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University Missourian., 1908-11-05

only the life of the college proper, and
to preside over it's faculty meetings, the
new president was prompt in assuming
the right to preside over the faculty
meetings of the various professional
schools, and at once asserted pre-
rogatives never claimed before.
Overturned Like Flapjack.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, then on
the faculty of the medical school, in a
letter to Motley, the historian, described
the sensation which this attitude of the
new president made at the time. He
wrote in 1871:
Our new president has turned the
whole university over like a f1apjack.
There never was such a bOuleversement
as that in our medical faculty.
It is so curious to see young man
like Eliot, with an organizing brain, a
firm will, a grave, calm, dignified pres
ence, taking the ribbons of our classical
coach and six, feeling the horses mouths;
putting check on this ones capers,
and touching that one with lash, turn
ing up everywhere in every faculty Il
belong to three), on every public occa-
sion, at every dinner orne, and taking
it all as naturally as if he had been
born president"
The new president began his reign
with a twofold conception of his func-
tiOns. He was, first, the executive head
of large and complicated establish
ment, with a plant valued at some mil
lions of dollars, and a considerable force
Of employees. On this side he has look
ed upon the university As "A superin-
tendent might look upon his factory.
Indeed, he seems to have this analogy
consciously in mind. In one of his an
nual reports he figures out the economic
Oss involved in letting a plant valued
1T several million dollars lie idle during
he long vacation of three months. On
his side his efficiency has been incOm-
University Missourian., 1908-11-05
Oil King Tells of First
Meeting John D. Archbold
Forty Years Ago.
WAS "GREAT BORROWER" THEN
Expects to Go On Developing
Plans Which Have Been
His Inspiration.

NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-In the Novem
Der issue of The Worlds Work" is tn,
second chapter of John ID. Rockefeller
"reminiscences. which he entities ''SOmt
Old Friends" In this chapter he tells
of his early associations with John d
Archbold, II. NJ. Flagler, Stillman Witt
S. V. Hardness and others familiar in
the industrial and financial history OF
America Mr. Rockefeller says:
1T is not always possible to remem-
Der Just how one first met an old
friend or what ones impressions We're.
but | shall never forget my first meet
ing with John ID. Archbod. who is now
a vice president of the Standard Oil
Company"
When He Met Archbold.
He then describes how. about thirty
or forty years ago, he was travelling
about the country, talking with men
interested in the oil industry. While
at a hall i'm the oil district he saw
written on the register. John ID. Arch
bold, 81 barrel" This first attracted
Mr. ROckefeller's attention to Mr.. Arch
bold. Mr.. Rockefeller gives a long ac-
count of his relations with H. NJ. Flag
Ter, for whom he expresses great ad-
miration. In speaking of the value OF
friendship, he writes:
These old mems tales can hardly be
interesting to the present generation.
though perhaps they will not be Use
less, if even tiresOme stories make young
people realize how, above all other pos
sessions, is the value of friend in
every department of life without any
exception whatsoever"
Beware of this Kind
He excerpts from the rank of real
friends those who. when We come to
them in time of need, say I'D like to
oblige you, but l can't explain why at
the moment" etc, etc.
Once, MIR. Rockefeller says, he went
to S. " Hardness and told him that he
might have to call for additional funds
in furthering an enterprise, and was told
'All right, J. d., I'll give you all l have
got"
In my early days ! was always
great borrower" continued Mr.. ROcke-
feller Then he tells how once. when the
question came up at meeting of bank
directors, what they should do in case
more money was wanted, one of the
directors, Mr. Stillman Witt said: Here,
gentlemen, these young gentlemen are
o. X. and if they want to borrow more
money 1 want to see this bank advance
it without hesitation"
As security, Mr.. Witt offered to his
fellow directors his own strong box.
University Missourian., 1908-11-05
The Practical Side.

