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MANY ACTIVITIES AT
MORTIFIED THESE DAYS

EAST NORTHFIELD. Mass, July IL
The twenty-third session of the North
field student conference closed last week
held. The attendance reached 900 and
delegates were present from 10 colleges
and preparatory schools in America, rep
resenting ten different races. The orien-
tai delegation has ben very large many
of the Chinese students in Columbia and
Cornell, who are supported by their gov
ernment, coming to study an American
religious conference. Some of these
orientals are native princes, and they
wore the smartest clothes seen at the
meetings
Robert F. Speer of New York. secretary
of the Presbyterian board of missions,
gave the closing address of the confer
ence. Among the other men who have
proved popular with the collegians were
Secretary Arson p. Stokes of Yale, Dr.
Hugh Black of Union Seminary, who at
the end of one of his addresses found
300 men waiting to ask him questions;
DIR. Garfield Williams. nephew of George
Williams, the founder of the Y. NJ. c. A.
now on his way to the Calcutta associa-
ton; Dr. S. NJ. Zwemer of Arabia and
Rev. II. F. Fosdick of Montclair The
early mornings were devoted to Bible
study in small groups under the trees.
Eighteen different courses were given. At
the sunset services on Round Top Life
Work Problems" was the subject of
discussion, and the ministry, Y. NJ. c. A.
work. mission activities. medicine and
other professions We're considered.
The celebration of the Fourth was the
climax Of the conference. In the after
noon an intercollegiate track meet was
held, with twenty-five colleges competing.
The obstacle race and the tug of war
proved the most exciting events In the
evening Dr. Charles E. jefferson of the
Broadway Tabernacle, New York, gave a
patriotic address and each college was
called upon to give its song and cheer.
The auditorium was decorated with flags
of each college of every nation. A huge
bonfire and singing by the college men
were the closing features
The athletics of the conference were
managed by Grebel of the West Point
football team. Harvard won the base
ball championship after defeating Yale
and Princeton and thus won the trophy
cup given by Miss p. L. Titus of Auburn,
II. Y.
Announcement has just been made that
Rev. j. Stuart Holden, vicar of st. Paul S
Chapel, London. will daily address the
missionary and Sunday school conferences
in July and the general conference in
August DR.. w. l.. Watkinson of Lon
don, considered the leader of the Metho-
dist Church in England. will also be
heard during August. A special daily
Bible class will be conductped by DR. a.
T. Pierson of Brooklyn, who has preach
ed in London every summer for some
years. This conference will open July
81.
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TO CHOOSE LESSONS FOR
MILLIONS OF SCHOLARS

No part of the work of the Interna-
tiCnal Sunday School Association conven-
tioa recently in session at Louisville.
KY. is of more Interest to Sunday school
workers and Christian people generally
than the selection of the lesson COM
mittee." This committee has con-
noction directly or indirectly with issu-
ing comment criticism upon the les
sons or methods of study, but is charged
with the duty of determining what por-
tons of Scripture shall form the texts
OF regular lessons of the 26.0OO0OO of
peopl. enrolled in the Sunday schools of
the International association. The les
son committee" has always numbered in
its ranks eminent divines and scholars,
and the new committee chosen at Louis
vile is said to be an unusually strong
one. AS DIR. John Potts of Canada, chair
man of the committee for seventeen years.
died since the last convention, Rev. DIR.
A. F. Schauffler of New York was adj
vsnced 10 the position of chairman, and
Prot. Ira NJ. Price of Chicago will take
Dr.. Schaufflers place as secretary.
The full membership of the committee
is as follows: Rev A. F. Schauffier, DID,
Sampey. DID. Southern Baptist. Louis
VILE. Ky: Hon. John r. Pepper. Meth
odist Episcopal South. Memphis. Tenn;
Rev. Z. L. Rexford. DID, LID. Episco-
pal. Montreal, Canada; Prof G; r.
Hemphill. DID, Southern Presbyterian.
Louisville. Ky: Rev. w. D. Mackenzie,
DID. Congregational Hartford. Conn.
Rev. William Patrick. DID,. Canadian
PRESBYTERIAN. Winnipeg. Manitoba; Prof.
Ira NJ Price. Ph.D.. Baptist. Chicago,
ILL.,: Rev. w. G. Moorhead. DID,. United
Presbyterian. Xenia. Ohio; Rev. NJ. Coo
ve-. Lutheran. Gettysburg. Pa; Prof. F.
G.. Eislin. Methodist Episcopal. Evan
ston. H.; Prof. H. l.. Calhoun. Disciples,
Lexington. KY: Bishop William NJ. Bell,
DID,. United Brethren, Berkeley. Cal.
Rev. Conrad Clever. German Reformed,
Hagerstown. Md; Justice ]. ]. Maclaren,
Canadian Methodist, Toronto, Canada.
Tha seven last named are new members
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Southwest w. c. T. U. Lawn Fete.

