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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

rs the Increasing number OF rich mems sons De-
coming a menace 20 the tone and atmosphere OF
American colleges. more especially of Harvard cor
lege and if So what is the remedy? seem TO De
questions that are at present agitating at least
certain proportion of Harvard alumni and proIeS-
sors The cry for a more democratic spirit anu
mode of life in the academic college department.
OF Harvard University has long been heard IN the
land and various remedies for existing conditions
have been offered and some OF them tried Inc
Harvard Union was built by Major HiggDson' anu
there was an effort the part of a recent senior
class to put more underclass men of prominence N
athletics debating and the like to live together IN
the old dormitorIes in the yard. But the cry has
for the democracy urged upon the students To
men trained, Harvard men are in an atmos-
phere where the individual is intensely fostered
the cry often seemed based rather sentimental
grounds rather out of harmony with the Harvard
tradition in fact; and it often uttered in dear
ears or catalogued with those bombastic phrases
of the class day orator about 1.-THE true Harvard
spirit and "our beloved alma mater"
But a note seems now 10 be audible, ana the
cry uttered by men of weight. is based on reasons
that cannot be ignored-on reasons, in fact, that
perhaps hold good in many other colleges as well
as in Harvard. When like Professor G T.
Baker and A. Lawrence Lowell speak and then re-
peat their warning, every one who has the WeiIaIe
of higher education America in interest Is bound
to paw attention. It is their contention that the
rich mans son has become a menace TO the In
tellectual and moral fibre OF our colleges ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

an important source OF information which would
have TO be explored on the instant
All afternoon the evening papers were being
searched for suggestions, and the bulletins from
Police Headquarters came pouring in. bearing
ono detail after another which required investi-
CATION. Reporters were calling on the telephone
from various points. and supplementary orders
were communicated 10 them details came 20
light
In the evening n fresh detail OF men had 20 be
made TO let the reporters sent out IN the after
noon come in and write their copy" Certain
points had 10 be watched continuously. and. as
fast as one man came TO the office TO write the
news he had gathered another sent 10 take
his place.
The Tribune had four details OF men at North
Brother Island the day OF the disaster. and the
last man stayed there until a. m.
The lists OF dead missing and injured were
furnished The Tribune by tho New-YorS City
News Association. which supplies most Of the
city papers with general news OF accidents,
crimes and the like. They collected at the
morgue. North Brother Island. the police sta
tons and other places where bodies were identi-
fed ana reports OF missing persons filed The
lists were arranged in aphabetic order. coll
lated. corrected and verified in The Tribune
Office by two specially assigned for the
task. And It was an all night job for both OF
them.
So much for the gathering of the news. But
that isn't half of It. 1t must he arranged. coll
iated, digested. The various features must be
put together in the most attractive and read
able order. 1t must be logically divided. What
phases should be told in separate articles must
be determined What phases should be grouped
was another question to be decided For this
purpose a Slocun desk established. with
the city editor at IT'S head. Now. desk in
newspaper office Is a generic name for depart
ment that edits copy. 1t does not imply that the
rest OF the stafr write their knees. It's SIM
ply freak of Technology. To this desk all the
oopy was turned in 1t was examined by the
head OF the desk and turned over TO editor
or another for revision and the writing OF heads.
A schedule of the arrangement of the story was
made out by the city editor. and. according TO
this PLAN the account was divided and arranged.
Throughout the night. the copy was going 10
tho composing room in patches every few min
utes each article marked with a distinctive
word by which it's place in the general scheme
could be recognized by the men who arrange
the type In the forms. 1t kept four men busy
about eight hours simply in handling" that is.
editing arranging. etc, the copy of the SlocuIn
story.
Supplementiug the work of The Tribune's
own reporters was the service OF the New-Gork
City News Association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
FIRECRACKERS ENCOURAGE RUFFIANISM.
HOODLUMS THROW THEM INTO AUTOMOBILES,
INTO HOUSES AND At HORSES.

