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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1924)
",(- TUESDAY !.IO;;:ING, KOVZIIUZr. 4, 1C21 SalsanEchcols Superiors Students Egud lEsst : With Chicago Tomparison Invcstition Involving Work Leaves Local System With f. rFlyiaCo!drsi General Work Here Is Excellent. In -faceat scientific investiga tion of jachooi work Involving .the patHs'schoola of Salem and those (-Chicago, II).. tie Salem schools ta.ra out with flying colors. The .general" result show that , thOj E.U?a schools, are as a body e to the . pupils in the best sel ected schools in Chicago, and that ther are much superior to the av Vrase. and poor, schools. The in-, Vest! ration did, not - deal with echool . work alone but included ranch , general information and othar material not usually- taught ia ; regular . school eourse. It ibould bo, of particular Interest to Ealera parents to note that those l eases ot the "experiment which did -not deal with actual school "verk the Salem schools were con Latently superior. The percent age of , superiority over the best Chicago schools was of course very small but it indicated a gen eral excellence of work in the Salem schools which ? is highly commendable. j The 5 investigation was carried ;cn by Dr. William II Burton un der the auspices ot the University of Chicago.: ' Doctor Burton who is now professor of , education at the University, of Cincinnati and assistant to the superintendent of schools in Cincinnati was former Jy . ; Jassi2ant . to '.. Superintedent "C forge W. ' Hug ' when . the, latter was. at McMinnvtlle Oregon. The Salem phase of the study was un der v the direction of Miss , Car ptta Crowley. grade supervisor. .Tbe. study t was a pail ot . the ration wide movement to Improve citizenship training and the teach ing . of civics. Dr. Burton's task was to discover w&at civic infor mation pupils hare acquired In or out ot school by the tlm ther have reach the sixth grade and before -they : enter the regular ciTics and citizenship classes : in the Junior high r school. About five thousand children in all were examined,-including pupils in the Italian 'Jewish. Polish, and Negro Clstricts in Chicago in addition tc pupils in strictly American neigh borhoods and those -Mn Salem. Z'.zny- thousands of these pupils sr-37-ered lists of questions in written. form and-several hundred Ct thetn were. interviewed ihdivi dually , by Dr. Burton. -In this way accurate knowlege was ob talr el Showing " just what, pupils i ! I cr, did not ' know concerning city and' state government, , the il it! s of citizens, the making and enforcing of laws, community or ganization, relation . of. govern ment to business, ; the standing er. i uses of political, parties, and ruiay other matters- The work ia community, civics as taught in 1 1, a schools , today includes . far raore than the formal civil govern ment of an earlier generation- and Includes discussion of , business ed economic facts, social pheno mena ia "short-, of everything ?tat affects' an individual r as a citizen and member of a common ity. Ttese difficult matters were c! coarse. discussed in very simple .frits and explained .to the pupils n t' n intelligent answer could fce secured. ki.y --fV-i f 1 'he' Salem pupils', made higher scores' than any .Chicago schools whoa - Quizzed. . concerning - the working I of city . governments Ttey knew the duties of city of ficers,; the. way laws are made, 'tieuse of tax money to support manicipal activities, etc.,' , 'much : Iter .than I did the Chicago, chil- tf?!enr uThlsis, doiibtless, due to tv ' fact that the workings of city r vernment in-.'small: cities are V -re easily observed' by'thechil- Crea tnan tne ame. mrags in, a very large city. On a few technic al terms related to large cities mr-tm ' f s t " . S ' WW W tJ . tJ J i' i ' " Th3 - tenia 'and ; laxative c -t cf Lrtxativa BROI.IO ( UirnifE Tablets wiU for t tha cystcm erainst Grip, I.-. :;n2T end other ecrioxis 13 resulting frcra a Cold. : . . The box bears this signature the Chicago scores were higher, though the Salem scores were Quite satisfactory. ; " " ' " " As might I be ' expected the Sa lem pupils knew 'twice as much as did the Chicago children about the legislature and its - working. Oddly, enough they did not know quite so much about political par ties. The Salem pupils also made the lowest scores of any group when asked about the meaning of, and opportunities for "graft." Either there ia little graft in Ore gon politics or It is better con cealed than in Qhlcago ! ? ; Similarly concerning the work ings of the Federal government the Salem scores are slightly bet ter. Since many facts concern ing the national government are not picked up incidentaly but learned directly though discussion in history and geography, there