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TIJE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. SEPTEMBER 24. 1022.
The Sunday Bee
MORNING 'EVENING SUNDAY
br of tun who strains art g IrrwUttbl pl to
dancing blood and nimbi fact?
And whn tht couplet begin to movt in response
to tht prompter's direction and th muiie's tlmt, tht
mas la eomplet. Whr can b found a mora anJ.
THE aiE riiSLISHiNa rnu.mv !. epaciari man a room lull or dancers, co lit
ViUQM i. vrnitfc, rMi.a., , UkkMH, nu(r. I throujh tht flrurta of lb quadrilla? Strenuous,
MEK.U of the associate r.U. EV"1 ?" mora -data, try th.
tw r tw i. . Mk u a..!, n,:"'. ei- ana grace mi in many ways aa tht
JJTJZTS:2lt'jLrZ ZVJZ LVJ-T 1 mlnuet et w" .' acqulrt.1 by oven a tyro, tbt
lanriara might wall have a placa on any danca pro
gram.
On rt drawback mutt ba notad. In ordr to
properly get through ona of tha old-fashioned dances,
tht person engaging in them murt know how to danra.
Maybe that la ona retson why they have been super
seded by what ta looked upon at dancing by tht
young folka of today.
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ENOS MILLS. EXPLORER
HabIL la -1 J . A . M N .Ml
STUBBLE ANT CliNSiif air Aurt t V""' -"""7 ' "7 ror lor too win,
JW1. fop ha hai not unit Worn f.mllla. with, th. -I...
Cartain InaUncta persist long after- any utility nomena of nature, hut .n ...,.r..i v. v..
mey migni once nave repreiented no longer exists, accomplished somthin that n,.M '..tiiv. 1.1.
For example, tht dog 1 aald to turn around befora Solution. Ha will not llne-ar In naiun hut hla wa.I
lying down, becaus In dayt far gont hit ancient fort- will go on. for he aat in motion aomethlng that ia not
u.t .urneu aruuna jew timet 10 break down tha ended becauaa on man goea tha way all muit go
raeus in wmcn n naa 10 max Dad. 80 in man "Roekv Mountain National narW" ia Ma mnnnm.nf
ding tha penchant for hunting gam. Ha may live and In It hia nam will ba Peroetuatad. but it wa J
BVllhtllfr m. .V.pt R Vim m,-imm.- 1 L .1 .1 . ....
,v ...,v...s .... iUiai iiupmae, Dm me tecret only Dart or hla contribution n tha a-nod of hnmanlt
joy -known to tha hunter ia ahartd in only by tht I He anent hla life
ICU I nv.4 Man 1... !. km LJ.. t
So at this time of th year, when lawi for tha Dn batter knowledge of th world in which they
preaervatlon of gama permit tht faring forth of live, and to do thta ht muit btcomt mora closely ac
tha man with hla dog and hla gun cornea tha luDrcma I qualnted with it hfmaelf. Naceaaarlly, aqualntanct
aeaaon of tha round of montha. Tha aun haa turned witn tha wilderneea and tha denizen cauaed him to
tha grata to a ruuet brown; tha ttubble still lUnda withdaw hlmaelf from tha citiet and in toma degree
in many a field; tha ripened corn fields afford excel- to teparate hlmaelf from communal life. Explora
lent cover, and tha wholt ia an invitation to outdoor tlona of tha .Rocky mountain region carried him
port, and a challenge to the hunter. through many atranga and toma exciting experience!,
You trudge in the early morning light across tha 'ith viclultudea that might have discouraged a less
open field, a soft breeze caressing your cheek, prom- devoted adventurer. Incidentally, his devotion may
it or s gala by noon; watching an eagerly ranging ba better understood when tha reader ia reminded
dog, covering the aurfaca of the earth in wire or nar- that Mr. Mills was far from being robust, and soma
row tacks, nose to ground, searching for the odor ' his undertakings were of a character that might
he knowa so well; then the eagerness is transferred have daunted even a giant.
