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Show THE EDUCATION WEEK IN SCHOOLS American Legion Will Have Generous Aid In Conducting Program Beginning November 18. The observance of American Education week, a movement sponsored last year by the American Legion, which received from school, church and clvle authorities, has again been designated, and will begin Sunday, November 18. At the time set. Legion posts throughout the country will unite in an effort from which practically every school child In the United States may profit. whole-hearte- Copy" (or This Department Supplied by the American Legion Nowi Service.) WORK OF VETERANS' BUREAU Improvement for Relief of Soldier In With Legion Policies, Director Is, d, SAVE VETERAN FROM ASYLUM Man Sent to Hospital for Observation, Through Action of Auxiliary Official. Carl Huff, a World war veteran of Alex, Okla., was saved from a madhouse because members of the American Legion auxiliary saw to It that he was sent to a hospital for observation rather than to be Incarcerated In an asylum for the Insane. Huff was In overseas service for 18 months and returned broken in health. Continual brooding over the condition of a brother who had contracted tuberculosis In service, caused the man to become morbid and extremely nervous. He was taken to Chickasha before a sanity commission, adjudged Insane and ordered to the state asylum at Norman, to be accompanied by a deputy sheriff. When news reached the office of Mrs. Blanche Freeman, national executive committee member of the American Legion auxiliary, Mrs. Freeman, through the aid of county officials, was authorized to overtake the party and direct the officer and his charge to a hospital for observation and treatment. Huff is now receiving care due an man, and the Legion Is fighting his claim for compensation through with the veterans' bureau. S, NEPHI, UTAH mosm mm? Daddy 5 Q-sj- id 76 Evervitxft TaleBOWER FairyGRAHAM i SCOUTS dDO i BARNYARD Woman Heads Home Economics Bureau Dr. Louise Stanley, formerly dean of home economics at the University of Missouri, has taken charge of the newly established bureau of home economics of the United States Department of Agriculture. Secretary H. C. Wallace aelected her for the position. Dr. Stanley hud been at the University of Missouri since 1907, and had successively filled positions as Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and dean. The development of the department, It Is said, was largely due to her efforts, and a year's leave of absence, spent In studying home economics methods throughout the South and In the Pacific coast states as a sppclal agent for the board of vocational education, had given her extensive experience and a wide acquaintance. In 1913 she was a delegate to the International conference of home economic teaching held at Ghent, Council of th Srtmta of America.) (Conducted by Nnt tonal SC-U- AMD jyAARY d The slogan for the 192S observance "Visit the Schools Today," and Is Say. aimed to enlist more interest In the Practically all accomplishments of Institutions of learning on the part of the United States veterans' bureau, re- the parent. Garland W. Powell, digarded by Director Frank T. Hlnes as rector of th National Americanism Improvements for the re- commission of th American Legion, lief of the, soldier, have been advo-cete- has outlined a definite program for and are in accord with the po- the movement, which is receiving inlicies of the American Legion, accord- dorsement of school authorities In very section of the country. ing to Joseph Sparks, chairman of the national rehabilitation committee of Each day of the week has been set aside for some particular consideratthe American Legion. Among the recent actions of the ion, according to th program offered bureau for th relief of the disabled by Mr. Powell. Beginning with Sunman have been provisions for a permaday, when pastors of all denominanent partial status to disabled bene- tions will deliver sermons on th reficiaries now receiving compensation lationship of the church and th on a temporary partial rating, thereby school, all phases and Influences of reducing medical examinations, elim- school life will be touched. Monday, inating inconvenience to employed according to the program, 1 to be beneficiaries and reducing travel and known as American Constitution day, when it Is hoped that a concise Idea personnel. Another forward step of the bureau, of citizenship may be obtained by strongly advocated by the Legion, was consideration of the Instrument which the employment of effective methods of made it possible. The observance of of vocational trainees, placement which has been successful in securing positions for 97 per cent of the trainees. Internal changes In the operation of the bureau are the elimination of administration overhead expense, by closing 35 subdlstrlct offices; concentration of bureau supplies in three large central depots and inventory of all these supplies to eliminate further purchases; establishing of a record section In the supply division; consolidation of similar duties In central offices tinder one head; establishment of an Inspection division, contemplated by the law, but never before established; the closing of contracts for Institutions where settlements had not been effected and where the institutions were not being used. One of the principal achievements, declares Director Hines, Is the placing of the bureau on a