manence and construction done by the
Departments of Agriculture and Com
merce In these times of high prices,
when economy, efficiency and the sub
stitution of cheaper foods for the more
expensive are desirable for all except
the more wealthy.
T. R. URGES FIELD WORK
Closet Men" Not Relittled. but
Outdoor Study Emphasized.
ALBANY. N. Y., Dec. 29. The New
York State Museum was formally
opened today. The principal address
was delivered by Theodore Roosevelt,
whose subject was "Productive Scien
tific Scholarship.
To obtain really great results, the
scientific naturalist must study nature
out of doors. Colonel Roosevelt de
clared, but he did not belittle the
value of research work In laboratories
and studies, which was done by those
whom he termed "closet men." Their
contribution to science was invaluable,
he said, but it must be rounded out
and perfected by the observers in the
field.
Limited Trains Two Days Late.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29. The Overland
Limited of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad arrived here today, two days
late.
Major Waldron Ordered East.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 29. Major Waldron, who
has been relieved of command of the
Coast defenses of the Columbia River,
htxa been ordered to Charleston, S. C.
BUSINESS SITES
MADAME GULP HERE
Celebrated Hollander Sings
Tonight at Heilig.
COLD ON COAST, SHE SAYS
Intimate of Dutch Queen t.ivos Im
pression of Refinement and In
tellect Home Nicest Place
on Earth. She Avers.
BY JOSEPH 5IACQUEEN.
Br-r-r-r r. It's cold!" said
silvery voics yesterday, as the door
opened again in a perfume-laden parlor
at the Benson Hotel, to admit another
isitor.
The silver voice belonged to Madame
Julia Culp, prima donua soprano, who
sings tonight at the Heilig Theater.
"Marie, some more cakes and another
cup of coffee, please. said Madam
and the maid flew to do her mistress'
bidding. Cntnraal V. Bos, M.idame'
piano accompanist, "guessed" he'd have
coffee also, and got it.
"We have just come from Pasadena,
Cal.," said madame, "and had always
thought of California as a land of
everlasting sunshine. But during my
visit to Pasadena sometimes we had
rain and sometimes snow. The hills
were covered with snow. Then we-
ome to Portland and meet more
I now . and the silvery cadences died
away amid flute-like echoes.
Madame is Holland Dutch. "Are not
the Hollanders used to snow?" was
asked.
Snow Only ov and Then.
Certainly." replied Madame, "but we
are more accustomed to rain and mud.
We have only snow now and then. In
Winter we have skating, on our frozen
over rivers and canals. Holland has
been so well described by the paintings
of the old masters. We see the same
types of children as In the long ago.
children with Dutch caps, home-made
clothes and wearing little wooden
shoes. The Dutch canals aro real ar
teries of trade, and it Is common
enough to see people carrying their
boats from one canal to another. Oh.
dear, I do love Holland. It's the nicest
place on this earth."
ohn McCormack says Ireland Is the
nicest place.
Mary Garden grows sentimental over
Scotland.
Bonci swears fluently over Italy.
Curious. Isn't It? '
Madame Culp is a dainty little woman.
Her eyes are starry. Her skin is of
atin fineness. Her teeth are like white
pearls. There is nothing of the stage
makeup, no stage posing. In Madame
Culp's social, private life, but there is
a refinement and delicacy In her be
havior that speak the finely bred
woman.
Impression Is of Intellect.
You would not think of her as a big.
commanding tragedy queen, moving
audiences to frenzy in "Lady Macbeth."
but rather as an intellectual singer de
lighting in songs of home, and of the
fir;side. Not the stove, but the fire
side. Madame is a personal friend of the
Queen of Holland. The Queen likes
music, but isn't musical naturally.
Once the Queen hired an Italian sing
ing master, who tried to throw fire.
Impetuosity, frenzy into the tempera
ment of this placid-looking Queen. He
talked enthusiastically of the glories
of a musical career, and drew up a
schedule of vocal lessons that would
have discouraged a saint. The Queen
frowned, and told the bewildered pro
fessor that she had had enough of his
music. "I've changed my mind," she
said.
American Hustle Held Need.
"There is one thing lacking in Hol
land, though," reluctantly admitted
Madame. "The Dutch business people
are smart and skilful at trades, but
they lack what you call it?" And
Madame waved her hands in mock de
spair. "Ah, I have it. If Holland had
only American hustle, with American
business men to show how to get and
keep business on the new American
plan, why " and Madame became
lost in ecstacies.
Mr. Bos chatted delightfully over Dr.