Is an indication here that the teach ing in the Salem schools is fully up to par. . ' . . . - ; On Items dealing with buying, owning, and transferring property such - as deed, mortgage, install ment plant, etc., the Salem scores are very high. I This probably re flects the fact that most of these children live In homes owned by their parents aa contrasted with the apartment homes of. the Chi cago children. ; Another res alt which probably reflects the better environment of children living in a small western city was the low scores made by Saiera pupils when quizzed con- ceniatr tb javeaile court, labor ie-iims, "triKe, etrlka breakers. t$. . The Chica rn rhilTron wa Veil informed on the .nnint. many of the children from the poorer dlstrlcta bavins been In the juvenile court themselves. Pupil in all groups made un usually low scores- when asked ie natural resources ot tne country, their development ind conservation. The aueatlonn were of course put in verr slm- pie terms and carefully explained out nearly complete ignorance was tne rule. This nrobablv in dicates a need for more stress on this important phase of our eco nomic and civic life. . On items concerning health "and thrift the scores for all groups were gooa, tne Salem pupils com paring favorably with the others. un questions dealing with, aitna. tiona peculiar to large cities such mm 1 WW M. ..... oiuuu, tenement, .'pau per,,' "poverty etc: the qhlcago children as might, be expected make higher . scores, though - the Salem pupils were remarkablv. i m . fcw wen miormea.; - I Oddly enough the Salem chil dren made the poorest showinr of all-groups on . the questions con- cerning recreation. Thin ladonat. less aue to" .the fact that recrea tion and play, are cared for eaailT ua wiioroi special attention in a city like Salem, whereas in a crowded city like Chicago there must 'of necessity be .mora dJ cussion Ot .tne matter nl. . - . t trmf- grounas. . medical . ,examlnallan. tjeaun larms, etc. , This .comes more or. less directly to the atten tion of the puplls resulting In in- lormaiion- : ... , , . ... Quite apart from the comoari- sons between Salem and Chicago, ur. uunpn. discovered -a. number of other Interesting things-In the course ',. of . the -study. , Pupils learn, more about everyday affairs outside of school than they do in scnoor and remember. the facts iraiier. -rneir: ccief sources .of information are newspapers,: mag- """iiua iMuyjea. rne ' material they Ipick up is often of danht. ful value, however.. For instance tn best known facts, those which were anown - to the most $ pupils inrougnout the- entire studr wer: bootlegger, divorce, alimony she riff, bail plainclothes man, bank rupt,- Quarantine, and bank deoo- slt. . The last two . wordu pr. probably learned through school activities, the. others from outside sources. n ity.-H it . :- .;. ' ItfV 4 - . , vnue pracucally every child Interviewed knew what a bootleg ger was breaking that law. To them he was -merely doing some thing that for some reason ; or other policemen tried to stop. A large number of boys Indicated that- they business was a nrofitable and exciting one and nothing- to oe aanamed, of... Some of them saw no reason why they should - oe , Dooueggers when . they grow up. ; : j .Contrary to what is generally be lieved the children in, the foreign districts are much better Informed concerning the Constitution of the United fStates and the workings of the iFederal' government . than are the; native American children irom the best homes. . " These lat ter children are in fact almost en tirely ignorant ; of the Constitu tton whereas the foreijen Duoils can tel) a good deal about."1 it. There are of course two reasons for this. First the foreign chil dren usually assist their .parents in taking out naturalization pa pers and thus come in -contact with the Constitution. Secondly much of the ill-advised Americani zation work. In this country has consisted of making - foreigners memorize parts of w the Constitu tion witli no txplanation 9 its meaning. It is interesting, to note that In the most lawless and desperate part of the Italian sec tion la Chicago the - pupils made the highest scores -.when asked about the Constitution and the fundamental law of the land." They could discuss It quite intelligently but It had little effect on conduct. Some alarmists ' have reported from, time to time that children in the grades schools in large ci ties are being taught on the side much radical, "Bolshevistic" or red! propaganda. No trace what ever of this was found. None of the children knew f ha t Socialist was and 'were hazy on the mean ing of Republican and Democrat. One-boy -in answering Dr. Bur ton's interview said, :- "I don't know exactly what a Bolshevik Is, but Its what you call a kid when you don't like him something like calling , him , a darn fool." Wis dom from the mouthes of babes. ALLETJ (AFOURY F Ml mm Members of the Salem .Lions Club Banquet at the Gray Belle About 25 members of the Salem Lions club were present at a ban quet giveft" last evening at the Gray Belle in honor of Allen Ka- foury, who is leaving Salem Wed nesday to make ' his home1 in Portland. President Frank Neer acted as toast master. Reverend Martin Fereshetian made a pres entation speech and presented Mr. Katoury with a book of poems containing the autograph : of all present .A...