to tha man, as suddenly the dog runs straight; his Men now know the Rocky mountaina of Colorado,
paea slackens, he stops, "frozen" on tha stand, mo- I L'tah nd Arizona much better than they did, be-
tionless, every nerve on tension, every muscle stif- causa Knot Mills took the long chances that went with
fened, a picture many artists have tried and few have hia search for the aecreta that lay hidden in rocky
caught; cautiously you approach, gun ready; just I Pa nJ sandy waste. Coupled with this intelligent
ahead, in tha grass, tha faintest of movement deslg- courage was a degree of enthusiasm that proved In
''nates the hiding place of the bird; you come up, a I exhaustible, especially when he set about to realize
low word to the dog, he moves forward, and with a the dream of his life by securing tha establishment of
rush and a whirl tha birds break cover. Ona to the
right and one to the left, and down come a brace of
fin fat prairie chickens, if you are using a double-
barrel; perhaps three and sometimes four if 'you
have A pump gun and know how to use it.
Maybe you are crouching in a blind on the
sedgy short of a lake or sandhill pond, or out on a
aand spit in the river, waiting for the first incoming
swoop of the early flying ducks. It may be you are at
the bottom of a barrel, carefully concealed in a corn
ahock, where the geese atop to feed. Or it may ba
tha drizzle of rain or a cold blast ofsnow has ended
both comfort and sport in the outdoors. Then, you
give over the combination of sunshine and stubble
and joy, and spend the hours in the shack, cleaning
guns and toggery, smoking and yarning, and other
wise killing time. But the unalloyed pleasure of the
open belongs to the man who can go out (or a time
and live with tha wild things and nature.
Now Main Street May
Laugh ' at City Life
Sinclair Lcww Writes a New Novel, "Babbitt' Which
Holds Up the Mirror to the Boasted Culture of a
Metropolis. '
some author eucceed In writing daughter of a noichbor. did he ao
only on great book, but no such hla loit worlils
tha national park in the region where he spent so
much of his life. It is regrettable that his joy in this
work was alloyed by tha presence of a transportation
monopoly, the effect of which is likely to become a
national scandal. Ilia crusade against this institu
tion was as energetic as his work for building up in-
I terest in the wonders of the region lie did much to
make known to the world, snd it is possible that the
seed he sowed will yet bear fruit in opening public
highways in public parks to all passers.
GOD AND NATURE.
. A proposal made at the Portland convention to
add to the Episcopal prayer book a prayer thai; will
beseech God to open man's eyes to the beiuties of
nature excites some wonder. Are we so engrossed
in other things that wa no. longer see the Creator in
the works of creation? Must we ask Divine inspira
tion to kindle in our souls the admiration once spon
taneous? ;
A NEW-OLD VIEW OP EDUCATION.
Dr. II. B. Alexander has voiced a belief that is
growing up among practical educators. He wotild
co-ordinate th activities of the modern university,
and direct them toward a focal point, rather than to
divide and move the work of education along paral
lel lines. This belief is rather cursorily set forth in
tha interview with the doctor, which is published to
day, and which contains a thought that may well be
di crested bv all who are concerned with the American
system of public schoofs.
It is not a new idea, for the work of education,
such as it was in classic Greece, or even in the days
of Egypt and Assyria, Persia and India was along
the course suggested "by Dr. Alexander. It em
bodies two simple and correlated principles. One
is that the pupil be taught the thing by its applica
tion; that is, that he be given a concrete illustration.
of the fact involved 1a the lesson. The other has to
do with the direction of all these facts into life, the
Human beings cooped up in great cities miss the
wonders that are disclosed to those who live nearer focalization, so to speak, of th apparently discon-
to the natural conditions. The latter have ever in nected efforts Of the pupil, to th end that a single
view wonders and beauties that caji not fail to excite great objective may be attained, that objective the
the mind, and which inevitably lead to an apprecia- opening up of the mind and its receptive develop
tion of the power and wisdom of the Great Source ment to a state where it not only can accept an ab
and Author of All That Is. However much of de- stract fact, but can apply that fact concretely, either
pendence and faith we may put in revealed religion, by iself or in connection with others to the end that
we can not close our eyes to the fact that peoples not something of worth actually is produced.
