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THE MORNING JOURNAL-COURIER, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908.
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Nickel $1.50
Silver $4.00 '
COME AM) SEE IT.
The L. L Stoddard Tobacco Go.
940 Chapel Street.
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Do prepared for tho sure-to-como
warm days.
STRAWS nre iii season. Wo
have only the good sort of Hats,
K.VOX and J. & T.'. Maybe a
Spring Derby aaaln KXOX
and "J. Ai TVs Special" are win
ners. Shirts, too, liannonlons neck
wear, low-shoe hosiery and har-ness-lentlier
belts all in food
taste will be found lirro.
(incorporated)
OPP. THE TOWN PUMP
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Wo carry the
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of shirts; all a
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shirt, from S..
to $:.fn.
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A complete line of women's anil
wen's Panama hntg from $5 to MS.O).
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We are cloning out our fancy waist
coats at Jl and $1.50.
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uitable for circulars, postal
cards, statements, etc. In
sizes 6 J and 6 at 80c thou
sand; 40c box of 500.
John R, Remberf & Co.
262 State St.
The poets say that "Spring hath
came,"
But I don't care a rap.
A man came In on Saturday
And bought a nice fur cap.
If this weather still continues
It will make us nil feel glum
mer I'm thinking of putting in a stock
Of "heavy underwear for sum.
mer."
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THE HIGH SCHOOL
William H. Hackctt Scca.J3omc
Notable Lack of School
Spirit.
ACADEMICS ARE FAVORED
AU the Exponslvo Teachers Are for
Them, and All the Honors,
Too, Ho Says.
William H. Hnckott, of the New
Haven high school, has an article In
the current number of tho Teachers'
Journal which treats of some of the
perplexing questions of the time at
that Institution. One of these is the
Jealousy between tho pupils of the
different courses. Another Is the mat
ter of finances and underpaid teach
ers. The article will be rend with In
terest by all who have been connected
with the high school at any time, 'it
reads ns follows:
A report that the High School
Alumni association, owing to lack of
funds, would not offer this year prizes
for excellence In public speaking has
led thn writer to a consideration of
the reasons that have brought about
such a state of affairs.
At first thought the explanation
seemed pimple, but upon mature re
flection the matter assumed a very
complicated form and led the writer
far beyond his original opinion.
There have been graduated from
Hlllhouso and Eoardman more than
four thousand men and women, many
of whom occupy prominent positions
In our city, while some have children
in our high school to-day. Such being
the case, we should naturally expect
a warm Interest In the work and wel
fare of tho school, hut we must un
willingly admit this Is not the case, If
facts are to be considered.
The Alumni association was started
In 1 KS0 "to form a medium through
which It can act for the benefit of the
school and to preserve and continue,
as far as possible, the connection be
tween former students to maintain
their Interept In the school and In the
general cause of higher free educa
tion." During an existence of more than
twenty-seven years no specific act can
be shown that the Alumni association
has performed for the general cause
of higher free education.
In special cases groups of Individ
uals, with some gratitude towards the
school, have by various beautiful
gifts helped to Improve the walls and
rooms of the buildings, but In almost
all cases these hove been due to the
efforts of recent graduates and pupils
of the school.
Several reasons for this absence of
school spirit among the graduates may
be mentioped. Most of the prominent
members of the Alumni association
are also college graduates, and, by the
vcrv nature of things, college affairs
and Interests overshadow their Inter
est In high school matters. But the
vast majority of our alumni are not
college graduates, and at llrst thought
one would suppose they would take
an active part In promoting high
school interests.
irillhouse high school was Intended
originally to supplement the studies
taught In the graded schools In our
city and actually was natural growth
and unavoidable result of the gram
mar school system.
The (irst classes met In grammar
school buildings, were taught by
grammar school teachers by grammar
school methods,
When a separate building was pro
vided for high school studies the ten
dency was gradually to draw away
from ci'fltiimnr school studies nnd
methods, and to strive to Imitate and
.io(V ,.,,iin ti,r1l. nnd renulre.
ments. Gradually courses to meet
college requirements were introduced,
college graduates were appointed
teachers, college methods of Instruc
tion Introduced, and a policy, or prac
tice, rather, was inaugurated which
has continuously developed to tho
more or less detriment of the original
object of the high school.
inevitably high school teachers, be.
ing college graduates and with differ
ent methods and Ideals, came to have
less and less In common with gram-
i mar school teachers, rarely, if ever,
visited grammar schools, and had very
I little knowledge of grammar school
methods. All these things tended to
widen rather than bridge the gap be
tween the grammar and high school
gra des.
This state of affairs was the result
more or less of the Influence of Yale
college, where tho classics held the
chief place In the curriculum.