- .t.-iui4. In answering, Mr. Kafoury ex pressed deep regret in leaving Sa lem -and stated that the friends he had - made here would always be remembered by him. Toast master Neer stated that the club would lose one of Its . best mem bers but .would . always welcome Allen and expect' to have him pre sent often at the luncheons. . Alter the banquet those pre sent, had the privilege of hearing President Coolldge talk through the radio. Lion Geise of the Gelse- Powers Furniture company being present with a Radlola. . , mm COSTLIER Till PHlTlDuS Good Health Foundation of i Good Business Declares State Authority . AnniSBURG FERRY I IST1FJ 0 1 il Traffic Being Re-Routed on Pacific Highway Because; of High Water Traffic on the- Pacific highway is being routed via Albany, Cor- vallis and Junction on account of the discontinuance pt the Harris- burg ferry during; the flood condi tions, it was announced Mqxday by (the state highway department. Traffic Is passing between Junc tion City, - Eugene and1 Spring field' without , Interruption as the Willamette river has fallen so thai there is now ' no water over the pavement, as the river is fall ing. Reports Monday were that it stood 19.2 feet at Albany, though it was expected to drop to day. ' . ' f-.v- Slides on the Coos Bay-Rose- burg highway have been cleared and the road open for traffic be tween Myrtle Point and Roseburg. Between Myrtle . Point and , Co quille traffic is .blocked by the washout of a bridge approach over the North Fork of Conqullle river. . Repairs are expected to be completed today. Between Co- quille and Bandon the road is re till closed on account of high , water conitlons. All state highways are . open except the Mt. Hood loop, McKen zie pass and the Crater Lake highway, which have been closed by snow in the high altitudes. ence program of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States which will hold its western meet ing in Los Angeles, December 2 and 3. ! .. Henry M. Robinson of Los An geles vice president of the ' na tional' chamber in the west, has asked John Cushing, traffic,. man ager of tne American-Hawaiian Steamship company, to work out this conference subject from the broad point of view of the entire west. In response to this re quest Mr. Cushing lias spent sev eral, months in making . a careful study of the shipping situation on the Pacific. The results .of this study will be summed up in an address by Mr. Cushing on "Ship ping Problems of the Pacific Coast." BURBLARS B ITER STORE OF. SUNDAY Discovery Made By Manager I ot renney btore Who Unexpectedly Returns. i It Is more costly to be sick than it is to- prevent sickness, accord ing to Dr. Frederic. Strieker, state health officer, who spoke at the Chamber ' of ' Commerce forum luncheon Monday. - ; - - i "Good health Is the foundation of good business and means more than 'mere freedom from disease, physical - efficiency or a - keen mind," he said. "Good health is the quality that enables a person to live more and best. Education along this line does the most to prevent "disease." - - -:; w - After telling of the health serv ices maintained by large Corpora tions, Dr. Strieker outlined; the plan by which small business can follow the same program through the ' 1 employment of a county health program and a whole time county nurse. - Of the 300 conn ties in the country that have adopted the program, : none have gone back to the old system, he said. j'-v- 'r H"? i Figures quoted by the : speaker were that the annual loss to Mar ion county through illness to wage earners amounted to 1500,000, while an examination for all such employed would not exceed $5 each a year. lie estimated that there, were 20,X)00 .wage earners in the county, and that there were at present at least 1000 people in the county who were unable to work. Some of the costs outlined were that 60 physicians' in the county had 'an Income of from $3000 upward; there were CO trained and 50 untrained nurses; 150 hospital beds that are filled the year around, representing a cost" of $1,750,000 to Marion county each year. " Through the proper precautions it is possible to make " " Marion county " the healthiest place In the world, as It already ranks high, he said. The whole-time health program consists of the expenditure of $10,000 for a full time health of f leer and two nurses together with a clinical assistants ' Physical examination of every school child is not compulsory, but advisable. preferable at the pre-school age, be . said. ' The health unit assures an-authority to take control of conditions- and - regulate - food handlers.' Because of carelessness and lack of this Inspection there have been six epidemics in Oregon in the last two years that could nave been -prevented that were traced to milk handlers.. In re gard to diphtheria. Dr.