strict budget system. Accord TIMES-NEW- TS STORIES Boy "BUDDY" SYSTEM In Its ranks of nearly a half a milIn the barnyard quite often there lion boys, scouting aims to assist In was story telling. One of the hens and appropriate carefully planned would tell the lit ways the varion- - tytes in tl.eir progtle chicks stories ress towards Hie iikiiiiale goal : "Men of other of character trained In citizenship." and of adventures The "lSuddy System" Is but one of they had had and these iids, and that it produces results of good and bad In helping untrained or unstable boys deeds they had to uphold the scout Ideal of conduct Is cited in the following Instance by Ray performed. Mother Turkey O. Wyland, assistant director, national would tell her department of education, Boy Scouts children how they of America : chicks should act and would explain to them how miser- able, for example, little turkeys had been who had dis1 j iseaJLa 1 1 f J Dr. Stanley was born In Nashville, Tenn., and reared on a farm. She is a graduate of the University of Nashville. She took an M. A. degree at Columbia in 1007, and In 1911 was awarded the I'll. D. degree at Yale. Evolution Ranks With Gravitation Law obeyed their moth"When She Was a ers and had let their feet get wet Bride." during the first " weeks of their lives. Hed Top the Rooster would boast of the days when he had been a young rooster and tell of how everyone had paid attention to him and had listened, amazed and wonder-struc- at his crow- ing. The pigs would grunt and squenl and tell of famous pigs In the family pigs who had been splendidly greedy and wonderful eaters ! There would be adventure stories to tell of animals who had wandered away from the barnyard and what had happened to them, of the narrow escapes they had had and oh of the marvelous stories they could tell when they were back, safe and sound. In the barnyard. There were stories to tell which would make the animals laugh and grin and at times the barnyard was filled with th laughter of the barnyard animals such funny laughter as Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History, is a noted paleontologist, but Is also a man of many activities. He Is the author of several books and the recipient of many decorations, including the Darwin Medal of the Ivoyal Society of London. He has been active in the campaign to save the redwoods of California. And here Is what lie says of the doctrine that worries V. J. I'.rjan : "Evolution takes its place with the it is too. Maybe you have heard It at times? gravitation law of Newton. It should Of course, too, at times the animals be taught in our schools simply as nadid all sorts of things which would ture sieaks to us about it, and entirenever be forgotten and later on these ly separated from the opinions, materiactions would be descrilied to even alistic or theistic, which have clustered about It. This simpe direct teaching younger chicks and turkeys and pigs and ducks. of nature Is full of moral and spirMrs. White nen told of the days itual force, If we keep the element of Lite human opinion out of it. The moral when she was a bride and how everyprinciple Inherent In evolution Is that one admired her wedding feathers and Garland W. Powell. nothing can be gained in this world sak that they were just suitable, for without an effort ; the ethical principle inherent In evolution is that the btvrt everyone renlly should have white for this day Is especially calculated to a wedding. has the right to survive; the spiritual principle in evolution Is the evireach parents of th students. Pa- only dence of beauty, of order and of design in the daily myriad of miracles to And she hadn't put her wedding triotic customs and methods will form which we owe our existence.'' feathers away and hadn't allowed the basis of the next day' observAs to the redwoods, he says they are "unquestionably the finest trees nathem to become yellow with age so ance. This Is to Include flag etiquett ture has produced in the whole history of creation. They rank high among the that they'd full apart and be useless and similar practices of a patriotic except as t curiosity. nature which the Legion has played natural wonders of the world." No, she had made good use of her an Important part In formulating. Th white feathers and had worn them fourth day Is to be of particular sigright along. nificance to schools and to the teachThe pnirot In the enormous cage ers. It Is to ba known as "School and on the back porch squeaked and Teacher day," and topics of training of screamed and yelled at times with merinstructors, adequate pay for teachDr. Ales Hrdllcka of the United riment for he had lots to say for himers and bettered facllltlea for schools. States National museum is now deself and lots to remember. day" Is th title suglivering a series of lectures on anthroThe parrot had, at one time, helped gested for Thursday. Formulation of at the University of Prague. pology to collect money for a hospital. The plans to bring about study of reading This noted anthropologist has had a money had been needed badly and the and writing for both children and summer. He attended the Interparrot had sat up on a balcony and adults will be the aim for this day. busy national congress of anthropologists at had shrieked : One of the most vital features of the Klo de Janeiro as the delegate from "We need money. The doctors need entire school program will be con- the Smithsonian institution