It may seem surprising- to some, hut
It Ib a fact, that pupils taking the clas
sical course In Hlllhoiise never had
one single period of English in tho
four-year course.
And the reason was that Yale did
not. require English na an entrance
study. When English became a re
quired study for college, then classical
pupils studied It. In high school. So
the college was allowed, unconsciously
perhaps, to fix the studies for high
school, and the high school reverted
to the aim of the old Latin schools,
modified In a slight, way by nineteenth
i century conditions. Tho gap conae
jquciitly widened between the gram
! mar and high, schools, although, as we
I have seen, the original purpose, of the
I high school was to supplement tho
i work of the grammar school.
! Such an attitude on tho part of
high school teachers had Its powerful
Influence on the tone and spirit, of the
school. To a greater extent, than at.
present, perhaps, pupils selected the
college preparatory or classical course
for social purposes, with the Intention
of getting In with the right people,
and not. necessarily with tho expecta
tion of going to college. It must be
paid that this was more true of the
girls then of the boys.
FerllnB that the classical course
was thai selected by the beat boya
I
and girls In the school, the members ,
of that course emphasized by their j
actions that they considered them- I
nclves superior to the members of the
academic and commercial courses.
Again, the classical course was for
four years, while the scientific was for
three and the commercial but for two
yearn at that time.
Naturally, pupils taking n four-year
course, and that, too, regarded as tho
most desirable, fell that they deserved
positions uf honor and prominence,
and as a ruin secured almost all the
coveted positions In class organiza
tions. As a consequence pupils In other
courses, receiving scant consideration
In these matters, were not very en
thusiastic over the actual state of af
fairs, and after graduation lost what
ever Interest they had In a school
where everybody was supposed to re
ceive equal consideration. Another
contributing cause to this feeling of
discrimination among pupils was the
presence of secret societies,
Ah a result of the efforts of former
puplla who entered college, the first
secret society, modeled after college
societies, was started In 1 S S I. As this
and the later secret societies are call
ed Greek letier societies the Influence
of classicism had Ha corresponding In
fluence upon the lift and spirit of the
school.
Tho tendency to a feeling of su
periority over the barbarians and a
spirit of cxeluslvenefis became more
and more noticeable; social rather
than scholarship qualifications came
to be considered of more Importance
In selecting members, though It must
be confessed many of the best classi
cal scholars were members of these
societies. As an offset to and a pro
test against the rxeluslvencss of the
(lrst society, another was started In
the nineties, but. like the pioneer so.
clety, It developed Into nn exclusive
set and as a result other secret socle
ties sprang up until at the present
time in the New Haven high school
there are at least eight secret socie
ties. The tendency In all these societies
Is to sacrifice the welfare of the whole
school to the advantage of Its own
member.. This spirit of exrlnslveness
fostered by the societies was not con
ducive to that school spirit that all
graduates of the same school should
have for their alma mater,
Still another element that must be
considered In this connection was the
lack of hearty co-operation between
the teachers, due In a great measure
to their treatment by school officials.
There was and Is no recognized head
In any of the large departments, no
uniformity In standard of work and
Instruction In the same department,
no regular conferences between teach
ers of pupils In the same class, no
uniform system of discipline, no strict
enforcement of scholarship rules and
no substantial recognition of extra
work both within and without the
school.
As substitute teachers either pupils
out of school scarcely a .year or two,
without any experience In high school
teaching, are brought In to Instruct
boys and girls, whoso work must nec
essarily suffer, or men taking post
graduate courses In Yale nre em
ployed. As the presence of theso men In
New Haven Is primarily to get their
degrees, their Interest In and work
for the school Is not of permanent
value or Influence, At the same time
competent teachers, college graduates
ami graduates of the local high school,
are denied the chance to substitute for
some unknown reason.
Owing also to the cheese, pa ring pol-
ley on the pari of the board of educn-1
tlon, teachers are forced to do outside I church. The He v. Father Ford of St.
work In order to support themselves; ; Mary's was deacon and the Rev. Fath
the salary that a post-graduate stu-' or Malumey was sub-deacon,
dent will spare his time for Is regard- Miss I.eena T. Hmos was organist,
ed as a fair standard for teachers who
nre permanent members or the com
munity nnd who are giving the best. In
them to make good men nnd women
of the children of New llaen.
If nn Increase of ralary Is desired
the teacher faces a peculiar situation;
she has no definite knnwledg,. w heth-
er the principal or the superintendent
or the committee on schools, or th
entire board of education, fixes her
salary. Some teachers, to make as
surance doubly sure,, hnve been oblig
ed to see all these gentlemen. And
yet teachers nre told that If their work
justifies It they will be paid what they
Some rumors have been prevalent
regarding the method of recommend
ing and adjusting salRtles In the high
school that seem so Incredible that no
mention of them will be ma le here.
