Nassau County Review 19150122

              Nassau County Review
Official Paper of Nassau County
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAV, JANUARY 22. 1915
Vol. XX, No. 4
Freeport
Sodal and Personal    In the Fraternal Orders News of the Churches Local Topics
HIGHWATEK T11>E TABLE
Friday, Jan.
Saturday,
Sunday.
Monday,
Tueaday,
Wedneaday,
Thursday,
Friday.
Saturday,
22 23 24 26 26 27 2« 29 30
,-lB;.i) I
i :16 a. m. j 2:14 a. m. 3:15 a. m. 4 :18 a. m. .5:06 a. m. .'>:68 a. m. 6:09 a. m. 6:48 a. m. 7:28 a. m.
I Mainly    About    Cuutx.   VUita   and   PartlM Fraapoirtavs attd Tbcir FrMfids
DiMBCS i
Sa soerat frat«ra«l •rvaniz«ti«ftA of Freepott ami Ticiaitr.
Subject   ai    Sorsmiama,   Scrviceft    of    th artd otfa«r demas 'tm tike churche ¦ nJ cburch societies
nenti.    and    cxu
"The Tannel Club" will hold a dance at Brooklyn Hall, next Thuraday, .Jan¬ uary 2«; music by H. Potter's Orchen- tra.
Milton Post has instituted a taxicab •emee vith headquarters at Peat's garage, comer Olive Boulevard and Main Street.
First Cburch of Christ, .Scientist.— Services Sunday niominK at 11 o'clock ; Hempatead Bank Building; subject next Sunday, January 24, "Truth."
Dr. Willi.-! A. Wilder, formerly of 111 Weat M^-rrick Road, was last month called to Ne<v ^fork City perma¬ nently by a syndit^ate of wealthy down¬ town buoinesB men to direct tbe insti- ution of a hospital   between   the   City
Hall and the Bowery. He was >t'ven p^ Carson is pastor of Central Pres- The Freeport Presbyterisn Young full charge of the subwription work : ^ j^„ ^.j^^^^j, Brooklyn, and a People's Society of Christian Endeav- and the general details necessary to ^.^^j,^^ ^^ g p p^^^^^ ^.^^^^j, of or will told a home-made cake, candy the accomplishment of the work. He 3^^,^^,^^ Yoor officers are desirous and bread sale Saturday, January 30. willdirectthemaking and designing: J ¦howing a testimonial lo him by in the Sunday School room of the First of the plans which call for the  expen    ^^^j^^ ^ ^^^^^ number of the members  Presbyterian Church.    All are cordial-
nature, on vill«ftr br  tbe  editor
The following notice has been »ent ' to the members of Rreeport Council No, 57. Jr. O. U. A. M. :
Sunday morning, January 24, in the Methodiat Church, Pine Street. Free- ' port, Rev. Jobn B. Carson will preach. \ Dr. Carson is pastor of Central Pres- j byterian Church, BrooTclyn. and a member of E. F.    Pruden   Council   of
FIHE l.NSURANCE IN ROOSEVELT
By request   of   the   Roosi-velt   Fin-
Department, we are calling the  atten
Education for
Usefulness
C. I)   BAKER, .ME.MBER BOARD OF EDUCATION. FREEPORT. N. Y.
Every so often it becomes necessary
In the Fire Departmept
o and about tlx fir *\ der^artmant
l>(in"t lorjift the moving picluie silxiw tu be n'Veii   at   tht;   Crystal   Theatre.
diture of   fully   $700,000
work
o()ened
geon
When  the
tion of local tire insurance airentf have insurance in that village, in for¬ eign companies, to the request of the department that they make their re¬ turns to Charle.s Epple, treasurer of the department, as required by law. The firemen are entitled to this consid¬ eration, and if there are any of our lo¬ cal agent.s who   have   net  given   this
who   to explain the obvious, lor the   .simple   Friday evening. Febtusry   fi,   fur   the
is   eZple'ed   and   the   hospital. °^ f,*^"'^   "*''*   Sunday's   ly .nrit.d to help the youn^  people by   ^^eir attention they   should   do   so   at
Vr TrderiM.%e chief   su':'"^'"-,.?^-^^^^^        I"    '¦«<=«g""=?d   ""ending    this    sale   and   purchasmg   once, but I am inclined to   thmk   thn. -Nassau Post f" ""'^ f '*'* ''^'*"" ''r'"'T "^^^™''^   **'^"" ^°'^^' most ol the trouble will be   wth   out-
Announcement has been made of the { engagement of W. Reber Nygren,   son j of .Mr. and Mrs.    Werner   Nygren,   of C. A. Sigmond, the original   owner, j j-o^th 0^^,^ ^yp„^,p    j„   jyjjg^
has again.taken control of the   Amen-1 n„nn   „(• Philadelphia.     Post.
lyn, and every member sbould avai himself of the opportunity of hearinjr him.
reason that what   is   most   otviou.'*   1
often overlooked on accoant of follow
ing out tor a nuniiier i>f years the  die
tates of habil.
