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teristic of boys and they take to 
it with dehgit. Boys will endure 
hardship to prove themselves worthy 
of membersiip im an organization. 
May it not ve tliat educators have 
failed in not seizing this attitude of 
a boy's mind to improve his ideals 
of citizenshp? Mayor Fitzgerald has 
made an excellent suggestion in re- 
questing the teacters of the city of 
boston to teach the boys and girls 
of that city the oath. it impresses 
young minds with the fact that they 
“‘belong”’ to something, the city, 
that owns and governs the munici- 
-pality. The oath, as suggested for 
teaching is as follows: 
*““We will never bring disgrace to 
this, our city, by any act of dishon- 
esty or cowardice, nor ever desert 
our sufiering comrades in the ranks; 
we will fight for the ideals and 
sacred tilings of the city, both alone 
and with many; we will revere and 
obey the city’s laws and do our best 
to incite a lke respect and reverence 
in those above us who are prone to 
will strive unceasingly to quicken 
the public’s sense of civic duty. 
‘Thus, in all these ways, we will 
transmit this city not only, not less, 
but greater, better and more beauti- 
ful than it was transmitted to us.’’ 
In it are expressed the ideals of 
honor, loyalty to citizens, fidelity to 
law and order, alertness to civic 
duty and those progressive ampi- 
| tions of true patriotism that are un- 
willing to receive all and give noth- 
} ing but are inspired by noble in- 
spirations to make the city or town 
of one’s residence better for one’s 
presence. ‘Ihe ideals are high but 
no better way can be devised for tieir 
_ expression than this simple pledge. 
The open school means an open 
door to success for each pupil, Super- 
intendent Dyer of Boston has spoken 
with authority and in truth when 
he says, ‘‘ Now it is up to the parents 
4 to see that their 
time every day; to see that their 
children get their share of the mil- 
‘lions of dollars that are being ex- 
pended for improvement; to see 
that their children have faith in edu- 
eation as the pathway to opportun- 
ity; to see that their children go tc 
school with a reverence for their 
teacher as the closest counselior next 
to their parents; to see that the 
ideals of the home and the school are 
in harmony.”’ 
Brookline Ligh school has in- 
creased its equipment by the addi- 
tion of oa new set of wireless 
apparatus, to be used in the in- 
struction of the art to the boys. 
With the cry of the professional 
-tney have the correct time. 
e or to set them at naught; we 
children are on 
operator after the Titanic disaster 
that amateurs should not be per- 
mitted to dabble with tue electrical 
waves 1t would seem a questionabie 
step ior the scnools to encourage 
iurther iterterence with the out- 
uts on board ships and along tite 
coast which are necessary to the 
saleguarding of crait at sea. Never- 
lueless there is much to be learned 
by the students in the study ot wire- 
less telegraphy and is perhaps 
something to be encouraged. 
The chief of the Malden police 
foree is having his hands tull 
in trying to entorce the. curfew 
ordinance which has been m prac- 
tice in that city tor a short time. 
About the only eiiect the curfew 
seems to have 1s to make more per- 
sons consuit their watches to see it 
The 
cniet thinks it a good law if not 
‘too rigidly entorced.’’ And he is 
quite correct in the latter part otf 
his statement. 
If the synthetic rubber made un- 
der the direction of and according to 
the formula otf the German expert 
can be placed upon the market at a 
commercial price less than that oi 
‘‘real’’ rubber a great discovery has 
been made. Rubber is an indispen»- 
ible article of civilization and any 
means of increasing the world’s out- 
put at an equal or less price will 
prove a blessing. 
Definitions of high school ‘‘frats’’ 
are handed down to the schoolboys 
almost daily: Judge Gibbons of 
Chicago compares them and their 
members to the affair at Los An- 
geles, when the Times buiding was 
blown up. with dynamite by anar- 
chists. Quite an apt illustration. 
The use of the essence of orange 
as an initial element in administer- 
ing ether as an anaesthetic seems to 
be a success. The researches of the 
medical fraternity are proving great 
boons to society. If the essence of 
orange will remove the repulsiveness 
of ether and diminish the quantity 
of that drug required to produce in- 
sensibility another progressive step 
has been made in the _ science of 
medicine. 
It is a wise parent that will en- 
courage their children in their 
studies and maintain the dicipline of 
the school by their influence. 
The citizen does not forget that 
Mr. Taft is industriously doing his 
work on matters of state while T. R. 
is making copy for newspapers. 
Other shore places are deserted 
but Manchester is as full of life as in 
the earler part of the season. Sep- 
tember and October are two of the 
best months of the year, and every 
year the season is longer and the 
number of year-round residents in- 
creases. The fall months are always 
better if anything, than the warmer 
months of July and August. To re- 
turn to the city leaving the shore in 
all its glory ts a misfortune if com- 
pulsory and folly if unnecessary. 
The Town of Manchester has been 
quite free from the abuses incident 
to the automobile traffic this season. 
The rules of the road have been 
fairly well obeyed. The roadbed has 
been littered by automobile parties, 
or occasionally a selfish chautieur 
has been chastised and frequently 
the public has been annoyed by care- 
less drivers opening the ‘‘cut out’’ 
but on the whole the Town has rea- 
son to rejoice that there have been 
no fatalities and so few accidents. 
The school year has begun and 
Manchester High school students are 
busy at their books. The course of 
study has been carefully planned by 
the superintendent and a corps of 
able teachers are at their work. It 
is a wise boy or girl that will re- 
deem the opportunities afforded by 
industrious application to the school 
work. 
Schofield has lost any advantage 
he gained by challenging Gardner to 
a debate by the prompt acceptance 
by Gardner. Mr. Schofield has a 
few hard questicns to answer. The 
debate will be watched with interest. 
The ‘‘swat the fly’’ campaign inau- 
gurated by the local Board of Health 
has done its good work.’ 
A good September will atone for 
a wet August. 
Boston Theatre. 
‘“‘The Greyhound”’ at the Boston 
Theatre is nearing the end of its 
prosperous run. This big play of 
life on the ocean with its wealth of 
massive scenery and great cast of 
players will depart on Saturday, 
Sept. 28th and theatregoers who 
have not yet witnessed the perform- 
ance will do well to take advantage 
of the last days of the engagement. 
Armstrong and Mizner, the authors 
are pioneers in a style of play-mak- 
ing which combines worth and en- 
tertainment and has won such re- 
sounding applause that other dra- 
matists are striving to follow their 
pace, 
