New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1923, Page 5

"lmtruction in Self-Government Object of School Civic League Organization at Central Junior High Develops In- itiative in New Britain's Future Legislators, "You room presidents come up here and sit around at meetings with your arms folded, mever saying a word, When something comes up to be made & law or rejected do you stand up and say anything if you den't want it to &9 through® - No, you just vete he- cause the other fellow does ,or be cause you're afraid to stand up and say anything, or something.” With this paragraph and several more Ilke it Albert Pasney, counselor of traffio at the Central Junior High school, castigated members of the Civie 16 assembled for a meeting yes- ¥y afternoon at 3 o'clock, The counselor feared no one and spoke from his heart, holding nothing back, He told the members that they ‘lnying down on the job,” He sald that three years ago a petition was sent to those higher up request- Ing & new bieycle rack. Nothing more was heard of the affalr, “And, why?" thundered the mpeak- er. “Why dldn't you follow it up, forming a special committee to wait on the superintendent of schools if necessary. We Have an enviable rec. ord at this school and there should be no marks against it simply because we didn’t put a thing through. Wa can put it through! We will put it through if you'll get to work." Counselor Basney dragged over the coals and back again and openly accused a committee chal man of doing nothing except sit around and wait for the other fellow to do the work in the committee, “And if that chairman has anything to say, let him stand up and say it to my face!" sald the young man, meanwhile glaring around the room | angrily, even taking in Principal Wil- | lam C. French of the Junior High school, who mat in the room. ‘*“This thing must be put across,’ | clared. In closing the counselor stated that it 1s already too late to secure a rack | for this year. A petition will be sent to the superintendent, 1t is understood, in which the Civic league will request that a rack be buflt, The vice-president of the followed the talk with a few words, hoping that the speech would have gome effect on the membhers of the league. She spoke of the lack of work done at committee how she and the secretary had visited meetings and praectically no business was transacted. She urged them to get on the job, to wake up and not leave everything to somebody else, The fact that attendance at meet ings {s sometimes small, was empha- sized, the president being of the opin fon that this fact s due to the neglect of teachers to read notices. He turn- €d"to Mr. French, asking him if the teachers could be askéd to read all the notices, it being a great help to members of clubs. ' He also questioned the principal | rather severely about the bicyele rack, asking why the petition had not gone through. Mr. French pondered a mo ment, finally stating that the request them THURSDAY | FRIDAY SATURDAY he de-| league | meetings, | had come back with the simple words. “No funds | “But” stated the prineipal, “why {don't you build & reck of your own What would he finer than te see an army of hoys go into the yard with |saws, hammers and other tools and hulld & rack? It wouldn't take more than & half a day." Bome of the commitiee members stated that there has been a decreas in attendarce in the schoel and nrged jroom presidents to help in keeping the attendance up. Whistling and [talking n the corridors was mentior ed by the counselor of traffie, whe | ®atd that “in his opinion that law was st in foree.” The Clvie League was formed as a means of student government, each reom In the sehool eleeting a presi dent, who represented the room at the league meetings, The delegates then 'elect their president, who Is president of the sehool; the vica.president, the |iN‘rMur\ and the treasurer are elect ed, Then there are committees on | health and attendance, soelnl, pin, musie, hoya' athletic, girla' athletic Ibutlding and grounds, traffie and sev [ eral others. The membera of these committess are supposed to take charge of all work falllng to them The league is patterned somewhat after the city government and Is re |garded as one of the hest examples of student government in the I'nited States, [ The league has Its own set of by | laws and also has a pledge which is irepeated hefore each meeting by all the members present. The meetings are carrled on without the help of any tachers, the only time when they |teachers, the only time heing when [they are asked as to the advisability |of some act. There are usually two [teacher members present, hesides the advisor, Mr, French, The assistant advisor is Mr, Welgand | The meetings ara carrled |serious and business-like way. The ‘lrnmmmrm chairmen speak at Inter |vals of progress in their work and if there is any criticlem to he made, it is made by the members themselves, who spare no one, but arrive at defi. nite conclusions as to the cause of de- ficiencles in a few moments, Before the close of the meeting Mr. I'rench stated that the league has made great progress and that there is no reason to feel dlscouragement [regarding the work. A visitor who | was influential in forming the league was present and stated that he was | gratified to sce that it was still going [ full swing. The officers are: President, Dube; vice-president, Doroth |sick; secretary, C'atherine Brow ‘trflflfluro‘r. Donald Maguire, on in a Stuart Pfer. and Catholic Clergy Hard | By The Associated Preas. Mexico City, May 23.