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New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
Photographs by Boldtman.

of interrogatory tone of voice
'.I certainly do" replied the youth, wholly un-
abashed. Why oxford is away behind the
times. young man would waste the best
part of his life leaving this country and going
over there for three or four years. Why, OK
ford isn't in it with Yale, Harvard, or some
of the big German universities. 1t does not
give you the technical education that is wanted
in these practical days. And, if you want a
thorough mastery of the ancient languages,
philosophy or science, pure or applied you want
to go to Berlin Lepsic and, for that matter,
you can get just good at home.
The young aspirant to the bar took breath,
and then added: why, what great students
has Oxford turned out in the last one hundred
years? None that compare with Professor
Whitney, of Yale Professor Lane or Pro-
fessor Goodwin, of Harvard. Why. those Eng
lishmen use books-use the Greek textbooks
of Professor Goodwin, for example"
you may be right said the senior member
who was a playmate of his young employees
father, and so, the boys say, easy" with
him. But it strikes me that Cecil Rhodes
knew what he was doing. 1 think it most like
ly that Nj. Rhodes appreciated the fact
that oxford was going to sleep, and that some
new blood brought from hustling young Amer
ica or studious surefooted, thoroughgoing
Germany would stimulate his countrymen to
new lines of thought and activity. Mr. Rhodes
vou know was by no means a narrow minded
man. He had learned that Englishmen, like all
other men, are by no means self-suficient; that
there is always a lot to learn from others. And
It is an old saying that the teacher must learn
his pupil before he can teach. Now, in my
mind I think that these oxford professors, and
their English pupils we'll, will learn consld-
BILE from the two hundred Americans, Ger
mans and colonists for whom Mr. Rhodes's Will
provides in the way of scholarships each year,
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rolling on the waves from passing steamers
ducking and splashing about like dolphins
Whatever improvements are made along the
river front by the city, this free, open ar
unrestricted bathing should not be interiereo
with IN the opinion of the managers OF the
Fast Side House Settlement. In the morning
and at noon and in the early evening working
mon come down for a swim, using the ample
shelter Of the great rocks along the shore Tor
,be5r dressing apartments-and there Is code
of honor here in respect to these scattered
bundles Of clothing lying among the rocks
Yesterday the whole outraged naked popula-
ton were rushing savagely after one little
,,r,.45r who had not learned the code, and ne
was taught it the spot
This thoroughly enjoyed opportunity for Wig
orous free for all, spontaneous exercise Is no
small factor in the lives of the neighborhood
Tp in the picturesque lots among the powders
and holes groups of children are constantly at
,bei- MAY Here three or four boys working
ike beavers. digging with their hands, and
throwing ND a dirt fort big enough to hold them
all there a couple Of wee boys are digging a
lorr hole as far as they can reach into the soil;
here. again. some little girls are playing house.
cuddlfny their dolls into little hooks; and there
a little group is building a house Of bricks. ana
all this they do just as they want TO; no ponce
nan or trespass signs presuppose that they
want TO do wrong: and so their sef-dlrecteo'
day long activity with the breezes and beauty
Of the river around them and the well kept
green Of BIackweIrs Island opposite, fills their
minds and muscles with healthy life
Overlooking this natural playground on
Seventy -sixth-st. stands the East Side house
Settlement, the bulwark for that which
is good IL the moral and social life Of This sams
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

N,TURAL PLAYGROUND.
last RIVER WATER FRONT BE
TWEEN sEVENTY-SIATH AND
SEVENTY EIGHTH SITS.

Fast River front between Seventy-sixth
.ranty-eighth sts.. has been taken over
BIZ -, park Department before its longtime
natural playground has been destroyed
NS' ,,,;l5ings. These two blocks. fronting on the
" ,smain now just as nature and the some
~ ~ ost,,rine COWS left them The East River
- vrb;ch is eight blocks north, is i'm
-. there is a granite wall built up along
a ;,,er with an iron fence on it: there are
-the-y and grass lawns and trees, all Of
.t.r are pretty. But when people go there
-, must also look pretty, keep off the grass,
m, m the walks and sit on the settees. But
-, .oyya line from Seventy-sixth-st- to Seventy
.,,n-st has a picturesque beauty Of its own;
&c are nothing but spots Of grass and much
"a and bowlders reaching right down to the
.-.s edge but the children Of the neighbor-
- inst live on every inch Of it all day long,
"a mothers bring their babies to creep on the
-ase and everybody sits around on the bowl
so-s or on the ground, as the notion takes him
- her. And from these bowlders that are
,oaras along the shore, and from the wharf
:. ca1-entv-eighth-St-, there are always on these
a-n, days crowds Of boys diving off into the
ivar so numerous as TO resemble schools or
s4 yelling in the water with sheer delight,
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

