The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1911, Page 6

, © He Gas been blind from birth. Though “GOLLEGE CAREER IS ANBITON OF BUND BOY MARVEL Lad Who Made Highest Marks, in Public School Aims to Be Teacher or Writer. HAPPY WITH BOOKS. ivttic Schenck Makes His Way From Bayside to School. on Rivington Street. FA very nice tittle boy, @heeks, teoth white and ev ‘a and brown hair that Waving at the part—in fact, just Of a youngster you would lik Wid brother—that’s William Sche vel” of the New with Every morning, in or shine, he ‘Walks all alone a mile and a half of @ountry road to the station of the Pennaylvania Raliroad at Bayside, 1. 1, Where he lives. There he doards Wain for New York. At the Thirty- Pourth street ferry he ts met by a Pehoolmate who & «him across the viver and on the to? hool on the east side. At night th her boy foes as far ax Long Islan ity with Kile blind companion, but William makes the rest of his way J i luding a second folitary walk from the station to his father's doorstep. | And inst Friday he was announced te have won the highest pe Age—an average of %\—of all the 450 pupils In| Public School No, %, at Rivington and Ferry streets, He aiso received the) Davis character medal, which is pre- Pemed to the best all-around pupil both in ability and morals, He has only at- tended the school a year and a half, ama in that time accomplished the @auivalent of four years’ work. He ts email for his fitteen years, and | 48 Ghy as any non-famous youngster of | thet period, Yesterday he was curled ‘ep in @ rocking chair with his books in his home at Baysfiie. It's a pleasant, guany little farmhouse, and there ara #ome people in it who are very fond of “Willie,” as they call him, One of the ‘people is his tall, kindly fai the other his plump, motherly ‘Willie's mother is dead. “ Blind From Birth. fanot tall he is perfectly well and f and his remarkable mental ac- tivity feodviously not the result of any forced overmudy. “How do you do It?" h © He actually hung his hi the toes of his shoes together with ‘onsbarrassment. “Why, ‘twasn't much,” he mumbled, “I @on't like to talk about it! “Well,"—with obvious reluctance, after & pause—"I guess I Uke books because ‘re something I can do, just as boys like to skate, maybe, or play | 1 can't do those things, but I igen read.” B“What study do you ike best? “Bnglish! It's great! You get such and thea you If, to be read. and make pictures of in your | English teaches to write out stories and compos write them out, them. nobody else can It's wonderful to make any- Wants to Go to Coile; “In the fall I'm going to th p when I've graduated from that, | Want to go to college. My father ants me to go, too, so 1 guess I'll my father for a (Maybe 1 can write sto: nes, I'd like to do that! teach other boys 1 “I do hate to leave my have been going, ay. und we can asketball up jot of fun.” “But how do you learn so quicky’” Was asked. ; Knows More Than He Can See. Prowpuy the shyness returned lom't know. 1 just remember 'rape—well, of course 1 can't see t (Of things thet other people do, and so ‘s more room in my head for woac ‘A try to put there.” | "Are you—happy?” « “Yes,” he nodded, and the smal swept lightly, sensitively Jance over the big book in his lap. He went to the New York Insti Hor the Blind, but left there nev Years ago, When he first entered th Public school he had to learn the Hrailie ayatem, Which Was not taught hin in the Institute. He mastered it in three Weeks, and now does mont of his read ng from books printed with the raised Tetters. Aiso, of course, his father and loud to him from books not | ed in the Braille. @ typewriter for his writte: Work. Ho studies at home, but only a nable number of hours, He {s ver. nd of music, and plays by organ in his father's wit le is also very fond of being ind owns a lovely white collie haperones his watke. | "He's the best boy that ever | ‘Wis father said, earnestly, Then he, added; “I think he's happy.” And though nobody made any ilttle! Rollo observations about the beauties of ‘eourage, patience and making the Qt it, one small boy seems to have orown, as a Severed these virtues and thelr reward. | Art Exhibit at 1 Club, | West Fitty-| announces that (he me- | exhibit of paintings by the fite ger will be on view gy anembera and to. th by aan |Remark Highly — Improper, | | s. Until you!“ And then | @ Jong time! | i} ”| Gaelic League's enve DIX STARTS PROBE CARRIE NATION DYING; STRENUOUS CAREER CLOSED. Governor Appoints Van Ken- nan and Osborn to Make Sweeping Investigation. Special ta the ALBANY, Jan, 9.—Goy, John A, to-day ordered an investigation of the State Commission tn Lunacy, the State Prisons and reformatories and the de partments of excise and highways, Wit! fan Church Osborn, the Governor's legal e the eno mous tncreased expenditures in these departments during the past few years and declares that their importance calls for their iinmediate investigation. ‘The statement of the Governor follows: “The tytal revenue of the State during CARRIE NATION EUREKA SPRINGS Jan, 0.