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THE D AILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL
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ASHLAND DAILY T ID IN G S
The Educational Appendix
Education has an appendix—a useful one. It
functions as promoter of the cultural and practical
—art, music,, dramatics, domestic science, vocational
training, physical development. There are those who
do not think this organ useful- Frequent is the
lament for the “ good old d ays” o f better spellers
and better fig u re « , in spite of proof to the con
trary.
W ithout the appendix we work for memoriza
tion and drill, the ‘Three R ’s ’; with the appendix,
in addition to these, we work for m odification of
conduct—to develop higher moral character, better
health, greater civic consciousness, closer home re
lationship, greater vocational efficiency and more
wholesome use of leisure.
How has this organ of education functioned—
what is its value based on two separate te stsf
Take the service test: K eeping in mind our
twentieth century environment, w ith its increased
leisure, shall we. remove the recreational and group
interest activities—the gymnasium, the play ground,
the chorus, the orchestra and the band! K eeping in
mind the spending orgy, shall we elim inate the
teaching of th rift! K eeping in mind the artificial
living, shall we eliminate good health instruction
and medical supervision! K eeping in mind the tre
mendous waste and Idas of life by accident or fire,
shall we eliminate “ Safety F ir s t” incub ation !
Keeping in mind the need for self-expression, shall
we elim inate art, music and. dram atics! K eeping iq
mind competitive business and Industry, shall we
eliminate pre-vocational training! K eeping in mind
the prevalence of citizenship indifference, shall we
eliminate th e teaching o f civic responsibility ?
Take the interest test: There are 14 per cent
of the total school enrollment in high school today
as against V I per cent forty years ago. There are
8*2.8 per oeut of th e children, between th e ages of
5 and 17, in school today as against 65 peg Cent
forty years ago. Oyer a similar period the length
of the school tepn has increased 30 per cent. The
average number of days attended by each child, agSs
5 to 17, has ‘ increased ove? MK> per cent.
Our schools kave moved forward and kept pace
with general progress. Shall we remove the appen
dix which thus has produced the tremendous holding
power o f the schools t The clock of educational pro
gress is set hack s, generation when short-sighted
civic bodies set out to rob education of its finer
side. This process undermines and em aciates it. It
brings education back to its bare skeleton, to its
kindergarten days.
Operation on the appendices o f education—the
removal o f those factors in cultural and practical
develojuwmt—o » the pretext of retrenchment in
public support means physical, social and mental
retardation in the community that _cerfomw the
operation.
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Illiteracy and Waste
A w arning that illiteracy from an economic
Viewpoint is a source of prodigious w aste is sounded
hy the C ivic Developm ent departm ent of tine ehiun-
Imjf o f commerce o f the U nited States in a statement
calling attention of local cham tor^ o f commerce to
vast opportunities for accomplishment in th is field.
‘*We have entered upon a pew era in business,”
sayg the department. “ W e worfc in large groups.
Coopdgiation and efficiency are dependent upon
niutpial understanding. Because o f the larger uum-
heg o f workers who must he kept informed, the
written word again is snpreseding the spoken word.
“ It is a shock then to be told that nearly one-
quarier of our adult population cannot read a news
paper, cpnnot w rite a letter; that out of thirty mil-
liop population in the 5 to 17 age group in 1924,
throe m illion—or one out o f every ten—did not go
to OAX sch ool Three m illion o u | o f our five million
illiterates are native bom , which places the re-
spoasibility for three fifth s of the illiteracy in the
Uttited Skates upon us.
“ Illiteracy means w a|te- Franklin K. I^ane esti-
toflted that illiteracy was costing this nation 825
ipiUion dollars annually. W ith the increased produc
tiv ity o f other civilized nations our industrial and
copuaercial future deixmds in large measure upon
|h e standard o f livin g which our own population is
able to earn. A comparison o f th e m ost illite r a te
a a 4 tto» least illiterate states with respect to the
pvodu/4iou of wc<h suggests a ratio between liter
acy and the production of w ealth.”
The movement for a i^ tioual theatre in Koine
is programing. The first w eek ’s repertoire, it is
thomgbt arili include Mr. Mubeolini na Hamlet. Mun-
aoliai aa Lear, Sig. Mussolbii ag Romeo and Juliet.
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I WftafQikers Say
W e ca^’t see that It makes
much difference. On one
side of ua Uvea a neighbor
whose marriage egremony in
cluded the word "obey,”
gad e < the other Side le a
man front, whose ceremony
the word was omitted. Both
husbands obey. — Beavpyton
Review.
Yfe are all Id fgvor o f tax
ation. providing the otbsr
fellow paya the tax.
Var
ious tax schemes are just the
thing so Ippg as they do not
gffect «s Infllviduglly. TM s
is the whole seat of trouble
regarding taxation.— Arling
ton Bulletin.
The champion c o f f e e
drinker of the wqrld 85 —
cupa In 7 hours and IQ mln-
utes-^-ls looking for a wife.
W« Incline to the belief that
all he needs Is a percolator.
-y-Amlty Standard.
Impatience leads to nag
ging.
