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Educationa
Prof. Isaac M. Cox, one-time
Normal Inspector of the Territory
and now principal of theKalihiwa-
ena School, is the latest to cornel
out in defense of our present school
system, in which role he appears
equally as ridiculous as in the for
mer position. Mr. Cox is an arti
cle to the advertiser of March 26,
referring to the school reports of
1910, the period of his Inspect
orship states that "of 56 schools,
representing three-fourths of the
school population of the Territory,
30 promoted 90 to 100 per cent of
all pupils." This. Mr. Cox, would
have the readers believe was entire
ly due to progress upon the part of
the pupils, but there are too inanv
of tu who were teaching during the
i above period to credit such a con
j ditiou of affairs to anything other
J than continual instructions from
1 Inspector Cox to promote, promote,
j promote. That this wholesale pro
motion of 1910 was due to such is
l indicated by the number of retard -!
ed pupils at present.
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Again, Mr. Cox, in referring to
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states that, "stripped ofall techni
calities these schools accomplished
91 per cent of what they had laid
out to do." There is not an in
dividual who knows anything about
teaching but will emphatically dis
agree with the very learned man in
thisstatement. That is, if the pre
sent course of study is followed.
Had he said that these schools ac
complished 9 per cent of what was
planned, and hud done it tho
roughly, it might have been more
to the point. We again have evi
dence in substantiation of our
statement in the large number of
retarded pupils.
"That schools accomplish 80 or
90 per cent of what they set out to
do, does not imply that they do
shoddy work or force promotion for
the sake of a showing on paper etc , "
is another of his statements. Mr.
Cox may have forgotten though
It is claimed that a car used un
der similar conditions of speed,
weight and roads will run from two
to three times as far again on 33x
4-in. tires than if equipped with
32x3'2, both fitting the same rim.
This is especially true when tires
are overloaded.
There is nothing new under the
sun not even in the realm of the
engine starter which recently has
sprung into such prominence and
which to the average individual
was distinctly an innovation when
first d came to be generally used
about a year ago. As a matter of
record, the self-starter really is al
most as old as the automobile itself,
I and those who are afflicted with
particularly good memories will
I have little difficulty in calling to
of M dcvic(.s whid,
j made their appearance six or seven
years ago.
It is verv essential that in cars
with sliding gear transmission,
either selective or progressive, that
the transmission be examined fre
quently and notice taken of the
condition of the gears that engage
.noli ntlifr hpo;inm continual slid-
I ing back and forth of respective
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and grit to be broken off the points
of teeth where they had first en
gaged, and this collects in nonfluid
oils and works into the different
bearings on which the shafts for
these gears run. Such particles
occasionally damage the ball races
of bearings and if let run they even
tually cause replacement of different
bearing parts. Transmission should
be cleaned out at least every 1500
or 2000 miles.
"In fitting a sparkplug on a
cold cylinder be careful that you do
not screw it too tight. The prin
cipal cause of the breakage of the
porcelain Insulator on spark plugs
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others haven't that during his in
cumbency scarcely a mail passed
when principals were not requested
tor some data, chiefly concerning
promotion. That this very fact,
resulted in precisely what he refers
to i. e. "shoddy work, and forced
promotion." If not, how can Mr.
Cox explain the "retarded pupils"
proposition.
Furthermore during 1910 the
Normal Inspector was unable to
personally see all the schools, evi
dently being too much occupied
with his correspondence and there
fore there is some doubt as to the
accuracy of his datta. The ' ' Daily
Plan Book" system in use by our
teachers at present is in some ways
a verv convenient one to the teach
er, but as a check on her work by
the Department, is the silliest lot of
rot imaginable. The teacher is
supposed to write her daily plan
in this book, pass it over to the
principal for the O. K., and in turn
the Supervising Principal takes a
glance at it and sometimes about
once a year the Normal Inspector
may get a squint at it. Naturally,
if a neat and complete plan book is
found, it is taken for granted the
teacher is "doing excellent" work.
Wc are not saying that she is not
doing so, but the point is this: that
an excellent plan book by no means
indicates the teaching ability.
