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Statistics Show That the Death Kate Here is About One-Sixth That of the Most Fortunate Cities. One of the World's Healthy Spots. Improvements Since Hershey was begun its death rate has been about 2 per 1,000, and the rate for the whole period of its existence is probably a little under that average. What this means may "be under-stood when: it is known that in the registration area of the United States the death rate is 17 per 1,000. Philadelphia is one of the healthiest cities in the world but it's death rate is 14 % per 1,000. According to the figures Hershey is more than six times healthier than Philadelphia. Girard College is. being praised be-cause it has reduced the average death rate to 2 per 1,000. There they deal in boys primarily selected for their soundness, and so Hershey with all ages in its population excells its showing. The. Commissioner of Edu-cation— Hon. P. P. Claxton—has. just made an inspection of Girard as a basis for advanced work in the vari-ous Government Schools in which there are 90,000 boys and girls. In one year there was not a single death among the 1550 boys in Girard Col-lege. In the Hershey Industrial School there has not been a single death since the institution was open-ed, and it might almost be said there has not been a serious case of illness. The 650 children in the M. S. Her-shey , Consolidated Public School of Derry Township are a remarkably healthy lot. When the moving picture showing all these students is placed upon the screen it is noticed that there , is not a single deformed child in the ranks. All-this is a record of which every person in Hershey should be pro-foundly proud and the best way to show this pride is to cooperate more faithfully than ever in the sanitary work that gets rid of the garbage and keeps clean the alleys and yards. " Hershey the healthiest town in the United States—that is a reputation worth having and keeping. Hershey's Unique Record In the Matter of Health Mrs, William Miller, a pioneer resi-dent of this place living, with her son William Miller, Jr., on Spring Creek avenue, has in her possession a num-ber of relics which she has preserved for years. One of the most interesting in her collection is an old spelling book which was used by Miss Mary Hershey when she taught school in the little stone school still standing on the ^Hershey mansion grounds dur-ing the year of 1815. The book can be traced back as far as the year 1771. It is still in good condition and all . the composition is legible. Mrs. Miller also has a collection of 21 old pennies, United States money, which were found on what is now the John Habecker property on Spring Creek avenue. The dates on the money go back as far as the year 1780. The small tea pot in which Mrs. Miller keeps the pennies is over a hundred years old and belonged to her great-grandmother. She also has a quilt which is 140 years old which was made by her greatgrandmothcr. Mrs. Miller's Relics Fire Company's Banque t In order not to conflict with any of the scheduled events in Horshoy next week the Horshoy Volunteer Firo Company decided to hold its annual banquet at the Rising Sun Hotel, Campbelltown, next Tuesday evening, February 9. Members please notify the secretary II. A. Newton by Mon-day next if they can attend. At the regular mooting Tuesday night 10 now members wore taken in , the larg-est number at any ono time since the company was organized. York Five Are Coming On Friday evening local basketball funs will bo given an opportunity of seeing ono of the host professional basketball fives in the State in action at the Horshoy Men 's Club when I ho York AU-CoIIogians will bo the at-traction.' York has had a very suc-cessful Sanson thus far defeating Hourly nil teams that make up the JDrtHtorn Longiio, Horshoy will pre-sent several now mon in the lino-up und will put forth ovory effort to win the game. IIcrHhoy him never won from the York team , at this place or nb York. A record crowd is expected to ho on hand. The York team pro-roiUh the following llno-up! Colo und flouholt/., forwards; M. WuyH, center; Humes, Shottor und K. Ways, guards, Safe! Evidently the war has not hit the Horwhoy chocolate plunt.—Harris-hur'ir Star Independent. Hershey .Well Prepared to Take Good Care of All Who Attend. Recom-mendations of the Committee in Local Schools. Some Topics for Discussion ' Great interest is being shown in the midwinter meeting of the Dau-phin County School Directors' Asso-ciation to be held in the Hershey Central Theater February 12 and 13. Some doubt was expressed as to Hershey's ability to room and feed so large a crowd, but all that has been settled. The local committee have made full arrangements and everybody who comes will be well cared for. The county executive committee is Ira W. Hoover, presi-dent, John M. Erb, Calvin Kramer, "W. H. Nell and W. H. Horner, sec-retary. The Hershey committee is, William F. R. Murrie, chairman, F. B. Snavely, J. M. Millard, Ezra F. Hershey, S. D. Clark, with A. W. Snavely secretary. In a circular to the directors Coun-ty Superintendent Frank E. Sham-baugh says each director shall re-ceive for his necessary expenses in attending the meeting compensation at the rate of two dollars a day and mileage at the rate of three cents per mile, Mr. Shambaugh adds the sub-jects of round table discussion to the program which was printed in last ¦week's Press. These will include : What preparation should be de-manded from candidates for provis-ional and professional certificates ? ' Standards in rating the efiiciency of a school. A county uniform