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THE REPUBLIC: SUNDAY. JUNE 1, 1902.
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NOTABLE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES OF THE ST. LOUIS HIGH SCHOOL
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ST. XX7DT9 HIGH ECHOOTi ORADUATIN'Q CLASS.
Tst Row Professor William J. B. Bryan, Ralph Boeder, Edward Paddock. Roy
Campbell, WQlam Nourse, William Griffith, Adolph Braum, Hempstta Kcnnett, J. X
Idem, Professor Schuyler.
Beeona Row Lola Farnham, Irma. TTcTIer, TTIla Haass. 7raud HeTIman, Hazel Roths
child, Grace Craig, Blanche Rcnard, Olive Kcrley, Rosa Dorrence, Adele Schuknberg.
Third Row Elsie Selxas. Nettie Sachs Irma Sale. Rhoda Owens. Edith Ferry. Laura
Klclne. Caroline Stelnbreder, Lconle Stotfel, Adalia Uhlcmever.
Fourth Row Charlotte Lesser. Alice Hewitt. Viola Robinson. Mabel Mejer. Emma
Harrison. May Hamilton. Hallle Prentla
rint Row TuHa Collier, Rath Brlbach, Blmon Frank, Armln Pfister, Halfreoj Xxicooek,
Walter Barklage, Thomas Bashaw, Harvey Lamb, Charles Farrar, Grace Devoy, Laara
Frederick, Mary Bensberg.
Second Row Catherine Menard, Nora Hareen, Myrtle Hercules, Nellie Houlihan,
Manette Robarts, Anna Ehnts, Joey Hoolan, Bessie Woodson, Katherlne Hequenbounr.
Busnn Lancaster, Marie Baler, Elsie Fteinmann.
Third Row Evelvn Winchester, Catherine Casey, Anna Maxwell, Clara Wakeham,
Daisy Zanck, Lvdla Bergslecker. Anna Tensfeld. Lillian McKee. Agatha McEnanev, Ina
Champ, Ilsa Kramer, Barb-ira Yore. Caroline Slnglctcn.
Fourth Row Annie Evans, Ethel Farrar, Henrietta Schader, Rebecca Rels. Hel'n
Rowan, Virginia Stadler, Hester Kenned), Ma me Allen. T.uls,s La Carl, Luclle Hall,
"'dith hley, Valeska Weber
First RowCharles Hess, Charles Helmers. Sidney 7ohnsoo, Rernthrton efcnrrrleiv
Walter Freund. Harvey Bode, Conrad Peper. Edgar Hammel, Louis Mostr, Edwin Ball
man. Second RowJosephine Gratlas, Gertrude Rolf. Charlott Price, Alice Thorpe, Sybil
Pra'go. Laurence Trlnce. William Hcermans, Alexander 8telner. Matilda TJthe. Aurelfa
Weaver.
Third Row Irma Radcr. Pauline Latipheimer, Florenc Hoeval. Clara Htstng. Flor
ence Welgle. Bessie Brey. Frtlda Kajser. Lpolla Jones. Helen Gray. Elizabeth Palm-r.
Nettle Schwarrtzberg, Fannie Roche.
Fourth Row-OIlve Gruen. Mabel Mortland Marie Buss. Edit: Perry. Sarah Thomas.
Olive French. Adele Mejcrs. Eatell Little. Viola Conrad, Aldah Wlfcrspoon. Ida Sutzn'r.
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BdXTM IK TH3 PSTSXOAX ZiABOStJLTOBY. PROFESSOR CARL X. UWEIBBOK
Vi'UUVlWi PUPILS XN THH USB OF APPARATUS.
' PBmCTPAIi WUXZAM J. 8. BRYAN,
Ooo cf the fcnslesi flrnres at the High School From morning until night Ms ttm la
occupied with executive matters and Instruction.
THH X. Z Cfl, A BOCIETT FORMED OF MEMBERS OF THH ORADTTATTNO CLASS.
Roy Campbell, Paul Grace. Remington Schuyler, Edgar Hammel, William Heermans.
Alice Hewitt, Viola Robinson, Hallle Prentls, Mabel Meyer, Charlotte Lesser.
UJUlTfJt FOR IBS ICTTDAT rUEPUKLia
St. Louis takes oredlt for pocsessinr one
ei the best managed High Schools In the
country. In Its equipment and scholarship
It ranks with any school and this year will
graduate one of the largest classes In Its
history ISO young men and women.
