JHSEE — OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. THURSDAY. MARCH 29. 1923 s

Ocean City Sentinel Printed and Put.ll.hrd Ever, ThurKLir OCEAN CITY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. - .1 HuilJinv. 744-74S A .bury Avenue, tireen City. N. J.. Telephone IJS-Jj- ' P. J EVANS. Editor LEWIS L. IIAKKETT. General Buuneu H.mnr 1 1 . . t'ompanf reeene. Ihe right lo rejeet any edvertitine. •, r enmunleaUone to thl. paper will be publlahed only over the nam of writer , , ■ asi-ajrr- T""" m'-: THURSDAY. MARCH Li:-, 1923. I *1 »t tha To.t Office at Ocean Qty. N. J.. u ^cond c|u ma|, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL n.w is in far away Brittany n little city, which the fain- ! , .i :,K critic antl Hterateur John .Ruskin, name.l "The City of a I i alf a century ami more, the city Imil struggled for existence I , o-t in utter obscurity. Situated on a head land surrounded on three ! Li'' i i he sea. possessing n fertile soil und equable climate, nature . l;, i , , u. d it with rare physical charms, and wonderful possibilities r rightly developed. I i Ruskin visited the cit yupon two occasions, a period of ten'. .,,, intervening between the two visits. When first Ruskin cantej I , .in tries were fishing, fish curing, lace making and weaving, t a *i»Rle building of architectural pretensions; its I reel .v.-re ill-kept, dirty and unsanitary. John Ruskin wrote of it ■ I, lot on nature's handiwork, and a disgrace to civilization.-' A!. , while during ine ten years interregnum, the city had elected j. „ it > nr. the man who earned his living by mending their shoos. , he c ■ . iubbler became the city's chief executive. The choice however proved on unusual blessing. The cobbler was ! , mai. vision. More he proved himself gifted with rare cutive l "'»■ j. Well lie knew that the city had no resources of revenue, with hie!-, to improve conditions. The people were poor, the community as poorer still. \ les-er man would have thrown up the task in despair, and re- 1 1 red to his bench and lost. The cohbler-mayor was made of more I rii.ii- material. He ultimately succeeded in persuading the people to ( ii-'i him. in a campaign of henutification. Each householder under- j »'k clean up all around his property. Alleys and lanes were swept j ( ec of refuse. Every little plot of unusedd land, were it no bigger urn a hundbreadth, was planteil with shrubs and flowers. Men began | ^ ' '"isako the wine-taverns, anil spend their leisure telling, planting. I ul a ceiling their gardens. I r They plucked the thistles and planted' flowers, wherever a flower j Tli- riuiie the cobbler-mayor inspired his people to greater effort, j, ; view- "f the fact that the city administration had neither money, nor ir men, to repair its streets, the citizens undertook the work. The tizenship of the entire city had received a baptism of civic pride. R h,- entire community experienced the developmnt of civic consciou--r . John Ruskin came again, and in an cstacy or delight, the gifted * riter rechristcned it "The City of a Thousand Gardens." Virtues follow in the train of virtue. In tthe first place the city velnped rapidly into a popular seaside resort Its' fame traveled far. " luri-ts from all parts of the world came to see the City of Gardens. U .i the people became prosperous. They discovered that cleanliness «.- not only next to Godliness, hut was also a marketable commodity. ' condlv the changed environment had a very remarkable effect upon e people themselves. The strong appeal to the aesthetic side of sir nature became invariable. "Men and women unconsciously," to S into Hu«kin. "began to think, talk and act. as should those who lived S a <ity of gardens. , f Now applying the moral of the "City of thousand Gardens" to n l i t.-, while it is true that no comparisons of an uncomplimentary " ii racier to us, can lie drawn between our own city and it. before it * II iimler tlie inspiration of its cobbler-mayor, it is equally as true we a ay profit from the example. *H Scattered all over the city there are unsightly spots, for the o\- n tenr,. which, no impeachment can be levelled against the city ad- 81 nistrarlnii. Hack alleys and lanes pilot) up with refuse, packing " paper and excelsior, repulsive to the eye, and a menace in case cl fire. Sidewalks and lawns sadly needing trimming, and ridding of nk weeds. For a very little money, and hardly more lalior and enrr a' an an occasional itlle hour, gardens and hack yards might lie' com"■•q transformed, and made to look more in keeping with a city iu " I istnry lies all in the future, rather than like a city whose story ■me of the past. cc It may Is- reasonably be taken for granted, that all of our citizens "" -ire i.i -im the city prosper and grow. In one way or another we t;l t all cherishing the ho|ie, that we may share in this prosperity in m '.vitmg degrees. le Nothing can damn ami dnder its prosperity and progress so much sl' "•rioctoii, unkempt properties, dirty alleys and r-efuse- strewn lanes. ' < ity, civic organizations may spend thousaamls uf dollars for book- u< 1 ' newspaper advertisements. Realtors may. circularize the en- wl 1 " :i!V with pamphlets, proclaiming the virtues of the city, its rc 1 '"I :m vantage#, and the story of its phenomenal growth. ol l"u'11 however, tourists and visitors Crorn their conclusions n< 0 place, from I.-, l ii,,., ... aa.i -a. i. i a a, ... i c: . ;i place, from what they see, and what read.