so favored have formed definite and abiding beliefs in That" is the true object and purpose of educa
th existence of Deity solely through their observ- tion. Americans hold, and rightly, to the truth of
ance of the things about them, the phenomena of life
and growth and decay and death, the cycle of nature,
unbroken in its procession.
ki Ctty dwellers see many manifestations of God's
the old adage that "Knowledge is power," but they
have never consented to the theory that power is
designed for purely materialistic accomplishments.
Civilization is for the promotion of human happiness,
power, and accordingly realize His presence. Sun- and the production of wealth is a means and not the
rise and sunset, the birth and death of the day, with end. Whatever tends to advance the good of all con-
the multitudinous tints of light- refracted through tributes to the cause of civilization, and so improve-
fleecy clouds or dusty atmosphere, are miracles whose ment in educational practice is always in order,
presence is so familiar as to lose effect for the man The present system has not done all that was
engrossed in the details of a struggle for life. But promised for it. ' What is needed is less of standard-
they are not entirely lost, nor is any other manifes- ization along the lines of Gradgrind, and more of
tation of God's presence wholly without effect.
It will always be true that "the woods were God's
first temples," and man will always "look through
nature up to nature's God," for the human soul in
its contemplative moments turns to tha Almighty as
certainly as sparks ny upward. Contact with nature
gave man hir first idea of a Divine Creator, and that
contact confirms him, even in his highest develop,
ment, in the belief that is simplicity in all ita reac
tions. Many reasone may be cited in favor of the
prayer as proposed, but novelty will not be one of
them, for man has turned to God because of the
wonder and beautiea of nature, just at he has im
proved himself from abject savagery to hia present
plan becaus he learned from natur soma fw of
h minor secret of creation, and thua has been able
to ally hi reason with that Supreme Reaaon which
governs all thing. ,
IN TJIE OLD-FASHIONED DANCES.
Th fact that an old settlers' raunion in a ni'h.
boring county wa closed by dancing a quadrill is
mad th faatur of th ntw accotmt of th affair.
llr Is an Indicating f how th world ha prog rd.
Tim wa when th quadril! was th backbun f a
dancing program. It wti and still mi(bt b a fin
dnuntrtij of grac and ability on th floor. It
simplicity, mar apparent than raal, d t nv
Port with cartain compUx ma.!rit id, yl fu
raal. una'.UyJ f n it t far n4 away ahead r
any f th snodt-ra mailt, taacoaa, f x trot, .
etapa, f other f that jwrflut bunay huffing,
tiaatit (Mckm;. tfrnaav thai aataa-afc. Ik spa
Utort and tomaUm fti-v th frfvrar.
Th q4lrU! fla!t H't M MttUJ.
fro Ik Jnt dan.-. On f tk ta twibii;fy,
1 Ik vr ft fit "vkaaga" f -,a4nS
ridy gal a ihasa U . wM, i)fc-!r
:, Sjrll J rH' th tnatt.
tia, bl kS d t t Rtfl t& !4 M
ti'af ' "Tf i ". Mi.aaf N,'
n4 Pa Tk" T I" harwaasaa." "M
l4'i aV "JUry 0 St. M m t a -
stimulation of the creative faculties of the pupil, the
development of his imagination, which contains both
the inspiration of conception and the restraint or
Judgment, so that the final product is of service be
cause of its human quality rather than for its effi
ciency in achieving material results. Dr. Alexan
der's thought Is in this direction, and this-does not
mean that future graduates are to be philosophers
and poets exclusively, but engineers, doctors, law
yers and the like with human attributes.
WEEK-DAYTlFE AND THE CHURCHES.
