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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
President Wilson, of Princeton,
Declares That Athletics
Are Being Overdone.

What the college needs is what the
nation also needs; to have q synthesis
made of its variety; to have its variety
made unity. it's rival and inconsistent
interests brought into a real and work
Ing community Of interests. The COL
lego spirit has gone to pieces, but its
pieces are there to be assembled, If the
right way be found to assemble them.
Our colleges conceive their duty and
their opportunity too narrowly, and
therefore fulfill their main function
most imperfectly. They conceive of
themselves merely as places where
young men may study.
"They should conceive OF themselves
as organizations into which young men
are received Us int a family Of free
persons bound together by common OBJ
legations and common privileges. liv-
Ing together, teacher and pupil, in an
intercourse. of common advantage, its
main object, study; its diversions, di-
versions. not occupations; its sport,
sport, not a competitive business; it's
society a free society Of equals, not a
contest of rival social groups.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
University Clubs Undemocratic and a
Hindrance to Study and College Spirit

purpose and spirit are undoubtedly too
often perverted.
"But that is q small part of the mat
ter. 1t Is much wider and more various
and more subtle than that. The exag-
geration of athletics is a mere Incl.
dental symptom and not the disease at
oil.
They are the field of his ambitions.
He likes their work, the contact they
afford with other youths of like tastes
and ambitions. the opportunity they
give for leadership or social success or
the development of special gifts, which
have no relation to the curriculum.
"His masters require Of him that he
shall study--a little; but, in his mind,
the penalty for not studying is not that
he will not learn anything. but that he
will be cut off from the delightful and
absorbing life of, the place which he
has learned to love and to pursue with
zest.
THAT life has grown and taken on
variety until 1t has thrust study to one
side and dwarfed the very thing for
which the school and college were es-
tablished.
1T would be dificult to get better
courses Of study than those we now
have. It might be more difficult to get
worse than scme we now have.
"The trouble Is, men are not inter-
ested in study. They have no time for
1t. One Of our bright students once
told me be mad no time to take up a
certain line of study, rs he was too
busy running tho college. And the
worst part Of that was that It was
almost true.
Il want to ask the presidents Of col
leges IL they want to become presidents
OF country clubs? Colleges are not yet
country clubs, but I am aware that the
presidents of many Of them now stand
in that relation.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
Men Are No Longer Interested
in Study, Noted Educator
Declares.
BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON,
OF PRINCETON.


college life has become SO hetero-
geneous that 1t is impossible to get
the best put of 1t. We need a change,
but we do not know what we want.
We now ask the freshman what he
wants to study. If we knew what he
wanted. we should not ask him what
he wanted, to study, but should tell
him what he must study.
'It is interesting to note how the de-
velopment of our colleges is following
the development of the nation itself
both In matter n in manner. The ma
ton has developed with startling rapid
ity from h simple to the complex.
1.-THE sheer variety Of it's modern ele-
ments, the mere complexity and multi
plicity OF it's industrial and commercial
activities. has produced apparent dis
persion. a mass of competing Interests
and rival forces, which It is almost i'm
possible to sum up under any common
generalization.
And the colleges have followed fast
In the same processes Of variation. The
old curricule have been SO added to and
varied that all common standards have
been lost in a general rush to make
the studies as various and heteroge-
as the life and thought and &C
tivtties of the country.
Courses of study in our schools have
ceased to be courses at all, and have
degenerated into a mixed mass of SUBJ
jects meant to serve every interest and
every utility OF modern life.
Athletics are o%verdone, and Their
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17

THE EVENING STARS TAFT-BRYAN
SYMPOSIUM

spacs. on ths editorial page Of THE
BvENING STAR will be used until the
close Of the national campaign as a
forum by two well-known citizens of
opposite political faiths to set forth
their reasons why their respective candi-
dates for President should be elected.
The Rev. DR.. W. S. Grove. whose pen is
familiar to Newark readers, will take
the Taft argument. while Mr.. Edward
Kenny. lawyer. and widely known as a
public man. will maintain the argyll
ment for Mr., Bryan.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
PAPER MADE PROM coRNs7ALKs.

