Nebraska Newspapers

    V
HUNDREDS OF
SHRINERS TO
I CROSS SANDS
"Shake With Jake," Is Slogan
; Adopted by 'Members of
- Tangier Temple of
This City. ,
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s '"Shake with Jake" is the slogan
; v!-. which has been adopted by the
, members of 'Tangier Temple, An
rient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, when they cross the
. sands on their annual pilgrimage to
. , ine imperial council session at in
dianiDOlis. Tune. 10. 11 and 12.
-"Jake" refers to Jacob Jacoby'of
' Indianapolis, the imperial potentate.
'A special train will leave Omaha
on Sunday, June 8, bearing 300
members of Tangier Temple of
Omaha, Sesostris Temple of Lincoln
.v and Tehama Temple of Hastings.
.,' The train will be made up here, and
the special cars from Lincoln and
Hastings will be attached.
Will Visit Chicago.
The Nebraska delegation of Shrin-
'MJ will visit in Chicago from 8 a. in.
.-mMl midnight on Monday, June 1J,
when they will be the guests of Me-
dinah Temple. The train will be of
; Pullman equipment throughout, will
be appropriately decorated and will
' have a commissary feature.
The Arab Patrol and the Tangier
urum ,orps win accompany ine
pilgrimage, and will enter the con
::.' tests which will be held in Indian-
apolis. The president of the patrol
is Walter C. MacCue, and the cap--.t
tain is Harry Rasmussen. Dr. Zoro
" D.' Clark is president and major of
. the drum corps.
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. f" Search for -Camels.
The countryside hereabouts is be
ling searched for camels and goats
which will be needed by the Omaha
' Shriners when they are crossing
the burning sands. Nebraskans at-
tending the imperial council session
have engaged headquarters at the
Claypool and Severin hotels in In
dianapolis. A party of women will
. make the pilgrimage from Omaha
". and other Nebraska towns.
V' , It is expected that Tangier drum
v corps will be heard and seen while
s in : the Hoosier metropolis. They
i, are practicing up like "Sam Hill"
V for the occasion and they intend to
- give the Indiana folks a demonstra
, tion of real western pep. ,
. . y Temple Widely Known.
" , Tangier Temple is one of the best
-, established Masonic organizations
" - it. ......... Tl ,a Lhahih . .- ...
. coast to coast. The membership of
4 AAA i I., r f . .. . nMHAaH
-'- the state,
r . " The divan of Tangier Temple com
prises the following personnel rT. L.
f ,A Cnmhu. notentate: Earl R. Stiles.
-thief rabban; Charles E. Black, as
sistant rabban; John" R. Dysart,
.high priest and tfrophet; Howard R.
J.. flMtiMiftf nricnlal eMf,H. Arthur r.
Trimble, first ceremonial master; J.
.fi.- w IT ' Da. Jit t Af-mAn ( 1 naa
. . i . nrii v. iiiiu lli luiuii t m ilia j
-" ter; John W. cooper, captain ot
v, guards; W. S. Wedge, outer guard;
H, C Tym, marshal.
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Umaha iypograpnical '
V Union 190 WiU Hold
Memorial Services
Omaha .Typographical union No.
"190 wilK observe . Memorial Sunday
y."thjs afternoon at 3:30 in the A. O.
U. W. ; temple, Fourteenth and
Dodge streets, with a special pro
- gram." The services will be open to
' the public,
Ninety members of. the organiza
M -tion "have died since it was organ-
wed. seven during the last year. Oft
; Hhe38 members in the military serv-
ice of Jheir country two have given
up' their lives to the cause. It is in
honor these members that the
I program is to be held.
The 'Rev. T. J. Mackay will de
' .liver, the invocation. Addresses by
"E. L. Platz, Samuel Hussey and T.
. W. McCullough and a reading by C.
J. Anderson are on the program.
- In Loving Memoriam," the reading
' to he given by Mr. Anderson, is his
own composition.
Music will be furnished by the
' South SideChristian church choir.
C Myrle Reeves will sing.