—Publication in Durango of a state law limiting the | number of clergymen permitted to of- ficlate in the entire state to 25 for each denomination has caused great | excitement, according to press dis- | patches from that city. Tt is said there are 263 Catholic priests in Dur- | ango. Anti-clerical organizations, it is | added, are organizing a demonstration |in favor of the law. “DRIVEN” FOX’S Hit by Mexican Order | {EW BRITAIN DAI AMERICAN CAPTIVE WRITES OF PLIGHT Major Pringer Says That Escape Seems Absolutely Impossible May 22.~In & letter to his wife Major Noland W, Pinger, | B A. officer held captive by the Suehow train bhandita, deseribes the removal of three American prisoners including himseif to the summit of | Paotzuku where eseape rescue seems apparently impossible. The letter was received late last night by Mrs. Pinger who communi- eated its contents to the Associated Press. Maior Tien Tsin Pinger stated that late Sun- day afternoon there was a commo tion in the bandits' mountain streng- {held and he was notified he was to bhe taken to the summit of the mountain which is almost Inaccessiblé Iee Bolomon and Major Tobert Allen, the latter also an American army officer, were ordered (o accompany him, On Wigh Mountain, “Wa climbed a thousand the summit,” wrote Major Pinger, “the last two hundred being almost sheer, We went up slowly and labor.| iously ascending by means of hAnd | and toe holds eut In the rock, “When we finally reached our al. titudonous destination we were as- signed to quarters hopelessly foul, al-| rendy occupled by Chinese who prob- ably were old prisoners held for ran- som, We unanimously disapproved uvi our lodging, and looking around found | a dugout which was fairly clean though small. We cleaned it out the best w puld, all of us voleing the hope that It would he our last cap- tive home, Wickedness Impressive, “We are away up in the air as high almost as Mount Tamalpals at San| [¥ranetsco with a beautiful country| |spread out around us. The view Is like un artist's map. But it serves to emphasize our squalld surroundings here, While down below everything| seems blessed with a Sabbath peace| |and calm our immedlate surroundings |suggested only the wickedness of |man to man.” . Mafor Pinger stated he believed the action of the bandits In choosing three Amerieans to move to the Paot- {7uku summit was for the purpose of | |obtaining ofctal American notice and | thus speeding up the negotiations be- | {tween the Chinese government and | the brigands for the release of the captives. He added that the bandits do not | |trust the Chinese government and | would undoubtedly welcome foreign intervention | EVEN ALUMNI PROTEST Stillwater, Okla., Rises Up in \\'I‘uthK feet to| At Appointment of George Wilson | | As Head of State College There, Stillwater, Okla., May 23.—A mass meeting of students, alumni and Stiil- | water citizens last night planned a| | monster pilgrimage to the capital at | Oklahoma Clity tomorrow afternoon to | lay before Governor Walton a protest |against retention of George Wilson as | prestdent of Oklahoma A. and M. col- [lege. One thousand persons are ex- | pected to make the trip. Wilson, former state manager of | THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY THE BIGGEST PICTURE THAT EVER PLAYED:NEW BRITAIN — THRILLS ————— THRILLS THRILLS Pitching, tossing, ripping, roaring, running wild—on to her doom she thun- dered! See this Mighty Photodrama of Flesh and Steel! BIG VAUDEVILLE PROGRAM SAME CAST AS “THE 3RD ALAR Starting Sunday—The Greatest Picture Since ‘The Birth of a Nation’ “DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS” | Neither Bandits Nor Chinese Goyt. 1023, - i their foreign captives 2 veplies Lo the diplomatic foreign ofice LY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 e, agus president T W laber reces ahoma and » was elected jays the uetios of O Qrgenizer the collegs state board of agrioulture The slate executive commitiee of the American Leglon on the of the board meeting adopted a 1eselution opposing Wilsen's appelntment 1 any position of publie trust The committee, after a hearing found that Wilsen had declared | Atoka county in 1921 “I never see an Ameriean Legion button witheut wanting to tak & gun and sheot & hole through it Wilsen denles hav.