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they might have done better. But one 
of the first steps to any improvement is 
to realize our deficiencies, and as ‘Thom- 
as Arnold put it, ‘“‘alway to expect to 
succeed, and never to think that we 
have succeeded.”’ 
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And, speaking of Arnold, what a great 
thing it is for a manto gather a store of 
wisdom and experience, which he is 
able to express in such clear, attractive 
and forcible phrase, that his thoughts will 
transmit themselves to coming. genera- 
tions, and be quoted as having authority. 
How much better this than to leave a 
name, ‘‘at which the world grows pale, 
to point a moral or adorn a tale.’’ 
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It seems just now that there are many 
who think it a smart thing to decry 
theology and creeds as something an- 
tiquated, if not barbarous; asif they were 
not an attempt, confessedly imperfect at 
best, to co-ordinate our thoughts about 
God and religious truth, and to set forth 
the results of such thinking ina some- 
what definite and orderly manner. But 
nebulosity seems now to be ata prem- 
ium, and the more that some pride them- 
selves upon having no theology, and up- 
on having emancipated themselves from 
the bondage of creeds, the more are they 
bepraised in some quarters as men of 
““light and leading;’’ but what if the 
light that is in them be darkness, and 
what if they prove blind leaders of the 
blind? What then? 
New Department in Salem Normal 
School. 
At the beginning of the next school 
year, a new department will be opened 
at the Salem Normal school, the object 
of which will be the professional train- 
ing of teachers in commercial subjects. 
‘The tendency of recent years in the 
direction of vocational education has cre- 
ated a demand greatly in excess of the 
supply for teachers who bring to this 
work the culture, the general education, 
and the professional skill that have long 
been required in other departments of 
High school work, yet up to the present 
time no Normal school in the country 
has made a serious attempt to offer ped- 
agogical training to students preparing to 
teach the commercial branches. It is in 
response to a very real need, therefore, 
that the state board of education has _ es- 
tablished at the Salem Normal school a 
department, the aim of which will be to 
give students a thorough knowledge of 
the subjects usually taught in commercial 
High schools, together with pedagogical 
training and practice in teaching. <A 
course of two years is open to graduates 
of High schools, and a special condensed 
course of one year is open to graduates 
of colleges, normal schools, private 
commercial schools, and to teachers of 
experience, 
PAINTING AND 
A. J. ORR :-: PAPER-HANGING 
Dealer in PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, ETG. 
A full line af PATTON’S SUNPROOP PAINT and Specialties. 
Bennett Street, —_;;;: le Manchester, Mass. 
Opposite High School 
H. M. Bater & Co. 
AUTOMOBILE MACHINE SHOP 
Depot Sq., [lanchester, Mass. 
Complete overhauling of both American 
and foreign cars done by expert workmen. 
Full line of 
accessories and tires. 
Repairing of 
every description, 
Telephone 206-3 Manchester 
Geos) KN@OERR,, etal Contractor 
Electrical. Wiring, Telephones, Bell Systems and Fixtures. 
Ask about Tungsten Lamps 
Jobbing promptly attended to. Tel——oflice 53-2; res. 16-14 
Rowe’s Block, Central Square, lanchester, Mass. 
D. T. BEATON 
Garden and Farming Tools, Eddy Refrigerators, Kitchen 
Furnishing Goods, Ranges and Furnaces 
21 Central St.,. 
OPEN EVERY EVENING 
Manchester 
x= —— Everything Electrical—— 
Repair work of all kinds promptly attended to. 
CLARK & MILLS ELECTRIC CO. 
Postoffice Block,  : Manchester . 
Telephones: [éC"kesisence a Harry J. Gay, Resident Manager 
A Woman’s Attractiveness 
Depends much on the millinery she wears. ‘The spring hat 
of today can be made neat and beautiful if the right design- 
er is employed to do the work. We make it a point to se- 
curé.the best hat trimming artists that are available. The 
best materials are always put into our work, so that our 
customers can always depend on absolute seasonableness 
and durability to creations that we supply them with. 
REITH 
204 Essex Street, 
Salem :: Mass. 
Milliner 