. typographical union No. 190 was
organized, over 35 years ago. There
are-at present 335 members. C. J.
Anderson, Fred Sullivan and Ray
mond Sperry are members of the
committee which planned the memo
rial program. ,
Smith Sea Beauties Use
.'if White Chalk Complexion
Philadelphia. Paint and powder
on the faces of "women the world
over" were condemned by Rev. Dr.
A. Pohlman at the Presbyterian
ministerial conference in the Wither
spoon building. Dr. Pohlman, who
Vwas formerly an African missionary,
.said;
"In their desire to make their
faces attractive by paint and powder
, women are the same the world over.
In Liberia they use white chalk on
their , black faces. Here they use
red and pink. What is the differ
ence?" Mother's Letters Save
' the Life of Her Boy
Emporia, Kan Mrs. O. S. Moore
a has received a "package of blood
stained letters she had written her
son,. Charles Moore, with a letter
from, him telling her that they were
the, means of saving his life. He
was fighting in the Champaigne last
fall when a piece of shrapnel struck
him in the breast. The letters in
his .pocket broke .the force of the
shell. He is now recovering in a
New York hospital.
Collecting "War Taxes"
Latest in Crook Schemes
Cleveland, O. It's here, boys.
" The latest "patriotic" confidence
game is collecting "wartaxes." M.
F. Heldes is looking-for the -two
smooth collectors who explained that
his contribution to the national in-
come under the "new revenue bill"
; would be exactly $10.20. Heldes
paid and asked questions afterwards.
Organized painters in Davenport,
la., have won their fight against
wage reductions and the contractors
i have now signed an- agreement
MM their demands.
Official
Elias J.
"Shake with Jake," the slogan adopted by Murat Temple Shriners for
the meeting of the imperial council in Indianapolis in June, is the general
greeting that may be extended by everybody to the visitors who will come
to the city, whether Shriners or not, as an expression of the genuine hos
pitality of the Hoosier capital.
But among Shriners it will have an added Arabic significance charac
teristic of the order, being accompanied by a sign, word and grip. This
Father and Son Happy in Their Humble Home Along
the Missouri River Bank, a Real Close to Nature Spot, so
Near and
Ed Kazmirksi Has Livedo Up and Down the "Old
Muddy" for 20. Years and Knows More About This
Stream Than Any Other Omahan; Livelihood
Gained Chiefly From Fishing.
By EDWARD BLACK.
Some men reside in costly dwell
ings and others live in huble hous
es. Ed Kazmirski abides with his
father in a crude structure in the
solitude of the trees, along the riv
er bank, at the foot of Missouri
avenue.
They are happy in this close-to-nature
spot which they call their
home, sweet home.
Few people hnd their way to this
seauestered scene, where nature
gives expression in wildest mood.
The visitor leaves the street car at
Thirteenth street and Missouri
avenue and then walks eastward.
down a flight of steep steps, across
railroad tracks, and tnence he me
anders along the bottomland until
he comes - to the Kazmirski house
at the river's edge. Toward the
southeast a beautiful view of the
river is to be had; north by east is
a wooded isle, and northward the
river stretches away in its sinuous
course.
Grew Up With River.
Ed Kazmirski is 32 years old and
has lived up and down the river
for 20 years. He knows more
about this old stream than any oth
er Omahan, and he did not gain his
knowledge from school books. He
just grew up with the river, and he
loves it because he knows it.
The livelihood of this father and
son is gamed cnieny lrom hsmng.
Ed goes out in his boat and usually
returns with a generous haul. He
finds a ready sale for all he can
catch. He gave this list of pisca
torial species the river yields to
him: Sturgeon, catfish of the va
rieties known as channel, blue, sil
ver and spoon-bill; 'perch, pickerel,
wall-eyed pike, quillback, spike-
Educational
Designed to
Private Schools Constitute System
By FLOYD MACGRIFF.
International News Service Staff Correspondent.
Scene Inquiry roofh,
British
Coal commission, which is try
ing to ascertain whether mines
should be nationalized.
