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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Tlilnis on wlilrh the people expect
the new ailmlnlotrutlon to concen
trate Its attention)
The Delaware river bridpe.
A dryt'oek big enough to accommo
date the largest ahlpt.
Dcvflopmcnl of the rapid transit ayi
fern. A convention hall,
A oulWinu for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the catcr aupily.
Horn's to accommodate the popula.
tlon.
I THE TEACHERS' VICTORY
SIMON GRATZ'S intimation that
"the teachers will he pleased" with
the action which the Hoard of Educa
tion is to tnke concerning increased pay
for tcachevs may he taVen ns marking
the end of n senson of long and not too
creditable wrangling. The nnuounce-
ment also confutes the contention that
HO relief could be expected before tuc
meeting of the next Legislature.
It is unfortunate that the financial
Rapects of the case could not have been
Wore freely admitted without all the
pressure, mass-meetings, investigations
nd camnaignings. The whole pro-
(cedurc was rather undignified, but it
! a satisfaction to learn that it is prob
ably over and that the teachers will be
rewarded with at least some approxi
mation of their just deserts.
REROUTING TALK
IQUGGESTIONS for rerouting the
IsJ trolley s.stem in this city nre the-
loretically welcome, for the problem is
ancient, eomplicated nnd vexatious. A
trial of some of the numerous proposals
I would, however, be still more cheering.
Kl if ' Months ago discussion centered in the
fpjan involving tne relocating oi ihp
tracks around the City Hall and the
diversioti of some of the westbound
Icars out Filbert instead of Market
jatreet. Yesterday A. Howard Jones,
'assistant engineer of the Public Service
! Commission, recommended to that
.fcbdy the abolition of all rastbound
' trolley service on Arch street and n
new development of Race street for
astbound ears. The ue of Filbert
street for turning certain cars of the
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Tenth nnd Elev
enth street Hues was also suggested.
Council has jut passed an ordinance
authorizing the construction of a single
trolley track on Sansom street between
! Twentieth nnd Twenty-second streets,
to enable the transit company to relieve
congestion on Walnut street. Neither
' talk nor new privileges alone will,
J however, cope with a constantly deep
ening muddle unless' accompanied by
action
, Some of the plans advanced may prove
'to be impractical. Some may work
benefits. The public is not profoundly
Interested in the icademic aspects of
the questiou If oorcrowdlng can be
(relieved by rerouting comparatively
easy to accomplish, if the traffic block
ade on our narrow streets can be eased
by certain simple chunges, trolley riders
will greet such reforms with satisfaction
and will quickly adjust their habits to
1 the new order What is needed is some
' tvidence of performance.
UNHEAVENLY TWINS
, TJIUAM JOHNSON, if he is luing
' JLJ. np to the gorgeous promise which
' lie made to the world after the conven
tion at Chicugo, is sitting Ruddlia-like
' under a tree in silent meditation What
will Mr Bryan do after he Johuaons
' his own folk nt San Francisco?
lie will not be silent; that is sure.
He will not meditate unless he medl
i tates aloud upon a stump Once the
s country used to worry nbout what it
t should do with its ex -Presidents. It
If has n real concern now. It will have
t to find a quiet and dignified refuge for
t frustrated and embittered presidential
" candidates.
There nre a great many of .hem
They clutter up the front yard and.
. because their pence of mind seems gone
I forever, they get on people's nerve
5 Has uuyboih an islund a far island
'beyond heniing thut In would like to
( put jo II good use''"
DR. McMASTER RETIRES
THE prestige which the 1'nlversitj ot
Pennsylvania has long Jenved from
'John Bach Mc.Master will, fortunately,
f be) retained, nt least in part, by his
(connection with that institution in the
f Tolo of professor emeritus. Nona the
less, his resignation of the chair of
I American history is u loss which it
Would be insincere to minimize. a
In point of distinction, Doctor Mc.
Master easily takes rank in n field
of literature in which this country has
attained especial eminence, thut of
vivid, fasciuatiue historical writluir.
i In 'thut senso Bancroft, Prescott, Mot
ley are his artistic confreres. From
I another point of view his methods differ
radically from theirs, for It Is the do
wlnnment of u neonle. their habits.
