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EIGHT Mothers of Academy Boys and Tubman Girls Are Asked to Meet Miss Collins at Tub man Tomorrow. TUBMAN TO INITIATE THIS YEAR A NEW KIND OF COMMENCEMENT This Year There is to Be No Salutatory Nor Valedictory Addresses; Only Short Pro gram THREE IMPORTANT DATES IN JUNE ARE ANNOUNCED Class Day Exercises and Usual Junior Banquet to Precede Graduation. No Medals This Year. Commpneement dnten, of no little Importance to Tubman girls, were announced Saturday. They are dates of an date* during the school year wUch the young ladles look forward to with moro Interest than any others. Here they are: June 10th, Claes Day. June 11th, Junior banquet for grad uates. June 12th, Commencement day. These are the three days of all school days to Tubman girls. The students of the uppor classes, senior and Junior, of Tubmnn high school, are losing no time In making plans for the 1913 graduation. There are twenty-three graduates at Tub man thla year. No Long Program. Mr. T. H. Garrett, principal, made tho significant statement Saturday that this year for the first time In the history of the Tubmnn there would be no salutatory, no valedic tory. nor any long-drawn-out pro gram. This, however, Is not a new feature of high school commencements. It Is learned that In several of the most prominent modern high schools 'n this country tho old, long, uninterest ing program of several set speeches has been eliminated. The cxcrclsca will be shorter this year. The graduation exercises of Tub man this year will he different In an other way: In that no prices nor med als will he awarded. It has been found to he the choice of the students os well as the faculty to eliminate this feuture also. On* Clast Repr*»entntlve. Tho rxorclson will bo hold at tho Grand opera house and will sljnply consist of the deliverance of diplomas by Superintendent Lawton 11. Evans, tho reading of an appropriate paper by Mlso Margaret Addison, the read- Jtift of the names of those who will graduate with distinction (those hav ing made ft general average of over PC per cent In their studies for tho entire four years!, and music. The program will bo very attrac tive. Class Day and Banquet, At the Class Day exorcises, which will bo held at tho school at 11 n. in., there will be bat two representatives of tho doss to ttUie part In the pro gram. They have been appointed by tho faculty and are the president, Miss Julia Osborne, and Altos Mattie Lee Rowland. A feature of the Class Day exercises this year will be tho presentation of a little sketch entitled '•The Hall of Fame.' The banquet to be given by tho Juniors to the graduates ts always a very elaborate affair In which great Interest Is ew.tsred every year. The feast la always a sumptuous one and the congeniality, charncterlstlo of any Tubmen girl, prevails. The banquet will bo held In the evening, at the school. DAVIDSON SCHOOL Pupils Getting Ready For Field Day, April 19th, and Annual •'Spelling Bee,” April 25th—Other School Doings. Wp were glad to return to our school duties last Monday, after a forced holiday of a week on account of the flood. It put us hack some somewhat In our studies but we are striving hard to make up the loss. Our principal has appointed officers S'lurag the purlls to look over the class lines as they are marching In and out of the building so that good order can be enforced throughout the school. The officers have proved quite efficient and are a great aid to the teachers and principal, Mr Sanford has placed Helton Boy la ton at the head of our athletics. Belton Is the back- stop of the "Tour ist Juniors,” who are making quite a record for themselves on the dia mond. Belton says "We are going to bring that Sliver Trophy new held by the Houghton to the Davidson on the li*th of April. Tbe 19th of April Is Public School Field Day. The follow ing is a program fqr that daj. Program. Public School Field Dav, * April 19tb, 1913, Fair Grounds, Augusta. Georgia, Events for Grammar Schools. BO yard dash, bo>s under 75 lbs. 76 yard dash, boys under 90 lbs 76 yard dash, boys under 110 lbs. NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS Augusta will see the organization of nine Houghton School News Just as we are all thinking what beautiful weather we were having, again comes a breath of winter; but weather makes no difference to us, our work goes on Just the same. Our cooking lesson Monday was very much enjoyed; the class marie peanut cookies, which were delic ious. As spring Is here, Miss Baker Is teaching us to draw flowers; Tuesday we drew daffodils on green paper, af ter they were painted yellow and outlined In black they made some of tiie prettiest studies we have drawn this year. Tho last time that T gave the pa pers anything from our school, I neg lected to mention our "Roll of Honor" for February: First Honor, Adelaide Fund. Second Honor, Thelma Johnson. Third Honor, Leona Kilpatrick. Fourth Honor, Sarah Marshall. Sarah Marshall is away from school sick, we hope to have her back again soon. RITA BRILL. Education Notes FROM FAR AND NEAR You've Got to Bathe. Compulsory school bathing Is en forced In the German cities