| ing made the remark ——— Send Plea to Ooal Commission Ask. ing That Democracy of the Working Man e Restored, & rting ¥ of y the sereral by 1 ved on the notest ingisted emphatically o the foreigners and th Inication expressed aston Chinese goverament's 1o accomplish anything G sources Indicate that among Chinese officials epinion 1s di the course to pursue in view of the legations Insistence that neo force be eiipioyed in reseulng eapti est they be harmed In retaliation. Foreign and Chinese opinlon gener ally discounts the government's ef forts to obtain the captives' release peaceably, 1t is pointed out in the last analysis the decision regts on Marshal Teao Kun head of the Chihll military party DEBS WANTS BONUS FOR HIS WAR WORK Says He Is Entitled to It as Much as Any Veteran New York, May Eugene V', Debs, socialist leader, who served part of a sentence in Atlanta federal pris on for ng the actlons of the government after this country entered the world war, declared In an address hofore 15 persons in Madison Bquare Garden last night that he him PASe ¢ shament 8t the failure ernment vided on Washington, May 23 Miners of non-union fields in northeastern Ken tueky have sent to the United States coal commission petitions asking that bady to help them “be free American wage workers,” aceording to copies of the petitions glven out by (he United Mine Workers' organization The petition signers, sald to be mine employes in and around Hazard, Ky, declare they are ‘“ecoerced througn ersonal agents of the operators to M & contract that we will not joln the union,” Falling to do so the peti tlon said, the miners are “forced out of thelr jobs and then foreed out of the compan houses, "“We humbly pray you to help restore democracy for all American o) | producers in the mountain counties|™ !/ 1% i casualty of that struggle and {18 entitied ex-service man's bonus. “When they sent me to Atlanta,” Mr. Debs asserted “they thought they |had suppressed me. But T stand as a socialist pleading for a diviner and nobler civilization. I stood with Pres. |ident Wilson until five weeks befora | war was declared. He was re-clected president by an overwhelming major- ity because he ‘kept us out of war,’' But T was sent to Jjafl preached the sama doctrine.” Mr. Debs' address was the feature of n mass meeting ending the social- Ist national convention. He was given |two ovations of seven minutes ench, the first when he entered and the seo- of northeastern and castern Xen. to an tucky"” the document concluded DEADLOCK CONTINUES Show Any Signs of Glving in on Is. sues Involved in Great Wold-up, By The Associated Pre Peking, May 23.—Af the foreign legations today it was sald that for 4§ hours no information had come from lineheng regarding the Shantung “A vehicle, overtaking another, shall pass to the left, but must not interfere with traffic from the op- posite direction, nor pull over to the right before entirely clear of the overtaken vehicle.” (Council of National Defense) the second. to pass another car on a curve.” SOCONY vemv.onm GASOLINE & MOTOR because 1 ond when declared that his im prisonment had not altered his prin cipies and ideals even If it cost him his American citizenship have my conseience ! was born in Indiana and | of the United States & citizen of the I st sald 1 ot & eltiser I aw world am bt onever WHiIsY awarded priz John the yesterday Mrs Mrs WINNERS AY awing wers given by reh ey John Tarrant Mrs. P, ) Egar Mrs. J. MeMahon, Mrs Mrs. €. Haseoe, Mrs Thomas Birming al & whist Bl Evangelis afternoon George Welr Louis Hulbert Thomas Welsh Tohn Plaherty ham. Mrs An interlude when have gone, Th than anything else, lowtng: Plants Made wp Pots, P2 WEST MAIN ST, = 'VE picked up a lot of motoring experience since I first drove the old two-cylinder bus 'way back in—guess it must have been around 1906 or '07. And there are two rules of the road that I've always stuck to. ‘Safety first’ is one of them, and ‘consideration for the other fellow’ is “] really believe that it's because I have stuck to them that I haven't had a single smash-up. (Three taps on wood, as I write this!) Just take the matter of passing a car. Simple enough-—sure. And the driver that uses common sense and a little consideration never has any trouble. But this habit—and it's mostly a habit—of always trying to get ahead of the fellow in front of you is the cause of more close shaves and real accidents than any other one thing I know of. “ Make sure there’s plenty of room ahead of the car you're going to pass. And remember—it's bad business to pass a car near the top of a hill, or on a curve. In fact, it's against the law in some States Best Results OlL Pr ISt assert itself lan alike are worthy of thought on this day, Flowers will express that Choose from the fol. Bourgainvillias, Spireas, Uniform Quality HONOR WAR MARYYR. Mary's Kas, May 20.~Presi Hanrding, It was announced te. as ielegraphed 8. Mary's eols o8 ¥ 1 ding plans for deds feation of & memaorial areh in honer W. T. Pitzsimmons, former student, the fost offiosr the enemy In the world B fent Liewt St Mary's killed ALLIFS TO CONFER aris, M 3—~Premier Theunls Poreign Minister Jaspar of Bel. glum are cxpected to arrive in Parle ext Sunday or Monday for another conference with Premier Polncare in wegard 1o the allled program 1n the ! and men and women of affairs panse to ghe thought 1o those who mories of the departed often serve as & paticrn when foree of chars Saldier and cly thonght bettey Cut Flowers ms, Ete, Volz Floral Co. “Say it With Flowers" TEL. 1116 The VETERAN MOTORIST gives a few rules of the road