At   the   annual   school    meeting    ii
Freeijort  on August 4. 1914.   the   fol
lowing proposition    wa
the people:
" Shall the sum of f«On he HiliJed to the budget for the purpose ot e>^tablisbing a course in .Manual Training; and Domestic Science?"
benetit of Patriot Hose Co. No. 4 ; tick¬ ets, 10 cents. OHti he secured of the members.
can Theatre, which for some time has been managed by Jacob DubrofT. .Mr. Sigmond has had the building over¬ hauled und cleaned, and assures us that il V ill now be heated properly. The steps at the hack end of the hall have also heen removed.
The meeting of the Merrick Hrbnch of the .N'ew York State Association Opposed to Woman's SofTrag" will he held Friiiay afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Mrs. .i. W. Birch.
E. A. Greenleaf of this village and Frederick Gumjip of Bellmore have formed a partnership and will open a meat .narket and delicatessen store in the new building on the corner of Bayview and Atlantic Avenues. .Mr. Greenleaf has been a resident of Free port for several years and is well- known, and Mr. Gumpp ha~ been in the butcher business in Bellmore. and is still interested in a shop there. They liBve issued an hnnouncemeiit that they will ;;ive their cu-tonier-' a square d>;al and will do a cHsh buai¬ neaa, in order to ^ive their customers the best service.
Training Class to Graduate
This Friday evening at 8 o'clock the graduati<.in exercises of the Training 1 Claas will be held. R. E. Coon, a! New York liu.'^iness man, will gtw the address, and hfteen members of the class will receive their diplomas. The; members of the training class who will I graduate »t thia timu are: Johanna] Maria Byl, Delia May Cheshire. Fan- ' nie E). Devlin, Josephine E. Finger, | Myrtle Theodora Gissel, Magdalen L. | Hoffman. M. Constance Loux., (.'iara 1 A. Peterson, A. .Marjorie Pitcher Louise H. Rullmann, Hazel man, F.orence .M. Thomas, Marguerite Trayer, Ednah Bf»Btrife Vail. Eniilv J. Werner.
of-lown agents, and that the only  way At a recent    meeting   of   the   Holy   that the nioney can   bj?   coilected   wili Name Society of  the   Church   of   Our   be by finding out from tiie persons  in- Holy Redeemer, the following   oflicers   suring. the name of   the   agents   who were elected for the year 191.'>:  Presi    write the policies for them.
dent, J. J. Donaghy;   vice   jiresident, 	
Arthur Cook; financial secretary, Har- KIND WORD.^ FOR PROF. .MOON people had understood that the very ry Loonam; treasurer, John Kelly; .Speaking of the j,'raduation of the thing they are tearful of is what the marshal, William Donaghy ; recording fifteen members of the first Training Board of Educatiati has in mind to cor- secretary. E. .Meaney. Class. Ihe Nassau Post remarks:
The institution of this school is-   but A    group   meeting   of   the   Junior   another example of the  efficiency   and Leagues was held at Rockville   Centre   initiative nf our local school   officials, and son, Mrs. Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. Saturday afternoon.    Fifteen members   Unqualilied re-ognition must be given
Ralph Smith. Mr.   and   Mrs.   Hanson. : SoUth Side Messenger DlKODtinucd   of   the   Freeport   League    attended,   to the untiring efforts of Sup'rmtend- Mr. and Mrs.   Charles   Edwards,   Mr.       Th^ ;„„„ „f t,.„ s„„fh SwU vf^.-^n    Milton Seaman is president, and   dif-•«;"« Moon, who has fhthered the   work
from the betrlnning.
The sixth annual .Ma»quer.>t(le ("arni- val and Civic Ball of Freeport Hoae presented to Co. No. 1 (Ever Ready) will be beld Ht Sigmond Theatre on Thursday ev¬ ening. February 18. Prizes for the most grotestiue and handsome cos¬ tumes. Tickets are fifty cents each and may be obtained fron) any mem¬ ber of the committee:   Uaniel G. Ray-
Election of oflicers of the Busy Bees Helen Sewing Circle of the Woman's Relief ' Corps, connected with the D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R., wa." held at the (Jn Saturday evening. January ItJ. home of Mrs F. Johns on Grafing Mr. and .Mr.-. Zonher Smith celebrated , Place last Thursday and resulted as their 27th wedding anniversary, follows : President. Sister E. P. Smith ; Among those present were: .Mr.' and , vice president, Sister H. Chester; 2nd Mrs. L. P. Stone, C Moore, Mr. and vice president, Sister E. Johns; secre- .Mrs. George   Wheeler,   Mrs.   Hewlett   tary. Sister E. E. Daniels.
