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Philadelphia, Vedoeiday. September 14. 1911
LAST CHANCE TO ENROLL
THE patience which the election laws of
Pennsylvania accord to procrnstlnnting
citizens will bo withdrawn after tomorrow.
It cannot be reasonably argued that this
final limit on leniency is inconsiderate.
Opportunity for the electorate to enroll aa
Voters was formally provided on the three
regular registration days. In addition to
these, however, eleventh-hour privileges arc
granted delinquents who may be able to
enter the defense of unavoidable circum
stances Illness or enforced absence from
town.
To take care of the special cases in which
nch citizens may be involved the Regis
tration Commissioners sit in the City Hall
today and tomorrow from 9 :30 in the
morning until noon.
Unregistered electors who are sincerely
anxious to preserve their franchise rights
jthis year are given the chance to present
their excuses. If their defense is consid
ered adequate they will be permitted to
register, and thus qualify for voting in the J
jirmmriva anu iu mi1 .uvuinuer cii'cuuu.
Ordinarily there is no uncomfortable
crowding in Room CIO in the Public Build
ings upon these ultimate days of grace.
Thousands of citizens apparently prefer to
spare themselves both the bother of the
visit and the trouble of voting.
Hut the most unregenerate slacker can
not fairly claim that the law is harsh. In
this instance toleration of chronic indiffer
ence can go no further without becoming
absurd.
It is apathy and not severity of regula
tions which annually causes the enrollment
figures to fall far below the census reports
of adult PhiladolphlaiiH.
WARNINGS FOR PHILADELPHIA
THE margin by which Philadelphia has
escaped disasters similar in origin to
the Chester bridge catastrophe is not so deep
as a well nor so wide as a church door, but
It has served, possibly because a certain
amount of heed has been paid to outside
warnings.
The burning of the Iroquois Theatre in
Chicago led to a very necessary tightening
of fire regulations in the playhouses through
out the country. The responsibilities of
the situation were at" last realized in Phila
delphia, with the result that danger of
overcrowding in the aisles has become a
thing of the past.
It was, of course, mere chance that the
lesson came before the fruits of reckless
ness were manifested in this favored city.
Once again this community profits by a
tragedy beyond its boundaries. Mayor
Moore has ordered, through Director Caven,
a 'horough and immediate special inspection
of all the bridges within the city limits.
The crippled structure over the Schuylkill
at South Rtreet is one which deserves par
ticular attention. A new bridge is promised
In the nenr future. Large" funds are on
hand for its construction, and it was ex
pected that ere this the actual work would
be begun.
Meanwhile, however, a reckoning should
be made with perilous possibilities at South
street. At the present time one trolley car
only is permitted to occupy the draw, and
restrictions on the load and on truck trallic
are enforced.
These regulations plainly imply a lack of
official confidence in the structure. It Is
not enough to encounter its questionable
condition with forecasts of a substitute. The
new bridge Is of the future.
If the inspectors should express doubts
concerning the present state of the obviously
decrepit bridge It should he closed for traffic.
Rational vigilance will justify such a
ruling. Inconveniences are of minor im
port if public securitv is menaced.
RUSSIA'S NEW TRADE POLICY
THE failure of communism iu Russia lias
forced the Soviet Government to modify
l(s economic policy. It will be recalled that
the Soviets attempted in the first place to
run everything. This plan broke down be
cause It resulted in ousting from the direc
tion of industry the mcu capable of man
aging large enterprises.
The old managers were then hired at large
salaries to save the industries from wreck.
But this plan has failed. A new economic
program has Just been announced by For
eign Trade Minister Krassin, which de
parts still further from the communist Ideal.
Mr. Krassin says that the Soviet Govern -tnent
recognizes no right of private prop
erty in the ownership of goods or factories.
This is communism, pure and simple. While
there can bo no private ownership, he an
nounces that former owners who wish to
reopen their factories may secure a con
cession from the (iovernment and muy
operate the industries ou a royalty basis.
If the former owners do not wish to receive
the concessions, other men may take over
the management on the rovalty basis. Thus
we have what is known in the Knifed States
as tiovcrnment ownership and private op
eration. Tlie United (!iih Improvement
Company operates the city gas plant under
such n plan and pays to the city a royalty
on the gas Bold. When we recall the com
plications that have arisen over a renewal
of the concession to the gas company here,
some conception of what will happen in
Russia with concessions for every great
industry may bo formed.