people. This East Side house maintained for
years a playground. with swings, gymnasuc
apparatus, etc, which has been destroyed
by the exterior street which is about to be put
through along the river front. The Settlement
is therefore. especially anxious that the recre-
alton privileges and facilities of this natural
park be preserved and enlarged much as
possible, all the more SO because of the func-
ton that such a park should have when ad-
joining and overlooking it on Avenue A are the
enSrmous school building No 15S and the
large model tenement house building by
the City and Suburban Homes Company, be-
sides the very complete Webster Free Circulat-
ing Library making this park on the river,
surrounded by these institutions, the educa-
tional centre of this part of the city. The re-
Gently greatly enlarged plant of the Settlement,
its new buildings. with a beautiful auditorium,
its clubrooms and its complete gymnasium
facilities equip it most satisfactorily for the
important function that it is to have as the
exponent in this vital point Of the city of higher
things, physical. mental and moral ard.
through the union of the best citizens, as the
conscious guardian and promoter OF the best
interests of the neghborhood.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
might learn abroad. BY the way. here is that
subpoena which you forgot to serve on Blank
Better start out with it right away.
A CORNELL MANS MANY DEGREES.

If a certain graduate student at Cornell ever
gets prominent enough to receive a lot of hon
orary degrees. he will not only be like the men
who are so many different doctors of laws, divin-
ity and the sciences that hours would be neceS-
sary for them to pass given point if they went
separately, but he ought to be able to give all
of them points on the variety of his academic
distinctions.
Already a Bachelor of Letters from Albion
College Michigan, with the class of '93, and 4
Master of Letters and a Doctor of Philosophy
from Cornell in 1895 and 1898, respectively he
has lust completed his freshman year at Ithaca
in the three year course leading to the degree
of Doctor OF Veterinary Medicine. lie has
studied also in England, and has lately acted as
secretary to one of the Cornell professors, who
is an Oxford graduate. While studying during
the last college year at the Vet building. this
much degreed young man evidently had tima to
continue his literary work, for at commence
ment to him was awarded the Mrs. A. S. Barnes
Shakespeare prize of $50. The essay for which
he received this prize in competition was On
THE Moral Proportion and the Fatalism of Pas
sion Exhibited in Shakespeare's Tragedies"
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
CORNELL COLLECTION OF BRAINS.

Just how to bequeath your brain, together
with somewhat grewsOme directions for the
transmission of that organ, is told you on print
ed forms of the Cornell University Museum
Collecting human brains is hobby of Prof IS 7
Wilder of Cornell, who is we'll known author
ity on neurology. and on the shelves OF the
museum, each in its jar of alcohol, are many
brains of criminals and the like, while in J'r
Widers private laboratory, and not on pubic
exhibition are the thinkers of those who stood
higher in the social scale. Many college profes-
sors and eminent scientists have willed their
brains the collection, and at least one man
of national reputation, whose name has no
been announced. is on the list
DR.. Wilder has a friend, an old soldier, who
has given his brain to the cause of science. The
--eteran once wrote the professor: Some DAY
nope to to Ithaca and inspect my luIu'e
headQuarterA
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and in generation two Oxford will have
enough American graduates to bring great IN
fuence for good to bear upon her. In my opln-
ion, Rhodes knew just what he was doing Tor
his alma mater"
"Wen, if that is the case Mr.. Rhodes INTENDED
to build up Oxford at our expense"
Although" remarked the senior member.
there are some things that young Americans
New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
CECIL RHODESS PURPOSE.
HE WANTED NEW BLOOD FOR SLEEPY OLD
OXFORD, AND KNEW JUST HOW
TO GET IT.