unusual 20 observe a boy who light fire.
cracker and so time its explosion and direct his
aim that it Will land little girl across the
street. Naturally. a good many children get
burned there is an endless amount of noise. which
worst element the situation is the recklessness
that it develops among the children"
The practice Of throwing stones at automobiles
has recently developed with startling rapidity.
Certain parts Of the city are no longer safe for
persons IN automobiles. The nrecracker lombard
ment has added TO the joys Of pelting, II has
added 10 the dangers Of the passcrs. When the
police are struggling 10 repress lawlessness. ii Is
certainly matter Of question just how valuable
any further incentive to disorder really is Up
the Harlem River last week the stone th-owers
found rare variety of amusement III peting the
oarsmen with stones. Much scenic effect might
be secured by nightly bombardment Of rockets
or frecrackers and there IS little question
that such development Of the patriotic mania
may follow. Commissioner McAdco announces
that he means to prevent the celebration about
hospitals. but this will hardly deter the roughs
who busy filling up the hospitals with pa
guardians of public safety and civic morals
II is interesting to note, a further evidence
OF the benefcent effect of the special dispersatior
granted by the city fathers that several hospitals
have already in advance Of their date laid in
the supply Of various bandages and lotions spa-
cities and anti-toxirs with which they treat the
wide range Of patriotic injuries. from burns to
lockjaw. In the words Of a somewhat cynical
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
MENACE OF RICH MEMS SONS IN COLLEGE.
IJOU THE PROBLEM IS REGARDED At HARpARl
VIEWS OF PROFESSOR LOWELL.

what II should be. there Is surely another cause:
and that is the defective community life. The
real training Of students comes from one another
as we'll as from the instructors; but with the
much weaker thing than IL was thirty years ago;
and the general sense of solidarity among large
groups of students has declined. The old bonds
are away; and vet 10 would seem to be
out a community life cannot permanently succeed.
TO expect that a large number or young men. from
eighteen to twenty-five years or age without a
corr mon life or common aspirations, without the
Incentive of rivalry or the advantage or healthy
intercol1-se with one another. VIII get any great
beneht from simply pursuing courses OF study OF
which they fOTesCe no immediate application
is 10 expect a great deal OF the American youth.
To get the real benefit OF college education men
must live the life of a college
And then he states what ne considers the pith
of the problem the withdrawal of the rich into
private dorraitories apart from the college. He
writes:
No college can do what It ought to- can stimulate
Intellectual enthusiasm or the love OF hard mental
exercise, or true fellowship, unless every man
stands on his merits and nndS MS own social
level on his own mental and moral force. A col
Iese in other words, to be successful, must be a
exist il the richer live apart by themselves in
expensive private dOTmitOrieS and the poorer men
by Themselves in other places as IS becoming
and more the case in Harvard at the present day
deal but the union alone cannot solve the problem
We are coming to the parting OF the ways, where
we must either make up our minds that the social
life of the students is none or our afr1lr-and in
lege as an institution altogether and cOnhne our
selves the work OF the schools which prepare
men for practical life; or we must bring our men
together into real community. Win common
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
REVOLT IN FINLAND.
Phases of Russian Oppression Which
Haze Led to 1t.

The assassination OF Governor General BobrikoR.
followed by a turnult Of disorder. during which,
according to recent dispatches the palace OF the
late Governor General ut HelsinsfoCs. the capital
Of Finland was sacked, gives evident assurance
that the Finnish Indignation at the destruction
Of their liberty at last passed from that state
of passiye resistance with which 1t has contented
itself for the last five into state approach
ing open rebellion That 1t needed only the slight
est spark TO set Finland are with the rebellion has
been the verdict OF travellers for the last five
years In the assassination of the man most
hated of oil tho Russian officers General Bobrkon.
the necessary spark seems to have been furnished.
and the signs of dangerous confagrat on are
apparent,
To the American. safe and unmolested In the
enjoyment OF his liberties the story OF the Finnish
revolt and the causes that led TO 1t reveals eondi-
ton of affairs that seems miserable beyond any
comparison. Out OF tax on tea and Few British
regiments thu thirteen Colonies hero found tusti-
ncation for a suocessfus war OF Independence Out
OF the violation OF a sacred pledge 10 maintain
their liberties. out of tho conscripuon or their
to serve IN the Russian Army. out or the de-
spelling OF their Senate OF every important power
rightfully its Inheritance, the Finnish people. up
to the moment when Bobqikor was assassinated
had made merely a cause for passive resistance.
Finland n little nation. in area and In popula-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
THE SLOCUN "STORY."
Hoe the Ne1cs of a Great Disaster
Is Gathered and arranged.