Many things may appear in that
book that are never taught. The
majority of teachers are such slaves
to this checking . up system that
their teaching ability is interfered
with through the very fear of what
might result from an error. From
such sources Mr Cox has gathered
his data regarding the "91 per cent
accomplishment of what was under
taken." The promotion of 90 per
cent of the children in 1910 and
placing them on the retarded list
within two years is certainly any
thing but accredit to the adminis
tration of our public school system.
will then be, in many cases, over
come," said Chas. F. Splitdorf, of
the famous laboratories of that
name. "The expansion of the
metal while heated has a crushing
effect on the light spark plug, with
the result that the thin and brittle
porcelain is oftentimes readily frac
tured." If the motorist is willing to take
a little pains he can reduce very
greatlv the rate of wear of his trem
bler points by periodically revers
ing the direction of current flow
through the system.
Original Odometer Is Rediscovered!
Somebody with a mind for his
torical research work recently dis
covered among the writings of the
Roman Yituvius a description of. a
combined speedometer and odo
meter which was in use at the time
of Christ's birth. This Roman
writer tells of a method of measur
ing the distance traveled by a vehi
cle. Gearing was so arranged that
as one Roman mile was traversed,
a pebble or n ball was dropped in
to a brazen pot, this giving an au
dible notice of the end of the mile;
this, with the hour glass, gave the
speed indicator, and when the
day's journey was finished, the dis
tance was found by counting the
pebbles in the brazen pot. The in
strument also was used for measur
ing the distances at sea, a paddle
wheel being fixed on one side of
the ship to turn the gearing. Al
though the arrangement was crude,
the result was perfectly satisfactory
to the people of 20 centuries ago'
We wanl everybody to subscribe for
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shows in a most practical way that you
are interested in the affairs of the town
where you live cr come to trade. But
whether you subscribe or not, we want
you to telephone No. 24 L when you
know of a local item of interest. You
are cowclme.
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South Pole Found
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A cable to the S. F. Call from
London, dated March 9, says:
The Chronicle today publishes a
long cable sent by Roald Amundsen
from Hobart, Tasmania, in which
the explorer gives the first portion
of a detailed account of his dash for
the pole.
Amundsen says he started from
his base February 10, 1911, on his
journey for the pole. Between that
date and April 11, his party stored
3,000 kilos (about 6,600 pounds) of
provisions in depots placed at 80
degrees, 81 degrees and 82 degrees.
Owing to the absence of the land
marks the depots were marked by
flags placed seven kilometers (4 1-3
miles) to the east and west.
The weight of the sledges was
300 kilos each, with six dogs to
each. The party covered 100 kilo
meters of ground on February 15,
the state of barrier affordingexcel-
lent traveling. The lowest tempera
ture during the laying of the de
pots was 49 Fahrenheit on March 4.
Before the winter arrived 60,000
kilos of seal meat had been stored
in depot, this being sufficient for
the party and 110 dogs, which were
housed in eight large kennels.
The Sun Goes Out
The sun disappeared April 23.
The four following winter months
were spent in changing the equip
ment. Early in September t h e
temperature rose rapidly and on the
8th., the partly, consisting of eight
men on seven sledges, with 90 dogs,
and carrying provisions for four
months, started. No sooner had
they started then there was a sud
den cold spell, the thermometer
showing well below minus 50. This
told terriblv on the dogs, but the
men were well protected by furs.
At the depot at eighty degrees it
was decided to return, and a long
stay was made waiting for spring,
which arrived in the middle of
October. The time w a s spent
mostly in the hut, Only a few dogs
were lost, and the feet of some of
the men were frozen. With the
spring temperature of between 20
and 30 degrees Celsius, seals and
birds were seen again.
A change of plan was made. It
was decided that five men, and not
all, should go south and that the
other three should go east to King
Edward Laud, as the English had
not been able to get there the pre
vious summer.
Dash For The Pole
There set out for the south on
October 20, the party for the Polar
dash, consisting of five men. They
took four sledges and 52 dogs, with
ample supplies for four months.