of Gotha and llellbronn. In Gotha children who ran not afford bathln'g suits ore sup plied with them by the school. Study Carving. Fourteen hundred hoys and girls en rolled In the Public, Industrial Art School of Philadelphia rtudy drawing, deslgn lng i modeling, und carving for two hours every day. In Any Library. Students of the New York State Li brary school are compelled to spend one month In practice work In any li brary they select in the United States. Many Libraries. Over 00 per cent, of the high schools In the United States have libraries, lie wording to figures complied by E. I>. Greenmnn of tlio United States bureau of Education. New Introduction In Alaska. The "school republic” or "school city’ has been Introduced Into the Alas kan native schools by order of the Uni ted Blales commissioner of education, for the purpose of preparing the natives for cltlxemhtp. Woodlawn School Notes The spelling bee between the third grades at Woodlawn school was held Friday, March 28, The contest was won by the pupils of AUss Schmidt’s grade. The names of the pupils that did not miss are Bernice Hutchin son, Ethel Walters, Alary Cook and Edna Taliaferro of Allsgi Sdhmidt’s class and Clyde Hargrove, Bordy Uinckston. Carlton l.lpps and Virginia Atunday of AUss von d r Leith’s class. The eighth grade class of the \\ oodlawn school had a spelling bee Friday, Alareh 28. Those who did not miss were Alary Kelly, Ada Foster, and Agnes Holliman. MINNIE STOUGHTON, MARY KELLY, HAZEL MURRAY. 100 yard dash, boys any weight. Run, high Jump, boys under 90 lbs. Run, high Jump, boys any weight. Run, broad Jump, boys under 90 lbs. Hun, broad Jump, boys any weight. Potato race, boys under 90 lbs. Putting S-lb shot, boys any weight. 44(Vyd. relay race, 4 bojs under 90 lbs. each, 440-yd, relay race, 4 boys anv weight. Notes for Grammar Schools. Two boys from each school ma. enter each event except potato race (one boy); one team in each relay race; no boy may enter more titan one event, relay race excepted. School Colors. Central, blue and orange; Davidson, blue (jtnd white; Houghton, blue and red; John Milledge, red and white; Monte Sfcno, orange and black; Wood lawn, red and go|p; Summerville Academy, green and gold. Spelling Bee. Our eighth grade girls are working with a grim determination for anoth er silver cup, and 1 believe we are going to win In the spelling contest on the 25th of April. We have won the contest twice in succession. MARIE WATSON. Parent-Teacher Clubs l h oL7bM h them Conducted By HARRY SHEARER NIGHT SCHOOLS IHECUSED Year’s Work at Fifth Ward and Augusta Free School Ended Friday. Prof. Osborne Entertained. The Fifth Ward Night school and tho night school of the Augusta Free school ended their year's work Fri day night, the last Friday in March. There will he no more sessions now until tho first Monday In next Oc tober. Prof. E. M. Osborne, principal of the Fifth Ward Night school, and Prof. W. F. Parks, principal of the night school at the Augusta Free school, both declare the session just ended to have been a very successful one. . Tho four classes of the Fifth Ward Night school were entertained at the home of Mr. Osborne, 609 Crawford avenue, on Thursday and Friday nights, two classes being present each night. A most enjoyable time was had both evenings. Not only the mill people are pupils of the Fifth Ward Night school, in dividuals following most every walk In life attended the school this yea - . Mr. Osborne stated he had four pu pils who were employed In the post office coming to school to him at night. Their ages range from 12 to 35 years. The school Is one of "readin', 'rltln' and 'rlthmetlc” and as astonishing as It may seem the former subject Is being taught some of the pupils 30 years old and more. TJjey want to learn and are generally very atten tive students. Mr. Osborne during th past ses- slon was assisted by his son, Mr. Ernest 1.. Osborne. The enrollment at the close of school was 70, although during the session it ran as high as 100. The sessions at each school were held at to 9.30 p. m. Mr. Parks was assisted this year by Prof. Sturman. Denver. —An appeal to organized labor to come to the aid of Clarence S. Barrow, whose third trial on charges arising out of tile AleNamara case in which he was chief counsel for the defense, comes up on March 31, Is contained In a Joint statement Issued today by the Western Federa tion of Miners and the Vnlted Mine Workers of America. The statement which bears the signature of the of ficials of the miners’ organizations, follows. Go ■ Medal For The Country School Boy - ~old medal to the school boy or girl between the ages of 10 and 15 wbo writes the best composition - , not to exceed 800 words, on the repair and maintenance of earth roads, is to be awarded by Hogan Waller Page, di rector, office of public roads. United States department of agriculture, A\ ashlngton, I). C. All compositions must bo submitted to Mr. Page be fore May 15, 1913, and the medal wit! be awarded as soon thereafter as the compositions can be graded The com position may be based on knowledge gained from books or other sources, but no quotations should be made. After many