'T think that Cecil Rhodes made a mistake
when he founded scholarships for Americans
and Germans at old Oxford" said young Yale
graduate who had just begun his A C's in
law in Wall-st. office,
$50 you believe that you could will away Mr.
Rhodess wealth better than Mr.. Rhodes him
self" said the senior member Of the firm. with
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18

orally held to be worth a twentieth part
as much. money and all. to the community
as men who have not a cent. but have
some human worth, we begin to appreciate
the accuracy Of Mr.. sahlin's view. The
public may be curious about an Aston OF q
Vanderbilt because II lie wonderful. after
thousands Of years Of practice. that by the
mere fact Of being born into the world a
person should come into the possession OF
Immense sums Of money which he does
not and cannot earn.
But when you find q rich man who is
admired. who has thousands OF friends and
followers, the chances are that he IL a
man Of ability. even OF genius. He is ad-
mired not so much for his actual possess
sion Of money as for the masterful quail
ties that have won him money. He him
self lie no money counter. He enjoys his
money, to be sure. and takes great salts
faction in the added power Il gives him.
but his chief satisfaction In life is to be
found in the exercise OF the talent or
genius that made him rich, whether Il be
invention. executive ability, foresight, gen.
eral mental scuteness or extraordinary
energy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
a PROGREsSiVE CHiHAMAN.

The newly appointed Chinese minister,
Liang Chen Tung, belongs to the pro-
gressive class Of Cinnamon and is a
warm friend of the United States.
Speaking of the relations between his
country and this he said hat the
Chinese government and people are most
grateful to the United States for the
course 1t has pursued in dealing with
China in connection with the other
powers and expressed the opinion that
this country will certainly receive as
good treatment as any power in the
commercial and industrial development
of the Chinese empire. That he will be
instrumental in securing such treatment
is Of course to be expected and IL The
shall prove as good a friend of the
he will commend himself to the cordial
regard of our government and people.
Liang Chen Tung knows the United
States pretty well and he likes Ameri-
mi AS. a student at Yale he came
into full contact with American life
and his experience here was such that
he does not view our society and insti-
tutions through thoroughly Chinese
eyes. His appointment was largely due
to the fact that he had been educated
In this country and was therefore ia
miliar with its institutions, e~videncing
a desire on the part of the imperial
government OF China to cultivate the
most friendly relations with the United
States and to know more of the institu-
tons OF the country which has been so
helpful to the Chinese empire in one
of the most trying exigencies of it's his.
tory. The new minister has expressed
himself as being greatly pleased with
the opportunity to go to Washington
and there is no doubt he will be cor
daily received there, though he replaces
n Of the most popular men In the
diplomatic service.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
Personal NOTES.