If the plan docs not break down it will
be because the Russians have developed
greater administrative genius than the
Americans,
The Soviet Government Is to continue to
control exports and imports. An exception
ll to be made In favor of foreign holders of
concessions, who are to be allowed to im
port their awn machinery and supplies with
out the Intervention of the Government and
to Sxport mnpufartiircd goods or produce.
What effect this arrangement will have
upon the economic life of Russia Is of less
Interest to business men in foreign countries
thtn Is its effect on their own plans to
enter into trade relations with Russian
EVENING
business men. It opens the way to trade
with the holders of concessions who can
persuado foreigners of their ability to pay
for what they bin
WHY EDWIN WOLF SHOULD
BE MADE CITY CONTROLLER
He Would End Abuses In the Manage
ment of the Sinking Fund and Thus
Bring About a Reduction
In Taxation
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
rpHE insistence of Controller WillB.
" Hadley and his fellow Commissioner,
E. T. Stotesbury, as majority members
of the Sinking Fund Commission, in
holding all meetings of that body behind
closed doors is not the only reason for
public distrust of Mr. Hndloy's admin
istration of the office of City Controller.
He has flagrantly disregarded the pro
visions of tlio new City Charter govern
ing the conduct of his office. From its
inception he has persistently opposed the
Charter. Ho was its activo antagonist
in all the preliminary conferences before
the instrument was submitted to the
State Legislature for action.
His influence has been consistently di
rected toward continuing tho obsolete
and secretive system of departmental re
ports and the management of the sinking
fund.
Article XII, Section 3 of the Charter
explicitly declares:
The City Controller shall prescribe the
form of reports and accounts to be
rendered to his department, and shall have
entire charge and supervision of the ac
counts of all other departments and
trusts. All employes engaged in the
keeping of nny of the books or accounts
prescribed by tho City Controller or
forming part of the city's bookkeoplng
system shall be under the control and su
pervision of the City Controller.
How many of the great city depart
ments have accounting systems, modern
and up-to-date, prescribed by Controller
Hadley?
With one or two exceptions the va
rious departments have no adequate sys
tem of accounts other than mere memo
randa. Taken as a whole, it is a hodge
podge. This fact alone, affecting his sincerity
to serve the public and obey the funda
mental law, has been sufficient at least to
awaken the doubt as to his official fitness
for the place and a further bestowal of
confidence in him on the part of the
voters.
Mr. Hadley has no personal strength
in politics.
He is recognized as the candidate of
a select group of financiers and the lead
ers of the Contractor Combine, who alone
are demanding his re-election.
E. T. Stotesbury, the representative of
large fiscal interests, the personal and
financial adviser to and fellow member
with Mr. Hadley on the Sinking Fund
Commission, solicited influential mem
bers of the Voters' League to indorse
Mr. Hadley until his insistence became a
matter of comment.
In view of the Controller's open
alliance with the Contractor Combine, his
well-remembered opposition to the Char
ter in its inception and his refusal or
neglect to obey its mandate since its
adoption, the Voters' League decided,
very properly, to refuse him recognition
as its candidate.
Instead it indorsed Edwin Wolf, a
business man familiar with municipal
accounting and the fiscal affairs of the
city.
Members of Council and other city offi
cials and employes are restrained by law
from having any connection with city
contracts or tho furnishing of supplies
to any department.
As emphasizing its freedom from con
trol, as claimed by Mr. Hadley for the
Sinking Fund Commission, at least one
instance is illuminating. It is likewise a
concrete example of sinking fund finan
ciering. On a recent occasion the opportunity
was presented to Mr. Hadley to purchase
with the funds of tjie Commission a block
of city securities running into the mil
lions.
The money was available, or at lenst
would have been in a short time, whorcby
the Controller might have retired the
securities.
He elected, however, to ignore the op
portunity. Drexel & Co., of which bank
ing firm Commissioner Stotesbury is the
head, purchased them instead. Within a
very brief period Controller Hadley paid
a substantial profit to Drexel & Co. for
$2,975,000 worth of those same securities
and placed them in the sinking fund.
A still more flagrant instance in which
Controller Hadley betrayed the city's in
terests, in his official capacity, was in
connection with the purchase of addi
tional land for park purposes some
months ago.
The price demanded for this property
was exorbitant, according to Mayor
Moore's best information and his own
judgment. To protect tho city ho di
rected City Solicitor Smyth to appeal to
the courts. He wished at least to have
the disputed question judicially decided.
It was necessary under tho law that
Controller Hadley join in the appeal.
