FAKE MESSAGES Make Schools Fit Child and Not Child Fit
"RECEIVED" FROM School, Aim . of Omaha School Instructors , :
DEAD SOLDI ERS pubiic Scho1 ExPerfence
f Has Discovered System
To Classify Child Aft
er Making Intelli
gence Test.
Sir David Ferrier Tells ; of
s Tricks , by Spiritualists
' Practiced on Distracted
. ' Relatives of Men.
reason or another,- do not fit into making. All of this work seems to
the classes which their ages ordinar- be very satisfactory, with the possi-
ily would require. ble exception of brush making, and
, These special classes have been it is hoped that the industrial work ,
started at Bancroft, Comenius, Cass, can be widened in Its scope next
year.
London "I thought spiritualism
and the supernatural claims of medi
ums were quite exploded by this
time", said Sir David Ferrier, the
eminent neuro-pathologist, in an in
terview., i "The revival of the occult synchro
nizes with the termination of the
war, when there are thousands of
people in the country suffering the
heart-breaking anguish of being un
able to gain tidings of those dear to
them who are classified as 'missing.'
"It is only natural that these dis
tracted relatives should resort to
every means likely and unlikely to
obtain information, but I am quite
unable to understand how anybody
with any pretense to medical quali
fication can lend countenance to
the preposterous impositions with
which spiritualism is steeped, and, as
such, have been exposed again and
again. . ' " j t, ... ;,"
"The alleged phenomena which Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle appears to re
gard as a new discovery are not only
an old story, but one which has nev
er been capable ot support when
subjected to honest and impartial in
vestigation. Helped Unveil Trick.
"More than 30 years ago I saw the
tricks which Sir A. Conan Doyle
now seriously asks his readers to Re
lieve. I was present at a seance in
Quebec street one Sunday afternoon
about that-time-, and-myold friend,
Balfour Browne, the great parlia
mentary lawyer, was there also.
"It was a- cold day, but before the
seance began the embers in the fireplace-1
were carefully removed.
Thick curtains were then ' drawn
across -the windows -and every pre
caution .was taken to exclude the
smallest spark Of light, real or' arti
ficial. We remained some time in
total darkness, and then, as now, the
gathering was entertained by the
mystic touch of invisible fingers, and
the rest of the mummery, which Sir
A. Conan Doyle lays such stress on.
' "Then from - a curtained alcove
ghostly hands made their appear
ance. Presently the dim outline of
a face became visible, and I remark
ed to Balfour Browne in a voice just
loud enough for the medium to hear.
'How very like Mr. Taylor's face.'
It did not in the least surprise me
when I was told presently that the
face I had just seen was that of Mr.
Taylor, who, as it happened, was a
purely imaginary person.
"The climax to this miserable non-
1
, Making the school fit the child,
rather than the child fit the school,
is one of the big problems being
worked out by the public school in
structors of Omaha and other cities.
The idea of trying to apply a certain
curriculum to all children ot
Work Shows Results.
A visit to Comenius school last
week served to show the results be-
Druid, Franklin, Kellom, Miller
Park and Train schools. A second
class is maintained at Comenius
school. The assignment of children
through a research department. The mg obtained in this Special class of
first observation of a child who is work. Most of these children are of a
mentioned for one of these classes, class that find the regular classroom
i by the regular teacher. The re- studies irksome when they try to
search director then applies the tests apply themselves during the entire
nrA;n n annmvoa standard, to school dav. Thev are now allowed
ildren ot any AT- JZ.u:-l -c tu. - j- ; industrial -
SrZifc, hn,Uafoffil Oe chUd examined during the last tivitie, an! the other hours to regu-
be a fallacy.
