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WILLIAM A. HAJTTBRT Editor and Pnbltahar

EFFECT OF PABEHTAL UTEAEST IK SCHOOLS

School officials, school principals and school teachers are constantly pleading for a greater Interest and more active participation of parents and the public In the life of our schools, and all too often their pleadings meet wit ha half-hearted acquies-

cence. If not cold rebufi.

There U a too prevalent feeling among people generally that when they have paid their taxes for the support of the schools they have discharged their debt to the cause of

Ocean City Office: 808 Eighth Street public Instruction and henceforth the Philadelphia Office: 717 Mutual life school officials and teachers must Building. fight their own battles. This Is a shortsighted view to take of this 1mSuoscrlptlon price, 11-80 per year, portant matter. In which a vast in-

The Eclipse

Publication

TIMES BUILDING, til South Landis Avenue, Sea Isle City, N. J.

mailed to any address United States, or its

Entered as Sceond-Ossa Matter at the Port Office at Sea Isle City,

vestment Is wrapped up and from which every community Is entitled to receive large dividends In the shape of boys and girls grounded In the requisites to fight life's battle* Here and there la a community that Is an

exception to the rule.

We are led to this observation by a small Item In a Philadelphia paper announcing the thirteenth anr.uol dinner of the Frankford High School Fathers' Association, which has grown from an humble beginning members to that of 2.000. Hav-

KAKE A SURVEY

OF SCHOOL CHILBEEN

Former Governor Stokes Is of the ing come In personal contact with cpinion that Instead of making a tome of the leading spirits at.ong the eo.il. of our «hool »' t«* unod*!!™. w« »oow

somewhat of Its great work in the

“ 11 l »’ Oo»«niorSU»r. .be lntmK „ tte o[ DorU ,. thing to do is to make a survey of th. eaflt section of Philadelphia, better |

school children. known as Frankford.

Mr. Stokes M oo, .llhool esperl- Tb.t „c«ou of tb, M, elt, „„ ,o,k,r, n, enee in school msttere. hiving beeu r n 11 * i ^ worker, m,, look forward to conkt the h«d of Mlllrtlle's school, hr- , f ™^ t ‘Ih,°^h"^ | ""“W ™rto,msot .t . bl.hsr —ktor. rising blghsr I. th, politick sofgo,,,,,, „„ tl ,| th. m plo„rs to . .ceslsr ,1scale, and knows something about the , ^nd-rate building. P«nalon of trade. The hard nut to handicap of pupUs unable to keep up h juncture . few , ttH crack, of course. Is the farmer. If he — *—» work for the r— —

getber and existed for a fight to se-

nt us

J to r

I three years

the cost of building an i maintaining modern school buildings continues to ■oar. A reasonable amount of home work never did any harm co normal school children. As for the unfortunates who are physically handicapped, they require spee.al treatment of course, but It is the belief of many, that they should not be per-

il W*l«h hi totu, there sre speclsl mo(lOTl t t Kl()ol goi.g,,, wo „ b , h. Is set Hk.l, to hotel with, ot poblle ednctlot, 0 I Isle ,e.te .. . . u 1 . Jo, becsooe he Is told the outlook Isjlheie hove been m.—

o tor suboormsl pupil, sod thst of , „„„„ , h . t w „ , cl „ w „ b „ pupils sre greded cle«r th.o the .o^to, ew some ,«re mo. hot II hr hsr.r- A orgmhlMtlon wp. torm-

t holes, trtr. thst Uklog Ih, wheel „

was to farther ths

s^tero M . whole there I. moeh re- lb , p^Ko.a High

tardatlon from this cause, adding to It entewl ^tireiy mto all hoovM Washington to remember that

school expense. the work of the mental, physi-1 Uct

ioorher thing Ih.t . „t „„ rKi ,, t| oo^

encotireglng. Tb, tsmoer oe^mor.! gt than encouragement. He needs tc terical outcry against "home worklead the movement towards pros- has all the marks to Identify it with

perlty. not to tag behind, and it be-! t,,,, c, “*-

Big Chiefs ‘'Absent"