years' experience in dealing with the public road situation THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA- CONTESTANTS FROMJOIN Names Young Ladies Who’ll Represent School at High School Meet Here in May Are Given. The names of the young ladies of the Tubman high school, who will represent their school In literary and music contests at the coming meet ing of the high schools of this con gressional district, which will be held In Augusta,, were announced by Mr. T. H. Garrett, principal, Saturday. They are: Miss Myrtis Tinsley, senior, spell ing contest. Miss Etta Doncn, junior, recitation contest. Miss Alma Kendrick, sophomore, music contest. Miss Mattie Lee Rowland, senior, essay contest. These young ladles can’t be beat. They are the pick of the school and the prediction Is that they will do themselves and their school honor on the occasion. These contests will come off at the Tubman high school on the morning of Friday, May 2d. No doubt there will be a large audience to hear the representatives from the various high schools In these contests. Mr. Garrett, as president of tht district association of high schools, announced Saturday that by the fif teenth Instant he would be In pos session of the names of the pupils who will enter tho first Inter-scholas tic debate ever held at a meeting of the high schools of this district. THE YOUNG SAVAGE Last week we had an apology for the bad boy, and declared our faith in his final outcome. We should not for get ever that a boy in his own life repeats the history of his race. He passes through the primitive age of man, and goes through the savage age before he becomes civil ized. A boy at twelve years has all the savage instincts of the early races of mankind. This age has its natural expression, and a boy is likely to be a savage for awhile, just as he is likely to have measles, mumps, chicken-pox and a few other things that belong to children.- However, he will get over these things. We all have. They did not hurt us. It was the boiling over of young life. We were mischievous, rather than malicious. The average boy, like the young savage, has a dread of too much water, unless it be in a wash-hole; he has a scorn of fine clothes; a high disregard of convention of all kinds. He always does the undesired and the unexpected, and gen erally speaking nobody loves him but his mother. The neighbors consider him a terror, the dogs and cats that do not belong to him live in dread of his torture, and as for his teacher, the less said the better. However, from such material the great men of the world have come. Such pestilent characters have eliminated their meanness in early life and become the sterling men of the nation. Keep your eye on the bad boy. He Is not necessarily wicked. Joplin, Mo.—The miners employed in the lead mines in this district are again forming organizations. This has 4>een one of the difficult fields in which to maintain organizations of miners, but the miners now seem de termined to form organizations In ev ery camp 1n the district, and the or ganizer who has the work in charge is scarcely able to meet the demands made upon him. The outlook for a thorough organization of the field Is better than ever before. Ampere, N. J. —After a three-day strike the machinists returned victo rious to the shops of the Crocker- Wheeler Company at Ampere, N. J., yesterday when Superintendent E. R. Warder came to a verbal agreement with the men. Preliminary steps to in roduee the Taylor speeding-up sys tem will be abandoned at least for the time being. of the country, it Is Mr. Page's belief that lgnorar.ee on the subject of re pair and maintenance of roads is as much the cause of thetr bad condition ns any other one factor. It Is ex pected that the competition will bring about a better understanding of the subject of repair and maintenance In the rural districts. Many children living in the rural districts have experienced the disad vantages of roads made Impassable through a lack of proper maintenance and It Is expected that their Interest In the competition will stimulate greater Interest among he parens. Bad roads have prevented many children from obtaining a proper educatton and have even prevented doctors from MONEY IS NEEDED TO CARRY ON EDUCATION A Word About the Campaign For Million Dollar Fund For National Education Associa tion in United States. The public schools of Augusta are In receipt of the following letter which may be of Interest to any concerned in the advancement of education in this country: Directors Office, Providence, R. 1., The plan of the campaign Is to reach: First —All school officers in the United States. Second—All teachers of all grades and departments. Third—All educational Institutions and associations. Fourth—All friends of education of considerable property. Fifth—Other persons of wealth and benevolence. Organization. The director of the campaign will choose and commission an associate director for each state, who will be the advisor and executive officer of the chief director with reference to the most efficient ways and means for carrying on the campaign in each state. This work is now going on, and commissions