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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

tteyl better than 1t was quarter 81
a century ago College presidents 90 not
favor physical training nn,i6nthletlcs be-
cause they are popular With tho st;l-
dents, noi. because they increase the
number of stndcnts Indeed ] ,lotpt
whether other Of these propositions IS Is
correct. large pnrt Of the cork IN
physical training Is decidedly unpopular
and no ono las Vet shown that the num-
Der OF college students las In amy way
been Influenced by successful! athletes.
The favor shown D., the college Ulcers
is solely due 10 lie fact that where PIN
steal training and athletics are Gncour-.
aged there Is n better moral nt.nosphels,.
less conflict between students and fite-
nlty and much better aud stronger coz
legc work. indeed, plUslca training Is
an essential element 10 successful co.'s
lege work. The ,,rfnc.s OF tho Indy rlc
often more harmful in the davclopnlent
ofFa young man Dr4youns woman tlan
defentsaof the nira
'tEut, Doctor. does 1t pay tho college
boy To make d nnnetin atnielIcs? is
" IN no respcrtable college or unlver-.
sity does any student rprnive relnlincra-.
tom because he has made u mans In
athletics, Jle receives, however, that
recognition for excellence 10 when AL
5truc men uspre. II,
The college as a PROCESSION
What do you think, Doctor, Of the col-
lego as a profession DoNnursplofes spisi
receive sufficient salaries
college professor IL seldom nde-,
5auntelyI paid, replied Dls Harper, and
tic same Is true of the teachers In
tho public schools. When We take info
1 account INT The ability ren,llel tne cost
OF preparations. the constant lntellectual
strain under Which n professor Or 8leaches
works, the Importance OF having means
for tho purchase Of hooks and travel, and
the necessity Of providing for old asa,
II Is beyond question true that the sal
aries paid IN America are sadly made
unate, IN
ION tho other hand, 1t is to he lemenl-
bered that these salaries are oerhe:a
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! tinued, there Is no good rea son, WY
the present four years Of high school!
work and the four years of college work
should I. not he properly accomplished
wlthinaless than eight years by fifty per,
cent a of those who attempt It's y few.
students can do !tadn,irablys III six years.
ana a ma oritya ought to do II III seven
years, II would not be wise, however.
! to change the standard from four years
to three, because III this case all would
10 It lii three. 1'heybetters way would be
to arrange the work In sllEll a manner
that those who arc able to so through
their college course III three years should.
have the privilege OF doing So
What Course to Choose.
HWhnt course would you fldwIsc tho
high school boy to take whose career
Is not to Ebc decided tnntil In fteT lie leuVes
the high school or college7'' il
II 1T is Impossible for tho student To
decide before that time lis should certainly
advise tho high school course, which sin-.
ipudns a good preparation IN Latin maths
cannot c decide on his 'd4reer uIntll after ho
leaves college, ! should advise tho same
general course. with the addition or
Trench. and German. and OF history and
political economy, Whatever the mans
occupation, these subjects will be found
directly llelpf,ll
College Athletics.
"Arc not orr colleges running more to
muscle than bralns?" asked. In other
words, Arn not athletics crawling ssout
mental tialning3'
THAT idea is frequently presented III
the daily press, ! I seems absurd to sany-
one who knows tha facts, Inc tiue now
given 10 athletics Is the time which
used ia be spent in rowdyIhm and PER-.
hups In drunken sprees. The aYprasel
college man Of to-day gives more hours
10 study than aid the AVERAGE c:''lege
man OF Twenty-Five years ago. The re-
suit OF physical training and athletics
has been the moral publication 'of the
college ainospheS& j. ss.s 9naaa '1tsnA'
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Especial Correspondence 10 The Times
,e Dispatch.) 81
CHICAGO, October SIT was at the
Union Club here that met Dr., WI Ham
r: Harper, president Of the University
+ OF Chicago, and chattcd with him about
/ the twentieth century college. DR. ElarH-5
or Is at the head of our modern edu-
Gators. He is the president Of tho young
.sst and most aggressive Of our universal
lies, an Institution which within lesa
4 Than a dozen years has acquired an cn-j
a dowment or eleven Milllon dollars, winch
]. las thousands Of students from every
part of the United States, and which has
,l;idn itsclf8felt IL almost every part o.
tthn educational world.
"A Strenuous Educator. ],
DR.. IIarpcrBis n type OF the strehuol 'Sr5'
,,css or OH, modern tines lie was only
s1hirty- five years old when he = l,ecil me
president Of the Chicago University lie
WAS only fourteen when he graduated
# from tho M,,skingunl College, and only
nineteen when he took his degree Of
doctor of philosophy at Yale, lie was
mrdc a ( RI. DIZZY Colby University at
1hirty,fi and mn laid. by Yale IN 1901.
IIc beganhl work as a tutor, IN n Ten,
;ressee college and at twenty-threeEW WAS
rrofessor Of Hebrew in the l3aptat Thco,
q logical Seminary here. AZ thirty he Was
professor of Semitic languages ut Yale,
I and lilo took the same professorshlr At
4 Chicago when lie accepted the presidency
pfgthe university.
!. In addition TO this. DR., Harper has
been q member Of the Chicago board of
Il education.S and has also wr' ten g g, large
II number OF educational and classical
works, Including text books Of Greek,
Hebrew ana Latin so that his experl-
ence especially fits him to discuss tho
educational movements Of the day,
The Twentieth Century College,
My first question was as 10 the twen-
tieth century college,: whether ~ Is an
+ improvement oyer the cnllegesy OF tho
past. and whether the study Of The
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President Harper Of the Chicago University Discus

