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P A rhiUdrlohin. rridsr. Jul? 1. 1521
HALL'S GAS PLAN
COUNCILMAN HALLS iirnpostl tli.it Hi
prlcp of kh- lir riiNpil tn Sl.i'i n tlinii-iiiiil
' feet would uinkr n i- u-n't-i-nlili- Iiipithm' In
the rPiPiitiPH uf tin- kii- i iitiiiiiii,i .
Yet tlip Cnuneiltiinii "a lluit In- iimkcs
the iiroiimal in the liili'rfst f tin- mti
sTumcrR. "I brlipve tlipitiblip willing to
pay well for sood service," ln ays.
The publii" Is willing to iny a tPii.onablp
l?prlce for what It gets, but it will not regaril
with any entlniMaMii the pro.oet of mi in
crease of 2."i iier cent in tlie animiiit uf lis
gas bills.
Of the present priee of $1 a thousand
cubic fret, only eent -tie cents Kes into
the treasury of the ;n.s onipiin. The other
twenty-tip rents noes into the City Treas
ury, where it is withdrawn bj the vote of
Counclliiinn Hall and those who vote with
him to pay. nmonK other things, the salaries
of ubpIpms employes in their friend .!inlj;e
'Brown's Munieipal Court and to pnj the
street-cleaninB pontrni'tiir Sl.'O.Oflll pmlit
for the Inst three month of the year whirli
might have been ned to the tuxpajers if
Mr. Hall had the public interest as much at
heart as he professes.
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT
WHEN President Harding noiiiinnteil for.
mcr President Tnft to the chief justice
hip of the Cnlted States he did what was
exprcted of him.
The name of Mr. Tnft was the first one
that came to the lips when the vac.inci in
the olliee occurred. His qualifications for
the place are universally admitted. I ! i
V judge by inclination and training. Since
he left the beneh he tins held Inch executive
office and Iiiih been concerned in solving
tbnny questions which required' the cvcieise
ol judicial temper, and he has been tnori
intimately connected with the settlement ot
frcat national and international problems
fV'than any other man who has held the chief
justiceship.
jThe appointment will give general sat
isfaction. The President lias honored him
self by ninkim: it
f.
THE DAWES PLEDGE
.
GENKItAL DAWKS has begun his wiK
ill Wnshington by reminding the men
who spend the public money that tliej have
flme obligations to tnhe cognizance of con
ditions outside of their department). He
(id it by asking nil the bureau chiefs present
at a meeting presided over by Mr. Harding
to stand nml then bv raising his right hand
and saying most impressively to the Presi
dent: J Theso men. of whom I am one. re.illn
that the business of the country Is pios
"trate ; that Its working men are out nf em
ployment : that wn ar faced with lne
orablo neeest-lty of reducing expenditures,
und wo propose. Just as wo did four ears
go to win the wnr. to try to do It. And
that's all wo can do.
I Nobody in Washington has ever before
' thought thnt there wiih an inexorable nece
Jty to save money. Everything that Con
gress bus appropriated has been spent, and
when that was not enouih to cover the bills
tur" succeeding Congress has been asked to
make additional appropriations to cover the
deficiencies. And Congress has done it.
jMr, Dawes ns the rcpresc'ntativc of tlie
president is pledged to bring nbout rigid
economies, and he has set out to prepare
tf-budget of expenditures for the vear just
beginning which shall fall as far as possible
within the appropriations instead of exceed
ing them. Only in this way can there lie
relief from the excessive bin den of taxation.
RAIN
SHERE were cynics who, talking of the
drought In these parts, insisted thut
le weather gentleman was merety saving
Jl his rain for the Fourth of Julv. From
)e forecaster's office, however, the news
, pm.es thnt the great rtny will lie. in all
. lrobnhllity, warm and clear, as summer holi-
daya always should be.
So. fpr the time being nt least, fair minded
sople will let bygones be bygones s() far
s the weather man is concerned He has
iiiTi in ansnnr for nf eolirsn ItoF h.i ll,l
v'nnace to cet his rain down out of the
' bKcs !u the nick of time.
tfTuVe was something actually dramatic
about hi? performance on this occasion. Tlie
corn in New Jersey the corn for which
every one is Impatiently waiting had begun
iq curl nt the edge of the liusU. That ih a
sten of nppronchiii'; death. Potatoes wore
j?1 withering i the dry ground. No showeis
xiefer were more liaiii.v needed tiinn those t lint
rriYCII Ull-T no- uot iniiij .
'fjjjH Statistics from the Department of Agri
Knilture nt Ilarrisburg show thnt thousands
'dt'farm previously abandoned in this State
tero again put under cultivation last spring.
fghe pnrtial drought must have been a great
', trial to nil new farmers, 'llie rnin ought to
7 i .LJ. ..lli II ... tl...t
Mr,wivc wivir spii lir us rii os no-ii i'iojis.
vtt . nifsviAr- -i-rt -T-ur" -r-rr A Al lr-nrs
y-.K JUSI iod iu inc. ir.v.nr.no
I fTtllR higher pay Kcheduie for public sehool
J. trachera upproyed iiniininiously in n
lWjioiution passed by the Hoard of Educi
JiAiAi voKterdnv contains several novel features
mated l raise ine Miiiiiiniu oi insinic
p this city 7'lie substantial increases
salaries oi eiementnry sciiool teachera
n gratifying recosnltion of the re-
.JwieiblliticH of instructors in the lower
iMeasuring the worth of educational labors
i the character of the subject taiigln is
'i.