course of study. Libraries in rural schools. What standards should be adopted for the admission of pupils of rural schools to high schools? How may the patrons be aroused to a sense of co-operation with the schools ? Should the teachers' salaries be paid by the state ? The county unit of taxation. State uniformity of taxation for school purposes. A trained school for rural teachers in Dauphin county. Relationship of good roads and good schools. State system of standard rural schools. The causes for poor reading in our schools. Committee's Recommendations To the program is attached a full statement of the recommendations of the committee on rural schools, in-cluding, $5 a month to the minimum salary of teachers; That special as-sistance be given to rural districts which cannot secure the needed funds for the erection of better buildings and the maintenance of their schools during a term of seven months. That in any revision of the pres-ent system of taxation State uni-formity of taxation for school pur-poses be carefully considered. That the county unit of school ad-ministration be adopted so far as feasible, including county uniformity of taxation for school purposes, and that a small county board of educa-tion be elected at large with the fol-lowing powers : (1) To levy a coun-ty school tax. (2) To elect the coun-ty superintendent of schools and his assistants. (8) To have general supervision of attendance officers throughout the county. (4) To fur-nish supplies at the expense of local boards , when they fail to do so promptly. (5) To f ix the bounda ries of local school districts regardless of township linos. And that all other powers now con-ferred by the school code upon local authorities bo exercised by local boards. That all re-elections of supervising principals bo subject to tho approval of tho county superintendent. , That tho efforts of teachers and county superintendents to establish social centers in rural schools bo highly commended, That tho compulsory education laws bo further amended so us to roach more effectively tho unemploy-ed between 14 and 1(1 years of ago. That tho normal schools provide courses on tho improvement of rural llfo, as well us courses in agriculture. That tho normal schools provide ono room rural schools for observa-tion , experiment mid practice teach-ing, such model schools to bo located in tho open country convenient to the normal schools, ' That tho establishment of rural high schools with departments for touching ugi'lculturo and domestic flcionco bo encouraged by a lurg"'' «P-proprlntion. That state appropriations bo with-hold from districts in which school buildin g und grounds are not in i\ thoroughly sanitary condition . That medical inspection bo mndo obligatory in all rurul districts unci thuli wherever postilblo school nurses In tho employ of tho school board vis-it tho homos to secure proper medical attention to tho children in need of help. School Directors ' Meeting Will Discuss Big Topics Splendid Reading Room is Opened With Equipment Model in Every Respect. New Arrangements Increase Efficiency' and Service to Community ' Progress is the watchword in Her-shey. Among the latest ' improve-ments is the new Free Public Library, established in the Hershey Central Theater Building this week. Though books have been circulated from the Store Building since 1913, the need of a reading room was felt. The new quarters are admirably aaapted for library purposes. A large room, 23%x29% feet, on the first floor, has.been completely re-novated. Light green, with a slight-ly darker base, is the color of the walls. This is more restful to the eyes than any other color. A frieze of artistic design adds an attractive touch to the decoration. The -wood-work is finished in Flemish oak, -which harmonizes well with the general scheme. In its lighting the new Library has exceptional advantages. Four large double windows furnish a sufficiency of daylight. The electrical fixtures are of the latest type. Instead of un-sightly drop cords, the electricians in-stalled a system of ceiling lights that give ' uniform illumination without shadows, so that in ' whatever direc-tion the reader may turn his chair he can see perf ectly. From the plans of Librarian Lynn W. Meekins new bookshelves have been built. In these new ideas are incorporated. The lowest shelves are high enough above tne floor to place the books within easy reach. A spacing of ' 11 inches between the shelves notsbnly gives room for vol-umes of all heights but also permits a better view of the books'. The shelves are six inches wide—much narrower than the average. The pur-pose is to overcome the disadvantage of wider shelves. Books are kept clean more easily. They cannot fall behind other books; Most important, their titles are. always in plain view, as they cannot be pushed back far from the edge of ,the shelf. The adults' hooks are placed along the north wall of the Library in a handsome case of 36 shelves. The ap-pearance is that of a sectional book-case. Each of the nine sections con-tains four shelves and each shelf is three feet long. On the opposite side are the juvenile books in a large case of two sections, each having six shelves. Room has been, provided for frequent additions of new books. At the east end of the room are the sectional cases whose glass doors pro-tect the more valuable possessions of the Library—the books of reference and the sets of standard works. Af-ter the glass doors are lifted these books are just as accessible as the others. There are four new reading tables, 3x6 feet, and six specially-constructed arm-chairs for each table, or 24 in all. The chairs are fitted with rub-ber tips to obviate noise. The card catalog has been revised, enlarged , and made available for Members' use. It is indexed by au-thors, titles, subjects, and classifica-tions. A railing of substantial design en-closes the Librarian's office. Form-ing part of tho railing is the charg-ing desk, commanding a view of the whole room. There is adequate space for tho administrative work of tho Library and for book repairing. Tho recent growth of tho Hershey Free Public Library is remarkable. 