thing for the picture man, too. Friday afternoon had always been a dull day, he said, and now he had the house full of school children and it got their parents interested in the place and he got a good many new, steady patrons out of it. And it actually got me so interested in the illustrated subjects that I'm quite an eloquent teacher now; the principal is satisfied, the children get promoted, and everybody's happy." She paused for breath, and I had a chance for a question. "What was it you said about it being suitable for my En Route department?" I asked. "I said you ought to write up the whole ideaget it into the heads of the teachers who feel just as I used to feel about the pictures. Make them see what they are msising. They don't realize that they could find a manager who would be glad to have special days for them. But any manager would, just as a business proposition, if they put it up to him in the right way. What's the use of writing about foreign travel, or home travel, either, for folks who have to stay at home and work the year round, and never get money enough ahead to take more than one trip in all their lives? Write about what can be seen for a nickel. Why, Aunt Nan actually knows more about foreign lands than some people who have been abroad half a dozen times. And if you're so determined to make travelers of the teachers, don't you realize that seeing the pictures makes one just fairly long to be on the spot?" So I have tried to "write up the idea" for my enthusiastic little friend. I confess that I believe in it, strongly. But I wish that you could hear it from her own impetuous, ardent little self; I am sure it would be more colorful. The Victor Talking Machine Company has announced a pension system which is of interest, not only to its 5,500 employees, but to the general public, on account of the new principle used as a basis for figuring. Instead of following the usual custom of allowing pensions on a basis of average salary and years of service, the Victor Company has decided on a flat sum calculated to enable its retired employees to live in comfort. The company feels that the needs of men and women who reach the pension age are not very different on account of varying incomes during the period of employment. Men and women are treated exactly alike, except that women are allowed to retire after twenty or more years' continuous service, and have reached the age of fifty-five, whereas men are not permitted to retire on pension until after twenty or more years' continuous service and have reached the age of sixty-five years. Thirty dollars per month will be paid to every retired employee of the company whose monthly compensation at the time of discontinuance of active service with the company does not exceed $200.00 per month. The employees are not assessed in any way to provide for the pension fund, all of the expense being borne by the company. The record for length of service as superintendent of schools is probably held by Superintendent William W. Cottinghom, of Easton, Pennsylvania. He has been sixty years a superintendent and sixty years in the same position. New Single Lectures and By DR. W. E. CHANCELLOR During the past two years the editor of the School Journal has personally examined fourteen thousand school children in ten different States from Connecticut to Oregon and has prepared and given various lectures based upon these direct observations. In the coming year he will make a tour of the country, his eleventh, and offers new single lectures accordingly. 1. Classifying and Grading Children; Age, School Proficiency and Power to Go Forward as Standards in Promotion. 2. The Personal Equation; The Human Formula as Revealed by Psychology, Physiology, Biology, Anthropology and Psychophysics. Other new single lectures are: 3. The Presidency a Web of Fate. 4. Life More Abundant. These are popular evening lectures under educational auspices. NEW LECTURES IN COURSES. 1. Hygiene for Teachers and Pupils. 2. The New Psychophysical Tests. 3. American Public Questions. 4. Realizing Education According to Nature. For further information regarding these new lectures and regarding also the Standard Institute series of addresses that have been given by Doctor Chancellor in recent years, address THE SCHOOL JOURNAL 31 E. 27th Street New York, N. Y. In answering advertisements please mention "The School Journal" Definition In "The Caldron Dictionary" are some definitons by Montanye Perry, known to readers of THE SCHOOL JOURNAL. We quote a few: Boss.-A harassed individual who spends twenty-four hours a day devising fruitless schemes to get four hours' work out of eighthour employees. Economy.-Going without today's pleasure in order to be able to buy pleasures when one is too old to enjoy them. Faith. A condition of mind said to be capable of removing mountains-but have you ever seen a mountain move? Genius.-The power which keeps a man at work while his fellows eat, sleep or amuse themselves. Heaven.-A place where a man I will be able to do work which satisfies his own soul. Hell. A place of unfulfilled ambitions. Intuition.