V(qt necessiirily accurnte As a matter of
'act. although high scholastic ncliievi inenis
ikiay bo demanded of teachers in the upper
MHIOOUV Ilirir uuiicn hit ncquciiij.i less
Wu-us' than those of men or women en
lit instructing younger pupils.
1 Mil reason the extension or the mnxi
47 fr elementary teacncru to .kwo
Utta " tBpecIally commeudable. Mxtra
H
J"Lj t
group, ns It is cnllcrl. The exactions can
hnrdly fnil to be henellcinl to the teachers
personally as well as to the whole system.
In several Instances the new schedule,
which applies not only to elementary schools,
junior high schools and high schools, but also
to clerks, janitors, librarians niid matrons,
is even more generous than thnt outlined In
the PInegnn bill passed nt the last-sesslo'n of
the Legislature. The Hoard of Education In
this instnuce hns given n heartening exhibi
tion of hrnnd-mimleilness and of a sense of
public duty .
THE BORAH RESOLUTION IS
A CONGRESSIONAL GESTURE
But Its Reflection of Popular Sentiment
Must Be Considered In Relation to
the Harding-Hughes Program
PRESIDENT IIAJtDIMi has seen fit to
combine with his indorsement of tlie gen
eral principle of disarmament a somewhat
significant definition nf tlie functions and
activities of the. executive branch of the
Government.
"I think it lias been pretty' well under
stood." declared the Pi evident in his letter
to Iteprc.seulntiM' Miuidell. "thnt the iidmiu
istrutivc branch of the Government has til
tpiidv been seeking inf i million, with regard
to the attitude of foreign tuitions- on tlie
general subject of disarmament. These in
quiries mid negotiations will he continued
and the time and manner in which they mny
be formally presented to foreign Governments
can only bo developed after fuller develop
ment of the inquiries initiated."
Heie is decidedly more than a hint that
the Stale Department is nlhc to its respon
sibilities and nn intlmnti'Mi that neilher
the PicNldciii nor Mi. Hughes intends to
t'deinte tlie substitution of slmwj m-lhoils
for llios. carefully adjusted to ihc dclh-ut"
and iiiii'jntp necessities of the international
piiiblem.
The overwhelming vote by which the
Borah amendment to the Naval Appropria
tion I till, urging the President to invite
Great llritnln and Japan to participate with
the I'nited States in a disaimameiit confer
ence, wns passed in tlie House is open to
several interpretations.
There can be ho question that the senti
ment of tlie Nation is cmphnticnll In fnvor
of the reduction of arninmeiils. not onh by
ourseUes. but by the other leading Govern
ments of the world.
Congress has espoused a popular cause.
There is solace itf this fact, since in tlie end
public sentiment is almost ccitain to lie
translated into deeds.
The obstacles in tlie way of prompt and
conclusive performance are, and have been
eer since the l,eague-of -Nations covenant
was brought to this country by Mr Wilson,
twofold.
Honest differences of opinion concerning
methods have bef'ii one clog upon progress.
The oilier olistm le is politics.
'I lie iiilliience of the latter did not cease
with the change of Administration. Con
gress is still eager to pose as Hie director of
our diplomatic destinies. Tlie expert and
autluritatie processes of the State Depart
ment are often undrnmatic. As the de
men nor of Congress j usually otherwise,
sjmpatlt.v for the constitutional activities of
tlie Executive in foreign affairs seldom
whole-hearted in tlie National Legislature.
Mr. Harding alieadv has been proved to
be an official of temperate scnsiliilities. If
the nbji t of Congress nnllv has been to
force his linud he has tactfully lefiained from
publicly iidmittitig such a possibility. whili
at the same time intimating that specific
recommendations interest him less than
declarations of broad principles.
And Ibis probably menus that he will
construe the Borah amendment as a respoii
sihle Chief Magistrate should. The measure
is a request, not a mandate. It is not likely
that the call for n conferr nee, praiseworthy
in the abstract though it mnv be. will be
allowed to iuterfeie with the processes of
reconstruction et in motion by Secretary
Hughes.
At the present moment the I'ornli amend
ment may be useful to Old-World nations.
lhenielves powcrfulh aimed, who have been
disturbed b American armament prepara
tions. Its salutary moial effect may be
granted without accepting the idea that it
immediately oxerliiins the program in course
of oiderh development by the President and
his advisers
DON QUIXOTE'S SUCCESSOR
W5
lli'.N Don Oiiixote went forth to battle
the windmills he was not troubled
by a jeering and antagonistic nudicn -e.
Sancho Pana. wewing the charge from afar,
wns all sympathy. Life is mine complicated
now than it was then.
Here, for example, is V C MeConnell.
who just has been named as prohibition en
forcemeat officer in I'ennsy Ivaiini and ordered
to a task thut mnkes the self-imposed travail
of Don Quixote seem relntiveh puerile
Before the Washington wire Hint carried
the news of the appointment had cooled, the
air was tilled with the objections of many
cnrnet prohibition advocates, who express n
fear that Mr. Mi Council will not or cannot
do the job assigned to him.
Perhaps there is justification for this fear
There would be justification for it even if
Sherlock Holmes himself were chief prohi
bition enforcement officer in Pennsylvania.