...       .    „    . r.,     ,       ,  , Tl'^ issue of the South Side Messen- ,    , ,, . , .   .^     „
I aild Mrs. A. B. Sealey, Charles  John- , g,,j. for January   27 will   be   the   last '°''" """*- vice president of the Free-
Ison. Mrs. A.   E.   Frost,   Ward   Krost,   This paper bas  been   continued   under I'*""* ^"'"K"*'-     Milton Seaman gave   a
"     " "  " tjjg   «^„g,gy report for the Freeport League
Mrs. William Verity, Misses Margaret ; the same management as    _„.„_
and    Francis   Smith,   Milton   Sealey, ' (jou„ty Re^jg^ foj, some time,   but we Misses Fannie. Mary and Alma Smith. ^ decided that we could give bettt.'-   ser-
Mrs. Ralph Smith sang a Sixinish song and Mr. Edwards gave the toast of the '.vening.
Benevolent Legion
Formed
K vice, and   secure   better   results,    by merging the two pajiers into the   Nas¬ sau County Review which we have ac- ' cordingly done. The weekend was   enjoyijil   by   fifty guest,« of .Mr. and .Mrs- VVilliam Wood- ell ol' Locust   Avenue.    Saturday   and .Sunday, the occasion being tbe    twen¬ tieth anniversary of   the    wedding   of .Mr. and .Mrs. Wrxjdell,    The two days
aere given up to a series of entertain- ivenese of Rev. John H. O'Toole, ments and parties. .Music and dancing ; tor of the Church of the Hoiy Re- were the chi.f features of tlie recep-I deemer, is seen in the formation of a tion. the large homestead of the Wood 1 Ladies Catholic Benevolent Legion, ells t)eing transformed into a veritable ' which was effected Sunday afternoon, music and dance hall for the purpose. I and at which many of the leading '— I Catholic women of the village were in
Mrs. Kobert H. C^orlett of this vil- attendance. The object of the associ- lage announce' the engagement of her ; ation is to bring the women of the niec(% .Mias Ethel A. Minor, to Joseph ! parish together for benevolent, serial Stewart Thoni of Boston, .Mass., form- 1 and insurance purposes.
erly of this village.     The date  of   the I     When Father O'Toole took charge of   be transacted wedding has not ypt ibeen set. : the FreeiHut church    he   bad   for    ten
years been rector of a Corona   church. He quickly showed an   executive   side
The si-.cond free lecture at the Crys¬ tal Theatre will take place Sunday, January 24, at 8 p. m. Prof. T. M. liedwin of the I. B. S. A., will sjieak on "The Coming Kingdom in Type and Prophecy," illustrating his topic with stereopticon views. Seals are free and no collection will be lifted.
The subject of the sermon by tbe Another evidence of the progress- pastor of the Presoyterian Chorch on '¦fi'-'-i next .Sunday niorning wiil be drawn from the te.xt, "Him that conieth unio Me I wiil in nowise cast out." The evening text will be "Whom shall I send and who will go for us. "
The Epworth League of the Metho¬ dist Church will hold its monthly busi¬ ness   und   social   meeting   Wednesday
REAI, EDUCATION
VS. "SCHOOLING' We have the pleasure of jrinting this Week an article Ijv Mr. Baker of tbe Freepori Boanl ol Education on the real merits of our systein of edu¬ cation and urging the attention of the citizens of the district to the great im¬ portance of establishing courses where, as he says, our scholars can receive practical training under actual com mercial domestic and shop conditions, instead of mastering the daclylis hex¬ ameter of prosody in Latin, or learn¬ ing the anatomy of a frog.
All   citizens   really     interested    in school work will read this item.
Hymeneal
STRAUSS- HOFF.MAN Helen, (laughter   of   Mr.   and
Mrs
evening, January 27 in the church lee-' fJeorge Hoftman, of South pcean Ave
A postcard is received from Rev. .S. O. Curtice, pastor «f the M. E. Church, who, with Mrs. <'.ortict', is spending a couple of .weeks at rinehurst, N. C. Dr. Curtice says the temperature bas A Sea ' ranged from 47'' to *i4' and moat of the Eleanor I t'"**^'>*^''*'' the higher degree. He adds that golf is in full swing, so it is tu be ^tresumed that the pastor is get¬ ting plenty of frt-ih air   and   exercise.
ture   room.     Important   business is to ;   every    loyal    I-.eaguer should be present; a good time is anti¬ cipated.
nue, and David L. Strauss, of Ocean side, were married un Thursday even¬ ing of last week in Hofi'mann's res¬ taurant, corner ,S4th Streel ani Broad¬ way, .Manhattan, of which her father is proprietor, and of which for several years the bride has had chartre of the tinancep.
The bride was i;u*'i)ed in Lrres satin.