This leads us to a consideration of
the attitude of the board of education
j towards the high school, which will
! no discussed In our next number.
In our next article we will treat of
the history of Illllhouso and of Hoard-
man, the consolidation of the two
schools, the short-sighted policy of
the board of education, the proper aim
of an American high school, the cur
riculum, school organizations and ath
letics, offering suggestions with a view
to making the New Haven high school
a representative American high
school.
FOOT GFAU1) TLWS.
WcMvllle Favored by Many for Field
' Pay Receive Picture.
While no action has been taken by
the Second Company Governor's Foot
Guard as to holding their spring field
day this month In Westvlllo It Is gen
erally understood that In view of the
efforts put forth by member of the
company residing there that the eom
n and will favor Westvlllo and fall In
with any plans that may he suggested.
The (late has not yet been decided
upon,
Tuesday, Major Frederick W. Brown
and Captain Arthur E. Woodruff and
their wives attended a luncheon in New-
York city given by the officers of the
Washington Continentals, under the
command of Major 8. L. H. Ward, to
the general aeoelatl in of the Daugh
ters of the Revolution, The luncheon
was served In the old hlstorlo Francis
Tavern on the corner of Broad and
Pearl streets. Major Word holds the
rank of rap-.aln In the Old Guard of
New York and the Font Guard of this
cltr.
The company Is In receipt of a large
and fine photographic picture, nicely
framed, from the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues bat'.allon. It. shows the
Richmond Blue and detachment of
the Foof Guard that went to Rich
mond on Washington's birthday, Feb,
22 last, on the occasion of tho pre
sentation of the clock.
The two organizations are In full
orers uniform, drawn up battalion
front, on tho grounds of the I'nlverslty
in Richmond. The picture Is a flttlnsr
end beautiful memento of that very
pleasant occasion.
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Special Sale of Illuo nnd Gray Hoofers, $1.79 are $5 and $(1 value.
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OBITUARY NOTES.
Vernon C. Stiles.
Vernon C. Stiles, n well-known resi
dent of North Haven, died at his home
yesterday at the age of 70 years. He
had been sick for some time. Funeral
services will bo held at his late horn
In North Haven, this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
IYnnk Conlnn.
The new church of St. Rore In
Dlntchley avenue was crowded to Its
utmost capacity yesterday morning
and there was an immense assem
blage on the outside unible to gain
admittance, which had assembled to
lay the last tribute of respect to tho
late Lieut. Frank Conlan, whose un
timely taking away has brought the
slncerest grief to all who knew this
really estimable man.
Among tlHMo In attendance were hi
Imnor, Mayor James H. Martin, Chief
Fancher, the fire commissioners, dele
gations from the Eagles, State Fire
men's association, I'nlted Order of
Workmen and Firemen's Hcneflt league.
Tho celebrant of the ma:s was the
Hew Father Fitzgerald, !)( tor of the
and the Gregor'an mass was admlr
ably sung by a choir or volunteer sing
ers, friends of tho deceised, very ap
propriately, James A. Getting of No.
10's engine house, sang tho offertory
very beautifully. At the conclusion of
the services his dauchtor, Miss Anna
, , ift,tings. who has an unusually line
contralto voice, sang vi ry sveeUy,
"Heaven Is My Home." Father Fitz
gerald dejlvererl the sermon.
Among the floral tributes was an ex
quisite basket of Faster lilies from the
company of No. 4 engine house, stand
ing wreath from the State Firemen's
association, also tribute from the
! K' lilted Order of Workmen ana
thc Fraternal Benefit league
The bearers were Cap!. I'. H. O'N'eil,
Copt. John Camp, H. J. Davidson, Capt.
.H. E. Borst, Lieut, (ioeliel and Assistant
Engineer U. J. Welch. The flower bear
ers were from the Order of Eagles and
were James Keegan, Charles Piatt,
Vincent Msher, Peter Conlan and Rep
resentative Frederick I.ehr.
The Interment was In St, Iiwrence
cemetery, where the Il'-v. Father Fitz
gera.ld officiated. M. F. Walker & Son
had ch-irgo of tho arrangements.
Charles H. Menvn.
Funeral services for tho late Charles
H. Merwln will be held from his resi
dence, 52 Hlshop street this afternoon i
at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are Invited to
attend.
Emma Welles.
Pneumonia yesterday morning caused
the death of Emma Welles, aged two
years. Funeral services this afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the rooms of Griha.m &
Hayes. Rev. John Hall will officiate.
Interment In WcFtvllle.
Robert Mason.