Mr. MeConnell seems to be a middle of-the-rond
man. He voted for the Slate Dry
Law fathered bv Governor Spioul. but
turned almost inimedmtelv to cast n vote
for a bill which would have legalized -.7."
per cent beer- the old-fashioned bre--in
this Stnte What his convictions may he
does not grentlv matter in a linnl analysis,
Tlie simple fail is thnt until the I-Vdeinl
Government or l lie State pi o ides vastly
increased appropriations for the suppression
of the tnillic in stron1; liquors the Dry Laws
cannot be fairly cnioiecd
The men appointed to manage the revised
enforcement tnstetu in Pennsylvania will
be as biidlv off as their predecessors. Be
cause of n la k of funds they will vvmk
with a vvhollv iiirnlcquutc field ( I'nder
the new plan the weight of the respnnsi
Inlitv will lest on tlie chief and on three or
four assistants who are to receive salaries
approximating SliOOII a veae
It is difficult to sec how tin situation can
be nnv more promising under tlie new nr
riingeiuent than it was under the old one.
There will be casual raids nlid the enforce,
meiit agents will coniinue lo wnse a sort of
guerrilla warfare upon violators of the Vol
stead net. The fire of criticism hitherto
scattered over an area thnt reaches from
"evv York to the Federal Building nt Ninth
and ChesVnut streets will be concent rated
on Mr MeConnell. Mr MeConnell is prob
nblv prepared for it. Othciwisc he would
not have accepted the nppoinlmi nt
The dry age. therefore, is not brought nnv
neaicr by a chnnge of the Administration
and the acceptance of "the new enforcement
plan."
But it i coming nearer, nevertheless, hi
obedience to forces thnt hnve little relation
lo. legislative experiment. 'Hie countrv has
been having its ding with bootleg whisky and
it is approaching the period of the headache,
the morning of realization and remorse.
Alii one with half an eve knows that the
acceptaiuc of tlie Volstead act hi Washing
ton iictuallv stimulated general interest in
nlc diolic beverages. It did more than that.
It ii p urn nctiinlly to hnvp stimulated thirst.
Cnsiinl drlnkei'f became enthusiastic dallicrs
with the prohibited tire vvnter nieiely be
cause It "us prohibited and therefore en
dowrd with something "I the notoriously
attractive flavor of forbidden fruit More.
over, there seems j-s""' ucv" diuuuuiu
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,
deleimiiiatlon mining some folk to convince
themselves Hint they couldn't be uidered
about that their personal rights couldn't
be policed nvvaj
Something like an orgy followed. Now it
Is waning. Tlie amnteiirs' are being cured
by high prices and bendnches. The pride of
others bus. been satisfied. People of c cry
sort are beginning to rcallr.c that they hnve
been wasting n lot of time and a lot of
nurhe.v in very foolish ways. The illicit
whisky busjness is falling off. And it will
continue to fall off slowly until little but a
memory Is left of It.
Meanwhile, pnforcpmpiit officials can only
do their best at a hard job nut! take the guff
of criticism.
THE FIRST TARIFF STEP
THE first thing to nolo In conncitiiiii with
the Foidne.v Tariff BUI Is thnt It Is
not the bill which finally will be passed.
The House of Representatives surren
dered its tariff-making functions years ago.
The Wnys and Means Committee hns been
in the habit of drafting a bill and reporting
it to the House. Then after about a week
of debate the bill Iiiih been pnssed under n
special rule and forwarded to the Senate.
The Senate takes up the matter and drafts
such a bill as seems best to . passes it and
sends it over lo the House, and the House
usually nsrers with the Senate. In one
notorious instance (he Semite eliminated all
but the enacting clause fiom the House bill
mid substituted nn cntlrrly new bill of its
own. '
TIip renon for the adoption of this method
is thnt the House is so big thnt it cannot
construct n bill affecting so many interests
as are affected by a Tariff Bill. It has be
come practirallv Impossible for Ihc members
to agree nnioii themselves on the lariff
selc (lilies. They have ti permit the Senate
to make ihc schedules, which they accept
witli slight modifications.
Representative Foidney sns that the bill
as it has coide from his committee will yield
$1100.0110.000 at the present rate of imports:
but he says that he hopes that tiie bill will
"curb imports." This Is what the old
fashioned protectionists always expected of
n Tnriff Law. The more enlightened pro
tectionists of tlie present dnv are hoping for
a bill thnt will encourage exports and will
permit such n development of the import
trade as will enable the foreign debtors to
pay wlint thev owe to the I'nited Stntes and
to Americnii business men. In other words,
the Tnriff Law must be drafted so as to
protect international trade ns well as the
home market.
It would be easy to draft a law which
would shut off imports. mt it would produce
no revenue. If the Inw Is to give us revenue
it must permit imports in considerable vol
ume. Even Mr. Fordney knows this. He
hopes thnt it will yield nt lenst SI 00,000.000
more levenue thnn the present Tnriff Law.
rortiinnteh, the bill takes cognizance of
the fact that the Cnlted States hns become
a creditor nation, for It permits the Presi
dent to enter inlo tnriff negotiations with
other nations and to modifv the rates fixed
in the bill in such a way as to encourage
international trade. Some provision of this
kind must be in tlie bill as it Is finally passed
if grave financial disaster is to he averted.
