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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1913)
1 I. ore in biliDPiOGb ' high school duildikg, cum $" BLNCtt WORK. T AE TWELFTH annual report of the director of education for the Philippine islands, cover ing the school year ending April 1, 1912, has just been received by the bureau of Insular af fairs. It Is a very comprehensive state ment of the educational program In the islands, shows that very encour aging results have been obtained dur ing the past year in all lines of school activities and that "the achievement of a civilization and a high culture" Is well entered upon. Some of the specific things accom plished during the past year are enum erated by the director. Progress has been very marked in the improve ment In the quality of English taught In all the schools whether of primary, Intermediate or secondary grade. Industrial Instruction has been organ ised and developed to a greater extent than In any previous year. A large number of permanent school build ings have been completed. The jpollcy of acquiring adequate school sites has found general acceptance and much attention has been given to the Improvement of temporary build ings. Through the vacation assem bly at Bagulo, the bureau has come into closer sympathy with the vast majority of its teachers than ever be fore. A decided improvement is re ported In the personnel of the teach ing force, both American and Filipino, Specialization In Elementary 8chools. i In the Philippines specialization must begin much lower down In the course than Is the usual practice In the United States, although many edu cators here are coming to recognize that the earlier this specialization can be Introduced the better. In the Is lands It begins with the first year of the Intermediate grades, five courses 'being provided the general course, the course for teaching, the course Hn farming, the trade course, the course In housekeeping and household arts, and the course In business. This specialization is incorporated Into the course of study In order that the child may secure such training as will directly prepare him for a useful life. A careful study and comparison of education in the Philippines with that carried on in other tropical countries nJoylng practically the same condi tions as obtain there, shows that It la the aim of nearly every one of these countries to nake education general, but as a rule the percentage of popu lation attending school is much lower than In the Philippines. In very few cases Is special attention being given to Industrial education. The elemen tary schools are seldom considered in the plan of Industrial instruction, the .attention being confined to advanced technical and agricultural subjects. For a number of years the bureau has been committed to the policy of providing adequate permanent build ings for the housing of the publlo schools as rapidly as money might beM made available. In the furtherance of this policy standard plans based upon the unit system of construction, which allows additions to be made as necessity may demand without detracting from the .appearance or utility of the original structure, have been prepared. aocapoD r-c r-1 ON WOOD In the standard schoolhouse plans each unit is a class room of standard size, seven by nine meters. Plans have been adopted for buildings of from one to twentv class rooms with Concrete reinforced with steel is the - I construction material which meets conditions best. It is specified for the standard schoolhouse. Already 135 school buildings of this type have been completed and 173 others are in process of construction, of which 81 lacked very little of com pletion and were already occupied at the time the director made his report. Methods Correct. The industrial program Is being promoted constantly through the me dium of provincial industrial super visors; Inspectors and instructors form the traveling corps of the general of fice; various publications, bulletins, and correspondence; through Indus trial exhibits; through the appoint ment of penslonados to receive train ing along such lines, and by means of the special courses offered In the Philippine Normal school and the Philippine School of Arts and Trades. Such satisfactory progress Is to be reported as to convince the director that the methods employed are sub stantially correct On entering the school, the pupil must Immediately take as a part of each day's work cer tain manual exercises In the nature of play work at first, but which gradu ally lead up to the regular Industrial courses provided . in the advanced primary and in the intermediate grades. Special courses In farming, housekeeping and household arts, trade work, and business are offered for those pupils who desire to do more industrial work than that prescribed In the general Intermediate course. These special Industrial courses are replacing the general course in many Intermediate schools. Already 41 schools are giving the farming course, CI are giving the housekeeping course, 35 are giving the trade course, 42 the teaching course, and one the business course, as compared with a total of 199 conducting the general course. It Is at once evident, with