THE NEWARK POST
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JANUARY 23, 1918
WIN THE WAR
By a vote of fifty to nineteen the
United States Senate passed a res
olution in favor of postponement
of the carrying out of the order of
the fuel administration. The vote
cannot be called partisan, for
weighty Senators of the Demo
cratic side generally aligned them
selves with leading Republicans in
this condemnation of President
Wilson's Administration. As to the
fuel administrator and his fantas
tic remedy for a situation due to
gross inefficiency on the part of the
executive government at Washing
ton, it may be that that gross in
efficiency conceivably brought
about a situation so grotesque as
to need a grotesque cure. We are
not just here dealing with that
question. The stupendous interest
of the Senate's vote is in tne fact
that it cannot be regarded as any
thing less than a clear-cut vote of
lack of confidence in President
Wilson's Administration. There
seems no doubt that but for tech
nical intervention by one Repre
sentative a similar vote would have
been cast in the lower house.
It is high time that the President
should realize that the era of un
critical support is at an end and
that his Administration must
shape its course very differently if
it is to regain and maintain the
confidence of the country. A series,
nay a habit, of ill-judged appoint
ments and of tenacious support of
appointees who have failed to con
vince the country of their efficiency
is part of the existing evil. An
other part 'is lack of timely com
prehensive action, due to the per
sistent failure of the President to
follow the course of all the other
countries at war by calling to his
aid in a real war council those who
are by common consent the ablest
men in the country, whatever be
their political affiliations. Radical
change in these two respects can
alone remove the loss of confidence
which is reflected by the dramatic
action taken by the American Sen
ate.
Under any other system of demo
cratic government such a vote of
lack of confidence would be follow
ed, as a matter of course, by a
change of Cabinet and a reorgan
ization of the Government. The
fact that the President of the
United States is placed by the
chief activities of his office in a
position corresponding to that of
prime minister throws upon him a
responsibility to the Congress and
to public opinion of which he is
not divested by the loftiness of his
office in its other phases nor by the
permanent period of his tenure.
Mr. Hitchcock, a Democratic
Senator, of Nebraska, truly said on
the day of the Senate's resolution:
* * the whole thing
points to what is becoming pub
lic knowledge that we have no
co-ordination in our Govern
ment; Doctor Garfield does one
thing and another department of
the Government does another
thing. This situation this morn
ing speaks strongly for some
sort of reform in our Govern
ment, and eventually we will be
forced upon the necessity of
locating powers somewhere for
the 'purpose of bringing about
co-ordination * * * it's ut
terly 'impossible for the Pres
ident to do everything."
Refering to the need of a war
council, he added:
"If we had such a Cabinet
(meaning a war council above
the Cabinet) now things would
not be in such disastrous shape
and orders such as this would
not be necessary.'*
Does the President want Amer
ica to be efficient in this war?
Does the President wish to restore
confidence in his Administration?
If so, his course is mear. So is his
absolute and unescapaible respon
sibility.—Public Ledger.
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SCHOOLS ENLIST IN
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Letter From State Commis
sioner To Teacher
Every school teacher in the State
of Delaware has been called to the
colors to help bring to a success
ful issue the War-Savings cam
paign which has been undertaken
throughout the nation. Professor
A. R. Spaid, State Commissioner
of Education, has taken the leader
ship in this movement and is ap
pealing to every teacher for active
co-operation.
The following letter has been
sent by him to every teacher in the
State :
January 12, 1918.
To the Teachers of Delaware:
Mr> Henry P. Scott, Wilmington,
has been appointed by the Treas
ury Department at Washington as
State Director of the War-Savings
Committee. Ex-Governor Charles
R. Miller, Mr. Hervey P. Hall, and
Dr. G. Layton Grier are the direc
tors of New Castle, Kent and Sus
sex counties, respectively.
I have been appointed a member
of the War-Savings committee, and
have been given the responsibility
of organizing all the schools into
thrift associations. As usual, the
teachers are in a position to do ex
cellent service. They can do this
without interferring with the reg
ular school work. The proposition
is simple and the literature ex
plains every detail. The work can
begin at once as the thrift stamps
and war-savings certificates are on
sale at all post offices. Read the
newspapers for directoins and ex
planations, and use the lessons on
thrift in your school as soon as
received.
'Compared
with others, this country has al
ways been known as a nation of
spenders, not a nation of savers.
Before the war began, France, for
instance, had some 12,000,000
bondholders, whereas we had only
about 370,000. If France had not
been able to rely on the savings of
her people, the war might have
been lost long ago. The War-Sav
ings Certificate campining should
have an effect in making America,
too, too, a nation of savers and
thus have an effect far beyond the
mere purposes of the war."
A FEW FACTS
OUR PROBLEM—The estimated
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population of Delaware is 234,819,
and we are expected to buy
through thrift stamps and war
certificates
$4,696,380
' This is
savings
worth of "Baby Bonds.'
at the rate of $20 per capita.
AFTER 5 YEARS—Should we
buy our full share, viz, $4,696,380,
that large amount will be returned
to the citizens of this State Jan
uary 1, 1923, and since each five
dollar stamp will have been sold
at a little over $4, of this principal
amount, over $800,000, will be pro
fit made through the interest.
WHAT IT WOULD BUY—Fix
ing the price of a comfortable
home at $2,000, this interest would
buy for the Delaware people over
400 homes, or it would pay the 1,
100 school teachers a salary of
over $700 a year.
