Mental Inheritance and Educational Purpose
Three quotes from experts frame a debate on nature versus nurture in a Columbia University Summer School of Philanthropy session. Dr. Carl Kelsey argues most differences are genetic and unalterable by education, while Edward Thorndike notes environment shapes learning and that education aims to raise each student above their prior self.
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Carl Kelsey
Summer School of Philanthropy
Juyward Lee Thorndike
Columbia University
Edward Lee Thorndike
School of Philanthropy
Thorndike
Galton
New York
France
America
United States
Louis Agassiz
England
Dr. Wood
House of Orange
Central Africa
Pythagoras
Plato
Galileo
New York Tribune
Early Mining Utilities and Frugal Patchwork Tales
Former Lieutenant-Governor and Republican delegate Uncle Jake Neff recalls California mining days. He describes flour sacks as valuable for patches, miners towels, and even Arizona sacks with strips making three sturdy socks for feet. The anecdote appears in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Jake” Neff
Chicago
California
Arizona
San Francisco Chronicle
Large moth causes curtain fire in Strand Magazine note
Strand Magazine reports a rare incident where a very large moth with dry wings flamed in a lamp or flame and set fire to a nearby curtain. The article suggests summer sunset fires in the countryside could originate from such moth incidents, highlighting fragility of insects and unusual fire sources.
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Strand Magazine
Global maritime commerce relies on thirty thousand vessels
Excluding about eighty thousand small vessels, world trade is conducted by 30 100 ships totaling about twenty five million tons. This snapshot notes the scale of the merchant fleet and its dominance in global commerce.
The Alley Children
A Washington Star poem depicts urban children playing in bright sunshine. It contrasts big boys as soldiers with caps and sticks to little girls skipping rope and sharing scraps while big girls care for endless babies. The scene emphasizes carefree summer play among poor children hoping to earn pennies on Saturdays.
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Washington Star
Freddy's Lucky Day Ends His Friday Superstition
Nine year old Freddy, wary of Friday as an unlucky day, goes to the store. After narrowly escaping danger, a storekeeper offers crackers. He returns home with a dollar from a grateful woman whose pocketbook he returned, and proclaims Friday his lucky day.
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Freddy's
Freddy
Samuel Grierson
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Camp Supper and a Courageous Little Boy
A children party described as a simple, joyful camp supper held in a yard with a campfire tent. Sixteen attendees roasted corn, boiled potatoes, and prepared lemonade before games and stories. A second vignette recalls Charlie’s perseverance and humor after minor mishaps and a fall, showing resilience and family warmth.
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Alice Cook Fuller
Berlin congress to debate revival of graceful dancing
Paris correspondent reports the International Choregraphic Congress in Berlin will tackle whether dance is degenerating and how to restore elegance. M Lefort cites past masters, laments polka and waist-hold dances, notes Americans popularized the Boston and wave, and outlines plans to reintroduce French pavane and gavotte with singing as a core program.
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Berlin
M. Lefort
Choregraphic Association
Pregot
Galant du Desart
Guillaumme Raynal
Louis XIV
Academy of Dancing
France
Desart
Russia
Boston
America
Paris
Cor
Philadelphia
Boy Jack Breaks Clock in Frightful Bedtime Scene
A playful scuffle ends with Jack leaping on Eric’s bed and Bertie assisting. Eric knocks the clock from the mantel, breaking it after a pillow fight. Eric’s father grows angry as Jack returns to school to escape rough play.
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Eric
Bertie
Jack
Jacks
Washington Star
Take Care of Your Toys and Share with the Poor
A children moral urges care for toys and sharing with poorer kids. It notes destructive behavior by some well-off children and urges a committee of one to pass on worn but usable toys. The piece emphasizes empathy, charity, and improving lives of tenement children.
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Washington Star
A Poor Plan
A brief quoted exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal shows Titephist resisting spending to display wealth, arguing he would then lack funds. The item captures a social satire tone on conspicuous spending.
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Titephist
Louisville Courier-Journal
Emigration in Europe Surges Net Loss of Natives
Europe loses about 930000 natives yearly to emigration while about 200000 repatriate, creating a substantial net outflow. The figures illustrate a persistent migration pattern affecting population balance across multiple countries and regions.
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Europe
Who He Was on the Bremen Voyage Upper Deck
On the last day home from Bremen a narrator recalls meeting a garrulous woman who lists famed violinists and pianists she has heard while a quiet young man nearby appears to be a professional musician. The speaker interjects that the man plays the best pinochle of any Dutchman he has met.
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Charlie
Mamma
Effie
Ralph
Sarah
Buffie
Jack
Washington Star
Bremen
Paderewski
Joseffy
DePachman
Rosenthal
Saint Saéns
Brooklyn
Smilage dialogue on travel speed and flirtation
A nervous traveler asks how fast to speak about travel pace to a seat companion. The companion, who has been flirting with the girl across the way, replies with a playful line about measuring pace by a smile a minute.
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Wood
William
House of Saxe-Coburg
Edward VII
Czar
Spain
Dancing
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