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YANKEE CnARACTER LAUDED
Iranklin and Edwards Two Great
Types, Says Prof.. Phelps.
OMAHA CLUB HOLDS CELEBRATION
Wanhlaitton's Birthday 'Dinner Ok
rfd nllk Itanqaet and Addrm.es
Vhallcnberger Wsnti Desir
able Cltlsene in Of flea.
ftparkllng with wit and epigram and
bristling with Round, common sense was
the addrss. dellvored Tuesday evening at
the Washington birthday dinner of the
Omaha, club by Prof, William Lyon Phelps
of Yale university. '
Tor fully an hour the educator from Old
Ell held his audience Intensely Interested In
the characters of two great Yankees, Ben
jamin Franklin ' and Jonathan Edwards.
While paying tribute to these two repre
sentatives of American character the
speaker did not overlook the virtues of the
rather of Ills Country George Wash
ington, .to whom he gavo all glory and
honor.
Covers", were laid at the' dinner for
130 guests. Pinner was served at T:0
o'clock, after which eame the program of
toasts, consisting of but three numbers.
John Lee Webster acted as toastmaster.
Introducing Prof. Phelps and Governor
Shallenberger, the latter responding to
the toast "Good Cltlsenshlp. "
Rousing: Veil Greets Speaker,
There was a lusty yell from the gueto
when the educator from New Haven rose
for his address. The toaetmaster in Intro
ducing the ' speaker declared that the
boast of Americans was In the future and
not In the things that have been wrought
in the ps.et.
"Tho conquest of commerce Is our aim,"
aald Mr. Webster. "Schools and colleges
form the advance guard for the conquer
ing of Ignorance and the attainment of
commercial success."
"Two representatives of American char
erten, 'Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin
Franklin, " was the theme announced by
Prof. Phelps. These two men, he aald
represem.es every trait In tha good
true American.
"Franklin and Edwards were exact op
posite in character," said the speaker.
"Every virtue that we ean attribute to
the typical American we can find in the
personalities of these two types.
"On the one side we see Jonathan Ed
wardsdeeply moral, spiritual, Intellectual,
highly religious. On tha other aide, we
and Benjamin Franklin, practical, useful,
humorous. ' .
"We ean look upon Ben Franklin only
In the light of a great benfactor. He was
the most useful man in he world at his
time, for. his contributions to American life
wer manifold. We can safely call him
the greatest American In history. He rep
resented the practical in life, the progres
sive., the industrious. . .
"We tnay represent these two mea' In
till another comparison. Edwards was' the
reflective, the conservative character;
Franklin was the every-day. the useful, th
progressive. y '
"Today w might say that Edwards rep
resents ; the east and Benjamin " Franklin
represents the west. Here we can sea the
contrast between the eastern and the, west
em man in conquering commerce." Both the
east and the west are winning out in the
conquests of commerce.
In an Interview Prof. Phelps paid a high
compliment to the western men In the east
ern universities. He declared that they
wer among the best students In college;
that they were winning out in all fields of
endeavor, and that the spirit of th west 1
a valuable Influence In eastern life.
Wanted The Cltlirn Mayor.
Governor Shallenberger In his address on
"Good Cltlsenshlp" sounded a clear note
when he lamented th fact that many pub
lic spirited men kept out of municipal-affairs.
He alluded to the office of mayor
and pointed out such characters as General
Charles F. Mandersoa and John Lee Web
ster as desirable cltttens for the office of
the mayor.
"The highest tribute to the country Is
good cltlsenshlp," said th governor.'. "Th
right ef representative government is a
great and valuable asset, yet we win that
only by personal sacrifice? Things worth
having In life are won In this way by
personal sacrifice.
"The name ef George Washington is one
of our greatest among the names of good
cttirens. We ean never forget Ills examples,
not so long as there Is an' English tongue.
We hare freedom today, one of th greatest
privileges of eltlsensh.lp.s. In the progress
of civilisation Nebraska . must not forget
that good citizenship IS one of the most
desirable assets in life." .
This afternoon, at the request of William
M. Davidson, superintendent of publle In
struction. Prof. Phelps will address the
teachers of the publle schools on "How to
Get th Best Out of Books."
