Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Newspaper Page Text
liad left the ship, but the steerage passengers were still aboard when the fire broke out. As the immigrants heard the crackling of the flames, a stampede ensued, women fell and were tram pled on and men were injured in the A crush, but the officers were finally V able to get all to the pier. The Imperator is the largest ship afloat. She is 919 feet long and has a 98 foot beam. She has nine decks, seven for the first class passengers, and her bridge is 90 feet above the waterline. Though the liner was only- launched May 22d of this year, she has had three mishaps. o o URGES MORE TIME SPENT ON PUPILS' PHYSICAL CULTURE Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 28. Urging smaller classes in the schools and more time spent oil the physical wel fare of the pupils, Dr. Joseph Lee, member of the Boston School Com mittee, and president of the Play ground and Recreation Association of America, today was the chief speaker before the Fourth Interna tional Congress on1 School Hygiene. "When we realize fully what it means to the health and mental de velopment of our children," declared Dr. Lee, "we will cut the size of pres r ent day classes in half. In our ele mentary schools this would increase the efficiency of the teacher and the mental and physical development of the children seventy-five, per cent It would increase the cost of the public schools eighty per cent, but the chil- dren's lives and their development in to healthy, happy, useful citizens are well worth it While the actual cost of running the schools would be in creased eighty per cent the taxpayer would not be called upon to pay out a cent more money. The difference, and more, would be made up in the saving of the expenses "of municipal hospitals and charity institutions. "To the normally bright tmn'1 the present system Is an Intellectual hob- , ble, for such pupils must be held back so that the slower or duller child can grasp what is taught There should be special classes not only for the deaf and dumb, but also for the nor mally quick child and for the back ward pupil. It is a crime to hold back the bright child by the presence of the dull pupiL "We should have half-day schools in certain grades and more frequent holidays and half-holidays, with plenty of systematized outdoor play in between, in order to keep children interested and energetic to learn. Half-heartedness in pupils devel oped through the monotony of un broken study Is a serious drawback to learning, tl is almost as bad as one hour of study a day with tho remaining hours spent in idleness. "That hygiene should be taught in the schools is now admitted by all thinking people. The children of to day spend more time In the school than they do at home, and it rests with the school system whether or not they develop into useful members of society. The end toward which we are working can only be reached by halving the size of the classes." The rural school as a recreation center was urged by Clara L. Van Slyck of the Russell Sage Foundation of New York. Among other topics discussed today were "Health Super vision of College and University Stu dents," "Crippled Children," and "The Need of Medical Inspection in the Public Schools." to o Five lawsuits have been filed at Los Angeles for control of the Amer ican Disappearing Bed Co. Justice may well busy herself with measures looking toward control of anything appertaining to the disappearing bed. o o And now the Kaiser has foresworn beer and taken to lemonade. We guess that when Brother Bryan un corked his grape juice he fired one of those shots that are heard around the world.