' (heir Diodes of political thought, the
multifarious phabes of their existence,
I rather thun the procession of dramatic
Tents ana tno marcu or signal ouics,
which hns interested nun most
, Illn mointiuentnl work, "A Histom
nf the Piilple of tho United I
States," Jsf
to Ur tno
It humanize! the chron
teles of this nation. It mnrlcs a now
jepnrture In the study of history, the
influence of which hns been b marked
that the procedure today hardly ranks
ns a novelty
I'lillndelphlnns will wish for Doctor
Mi-Master the ripest enjoyment of his
new leisure The. I'nlverslty, which
will miss his dry humor and the in
spiration of his exhaustive learning,
will cherish n particularly grateful
memory of the man who "did so much to
justify Its reputation for scholarship.
THE KILKENNY CATS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Historic Feline Conflict May Look
Like a Purring Amiability When
the Democrats Get Going
UNLESS ail signs fall, the antics of
the Democratic romentlon next
week will add to the gn.icty of the Re
publicans if not to the gajety of na
tions. The famous affair of the Kilkenny
rat. supposed to represent the peak,
the acme, the superlative of destructive
conflict, was a peaceful and purring
amiability in comparison with what is
likely to happen when the contending
factions get together.
There is an impression In certnln
quarters tiint President WiNon will tell
the comention what to do and that it
will doellelv follow ills directions. Hut
the available evidence does not wholly
justify this tribute to the President's
powers of persuasion.
Take, for example, the question of
indorsing the League of Nations cov
enant. The Democratic senators are
supposed to icprescnt the feeling of
their party, save when they subordinate
their own Uews to the views of Mr.
Wilson Twenty-one of them oted for
the Lodge reservations in spite of every
thing that Mr. Wilson could do. Of
the twent) -three who oted ngaiust the
Lodge reservations there were several
who, if left to their own choice, would
have joined the twenty-one. Indeed, it
is a mnttcr of common report that the
modified treaty could have beep ratified
with the aid of Democratic votes if the
President had been willing.
Now, with one-half tr more of the
Democratic senators opposed to the
President's position on the trentv, it
will be some task for him nnd his
friends to get a plnuk in the platform
indorsing his cour-e Mr. Bryan is not
likely to consent to it, and Mr. Bryan
is Ihe most skillful and resourceful con
vention lender in the party. He can
pump up more moral enthusiasm on
short notice thnn any other orator who
has stood under n sounding board in a
(onveution hall for a generation. The
fact that he has waxed eloquent on the
wrong issue time after time does not
affect his power to moe the crowds.
He broke with the President on the
treaty issue nt the Jaiksrm Day dinner
in Washington last winter and he lias
been busy ever since in lining up his
friends.
The philosophical spectator in the
gallery can await the fight oer the
treaty plank In confident certainty that
it will be worth the price of admission
and then some. The inexnlicable light
ness of Mr. Bryan on this issue ma
handicap him somewhat, but it will not
dampen his moral enthusiasm nor will
it destroy the sonorousuess of his ora
torical periods. But the predispo-ition
of the Democratic party to go w rong
makes the result of his tight uncertain.
In fact, in this Democratic predisposi
tion to blunder lies the hope of the
President to put over his plans.
But the real fight Is likely to come
when the convention takes up tle
"dry" issue. The Democrat ic partv
has been known for generations as the
whisky party. Mr. Brjan is going to
ak it to sign the pledge, wear a white
ribbon and curse the demon rum and
the' demonettes, light wine and beer.
Can he persimde the convention to
do it?
We shall see, we shall see.
Albert S)dne Burleson, the political
adviser of the Piesideut, thinks he will
not succeed. He sas that "the ridicu
lous nnd unncieshan restrictions" in
the Volstead net should be stricken out.
Governor Edwards, of New Jersey, who
was elected on n wet platform, and
Judge Bonmwell. of Pennsylvania, who
tried to get elected to tlte governorship
on the same kiud of n platform, will
back up Mr Burleson. And unless all
signs fail, the New York delegates will
not be enthusiastic for any plan which
commits the party to the proposition
that America should be made a Desert
of Sahara
Still more important, the President
himself is not an enthusiastic "dry."
His record is one of consistent opposi
tion to dragging the liquor questiou into
politics He wanted the wartime re
strictions on the sale- of intoxicants
removed. He knows that there are
votes in a moist if not in n wet plank
in the plntform And nil the delegates
! aKo know it. But the nls know that
I if they adopt a platform which even
. squints in the direction of real beer and
i light wines they will array against
them the church vote the Anti-Saloon
' League and all :b moral condemnation
that the W. C. T. U can bring down
upon them.
