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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1913. 0 Educational Notes A total working Income of approxi mately 35,000.000 waa received by V state unlreraitiea and other state aided Institutions of higher education Juring-the past yew, as shown by a bulletin Just Issued by the Vnited State bureau of education. Of this amoqnt the Inited States government contributed about fi.wO.OOO and the Ute tlS.OM.OOO. Most of these inaU- celve from the United States govern ment. On the other hand, a few stales depend to a considerable extent upon. Uncle Sam's bounty. The Btate of Delaware provided $22,'K0 last year for Delaware college, to accompany 'he $70,000 received from federal funds; in Maryland the state Itself furnished $36,000 for the agricultural college, against ISO, K0 received from the federal government; Now Hamp utions do not hive Urge endowment shire's contribution to the state col funds, as many private ccl ecea and : ege as $20,935. and the s'ate of Ver- universities have, but their mu'ar cur ' Ul V8 nly ,26,u0 Ut f t0tal rent iror I f , V i :ncotne of $277,816 reported by the tiona reeu . ' ""'.T uniT.rrit,. while $80,000 was de uon represeu a definite capltaliza-1, ., . .i ,. A c. with penny lunches In seven public schools In New York City. Over COO summer schools have an- flounced sessions for 1813, according to the educational directory issued by I the United States bureau of education. I That instruction In domestic science ! be made compulsory for all girls' i i schools is urged In a petition signed j by a large number of women in Berlin, ! Germany. Virginia. Arkansas and North Caro lina now have "health almanacs" that are issued by the state board of health to popularize information on hygiene and sanitation. OOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXX00000X)OOC 1 lion of about $400,000.0'K. The year's Income patscd the two million mam :n the cas; of three 'I'e universiMen. The 'n .vors'.ty of Illinois had an Income i :ring 1911-12 rf $.:;G3.711; the Univ.-rs.tv of M.n f.ehota $2.6H:',4S9. and th- University f t Wiwonsin $2,122. 237. Cornell uni versity, Ithaca. N. V.. v iilch is terh nlcally a private institution but re elves state and federal aid, reported total receipts of over three million dollars with a net income aval. able rived from the United States govern nient and $50,958 from rrivate bene factions. In some of the larger state-aided uni versities, tuition fees from students have become an Important factor In the annual income, and others that !( The number of students In the high ', schools of Wisconsin who take Latin decreased 12 per cent during the last ! year, while the number cf those tak-j ing German Increased 10 per cent. j There were 1,445 tendance upon the farmers in short course" at- i at' lore to a certain extent public insti-' the Oregon agricultural college this tutions have private benefactions that yield a liermacnt worltlaj; reveaua. Thus th university of Vermont has considerable endowment; Massachu setts Institute of Technology", though aided somewhat by state and national depends for the bulk of upon the students' fees tor current ttn"nti nf si,nnt mil. lion and a half. ! go" s.vr.r.iMk...,....;, ' income m ,h. " ,;rr.,T "l.'i rrivate funds, and Cornell univers- Tk... I.....J. .v. .... . . itv received near y h( a lui-iuur in- i niversrv or Mieni-i. . . .,,.,.- , 1 i Villi IQl U u& l-dllllj , year, compared with 56 when the work was Inaugurated six years ago. f2. 1 it t- fr t 1 'l j It :f f'h ,LJ i ;r F Financial Statement (State Auditor's Call.) BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF BUSING? Feb. 5, 1913. RESOURCE3: Loans and discounts $2,575,478.39 Overdrafts 407.72 Bonds and stocks 99,550.00 Banking house 93,067.2 6 Cash and due from banks 476.567.75 gan, which had an income of $1,24;?. 