1458 volumes wore circulated in Janu-ary, compared with 004 in December. (15 persons have joined since tho first of tho your, bringing tho membership to 882. There are 1250 books in the Library at present and 250 -will soon bo added , making 1500, an unusual number for a town of Horshoy 's size. Girls' Basketball Team The Horshoy Y. W. C. A. basketball team will play the Moravian girls at Lebanon on Monday, February 8th. The Hershey Free Library Moves to Theater Building One of the Popular Superintendents of the Hershey Chocolate , Com-pany Will Take Charge as Soon as His Appointment is Con-firmed by the Senate George J: Eppley will be the new postmaster of Hershey. The ap-pointment was expected and it meets with general favor. Mr. Eppley was so strongly endorsed that his success was a foregone conclusion. He will take charge after his appointment is confirmed by the Seriate. Mr. Eppley is in the prime of life and is very popular and highly es-teemed in the community and in Lan-caster where he formerly lived. He was one of the first men brought to the' new factory after M. S. Hershey established the Chocolate Company and started the new town, and he has grown up with the business and is personally known to' all the workers. He is a devoted Democrat. Hershey is now fourth among the postoffices of Dauphin county, the three ahead of it being Harrisburg, Steelton and Middletown, but all of these are much older. For the first few months Ezra F. Hershey was postmaster. The office had its great growth under Dr, M. L. Hershey. When he took hold of its affairs, it was in the fourth class but the busi-ness grew steadily and on July 1 last it became a second class office with the salary raised to $2100, an in-crease of $200 over the previous year. On August 12 last Dr. Hershey retir-ed from the office and Herbert A. Newton became acting postmaster. December 12, 1914 the office left the small and unsufficient quarters in the Fire Company building which it had so long occupied and moved to spacious and finely furnished quar-ters in the room formerly used by the Hershey Trust Company. The business continues to increase and the salary will probably be rais-ed again this year. The present force consists of Charles L. Peiffer , assistant postmaster, Miss Bessie P. Moyer regular clerk and Miss Viola S. Boyer auxiliary clerk. Hershey's New Postmas ter Will be George J. Eppley All Members and their Friends In-vited to be Present to Enjoy Unusually Attractive Program Offered by the Hershey Band. Excellent Music In compliment to the Hershey Men's Club and the Important work it has been, doing for the community this winter the Hershey Band un-der Director Samuel J. Feese will give the most elaborate concert of the season in the club gymnasium to-night. All the members and their friends are invited. The indications are that there will be a crowded house. The program , which follows is full, of harmony and beauty: 1. March.—"Militaire Francaise," C^ Saint-Saens 2. Overture.—"II Guarany," A. Carlo Gomez 3. Selection.—from "Aida" . L. P. -Laurendeau 4. Reverie—Twilight Dreams... T. W. Thurban 5. Waltzes—"L'E'studiantina" . E. Waldteufel 6. Fantasia—"Reminicences of Grieg" Chas. Godfrey, Jr. 7. Largo—(a) From the "New World Symphony" (b) Slav-onic Dance No. Ill ;.¦' . V. F. Safranek 8. Finale-^-"The Quaker Girl".. , Shipley Douglas (Star Spangled Banner) Big Free Concert Tonight at the Hershey Men's Club The Best for the Last Hershey Men s Club s Lyceum Course to End With Splendid En-tainment It would have been a far less inter-esting and profitable winter in Her-shey if the Men's Club had not pro-vided the people with exceptional en-tertainments and addresses. In ad-dition to the Sunday meetings the Club ran its lyceum course and se-cured the best attractions that Her-shey has had since it was established. All have. been, successful and now that the course . is to be . completed on Thursday evening of next week the best has been retained for the last. It will be the Cecilian Concert Com-pany, composed of the following, each a thoroughly competent artist: Miss Olive Annette Wheat, first soprano and reader ; Miss Mary Wilson Burns, second soprano; Miss Clara Irene Gray, first alto; Miss Lucia Van Liere, second alto. They present one of the finest programs in the lyceum and the indications are that a crowd-ed house will greet them next Thurs-day evening. Fjne Motion Pictures Large audiences continue to ensoy the presentation of the quality mov-ing pictures at the Hershey Central Theater. Some excellent ones have been shown recently. , The special features for Saturday night include six reels of spectacle and comedy; "The Floor Above" is a four reel show and is said to. be one of tho best. Monday and Wednesday the price is 5 cents, but owing to the ex-tra features tho price Saturday night is 10 cents. Tho Renfax talking pictures proved to bo very interesting. Several of them were unexpectedly meritorious and they wore warmly applauded , especially the tickling and laughing song and also the song, "Come Over Hero." Coastin