The Republicans dodged the issue,
for they decided that it was not pru
dent to engage in the exciting und some
times unprofitable sport of baiting sleep
ing demons.
Mr. Bryan however, has read the
"Pilgrim's Progress" and he is aware
that the lions in the wny seemed more
formidable nt a distance than when
viewed close nt hand They could growl
at the wayfarer but they could Lot
touch him if he kept in the middle of
the road. If Mr. Bryan does not de
liver himself of a crown-of-thorus and
cross-of-gold speech on the imperative
duty of the Democratic party to aline
itself v,n the side of sobriety he will
disappoint all expectations. And then
if the platform plank is built in the
shape of a catamaran, so nrrauged that
tho wets and drys cau both rldi on it
without rubbing elbows, he will doubt
less insist thut lid won n wi tory for
temperance. But however the struggle
come out, It will be preceded bv a di
verting monkey-nud-parrot interlude,
which will uot tend to the early re
sumption of amicable relations between
the parrot nnd the monkey.
And there remains the task of agree
ing ou a candidate Mr. Palmer has
kindly aunounecd that he is willing to
staLd it fall with the administration
flag, but the New York World bus per
tinently asked whether the administra
tion is willing to stand or fall with Mr.
Palmer. Mr. McAdoo has withdrawn
his name, but a Kansas City delegate
Insists on nominating him Governor
Cox, of Ohio, is willing to run on a
wet platform, nnd so is Governor Ed
wards. The vast expanse of water
which separates Ambassador Davis from
the convention hall tnayinake the dry
delegates friendly to blmif And thero Is
always aut. xiryao, w Deecwnea wiin
He would like nothing better than to
wrest control of tho convention from
the mnn Aho kicked him out of the
office of secretary of state and to repeat
his achievement of 1SD0 and nominate
himself.
Next tfeek Is certain to bo diverting
to those who can appreciate tho com
edies and tragedies of politics.
DRIFT
RESPONSIBILITY 'or trouble of
any sort Is seldom so general nnd
widespread ns It appears to be in the
new rail Rtrlkes. When the Esch
Cummins lnw was passed It was clear
that a wage tribunal of a special sort
was necessary to deal with questions
then high in the nir and threatening to
come to earth with destructive thuds.
But Mr. WiNon took his own time and
let months pass before he established the
Railway Labor Board for which Con
gress liad made provision. Slmllnrly
the rnilwa managers knew that pre
liminary and regional boards had to ho
established as basic nnd indispensable
parts In the new scheme for wage nnd
labor adjustments of which the federal
labor board Is the head.
Such minor boards, acting with the
authority of Congress to investigate
causes of trouble at the source and re
port. If necessary, to Washington, are
nbsolutel necessary for n sane nnd just
approach to problems that culminnte in
strikes on the railway lines. The cor
porations and their men were supposed
to provide for equnl representation on
committees established to co-operate
with theso regional boards and to for
mulate their claims und counter-claims
for peaceful hearing nnd adjustment.
No move to that end wns ever made by
the rallwajs or b. the unions. More
over, some of the stiikes recently called
nie not onh for higher wages. They
are intended to he protests against the
theory of labor adjustments provided
for by the Esch-Cummins law. Every
one has been drifting.
The theory of wage settlements to be
observed on the rail lines hi the future,
if the plain intention of Congress is to
be accepted as a guiding rule, was
pretty clearly outlined in the recent
voluminous report of the President's
industrial conference. It was contended
in that report that a flat nud general
rate of wages, even if it should be ex
ceptionally high, could not always be
fair, since what might be an ndequate
or even a liberal rate in one part of the
country or in one community might
prove to be insulhcient in others. Mr.
Hoover and his nssociates in the Indus
trial conference recognized the fact that
living costs vary hi different localities,
and they sought to find a plau which
would insure fair wages and working
conditions rnther than lived and in
dexible scales likely to be unfnir to
some nnd more thnn fair to others.
In denling with a labor question of
uational scope some such departure
from older methods seems to be neces
sary So the scheme of arbitration
finally worked out for the Railway
Labor Board would nwmallj have its
foundations in local and regional boards
authorized to make investigations of
the most thorough sort after effort! for
arbitration had failed. Such investiga
tions would supply the information upon
which the Railway Labor Board, as
the iinal court of appenl, could base its
binding decisions.