-Woman's short cut to the goal where man arrives after a long process of analytical reasoning. Justice.-What we mete out to those whom we do not wish to help. Logic. That quality of man's mind which compels him to frame a laborious and exhaustive statement instead of saying "because." Policy.-A dignified formulation of method and intention; strictly masculine; foolish, inconsistent woman changes her mind; wise, consistent man adopts a new policy. Quarrel.-An unprofitable pastime requiring two participants. System.-Putting the article most needed in the most remote and inaccessible spot; carefully designating its location in an indexed card file, and losing the card. Vices. habits. Our neighbor's bad Wilfulness.-Our friend's state of mind when he refuses to be guided by us. A Little Eccentricity I got a very favorable impression of the Mormons. They seem to be industrious, temperate, honest and religious. To be sure, they had in the early days a little eccentricity, a peccadillo, called polygamy. But who are we, to be castting the first stone? Didn't our ancestors live at Salem, in the State of Massachusetts? I have never been a maiden lady yet; but if I were I should prefer to marry a long-whiskered Mormon en bloc, rather than to be roasted at the stake by a circle of solemn, bluenosed Yankees.-Editorial Letter in The Western Journal of Education. Do you find teaching nerve-racking? Sanatogen was devised for your needs. Do you find self-control increasingly difficult, or are you unduly exhausted after a day's classroom work? That is a signal to feed and nourish the overtaxed nerves; not to whip them with stimulants, nor to dull their sensibility with bromides or acetanilid, but to build them up physiologically by replacing what they have lost, viz., albumen and phosphorus. Intelligent people-people akin to you mentally a vast multitude of them, from all quarters of the earth, and of every imaginable calling, have written to tell how Sanatogen reanimated, reinvigorated, and upbuilt them when in their chosen work they had been overborne by its weight or monotony. The enthusiasm of these bright and distinguished people is amazing and contagious. Reinforcing this testimony in a compelling way is that of 18,000 physicians of the highest ethical standing, whose letters are on file. In plain words, soberly but unmistakably, these men of science record their firm belief in the recuperating powers of Sanatogen as they have tested them in hospital and home upon their patients. Purest albumen and quickly absorbable phosphorus are combined in Sanatogen to form a food-tonic to cell, nerve and tissue; a scientific, trustworthy preparation without reaction which elicits confidence and praise from all who know it. The testimony is from people who were precisely in your plight; Sanatogen is sold by good druggists everywhere, in three sizes, from $1.00 Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., the eminent novelist-statesman, writes from London: "Sanatogen is to my mind a true food tonic, feeding the nerves, increasing the energy, and giving fresh vigor to the overworked body and mind." Hall Caine, the dramatist, writes: "My experience of Sanatogen has been that as a tonic nerve food it has on more than one Occasion benefited me." John Burroughs, The distinguished naturalist and author, writes: "I am sure 1 have been greatly benefited by Sanatogen. My sleep is fifty per cent. better than it was one year ago and my mind and strength are much improved." Madame Olive Schreiner, Lady Henry Somerset, the prominent social reform advocate, writes: "Sanatogen undoubtedly restores sleep, invigorates the nerves and braces the patient to health. I have watched its effect on people whose nervous systems have been entirely undermined and I have proved Sanatogen to be most valuable.' Write for Free Copy of "Nerve Health Regained" If you wish to learn more about Sanatogen before you use it, write for a copy of this booklet, beautifully illustrated and comprising facts and information of the greatest interest. -Teaching Music Appreciation in Public School No. 147, Brooklyn, N. Y. Will there be a Victrola in your school this fall? If you attended any of the Victor lectures and demonstrations given all over the country at the various educational conventions, summer schools, and universities, you will want a Victor in your school. A year ago you may not have appreciated what the Victor would mean to you-what a help it is to you in every branch of school work, what a force it is in the education of your scholars— but now its value has been completely proven. One school after another has installed the Victor, one city after another has adopted it, until today the Victor is in actual use in the schools of more than 700 of the leading cities throughout the country. The time to put a Victor in your school is right now at the beginning of the term. Ask any Victor dealer to give you a demonstration in your own school. Or write to us for booklets and full information. Public School Educational Department Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. |