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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
THE ALUMNI FUND.

General W. W skiddy 's5, and the other officers of the Yale Alumni fund are 10 be sincerely congratulated upon the sum they have handed over to the university officials to add to the income for general uses. This fund is contrib uted to by graduates of the university in sums varying from a single dollar to many dollars, and Is given without strings to it. Hundreds Of thousands or dollars have thus found their way Into the strong box of Yale, which would never have gotten there had 1t not been for the suggestion made a few years ago by General sklddy that an association be formed
 This year the total sum contributed fell below the sum given last year by few thousands. This was q sur- prise from two points of view It was naturally expected that the hard times would strike the fund in its most vital part and that 1t did not do so reveals the senae of responsibility which the average Yale man feels in connection with the debt he owes his alma mater, and which he knows he can never re- pay. On the other hand, If the alumni fund can be maintained In such times as we have had graduates ought to see that it Is larger when good times exist. Gratitude for q full purse this year suggests surprise at the relative ly lean purse year ago.
 It is an interesting fact connected with these gifts that In accordance with their incomes the graduates who possess the least give the most This was the marked characteristic of the bi-centennial fund.
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the very object, as we have said, of se- curing largo army of highly trained call-men will have been frustrated. Tho army officers may well take this into consideration, We can agree with the Boston Transcript when 1t says: Ger tainly 1t would seem that the better course for the present would be to break in the militia of the seaboari states at least in garrison duty, as in that line of work would come the first demand for their services should m emergency arise calling for the nation to exert it's armed strength against a foreign foe.'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM.

The thoughtful address made by Horace D. Taft of the class of 1888 at the meeting of the Yale alumni morning, upon the subject of the loss involved in the prevailing method of educating young men slow ly, should be reduced to permanent form. MT. Taft's conclusion, based as they are upon twenty-five years as an instructor of boys, should be stud led carefully, They cannot be stud led carefully from tho imperfect re- ports of the address printed in the newspapers,
 The mere suggestion that with CO., operative changes as between the schools and the colleges two years can be saved from the time now spent by young men in gaining an educa- ton deserves the attention of parents, of Instructors and of the captains of industry. It has long been the convic- ton of laymen in such matters. that too much time was required in giving young men an advanced education. though admitting the practical value of an advanced education The loss involved to all three of the classes di- rectly interested in the proposed econ omy has been more or less discussed by school masters and college execu- tives, but as yet the definite scheme of improvement has not been present. ed In q manner which warrants in- vestigation and possibly a test. Mir. Taft should prepare In such detail as he can his proposed curriculum from the earliest to the latest school of in- struction, and then other trained edu- cators should examine 1t impartially and with open mind.
 We should judge from what Mir. Taft said of the work unit involved In the education of boys that a fear of overworking them lies at the bot tom of the waste recorded by the present educational system. Said he: The idea of the average American boy being overworked is SO delicious that like to dwell upon it." He can not dwell upon 1t too long or too fre- quently. Obviously the time of the average American boy can be much more sensibly utilized than 1t Is at present and he can be sent earlier into the world to begin the task of self support to which they all fall heir.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
The Commencement Angel

Prepare the lace-trimmed lingerie, lay out the silken hose; Make bright the shoes with four-inch heel and shuttle pattern toes. Draw forth the several feet of glove with countless fastenings; She's going to speak a thesis on The Worth of Simple Things" She bets her satin gown will be the envy of the class. Anticipates now they will stare when flunily she'll pass To where, with studied pose and voice that vibrant rings, She'll spout her flowery preachment on The Worth of Simple Things" Her hair, done up in fluffs and puffs, with combs she will bedeck; A gllttering chain with pendant stones she wear around her neck, With shining bracelets on her arms and fingers flashing rings The audience she will lecture on The Worth of Simple Things" From all her family and kin a gift she will expect;
 If what she wants and what she gets fail fully to connect, A chill will run along her spine and nip the spouting wings She feels unfolding, as she tells The Worth of Simple Things"
 Puck.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
TAFT AND YALE.