to the state direc tors are issuing. Tho County, the Unit. Where county school organizations exist, that sub-division of the state will be made the unit for co-operative action, and solicitation of contribu tions. In other Instances, the state director will advise and decide. Each sub-dlvlslon of a state will have an efficient organizer and solicitor. Purposes of the Campaign. The state directors and county or ganizers will solicit contributions for the following reasons among many others: First—The National Education As sociation of the United States holds a vital relation to every educational Interest and Institution in the country and vitalizes all. Second—lt belongs to the teachers, school officers, and other educators of the country as the leader in progress, and the organ for the expression of their studies and ideals. Third—lts usefulness will be multi plied many fold by Its ability financial and other, to make original expert re search along important educational lines, and the publication and dlstri- reachlng the side of rural patients in time to save their lives. Any child betw - een the ages men tioned, attending a country school, may compete. Only ona side of the paper must be written on; each page should be numbered; the name, age and address or the writer, and tne name and location of the school whicn he or she is attending must be plain ly written at the top of the first page. The announcement of the competition of schools In the rural districts. No further information can be obtained from the office of public roads. This announcement should be plain to everyone, and all children will thus start on a basis of equality. MISS MARY COLLINS IS HERE TO ORGANIZE PARENT-lEAChER CLUBS SCHOOL NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE GIVEN IN BRIEF “The Adrla Exposition.” An exposition known as “The Adria Exposition” will be held at Vienna during the present year under the aus pices of the Austrian government and the city ’of Vienna. It will be devoted to exhibits showing the civilization, his tory, and scenic beauty of Adriatic countries. The “Southern List.” A list of accredited high schools of the South is to be made out by the As sociation of Colleges arid Secondary Schools of the Southern states in order 4 o stimulate the high irchools to main tain " high standards. It is intended that the "Southern List” shall be an honor list of schools for the entire sec tion. In Dayton, Ohio. Seventeen hundred children in Day ton, Ohio, tilled backyard gardens, each 10 by 25 feet, last year, under the su pervision of the Dayton Parks and Playgrounds Association, and not only provided fresh vegetable for home use, but in many cases sold the produce for enough to buy textbooks and other school supplies. Open-window School Room In a recent comparison between pu pils in a closed-window school room and those in an opefl- window room in Phil adelphia, it was found that the open window class surpassed the others in al most every way. The temperature of the closed school room averaged GS de grees, while for th open-window room it was 47 degrees. bution of results of such studies. Larger funds, larges benefits. Educational associations and insti tutions will be made associate mem bers of the U. E. A. by contributions of from SSO to SSOO, according to the size and financial atanding of the body. A vigorous campaign will be carried on in every state. Earnest, active, sympathetic men and women only are desired as directors and solicitors. Faith and enthusiasm win. The director invites the hearty co operation of all school officers. He Invites the assistance of all of ficers of state and county teacher’s associations and institutes. He invites the aid of officers anti professors of all grades of learning, Including colleges, normal schools, technical schools, etc. He invites the support of the educa tional papers and magazines. He invites the publicity of the dally press, the religious press, the maga zine press. He invites benevolent wealth. ,He invites all educational writers and correspondents to use their influence and pens in advocacy of the enlarged influence of the U. E. A. He invites the cordial co-operation and assistance of all friends of edu cation with the efforts of state and and other directors in placing the Na tional Education Association of the United States in a position of strength and financial independence that will make it of greatest value to American youth. THOMAS W. BICKNELL, Director of Campaign. P. S. —As promptness In correspond ence is the first law of success in busi ness, the director courteously requests each of his associates and correspond ents to reply- to all letters on the day of their receipt. This is the life long rule of the director and works well. DID YOU KNOW THAT- (BY BEN LICHTENSTEIN. A. R. C.) The word ‘loafer,” an idler, had a cu rious origin? An old Dutchman settled at New York and acquired a large fortune. He had an only daughter, and a young Ameri can fell In love with her. The father forbade him the house, but the dtugh ter encouraged him. Whenever the old merchant saw the lover about the prem ises. he used to say to his daughter, "there is