Wuellner, the once famous "voiceless
singer" who appeared with big success
as concert star In this city. It appears
that Dr. Wuellner has given up singing
for good and is making a hit as a
heavy tradegian In "King Lear" at
Vienna.
Madame Culp and Mr. Bos were re
cently In Berlin, Germany, and say
that there Is "good business" there Just
now In theaters und at concerts never
better.
"The Germans are shy on coffee,
though," said Mr. Bos, in sorrow.
CHAMBER HOST TO 50
men school conii:RciAL cotitst:
TKACHHHS AUK Ul'ESTS.
I.. It. Alderman Is Chairman. With H.
B. Miller and Dean Bexell Are
Speakrri I.eaame Proposed.
Fifty teachers representing the com
mercial courses in the high schools of
the entire state, who are attending the
teachers' convention, were the guests
of the Chamber of Commerce at a
luncheon at noon yesterday.
O. M. Clark, president of the Cham
ber, greeted tnem n benair or the
Chamber, and W. D. B. Dodson. manag
ing secretary, spoke on the commercial
possibilities of the state and the serv
ice the high schools could perform In
preparing the young people for effec
tive handling of these resource.
H. B. Miller, director-general of the
School of Commerce of the University
of Oregon, spoke on the importance of
co-ordination and co-operation in the
work of the commercial bodies and of
the schools of the state. L R. Alder
man was chairman and Dean Bexell, of
the commercial department at the Ore
gon Agricultural College, was another
speaker.
Plans were tentatively suggested for
the formation of a permanent organiza
tion of the commerce teachers and ar
rangements for monthly meetings to
consider further the suggestions mado
by the speakers at the banquet.
Those who attended the luncheon
were: F. H. Young, of Pendleton; B. E.
Tatro," of McMinnville; E. E. Flnley. or
Sherwood; II. W. Herron. R L Ed
wards, Helen Lucas, H. A. Goode. Mrs.
Burlingham, E. W. Hills, of Portland;
J. A. Bexell, of Corvallls: A. C. Crews,
of Hood River; F. N. Haroun, A. H.
Sproul, Flora M. Hale. H. W. Parks and
Stella W. Durham, of Portland: G. Rob
ert McAuslan. of Eugene: H. W. White,
B. A. O'Mealy. R. D. Taylor, of Port
land; E. Morris John, of Corvallls; C.
D. Lazenby, of Portland: M. F. Wood,
of Corvallls: S. M. Ramsey, of Tuala
tin; M. F. Maxwell, of Halsey; Mabel
Maginnis, of Corvallls; Nettie Mac Ran
kin. Mrs. G. H. Lawrence and Hattie
Crawford, of Portland: II. T. Vance
E. B. Lemon, L. A. Rufener. of Corval
lls; C. 11. Eagy. of Hubbard; O. M.
Clark. II. B. Miller. L. R. Alderman. W
D. B. Dodson and Ansel R. ClarK.
I.I.I MI'.NTARY WORK IS BASIC
Mrs. A. A. Sanborn Explains Objects
of Different Departments.
"Elementary work in sewing, ss In
all other subjects, must be founda
tional, simple and practical, so It may
apply at once to the home problems.''
declared Mrs. A. A. Sanborn In her ad
dress yesterday. "The first term ol
high school sewing must of a necessity
overlap the elementary work and serve
as a review as well as to Introduce
much that is new.
"The trades school, as we understand
it. is designed to prepare the appren
tice for a particular trade.
"The technical school aims to help
those who already know something of
a certain class of work and desire a
more scientific and theoretical knowl
edge of it. It does not propose to take
he place of the apprenticeship, hut to
develop the foreman. Hand work Is
given to explain the sclehce rather than
to nt the student as a trade worker.
"The normal school and the agricul
tural college deal mostly with the. one
problem of training teachers and pro
fessionals. And the large range of
subjects the high school touches upon
should he carried to the highest point
of efficiency."
MENTAL INDIGESTION CHARGED
Schools Crowd Pupils With Too
Many Subjects. Says Speaker.
That there Is "mental indigestion"
resulting from the number of subjects
taught the immature child was the con
tention of William F. Woodward, who
talked to the commercial section of the
Oregon State Teachers' Association yes
terday. He called attention to an "educa
tional menu" of a child of 13 years.
It Included grammar, history, arith
metic, reading. German every day in
the week, spelling, current events,
drawing, writing, music, gvmnaslum.
sewing and cooking from three times
a week to one-half day per week.
"The memory becomes blunted." said
Mr. Woodward, in speaking of the
crowding of subjects. "The retentive
ness of the mind becomes impaired.