They planned to travel 20 to 30 ki
lometers a day. As they progressed
they built snow pillars six feet high
to guide them on their return jour
ney. Asummarv of Roald Amundsen's
narrative of his discovery of the
south pole, as printed in the Chroni
cle this morning, records, without
attempt at word painting, the his
toric achievement. He claims, be
sides the p'.tainment of the pole,
that the expedition resulttd in a
determh.ation of the extend and
charae'er of the Ross barrier, a dis
cover in connection with .South
Y' 'oria Land and probably King
F.dward Land, with a continuation
.! nuge mountains wnicn prooaoiy
stretch across the antarctic conti
nent. Long Mountain Rango
These mountains were named
Queen Maud's ranges. Scott's dis
coveries were confirmed.
Thereiskeen disappointment over
the lack of news from Captain Scott
of the British antartic expedition.
Eighty-one degrees south was
made by the party October 31. An
other degree was covered bv Nov
ember 5, and then the real dash be
gan, as at that point the last depot
for supplies had been established
and was left behind. From that
point the sledge party made 50
kliometers a day, establishing de
pots of supplies for the return jour
ney at each degree.
For three degrees the going was
good aud South Victoria Land was
reached on the 9th. On the 11th.,
Captain Amundsen discovered that
the Ross barrier terminated at 86
degrees south, 163 degrees west.
The eight-fifth parallel was reach
ed November 17 and it was found
that there the laud and ice barrier
connected. The barrier was found
to have summits at points 15,000
feet high."
In surmounting the barrier 26
dogs were harnessed to each sledge
and for a time the trips had to be
covered in two days. In three days
climbing a height of 5,000 feet of
altitudeinone day. with 35 kilomet
ers to travel toward the pole. Here
the vast inland plateau, described
by former explorers, was encount
ered, and 18 of the dogs were killed
to reduce the tax on the supplies.
Peaks Over 15,000 Feet
uaies were encounted and one
blizzard on this plateau, but the par
ty pressed on after four days' delay
November 30 the ascent of the
glacier was begun at 86.21 degrees.
Thrceranges of groupsof mountains
were discovered aud named. Some
of them reared peaks over 15,000
feet above the level of the plateau.
The paity made 88 degrees 16
minutes south on December 8, and
found an absolutely flat plateau ex
tending to the southward. Shac
letou's farthest south, 88 degrees 23
minutes, was passed that day and a
depot established.
From here the party had a down
hill haul, reaching 88 degrees 30
minutes on the 9th., 88.56 on the
10th., 89.15 on the 11th., 89.30 on
the 12th., and 89.45 on the 13th.
These points were established by
observation anddeadreckoning, and
by the same method the next and
last 15 minutes of the journey was
measured off, bringing the party
within the vicinity of the south pole
on December 14 in the afternoon.
The temperature was 41 degrees
below zero.
When Amundsen calculated that
the pole was reached a flag was
planted every member of the party
taking part in the ceremony, and
Amundsen named the plateau for
King Haakon VII.
Observations were taKen on thai
and the following day at many
points in the immediate vicinity and
it was found that the pole actually
was nine k. farther south, which
they made in a single march on
December 16 and replanted the flag
of Norway aud erected a tent.
More observations were taken
with an artificial horizon and the
exact point of the pole located as
nearly as possible.
The return start was made De
cember 17 and the winter quarters
at Framheim were reached on Jan
uary 25 with two sledges and 11
dogs.
The return journey was made at
an average speed of 36 kilometers.
Ainundson says that Scott dis
coveries have been confirmed. The
lowest mountain range, 850 kilo
meters in length. Amundsen
named for Queen Maude.
The Fram arrived at the Bay of
Whales January 9. Exactly one
week later the Japanese expedition
arrived near Amundsen's winter
quarters. The Fram left the Bay
of Whales January 30.
Disappointment Over Scott
While there is bitter disappoint
ment everywhere over the fact that
Captain Robert Scott, head of the
British antartic expedition, has
yet to report on his quest for the
south pole, there is nowhere any
thing but praise for the achieve
ment of Captain Roald Amundsen,
the Norwegian explorer, in locating
the southern axis of the earth.
Not even an inkling of the pres
ent whereabouts of Scott and his
steamer, the Terra Nova, has
reached London, but the English
man's agent in New Zealand is of
the opinion that he is still engaged
in exploring and scientific work
and that be probably may not be
heard from for several weeks.
That Amundsen had reached the
pole and planted the Norwegian
colors there was confirmed today
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