I"' ions moreover arc not only the most lasting, hut arc also the " 1 indent factors in winning a visitor's confidence in, and liking for 1 he story is said of a wealthy steel-magnate." visiting a Florida f".' the purpose of building a -winter reridt.-nce. A well-known "dunteered to show the gentleman around. The prospective ' ■ l»'litely declined the offer, hired a tuvf. and instructed the driver 8 p him around all the back streets, and the sections of the city " which he felt assured the realtor would not escort him. 1 • 1 gentleman was only doing deliberately, and methodically, what majority of ;ieople do unconsciously, relying more for guidance ,lc saw. than upon what he heard. Nothing could "lioost this town of ours" no much the coming sum- '■ thun if every householder spared no effort to mnke the immedi- / |(j' "f his property, as pleasant and attractive to the eye as *'b IP.iiveying thereby to the visitor the impression, that the city '""•ml with ijfp nm| possibility, and determined to hecome what it » -"-d -hould liecorpe. n>" city beautiful idea is being sponsored by the Chamber of Com- "• Ihe campaign however should be extended beyond Central We.-ley avenue*. The way leading over the automobile bridge, is mut question the most frequented entrance into tho city. The 'c I j.st i.inp js another. Central and Wesley avenues are remote, wen which comes first into the purview of the visitor, as he or I'-'sses over tlie bay, is by no means alluring. Ill-kept yards and refuse littered around, create impressions derogatory to the ' which no beauty around the ocean ward avenues will lie able to -J - \ { .: .