Sir Leo Money, socialist mem
'ber of commission, cross-examining
witness. r
"Would you sell out the schools
of this country to private own
ers?" Harold Cox, witness; well
known economist "Certainly. I
think state education is a most
mischievous thing."
Sir Leo "Would you put the
sewerage system under private
enterprise?" -
Cox "No. I would give you
the sewers." (Uproarious laugh
ter.) London, May 24. Should a prom
inent American declare before a pub
lic investigating body that he "re
garded state education as a most
mischievous thing" his remarks on
anything else certainly would not
carry much weight. In American
colonial history Virginia plantation
owners fought establishment of pub
lic schools.
But in England things are differ
ent. There is no such thing as free
public school education clear
through to the university. After a
British boy is 9 years old, or so.
there is no "equality of opportunity"
for attaining what would be regard
ed in America as merely a good high
school education. All good school
ing of a child after the age of 9 is in
private hands. Private schools,, all
of them requiring fees and many of
them boarding schools, not public
schools as Americans know and
cherish them, are preponderant in
Britain's educational system.
America's school system, often at
tacked or criticized by persons who
know nothing of school conditions
prevailing in Europe, generally is re
garded even by its critics as the na
tion's chief democratizing force.
That is exactlywhat the English
school system isn t. The education
al system here is designed to keep
the people divided into classes. And
Arab
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Jacoby (right), Imperial Potentate,
Yet so Far From City's 'Maddening Crowd'
jack, hickory shive, eel, gar and
carp. Among his prize catches
were a 64-pound sturgeon and a
56-pound cat.
The son is fittting one of his
boats with a small stationary en
gine -and he intends to use this
craft for his fishing excursions. He
has designed the boat to enable
him to go over the hidden sandbars
without running aground.
Keeps Track of Channel.
"Keeping track of the channel of
the Missouri is the hardest part of
the business, for you never know
where a new sandbar is going to
be," he said.
If he should, however, find him
self beached on a submerged sand
bar it would not necessitate being
marooned until someone went to
his recue. He is almost as adept
at swimming as the fish he lures
from the water's depths. He can
swim across the river and back,
again just as if it was part of the
day's work.
"Are you not afraid of the treach
erous whirlpools of the river?" was
asked.
"If you just hold your arms out
like this you can divide the whirl
pool, and then there is no danger,"
he "replied, illustrating his words.
Father Does Housework.
John Kazmirski, the genial father
of this child of the river, attends
to the domestic duties of their re
treat, where a woman's voice is never
heard. He bakes the bread, cooks
the meals and greets patrons who
call for fish. He also- cares for a
bed of pansies which lend a refin
ing influence to the front of the
house.
Ed was asked if he would not.
System of
Divide People
only the poorest chldren go to the
fiee schools, known as board-
schools,- because a public board has
supervision over them. Because
kindergartens give only a cursory
elementary training or because dis
ciplinary training is desired for a
year or so, the lawyer, merchant or
middle-class citizen may send his
children for a brief time to a board
school. The board schools have a
poverty-stricken, woebegone appear
ance, no lawns about them, buildings
unpretentious, without any air of up
lift about them, and are very small.
While the board schools give in
struction of a sort until a pupil is
14. even the poor boys who earn
scholarships entitling them ,to go,
fees paid, to a secondary school, quit
the board schools atflie age of 12.
Education for a middle class Eng
lish boy to gain the equivalent of a
good American high school train
ing comes in three stages. The first
is the board school. By the age of 9,
if his parents can afford it, and by
the age of 12 if he has remained in
the board school to win a scholar
ship, the pupil is placed in a second
ary school, for which there is a tu
toring fee of $15 to $20 a term, each
school year having three terms.
