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All rights of republication of special d. patches herein are also reserved. PMIid.lrhU, Tueidiy, Merth 4. 1919 SENATOR KNOX REFUTES HIMSELF SENATOR KNOX'S ablo legal argument against tho league-of-nations plan troves too much. Behind Us technical criticism of the covenant drafted by tho Paris commltteo was a fundamental objection to the as sumption by the United States of the ob ligations Involved In Its ratification. It would Impair the sovereignty of the United States, the Senator told us, and It would involve us In future wars. He suggested that Instead of entering i v.o league oi nations we mane nn alliance L with two great powers, presumably France and England, In the Interest of world peace, or that we Join In a league which Would include all the nations of the world. Now If an alliance with nine powers, contemplated In the league plan, Involves a surrender of our sovereignty, It In dif ficult to see how an alliance with two powers or with all the other nations will -not Involve the same kind of a surrender. And if wo are to have an agreement among the nations to preserve peace, even though we have to tight for It, we do not see how it is possible to form any kind of ft league or alliance which will prevent i future wars altogether. . t I SPROUL AS A STATE BOOMER 1 TENNSYLVANIANS, when they travel J rV. over the Improved highways, will be I surprised at our natural scenery, said Gov ( ernor Sproul at the Terrapin Club dinner, , as well as at many other things of which they know little. There is no state which has a greater diversity of river and mountain landscape. , The beauty of it Is impressed on the travel- iJi- er from the West, who has passed over the flat and uninteresting scenery of Mln- ? nesota and Indiana and Ohio before cross- ing the Pennsylvania boundary. a Even from the windows o' the railroad Hi ft N" the beauty of the scenery forces b s," ' upon the attention. The cars run tnrougti winding valleys between the townr, with vistas opening Into other val ley. The rivers ripple over thejihallows and widen Into broad reaches of placid JPater. They skirt precipitous mountains and water fertile plains. Some of them carry large volumes of commerce and they all enrich tho state in one way or another. , This scenery is not so familiar as it should be because the roads leading through it have not been easy to travel for the man with a motorcar. A system of well-made roads running through the state from east to west and from north to south will open up this de lightful territory to the tourist and will certainly attract to it thousands of pleas ure seekers who have gone farther in. search of plcturesrnieness and fared much rSrorse. The industrial greatness of the state is better known than the plcturesqueness of Its scenery, but the people living west of the Susquehanna know little of th-j thriv ing; cities east of It, and the people east of the river that cuts the state In two know less in detail of the great industries west of It. The new roads will strengthen the feeling of pride in the state and will tend to creato a community of interest which ought to be reflected In greater armony in support of all enterprises in tended to develop its resources. The Governor has made a good start as a boomer of Pennsylvania. We hope he will keep it up. JUNIATA COLLEGE ;TT SEEMS to be settled that former. Gov r ernor Brumbaugh is to become president ' of Juniata College in the course of e. year or so, and that in preparation for his as sumption of the office the endowment is tb be enlarged, so that its work can be ex panded. '''The college, which is in Huntingdon. was founded in 1876 by the German Bap. list Brethren. It has been handicapped or lack of funds. In 1902 its endowment was only 37,760. This has been enlarged till it Is now $250,000. But a quarter of ., ft million dollars is a pitifully small sum fejm- which to run a college. The friends of 'flw institution are hoping to be able to ttMVeae the endowment to $500,000. This :B Will relieve a few of its pressing 'deeds' and incidentally enable It to pay the V.L .former Governor a salary as president com. "i "nensurate with the resnonnlbHIH. wm,-. tryho will shoulder. THE MELTING POT MUST BE WATCHED ads to accomplish which It is pro- to change the Commission on Safety and Defense into a public- commission commend themselves thoughtful. large foreign-born population In the , much of it unable to speak English, be Americanized. i Tfe, new commission would co-operate 'Ulatthe various organizations which are 4MWS4 In instilling American ideas Into of the workvs from southern Europe found in the great Industrial centers. It would assist In teaching tho English language and In 'Impressing the lessons of American history on the new citizens. If It does Its work well It will build up a new group of citizens, tho mem bers of which will havo nil tho cMthuslnmn of converts and will out-American