The democratic spirit of Yale re- oeived q mighty uplift this week as q result of the presence of Secretary of War Taft, the republican candidate for president of the United States. Whatever fears and apprehenslons there may have been originally upon the part of classmates and university officials as regards taking care of him they were Immediately scattered by the secretary himself, He knew his New Haven and his New Haven knew him. He moved about the city as freely as anybody else and walked with the air of a contented soul at the head of his class.
 It would be q pretty piece of busi- ness if man of MT. Taft's distino- ton could not return to New. Haven and be as free as possible from the annoyance of the curious crowd. He has demonstrated the fact that he can. The city has been full of dis tinguished men all tho week. There have been United States senator's members of congress, diplomats, gov ernors, etc., etc. moving freely, about and no one has thought for moment Of offering them other protection than the natural hospitality of New Haven affords. The people of New
 Haven in fact possess one character istic which ever stands them in good stead. Should MT Taft come here officially the crowds would follow him even though he had been on exhibi- ton here a hundred times. He can come here unofflcially whenever he wants and walk the streets without annoyance. board trolley cars and do the other things the rest of us do.
 It Is not to be overlooked, how ever. that the democratic atmosphere of a Yale crowd impresses every person who comes into contact with It. At the time of the bl-centennial, when the city was so full of men of distinction in every walk of life that one was constantly putting into top notchers, 1t was observed by more than one of them that a like exper- fence could not be had in any college city in the world under the same cir cumstances. It would not have been so strange if the atmosphere this year had lifted a bit In view of the Yale pride involved In the possession of a presidential candidate, but that 1t did not shows first that 1t Is made of the real stuff, and second that Secretary Taft Is himself democrat of the first water.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
MT. Taft at Yale.
Providence Journal. )


 There Is pleasure to Il college man in meeting his old classmates that no honors he can attain Will ever dim; and no doubt MT. Taft Is enjoying his return to Yale with a zest which the burden of his candidacy only accentu- ates. He cannot, of course, be wholly free from the responsibilities entailed by his distinguished position, however much he may wish 1t. Thus he was yesterday the chief figure In the cere- monies attending the dedication of q me- morial hagstaff erected in honor of q member of the class of '9S, who was killed In the Philippines during the Spanish war, Mr. Tafts remarks on thls occasion was very much to the point. lie reminded his hearers of the duties which the acquisition of the islands had thrust upon the nation, and he paid Just tribute to the courage and devotion which the men of Yale, as of other colleges, had snown in full filling their share of these duties. It was not m elaborate speech, but It H. lustrated anew the high character of the man whom his party has nominat- ed to the highest office in the gift of the people.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
MILITIA DEVELOPMENTS.

Developments are coming so thick and fast these days in army and na- tional guard circles that 1t is difficult to keep pace with them. If the plans that are now under consideration arc put through. 1t seems certain that be- fore long our soldier boys will be doing their most serious work since the Span ish war. A month or more ago it was thought large sized undertaking when 1t was announced that there would be from 6,O00 to 5000 troops. half of them regulars and half of the national guard at Pine Camp this summer. Now Gen eral Oliver says that the plans are for the government to purchase the Pine Camp property, some IA square miles In extent, and to mobilize some 50,00O regulars and national guardsmen there two years from now.
 Pine Camp is to become only one of eight such places of mobilization. At these camps 1t is proposed to gather S5O,o00 men, including all mllitiamen and regulars on duty at home, for lmaneuvers of the most exactlng char acter. If Pine Camp is not selected some other locality will be and there will be congregated every regiment in New York, Pennsylvania, and the New England states. "There are no longer any militiamen," said General Oliver. They arc all United States volunteers In the event of war they are part of the regular army under the new law. Up to this time the president has been powerless to direct the management of the state troops. It Is so no longer"
 Aside from the import of the an- nouncement as showing a retrograde movement in the present worldwide endeavor to obtain a general disarma- ment there is another side to the sit uation which may well tend to make Impossible the very thing that is wanted. In New Haven today there is a large number of guardsmen in the Second regiment who look with much disfavor upon the coming encampment at Pine Camp Many are the excuses that are being offered the officers, most of them very shallow. The onerous du- ties of such a camp, the long marches and work which Is of the hardest for green men, right out of the city, is avoided not so much because the men are afraid of it or because they do not cause they realize that they owe it to themselves to Conserve" their own personal resources Many of them can get only the vacation they have while at camp and for them to return from the arduous duties of camp life with the regulars all tired out means to be- gin new years work at their voca- tons under a handicap, with their en- ergles below par That they are loalhe to do.
 Unless excuses from duty may be easily obtained when the new order of things goes into effect, 1t seems certain that men will be reluctant to re-enlist. New men, likewise, will hesitate to en- list for the first time, The ranks of the national guard will be decreased and
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

annual regatta on the Thames to-mor- row, for there seemed to be little in- terest aroused in the struggle between Yale and Harvard The fear IS now laid aside, for President Roosevelt is an- nounced to grace the occasion with his presence. That announcement brings me boat race up to popular standard, Tor anything approved by MT, Roosevelt IS seconded by his own people. There E n big time ahead for Thursday, and New London ought to grow few inches in stature because the president VII be here to approve by his presence the grnndest aquatic event on the grandest course in the whole country We are glad the president Is coming, We are sorry that instead of going to Tar away Africa to hunt big game he isn't available to hunt vital things for New London. Wouldn't he make the greatest booster ever?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
The Survival of the Graduates.
 (New York World.)