057; Ohio state university, with $1. "11,571. and the University of Cali fornia, with $1,711,303. Tho'latter had n additional half niili: .n from pri vate benefactions. The piate of Iowa supports severa". institutions of coiieg.. and university rank with a combined Income of ovr two million dollars. I " Some of the itaen are exceedingly ' A commission of teachers from Uru geaerous to thir colleges and unlvers-' P'ta.v is studying educational institu tes, and in such cs,ea the national tions In the T'nited States a.id Can jfovernmenfs contribution Is only a!srta siall fraction of the total. Illinois1 . meets the government's $0,0ift Mill! Privatp benefactions for theological btudents" fees, productive funds, and Ftate appropriations. The Astronomic society of Mexico will present a medal and diploma to every astronomer who discovers a comet. Only men with practical experience in industry are allowed to enter the newly organized department for the training of teachers of manual art in the Fltchburg, Mass., normal school. It is planned to provide teachers of million ! manual arts for the upper grades of the elementary schools and the high schools. Total $3,245,071.12 LIABILITIES: t Capital stock $ 200,00.00 Surplus 100,00.00 Undivided profits 116,918.53 Deposits 2,308,013.21 Reserved for interest and tares 2 0,003.38 Dividends unpaid 136.00 Corner Eighteenth Street and Third Avenue H. 8. CABLE, President H. P. HULL, Vice President A. J. LINDSTROM, Cashier P. GREENAWALT, Vice President W. G. JOHNSTON, Ass't Cashier Total SAVINGS DEPARTMENT COMMERCIAL Vocational work in high schools is now fully recognized with other sub jects for admission to the University of Kansas. Three of the required 15 units may be in manual training, do mestic science, stenography, bookkeep ing, agriculture, or commercial law. The University of Michigan also ac cepts vocational subjects. DIRECTORS: $3,245,071.12 DEPARTMENT TRUST DEPARTMENT SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS o o 1. ' Rock Island Savings Bank j ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS ,OCXX2COCOCXCXCOCXXXXCC H. S. CABLE, W. H. DART, P. GREENAWALT, FRANZ HAPP, H. P. HULL. E. W. HURST, PHtL MITCHELL, M. O'CONNOR, JOHN VOLK. 'and R. H. Wright, the authors of the t bulletin, point out that this ratio rep ; resents only the highest possible es- tlrr.ate; that the actual conditions are Not more thaa one in every fiveleven less favorable, public school teachers in the United ! It Is in the rural schools that the States Is professionally trained to the problem of securing competent teach- PASTOR RESIGNS TO MILLIONAIRE'S DEATH A MYSTERY nearly two mf!"on drl ars from state , nrhools amounted to $l.r,so,000 during I extent of being a graduate of a teach- ers has been most, acute. The atten runda, and there ore several other ! the past year. ers' training course, according to a tion of educational leaders has in the ftates that are similarly open-handed.) j bulletin on rural school teachers just past been occupied by the rapid growth Most of the P'ates give to higher j The New York school lunch commit- issued by the United States bureau of of the urban systems and the rural e?ucaMon a greater sum than they ;t-e turves about hi!!ren a day j education. In fact, A. C. Mcrnahan schools hav( been neglected. The I J ; trained teechers, themselves often the product of the country, have been at tracted to the cities and towns by high er salaries and better prospects. There was formerly little Inclination to ap praise rural teaching at its full value, either In pay or position, and the bet- ; ler teachers left the country schools as soon as they gained experience. Raising the standard of rual teach ers by dignifying rural school work as a special field of high importance Is already attracting better trained teacher? to the country. It is now pe-.ierally demanded that the teacher for the country school have a special training for the work. "The rural j teacher." says the bulletin, "needs the I same courses in education and the ; same general methods of teaching as !the town or city teacher. He needs, however, in place of some cf the aca ' demic subjects of secondary or colle giate grade, additional courses lc aat ". f.t l' nV.irN. '.At - vr-" ". t i L "rj I V 'VH t I i a I - - . ' i (Special Correspondence of The ArRii!".) San Francisco. Dr. Bradford Ueav Itt, Unitarian minister of this city, be- mial and physical sciences, particular-1 Heves that death can be softened by I Besom was mnkinp his racing debut i at Sheepshead Mr. Kcene visiled the i REFORM FUNERALS I'uddock in company with