g Accident While descending tho Park avenue hill on a largo Flexible Flyor sled on Monday evening, M. S. May and Ira Mumma wore slightly injured when thoir slod became unmanage-able and ran into the iron bridge crossing Spring Crook at tho bottom of tho hill. Several other young peo-ple wore in tho party but escaped in-jury, i' •*¦ ' . " ¦ . , ' , ' A few of the buildings of The Hershey ' Indus trial School. Whole estate over 800 acres John Shottor of Campbelltown had a narrow escape from being seriously injured on Sunday morning while de-livering milk on his route at this place. While passing over the bridge which spans tho P. & R. tracks on Park avenue his horse took frigh t at a train passing underneath and mndo a mad dash down tho hill towards tho Horshoy gargago. In making tho turn at tho bottom of . the hill tho wagon overturned throwing tho wag-on and driver against tho stone wall at the garage. Tho horse was caught by Ira Kohr, n witness of tho accident. Mr. Shottor was slightly cut about tho arms and face with broken milk bottles. Little damage was done to tho wagon. A Narrow Escape Superintendent George Copenhaver Tells of What is Being Done and the Progress That is Being Made. Some Unique Feat-ures. All Boys Happy Of The Hershey Industrial ' School there is not usually much said, as its work is charitable and true charity "vaunteth not itself," but occassional-ly it is creditable. to review some of the work done here. There are at present fifty boys in this school divided into three groups according to their ages and school grading. In the. Kindergarten department are the 4 and 5 year old tots and if you enjoy seeing . life at its best-when the child still has his baby face, happy, care-free disposition—then visit this department some afternoon when these boys are in their little kindergarten building; drawing, cut-ting out, pasting, singing or drilling and if you don't wish you could be one of them, we miss our guess. ' Making Real Things The boys in this department make sniall paper rugs, mats, windows, baskets, soldiercaps, animals, etc., all work being so arranged that it di-rects their hands, eyes and brains and prepares them for the next steps in the "Primary Department" where they will have "Stripit and Clipit" work consisting of small strips of wood and metal with which they build ladders, wheelbarrows, wagons, cranes, bridges, etc. You will at once notice the gradual and easy steps which lead these boys gradu-ally onward to the point where they can enter the mechanical shops where you find third grade boys making bird-cages, bird-feeding boxes, chick troughs, etc., but when you see the sixth grade fellows with sleeves roll-ed up and pencils on ears busy mak-ing real sleds, beds, chairs, electric doorrbell outfits, gates, poultry houses and dozens of useful things all well done you will begin to real-ize what the plan of the work here is. Busy and Happy Come with us into the school rooms. In the primary school you will see 20 of the busiest little first and second grade pupils ever you saw and all around on the walls you will see drawings, writing and writ-ten class work, all evidence of their busy minds and hands. If you find a discontented boy in this lot you will be given a gold watch. Next we go into the intermediate room where you find twenty fourth, fifth and sixth grade boys, just as happy and busy as the primary grade boys. If you find a boy in these grades not as happy as the others it's usually because he has struck a knot somewhere in his work but you can bet your watch he is sawing to get through it. On the walls you will also find evidence of the careful work done by these boys. No paper under 90 per cent is put on the wall and none is allowed to hang more than a week so there is a constant striving for high marks. The Model Store You will observe in this room a "Model Store." Here one boy is clerk and ho has quite a good stock of merchandise, (this stock is furn-ished by different manufacturers and was procured through "Educational Foundations"). The boys make thoir purchases and tho clerk gives them an itemized bill which they take to thoir seats and verify, after which they pay with toy money of various denominations , thus learning to make proper change. The third , fourth and sixth grade boys buy in fractions of dozens and gross and the sixth grade boys are allowed dis-counts for quantity and cash, so you discover tho real practical value of this now method of instruction. Right Way to Learn Again you Will soo an oblong case and on opening it you will find an outfit of weights and , measures and also a box of mind close ny. No boy hero is told that there are-' 4 gills in a pint or 10 ounces in a pound but ho is allowed to find out by actual trial , This outfit consists of a pair of scales and weights fro m Yj, or,, to 1 lb., a foot rule, yardstick , 50 ft. Jape measure , dry measures from 1 qt. to Mi bushel , liquid measure from 1 gill to 1 gal- Ion and a metric system of measures all in regular use. Now do you wondor why tho children arc apt in thoir school or mechanical work ? llavo tho boys in this grade sing for youf or repeat poetry or, hotter still listen to thoir gonorn l class work, nml you will not wondor why everybody in proud of thorn. Thoro Is a man making pro-cess Kolng on horo. Just .outsida of tho school-room you will find tho gym- (Continuod Pago 4) Manhood in the Making at Hershe y Industrial School
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1915-02-04 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1915-02-04 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