This he positively declined to do.
Ho refused to join in the request for a
judicial settlement in a matter that in
volved the possible saving of thousands
of dollars to the taxpayers.
His refusal was fatal to the contem
plated action on behalf of the people.
Ultimately tho Court ordered the Con
troller to pay tho full amount demanded
by the owners of the property, which he
accordingly did.
When charged with failure to protect
the city's interest he took refuge in the
specious plea that ho was not at fault;
that tho Court had ordered him to com
plete the transaction and he would have
been held in contempt had he refused to
do so.
No public ofilcial has tho right to with
hold from Council any necessary infor
mation concerning tho city's affairs, par-
PUBLIC LEDGER
L ticularly concerning tho balances of
Pmoney in connection with tho transac
tion of public business,
WillB. Hadley is chargcablo with this
dereliction, to call it by no other name.
On July 27 of last year Council adopted
a resolution calling upon tho Commis
sioners of the Sinking Fund to furnish its
members with a statement of Us transac
tions, with full information concerning
sinking fund affairs. A time limit was
fixed at September 7.
After four months a report was sub
mitted. Published statements had been to the
effect that such a report had been pre
pared and signed by two of the three
Sinking Fund Commissioners. But Coun
cil in the report received gained no clear
information ns to balances and unneces
sary surpluses in the sinking fund.
Tho reports of the Commission, as pro
pnrod by Controller Hadley at intervals
of months, arc indefinite and unsatisfac
tory. Enough can be gleaned from them,
however, and it Is the unconcealed boast
of tho Commissioners, too, that there
have been at times 20 per cent more
money in the sinking fund than was re
quired to meet the city's accruing debts.
Do tho taxpayers of Philadelphia un
derstand just what this means 7
The monoy thus segregated and for
what purpose has never been disclosed
means that the taxpayer is being taxed
annually for more money than tho city
requires.
It is estimated that if of the $48,000,
000, approximately, now in tho hands of
Ehe Sinking Fund Commission the ex
cess beyond the amount needed to retire
tho city's bonds were turned into the
general fund, thus reducing appropria
tions by that amount, the tax rate would
be materially reduced.
Tho question at issue in the election of
a City Controller is not one of factional
politics, but of finance.
It affects tho pocketbook of every tax
payer, whether ho be tho owner of a sky
scraper or the owner of a modest homo
on n side street
It is not a problem of factional politi
cal sentiment, but of dollars and cents.
BLIND LEADERS OF BLIND
EVERY man of science, every student In
a school and even every politician who
is worth his salt will sit down, before ac
cepting a theory, to inquire into its ulti
mate consequences nnd its possible effects
in realistic application to life.
oo it is not possible justly to assess Ku
T-, , ... . . . .
ruuxism witnout nrst trying to imagine (
what the countrv would be like if the Grand
Wizard and his Klengies and Goblins actually
were to achieve the power thnt they seek.
What would life be like in the United States
if a secret council of masked men were to
substitute their prejudices for constitu
tional guarantees and mob action for the
authority of the President, the Congress and
the curts?
First, if we accept the evidence of printed
documents which relied the purposes of Ku
Kluxism, it would be necessary to drive
every Cntholic unceremoniously out of the
army nnd the navy nnu umllarly to oust
every Jew, every Negro and every son of
foreign-born parents. It wns estimated by
War Department officials that 115 per cent
of the army organized for the fight against
Germany was Catholic. Similarly, it Is
estimated that half of the naval personnel
and more than half of the membership of
the Marine Corps are Catholic. More than
"00,000 Jews were in the army, nnd n Jew
was' one of the first of the younger soldiers
to win the Congressional Medal of Honor
for distinguished valor in the field.
To feather the nest and expand the ab
normal egoism of an illiterate agitator, to
fatten paid organizers and publicity men,
we should have to cut the army and navy
in halves and surrender to a cult of marked
fanatics every decent principle of human
relationship established since the earliest
days of white civilization.
UNDERWOOD POINTS TRUE
OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD'S announce
ment that he will accept the invitation
to serve as one of the four American dele
gates in the Disarmament Conference is
accompanied by tho wholesome observation
that there should not be and cannot be any
party politics nt the parley.
As the Senator from Alabama Is a con
spicuous figure in n minority party which,
no mutter what the label, is invariably under
the severest temptation to piny the ques
tionable card of factionalism, his remark is
particularly reassuring.