Probably only small proportion of the read
ers of The Tribune. when they opened their
papers the day after the Slocum disaster and
saw wenigh six pages of accurate. graphic
story-pictures and teXt-had any idea how that
splendid result was attained. 1t was result of
which any newspaper could be proud and on
which The Tribune has received many felicita-
tons. Few newspaper readers have any con-
ception of the work, the real hard labor, the
care, the vigilance the watchfulness, the re-
source, the minute planning, that were called
into play to cover STORY of the magnitude
of the East River horror of June 10. A small
glossary may be needed to make this article in
telligible to the lay reader. some of the terms
used are a trife cabalistic. Cover is TO gather
the news of a particular happening, and STORY"
is generic for news narratives.
About IL O'Clock on the morning of June 10
this bulletin came into The Tribune office from
its reporaCY 6. .-nlce Headquarters:
The steamer General slocum. carrying Sun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
DOG WHO HAS TRAVELLED 5000 MILES

AS a globe trotter, with wanderings extending
from the frgid regions OF the North the tropics
and with casting and Wrestling that cover the fur
thest reaches OF the American continent. slx-year-
old sheD has q record TO be proud Of
IL is something like nine thousand miles, OF which
considerable was on foot. Shep Is dog, a Scotch
collie, the property OF G.. Carlton Woodward. He
Is OF the average size and more than usually well
covered with long. yellow hair. which turns to
black the tip ends.
Born somewhere in Montana, he found his way
to the Klondke. where. in Dawson City. in 1902 he
was purchased by Mr.. Woodward. 10 become one
OF a team TO draw sled from there 10 Fairbanks
GO miles away. He was bought at a bargain. too
for he cost only $50. and showed such intelligence
that he made leader OF the team.
Not counting his trip from Montana to Dawson
City. Shops travels since Mr.. Woodward has owned
him have been follows: From Dawson TO Fair
banks. pulling sled. go miles; from there down
the Tapana River. by boat $50 miles; thence up to
Dawson by steamer. 75o miles; thence TO White
Horse. walking and shedding. $50 miles; thence 20
Skagway. by train 10 miles; thence to Seattle by
boat 1000 miles; thence TO San Francisco by rail-
100 miles, next Panama. where he suffered great
ly heat, by boat; across the isthmus by rail-
forty-seven miles, that took three hours-up 10
New-York. by boat. and from there 70 this city by
rail-, making up the 1900 miles The past week
Shep started for the Klondike again
shep does his fifty miles a day walking without
any trouble II his feet all right, and II pull
Ing sled he from thirty five to forty miles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

that something should be done about Il.
Professor Lowell. himself Harvard graduate
and recently connected with the teaching STAFF has
no fault TO find with American graduate and pro-
fessional schools he does feel that the tone Of
American colleges is becoming less and less con-
ducive TO intellectual life, the training OF think
ers and scholars From his observations he thus
describes the present day types OF undergraduates,
writing In THE Harvard Graduates Magazine:
Men come TO college from very different sur
roundings and In different circumstances.
Some, who poor. look upon the college chiefly
a step toward future livelihood This IS espes
Cially true OF those who intend 10 De teacheFS-
Such men work hard, and In fact they often can
not remain unless they win scholarships But they
sometimes fail get full measure or what Is
quite important study that i. the oeleIlt OF
social intercourse with their comrades. Among the
rich men on the other hand, many come who
have very serious intentions OF any kind Iheir
life Is, in the main, harmless but somewhat rriVo-
lous, decidedly incident and wholly aluless
Apart from the negative righteousness or ABSTAIN
int from evil FAR too many students feel great
responsibility in college They think that, how
ever Idle they may be there. they will work hard,
and make their mark, after graduation; and this
feeling Is encouraged by the community at large.
the serious worker in college Is apt 10 amount TO
nothing afterward. and that the man who Is bad
examinations is likely 10 be good at making
money. There seems to be an impression not only
habits OF Incidence and OF mental laNtty: the pass
ing of ones time In the society OF small clique or
friends, all OF the type, Is good preparation
for industrious. energetic and useful He
After mentioning some possible technical defects
In our educational system. he continues;
II DO not altogether succeed in making college
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

