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OUR IRRELIGIOUS
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During the past year William Jennings Bryan has been
going about the country preaching against the methods 'and
ideals of our ujiirersities, being especially emphatic and bit
ter'against some professors of biology, zoology and geology
... for the way in which they teach these sciences. Mr. Bryan,
who is , a . Presbyterian of the old school, may be thus de
nouncing these methods and teachings because he sees in
them, if continued, disaster for his particular religious faith.
Like nearly all sectarians, he is doubtless honest in believing
that if his own faith be destroyed, all religion worthy of the
name will have been swept away. Ifhowever, any such ca
lamity as the destruction of religion is threatened, of course
'" all right-thinking men and women should bestir themselves
to-prevent it. " ' . ; V-- ! ' ; "" ' '
Supplementing thl "cry of Mr. Bryan; two authors in one
crof the.leading magazines have drawn an Indictment against
-the colleges and universities for their irreligious tendencies.
They say that whit, the colleges and 3jniversiue3 need is
what all the world needs,;religion. If they are to retain their
? fmpbrtarice, they must b able to impart spiritual leadingjo
-mind that ire fit to receive it. If they do not, they fail in
tHeir inbst "vital fficevJf they fail in that, they lose their
leadership,' which 'will' go; to men of faith; as: it always does.
The great void in the world, continues one of these au
thors, "ia the lack of standards; standards in business, in
politics, .in international relations in fact, in every, walk
and avocation of life. Nowhere is this truth more manifest
than in our colleges and universities. What standards exist
in educational theory, in teaching, in research, in scholar
; ship; in advancement of ..professors, gave the most artificial
and superficial ? ..-Above all else where are the standards of
lofty moral ideals and leadership to which the colleges and
' uAiversiUeV throughout their departments once pointed their
unaergraauaxes j "1 ; - . - .. k t .
...There' is. much' truth in all of this. It cannot be denied
that our -universities do not attempt to provide for the re
ligious needs of their students,
dents themselves or to their
sities are public institutions;
will be made that they should
versally followed by, the public schools, and, not undertake
to teach religion. vBut by .these, as well as by privately en
dowed institutions,1 there:sljould. at leastrbe" the recognition
of the three-fold nature of men. While providing develop
ment, for the intellectual nature, all of them give full recog
nition to. the value and necessity of physical exercise, train
ing and development, and: the student is encouraged to en
gage in all harmless forms of physical activity- Why should
not the same kind of recognition be accorded, the spiritual
nature ox the student!. This nature, the highest and most
important part of man, cannot: be neglected in, his develop
ment without a great letting down in lus moral fiber, as
well as in his intellectual ability and attainments.
More important still, the
nature should go hand in hand
intellectual and physical natures: ' Nourishment of this high
est part of man's individuality should be afforded during the
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THE S mmUlQ
."I", By JACK GUIOX
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The Man AVho Taught One Thous
and New Orleans Boys and '
- Girls llow to Svtim
The crawl,! used' by practically
every speed swimmer, and looked
upon Sir experts as the only logical
racing stroke, is naturally appeal
ing to most young swimmers. The
crawl is the present perfection of
i alt swimming strokes," and many
,, instructors declare that until you
. have, mastered 1. you cannQt,' con
sider yourself a good swimmer.
i It is I the most difficult of all
., strokes, but the speed ft develops,
its grace and its' general utility
put it on such; a high plane as to
make it well worth any difficulty
you might have In mastering It.
- The stroVe consists of an ab-
brevlated double overarm move-
merft, very similar to that, of the
trudgeon. explained - last - week,
and-a peculiar leg drive learned
from the natives of the South Sea
Islands. , i
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UNIVERSITIES
leaving that duty to the stu
parents. Many of our univer
and for all such the the excuse
follow the rule which is uni
development of this ; spiritual
with the development of the
Th lUggeet little
CLASS LESSON
The only difference between the
trudgeon and the crawl arm
movement is that In the crawl'the
arms are bent ' at the elbows a
trifle more than In the trudgeon,
and they come down in the; water
alternately at the ' sides, rather
than In front of the head. '-
The leg drive is radically differ
ent from any other stroke, how
ever, and is known as the flutter
kick.' it is continuous up and
down alternate -thrash of the legs
from the knee down.
. To learn the leg drive, lie flat
in the wafer at the edge of the
pool, so that -you can support
yourself with your hands. .With
your legs straight out behind you,
start moving them back and forth,
the 'hips straight, but relaxed; the
ankles limber, and the' whole
movement coming solely from ,thO
knees. Do not bend the knees xtoo
much, and hold them close 'to
gether. The feet should never be
opened "more than 12 inches from
the- heel to .toe. -' When you. do it
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SALEM OREGON
adolescent or growing period of each; individual existence.