process of converting cornstalks into white paper, 1t to be used in printing.
the announcement is of incalcuabhe Importance. as the process will cheaper
paper so per cent in price, and while utilizing raj waste product will save
the forests hat are 20 disappearing IN the woodpulp vasa cheaper lunn-
Der In prices Corn is the greatest of Ill the nations crops, and only a small
fraction Of the moun of cornTalks left In the fields is ever utilized for any
purpose If convertible into paper 1t will become commercially valuable. Until
the process of making coton-@ed III vas discovered the seeds from cotton
went to waste Now the annual product is worth millions commercially
Cheapened white ape means better facilities for education inc the greater
spread of enlightenment
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
In Lightsome Mood
COMING H R THE RYE.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the govern
ment's famous food expert, was talking
at Mackinac Island about impure whis-
keys.
Il once saw an old Kentuckian," said
DIR. Wiley, take up.a glass of whiskey,
sniff it, set 1t down and shake his head
sadly.
"'One thing he said, was neve
seen coming through the rye. and that's
the kind of whiskey they send US now
adays.' Washington Star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
ELECTION

AS the campaign nears sits close n disposition to bel OIL III resun increases.
Betting is unlawful and some people hold that it is immoral, but men,, and
ever women, of al degrees make bets and wagers nevertheless. Ordinarily a
bet is inspired by a conviction, but in election times h wish is father to the
bet Most mn place their wagers according to their sxnpathies. which Is
Illogical and too Otter a losing game In the present election campaign it
is just 10 about Is safe % bet one "a as the other 1t is the flip OF a
penny whether the bet will be won or lost Those eopl who cannot refrain
from election betting and who at the same time d % not var to lose heir
money would be wise to hold off at least until here shall be some definite pros
pect If the success of the candidate they would back. But thu best philosophy
Is not to beta at ALL
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17

ONLY A QUESTION OF MAJORITY Now.
There is the element of doubt as % all the principal candidates. in the pros
mt campaign in Essex county, except those for Mayor of Newark. Mayor
Eaussnng will be reelectedb beyond any, doubt. There were good reason to believe
when e vas renoninate in his party primaries that he would be reelected There
are much sronger reasons 10Y Tor that belief Many voters who would ordi-
rarly opposeh him Of political grounds will now give him their votes A citizen
who as lived III his life in thu community and has been n the public we nearly
all his manhood years without reproach cannot be discredied in his char
acero or injured in the candidacy given to him by his political party by de-
fanatory attacks They only GUS sympathy and provoke resentment Many
citizens VIC had ben Indifferent or hostile to Mayor Haussnngsr reelection also
realize tha it Is now necessary. Newspapers outside the State printed
gross bes on our city furnished from tn same local sources of defamation
and adefeatf for Mayor Haussnngw would be accepted abroad as connrmatory of
ttir truth. The only question that remains as to thu election for Mayor is
the figure of the majority for the honest sincere and public spirited man who
IL 10 NEAR the emf of his first tern.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
HAW. HAWl

Larry-'Twas tn funniest joke OF iver
hur-rud in all me porn days. Faith.
OF laughed all day long.
Denny-Yez did?
Larry-Tis. livery bona in me body
nit loiks = funny bona.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17

What we're tho representatives Of this county in the Legislature 1t the
last session doing when the at wal passed. IN the interest of real esat sharks
stripping property-ovners whose property hat been sold at vendue for de-
lnquent taxes Of he projections from these sharks which had been afforded by
a. amendment 20 the original law, which amendment this act repealed? The
object If an at amendabry Of al existing law can easily be ascertained by
examination, and It is he bounden duty of a legislator to examine into the
meaning and object OF a bill before voting o 1t or permitting it o pass with
III protest. Printed copies Of a the bills introduced in the Legislature are
furnished to Its members and every facility is afforded for examining bills or
ascertainng their objects Ignorance cannot, therefore, be pleaded in this CASE
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
THE cARvzNo.KN1rs FOR TURKEY.