tho best Americans. This work must l done. Whether tho proposed publlc-wclfaro commission can do It better than any existing agency re mains to bo proved. The Oenernl As sembly, we have no doubt, will gladly wcl como tho advlco of Informed persons on the subject. THE PLAIN MAN SITS IN' THE SEAT UF THE MIGHTY His Investment in Government Loins and Taxes Should Induce Him to Exer. cite His Undoubted Power TTfHEN the PrcMdent declares, as ho did ' ' yesterday to tho conference of Gov ernors nnd Mayors, that "tho business of government Is to tukn counsel for the average man," he defers to n constituency whop mandatory powers are very Im perfectly realized. Mr. Wilson blinks that fact. It la congenial to his optimistic tem perament to plcturo tho "average man" as a master from whom modern governments must tako their orders or fall. The com plexlon of affairs In Paris sustains this rosy view, n is "perfectly understood" thero that tho conferees are meeting as me servants of 700.000.000 people." BIck. ened by tho appalling tragedy of war. tho "averugo man" demands a Just and last ing peace. "We hear you," Rays tho President In effect, "and will respond." "Plain people" throughout the world tingle with satisfac tion. It Is pleasant to bo called "master," soothing to be Informed of tho possession of authority so soothing, in fact, that the temptation to let things slide, save at the height of iome great emergency, Is not easily resisted. If tho existence of this tendency be questioned, how, for Instance, Is the case of Philadelphia to bo explained? The "average man" hero Is sufficiently akin to tho rest of the 700,000,000 who the Presi dent asserts rule the Paris conference with respect to the plain open-and-shut Issue of peace or war to grumble when his clly Is looted and mismanaged, to worry over his income taxes and inwnrdly to frown at continual solicitations to buy Lib. erty Ddnds. Somehow, tho pressure under which he lives doesn't suggest mastery. Is Hie President indulging In delusions In his conception of tin civilized universe or has ho mentally subtracted Philadelphia from his survey? Tho apparent paradox will repay thought, which If logically pur sued should reveal tho fact that Mr. Wll. son, though veracious In principle. Is some what overcompllmcntary. Incontestable the people today may rule if they will. But do they always will? The significance of that query suggests the flaw In the generous presidential philosophy and at tho same time clarifies the Philadelphia enigma Before a government, municipal, state or national, can act upon the man dates of Its citizens, it has got to hear them expressed and In a spirit emphasizing the responsibilities of partnership. There Is a mighty voice against war now, but there should also be clear tones against other Iniquities. Happily the very burdens .under which the "average man" suffers, largely as a result of the conflict, are of a character to Insplro sobering reflection. Time was when the American citizen was but Infrequently reminded of tho fact that ho was ono of many partners In a great governmental firm. Taxes were light. Save for the obligation to obey tho law, generally ac cepted as a matter of habit, tho line of least resistance and the lino of least con structive energy had engaging charms. Voting could be conducted after the venerable rubber-stamp fashion and the world wagged agreeably on. Today something more incisive than the most fervidly idealistic call for reform is at work. Pocketbooks are touched. Bank deposits are depleted In response to taxa tion demands and liberty Loan persua siveness, which amounts to nearly the same thing. The huge partnership is affecting every one of Its stockholders. If they want the firm to get along they must not only respond to Its monetary calls, but they must take their part In Its opera tlon. The minute that forthright partici pation is in full swing, Mr. Wilson's theory of tho potentiality of the people assumes a most practical aspect. Philadelphia muddling must also vanish with the change. The "average man" will unquestionably be heard when he has any thing to say, and there is nothing so swiftly productive of speech as contribu tions from the cash box. Conceivably, even In this city, the public will be curious to know why it is paying and eager to exact the best returns from its assessments. It would be flattering to human nature to assert that sheer lofty Idealism could awaken the right sort of Interest In the governmental concern. But since the pressure comes from a source less disin terested. It should not on that account be overlooked. Any motive which will result in the functioning of the machine of gov ernment In all Its parts Is to be welcomed. Better a city of grumblers spurred, because of burdens, to the exercise of all lis pre rogatlves than a community where the absence of strain begets (hat perilous placidity on which grafters and corrup. tlonlsts tlirlve. After all, necessity