Thus if a parent had two children
in a secondary school the fees alone
would be $90 to $120 a year. In
addition, he would be, taxed to help
defray expenses of the board school
to which he would not think of send
ing his child after the age of 9 if he
could prevent it
The secondary school can take
the pupil through six years of train
ing. But generally, at the age of 14,
the parent, if he wants his child to
have the best training available, ar
ranges to send him to a "public"
school ' a misnomer, for it is no
more public vthan "John D. Rocke
feller's Pontico estate. The fees per
term at a public school of average
standing run $40 to $50 a term,
while the more exclusive public
schools charge anything from $100
a term, upward. The public school
trains pupils from 14 years upward
and L. T. Leacb (left), Potentate of
word and grip has been obtained by Elias J. Jacoby, the imperial poten
tate, from Arabian branches of the order, and hitherto they have not been
used in North America. The word and grip have been communicated of
ficially to L. T. Leach, the potentate of Murat. He in turn will exemplify
them to the members of the reception committee for the imperial council
meeting, and in thi& manner the visiting Shriners, on their arrival in the
city,, will receive a true Moslem greeting. All the temples that will come
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prefer to live in the city where he
could be in the midst of varied ac
tivities, have neighbors and, social'
and recreational advantages. He de
clared that he couM not be con
tented or happy away from his
river. He drags plenty of timbers
and driftwood out of the stream, and
thus the fuel problem is easily
solved. There are no taxes to pay,
and his sleep is undisturbed by
noises that harrass the city dweller.
Then why should be leave happi
ness and plenty to go around the
clock every day in the city? He
wants to know.
Has Saved Many Lives.
During his long experience on the
Great Britain
Into Classes.
to 21, although the average institu
tion has finished off its pupils at 18.
The public schools are the real
criterion of social standing. Eton
and Harrow are examples. These
are for the "blue-blooded" folk. The
training is similar to that given in
scores of American academies or
"prep" schools.
By diligent study, a baker's son
might win a scholarship in a sec
ondary school entitling him to en
ter, fees paid, some public school
at the age of 16. But cases where
in a joor man's son wins his way
from a board school to the public
school are rare. It is not the com
mon thing.
Thus,, the poor children get only
an inferior education a tutoring
which the fathers in the middle and
upper classes frown upon as being
too degrading . for their children.
The middle clas:, children get as
good schooling as their parents can
pay for. If there is a large family
and the income . is limited, educa
tional advantage likewise are lim
ited. "To. "well-heeled" families good
opportunities, though being every
thing but democratic, are available
for their children. They can choose
schools and tutors for their children
j st as they select furniture.
Co-education stops by the time
boys and girls are 9, no matter
to which class they belong. There
is no mixing up of the population
sons of -bankers, barons, bakers, me
chanics or just plain laborers in the
same school. From early life the
boys and 8Tirls soon automatically
fall into niches, as a general rule,
provided through the schools, which
in their turn are provided by the
station, social and financial, the
family has been accustomed to.
Thjis a community does not regu
late its schools or have just as good
facilities as it may desire. Neither
is there a chance for the poor man's
son to have what the son of the
man who is better off in world's
goods caru afford to provide in the
educational line.
The private schools are operated
on a basis of profit not education
of the youth because he should be
mstructed. Its a business proposi-
JJion, pure and
simple, for those
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Greeting for Shriners
Murat Temple, Illustrating Imperial
river between Omaha and Sioux City
Ed Kazmerski has brought in 10
bodies of drowned persons and he
has saved five persons from drown
ing.
And Ed has a paper which shows
that he did his bit and his best as
mechanic at Camp Funston.
some men tind happiness in a
cabin down by the river; others
sometimes hunt for happiness in
palatial places of residence.
Ed and John Kazmirski believe
that the road to happiness is the
bottomland which leads to their
riverside shelter.
conducting the private schools. If
a parent does not like the progress
his son or daughter is making in a
certain school, he simply picks out
another. The same holds good of
the "public" schools. The latter
maintain, in many cases, a rigid
social quaiincation basis tor en
trance. At Eton or Harrow it will
cost a father $2,000 a year for his
son and he won't receive any better
instruction than is available, free to
all, at the high school at Wabash,
Ind.
In going about English towns and
cities one is struck by the absence
of large, well-located, adequately
equipped common schools or high
schools. The board schools gen
erally are located in congested
areas and very often are not much
larger than cottage-like homes
which surround them. Private
schools very often are conducted in
large residences which have been
converted.