Ocean City Sentinel—Cape May

school pupils would do Is that it W | t |, securing the best conditions for A SU0OESTI0H imuchtaportMce I^tbe w^y^/politL would result In children being assign- (he pup>u| t0 , tn(ly un(Jer „ Iooke< j cal plums from the ••powers thst be." ed to courses for which they sre best . . . .. . . . WITH SOME MERIT and one would think—foolishly, per-

the wtinklss out ot

I'd hate to he a hens ty. And with ths hem Um hossThe picking of a bom ly Ain't what It ooed to wax

"Sir. I am a * the sick man. •Then you are not Indigestion,” reviled the doe. "Take this dollar and go buy r

. ., . . , , curing a sports field and took an

In the high schools select courses— Ure lnterett m „ thelr athletic ao- Pblladelptla Ledger, out of fancy—for which they have no tlvJU# , The body did not pull' gestlon to President Corlldge thst If fitsess. ThU trying to fit a round the K hool authorities and »>e wanu the law against rum runpeg in a square hole J* school faculty, but in harmony with n*™ and bootleggers strictly enremedled to a large extent by such a th e m wUh the thlt the body' forced he should appoint n "wet" as survey as Mr. Blokes suggests h M become a wonderfully useful ad- Prohibition Director, provided he car In these particulars, as well as Junct t0 the Hlgh School find a man whose regard for hU oath

° tbm ' th * ex '® OY# ™ or * *“*' and Is relied upon by the school of office will overbalsnoe hU personal — gtstlon possesses merit. Now if Mr. p r | nclpil and ; gra lty to back up therfr oplnior on the wet ard dry laue. I”** ^ SIM-will Phm.tor.wJ with, mrg- , or , b[ , b , prmUhUrro U thkt . w.t U ‘“"■r - P°-mg. rsU.

gallon of how to get the pupiU n MU of the ^b^, Bnd , he advarce- familiar with the Intricada of the

lolcing among all Republlcaas for the first Urns i n years—probably the first time In the State's history— Cape May county won the high honor of having the presiding officer of the

‘Senate.

Festal

Red Bank Register—Big government officials are d-.larinr that th*

r schools tborou.hl, gnm.JM lo

tb. nrdlmoDts ot so Erkll.h odiro.. ^ ^ „

tlon — reading, writing, spelling, grammar and arithmetic—before they

other communities doing a like work.

. J we do not know, but we cite tbU ex- —“ ,l “ ““ cm,1s si .howls, whst th, lororoot -inil.- ot oil, prrUle high ochMl „ ,. th ,„ . wt.., „„ .^ pU ,h. omrmoo. u »mo mnr. thmo. ho will ,, ^ 1Mt , or

'v'dinunll, to hs.o ouoh .o ont.slm-

moo, w him. 0.1, Uo. wmk . high „ lo ^ Illeb prorU , on . „

UL iu1 '“'" “ '» w “ tt 1 * ,o ••'"• u " nKr ^ parents of every community, no mat-1 ment of that law until such enforce-

Placed entirely In the hands friends. ResulU have proven

Illicit liquor traffic and would know how to apply the brake*. He also contends thst there is no more Interesting psychological development than the metamorphosi* of a man who has taken the oath to enforce a law to which he has been opposed. Prlenda of the eighteenth amendment have always contended that it

feature of our public school system.

o^lo, thot prrpllo lot, mrr high or b „ , b schools with . omsttono, o! Icorr,- ^, uk< „ lu ,h, ot lr

Ing but without any real foundation

'“ool work, to make the problems that there U much truth in this con ooi, of » n <l teachers their prob- tentlon. On the other hand there Is

Wh.t I. nmwwiwi I. not > Iem ''' thereb J r not ‘’“'J' lightening the merit In Jay's suggestion. If the right .tot _ , u . , _ burden* of the latter, hut acquiring i man Is secured, and there are such tlcel suggestion* of*bo^ to provide a knowled *' of • c ^ )0, work ‘h** wtl1 m * n - but ,h *' uuestlon U to find him a remedv *ll*nce many complalnU and possibly Possibly Mr. Coolldge would like Jay

* re point the way for constructive critl-1 to find the m^n.

clam and improvements.