While In Omaha th eastern educator Is
the guest of Victor Caldwell, with whom
he graduated from Tala in 183T. This is the U,v wlthout spending everything It makes
teacher' second trip in the west, during
which he has filled, engagements at Bt
Louis, Kansas City and Jefferson City.
SOUTH OMAHA PIONEERS
OUT IN SPfTE OF COLD
Washington's Life
Lessons Drawn
Modern
Reviewed and
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t'ae.
About tho only formal celebration of
Washington's birthday In South Omaha
was the rmetlng of th Pioneer Historical
society during the evening in Library hall.
This meeting was attended by a fair audi
ence considering the eold wave which
seems to leset these monthly meetings of
the pioneers. A program was presented
consisting of a review of the life of Wash
Ington by Mrs. O. L. Talbot and a discus
lon by members of the club. The girl's
quartet of the South Omaha High ' choel
rendered a number of. selections which
enlivened th program materially. .The
young women have exceptionally good
voices and their efforts were confined to
a class of musle well within th rang ef
their voices and experience. ,
Th duet by Mrs. Sage and J. C. Carley
was much enjoyed. Only three of the
Pioneer quintet were present. These were
Carley, Smith and Broadhurst. Ttielr selec
tions always please.
The South Omaha market and most ef
the South Omaha merchants . eonduoted
business as usual during the day. The
postofflce was closed after 14:M a. m., and
the city' halt building , was closed all day.
The flags were displayed over ( all publle
buildings. A holiday was declared for all
the school children during the afternoon,
and in most of the schools the teachers
gave a period to the discussion of the rea
sons for observing the day.
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A Break for Liberty
from stomach, liver' and kidney trouble ' la
made when a ZSe box of Or. King's New
Life Pills is bought. For sal by Beaton
Drug Co.
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edy as confidently to a babe aa to an aduit.
Building Permits. i '
Henry Grimm, ISIS ' Boulevard, frame
dwelling, $1,800; Frank Krlss, 620 Hickory,
frame dwelling, 13.200.
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tense of comfort And satisfaction that
goes with a high-grade, well -fit ting
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getting a square deal. We not
only give you a better shoe
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Th department pf superintendence of th
National Educational association la arrang
ing to hold it' annual sessions In Indian
apolis beginning .March 1 and continuing
four daye." . Upon this body of men de
volves th wrork of planning the most ef
fective administration of the laws of the
states a they relate to- the schools. Expert
administration or superintendence I- a
comparatively new thing. The office of
county superintendent long haa been po
litical more than educational. Today the
aim is to have every teacher backed up
by a Strong superintendent. Even . in the
rural communltlea theae superintendents
are being selected more for their availa
bility as trained school workers than aa
politicians to be rewarded for service.
Perhaps th most Important movement In
tho school world, from a national stand
point. Is tha effort to teach scientific agri
culture In. the eountry schools. Of course
this was Impossible so long a th little
red achool house remained the expression
of American educational tendencies. No
teacher could Impart even a smattering Of
agriculture in an ungraded school where
he had to ruo the gamut of instruction.
But the recent success of the effort to
consolidate the rural schools.; and to trans
port the children to and from them, has
been followed by a movement to toaoh agri
culture to them. Ailnt Secretary Hays
of th Department of Agriculture," says
there are 900.000 little red school houses in
the United States, two-thirds of -which are
situated In communities where farming Is
the principal occupation. He 'believes that
th 200,000 situated among farmers could '
be consolidated Into 30,000, so that scientific
agriculture could b taught' In each of
them. ,
In these times of .high price's It is Inter
esting to note whs.t "effect such a consoli
dation and course of Instruction would have '
upon the production of , staple crops in
America. It Is a conservative estimate that ,
the technically trained farmer can get
one-half more out of his soil than the man
who operates his farm by main strength
and awkwardness. But supjae he got only
one-fourth more out Of his operations? He -would
add 260,000,000 bushels to the annual
wheat crop, 600,000.000 bushels to the corn
crop, and more than S.000,000 bales to th
cotton1 crop. The total Increase on these
three crops alone, therefore, would be
worth more than $1,000,000,000 at current
prices and these do not constitute more
than half tho product of th farm. And It
is Inevitable that such increases would
foroe prices down, so that the world oould
on Its living..