The child's Intellect is struggling in
a chaos of facts, figures, problems,
rules, exceptions, conditions all too
complex and Involved."
Mr. Woodward deplored lack of con
certed effort in teaching morals In the
public schools. "We have thrown the
Bible out of our public schools." said
he, 'and along with it practically all
moral teaching, even of the most ele
mentary character."
Defectives Prove Problem.
Two per cent of the children attend
ing schoo! are mentally defective to
such an extent that they cannot take a
literary education. Such was the terse
statement of Dr. J. N. Smith, superin
tendent of the school for the Feeble
Minded at Salem, before the teachers'
gathering in one of the sessions yester
day at the Lincoln High School.
"The training for such children must
be mainly along the lines of manual
labor." declared Dr. Smith. Very few
can learn a trade and become skillful
enough to compete with normal per
sons, but on a farm or garden, with
stock or poultry and under proper
supervision, they can be mado partially
self-supporting.
"The mentally defective Is benefited
little by attempts at a literary train
ing. The school is the place for a
diagnosis between the defective and the
backward child.
"The findings of the English com
mission appointed to make a survey in
that country and in which it was re
ported that more than 15 per cent were
unable to obtain an education on ac
count of mental defects were cited.
The figures Included the crippled as
well as the blind and deaf.
As a solution to the problem. Instruc
tlon along this line in the State Nor
mal School and supplemented by
course In some Institution for the
feeble-minded was advocated by Dr.
Smith, who further said, "the laws of
heredity should be taught In our high
schools and In our university. A short
course might be given In our own
school in the Summer months, so that
the teachers could educate themselves
and he able to diagnose any case of
feeble-mindedneas."
THREAT LAID TO BROTHERS
Three Said to Have Pointed Rifles
at Game Wardens.
NEWPORT. Or., Dec. 29. (Special.)
Deputy Sheriff Ross, of Toledo, ar
rested Flody. Thomas and Matt Carnes,
brothers living in the southeastern
part of the county, for assault with
deadly weapons.
Last week they were stopped while
on their way into the mountains on a
hunting trip, by two special deputy
game wardens, Howe Sherer and Frank
Taylor, and asked to show their hunt
ing licenses. Their reply was to level
their rifles at the wardens and to
order them to "hike if they didn't want
their brains blown out," the officers
reported.
The three were bound over to the
grand jury.
BRIDGE SLOPES SALTED
Humane Society Takes
Aid Horses.
Action to
The slippery condition of the ap
proaches to the five bridges across the
Willamette River was relieved by a
liberal application of salt, which was
distributed by the Oregon Humane So-,
clety. The salt cut the Ice and snow
and made the approaches safer for
horses and vehicles.
Julius L. Meier gave 1000 pounds of
salt for the work. He also donated
one of the machines of his company
for transporting the salt.
The work of distributing the salt
was in charge of L B. McLane, hu
mane officer.
LIGHTING BIDS REJECTED
Auditorium Plans Will Re Changed
to Effect SI 600 Saving.
Bids opened recently for furnishing
lighting fixtures in the public audi
torium were rejected by the City Coun
cil yesterday on recommendation of
Commissioner Baker because of their
being considerably higher than the
amount available for the purpose. The
plans will be changed to save about
$1600, and new bids will be invited.
Mr. Baker says architects have
worked out a plan whereby the light
ing fixtures can be Installed at $1600
less cost without detracting materially
from the general quality of the appear
ance of the lighting system.
HAMMOND LOSES BIG SUIT
Verdict for $238,700 Found Against
Mining Engineer.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 29. That John
Hays Hammond, the mining engineer
bv failing to see that stock in the
General Cotton Securities Company
was returned to Addison G. Dubois, a
patent attorney, and Willard Doremus,
an inventor, had made himself liable
to $238,700 damages, was the verdict
rendered by a jury In the Superior
Court here tonight.
An appeal will be taken.
GUARD HAS REVIEW
Colonel McLaughlin Inspects
Portland Units.
IMPROVEMENT IS SHOWN
Number of Men In Rank- .craces
Nearly 35 to Companj . Which Is
Retter Than Usual. Though
Minimum Strength Is 65.
Regular quarterly Federal Inspection
and the bi-monthly state review of the
units of the Oregon National Guard,
stationed here, were held at the Armory
last night. Colonel Clenard McLaugh
lin, recently" assigned to the Seventh
Infantry with General Pershing's col
umn, for which he will leave on Janu
ary 1. officiated. State muster was
administered to the troops.