HEW FERRY One of New Jersey* greatest In- COAST GUARDSKEH

mall matter free aad rat pay all th* bllU for carrying aad distributing the malls. If tk* posteffiee dspartment

OHE STEP HEARER

vrstments Is Its schools and surely so

great a money outlay 1* worth the ENTITLED TO CREDIT

It sow look. s. It the Hot blood lotlmots totoroot ot tbs Ihvootots- Th, ds, ot hontot oldolol. I. b,

no mean* a thing of the past, neither are they all In high plac*« The Townsend'* Inlet cosat guard cap-

PROSPERITY'S OINTMEHT U,n * ho • purn,M, “ **o ooo bribe

Paulsboro'ferry was lo be more than the taxpayer*, mere talk. — A site for the Pennsylvania term! THE FLY IH

nal ha* been secured lust Booth of Hog Island .which obvtaias any

, - , from rum runners deserves not onlv Ing fo. government roiwent sod ap- Outlining the economic prospect* commendation from his superiors but provgl f a iorattaa. for th. new yesr. Secretary H.K.ver pnxnotlon In the aervlre ^

te-llrvea the world will be on a more To n man In his position such a •olid foundation 1826 than at nnv i sum of money was a great temptation iiu.* since the wat There ha* been and that ht apurned It atamps him

a real advance, he nays, in nodal, eco- as one of the country' notnir. nog political stability. More guardsmen.

the successful pulling Into efii ths ferry project will eulall an uui lay of half a million and that It will be ready for operation by July 4 ThU new link connecting fioutb

• t runt north)

goods are being produced, there la

■e higher more ae-

of economic stability, and ne promise of peace than we have to In many year*. The world.

■ey with ths great stretch of court

try to the aouth of |•bllsdslpbla Iu „ rr employment'’l"he~re • hose people seek «he f-ort. of the ...ndards of llvtr g. there U

Ittwer Jersey coast fur recreation and rest, will be worth several time* a half million lo these reemig. as It -vill bring thst large petronsge much natter than has been tb* ease heretofore and this shortening of dla tanre will time! rerUkl nly Inm-sse ths travel to our «hmI> Any -nronragement our resorts can give this project will hr time end money *••11 Invested and the returns will be Im

is to be carrie I on

the very first thing to he done be to make every other department of th* government pay for carrying It* matter throagh the m.u. u this were done th* poa'officv department would have many •nlllioiia of dollars

added to IU lr

Cota of Ruuuf (Htooestar Gouty Gloucester Democrat—A dtiien who has time to figure, says that th# county government of Gloucester county costa 83.888 per day. That la getting the expense In understandable^ figure* When the east Is stated In the hundreds of thousands moat of us get stalled In the computation. It'o very assuring to know that It Is leas than fd.OfiO per day.

Editorial Views Efficiency in Hume Buying

wuriu. nc . Westfield Standard—Every hntni free from . . '* P ,,rrh “">« »ffent. In the ma

T: „„,o Moth. .h..£x°i.^ i u j',, b ss!ir rf . , 's:| fonea In motion all tend to great buys thoughtlessly, without fore- “■ promise for the forthcoming year." . 1 t !I l * hi ttn,, Panning. If she lack* In »- Review Ing our own country. Becre- •‘•■••['ling the state of tb* ;; v-"" «•»»- “^.ti ' nomlc Improhianent ha* lieen the very an unreasonable amount and the adlarge recovery of agriculture after ’*2.?'' of tb * family I* nandlcapped It. two year*' lag behind the recov- bu ,J’*7 “ * rul * under cry of Industry The farmer*, he sgy*. the advertuinjr I. on. w^ iVwhlc'h r have yet a large measure of losses to reduce the price level o n the the last three year* to recover, i 11 !"** '•"’J' bM >’ The people who th.'lr outlook I* encouraging. The iUlLss'w. V"* 'h*' c,a "' •ctutlny to

Bhertr* office turn*.! Into farmer'* purcha*lng power the Bee- ' u " n "“ “ n, »«unc*menl* are not ,ry during the year IJJ. .-I.ry ..y* „ being remedied further feral hoil nSB^SJ

price of Induatrisl P*^ 0 ™ 1 "* skillfully their function

a. buyer* for the home

CAPE MAY OOCNTTTI tr*a*u. was considerably enriched In 1P24 the cost of buotlscgwra and rum mj ner*. Th# Bheriff’* office turned

the ti

312 SI. or nearly three tlsves aa mar ns during 1123. and a Urge •han of It came from Hue* ol ImmiIleggrrs and the a*I* ot bootlegging truck* Thi* la a good ehowtns. and w# dare aa> there la enough bootlegging and rum running gulag on In the county to duplicate the figures tor l»2S

