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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS FuiruY. ocTonnt 10. 1010 PAGE 2 i hi - 1 EDUCATORS ORGANIZE TO FIGHT EXTRAVAGANCE San Franctsco. Soft, silky lingerie, silk stocking, shirt waists and other luxur'ous wearing apparel must go; for thrift Is going to be taught In ev ery public school 'of the Went, super intendents of public Instruction of the states of Washington. Idaho. Utah, California and Nevada decided at a meeting here called by the federal government. The educators will at once establish in every fuMic school throughout the Twelfth federal re serve district a standardized, per manent couire in thrift, graded like any of the three It s ami taught upon a plane with them. As a luboratory cf thrift there will be organized in eveiy schoolroom in every elementary and high school, savings societies and the superintendents of instruction have memorialized the federal gov ernment at Washington not only to continue the thrift and war-savings campaign as a permanent policy, but to elaborate it by the introduction of penny, nickle and dime thrift stamps. In a "Declaration of Principles' con taining suggestions of a practical plan of procedure upon which the thrift course in its initial steps will be pre dicated, the Western educators, one of whom was Mrs. Josephine Corliss Prestcn, president of the National Education Association and state su perintendent of schools in Washing ton, had this to say: "Extravagance in dress must be checked among the school boys and g;.rls, manifested in many ways, hut! especially in the purchase of silk hos- j iery. silk shirts, neckties and expen-; sive footwear. To this end we reeom-; mend that school principals and teach- ers insist upon reasonable economy ' and modesty in dress and with appeal to parents and pupils to co-operate in an effort to check such extrava gant e." ! The conference of Western school superintendents was called by Gov- J ernor John V. Calkins of the San ' Francisco Federal Reserve bank, who is also chairman of the war loan or-' ganization for the Twelfth, federal reserve district. The first sessions were held iu the senate chambers at Sacramento and in the offices of Will C. Wood, superintendent cf public in struction for California. The closing session was held In the Federal He- serve Hank, here. All of th sessions Iwere attended by Robert K. Smith, director of the war loan organitatlon for the Twelfth federal reserve dls trlct. and C. A. Farnsworth, associate director. The government officials went before the educators frankly ad mining that they had no programme and that they wanted the superinten dents of instruction to work out the problem of training not only the child ren, but the adults of the West away from extravagance and into habits of thrift To this end the courses and laboratories In thrift will be estab lished under the direction in each state of the superintendent of public Instruction, who. as a government of ficial, will bear the title of state edu cational director of thrift. In the opinion of the various edu cators attending the confrence. the meeting was a historical one and was considered such a success that a per manent organization of Western States School Superintendents will be formed. For this purpose Mrs. lYes ton was named temporary chairman. It is planned to have the new organ ization, when It is formed, meet at least once a year. The "lecliratir.n of Principle' ard the resolutions In full follow: "We tte living In a period of ey ceptional f.xtravngince and high pi' "s. Never in the history of the . ttcn I. is there b""i such wa-it ef time, labor, money and malcij's. During he 'var. thu people of Amci.'.t eie so'd that thrift would win ;l.e war. that we should save food. ili,,.-;s and money. The people responded 'o the drives tiiat were made j.id saved, sometimes until it hurt. It s eM-::t. however, that the pracM e cf thrift has not carried over. On the contrary, there has been a reaction that has now reached the point of danger. We therefore feel that a con certed effort should be made to check extravagance and promote thrift as a life hahit. "Thrift is the saving of four things time, talent, health and money. It needs no argument to show that those things are essential in the life of the nation. The world will not be safe and stable until there Is greater con-; servation of those things. Our nation i is facing a winter of unpreparadeness. I I'nless the prices of shoes, hats. milk. I butter, eggs, potatoes, flour, fuel and We S acure Valuable Agency New Idea Phonograph Big Improvement We read the item shown below in the Portland papers, and figured it was mostly advertising, but a representative of the Company was here recently w ith a sample of the new phonograph, and we found to our surprise that it was all that they claimed for it, INDUSTRY STARTS C. Guy Wakefield Constructs Neve Machine Involving Unique Sound Idea.' . What promises to " develop Into :a Portland .industry of - considerable magnitude 1 the new company-organized to manufacture a phonograph using the sound chamber perfected by C Guy Wakefield, a well known Port land phonograph and piano dealer. Wakefield refers to hi invention as a happy accident. The . difference be tween his sound box and the style used by other Instruments lies, he ay. in the fact that the sound boxes of the other instrument! arc not sound chambers, but are megaphones, i "We experimented with tbe ordi nary phonograph by closing up the center of tne tone arm Just bacJ of the reproducer and then playing the Instrument," says Wakefield. "We found, that we had about nine-tenths en much tone as w-e had before we bad Closed up the opening. "This proved to us that the tone wave followed tho inttal tone' arm back to the wood foundation or re jtouncTing substance. Our idea was to attach the tor.e arm directly to the sound chamber to make a direct con tact and provi-Je a medium for the tone wavo to pass lrcrn the tone arm to the sound chamber. To have the sound chamber sufficiently resonant. Ve built It of thrcc-Qtiarter-inrh spruce, which x u.s'd almost uni versally for piano sounding boards." . The Wakefi'-ld Mufiio company is displaying nijlfs of the new ma chine!1, winch are being manufactured by the Valentine Manufacturing com pany of Portland. "The company ex pects to be turning: out completed phonographs at ,lhe rate of 250 a imr.nin within the next 90 days. SPAU1 GRAN $3.40 On fc Phonograph other necessaries' are reduced tho children of the nation will suffer. At such a time it is alarming that people of small means should make extrava gant and unnecessary purchases, and even anticipate their Income by mak ing such purchases on time. Children growing up under such conditions are certain to develop false ideas and form extravagant habits. "In the Interest of the future clt tieury of America, we, tho state sup erintendents of public Instruction In the Twelfth federal reserve district, appeal to our people to do everything In their power to discourage und check extravagance, and by precept and ex ample, to aid the schools In the teach ing of thrift. We urge upon school officials and teachers the necessity for the teaching of thrift, as a patri otic duty and as a means of meeting this great social and economic crisis. As a practical plan of procedure. we advocate the following steps: "First The teaching of the prin ciples of thrift as u regular part of the school prognim. "Second The setting up of sultu hie administrative school machinery to enable and encourage chlldreu to Invest In thrift and war savings stamps. "Third The checking of extrava gance in dress among school boys and girls manifested In many ways, but especially in the purchase of silk hos iery, silk shirts, neckties and expen sive footwear. To this end wo n-eoiu-mend that school boards and teach ers Insist upon reasonable economy and modesty In dress and we appeal to patents and pupils to co-operate In the effort to chetk such extravagance. "Fourth That thrift education be regarded as a continuous process in volving tut hit formation that must be directed and controlled outside of school as well as during school atten dance. "Whereas, The savings of children are made in pennies, nickles and (limns, rather than In coins of larger denominations. "Itesolved. That we recommend to the federal authorities the issuance and sale of thrift stamps of smaller denominations. "Kesolvcd, further. That we heart ily endorse the war savings stamps movement inaugurated by the federal government and urge the ctingrcss of the I'nited States to continue and extend Ue present plan by passing appropriate i i at ion. "Kefolvfd. Th.i.: tt-:n bet s in elemen tary and h.Kii reboots, having e-iual training and eoual experience, shall receive ejua! salaries. "Resolved. That we favor a larger unit of lix.il school administration based upon natural, social and eco nomic grouping." ' Salem. 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