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Pouglikeepsle, Dally Eagle, Wednesday, December 31, 1502 3 SCHOOL PEOPLE IN DEBATE. 800 instructors Attend Various Syracuse Conventions. Syracuse, N.Y, Dec. 30. There are more than 800 mem bens in attendance upon the four state conventions of teachers organizations now In session In this place.

The principal speaker at the meeting of the Associated Academic Principals' meeting was President M. Woolsey Stryk er, of Hamilton College, who dis cussed "The Different andlndif ferent Degrees of Preparation for College That Appear in English." He made a stand against what he termed "ultra technicalities." He said that kindergarten idea had a fallacy at the bottom of it He did not believe studies should be made easy. He ridiculed the "new fangled" Roman pronunciation of Latin. He believed in greater attention to fundamentals and less to specialization. The number of students graduating from high schools across the United States doubled in the last decade of the 19th century, and in 1902 college presidents were scrambling to standardize the educa tion of the large number of applicants to their institutions.

The Committee of Ten college presidents commissioned by the National Education Association, the main professional organization on teaching at the time had proposed a standard academic course sequence for high schools. It was widely adopted and was surprisingly similar to what most adults today took algebra, geometry, trigonometry, earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, etc. There were still problems, however, and M. Woolsey Stryk er was alluding to the fact that students in agricultural areas might have more time off for the harvest than'students in a city, and would spend much less time in class. 1 This problem was'solved bjj the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

In 1905, it released a study 'on time in class and recom mended a high school course consist of five 40 minute periods per day for a 180 day 1 school year. That 40 minute period became known as the Carnegie unit, and even when schedules 'are blocked in high schools today, they are based on the Carnegie definition of a course, In 1902, college presidents tike Stryker, school superintendents like Francis Parker of Quincy, and educational philosophers like John Dewey, who wrote on the best methods of teaching students in a democracy, set the agenda for curriculum and instruction for the rapidly expanding school population in our "common" schools. Friedrick Froebel's ideas for kindergarten education were being adopted across the nation and kindergartens were sprouting everywhere. A "science of pedagogy" was being developed through the study of children's learning using task analysis methods used in industry to make factories more efficient? In 1918, this gave birth to the "educational objective," a small, measurable unit of learning on which curriculum would be based for the rest of the century and beyond. Educators today still meet regularly to discuss curriculum 'and instruction at conferences and meetings of professional organizations, statewide, no Make lTo Mistake WE ARE SELLING THE Very Best 25c Coffee IN THE U.

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BLONDIN WANTS IMMEDIATE SENTENCE Boston, Dec. 30. Joseph Wilfred Blondin, convicted in the second degree for the murder of his wife, will waive the exceptions taken by his counsel during his trial, abandon any right to a new trial and ask for immediate sentence in order that he may seek executive clemency for freedom. He will come before Judge Stevens tomorrow afternoon and will be sentenced to state prison for life. This decision of Blondin's was made known to Assistant District Attorney McLaughlin to day.

The form of executive clemency available in New York is the commutation of sentence, according to the nonprofit Criminal Justice Policy Foundation. Executive clemency is granted at the sole discretion of the governor. A sentence can be, commuted only if: The inmate's term or minimum period of imprisonment is more than one year. The inmate has served at least half of his minimum period of imprisonment. The inmate will not become eligible for parole within one year of the date of his application for commutation.

The inmate is not eligible for release on parole, An inmate does not need a lawyer to apply for a commutation of sentence. MEMORIAL TO JAMES WATT. $50,000 Offered by Mr. Carnegie to Erect One in Greenock London, Dec. 30.

Andrew Carnegie has notified the Provost of Greenock, Scotland, that he is prepared to give $50,000 to erect a memorial to James Watt, the inventor, who was in that city on January 17, 1736, in recognition of his engineering achievements or Mr. Carnegie will head a movement in America to raise a large fund which, in conjunction with sums, raised in Great Britain, will provide for a more extensive scheme of commemoration. A JOKE THAT FAILED. Jack Reynolds, one time local newspaper man and now manager or something at the Duquesne Garden, loves a joke. Long time ago, when he used to cover the South Side for an afternoon paper, he and Tom McQualde, then sergeant at No.

7 police station, put up a job one of many on David Sitzler, still sergeant there. Dave had a pair of new shoes of which he was inordinately proud. They were a little tight, he admitted, but he guessed they would be all right in a few days. Jack and Tom began to tell stories of the terrible things that had happened to men who wore tight shoes, until Dave, thoroughly alarmed, announced his intention of giving them away, which was all that the jokers had been striving for. Dave showed up next morning with a pair of old shoes.