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Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1915-02-04 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 19150204 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | Statistics Show That the Death Kate Here is About One-Sixth That of the Most Fortunate Cities. One of the World's Healthy Spots. Improvements Since Hershey was begun its death rate has been about 2 per 1,000, and the rate for the whole period of its existence is probably a little under that average. What this means may "be under-stood when: it is known that in the registration area of the United States the death rate is 17 per 1,000. Philadelphia is one of the healthiest cities in the world but it's death rate is 14 % per 1,000. According to the figures Hershey is more than six times healthier than Philadelphia. Girard College is. being praised be-cause it has reduced the average death rate to 2 per 1,000. There they deal in boys primarily selected for their soundness, and so Hershey with all ages in its population excells its showing. The. Commissioner of Edu-cation— Hon. P. P. Claxton—has. just made an inspection of Girard as a basis for advanced work in the vari-ous Government Schools in which there are 90,000 boys and girls. In one year there was not a single death among the 1550 boys in Girard Col-lege. In the Hershey Industrial School there has not been a single death since the institution was open-ed, and it might almost be said there has not been a serious case of illness. The 650 children in the M. S. Her-shey , Consolidated Public School of Derry Township are a remarkably healthy lot. When the moving picture showing all these students is placed upon the screen it is noticed that there , is not a single deformed child in the ranks. All-this is a record of which every person in Hershey should be pro-foundly proud and the best way to show this pride is to cooperate more faithfully than ever in the sanitary work that gets rid of the garbage and keeps clean the alleys and yards. " Hershey the healthiest town in the United States—that is a reputation worth having and keeping. Hershey's Unique Record In the Matter of Health Mrs, William Miller, a pioneer resi-dent of this place living, with her son William Miller, Jr., on Spring Creek avenue, has in her possession a num-ber of relics which she has preserved for years. One of the most interesting in her collection is an old spelling book which was used by Miss Mary Hershey when she taught school in the little stone school still standing on the ^Hershey mansion grounds dur-ing the year of 1815. The book can be traced back as far as the year 1771. It is still in good condition and all . the composition is legible. Mrs. Miller also has a collection of 21 old pennies, United States money, which were found on what is now the John Habecker property on Spring Creek avenue. The dates on the money go back as far as the year 1780. The small tea pot in which Mrs. Miller keeps the pennies is over a hundred years old and belonged to her great-grandmother. She also has a quilt which is 140 years old which was made by her greatgrandmothcr. Mrs. Miller's Relics Fire Company's Banque t In order not to conflict with any of the scheduled events in Horshoy next week the Horshoy Volunteer Firo Company decided to hold its annual banquet at the Rising Sun Hotel, Campbelltown, next Tuesday evening, February 9. Members please notify the secretary II. A. Newton by Mon-day next if they can attend. At the regular mooting Tuesday night 10 now members wore taken in , the larg-est number at any ono time since the company was organized. York Five Are Coming On Friday evening local basketball funs will bo given an opportunity of seeing ono of the host professional basketball fives in the State in action at the Horshoy Men 's Club when I ho York AU-CoIIogians will bo the at-traction.' York has had a very suc-cessful Sanson thus far defeating Hourly nil teams that make up the JDrtHtorn Longiio, Horshoy will pre-sent several now mon in the lino-up und will put forth ovory effort to win the game. IIcrHhoy him never won from the York team , at this place or nb York. A record crowd is expected to ho on hand. The York team pro-roiUh the following llno-up! Colo und flouholt/., forwards; M. WuyH, center; Humes, Shottor und K. Ways, guards, Safe! Evidently the war has not hit the Horwhoy chocolate plunt.—Harris-hur'ir Star Independent. Hershey .Well Prepared to Take Good Care of All Who Attend. Recom-mendations of the Committee in Local Schools. Some Topics for Discussion ' Great interest is being shown in the midwinter meeting of the Dau-phin County School Directors' Asso-ciation to be held in the Hershey Central Theater February 12 and 13. Some doubt was expressed as to Hershey's ability to room and feed so large a crowd, but all that has been settled. The local committee have made full arrangements and everybody who comes will be well cared for. The county executive committee is Ira W. Hoover, presi-dent, John M. Erb, Calvin Kramer, "W. H. Nell and W. H. Horner, sec-retary. The Hershey committee is, William F. R. Murrie, chairman, F. B. Snavely, J. M. Millard, Ezra F. Hershey, S. D. Clark, with A. W. Snavely secretary. In a circular to the directors Coun-ty Superintendent Frank E. Sham-baugh says each director shall re-ceive for his necessary expenses in attending the meeting compensation at the rate of two dollars a day and mileage at the rate of three cents per mile, Mr. Shambaugh adds the sub-jects of round table discussion to the program which was printed in last ¦week's Press. These