using any Of the more common fields
OF knowledge as n basis. For this reason
"a large use is made OF history. political
economy and social science and OF the
natural, sciences as well rs OF tech-
8iology.', l5 4.
Our Boys at Oxford.
'What do YOU think about sending
American boys to Oxford on the scholar
ships furnished by Cecil Rhodes? VIII
they get us good an education there as
at homer
There are many American boys who
will be able to obtain great advantages
by three years residence at Oxford, I
replied Dr. Harper. IT do not think It
would be well TO have all Of our boys 9
educated there It would not be Il good
thing to have them I'LL educated at any
one place. or III any one way. AS 70
whether they are to DO benefited By their
Oxford course depends very largely upon
themselves as individuals, IT is q mis-
take for soma boys to go to college at all,
and "a t Will probably be found that some
of our young men Will deriye1l'o percen-
tible benefits from their stay at Oxford,
hut II the selections arc made on tho
proper basis, tho experience OF our young
Americans IN Oxford will prove to be not
only a 1grea 1 factor In their ed,lca ton,
but also ono In the educa tionnl system
Of the United States. which will be the
richer because Of this new contribution,
Can Business Men Afford the
Time.
81 "But, Or. Harper, do We not devote too
much time ia education? Can the man
wthe expects to e1Her coInnlrrcial or
business life afford ia spend four years
Int college?" Z. II
a,Tllat depends upon two things, First
8upon the age at which he enters coll
lsge and second the good he is g6t-
ting out Of his college work. a young
SJnan is not able to enter college until
he is twenty-one or twenty-three and
he cannot therefore graduate until he
Is TWENTY-FIVE or reimbursement the aues-
tlon ISIS serious one for him, The ayer-
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THE CENTURY MARKED BY new MOVEEN in EDUCA lOA
sty Discusses These With Mr. Carpenter The Times Dspac