ufe-e trus college life. This can never be done
by outside dOrnitOries built BY private enterprise
because their effect Is OF necessity a segregation
into distinct social groups based largely on wealth
dormitOTies. large enough toulouse the great bulk
Of the students within the college walls Such
plan would benefit not any one class alone. but all
the undergraduates. Many OF the men who come
only this. but also more intellectual stimulus. and
all OF them need to be shutfied together. This
question is large one but IL IS one that we must
face.
Professor Lowell advocates the erection OF dormt-
tories on college ground. attractive enough TO
satisfy the rich and inexpensive enough to enable
the poor students to live IN them He does not say
So but his plan implies OF necessity faculty pro-
hibition. one would suppose. of life in the numer-
Gus paIatiaI private dormitores where the rich
mems sons al Harvard ar present almost entirely
Professor Baker seems TO incline rather to the
opinion that "dOrTntOTieS discipline and dtdactics
Will all fail to reach the heart OF the matter-the
early training the lack Of IT, these boys receive
Is 20 blame for their outlook on college lie Tor
their Increasing tendency to "segregate on money
ba sis" But other graduates have pointed OUT tnal
task OF a college TO exert its influence on all IT'S
pupils. and 10 give up because it's students ehIer
badly equipped Is TO admit failure
One thing at least seems Certaln-Inat American
social conditions Of to-day are beginning seriously
TO make themselves felt in the colleges. and that
Mt Harvard in particular the increasing nunher o.
of the rich, herdnS together IN luNurlouS
la eneSS has come to be regarded by many JAOusAt
full alumni n menace 10 the intellectual tone Gt
the college as danger TO its usefulness and hlgh
mission. that must by some means or other IN me
near future be faced down. even II drastic measures
have 20 be taken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
ONE THOUSAND DEAD.
This Happens About EUery Ele0en
Minutes by the CIOck.

in a catastrophe which suddenly blots out nearly
thousand lives the civilized world finds for
horror and sympathy alike. On the community in
which such disaster its first effect is daZ
ing. and II IS not strange that following the de-
structon OF the General Socum expressions OF doubt
as 10 the wisdom OF God and his direction Of human
affairs should be heard alike from the irreligious
and the unthinking. II is only IN the calner time
OF sfterthought that, thanks the figures OF the
statistician, ouch accident. terrible detail
and shocking in its nature sinks into insignifcance
IN the death list OF the day, not merely in the
world or the nation, but even in the State and the
city.
The estimated annual death rate for the world OF
0OOOOo daily total Of 123 0OO sends into obscurity
the thousand fewer who were slain On the Cen
eral slocum In the omniscence Of God. whether ono
assume the position OF the doubter the cynic,
the death roll of a single accident, even though #
be as great as that OF the General Slocum be
only minor detail Insignificant. in view
OF the fact that all life is doomed to perish In the
case Of this recent horror nearly thousand lives,
q larger number than in any similar accident in
recent years, were lost. For a few hours the
whsrves and shores along the river were trans
formed into a morgue In single day there
more than two hundred funerals Of victims while
the city plunged into mourning and tho civil
LIKED world gave expression TO its sympathy and
sorrow.
Yet, great as the tragedy at the moment its
part in the death list Of the year is only
slight. In the normal existence OF this metropolis
as many persons die every los hours from reasons
incident to city life persisted in the holocaust
North Brother Island. That this number
should be equally significant TO the Divine Power
must be granted and death IS the commonest
factor in human life, it cannot be regarded from
different standpoint whether II occurs In accident
or in ordinary course OF affairs. Within this State
360 die every day. The tale of deaths In the United
States reaches $50 daily figure three times that
Of the victims OF the General Sooum.
There die annually in greater New-York seventy
five thousand persons. number larger than that Of
the population of Trenton, n ]. Within the United
States graves are annually dug for more than a
million collins. In the face of this vast harvest of
mortality. the number slain on the General Slocum
seems slight even 10 the human intellect In the
death rate Of the year for the State city the
Slocum horror win hardly make an apprecable
difference. while in the forty-fve million dead of
the world each twelve months 1t is only tiny item
Therefore, TO sober second thought the unreason-
ing instinct TO place upon the power which the
millions regard as omnipotent-whether rightly or
wrongly does not enter into the Question-any adj
dtional responsibility for SO slight an increase TO
humanity's death roll appears patiently absurd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