The policy of obstructing Administration
programs, regardless of their merits, is ns
common in the American political scene ns
It is short-sighted. The history of the
League of Nations controversy is typical.
A repetition of the tactics characterizing
consideration of that subject would bo al
most enough to shatter tho faith of tho
American public in the operation of a
democracy.
Mr. Underwood's interpretation of the
responsibilities of his new role has a special
virtue of timeliness. Tho behavior of Mr.
Liinthlcuin, publicity man for the Demo
cratic National Committee, and of certain
Indefntlgnbly partisan newspapers has be
tokened an attempt to discredit the dis
armament meeting before It attains reality.
It is not too late, however, to prove that
these reprehensible efforts were nbortlvu and
not fairly representative of the Democratic
Party, one of whose unquestioned spokes
men Is Mr. Underwood. This leader of tho
Senate minority, if he persists In his pres
ent commendable course, can set his party
right.
The Nation is not interested In tho com
ing pnrlcy from the partisan aspect. Tho
pence problem to he discussed transcends
the Importance of senatorial squabbles, even
of presidential elections.
To a Tcmnrkable degree it 1h the fate of
the world, not tho fate of the Democratic
or Republican Party, which hinges on tho
conference which linppens to be called under
a Republican Administration.
The Chinese Govern
ment has nsketl I'rof.
Paul Monroe, of
the Teachers' College,
to assist in iinnrnvhi?
Strong Medicine!
For Quiet Minds
Columbia University,
the. methods of administration in educational
matters in Chlnn. This is hut one of many
indications, cducntltinnl nntl commercial,
thut Chlnn is waking up. Here she moves
safely and sanely. A few lengues farther
on in the direction of Western civilization
there are pitfalls. Sleepy China has kept
her poise through the ages and hns main
tained her character for honesty and sta
bility of purpose. Because it is so easy to
confound the meretricious with the valuable,
so easy to mistake the glittering anil bom
bastic for tho good nnd true, it is to be
hoped that China will take only what Is
worthy from her lively and competent con
temporaries and will not he misled by com
mercial jazz into shimmying morality. It
is not always easy to choose just what to
emulate. There In sometimes a real yellow
peril In the great white way.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
, AS ONE WOMAN SEES.IT
Story Told in Vindication of Belgians
Gives Interesting Sidelight on
Americans In tho Making
Uy SARAH D. LOWIUE
I WAS asking Mrs. Henry Collins the
other ovcnliiff when we were dlnlni? to
gether how her sister, Mrs. Bayard Henry,
was enjoying her visit to "potentates" In
Belgium, alio then told me tho following
story about her own experience with Bel
gians in this country, apropos not so much
of my question about Sirs. Henry ns that I
had spoken disparagingly of the rank and file
of the Belgians for being very much "on the
mnko" in spite of their national heroic stand
nntl sacrifice in tho wnr. Sho snid that her
expcrlenco of them ns individuals had been
Just the reverse, and as proof .recited tho
adventures of one of tliolr number, which
she averred typified the adaptability of some
of the race and their honesty.
THERE lived, she said, at a small town
called Allost, a few miles from Brussels,
tho proprietor of n lace-maklng industry
and his wife and their general factotum and
servant, Hortcnse. On tho approach of tho
Germans there wns nothing for It but to
move, nnd to move quickly.
No motors were procurable, so nothing
in their house could be taken nwny. They
hid their most precious possession, a box
full of their most valuable lace, by burying
it in the garden, nnd with some slight hand
luggage they proceeded to walk toward the
coast, tho two women, the master of the
house and their pet dog. During the first
day there was some confusion on the roatl,
and In the midst of it tho dog disappeared.
The first night they Blept with the lady's
sister or rather under her roof along with
twenty other refugees who had accepted its
hospitality in the vain hope that there would
be a rally of the Belgian forces and the re
treat would como to nn end. On the con
trary, Brussels surrendered, and next morn
ing it wns obvious that not only the guests
but the hosts must get nwny in nil haste.
During the night however, the lady's sister
gave biith to n child, which greatly compli
cated the escape. The mother and child had
to endure n sixty-mile drive in n rough cart
within the next forty-eight hours, and after
seeing them in safety the laco proprietor and
his wife and their servant llortensc made
their get-away to England.
xney had scarcely landed there before the
man died of pneumonia. The two women
had some money not much, however and
no friends. They went to London nnd ap
plied nt the headquarters of the Belgian
relief that was already established for work.