1t was this practical side that was
emphasized in his contention for short
ening the college cOurse-or at least for
making it possible that the course
should be taken in three years.
But his most important service to
American education has been his empha-
sis on the elective system and the
broadening of the college course. When
he became head of Harvard French
and German were hardly regarded as
respectable adjuncts of college cur
riculum. The course was laid out, and
if it failed to meet the needs of a stu
dent so much the worse for him. If
he couldn't get on with Latin, Greek and
mathematics he might as well get out
Conditions are limited at in a frank
comment that he made in the Century
in 1894. No knowledge" he wrote, "Of
either French or German is required for
admission to Yale college and no in
structiOn is provided in either language
before the junior year. Could we have
stronger evidence of the degraded con-
ditiOns of French and German in the
mass of our schools and cOlleges?'
President Hyde of Bowdoin College
summed up DIR. Eliot's services in say
ing: He went up and down the whole
lpnpth h of orr educational limo condomn
ing every defect, exposing every sham,
every form of incompetence
and inefficiency as treason to the truth,
an injury to the commonwealth, a crime
against the individual"
Open to New Ideas.
All his life DIR. Eliot has been open
to new ideas. He has always taken
an active and Outspoken interest in pub
lie affairs and recently has become the
strongest upholder of the commission
plan of government for cities in New
England. Only the other day he an
that while he had been accus-
toned to taking an occasional glass of
wine Or beer he had lately become con-
'inced that moderate drinking was
and had given it up. This in
'ident is characteristic in showing his
constant accessibility to argument to
which most men above 20 are imper-
7ious.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-09
DSSpu6S de Ia Cj0n|i6rencia n|i i
AC0RAzlD0S, MINAS FLOTANTES
Y SUBMARINES

En- atenci6n a la actitud anne.
nazadora de una parte del par
tido radical ingles, que sc ha de-
clarado en- favor de una reduc-
cion de armamentos, Sc hacen
muchos concentrates respecto de
81 Ell Gobierno persistira en- la
decision del Almirantazgo, de
sOmeter a la consideration del
Parlamento su propuesta de au-
mento del presupuesto de Mari
ma. Los que estan en- condicio-
mes de cOnOCer mas de cerca Ell
fondo del asunto, manifestan
que asi sc hara y que, respalda-
do Ell Gobierno por una fuerte
corriente de opinion publica, OBJ
tendra sin gran difcultad ell au-
mento que ha menester.
Una autoridad naval bien in
tornado expone 10 siguiente
como el programa probable:
tires naves acorazadas del
tipo "Dreadnought' mejorado;
dos cruceros, de la clase del an
tlguo Edgar mejorado, pode-
rosamente armados y bien pro-
tegidos; sels cruceros memories
de la clase del "Boadicea'. de
$500 toneladas. con gran radio
de accl0n que les permita per-
manecer en- Ell mar por largos
perfodos, va como portaIores de
lanchas torpederas, va como es-
plas 8 bien como naves explora-
doras 8 pOrta avisos; doce tor
pederos, en- su mayoria de la cla-
Sc del "Trite' dos de los cuales.
el "Tartas' y el "Ghurka" hi
cieron hace POGO con mucho
exito sus viajes de prueba.
Tambien Sc copstruiran subma-
rinos adicionales, pero respecto
de estos el Almirantazgo Sc pro-
pone manteDer su estructura en-
Ell mas absolute secreto.
Este proyecto de programa
no sc considera como una con-
testaci6n al programa naval ale
man, la que al decir de los Of
ciales de Marina vendra Ell ano
|entrante.
La negativa de Alemania en-
La Haya, de aceptar la prohi-
bici6n de la colocacion de mi
mas f1otantes, ha impulsado la
actitud britannica en- otra direc-
cion. Hasts la epoca presente
Gran Bretafla solo contaba con
dos embarcaciones colocadoras
de minas; desde la clausura de
la Conferencia de La Haya Sc
iniciaron los ira bajos de con-
version de tres cruceros de Sc
gunda clase en- navios para ese
objeto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-09
DevoCi0ndriOS

E.egantemente encuaderna-
dos en- piel y adornos de pla
ia sc acaban de recibir en- esta
imprenta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-09
4 los suscuptOrvS ' Agent1s

Para Ia buena marcha de esta Admins
raci6n, no admitimos Atlas de suscripto-
res este diario sino desde ell l. de cada
mes. Las BAJAS SO avisaran los dfas 80
81; sdvierti6ndose que las que Sc dieren con
,osterioridad no Sc tomaran en- cuenta nj
surtiran efecto en- la contahilidad hasta ell
La dltimo del mes siguiente al en- que Sc
soliciten.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-05
WlIFUL MURDER
IS CHARGE

Continued from Page l)
and Paul, eight years old. His wife
was Miss Ida Slusher
Ha and White were good friends un.
tii "a year ago, HanGtein frequently
acted as peacemaker IN Whites many
quarrels with neighbors
Hanstein and John Roads were re.
tmning from the farm of Anthony
Edwards. a short distance from the
White home when the trouble started.
iianstein and White lived but a few
hundred yards apart
Mrs. Hanstein Nas In their home
when she heard the noise of the two
men quarreling Ia the road She had
started TO plead with her husband 10
come Ia the house when White fred.
= saw lerad fall aui started 10 him,
said Mrs. Hanstein Mr. Roads help.
ed me carry him into the house. ]
don't know what the exact cause Of the
trouble was
"Fred talked often about Mr. White
and said that he didn't believe the
stories he had heard about White go
ing to kin some one He said that
White was sore and nedeed time 10
work il OUT
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FAT IS AN orfensr.