In ordering the board to act, nud act
at once, Mr. Wilson has asked it to
settle questions with which it has no
thorough acquaintance. Yet under the
pressure exerted from the White House
jesterdny. and because of the threat of
the brotherhoods to abandon their atti
tude of opposition to outlaw strikes,
some decision favorable to the strikers
is pretty sure to be rendered. This will
not menu that we arc done with trouble
ou the railway lines. Nothing hns been
thoroughly investigated. Nothing hns
been settled. The country is merely
muddling along.
Sooner or later settled pence will
come on the lailronds. But it will
come oul after the companies nnd the
unions quit .spuning for advantage und
recognize the .uitue of the plan pro
posed by Coiigns-. or nt least the wis
dom of giving it a fair trial.
WHAT NIPPUR SAYS TO US
CONSIDERING how badly the huiiiuu
rnce U inclined to behave, (here is
a kiud of withering irony in the excel
lent code of laws uow in the possession
of the I'nnei-itj Museum. This recent
acquisition embodies the oldest set of
legal regulations ever discovered. It
consists of claj tablets found nt Nippur
and said to lie about ."000 jears old,
antedating t v n millennium the famous
rules of Iliiiiiinurabi.
Mot of the offenses in this ancient
code nie committed today. This is un
questiouablj saddening unless reflection
is accompanied by the thought that
there is, after all, something elevating
and epiial in this constant and con
sc ion struggle of frail humanity against
wrongdoing
.Mark Twain, when his subjective
pessinmrn was most acute, defied man
kind to be anything else than Inex
tinguishably cheerful. That perhaps is
one reason why the codes of Babylonia
have been re-enacted In varying forms
as thp Mcles have rolled on.
Furthermore, one feature of them
can be contemplated without discour
agement Control of property in slaves
whs rigidly regarded by the Mesopota
minn lawgivers. We have passed that
stage nt least. But as it required nearly
lite millenniums to reach that height, it
teliooes us not to be impatient of our
I other multitudinous backslldlngs. The
true cbnrrn of
an ideal is the pursuit
of it.
Cool weather js
holding back Kan
sas und Oklahoma
w heat retardinr but
Wheat
and Politics
uot hurting the crop. And the curious
condition therefore exists that for the
moment farmers there have more help
than they tieed "Watch for the sun,
then come a running," is the word sent
to all employment agencies. Ever and
anon thoughtful observers get the notion
that wheat-field bulletins are perhaps
more important than political conven
tions. You might not sus-
When the Bike pect tho fact on
Conies Back Broad street or the
Parkway, but the
fact Is being noted by athletic instruc
tors bicycle builders, economic stu
dents nnd observers of social phenomena
i tnt people are beginning to use their
lees acaln. This may be due to the in
tcresting circumstance that shank's
mare eats no hay, and the further en
lightening discovery that the silent steed
uses uo gasj
African golf has lost
Come Seven, some of its popu
Come Eleven larlty Iu Ablngton
township since eleven
men, seven of them well-known busi
ness men of Germantown nud Jenklii
A....... i, lnnlfAfl .... nn.l n.nwlla AmaI'
Are the numbers slgulHcant? W
thoujht co, too.
THE GOWNSMAN
Bringing Home tho Cow
TIIE Professor Is a dignified elderly
gentleman. But In the country he
makes certain concessions to rural con
dltlons. These consist In knickerbock
ers, neglige collnrs nnd neckwear that
he would not appear In before a class.
When he walks In the country he car
rles a cane, not for support, for he Is
still quite able afoot, hut ns a species
of sign strnngo custom handed down
the ages of n dignity if not n station
In life. When it wns suggested the
otlif r day that Genevra was going down
the hill nftcr her cow, the other men
of the household being otherwise em
ployed, the Professor offered his serv
ices ns nn aid and abetter in this lnud
able effort. For what could be a more
ngreeable prospect than this wnlk 'over
the hill, mostly down grade through
winding paths of woodland nnd
meadow? Moreover, Genevra is pleas
ing to look upon nud plcnsant to talk
to, for she Is n wise little country
womnn, without guile nnd possessed
besides of marvelous culinary attain
ments. On the wny down, beguiled
with chat and accompanied by n regu
lar swing of thn enne, it developed that
(ieuevra's cow consisted really of
Madam Bovinn herself, her elder daugh
ter, Bovinorn, r yearling heifer, nud
little Bovlnetta, as jet too joung to
trnxel much on legs. The Professor
had not bargained for quite so much,
but he nwalted developments nnd de
elopinruts came.