As they had no children dependent upon
them they could not be classed ns needy ap
plicants nnd they were told they must wnlt
indefinitely for aid in that direction, hut
they were nsked if they would accept Eng
lish hospitality for two weeks.
Tho mistress accepted very gladly, both for
Hortcnse and herself, and they were forth
with provided with tickets and careful direc
tions ns to whore and how to proceed, nntl,
without tho fnintcst knowledge of English,
they went trustingly forth to visit they
knew not whom.
THEY were met nt the final station by a
very fine motor nnd a sedate nnd Important-looking
chauffeur, nnd it nresentlv
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dawned upon tliem tnnt their hosts must also
be very Importnnt persons Indeed. When
the mistress and Hortcnse got their hear
lngs.and put the little English thnt they had
picket up together, they found thnt they
were visiting Lord nnd Lady Antrim In
County Antrim, Irelnnd, in the famous
castle of that name. They stajed two
pleasant weeks nnd were urged to stay an
other two, nnd then on the Antrim' but
tler being called off to war, Hortcnso took
over his duties, and Madam her mistress
took over nil the mending for the castle, nnd
so they passed tho winter,
Ry spring the two put their heads together
and decided that they had hotter seek their
fortunes in America, possibly taking posi
tions together, with Madam as housekeeper
and Hortcnse ns cook. So with Lndy An
trim's very kind help, to America they came.
Tho position of cook wns an easy one for
Hortcnse to obtnln, but that of housekeeper
not so easy. Comparatively few American
women even in the great houses employed
housekeepers of Madam's btatus. And so
pending such an opening the mistress of
Hortcnse came to Philadelphia to the already
famous Relgian relief center thnt Mrs. Bayard
Henry wns carrying on in conjunction with
the Emergency Altl Committee. And from
thnt office Mrs. Collins got her ns a sort of
provisional nursery governess for her chil
dren. She remnlned with her until tho end of
tho wnr made a return to Belgium nnd her
home possible.
She nnd Hortcnse went together hack to
Belgium nnd with many sad memories
crowding on them made their way to tho
old houso they had fled from three years
before.
The house wns there, empty, dismantled,
with even the keys and hinges nnd metal
fastenings of all kinds torn from the wood
work. In the overgrown nnd neglected
garden they dug up the precious box of
lnce. As they pried open the ltd steam
rose from the moldy folds and wrappings!
The moisture had penetrated the box and
nil the lace was ruined. But there wns one
blessed thing to welcome them in thnt for
lorn plnce. The dog they had lost on the first
tiny of the flight cnine rushing to meet them.
Ho had gone bock nnd been taken enre of
by a neighbor ull those years !
TnE thing which Interested me most in
Mrs. Collins' tale was that both Hor
tcnse nnd her mistress found themselves
strangely homesick for America and curi
ously out of touch with the old ways of
doing things of their native town, no longer
even quite nt home with their neighbors
who hnd remnlned where they were nil dur
ing the wnr. They felt that things had
changed In the old places.
I REMEMBER onco in Naples a wonder
ful all-tiny drive wo took with a sympa
thetic Italian who tried to tell us what he
know of the places through which wo were
passing. He finally gave It up with a great
ciMi nt helnlcssness :
"English, It is my prison!" ho said.
One of my family had an Itnllnn servant
Fome years ago. who In this process of be
coming nn Aniericnn gavo us all a great
laugh. One of his letters which I quote,
translated almost verbatim, shows how
far he had still to go before ho could see
with our eyes nnu spcaic in our vernacular:
"Newport, June 17, 1(100.
"Gcntilislmo Signore:
"As usual, misfortunes fall upon the un
fortunate. Your kindness has ended by
ruining my sad life. I have not had cour
age enough to appear again before you, who
kindly lonned mo your bicycle. Unluckllv
a dog in my way in such a position thnt I
was not nblo to avoid it, nnd this wns the
cause of tho smash. I should hnve pre
ferred to break one of my arms rather than
your bicycle. I have only n dollar in my
pocket nnd yet I do not fear to risk a dis
astrous journey, which will perhaps end
m,v life, but the shame of appearing again
before your noble person Impels me rather
to be swallowed by nn abyss. I know well
thnt the deed I am doing is against your
kindness. I should be on the point of curs
ing tho moment In which 1 hnd the pleasure
of knowing you, considering that my pros
ence did not glv.e you anything hut trouble.