We cannot ignore the necessities of tlie iPst
of the world, ns our prosperity is tied up
with tlie prosperity of France and England
and Geminiiv and Italy and Russia and the
other nations.
If the Senate can perceive this when it
tnkes up the work of perfecting the Fordney
bill, the inensiire which is linnllv se.it to the
President for his signature will justify
itself to the informed intelligence nf the
country.
GOOD OMENS FOR THE BRIDGE
THE election of Ralpl) Modjcski. Lauience
Ball and George S. Webster ns perma
nent members of the Board of Engineers
of the Bridge Commission is a stimulating
exhibit of the spirit of cnterpiise animating
a gieal public undertaking. .
There is no dispute ah nit tlie qualifica
tions of the.e experts. They ale competent
to set an inspiring pace of progress nnd of
inaugurating the pioper stride of achieve
ment. Fiom the public and the politicians - as
the case mny be the heartiest co-operation
is due. New .lersev already lias established
an excellent example in its energetic mar
keting of bridge bonds.
With tun mnl allowances for disappoint
ments, it i beerfiillv mnv be said that the
Delaware Bridge piograin is launched under
more favorable auspices than any monumen
tal public enterprise in this region. Legisla
tures inclined perhaps to be dilatory when
appropriation times come around will please
take notice of the change.
THE CHARM OF PYROTECHNICS
THE city Is to lie congratulated lor not
interpreting a "sane Fourth" as a dull,
stupid and uneventful national holiday The
granting of fifteen permits for tlie displav of
fireworks by community organizations is
quite in keeping with the festnl spirit.
There are no secondary intentions." no
iusulii us "hack thoughts." no hidden and
disturbing implications in pyrotechnics as a
display in the heavens. They nre simply and
truuklv, openly and unaffectedly, naively and
charmingly beautiful. But like main of the
most ingratiating inventions of man. they
are dangerous in the hands of the inexpert.
'I lie municipality has caiefully considered
rhis lcgrettnhlc fenture of their make-up
ami the licenses have been granted only
uft'T a careful survev of the special cir
cuinsiani es of each i ase. One permit was
denied because no point could be found where
i he pieces could be set off nt n distance more
than HII0 feet nvvav from neighboring build
ings. It is significant that virtually nil of the
exhibitions planned will he given in the
suburbs or outlying districts of the city.
The time may come when municipal displays
of fireworks in Fnirmniiiit Park may he re
vived The display, as eitv expendiiuies go,
would noi lie hiirdensoniel costlv It could
In made a brilliant and attractive feature
of tlie lelehrutlon in tlie birthplace of Ameri
can liberty.
I'nder proper supervision, the penis of the I
undi rtnking could be i educed to a minimum.
A TRIUMPH OF WIRELESS
J I B1LANT army men ine talking today
of the "ease" with which their fliers
located hud bombed the appointed target
when. In n vnst sham battle with the nnvy,
they found the battleship Iowa in open water
off the Capes and dropped two heavy bombs
on her within two hours after they had been
sent to seoul over some hundreds of miles
of oeuin for the "invndiiii fleet " Vet the
triumph of the living men pales a little In
i oinpaiison with tlie work dmie on that oc
casion It v radio men iu the navy.
The old lown was found steaming along
n( n lively clip. She turned when the airmen
appeared and uuineiiveied to avoid thpjr
bombs. Yet tbeie was not a soul aboard of
her Iier bridge, her engine room, her
cnbins were deserted AVIieless impulses
from another vessel five miles astern op
erated her steam valves and her rudder and
even sovcrneil the pressure of steam iu lui
geneinlois
'llie limit of iinlin control for battleships
oi nirplnnes- is not live nnl"s. flow gl( lr
it is onlv the radio engineers know. To
Imagine what tlie next war mnv be like if
there is to lie n next war vou may imagine
n vessel like the Iowa loaded vvitlHiigh ex
plosives and seil pell meli into ("he heart
nf an opposed fleet or nn airplane similarly
charged sent winging through the air and
dropped into the streets of & besieged city.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Appeal for Help That Appears
Personal but Isn't Works Harm
Not Only on the Recipient but i
Also on the Sender
By SARAH I). I.OWRIK
A FRIEND nf mine showiM me a letter
that had been sent lo her mother by a
very up-iiml-tloiiig secretary of a well
known philanthropic organization of this city.
The quotation, which is given below, shows
how careful he was lo make his appeal
Miunil personal. And It would no doubt have
been suciessful in Its grieved exigency it the
lady to whom It was carefully addressed, as
though dictated to her alone, had not been
dead three years !
Cnder thee clicumsinnecs, the following
quotation from the letter is funny or irritat
ing funny If you think of the removed
serenity of the departed lady; Irrltntlng
when you consider the complaisant ignorance
of the exigent secretary:
Cnder separate cover we nre mailing
n copy of our nnnunl report for 1020. We
t hit nk you for the aid you gave us In the
pnst. We trust you will feel Hint we have
accounted for and that you approve of our
stewardship.
We arc yery miiili puzzled because our
previous letters hnve 'not brought jour
co-opcrqtlon this jenr. Over (100 other
members hnve renewed, but jou hnve not.
Won't you do so now ? The contribution
which we ask of you Is not large, but,
combined with contributions from others,
will enable us to carry on our work.