THE inrriage of Bovlnetta hi n bag
as to her legs, in a box ns to the
ret of her anatomy, on a working
Ford -had already been arranged for
all this the Professor was happy to
leain. Boinettn was already weighing
upward of sixty pounds, howsoever she
seemed all unsteady on her legs, each
with n tendency to go otherwhere. So
Bovlnetta wns left to await her limou
sine nnd the nttentlnn of Genevrn, who
knows a tiling or two, nnd the nt
tention of the Professor, who knows
nothing nt all nt least on this sub
ject wns centered on Mndnm Boviua
mid her amiable daughter. The Pro
fessor had been assured that Madam
wns n kind cow nnd the word "amia
ble" was the word employed, perhaps
euphemistically, ns to Bovinora. The
problem, after nil, looked simple enough.
Cntie jour "klne," for both were teth
ered iu the barn of a hospitable neighbor.
Drive them up the road "a piece," let
down "tiii' bars" of the pasture, through
which the toad lay down the hill.
"Head jour cattle" to the path, through
the bars and "herd" them along, turn
ing to the left when you reach the
top of the hill. The Professor rather
prided himself on the ease with which
lie acquired for immediate use technical
words like "head" nnd "herd" and
"kine" and "cattle." It seemed un
duly cautious to him on the part of
Genevra that she insisted tiint the kine
should be roped nbout the neck nnd
nose, at lenst until the pasture wns
reached and the bars passed. The Pro
fessor would have liked to begin the
"herding" nt once, nnd he remembered
that there wns n cowherd in Homer or
Theocritus or somewhere else. But
Genevra was firm ns to the ropes nnd
knew nil about them. Genevra is an
accomplished rountrywnman; wlint kind
of n countrjmau the Professor is it is
not important to inqiihc.
SO MADAM BOVINA nud Bovinora
were duly and skillfully roped by the
clever hands of Genevra and led suc
cessively oht of the barn The Professor
stood at attention, his cane In linnd.
He received Mndam Boinn first and
held her, or at lrnt the rope where
unto she wns attached, nonchalantly In
the left hnnd, his cane in his right. Bo
Una wns, as remarked before, a kiud
cow, ami jet the cane was embar
rassing. It occurred to the Professor
that it might not be good form to receive
under such cliciinistances, cane in hnnd.
As he was meditating whnt to do with
his cane, Bovinora catapulted out of the
barn door with Genevra aliantly but
somewhat innfusedl in tow. And the
Professor on whom the situution had at
last fully dawned, with the bravery of
a Bajard and the gullantry of a Raleigh
happily combined, insisted on exchang
ing ropes with Geneira in one of the
instanU jf i aim in wrict Miss Bovinoru
with head down was thinking what to do
next
I
T WOI LD be far easier to rernrd
what Bovinora did not do next thnn
what she ,j.i do , for she left very little
conceivable to the professorial mind not
undone First the Professor discarded
his cane, then his dignitj, then his hat.
as Bovinoru plunged u thr right or
bolted to the left. Now she wns horns
down with heels in air and off on a full
run. the Professor reluctantly dragging
after with accelerated strides; and anon
she stopped in full career and the
Professor went on, only to be hurried
wilh udly in another direction To tlu
credit of his profession hi it recorded
that the Professor held on to the rif.e
and shortened it until he moved with
greater uniformity und less diversity of
action us Bovinora gamboled and gal
loped slid nnd sidled, romped nnd
renrtd us Bovinora backed anil whirled
and pranced apd danced. It was a
pus ile deux in which It cannot be
truthfully said ihat the Professor danced
gracefully A great Alpine climber, who
wa likewise h scientist, under a shower
.1 fulllnf stones once calculated the
P'lruliolus ii their flight. It cannot be
said that our Professor was ns Interested
in the curves, the wlgglhigs, the in
wdutiotis. the spirals and contortions
of his flight with Bovinorn, It is said
thut the way of r maid tvith n man is
n thing past divining. Tho way of a
hufer with n professor lr its unex
pectedness is its peer and suns pareil.