Declaratign In the house of bishops of the Trot
estant Episcopal church i.n the United States for
mur democracy in industry mark another long
step in th explication of moral law to modern con-,
ditiona. Th important of th subject lately has
been emphasised also in a volum of th American
Academy of Political and Social Science entitled,
"Industrial Relation and th Churches," In on of
thM rtiele. P. H. Callahan. pridnivof a er
r.Uh company at Louiavill. tt forth his opinion
thus:
Man ia a i.tachma t h -ar4 d rnn
f,r Ihe f ndutr, hihr n t' tl
..f aa lnlivMli.:ifl e .-ului iM).ih.
Mn ar ) l ba aapMiaJ !r ha i(r
ef -ll7 inn l'r Ih aaru hni.nl of Invllt UUI
.r.fta II U ! IMI lha ,f-!i Intof-
t ta fcf.N4, "! arii'igH th l'rlla
im,iii t. tur Tha aM! a f lha hi una
.rn piwal a !! I.J TMa d. a ! !
U !a Uta, In Ha t hui. H ahvl UM l
l.'ati- it lt '. aa t-"a lha (ia l l a'i.-a M
a i-uMii' lalrl "
TV. tm rc frvm th ? ! f
p!.)r, i k a!y tiiva lfmr! It ka!4
tkat aai'kar thantj f Ut shaalt l r!
taratt In lJn l ffair It s IK ik f lh
a, W.4v. ( P. that ha4 Iti. T
ft! f t'fMiwaat May ha Vaaa tiaat'rr4 ta Sjw
fa a4 i'p 4. S f 4a-U ahuuU
Itmiiailun exUt fur Hlnolalr Law la
Hla naw novl, Tlabbltl," far Iran
acanil that aanaatlontl beat eltt-r,
"Main Hirtat."
Now It come th turn of th
mull town to iMUtih, pIlytriRly
rainr man .-ornrully, at th nar
row Ufa of tha comfortably prna
paroua rolK in in rliloa. Kor th
mnat part Ihraa dwellara In Floral
llclahta. lha fnahtnnable raaidanca
omtrli-l of tha rt mlilitla wm.rn
city of Z.nlin ra wall aaltaflad with
thalr Int. In aim of thlr any
mom.nia inry ar apt to think back
on ineir early Ufa In Gopher I'ralrl
and mnke an lntrratlna; contraat
xriua, at tha Hahtilila' dinnar party,
in rnnvsraaunn runa:
"Awful good to gat back to civ
ilisation! I certainly barn .
In aom hick tnwnal I mean
Course tha folka ther ara th
b.at on earth, but. ( whls, thoae
Main Mtreet bura ara alow, and
you friiow can't hardly appracl
ata what It main to ba her with
a bunch of llva onaa!"
"you bat!" axultad Orvll!
Jonoa. 'Thay'r th baat folk on
earth, thoaa email town folka, but,
oh, mamma! what converaatlun!
Why. aay. they can't talk about
anythln but tha weathar and
ne-oo Ford, hy hecknlnrum!"
'rrnat riaht. Thay all talk
about Juat th am things," aald
Eddie Hwanaon,
' Dorrt thay, though! They Juat
ay the rn a thing over and
over." aald Vergil (lunch.
And Qeorg V. Dabbltt. thua aa.
auraa or the aupramary of hi own
environment, i amboldanad to rjra
arnt this gem of metropolitan eon-
varnHiion: -nut thrM amall-town
booba, with nobody but each other
to talk to, no wonder they get sloppy
and uncultured In their speech, and
ao naiien-iip in their thinking!"
coining wna an Id. and nothlnr
waa done, at the Ilahbltt'a Dartv fht
rnljtht not hav occurred any place
In th middle wast, large or email.
Th Imprraclon cornea that moat of
th fault that ar charged to Main
Street eorlety, tha banality, atupld-
y nnn so ir-aurruuenoy, are charge
able alao to Floral Heiahta and
Ztnlth. And, If tha worst of Gopher
i-rairis i tn repreaalnn or normal
narinctai then urban life suffers aa
wen from thcae same restraints.
