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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-10
EASY FOR "KID" MCCOY.
The Gentleman PuSiIist Makes a Play
thing of an Ohio Champion.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-Fifteen hundred
people witnessed the fight here tonight
under the auspices of the Cincinnati Build
ing Trades Council for the benefit of the
striking miners. Local talent-boxers and
wrestlers-filled the preliminary. The final
event was a four-round bout between
Kid Mccoy, champion middleweight, and
Jim Freaney, lightweight champion Of
Ohio, with John Duffy of New Orleans, as
referee. Early In the first round Mccoy
landed left swing on Freaney's jaw
flooring him. In the following two rounds
Mccoy :. seemed e cont d to show how
making little effort to hit his lighter OPP
ponent In the final round the kid" got
Freaney against the ropes and hit him at
will. There was no decision. Six hundred
dollars was derived from the benefit.
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20 Pace; purse, 81, GOO.
winners of tho yacht Races.

BAR HARBOR. Me, Aug. AT daylight
this morning seventeen of the twenty-five
yachts of the New York Yacht Club feet
had finished the race The committee has
announced the following winners:
First Class-Schooner Colonia, $1,000 cups
sloop, Vigilant $1,000 cup.
Second Glass Schooner, Amorita, $l,OOc
cup; sloOp, Wasp. $1,000 cup.
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GRAND CIRCUIT RACES
NO SENSATIONAL TINE IN OPENING
EVENTS AT FORT WAYNE.
Three-Year-OId TrOt Won by Jack
Miller, 2:2S Trot by Pastoral and
2:&O Pace by Silver Chimes.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 9-The OPEN
ing meeting of the Grand Circuit races to-
day was quite successful. The weather was
fair, track in good condition and the at
tendance 1900. There were three events on
the card, but no sensational time was made.
The three-year-old trot for a $1,000 purse
had five entries. Fannie Foley was a hot
favorite in the pools bu6 Jack Miller
proved a surprise, however, winning in
straight heats. The Abbot sold favorite in
the 1928 trOt and won the first two heats,
then DROPPED to third place, was distanced IN
the fourth, and Pastoral, who was not
strongly backed in the betting, won the
race St Andre was also well backed by
the bookmakers, but could do no better
than second place. In the 2:20 pace Elsi-
nora and Walnut Lad sold favorites. but
could not justify the claims of their back
ers and had to be content with low places.
Silver Chimes had hot contest. but easily
Won Summarizes:
Three-year-old trot; purse, $1,000.
Jack Miller, b. g., by Ashley v.
Fannie Foley, b. f ilMiaceyj.:.:.:2
Intact, G. f. (Williams) ............3
Gu Critillo, b. f. (Shipp) ............Dis.
Estela, b. f. (NIitchelD Dis.
Time-2:1714. 2:2512, 2:l71s.
2:2S Trot; purse, $1,000.
s. Ao 2B9Ss. lss' s q ensFvlaj.s IL
Hudson) -. ia 2 2 3 2 DIR
Nancy Time, c. m. (Wil-
z sS% 3SssD -: ::::;:ff ss3sssFF
White Points, b. g. Dick
Wynema, b. m. (Toose).. % DIR
The Abbot, b. g. (Georgel1 dis
Time - 2:13A, 2:1312, PISA, 2;lS12, 2:l5A,
2:2l1A.
2:2O Pace; purse $1,000
Silver Chimes, g. b., by
Almichimes (Brooks) ...... 2
Ambidexter, blk. g. MA
Ei hqne Dr. M iGeersj.
Hermitic, b. h. (Easton).
Egozen, b. h. (Critchheld).. 6
Mojada, g. s. (Starr) ........9
Vermont S., G. m. (Eroin}...
Pent Land. b. 5. (Granger) r. g
Walnut Lad blk. S. CIaceyl. IS 10 DIR
Miss Margaret, blk. f.
Time-2:l1K 2:1115 2:11A 2:13, 1415.
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Eme O., 2:15 "a. Dead.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTIs, Ind. Aug. e.-Effie o., PAGER,
2l5%, property of William Orr, of this city,
died last night from internal hemorrhage
following the birth of a colt by Online, 2:04.
The colt will live. Effie O. was by Lucas
Brodhead 1881, and was probably the FAST
est animal in northern Indiana, having
shown quarters in thirty seconds at three
years Of age. Offers of $1,000 had been re-
fused for her
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AT Dayton o. r. H. E.
Toledo. 0 1 0 0 % S 5
Batteries ieman and Greenwald; Kee-
nan and Arthur.
At Springfield, o.. r. II. E.
TRriR #aSne : 3 3 9 ! ~ ~ Z 1
Batteries Cogswell and Rupert; Mime
han and Campbell.
At New Castle Pa RHF
New Castles 4 *-1O IL 8
Wheeling $50 l 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 4
Batteries-Smith and Graffius; Smith and
MesMtt.
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Baseball Player Killed.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE Ind, Aug. 9.-Frank Delinski,
aged twenty-one, of South Bend fell from
the top of moving Lake Shore
train early yesterday morning three
miles east of this city, and sus-
tanned injuries from which he died in this
city this morning. He and two compan-
ions were riding from South Bend to Whit
ing, where Delinski was to have joined the
Whiting Greys ball team to play with them
at Joliet yesterday. He rolled off the car
wi
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NEW YORK. Aug. AT the Green Point
Athletic Club tonight Billy O'Donnell of
Memphis, bested Hugh Fitzsimmons, of
Green Point, at 12S pounds ODonnelI had
Fitzsimmons at his mercy in the fifth
round, when the referee stopped the bout
and awarded II to o. DOnnell
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Tax on Tourists, wheels.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 9.-The customs
regulations In regard to tourists bicycles
entering Canada has been changed so that
a duty of 80 per cent will be collected.
If the wheels are not exported within
fifteen days the amount will be paid over
to the crown. Where the bike is returned
across the border the money will be re-
funded
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Modoc, is, Parker City, Ia.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MODOC, Ind, Aug. 9.-Modoc Indians de-
feated the Parker City ball team at Parker.
Score: Modoc 15 Parker City, IA. Bat
teries-Modoc, Miller, Butler and Ward +;
Parker City, Huff and Grunwalt.
Modoc and Parker City crossed bats again
at Parker City to-day After a hot contest
Modoc won by a score of to 4. Batteries
Miller and Ward; Greenewalt and Huff.
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Sullivan. 81; Spencer, 6.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SPENCER, Ind, Aug. 9.-Sullivan fairly
ate up the locals to-day. Score:
Sullivan ........5 2 2 10 0-27
Spencer ..............0 2 l o. 6
Batteries-Sulivan Stewart, Whitridge
and Quiesser; Spencer: Shannon, Mathes
and Jones -
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Totals ...............
Score bv innings:
Saints Aided by yellow, PLAYS.

DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 8. - The Saints
batted at opportune times to-day, and, aid
ed by a couple of yellow plays by the To-
calls, easily walked off with the game. At
tendance, 800. Score:
st. Paul.......4 400 o o 0 2 rs ii 7
Detroit. ....... 0 0 0 0 0 O-5 4
Batteries-Fricken and Spies; Hahn and
frost.
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Brewers Found Keener DimucIt.

COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 9. - The Brewers
could not connect with Keener's curves to-
day, while the Senators almost batted
Barnes out Of the box. Score:
r. H. E.
Columbus. 0 S 0 10 u 8
Batteries-Keener and Fisher; Barnes and
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Bike Races ON LaborDny.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Aug. Arrangements
are being made for bicycle races to occur
here on Lobar day, Sept. 6. There
will be seven events, including both pro-
fessional and amateur races
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f foaissSille ':... - GO 3 Z
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Kittridge; q

ningham and Wilson. Earned runs-Chi-
cago, =; Louisville. 2. First base on errors
Chicago, /; Louisville. 1. Left on bases
Louisville, 5; Chicago, 6. Bases on balls-Of
Cunningham, 2; off Griffith 2. Struck out
BY Cunningham, 3; by Griffith. /. Sacrifice
hits-Stafford, Callahan Stolen base-Dex-
ter Hit by pitched ball-Decker. Time
$50 Umpire-O Day.
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Il. of p. 90; L. o. o. F.. Az.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WILKINSON, Ind, Aug. 9.-The X. of
P.'s and Odd Fellows played an interesting
game Saturday on the Wilkinson ball
81 ounds. The score was go to 43 in favor of
the K. of p. Batteries-K. of p Masters
and Grunden; L. o. 0. F., O'Neal, Gar
riott and GiDe
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The NationaI Lcngne Rnce.
DOUBLE-HEADER.
Pittsburg Won the First and Cincin-
mt Took the Second.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-The Reds and Pr
rates played a double-header to-day and
broke even. In the first game Hoffmeister
had finger broken and retired in favor OF
Davis, who was relieved at first by Roth
fuss. The second game was called at the
end Of the sixth inning on account of dark
Attnndance z All Scnre of me.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Aug. 9-The doctors and
the lawyers of this city played loud game
of ball to-day. The game was called at 2
o'clock and they played till it was too dark
to see the bali. Score 81 to 81.
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Buffalo BIrs wild West Coming