is tho best prod to accomplishment. That Is why the world peace aspirations are so Intense. The ordinary man's selfish need for a sane world Is tho prime source of his insistent command. Within a few weeks the fifth government loan since the beginning of the war will be launched. It will be Issued In the form of short-term notes, which simply means that they are redeemable within, a shorter time than the Liberty Bonds. The Sec retary of tho Treasury will fix their periods and will also decide upon the rato of Interest. These are details really sec ondary In import to the fact that the busl. ness corporation known as the United States is again about to borrow money from its stockholders. This time It seeks $7,000,000,000. There will be posters, parades, exhortations, rallies, all the con comltants of former money-raising cam paigns. It will be not only patriotic to subscribe, but also Imperatively necessary If the firm of ono hundred million people Is to bo kept running properly, nut tho re sponsibility of the citizen does not end with tho mere purchaso of tho notes. Watchfulness over tho mammoth enter prise In which he Is a factor should be the consequence of his act of contributing. Such co-operation cannot fall to be bene ficial to tho progress of good government. Similar obligations devolve upon the lncomo tax payers, who must Invest largely In tho United States corporation by March '15. They bear down more subtly but none tho less emphatically upon tho Phlla. delphlun who pays rent, since rent helps to cstuhllsh property values upon which city taxes nro based. Tho taxpayer hero shares In the Philadelphia partnership, and so indirectly but potently does tho tenant of a leased house. Tho "average man" Is financially a part of (lie clly corporation, the stale corporation, tlio national corpora tion, His connection was never bo Inti mate as now, for monetary outlays so Inrge were never demanded of him before. If tho tlo were not reciprocal It would bo u tyranny. But republican government Is based on the prlnclplo of equation. Tor compliance with legal burdens there nro counterbalancing legal rights. Among them Is protection of the Investment by the right kind of participation In the cor porate enterprise. All Americans, and especially all Phlla- delphlans, who have so often neglected to attend to the disposition of their dollars, ran perforin that act by taking the hand In tho control of their government which the President already says they have. To accept his words as mero flattery Is to per vert a true prlnclplo by falsi) practice. Tho citizen, "plain" or "fancy," has today an unexampled right to exert his influence In favor of tne kind of rule ho wants. Tho extent of his Investments should make him feel tho force of his Increased obligations. He has spoken In Paris and tho right Is prevailing there. As ho pays his heavy income taxes and buys his sheaf of short term notes ho should speak also on bchatf of democracy's progress at home. Once upon a time there was a little mice that lived with a lot It Ifnppened at Oak I'ark lloipttul of other llttlo mouses In a Chicago hospital. And this little mice said to his mother: "Mother, I havo found the nicest nest and I think I'll get married and Btart housekeeping there." And his mother said, "Show me." And he did, where upon she said, "My son, this Is the bed of a girl creature who, being desperately afraid of us, Is consequently our deadliest enemy. Choose a nest elsewhere." But because the girl creatures took things to eat to their bedrooms, toothsome things beloved of llttlo mouses, the little mice and his bride started housekeeping there and other little mouses followed their example. And the girl crea tures, who were nurses, discovered the ro dents and, after tho manner o,f their kind, screamed nnd fussed and complained to the management and nt last went out on strike. And, ns a consequence, the beds were orn up and the families of the llttlo mouses scattered; whereupon tho mother of the llttlo mice who discovered the dormitory said, "There, my son, what did I tell you?. You may always depend on a woman to make trouble.1" The largest hydroplane More Than Mere In the world Is being Flight of Fancy oullt by the .govern ment at the Philadel phia Navy Yard. It will carry seventy-five people and travel ninety miles an hour. What the government Is doing today private enterprise will tlo tomorrow. Sooner or Inter giant airplanes and hydroplanes will take up the coastwise trade of the United States, distributing Philadelphia's finished products and bringing here beef from the Argentines, sugar from Cuba, hides from llrazll, nsphalt from Venezuela, minerals and drugs from Chile, cacao and coffee from the Guianns, rubber from Colombia and other South American countries, with shorter trips on tho side, including New Orleans molasses to the buckwheat belt. There can be no peace while the stomach gnaws. In the matter of entangling alliances Mr. Knox