Senator Hoar has just purchased a resi-
dence in Washington. having spent the
larger portion OF his public life in hotels
and boarding houses In that city.
The report that Emperor William is com
pIling q volume OF sermons nts in nicely
with the report that he is trying to reform
the drinking habits Of the German stu
dents.
England's new premier. Mr.. B~alfour, Is
sure to bear his new honors modestly. He
had already reached the exalted post Of
captain Of the Royal and Ancient Golf club
team Of st. Andrews.
Nearly the entire town OF Leavenworth
lined up at the depot to receive the Sixth
infantry. II is one OF the most famous
regiments In American history. and has
been commanded by Zachary Taylor, W. B.
HaEen, w. s. Hancock and A. Med. Nc
Cook. II was organized In 1898 and was
first stationed in Fort Leavenworth in 1929.
Judge sidener Of st. Louis. who recently
ruled that a wife has the right Of taking
money from her husbands pockets under
provoking circumstances. now holds that a
dog has the right TO bite a person who ties
a tin can or other impediment TO its tail.
II the dog has not the right In law, in
equity he ought to have It. So q Daniel
come to judgmentI
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
NOT MONEY, BUT ABILITY.
The VIII to Do and n Doing Com
mands American Admiration.
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis journal.
At times we Americans are very near
to confessing that we are a nation OF
mo~ney-grubbers and dollar-chasers But
some of our foreign inspectors and critics
understand us better than we understand
ourselves. The outside point Of view has
its advantages. Mr.. hlex Sahlin, an Eng
lishman, sees our apparent respect for
wealth In a light that does credit to US.
Mr.. Sahlin is one Of those numerous
friendly visitors, critics or ~chroniclers that
Great Britain sends us In these days, In
marked contrast to the Sydney Smiths,
Dickenses, the Trollopes. etc. of other
days. He was one OF a commission APP
pointed by the British Iron Trade associa-
ton to inquire into the iron. steel and al
lied industries Of the United States. In
the course Of his report he says:
l have often heard 1t enormously stated
that the Americans worship dollars. This
not greatly esteemed. What the American
admires and honors is the ability to do;
that capacity in a man, through his own
sagacity. nerve, enterprise and skill to
create and employ a fortune. Nobody in
America seems to feel above his work or
degraded by 1t. AS 1t is done, and as is
the result obtained. so is the man esteemed
by his fellowmen, and such is the place
he will make for himself in his community
or in his country. Everybody works, and
works for the sake OF work; and thus there
has been produced in America in the short
space Of one generation an Industrial po-
tentiality which is more wonderful and
more to be feared than the works and
plants which these same workers have
created. Nowhere is the struggling youth
more kindly encouraged. more readily
trusted, more generously aided. more gladly
made place for than in America, and when
1 say this ] speak from personal experience,
and with gratitude in my heart toward many
Of those busy and keen, but also generous
and broad-minded men Of affairs.
When We reflect that there are in every
community rich men-spoiled sons Of their
fathers. sordid accumulators. misers. shy
locks-who haven't the respect Of the
poorest man in the town and are not gem
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
TREASURER srUEFEa's PLAN.

State Treasurer Stuefer calls atten-
ton to the gravity Of the situation that
~confronts the people Of Nebraska in the
investment of its permanent school
funds in the following published inter
view:
/ do not envy my successor. The indi-
cations are that he will have more money
on his hands than he can possibly invest
under the constitution and laws as they
are at present. Fully s1,OO0.0 900 worth Of
county bonds now held by the state will
fall due during the next two years and will
undoubtedly be paid by the counties. At
present the counties have money and are
paying their bonds Just as fast as the OPP
ton expires. Then, during the same period
there will be another million dollars de-
rived from warrants and a third million
from state lands. In order to keep this
money invested there must be some change
In the constitution and the laws that will
permit a wider range Of Investments. I
do not favor an amendment permitting the
state to loan money on land, this TO be done
through county officers and the counties to
be responsible for the loan. 1t appears to
me to be a plan open to much fraud. Gov
ernor Crounse once advocated investment
IA Outleu 0lhlCb uOuub. Auib 10 peFIlltVu
now under the constitution, but he believed
the state board should be given power both
to buy and sell these bonds whenever the
state Of the market justified. OF course.
they draw only 2 per cent interest. Less
than 2 per cent would be realized by the
state. II that is a good plan, why would
1t not be well to loan the money to de-
pcsitory banks7 The banks Of Nebraska
are now in good condition and will GER
tainly pay 2 per cent for the money II they
have an opportunity. OF course, q con-
stitutional amendment would be necessary
to carry out such a plan.
Treasurer Stuefer is in the main cor
rect In his premises and conclusions.
We fully concur with his view concern
Ing the danger of loaning school money
on real estate security. That expert
ment was tried Immediately after Ne
braska assumed statehood. 1t resulted
In bad loans and losses and was abb
ruptly abandoned with the impeachment
of members of the loaning board. Long
time loans Of the permanent school
fund to depository banks would, we be-
lieve, be also of doubtful expediency,
although the depository banks should
be the custodians OF all the uninvested
public funds and required to pay in
terest on them to the state.
But why has not Treasurer Stuefer
directed himself to the governor. who
had it within his power to apply the
only effective remedy by calling the
legislature to submit the necessary
amendments to the constitution this
year2 Had this been done, as repeat
edly urged by The Bee, Mr.. Stuefer's
successor would not be confronted with
the problem. The permanent school
fund could be safely invested in municl.
pal and school district bonds, as well
as county securities, and the floating
debt of the state could have been re.
funded into low Understanding bonds
to be substituted for the warrants now
held in the school fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
cHILDHooD,s HAPPY DREAMS.