looks to her acknowledgment. Europe is not 10Y dealing with a senie admins
yation. The young Turk has displaced the old. a lev era has for tho
Ottoman empire, and for tho hrt time n half o century, to the sympathies
Of millions If Christian people in Europe and America are IN the side of Turkey
With a new national life Turkey has acquired a new energy. It possesses a
splendid soldery, imbued with the same fanatcal zeal that sormed the capital
Of h easterne empire Ind threatened h conquest of Europe and it car con-
ture to it, aid al h forces Of SLAM in a holy war for the integrity of the
Mohamnedan faith. The propositions made by Great Britain, France and Russia
show that their chanceneies have n o idea of justice in the case, but only
Of adjusting their W selfish interests. They propose to move along the line of
least resistance which means h sacrifice OF the weak to hi strong. Turkey
musts submit to a carving, ana tho great powers will divide the slices among
themselves Our ago is supposed to be far advanced beyond that Of Frederick
and Catherine and Maria Theresa, who divided up Poland, but how much more
are Its worlds pondcsf E... ~. s. ~ Ell
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
ooMpsRs IN THE SEVENTY CONGRESS- DlsrRrcr

Samuel Gompers, president of he American Federation of Labor. has been
making 1t warn for Speaker Cannon In Illinois, and HI is scheduled for IN D.
pearance in he Seventh New Jersey district IN November l. tt voice organized
labors opposition % Congressman Parker. Mr. Gompers will arrive in III dis
trct at the eleventh our, when the minds of voters Will be very generally
made If, but eeventh-hour appeals are sometimes decisive. Meanwhile the
candidate is confronted by the demand for a declarati a. to whether re-
elected. he will vote to make Mr. Cannon Speaker Oft the next Congress
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
N A QUESTION OF MAJORITY NOW.

SATURDAY. OCTOBER II, 1908.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
PERHAPS.

she-They say the darkest hour is
Just before the dawn. Why?
Hell think 1t has something to do
with the Increased difficulty expert
enced in finding the keyhole.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17

Mayor Haussing is fortunate in being asaued in his personal n official
character In the mayoraty campaign by a man of hitherto unknown character
Who now has every reason to stand upon his own dsfsnss for ha bs N
stnnsly turned the nmenght upon himself #
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
MORE JOYOUS.

You look like an escaped convict
with your hair cut that way"
well, I'd rather look like an escaped
convict than like n that hasn'tres-
capped"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-17
BAD COMPANY.

Magistrate-If I remember rightly this
Is not your first appearance in court.
Prisoner-No, ,yUr honor; but I hope
you don't judge by appsarances-Har-
psr's Weekly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-09-25

Elmer Suter returned Tuesday night
TO their home at Wyaconda. Mo-. after an
extended visit here with Mr.. and Mrs K
E. Thompson.
Constable George Poplin returned Wed
nesday from a three days trip in the
neiehborhood Of Ketchum where he went
to serve papers.
Emil Kreter was in Vinita Wednesday
buying lots in the College Addition.$SOoo
worth of these lots have been purchased
by citizens Of Adair.
J. B. Dunham. Misses Jessie Davis,Juha
Taylor, Unis Powell and George waters
all of Adair left Monday for their ditier-
ent schools, all within six miles OF here
Four new school houses have just beer
completed within four miles of Adair.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-09-25
ADAIR ITEMS
Bert GaretsOn was in vinita Monday