1 the

"■mmodlil

For lndust.-y we learn that the ■I'erage wage remains stable at about loo per ce^i. aliove pre-war scale,

while th. rg»i of living remains educator* found

al«ui equal to the cost for the la*! ,l0 " **» eliminate eebao) work III I ee All „ f ,1,1, .,|| " •J'h.K.I rlM, boo,

ahort. and will need to be ahor

» for the home

School ' Home Work" Pr "“ To many ,

'h*' »uwi«

Save your cigarette ashes and put them on the slippery sidewalks this winter. We'll bet that Douglas the shoe man's sole last* unUl Smith Brother* Cough Drops.

'Do you know?" "You are the first girt I really ever loved." First Brother—"1 eaU my tart Birdie." Second Brother—"Why, hscisimi *he's ao high flown?” First Brother—"No. Beenase she l* pigeon-toed, haa canary lacs, fine feather*, call* me a worm, and MBs for her lunch.” A young law student i a position In a law what the pay would M. “You get nothing to Urn first six months but after that you get glgM per annum!" •tat U six

A Steps A Pretty Mist. A Man with Btroag Aran. An Upturned Face. A Fatal Kiss. Another Good Man Gang Wrong

ItU* Jean .

you wish you we *nd could fly away Jim (scornfully),

i an eleph through ay n

re n Wrd, Jlafiny. y up in the sky?" '—"No. Pd gather

Uncle Sol. Bod buster Uka to take I. * UW - «»■ 1 0

In the ^»nia each year fort

what'* coming of. f b *—'8“ro. John, cons on mn

. He—"Wey. thu isn't John.'

A person vho pay* as he goes I She—This Isn’t Mabel tatter. 1

doean t care hew many months they I __ . , put on a calendar. i. When »h* la

I hat*

"Prosperity.” aays Earl Waddlag- 1 (U J r ‘

After the divorce you never bear *»> arguing over th* cuetedy of th* "God Urns Our Hoeae" atgra. . ?*** wbo «b*ad their Ufa in tb* pursuit of mousy should get Jg-M bill collectors, thinks M. U. A Court House shiek made a grab M • girl the other night and rnrxiiil her on the chin. "Heavens, shove!” -he cried. First Girt—"What air was ths you were playing last night?” Second Do.—-A mUllontlre. and landed him.” * Youth—"Do you mind I

-- the prophet •hat reckons abe know*, and gtrm ua her Jedgement profound—that wtmmen is due lo wear masculine rloae. from their fore-top clean down to the ground. "The day ta fast rearin'.” this angel aaaerta, "when the sexes unite In the art. -an' they'll wear the same trousers. sock*, wasklts an 1 shirt*—till •xigoeh they can't tell ua apart!” In view of th* prospeck*. I’ve lUtl# fo aay—though I m halfway Incltnod to approve . . and. when folks ta accustomed to havin' their way. Ua aa easy to wall as to mo»e. i reckon the change will com# on by degree., like moat of our needed reform#—till, th* [u*, thing w# know, they ll climb laddms an trees, an 1 their duds will atay down when It storms . , An’ then—the exchanges twist huaband an wife, might lead fo enjoyments Intense,- can see ’em “.'hV 1 !’’ ,he ,lm * of their life, as rivals In Jumpin' the fence!

Beatrice Fairfax, who has been giving advice to the love sick In the newspapers Id this country for many Sr , right ab0Ut 10 * M m * rrt * <5 B * rT «* really very wealthy, and how dtaan-

K" “tit" ••

had three blowouts In

ful to t

a man who forgsis ** tarth shea tate is forty aha • grate-

WiB Yota Pot TSta

ot settling your atale m the •Wden of your w«s or “*••« •»• • frttata at « moat dtatreaaing time? You set wisely is eppotatte ths o-tt City TmeAtnra Owipaar Tour Knecttar. rariering your CaaUy of all cure and worry and rimrlitg the faithful execution of four instroetioao. as raeci- *» .rour will. CoraTln *nd talk the matter over •nth ua freely.

OCEAN env TTTLE and trust COMPANY Ocwa City N.J.

’ “ff /ou going with thst

"Where

iroet. little boy.

Down to the lake Come

you went to see aome fus. This goal

• rr »'f <>f sponge*, and I'm golE down to let him drink

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