The Southwest w. c. T. L. gave a
lawn fete at S01 street southwest Mon
day evening, the proceeds of which are to
be applied to a fund for supplying the
District w. c. T. L. headquarters with
electric lights.
Among those present were Mrs. Clinton
Smith, district president. and Mrs. En-
ma S. Shelton, district secretary.
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twenty-five colleges that have official
connection with the Presbyterian Church
in this country are now giving to the min
istry the same proportion of its students
that they did twenty and thirty years
ago, but fourteen that are nominally
Presbyterian are giving only Is per cent.
while twenty-five years ago they gave 40
per cent.
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of the choir for many years, will relin-
qush his duties August 81, and before
leaving for their camp the members of
the choir took occasion to express their
regret at Mr.. Trott's leaving and to show
appreciation of his work. AT the last re-
hearsal which he conducted the choir pre-
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20 Rev. DIR. w. l.. DeVries, the rector,
will be with the campers.
The choir has made arrangements to
sing at st. Marys Chapel at Point Look
out today and next Sunday, and at Trinity
Church, ST. Marys City July &C.
Mr.. W. B. Trott, who has been director
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church property.
When Mr.. Trott gives up his duties the
last of August the rector, wardens and
vestrymen will present him with hand
somey engrossed set of resolutions ex-
pressing their appreciation and gratitude
for his services as choir director for many
years.
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scented him with silver loving cup. The
presentation speech was made by Master
Whitley Z. Mccoy, who has served in the
choir for several years, and Mr.. Trott re-
sponded feelingly. Another gift at the
same time was a group picture of the
choir members, crucifers and clergy of
the church taken on the west lawn of the
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Sails for Europe.

Mgr. Bonaventure Cheretti. auditor of
the papal legation. sailed for Rome yes
terday on five weeks vacation. Mgr.
Cheretti will spend some time at his
home city, Orvieto, near Rome.
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been multiplied and the Christian schools
have been filled to their utmost capacity.
The change in the attitude of the student
body Of Japan toward Christian teaching.
within the last ten dozen years, is
declared to be almost incredible"
The American board, with it's head
quarters here. has missionaries in Japan
to the number of seventy-one. The abso-
lutte freedom of religious faith and prac-
tice is secured by the constitution but
there are no less than 193. 29S shrines
within the empire. dedicated to ancestors
or eminent men, but belonging to no re-
ligious sect, many of which are supported
from the public purse.
Rev. Horatio B. Newell. a missionary
for twenty-one years of the American
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Cbri8tiani3in9 far East.
Sixty Protestant Societies, With 3445 Missionaries
and 1904 Chinese Workers, Toilng
in Orient Success Is Great