The bulldlnr In every way Is one of the
tnoet pdern, but on account of the steadi
ly Increasing attendance is becoming Quite
crowded. The proposed North and South
St. Lords High Schools, it is thought, will
regulate Its overcrowded condition:
An Interesting feature of the school Is Its
various departments where the apparatus
for ftudyine; Important lubjects Is nearly as
complete as would be found In a well
managed university. There Is a chemical
laboratory, botanical laboratory, physical
laboratory and rooms set aside for the study
of drawing and art.
William J. S Bran, the principal. Is one
of the busiest teachers In the city. Al
though chief executive of this veritable lit
tle city, he has several classes which he
Instructs and his time from the moment he
appears In the building In the morning until
he leaves at night. Is fully occupied.
In every Institution of Its kind ere many
societies and secret organizations and of
these probably th mot exclusive Is that
formed early by the members of the
graduating class. The present graduating
class secret society consists of ten and
is called the X. I. C. What these letters
represent It would be considered a lolatlon
of trust to dhulge.
The chemical laboratory Is equipped for
the accommodation of sixty-four pupils
The room 1 3Sx feet. There are sixteen
double experiment desks, each affording
space for four pupllo. Between each two
double desks there Is a slate sink, which
may be used as a pneumatla trough. No
ticeable pieces of apparatus are an auto-mt!r-
still and a complete asay equip
ment. including crusher mulling plate,
crucible and muffle furnace
George Plntt Knox, the Instructor In
charge of this department, cam to St.
Louis four eirs.aRO from the chemical
laboratories of Cornell University.
The botanical room Is one of the lightest
In the building, and Is built on the south
side Along Its walls there Is a line of
metnl boxes two feet wide filled with potted
plants of all klnd Thee are carefully
tended and grow thioughout the jear. A
larre Wardlan case In the front of the
room affords opportunity for the growing
of plants th-u require high temperature
and much moisture, as for Inst-inc-, orch
ids and Spanish moss A metal tank makes
It possible to keep growing water plants
This room accommodates thirtj-flvo pu
pils, and is provided with Individual deks
A set of dissecting Instrument", needle",
knife, forceps and dissectlpg micros-cope
form the equipment of each disk
The physical laboratorj is located on the
fourth floor. It Is fflxW feet In size and Is
lighted Ijj seven windows There ire four
teen experiment desks, designed for the ac
commodation of twenty-eight pupils. These
tibles a-e each fitted with adjustable cross
har and supports for the attachment of
various piece of appantu.
In one corner of the room there are seats
for the clas and a demonstration table
where Professor C. I. Ingerson glres neces
sary illustrations of tl e methois of as
sembling and manipulating apparatus I
iii-cueu in eacn experiment, Sufficient ap
paratus for the performance of sixty-five
or seventv experiments Is provided
The drawing and artroom has received
much more attention than Is cnstomarilv
fc'vcn t0 hii d partment in a public school
The mom Is SCS feet In size, and Is . .
to accommodate thlrtv-flre pupils. Each
seat Is provided with a hinged drawing
board, adjustable at any angle. B'des
the regu'ar Instruction In drawing the hls
toryof art is studied by the pupils in this
Ths thoroughness of the work Is shown
by the fact that at Omaha. Buffalo and
Paris the St Louis High School had cUs?
pias which were particularly recognized
by the judges in the art departments. This
display was class work, and not the work
of specially gifted pupils. The Instructors
in. TSiiHepaSnlent ?r?: F- - Sylvester,
MIs Lillian Brown. Miss A. P. Taylor and
Miss Marie Garesche.
"COMING EVENTS" FOR JUNE
AS SEEN IN ASTROLOGY.
Outlined By Professor Gustave Meyer, 101 "Washington
Street, Hoboken, New Jersey.