Relieve me, Bir, thnt my conduct is only
thnt of a noble youth, and if I nm about
to take such a step, It is only for my
reputation and honor. Luigl is witness of
tho occurrence and he will be able to per
'suade you of the truth of my report. I
nm unlucky, and it seems to mo that mis
fortune will pursue me till this vexed life
brings mc to the grave. I will close In
order not to worry you nny more. Excuse
tho writing nntl mistakes, for I am greatly
ngltated. I will hope that your generosltly
nnd pardon will not fall mo even In this
case.
"Sending you my most sincere salutations
with tho hope thnt you may bo willing to
accept them with assurance of my profound
respect,
"Your devoted servant,
"GIORGIO."
YEAH, EV'RYTHING LOOKS KLUXY
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NOW MY 1DEAJS THIS
Daily TalJis With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
GEORGE E. NITZSCHE
On the Beneficial Influences of a Great
University
THE bencficinl influences of a great uni
versity arc in the modern life of the
Institution no longer confined to the clnss
room nlonc, but with nil the power which
the guiding spirits can summon extended to
the home life of tho students, according to
Georgo E. Nltzscho, recorder of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
"There is what amounts to n periodic In
spection of tho conditions under which our
students live," said Mr. Nltzscho, "and
every possible effort is made by the members
of the executive staff to sec that theso con
ditions arc of the best. The necessity for
this is too plain to need any discussion, for
it is apparent that without living conditions
which mnko for the best mental, spiritual
and physical health of the students, a high
degree of scholarship cannot reasonably be
expected,
Tho Sltlo of tho Parents
"While history is full of instances in which
scholarship conquered unfortunate physical
and living conditions, btill these men who
hnve risen by sheer force of character over
their physical weokncsseS are those who came
close to the lino of genius and had at the
samo time exceptional determination. To
ask these things of tho nvcrage under
graduate would be to nsk unfairly and
usually to ask In vain.
"But there Is another nntl equally im
portant side to this matter, and that is the
attitude of tho parents. Most boys and girls
who enter college, or nt any rate a large
proportion of thein, are those who are for tho
first time leaving their homes for nny ex
tended stay. Therefore, in fairness to their
parents as well as themselves, it is well for
the University to exercise a reasonable su
pervision over their home life, to see thnt they
aro made comfortable as far as that lies
within our power and to see that the in
fluences which surround them when in their
living qunrtcrs are of the best.
"We have a committee on students' rcsl
Aoncpa w which much of this work is per
formed. In the choice of these residences,
which are all Investigated before the ofiiclal
sanction of the University is given, it hns
been tho aim of the committee to select those
plnccs In which tho influences in the midst
of which the students will live are those
which will ho conducive to tho greatest pos
sible health and happiness of tho student.
Tho Soxes Separated
"It Is therefore a part of the plan
adopted by us and which we have found to
work out exceedingly well to hnvo as com
plete a separation of the sexes as possible
in their college homes. Therefore, we have
mndu it a stringent rule that those board
ing homes which we lecommcnd must he
exclusively cither for oung men or for young
women. This hns met with tho upprovnl of
those who admit our students into their
families for a portion of tho year as well as
with that of the students themselves.
"To facilitate tlio selection ot a suitaoie
place In which to live, wo hnvo prepared a
list of both boarding ami looming houses,
which has been carefully prepared and which
by the fact of the name appearing thereon
shows that it has been approved, Tho usual
method Is to hnve tho name of the residence
registered with us by the owner or tho lessen
and, after tho necessury investigation hns
been concluded, tho name appears on our
list. All of tho proprietors aro supplied
with a copy of the rules of tho University
which have to do with tho living conditions
of our students, and theso must be lived up
to In every detail.
"Naturally, In cases of this sort, we have
to have some manner of making our stipula
tions effective, but tho original investiga
tion is so strict nnd thorough that wo hnvo
practically no trouble.
"In case, however, of a violation of our
restrictions, the students residing there muy
be withdrawn. The students themselves
must follow tho directions of tlio University
in this mnttcr under penalty of hnviug their
names dropped from the rolls .of tho college,
Many Como Unprepared
"During tho next two or three weeks
something like 11,000 students will come to
tho University from nil over thu- world.
Many of them coining for the first tlmu will
never think to inako preparations in udvnncu
for their living quarters and so wo must bo
ready for them in this respect. Hero is
where thu value of n carefully prepared list
comes in, for the places which have received
tho official sanction of the University author
ities will doubtless prove satisfactory to the
young people.