will include : What preparation should be de-manded from candidates for provis-ional and professional certificates ? ' Standards in rating the efiiciency of a school. A county uniform course of study. Libraries in rural schools. What standards should be adopted for the admission of pupils of rural schools to high schools? How may the patrons be aroused to a sense of co-operation with the schools ? Should the teachers' salaries be paid by the state ? The county unit of taxation. State uniformity of taxation for school purposes. A trained school for rural teachers in Dauphin county. Relationship of good roads and good schools. State system of standard rural schools. The causes for poor reading in our schools. Committee's Recommendations To the program is attached a full statement of the recommendations of the committee on rural schools, in-cluding, $5 a month to the minimum salary of teachers; That special as-sistance be given to rural districts which cannot secure the needed funds for the erection of better buildings and the maintenance of their schools during a term of seven months. That in any revision of the pres-ent system of taxation State uni-formity of taxation for school pur-poses be carefully considered. That the county unit of school ad-ministration be adopted so far as feasible, including county uniformity of taxation for school purposes, and that a small county board of educa-tion be elected at large with the fol-lowing powers : (1) To levy a coun-ty school tax. (2) To elect the coun-ty superintendent of schools and his assistants. (8) To have general supervision of attendance officers throughout the county. (4) To fur-nish supplies at the expense of local boards , when they fail to do so promptly. (5) To f ix the bounda ries of local school districts regardless of township linos. And that all other powers now con-ferred by the school code upon local authorities bo exercised by local boards. That all re-elections of supervising principals bo subject to tho approval of tho county superintendent. , That tho efforts of teachers and county superintendents to establish social centers in rural schools bo highly commended, That tho compulsory education laws bo further amended so us to roach more effectively tho unemploy-ed between 14 and 1(1 years of ago. That tho normal schools provide courses on tho improvement of rural llfo, as well us courses in agriculture. That tho normal schools provide ono room rural schools for observa-tion , experiment mid practice teach-ing, such model schools to bo located in tho open country convenient to the normal schools, ' That tho establishment of rural high schools with departments for touching ugi'lculturo and domestic flcionco bo encouraged by a lurg"'' «P-proprlntion. That state appropriations bo with-hold from districts in which school buildin g und grounds are not in i\ thoroughly sanitary condition . That medical inspection bo mndo obligatory in all rurul districts unci thuli wherever postilblo school nurses In tho employ of tho school board vis-it tho homos to secure proper medical attention to tho children in need of help. School Directors ' Meeting Will Discuss Big Topics Splendid Reading Room is Opened With Equipment Model in Every Respect. New Arrangements Increase Efficiency' and Service to Community ' Progress is the watchword in Her-shey. Among the latest ' improve-ments is the new Free Public Library, established in the Hershey Central Theater Building this week. Though books have been circulated from the Store Building since 1913, the need of a reading room was felt. The new quarters are admirably aaapted for library purposes. A large room, 23%x29% feet, on the first floor, has.been completely re-novated. Light green, with a slight-ly darker base, is the color of the walls. This is more restful to the eyes than any other color. A frieze of artistic design adds an attractive touch to the decoration. The -wood-work is finished in Flemish oak, -which harmonizes well with the general scheme. In its lighting the new Library has exceptional advantages. Four large double windows furnish a sufficiency of daylight. The electrical fixtures are of the latest type. Instead of un-sightly drop cords, the electricians in-stalled a system of ceiling lights that give ' uniform illumination without shadows, so that in ' whatever direc-tion the reader may turn his chair he can see perf ectly. From the plans of Librarian Lynn W. Meekins new bookshelves have been built. In these new ideas are incorporated. The lowest shelves are high enough above tne floor to place the books within easy reach. A spacing of ' 11 inches between the shelves notsbnly gives room for vol-umes of all heights but also permits a better view of the books'. The shelves are six inches wide—much narrower than the average. The pur-pose is to overcome the disadvantage of wider shelves. Books are kept clean more easily. They cannot fall behind other books; Most important, their titles are. always in plain view, as they cannot be pushed back far from the edge of ,the shelf. The adults' hooks are placed along the north wall of the Library in a handsome case of 36 shelves. The ap-pearance is that of a sectional book-case. Each of the nine sections con-tains four shelves and each shelf is three feet long. On the opposite side are the juvenile books in a large case of two sections, each having six shelves. Room has been, provided for frequent additions of new books. At the east end of the room are the sectional cases whose glass doors pro-tect the more valuable possessions of the Library—the books of reference and the sets of standard works. Af-ter the glass doors are lifted these books are just as accessible as the others. There are four new reading tables, 3x6 feet, and six specially-constructed arm-chairs for each table, or 24 in all. The chairs are fitted with rub-ber tips to obviate noise. The card catalog has been revised, enlarged , and made available for Members' use. It is indexed by au-thors, titles, subjects, and classifica-tions. A railing of substantial design en-closes the Librarian's office. Form-ing part of tho railing is the charg-ing desk, commanding a view of the whole room. There is adequate space for tho administrative work of tho Library and for book repairing. Tho recent growth of tho Hershey Free Public Library is remarkable. 