The foUowlnr la an Interpretation of what
do "starry messengers signify and impart
to me on "coming events" for the month
of June, according to astrology, v "the scl
enoe of the stars,' and which is taken from
the new moon that occurs on Friday1, 'June
e, ISOi at 1:01 a. m.. Washington, D. C
mean time, and from that lunation I find
the following facts to be In evidence, and
therefore form the following judgment on
"coming events" for the month of June, for
our Government:
At the above given time I find that the
sodlacal sign of Pisces is rising on the east
ern horizon, and, as the ruler of this sign
Is the fortunate planet Jupiter, and as
Jupiter was postod In the eleventh mansion
of the heavens, this signifies that our home
representatives abroad will receive high
honors, and our soldiers will be quits suc
cessful, and we shall hear of them gaining
many victories, especially so during the
fore part of the month. But at the same
time, as the evil planet Saturn was also
posted In this same mansion. I should judgo
that we shall hear of some trouble occurring
to our soldiers toward the latter part of
the month, and It would be well for our
Government not to trust our foreign friends
too far, and during this latter period, I find
that our homo representatives abroad will
experience trouble as well.
The fortunate planet Venus rising on the
eastern horizon signifies that the public
health will be extremely good during this
month, and I should Judge that the common
people or laboring class will be more than
fortucale in many wajs.
As the evil and fiery planet Mars was
posted In the second mansion of the heav
ens, this signifies that our Government
must guard against much trouble with 'Its
revenue, and It further Indicates the fact
that we shall hear of some unusually large
failures occurring to banks, and Wall
street will experience a siege ot panics, and
there will be some unusually heavy slumps
In that street similar to. If not worse than,
the late Gates affair.
As the sun and moon were posted In con
junction In the third mansion of the heav
ens and afflicted therein, this signifies that
It would be well for the postal authorities
to guard against some great robbery, es
pecially so between the Cth and 13th Inst.
In particular during the 10th, 11th and 12th
Inst. And during this same period. It will
also be well for railroad officials to guard
against some unusually great trouble or
calamities.
The trouble as mentioned ana Indicated
for railroads will he mainly In evidence In
jand around Washington, D. C, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey era Boston.
It would be well for sea captains to guard
,'agalnit some unusually large shipwrecks
or calamities upon the water, owing to the
fact that the evil planet Saturn was posted
In th ninth m,M!nn nt fh htfan ani
t strains; toes dates It will also be well fori
gtiHlaners to guard against mors than usual '
trouble, end I should Judge that there will
be quite some animosities between the
press, especially In New York City, and
there will be more than usual trouble In
connection with the courts and clergy, and
we shall hear of some unusually great
scandal In this direction, and It will also
be well for the clerical as well as the legal
profession to use great precaution during
these dates.
During the middle of the month, or be
tween the 6th and loth Inst, it will be well
for the summer resorts, or wnterlng places
to guard against some great calamity,
either In the nature of a fire, or other
wise, and It will also be well for the piers
to be safeguarded. And during this period
I further find much trouble Is Indicated to
our navy, and our fleets must take great
precaution.
I find that strikes which have existed will
cease during this month. It will also be
well for prison authorities and the author
ities of all places of confinement to guard
against some unusually large outbreaks and
that a wholesale Jai' delivery Is imminent,
nnd that the prison auhorities In particu
lar will need to use more than usual vigil
ance. I should Judge that this evil relative to
prisons Is Indicated to occur during the 10th,
11th. 12th. 17th, ISth and 19th Inst, and dur
ing the latter part of the month as well.
I wish to further state that It will also
be well for theaters and places of amuse
ment to guard against much trouble during
the middle of June, as much evil Is Indl- '
cated. '
I find that this will prove to be a more,
fortunate month for President Roosevelt'
and our Government will be highly honored
and our President will receive many ho;ir,
much credit and esteen, and this will prove
to be an exceedingly fortunate month for"
merchants, professional men, real estate
men and farmers.
In conclusion I will state that this win,
prove to be an unusually and more than for
tunate month for matrimony, and the fair
sex will experience more than usual suc
cess as well, and be quite fortunate. I re
main. GUSTAVE METER. I
HELD OFFICE THIRTY-NINE YEARS
BY KEEPING OUT OF POLITICS.
Louis A. Berger Has Worked Under Ten Different Administrations,
and Holds the Record for -Continuous Service in the City's Em
ploy Says Municipality's Affairs Should Be Conducted
Just Like the Business of a Private Concern.
PROFESSOR Starr says the Engagement
Ring Is a Relic of Barbarism.
It Was He Who Organized an Au
topsy Class Among His
Students.