Smith Recovers Ventict
.S. Dimon S-nith of Freeport recov- , ered a verdict in the Supreme Court ' against Dayton Hedges of Patchogue | at Mineola, laat .Monday, for the   »»um i
Inter-Eiks' Billiard
League Notes
Charles W.    Birely,    Exalted   Ruler
that "took." Soon after he became The Mens League of the Prebsyter- acquBinted, he organized societies for jan Chuich enjoyed a vt-rv successful boys and girls and strengthened the and interesting meeting lasl fridav Ladies' Aid Societv.    With the "hopes   night.       I'rof.      Rockwell   of    White
of the church,"as he frequently terms Plains, who was broBght here througii Rev. Dr. Tilnier, ul .Manhattan, per the children, taken care of, he began the kindness of Prof. Moon, proved to formed the ceremony. The restaurant many improvements, all of which have 1,^ „;, successful a speaker as he was a was given over that evening to the been completed. diplomat in extricating himself   and a   wedding    party.     coin(.i isuig   several
indred, including   Cungn^ssinan   Cal-
     ^. ,^.        ,       . Congressman-elect   ('harles   Pope
He has many things in mind    that   re- ' ij<.gun last Augusi.     About sixty were ' Caldwell, and other- prominent in piili- quire time,    hard    work    and    money,   present to enjoy the   lecture   and   also   He life. He wants a parochial school but   lacks   t.o enjoy the refrfshments provided bv If the people ot the pari.sh | the men and served bv bovs   from   the
Apparently on the false assumption nor, cnairinan; Frank Hailey, LeRoy that some frill or fad was to be in-, Smith, Frank Moran, John i^outhard. augurated the jmiposition wa.s voted ! Clarence Williams and Irving Ellison, down rather unceremoniously.     If  the
EXCELSIOR REUNION The fortieth annual reunion of Kx- celsior Hook and Ladder Company was held at the quarters uf the Company Tuesday evening, with ahout 4<i mem- liers, past and present, in attendance. Oyster stews were served, under the direction of Department ("hef .lohnsun,
' an<i Barney is some chef. too.
After the stews had   been   disposed
. of, Foreman Snedeker. as toastmaster,
I gave a few words of greeting, after which he read a letter of regret from Chief Loonam on his   inability    to   be
I present.     He then introduced the    fol-
flowing, each of whom responded with a few words of greeting and prophecy : Piatt Conklin,   first   foreman   of   the
•companv; D. Wesley Pine, first chief of the department; George Wallace, George D. Smith. (Miapluin Karkau. ex-Foreman Boland, Depiirtinent Sec¬ retarv Niles, Asst. Foreman Hunt, ex-
Chiel'.A. B. Wallace, Asst. <'hief Pear¬ sall and Sidi;cy H. Swezey.
During   hi-   reri;ii;ks,    .Mr.   (onklin •'uid   thai  I he llall- ol'   the   celeliral ion , of tbe reiuiiiMi icIl on his hirlhday this
I year. At the conclusion. .Xist. Fore¬ man Hunt, on behalf of the cunipany. presented Mr. Conklin witli a pair of military brushes, while the rest (d' the company, standing, ga\e testimony of their regard for their first foreman.
! .A', the conclusion uf tlic speeche.-i, progressive game;- were  played,    with
: the following results •
' Pinochle First, ('. A. Inlton; sec¬ ond, M. Farmlett.
Pedro-  First, (leoryc 1)  Sniith ; sec-
|ond, Henry E. Rider.
Dominoei--First, I). Wrsley    Pine; second, Fred Ortell.
Pool-   First. B. .1.  l.-niiiiiii, Jl. ; sec¬ ond,  Harrv Burrowes.
'.      r'...v..,.. (iipioinat in extricating himseil    and a   weui
He i.sjileased to be in Freeport   and   lar^e party from (Jetmany and getting   bund looks ahead to   years   of    ban!    work,   ^lem home to America after war    had ; der.
the funds.
back him in this   plan   he the erection of the school
of $7446.89 representing   the   amount ! i,f the New Haven Lodge   of   Blks,   is | possible.   -Eagle.
will   begin loon   as
pion. The   evening   of   February   Itl   has new I iit-en auggested and if this dale is eat- isfactory to the committee of the New
of two notes and interest due on same
Mr.  Smilh was   the   aisignee   of   the
Pioneer Iron Works of  Brooklyn,   and
the note.- were a part considerutiun for j niayt-r
the building of a large   asphalt   plant
in the Bronx for Mr.    Hedges   by   the
Pioneer Iron  Works.
These cases have been in thf courts for sometime, having heen tried a year agu at Mineola, at which time the phiintitf was defeated. Mr. Smith, through Edwards & Levy, his attorneys, appealed to the Appellate Division, whare the judgment of the lower court was reversed and trial ordered.
The second trial came up before- Sh { Haven Lodge same will take place preme (uurt Justice Crane last week | the date mentioned at Mio' ula. and on motion of Guatav Lange. jr., of counsel for plaintiff, the defense- <if the defendant were strick¬ en out and a verdict directed by the court for Mr. Smith in the sum of $7446.89, the amount of the notes sued for with interest to date. The attorn¬ eys for the defense announced tbat they would appeal to the Appellate Division from the judgment of the trial court.
Elvin O. Edwards and GData#Lang<-, jr., appeared for the plaintiff at the last trial, while Judge Timothy S. | Patk Elks. Griffing of Riverhead and Coanty Judgf Jobn R. Vunk of Patchogue appeared for d«ifendant.
