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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1919
Page
13
Massachusetts speakers at Ford Hall yesterday condemned the state's schools as utterly insufficient, sharply criticizing funding, facilities, and programs highlighted by the Massachusetts Social Workers' conference.
About 200 Edgeworth residents gathered at Columbus Hall Malden to protest Boston Elevated service on Highland avenue. Trustees on hand offered no immediate relief, citing lack of funds as the cause. Riders seek a direct car to the Fellsway rather than transfers to Pleasant Street and Malden Square.
Robert E Kelso says schools are only 50 percent efficient due to incorrect classifying of children. Professor William A Burnham calls for pedagogy to yield to mental hygiene and morale, proposing better trained and paid teachers and individualized early training to reduce failure rates.
The speaker argues that early school entrance should be rigorously tested to separate the feeble minded from normal children. He calls for cooperation between courts hospitals and sanatoriums to address the issue, highlighting the cost to the community of such a heterogeneous mix.
In Columbus on October 31 Senator Warren G Harding told the Ohio Republican State Advisory committee he will not seek the presidency and asked for support for re election to the Senate. The committee adopted a resolution endorsing his reelection to the Senatorship.
The 42d Bristol County Teachers Association gathering at Taunton High School urged compulsory foreigner education and restricted immigration. Speakers pressed higher teacher salaries, expanded staffs, and teaching American citizenship, with officers elected including P. Byron Reid president and Mary W. Hunt secretary. Dr Henry H. Goldberger urged English learning for foreigners and immigration restraint, sparking a strong ovation.
The American steamer West Galeta arrived at Commonwealth pier South Boson with a valuable South American cargo, two passengers, and a stowaway from Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. Passengers were W. E. Stevens a New York engineer and Achilles Lopez of Buenos Ayres La Nacion correspondent. The stowaway called himself Tom Gleason of Oil City Pennsylvania. The immigration board will hear his story today and may permit him to go home or where he desires.
A Pittsfield jury awarded Morris Levenson five thousand dollars in a suit against Terry over alleged alienation of affection and conjugal rights. The trial hinged on whether Terry actively enticed Mrs Levenson to leave her husband and whether the couple connived. Judge Chase emphasized the need to prove active inducement and misconduct beyond mere alienation.
Massachusetts anti tuberculosis workers from multiple sections gather at Hotel Bellevue for a noon luncheon to report progress and discuss the 250000 Christmas seal sale across the Commonwealth from December 3 to 10. Speakers include Major General Clarence R Edwards and Dr Bernard W Carey.
An advertising piece extols the trust in druggists built on education and ethics. It promotes the American Druggists Syndicate A D S, a cooperative with 28 000 members offering non secret ethical remedies. It claims low prices and guarantees backed by Boston druggists.
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