"Our list Is prepared with the design in
view of meeting all tastes and all purses nnd
each is equally important in thu selection
of a student residence. Many of our stu
dents work nil or purt of their way through
college, and it is theiefnrc u matter pf mo
ment, both to themselves and to us, that
they bo supplied with a homo during their
collego term which will meet alike their
standards of living, the requirements which
tho University demands and a pocket
book which In many cases Is replenished
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principally by their own efforts during the
term.
"At the present time the list of approved
places contains about 300 names and ad
dresses, with a total facility for accommo
dating in the neighborhood of 0000 students.
The Cost to Students
"The price charges differ, ns Is to bo
expected, with the neighborhood of the resi
dence nntl tho accommodations offered. They
rnngo from $12.50 a week for a Bingle room
nntl JJfi.oO for mcnls, up tho scale ns far ns
desired, some of them being considerably
beyond the means of tho nvcrage student.
But, as the matriculation list of the Uni
versity is made up of young persons of nil
classes nnd of nil conditions, we must suit
every taste and every purse.
"But we are glad to note one circumstance
well worth noting the prices arc unques
tionably coming down. Since last year there
Is nn nvernge reduction of about 20 per cent,
and while rates arc by no means down to the
pre-war level, they nru sufficiently lower to
cause rejoicing nmong tho students.
"Wo hnvo also a separate list for tho
instructors, many of whom are single or who
prefer to board during the term instead ot
maintaining n separate homo for themselves.
Indeed, with the scarcity of houses nnd
npartmcntu which lias prevailed since the
beginning of the war, this latter continffcncy
would be n difficult one to bring about, oven
If all the instructors so desired.
"Tlie reason of having n separate lut for
the instructors of places whcio tlicy may
live during the term is obvious. Matured in
structors naturally desire a different environ
ment from that wished for by the students
nnd It has been our object as far as possible
to meet this requirement.
Restaurants Not Exempt
"Tho restaurants in which tho students
take their meals are subjected to the mihio
scrutiny as the rooming houses, the Idea of
this being not only to recommend places
where wholesome food is served, i)i,t also
to seo that the surroundings aro s;i"h ns
parents may approve. There are many res
taurants near the University which derive
most of their patronage from ll.o student'
nnd it Is our desire to cncour.igu tho best
of these with our approval.
"Practically every detail of the restaurant
is examined before our approval is given, as
this, like the mnttcr of the rooms. Is a thing
to which we feel thnt too much and too
careful attention cannot be given.
"As a whole, our plan has worked out ex
ceedingly well. It hns required a lit of
hard work, but the objects In view have been
well worth it. And the results nre to be,
seen in the general excellence of the health
and the mental nntl spiritual condition of
the student body."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who was the discoverer of oxygen?
2. In what part ot China is the Shantung
I'cnlnsul.i?
3. Who wrote "Allen In Wonderland"?
4. Who Is the present chairman of the
United States Shipping Hoard?
5. In what piny by Shaltespenro does tho
character of Isabella appear aa the
heroine?
6. Who was tho first President of tho United
States to be elected by tho Houso of
Representatives?
7. Why wiih the "laying on of hands" by
tho King or Queen as n cure for
"King's evil" abandoned in Kngland
after the tlmo of Queen Anno?
8. What is the mennlnB of tho Latin phraso
"inlrnhtlo dlctu"?
9. Distinguish between aphasia and Aspasla.
10. Who was Adrlanno Lccouvreur?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Whales aro tho first nnlmalH speclflcallv
mentioned In the Ulblo. Tho creation
of "the moving creature thut hath llfo"
nnd fowl Is recorded first, but th
precise typo Is not named, Tho whale
iiii-iciurv, tunes prcceuence In ,i,.
twenty-first verso of the first chanter
of (Jem sis "And God created Krcat
whales." ov
2. i:arly autumn and lata summer Is tho
principal senson for West India hurri
cants, "uin-
3. Ebbe Kornrrup Is n contemporary Dnnlnh
iiitlst. distinguish..! for his vivM
paintings of Polynesian nnd tropic
4. The phrase, "tho delcctnbln mountains
was orlKtnated by .lohn Hunvan In tH
first part of "Tlw rllKrlm'u l'rorrCss "
wlndWa" cm88lcal Kd of tho north
C. Francois Rnbelnls (U9E-1553) wrotn fh
n'f which this Is th?$y,!!fi
'"would" b"-WnB Blck-tl, levll u monk
'TwV'ho" '"" W0,,-t,M '"ovl! a monk
. T- Kll!!!. Ml ea,
J' A S ! rJ.Z 2 '.l '""vjlj- beanie,,
Tho name was taken from d ."?