Urge Dorlon's
Appointment
Several    hundred    signatures    have
arranging with Ruddy    P.   Dom"chke,
the president of, the League,    to  heve
two of the be'af known 18.2   balk    line exhibition   o*"   their
talents before the members   of   Lodge ;
No. 2fi; it is   possible   that   the   two,
players who will appear will be  Eddi>>
Gardner, the   Amateur   Champion   of ; ''^^" secured to the petition to the offi.
the world, and Morris D. Brown,   who ! *-•'"•« "^^ Albany in advocacy of tbe ap-
finished 2nd to him in the last Class A   PO'ntment of E. A.    Dorlon   as  Game
tournament at    the   Amateur   Billiard-f''"'«'=*<"¦*«'¦'his territory.     Mr. Dor-
Club, and who is the ex-amateur Cham.   '°" .»'•'"=<"¦<? at   Albany,   covering   the
period of his former appointment show iiim to have been a most faithful ser¬ vant.
After he began his term in 1902 and
Boys' dub.
The   League   decided    to    have    its meeting on Lincoln Day in the form of
On Saturday evening lhe mwly weds sailed by steamship for Bermuda. Several hundred of their friend- were present at the pier to wish them bon voyage.     Upon their return    in   about
man will give .Mr. and Mrs.   .Strauss a reception   at   Freeport.     They to make it tbt;    greate-i   -...shl   t-\i n ever given in this  viliatre.    Oi'-crver
in cunjunction with Protector Overton   on what   matters   of   village   interest
a banquet lo   which   their   ladies   and ; two or three -^veeks, .Mr. and .Mrs. Hoff
friends will   be   invited.     .A   program
of home talent and an address on some
phu!^ of Lincoln's work   or   character
will he given.     It   promises    to   be   a
ver\  successful atfair.
How Mucli Are
Women Interested
January 17, 191.5. Editor Nassau County Review. Dear Sir :--
Will you tell me through yuur paper '
DoiKjHTv   scorr
.\liss .\melia T. Doughty, daunhler of Mrs, .lulia C. Doughty, of Tin Tut- nam .Avenue, Brooklyn, and Kev. R. H. Scott, rector of the Church of the Transfiguration, will be married next Tuesday, February 2. al the home of the bride, Rev. Wiliiani Sheafe Chase, rector of Christ Church, Brook lyn, ofhciating.
of Port Jefferson. Dorlon sent into the
The Professional Pocket Billiard | ^'»'« Treasury more than any four Championship of the Benevolent and I Pfotectors m the State service corn- Protective Order of Elks, in which the ' bined-cases and fines aggregating most prominent Elks are entered who ' *3y.0OO. He was in several big game are billiard room owners, will aho be 11^\^^ "" ^'^''^ "torage houses, started within the next two weeks, the I ^""y Prosecuting all cases.
the women of Freeport are a'lowed to vote? Surely we are educated to some extent along civic lines, which is proved by the number of women who attend lectures on village sanitation, success- ; report+i of what the National Consum¬ ers League are doing in the way of in
first game willlikely be  played at tbe '   J".   ^^^^   '"   conjunction   with   City i vestigating   conditions   under    w
Botary Aab Siftera, $1 98 Pctt* Irona. $1.10 Set Peroxide, 16 oe. bottle, 15c Perfection Oii Heatera, $2.98 Cook Stovea, $11.00 up
I. Da Silva, W. Merrick Road.
Tel.  1^*1 W; 6 and  10c Store,  380-W.
Advartlaement-
Buy yoar coa it.     Frt-rtport
quality and aaaortment   in   their   adv this week.
Extraordinary qaality and   style   in our .Men'a Sboee for $4.00.
Charles D. Smitb.
Advartlaement.
apecial   aale   of see   hi»   adver-
Freeport Elks'home', on tbe 4th or gth "ffioala he made an effectual ending garments are made and what food- of February, the contestants will be "^'he incuraions of Menhaden fisher- stuffs, etc., are put on the markets ateam selected from the following IJ?""' *ho had been netting in New which are prepared under unsanitary players, Zach   Igangold of the   Brook- \ ""'''' waters.     Early in 1907 he   aided  conditions.
lyn Elks, Sam Gruhn of the New York ''" t>reaKing up the practice of netting Will you also lell me whal iiyrcent- Elks and William Wbite of the Asbury :**"£,^*'" Shinnecock Bay. age of the   women   wno   can   vote   on
Ihis act alone is worthy of commen-  school questions do so. At the New Haven Club on tbe lOth   Nation.     By clever detective   work   in Respectfully yours,
«f Februaiy, one ol these   contests   j,   the eame year be put   an   end   to   the Subscriber,
also booked to take place,   along   with   "«""•« "^ »'l w'd fowl m Long Island -.       .^ ' " waters.     He   captured   470   ducks «in '     I "ere goes.     We   are   going   to   be
one   haul      In 1908   he   exposed   tbe   ^'^^'^^ «"<*»Kh to answer   this   letter.
