The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 29, 1922, Page 6

out of ote, He mm the mate fer ¢ montha = the seattle conquest. ef the cooking steve and t i f i #3 e 28 He Tle at : Hi if é i hi : t lei ad i FE feet ark | ; “tl i! ; li | month: § mestha, $1.50; @ months, $2.15; pear, a state, She per ment! carrier, Shall We Return to THIS WATER WING six greatest men in history, according to H. G. Wells, are Jesus, Buddha, Asoka, | but He, Roger Bacon and Abraham Lincoln. ames are familiar to you, with the exception of Asoka, He was a king who in India 2,145 years ago. Wells includes him in the super-six list because “He | ™iitor The Star: ‘The United States Bureau of Edu- enly military monarch on record who abandoned warfare after victory.” cation offers a number of facta) Bacon was an English philosopher of seven centuries ago, who delved in Magic. Most of his greatness is based on myth and supposition. the Greek philosopher, might be included in the list, tho he was not great te induce his pupil, Alexander the Great, to refrain from waging vicious |", 'n the, public schools of Oe) which will require many years to have no professional training. Two hundred thousand never were grad: uated from high school, and 30,000 have not gone beyond the eighth | No two people will agree on a list of the six greatest men in history. Some Ameri- grade. But these figures do not § would exclude Jesus, believing him a divinity instead of a man. list do you nominate? In compiling it, keep in mind that real greatness de- | cationai Review for June, 1922. on service to humanity. “Teachers in accrediated hig! most important thing in civilization is the home. And most housewives, after | ‘rs? }*ars seo." about it, will agree that the most important service to the home was the The greatest study of mankind is man. The greatest puzzle is woman, New tariff has nearly as many duties as the mother of siz girls. Money is di, . Idle PR cacy Bg {ferent from people. Idle money of the cow. If you ever study the 4 origin of languages, you will find “cattle,” “chattel” and “capi- tal” all came from the same word, back im the days before money, when # man's wealth was meas Confession E F Pee E I do not like the gloomy dope | college That certain “realists” indite; | Delaware and New Mexico de book creased thelr norma! graduates dries that leave some | inore than 40 per cent. In 1921] hope 70.8 per cent of the teachers in « credited high schools were college out right; or university graduates; 154 per cent were normal graduates, and 11 | ins F Ht That things perhaps will come I think that Kipling’s pretty fine, And Tennyson, I must confess Slang what I'd call a first-class I think I'm bourgeets, more or tees. cent of the teachers in accredited high schools are normal graduates, while 20.3 per cent of the teachers floods bootie: in Indiana are non-greduates a eee « ad 14 states over 20 per cont of the! teachers are graduates of normal) schools, and in five states the per-/ centage of non-graduates exceeds 15. But these are by no means the) I think that prohibition’s good, i : iH Tho doubtless Il be understood As having puritanic views, Marriage, tho far from perfect, I Regard as mainly a saceess, Tt te @ fact I can't deny H ; : bt Hi ; Tm kind of patriotic, too, i i ! | The human race has gone to if af rl I'm optimistic, I confess, I take » cheerful view of life, “Preachers make the dest hus- bands,” claims one of them We ed 1,439 younds of buttty fat. Csi women make the dest hus sublimity in the moest joy ‘That ts ty ht ¢ the Child or the sweet virtue of than in the strength of Be ee Wieked thoughts and worthiess efforts gradually set their mark | Bulletin Number 60, 1921, of upon the face, especially the eyes. —Schopenhauer. The city man forgets Bossie, bat the farmer doesn’t. Constant- ly he 1s striving to improve the breed of cattle—better cows, also better milk and butter and more President Harding has called a conference of dairy experts from all over the world. Bossie deserves such attention, and Is entitled to an extraloud “moo” of pride. We saw the last national presi- dential convention of the republi- can party controlled by a sick man in Philadelphia (former Senator Penrose) and following that con- vention we saw the democratic na- tonal convention controlled by a sick man in the White House (exr- Prestdent Wilson). the nominees of those, conventions (for president) would have been nominated tf the question of the nomination had been submitted to the voters in America. — Senator Norris (R.),; Neb. Neither one of Woman wants to be mayor of Chicago. A woman will want any- Mars t# about 40,000,000 miles away. People in flivvers on rough voade keep your heads down, Waitor The star: long time to pass certain bills, closed for at least four montha Editor The Star: Some t flean Legion tn thi per for Its seeming antir cting evils in the @ I want to say that LeEGGO! 