his trainer. J Jimmy Rowe. aud inspected tne colt tuiuutely. Keeue was very foud of j Noonday, the colt's dam, and be talked j proudly of his expectatious of IJesoin. j The colt had worked exceptionally j fast, and the race looked as mire us : sure things can be regarded on a race ' track. j The result of the conference with Howe was that Mr. Keene decided ti make one of his rare larse bets on Besoin to win. The news of the Koene waser created nlmost a sensation in the rlujr. and the price against the colt went tumbling. ! The race was run. and Resom lost ! by an eyelash, lie went out with Ber- I ry Maid, nnfl the two raced stride ror stride like a team. When It was Re som's turn to stride his nnse showed in front, ami when It was Horry Maid's turn she showed a scant advantage. So it was all the way. Mr. Keene watchins the contest through his field glasses without a murmur. The crowd was on its toes. As tlioy passed the Judges It was Berry Maid's turn to stride. Then the apple of Mr. Keene's eye at the time lost the verdict, and the vice chairman of the Jockey club lost one of his few wagers on the turf. New York World. Dr. Bradford I.eavltt. ly in their applications, and In nature study, elementary agriculture, domes lie economy, sanitation, rural econo i micB. and rural sociology." j Three main ageracies are attempt ' li g to meet the demand for trained rural teat hers; the normal school, the county training school, and the high school. The bulletin describes the (S. iHl Pnrrrspi'nil-nee of The Art'i ("bvelami. Ohio. Feb. 3 The bdy of Sylvester Homer Everett, heir ti millions, was found at the bottom of a rllff overlooking the lake shore here. While nt the home of a friend Sat unlay night Everett was attacked wHu a serious nosebleed nhirh lasted a half hour and was followed by nausea. Mrs. S. H. Everett afd S. H. Everett. 11h bft the house to take a walk, hop ing that 'he cold air wnid revive him. Ue was ac-ompanied ly one nr two (tber young men. His companions re-t'lrn-u to the house ff,r bats and coats, and when they ?nie l ark to jjin him. '. f had anlshed. Everett was a g.-uduate of Vale and a s 'c'.tty and cluu man. He was 29 less staginess of funerals; that, flowers rather than crepe, that white rather than black, can give to the funeral something other than gloom and can impress peacefulness upon those who have been separated from the ones they loved in life. Thus believing, and ' desiring to put his Ideas into practice, ; Dr. Leavltt will quit the ministry to A ROYAL INSULT. Ktlects typical examples from different years of age, happily married and had section of the country for more de tailed description. State 'normal schools at Bellingham.Wish., Harrison burg, Va., and Athens, da., are di6- rieveland. Her father was the late eussed as examples of normal schools two children. His wife, formerly Miss !"!:ra Morris, is a ff-mher of one of the oldest a-id wealthiest families in Calvary Morris, m'lllona'.re coal man. Everett is a son of S. T. Everett, lap'.tal'st. who for vears wa at the head of the Everett-Moore traction syndicate. F ree wm " " tmtt i li iiiiiii in i J r ixiere: C We will furnish the first ten people with us, to pipe three or more rooms for gas lights. free gas fixtures to placing their order ters fore We want the work to busy for the next week keep our or two, we ti. make this free offer at this time. 3 rooms piped for $ 9.00 10.50 12.00 13.50 4 rooms piped for 5 rooms piped for 8 rooms piped for PE0PL ES POWER CO. work of ench of these agencies and become an undertaker. "The minister should be a part, of an undertaking establishment," says Dr. I.eavltt. "How many of us have realized that the time-worn form of fu nerals Is a painful one? Why are per sons subjected to more than necessary sorrow and brought into loomy antici pation of a burial by subdued litjhts and solemn faces? 