Approximately l3,O00 graduates of Yale university are living. Of this num- Der the class of 1878, of which MT Taft is member contributes ninety-six the original count of the class having been 129. The thirty-year reunion at New Haven has just called together eighty of the boys of 7S, a fact which is not ed as making something of record. A few days ago the death was record ed of William Davis Eiy, of the class of 1886, who had worn briefly the title of Yale's oldest alumnus His age was ninety-three years In 1904 the longev- ity honors of Yale lay with the Rev. Joseph 5. Lord of Michigan, who was at ninety-six the sole survivor out of elgh- ty-one men in the class of 1881 These fellows of '7S must average well past fifty, but they seem lively They have traveled surely on the right road to prove that applied wisdom is the null tiplication of years
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
Yale Democracy.
(lIartford Courant.)

Talk about the decline of democracy at Yale. Why William II. Taft, second
 -lf not now hrst---in interest among living Americans and candidate for Che greatest office in the world, walked all the way out to the field with the boys of his class, and Arthur r. Hadley. president of the university recently the guest of Emperor William and alwnys and everywhere recognized as one of the most eminent men of his day, rode out on the running board of trolley car, paying his nickel and standing up all the way like the rest Of us, Neither of these great men needed any access ories of equipage to sustain his dig nity; it's part of them. They just made themselves a part of the crowd, and never thought of doing anything else.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

Julian curtiss said at the 1492 din- ner that Harvard has this year abso- lutely the lest crew she ever had. He didn't make any prophecy as to which crew would win nor did he make any apologies for the "Yalses." He sim- ply advised every Yale man to be on hand and assured them that they would get the worth of their money. That sounds promising for the blue.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

The Louisiana state legislature has passed an anti-raee-track gambling law similar to that in New York Be- tween prohibition and this. the south is becoming such a modeL section that the plantation owners of a quarter century ago would not recognize 1t, were they to come to life again.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

If Mayor Martin still has any doubt as to the advisabillty of signing the voting machine ordinance, he should read the carefully prepared article in the Bridgeport Post which describes the success of the machines in Hart ford as viewed by Mayor Hooker and others there
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

A telegraph message was sent from New Haven Tuesday night that read: "The class of 'IS of Yale--the class of Taft--sends cordial greetings to the class of '7S Hamilton-the class of sherman. That sounds like good in- tercollegiate spirit.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
Tint Hnrynrd AHnlr.

tNew York Evening post)
 There was an agreement with Yale that had 10 be lived up 70 honorably, Yale lived up 10 it when she put a man off the crew who was caught cheating in an continuation. Harvard could do no less, despite the appeal from the great square dealer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

Mogul, the big rhinoceros at the Bronx Zoo, has just hao an operation performed on 1t for cataract Nearly two pounds of chloform and half q pound of ether were required to reduce the animal to q state of insensibility. In the operation Itself fifteen veterin- arians were engaged.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

Aeropanes travelling from 75 to 100 miles an hour, at cost insignificant, compared with that of an automobile for the same distance. is the prediction made for 1909 by Henry Farman. the French aeronaut. who recently won the Deutsch- Arehdcacon prize
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4 supposition.
Waterbury American.

" NHIVTUUTy NTItTIVIn.J
 Both ends of the correspondence be- tween President Roosevelt and Presi- dent Eliot over the two Harvard crew men who were laid off unoer discipline refuse to yield up the contents of the letters. We suppose one said. Don't spoil the best crew Harvard ever had" And the other; Don't butt ln."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

Three grains of pure radium. the largest amount of thls substance ever secured at once, has just been obtained They represent the yield of ten tons of Uranium ore. Work on the ore cost 5000. and the radium is worth }32O,- .UJU,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
Tnft Pictures.

''Fifty-seven varieties of Taft photos on the front page of the newspapers all over the country says the New Haven Journal Courier True; Evelyn Nesbit Thaw must be green with envy But with all his other multlfarious duties how could the big secretary of war lind time 10 have so many pictures taken?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
yaic Freshman Figures.