larger than In any other country, eVeli
Germany not excepted, ana also & Una "
tho professor and the public school teach
CT have many compensatlons.{ IT Is prob
ably true that no other pro fesslon oI Sto-i33
day offers larger or more flntterlng In
ducemcnts to young men or young wo-SS
men Of real ability, For the man or w AZ
man who has the instinct OF presenting 4
to others that which }ha himself has
gained in the Nay Of kncwledg SO, q there
is no more enjoyable work. nm sure
There is no calling In Which tire sat's--5
fnction Of rendering service can be q reat,,SSi
en- # a5 i5y .t4
College Education for Poor Boys
"But Is not the cost OF education ils.- 4
coming so great, Doctor That tile poor
boy uannot 3lops 10 work his way through 4
college, rs many have done In tho rlst M 9s
a.rhe3rosl of education has unquestion-f
ably increased" said Or. Harper. but
1t Is not t,1lo thar a POOR boy cannot
earn his college course AS former ANllh5
thcpInc In cost thare hus also come (
the establishment OF scl,onrsh,ps OF loar
funds, ofiagencies for assisting the still
dentsEto obtain work. ana the NJ lumber 81
people whose hearts prompt them " 4
render such assistance is greater every 4
year., The cost OF Il acolleso elucalionS
varies with tho loca ton or the col ess,
the atmosphere around II, and ESPECIALLY
With ths circumstances $of its 8tonnd Ion
There arc colleges in which y hoy srnas
receive d fair training for $50 5per al {
num-. and there are others IN which 5lle
cannot spend u Year for less tlltln 500
( on $500. Insboth cases he cail gensralis
find opportunities 10 earn q large par ~
Ear not all. Of his expenses, Our state
universities of the Nest charge eit hef Il
NO tuition fees 3or very SINAI ones, ;f3 III =
Suggestions for the Rich
9.,We are n nation OF nlliionaires with 4
charitable tendencies, DR.. Harper. saip <
i. Ayill you not Suggest some fields IN
educational work which merit the Siits Z
5 1C,ontinred on Eighth Paxtl E58 Y
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Z. 4
street. and the foil atmosphere that
penny tube, need mot be 4 fear ed !.
fst The largest station Aon the subway Is
! the lBrooklyn Bridge don. which Is
really the downtO town II ternlinal ]. r$s It's net
work of tracks rivals the5aXerage 4 ter
+rllnal in a fairly lar Sc city, and q few
feet a bove 1t rolls Unfortunately the
heaviest street traffic of the v city, In
Guiding many electric car lines steel
beams, five feet thick, hold up the inl-
n1ense weight OF this ira fiic. 81 .i5s & u
From this station at t he! 4 Brooklyn
5Bridge clear up. to Thirty7third street
the hubsof thesun!verse.toS many New
Yorkers-the subway consists Of a four
track line running In a single tunnel
Two tracks are for expresses and two
for locals. i t is y arranged that express
trains will run. h on express tracks only,
4 and local trains on local tracks ex-,
celient system; which does not now pre-
WALTON the elevated always Of a NewI
York city. S
Have Double Tracks.
The road consists OF two doublc-track
tunnels above Thirty-fourth street, which
pass on either side OF the existing Park
avenue street railway tunnel but at a
lower level. Manhattan lis indeed be-
coming honeycombed In all directions.
and the end Of the tunnelllng is not yet
In sight. New y orkers are living in
thirty stories and travelling In three
4 In tunnels street cars and elevated
trains. "a. fsl fi1ss .i6Fs
The subway follows Broadway TO One.
Hundred and Fourth street and there
divides into two lines--One on the East
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age boy. however,. should DO able TO en-
ter college at not later than seventeen.
and there is no reason why such n hoy
should not spend three or four. years In
study, whatever Ii to he his occupation.
lie will surely be all the stronger for
business IL he has made himself act
fauainted With the various subjects OF
money, insurance. etc, which, form so
large a part OF the business life of to-
day,
ION the other hand pr, Harper soA-
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acontlnusd on Eighth Psx.a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

Transit Commission, William Barclay
Parsons Ondcrdonk wanted q sS9, ao0. 90
and certain concessions. Mcdonald got
the job. and has carried 1t out In q
manner that has met with the enthu-
8siastic approval OF Y many dis tin Guished
en- ginee1s who have Inspected his work
Rapid transit"-thc elusive dream Of
New. Workers for so NJ ny yea rs--Wiil
be something more than a mere phra Sc
when tho subway is running full blast.
1t is provided by contract that local
trains must run at an average speed OF
not less than fourteen lies an hour.
including station stops !; while expresses
must make thirty miles an hour. This
Will easily bring people from n Kings
bridge, at the northern point OF Man.
In ttan. down to the City Hal In d fifteen
minutes. Visitors from out OF town"
will no longer. be able to say. as they
always do say nowadays, Come to
our city and We'll teach you how to
f travel. fss y5% gs 5s
Close to the Surface. 5
& Unlike most underground roads, the
New York subway runs close to the sur
face. Throughout most of b tho length
from the Battery to Harlem, it is only
four or fvc feet below the street level;
This makes the excavation about twenty
feet In depth. and the platforms of the
stations are within sixteen and eighteen
feet Of the surface. The steps down from
the street to the station are thus fewer
in snunlher,sas a rule. than those. UP to
the present elevated stations. The
problem Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a diff
cult one In underground railroads-is
much simIhifed by this nearness to the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
Inventions Of the Enemy.