Every newspaper man knowa Hah-
bltt. He exlHte by the score a
'peppy" bualneas man. full of
phrnae ahout vltdnn and service.
convinced tlint civilization reat on
tha aiiccea ef hla flnanclnl srheme
and thoaa of hla claaa. In his an
nual address before the Zenith real
eatate board Ilahbltt analyzed hla
kind, which he referred to variously
aa "he-men," "regular guys" and
go-a-ettera." He put It thua:
"He's not dumb like th old
faahloned merchant. He'a got
vocabulary and a punch.' (Som
readera' memories will rush back
to contraat the picture of Ameri
can business life of another (fen
eration given by William Tean
Howella In "Th Itlse of SHrh
Lanham.")
With all modesty, I want to
atand up here a a representative
buKlneaa man and arently whisper:
Here'a our kind Of folka! Here's
th specification of th Standard
ized American Citizen! Here's the
new generation of Americana; fel
low with hnlr on their cheata and
amllea In their eyea. and adding
mnchlnea in their offices. We're
not doinir any bonatlne, but .we
like ourselves first rate, and If you
don't like u, look out better-get
under cover before the cyclone
hits town!"
In publlo Babbitt was able to sur
vey this RoUd American Citizen, aa
e said, "with a whale of a lot of
satisfaction." In private he won
dered lust what all the zip and bang-
was about.
One summer, with his old college
chum, Fnul Riesling who wanted
to be a violinist, but Instead rose to
selling roofing paper he cot away
for a week and lonfed in the Maine
woods. He played poker with the
guides, fished and tramned. Hia
nervous lonuacity was stilled in his
contact with nature; he pained a
new serenity and went home to
plunge more earnestly than ever into
thfe business of booming- a,n& boost
ing. Restlessness, however, continued
to pursue him. Inwardly the sus
picion trrew that life should mean
something more thfYn smug success.
Ho took hold of a Sunday school,
hired a press apent for religion, and
built, up the fame of the Floral
Helchts church, hut without satis
faction further than that broueht
by his comlnir thus Into close asso
ciation with the leading banker of
Zenith.
He begun thlnklne that his home
life was nt fault. There began epi
sodes with Tanis Jiidio.ue and "the
bunch" Hint left Mrs. Babbitt de
serted for many evenlnes. He saw
too clearly, however, the insipid
quellty even of night life and vice.
For a. time he fancied that he had
become a "radical." One of his
mates In the university had become
a labor lawyer. Babbitt, at the
Athletic club, snoVe in hla defense
to a, tableful of friends. He even
spoke in disapproval to a militia
captain who complained that ha
was not allowed to shoot striker
unless they were violent.
Many thlncs happened thereafter
which brought Babbitt aafelv back
to cfuHilet rrapeetablllty. For one
thing, hla hulnea bwran to Buffer.
( frlr nda svoldfd him and whla-
pi-nit in rai n other annul hia un
sound vU'w "almost a holsheviat."
Hla wifa f.-ll III. and he whs drawn
back, hi tonieatli lty hy hi powerful
)miatny.
Nevvr again waa Babbitt In llaUn I
tn anv Inner vnl- that quaatixntd j
the etern tl rlehtneta and fttneaa of ,
thin a thry are. Only ini and
Ih.tt waa wlirn hla an abamtond ,
eoHrf ' ii.ii. and l"ld with lha
Will" Babbitt rr...1 tha
floor, alowly, ponderoualy, aeam-In-
a llttla old. "I've alway
wanted you to hav a college-dag-re."
( meditatively stamped
arms th floor again. "But l v
never Now. for heaven's anka.
don't repeat thla to your mother,
or she'd remove what llttla hair
I'v got let, but practically ! v
never dona a single thin I've
wnted to in my whole Ufa! I
don't know' I have accomplished
anything except Juat get along. I
flgur I'v mad about a quarter
f an Inch twit of a pnaalbl hun
dred roda. Well, mayb you ran
carry thing on further. I don't
know. But I do get a kind of
sneaking pleasure out ol tha fact
that you know what you wanted
to do and did It."