1 CAN'T Swim Protesting against the cutting heart. this action on the part of wis! ple that, Promises with impunity, as t© ponder, tell the whole story. Says HH BY BERTON BRALEY per cent were non graduates, line exceed $0. In Wisconsin 40 boore, Most damaging facts against more or less. schools than three years ago. (Copyright, 1922, Seattle Star.) only eight states, Massachusetts, | ALetter from AIVRIDGE MANN. Dear Folke: The papers say that three miles out the sea ts wet, beyond a doubt; for Uncle Sam in selling nips on oceante merchant ships, and on the sea no law prevents “Step up and name your polson, genta!” The legal lights have learned to foll “A U. 8. ship ts TU. 8. soll,” and now, if you should chance to choose to buy @ legal shot of booze, you only need select a ship and take an oceante trip. I'm glad to know the seas are free—but what's the good of that to me? I haven't got the time to go, and if I had I'd lack the dough; and so it seems the law declares that hootch is just for mil- onatres, Nor need the seas take all the blame—on land It's pretty muth the same; while current prices still preva!l, it costs an awful bunch of kale; and #o the net results imply, “Get rich, my boy—or else go ary!” If wealthy men can buy a drink, I hate to be an arid gink; but still, if prohibition’s best, Ill be a came! like the rest—if everybody plays the game and rich and poor will do the same. THE SEATTLE STAR Star fe] LE7TERSL EDITOR (He POE) 7 OEMs { the wires of wh *® form, formt Urges More Speed With Bridge they haven't taken steps to apprepr!- ate funds to have it rebuilt. g000 ts @ bridge if you cannot un it? I am not @ pessimist but I believe that a little pep should be had on cer- tain improvementa, reception indoor od, as are the other ‘torme, O7’ your LEARN A WORD Tt surely takes the olty council a Take for example the bridge lead ing to plor No, & That haa been Today's word w HYPOTHESIS. It's pronounced—hi-poth-onis, with MISNOMER accent on the second syllable. The Wrong Done by Pay Slash to Bee wagon reduced, whether It Is #0 I eriticined the) in private or public empl | for a slash wait means-—something not proved, By Esther Crone in the Los Angeles Times ut concede lor the anke of u | ment; & supposition provisionally Nay, tell me not that the year grows old, adopted to account for certain other When it is made of newborn days; wise paeapiainns facts, and to serve It ia like a book as the leaves unfold, & guide for furthe ; igh ep al oh Gres eet With the pages fresh always. wages of Seattle school teachers en-|two kinds of people in ti titles that organization to the com. mendation of gil people who have! arating them ts very clear cut and the best interests of the city at| well defined. On one wide te th class who hold the dollar abo who hold profit above ing “foundation” or “supposition,” a line of demarcation #ep:| combination of two words signifying It does not decline, decay and die, The unprecedented action of all! men; four newspapers protesting against! olple; who believe in penury instea the | of philanthrophy. school board certainly shows that| is the class ef people who believe. the cut was made contrary to the) in giving all children th en of the majority of the peo-| which thin city, There is a saying! were deprived of when they went “Grease properly applied! to seh makes things run smooth,” and it| the do! would seem that grease had been | thropy applied somewhere, When @ pub- No official repudiates his campaign | nder” and “to put.” As the sages have long, long said, tion that Mara ia Inhabited ie reser. ae, Gone Sent comes 19 $0 you aiid a. 4 , 64 by most scientists as « rather in It is we that grow old instead. | teresting hypothesis, but few are yet | sr ae prepared to accept it even in theory” | a “hypothesis” which bas received| People are subject to dangerous dig 3 (@ “theory” being, in general usage, | some verification). eases. Insanity is also a dangerous | i; who hold humanity ab who believe tn phi ead of parsimony. not overlook the fact that next to he influence of the ho greateat refining influence 1, and every inducement be made to secure the beat here in order that the com Editor The Star: League's petition; these parties have | tx#tlon as & means to induce exter. Complying with our conversation | « typewritten plece of paper, and do|™!nation. The dog has done alto over the ‘phone, I take this lberty| not give the signer and member «| S*ther too much for man to merit in asking your paper to co-operate | receipt. ‘The Sanity League's peti | *Uch treatment as some would give in helping us to stop certain parties | tion has the facsimile of two letters | "mm, and the mongrels have a good who are defrauding the pubile out of | from the house of representatives |™8y “Buddies” who are not willing money by making tt appear to them | printed upon It, together with the|' forget fo ensily that they did that they are representing the Sanity | seal of the leage, The two letters | their share in the war, as well as the League of Aterioa, Inc. We have! stated above are from Congressman | Ptdlsreed. & permit from the secretary of state | Julius Kabn and Congressman Jonn| There ts no reason why « women to do business and the dollar mem-| I. Nolan. We would like to have the | “nnot have both babies and a poodie bership that ts collected ts to pay the | public demand to see our representa. | 1" the house at once. Anyone know- Many expenses of thie organization. | tive's authorization bearing the seal) !"