New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.


heart. Estevan Antonio Fuertes, for many years
the head of the College of Civil Engineering ar
Cornell. much affection from his OWE stu
dents. though he known by reputation only
TO most of the others 1t was his hobby to ex-
change photographs with each of his graduates
and of these pictures. arranged in large frames
by classes. there are many in Lincoln Hail. the
civil engineering and architectural building Pro
fessor Fuertes's memory exceptionally good.
and few of his former students ever returned
whom he did not remember.
The Mog1l,' as he universally called. was
particularly fond of the theatre. Whether good
or bad. every troupe that came to Ithaca had his
patronage. Some lines in The Cornelan" de-
scribing the rough house that greeted one par
ticular stock company include these;
But the management scented trouble.
All, yes, twas a cinch u ses
With the Mummy Club in the right hand ooX
And 1.-The MOguI'' the aisle in Three
The semi-riots of the students at the Ithaca
theatre that Professor Fuertes stopped were not
few, but when a student was arrested for dis lis
first to intercede. He gave largely from his prt-
vate purse to Cornell needs. as well as to poor
students.
Cornell civil engineer whose class was in ths
EuerteS on ms return from a EnlTstlnas
He had 6egn PqsisS for falling 9e9ad to pa @ IN
his Sfal9hPas'0''S oice r'o'sSS0' "S''sS S's'''o ~
No, No replied the student
Then you must simply have been darned lazy"
The MoSul'S'' comment.
The student got back
Major Charles S. Smith. corlmandant of the
ordnance proving ground Sandy Hook is also
member of the Ordnance Board of the United States
Army. and Of the designers of the power
full l6-inch syn proved last Saturday. The major
is a very unpretentiouS officer. mild hammered and
polite 20 degree. even under trying conditions.
When all was in readiness for firing the first tui
charge from the big piece. Major Smith ordered
a T1hO her for a
tional newspaper 60 set up his camera WITHIN
one hundred feet Of the gun The major approached
him and said very mildly:
I'VE never know what a gun going TO 90
when the first fun charge Is fred IN this case II
is loaded with more powder than has ever been
pompousIy I'll take the rick
fo-e aor saiq Rrnie ami Sre ony army % men 50
We shall retire to cover" They walked rapidly
grabbed apa his aa% outf int and @ @dow on dead run
was evidently duly impressed by the majors gen
Here is a pen picture Of the Sultan OF Morocco
from the quill OF r. B. Cunninghame Grahane:
Young and intelligent and educated highly in
the snowsdss % . q 81 fhs MsSs 5ad not ts SSd %
IS Very charmins man. well made and sctve. and
with uncommon eprsonal strength; and. with tatr,
oe hoped from him Z he smsrges safely from RON
cession mongers and the crew Of those who, seeing
marshes, want to drain them AZ the national eN
tial TO his people in the first instance than .sre
railways. and while convinced of the necessity OF
change. deems il should be upon Islamc ineS
thinking the Koran holds within itself precepts by
which his nation be ruled. Like Pericles he
speaks no language but his own: thinks nis own
costume better than the button bags that men
style uniform this side OF the Straits. and sees
no beauty in our architecture. He rides his horse
high and dsposedly. sitting sereney, and Just
swaytng St the waist. when IL goes down the street
bounding and pasSagng. his reinS held high after
the Eastern fashion. as u he were steering IN
boat Extremely easy OF approach he Set mas
dignity of uncommon kind. unnsixed with the
faulty which often in wee German lairdisS
and In s.her poteRtASAs