Otherwise it will, be partly or wholly neglected The ideal
education is one wherein due attention is given to the three
elements of the nature, physical, intellectual and spiritual.
Without physical development ; the student becomes a
weakling in body, incapable of acquiring or making full use
of intellectual training. "Without spiritual development, he
misses the highest and sweetest experiences of life, cannot
make the highest U3e of the intellectual knowledge and train
ing that he does get, and is not m the way oi coming into
relation with the Great Source of all knowledge and wisdom.
Still more important, he has failed to develop that part of
himself which when strengthened and unfolded will enable
him to control the physical and
in him, and thus enable him .to
Without this control an educated man is little more than an
educated animal; or worse, an
- Perhaps, however, the case
desperate in a religious way as
appear to think.. We should be
inition of religion too narrow. It would be well to bear in
mind that sectarianism is not necessarily religion or Chris
tianity. The sectarian is apt to think that he who rejects
the particular form of faith to which he himself subscribes
has cast aside all religion and is an infidel or worse. But one
may even not affiliate with any of the prevailing forms of
religion and still be intensely religious, having an unshak
able belief and trust in God and making daily efforts to
more nearly, realize his ideals
In seeking a cure for the irreligion in the universities, we
must recognize that the student often finds it difficult to
reconcile the teachings of the class room and the demonstra
tions of the laboratory with
churches. We who1 would replace this irreligion in the uni
versities with a general and vigorous religious life must come
to the point where we will be
when they conflict with demonstrated and ascertained truth,
or we shall meet with small success in this effort. To do this
is in no sense giving up religion or destroying the Bible or
the faith of the student in it. On the contrary, it is meeting
the situation which modern knowledge and research compel,
in order that the studenU of our universities in this day .may.
find it more easy for them to believe in the Bible and pos
sible for them to accept our
It does no good to the cause of religion to condemn pro
fessors for teaching science according to the facts a3 they
find them, nor. to call, upon the students to reject these
teachings. It only makes the cause of religion more hope
less as to them, and may do irreparable damage by fixing in
the minds of the young the
is all there is of our religion,
pretations of the Bible the only
them to definitely reject the
Under the pending tariff bill.
Bibles and pulpits are free, but
brimstnoe must pay a duty. Thera
are some sinners who will say it
ought to.
Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, having
delivered his spiritualistic mes
sage, has returned to England.
Ve-have our doubts about bis
spirit messages being authentic,
ut the7 nre at least as true as
the one that Joe Tumultr says b
got from Woodrow. Wilson. Ex
change.'' , The California branch of the
Gideons, the Christian traveling
men's association, has been in
session in Los Angeles the past
week.. ' It the Gideons never did
anything beyond placing a copy
of the Bible in every hotel and
apartment house room, which is
their principal form of activity,
they deserve well of their coun
try. If Srly the automobile drivers
would observe-all the rules of tlis
Paper la the World
correctly, your feet should be
churning the water, not splashing
it. The crawl swimmer leaves a
little wake behind him, something
like that of a powerful, motor
boat. -
After you have practiced 'It
holding to a support, point your
arms above your head, lie flat in
the water, face buried, and try to
progress, using the leg drive alone
Then gradually take a couple
of strokes, and a couple more.
The real difficulty of the crawl
la in learning how to combine the
arm movement and leg drive into
a smooth stroke. It is a matter of
practice, alone. Arms and legs
work Independently; you can use
a fast .flutter kick and a slow arm
morement, dr vice ' versa. If you
wish. No two . persons swim the
crawl exactly alike, and you will
get a style of your own with prac
tice. "" -' " "
In swimming . the crawl, keep
flat. on your face, and do not let
your. body roll. ..Breathe every
Of her stroke, the same oas in the
trudgeon, except when. you are
sprinting, when you. take breath
only every four or sfx "strokes.
In" Lesson VI of The Swim
mlng Class" Mr. Glhon will give
some tips on distance swimming.
f THE SHORT STORY, JR.1
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" The lodge .
Jerry Parks and me last week .
We cracked a window pane.
He got away, but 1 got hauled
Back Into jail again.
I been there once before, you
. . know -"
They caught me swipln lead-,
I hated bein caged like that.
You feel like you was dead;
But al lthe fellows In our gang
Had been ta Jail, you see, - .'
And used to boast. about it. too.
A-lookln down on me,
This time a kind of funny thing
.Cop took.. tne in a room, " v r
sort of nice and sunny place.