"The female form being capable of
expressing a supreme degree of grace,
should be an inspiration in our daily
lives and lead up to higher ideals of
beauty said the art lecturer There
fore the TAT woman Is an enemy 10 the
artistic uplift. for she a. entirely too
heavy for any wings of fancy 10 raise.
I can't understand how any woman
will remain fat when Il rs SO easy 10
reduce ones flesh In the Latin quar-
ter of Paris one never sees a gross
figure Although the art models take
things easy, sit around great deaf
and eat just whatever they please. yet
they keep their flesh firm and their
figures beautiful They have q simple
FAT feducer that takes the place Of
starving aud gymnastics. II consists
of teaspoonful after meals and al
ounce Marmoia. ~ ounce Fluid Ex.
tract Cascara Aromatic. and 3 I-2
ounces Syrup simplex That's an
why don't fat Dudgy American women
Try thatY It's hamless-nay, very
good for them aud viii. ] understand.
take on as much as a pound OF TAT
day. Any one viii little small change
aud a drug store handy can have a de
cent nggre
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DIDN'T ASK ENOUGH.
The Lawyer Should Have Probed His
Witness little Deeper.

The Lawyer Should Have Prsbed His
Witness little Deeper.
A small but distinguished company
of English lawyers sat talking over
old times. Among them was Mr. s..
who told the following story:
II was retained he said, by an ex-
soldier to sue for the recovery Of f35
which he had lent to a friend The
late Mr, j. .wss counsel for the do
fendant j. cross examined the plain
tin in his usual forcible way
You lent him the money! Mr.. j.
asked
~ did. sir
att was your own money!
IN was, SIR
"when did you lend him the mon.
sy9
ain July
Where did you get that money
sirY
81 earned It, sir
"'You earned IT, eh5 When did you
earn itg
During the Boer war, sir, he said
III a very hdilldt TONE.
"'You GAINED 1t during the Boer
war? Pray what was your occupation
during the warg MIR. j. inquired
Fighting. SIR the man replied mod
sstly.
"'oh, ightings Mr.. J. said. some
what taken down.
"a smiled triumphantly Mr.. J. waE
very angry well. we went TO the
Jury, and |, Of comse, had the last IL
s..Sr , sailed away to glory spoke
Of che war. OF the lives which It cesi
US. of the awful battles which helped
10 build up the glory Of our nation. Of
the self denial and bravery Of oul
men. who left home aud wife and
children and father aud mother and
everything that was dear to them and
went forth 10 the fight / worked uf
the jury aud got Il verdict FOR the full
amount As we were quitting the
courtroom Mr. j. said;
"'S., your war speech gained You the
verdict If you hadn't discovered
through my cross examination that The
man had fought In the Boer war you
would have been beaten
"'My friend / replied. If you hac
only asked the man which Side he
fought on you might be going home
with a verdict My client served un
der the BOer flag"
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advanced Arithmetic.

Kenneth IS the name OF good ma
tured Washington lad who is as stu.
dious as any OF his companions. but he
Is young yet and has not advanced
very far IA the grades Of the public
schools. The other evening he was Wis.
iting boy friend who has laid his
plans FOR serving in Uncle Sans army
In the future and contcmplates gradn-
afing from West Point fpme lpy4 The
two were talking about mhthep6iiics
when young lady sought 10 fest Ken.
netiis knowledge Of 'rithmetic
"lf lemons are % cents Dozen" she
asked him. chow much are cast iron
lamp posts apieceT
With a perfectly serious expression
on bis face Kenneth replied:
Il don't know. miss. 1 haven't cot
that far In 'rithmetic yet Washing
ton Star.
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now ANIMALS CLINE.
soaly Tailed Squirrels, the Sloths and
the MaIagsay Bats.