Bert Garetson was in Vinita Monday.
Rabbit Stewart spent Tuesday night in
Adair.
RI Martin and wife drove to Pryor
Creek Thursday.
Lem Nancy and wife win move to
Pryor Creek soon.
Mrs. Cal. Rea has returned from an ex-
tended visit in Colorado.
Mrs. A. W. Heron is visiting friends in
MuskOgee this week.
Smith and Keith shipped load Of cat
tie to Kansas City Monday.
Ed. Wright and J. HHinkell are visiting
in St. Louis and Illinois.
DIR. Handy and wife Of Big Cabin visit
ed Z. W. Webb and family. Tuesday
Tom johnson and John Jones have re-
turned from visit at Clinton, Mo.
Pierce Godsy is visiting his father in
Missouri. who is reported dangerously ILL.,
/ Us. McReynolds and S. P. Parks made
a business trip to Pryor Creek Wednesday
JL. Garetson was at Vinita last week
and purchased lots in the College Addi-
ton.
Riley Stuart arrived from Delaware last
Wednesday, where he has been assisting
his brother in a store.
JR. Carselowey says another Bryan
voter arrived at his home Tuesday night
and applied for home.
j. S. Davenport is the leading candidate
| for congress here. Adair will race up
good big majority for him.
Adair carpenters are at work on Z
! $4,000 school house four miles north O
Adair in the Propp neighborhOOd.
VIM. Wilson. the Adair umbeman wal
at Big Cabin Wednesday night consulting
DR.. Adams, the Big Cabin lumberman
Thompson & Herrod have sold a fiv'
acre tract of land to Pierce GOdsey, join
ing town. Mr.. Gopsey viii build hOm
on il.
Taylor & Heron shipped three car load
Of cattle to the St Louis market Wednes
day Both gentlemen accompanied tn
cattle
J. H. Dixon Of Big Cabin leaves tOda
,, for visit at his old home in Tennessee
which place he has not visited for thirty
one years.
A town election has been called to vot
bonds for an artesian weA October Is
{ Private citizens win also dig deep we
in the east end Of town, and il may no
be long now. until Adair like Vinita. wi
be a city Of artesian wells.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-09-25
First published in the Vinita Daily Chief
tain September 2l, l90S.)
OF SALE oF REAL EsTATI


NoTIcE OF SALE or REAL ESTATE.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance
Of an order of the County Court of the
county of Craig and state of Oklahoma
made on the 18th dayOf September, 1908,
in the matter of the estate of Mary E.
(Minshal) Brooks. a minor, the under
signed as the guardian of said minor, will
sell at public auction. to the highest bid
, der, for cash, subject to confirmation by
said county court, on Wednesday the 30th
day of September, 1908. at 10 O'Clock, a.
m. at the Office of the County Judge, in
Vinita, in said county of Craig. all the
right, title. interest and estate of the said
Mary E. (MinshalI) Brooks, and all the
right, title and interest that the said minor
has, by operation of law or otherwise, ac-
auired in and to all the certain lot. piece
or parcel of land, situated lying and being
in the county Of Craig and said state of
Oklahoma, bounded and described as fol-
lows, and upon the following terms and
conditions. t0-wit:
The sw IA Of NV IA, and the Sc 10
acres and the north 20 and 16-100 acres,
and the sw 10 acres Of Lot Two. sec. 4,
twp 26 north. range 49, east being about
! so acres.
The sale to be to the highest and best
bid. such bid to be in writing, sealed ad-
dressed to Eliza A. Sanders, care of TheO
D. B. Frear. county judge Vinita, and
mailed or delivered in person to said
I County Judge, at his Office on or before
[ the hour of sale.
Dated this the 18th day of Sept 1908.
ELIZA A. SANDERS. Guardian
e. NJ. PRoBAsCo, Atty. for Guardian.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-09-25
Notice

Notice is hereby given that the City
Council of the City Of Vinita. Oklahoma,
will meet in the city hall Of the City Of
Vinita, Oklahoma, at 8 O'Clock, p. NJ, on
the 9Th day Of October. 1908. which meet
ing viii be held for the purpose OF review
ine the assessment. and hearing and
adjusting any complaint against the
assessment. made by the board Of apprais-
ers heretofore appointed to assess the
benefits 10 each lot and parcel OF land
liable 10 taxation for the cost Of grading,
paving: curbing and guttering and other
wise improving Wilson street from the
south line Of Sequoyah avenue to the
south line Of Illinois avenue, and Illinois
avenue from the house track Of the Mis-
souri,. Kansas & Texas railroad company
TO the west line Of Scraper street, which
said appraisement Of said Board OF Ap-
praisers Is embodied in their written re-
port. filed in the Office Of the City Clerk OF
/ the City of Ninita on the 18th day OF
September, 1908, and published in The
Vinita Daily Chieftain on the 18th day OF
September. 1908: at which said meeting
/ an property owners effected are hereby
notified 20 be present and TO present 10
the City Council any and all complaints
they may have against the appraisements
of the benefits 60 be assessed against their
property as above set forth, and as con-
tained in the said report Of said Board OF
Appraisers. &. 7. foGlL
J l3sI43 City Clerk.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-09-25
MEREDITH BROS.
Veterinary Physicians, Surgeons and
Dentists.

