Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01

uppcrmOst In the minds of coaches.
managers and students. A defeat for
the team has been regarded as blow
to the college This exaggerated notion
of the value of athletics has done great
harm. 1t Is well that students should
take exercise. 1t Is not SO well that
their taking of exercise should develop
into vast system Of athletic exhibi.
tons meant to advertise the college
and Leading to ugly features Of prOfcs.
siOnallsm. The act of contest between
man and man and between team ana
team Is not without its educational ef.
fects. What needs to be eliminated Is
the glOrihcation of athletics at the ex.
pcnse of other more important elements
In college training. President Eliot has
shown that perhaps colleges are mis-.
taken In thinking that their prowess
with the oar or ut the bat has a great
deal to do with their material prosper.
i,y. At any rate. he has shown that
the two things have no connection Mt
Harvard. The great work of the uni.
vcrsity goes OH whether the teams win
or not. This Is rs 1t should be.
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The head Of the state railways In
Prussia has made the formal announce.
ncnt thnt as many women as possible
are hereafter to be employed In posi-.
lions suitable for them on the various
lines. Places In ticket offices. telegraph
stations and the like will be open to
them. Work rs telephone clerks, In
cOunting.roOms and freight offices will
he given to those who are competent.
The larger opportunities for women
have come because Of satisfactory ser.
vice In positions they have been al.
lowed to Ill. Such a practical test Is
better than recommendations and petl.
lions by the score. The question Is.
more ana more. What can you do? not.
Who are you? The wise woman recOg.
nlzes the fact that her advancement Is
II matter largely In her own hands.
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A prize Of two hundred thousand
dollars offered by the management of
the coming worlds fair In st. Louis
for the successful operation Of a dlrigl.
BILE alr-shlp will stimulate effort among
inventors, and may have important
results. The competition will be the
first aerial tOurna ment ever held in the
world. Although the names most often
heard In connection with the trial arc
those Of Sir Hiram Maxim. Prof. 8. r.
Langley, Of Washington, and Mons.
Santos umOnt. some dark horse"
may prove to DO the first real Pegasus.
1t Is significant chat the exhibit Is
classed In the department Of transpor.
tatlOn.
There Will always DO party leader.
ship, rs there has always been. Men
OF exceptional capacity will 70 to the
front by the force Of brains. which Is
something very different from tho boss
ruling by the cohesive power of public
plumber. The one appeals to the In.
telligence and patriotic impulses of the
people. The other lives. moves and has
his being by his control OF party patron
age In all Its varied forms. Tho leader
Is a natural evolution Of our political
system. The boss comes from selfish.
Oftice-gettlng ana money. grabbing dc.
velOpnent as way OF absorbing DO.
litical power.
The trouble Ii that the majority OF
the citizens are not practical In their
politics. The so-called practical poll,
tlcian Is one that never fOrgcts his self.
ish interests. II all citizens We're sim.
ilarly attentive to their own interests,
which depends on the welfare Of the
city, they would be scrupulOus In all
the duties OF citizenship and on election
day would bear In mind that they are
voting for men who will conduct the
business of the voters.
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The upbuilding OF the West depends
upon the occupancy by settlers OF ev-
cry acre OF ground capable OF intensive
cultivation. No scheme Of dispOslng :. t
the public lands which shuts out the
small settler can promote Its develop.
ment by making the West more pOpu.
lOus.
A mathematician has calculated that
the streets of heaven occupy l24,l0s..
272, 600, ZOO, 100000 cubic feet. This
may be comforting to persons who live
In mortal fear that they may be
jammed up against disagreeable neigh
bOrs In that better land.
The Philadelphia Enquirer wants to
know whether man owns his own
brains?" That depends. Ii he Ia In
politics for office ana office only, some