got his logic tangled. The well-known welkin will ring when the Twenty-eighth and Seventy-ninth arrive home. Thero Is danger that the constitution, with Its tags of amendments, will by and by be more tall than kite. Orte advantage of a small council is that It Is easier to fix responsibility for sins of omission and commission. Now that the robin has been heard from, every man Is permitted to develop his own particular brand of spring fever. President Wilson might give Congress a course In muslcotherapy and tie a may-I-knot In the vocal cords of the chronic cases. La Follette, Republican filibuster, It is well to remember, is the same La Follette whose opposition to the war became a public scandal. And we never know the moment the Peace Conference may have to be turned Into a war conference. For the Itun Is not yet licked. Airship development proves that whether commercial morals Improve or not commerce Itself will eventually be conducted on a higher plane. New Tork women lawyers are drafting a bill permitting women to serve as Jurors. But women lawyers nre exempt does that explain their enthusiasm? Senators Lodge and Knox might, with profit, take note that President Wilson's strength In the present crisis lies in the fact that he has momentarily forgotten that he Is a politician. Germany Is not yet dead sure that she didn't win the war and there are those In France who Bhare her doubts. She will have won the war If she Is left In a position to Btrlke again. The suggestion of Doctor Butler, of Columbia University, that the league of na tions divide the world Into three admlnls tratlve areas may be classed as constructive criticism, and as such Is a thing apart from attacks In the United States Senate. INTERNATIONALISM AND LABOR TUB most remarkable feature of the Heme conference of Socialists Is the emphasis which It places upon the new political situa tion In Europe. Responsible Socialism ns opposed to Bolshevism has become the Cen ter party upon tho Continent, so far have politics moved toward the left Perhaps tho most Interesting of all the discussions nt the conference was that which occupied their last debate, In which they defined their nttltude to the Bolshevik movement, con demning any dictatorship of a minority and nssertlng that Socialism can only be ef fectively developed under democratic law. The Bolsheviks themselves would probably admit ns a matter of principle that Soofcllsm Is founded upon democracy, that democracy Involves the representation of tho whole peo ple and the prevalence of the will of tho majority. Bolshevism In practice, both ns It Is understood In Russia and also as It Is t-een In Germany, has meant the seizure of power by a class-conscious minority, who claim tho right to act on behalf of a far Inrgcr number of those who nre not awakened to their true Interests as tho Bolsheviks understand them. Just as Rousseau held that men might be forced to be free, so, It would seem, the extremer revolutionists would Impose democracy. If necessary, In opposition to a democratlo vote. Tills vio lent paradox has Its consequences In actual, or physical, violence. The extremist on the one sldo Is met by the extremist on the other, and the moderate man .who wants society to be maintained, who Is concerned with the Immediate satisfaction of his hunger or tho pressing difficulty of raw materials, Is inclined to drift away from the reforming movement to which his perma nent Interests Incline him nnd rally round any one who will secure tho elements of Im mediate order. Hence, as tho conference very well sees, tho extreme developments In Socialism play Into the hands of reactionary movements. At the same time the con ference addresses warning to the actual gov ernments of the world, who. If they cannot give It the assured tranquillity for which It Is yearning, leave It to a seesaw of demo cratic or militarist violence. THE Berno conference has had the merit of bringing tho representatives of enemy peoples for tho first time Into real touch with one another. We get somo Indication of the Oerman mind both on the responsl blllty for the war and Its conduct and on the M'ure of militarism. The Independent Ger man Socialists frnnkly admit the responsi bility of their country and censure the treat ment of prisoners. It Is of no small Impor tance that an Important section of the Oer man people should avow these views befo-o an International conference. The Majority Socialists, who now represent the backbone of the German Government, are, of course, In a different position, and It camut bo said that their attitude upon disarmament Is wholly satisfactory. They admit that hither to they have retained the project of a citizen army, whatever that may mean, upon their program, but, whether under the Influence of the conference atmosphere or of wider con siderations, they undertook to advocate disarmament at their next party conference. a n( N OW the league of nations, as General Smuts has-shown, cannot