soaly Tailed Squirrels, the Sloths and
tho MaIassay Bats.
How certain animals have in the
long course OF years adapted them.
selves to tree climbing IS described by
writer ia the Scientific American.
He says "a group of African rodents,
the senly tailed squirrels, have devel
oped on tie under surface of the tail
certain structures which may be com
pared to the climbing irons used by
workmen. These take the form OF
few transverse rows of large. trian
guar, horny scales. with their points
directed backward These scales when
pressed against the bark OF tree
must afford material aid "a climbing
Another group of animals In which
climbing iroas' have been developed
Is that of the scaly ant eaters. or pan
collins, Of India and Asia. creatures
which look more IKE living fir cones
than mammals The scaiesi-much lar
ger than those OF the sealy tailed squlr
rels-coyer both surfaces Of the body
as wen as the head aud limbs SO that
It can scarcely be supposed they have
been developed FOR climbing Indeed.
only few species climb. but these
have found the assistance afforded bI
the scales on the under side Of value IN
an ascent ana habituaily make use OF
them as climbing irons.
"Quite a different type Of climbing
or, rather. hanging, apparatus has been
developed IA the sloths Of tropical
America which spend their time 10
the treetops. where they remain sus-
pended back downward by their hook
Ike claws. These claws, which may
be three or two, have been modified
from ordinary claws and AFFORD strfk
ing instance OF adaptation 10 an ab
normal mode OF life. The thumb %
bats IS likewise modified into a hook
Ike claw. also used for suspending
purposes when the creatures hang
head upward Generally, however.
bats suspend themselves head down
ward by the hind claws. grasplng pow
or being retained BY the toes. so that
the modification has not bcen carried
to the same extent as Ia sloths. In
which the claws act in mechanical
manner.
Certain bats appear 10 haze found
their hooklike thumbs and hiud feet
Insufficient for suspension and have
made use Of the sucker principle for
this purpose. This mode OF suspension
has been developed independently 10
two distinct bats, one native OF Bra
I'll and the other Of Madagascar. ID
tie Brazilian species the suckers take
Tie form OF sfalhed disks ATTACHED TO
the palms Of the thumbs and the soles
Of the feet The suckers Of the Mala
gasy species are horseshoe IKE. By
means of fhe suckers these bats ar4
able 70 escend vertical su9facas."
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opium From lettuce.

a sort Of opium Is obtained from the
common lettuce. The scientists give II
a I5ng name. which no doubt means
something very learned and profound.
and declare that they find important
differences between the opium of the
lettuce and the opium Of the poppy,
but for all practical purposes the one
Is Identical with the other Many a
man who has eaten lettuce knows how
sleepy Il causes him 70 become an hour
or so after dinner. and the older the
lettuce the greater the sleepiness, for
in mature lettuce the milk juice IS well
developed and all the properties Of the
opium are present. London News.
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CALL FOR DEMO
CRATIC PRIMARIES.

Democratic primaries for the city Of
cathrie are hereby called for Wednes.
day. March rs. 1908, between the hours
OF and 6 O'Clock y. m, for the pur-
pose Of nominating FIVE democratic
candidates for the city council and
five members Of the school board Il
Ward candidates are requested u
l}st their names with the secretary Of
the city csntral committee, f. } Laux.
at Logan County bank not later than
Saturday, March IA. 1908
l.. G. NlHLACK.
Chairman city Central Com
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WILD oU5BURST or JOY. !
Mafeking Night, When London Fling
Aside All Dignity.