Buffalo Bins Wild West and Congress of
Rough Riders of the World Will come to
Indianapolis Friday, Aug. q. The reputa-
ton of this great attraction is fixed in the
minds of the indianapolis public. 1t has
been exhibiting this spring I'm Madison
square Garden. New York, before immense
audiences the record for crowds at that bie
assemblage place being broken.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CARBON, Ind. Aug. 9. - The Fontanet
Club defeated Coal Bluff to-day by a score
of 20 to 10, Clay City defeated Benwood
by a score of 20 to II.
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Eastern Lenrue.

Scranton, 4; Providence O.
Wilkes 3s;bfs barre, 0; Springfield, u; Second
Toronto, II; Montreal, l.
Buffalo, z; Syracuse, IL
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A COLLISION OF PLAYERS
MILLER AND LETCHER, OF MINNEAP-
OILS, SEVERELY HURT.
Both After MOTIFS FIy-The HoOsiers
Have Another Walkaway on the
Home Grounds-Other Scores.
Indianapolis ..13-Minneapolis.
Columbus ..... 9-Milwaukee
st. Paul. S-DetrOit
Games SchednIed for To-Day.

Minneapolis at indianapolis.
st. Paul at Detroit.
Milwaukee at Columbus.
Kansas City at Grand Rapids.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-10
Loughhead Deserts Canada.

NEW YORK, Aug. Sired Loughead, of
Sarnia, Ont, who won the mile and a quar-
ter bike championship at Philadelphia last
Friday, has joined the Quill Club, of this
city, and will make New York his home.
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Stated for Breitenstein in the tenth.

T1aIneu Iln = FIllsDurg. IWO-base nlts
-Padden, Burke, Corcoran/ Rothfuss. Left
on bases-Cincinnati, s; Pittsbdrg, 9. Stolen
bases-Padden, Miller, Corcoran, McPhee,
Becxley, Donovan. Double play-McPhee,
COrcoran and Beckley. Bases on balls-Of
Bretenstein, g. off Gardner, G. Hit by
pitched ball-Burke, Beckley. Struck out
BY Breitenstein, 8; by Gardner, 1. Wild
Donald
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For Economy's Sake.

IONIOW ITUNtIrI.
Mrs. Puce-Mercy, you let your girl off
every afternoon? Mrs. Mauve-Yes and il
is such saving The more she is away
the fewer dishes she breaks
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Grimth Puzzled the Colonies.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Grif1th was a puzzle
to the Colonies after the third inning not
a hit being made off his delivery after that
The Colts punched their hits in the sew
enth and eighth innings and managed to
win by nose. Umpire ODay made sew
in the latter part of the game Attend
ance, l,20O. Score:
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day last week. hurled a beer glass into
the rooters' stand. badly injuring a specta-
tor, reported 10 police headquarters to-day,
and was told TO appear for trial in the Po-
lice Court Wednesday.
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Brooklyn. 0 O1O 2. 0 2 2 0 "-iS Il
BALTIMORE. 2 0 0 O / 9 O O. 8

Batteries-Kennedy, Dunn and A. Smith;
Corbett, Nops and Clarke. Earned runs
Brooklyn, g. Baltimore, 2. Two-base hits
Three-base hits : Griffin, Keeler, Kelly.
Stolen bases--McGraw, jennings, Keller.
Double play-Quinn. Jennings and Doyle.
5. Hit by pitched bal-Jennings (2) Struck
out-By Corbett q Wild pitch-Nops Left
on bases-Brooklyn, Z; Baltimore, 10. Sec
rihce hits-Doyle, Quinn. Time-2:15. UNI
uire-EmSlie.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 9.-To-day's game
was the best played here for some time the
Senator playing without error Attend
pitched well. but Orth was easy. Attend
ance, 700. Score:
r. II. E.
Washington 0 2 0 IS IA
philadelphia 0 0 l % /
Batteres-Swaim and MCGUIRE Orth and
Clements. Earned runs-Washington, 4
Stolen bases-Swaim, Demont, Nash.
Double plays-Dowd and Lajoie Shugart
and Lajoe Bases on balls-On Swain /
Struck out-By Swain, 8. Left on bases
Washington, 5; Philadelphia. 2 Sacrifice
hits-Selbaeh, Tucker Cross. Time As.
Umpre-Kelly.
Hurst 40 Be Tried TO-MorrOw.
CINCINNATI. O., Aug. 9.-Umpire Tim
Hurst. who at a baseball game here nna
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New York.. / o 0 o 3-10 10
Boston. 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 O. 10