ON PASSING the bar, the voyage
went more smoothly Loosened
and untied from her professor Bovi
nora behaved more decorously, and the
furmer now undertook the leading of
Bovinn, no verj difficult matter except
where a particularly succulent plot of
grnss delayed The only disadvantage of
this arrangement was tiint it leit
Genevrn behind to encourage Bovinora
at need with the end of tho rcpo; and
Genevrn flushed Is pleasing to look upon
and ut all times agreeable to talk -to
withal. The hill was made with the
turn to the left, and the best thing nbout
this bringing home of the cow was that
In the midst of all the ridiculousness of
the cone and the professorial gambols
with Bovinora. Genevra, wlso llttlo
countrywoman that she. is, never turned
an eyelash, Hhe did more. She retrieved
the cane, and brought it up with Boyl
nettaubagwd ,'? od In her Hmouf
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SHORTCUTS
AM Small Town Stuff Warren
Harding.
Germany will soon know Just how
much she will have to pay the piper.
The "wets" hnve received another
smack In the face. Burleson favors
their cause.
When the Pennsylvania' Horticul
tural Society "says It with flowers" it
rises to heights of eloquence.
Opponents of the governor of Ohio
for the nomination simply can't see nn
other Cox's army marching on to Wash
ington. We trust Mr. Borgdoll Is being
sufficiently entertained by newspaper
accounts of things appertaining to his
getaway.
The four stowawaj-s who escaped
from Ellis Island In a rowboat appear
to have had enterprise enough, at least,
to make good citizens.
In the opinion of Colonel Sheldon
Potter nnd William Hancock the plan
mapped by Mr. Mitten consists exclu
sively of intemperate zones.
After a cursory scanning of tho
sordid tale, the Cynical Cuss opines that
the Elwell murder myrtery is n cose of
much ado about next to nothing.
President Lowell, of Harvard Uni
versity, sajs that the story of Jonah Is
a parable nnd few nre shocked. This
shows how far the world has moved in
a generation.
Yeast is being used by a Brooklyn
man In the manufacture of n substitute
for gasoline. For the auto driver ns
for the friend of John Barleycorn the
sun of hope'iises In the jenst.
One vote-winning feature of the
Republican ticket is the fact that both
Hording nnd Coolldge are presumably
familiar with carpet-beaters, frozen
pipes, lawn mowers and snow shovels.
The pnssage by Council of the
boulevard bill brings to mind a curious
bit of carelessness, not to say callous
ness. Nobody for days past has in
quired concerning the health of poor
Mrs. Schmidt.
-By the ruling of the deputy com
missioner of public works, women's
bathing dresses arc to be regulated by
their consciences at Chicago bathing
beaches. The Cynical Cuss sees In this
more lntitiidc limn longitude.
There is distinct encouragement
for the school teachers in the fact that
the mntter nt issue has long ago passed
the stage where the advisability of an
increase of pay was open to argument.
Tlte question now is simply one of how
to raise the necessary cash.
During 101!) in California Japa
nese increased 111 per cent. Hindus
more than .":$ per cent nnd whites only
a trifle more than 8 per cent. There
mny be no yellow peril in the United
States, but the figures nre assuredly
a little startling. '
The Democrats don't blunder nil
the time. Champ Clark's declaration
thnt "the unfortunntc part Mr. Cool
idge had to play In the policemen's
strike iu Boston will help the Demo
cratic cause" is proof that the Great
I'nterrlfied mnde no error In defeating
him in the 1011 convention.
Assuming ns correct the declaration
of P. R. R. officials thnt the strike Is
failing, nnd the further declaration on
the part of the strikers that the strike
is gaining, there nre reasons for be
lieving thnt there arc no grounds for
belief; and beyond that, on the face of
the evidence, no fair mnn can be ex
pected to go.
"Only three children burned to
death in a jenr!" Naturally, with so
fine a iccord, Council could do no other
thnn kill the ordinnnce forbidding the
sale of "harmless" sparklerk. Still,
come to think of it, hero and there are
to be found people who think children
even more important to civilization
than "business.
Elegy
IN THE days of long ago
At conventions Democratic
Liquid amber ued to How ;
Cocktnils' kicks were most emphatic.
Platforms often were erratic;
OratorB were far fiom slow
At conventions Democratic
In the days of long ago.
Now. alas! the country's dry.
Kickers nil too long have tarried.
Those who for a kick would cry
By the Brynnites nre harried.
Frisco is a desert arid
And there's no oasis nigh.
Kickers all too long have tarried ;
Now, alas! the country's dry.
Democrats without a drink!
Patriots whose pants nre painful!
Burleson's too sore to think.
Cox has grieennces a train full.
Bryan ut Ijceums gaiuful
Swift has put them on the blink
Patriots whose punts nre painful!