One provision enforced by prac
tically all secondary schools is that
every master (teacher) must have
a bachelor's degree.
People with money start sending
their children to boarding out
schools at the age of 7, vir.iting
their children twice monthly.
Boston School Heads
Fight Teachers' Union
Boston, Mass. Accusing several
masters of the Boston (public schools
of an effort to block the work of
teachers to form a union, the latter
are preparing to carry the fight to a
finish.
It is charged that immediately
after a meeting of the masters the
latter got busy and started in to
block the proposed proceedings.
Meetings of the teachers were
called hy some masters, while others
talked to their teachers one at a
time, according to the story told by
the teachers. The masters, the
leaders of the teachers claim, cau
tioned the teachers to go slow in the
matter "of forming a union and made
it plain that they were hostile to
the union.
Gambler "Smith" Profits
by Army Camouflage
Elyria, O. "John Smith" had
read of the tricks of camouflage em
ployed in "no man's land" in
Europe. When police raided a crap
game in a local meat market they
checked one shy on a count of the
prisoners "Smith" had crawled into
a dead gt ,
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Council Salutation, "Shake With Jake."
to Indianapolis are to be notified of the plan and be urged thus to qualify
themselves as soon after their arrival as possible.
Though the word and grip are secret, pictures have been taken to
illustrate the form of salutation. The five different stages are shown
from left to right, as follows: No. 1 The approach. No. 2 The chal
lenge. No. 3 Imperial potentate communicating the word. No. 4
Murat potentate giving response. No. 5 The official grip.
Joined as Clarinetist, Now
Leader of
Reed L. Harrison of Grand
Island, Conductor of
Band of 355th, Com
posed of Ne
braskans. Reed L. Harrison of Grand Is
land, Neb., who joined the 355th
Infantry band in 1917 as clarinetist,
is returning as its leader, according
to word received from him by his
brother, Frank A. Harrison, of Lin
coln. Harrison has not only played his
instrument in France, but has also
taken part in several engagements in
which American troops fought. In
the fighting at the Argonne forest
and on the St. Mihiel and Stenay
fronts, the 355th Infantry band
dropped their instruments to show
the Huns that they could fight as
well as play. They also acted as
stretcher bearers in these drives.
Mr. Harrison assumed charge of
the band almost upon his arrival, in
France. The original leader was
detailed to other work so much of
the time that nearly all the burden
of directing "the band's work fell
upon young Harrison.
While on the Rhine with the
army of occupation, Harrison, with
the aid of the. other band members,
helped stage a playlet, "The Colo
nial Minstrels." Seventy perform
ances were given.
The band is a Nebraska organiza
tion, composed entirely of Nebraska
men.
DeValera Spared by Prayer,
Says Wife of Irish Patriot
By a Special Correspondent.
Greystones, Ireland. I spent a de
lightful half hour in the dining room
of a pleasant seaside villa in conver
sation with a gifted intellectual
Irish lady of deep convictions and
enthusiasms.
The home was that of the rebel
chieftain, De Valera, now fleeing the
law heaven knows where the lady
was Mrs. De Valera.
Half a mile below the wintry
waves were breaking upon the gray
rocks that give' this quiet sea side
village its name, but the sun was
glinting upon the Wicklow moun
tains in the distance, and I knew
there was sunshine in the house, for
as I stood at the door awaiting the
response to my ring, I heard a wo
man singing and the cheerful prat
tle of children at play.
Could this, the Craig Liac, the
Gray Rock, as De Valera has named
it, be indeed the home of the fiery
insurrectionist, once condemned as
an outlaw, the prison-breaker, the
fugitive?
"I Am Mrs. De Valera." '
The singing ceased it was Mrs.
De Valera's voice-1 had heard and
the door opened.
"I am Mrs. De Valera. Will you
come in?" She spoke in clear, pleas
ant tones, and her eyes, typically
Irish, set in a face that was content
and happy, crowned by thick coils
of brown hair, asked in query ot my
calls.
In an-, other moment we were
seated and she was conversing ani
matedly. The news of her husband's
escape had greatly pleased her.