and the money for the hospital. Help the docsidered on Friday, when community American Anthropological association. A'tors. Help the doctors and the hospidevelopment and Its relationship to Later he headed a party of American tal with your money." schools of the nation will be topics. scientists who studied prehistoric reOn Saturday efforts will be given over Everyone had looked up nnd had mains found In England, Isle of Jerseen that the parrot was making all to outlining a program for education and sey, France, Belgium Germany. these cries and It was the parrot who of American youth along physical Dr. Hrdllcka has recently studied was so successful In raising the funds lines. Adequate playground facilities I V the color of eyes, hair and skin among that were needed. That was a favorand general physical education will be old American families In which there ite story In the barnyard, and the parurged. has been no admixture of foreign blood rot was very proud of that too. Through efforts of th Legion and for more. or The school authorities, who In Then the parrot had at one time on nearly 2,000 observations were made the movement last year, many thoufrom the hospital he had escaped Individuals, male and female, from sands visited th school daily. Th thought J? Would be rather fun to go north and of and south, ages. varying 9tf ootenturing. And one day he got response to the obeervanc was gen- Among the many conclusions reached, eral, and the more ambition program the away and flew up to the branch of a In are of most following perhaps of 1923 Is expected to brine about tree, but all he did when there s s of the males and of the females showed skin nearby even a wider recognition of th pos- terest: was to fall for his doctor friends and that as be medium. In only 5 per thousand in males, but 02 per classed may sibilities of the Legion's program. they opened his cage door so that he thousand In females, was the skin plainly lighter than medium. Only one was able to go back to safety and his Support of th National Education among 18 males and one among 14 females has real In blond hair. approxiown real home. association, state school authorities, 1 In In cent a males more and but was little the hair per females, fully and other educational leader prom-I- s mately And later on he had been glvn to black. In 2 per hundred of males and 5 per hundred of females the hair Is the farmer to make the Legion' who owned this barnyard. education red or near red. week of nationwide Yes, the parrot was a splendid parImport and benefit. rot to have around, so many adven tures had he had I So story telling and wonderful deeds conduct post had their part In the life of the barn yard. Weet Palm Beach (Fla.) Organization When the Tarafa bill passed the And this life In I Financing Kindergarten; Extend Cuban house of representatives by a the barnyard went Program In 1924. vote of 80 to 0 and there was every along so that evZJt'-- i Indication that It would be passed by ery day It seemed The American Legion 4 performing the senate everybody wanted to know. that the animals distinct public service In Weet Palm "Who Is Tarafa For the bill ap- were even happiBeacb, Fl where th local post la er than the day proves the consolidation of all the railfinancing and standing sponsor for a before. roads, closes privately-operatesugar Seventy-Ochildren kindergarten. The farmer fed ports and compels shipments In and will attend the Legion's school during out of the country to be made through them well, h I s tb winter months, 25 specified national ports. children were al-Th kindergarten I under superay to Well, Col. Jose M. Tarafa, accordgood vision of the city school authorities, ing to stories. Is the Stinnes of Cuba, them. but could not have been opened except whose holdings are estimated from Dash, the dog, for the participation of some outside to 40,0iO,noo. He might aras like a private sgency to furnish necessary funds. almost be said to be a commuter be- watchman for Realizing the necessity for th early tween Havana and New Tork, so often them, and altoof little the training folk, the Legion does he visit his Gotham oflices. He gether the barn- "It Was the Par. has taken steps to supply th need, was a schoolboy In the United States yard was as jolly rot." and has employed two teacher. In the early '80s. He got his title fightand pleasant a It la anticipated that a as waiting list ever group of barnyard anl ing against the Spaniards and was place will be maintained In order to care chief of staff under General Garcia. mals could have. for the demands of parent. If th And when the barnyard There Is no question that he Is a power animals term I successful, the Legion may exIn Cuban politics; It was he who cot heard that not only had they their tend Its Hograra In 1024. the recent budget bill passed In 24 hours. Yet It Is said he despises politics stories to tell and to act but that and that his Influence Is economic. He has never held oflice. Of his xlirles stories about them were being told Of Coreeta True. all about, the pigs grunted, the rooster he ihiv: , Mayme Olrla are not a staid a residents In the rmwpd, the hens cackled, the ducks "Public opinion Is behind thm. Labor unions, be. used to they nf Cuba rests twenty-fivport of entry recognize that the future quacked, and all the others chattered Corinne No. They park them at upon transportation. The sugar Industry of Cuba is In the hands of