Lacking material from which to
create issues upon the past and pres
ent conduct of the Republican party,
the Democrats have been taking a long
and soulful look into the future this
fall. and their reports of what they
fearSOmG.
But nobody is scared. The dreamer
alone is disturbed by his nightmare.
except for Il chance neighbor who may
hear and wonder at the awakening
shrieks of the retching Of indigestion.
The visions of delrium pOrtend moth
ing outside Of the sufferers personali-
ty. The conjured wraiths of the
trance medium are visible only to the
contortionist, and perhaps few dupes
at the rontrived seance.
The country is not going to "the
demnition bowwows.'' The people Of
the United States have no desire to
start an empire upon the ruins of their
republic They will not even listen
seriously to the suggestion of such q
thing The Philippine islands are go
ing to be taken care of. They will be
free in the best sense of the word.
The Panama canal has been started by
honorable means, and it will so be
finished.
God rules and the government at
Washington still lives"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
Kerosene Oil.

A common kerosene lamp, with it's
chimney of glass, it's varied forms of
beauty, its shades modified to every
grade of vision and of taste, suggests
the relation of man to light The oil,
natural cheap, brilliant and volatile,
was long known to civilized humanity
as a crude outflow from the earth 1t
was not until about 1916 that the iri-
descent scum seen floating on the sur
face of a stream near Pittsburg sug-
gested to thoughtful men to dig for a
greater supply. Indians came from a
distance and soaked it from the water
with their blankets, which they Wrung
out into vessels in order to secure q
quantity for some secret purpose. 1t
was not until 1860 that it passed into
common use. Since that time it has
driven every form of wax, grease, fluid,
camphene and whale oil lamp from the
common use of mankind.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
sxmnatIly Cor Parker.

Possibly some Democrats may want
to vote for Parker because they would
feel very sorry tor him in the event OF
his defeat But it is matter of COM
mon gossip in New York that Parker,
if not elected president, is to have
fat job anyway: that in fact he has
already b., offered by August Bel
mont the y sition of counsel Of the
Interborough Transit railway at Il sal
airy of $4,000 Il year, the same salary
he would get as president of the Unit
ed States. and that in this position he
may also do outside legal work rs
member of 4 law firm to consist or
Hill, Sheehan and Parker. In any
event Mr.. Parker has secured a fine
advertisement for himself by his can
didacy for president. SO that there will
be no danger whatever Of his not be-
ing able to earn 4 good living III pri-
yate life by the practice Of law. 1t
would Socm to be better for Mr.. Par
ker to get $4,000 per year from Mr..
Belmont as direct counsel for that
gentleman, than to get $4,000 per
year from the United States govern
ment for official services that may be
largely Influenced by the suggestion
of Mr.. Belmont. who is in the trusts
neck high, and who once organized a
syndicate which got rAke-of OF near
ly $3,0OO,OO0 on bonds issued during
the second Cleveland administration to
make good the deficits resulting from
the Wilson tariff for revenue only"
bill.
In the minds of voters the personal
prosperity Of thousands Of Americans
who would be adversely affected by
Democratic victory should count for
more than sympathy for the Democrat
ic candidate; who will doubtless con-
tinue to grow personally more pros
porous. Notwithstanding a disapD0int-
ment in his presidential aspirations.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
BryaR's Revelations.

Bryans reception in Indiana shows,
conclusively. that the Democrats of the
middle west are not yet cured of the
free silver craze. with it's accompany
ing visions. The silence Of the st,
Louis platform on the money question
was eloquent. Parker'S telegram sat
isfed the New Workers and enabled
them to present gold standard can
didate to the conservative wing of the
party, while the silver wing was coolly
set aside to be fooled and cajoled into
good humOr during the campaign.
AS Il matter OF fact, the rank and
file of the Democratic party stand on
the money question and on all others
just where. they stood in 1896. The
logic of events has not convinced their
reason. because. on economic Ques-
tons, they have no reason.
Bryan, who could not carry Indiana
for himself, cannot, of course, carry
that state, or any other state, for
Parker. He has, however. revealed the
ass which hides under the lions skin,
assumed for a purpose, by once great
national party.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
Washing Milk Vessels.