The growing demand for teachers of
agriculture has meant a corresponding de
mand for, higher' courses In that branch
of study, aind many of th colleges arid
universities are beginning to make a fea
ture of courses In it. Dr. T. O. Heatwole
of th University of Maryland Is seeking
to have established in Baltimore a great
school of technology, modejled after . the
Massachusetts Institute, where southern
youths may be trained in tho higher
branches of technical education. Among
these branches, of "course, Is agriculture.
He takes the view that if the south Is to
develop to Its full Industrial possibilities
it must have a great school where Its men
ean be fitted for leadership in th solution
of Ms Industrial problems.
While the possibilities of agricultural
education are so great, it Is interesting to
note that th people apend $29 per capita
for tobaeco and liquor and 'only $3.60 for
education. They apend $7,O0KO0O for per
fumery, $24,000,000 for mineral and soda
waters, $11,000,000 for confectionery and only
$12,090,000 for school books. What might '
be th result ' to the nation If It were to
reverse the proportion and spend $2.60 per
capita for drinks and tobacco and $29 for
education?
Open-air schools for tubercular children
ar among the new developments In the
educational world, eight cities now having
such schools. The children who' are found
to be' suffering from tuberculosis are
segregated and sent to these schools Just
aa many days aa tho weather will permit.
It has been found that tho little sufferers
themselves are Immeasurably benefited
and that at the same time It serves as a
great protection for other children. . .
, Nearly all Important cities are beginning
to eonslder - th health of the children.
Statistics were recently gathered from 860
leading American cltiea with a population
3 22,000,000 and an enrollment of 4,000,000.
these 211 have examinations to discover
Oh presence of transmissible diseases, 234
make examinations for defective vision, 171
for breathing troubles and 119 for bad
teeth. Tha legislature 'of Washington has
psssed a law providing that no school
shall be built hraftr on a alt which
affords less than sixty square feet of play
ground for each pupil.
Th International Kindergarten union Is
arranging to hold Its annual convention
(n St. Louis this summer. It was there.
under the patronage of the lata commie
aloner of education. William T. Hariia,
that the kindergarten was first made an
adjunct of the public schools. The move
ment has since enjoyed a . phenomenal
growth, with the result that the child who
attends knows as much at as the aver
age school-boy used to know at 10. NThe
National Story Tellers' league also will
have a convention this summer. Hamilton
W. Mable Is president of the organisation
and It Is growing rapidly. The eiffort Is to
revive the gentle art of story telling, and
each community Is expected to organise
a local club. Th league Is now able to
support a journal In -the Interest of the
movement and high schools everywhere are
being Invited to found local clubs.
Newton, Mass., haa brought the card In
dex Into Its schools. A card Is entered for
each pupil when he starts to sohool, giving
all the Information about him that Is Im
portant for th teacher and the superin
tendent to know. As he progresses through
the succeeding grades his record Is kept
carefully on this card, and In this way his
credentials always can be shown wherever
he goes. Massachusetts cities, and towns
ar famous for their advanced educational
ideas, and Lynn haa one that is equal to
the best. The Federation of Women's Clubs
of that city has undertaken to maintain a
juvenle restaurant. It aims to keep a bill
of fare suitable for the needs of school
children. Coffee is left off th bill as be
ing too stimulating for them. A sardine
sandwich may be had for I cents, tomato
soup for S onnts, a glass of milk for 2 cents,
and other things In proportion. Chicken
sandwiches and Ire cream, at 6 cents each
have, the call, though the average lunch Is
said to eost only 6 eents. Some 600 lunches
Sre served each day and the business Is
self-supporting. Much of the work Is done
by' the girls In the cooking classes, who
Young America will hail Inspector James
L. Hughe of' Toronto as a modern John
the Baptlnt crying In the wilderness of ed
ucation. He predicts the bookless school.
He thinks that each child must be taught
by a different method, and the whole thing
must be done by the teacher. Other edu
eators are being converted to the Idea that
the best learning for the child comes, not
from books, but from tho minds of good
teachers.