YOUR WORK—Arouse the in
terest of your community in this
thrift campaign and report your
success to your county superin
tendent.
Cordially yours,
A. R. SPAID,
State Commissioner of Ed
ucation co-operating with
the State Director.
H. P. SCOTT, State Director.
Youth's Companion
Calendar For 1918
The Youth's Companion Prac
tical Home Calendar combines the
beautiful with the useful. It is
especially sought for by busy peo
ple, because it gives at one glance
not only the days of the current
month, but those of the month pre
ceding and the month following,
all on the one leaf. At the same
time the calendar is decorative in
design and suitable for a place in
the best room in the house. It is
given to all readers of The Youth's
Companion who have paid their
subscriptions for 1918.
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EXAMS UNDER
HONOR SYSTEM
Idea As It Prevails At Dela
ware
The Honor System was explain
ed and discussed by students of
Delaware College at Chapel exer
cises last Wednesday, preceding
the mid year exams which began
on Thursday. The idea of the sys
tem as in effect at Delaware is as
follows :
When a man has an examination
scheduled he reports at the time
specified and at the room specified.
The professor who is giving that
examination gives out the ques
tions to all who come and then
leaves the room, designating where
to leave the papers upon comple
tion. After the professor leaves no
one is in the examination. They
have absolute liberty to do any
thing which will not disturb the
other men and which will not con
stitute a breach of the honor
pledge. When a student has com
pleted his paper he signs the fol
lowing pledge and deposits his pa
per: "I have neither given nor re
ceived any aid in this examination,
and if I have seen apyone act dis
honorably I will report it to the
Student Council."
The students all reel the serious
ness of the duty Which devolves
upon them and it is expected that
these examinations will clinch the
honor system so that it will
tinue to be a power for good for
years to come at Delaware College.
Those who spoke to the student
body were Donald P. Horsey,
Harry B. Alexander, Garrett R.
Cantwell and F. Bayard Carter.
It was announced today that the
tickets for the Junior Prom would
be placed on sale Monday of next
week, and will be limited to ninetv
couples. The floor in Old College
Hall is too small to accommodate
a larger number. The tickets will
be limited to the three upper class
es of students and faculty and
alumnae, freshmen to be provided
if any are left.
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NEWARK TRUST AND SAFE
DEPOSIT COMPANY
NEWARK, DELAWARE
yields an income of nearly half a
million dollars a year. It has tracks
connecting with every railroad that
enters St. Louis. Chambers of
Commerce of other cities have
visited it with an idea of adopting
its time-saving and money-saving
advantages.
"When Mr. Brookings and his
partner determined to endow
Washington University, they as
sured it a certain income by giving
to it the' Couples Station. Mr.
Brookings is still general manager
of the Station, but turns over his
twenty-five thousand dollars salary
to the college. And this is not Mr.
Brookings's only philanthrophy.
The Mercantile Library, an old in
stitution in St. Louis, was badly
located in an unpopular section of
the city. It had very little endow
ment and was not patronized suf
ficiently to provide funds for its
upkeep. Mr. Brookings was elect
ed a member of the board of direct
ors and immediately began to use
his business acumen for the ad
vantage of the library. Bonds were
floated sufficient for a new build
ing, accommodating the library
and having large office space. The
rent received was sufficient to pay
its bonded indebtedness and taxes,
and provided sufficient funds for
the library's maintenance.
In 1913 Mr. Brookings gave an
additoinal million dollars to erect
a medical department in Washing
ton University. When he was
elected president of the trustees
he canceled the University's in
debtedness out of his own fortune.
"Although Mr. Brookings has
never married, he has a large and
beautiful country home at Crystal
City on the western banks of the
Mississippi. The estate is large,
and over it a herd of deer
at will.
roams
It is noted for beautiful
gardens and immense oaks. There
is a large library where Mr. Brook
ings spends most of his time when
at leisure, and his art gallery is
surpassed by few in America.
"The life of Robert Somers
Brookings should be an inspiration
and lesson to every ambitious
American boy. It teaches that
man may overcome difficulties by
pluck, industry and intelligence,
j and that he can . rise from poverty
to success by his own efforts. It i
; also teaches that man does not live I
for himself for Mr. Brook- (
; mgs believes that the accumula
tion of wealth or wielding of
, power for personal ends and glory j
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does not constitute one's duty to
the world. His life shows that as
much energy and intelligence
should be given to our duties to
humanity as to our own personal
aims."
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MASQUERADERS
AT PLAYHOUSE
Founded On Katherine Cecil
Thurston's Novel
Lots of people before and since
Bobby Burns have wished they
might see themselves as other do.
Sometimes it is possible to do so,
as Guy Bates Post has proved.
When Richard Walton Tully de
cided to produce "The Masquer
ader," at the Playhouse, Wednes
day, January 30, matineee and
night, a play founded upon Kath
erine Cecil Thurston's popular
novel of the same name, he chose
Mr. Post for the star part, or
rather parts. For in this play Mr.
Post appears .both as a drug-soak
ed member of Parliament and as a
rising editorial writer.
Both men are supposed to look
exactly alike, and P is out of their
bargain to exchange stations in
life that the complications of the
drama arise.
himself if his makeup as the two
men were sufficiently alike and yet
Mr. Post was anxious to see for
sufficiently different. An ingen
ious photographer solved the dif
ficulty.
—Adv.
R. T. JONES
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Lots 50x150 feet deep, and P*?'
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