Harrison Street cold   storage
ec.——Nasaau Post.
Rev. W. H. Burgwin of   H officiated at the   weddings   of   two Freeport's young ladies last Friday.
.Miss .Minnie A. Dugan of this vil¬ lage was united in marriage with Fan ning J. Baldwin of .Massapequa. The 'u'"i. other couple were both resident- of this village. Bernard G. fireve and Miss Martha A. Mauersberger.
KRAMER—DA SILVA Miss Carrie   Kramer   of   .Metucheii. N. J., and Daniel Da Silva of this vil¬ lage will be married   at   Newark,   N. J.. .Sunday afternoon, by Rabbi Foster.
reel in asking for the approval of this (iroposition, it would have been carried unanimously. .A revision of the course of study i.s so obviriusly needed that the necerisity lor il has been over¬ looked.
Approxiniatelv three per cent, of high sehool pujiils enter college. ¦ When you consider that the curriculum uf the high school is primarily based on the requirements for entrance to the ';olleges the folly of the present system is apparent. The high school must meet requircnients made by the 'colleges if its graduates are to enter higher institutions. Tlie courses of study in high schools art shaped by the college, iind the college has been shortsightfed in dictating to the pre¬ paratory schools beyond the point of fairness and common sense, so that the course of study in the high school is most academic in its character.
Instead uf adjusting education to the needs and inclinati, n-^ nf the pupil. we have unfortunately li'en favoring the lew at the expense of the many by allowing ourselves to lie dominated by tbe fetish of hook learning in pro¬ viding a course of study by which only those whu go tu college can pussihly he benetilteii. .Merely fur the sake of passing examinations the great major¬ ity of the pupils receive a smattering of a general e(Jucatioti which is of no practical use. and is illy adapted in developing their more useful capabili¬ ties.
It is obvious tbat we should get away from this idea and concern our¬ selves more in the future with the after effects of education on ali the pupils, rather than with the taliulated results of .t-chuul examinations on book knowledge. Il was a start towards the gradual currectinn of this irration¬ al system that the Board uf Kducation had in mind in asking for tlie appruval by thf public of the pruriosifion re¬ ferred to.
One man iias saul tbat "onr present school system is inefficient beyond apology." Exce)iiion can and .should betaken (u this stalemeiit. Iluivever, there is undoubtedly chu.sc fur criti¬ cism in that h great many ut uur schools place tou liltie iniportance ntend upon the aciiuiremeiit uf thit practical ,,v, nt knowledge \vhicii i- ^¦¦v~-n]\ tu real success in life, and they breed in the pupils' minds contempt fur niHiiual ac- c-um;ilis!i:ni;Us and l)cu:si hi,lii -ci-rice. The pupil whu might bo an efficient | artisan wilh a good wage becomes a poor clerk with a low wage.
Another eminent writer and author¬ ity    on    educational   questions    states ' that "the   principle.s   of   our    pic^'ent 1 methods of education ari- too often the principles   of   stupification    and    the ' longer   pupils   remain   in   school    the , more stupid tlit-y Ik^iuiiio.  "    While not mpstead   subscribing to lhi- theory, the respon- i sihility   for    the   idea   unquestionalily , rests wilh an over   estimation   of   the ' educational value tu the piiiiil of stud- I ies that   are    required   tor   university 1 preparation, and, contrary wise, a fail- 1 ure to provide sufficient   facilities   (in mosl cases none »t all)    for   giving   a practical training    to   the   very   large proportion of the   pupils   who   do   nut enter college.     The unnecessary    ntuff that the child   is forced lo   learn   who is not going in for higher  education is really enough to make him stujiid   and generally unfits him for any particular vocation.     To give some concrete   ex¬ amples of this :    learning the anatomy of a frog; studying the   pteridophytes
JiKK Cor.Nt 11, ¦January meeting ui  li
4.    Rupert    ol Mild    .Viles    ni
¦h   hv
Inter-Club Bowling Tournament
The games scheduled for last Friday   of past ages;   mastering   the   dactylis
Prpg'j"   It is written by an   ardent   solfragis't,   evening at Rockville   Centre   between   hexameter of prosody   in   Latin   (Vir-
and after we get into an argument we   Rockville Centre   Club   and   Freeport   (?'•' • 'earning to spell and define   from
¦       " eight thousand    to   fourteen   tbnusand
words when the beet business corres¬ pondence consists of a vcx-abnlary of five hundred forty-eight words;  caicu
ating the length of the shadows of the earth and the moon, and the diam¬ eter of the earth's shadow   where   the
tlie other game.