Whlelif rando. u ... ,r ..,,..".'' ' .' rolp
i i .. ' " " . 4 iu oimr I ni.
it In Shorldaii'u
puTffi? C0,",llm-U ' W-
10. Duuctlln la tho
of Edinburgh,
ancient Celtic num8
NOW - A - OAYS1
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HI.
SHORT CUTS
Koln is what the K. K, IC. ain't nt
nothln' else but.
There Is no dnnger of tho spirit of b
crty casting a phantom vote.
New York has an eptdcmlc of flel
Well, Now York ought to be able to keep
'cm on the jump.
The Alien Property Custodian la th
last to fall for that pot-of-gold story. It
ho n Tainbow chaser?
New York hns 128,i"S6 part-time pupUi
in its public schools. Only part-time citi
zens would continue such a condition.
There is a healthy public sentiment back
of tho cancellation of Arbuckle comedies it
the present stage of the proceedings.
Women "out-registered" the men la
Hnrrlsburg. That's what comes of making
them feci at home at the polling places,
Ponce is surely coming, because all the
world Is ready to welcome her. Hut she ii
n very sensitive visitor nnd rarely over
btays her welcome.
Shipping booze abroad strongly sug
gests tho woman who said she felt that h
jewelry was dragging her down morally, M
she gave it to her sister.
There ought to bo a special button for
the officers of the Ku Klux Klan not
KOTOP. but KOTIP : not Knight of tie
Open, but the Itching Palm.
Since every man living knows some one ,
thing thnt his neighbor does not know (some
one thing nntl some nnothcr), the puttto;
out of n questionnaire will continue to be
easier than answering it.
Just because Ills work on the VcrsalDw
Treaty has been criticized, Clemenceau vul
return to politics. When he pines for te
flon nny kind of an excuse is good enough
for an energetic joungstcr.
Liverpool boilcrmakers arc striking be
cause they want twenty-five men for tack
oxyncctylcne burner nnd employers think
two men nto enough. But pcilinjis the men
Imagine they are working on a Government
job.
A speaker at a meeting of ministers In
this city said ho saw in England women
throw their cigarettes nwny as they entered
church. Thus, wo are led to remnrk, re
ligion occasionally lends itself to cxtraw
gnnce.
There is, of course, likelihood that the
wealthy Americans who have just concluded
the purchase lif a job lot of Austrian palaces
nntl castles mny have bought a lot of rouble.
But perhaps they expect Uncle bam to
shoulder It.
In presenting its difference with Chile
on Tnenn nnd Aricn. Bolivia has BlventM
League, of Notions a nut to crack, mil,
however, may not be nearly so serious ii
it seems. The League of Nations may de
cline to crack It.
Tho amount of cotton left unsalable
last year (about 0,000.000 bales) U greater
than the entire crop this year (estimated
7,0.17,000 bales), and the fact docs nWJ
with any possible shortage save, perliapi,
for price-fixing purposes.
There is possibility that the fnct.'hil
000.000 little children nre starving to dew
in Russia is of more world importance, tn"
that a fnt movie comedlnn Is in Jail or,
murder chnrge ; but there Is also jiow""'
that the fact hns been overlooked by mow
newspaper renders,
An actress In Detroit has been gin J
divorce because her husband iiinelieu i'
until she was blnck nnd blue, thus destroy
lug her stage beauty. It lias not Dew
authoritatively stated that his dc-fen n .
that it grows increasingly difficult to do anj
pinching whi'i-n It doesn't show.
When a NcRro In clerical attire s J
accused of picking pockets at tho Lolor
Baptists' Convention In Chicago he rtou J
maintained thnt ho was n delegate.
tho Lord's Prayer," sold the Court. i;
'Give us this day our daily bread. 1J"j
all there Is to it." said tho "ccust-il. W
for the Grand Jury," said the Court. JK
lino the unfortunate ono should have i quoit
was, of course, "Forgive us our
pasbcs."
Electricians in Berlin nre striking f
increased wages to meet tho high c .
living. In view of the exchange am i "
the mark, adjustment will have to come in
tho other direction prices will have '
wnges on a downward course beforo
hlllty con he achieved. Under ex stl nBj"d
dltloiiH Germany can undersell t he wut
rpi, .!.,.. ,i.. o ,lu in fore h?n land
contliiuo as long ns her workmen cook.
to remain underpaid however fat peir r,
envelopes may seem.
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