Batteries-Meelzin and Wilson; Nichols
and Bergen: Earned runs-New York, 6;
Boston, 2. Two-base hit-Stivetts. Three
base hit-Davis. Home run-Nichols
Stolen bases-Holmes %, Van Haltren
Bases on balls-On Meekin, l; off Nichols,
8. Struck out-By Meekin 8; by Nichols 3.
Left on bases-NeW York, g. Boston, 10.
First base on errors-Boston, 1. Time, :53.
Umpires-Lynch and CARPENTER
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE. Ind, Aug. g. - Nashville
won at New Castle yesterday in a pretty
game The pitching of Drake was decided
feature. Score:
r. II. e.
Rushville. "a / o 0 0 20 5 Oil u 8
New Castle. 0 / l l 0 0 0-3 s
Batteries - Drake and McBraughton;
Hawkins and Mitchell.
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LOST FIRST, WON SECOND
CINCINNATI FORCED TO DIVIDE
HONORS WITH PITTsBURG.
Breitenstein Easy, but Rhines Irwin
cible-BOstOn Succumbs to New York
and Baltimore to Brooklyn.
TO-DaY,s Games.

st. Louis at Cincinnati.
New York at Boston.
Baltimore at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Plttsburg at Cleveland.
Chicago at Louisville.
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by sending twerty-one one-cent stamps to covef
cost of mailing on1, to the Worlds DispensatE
Medical Association, No. 663 Main street, BIf-
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send ten cents extra Ithirty-one cents in allR to
pay for this better style of binding.
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Mrs Elizabeth Deddelhauser an aged
woman living at No. 403 Coburn street
while visiting friends at No 1909 Morrow
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B9St ? Z '...:::.:.:.:::..:..s 9 9 J .
Hutchinson, .........
B La. Is ..! IF e....z 9 : 9 j .
Totals ...............SO 2 "a 9 .
Score by innings:
Minneapolis ....:.......0 0 0 Q %
Earned Runs-Indianapolis, 6; NIinneapo-
lis. l.
man, Letcher.
Three-base Hits-McCarthy, Kuehne
Home Run-MotZ.
Stolen Mcfarland, Mccarthy (2),
Double Mcfarland, Kenum and
Left on Bases-Indianapolis 6; AIinneapo-
lis, 6.
Struck Out-By Foreman. 8; by KEEL
lum !.
Hit by Piteher-MileI.
Bases on Balls-On Kellum 1; off Hutch
inson, 8.
Passed Ball-Boyle.
Time-1 80 rrr-- 7e+arafrr
Umpire-Warner.
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street. yesterday evening. was taken Ill
She was removed to her nome by the city
ambulance.
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Earned run-CInc1nnati. Two base hit
Ely. Three-base hit = Schriver. Left on
Overwhelmingly, 4; Pittsburg, T. Stolen
bases-Beckley, Ritchey. Bases on balls
Off Rhines, l; off Hawley, 8. Struck out
BY Rhines, a; by dawley, 2. Time-1:25
Umpire-McDOnald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-21
SOME ADVERSE VOTES.

