The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
WHO'S WHAT N
WHY IN AMERICA.


WRITTEN FOR -TT SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The men who are teaching the young idea
how to shoot are getting their targets ready,
and the educational galleries for the youth
| full marksmen will shortly be running full
time. 1 present this week two leaders II
! educational thought in this country. En-
dcwments ranging anywhere from s. -
/ Sl.ec. 10000 Will be gratefully received BY
these gentlemen from those who are con-
fronted by a hard winter with nothing to
meet ii but an enormous bank account.
WILBERFORCE JENKINS.
Hadley, Arthur Twining.
President of Yale College. an academy of
learning and athletics at New Haven. Conn
Born In New Haven. Conn, April -. 1896.
on the third anniversary e the birth Of Ed
win Markham. MS a great day" b. said.
as he opened his eyes. How S Markham
getting along First rate repiic! his
nurse. Hes completed the first line OF the
Man With the Hoe" Three cheers and
a tiger for the hoe" cried young Hadley.
and Immediately dropped of into a peaceful
slumber
Passed his preparatory examinations for
Yale two months later. but on account OF
his extreme youth was not allowed TO ma
triculate. and devoted his infancy to study
ing economics and the trusts. the latter at
that time an abstraction that interested him
hugely. AT Z months lie had composed a
NtAANtA A4ANAC Ol4S az WHICH 10 S-4ls A41GA-
self TO sleep. beginning:
The Bog!e-man. tie Bge-manf
Tbs B1Gie-man be Cus~eE-
The Bosie-man's d stog te-man.
A staring. smoking. IoIgy-maa.
Compared unto the Trust.
This little song showed the bent OF his
mind and may be regarded as the original
conception of his later remarkable utter
ances on the subject OF large combinations
and how to treat them. Al / had devised a
~ n . $3.50 1T
that the supply of toys could never, in the
nature OF things, under prevailing coadi-
tons. equal the demand, and. in the inter-
ests OF his playthings, put in an appeal TO
his parents for three shifts of toys with
which he might play eight hours a day
apiece. In three years from this he had
mastered every college yell in the country
from the Siss-BoOm-Ah of Princeton to the
Brackety-Ax. Coax. Coax Of Yale. and was
known throughout The town Of New Havei
as a Complete Freshman in spite Of his
years.
At 10 he interested himself IN figures. ard
when asked at Christmas what he'd like
Santa Claus TO bring him he replied. oh. II
sock full OF statistics, | guess" These he
got, and It Is said that his manipulation OF
them became so expert that President POr-
ter OF Yale observed that Arthur can 30
more with a single statistic in a minute
than Edward Atkinson can do with a book
OF Iogarlthms and a chatting dish in a year"
Entered Yale as a freshman In 1872, his
application for a professorship having been
declined by the college. on the ground that
ne knew too much 10 be a professor and
needed the fouI years course as an under
graduate to knock some OF his knowledge
out Of him. Submitted to this decision ana
devoted his first year to clearing his mind
of the bulk Of the Information he had previ-
ously acquired. retaining only enough to
carry him through the sophomore year. His
intellect thus freshened. he came to his
junior and senior years ready for the exac-
tons Of the curriculum as It then existed
and was graduated ar A B. In 1876. going
to Berlin University. where he
soon acquired ell the learning the Germans
could spare. considering the needs OF the
Kaiser.
Returned TO the United States and became
a tutor at Yale. and later. having won the
intercollegiate statistic championship. WAS
appointed professor OF political science.
in the chair he became widely known
as the Jim Corbett of economies. and for
years held the championship title
against all Corners. although at times Sc
yerely put to his resources in two and three
round bouts with other heavy-weights like
Nick Butler. the Columbian bantam. and