- Strieker said that it was a blemish" upon civilization to- nave a person die with this disease today if medical attention Is given upon the first notice of a tjr throat, Robbers who were looting the J. C. Penney store Sunday night were tightened away by the un expected return of D. B. Jarman, manager, about 8 o'clock when he came back - to the store to - extin guish the lights. Loot worth ap proximately $175, including $15 in' cash and the rest merchandise. was taken. It Is believed that the work wan that of the same gang of thieves which has victimized mer. chants throughout the Willam ette' valley. . . . (Entrance to the store was gained by opening a skylight and breaking a transom ' leading to 1 small room adjoining the sales rooms on the second floor and then cutting a hole through the wall. The men escaped down the stairs and not back across the roof. The work was systematic and evidently that of profes sionals.- ; ' : 1 According to a police theory the men - made two trips . to the store, the fact that there are two suitcases : missing ' and that it is believed the men could not have taken these through the email aperture they had made. Mr Jarman is supposed to have heard the men when ; they were looking over the stock for the second time. Articles handled are being photo graphed in an effort to obtain fingerprints.. . . ; -4 Ten Carload of Apples - Are Filled for London Ten carloads of apples have been shipped for London by Young & Wella,' of which seven were from Salem, two from Estacada and one from Southerlin. It was : only through special efforts that the shipment was got ten together, for though the order was received early in October and named November 1 as the1 ship ping date, the apples suddenly re vealed a large percentage of culls. Other-districts reported oversold and - it was .only by stupendous work upon the part of C. E. An derson, foreman . of the plant here, that the deal was complet ed and the fruit, started on Ue designated date. 4 REPUBLISH 1 CT Paul F. Burris Says Coolidge Will Carry Marion Coun ty By 1500 at. Least RHEUMATIC RED PEPPERS EI : ITJ FEW MINUTES When you are suffering with rheumatism so yon can hardly get around Just try Red Pepper Rub and you will have the quickest re lief known: ' , r 1 Nothing has such concentrated, penetrating heat as red peppers. Instant relief. Just as' soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat. In three minutes it warms, the sore spot through and through. Frees the blood circulation, breaks up the congestion -and . the old rheu matism .torture is gone. 1 t Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made from - red , peppers, costs little at any drug store. Get a Jar at once. Use it for lumbago, neuritis, back ache, stiff, - neck, sore muscles, colds in chest. Almost Instant re lief -awaits : you. i Be sure to get (he genuine, with the name Row les on each package. adv. Paul F. Burris, chairman of the county central committee, has just closed one of the cleanest and best campaigns ever made in Marion county.? He has held meet ings all over the county and had the issues discussed fairly and freely without venom or color. He has told every speaker. who went out to tell the truth to the peo ple.. ' Asked last night for a state ment Mr. Burris replied: "There is no question of Cool idge receiving a majority of at least fifteen hundred out of the nine thousand votes to be cast. People like Coolldge. They are for him. They like Dawes and they are for him. In the last few days public sentiment has changed and I believe that Davis has nosed La Follette out of second place on the national ticket, i "McNary will win three or four to one and Hawley will not be far behind. Because of the char acter of the fight made on him, Tom Kay will not get more than two to one but he will have a big lead in the county. The county tickel has a hard fight ia two places, but the majority, of the ticket will carry at the ratio of three to two and I am expecting the entire ticket to be elected. some of them by a small margin. McMahan will be circuit Judge by at least 3 te l.. "In this connection I want to thank each member of the county central committee for his help and others . who have done so much to make the republican success pos sible. It is going to be a close victory all along the line and Mar ion county will do its full duty.'