hope to get on harmoniously with Its work unless it can effect an early nnd drastic change In rela tion to military establishments, nnd hero the attitude of the German Government must be a deciding factor. That government will perhaps retort that, on their side, they cannot do away with conscription or reduce compulsory service to the proportions of a Swiss mllltla system unless they find the league of natlonB In being and receive at l'1 hands a peace which secures for Germany the means of living. The question Is apt to fall Into a vicious circle. It Is, therefore, very much to the good that the party which now holds the dominant position In the German Government shoyld bo approached by men of the samo political sympathies In other nations and appealed to on the side of the humanitarian principles which It pro fesses, nnd not only on the side of diplomatic bargaining. The case for assigning to'labor a special position In the peace negotiations has alwnys rested on this fundamental Identity of attl tudo In the labor parties of nil peoples. Labor stands to gain less and to suffer moro by war and by all forms of national rivalry than any other clnBS. There Is, therefore, In the Intelligent and broad-minded labor leader a greater readiness to adopt an International outlook, to see problems of nationality nnd questions of diplomacy In broader nnd more human relations and, In fine, to fall back on that common basis of human Interest which Is apt to be so completely overlooked In the controversies of diplomatists. The Berne conference has provided a platform for the more moderate elements In every nation, nnd given to the Germans nn opportunity of telling the peoples of other nations some thing of the extent of their present suffer. Ings. LABOR has, moreover, a constructive j policy of Its own, In which no other class shares. It Is Interested In securing cer tain minimum conditions for workers of all the world, and tho most advanced coun tries who have already secured this minimum are not less Interested than the most back ward ones, for no argument against In crease of wages or diminution of hours Is more plausible or more often heard than that drawn from the effects, real or alleged, of the competition of foreign producers worklng wtth low-grade labor. The Berne conference has therefore de voted a substantial portion of Its time to the elaboration of a program for the universal establishment of certain minimum conditions. These conditions can, Indeed, only be car ried out effectually by the legislation of each country for Itself, for the league of nation's cannot encroach upon the national sover eignty. But the permanent conference of the league will provide a Btandlng platform on which labor questions will be certain to demand discussion, and backward states .will And themselves the objects of close at tention. In this respect the league will only develop and regularize work that had been going on for some years before the war, In which successive International conferences discussed hours and conditions of labor and passed resolutions which without, of course, binding any of the conttltuent governments, nevertheless had a moral and considerable material effect upon legislation. In a word, we may say that while diplomatists are re signed to the league of nations, and while statesmen are perhaps divided between reslg nation and support, the real force that will urge It on Its way Is labor. Manchester Guardian. ;-- . . aa-r?f. ! ' . i.'.::a" .. LV."; t 4r si - "" Srf"'"" '"7-:-:f -.wt.w' TRAVELS IN PHILADELPHIA By Christopher Morley THE UNIVERSITY SUNDAY AFTKRNOON Is by old tradition dedicated to the taking of Urchins out to taste tho air, and Indeed there Is no more ngreeabla pastime.. And fo, ns the Urchin .sat In his high chair and thoughtfully shov 'eled his spoon through ment chopped remnrk lnbly small and potatoes mashed "In that j curious fashion Hint produces a mass of soft, curly tendrils, his curators discussed the question of where he should bo taken. IT W nnd AS the first Sunday In March mild "There's the botnnlc garden nt the Univer sity," I suggested. The Urchin settled It by rattling his spoon on the plate nnd sliding several Inches of potnto Into his lap. "Go see garden I" he cried. With tho generous tastes of twenty-seven months he cares very llttlo where ho Is taken; ho can find fascina tion In anything; but something about (he word "garden" seemed to allure him. So a little later, when he had been duly habited In brown leggings, his minute brown over coat and white hat with ribbons behind It, he and his curators set out. The Urchin was In excellent' spirits, for he had been prom ised a ride on a trolley car a glorious ad venture". In one pocket he carried his private collection of talismans, Including a horse chestnut and a picture of a mouse. Also, agnlnst emergencies, a miniature handker chief with a ttddy bear embroidered In one corner nml n snfetv nln. ThA Ynerilt!nn