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Frederick Starr, professor of anthropology
In the University of Chicago, who has
shocked his class of co-eds by telling them
that the engagement ring Is a rello of bar
barism, and was used by slave owners to
denote the serfdom of their female slaves,
is an enthulast on anthropology, tradition
and heredity. It was be who some years
ago organized an autopsy class among his
students, who subscribed to by-laws devot
ing their bodies to science after their death.
He also created a sensation by advertising
In Chicago for six fingered or toed people,
and he brought back from Central America
some four-ejed fish, two of which were for
seeing under water and two for use above
Professor Starr has traveled extensively
and has dug up tribes of congenital Idiots,
races of men who had the "short third toe"
and a host of other monstrosities.
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Where Titles Are Sold.
In China official announcement recenUy
appeared that after a certain date the title
of mandarin would not be sold to anyone.
??". M.8? " "f that every one wh0 hal not
that Utle and who could afford to purchase
It made haste to do so.
ennobled, but who had not the money, lost
no time In disposing ot a large portion of
their property and in forwarding the pro-
tJ00.?0!13 wno had be" con-
5Ld tffif nthJt"8" to confer " ou
sted UUe on those who were deserving.
It Is estimated that since this announce
ment was made the Imperial treasury has
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"BTB Xsoasao) Fhotegrtpher.
Deputy ta th Cofisetor effloa, who has been m the psKJa serrios tor tsfatr-Bzoo yeero,
mor than half his life.
WRITTE? TOR THB SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Perhaps no man who ever held public of
fice In St Louis can boast of a record for
longer service than Louis A. Berger, a chief
deputy In the offke of the Collector of the
Revenue, who has spent more than half his
Ufe as a servant of the people. Mr. Berger
Is 73 years old and frtJll continues to perform
his clerical duties as chief of the entry de
partment "How did I manage to retain my posiUon
through different administrations?" he said.
replying to a quesUon. "By attending
strictly to business, I suppose. I know no
other reason, unless I have, a reputaUon for
doing ray work correctly. Z have been in
the pubUc service for at least thirty-nine
j ears, more than half my life.
"Changing administrations did not affect
me. I never was a politician and I never
talked politics. Of course. I voted, but that
was a duty I bad to perform as a citizen; It
was a prlvUege that no official could expect
me to relinquish. Otherwise I always'steered
clear of poliUcs. I did my work properly,
and that was what I was paid to do. Once
some politicians elected me to office In -a
club and insisted that I should accept, but I
refused, and nevertheless held my place.
"When Democrats w ere In power I was a
Democrat and when a Republican admin
istration roverned I was a Republican. Z
don t mean tl at I med'fled my principles
as the political complexion of the nunleipal
Oovernment changed. What I mean is that
I never meddled with politics. I did not
prores to belong to any pirty. nor did I
tieny party affiliation. I simply Ignored rol
I". "lltiueiher.
"Thirty-nine jear is a long time for any
man to devote to the public serv'ce. No-v
as I look back and meditate on the methods
and tactics of various officers by whom
I was emplovcd I think how some of them
cou'd have done better for the public than
the did
"The philosophy that I acquired would not
fill a book. I could write It In one para-
Biiipn. Aiier an mese jears of work, rve
concluded that there Is only one way to
run a public office, and that is to run It as
jou would your own private business No
other way Is proper or safe Burlness prin
ciples should strictly prevail and exceptions
never should oe made
Public officials often show partiality- to
political and personal friend'. Xot infre
quently rebates are rmde to these friends
nnd money, that belongs to the city. Is
saved to private treasuries. That Is not
right Yet, I doubt whether any Collector
by whom I was emplojed did not extend
favors to friends. I think Mr Hammer, the
present Collector, is about the only one who
has applied the law to rich nnd poor alike,
without regard for demands made on the
giuuuu ui xnenosnip. i
"It is easy for me to dIcover whcthT I
favors have been shown. When accounts
are compared It Is not difficult to note where
Interest his ben remitted by the offldal.
I must say that I have discovered nothing
like th's since Mr. Hammer took charge.
I like my work better to-day than Z ever
U1U.
Mr. Berger became a servant of the peo
ple when the Civil War began and he has
been In the public service ever since. Dur
ing the war he was paymaster at the Fed
eral cavalry depot in this city. Immediate
ly after the war he entered the Assessor's
office as clerk, afterwards becoming Dis
trict Assessor.