"Give the others away?" queried the jokers, joyously. "Nope," said Dave. "Sold them for half a dollar more'n I gave for them." "Guess I'll meander forth to fifth," said Jack, which was the way he daily announced his intention of returning to the office Pittsburgh Gazette. DRIVE SULTAN BACK. REBELS DEFEAT HIS ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF FEZ.

Madrid, Dec. 30. It is reported that the Sultan of Morocco has been foiled in an attempt to break out of Fez by the rebels who are investing that city. A despatch from Tangier today announced that the rebels had cut the aqueduct which supplied Fez with water, and added that the city was now practically without water. It was further asserted that unless the Kabyle tribesmen from the south came to the succor of Fez, the place must surrender within three days.

Great Britain and France have notified Spain that they have no intention of taking any advantage of the situation in Morocco, and that they desire the maintenance of the status quo, even in the event of the sultan being dethroned and his place taken by the Pretender. These communications have reassured the Spanish Government, which is relieved of fears of international complications. The hostility against the sultan is spreading in Fez. The Moors are exhibiting photographs of him arrayed in ridiculous garb. The sultan yesterday assembled the notables of the besieged town at the palace and exhorted them not to despair, assuring the chiefs that the imperial troops will ultimately triumph.

Tangier, Dec. 30. Foreigners in the interior of Morocco have been' advised to make for the coast, as provisions are scarce and lines of communication are almost closed. The Pretender is reported to be twenty miles from Fez. Telegrams from Tangier say the sultan's troops have abandoned the fortress of Raselma, close to Fez.

The Pretender is negotiating with the tribes in the immediate vicinity of Fez to assist his advance, The Spanish Minister at Tangier reports the situation to be serious but not desperate. After a cabinet meeting here to night Foreign Minister Abarzuza expressed a more hopeful view of the Moroccan situation. He said he though it not likely that the rebels would capture Fez. Premier Silvela confirmed the belief that no complications would ensue through the actions of other powers. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY Annual Meeting in Paris The Sale to the United States Paris, Dec.

30. The annual meeting of the Panama Canal Company was held here this afternoon. The attendance was smaller than usual and the proceedings were more orderly than last year. The time was mostly occupied with reading the report of the directors of the company in which were detailed the pending negotiations with the United States looking to the sale of the canal. The facts set for in this report are all already known.

The sanguine hope was expressed that all difficulties would be overcome and the sale completedat an early date. The reading of the report was followed by a brief discussion in the course of which two or three of the stockholders made the customary protests against the sale and asked what would happen if the negotiations with the United States fell through. President Bo replied that in this event the stockholders again would be consulted while, if the sale took place, they would have to meet to vote ratification. The' directors' report was approved, the outgoing officers of the company were re elected and the meeting then adjourned. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

It is about 51 miles long from deepwater to deepwater, with a minimum width of 300 feet and a minimum depth of 41 feet. In 1879 a French company began constructing the canal, but the enterprise collapsed twenty years later. Under a 1903 treaty Panama granted the United States the Panama Canal Zone and the rights to build and operate a canal Work began in 1904; Joeing enormous obstacles, George Washington Goethals, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, directed the construction from 1907. The canal opened on Aug.

15, 1914. After disputes over sovereignty, a 1977 treaty allowed Panama to take control of the canal in 2000; it did so in 1999. Except for small craft, no vessel can pass through the canal under its own power. Ships are towed by electric locomotives, and it takes 15 20 hours to complete the passage. Duplicate locks enable ships to pass in opposite directions simultaneously.

It allows ships sailing between the and coasts of the U.S. to shorten their voyage by about 8,000 nautical miles. FATAL RAILROAD WRECK Quincy, Dec. 30. In the wreck bf a through Chicago Louisville train on the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad (Monon), here to day, Engineer Albert S.

Barker, Firemen Joseph Eglen and Brake man Hiram Perry were killed and the engine and 18 cars, loaded with hogs and cattle, were piled up in a ditch. A switch lock had been broken, supposedly by tramps, and the switch turned. HACKMAN STRIKE IN ALBANY Practically All the Hackmen In the City In It Albany, N.Y, Dec. 30 A strike on New Year's Day of practically all the hackmen of this city threatens to make a dearth of public carriages here on that day and to embarrass both the inaugural ceremonies and a military ball to be held in the state armory in the evening. The Hackman's Union demands a wage of $12 per week (an advance of twenty per cent.) and one dollar instead of seventyseventy five cents per funeral for extra men.

About fifteen stables are involved. The employers are divided in sentiment as to granting the demands. CALLED TO A HUDSON CHURCH Hudson, Dec. 30. It is officially announced at the Universalis! Church that the call extended to the Rev.

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