The winner of thie tournament must j be prepared to accept challenges from
Elks within ten days  after   notice   is ; —                        .-"i _                                 suppose we will be   sorry   for   it-we Lodge, B. P. O. E., were postponed on
given, and the   gan^es   played   within'   C-irfL Sljnre Yaeh» Chik Hmwine     «lw"y«  »f«   ^hen   we   undertake   to account of the sudden death of   Presi-
thirtydays    after   the   acceptance   of     OWM MOfe Iacllt tlUb UrowUlg      a^gue with the better sex, but we   are dent Bushnell of the Rockville   Centre
I such challenge, the   plaoe   of   playing      The South   Shore   Yacht   Club,    by , going to answer  these   questions   this Club ' the games   to   be  deaignated   by   the   George B. Paterson,   auditor,   has   is-   time jaat as they are   asked.     Women
j holder of the trophy emblematic of the ' sued   iU  annual   financial   statement,   are allowed to vote on all questions  in A- l-»—.^;—N*^ -,
ial now before  you   need  '=h«'"'".*»"''^'P;   >«<^h game will   be ot   showing the   condition of the Club   on   the Village of    Freeport,    relating   to An iniere«ling newspaper
Coal Company.                    200 pomts.    It is   predicted   that   the : January 1,   and   comparing   with   one   the expenditure of money, at any elec- Through the courtesy of a friend we   moon passes through it; and other ab
AdverUaement.   Elki Cluba in   both   citiea   ooentioned  year ago.    Tbe   figores   are   carefully : tion   but as a matter of fact not   over were permitted this   week   to   read   a   stroae studies of no universal  applica
c      L. «: o .. ., r,r     i         A          I"'" •""*   '¦'''^"'¦''   crowds   to   witness   given in detail.                                             ^ p^r cent, of tbem do so of their own '^"Py "i the "Grove Streel Signal," is-   tien.
hniith A Bedell talks   about   drugs, ; these contests.                                                   The excess oi liabilities over   assets | volition, and possibly 5 per cent, upon »"e<J hy the Sixth Grade.   Mis- Atkin-       Is it any wonder that the child final
Tbe Exalted Ruler of the New Hav    ia   $16,221.67.   compared   with   $13,.   the urging of   their   husbands     when "ons room, in the Grove Street School,   ly succombs to despair,    becomes   cal
en Lodge of Elks is working   indaatri-   280.10 on Janaary 1, 1914.    a   net   in-   the   latter are particularly   interested Only one copy of this original sheet ia   lous and indifferent, and so listless   as
ously among the lodges in his  vicinity ' crease of $1941 S7.                                       [„ g^^g approriation, for or against issued, and it is passed to to the mem-   to create an impression of stupidity?
to form a naw circuit of the Inter-Elka             „  „   ^ '",                                           We do not suppose that it is   neces- hers of the claas in turn.                               THE MEASURE OF EFFICIENCY
League, to be known aa the  Connecti-            A Big Car for the Money             sary to go into detaila aa   to  the   per- The editors are Marion Seaman   and   OF  A   SCHOOL SYSTEM   SHOULD
cut Circuil, which will include Bridge        |„ ty, j..^^   t^e   Metz   automobile   «e"t«K« »« the women wbo vote on the R-yrnond   Willis;   cartoonist,   Mervin   NOT BE   THE  NUMBER   OF   COL-
port. Waterbury    Danbury    Anaonia^                              ,    ,„ention to thL new ' school question, but lately it baa   been Herzfeld; current topics   editor.   Mil-   LEGE GRADUATES IT PRODUCES.
Details are now being worked out and ; ^       26 touring model  whichcertaiDlv   the custom for about   the   aame   per- ton Seaman, and joke   editor.   George   BUT RATHER   THE   NUMBER   OF
tb.   circuit   may   be   .tarted   befor.  jooks good for   tr^ory-and  then I rentage of women aa men to vote, ^a- Helm.                                                           PUPILS WHO OBTAIN AN EOUCA-
many weeks bave elapsed.                         ,^^^ * ^^^^     .^^ ^, ^ ^^^  »°° ^"^  .j^jy 50 p,r cent, of the total  vote  of The writings are splendid, but   par-   TION OF SUFFICIENT   PRACTICA-
    completely equipped     ineludine   elec-i the village, but It has alw) been notice ticular attention moat be paid   to   the   BlLlTY TO PROVIDE THEM   EFFI-
At the Plaza,   Wedneaday,   January  trie   atarter    electric   liahU     Bosch >hle that of the   women   who  vote  a ""oon   work   by   Master, Herzfeld,   CIENTLY WITH   THE  MEANS  OF
27.   matinee   and   evening,   "Salomy  magneto, instant one-man  top    «nd-   |  "y'"Ke percentage do so  opon  the who has an original   Cbriatmas  draw    SECURING A SUCCESSFUL START
Olaen advertises a brass beds this week; tiaement.
Aaverti
Attention i« called to the advertiBe< m.nt of E. A. Dorlon, auctioneer, in this isane of the Review, of auction sal. of real estate and household furni¬ tore, th. auction to be held next Toes- 4iky afternoon.
AdVM-tlMrroent
At the Plaaa every Monday. "Zudo¬ ra" Tbanhonser^i great sensational Mystery pictsre; each story complete J|t two reela
Jane," foundrnJ on   Paul  Armstrong's  but resd the ad dramatization of Bret   Harte's   novel,   ligt of featares.