that ‘lofer’ of yours, the idle good for nothing, etc.” ar.U co the idle man hanging about, came to be called a "loser;" how the letter “a" got into the word' is not known. The custom of "April Fools” has a very old origin? It dates ack to the time of the "Great Flood." There Is a tradition among the Jews, that the custom of making fools on the "first of April arore from the fact that Noah sent out the dove on the first of the month corresponding to our April, be fore the water had abated. T° Per petuate the memory of the great deliv erance of Noah and his family, it was customary on this anniversary to pun ish persons who had forgotten the re markable circumstances connected with the date, by sending them on some boot ! less errand, similar to that on which SUNDAY. MARCH 30. The Tubman High School’s Commencement this year will be something new. Three im portant dates announced. Is State Oraanizer Georgia Branch National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations MEETING AT TUBMAN HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY AT 4:30 Organization Meetings Be Held in All Public Schools This Week. Schools to Send Out Invitations. Miss Mary D. Collins, state organ izer of the Georgia Branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, will be in Augusta this week for the purpose of organizing parent-teacher clubs here among the mothers of the pupils of the city public schools. A meeting has been called for 4-30 o’clock tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at the Tubman high school to which all mothers of the Tubman girls and Richmond Academy boys are respectfully asked to attend. Macon Just Organized. Miss Collins comes to Augusta from Macon where she has been tor a week organizing parent-teacher clubs among the mothers of the pub lic school children there. She writes that she has been meeting with much success, organizing two clubs eaca day she has been in Macon, and hopes to do a s well in Augusta. There are now eleven parent-teacher clubs in the Central City. It is expected that Miss Collins will be happily received in Augusta and that her work will meet with a bril liant success here. At one of the free cooking demon strations given by Miss Elizabeth G. Holt, who is a member of the advis ory council of the Georgia branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, the plan was suggested to the mothers present. All of them signified their approval of the movement heartily. There is no reason to believe that every mother who Is interested in the welfare of her boy or girl in school will not co-operate. To Be Nine Clubs Here. Superintendent Evans, the prtlci pals, and all of the school teachers the city have strongly endorsed the organization of parent-teacher clubs for this community. The parent-teacher club or asso ciation is a permanent organization of the parents and teachers of the school. It meets at regular intervals at the school house. Here there will be nine parent teacher clubs, eight of which will be composed of mothers and teachers of the grammar school children. The meetings of the clubs will be held at the respective school houses. The school houses are public buildings and will be used as such for the ben efit of the community and the child. It is said that a better understand ing can always exist between parent and teacher through the parent teacher club. These clubs are doing a noticeable good in many other cities throughout the country. Meetings for the Week. In addition to the meeting tomor row afternoon at the Tubman at which the mothers of the pupils of two high schools of the city will be organized; the following proposed schedule of meetings for Miss Col lins is announced: Tuesday, John Milledge and Wood lawn. Wednesday, Houghton and Central. Thursday, Davidson and Augusta Free School. Friday, Monte Sano and Summer ville. Note: The hour of meeting at each school will ha announced later. Invitations will "be sent out by the schools. the patriarch sent the luckless bird from the windows of the ark. Two ingenious theories exist as to the origin of the word "glass." One is that it comes from the Altlc word “glas," green or bluish green, the color of common window glass when seen edge ways. The other theory Is that, as "crystal” comes from a Greek word-glg nifying ice, so glass may come from the Batin "glacies." also ice. The al leged accidental discovery of glass by some Phoenician merchant* may be true, but it is equally true that Egyp tians understood the process of manu facturing glass some centuries before. It is mentioned by the name “Bashna" as early as the sth and 6th dynasty, and articles of glass are represented In the tombs of that period. In the 12th dy nasty. or about 1800 years before Christ, that is about 100 years before Joseph was sold Into Egypt, artists of the pe riod painted cn the Interior walls of one of the tombs pictorial representa tions of the entire process of making glass vessels Windows of glae* have been found In the ruin of Pompeii, showing that they must have been used before A. D., 79k Window glass was first brought te England from Italy by Blscop, the Ab [ bot of Marmouth, A. D., 676.