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Out of Ions' public school experi
ence has grown a system of mental
or intelligence tests by which any
child may be classified. Under this
system a 15-year-old child may be
found to be 8 years old mentally. Un
der the old system a teacher would
have to make the best of he situa-i,
tion if she happened to have in her
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Little American Flag, Made
By Belgian; Girl, Aids Loan
When Yanks Entered Beaucourt a Little, Nine-Year-Old
Girl Stepped Up to Colonel Tinley of Council
Bluffs and Presented Him With a Flag, Which
She Made From Clothing.
room a subnormal child or a super
normal child. She would have to
devote her special attention to either
child. Frequently a disturbing ele
ment in her room would be a super
normal child whose mind outdis
tanced the others and then he would
upset the discipline during his spare
time by performing pranks.
Special Classes Developed.
school semester was sent tq the state
school for the deaf. - ,
"Children in special classes are
able to do only a limited amount of
regular academic work, .and this
means that all kinds of suitable ac
tion w6rk and industrial occupation
must be supplied," explained Re
search Director Leon O. Smith. "The
carried
industrial work now being
Omaha's public school system is on in Omaha special classes consists
rlevelonincr medal classes in the nf vvcavinc basketrv. ruar making,
schools for children who, for one plain sewing, chair caning'and brush are served, the schoolmasters say,
lar book.work. Under this plan they
apply themselves with enthusiasm to
both lines of instruction. Some of
these children are defectives, others
merely' slow of comprehension, and
others have been retarded on account
of illness or other causes.
New Jersey has a state law which
.requires that children who are three
years or more below the normal
mentality for their age, must be
placed in special classes. The the
ory of this legislation is that it is
not fair to the teacher and children
to be handicapped by a child who is
subnormal or supernormal; and it is
also contended that the exceptional
child should have exceptional in
struction. By grouping the excep
tional cases, the best interests of all
Mrs. Matt Tinley of Council
Bluffs has received from her hus
band, Major Tinley, just returned
to the United States, the 168th di
vision, American army of occupa
tion, a flag and letter which con
tains an unusually tender bit of sen
timent. " ' '
The flag is now being carried by
the Council Bluffs Elks' quartet on.
its Victory loan trips, and after it
has served its present use, it will be
preserved in a glass case by the
Iowa State Historical society in the
capitol building at Des Moines.
When the armistice had been
signed, the One Hundred Sixty
eighth was ordered to march
through Belgium on its way to Ger
many. The men arrived early one
morning at the village of Beaucourt,
Belgium, where the people greeted
the Yanks with wild cheers. On the
day before, Georgette Feltz, 9-year-old,
heard that the "Yanks were
coming," so she spent the entire
night scouring the village for pieces
of red, white and blue clothing with
which she fashioned a crude Amer
ican, flag after impressions obtained
through pictures. There arc only
nine stars on a blue field, but it Is
believed that she was short of cloth
and did the best she could.
When Major Tinley and his men
had listened to the words of wel
come from the mayor of Beaucourt,
little Miss Georgette stepped up
and handed the Council Bluffs of
ficer the flag.-
In a letter to Mrs. Tiniey, en
closing the flag, the major wrote:
"A large lump came into my throat
when the little girl handed me that
flag. I jus didn't know whetherA
i was aioot or norseoack. Ldian t
know what to say at first. It
pressed me more than I ca
'scribe to you in words."
J. R. Gerke, Alex Behgst
Charles S. Haverstock and J. F.
McCarger, members of the Coun
cil Bluffs quartet, carried the flag
with them all week on their Victory
loan singing tour through western
Iowa. ,
"WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS.
What Does Woman wish for? A,
To retain her youthful figure- , ) ' v, '
And hair as color of youth f --
To assume the duties" of motherhood : . .
Without the everlasting care .
She craves the sort of a man
With a heart as big as the earth ' ' v
For attention in every detail"
He always is oh the alert d -Of
herself she wants to give ' "-
The best she can conceive
Although there's little in her
v Of the old time Eve
She wants to be considered ' ' '
At least as an equal to man k '
- Although the whole world' over : V
She has been placed under, a ban ' , IV
If this does not fill the'bill, sir, . . j
Of what a woman craves ". '"
Will some one kindly tell, sir ? ;
What in her heart she craves? ' ; .