Chicago's new woman superintendent of
schools. Miss Ella FJagg Young, has' In
augurated many new departures In school
work slnee she assumed the reins of school
government. One of these Innovations la to
secure the consent of factory owners to
the employment of boy In pairs, one boy
to work one week and the other the next.
In this way the factory Buffers no depletion
In the force, while the boys ar enabled to
go to school. In this way many a poor
family In Chicago can send Its boys to
school, the while having an Income from
their work. The children's playground
movement has reached Its highest success
. in Chicago, where STiOO.OOO ' is spent each
year. New York, second among the cities
in total expenditure, gives only $123,000 to
playgrounds. Chicago gives as much to the
playground movement as all the other Im
portant cities together. ,
Someone has been gathering' statistics
concerning college and hon-oollege women.
More than, 3,000 random Inquiries were sent
out and 'answers received thereto. It was
found , that college women have better
health .than non-college Women, 778 out of
each 1,000 emjoylng excellent health, and
only eight out of each 1.000 being In poor
health. The average college woman . was
found to marry later In life, but her family
is slightly larger than that of th non
college woman. The former also has the
advantage of th non-college woman in
height and weight, doe perhaps to her
athletics. On the other hsnd, college men
are lees Inclined to marry and have smaller
families than non-college men. Statistics
of Harvard graduates show that training
there furnishes the young man with a
kind of armor against Dan Cupid's darts.
and that in most cases this lasts lor a
number of years. . .
Perhaps the two most learned boys In
the United States are botl; sons of Har
vard professors. The work of young Wil
liam Jamee Sldts, . who rattles off philo
sophic discussions of the fourth dimension
and other things no less involved, with the
ease of a Mohammedan saying his prayers,
recently passed the Harvard entrance ex
amination. He finds .a rival n Norbert
Welner, who graduated last summer from
Tuft's college while .still on, the sunny
side of IB. At 18 months he knew the
alphabet, at t yeara he could read and
welt and by the time he was 10 he could
give the average high school graduate a
tight educational wrestle. At 12 he en
tered Tuft's college ana found It easy
sailing, . finishing ths four years' course
in three years. With all his education he
has not lost, his boyish love for sports and
athletics.
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High Sohool Student! Honor Memory
of First President by Formal '
Exercises.
The commemoration of the birth' of
George Washington was held at Young
Men's Christian association building Tues
day evening by the atudenta of the Omaha
High achool. Th program was in charge
of, th senior class of the school, and in
pit of th inclemency of the "weather, a
good number of the pupils of the high
school and their parent wer present.
Chandler Trimble, president .of the senior
elass. presided at the exercises. Th Rev.
E. H. Jenks and Profs. Bernstein and Wool
cry addressed the pupils.
1 Mr. .Bernstein made the opening speech,
setting forth th possibilities for the pres
ent senior class to make a lasting memorial
of themselves as a class more by making
their class th moat democratic one evet
known In th high school than by leaving
merely a picture or piece of statuary.
. Mr WrtnlArv anrtlr . n tha nurtlla nn h
if of Washington and his many noble
characteristic, their effect on this country
and on th present government of the
United Slates. He showed) how Washing
ton's great spirit had always worked for
the best Interest of ths American people
even after hi death and how it wss even
now working to make a better government
and a better people of th United State
of today.
Dr. Jenks showed th many Improvements
of th present age over th past generation,
In both material, moral and aptrltual waya
He cited Washington as an example of a
perftat American, even though bo did th.nja
that la the present age at not even lawfu1.
aueh as keeping slaves. He illustrated the
great growth ef this nation sine the day
of Washington and prophesied ' more and
greater thlnga that th rising generation
w ould sea.
Th remainder of th program consisted
mine Sherraden, mandolin duets by Fred
Fernald and Robert McCague, accompanied
by Severs Susman, and some selections
sung by the Omaha High School Glee club.
All In these 'little sketches showed that
dramatics and music were not being neg
lected at the high ' school and they were
all mad to give several selections before
the crowd would let them go.
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BOTH LEGS OFF, MAN DIES
George Coomstock, an Old Laboring:
Man, Snffers Frightful Accident
In Railroad Yards.