IN THIS particular instance tbe failure to
expunge tlie former contributor's name
from tlie lisls of the organization was bad
iill'ne (iversighl. because tlie executor of tlie
lady's estate had had a notice of her dentil
sent lo the trensiiicr of each pliilanthiopy to
whielj she had been a contributor within
three months of her death, i ('questing that
no further, notices be sent in her name.
Of course, one knows ihat there arc twenty
possibilities of such n mlschnnce occurring in
spite of reasonable chip of nn amateur sort,
but in putting nn organization for 'the car
rying on of some public work on n business
basis amateur responsibility should be
scrapped. Not because such a mistake as
Vtlie above is only too likely to hurt or irri
tate some friendly soul, but because It is bad
advertising, faulty selling of nn idea, very
poor business nml liable to hurt the oigani
y.atloti in tlie eyes of a part of the public
that has been, if anything, prejudiced in Its
favor in the pnst.
FOR the more specially nnd cleverly nn
appeal is worded to appear pcisonnl, the
greater Its fnilure if it is n palpable fake
that is. n general letter disguised as a
special one.
That is teally bad psychology! Perhaps
oni e a month during the course of the winter
,1 iceelve whut pin ports to be u pcrsonul
"letter asking fqr my personal help for n
family whose name mid tingle vicissitudes
are toucliingly set forth. The gift put up to
me as tlie benefactor will leave me a derelict
If I do not respond forthwith by a check
large enough to see them through, in the
eyes of the lemniknhly cool nml judicial
young vvnninn who signs tlie appeal.
Now. my reaction to these letters is com
plete liidiffeience to the appeal, and wonder
that the young woman Is allowed to spend
the depleted funds nf thnt organization by
sending such letters broadcast. I am indif
fcient beiause I know thnt I urn one ol many
hundreds to n he that extremely persona!
appeal: thnt in the event of ten out of each
bundled responding, the pitiful family in
question would be over-fed and over-pensioned.
Having been treasurer of more than
one charity, I know that no printed general
appeal goes out without getting a response
fiom enough persons t pay for the sending
of all tlie appeals and with n balance to
spare. I know also that bona fide special
appeals Ke( at least HO per cent more than
Impersonal general appeals.
LET us say this young woman's take spe
cial appeals for thej are actually gen
eral, nut worueu 10 seem special ocguiic
some persons of sentimental natures lo.glv
because they are partly taken iu by the
seeming personal touch, the money she makes
does not. I think, compensate for the money
she alienates. She is sunlit, but she is that
unbusinesslike thing, too sinnrt ! She over
estimates the sentimentality of the giving
public and under-estlmates its fundamental
sense of duty .
She hns found the tiick worked with nn
nppicclnhle few, and while doubtless de
spising the public for teqiiirlng names and
pathos and ihc llattery of a personal plaint,
she pours out her fake personal appeals
about specific cases to a public that her ex
perience seems lo tell her cannot be moved
to give by less sentimental and nunc candid
menus.
But I think In the end sh0 iictuallv cooks
the goose that lays the golden egg, and, like
t he secietnry who specialized on n Inug-dend
benefactor, she is making callous an unsen
timental body of givers who I'uiil her methods
"n bit too thick."
tf. i:
1 she
IN describing the nieds of one family.
appealing to otu
person she let it be taken
for granted t tic appeal was typical, there
would be no excuse for a dutiful person
wlio hud the money to slip from under with
out a qualm of loiiM'ieiicc, whhh ill the end
would tell, if not this mouth, then next '.
Bui one i an slip fiom under her disin
genuous appeals nt least I find that I am
no exception in not giving to the organization
for which such litters as hers have been the
chief advertisement with a lei ling of dis,
taste and wonder that so vvoithj a cuuse
should be so painstakingly nu-iiitci ptcted,
TIIE vvhob question of how much of the
money given to philiiuthiopy should be
expended' iu gelling mole money Is u ery
i riiei.il "lie.
The vciy fact that any appeal more than
pnv for Itself makes the prlutim; and mull
ing and sending It bmniliai s in s(l justi
fiable that the temptation- almost (he duly
of a harassed Ways u nil Means Committee
is seiiieelv questioned But an appeal does
two things, whether it Is viiy successful or
only partly so. It lessens the chunces for
another npptnl of some other oiKiiniatiou
and It puts a time limit on a second appeal
fiom the organiz.alon thnt has sent it out.
Instead of being used as a i usual makeshift
for n casual Hied, al the iscretinu of a
committee that is looking for something lo
tide it over, it should he used witli the
uiealest tine ami torctiuuiglit ami with
ii giave si use of responsibility, not only
toward the objei I to lie attained hy one's
spnlal oiganiz.ation, but with a sense of ic
spousibility lowaid other organizations which
may full utteil.v brut use we have partly
s,ii eroded.