"Saloiny Jane's Kiss;" featuring   Be-!  —
atris Michelena witb House Petera and      Our Red K>ji>b«r Brxita
and aee the full long   nK'"8 "' their hnsbsnds, or gentlemen   '"« 'o' the title page, and   also  deco- frienda. and withont any  doabt   voted  '"¦te* the articlea on the inaide  pages.
the same aa did their husbands.
We hate to anawer  theae   qoestiona      Try my special box of   cut   llow.ra. favor   of  75c, fer tbe weekend.    C. R.   Ankers,
Tele-
made   from , Andrew Robson; in aix reela of motion 1 the same stock andby   the   same  pro-; in this way,   as  we  are
pictores.    The general   impression  of | crss as the tread of aii automobile tire, > women voting on  all   propositions  if florist, Rockville  Centre, L. I this feature is one of beaoty comoined I are  selling   rapidly.    Ibeir   wearing , they want to, hot tbese   are  tbe facts  phone connection; delivery  anywhere witb oatdoor activity and its   general 1 qaalities bave been proven;   built  for | which we have   been   aaked  for,   and, Advaroaeioaat
wbolesoroeneaa. ] hard wear.    Charles D. Smith. 1 which we   have   endeavored   to   give 	
Advvtlsa.»MaL A«v»rti»*iii»at I withoot any biaai—Bditor.] Iwrc Frccpcrt New« on Page 8
IN LIFE.
In our obsession to train pupils for oniversity rdjuiremeots we have ig nored common S'-n.^e buBineas methods
Council was held at the engine lioii.si Wednes- (day evening, with Asst. Chiefs Pear¬ sall and Smith, Wardens Wlialey .if Hose 1, White and Cotter of Muse 2. Patrick and Pelti^'rew of Flose 'i, Sum¬ ner and Fritz of Host Engine I and Snedekei Truck 1, firesent.
Committee on gongs submitted a written repuil. wiiich was filed. This report embraced gongs op erated by fhe Telepliuni' ('ompany. and also a privHtr syslem niaintai, ei| hy tho village.
(.'onimunicatirin was reieived lium Mosc Ij' Ilmt iJtiMii Pcliinrew had been elected a warden from that company to lill vacancy;  approved
Action of Hose 8 in dropping frcjiii their roll Henry Bedell, jr., Walter E. Downs, Frank Hague, .lacoli Johnsmi and Koyal Lewis was approved.
Mose 1 reijUisled information iis    to whether the new village law,  prohilnl- ing the general use of letters E. E. D. I or similar woiding on apparatus would apply to their automobile,    used   as   a \ tractor, wiiich is owned    hy   thi'   com- , uaiiy.     It  was di ci led tu nu'ily    Hose i 4 that this apparatus    was   considered 'asunder    the    direct    control   of   the I Chief, and hence   the   law   -Aould   not 'apply, it making an exceptmn of    any vehicle owned, occupied   or   i-onlrolled I by the (;hief.  First or   Second   Assist- ' ant (,;hief or .Surgeon   uf   the   Depart¬ ment. i     Ex Foreman Kice ol Engine   1   nab j mitted the propoaition of changing the I chemical wagon in tne-engine houae to la hose wagon, and placing the   chemi¬ cal tanks on tbe hook and ladder truck. He said it    was   apparent   thai   under , present conditions tbe cheniical    could I not be   handled    promptly   enoogh    lo .'make it usijful at a fire, wbero depend- ance was made on outaide horses,    and a chemical must he firat on the job    lo I be any good      He said there were any number of   good tiremen in tbe engine company who would work if given the chance, and also of tbe fact that when the new ftuuse of Hose 1 was  finished, Hoie 2 would be the only company im¬ mediately available   for   the   buaineaa section, and that they   were   liable   to be held up at any    time    by    a    train. 'I'he (Jhief was instructed   to ajipoint a committee   of   three   to   consider   tbe matter nnd report back at the    Febru¬ ary meeting of the Council.    Meaaure- ment shows the tanks would fif secur<f ly in place of the presnii driver's ikeat on the truck. ^
Pending a seltlem.nl of the question of answering fire alarms for the sec¬ tion south of Freeiiort, the msttor waa Ipft entirelv to fhe discretion of the Chief.
It was decided fo ask the Village Board for an opinion from Village Ccon»*'l as to the proper method to se¬
cure badgeh which were   held   by   w membera of the Department, of training   for a livelihood,   creating      ^° "¦'*'!" ''"r'"*^ ''ff" t.ken toward in the mind, of the pupils and parsnt. ' rL'Jr^/rS"^!."?''  »"*"". '"J^   "** the false idea that only   acaoerrdc   ac ^"" °'   "<^ ^' '* "•» dec^dedjo^
wnest the Village Board to  nbtify   tb*
 . .Council,   officially,   wbat   disposition
I tbey hikd made of the recommendation (ContiniMd on page '.il oi tbe Council.