THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
FuiruY. ocTonnt 10. 1010
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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. O.
wage of Z.:
by the Char
company to
employed in
10 cents- a d
by the men
40 cents a
mum wage
Other der.
Charles K. S
ber of the .'
and Lumbei
employe be
disloyalty,
the legion, t
member. H
he says, tt
the employ
The wag
a" flat Incr
agreement .
the Incrcas
ent ' wages
salaried rut
increase,'
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We are
now
showing
samples
of
this
new
Idea
Phonograph
If you
want a
treat,
come in
and
hear it
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tinguished Kclentific agriculturist, to
whom he felt und'-r obligations for
Introducing a variety yf swine: "Kes
pected Sir: 1 went yesterday to the
cattle show. I found several pigs of
your species. There was a great var
iety of hogs, and I was astonished at
not seeing you there."
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