New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY

.-rbe Cornell Daily Sun has been collecting
statistics Of endowment funds per capita. Of the
colleges and universities of America me Sun
sss that for each of the 29 2 students reglstereu
in the 493 universities, colleges and technlcai sco
Of the United States there is an enoo"lileiil Auii
anywhere from few dollars to almost sls'o" the
sum which represents the student per capita en-
dcwment of Leland Stanford, jr.. University. Inc
statistics of the United States Bureau OF Educa-
ton saws the paper show that the colleges OF
tho United States have an annual income OF
slightly over 100000. To this tuition fees, lhe
income from productive funds and the state anu
national appropriations each contribute approx
rnateIy one-third of the general income, although
the amount from endowment fails lilue
below the amount derived from the other TWO
sources From the figures above the average IN
come TO each institution Is not quite sSloo thoush
some have immensely than that and some
correspondngIy less. Stanford, although her stat
ed endowment is by means the largest, far over
tops the other in endowment the student second
in the list comes Johns Hopkins which. with
an endowment OF about one-siXth that OF HarVar"
or Columbia has per capita wealth OF almost
$1,000 Cornell ranks eighth. giving way to Stan
ford Johns Hopkins Columbia, Chicago. Harvard,
PENNSYLVANIA and Northwestern. in the order
named and possessing per capita endowment or
50.
Il see a man has been using his automobile to
That's nothing Anybody around here with a
good machine cuts a lot of ice-PhiladeIphla LED
Barkeepers when they become confidential usual
" tell good stories. and he is novice who does
not carry bar secrets under his jacket and VINO
does not know stories about the men who come IN
Ito what time it is. NOW, there, sald d
white-aproned total abstainer member OF the pro
fession, pointing to tin box on the glass shei..
lis one of my regular cUstomers-thls TN ooX'
In answer to the look of inquiry he said: 1T be-
longs to a man who takes drink, but VINO
smokes a lot of cigarettes which he rolls himself
Every little while he gets box full or some par
ticular kind of tobacco and comes here and orders
a cocktail of his own invention. He emptes the
drink into the box. watches the tobacco absorb H.
then hands the box, which 1 keep till he re-
turns in the evening and takes 1t home NO cherry
goes with this cocktail, and although I've never
known the tobacco to curl up and find fauit
because the drink too dry or too sweet mix
II as carefully 1 do those for our crank Gus
toner's
you hold public office you are a servant OF the
people; plain servant ...,.-,o, .-o.,so-+
who had just been elected. can l act as naughty
and overbearing and take as many holidays as ali
that!'-Washington Star.
The annual publication OF the brigad. OF mid
shfpmen Annapolis goes by the seagong name
of THE Lucky Bag even as that OF the corps
of cadets at West Point bears the military appelIa-
ton of ''The Howitzer." On board ship is kept
what Is called a lucky bag. Into this put all
sorts OF articles that left around the decks
of their proper places by the men AT the
end of each month the lucky bag is opened and
around it in the hope that they have been lucky
enough to have had their possessions find their
way into the lucky bag. At the end of the month
the bag generally is filed with great variety or
articles. it jack knives, pairs of shoes, plugs
of chewing tobacco, sewing kits. caps. photo
graphs writing materials and through prac
ticaIly the entire list of the sailors possessions.
Mrs Ascun-Have you any scent stamps?
Drug Clerk (absentmindedly)- ma am. but We
have something just good.
Mrs AscIim-Ha, ha' force OF habit. That's
where ! ght you
Drug Clerk-Not at all. ma am. | give you
two twos and one.-Philadelphia Press.
The report that Agnes Soma. who one of
the chief attractions at the German Theatre in this
city few years ago, had broken her Berlin en-
cagement because of serious misunderstanding
with the management of the kleines Theater. is
denied in a letter from that city. She asked TO he
relieved because of the illness of her and her
sister both of whom needed her attention. TIE
boy is seriously ill., says the writer, that he
must go a climate, and his mother has
concluded TO cancel all engagements and make her
home for the present least, with her son n
Italy"
Mrs. Knaggs.what ye wearin' that black band
round yer hat for?
Mr. Knaggs-Thats for your first 'usband. I'm
sorry e died-Ttt-Sits