Democrats without a drink!
G. A.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. When was Maryland settled?
Who rtas the father of Chautailnut.7
wizard?" 'S kn0W" aS lhe plant
Wha Italian city la famoui for It
macaroni .sausage, and liquors?
Who as Samuel Pepyg?
What lusticcH of tho United States
Supreme Court were member S
tie electoral commission that de-
of llaes- " 0t 187 ln ra"or
7. What is a corona?
8 W!.'L B,re;,t, w,r'ler wa known an
"The Inspired Idiot"'
9. Who wcro Ihe ItoBlcruclnns?
10. What Kreat composer was the father
of twenty children? tamer
Answers to Yesterday'a Quiz
1. In thf. Republican convention nt mnn
wnen Lincoln was nominated there
were eight candidates, but there
were no nominating enreehp
2. -Manhattan Island was first settled In
lOJO y
3. Sarn K Hlddons was n tragic nctres
of tho Ilrltlsh atage. born Ju y 6
175B. died Juno 8. 1831 y B'
4 "("'abater originally meant in old
French a place Inclosed by trellla
work, later, a tavern
E, Flag Day lias oeen celebrated Blnce
1889, when Hoorire Rolen, u New
Yoilc teacher with his klnderuar.
ten pupils held patriotic exercises.
t Ilalkh Is a town nnd district iri
Afghan Turkestan. l m
7. Montnna according to the director
of the department of education of
tho RubscU Sage Foundation, has
the best nil-round school system in
the United States. ' m ln
U A canabotu l a very large shark In-
iiuiuiiiiK uueji Yvuicra ou ine coast
tt Europe, .
Baint Chfld of .ceaclUa wa nn Knir.
Ush, prelateMhoTdled In tft.
Australia wa discovered,, by . the
ioriurueae in iei.- w
1 jliU
DR. EDGAR F. SMITH SEES
BIG FUTURE FOR COLLEGES
Retiring Provost, of U. oj P. Predicts Wide Expansion of Uni
versities Overcrowding a Temporary Condition.
Says West Should Serve as Model
SUPREME faith and great optimism
for the future of American colleges is
Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith's final word as
provost of the University of Pennsyl
vania. The distinguished educator, seemingly
ns busy as ever in hiv office in the
Chemical Laboratory Building, yet al
ready serene in his freedom from the
cares of his arduous office, tnlked quiet
ly nud freely on the subject he knows so
well education.
His optimism extends farther than
the matter of colleges nnd universities.
He prophesied happily concerning edu
cation ns a great fntor In Americn's
future. He pictured education as a
stanch ship, under full sail, uow bent
lug through heavy seas, but always
pressing steadily on, and bound to reacli
quieter waters, and her destination n
newer, broader nnd more perfect ideal,
now only a promise and n hope.
No Fear for Future
"If she will keep a steady keel," he
said, "and if those interested in her will
not let themselves bo disbiindcd from the
accomplishment of their tnsk, we have
no reason to fear for the future."
The retiring provost predicted a
steady increase In college enrollments,
but be declared that that increase would
not be as large in the future as It has
been for the lnBt few years.
"The war has been responsible for
the recent leaps and bounds in attend
ance at universities," said the provost.
"That same war has set the world to
wondering and marveliug ut the effi
ciency of home people jes, of the Ger
mans, In particular, who accomplished
o much by speclolizcd training. It is
being renllzed that education con
tributed very largely to that efficiency.
"People who have never heretofore
taken any Interest In higher education
have been attracted to it. Many who
never had money enough to purchase It
have suddenly found that money In thoir
pockets. They have spent their war
earnings, home of them, to give their
sons nn education, and they have been
RfltiflftCtl,
"It is a mistake to think thnt this
class will lose their suddenly aroused
interest in institutions of higher leurn
ingt These groups of people w ill ilwnys
in tho future bo a source of plentiful
supply for the colleges of America."
Sees Collego Expansion
To tako care of the ever increasing
enrollment, Doctor Smith predicted a
proportional enlargement nnd espan
aion of colleges nlrendy established
rather than the creatlou of new insti
tutions. State, universities und pri
vately erdowed colleges as well as
those of a 'denominational character,
will be those which will expiud to
meet the demands
"The question ot unnnciai huppou,
the provost admitted, "will continue to
be the most vital obstacle, but 1 fee)
sure that people will ake up to the
necessity of paying for their educa
tional ndvantnges. The West hlinuld
serve as our oiodel, both in the matter
of public education nd the establish
ment of large state-run unherslties."