THE" VOC ATIONAL SCHOOL . ! A few months hence, tens or thousands "of" boys and girls, will beji | asking the question. "Where can 1 get a job?" . Leaving the cloistered ..-oclusion of the public school, they will take their places in the larger J arena of life, offering their services to industry, in return for the| means of living. There wus a time when men thought the world owed . them a living, experience has taught them rather, that they owe the] world a life. In- ill-try looks these thousands of boys and girls over. I i. land asks: "Ahiit service can you render? What have you to soil?"! Those who have no more to offer than unskilled hands, were they! jever so willing to work, must take their chances in that market, where' j labor is scarce and competitors iptiiiy. On the other hand, those who are willing to work and have re- i - jwivea P»P" training, have jctv.r competitors, a wider market, and a' higher waugi-. 'I here are no le-s than five hundred different occupations open before the trained worker, whereas unskilled labor offers " ; few and meagre opportunities. A subtle temptation faces every boy and girl, and particularly '.ipii parent -, n soon as they graduate from the grade school. Espec- ! ?! rally- true is this of the laboring and the artisan classes. The high V.agcs offered for a willing boy or girl in many branches of industry j ' i »"•' commerce, prove irrestiblc. i Little do patents 'appear to realize, little can an inexperienced boy ...ilize, that at the age of fifteen, his earnings will lie nearly as large' 'jus when thirty years old, if he remains in the ranks of the unskilled. The iI.uy of the apprentice is rapidly passing away, few trades; • jCninpatitively speaking encourage the system. Machinery has completely revolutionized industry. The small sl op with its master, journeyman, and apprentice, has been swallowed i !-•!'. l»y the h.g factory, with its steam or electrically driven machinery, j j At first b-.(lustry.experienc< d no loss through the departure of the -tp-J '| prentice. The l-oy was placed- to feed a machine. A skilled mechan c. la nun who had se.-ved his apprenticeship under the old rcgcine, i.i (who had come trained f om a Kuropenii country, kept thp machine' in I ' | order. Itut .killed i-.cclianics are at a premium, and unskilled lever I I manipulators are plentiful. '! Tie vein- have furtheri lore revolutionized our exports. In tig- j past we exported nnnua'lj vast quantities of raw materials to foreign j ; manufacture!.:, who converted them into finished products, and shrewd- j1 sold them back to us at double cost. ^ 1 1 Raw materials are growing scarcer. Our forests are becoming tie- j 1 ; pletcil, bur mines exhausted, anil our oil fields drained. We must ex- ' port less materials, and more finished products, .less cotton and more1, calico, less oro and mote machinery. ( , Industry must therefore need more more trained and skilled! ! workers than ever, and a fnr more competent quality. I Tlie father and mother of limited means, arrive therefore at the i most crucial hour in their experience as parent-, when the boy com-!' pletcs his grammar school education. I It will involve many many sacrifices to allow the lad to continue j] his education through' the high school; a college education to follow is'! abutter impossibility. j, Astutely too they have liecnme convinced, that even with a high i school diploma, the lad stands a meagre chance of becoming anything' superior to an unskilled laborer, without a proffessional training. What course should lie pursue? To meet the increasing demand I for definite vocational training, some seventeen years ago. a unmber ' of business men, social workers and educators, men of vision and en- , tcrprise, organized a national society to promote vocational education, jc The movement spread rapidly through every state. A few of the more:' progressive states, immediately adopted the idea and established vo- ' rational schools of industrial, agricultural, and domestic education.! among the first lieing Massachusetts, • Connecticut. New York, Pennsylvania. Indiana, Wisconsin and New Jersey. In the year 1917 the i Act passed through Congress, making provision for fedend aid towards vocational education. K What kind of training do these vocational schools offer. In brief ( schools aim to make our boy - and girls, strong healthy men and! women, instructed in the duties and obligations of good citizenship, , and above all the possessors of an useful and lucrative trade. The : schools aim not at a thin veneer of culture, and the creation of a huautomation. The dormant powers of youth are given the ncces- | xary stimulus to development. The individuality of each member is I retained' and strengthened, its powers properly directed into fruitful 1 j ' The first essential towards the development of a strong indlvidu- , and good citizenship, is the ability to c-in a living. , The problems faring parents have therefore become very mater- ' lessened and simplified. If at ad possible, let the hoy or girl take J the full high school course. A sounder foundation on which to build ( could not he suggested. The humblest tradesman in the world is all | better a man. :• parent, a citizen and a workman, for the ail van- .- tages of u high school education. Following a high school course if ' are not available whereby the boy or girl can proceed to col- 1 training for some profession, by all means a year or more should he spent in u vocational school. Should tlie high school course he impracticable, a vocational o,l ucation i indcspinsihlo. Thus equipped with a good useful trade, of he has n sound theoretical and practical knowledge, the boy is ready to take his place in the great arena of life., with every chance making a success. If he fails it will he due entirely to his own neglect, or misconduct. it 5 —

First Close-up of Mrs. Harding Since Illness ' "i-'-cmlly f.r the McCIroi,1 | with hCT •""<* her Itinera. Mr*. McCImHI j

Jottings From Our Schools Basket-Bali Team Banquet *| and Plan for Next Season j EDWIN lURRoXsELKrrKD TO PILOT THE BASKET ~ BALL J TEAM THE MIMING SEASON. WHO STOLE GARDINER'S. FUTURE? ( I.U It MEN MEETING WITH HARII LICK