Permanently located. Calls answered
day or night
OFFICE TAYL0R'S BARN
VINIrA, OKLA.
Office Phone 81 Res. Phone %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-20
"ExnerIerce Mcctlng.o

Other speakers followed and the
banquet wound up with a sort OF 'ex-
perience meeting" in which every man
had to introduce himself. give his
graduating year and his present occu-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-20
SUN AND HIS SYSTEM
Princeton Professor to Lecture At Me-
chanIcs' Institute.

DR.. Edgar odell Lovett. professor Of
astronomy at Princeton University.
will lecture on 1.-THE Sun and Ills Sys-
tenn" in the auditorium Of the yir-
GINA Mechanics Institute this even
ing at $3.50 o'clock.
The lecturer is a graduate OF the
University of Virginia and has filled
with distinction the chair of astron-
omy held so long by the late DR.. C. a.
Young, the author of many text books
descriptive OF the heavenly bodies. and
at one time Thomas, lecturer at Rich
mond College.
DR.. Lovett has recently been elected
to the presidency of the Rice Founda-
ton of several million dollars, destin-
ed to develop one of tue great institu-
tions of learning of the South and to be
located in Houston, Texas. He there
fore comes to Richmond not merely as
a representative of Princeton. but as
a Southern educator.
The members of the Richmond Ed
ucation Association and the public gem
orally are invited to attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-20
Virginia Breviities

LYNCHBURG. VA. February ia new
company is being formed here 10 exploit i
patent OF n local merchant which Is said
to be the most perfect wrapping cord con-
trivance yet invented. The company Is to-
be capitalized at 100000 The application
MONTPELIER. YA.--Dr. Thomas Nelson
Page Is making arrangements to have NJ
handsome eight-room building constructed in
the near future near Moody as home for
trained nurses who are expected to nurse
OAK, NA.-Henry Page. respectahla
! cclored man. had the misfortune of having
a large. newly-built barn blown down by,
the heavy wind-storm of last week.
BUCKINGHAM, yA.--The grand jury
brought in the following indictments this
week: Five true bills against ]. NJ. Moss,
it's: John Rollins charged with felonious
cutting; Cornelius Brown and Alfonso Rid
die. felony; Robert Seay, m!sdemeanor; 10.
scph Braxton. charged with criminal ass,
sault.
KENTs STORE. vA.-The Rev. W. NJ
last year has been pastor in charge OF
Mount Gifead and Beulah Baptist churches
OF this community. has accepted call tn;
the former church for the ensuing year.
MONTPELIER, yA.-The Rev. Mr.. Waite
OF Randolph Macon College. has been called
and will have services there every third
Sunday. The Rev. Mr.. McSparran preached
to large congregation In Shiloh Methodist
Church Sunday.
NORFOLK, yA.-The Virginia Tidewater
Automobile Association will send a COM
SilNerton's 100000 Norfolk county good
roads bill be amended SO that the saoo.oooi
viii BIO expended by statute law through.
competent non-partisan engineers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-20

Judge William I. Clopton in accor-
dance with the request Of the Board of
Supervisors of Chesterfield county has
had portrait of himself made. The
of Judge Clopton taken several years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-20
LOSES LIFE IN
LAKE MICHIGAN
Walton B. Watt, Formerly Of
Virginia, Drowned While
Skating.

While he was skating with a num-
Der of other boys. Walton F. Watt.
the fourteen-year-ol son Of Mr. and
Mrs Robert Watt. OF South Haven,
Mich, formerly we'll known in Rich
fnond, was drowned In Lake Michigan
on Tuesday. A vain attempt was made
to rescue him Doctors worked on him
some time after the body had been
brought from the water, but without
avail.
Mr.. and Mrs Watt are from Chase
City, Mecklenburg county, and are
well remembered here. The boy who
was drowned spent most Of his earlier
life in Chase City with the date Profess
sor T. w. Smith and his wife, who
was sister of Mrs. Watt. Mr.. Robert
Watt has one brother here---Nfr. A. NJ.
Watt. of No 223h Mest GIrace Street.