Asked ivny it m mt est uas
been more willing to loosen its purso
strings for this purpose, Doctor Smith
"I think It is a fact that in the East
hero we huve a condition, not exactly
the class system oi Europe, out more or
less approximating it. There is t. large
group bo wealthy, and whose fathers
nnd grnndfathera before them were, so
wealthy, that the matter of worrying
over educational privileges is unkuowu
to them.
People on One Plane
"In the West It Is different. In the
past, nt any rate, people have been
more nearly on one plane. Education
has been a common problem, and every
man, in planning for his own son's
educatlou. has naturally been Interested
in inoi, ni nw uit,uwi vumi, inn
rwult. h been.that everyone; , bcm
nxloUH to t;qutrHuU 'to education.
in that of hlB neighbors' chiUlren, TJm
ElOUH IP rquvnuiiir io munition.
"Annruw iacuc ai nag neineii iin-
WONDEp.
"West is that the universities hnve been
more generous. They hnve been more
willing to let down the bars to those
desiring to enter. Their curriculum
hnve been freer. Coeducation naB
been n common feature. Thu old, staid
nnd conservative institutions in the
East mny have to follow suit. I am
not sure, but I believe they will not be
found wnnting in tho crisis."
Doctor Smith shook his head Bhrcwd
ly when asked If ho believed that the
suggested merger of th three big in
stitutions of. the state, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania nnd Penn State, would
become a rcnllty.
"I've considered the matter thor
oughly, and I can't say if such a mer
ger will come to pas's iu the nenr future.
It might, but there is much Bcntlment,
especially among the college alumni,
against it.
Worked Out in West
"It would seem much more satisfac
tory to contribute to one great insti
tution rather than several smaller ones,
nnd, on the fnco of it, the plan would
seem to be nn excellent one to provide
the needed equipment by htnto aid, but
well, its nctual fulfillment is another
matter. We do know, however, that It
hns been worked successfully out west,
in such states as Kansas and Okla
homa." No radical change in curriculum? of
colleges is foreseen by Doctor Smith.
"I do not think there will be any
further specialization such ns wo have
seen in tho Inst decade," he declared.
"But I look to bee the colleges .run
nlong, as they are now, maintaining
their academic nnd arts courses for
those who want them, nud giving such
technical courses as they seem fitted
to glvo. Schools of business llko tho
Wharton School will continue to flour
ish, ns they nttrnct n class of men who
would never think of nttcndiug college
under the old conditions. To give you
nn idea of tho popularity of such
schools, I need only mention that there
have4 been more than 1000 applicants
for admission to the Wharton School
next year."
A question as to tho future of ath
letics caused the provost to smile re
flectively. "Yea, ns you know, I've always been
an advocate and a friend of college ath
letics. I see no reason to believe that
they will not assume mi even more
prominent position thnn they now hnve.
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Professorships in sports nre by no
means beyond the hounds of possi
bility." As the shadows deepened in the cool
quiet of the doctor's office the talk
drifted ine'vltnbly to the situation in
Philadelphia's public schools and the
tenchcr's salary question.
"Again, in this case. I have great
faith," the provosr said. "I feel thnt
the shortage will be overcome and not
only that, but that the public schools
will get a better class of teachers. The
present situation arose unexpectedly,
out of a clear skv. Thev weren't nre-
pared for it, and for the time they were i
swnmpeu, but they'll never let them
selves be caught in such a position
again. The colleges and universities'
will provide more nnd more teachers to
the country, Mnny have nlreadv es
tablished choirs in education. Others
will follow. Incidentally, the colleges
themselves will continue to improve
their teaching forces, becauso they are
beginning to realize and again the
West led tho way that money must be
spent if the proptr men arc to be pro
vided "
Doctor Smith paused here and shifted
in his sent with that tireless enerjj
peculiar to him. It was easy to nee
that he was profoundly stirred br the
hope which was in his heart of thi
future of learning Quickly and feel
ingly ho brought the subject to his be
loved Pennsylvania, whose work he had
guided for so many years.
"Tho University Is all right," he
said, his eyes lighting, "she will go on.
She's only getting ready to do the great
things -planned for her. The fulfill
ment will surpass even the expectation.
I see for her expansion, added prestige,
added glory, illimitable promise.
"You nnd J will live to see it."
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