& this breed of dog cannot help We are a nonprofitable, noncapital| of the league, and demand a receipt, | Dut love it. It ts indeed one of the stock, charitable organization, and| also bearing our real, most Intelligent of animals, not @ nono of the officers recetves any sai-| Trusting that you will give this| circus trainer but will tell you this. ary. space, and assuring you that we are| This thing of jumping women for There are certain parties working | yours for personal liberty, having a pet is all rot; if a woman — in this and other cities, collecting THE SANITY LEAGUE oF | Wanta children, owning @ poodle will | money and making the people think AMERICA, INC., not keep her from having them. that th are signing the Sanity Fred George Walker, Vice-Pres. Taylor has done, it te high tim that he should be immediately re called. Te had the opportunity of & lifetime to show moral stamina, leadership, and even s#tateamanship, | succumbed to the pressure of @ concerted minority who like |. will be properly equipped to fight the battles of life. DAVID B, WALLBOM. accredited high school in the coun- try bes only #ix years of expert which It would be well for the Seat- tle board of education, the real es) tate association and other local! enemies of public school education | ‘The natural outcome of these con- ditions is well expressed by Bonner in the current tssue of the “Tinadequate pay and promine-to- Tt shows that of the 700,000 teach- & deterioration Editor The Star: ‘Mr, Waseon complains of dogs at- Permit me to reply to EB. J, Wat | son, who wrote June 26, on the sub- Ject of dogs in the elty, Those people who are sensible | into his auto and thus there was an men and women of ability to T®) enough to tle thelr dogs should be) secident. A dog that ts tied eannot main tn the profession. The result) commended, not reproached. It is | molest you unless you put yourself far better for a dog to be kept upon | in his way. I have lived a good many the premises of the people to whom | years and in my early youth de- |; he belongs than to be left to run at| schedules remain as they are, there Will be little inducement for young | wtaff, and higher educational inatt tutions will be called upon to sup-| ply @n extraordinary Bonner, of the Federal Bureau of Education, in an article in the Edu- not care how many children or ant-| people would have us believe; they mals they hurt ie ted should always be on a runner | “dog cranks.” as tt ts cruel to put them on @ short tie financial inducement.” Very truly yours, FREDERICK WELLAND, Ballard. rope. Mr. Bonner makes the claim, and he ts well supported by the faci that low wages are driving the bee talent and the best experience from the school rooms. From data com-| | piled by the bureau to which he is) attached, it is shown that for every | 100 college graduates employed in} accredited high schools three years ago, there are now 62; for every 100 normal graduates employed in ac credited high schools tn 1918, there Looks | " ‘ are now 122; and for every 100 non- as if our ships stop at nothing beyond the | raauatss teaching tm accrediated| mile high school three years ago, there are now 124. The full significance of these facta ls obvious when we re fect that the universal requirement for teaching tm standard high school, ta graduation from a college or university, not « normal school. In only 10 states during the past three years has the number of col) lege graduates teaching In the high schools increased. Twelve states lost more than 12 per cent of thelr Sraduates, while Arizona,’ Josh Billings as a Prophet U may recall what All along the way, as U. 8. Royal Cords ha be the 1 Josh Billings had to jeder of thartive bust pep sar say about cats: done this for the car-owner— “The hardest thing in every- They have made it easier to select day life, iz tew pik out a good Yh ripe ete ons kat, not bekause kats are so) gg. Ferme using every skase, az bekause they are 80 cord tire building. Second, If this Yankee philosopher of side of the quality fence all the 70’s had been talking about He time. thetire situation today he couldn’t Third, by becoming have stated the case any better. the measure of all au- five states less than 60 per cent] of the teachers In accredited high | schools were college graduates, and in only 13 states did the percentag There are 200 or so different obncen has something to A variation of standards up and = atiredealertries down the scale hardly duplicated by tosellhimsome- any other article of human use. thing that he Selling methods have their own va doesn’t exact- riety also. Some dealers encourage the _ ly believe in. car-owner to buya tire he doesa’t know much about by offering an “inside price” or “wide discount.” Other dealers hold “sales.” These don’t satisfy the brass tacks tire user. His habit is to be sure of the quality first. Then when he asks the price he knows how much of his dollar is related to money’s worth. present campaign that is being waged for the progressive deteriora-| That I am bourgeois, more or [tion of our public school mystem.| leas. They are to be found in the vast) hordes of new, poorly trained, un-| trained, and tnexperienced teachers that low wages tnevitably bring into I like my country quite ® lot, | the profession. At the beginning of | ‘i true the school year 1921-1922, 45 per ie Sig harsetbee sf cont of the teachers in accredited hich schools either bad no exper! pot; ence, or had taught lees than five I ke my home, I like my wife, years. In the states of Delaware, | New Jersey, Rhode Inland and the District of Columbia there were over 50 per cent more beginning Which proves I'm bourgeols, | teachers in the aceredited high SSS” Prices on United States Passen- ger Car Tires and Tubes, effec- tive May 8th, are not subject to war-tax, the war-tax having been included. Rhode Island, California, Connecti-| cut, Pennsylvania, New York, New) Jorsey, and the District of Columbia, | does the percentage of teachers of over five years experience exceed a 40. In about 10 per cent of the states the percentage of experienced teachers ranges between 40 and 60.| Federal Bureau of Education says that the avernge teacher tn the THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 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