'Let there be liht.' In light and truth we should find sur cease of sorrow and the world would be the better for It. "I have not taken the step that, I have without a thorough study of the many 6ides of the question involved. My resignation does not take effect unt.il April and in the meantime I shall that, offer regular courses for rural pchool teachers, based on the special neds of their respective localities. In other state normala there are de partments of rural education, as in those cf Michigan: the Illinois state normal school at, Normal; the Klrks ville normal school at Klrksvllle. Mo.; and five Wisconsin normal schools. The rural education department of the western state normal school at Kala mazoo, M'ch.. Is considered typical of have prepared myself thoroughly for this eroun. One year courses for rural the ordeal that confronts me. I would Lord Brougham Bided His Tims and Repaid George IV. With all of his knowledge and talent Lord Brougham was eccentric and slov enly In his x,eri""1!1l habits. While be vns a young and comparatively un known barrister he was asked to a din ner at which the prince regent pre sided. Mr. Brougham's hands needed washing. The regent's keen eyes rest ed on them, lie beckoned to a waiter and save him an order which the man heard with a scared face, and then polng out ho speedily returned with a ewer full of water, soap and a towel. He carried them to Brougham, pre senting them with the prince regent's compliments. The barrister Instantly withdrew and never afterward referred to the insult. Years later, when the prince, now king, tried to divorce his wife. Brough am ns her defender ho vehemently sus tained her cause that she triumphed. The king's name was not mentioned during the trial, though the nation knew that he was secretly the prosecu tor. Brougham In his speech declared We Are A I wave Pleased to have you come in and have your eyes examined. It costs nothing and perhaps we can save you somo future trouble. No case too compli cated for us to cor rect. J. RAM'S SONS OPTOMETRISTS. s 1 3 i 3 ,5 2573E3TT" HAY EXPERT remove your corns, bun ions, etc. Feet massage a specialty Telephone West 810-L. LILLIAN M. ROUNDS EXPERT CHIRCrODIST 1022 Yz Third Avenue. . j i w El teachers are offered at Valley City. X. like to. and will, do something to take that be saw In the distance the name- D Lewiston, Idaho, and Greenville, Horn oeatn its rear ana to dispel the 'es iwmwMimr ui ii.ii-m.ih mt-m, X. C. Certain county normal schools atmosphere of superstition that we quoting wltn tcrrine nr. ripsier.ied solelv for the nrenaratlon have inherited from the heartless word?: of rural teachers, as In Wisconsin. So great has been the lack of trained teachers in rural education that the high schools have been pressed Into service. Thirteen states hsve organiz ed teacher training courses In the public high schools or In close connec tion with them. 30,000VOICESI And Many Ar the Voices of Rock Inland People. ! Thirty thousand voices what a , grand chorus! And thafa the num- wltn etemity methods of the past. If I can do ever so little toward this end of helping humanity to face- death I shall feel that I have accomplished much that I have longed to accomplish. "The funeral has at present no ele ment of softening or brightening in fluence. We might well look to the Chinese in adopting methods of burial devoid of added anguish. The white and the flowers of the Chinese take ;from sorrow what gloom and eomber colors add. Death should be faced in a rational manner, for has not the victim of death In most cases been en tirely rational in coming face to face though he credits it a cninln aerns- etfeet Milton's ' the pond. Mr. i.iicns viioien aii'ni I brosu and, describing the extortionate rates of the hotels there, tells thu The other ahane. If shape It miKht be called. black It story: A departing American was tood an nlrht. j pvlng his bill with a rueful glance aa Fierce ten furies .terrible hell. ; b-nvlng. "Milton had It And ahoolc a dreaUful dart: what Feem'd i . . . , ht head I wrong, ' lie said to me, with the free- The Itkenciia of a kingly crown had on. Cieorse IV. felt seriously this savage attack. The nation sided with the queen, and her defender had paid bU debt with Interest Correcting a Quotation. In his book, "A Wanderer In Flor ence." E. V. Lucas furnishes a new reading for that quotation alKmt the leaves on the brooks of Valiombrosa, masonry of the plucked, for I knuw him not. "What be me:ii!t was 'thick as thieves.' " Recollection. "Say. Karl, what do you think of onr new papa?" 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