With both legt cut off, George Coom
stock, a laborer, of 261S Korth Thirteenth
street,, died In St. Joseph's hospital as the
result of an accident on IVo railroad tracks
at Fifteenth and Clark streets yesterday
afternoon.,
toomstock was walking home when a
switch engine of the Missouri Pacific
struck, a car which hit him, knooked him
down and passed over his legs. Both were
severed, above the knee,' Coomstock, who
wus an old man. Was picked up by the
members of the engine crew, who notified
tho poll co station and the Injured man
was attended by Dra. R. B. and T. T.
Harris and Dr. Thompson. '
He was then taken to St. Joseph's hos
pital, where he diod at S p. m.
The engine crew consisted of Engineer
Edwards, Fireman Nick Kracht and Fire
man Frank Corbett.
DRKSS GOODS SALI2 Kill DAY.
Draadela Stores Will Sell Flue tan.
pie Pieces of $2 Imported Goods
at TWo Yard.
Five hundred pieces of Imported sample
pieces of high-class dress goods will go on
special aals Friday at Brandels Storea at
a wonderful bargain. This group contains
diagonal chevlota. coatings and French
dress serges, broadcloths, Venetian suit
ings and gray tailored suitings. The lengths
range from t to U-yard pieces. They are
now on display In our 16th street show
windows, and any woman who sees this
display will certainly attend th sal. -
Worth up to $2 a yard. . Friday on apeolal
bargain square at 7Vo yard.
BRAND2US STORES.
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Otf of Politic
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In attempting to charge up the deficit in his
Department against the magazines the Postmaster
General has done the country a genuine, even if an
unintentional, service. He has drawn attention to
the necessity for a thorough reorganization of the
Postal Department. He has emphasized the imr
portancej of taking the Post-Office out of politics
for all time. r
The Fifty-ninth Congress authorized an inves
tigation of postal affairs, and a joint commission,
headed by Senator Penrose and Representative
Overstreet, made a thorough investigation of the
whole subject. As a result, the-Overstreet bill,
which contains many excellent recommendations,
was presented. It is not from guesswork that we
have concluded that the Department is in need of
radical reorganizationbut from the official reports
of this Joint Congressional Postal Commission
and of the disinterested accountants hired by it to
investigate the business methods of the.Depart
hient. We quote from these reports, remember
ing that the findings and criticisms are not ours,
but those of a Congressional Commission and its
authorized agents. First read these recommenda
tions from the preliminary report of the Joint
Postal Commission, in this week's number of
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Then read these extracts from the report of the(
public accountants employed by the Joint Com
mission
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' " Th service has crown from small beffinninm over a
long period of years, hampered by restrictive laws which
may have been necessary in the past and may even now be
considered necessary to some extent for a Government
department, but which would render it practically impos
sible for any private business to survive. .
" The general absence of any efficient methods of account
ing has been brought to light by the inquiry carried out
by the Joint Commission on second-class mail matter,
tfhis report was referred to Congress on January 80, 1907,
and our investigation has confirmed the impression gath- 1
ered from the study of it, that the whole of these methods
are crude in the extreme and such as no private business
, , concern or corporation could follow without the certainty
of loss, if not of financial disaster."
. Ther e are half-a-dozen more of these extracts
on the Editorial page of this week's issue of The j
Saturday Evening. Post. ,
In the Joint Postal Commission's report of
1907 we find:
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"As an Indication of the views at present entertained it
' la proper to say tht the commission is profoundly
Impressed with the wisdom of the accountant s report in
recommending the following:
" That the actual direction of the business of the .
Post-Office Department and postal service be committed to
an officer with necessary assistants to be appointed by the
' President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, for long terms, so as to insure the continuity of
efficient service, and that the Postmaster-General, as a ' ,
I member of the Cabinet, be chargeable only with general
' supervisory control ana the determination of questions
... , 1 of policy.''
LV""We ask Congress to give us(a Director
of Postsas recommended by the Joint Congres
sional Committee of 1907, an officer who shall be
non-political, and whose term of service shall not
be subject to political changes, and wh6 shall con
duct the workings of the Post-Office Department
with the efficiency, economy and businesslike;
methods, which distinguish high-class American
business enterprise. ' !
The Curtis Publishing Company
V ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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