1 THE D AILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL - :— ESTABLISHED IN 187Ô ~ Ç. J. READ, ■ W. |î. M ANAGING ®)ITOJt 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. ’» 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. -----:— : g u v îïn g right a t m e . VIHEN RE .S A IO . < T a skull gladvg *> L ö O I SA S ! J [/■ let -T hose V? a f r c P olicemen auwa N* T a l k rough l i KG ■T h a t -lb eMERNON||>, i M O M * M Q V l6 R ~ t / J “ *— m i U tlM U n iC M U /M O W M A U S I t N ’ A r M A * M A ! OH MA O O ifrB E A W IN’ ffl ¿RrenHML ’I ‘ Tardy at Pearly Oates? Not Me* •; — 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 hM. 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 C". step and thpt takes all the Joy out of life. j I Two lonely woodpeckers was all the wild life that I saw. Thare I ’ 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- HHH 10 Years Ago Dunsmuir N>w»—Çopdpctor W. E, Jeter ioy toe SouitLsrp Pacif­ ic company v r lte d here lgst Sunday ongy 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. | 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. ’ t 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 wa { WW Het Have te Catt Isaac TMt», guilds Q wb Monument i iod Isn’t over. jr.Rw .li» — PUBLISHED «Y THE ASÉLAND PRINTING ÇQ P E R K I N S , N E W S EDITOR By W illiams U E T G O O F M ei ÏLV,VJA1_V