? km' - C99M.CoML.cr. We Oclivcr Anything Any Place PHONE 1263 Two Officers Uzzlzn -; From Co. I, Ci:2rd U. - SILVERTON, Ore, Nov. 2. (Special ? to - The Statesman). Captain Archie Thomas and Lieu tenant Artnur uaci cave resigned from their places in company I cf the Oregon National Guard. - Elec tion to fill the vacancies will be held next Wednesday night at the armory. ' ... . WE PAY CASH ror. t:: and tools 4 Capital Hardvrcro Cz - Furniture Co, Beat Pricea Paid 283 3T. Com'I St. Vhor-o C17 POSITIVELY LAST TIMES TODAY (Evening Only) ' Joyful! Tearful! Thrilling! Sublime! Now Hurry kMR ,v J1 ' V. jj l I f SGQIXDHTl . . I liberty . "LOVE and X GLORY" The two greatest things 'in too. world! . A drama tor the - entire human race! Grand?- symphony an the complete range of human emotions! ' 1 With a large and bril liant cast, featuring: Charles Ie Roche Madge Bellamy Wallace McDonald ; - Ford Sterling .. ' and IOOO, , others NEWS GRAND THEATRE ORCHESTRA. Pacific to Get Trade Back - - in . Hext .Ten Years i LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3. Be lieving that the near future is to witness the transfer of the bulk of'tiae: world's trading, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and that this change is to be of tremendous importance to all lines of business in the west, this subject has been given one of the - predominating plaees on the mid-winter confer- FE W FOLKS I IE GRAY HAIR 1 DrugRist Says Ladies Are Using ! . Recipe of Sase Tea and.; Hair that loses its color and lustre, or when it fades, turns gray, dull and lifeless, - is caused by a lack of sulphur in the hair. Our grandmother made up a mix ture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep her locks dark and beautiful, and thousands of women and mem who value . that even color, , that beautiful dark shade of hair which Is so attractive,' use only this old time recipe: " - ; ' Nowadays we get this famous mixture improved by the addition of other ingredients by asking at any drug store for a bottle ; of "Wyeh's Sage and Sulphur Com pound, which darkens the hair so naturally, so evenly, that no body can possibly tell it has been applied. ? You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, tak- intr one ' small strand at a time.. By morning the gray hair disap pears; but what delights the lad ies with Wyeth's Sage and Sul phur Compound is .that, besides beautifully darkening the hair after a few applications, it also brings back, the gloss and lustre and gives. it an appearance of abundance.--alv - - -: ' ' mi )) m--.'. m. . t a. mi .ir. sm'mJl if 1 ll-lv 1 1 ' r rTnnrnfTnn, hi "Ui llIMCIf 15, Ml m&fm e rh : o ... jr3'- I mmm-mmm 1 t mm asasysBjaaMMMylMsMssss: i"H 1 i ,v m 'MS 1 :v I ' " . I i International Prizes FIST PRfZX ' ' ""' . $ 1 5,COO Model Electric! Home (To bo built oa lot provided by wtaoor) TWO SECOND PRIZES-1 Bay 1 Girt fe t ffr ocltolarship la Anitrtcia or Ca vU Bodiao Cattmtm mt- CniMraitxk of j accoptod ataadard. TWO THIRD PRIZES t Boy 1 Girl AVt cnoiarahip la America or Ca ifOJJ aadiaa CoUm or UalTaratty o(ac ... . capla af aartajd, : TWO FOURTH PRIZES 1 Bor-1 Ctrl jrv acaolaralitp la Amoricaa or Ca VvW oadiaa CoUega or lairalt7 of ac- captadataadard. TWO fTPTH PRIZES 1 Boy-I Girl AlfVt ocholarship la Amarlcaa or Ca-V-JW aadiaa Callafto or Ualvaralty of ac - .. capted ataadard. TWO SIXTH PRIZES-1 Bor-I Girl d-v arholarahlp la Amarlcaa or Ca- f w oaotaa uiih w vamniij oi ac- III captoa ataaoaro. ill Glare is always a trouble maker." On the fields of sport it causes cosily errors. In the home its effect is still more serious. It makes restless, inattentive pupils of: children who do their home studies in light not properly shad ed, and creates defective vision by sapping the reserve strength of the eyes. - ; To eliminate the evil effect of glare in the home, the entire electrical industry is united in a cooperative educational activity known as the Home Lighting Contest. This is being operated in the United States and Dominion of Canada and is designed to inform you and your family through the school chilircn, in the proper, use of electric light in the home so that in future years there shall be less eye trouble. - 'r i i . ' In Salem the children are getting their primers at school and many are already busily engaged ia writ ing their essays. All children over ten years of age who are attending private, ; parochial or public schocl are-eligible to enter the contest. Prizes will be awarded in this city and the winners will have a chance '.to, win-the'. first prize which is a $15,000 ; home or , one of the ten scholarships. - If you -haven't your primer, get it today. :; ... :. Salem Electrical League