The Centre Reporter CENTRE HALL, - PA | . — | ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES, It is quite generally assumed that | English collegiate education lags | behind American. A knowledge of the exact facts about the matter is | of some practical value, therefore, es- | pecially because Oxford and Came bridge are not the only centers of learning in England. Years ago a movement began to found in the prin- cipal cities institutions having a char acter leading to vocational efliclency; and today London, Liverpool, Man- chester, Burmingham, Leeds, Sheflleld and Bristol all possess such centers of modern equipment. In each case the founders and heads of the move- ment have estab. lishment a attrac. tion in the 80 the colleges and universities have been developed with the aid of the small givers. As the expense of at tendance is small, a provicion sought from the first, the cities and their surrounding towns are to offer a college education to almest anybody who wishes it. Thus the situation is apparently more favorable to students than the college this coun- try, says the Providence Jonrnal When a young man or young woman wishes an he or she not have to contemplate attendin institution ed especially breadth riculum with the the life of gests. the of locality; aimed to give special quality eyes of the and able system does g design- gth and a cur along which BUE education, an whose courses are for the whole len the offers country. Such {tself, but practical of only nore the one local community “He flying squirrel,” says This i8 the kind of metaphor Prof. Barrett Wer ten a very good book on English com- position, would A fiying squirrel does down the stairs. The purpose was to give one a vivid idea of how the man looked when he But as no one ever sav a flying falling down stairs, and a flying squirrel in or voluntary exercise, not help. Now, if one scribe a fl say that it lo ing down stairs, urate, shot the sta down a Te that 1dell, who has writ- condemn not shoot was falling squirrel as few have seen enforced fi did wishes to de and should person fall any other the gure fiving squirrel ked like au the description might but the style many not be acc literary would be have seen Admi squirrel has ttedls em manne modern astro ph hematicians, Y t was director of obs Lowe Varner Roches now the 1882. ervatory at in had observat Long before that time discovered many comets, ateroids and tal solar ht a nebulae during a t« hie itra-M eclipse, glimpse ets, comets, asteroids nd be long judged f: that nine hundred of iact recor to hi CAUE ercurial plan- his of of discoveries nebulae would he fre \ from t tha 1 be atter are 8 credit A woman in New York divor was badly applying a consumptive when appeared, of of welgh- This of di ce from queered husband bted “consumptive” fering undou evidence ing dred appearance put the court, the defendant, In tion over two hur pounds instead a declining cor > — fhose discover the for business in rby hats which it might be conclusive to produce should “tyranny” prescription of de who Chinese wear—concerning the least the Chinese gov- official documents bear in mind that ernment could as easily have imposed on its subjects the cylindrical and funereal stove pipe. at The ginning in Alabama to January 1 was 1.289.576 bales. To this must be added about 8 per cent to cover subsequent ginnings and also about 60,000 bales of linters. A state crop of about 1,450,000 bales is expected, as against a crop of 1,730,000 bales | last year. NEW GOVERNMENT NOW COMPLETE The Members of Mexican Cabi- net Take Oath. TO DECIDE MADERO'S FATE. Zapata, ‘the and Dr. Gomez and His Rebel Force Still To Be Reck- oned With, irreconcilable Mexico (ity Tha dero will get having to face for one thi out of Wi ifficial Stiga ng or anotier now He has already responsibil nprobable narged palace of Madero mittes dep he WANTS A FLY SWATTER WAGES FOR A WEEK, Sanford Thus Remembers 000 Employes In Will HALTS PREACHER'S PRAYER. Ueutenant Governor Causes Sensa. tion In the Indiana Senate. Indianapolis, Ind Lieutenant ernor O'Neill caused a sensation in the Senate when he stopped the Rev. E R. Henry, the Emmanuel Baptist Church, of thir city, who was making the opening prayers, and sald: “Stop of General Wood complains that we are | spending more money for automobile | tires than for war. But a lot more fun | can be got out of antomobile tires. ————————— i A boy soprano in Philadelphia has | been arrested for cracking a safe. | Perhaps he did it because the same thing had happened to his volee. The best men are not in publie life, | says a New York woman. And not a few men will agree with her CAN “CUSS"” OVER TELEPHONE. Not Basis Of Action For iowa Supreme Court Rules. Des Moines, Jlowa. Profane and harsh words-—"cuss words,” in fact when heard over the telephone, not a basis for legal damage action in fowa. This decision of the fowa Su. preme Court was handed down in a case In which