detailed 10 the task of watching the condi-
ton of the injured passengers in the hospitals,
and getting from such were able to talk &C
counts of their escapes from death and their OBJ
servatiOns Of the accident. Experiences of sur
vivOrs they related to the general facts of the
disaster were to be part of the main story also.
The main story man and his assistant were
gathering them the ground at North Brother
Island.
SO much for special mention OF few of the
chief phases that had to be developed promptly
To make long story short. here is q transcript
of the assignments which were recorded by l
p. m. on the day of the disaster;
S!ocum accident-general story
See St. Marks Church.
See federal boat inspectors.
See Knicxerbocker Steamboat Company.
When was Slocum inspected? Her capacity.
Overloaded steamships.
See Collector Stranahan
Homes of victims and East Side.
Other big steamship disasters.
Effect on summer excursions.
ResCues by factories in Long Island City.
Scenes at North Brother Island.
History OF the Slocum, her capacity etc
Injured at hospitals
See captain and crew.
~ All these points had to be thought OF quickly
by the city editor and his assistant in order TO
give the reporters plenty of time to gather
their facts and write their copy early. Sug
gestions from other members OF the staff were
freely offered, and helped out the list OF assign
rnents but the city editor was responsible for
the framework of the story and for getting the
men to work promptly.
Several reporters were kept I'm the office on
reserve 10 look up points which might develop
as the details Of the disaster came to light. For
instance the story of a survivor might reflect
seriously on the conduct of another person in
a different part Of the city. or might disclose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

His allowance OF food while doing this work is
three pounds day Of rice oatmeal and bacon car
his master eats, though both of them have more
than once through the vicissitudes OF fortune been
compeIled TO travel far much less food.
A great many OF the dogs used in the i>londike
for shedding of Shops breed. and they seem 10
he GOOD for the work The husky which Is the
dog invented by the Hudson Bay people and origi-
ma ly used for the purpose, is cross between the
Newfoundland dog and the wolf. They are some
what larger and stronger than the Collies. but of
not much greater endurance if the latter be ac-
climated.-(P philadelphia Record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
HIS REASONS.

From Fliegende Blaetter
Judge-YOu let the burglar 20. to arrest an au'''
mObiliStf +, "A.
Pohceman-Yes. The autoist pays fine ana 80 -
20 the resources OF the state. The burglar goes Y
prison and the stats has to pay for hls Aesr~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

member of the staff Of one Of these hospitals who
views the situation from an entirely scientific
point OF view:
1T promises 20 be an interesting celebration
The Greeley tribune., 1904-01-07

], Charles n. jackson, Cashier OF the atoVe
named bank, do solemnly swear TO the best OF my
knowledge and belief. that the above is a full.
true and complete statement of the affairs OF
said bank at the close of business on Monday,
Jan. Ath, 1904.
CHARLES N. JACKSON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this sth
day Of Jan, ial
(eEALl ALEX W. FERGUSON, Notary Public
Ny commission expires January IA. 1908.
First publication Jan. I, 1904 last jar. q, 1904
The Greeley tribune., 1904-01-07
Archie Camps Story.

Everybody knows that Archie Camp
can tell good horse when he sees
1t, but everybody doesn't know thi t
Mr.. Camp can tell q good horse story
in print. But he did that for the
Christmas number OF 1.-The Horse
Review and In such excellent style
that 1t was by all odds the best story
In the magazine. 1t was q "cali of
the Wild" story and the scene was
laid along the banks Of the Platte.
1t was the story OF beautiful wild
stallion that Ieigned on the plains
here many years ago, and was a
really thrilling nature study.