Tho action of the Senate on the flax and
hemp schedule brought the first defeat OF the
Senate Finance Committee. four paragraphs
heing stricken from the bill by narrow ma
iorlties. The first $50. was intended 10 impose
n special duty on the straw mating which mas
Of late been largely imported from japan. III
the fiscal year 1896 imports OF such Hat'lhs
were in value S2,177,000, of which Sl,9S3Do
worth came from Japan, and in ten months
ending with April, 960,097 rolls were imported
costing So 49,, 66l. A duty OF TO ~ cents per
sou1re ward according 10 the official statement
Of the Japanese Minister, would destroy the
trade and it would obviously cause the poorer
classes 10 buy linOeum. oilclotn, OF DINER moor
covering or to do without such covering. III
was alleged in debate that the linoleum or OIL
cloth trust. as It was called by Senator Petit
grow. who calls every agreement trust, would
no benefited by these dnties, and the Sen
ATE struck out the paragraph by majority Oh
three As respects revenue, probably not much
was lost by the decision.
1t is quite otherwise as TO paragraphs 34l
and 342 on bags and bagging for gram or cot
ton. which were stricken out by vote OF 81
IN OS leaving those articles free. as they are
under the present law. The revenue derived
from them in 1893 was $HS32S, though the
duties proposed by the House and the Senate
were less than those Of 1890. The imports have
greatly increased. and the foreign combination
which controls the production has been bene-
flied. The appeal against these duties was
made professedly in the interest OF the farm
ers who ship grain in bags, and the cotton
growers and other consumers, and Senators
we're Informed that the tax would be fear
fully burdensOme one to agriculture. Since the
addition of / cent per pound and - per cent
on the entire quantity now imported, averaging
SO cents per pound foreign cost. would have
amounted 10 less than 100000 for a nation of
grain and cotton growers, with the certainty
that il would have encouraged the production
here. and so speedily emancpated American
consumers from dependence upon foreign max
ers II is fair to doubt whether the interests
of agriculture were really served by this vote.
Certain IL Is that some revenue was sacrificed
The Senate then went back 10 paragraph
$780, and struck out the specific duties on woven
fabrics Of tute yarns. by whatever name called,
which it had previously adopted. The duties
here proposed were also lower than those Of the
act Of 1890, and yet II was estimated that the
Senate rates would have yielded 81 ,s24 400 on
the imports OF 1896 while from the smaller
Imports under the act Of 1890 no less than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-21

individuals who have tried hard to usurp the
leadership of the movement, who would in
evitably bring It to grief II they succeeded and
who are likely to remain In the background only
so long ms they are compelled to. The inca
pacity Of these persons for taking sane view
rather than any deliberate and conscious per-
versity Of purpose, might incline them to force
a verdict from the present canvass. 1t Is the
duty of the responsible LEADERS, Of the Union not
only to prevent such bunder as that would
be, but to convince the public Of the genuine
ness of their compliance with Mr.. Lows wishes
And we venture to remind them that whereas
welconsidered declarations In his favor by or
ganlzed bodies of citizens would mean great
deal a multitude Of unverifed Endorsements
might he as cheap and insignificant us are the
signatures on many a petition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-21
ENGLISH AT COLLEGE.

Mr. Joseph HoekStra, in an address made ut
one Of the commencement gatherings Of the
University of Rochester last week. proposed
that his alma mater should make a name for
itself as a centre Of pure English writing and
speech He outlined in words none too strong
the looseness of language in what passes for cul-
tiyatpd society "IIave you heard the talk OF
"academic youth and college men among them
SELVES everywhere indeed. save, so TO speak, on
dress parade with an ear TO the separation
"of slang and awkward forms Of expression
from such words phrases and sentences as
would bear reading If taken down from the
clips Of the speakers? The truth is that in
correct speech is so general, if not universal.
that we are ashamed at ordinary times to ex-
"press ourselves in proper English. Such speech
"is too inspid for ears used TO the highly spiccd
seasoning of slang; it is too stiff and starchcd
"for those accustomed to license and loose
mess in language; it sounds affected in the
'prescnce of the undrcss, ragged, patched. hobo
"Coxey-army garb in which our English ap-
"pears. save on special and set occasions
The proper remedy for this state of things, Mr.
Hockstra justly says, is in the family and pri
mary school, but he argues that since they do
not do the work properly they should he
that Rochester add to its course daily train
ing through the whole four years in English.
Such an enterprise. he believes. would attract
attention TO the institution and draw to 1t the
large patronage Of those who consider the mas
tery of English an essential feature of higher
education The preparatory schools sending
students to Rochester would be led to pay spe
cial attention TO composition. and without i'm
the least interfering with the thoroughness Of
classical and scientific training fashion of
good English might be set. II Is undeniable thai
the fashion Of good English does not exist in
the American college. 1t may be preached in
the classroom and required in the literary So
ciety and on the commencement platform, but
the language of the campus is jargon of
which the students are proud. The average col
legian in a drawing room Is, as Mr. Hoekstra
suggests. slipshod for fear Of being stiff and
pedantic.
Public sentiment III college Is powerful Many
old abuses. such as hazing and painting statues,
have been abolished by the action of the stu
dents. Let them resolve that the language OF
the campus shall henceforth be English and not
hobo and they will have gone a long way in the
direction Of making themselves easy and cor
rect speakers Patois is exceedingly destructive
of good vocabulary. and the limited choice Of cx-
preston which II induces Is remarkable. We
hope Rochester will take up Mr. Hoekstras
idea. and show the colleges Of the United States
how to improve speech. To win extraordinary
distinction in science or classics to-day requires
great resources Moderate expenditure might
make q college famous as an institution grad
uatng students by habit and training masters