On like Dahhltt. fur all hla Bah.
bltry. Juat on llkea doiana of
acquaintance who share to a larg
extent thane characteristic of a
modern aga. Mr. Lewi ha written
with th air of on who I bent on
pleasing hlmaelf a pretty good way
to make sur of Dleaalnr other.
Th style eaa wearisome and
mor flowing; In "Babbitt" than In
"Main Htrtet," and, though there I
lea plot, thla nw novel hold th
Interest.
"Babbitt." by Sinclair Lewla.
Ilarcourt, Brae A Co.
P. 0.
Crf vn Dnrn know American
literature a do few of th critic
who writ today. In "Contemporary
American Novellata. 1(00-1120," ha
carries on tha highly uaeful work crt!
nalyal that ha began In arparat
article In tha Nation and other
magazine. Those wishing soma
guidance and Interpretation for their
reading cannot do better than aeek
advice here. Published by th Mac-
mlllan company, ,
America' making la told in book
for children Issued by Bar A Hop
kins. Latest of the aerie 1 ".Harriet
Beecher Stowe," a life written by
Ruth Brown MacArthur. i '
To Give New. Life to Study
Author of, Nebraska Pageant Suggest
Colin CUMt Dramatis Their Court,
Ufa la vary much Ilk a dream,
to th ye of Pr. II. B. AUsandar.
profeaeor of philosophy at lh Vnl-
varsity f Kebraaka, Thy ts x-1aay n mhar lypa of Interest. Lan
plained hi Interest In depleting lh
history of Nebraska through page
antry, II la th author of lh
paceant of "Coronado In Quivera"
which wa presented In Omaha
ona of th a v ant a of Ak-Ksr-Brn.
Tha firorraaioa of human events,
Dr. Alexander hallavva, la beat un
derstood whan thus graphically pre.
aenled. To thoaa who enact the
eranea Of th paat lha experience la
menta, would b brought together
furmliif a renter tit lb ihouvht
uvltir ff aiulnl trpa tn tha
mna faahlon. It would b quits aa
guasa, for axampla. would lake n
a new llf If th objm-t of atuifenia
of French, Hpanlab or I-atin and
llieek wer ta ba lha oreaentatlnn
Iff .im bit out of lh Ufa of the
foreign Breaking people which
ehoul.l for lh moniant ba real In
4 ram a.
"Kvrn tha aclancea hav Innumer
a hla themra Ihnt could be prsnted
symbolically In pageant or other
dramatic form so that tney. M
an education, aa It I alao in th .0UA n.yi a It wera, their lhet
How Are We
Training Our Young?
Th moral training of th young
i tn problem or every age. It la
occupying the minds of deep and
thinking men and women today aa
It ha ever done In the past. How
shall we train the boy and girl and
develop In them the instincts of a
noble character and tha disposition
to live according to principle, with
out being swayed either to right or
left by the bad example of others?
A calm survey of moral condition
aa we view them today among our
young people affords ua grave cause
for apprehension. Statistic go to
how that th number of youthful
criminals of both aexea at present 1b
larmingly on the Increase. What
cauae can we assign for thla? Mnat
parents no doubt today aa In times
past make a great effort to Instruct
and guldo their offspring In th waya
or morality. Why 1b It, then, that
their teaching la ao barren of re-
ults? Are they giving their son
and daughter the best motive to
withhold them from wrong-doing?
Merely to tell them that to go
against the Ten Commandment, for
Instance, is not nice, that such and
such a way of acting is In bad form,
that It betrays a lack of good breed
ing, that it 1 highly offensive to
Cultured tastes, or tn opposition to
the demands of altruism to hold out
such Incentives to a young boy or girl
and expect them to be deeply Im
pressed thereby is enouRh to make
one laugh. As If motives of such
fiber could ever serve as an effective
bar to strong passion or vicious
tendencies!