forming him of strange stories being cir
culated among the people and warning
him not to enter the city before seeing
the writer of the letter. On the banks
of the river opposite the city the faithful
preacher stood waiting for the hated
foreign devil" After consultation they
decided to cross over and go to the chapel
if all were quiet and peaceable.
In less than an hour the yamun run
ners called to inform the honorable for
eign guest of the unrest among the peo-
pie and of the danger he was in so long
as he tarried in the hostile city. The
project and the magistrate both request
ed the runners said, that the foreign
guest should return to Foochow at once.
Mr.. Ohlnger insisted on calling on these
worthless to pay his respects and to show
them his passport. The runners declared
he would be mobbed on the way to the
yamun.
At the yamun it was agreed that the
foreigner might stay in the city till day
light, dedicate his chapel wit hout OPEN
ing the front door and without singing
Sunday and without preaching or selling
books on the streets. Notwithstanding
this agreement the runners came every
three or four hours repeating the latest
stories they heard on the streets and urg-
ing that the foreign guest leave their
mean city at once. Monday morning
they were hand before daylight and
saw him finally out of their city and en-
barked for FOOchoW at = am. A mont n
later an older missionary visited Yeng-
ping and was nearly beaten to death by
ihe mob. There schools and hospi-
tails there now. erected to the memory of
the brave sufferer, and in the chapel
there's a daily song which tells of a great
and happy harvest home.
Mr.. Ohlinger has been prominently con-
nected with the educational work of his
church in China. The rescuing of out
cast little girls and of blind children has
occupied much of his time. He is either
the author or translator of about one
fourth of the hymns sung by the Meth
odist and Congregational Christians of
the Fulhkien province.
During the last four years his work
has been almost exclusively literary and
he has dozen or more Chinese books and
tracts accredited to his name.
"A forward movement was inaugu-
rated in Japan under the leadership of
the Japanese Missionary Society for the
prosecution of vigorous evangeistic cam
paigns at ten central points reaching out
into many districts, in each of which
daily meetings were held for one or two
weeks. This effort has called forth the
energies of the Japanese pastors and lay
men in an unWOnted degree and results
have been most encouraging. The Eumi-
al churches, which now number eighty
seven, besides others not fully organized,
have by definite agreement taken upon
themselves the support and care of their
own body, with "a comparatively small
grant from the mission board each year
and this grant to be decreased annually
| This is heroic effort on their part in
the line of self-support. The member
| ship in these churces is 126O4, of whom
| 1853 were received the past year
University Missourian., 1908-10-23
MISSOURI RIVER sANDsUchERs

G. ANDSUCKERS, as they are called,
are fast taking the place of the
- old-fashioned dipper dredges.
These sand suckers have been used
for long time on the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers for sucking up the sand
from the bottom. This sand, which
is free from mud and large stones, is
used for building purposes.
In Kansas City genius who saw the
sandsuckers at work conceived the idea
of using it to fill up a swampy hollow
which the NJ, n. & T. Railroad wished
graded up to level. He put the pipe
down to the bottom of the Raw River
and the pump was upon a barge anchor
ed in the center of the river. The DOW
erful pump sucked the sand and water
up and forced it through a pipe a mile
long over high hill, and discharged it
upon the land. In this way the whole
valley was filled.
The sandsuckers have been used on
the Atlantic coast short time and
the first one to be used on the great
lakes is now operating on the west
University Missourian., 1908-10-23

camp out at some place selected by
the Hate. Last summer two weeks
were spent in the encampment. Inc
first week was at Swope Park in Kan
sas City and consisted of rifle practice
at the 200, 800 and 500 yard ranges.
The first day on the rifle range is not
interesting. as the soldier thinks more
of the roaring of the guns than OF his
score. But on the second day the bulls
eye seems to remain steady in the CEN
ter of the peep hole and hits are at least
on the target. BY the end of the week,
every shot is taken carefully as the
soldier has the chance to win a marks
mans medal.
The second week of the encampment
was at Fort Riley, Kan, where the
National Guard from several states was
assembled The exercises there consist
ed mostly of sham battles. To the
private it was merely a long march,
then alternate firing at the enemy from
a protected position and running toward
the enemy under cover of the hill. But
to the General it was the solving OF
military problems. 1t was fun
to shoot the blank cartridges, but more
like work to march and march and
march till the feet dragged and the
appetite seemed more important than
love or fame.
University Missourian., 1908-10-23

shore of Lake Michigan. The Gen
eral Gillespie" excited considerable in
terest in marine circles, as it was
thought that it would not do the work
that the old style dipper dredges had
done, but after being in use in clear
ing harbors of accumulated sand it was
found that it was much more satisfac-
tory and could be operated at less than
one-fifth the expense of the old style.
The Gillespie" is a powerful dredge,
although it looks more like a steamer
than a dredge. As a matter of fact
it is a boat which cruises up and down
the coast under its own power. Two
great pipes drag along the bottom on
each side, powerful pumps sucking the
sand and water into the hold of the ves-
sci, where the water runs off and the
said is carried out into the lake and
dumped by means of trap doors in the
bottom of the steamer.
University Missourian., 1908-10-23