And Q!ct as .a..tomu.;i,i
animal instincts and passions
become a real, a true tnan.
educated fool.
of our universities is not so
Mr. Bryan and some other
careful not to make our def-1
in his life. -
some of the dogmas of the
willing to modify our dogma3,
religion.
impression that our ignbrancp
and our narrow physical inter
interpretations and thus cause
Bible and all religion.
game, the newspapers would not
have so many horrible and other
accidents to report especially af
ter each Sunday. " AtitomobUe
travel rould be made reasonably
safe, if every single man or wo
man driyinj: an automobile wou--l
get and if ma in safe and sane all
sober.
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- WEATHER BY WIRELESS '
(Los Angeles Times.)
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There Is impressive promise of
future control of the weather by
radio, - Not; only will , our storm
predictions be broadcast by wirfe-'
less, , but the storms - 'themselves
will be regulated, chastened . and
diverted by. radio. The 'scientist
says that we will get our weather
by wave lengths. Our climaie
may yet be assigned to us by.a
governing board. ,. The peerless
climate of California may rbei -ciit'
lip into small pieces by a com
mission at Washington and dis
tributed over Dakota and Okla
homa. Our showers ' will o
through a meter. We will be
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A desk was 'cross one end of 'it,
At which there sat a guy
With grayish hair and funny V
smile, '
And twinkle in his eye. '
The cop says, "Judge, I brought
the kid,"
And then he beat it quick.
While I was left alone in there,
A-watchln for a trick.
This guy he tells he mow hell
help
Me get a chanct once, more;
He didn't think they ought to
treat. . i
Me like they did before.
He talked so sort of friedly-llke,
And kind of took my- part.
And when I thought of what I
done " ., !
,1 didnt leel half so smart.
Then when hed talked a while
like that.
He smiles, so sort of queer,.
And reaches in his desk and says.
"Say. Sonny, Just look here."
He holds a funny sling-shot thing
All kind of old and worn;
I've kept thi sthing.lie says to
- me, '
"Since long 'fore you were V
born.
I hit a window. Just like "you
A kid, an dkind of wild
They took me ft to Jail for ft.
Like they did you." he smiled.
He told me all 'bout what a time
He had to get a start.
And you 'could see that he was
Just - - '.
A boy himself at heart; -
And well, I've chucked the gang
for good;'
" I'm" back in school again,
And we're such friends, and gee!
Why, I'm "
Most glad I cracked that pane.
SPOONINGACCORDING TO HOYLE.
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Of course, this is the Chicago officially correct position, but it ap"
pears rather passe tor the Tariety of flapper from other cities, and our
cops are more lenient or tender hearted or something. Anyhow, though .
this Idea of the proper way to spoon may be a' hit in Chicago It would
make the young uns of our city and surrounding territory laugh them
selves to death.
hitched up to a wave length of
ET5. ge-whizzes and draw ofr ' a
half-inch of nice wet rain. When
the Democrats are in power they
will . be accused of favoring the
solid South in the matter of clim
ate and some statesman will be
elected president on a platform
of equal and indivisible climate
for all. William Jennings Bryan
wiU be stumping the country in
favor of a declaration for sixteen
showers to one cyclone, and the
Populists will be demanding that
the government manufacture all
weather and furnish it free to
every citizen. The prohibition
ists, will still be insisting on a
bone-drr country, while the souses
will be. yelping for a wet Sunday.
Senator Borah will be accused of
having a cold wave up his sleeve
and the government will bet asked
to prosecute a lot of Kentucky
nioonshiners for bootlegging their
own climate by the use of the
radipspect. The women will be
organizing the merry sunshine
party, and will insist on a declar
ation, for a minimum of rain. Jim
Reed will be suspected of having
formed an entangling alliance
with a Montana blizzard and the
Massachusetts delegation will
come to congress for adequate
tariff protection against the pau
per climate of Shetland. If our
climate is to be distributed on a
wave-length basis, will it be ne
cessary to have an official prog-
nostlcator to tell us what the wild
waves are saying?
A SENTENCE SERMON
Peepul: If you aren't a fanit
mender you have no right to be
a fault finder. Arkansaw Thom
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SOI L AND BODY
Dr. Camille Flammarion, the
eminent French astronomer, says
that he has positive evidence that
the soul survives the body after
death and he has had several per
sonal contacts with the fact. He
does not merely accept another's
statement, nor does he consider
any argument of book or brain.
From the stern viewpoint of the
scientist he has made his inves
tigations extending over more
than 50 years and he says h?
has every material assurance of
the existence of the soul and its
flight from the human body at
death. He does not say that it
long endures. He knows nothing
of a heavenly state or existence.
but be says the separation of the
soul from the body at the time of
death is an abfofate verity. He
FUTURE DATES
Jims 19, Moodar Salem school elec
tion.
Jna 17 to July 7. Vacation Bible
tudy school.