require ments so definitely fixed for industrial work In the schools, the great major ity of the pupils who are enrolled must be engaged In some branch of this work. An examination of the figures Included among the statistical tables of this report will show that of the total enrollment of 233,740 boys and 138,842 girls during the month of February, 1912 (an average month), 216,290 boys and 125,203 girls 91 per cent of the entire monthly enrollment were doing some form of Industrial work. From another point of view, 63,067 pupils engaged In school gardening cultivated 3,046 school gardens and 24,682 home gardens during the year; 1,319 pupils were enrolled in the regu lar trade school classes; 1,263 in regu lar trade courses In other schools; and 7,860 In the shops operated In connection with provincial and other Intermediate schools. In addition to the above, 10,356 pupils were taking work In 236 primary wood working shops conducted in connection with municipal primary schools In all parts of the Islands. Georgia Copper in New York Has Cash in Socks iv COT MO'M V AM I'M A CAWCIA COP - NEW YORK. He turned out to be a policeman from Awgustah, Qawgia, but be also closely resem bled a walking safety deposit box. He was a money-lined cop all right He came here several days ago and went to Coney Island. A postal card found In his pocket, which he had forgotten to mall, read: "I am having a great time." He came up from Coney the other day, and at 14th street and Broadway he smiled a great deal, danced a bit and was telling a crowd how he was enjoying his stay. i Then he met Patrolman Schwarts of the Mercer street station. He flashed his badge on Schwartz, slap- I ped him on the back and became so friendly that Schwartz affably lnvlt- How Mayor Fitzgerald Picked Out the Right Cow BOSTON, Mass. Mayor Fitzgerald, Daniel J. McDonald of the city council, Andrew R. Kelley, the state committeeman from ward 20, and a host of others Interested in the de velopment of the Suffolk School for Boys In Rainesford island, visited that place the other day. 1 The mayor Is one who is not given to regretful moods. "To the barn, boys; to the barn," he said. "I want to show you how to milk." Tou don't have to show me," said Committeeman Kelley. Wnr ma" vn Mil "Nor me," voiced Councillor McDon- aid. "Here's a dollar that says that I can show you both," challenged the mayor. 'A cow for each, said Superintend ent Ryan, adding, "make your choice." Each of the contestants picked a cow. Committeeman : Kelley ' drew first place, but the cow might have been of wood for all the good it did him. Councillor McDonald, too, labored Industriously, but drew no milk. "Just watch the real farmer," said the mayor laughingly, taking the pail and cautiously approaching the cow Man Has Warrant Sworn'Out for His Own Arrest WIU.IAMS T. LOUIS. Mo. A man fighting with himself, going through all the motions of a regular ringside fistic en counter and angering his "opponent" to such a white hot rage that he final ly pulls himself into a police station and requests the sergeant to arrest himself, Is the unique form of out door sport by which an absent-minded citizen of St Louts entertained himself the other night Samuel Williams of East St Louis Is the man and la declared by the po lice to be Insane. On this particular night Williams was attacked and beaten by a thug. He arrived at Jus tice Bell's office the next morning much the worse for wear and asked S Naval Recruits' $20 Bills Cause Money Panic CHICAGO. Eighty recruits from the naval training station at Lake Bluff nearly caused a financial panic at Hlghwood .and Highland Park the other day. The recruits, each bearing a $20 bill received from the naval station, boarded a Chicago and Milwaukee car In the morning. They were all bound for Chicago, from which city they were to leave for their homes on the seven-day furlough. John Hall of Hlghwood, the conductor, held out a hand Invitingly to the first recruit In the car for 85 cents, the (are to Evanston. The recruit pulled up one trouser leg, unbuttoned the flap of a secret pocket and presented the conductor with a $20 bill. "Is that the smallest you have?" asked the conductor. ' ' "That's the smallest, the largest and all," said the recruit, "and every one of these eighty men has one Just like It" Hall telephoned to the paymaster of the company, who boarded the train ed him to come around to the "house" and meet Lieutenant Bauer. He gave his name as Thomas Foster. Bauer said: "I think you had better spend the night here." "That's real hospitable of you." said the southerner. "I think II Just do that" "Perhaps you'd better let ns take care of your money," suggested Bauer, giving Schwartz the signal to search him. "I've got a lot of money, even If I am only an Awgustah cop," he said. But Schwartz, searching his pockets, could only bring forth a $5 bill. . It had been thrust far down in the up per outside pocket of his coat "Is that all your money T" asked Bauer. "I got more'n 'at," declared Foster. , Sure enough, Schwartz found a $20 yellowback pinned to one of his socks. 