1458 volumes wore circulated in Janu-ary, compared with 004 in December. (15 persons have joined since tho first of tho your, bringing tho membership to 882. There are 1250 books in the Library at present and 250 -will soon bo added , making 1500, an unusual number for a town of Horshoy 's size. Girls' Basketball Team The Horshoy Y. W. C. A. basketball team will play the Moravian girls at Lebanon on Monday, February 8th. The Hershey Free Library Moves to Theater Building One of the Popular Superintendents of the Hershey Chocolate , Com-pany Will Take Charge as Soon as His Appointment is Con-firmed by the Senate George J: Eppley will be the new postmaster of Hershey. The ap-pointment was expected and it meets with general favor. Mr. Eppley was so strongly endorsed that his success was a foregone conclusion. He will take charge after his appointment is confirmed by the Seriate. Mr. Eppley is in the prime of life and is very popular and highly es-teemed in the community and in Lan-caster where he formerly lived. He was one of the first men brought to the' new factory after M. S. Hershey established the Chocolate Company and started the new town, and he has grown up with the business and is personally known to' all the workers. He is a devoted Democrat. Hershey is now fourth among the postoffices of Dauphin county, the three ahead of it being Harrisburg, Steelton and Middletown, but all of these are much older. For the first few months Ezra F. Hershey was postmaster. The office had its great growth under Dr, M. L. Hershey. When he took hold of its affairs, it was in the fourth class but the busi-ness grew steadily and on July 1 last it became a second class office with the salary raised to $2100, an in-crease of $200 over the previous year. On August 12 last Dr. Hershey retir-ed from the office and Herbert A. Newton became acting postmaster. December 12, 1914 the office left the small and unsufficient quarters in the Fire Company building which it had so long occupied and moved to spacious and finely furnished quar-ters in the room formerly used by the Hershey Trust Company. The business continues to increase and the salary will probably be rais-ed again this year. The present force consists of Charles L. Peiffer , assistant postmaster, Miss Bessie P. Moyer regular clerk and Miss Viola S. Boyer auxiliary clerk. Hershey's New Postmas ter Will be George J. Eppley All Members and their Friends In-vited to be Present to Enjoy Unusually Attractive Program Offered by the Hershey Band. Excellent Music In compliment to the Hershey Men's Club and the Important work it has been, doing for the community this winter the Hershey Band un-der Director Samuel J. Feese will give the most elaborate concert of the season in the club gymnasium to-night. All the members and their friends are invited. The indications are that there will be a crowded house. The program , which follows is full, of harmony and beauty: 1. March.—"Militaire Francaise," C^ Saint-Saens 2. Overture.—"II Guarany," A. Carlo Gomez 3. Selection.—from "Aida" . L. P. -Laurendeau 4. Reverie—Twilight Dreams... T. W. Thurban 5. Waltzes—"L'E'studiantina" . E. Waldteufel 6. Fantasia—"Reminicences of Grieg" Chas. Godfrey, Jr. 7. Largo—(a) From the "New World Symphony" (b) Slav-onic Dance No. Ill ;.¦' . V. F. Safranek 8. Finale-^-"The Quaker Girl".. , Shipley Douglas (Star Spangled Banner) Big Free Concert Tonight at the Hershey Men's Club The Best for the Last Hershey Men s Club s Lyceum Course to End With Splendid En-tainment It would have been a far less inter-esting and profitable winter in Her-shey if the Men's Club had not pro-vided the people with exceptional en-tertainments and addresses. In ad-dition to the Sunday meetings the Club ran its lyceum course and se-cured the best attractions that Her-shey has had since it was established. All have. been, successful and now that the course . is to be . completed on Thursday evening of next week the best has been retained for the last. It will be the Cecilian Concert Com-pany, composed of the following, each a thoroughly competent artist: Miss Olive Annette Wheat, first soprano and reader ; Miss Mary Wilson Burns, second soprano; Miss Clara Irene Gray, first alto; Miss Lucia Van Liere, second alto. They present one of the finest programs in the lyceum and the indications are that a crowd-ed house will greet them next Thurs-day evening. Fjne Motion Pictures Large audiences continue to ensoy the presentation of the quality mov-ing pictures at the Hershey Central Theater. Some excellent ones have been shown recently. , The special features for Saturday night include six reels of spectacle and comedy; "The Floor Above" is a four reel show and is said to. be one of tho best. Monday and Wednesday the price is 5 cents, but owing to the ex-tra features tho price Saturday night is 10 cents. Tho Renfax talking pictures proved to bo very