— Ark., the last fiscal year was & Carrié psing strength ‘The total appropria and her a moment. jast Legisiatt She hax of @ nervous BrOMK: year were. down, due to her strenuous battle | requirements against the saloon ministration $50,614, 282,88, ‘The annual expenditures for our penal inst the sum of § Of $1,648,289.96 fy penditures “GAYNOR’S FRIEN SHONTS”. RAISES. == | affairs of the various State departments, boards and commissions in orer to termine wherein retrenchment may be applied and evils corrected without tm- | pairing the efficiency of the servic | “To this end I have appointed Wil- | Mam Church O#born and Georg Van Kennen to invertigate the agement and affairs of the State axed fri in annual “I believe the cost be reduced, and by vit Says Court, Hearing Argu- ment in Bingham Case. mission in Luna and Reforn ments of E: “The imp! calls for their immediate “According to my would control every efficient executive | in a well ordered pi e business and should apply in State affairs,” —_——s— GOV. DIX PLANS NEW HIGHWAY BOARD (Spoctal from a Staff Correspondent of The Fren- ing World.) ALBANY, Jan, 30.—Detatis of the A senvational ineident came up fn the Gaynor-Bingham controversy: in Justice | Gerard's part of the day. ‘The forn this poticy | the Mayor must sudxnit to an examina- Lawyer Crowley was to establish his tlon before trial, quoting precedents inion made by the rin Brooklyn and writing an opinion for his friend Shonts of the Interborough.” Plans of Gov. Dix for the abolition of “Here, here,” interrupted Lawyer Ste, | the present State Highway Commission Vhen C, Baldwin, for the Mayor. “1| became known to-day. Contrary to all don’t see why Gen. Bingham's friend | ¢™Pectatl.. the Good Roads work ts not should seek to interject the friends of the Mayor into this matter. ‘They are as highly respecta le as are the friends of his own ellent.” Improper, Says Court. “That will de and end this matter,” declared Justice Gerant. “The remark was @ highly improper one to make.” Gen. Bingham's lawyer had secured an der from Justic to be turned over to State Engineer Bensel, but a single-headed “commission will be created to take the place of the present high-pald board of one Dem- cratic and two Republican members. The bill carrying out the Governor's idea will be put in early this week, It abolishes the old commission and cre- ge 4 new Department of Highways, @ head of which ts to be known as |the State Superintendent of Highways. | At the request of Gov. Dix, State En- ve |@ineer Bensel has tnvestigated the |State Highway Comniission and his re- + | port makes serious charges of extrava- ~8. Perey Hooker, chairman of the ) has organized @ wign to Bave lis job e Court and that the up in allowed the Mayor t and as sent delegations from nearly atta, ance aetion’ by ty of the state to urge G It was claimed toat Justice i 8 order was signed during this up nty nmany is trying to | m's sult against the ¢ ts through ax grew out of the Dutt. | in w “1 Hooker 4 of the su- aln the commis re in the © Gerard took sion and erdating esery deotslon, Superint de Does Gaynor Know Shonts? vom, Lawyer Bald. | did not think that the nits p of High d ys, with ‘The bill pers duwwyaistile oint the Su ent subway 1 himselt said Ms bill ‘ not Interfere with the present zation of the De. Partment of Highways other than to Substitute the new commission for the Gaelle Dancing Thirty-third Ay | tlon, and it is |and economically than under the ent commission, Under the State Engineer and Superinten Public Works may each desig deputy to attend meetings of the minsion In thelr place,” This ts thi Dill the, Porty- t Sligo wil he its thirty-third annual ball This Is the oldest Irish society in Amer- a, and some of the most prominent tm a : 1 €, says the exhibition of Gaelic danc- eto be given by the ¢ of the city will be the in New York. Re twed the Gaeli Heavy Sent Judge Faweett hhiet, in Brookly@ to-day 4 Adolph Blum to not less than more than in Sing law at and four y ame No row beating is motier-in-law two ‘years ago. He was not caught until three Weeks aj They discovered after he married thelr daughter that he was not & physician, ax he pretended to be, and took him to task. In revenge he gath- (ed Ue the family jewelyy and ran) y with it after @ ght with the ‘ ‘| Liniment br reat Cold in Ghent if ‘and 100. BBc.. 102. ia acide wance and ineMolency. \e THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JANUARY 80, 1911, BRIDE, 78, ON TRIAL OF DEPARTMENTS FOR SANITY: SEEKS UNDER STATE LAW, TO CONTROL RICHES | | Brother of Mrs, Eleanor Scott | Ongley Asks a Conservator for Her $250,000 Estate. a be- elght r her business man- quest of $75 000 by agement inte $250,000 in a few years and then married at seventy-cleht, was on trint fi sanity Justice | Blackma the Supreme Court tn Brooklyn t ta mem Club and yacht Milady o take rested manufactur: 2 was engaged to Henry 1. 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