INUN TUT " NUTTU,I Yale freshman figures seem to show that boys who came from the public high schools are better students than wealthier boys from fashionable private schools. But anybody would expec; that
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sly Sarcasm.
lRoston Cilohe.N

President Hadley In his annual report tells the Yale alumni that the univer- sity has had a hard financial year, but perhaps things will be easier now that MT. J. Pierpont Morgan Is to have an LL D
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

Judging from the many proposed Taft cabinets, one might well suppose that tho republican nominee was elected already.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
TAFT, YALE AND THE RiCEy.
 When Inf I.nnka nn-
(B0ston Transcript)

Forty centuries looking down upon them were not more stimulating to Ma poleon's soldiers than the presence of Taft at the Harvard. Yale boat race will be to the contendlng crews.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25
WITH THE LISTERS.

You used to travel a great deal, Senator Brown" Yes answered the great man regretfully; that was my pass-time. Judge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

"He has no job" Father. am de- terrnined 10 marry the man of my choice" Very well. But don't fix on my home as the boarding house ot your choice, that's all."-Louisville Courier Journal.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

well. the late congress didn't make much history"
 Nav. Didn't even make good news. paper copy"-Louisville Courier-Jour- nal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

A fool and his money are soon part. ed, and If that doesn't justify the fool 10 a commercial generation, nothing will-Puck.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

stella-Can you dress within your in- come? Bella--Yes; but 1t is like dress ing within berth In the sleeping car.' -Iiarpar's Bazar.
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son--"what does this mean, father: There is room for all on the earth?
 Father-"Ah. that refers to the time before there were any motors. rs."-Meg- gendorfer Blatter.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

"You-Hank Hicks--ye're always blowin' bout how much ye kin drink. I'll just bet ye ten cents I've drank We're four days older.'-Life.
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My wife" growled Kadley, is the most torgetful woman"
 "Indeed?" querier his friend. politely "Yes; she can never remember In the morning where left my pipe the night before. re."-Philadelphia Press.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

"This milk is sour and won't take it," declared the lady.
 That's your own lault ma an, re torted inc dealer. T offered 1t to you day before yesterday when 1t was fresh,
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character as 10 remind the men of that day of his most, famous warning; Public office is a public trust
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

Scandinavian coasts are dotted every island of Sjalland there Is an electric lighting system which is driven by a windmill. The wheel fig forty-six feet In diameter, and is supported by a tow CT forty-three feet high The area of the blades exposed to the wind la $40 square feet, and with wind blowing at the rate of forty-three feet q second the mill will give S,6 horsepower The speed Is then twentyfour revolutions minute. Current Is supplied to 37S
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incandescent and six arc lamps, besides several small motors
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Rubber continues to come from the Congo and the valleys of the Amazon. The most recent figures give the worlds production for the season of 1oo5-s as 66,9OO tons, Brazil leading In production with 10000 tons. Bolivia, Central Amer lea and Mexico gave a combined total of l,s0O tons; Africa, S5, poo tons. and the balance came from Asia and the East Indies.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

The President Coming.
 (New London Telegraph) We had feared for the success of the
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Prince Edward Island contains three bacltwoods farms which are devoted to the rearing of the black fox, a rarc animal whose skin sells in London for from $500 to s1,sOo, The animals are confined by heavy woven wire netting, which reaches eight feet above the ground and two or three feet below. To insure tho best possible TUT the foxes are not crossbred, They sleep in hol- low trees the year round, and are fed chiefly on oats and milk and bread and milk with little meat once day, and are so wild that only their keeper with food can get near them.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-25

The power of metal to become fluent under pressure Is shown by lead wool" which consists of pure lead cut into fine strips by machinery, and put up in pound skeins of yard long threads For making tight joints 1t Is simply laid in the joint socket and pounded in with caulk!ng tool. It welds Into a solid mass, filling every interstice, and it insures more thorough work than results from molten lead
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-03-12

Pittsburg. Mr.. Delmas Sherrard who
has been with the company all season,
has returned toLOgan.
The theatre going folks i'm Logan
have missed the many home talent
shows this winter. Wake up actors
of home talent fame
Mr.. Fred Nail, Logans leading
talent, is recovering from very severe
attack of typhoid fever.
The Logan Orchestra will be sadly
missed at the Opera House. The last
time this well-known and popular
organization played there was the
night The Heart Of Maryland" was
on the boards.
Miss Florence Forest, known by
many people as Miss Florence Lash,
of Athens, is featured this season in
her husbands company, called "The
Arrival Of Kitty"
East Lynn. that well known and
popular play will put on an engage
ment at the Opera House on next
Monday night The company comes
direct here from Columbus, where
they are playing the latter part
of this week at the High Street
Theatre. From THE FLIES.