"afafci;ing night gave q veTi, to tho
English language. "To maaiis," de-
fned IN phrase, means to turn crery.
thing upside down In a wild outburst
OF joy. Certainly We did tura every
thing upside down that night Fgicay,
May IS. 1900 In London. and VIC had
jog nndto spare 70 Justify Us. It was
not merely that Mafekirg was relieved
1.-The town in which Baden-Powell aad
his mon. edging close 10 starvation. haG
sat tight so loug asa q pluc.iily: Il was
the far greater relief that came 70 all
England at the cud Of that dark WIN
ter through which al England. silently.
doggedly. had taken It's nasty punish
ment. with the winning AZ last Of n
substantial victory. The tense strain
was relaxed suddenly and London,
with good cause for It. mafised ex.
ultngly through all that glad night
long
Tddiers are peacock tail feathers.
Tlddliag is tickling other peoples
noses With them With my own hap.
by q. ihat night / saw two White
chapel girls. with proper Whltechapei
curls twiiled on their temples fiddle
the nose Of pan Mall policemanl
Aud that ollceman--imagine if sou
please, all possible imnossibrltics fused
into one single ultra violet ray OF in
rredibility fairly thrust forward his
law embodying nose TO be tiddled by
those worse than regirldes b was n
Pail Mall toliceman. remember-and
benignly retarded them with the
sneeze Of thsh desirel
On the same !iAes l may cite another
example from that same evening
saw on Piccadllly an Intensely re.
spectacle looking Engllshman-m middle
aged, stout, gray whlskered. dressed in
seemly black and wearing a scemly
top 'bt-who most obviously was a
memper of the conservative middle
class, a well 70 do city man. should
say, with a tidy villa at Shepherds
Bush or Hackney. who on Sundays
very likely handed the plate And
this by rights typcally phlsgmat.c
Briton was seated with his chubby
legs very wide outspread before hifd,
on the roof OF q four Wheeler aud he
had the union jack IN one hand and
the standard in the other, and hg WAS
coming along the middle OF one Or the
great streets Of London in the thick Of
the roaring crowd filing 1t waving
those national banners with an incom.
parable fervor and hurrahug lust as
loud rs he possibly could harrah
But l saw no mote in the eye OF my
phlegmatlc English brotner-we were
about Of an age flag waving and hur-
rahing up there on the roof of his
GROWER, possibly because at the mo.
ment had something Of beam In
my own. Strictly speaking. the relief
Of Mafeking was not my affair at all.
But. God bless me. there I was. too,
with my standard and my union jack
(tlley cost ne sixpence apiece. mount.
ed on little bamboo poles. and as long
as live / shall cherish them. and !
went about L0ndon that night waving
those fiags just as orally rs anybody
and roared away with the national
anthem and Soldiers OF the Queen"
and the "AOsentmlnded Beggar' just
as loudly as anybody. Thomas A
Janyier ia Harpers
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A few DAYS since The Leader took
occasion to speNk IN a very compli-
mentary maner tf Senator Robert J..
Owen The Leader perceived the great
Muskofean had .prOclaimed the dawn
OF a new day In the senate Of the Uni
ted States: hSa inaugurated a new
cuesom--t0fn down the battered hulk
of lTediudice. and shown a new legis-
lafor could be Heard and respected, if
he but knew whereof he spoke
Now comes Walter Wellman. cores
pandent for the Chicago Record-lIer
aid, republican, with this eulogy on
the Muskoge can:
An extraordinary thing has Just oc-
Cured In the United States senate
one Of those happenings 50 peculiarly
American, SO suggestive of the charact
Ter and the strength of our country
II Is not so long since we were all ac-
cuHtomed to look upon American In
dians as a savage. inferior race from
which little good could ever come. IL
is not so long. either since we all
looked upon Oklahoma as a settlement
OF Indians. half-hreeds and squatters,
with perhaps only.the rudiments of
civilization and culture within its bor-
ders Only last week a man named
Owen. whose home IL AT Muskogee.
Oklahoma, WIS known L. but few who
live beyond the limits of his own state
To-day there Is new star in the
senatorial flfmament-a star of the
first magnitude new man OF
strength and courage, new finaneier
and statesman. new leader OF
thought and action His name is
Owen and he halls from MuskogHe,
Okla. HIS state has been IN the
Bnion only few months. He has
been a senator only 100 days aud
The blood IN his veins is half white.
half Indian
How American that isl In this
country yon can never tell where the
next great man is 70 come from. The
only thing we can feel reasonably
sure Of is that he will come from
some little farm. or from the prair
les. or from the backwoods.
The senate OF the United States
was never more surprised than Il
waa day or two ago, after the IN
dian frcm Oklahoma had taken the
floor 20 speak on the financial quas.
ton No one. it seems, had ex-
pected anything better than a ramb-
ling. ranting talk. amateurish. the
orStical, uninteTesung, unimpOrtant,
from this slender. swarthy black
eyed. blaelShaired son Of white
father and a Cherokea mother from
the wiids OF Oklahoma But Ia a
few moments the listeners began 10
sit up. More came, Restaurant
and comnitteerooms We're emptied
as the word buzzed around that "a
new man had appeared" In ff-
teen minutes the senate knew Il was
listening not to an ignorant bush
whacker. not to a glib tallSer rather
than thinker. but To a man OF
power, 70 a man who knew the II
nancial question as few OF them
knew 81. TO a man who was the si,
perior Of Aldricn and many more
from the effete Esst who had grown
accustomed TO believing that all ~
the financial wisdom OF the coaatf
is 70 be found east OF the Hudson
river