T
too, thut f in sending a
general appeal ( fake-speelal or frankly
impersonal I you mnv pnrm succeed Hint
is, if in spite of n small per cent of givers,
you pnv all the expenses and have a mod
crate balance vou have aeliiHlly expended
most of those gifts befom vou received them
on the expense of the appeal, ho that as a
trustee of tlie nionev vim have not spent it
for the cause for which vou asked it or tin
the object for lit- Ii it was given. What
you have done, theicfore, has been bnd husl
iiess, however wcll-liitenlluued. Iu the
business world your Intentions would not
save jou from being legurded as n fnilure.
rV COl'RSE, tbeie have to be some
nver-
J bend expenses
lo even gift, ami the
giver or Hie gilt s llie peison lo pnv Ihosc
overhead expenses. If you want the Negi iii's
in the center of Africa loiiveilcd lo your
paitlcilhir blend of Christlanlly - pie'sb.v
tcriaii. Methodist. Baptist or (.'ongiegalioiial
-and are wiMing lo pa for It, voui i heck
has got o he vvalti'd over by some means
oilier t li u II thinking II llicie, An envelope,
a stamn and written Instinct bins bine to go
with li
If vou launot semi it direr t, the person
'lo vviiom you mini' u must bcuu it, u he
sends it without payment from you, jou nip
in ins .inn. m you pny tor mc sending, Hi
gillis gumpis-ici juius.
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FRIDAY, JULY
.1021
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. FRANK B. AYDELOTTE
On Quality in Education
QIALITV rather than quantity in educa
tion must now lie the aim of tlie Im
portant colleges and universities of tlie
country If Ihey nre to nccompllsh the best
results witli the means nt hand, in the
opinion of Dr. Frank It. Ajdelottc. president
of Swnrthinore College and secretary of
Rhodes Scholarship Foundation In the
I'nited Stntes.
"The time hns come." said Dr. Aydelotte.
"when these Institutions of lenming must
take n decided stnnd nn this mutter. With
the enormous growth In deinnnd for higher
education and the limited means which they
have nn hand, they must limit the numbers
which they tench nnd concentrate on those
best equipped with Intellectunl power io
go on. '
"This does not mean that the rest of those
knocking on the gates shall be dented ad
mission to the portals of higher learning.
This demiind can and will be caved for in
other wiivs. But If those of Inherent genius
nnd great intellectual power hip to lie ue-
veloped as they deserve and we are to pro
duce big men and women lo handle the
gigantic problems that do anil will confront
us. we must liegln to couceuuiiii.-.
Must Draw Line Somewhere
"I do not mean thai4 the total studenl
membership of these Institutions yf learn Itu!
Khali be made up exclusively of intcl cclial
we must liegin to couccnuim.-.
Must Draw Line Somewhere
i a., not mean thnt the total student
I
Minn "'. " "v.' . i .::.... ..i... .1, .,,,1,,,,
giants, I s inporiaut nun wc m-" - i
a large body of less gifted but substantia
men Tmd women, who form the bone and
siuevv of our Nation, ns well.
"But ns londitlobs are now and probably
will continue to be. the line must be driivvir
somewhere. The future will sec this gieatly
increased demand for higher education met
v tl inore State universities, city colleges
, junior ...lieges Most of the States in
the country now hnve the I11M of om..
which because of their greater inco n
through public taxes nnd other sources aie
'. abli'.l to cover a wide and varied Held
..'el , ,.llPiri. idea must iiintcrliill.e
i short 'time. The junior cnllrgi
lllllsl
come. too. II bus been tried siicci
nr : I kiioIiI move 1IOI
fulh In
onlv an
V Illlioiiuii. ...." ""- ,.,,, ,, ,i,,
economy but a satisuicuuy moo... ...
problem provided by the pieseiit demand oi
iier education. Cnder thnt plan ugh
sehool building nnd equipment .mild be
itilized High sehool teachers as a uile
have shown thtlr fitness lor teac . Ing at lens
llie curses covered In the first two years oi
'""Tlie first two years in college are, as n
n,e a preparation for tin more or less
s .Vliil ...ur'es of llie later yea.s m. Unit
sub a course added to our high schools
w uld foim a veiv satisfactory solution Jo,
,., of this problem, taking mniiv as far
as Ihey
arm o,- iu-e- .." " - -
..wotiu r.ii, in i. ... I.".'
ol u
ivvo-v"ar college course al borne, climiiiuling
the extra expense of attending college away
fiom li.une.
Would Aid Smaller Colleges
"Miinv of the smaller lolleges that have
hn.f Misters below normal should profit bv
the present condition and at the same time
lake up pint of this extra demand.
The main function of Hie piecnt lie
norlant endowed universities mid i olleges
should be to provide for a more lutensive
liberal ails education. 1 believe that with
n closely picked set of -students who huvi
shown superior inlellci tual powers and bet
ter in-liuctiou. which institutions of learning
able to concent rule w mid tuovidc ihc
bachelor of arts degiee now iiwiii.le.l alt i
n foul -venr i nurse could be made to mean
us much in terms ot intellectual powci us
.i ...sii.e of arts degiee llchievcil alter an
extra year's study now menus
I Ills llecolu
pllsbed, our euuowcii
lies would be on a
olleges and uiuversi-
plane with the gicat
English universities.
One point that has often militated
au'iihisl the liberal arts courses has been the
tendency of students, i ipnialivclv speak
lug to 'loaf. Thev lucked the dire, t vica
lioiial. blend an.l-buttcr insiiiralion that
made i hem w.uk bind In the mine specialized
i nurses.
Then is. of couise, a delinlli conneclinn
between a liberal arts cdiunlion ami hi end
and butler. It 1 impoitniil that the student
ascertain a soon ns possible llie direction
iu which bis education is going, that he
manifest Ills bent In life.