The above letter, written by Mrs. Charles Bone, Kearnsyi Neb.,
has been adjudged the prize winning answer to the contest, "What
Every Woman Wants." ' . .
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sense came when one of the audi
ence squirted some red liquid at a
ghostly figure which took the place
of Mr. Taylor. Lights were pro
duced, and, behold, the 'spirit' before
us was a very healthy subject who
had certainly not quitted the world
so far, and whose appearance sug
gested that he was destined to live,
like other mortals, for a considera
ble time to come.
"The meeting broke up hurriedly,
and not the least crestfallen among
the spiritualists was this very sub
stantial 'spirit' whose face and shirt
front were streaming with the well
directed ,spray of cochineal.
."Hypnotism is quite distinct from
spiritualism, and in the hypnotic
.state the subject can be made to ex
perience sensations which are the
genuine result of his mental condi
tion while under its strange influ
ence. Here, however, is a mortal
who is once more passing through
scenes of the past. Thus a soldier
might conceivably.believe himself to
be in the trenches at close grips
with the enemy. It is a phase of
mind- thoroughly recognized by
brain specialists."
German Press Rails
at Proposal to Alter
Colors of the Flag
London. The proposal to change
the colors of the rational flag of
Germany from black-white-red to
black-red-gold is bitterly criticized
by the Pan-German and Nationalist
journals. Dr. Preuss, in introduc
ing the proposal, defended it as fol
lows: ."Whether or not the colors black-white-red
were the correct .colors of
the German empire is much debated
by historians. Quite possibly they
were simply those assumed by the
.insurgents of Lutzow. The colors
black-red-gold (adopted by the rev
olutionaries in 1848) correspond
with the conceptions of political
freedom and union of all the Ger
mans which have been the leading
ideas of the nineteenth century.
The Preu:;.'che Zeitung says' that
to change your colors is to show
that you are ashamed of them, and
k'ives a long harangue on the his
torical glory of the empire. It also
suggests that if
made it 'would be more in accord-
manifested by the returning legisla
tors to Douglas county. , :
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(jiuuibc in nis praise or i,iiK:oirifciV;.
V W.I gl, . ,UffM
The state legislature serves one
good purpose, if nothing else and
between the capital city and the me
tropolis. Time was when a Lincbln
ite and an Omahan would not walk
on the same side of the street to
gether. In days gone by if a Lincoln res
ident knew he was in the presence
of an Omaha person, he would keep
his hands on his watch and chain
and look for the nearest policeman.
In 'the whirligig of time those
things have all changed. A spirit of
a change is to be " camaraderie has grown up between
these two cities. , Nowadays a .Lin
coln man would lend an Omaha man
ance with the present condition of
ftprfflanv if the reft flac wprc atiftnt-
ed, with a white star on it the star money without changing words iV
of David! " ';' 7" This'spirit of brotherly loveVas
Lincoln is a 'fine
he said. "If I did not be?ieve that I
owed a duty to my coii'stitue.ftuttd,'
reniam in Umaha, I would live4 m
Lincoln. They don't crowd you off '
of the sidewalk in Lincoln I w6uld
like to tell you a few things about
the mimbers of the state, sinnit.
There is a foine body of men;- f
was only a riprisintitive. hutfi'irl
afther tilling you that the sitinit Was
an august body. 1 Was an indipin-
dint number, that 1 a tilling ."you
also.":. ' "
Then there was .Tom, Hollister,
who did not go a a legislatorbiit.
hp hH wArlf In An incf tli camn'f
."There is one tliinn I know aWut m i
r . t
. Uncoin and that is. vou can t TSoit
on the sidewalk there and get amiyv
Swith it," said Mr. Hollister. xJ
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