James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
In the days half forgotten she and 1,
Barefooted innocents, played together;
We rolled In the dust when the earth was
And made mud pies in the soggy weather:
We climbed the trees In the deep old wood,
And shook the walnuts in rafting show
Picked grapes and piums for our MONDAY
And thought it heaven. that life of ours.
With never a tear to dim our eyes,
With never a cloud TO blur our skies.
We talked of the days when we'd "Erowed
We'd be man and wife in our cosey cot
We would sip of bliss from its sweetest cup
And eat from the same love dish OF pot
She'd cook me meals that a god would eat,
While 1 would hustle for golden shekela,
And then I would gaze in her face so
Though terribly spansled with nut-brOwn
And our eyes would meet and our souls
To mingie in loves FIRST childish dream.
AS the years passed on and We older grew.
And were chums in the same great coed.
college,
We would try to kindle loves name anew.
In the resting spells In our search for
But she grew less "ehummy." less full of
play,
Into staid 'Pauiyne" grew the simple
Polly,
And she read on her graduation day
A thoughtful essay upon the folly
OF girls assuming the role of wife
Instead Of a no6ler sphere in life.
1 meet her now on the busy street
OF the capital Colorado city,
A cold, proud dame, with the face once
sweet,
Now hardened by politics. Oh, the pityi
The light of affection never plays
In the eyes that l used to think so cun
ming.
But with hatred they seem TO fairly blaze
When they meet with mine, for we now
are running
For the same fat ONCE. she and l.
And we never speak as we pass by.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
4 CASE OF CROSSED rRoLLErs.


The Lincoln Journal is trying its very
best to champion the railroad end of the
railroad tax question, but it is getting
its trolleys frightfully crossed. Its latest
~effusion seeks to combat the idea that
property should be valued for taxation
either at the amount invested in it or
at the cost of replacement, but at what
1t would cost to buy it on the market.
So 1t declares:
The true standard is not the cost OF q
farm or railroad to the owner or what it
would cost to replace the improvements
found upon 1t, but the market value OF the
property as an entity.
The Journal man should connect up
again with the railroad tax bureau. The
whole task imposed on the railroad
lawyers is to disprove the market value
standard, because the market value of a
railroad is readily ascertainable by the
quotations on its stocks and bonds,
which represent not only the tangible
property. but also the intangible fran
chise values as well. If the Journal
will only stick to its market value propo-
sition 1t will at nee join with The Bee
in demanding a material increase in the
assessment Of the railroad property to
correspond with the increase in the
market value OF the Nebraska roads,
reflected In stocks and bonds during the
last two years. But as Dol as it gets
revised orders from railway head
quarters the Journal will take another
tack.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
DOR FRIEND.

In view Of the fact that a number Of
interesting and important questions,
chiefly bearing upon our relations with
Canada, are awaiting settlement, 1t is
gratifying to know that Mr.. Balfour,
the new British prime minister, is a
very cordial friend of the United States
and DESTROYS of maintaining the best
relations with this country. 1t is said
that Americans who have visited Eng
land in recen years and have met Bal
four In places where condolences are
exchanged, have found him to be singu-
larry persistent in his quest of informa-
ton respecting the United States and
most cordial in his sentiments toward
this country. There is a statement also
that Balfour was among British states
men the most earnest s~ympathizer with
the United States in the war with Spain.
OF course Mr.. Balfour's friendly feel
ing toward this country will not lead
him to take any position likely to prove
inimical to the interests of Great
Britain. There is no doubt regarding
his patriotism or his devotion to British
interests. But his friendship may safely
be counted upon to enable him to take
Il fair and reasonable view of the ques-
tions between the two countries and
to seek their settlement in a way to
strengthen international good will. 1t
will dispose him to regard all matters of
controversy from this standpoint, rather
than from a wholly selfish point Of view.
There is reason to hope that the Alaska
boundary question. for instance, will
receive fairer consideration from a min
istry Of which Balfour is the head than
has yet been given 1t, as well as the
sealing question and some others. At
all events, the friendly feeling of the
new British prime minister toward us
is not without it's value as will possibly
in due time be shown.