Nettle Kramer, of Frankiin county, sued Henry Ricks meler for damages on spceount of “fright, shock and humiliation.” | i WHAT WOULD YOU DO? NOW "WHAT 7 WouLD J SC T= £ HUERTA'S MESSIGE TO TAFT “T AIRMAN HAMILTON © EEL gi) SL rom Leaps From Fallin pr ing On Their Qars Wh issued During the Being Carrie rt g in Mid-air. Machine MAY BE FATALLY INJURED. Bel ng jumped Crushed ine MOBILIZING THE MARINES Precautionary and Measures Looking To Intervention. the tablished the fleet, under Badger any furthers Mexi in camp will get i depend on TUMULTY FINDS A HOME. accept vided in Baker G. Eddy 3 petition for th intinent of a the Bag and Paper Company, a New corporation, will be held in March 8 A ! called involving 1.100 Hoston, to Wilson's Secretary Leases it For Only Two Years. $2. 000 000 Mary ing upon { pro Mr a 0" P to Tumulty, Presiden} Washington wh will be Wilson after March 4, selected the residence he will occupy during the | time that he will rule over the Execu. in September, 1011, | tive office. The house, which is a new carmen throughout the | gne, is In a fashionable section, and Missouri, Kansas and Tex Rallroad | js a colonial brick structure, contain aystem, came to an end | ing ten rooms and three baths, Some Four children of Joseph Hatfield, at | comment was caused when Mr. Santa Fe, Ky, burned to death Tumulty signed the lease for the their home was destroyed by premises for only two years fire. i —— . —— ‘ The New York legislature adopted al resolution providing for an investiga | tion of the police in New York city. Don Arturo Bandini, one of the last! members of a distinguished Spanish | family, died in San Francisco. The Missouri Senate sent to en grossment by a vote of 15 to 7, the eph receiver for BOOTH tary appo Union Jers ay 0 Trenton on rFilces Xas were | Told By City Authorities Contest ls Within the Law. St. Joseph, Mo.-~A committee of pas | tors of local churches attended a prize | ! fight here to obtain information to lay | bill giving women the right to vote, | Pefore the grand jury. W hen the No ragtime will be played by the | Ministerial Alliance appealed to the fiinols bands during the suffrage | authorities to preevnt the match they parade in Washington on March 4. | were told the contest, as advertised, The New Jersey legislature adopted | | would be within the law, and that no | all of Governor-Wilson's antimonopoly | action could be taken preceding the | pills without amendment ght. . RAILROADS In ARBITRATE They Realize That the Public Would | Not Stand For a Strike—De- fects in Erdman Act, will be fire. astern New York. There men's strike on The raliroads arbitrate under the Erdman controversy with the Hrotherl Firemen an had no raliroads apreed 1 the vielded and 0 the of act 100d Locomotive The d Enginem stood, to ¢ €n firemen method deadlock man Of began rm fo comm on Three FRANCE HA PRESIDENT NEW Inaugurat Bitter # KANSAS FOR THE RECALL Senate Adopts House Resolution Af fecting State Officers AGAINST THE RECALL. Amendment, West Virginia Legislature Not Submit luding judges, to the peopis lection Th by fitted next general « cided when the Hous jefeated the rn to 30, «¢ WANTS FIREBRANDS CURBED. Cuban Asked To Protect Diplomats From Defamation. Washington ~The Cuban govern ment has been requested by the State Department to use its best endea to secure enactment by the Cuban Congress of the pending bills remov ing the existing exemption of legisla vores REBELS OBJECT TO HUERTA. To Fight On, Laredo, Texas When informed that Madero government had been over thrown and CGeneral Provisional President, Orozco, Sr, and Col. Andres Garza ' Galan, revolutionary leaders in the north of Mexico, declared the revolu. tionists In that section would not ap | prove the selection of Huerta and would continue the rebellion. Col. Pascual | SNAPSHOTS AT STATE NEWS All Pennsylvania Gleaned for Items of Interest. REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Farmers Busy in Every Locality— Churches Raising Funds for Many Worthy Objects—Iitems of Buel ness and Pleasure that Interest. of Pennsyivania, was principal i Eastern and Marshall Dr 10 S:inith, provost t} gues f honor and the speake r the bangu the Association of Franklin College, in Allentown 8 of South Bethlehem, againet Uren Broth ere, teamsters, for $5,000 damages, al leging that the firm was responsible | for the death of his son Rudolph, who was struck by a wagon and killed Mrs. Jacob Mack, one of Weather | Ivy's oldest residents fell downstairs, | breaking several ribs. More raipdiy to increase the thick: | ness of fee, the Hancock Ice Company used land rollers on its big dams at Hensensach to crack the ice, thereby flooding the surface more evenly. Pleading guilty to violating the cat. tle quarantine laws, H. M. Geyer, a Worcester drover, was fined $50 and costs, amounting to $8.11, by a Norris. town magistrate. Michael Kukr, has started suit
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