ymay be deemed to have been a success, as nono of these properties were called upon or even remembered THE car we boarded did not take us Just where we expected to go, but that made little difference to the Urchin, who gazed steadfastly nut of tho wlndow.at a pnnornma of shabby streets, and offered no comment except one of extreme exultntlon when we passed a large poster of a cow. Admirably docile, he felt confident that the unusual conjunction of both arbiters of destiny nnd an Impressive trolley car would In the end produce something extremely worth while. We sped across Gray's Ferry bridge it seems strange to think that that region was oncd so quiet, green and rustic transferred to another car 'on Woodland avenue, past the white medley of tombstones In Woodlands Cemetery and got off at the entrance to he dormitory quadrangles at Thirty-seventh street We entered through the rchway the Urchin's first Introduction to nn academic atmosphere. "This Is the University," I said to him severely, nnd he was much Impressed, As Is his way, he conducted himself with extreme sobriety until he should get the hang of this' new experience and Bee what It was all nbout. I knew from the serene gold sparkle of his brown eyes that there was plenty of larking spirit In him. waiting until he knew whether it was safe to give It play. He held my hand punctiliously while waiting to see what manner of place this University was. A COLLEGE quadrangle on a Sunday afternoon has a feeling all Its own. Thin tlnkllngs of mandolins eddy from open win dows, In vvhlc.h young men may be seen propped up ngalnst bright-colored cushions, always smoking, and sometimes reading with an apparent zeal which might deceive a few onlookers. But the slightest sound of foot falls on the pavement outside their rooms causes these heads to turn and scan the passersi There Is always a vague) hope In these youthful breasts that some damsel of notable fairness may have strnyed within the bastions. Groups of ladles of youth and beauty do often walk demurely through the courts, nnd may be sure of hearing ndmlring whistles shrilled through the sunny nlr. When a lady walks through a college quad rangle nnd hears no slbllatlon, let her know sadly that first youth Is past. Even the se date guardianship of Scribe and Urchin did not forfeit one Lady of Destiny her proper homage of tuneful testimonial. So be It ever I ONE who Inhabited college quadrangles not so Immeasurably long ago, and re members with secret pain how massively old, experienced and worldly wise he then thought himself, can never resist a throb' of amazement at the entertaining youthfulness of these young monks. How quaintly Juve nile they are, and how oddly that assump tion of grave superiority sits upon their golden brows I With what an fnlmltnble air' of wisdom, cynicism, ancientry, learned LONG OVERDUE us rfy rivvfj- " ..-," L.3!-Zli: ps.'-n.r AND THE URCHIN nloofness and desire to be observed do they stroll to nnd fro across the quads, so keenly aware In their Inmost bosoms of he pres ence of visitors and determined to grant an appearnnce of mingled wisdom, great nge and sad dogglshness ' What a devil-may-caro swing lo the stride, what n nonchalance In tho perpetual wreath of clgare te smoke, what a carefully acsumed bearing of one carrying great wisdom lightly nnd easily casting It aside for the moment In the pur suit of some waggish trifle. "Here," thoso Very self-conscious young visages seem to betray, "Is one who might tell you all about the Holy Roman Empire, nnd yet Is, for tho moment, diverting himself with a mere mandolin." And yet, ns the Lady of Destiny shrewdly observed, It Is n pity they should mar their beautiful quadrangles wi'h orange peel and scraps of paper WE WALKED for some time thruugh those stately courts of Tudor brick and then passed down the little Inclined path to the botanic garden, where Irises nnd fresh green spikes nro already pushing up through tho dnmp earth. A pale mellow sunlight lay upon the gravel walks and the Urchin re sumed his customary zeal. He ran here and there along the byways, examined the rock borders with an air of scientific questioning and watched the other children playing by the muddy pond. Wo found shrubbery swell Ing with buds, also flappers walking hatless and blanched with talcum, accompanied by Urchins of a larger growth. Both these phenomena we took to be a sign of the coming equinox, RETURNING to the dormitory quad rangles, wo sat down on a wooden bench to rest, while the Urchin, now convinced that a university is nothing to be awed by, scampered about on the turf. His eye wns a bright Jeweltof rogulshness, for he thought that In, trotting about the grass he was doing something supremely wicked. He has 'been carefully trained not to err on the grass of the city square to which he Is best accus tomed, so this surprising nnd unchecked revelry quite went to his hend. Across nnd about those wide plots of sodden turf he