"The highest nud best education docsti t
piovldc a limn witli n double-bin teled mind,
on in vnnttiolial and llie other ilisllmt
nn' I pail llbei.il His dlreilion once delei
iniii .1. cici vlbing I"' leains centers nhoiil
bis mil In obje live.
Lenin to Think Straight
"The principal nun of the lies) eiliiention
i lo develop Intcllcclunl power, lo enable a
mail In think straight. This power mnv lake
different (orihs. ami the ability lo think
straight must necessarily be augmented with
cine kiiowleilge. lucre is ine power to
jJelvc Into ".Hence nnd wrest something from
ifthe power lo gel the bent out of hooks,
f.fcli ti In ItH'lf mi mean power. There uro
"LE'E- 'IM KICK, EH?"
a
power of administration nnd many other
vurietles.
"Many things that arc learned In college
nre forgotten afterward, and it is possibly
just as well thnt they nre. But the main
thing, the residue lo be desiied, is the ability
In function ably in tlie world, to vision, to
conceive, to do and to execute.
"The great universities with tlie means
should be able to provide anything that the
student may seek to learn. That takes a
largely augmented teaching force and plenty
of money. And yet I believe that the teach-
I lug situation was never better potentially
iiiiui il is now. v inn ine wages oi lining
who went ahead during the war nre being
cut, the teacher is going ahead. And he will'
not be cut. There Is by tills time n full
icnlizntinu nf his value. The attitude of
the public mind toward education s much
more favorable than It ever has been before.
So tlie outlook for better teaching in the
future is very bright.
"Social characteristics, of course, plav nn
important part In success and Intellectual
pingres. But I do not believe that they
can he taught formally. The life of tlie col
lege, the meeting with one's fellows, ac
counts for much of Ibis, A great deal, too,
depends on tlie student's family, their out
look and the attention which Ihey give him.
"Sometimes I think that tlie young man
best off is the one whose parents are not too
far up tlie ladder of fame and who have more
time to give to their progeny,
"Bill the Immediate piobleni today is. to
my mind, a raising of the qtmljty rather than
the quantity of education." '
Today's Anniversaries
17(11 Lord Pluiikelt. tlie great Irish ora
tor, who, tin (High his prosecution of Robert
I'uimct, rose to gteiit distinction, born.
Died .lanuaiy 1. Iol.
1.VJ1 Spain suriendere.l Florida to the
I'nited Slates.
IS III Cnlted Slnles began the fiscal yenr
with a nntioiinJ debt of .Sl.'i.ririO.L'O'J.
l.Stll French, under General Oudlnot,
entered Rome alter, desperate lighting.
l.SII.'. General Alfied Pleasonton, iu com
iiuiml of the cavalry division of Meade's
army, took up his position at Gettysburg,
iu advance of the Confederates.
Today's Birthdays
Dr. Albert Bushiiell Hurl. Harvard pro
fessor and noled publicist, horn al Chirks
villi. Pa . sixty seven years ago.
George W. Donnghey , former Governor of
Aikaiisas, born al Oakland, La., sixty ttlve
yenrs ago.
Edward .1. King, rcpicsentntlvc In Con
gress of the Fifteenth Illinois District, horn
at Springfield. Mass, iifty-four years ago.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
Who is ihc author of the coiikicssioiiuI
llii-a llie imilioi Iz.liu; tile I'leslllelll lo
tall a ls,u manieiit confluence .'
Name tluei iiolneiil aillbors wlm h.ive
posst sseil ,iu expert know ledge of
boxuiK
(if vvlia I State ! TopeK.i the capital?
What color is the hiuiImmi.I light of a
ship''
Who was Ann ItoliMiit?
Wlm I is plumbniio?
Ilou high is Hie highisi mountain on the
Ann rie.in continent "
What State does Senator FiellugluiVBeu
repiescnl in f'ongiiss"
Name Hire. Amei lean i oiiini.itiilem iu ihn
naval li.illle of Santiago. July, I8!IR
Who wns Hector in Cneli my tliolngy .'
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Oeneial 'iiilllc.nl, nillllaiy govetnoi of
Pails, is ci i dlli d with the fonuallon of
the famous taxlcnli amiy. which ..
(iiforcul the Flench In the flisl Hutu,,
of tlie Manic In I'.Ht '
I'ons-Wliiiii'cl.e Is a pi rloillc inmei I1I1W
visible in astronomers i ,,H ,nh(.(n.
civil by 1'iof Pons, n Kreneh astrono
mer. In ISIti Kif Wlmi.iKe. In isis
ili-covired wlm w.ih llist HioiiKhi to
be a new i omet. but It turned out m fie
llu one first found bv I'nos
Conceit pl'i li In music js s-llKhtlv hiKlier
Hian the nullum y piieh In inn...,,
live S'lise ioiic.'II pltih Indicates a
high stale of health oi splriiH
Pennsylvania sun mule di legates to tbH
constitutional ennw utlon of 1787 ih,Vn
any olbei Stale ' '"""
, Of Silas Wegg il was said hi i'li.nl.,M
Dickens novel of Minr .Mutual Kile, it "
lti.it he was "A llicmrv ,,,,, . .'j,
wooden leg and all prim lies open i',,
lilin
Tusltaln wan Hit Samiian u,im c,v..n ...
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'he South
.... . ' O'CllliN lei ei of inl.