'More'n 'at," declared Foster. There was another $20 yellowback In a little pocketbook pinned to the other sock. In the toe of his right shoe was also found a first-class re turn ticket to Awgustah. with a "soo bo6s, soo boss." "Nothing like getting the confidence of the' cow first, It for nothing more than safety," he explained. He dropped to the low stool, placed the pall tightly between his knees and as his voice swelled with strains of "I Want to Be in Dixie," the milk began to dash against the bottom of the pall with a noise like steam escaping from an exhaust pipe. The mayor, of course, was declared the winner and as the superintendent was about to pass the money over to him, he remarked: "It's a shame to take their money. Tou couldn't lose." "No," repeated the superintendent very gravely, "you couldn't lose, be cause the other two cows are dry- yes, have been so for nearly a month.' The beta were declared off. ' that a warrant be issued for the ar rest of a certain person. "Whom do you want to arrest?" asked the Justice. "I want to jail Samuel Williams, that's who," shouted Williams. "What's the charge?" "I don't know what to charge him with, but I know what he did to me. He attacked me on the street as I was going home and beat me to a pulp.' William shuffled out of the police court and wandered back to his home. A half hour later he was surprised to see two husky bluecoats drive up In a patrol wagon and atop at his door, "You're under arrest," growled the first cop, seizing Williams roughly. "Come along to the station." Williams did as directed and was haled before the Justice who signed his own warrant ' Then Williams recalled that he was Samuel Williams and by a mistake had charged himself with disturbing the peace. at Hlghwood with a hand grip full ol bills and started to change the bl bills Into smaller ones. Before h was half way through the car his sup ply of bills had been exhausted. When the car reached Highland Park the paymaster hurried to tht bank And threw , a bundle of twentlei to the teller, saying he wanted a lol of ones, twos and fives. The teller reached into the drawei and before all the twenties had beei changed the second time the small bills of the bank were almost gone. The eighty recruits had complete! their course at the naval station and bad been granted a seven days' fur lough before reporting ' for dutj aboard their respective shins You want "your rights" That always means a KEEN APPETITE PERFECT DIGESTION ACTIVE LIVER BOWEL REGULARITY There's one way to get them take Hostetter's STOMACH BITTERS at mealtime for a few days. It does the work. All Druggists. Musical Family. Stlgglns "Are there any musicians In your family?" Wiggins "Ra-therl Why, my father Is an adept at blowing his own horn, and mother is equally expert at harping on one string; main-law has to play second fiddle, and Aunt Tabitha leads a humdrum ex istence: grandpa gives a solo on his nasal organ every night, without the stops; uncle spends his time wetting his whistle; Harry Is fond of his pipe, and Qerty Is forever ringing the changes on her admirers." , He Knew. "Daughter," called the conventional, comic-paper father from his regular position at the top of the stairs, at the well-known hour of 11:55 p. m, "doesn't that young man know how to say good night?" "Does he?" echoed the young lady In the darkened hall, "well, I should say he does." Lltmtd blue Is a weulc solution. Atom it. But Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that'i all blue. AmM your grocer. The Danger. "It may seem a trifling matter," says a writer in the Observer, "but I think that the man who wears hi gloves seems to be smarter" than the man who carries his gloves In his hands." Surely it Is no trifling mat ter. One might meet the Observer writer any day, and then if one wers carrying one's gloves Instead of wear ing them, what an outsider one would feel. The Bystander. Evidence. "Do you really believe, doctor, thai your old medicines really keep any body alive?" asked the skeptic. "Sur ly," returned the doctor. "My pre scriptlons have kept three druetrlsti and their families alive in this town for twenty years." Harper's Weekly, llntlmM will AniY lr o Byrup tre beet remedy to use for their children 9 uriog ."le teething period. Practical Frenchwomen. The Frenchwoman makes a nnlnr nf understanding the business either of her husband or her employer, and is seldom content to be or typewriter. It Is maintained that the reason woman's Influence Is mors potent In France than In England Is because of the Frenchwoman's great er capacity in a practical way. What Made Him Resigned. A tourist from the east, visitln an old prospector In his lonely cabli In the hills, commented: "And yel you seem to cheerful and happy. "Yes," replied the one of the plcl and shovel. "I spent a week In Bos ton once, and no matter what hap pens to me, I've been cheerful evel since." Obsolete Garment A New York firm of petticoat man facturers failed with $700,000 of lia bilities recently, and gives the ex planation that women's skirts are so tight they have quit wearing petti coats. Did you know that? Kansas City Star. EAD SHOT DR. PEERY'S VERMIFUGE FOR WORMS ROMAN EYE BALSAM For Inflamed Eyelids Prepared by Wright's Indian Vegetable PILL CO. NEW YORK Bt Cc(h Sjrrnp. Tutw Oood. Um In Uma, Sold bj Dnirrliti. UJ z2a S3