Wlllsam H. Maurice offered him a elertc
shlp In the Collector's offiee. which was ac
cepted, and Mr. Berger oentlnued as clerk
until about twenty-one years ago, when
Collector Hudson promoted him to chief
deputy of tho entry division, which posi
tion he still holds.
Mr. Berger lives at No. S209 Barrett street
He was born in Hamburg, Germany. No
vember 27. 1V3 and came to this city In
1813. He began as a grocer's clerk and
later was clerk In the saw mill run by
Major Dobbins
Though 73 vears old. Mr. Berger Is as
active and Industrious as a jouth. He Is
at work even morning at 8 o'clock and
never thinks of leaving his desk until 5 or
6 o'clock On December 31. last more than
Jl.0fO.0C0 poured over the counter In the Col
lector's office, and it a- Z In the morn
ing before the books were balanced. He
remaired until the books and cash agreed
and was again at work at S o'clock, five
hours latr. on work that he considered too
Important to postpone.
PHANTOM K0UNDS OF ENGLAND.
WIUTTEJ FOIl Tlin StTN'D Y RETUUMC
Some of the thousands of readers wose
Interest has been excited by Doctor Comn
Doyle's enthralling story of "The Hound of
BaskervIIles" may not be aware thit a
phantom dog Is numbered amongst the
most grisly and fearomc specters of tb
East Norfolk Const
This apparition known as Old Shuck or
Black Shuck, takes the form of a hugs
black dog. which on stormy nights may be
encountered prowling along certain narrow
lonesome lanes In that SDarselv-DODulated
f district lying between Tarmouth and Cro
mer. The demoniac howling of thlskawful
monster which has flaming teeth, and a
solitary fiery eye In the middle of Its fore
headIs heard above the roaring of the
wind and sea. and the fishermen and farm
hands, when they hear it, take care to
hasten to their homes, for to see Black
Shuck Is to receive notice that you will die
before the end of the year. Stories are told
In some of the coast hamlets of persons wno
have met this Norfolk Snarleyow, and al
most Invariably, the country folk will tell
you. those persons did not live more than
twelve months after the encounter.
There Is. however, one way of cscarSlng
the penalty of intrusion on Black Shuck's
nocturnal prowling, and that Is, you must
preserve absolute silence about, the monster
for twelve months after your encounter with
him. People who are fond of cruising on
the NorfoIK Broads will be Interested to
know that Neatlshead Long Lane, near the
lovely broad at Barton, and the roads lead
ing to Colttshall br'dge, over the 3ure arc
Black Shuck's favorite haunts; but he also
frequents the lane3 in the neighborhood
of Bacton. where, another Norfolk ghost.
the Long Coastguardsman. takes a nightly
stroll at the witching hour.
Another canine phantom Is the Mauthe
Doog or "Moddey Dhoo." which used to
haunt Peel Castle. In the Isl r . tm-
( was a 1-irgo black spaniel, which for cen
turlcs was able to obtain access to every
room In the castle, no matter how securely
the doors Tight be locked and bolted, but
wmen never appeared before nightfall and
alwavs disappeared before dawn. At th
time when the castle was garrisoned tho
Mauthe Doog became such a familiar phan
tom that little heed was paid to Its appear
ances and movements, though most of the
soldiers carefully avoided doing anything to
excite Its anger.
But on one occasion one man. made reek
less by excessive drinking, declared is In
tention of discovering whether the so-cailed
ghost were n "dog or demon." His com
panions did their best to persuade him not
to Interfere with the apparition; but on a,
certain night when he went alone to lock
the gates of the castle It was with the
avowed Intention of settling forever the
question in dispute. Soon after his departure
a strange noise was heard, but no one dared
attempt to find out the cause of It, though
when the soldier returned to the guard
room there were many Inquiries as to the
nature of his experiences.
The man. however, had become suddenly
and strangely sober, and notwithstanding
his companions' frequent Interrogations he
preserved absolute silence. Three days later
he died, apparently In great agony, but
without revealing either the nature or
cause of his fatal Illness, and from that
time the Mauthe Doog ceased to haunt Peel
Castle. Some Manx folk assert that it took
up fresh quarters on the Kirk Jarmyn
Mountains, but others affirm that the howl
ing monster of those parts was the cheat
of a wolt
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