Rinse first with cold water taking
pains to get all the deposits out of the
seams. Then give a thorough scrub
bling in quite warm water. Use some
good washing compound freely. Rinse
thoroughly. Then pour boiling water
over the utensils, drain and place in
the sun and air to dry. The application
Of boiling water at the last will cause
rapid drying. This is important. Much
of the rust in tinware-and big pro-
portion of dairy tinware on the aver
age farm you will find more or less
rusty too, If you examine it carefully
could be avoided by the judicious use
of boiling water. But don't use the
boiling water till last. 1t will bake"
the milk OF cream into the seams and
make a most insanitary can if you do.
Iowa Cor Country Gentleman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
THE DEMOCRATIC MIXTURE
Amazing Spectacle Presented by Once
Great Party.

me Democratic party, while en-
gagged in trying to lift itself into pow
err by its own boot-straps, is an inter
estlnG and amazing spectacle. It's con-
traSts, contradictions and compromises
are picturesque.
FIRST. look at its leaders and their
pecularities There is Parker, the neu-
tral IN ideas and convictions. the active
practical schemer Then President
Cleveland. with his present pose of
conservatism and time-fiavored doc
trlneS. direct opposite is Tillman, the
famboyant mountebank, half savage,
halt clown. And to give variety, there
is Hill, the cold. selfish autOcrat of the
Empire State Democracy, not a hair of
whose political head is honest Con-
trastlnS him is Bryan, the majestic
talking machine, imprisoned, SAN
gulne and equally crafty politician OF
the west. 1t is Il ten-ringed circus for
dazzling displays of contrasts. One
thought. one purpose alone, animateS
this heterogeneous crowd: To get into
power.
sack Of them there are no principles,
nor even Interests. upon which they
arc agreed. Parker is Mr. Facing
Both-Ways. Cleveland is Il Mr.. Fac
ing backwards. Iillman is a sufferer
from negrophoba. Hill Il believer in
the gold standard, and Bryan the apos-
tie of free silver. Sheehan and his
kind are but dcvOtecs Of Tammany, the
most corrupt political organization in
the world
Can any man believe that these lead
ers with the rank and file which fol-
lows them torn into still more factions,
can win a national election without Il
single national issue to bring before
the people? What can be their fate
at the polls?
The whole mass of retrospection. in
competency, dishonesty and weakness
known rs Democracy is doomed to de-
served disappointment this fall. Slowly
reorganiZing, it must secure to itself a
set of principles, something to live for.
something to work for, before it can
command the allegiance Of even one
fourth Of the people of the United
States
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
The Rock of Protection.

The foreign commerce of the United
States in the fiscal year 1902 was larg-
err than in any year of its history eX
cept l0O1---bOth of them Republican
years. Compared with 1901 there was
a reduction in 1902 of $1O6,O45,590 in
exports, and an increase Of $50, 49,
1873 in imports The reduction in eX-
ports was chiefly due to the shortage
in the corn crop of 1901, the reduction
in the price of cotton, and an unusual
home demand for iron and steel manu-
features.
The shortage in the corn crop of
1901, due to drought, reduced the corn
expectations in 1901 151 ISL, Alb bush
els below those of 1901. and caused Il
reduction of SG6 $40 in the value
of corn expectations. The exports Of
cotton fell off SOB. O2l 1924 in 100. over
1901. and those Of iron and steel fell
off SIS, 7G6,73S, owing to the home de-
nand
But these unfavOrable items. due to
causes easily understood, were more
than compensated 10y Increased exports
in other items ana by largely increased
imports Of raw materials for manufac-
turing The latter item amounted to
$413, 151, S74. This is largely in excess
of similar importations in any preced-
ing year in our history, and shows that
even n failure Of the corn crop cannot
affect prosperity that is founded on
the solid rock Of Republican protec
finn
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-04
Two Facts About Dairyinx.

One thing we have noticed in our ex-
perience Of dairying is that rough and
unkind treatment Of COWS has q decid-
ed effect on. some. making them very
much harder to milk than when they
are treated kindly, says correspond
ent of National Stockman. The other
is when milk cows are hurried or be-
come heated by being run or "doggcd''
the milk sours quickly despite any cold
water preventive, and the rising Of the
cream is retarded or, it is retained in
the milk. No one should doubt that 1t
pays to be quiet with dairy cows, as
these two noted facts speak strongly
in favor Of the quiet man.