interesting. Several of them were unexpectedly meritorious and they wore warmly applauded , especially the tickling and laughing song and also the song, "Come Over Hero." Coastin g Accident While descending tho Park avenue hill on a largo Flexible Flyor sled on Monday evening, M. S. May and Ira Mumma wore slightly injured when thoir slod became unmanage-able and ran into the iron bridge crossing Spring Crook at tho bottom of tho hill. Several other young peo-ple wore in tho party but escaped in-jury, i' •*¦ ' . " ¦ . , ' , ' A few of the buildings of The Hershey ' Indus trial School. Whole estate over 800 acres John Shottor of Campbelltown had a narrow escape from being seriously injured on Sunday morning while de-livering milk on his route at this place. While passing over the bridge which spans tho P. & R. tracks on Park avenue his horse took frigh t at a train passing underneath and mndo a mad dash down tho hill towards tho Horshoy gargago. In making tho turn at tho bottom of . the hill tho wagon overturned throwing tho wag-on and driver against tho stone wall at the garage. Tho horse was caught by Ira Kohr, n witness of tho accident. Mr. Shottor was slightly cut about tho arms and face with broken milk bottles. Little damage was done to tho wagon. A Narrow Escape Superintendent George Copenhaver Tells of What is Being Done and the Progress That is Being Made. Some Unique Feat-ures. All Boys Happy Of The Hershey Industrial ' School there is not usually much said, as its work is charitable and true charity "vaunteth not itself," but occassional-ly it is creditable. to review some of the work done here. There are at present fifty boys in this school divided into three groups according to their ages and school grading. In the. Kindergarten department are the 4 and 5 year old tots and if you enjoy seeing . life at its best-when the child still has his baby face, happy, care-free disposition—then visit this department some afternoon when these boys are in their little kindergarten building; drawing, cut-ting out, pasting, singing or drilling and if you don't wish you could be one of them, we miss our guess. ' Making Real Things The boys in this department make sniall paper rugs, mats, windows, baskets, soldiercaps, animals, etc., all work being so arranged that it di-rects their hands, eyes and brains and prepares them for the next steps in the "Primary Department" where they will have "Stripit and Clipit" work consisting of small strips of wood and metal with which they build ladders, wheelbarrows, wagons, cranes, bridges, etc. You will at once notice the gradual and easy steps which lead these boys gradu-ally onward to the point where they can enter the mechanical shops where you find third grade boys making bird-cages, bird-feeding boxes, chick troughs, etc., but when you see the sixth grade fellows with sleeves roll-ed up and pencils on ears busy mak-ing real sleds, beds, chairs, electric doorrbell outfits, gates, poultry houses and dozens of useful things all well done you will begin to real-ize what the plan of the work here is. Busy and Happy Come with us into the school rooms. In the primary school you will see 20 of the busiest little first and second grade pupils ever you saw and all around on the walls you will see drawings, writing and writ-ten class work, all evidence of their busy minds and hands. If you find a discontented boy in this lot you will be given a gold watch. Next we go into the intermediate room where you find twenty fourth, fifth and sixth grade boys, just as happy and busy as the primary grade boys. If you find a boy in these grades not as happy as the others it's usually because he has struck a knot somewhere in his work but you can bet your watch he is sawing to get through it. On the walls you will also find evidence of the careful work done by these boys. No paper under 90 per cent is put on the wall and none is allowed to hang more than a week so there is a constant striving for high marks. The Model Store You will observe in this room a "Model Store." Here one boy is clerk and ho has quite a good stock of merchandise, (this stock is furn-ished by different manufacturers and was procured through "Educational Foundations"). The boys make thoir purchases and tho clerk gives them an itemized bill which they take to thoir seats and verify, after which they pay with toy money of various denominations , thus learning to make proper change. The third , fourth and sixth grade boys buy in fractions of dozens and gross and the sixth grade boys are allowed dis-counts for quantity and cash, so you discover tho real practical value of this now method of instruction. Right Way to Learn Again you Will soo an oblong case and on opening it you will find an outfit of weights and , measures and also a box of mind close ny. No boy hero is told that there are-' 4 gills in a pint or 10 ounces in a pound but ho is allowed to find out by actual trial , This outfit consists of a pair of scales and weights fro m Yj, or,, to 1 lb., a foot rule, yardstick , 50 ft. Jape measure , dry measures from 1 qt. to Mi bushel , liquid measure from 1 gill to 1 gal- Ion and a metric system of measures all in regular use. Now do you wondor why tho children arc apt in thoir school or mechanical work ? llavo tho boys in this grade sing for youf or repeat poetry or, hotter still listen to thoir gonorn l class work, nml you will not wondor why everybody in proud of thorn. Thoro Is a man making pro-cess Kolng on horo. Just .outsida of tho school-room you will find tho gym- (Continuod Pago 4) Manhood in the Making at Hershe y Industrial School |