| Many of the high school alumni " are home from college for the - j Easter vacation. A number of s them have visited the high school and have been greeted cordially f by. their former instructors. ' i One of the Visitors was William -jGihh. who is home for a ten days !t ; vacation, from Carnegie Tech, Piti- ; tsbufgh. Mr. Gilih graduated from ; our high scho<d in the class of ilSl". For two years ho attended 1 j Penn State, while for the past two - years he has lieen attending Car-: inegio Tech. He will graduate s - f rum the architectural department ! in June. Mr. Glbli is a brother of ! Charles and Miss Harriet Gibb, 'jhead of the Commercial Depart- -•{ EASTER VACATION Students will welcome the Kas- 1 p ter vacation which starts this af- ! , ternoon. and will last until Tues- i Jday morning. Some of our stu- j •dents envy the boys anil girls j I from Philadelphia, where thcyj : i havn't had any school this week, i ! But, remember our schools close . earlier in the spring, than the Phil- ! j adelphia Schools. MORE BIRTHDAYS " j Last week there were four birth- L - ' days among the high school stu- 1 j dents. Iaiuni Dowman came on I j ; Wednesday, March 21st, "Warren j ' Blackman on Thursday 22d, Flor- 1 | cnco Mitchell oil Friday 23d and ' ! Fredrick Currie on Saturilay 24th. ; - ! This week there were three: Myr- ' tie Emlicott was Sunday, March : 1 25th, George Jeffries. Moday. Mar. ' 1 2fith, and Alma Chattin on Tues- ■ I > day, March 27th. Next week there ' will lie two, namely. Norma Lan- I i and Anthony Selvaign. i DEBATES ARE ON I I At tlu's time of the year we hear I and read much about the debates, ^ : that arc being conducted between ' ;tho various schools, throughout the! .(country. It Is unfortunate that: , i oar schools could not have entered; | ia the eodtes£,'<or it is said w-c'i j have a number of good students. : '(who could have developed into 1 1 splendid debaters, capable of putt- . • Ocean City on the map. Our l . : school did not care to enter he- ■ | ' cause unsatisfied with classilicn- ( . tion of the schools, with which | Ocean City was to dehutc. ^ STOLE GEO. GARDINER'S PICTURE T | Wh - stole George Gardiner's • photo 7 Iaist Saturilay George ; picked up the Atlantic City Hvon-x i ing Union, and there to his amaze- , nient, his photo stared him in the : ; eyes. George says, that some otto i must of tip-toed into his room the other night, and confisicatcd it. The little account with the photo ! reads as follows: "All-around at- 1 hlete, and president of the outgoing Senior Class, of Ocean CityHigh School, is expected to lie shortly selected as one of the hon- : students at the sister resort's institution." Now English in- . honor students is already select- ; i

i HARDLUCK ON THE WELIBEHAVEI) CLUB BOYS J; A number of boys of the local 1 ' ing, not that familiar song, "Who'. ' Been Kicking My Dog Around." 1 i but "Who's been kicking our clubs *j around." Two or three of the 1 (their quarters, on account of a few r | members Incoming noisy, others 1 playing pinochle, while others were •j using the room for sleeping quar- ( ( It seems as if there is alwav.- , some one who spills the milk, and breaks the rules, and makes it un- ' comfortable for those who try to ' conduct themselves properly, and consequently all. have to suffer. j VIEWING THE DECORATIONS . Last week we paid a little com- _ ! pliment to Miss Edith Bcne<iict. ' . Principal of the Wesley Avenue ! j j School und her staff of teachers , | and their pupils, for the splendid idea of welcoming spring and Ens- , iter, in the manner they have, ar- . j tistically decorating the windows, i 1 | It shows that the school news is . j read, for in the last week, there has \ ' been scores seen walking up to the . ' j school, purposely to view and ad- ' J mire the pretty array. , MEASURED FOR CAPS AND -GOWNS I The members of the Senior Class I ( • They were measured for the caps i and gowns recently. Also the class is looking forward j ' ■ to the trip to Washington in June. ! i They are. planning various ways, j , • liw which to raise sufficient funds, j J to finance the trip. One of those'j. will be a cake sale, next Saturilay j| a week. April 7th, at Furmnn's ' , Ice Cream Store. The class will | give n play the latter part of the: month. SENIOR PROM I The Junior Class held a meeting T : recently, at which they discussed;' 'be Prom, which they will give to [ i [the Seniors, around the first of ! •June. — I— I— i BASKETBALL TEAM BANQUETTEDj At a basketball dinner given at j 1 i be home of Mr. anil Mrs. Cliurles I Adams, parents of Scott Adams,!! ' 1 captain of this seasons basketball | j j team, last Thursilay evening, Ed- ! - i win Barron was elected captain,! ■ i".- next year, and Joe Schock, ^^ThtTTiigh schoo7~~~letfcrs, were ; i awarded by the captain of the I i team, to the following players: j • Captain Scott Adams, John Bos-] . well, Tom Adams, Edwin Barron, | i Marcus Blackman, Charles Gibb.j i Fied Pfitzonmyer and Manager! • Mai ley Fitzgerald. Scott Adams, George Gardiner, 1 Charles Gibb and Fred Pfitzen- 1 ! mycr will he lost to the team next ; i year, through their graduation in June. The following will very likely • [ constitute the team for next year, j Captain Edwin Bnrron, John Bos-