The st. Louis Times. in commenting
editorially upon the Department of
Journalism of the University of Mis-
souri,, and the University Missourian.
says:
Certain it is that the little paper
which the school is printing is thoro-
ughly workmanlike example OF what
should come from the hand of practi-
cal journalist.
While We are by no means sure that
the plan will be ultimately successful
in turning ont equipped newspaper
workers, We feel that it is so far ahead
of any similar endeavor that it NAV be
called a success"
University Missourian., 1908-10-23
TOLD ACROSS THE
BREAKFAST TABLE

The American people are too careless
about selecting the books they read, y
the solicitor for the Oven announced
with an abruptness that nearly caused
the football man to drop the cream
pitcher.
Now you've caught it, too. | knew
it would happen when you persisted in
going to the library assembly hour, to
watch that Home Economics girl at
the next table," the Junior Medic re-
piled with just a trace of triumph in
his voice.
What has the selection of books to
do with library flirtations!" the Fresh
man demanded.
Just a minute. Freshie, this melo-
drama has two acts" the Medic con-
tinued. Like the bad man at the CO.
lumbia theater, everybody but the hero
knows he is the villain, just SO with our
friend here If he had not been too
busy watching that girl trying to keep
the wind from mussing up her hair and
read at the same time, he would have
seen the danger, too. No, it doesn't
matter what she was reading. One of
those twenty page-tO-a picture adven-
ture novels that are about as stimulat
ing as swimming in a duck pond"
Il never said that. l only heard her
ask for the book" the indignant solic
itor burted out.
THE next time,' the Junior Medic
went on, unmoved, she gets busy with
her novel again her silent admirer picks
up copy of the 'BOOkman' and reads
discussion on the decline of literature.
So when Home Economics still refuses
to look up, he begins to believe some of
the stuff in that literature article him
self. The more she reads the surer he
becomes about it until he believes him
self a convert"
That's rot" the solicitor for the
Oven declared. Il was going to say
when interrupted, that the average man
spends more time every morning select
ing tie than he would in picking out a
book The matter of clothes is cOnsid
cred more important than"
Just a minute, please" grinned the
football man. Can you explain why
you are late to classes every morning
lately, and how your shoes come to be
'hined so surprisingly often!''
This was the last straw and declaring
hem to be bunch of idiots the solic
tor departed in huff, not quickly
,nough, however, to avoid hearing the
vag make some reference to sour grapes. |
University Missourian., 1908-10-23
SCHOOL OF SANITARY
SCIENCE IS ADVOCATED
Columbia University Bulletin Shows That Vast
Number of Deaths are Preventable-
Tuberculosis Claims Millions

contributOry factors of these conditions.
Both institutions are of fundamen-
tai and extreme Importance, and neces'
sary for the next great advance in the
field of preventiOn-educatiOn. In order,
then, to complete the efficiency of both
institutions in the accomplishment OF
practical ends it is essential that means
shall be found to transmit the knowledge
thus acquired regarding the causative
factors Of disease, crime, poverty, etc,
to the ultimate desired goal-individ-
uals. homes and administrative depart
ments having jurisdiction over these
fields.
University Missourian., 1908-10-23
THE NATIONAL GUARD.

The Missouri National Guard fur
nishes aid to the state in time of dis
order. such aS riots. 1t consists of
several hundred men who are divided
into companies of varying size, accord
ing to the number of men in each town.
They drill in hall at night. for the
members are working men and cannot
drill in the daytime.
Each summer the different companies
University Missourian., 1908-10-23
VALUE OF THE STATE FAIR.