the ISO In their own peculiar way and said: th daucee now. American Lrgloa individuals or corporations, most of whom have their own private "Well, we're glad people know of ports of s'dp Weekly. men' and railroads. Consequently, the return to Cuba Is In the shape of wages us! After all we're a pretty fine set of animals I" paid to labor. For a year I talked thla matter over with those Interested." This Man's Study Is His Fellow Man "End-Illiterac- y ffi 'T "Scoutmaster Fred Gassert of Troop 1, East Newsirk, N. J., who has conducted a very successful troop during the past six years," says Mr. Wyland, "has evolved a 'buddy' system which Is well worth recognition. J'lich new tenderfoot voted Into the troop or patrol Is assigned to two advanced scouts, whose responsibility Is to 'pal' with the new scout and help him In every way to live up to the scout oath and law. The tenderfoot knows nothing of this arrangement; all he knows is that a couple of older scouts have become interested In him and have made themselves unusually companionable. "These scouts, by close association, learn all about the tenderfoot and his personal habits. They mildly suggest modifications in conduct when the tenderfoot shows evidence of failure to maintain the Ideals of the scout law. Weekly verbal reports are rendered the scoutmaster and conferences held on methods of treatment. If the new scout falls to react favorably to the Influence of .his scout 'buddies' after a month or two, the scoutmaster decides to attach himself to this particular tenderfoot for the express purpose of helping him to see the light and to adopt the accepted standard of worthy conduct which the scout marks throughout the world. "Scoutmaster Gassert states that In six years he has yet to find the Impossible boy who has been given up as No. hopeless. "On one occasion he visited a family to obtain permission for their boy to Join his troop, and was told that this boy could never be a scout because of He would even steal dishonesty. money from his father's pockets when his father was asleep I The scoutmaster was not daunted by this report. The boy did Join the troop and today Is a bonded messenger for a large Insurance company with headquarters at Newark, N. J. "On another occasion the scoutmaster was led by the tenderfoot to a gambling den tilled with slot machines and other devices for filching the money out of the pockets of luckless boys. He took steps with the police authorities and had the proprietor arrested and put out of business." SCOUTS CONSERVATIONISTS f. 'O : iV A ' - km s ANXIOUS TO HELP COMRADES American Legion Ever Ready to Lend Assistance te "Buddies" Needing Protection. Two-third- The hand of men of the American Legion Is always outstretched to help a former comrade In necessity, according to the many reports reaching national headquarters of th organization. How a disabled man obtained money due him through of his Legion "buddies," was recently 4UscloseeV;n a letter from Clearwater, Kansas. Clarence and English, gassed wounded, was forced to go West to A Wichita man owed recuperate. English $100 and the boy cashed a check he gav film, In payment of hospital expense. But th check wa returned and went to protest a second time. The debt was then called to th attention of a Legion post commander, who saw to It that delegation of Legionnaires called on th creditor and paid English In full. Th former soldier, through his grateful mother, expressed appreciation of th Legion' effort In settling the matter. Remarkable I Right. commuters' smoking csr vn filled, mostly with proud young fathers, who had been relating everlasting clever anecdotes of th clever remark mad by their offspring. Finally, Mr. Splfftngton, seeing a hoi In th conversation, horned In by saying: "I don't Ilk to talk, but I honestly think that hoy of mine Is the most remarkable llttl fellow I ver saw." Everybody yawned. "Tea," pursued Mr. Splftlngton. "He's six years old, and, so far as 1 recollect, b never ssld a bright thing la his life." American Legion Weekly Tarafa, Called "Stinnes of Cuba" school Col. will 1 three-fourth- f r d v Th men-hunts- j e Boy scouts of Eveleth, Minn., doing a community good turn stocking a lake with fish. GOVERNOR COX SAYS In a proclamation of welcome to scouts In the recent big scout rally of the New Kngland states, held at Cambridge, Gov. Channlng II. Cox of Massachusetts said. In part: "Without drawing distinctions of creed, race or position, the boy scout movement Is giving to the boys of our Commonwealth Invaluable training In all that makes manhood and power. It develops mind, body and morals. It Is helping to make future cltlxena of the same character as those of the past who have given greatness to Massachusetts." THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT "Few modem mnvtmcnts. If any, hold as great possibilities for good to the nation and the race as the Boy Scouts of America." Arthur M. Hyde, Governor of Missouri. NAME CAMP FOR SCOUT HERO Camp lilddle, vacation ground for Philadelphia boy scouts, was officially opened and dedicated recently with the nnvelllng of a bronr.e tablet to the memory of Herhert M. lilddle. the first scout of Philadelphia to give his life In the service of his country In the World war. Piddle, who was on of the earliest scouts In Philadelphia and a member of Troop 41 of the Temple Lutheran church, was on the United States Cherokee when It s.n la tne Delaware river. |