wed. -Tom Adams. Mareuc Black- > man. Koliert Gordon and i-athsn i MarGvegor , — | J [ I WHO W il l. COACH THE BASEBALL NINE? Man."-. Thomas William.:, haI ontelfo' t l-.o Ocean Citv High and have ra-er showing up well, i ,• John Clair whu played with Jer-: „ sey Cit) in the Eastern National j. 1 .cogue for three years, and coo-, I - cheil the West Hnlmkcn High Sdtonl. John Clair is here cngag,.c.l in carpenter work, and he is I w illing to devote his spare time to . the teaching of his favorite sport, , to the boys of the O. C. H. S. TENNIS TEAM WILL SOON BE UNDER WAY . Manager Win. Gairotson stairs, that h- is in rommunication with sovcrtd Thiols, regarding tennis ' matches with our tennis team. Sum the court- are dry enI ough, the local team, will he formed anil practice will lie begun. " Those v5h;i will very likely make the team will i>e. Latham Mnr- * Gregor, Tom Adams, George Gar- . diner. Doyle Huff, and Scott Ad- ; • COMMENTS BY A BASKETEER I last Saturday was a little more j pleasant around Temple Hall. [ However, just dig up memories ' : that you have recorded in your suconscinus mind pertaining to the night a week before. You will re- ' call the tadpoles, bullfrogs and rubbcrless .human beings that were "j singing und cussing around, the '(Sunday School room on the Camp '.j Grounds. To old Jupiter Pluvius, ■ it probably looked like Noah and ' 1 j his ark getting ready to sail. ' I Well folks, stand up and take 1 i

'.-•iiti Lais off to Leon Murphy. You i must admit, that six. double detki i .. is pretty g.ib.1 for a man •"ii" i- :• Apposed to defend his own ket. ami with it holding his ,n 'wo loan baskets. , So far a- we know, he e-tal.Tished Ni." .HH.1 "i iTS i , clwe.s for Miller, who held his , Wf would suggest that Manager . Ki.1 Garwoi-I draw upon the trtas- •••'• "• ren . buy Miller a i eimcolnle pit. fur his. splendid . v .: Out candidate-: l«on Mu- •" ihe eighth day of May, ; ai d he will win in latnbJble after i his pcrfnimniicc i f last Saturilay t| night. I Kame- and Mangold must have ■ .had Himrthing for their dinrer, bat itid nut agree with them. - Tiiey icomeil to lie in each others way. Murphy went up and hugi> i-eii Eames to keep him from devouring Mangold, and skinning up his knuckles on the old' wire cage. Kid Garwood's boys are getting "iiettcr and better, day by day in every way." It has been a long ' time since they vaelost a game. Roy Johnson was' again the • i in man. Referring two games in , Some one asked how- many miles Roy walked or ran in referring a game of Imskethall. Ba-ketcer replies, that Roy travels on the average of 2Ai miles in ever)- game. Therefore Roy traveled 5 lj miles in the Temple Building last Satur- ^ . day night. A peilometer was useil by Busketeer himself in several games. and the above figures were * „ found to be the a re rage. , There was. one interested specta- - tor last Saturilay. William Gibb. 1 w ho sat at the west end of the cage, ^ and took stock of his brother's . 1 playing. He said he hoped Chns. would make good in athletics, I when he goes to college next year. We agree with him. Continued on Page Four

A MATTER OF "WILL" Why not make a simple will? — appoint an efficient executor — and your estate will be disposed of as you "will it." " 1 The Ocean City Title & Trust Company Mould he glad to act as your Executor. [I ; t 3«fc Interest Paid on Time Ik-posits ; R f OCEAN CITY TITLE & TRUST CO. Ocean City, N. J.

■ | W hH m u lilies the BBBI field. They toil not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was never arrayed as one of these." El wing T. Corson REALTOR 7S7 ASBURV AVE. OCEAN o ITV N. J, | All business transacted through this office is in accordance with the following slogan "This office does and maintains strictly a brokerage j business and is in no way interested in personal speculation." Results: i A sale completed on the above principal profits both Seller and Buyer. ! Write for listings and maks your headquarters with Clayton Haines Brick- REALTOR 4.11 EIGHTH ST. OCEAN CITV N J. MONEY TO LOAN OM MO' TGAGR i No waiting for two weeks to know if you can get it; we can tell nt i once. Bargains in Bay and Ocean front properties. Choice cottages for side. Also lots for investment and for improvement— the choice of ; Ocean City. Apply to J. M. CHESTER ft CO, Ocean City. N. J. . GENERAL HAULING Sand Gravel Top Soil WM. HAYES, 233 Asbury Ave. I