Every person who has attended the
into the spirit of its uplifting environ
ment, is impressed with its educational
value. The highest degree of skill in
both animal and plant life is exhibited,
and agriculture is shown in this phase as
one of the great arts.
Competition runs high, for the farmer
selects his best to send to the fair and
his exhibit is the acme of all he has pro-
duced of that kind. 1t has the quality
in its makeup and possesses the lines
of symmetry that come the closest to
his ideal
The judges task is difficult one; he
measures all by close scrutiny and Sc
lects those in the class nearest to his
ideal type. Good reasons are back of
the judges decision. If one follows the
Judge carefully he will find that invar
iably the unbiased official bases his de-
cisions on certain definite qualities and
characteristics which are clearly discer-
nible to the trained eve. This ear of
corn has well-filled, even rows, we'll
rounded tip, full butt and symmetrical
proportions; while that apple presents
marked characteristics in general ap-
pearance and flavor superior to its COM
panions. The same in the show ring with
live stock. All animals differ in some
degree and it is this point of difference
that enables decisions to be made Then
each type measured to the ideal type
winner.
This striving to reach ideal types is
manifest in every department at this
great State institution. The incentive
to those who attend the fair and OBJ
serve closely all exhibits, is not only
TO admire the art of the exhibits but
to 90 home and strive for the higher
ideals that are there represented. The
man who stays at home and never at
tends any fair falls in rut and follows
it.
The farmer attending the Fair gets
ideas represented by other farming in
the state and sees wherein he can better
his own products and methods.
The State Fair has just enough enter
tanning features in the way of horse
racing, acrobatic performances. etc. to
pie. This draws the people together.
gives opportunity for all to meet in good
fellowship and helps to make better
spirited world.
University Missourian., 1908-10-23

HUMANITY long has dreamed OF the
n time when preventable death
would be banished from civilized
life. when the avoidable diseases which
annually claim thousands and tens OF
thousands of infants ani adults, and
when insanity, poverty and crime, all OF
which are in part at least the effect OF
disease, would no longer exist anywhere
to claim their toll of lives and their toll
of riches.
How vast is this number of prevent
able deaths and how great is the cost
which it places upon civilization Is
shown in an article in the supplement
to the Columbia Quarterly, published
by the authorities of Columbia Univer-
sitv. The article is entitled Education
and It's Economic Value in the Field
of Preventive Medicine. The Need for
School of Sanitary Science and Public
Health" 1t is now proposed to estab-
lish such a school as il part of the UNI
vcrsity. and DIR. Ditman marshals an
array of facts that leaves no room to
doubt that an organization working
along the lines suggested would prov"
an incalculabie blessing to human kind.
The article states:
"One third of the human beings born
alive die before the age of years has
been attained, largely from preventable
causes. The death rate of children Ill
some tenement house districts in New
York is as high as 2O4 per l.OOO-fve
times as high as in the well-tO-do dis
tricts. The number of deaths occurring
in the world from epidemies of plague.
smallpox, yellow fever and cholera is
still enormous, in spite of the fact that
methods for prevention of these diseases
are known.
University Missourian., 1908-10-23

p EFoRE such condition can be en-
forced. however, facilities for the
training of such men must be in
operation. The supply for such de-
mand can only be filled by a school of
sanitary science and preventive medi-
cine. The scope of such an institu-
ton is broad once. The complete at
tainment of its ends can only be ac-
complished by enlisting the aid of all
associated fields of effort.
I'm connection with hospital laborato-
ries, health boards, etc, research should
he instituted into the features of pre-
vcntable disease, and such subjects as
the investigation and preparation of an
titoXins. vaccines. etc, for the preven-
tion and cure of disease-alsO investiga-
tion of such subjects as the efficiency
of filtration and disinfection methods.
etc. FellOwships should be founded. the
holders of which, by availing themselves
OF material from institutions such as
the Sage Foundation, the Rockefeller
Institute, health boards, ETC., should
strive to solve such problems as the
following:
The best methods for the prevention
of alcoholism, preventable accidents, in
sanity and social conditions causing dis
ease (child labor, etc..
The collection of social and vital sta
tistics for specific purposes.
Relations between varieties of food
and disease.
Results obtained by the use of pas
teurized milk. immunization by vaccina-
tiOn and antitOXin administration. sea-
shore and mountain hospitals, etc.
utilization of sewage for commercial
purposes.
Methods of garbage disposal
Modes of transmission of contagious
diseases.
Study of epidemics and their causes.
Familiarity with our modern condi-
tions of life will at once make manifest
the fact that the field thus outlined is
one as barren of suitable relief of the
most effective form as it is broad.
After mankind's patient waiting
through the centuries. the day has at
last arrived when. the instruments hav-
ing been placed in his hands, he is able
to drive back suffering and desolation."