June 20 Tuesday Chantaqua aeaion
opeaa at Dallas.
jnne zo, zi, ZJ saa z rrortisad lew
festival.
Jne 21, Wednesday Nebraska picnic,
state fair ajronnds.
Jnae 25. Sunday At Silr.rton. An
nual picnic of Salem kxiea B.P.O.E
June ztf to fnilr 5. mclusire Cbautaa
qna season in 8l"m.'
jnna 11, Tuesday American le(ion
state encampment at The Dalles.
Jul St-M. Jarr 1 UMTMitlon of
Ore ran Tin Chiefs'. aanoeUlion M Karan-
fleL
Jolv 1. 'Saturday Annual' 8lem pit;
nr iw " Portland. I aarelharst park. - -
JbIT S and 4 Monday and mondan
Btavs on.ntn of Artiaaaa at Woodluirn
iar ,29. atrdy Marion -rnontj
Sanday school pica Us at fair irrsond.
ixpteiaber J. and- o baker tow
RoB4-np, Ikeriew, Or. . .
Piptoeaber IS.' Wednosdsy Orefon
MethWtat oonferoneo asMta in Bals. -
Ronton W IL II nn4 SI PaadltM
MrniMnaor IS Stt Uelnslea . Ores
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doesn't show pictures from the
spirit world. He claims to have
had more palpable evidence. Per
haps in a few more aeons souls
will be registering their flight
This would seem plausible to the
French astronomer.
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
School election tomorrow.
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The hours are 2 to 7 p. m.
The Bits for Breakfast man
wishes to say this for E. A. Rho
tcn: He is honest,.-industrious,
r.nd has good business judgment.
And he is not a scrapper; at least
not a factional scrapper, though
he would if elected school direc
tor tomorrow, stand up squarely
and fight for what he thought
was right moreover what he
thought was right would likely
be r'ght. He did not seek the
nomination. Mr. Rhoten has for
years been associated with the
Statesman publications and this
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mucb. of & statement Is dn'e blm
Horn i fellow worker who knowt
hint from tb ground np i t nd
vritbont assuminx to taXe a nana
in tne contest, or to adrise any
one how to rote,
"Who can Tote in the school
election? Any citlxen , who has
been a resident of the district for
30 days. A writer In the erenln
paper said any regiatered voter.
.That is wrong. A voter does not
have to be registered. A letter
in the mails says any person who
has been a res dent or the city for
80 4ays. That is Wrong. : The
school district extends beyond the
city limits.
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The strawberries are atlll com
fng. But many more days M
HOME FURNITURE PIANO
1040. HOOD ; STREET V
Near Summer Street
TUESDAY, JUNE 20th
1:30 p. iTi.
Good 7-roomed house wDl full cement basement, bath
and toilet, built ins, newly painted and decorated, front
and back porches, good garden, some fruit; this is a
good home. Terms cash, balance arranged; good
abstract of title. Also at same time and place I will
sell all the furniture of this home, consisting of square
piano, lounge and settee, combination oak book case and
writing desk, library lamp,' book case and books, sew
ing rocker, 6 small rug3, 2 oak rockers, oak diners, ex
tension table and oak buffet to match, oil stove, heater,
range, 100-piece Homer Laughlin imported China dinner
set, glassware and other dishes, kitchen utensils, break
fast table, cloth hamper, 3 beds, springs and mattresses,
large oak dresser, oak chiffonier, walnut dresserr, plate
mirror 18x36 inches, screen, 200 quarts" home canned
fruit, bicycle, lawn mower, sad irons, meat grinder,
garden hoset garden tools and 100 other articles which
space will not permit to mention. Dont miss this sale
if you want a home, or anything that goes with a home.
MRS. J. E. REVEL,
Owner
Woodry can sell your Home, Furniture or Anything'
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Vacation
Remembk.the long distanpe
telephone in your vacation plans..
It will add to the pleasure and
comfort of your holiday.
It will serve your cbnvenience
in securing information and mak
ing arrangements.
At lake or shore, in. the moun
tains or by the stream, long dis:
tance telephone service mean3
that you are always in touch with
home and business.
Every Bell telephone is a Long
Distance station.
Pacific
Telephpne'P
warm as the past two wl!l dry P
the heB and end the season.
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Alice Robertson, the Oklahoma
congresswoman who is in Oregon,
says all girls ought to get our
!ed. Bnt she did not take her
own advice. - - . - ,,' ;
History Clears p a lot of
things. It Is now claimed that
Socrates did ,not die from the
drink of hemlock that It was a
snort of bootleg whiskey.
It is well that we cannot read
the future. Which reminds as
that every man who dies from the
effect of taking moonshine whisky
was some mother's -precious ba
by- some time.
F. N. WOODRY, ;
The Auctioneer, Phone 511
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