trotted and chuckled, a smnll, quaint mortal with his hat ribbons fluttering. Cheering whistles hailed him from open windows above, and he smiled to himself with grave dignity. Apparently, like a distinguished statesman, he regarded these tributes not as meant for himself, but for the great body of childhood he Innocently represents, and Indeed from which his npplauders are not so Inextricably, severed. With the placid and unconscious happiness of a puppy he careered and meandered, without motive or method. Perhaps his underlying thought of a univer sity, if ho has any, Is that It Is a place whero no one says "Keep Off Uie Grass," and, Intellectually speaking, that would not be such a bad motto for an Institution of learning. Here, however, we trespass on the Gownsman's preserve. ' I DON'T know whether Dr. Talt McKenzle so Intended It, but his appealing nnd beautiful statue of Young Franklin In front of the University gymnasium Is admirably devlred for the delight of small Urchins. While their curators ' take pleasure In the bronze Itself, the Urchin may .clamber on tho different levels of the base, which Is nicely adapted for the mountaineering ca pacity of twenty-seven months. The -low brick wnlls before the gymnasium nnd the University Museum are also Just right for an Urchin who has recently learned the fas cination of walking on something raised above the ground, provided there Is a curntor nearby to hold his hand. And then, as one walks away toward the South street bridge nn observant Urchin may spy the de lightful spectacle of n freight tral'i travel ing apparently In midair. Some day, ono hopes, all that fine tract of open space leading from the museum down to the rail road tracks may perhaps be beautified as a park or an addition to the University's quad rangle system. I don't know who owns It, but its architectural possibilities must surely make the city-planner's mouth water. BY THIS time, the Urchin was beginning to feel a bit weary, and was glad of a ,11ft on a parental shoulder. Then a Lombard street car came along and took us up half way across the bridge. So ended the Urchin's first Introduction to a university education. r:T.-'"r' "" r -.- .-. i. srr.v.'s. - zirt - - . -iii-"1 jZiteJir't- jni&'r -." -. --r M- v.- THE PEACE CALL I AM the voice of the uplands ringing from hill to hill, Calling you back to action; harken, and do my will. Put up your spear and saber, smother the torch and brand, Lay down your weapon of warfare; come back, for pence Is at hand. Back to your reeking workshops, turning again to toil; Lift up the horn of plenty out of the teem ing sol' Shoulder the pick and shovel, kindle again tho hearth, Scatter the wheat and barley over the wasted earth. For the cannon is hushed In the lowland, tho order has been withdrawn, And tho sound of disbanding armies echoes from dark to dawn. Up from the reeking by-ways como the sons and daughters of men, Beating their swords and shrapnel back into plows again. Over tho waste of the valley the sound of an anvil rings, And up from tho fields of carnage a blood red poppy springs. And tho shepherd Is out on the hillside, call ing again to his sheep; And the song of the "busy sickle awakens the earth from sleep. , Hark to the voice of tho uplands, ringing from deep to deep, Calling to peaceful battle ere I again turn to sleep. Edgar Lloyd Hampton, In tho Century! What Do You Know?. QUIZ 1. The Entente has a flag for former Ger man nnd Austrian ships,, the final dis position of which has not been made. What are Its colors and design? 2. What state does La Follette represent In tho Senate? 3. What Is meant by the announcement that the "ruins of Ypres will bo left 'in situ"? 4. How old Is Eugenie do Montljo, formerly empress of France and widow tof Na poleon III? C. How many states nre- In the American Union? i 6. Who said "Generosity Is tho flower of Justice"? 7. In how many Installments may tho Ine T come tax be paid? 8. Who whb called the "Leviathan of Llti erature"? 9. How many so-called were there? 10. What Is'a barbecue? 'Minor Prophets" Answers to Yesterday's Quiz .' I.- The Cortes of Spain Is the parliament of that kingdom. 2, The late Senator Edmunds represented the state of Vermont for many years In Congress. 3. The Venezuelan boundary dispute with Great Britain occurred during the second- administration of Grover Cleve , land. ' 4." Zero Is freezing point on a Reaumur ther- mometer, 6. James Thomson wrote the poem "The City of Dreadful Night." He wns born In Scotland In 1814 and died In London in 1S82, 6. 'They kept the noiseless tenor of their way'' Is the correct quotation from Gray's "Elegy." The mlsquoters make it usually "oven tenor." 7. Calcutta, with about 1,200,000 inhabi tants, Is the largest city 'In India, 8. Alexander the Oreat lived In the fourth century! B. C. 9. "Rechauffeo; warmed up dish! rehash, 10. -The Titanic was sunk In JKIS, ." 'I sfl rl & 1
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