Nagging leads
to
trouhjp. Trouble legdg to the
courts. ^Divorces are entire
ly too common. Don’t nag.
— ^Uverton Tribune.
The world Is bpcolng so
democratic that the grand
maqner would be extinct ex
cept for traffic cops,— Yqrno-
Anyhow, an automobile
ttuhker ffcan a horse
CHICAGO — A child’s
bracelet, believed to have
coxge from the Russian crown
jewels, will be auctioned off
here M^^ch 8, according to
Anthony Qggrneki, collector
of Internal revenue. The bra
celet cohtpins two rows of
seed pearlg pnd a row of dla-
monda.
Now is the tipie when you inosi
1, ' w t to? WUpda o | tM boibl-
in s* on toe rim spd s w y Udv<
pxmar \
«««UK U> Me U K-
of the
When
t*ab
bM * b w r tend of her« and t
•new. I
thteh that there »Me, Isaac
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eA « W
■»**• Ohrtt War ,
off o l 1« sipce It bMhh to »now. there on ti
I went down tq tg? Hnerator not keep St
house and there wasn’t te a shov- has Issued
els full of snow on the roof. I am as to his Int
glad I didn't put it la the basen
“Lears m
where I had first planned- The my grave u
spow there, is at least twelve to his klnsfi
feet deep now.
Six worn«
W hile making the rounds this >y were cfao
mopping J took two rolls of ----------------
ftints. I tfidn’t go any farther
than I »had to a s l had on a
pair of eight foot skis and 1 was |
going down to my knees every
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step and thpt takes all the Joy
out of life.
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I Two lonely woodpeckers was
all the wild life that I saw. Thare I
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Isn’t any tracks In the snow; afl I ' .
the martin an/d pine squirrels
'must be lower down and that Is
a good sign that the storm per-
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10 Years Ago
Dunsmuir N>w»—Çopdpctor W.
E, Jeter ioy toe SouitLsrp Pacif
ic company v r lte d here
lgst
Sunday on<I as the trains vere
hate up? here tor a coup1?
homes, he ha4 anu^e time to
shmke hands with hta many ol<V
tlme friend«. Mr. Jeter X M on
hla way to his home in AshJUuid-
The entire Medford basketball
team and Coach Klum were up
last alght for the basketball
game between Roseburg and. Ash
land.
Chan Watson Is ovar f r o m
Montague visiting with his fa
ther C. B. Watson.
Mrs. C. P. flood vtsMed Mrs.
C. Carey at Phoenix last Wednes
day.
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There were nnmsrpjpg if « . .
Smiths in th e Federal army. Many
love letters from, Susie to him
went astray.
fa hfe «stress.
Smith appealed, to hfe lather.
This occurred about the time the
natato of Jumse Birdseye McPher
son was prominent throughout
the north.
The qulck-vlftod fgther sug
gested that Susie’s. letters be ad
dressed to fsgec Blrdepye Smith,
for prior to that time Isaac had
no middle name.
M lf-b u itt
bmgjif pieni
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Why think of tomorrow when
I am not through with today?
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Today has been so clear and
9 H |H
quiet that I could hear the train
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whistle on th,« main line and I
thought once J heard the conduc-
tor say tickets please. The sound
of each wave as it washed the V. '
Shore of the lake could he heard V?"
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distinctly.
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Work— Charged batteries, in-
spected buildings, shoveled suow
out of rooms anti away from
windows.
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Weather— Day
clear,
wind H H H
northeast; snowfall since last ob-
servation 0.00, precipitation 0.00;
no ground 94 in., temp. H. 14.
L. 8, Ri 8, M. 10.
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Friday, December 96, 1096
I hung up my sock a while ago,
regre| that yog didn't >gy a bet
had to, take It down; something
TOLXHXX — No fat girls
tap grgde o f ce»V
seemed to have crowlgd under
peed apply for admission to
the floor and died, It helped a
a 960,OOd home for young
lot whei\ I hung my sock out
women to be erected 60 years
old. friends v to a Smith
fVg a teprlhto pe«»on8tellriy tor
side.
hence through a bequest
parents who name a boy after
Since seven o’clock I have been
fron; David Bourdette Bur-
George Washington. ,
somqwhat of a sorehead. This
gert, bachelor.
The will
morning when I went to punch
makes speh a restriction.
my clock and hit the fourth floor
Girls between 1« gad SI “of
small aUture. bright, ambi
of the new addition and saw
A big appetite gad a little
tious, stylish and good to
three inches of snow all o.ver the
□ney are a combination that
Ipok a t”- w># he welcome.
floor. 1 just as well spent yes
lie down in the Rita-Carleton.
The w fll expresses a, wtsh to
terday making plies of snow out
gratify girls love for beau
there on the drift for «ji the
tiful things. The testator’s
good I t did, and tonight the
A man’s mental rahge n^ay be
portrait wiU bang on the
ro.onis are full again. I suppose
estimated by the amount of space
wall.
spmeone . is trying to be funny,
be uses on his windshield as
or
It may be a Xmas present.
a blllbogrd.