The best way of safeguarding our
sons and daughters against future
temptations to evil Is to bring home
to them the binding force of the
moral law; and to do this something
more than the mere mention or
statement of that moral law Is re
quired. They must be told that vio
lations of morality cannot take place
with Impunity, and that a reckless
disregard for transgression Is going
to bring with it proportionate "come
backs" in the way of suffering or
disease, or, what Is Infinitely worse,
an old-fashioned hell such as our
dear old fathers and mothers of 40
and 50 years ago never as yet
thought It a safe thing to disbelieve
In or relegate to the scrap heap of
discarded superstitions. Scoffing was
no argument with them, and they
felt it good, sane policy to believe In
a hell If they could not utterly dis
prove the existence of one.
Such motives as the above are
powerful and adequate, and they
strike deep Into the hearts of the
young. If we discard these motives,
then there Is absolutely nothing to
fall back upon and the case of the
rising generation is hopeless. A re
ligion that hold out such Incentives
to right living a religion deeply
founded, and wisely Impressed upon
the susceptible minds of the youth
of this generation, this Is their one
and only hope.
WILLIAM FREDERICK FELD,
8. J.
thousand who form ihe audience.
Out of I hla fact h haa bean em
boldened to auggeat a remarkable
change In th methods of education
Institutions In which lh dramatic
preaetitatlon of history, aclanr and
lha art would supplant a good part
of lh recitation and laboratory
work.
"Pageantry I not mrely a form
of dramatle entertainment," say Dr
Alexander. "It represents a move
ment toward a new type of publls
and social self-conariousneaa, or per
haps self-understanding. It I a
rrt of a movement which I affect
ing th whole country, ana in par
ticular education. Not merely du.
cation of th schools, but education
In that proper eanae which means
the training of a whole community
In It) Ideal of life. Ja::4UI, Watery
and In all U make for tWirT-of en-
vlronment'f nd eomOiort understand
ing. , ;' i i, i ....
"Bat. In . education Itaelf In tn
chool. ther I an opportunity for
a special development of the Idea
of pageantry which might well lead
to a new type of college mor vlu
ahla than anything we hav now.
There la at present a very widespread
dissatisfaction with college curricula
and college machinery, and feeling
that somehow the devlcea of educa
tion have gotten away with the true
substance of It, and In particular a
feeling that those better power of
Independence In thought nd origi
nality In Imagination which achools
ought to develop re quite a often
defeated aa furthered by our yatem
of education.
"It ha occurred to me many time
that a new typ of chool might b
developed having for It center the
theater. Tha Idea would be that the
studle of th student should b car
ried on with a view not to examina
tion of Individuals but to tha presen
tation by groups of student of
dramatic and pageantry embodi
ment of the substance or tncir
studies.
"It Is perfectly obvious, for ex
ample, the students of dramatlo
literature, of Shakespeare or Greek
tragedy, should find their best un
derstanding of their studies In the
acting of the drama.
"It should be not less obvious that
students of history could make most
real th subject matter of history
by historical pageants prepared by
themselves. Suppose It were the
middle age which 1 th subject of
a course, for the examination In that
courae could be a presentation of
life as it was lived In the twelfth or
thirteenth century. There would b
a new vitality Injected Into the study
and a new reality Into the subject,
"Qlrls who now take course la
modern millinery would be studying
thirteenth century costume and get
ting Ideas that certainly would be)
more stimulating to their mind than
the effort to produce contemporary
fashion plates. .
"Art student devoted to design
ing would have exercise for imagina
tion, and also very carerul ntstoricai
research in the preparation of
scenery and properties.
"Students of mechanical and elec
trical science would find her an
opportunity for th full exercise of
their best ingenuities.
"Literary students would be called
upon to study the literary form of
expression of the period In question
and to give Its flavor so the modern
could understand It.