I only know what i see in the
capers." she said, "and I am glad.
Where he is at present I know no
more than you do. But I am glad
glad' he has escaped."
She spoke the word escaped with
emphasis, and I know what she
meant.' Escaped was sweeter to
her than "liberated.
The De Valeras have only recently
settled in Greystones, which is al
most entirely a unionist village.
"A 'olantation county, we call it."
she said with a laugh. "Cromwellian,
you know. Plenty of English here.
Oh. no; very many English people
I like immensely. Once I spent a
time in Yorkshire, in Bradford. I
preferred the moors.
Irish Do Not Know.
But she did not entirely under
stand the English, and knew littie,
as 1 hnd tne insn uu, ui-uie war
privations we have endured the po
tato queues, tne meat queues, the
one ounce pai or uimcr ana ine
Is. 8d worth of meat. Deeply inter
ested she appeared to be in these
things. .
"I would like," she said, in an elo
quent outburst against war, "to see
the whole world rise in peace Phoenix-like,
to something higher, loftier
Infantry Band
Harrison.
than we have' ever known.
"Do you know," said she. "I have
ceased praying 'God bless Ireland,'"
"And what is your prayer now?"
I asked, in some wonderment.
"Thy Kingdom come," she said.
We talked of the woman's part in
the Sinn Fein movement. "Many
work as hard as the men," she said.
"I, too, was very active once. Now
my part lies in my home. I have
several children." '
I could hear the prattle and
laughter in an adjoining room. One
came to the door. Mrs. De Valera
rose and ushered the child away. She
spoke to the little one in Irish.
The Woman's Part
Was she anxious, this laughing
chieftainess? Did she lie awa're
thinking and wandering of the perils
ot her husband? It seemed so incon
gruous to see her sitting in the sun
light, the happy buoyancy of her
heart reflected in her merry eyes.
"Ah," she replied, "that is all in
the woman's part. I have served my
apprenticeship."
I heard not one word of bitterness
from her, not a note of indignation;
there was no fiery outburst such as I
had expected. She is a stranger here
in Greystones, without friends.
Unionists almost to a family, no
body calls. I had expressed to a
Sinn Feiner my surprise that De
Valera should thus choose residence
among the aliens.
"Why," was the humorous re
sponse, "that's just because of the
Oirish in him, of course. Shure he
wouldn't do phwat an Englishman
would. Yes don't understand us at
all. at all."
I rose to leave this loijply lady, of
the great ideal that she best serves
her country who serves the home,
and noticed fastened upon the very
center of the drawing room door the
figure of the Christ with these
words: "I will bless the houses in
which the image of my heart shall
be exposed and honored."
As we paused before this presence
her demeanor became one of devo
tion, and wishful as I am to get at
the inner meaning of the Sinn Fein
movement, I was emboldened to
take the liberty of inquiring as to
this. ,
"Is He," said I, "your husband's
leader?"
"I placed that there," she said
quietly, and bowing her head. ,"lt
is of the Devotion of the Sacred
Heart, and I believe my husband has
been spared as the result of our
prayers for him."
Bridegroom 70, Bride 71.
Jerseyville, 111. Singing "It's
Never Too Late to Be Married,"
Newton Tapp, aged 70 'years, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Krisley, aged 71,
were married here. They were
sweethearts of childhood days, but
fate intervened and both married an
other. With their first partners in life
gone they again met and th m--ister
said fjie words,
Reed L.
MANY YANKS
ATTEND PARIS
TRADESCHOOL
Educational Corps of Overseas
Forces Under Brigadier
General Rees Has 7,500
Instructors.
Paris. April 22.-(Correspondenc
of Associated Press.) Uncle San.
is now a fully certified schoolmas
ter with about 200.000 khaki-clad
pupils. This is the result of the es
tablishment of the educational corps
of the United States army to provide
training for vocations and academic
instruction for young men in the
army.
The educational corps is under the
direction of Brig. Gen. Robert I.
Kecs, who militarized the Americar
colleges last fall. Under him is ar
executive commission of throe edu
cators. Dr. Frank Snaulding, su
perintendent of schools in Cleve
land; Dr. John Erskins, professot
of English at Columbia, and Dr.