As a prophet I am going to J Fatrtofigm and friendship dic
Cage, Mrg. Josie Howd and Mrs.
hand down something. I am I tated Isaac Birdseye
NEW YORK— Elinor Dor
Smith's Minnie Bennett; below, Mrs. Ad-
going to fix that dam phope 'choice of his six pallbearers, pic
rance, heiress, who prefers
Men who are never on time In
work to social life, having
Just once more and when R goes tured here. In the upper panel, die Carey, Mrs. Millie Tuttle and
getting to work are always on
returned from a short trip to
bad again it can go to hell, and left to right, , are - Mrs. Nannie Mrs. Lottie Tuttle.
time when the whistle blows in
Europe, is going right back
everybody connected with it.
the evening.
to her. job in her father’s soup
That is about all I have done
obsequies. All are daughters of
Thereafter Smith got his mail
factory In Camden, N. J,
-this month is chase up, and down Civil War veterans.
all right.
hill, or run out wires In the
”1 want to be patriotic to the
The war passed into history,
Hes Heck says: “You’d think
hplldlng.
last,”
Smith explained-
and
along with It went Smith’s
by this time that people would
Work— Split wood, thawed out
They’re fighting In Nlc-
/love for Susie. His attention«
be udbd to water, but I ain’t no
A Monument? “I'll Build My
pipes that didn’t drain, worked
but that’s a neutral
shifted to the sister of two broth
ticed It myself,”
op paint rack for beds.
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Own.”
sqnp, «ç K doesn'\ coui^.
ers with whom he fought. Afte^
’ Weather— Day cloudy;
wind
A year ago Smith decided It
touthwest; anowfgll since last L was time to assure himself a thq close of the war he brought
her here from Ohio as a bride.
observation 4.6 in., precipitation, I handsome monument. He was
Susan turned to another, and
.94 in., snow on ground 91
[suffering severely from rheuma
she. too, w«s married. After fif
T«mp. H. 22, L. 10, R. 12, M.
tism at the time.
teen years Smith’s loyeshlp went
I Monuments are costly. "I’ll on the rocks. Susie, too, was left
build my own," said the veteran. alone.
ASHLAND
Day . after day he journeyed Light of Old Love Buras Anew
around the little lake town in
In less than two months after
quest of multi-colored rocks tor his divorce from his wartime
I hla memory shaft. He had some
U^lde, Smith journeyed to Au
knowledge of masonry and as the burn, Ind., wl^ere he and Susi«
SILVERTON, Colo., Feb. 17.— I monument rose, stone on stone,
sad Mrs. Henry Barneburg
Haryy Oagex »« through with
were married.
Death parteq
of Ashland sp«nt several days of Ug wojjk «a halger for Welle XXr- ^jJN)— This little mining town of It became the pride of Smith’s them five years ago. Today
thlp week . vlsUtag at the home go tor the preseat but la in Hnu |,2 0 0 Inhabitants tonight . faced I heart. ’
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Smith cares for the graves of
of Mir- «M Mnu Aufrew Centrali for a position as messenger when Its .worst storm blockade in 20
He hauled the stones in his own
yqars
with
railroad
communlca-
in Jacksouvtlfe-
cart. Early and late he labored.
a veeauox occurs.
completely halted, power ! Today, on the crest of a knoll
ltoes down apd aU roads blocked. jin the little village cemetery,
OM timers feared a repltttlon of- lSm lth’s work stands complete, the
C, W. Bnot of tola city has sold
t,l|e disastrous flood of 1908, when I stones so arranged as to* display
his 160 acre term teemed ln th«
Griffin creek dlatglct to Mr. Ben
l|ra. Ç, H. Vaujjpl, and t V q te persons perished.
the national colors. At the top of
Snow has fallen continuously I the. shaft an eagle spreads Its
nett, recently from Jopliu. Mo.
ch o ren etvtod for 9«u«tos. lo, v a
Saturday, wheru Mrs, Y«UPri gong «Ince Monday night, when a blls- (wings.
W d swept down.
Snow h a d i The work cured Smith of his
to. see her onlj^ sister.
reached a three-fopt level late t o - , I rheumatism.
John Griffith, who haa been
dgy and waa drifting rapidly.
I The color of uniqueness and
spending some time visiting his
Sufficient provisions ware oa romance thus will mark Smith’s
brother who resides near the
hand In the town to last SO .days. I passing. His death and .burial
state normal, has returned to
S. P. Station Agent, B. C.
IvW «ot differ, In this respect,
Odessa, the Klamath Lake resort. Kane leaves tomorrow flor New
Myrtle Point — Southwestern ‘from his life.
Yorlç to tal;e treamtenf for his. Motor Company starts construc
At the age of 15 he left home
eyes. Assistant agent D. L. Rlcp tion of large concrete garage.
with Company D, 118th Indiana
8. G. Price and family of N» w will officiate In Mr- K«“e’> ab
infantry. Behind he left Susie
Mexico are recent arrivals in this sence. Night operator J. 8, May
Eugene — Building here dur Rhotleffer, childhood playmate
URy with the view o t locating.
will fill Mr. Rice’s position.
ing January reached 9191.926.
and sweetheart.
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASH LAND
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TMt», guilds Q wb Monument
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