'I'll, fl.KIO.IU .1,1 . ..' '.!
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one of the 'Llli.il I Islands olT ll. ,.',,
co ml of SI, llv is- bom -, r"
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lil-li
The War of ISi,.ls7,i .lln .,lr.
'fi on., s 1 linu) , Kl a"-,1;,1)
AiReiillnn on ihe oii,.. lesulteii i
reduction of llu. ro,,a.m ! t ! '" ,.1' "
niTrf! .(mult 1- r,,..., n!.Al,.M. ""'
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Vcnlrlloquism
literally uians
sptecn.
belly
Sorghum Is the name for certain kinds .,
K8u?.,nrelU",nK mll,et W fc
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SHORT CUTS
Old .T. Pluvitis Is a strong believer in
double-headers.
Well, nnvhow, the nshcnrt inevitably
lnnds nt the dump.
An inch of rain would fnll.'thp Weather
Man said. .Inplter Pluvitis inching In on
Old Sol's game.
When the Weather Man speaks nf
"moderate" weather he means thnt It is not
necessarily fatal.
The new Tnriff Rill contains a hundred
thousand words, nnd they nil mean some
thing to tlie consumer.
If the Clerk of the Wcnther would strike
an average and give It to us every day how
very happy we would be.
Bill Haywood seems to have arrived at
the conclusion thnt there Js more freedom In
nn American jail than In Russia out of
doors.
"Everybody will he on his toes before
I get through," said Dawes, getting on the
toes, more or less, of nearly everybody
present.
George Bernsrd Shnvv will write an
other article nfter the big fight. It will
either lie enlltled "I Told Vou So" or
"Wlint Does It Matter?"
"Council acted in a ane and business
like manner." says President Wegleln.
Germany bad the snine Idea concerning every
one of Iier blunders nnd ntroeitles,
Chileans have arrived in New Vork with
seven ions of Chilean fruits. As penches will
relnil at Ml a dozen, they nre not expected
to affect the South street fruit market.
The fact thnt .Tack Denipspy sent a letter
of congratulation to the Amerlcnn girl In
London inntendlng for tennis honors ngnint
a Flench girl pmves that the pugilist has n
competent pi ess agent.
Rather thnn lake ether n nnston man
played the linrinoiiicn v bile doctors took a
bullet from his leg. The storv hns been
extensively told, but nobody to date has ex
pressed any srmpathy for the doctors.
Governor Sproul has declined the invitn.
tlnn of Governor Edwards to attend the bl
light. I he report that the Governor wis
una de to induce nnv nf his friends to act
ns his personal representative Is probablv
exaggerated.
Our luneful Sporting Slinrp notes thnt
one of tl,,. hie Chlengn packers will offer A
position in the intelligence department to the
loser iu llie blq fight. Chances arc there's
mulling In the story. ..Job probably demiindi
citizenship qnil intelligence.
Tune and circumstances hnve mucin i tlr
treat. d the I nper Silesia crisis as thev do
other ciiscs ,,d ,,f.(,., j, in (, (
Kent load As the song puts it:
J.iirsl night hup our alley came a torf.
I;. ad sii,. VP,.j ,.st, knlf
in ine Allies e took 'Is bloomink cadi orf
in ii er,i genilPIU
'lltleiniinly vy "
'he inevitable refrain.
Ami with
Miss Safety Firt fig.
u res iii nn automobile
nccideni and the Alu-
One Thing and
Another
S ,, n nlcipal Court will ie-
Ide n the figiues Snfctv First l n
good ml,, to niiste i your hilt, bill if the
baby must swallow a safety pin the careful
molliei will sic that it is shut. An open
mi lei y pin in the Utile lummy of an Arkansas
( it j baby had to be leinnved bv n surgeon
.. ... Not all stomachs ,.,, ,. iniV
Iliiveu. Pn mm, cleaning a ."",?.. inch trout
fouiid ills,,,. It !H...nci trout". The half
in, lies pei hups piove that liars are good
.",''"", 111' svinpnllilp. are. of cotir-e,
w Hi ihe little trout One never knows
where one may find oneself . . . Think of the
siirpiie of the four little chickens Hint
found themehcs in a mall pouch nf Ens'
Gicciivlllc. pa They hail been shipped
seiond class as slrhlly fresh eggs.- It might
have been diffeient if i,ev had been shipped
Safely Mist Cass ! vf)ll Iirver enn
tell about them birds.". . .. (vvo-pounil
cockatoo in Martinez. Calif., fought and
killed an eiglit pound rooster. From which
we .educe thai n cockatoo pound hns a
"."J'1' '''lyl lo more thnn four pounds of
Plain poultry .. ,S.H(. , before. "Vou
nevci can tell about th birds."..
Ileic s ii Westchester bliiejnv that knocked
Hie lar nn, of a cat that Ihoti'ihl a bnbv
blneiin ihni had fallen from a lice mi. lit be
looked at as cnsllv as a queen Mv.oh
lav ( How far afield the news mnv earn'
one. But dim't vim cure A doctor ad-
v,.'il"'l.",'; !'."' Al,lt'11 fdlenl Association nt
tlnntle ( Hy savs Hint as the npwMiaper
liistruets Hip mnssps, the iippiI for thr doctor
grows less. Or, as o,vlttv heai writer puts
it, A ; Newvjiuper n Day Keeps Do. tors
r certain
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