Kcnyon L. Butterfield. president ol
the Massachusetts agricultural col
lege. In all about 7,500 instructors,
including a number of men of high
standing in American education, are
teaching the American soldier the
way to progress. Everything from
a, b, c to university subjects, and
from stenography to engineering is
included within the curriculum of
this great and uniqAc college.
The army schools were in full op
eration by January, equipped with
$1,500 worth of books specially or
dered from America and provided in
part by the American Library asso
ciation. But there has been a short
age of books and often one book.
has had to serve for a whole class.
Many Schools Established.
Many hundreds of army schools
have been established throughout
France wherever there are enough
American soldiers to warrant. Gen
eral Pershing's order required a
post school in every place where
500 or more men were stationed and
as the schools had to be opened at
once all sorts of queer places, from
cafes to monasteries, were used as.
schoolrooms, until regular quarters
could be provided. The soldiers' are
studying in barns, stable lofts, aero
dromes, army barracks and in one
case in a convent. Meantime the
army is endeavoring to provide ade
quate quarters and sufficient books
for its '200,000 students. In cities
like Coblenz, the city school build
ings are used without interfering
with the regular school life of the
children.
These post schools may be termed
the primary schools of the army edu
cational system, though this is inex
act, as in many of these schools
more advanced education is being
given to officers and men who are
unable fo leave their posts and at
tend the divisional schools or the
university. The men attend these
post schools after their regular day's
work.
Then every division has a high
school centrally located with better
accommodations. Some 30,000 men
are attending such high schools.
Then comes the big army university
at Beaume, which will accommodate
many thousands of students. Besides
there are about 8,000 officers and '
men attending French universities
who have hospitably thrown open
their doors to their American friends
and 2,000 more are in English uni
versities. These - universities stu
dents are all men who have had at
least the equivalent of two years in
college.
Available to Every Soldier.
Obviously iew men can be de
tached from their own units to at
tend these universities, but the post
school does not interfere with mili
tary work, but is available to every
soldier, and thus has an important
place in the educational system.
The breadth of the work in the
post schools being done is astound
ing. Men who cannot read or write
are to be found studying in the
same room with college students
who are working for advanced de-
grees. There is a chance for every
body. The list of subjects taught
would fill a book, but here are a few
to illustrate: Algebra, calculus,
geometry, trigonometry, economics,
literature, trench, German, Italian,
Spanish, agriculture, automobile re--pairing,
baking, barbering, book
keeping, arithmetic, business Eng
lish, business forms, carpentry, cob
bling, commercial law, cooking,
horseshoeing, surveying, mechanical
drawing, road construction, sales
manship, stenography, typewriting,
tailoring, telegraphy, and telephone
repair.
For illiterates schooling is com- (
pulsory, for the great bulk of the
army it is elective.
Find Tank Within Tank,
With Liquor in Second
Toledo, O. A tank within a tank.
That is what the police of Toledo
have found among the assets of a
bootlegger who has beeen using his
car to transport whisky from Ohio
into dry Michigan. The one tank
held gasoline and the other "licker."
Police say the innovations to carry
whisky from Ohio into Michigan
are so many and diversified that it
would make the ofd-time Kansas
bootlegger "green with envy." -
Uses Truck and Roadster
to Move to Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga. Joseph Fulk, mov
ing from New Jersey to Atlanta,
loaded all his furniture and fittinc
of a five-room bungalow into hit
four-ton motortruck, stocked a
roadster with accessories and start
ed overland. The truck is in North
Carolina and will finish the trip
when the roads dry up from the
recent heavy rainfalls. The truck
bears a large sign reading: "Headin'
South for Atlanta."
Tri mand Wait on Trade'
Ad Brings Many Replies -
Portland, Ore. The talent of
milliners is reflected here today in
the numerous applications for a po
sition in answer to the following ad
appearing in a local newspaper:
"Wanted Young lady to trim
and wait on trade in millinery
store." '
The cotton trade in Great Br itaM
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