The attendance at the review was
the best since the return of the regi
ment from the border, according to
Colonel John L. May. who will suc
ceed Colonel McLaughlin in command
here. Companies B. C. D. E, F and H
turned out with a fair showing, con
sidering the lack of interest that has
marked previous events rince the Fed
eral muster-out.
Company Average Is Low.
The number of men In the ranks
averaged almost 35 to the company, a
decided Improvement In the records of
the last 60 days. The minimum strength
of a company Is 65 men.
The headquarters company, the ma -chine
gun company, the supply com
pany and the eighth company Coast
Artillery also were well represented In
the turn-out. The first band Coast
Artillery and the Third Infantry band
were iti the lineup, and. despite the
small size of the crowd of spectators,
the showing was Impressive.
Colonel May Optimistic.
Colonel May. highly pleased s th
result of the Inspection, declared that.
despite the criticism that has been
leveled at the Guard, he could have
the regiment recruited up to full
strength In an amazingly short time
should an urgent need arise.
"Never has there been greater en
thusiasm on the part of the men than
at present, and they are ready for the
work of rebuilding the membership of
the Guard." he said.
BOMB SECRET PROMISED
Salt Lake Police Chief to Keep Mys
terious Rendezvous Tonight.
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 29. Chief of
Pollen White has agreed to a ren
dezvous tomorrow night with a man
who says he. will reveal the names of
all who were involved in the attempt
to blow up the home of Governor Spry
with a dynamite bomb on Christmas
eve.
On his return home tonight the chief
found a note at the front door of his
residence. The writer wanted to know
whether the $11,000 pledged by busi
ness men as a reward would be paid in
cash. He asked to meet the chief or
one officer at a certain place tomor
row night at 9 o'clock.
The chief has kept the place secret,
but says he will be there at the ap
pointed time or send an officer.
FAMILY HELD UP IN HOME
Robbers Obtain Valuables ami Es
cape at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. ?9. (Special.)
Two unmasked men entered the home
of James Lovell. Seventeenth and
Franklin streets, at 7 o'clock tonight
and at the point of revolvers compelled
the family to give up their valuables.
The visitors asked to see Mr. Lovell
and when he stepped to the door they
covered him with pistols and obtalneed
approximately $20.
The holdup men covered their tracks
and cut telephone wires before enter
ing the Lovell home.
Up to a late hour the police have
been unable to get any trace of the
men. Mr. Lovell is president of the
Scow Bay Iron Works.
REFRIGERATOR TRAIN DUE
General Car Shortage Situation Said
to Re Alleviated.
SALEM, Or.. Dee. 29. (Special.) A
ray of hope for shippers who have
been cramped by the shortage of re
frigerator cars came today, when tele
phonic advices were received by the
Public Service Commission that a whole
train of empty refrigerator cars is on
the way to Ashland and should be
there tomorrow. The general car
shortage situation is said to be greatly
alleviated by developments during the
past few days.
The refrigerator cars will be par
ticularly welcome to shippers, it was
said at the offices of the Commission,
as the need of rushing out perishable
products Is apparent.
BLAST HURTS SALEM MAN
Henry Rcene Injured Radly by Ex
plosion Near Shaw.
SALEM. Or.. Pec. 29. (Special.)
Arthur Kerne returned to Salem from
liaw, in this county, tonight with
news that his brother. Henry Keene.
was Injured, perhaps fatally, yesterday.
when he was running from a dynamite
blast and it exploded prematurely. A
gash was cut in the side of his neck.
His injuries are so serious it was con
sidered dangerous to attempt to bring
him to a hospital here. It Is believed,
however, from lajt reports, be may
recover.
The injured man is a resident of
Salem and has a family.
Masons at Gulcr Elect Officers.
GULER Wash.. Dee. .-.0. (Special.
The Trout Lake lxdge of Masons elect
ed the following officers at their meet
ing recently: Henry Pearson, worship
ful master; Charles F. Coate, senior
warden; Clifford W. Stewart, junior
warden: Edgar C. Duncan, secretary:
William Coate. treasurer. The Order of
Eastern Star elected the following ofli
cers: Miss Elva Pearson, worthy
matron: Frank M. Coate. worthy pa
tron; Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, associate
matron: Mrs. Henry Pearson, conduc
tress; Miss Bessie Coate. associate con
ductress; Carl Pearson, secretary; Claus
H. Pearson, treasurer.
Bridegroom Held for Murder.
LONGMONT. Colo.. Dec. 29. Dennis
Satterfield. 19. was held responsible
for the death of his I8-year-old bride,
Addie Satterfield. whose body was
found In n. closet In her home her.
Wednesday, according to tho Coroner's
verdict returned late today.