"Students of music would have old)
models of troubadour melodies, or
perhaps church canticles, upon
which to work for their theme, tn
addition, the Ideas of the time,
philosophy, politics, law and. at
course, the historical eventa would
all have to be taken In part. '
"This Is merely one example of
how a large group of student Inter
ests, at present regarded as belong
ing to distinct and unrelated depart-
rtial moment. Indeed. It I hard
to see how education would be better
rejuvenated at th canter than by
eome aik-h -hani of community
Internet a this, bringing together all
th tntareata, air tha powers nd H
th enterprla of whol group of
young people.
' "W hav bean In th habit of
looking upon education Inn much aa
Intellectual, not sufficiently tin
axlnatlve; loo much poaltlv. not
sufficiently a active and rraatlv.
and th result la that It ha become
wooden and artificial, almost a nos
trum for lh young. If tha ethonla
rs really tit gea that hold on llf
which a true education mual mean
It will hav to com through th two
factor that this sort of a theater
center could creat. ' On of thesa,
th tying togalhar of Interests now
rather groteaquely separated Into
departments, and th other an em
phaal upon th creative rather than
upon th receptive sttltud of th
student mind.' W hav vast labora
tories and great libraries, but of
equal value with thane certainly
would be a theater mad th cor
of very university lerm whar
group of students would profit not
only by what they themselves war
presenting, but also by th vivid ad
dition of th Interest of thus
about thm."
To the Multitude of Critic.
' Th farther a man I from tha
possibility of becoming president of
the U. S. A. Ihe eaaler It Is for hi ml
to say what he would do If he held
the office. Washington Star.
Ta nwil the .- ma e
tts !, luiaa ms at rr San,
asBh.e, aa lha f.uiilr
w ar, li.l ft.e ! aama I Ba
(aa v.r el el all ta l
Of rae.M we kae a M.wl leare
In (rum ih.i , trntttt aa amfe ana
Th hia f,uai d-or II !..! yaw- i.
. l.i a aa Ihay will !""" "-"
llul Ih.la ua teal aitaBfais s.
Hut t "the folki" varr earn.
It.. lha aaanla ia ' haa area-)
Th tiunl U..T war. A !!! Has
K',p .n,o..l (i in hard an s'ltllfMI
Tha Hula aik eratin lha Bi4e.
Th rhll,tr. n taushtn' wl'h d.llfhl
M iwa fewl iha at lsl
I'mn. faintr, arr wit lh 4ar.
la ia waia if aalj Ihaa
Aa mnlhar (ram hr markalle.'
Aei a.iahtrs wha tia.a Ju.l run la.
Aa ail (f lnM wha notaf 4
Aa lefllaiioa lu.l la
Ut an tUqualle la s4. ,
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Ar,,an4 lh nu. It n that anas
Wl v.a lha frnnl Hoof IHI lh n
Hui. whan ansn lha hou.a thy waa.
Wall, llwa fa know twin fat a frt.u.
Tha franl's for etransers aa far itjta.
Tha ralila' eai an rroten amllaj
Tha faih araua la aal apart
ynr fnlas whn ara'l erau ar smart,
llul walk right lata kaaw aa hasrt.
Cearrlsb. Ilf.
CENTER SHOTS.
Hah O'Tat seems to b a very
tlv Irlehman. Grevnvlll I'ledmont,
Th only part of th nation' food
supply raised by th middleman la
th Vrl-. Hartford Time.
Bab Ruth Immediately went
fishing ftr hi suspension. Lookt
If ther wer method In hi mad
ness, doesn't It? Houston I'ott.
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OTTO A. SINKIE,
. A. B, J. tf.
, Otto A. Sinkie, Peopled Candidate
' "By Petition" for County Attorney, .
says: "Tht Volstead Act is unsound from a
political standpoint because it invsdes the
people's personal liberty as to matters of a
purely moral character. But it Is sound in to
far as it abolishes the old saloon and strong
drinks, for these ar economic matters. Ther
are different views regarding the enforcement .
of prohibition laws. As to strong1 drinks I will
enforce them strictly, but as to light wines
and beet I will be lenient and reasonable."
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