The funeral of Robert Mason took
place at the residence o his father-in-law,
James Igo, S3 Elliott street, yes
terday mornlug at 8:30 and a requiem
high mass was held at St. John's
church at 9 o'clock. The Rev. Father
Coyle officiated and spoko In the high
est terms of tho deceased. The flowers
were very numerous and beautiful. The
funeral was largely attended by many
sorrowful relatives and friends, Tho
flower bearers were Juines Conway and
James Flncklo and the pallbearers
wero Frank Flynn, Edward Ryder, Mi
chael Brandon, William Johnson, John
Conway and Robert Walsh. The Inter
ment was In St. Bernard's cemetery.
Ohrlhlopher Garvcy,
The funeral services over the remains
of Christopher Garvcy, formerly of
this city, who died In Albany, N. Y.,
after a three days' Illness of pneu
monia, will be belli from the residence
of his sister, Mrs. Thomas Hogan, 142
LHoyd street, this morning, at 8;o0
o'clock, and from St. Rose's church at
9 o'clock. Mr. Oarvey Is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Jeremiah Cohanne
and Mrs, Thomas Hogan, and one
brother, Michael Garvcy, Me was In the
29th ear of his age. Tho Interment
will be In St. Bernard's cemetery.
MEIGS & CO.
ESS
MR. HUSS' LECTURE
Interesting Talk on Ferns at
Meeting of County Horti
cultural Society.
The regular meeting of the New
Haven County Horticultural society
wae held last nljht In the (Jourler
building There was a very large and
enthusiastic attendance. The speaker
of the evening was Mr. Huss, garden
er at the fine Goodwin estate In Hart-
i ford. His subject was "Hardy Ferns,
and Their Uses," and he handled It in
I a masterful manner. Through his ef
! fort. the (ioolwln estate has perhaps
! the largest collection of American, Eu
i ropean and Asiatic ferns In existence.
The speaker at the close of his paper
answered many questions on the sub
ject, and was awarded a very hearty
vote of thanks. The .society inter took
action to have Mr. Huss' paper print
ed In pamphlet form and distributed
amongst the members, and others who
may be Interested. The society's gar
den competition has created a good
oeni ni mieresi ann the secretary re
ported many competitors. The en
tries will eloao on May 31.
It was voted to hold a rose show In
June and a committee was appointed
to attend to the same and report at
nxt meeting. After the business
meeting a social time waj ettjo;-P, t
the expense of the society's bowling
team and Captain Vye awarded the
prizes won by the following members
.lames Moore, two silver cups In high
average handicap.
William Hlckle most marks; second,
high single,
R. Watson, high single.
William Symon, third; high average
James r.ruce most marks.
D. Ferguson, second, high average.
T. Webster, fourth, high average.
T. Pettlt In behalf of the bowling
team preeented Captain Nyo with a
gold watch fob.
freight nm:s i p.
Railroad Presidents l.lkclv to Raise
Them 10 per Cent.
The coming meeting of the trunk
line presidents to consider finally the
question of raising freight. will he
attended by representatives of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rall
raod company, probably President Mel
len. A high railroad authority here
speaking of the situation says that
there Is little doubt now that the In
crease will be voted on the lines cast
of Chicago on both claws anil commodi
ty freight and amounting to an In
crease of from ten to thirteen per cent,
to go Int. ooperatlon pretty noon, Tlte
raise, It Is declared, Is due chiefly to
the Inability to lower wages, which In
turn Is partly due to the organized re
sistance of the unions upon the various
railroad system, and tho danger of
precipitating trouble at a time when
the railroads are already under stress,
owing to tho reduction of huslne.is, ,s
regards the New York, New Haven ft
Hartford Railroad company an Increase
of ten per cent, would amount to about
$750,000 a. year In gi'nsa receipts. The In
crease will probably not affect local
rates within the territorial bounds of
the system.
FOHAKEU WAISTS TO KNOW.
(Question Right of Government to
Gmut Railroads Immunity.
Washington, May s. Upon motion of
Senator Foraker, the senate today
adopted a resolution calling upon the
Interstate commerce commission to In
form the senate whether the commod
ity clauso of the railroad ra.t.o law
which wont. Into effect .May 1 Is being
enforced and whether, If It Is not, the
failure to enforce It. Is due to on ng-rco-ent
between tho railroad companies
and the authorities 1 hat the companies
shall have Immunity from punishment.
Mr. Foraker said he agreed with a
suggestion of Senator Bacon that no
' "no In a legislative oflice had author!
ty to suspend tho operation of a law.
IHTKKT SHOPS TABOO.
Providence, R. I., May 6.The bill
prohibiting tho operation of so-called
"bucket-shops'' passed both branches
of the Rhode Island legislature today.
The measure become operative on
Sept, 1, next
a .H-H-KW m
ft
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Values up to $80.
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against fire, theft nnd moths.
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Where garments arc made over or remodeled
during summer we make no charge for storage.
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