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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMANDMENTS

The following ten commandments
have been compiled for the modern
business world:
l. Thou shalt not wait for some
thing to turn up, but thou shalt pull
off thy coat and go to work that thou
mayest prosper in thy affairs and
make the word failure" spell sue
cess"
2. Thou shalt not be content to 90
about thy business looking like loaf
er, for thou shOuldst know that thy
personal appearance is better than
letter of recommendation.
3. Thou shalt not try to make en-
euses nor shall thou say to those who
chide thee, Il didn't think"
4. Thou shalt not wait to be told
what thou shalt do. nor i'm what man.
ner thou shalt do it, for thus NAV thy
days be long in the job which fortune
hath given thee
D. Thou shalt not fail to maintain
thine own integrity, nor shalt thou be
guilty of anything that will lessen thy
good respect for thyself.
q. Thou shalt not covet the other
fellows job, nor his salary. nor the
position that he hath gained by his
own hard labor.
:. Thou shalt not fail to live with
In thy income. nor shalt thou contract
any debts when thou canst not see
thy way clear to pay them.
). Thou shalt not be afraid to blow
thine own horn, for he who faiIest to
blow his own horn at the proper oc-
casion fndest nobody standing ready
to blow it for him.
y. Thou shalt not hesitate tn saw
No. when thou meaneth No" nor
shalt thou fail to remember that there
are times when it is unsafe to bind
thyself by hasty Judgment.
I'D. Thou shalt give every man a
square deal. This is the last and great
commandment, and there is no other
Ike unto it. Upon this commandment
hangs all the law and profits of the
business wOrld.-C;raham Hood. in The
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

Attempts are being made to establish
Il State Board of Immigration. Its du
ties would be to print and distribute
information about the resources of the
state and the untitled land. There are
l00000OO acres of uncultivated land
which would make excellent homes and
comfortable livingS for thousand, of
immigrants. Those who live in the
sweat shops of the city suffer from
poor food. foul air and the lack of sun
light. Those who come to Missouri
can have wholesome food. pure inv. 90
rating air and sunlight unltrred
through factory smoke and between sur
roundin" sky>crapcr>. The chief bcne-
III would be in making the men healthy
and in giving the children chance Ia
90 to school instead of working in fac
tories
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
Divorced Teachers Barred.

After Il hot debate resolutions were
passed by the city fathers Of Memphis
barring divorced men and women from
teaching in the public schools Exam
nations OF applicants for positions as
teachers were being held. and DIR. G.. B.
Malone. member of the board. who
presented the resolution. says the OBJ
Ject Is to improve the moral tone of the
schools. a in the opinion of the board
a divorced person cannot exert proper
moral example among young students.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR

Dec. Il. The Social Problems of To-
day. DIR. G. \. Eliwood
Dec. Is. Lecture. Lorado Taft. Audito-
rum.
Basketball Missouri against
Warrenshurg Normal. Roth
well gymnasium.
Dec. 10 Basketball. Missouri against
Warren>burg Normal. Roth
well gymnasium.
Preliminary University de
bate. Auditorium
Dee D. . a. H.. Executive board at
Columbia.
Dee. D. Wednesday. AT p. m. to Jan.
). Tuesday. at : a. M. Christ =
mas Holidays.
Jan. ). Board of curator> in St Louis
Jan. :. Social Brttcrmen in Missouri.
DIR. \. o. Lovejoy.
Jan. H. The Call of Business for Men
and Women of Character. Mr..
\. j. Elliott OF Chicago.
Jan. 10. Address before Department of
Journalism by Norman Hap
good.
Feb. 4. Japan Leading the Orient
Whittier? Miss Theodo>ia
Wales and Mr. Toda Cho
Feb. IL. Modern Philosophy and Chris
tian Thinking. DIR. J. W. IIud
son.
Feb Is. How May Newspapers Pro-
mote Social Betterment. Mr..
Walter Williams
Feb. 25. China Remode!ing Her Civil
Zation. Mr.. James Ware. OF
Shanghai. China.
Mar. 4. Social Problem of America.
Dr. T. J. Riley.
Mar H. The Relation of the Physician
to the Public and the Public
to the Physician. DIR. \. W.
McAIeSter
Mar lS The Positive Value of Doubt
DIR. c. NJ. Sharpe.
Mar. 25. The Outlook for Christian
Civilization in South America
Mr. s. Perry Wilson.
Apr. l. Does American Law Embody
the Spirit of Jesus. DIR. W. W.
Elwang.
Apr. 8. The Position of the Educator
in the Promotion of Social
Uplift. DIR. A. Ross Hill.
Apr. Is. The Political Outlook in Rus
sia. Dr. IsidOr Loeb.
Apr. %. The Church Outlook in Rus
sia. Rev. NJ. A. Hart.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
THE VALUE OF A MINORITY.

Though the man who often changes
his allegiance in order to be continually
on the winning side has always been
ridiculed, no one has ever eulOgiZed the
man who aims to keep on the losing
side. Perhaps there is no such man.
But if there is. he cannot be a very
bad character.
Just as in nature there is the sue
cessiOn of forest trees and a regular
rotation of other kinds of plants. so
in society advancement is by such a
revolving process. One people becomes
strong and another decays. Liberals
grow conservative and Conservatives
become liberal II is the one great jus
tification for political parties and par
tyism in all of its other justifiable
forms.
How does minority become ma
jority? Naturally the answer is by
gaining strength at the strength of the
majority. When the change takes
place. the ideas that have made the
new majority strong begin Immediately
TO take root. preceIt> are established.
and the spirit that was radical becomes
conservative. The longer the new pow
er lives the more burdens it must carry
and the slower il must advance. until
it is finally overtaken and overthrOwn
Such is chapter in the life history
not only of politics but of all other
social institutions as well.
After all. the progressive man stands
by the losers most of the time. helps in
every victory that is worthy of the
name. but remains with the victOrs
only until the principles and purposes
that brought success have been estab-
liShed and carried ont.
If in any contest a man who has
no decided opinions of his own is called
upon for his voice or vote. he should
support what he thinks is as rule the
losing side.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
I HI A N II S!

THE CarnatiOn. the publication of
Mckinley High School. st. Louis.
says: Permit us to welcome the
University Missourian into the field of
journalism. Though the youngest of
all college dailies. it is fast being recog-
nized as a meritOriOus model for its sen
iors. Jack LOndOn's idea that a university
is harbOr of dreamers is here signally
disprOved and black and white evidence
submitted opposing it. Except for its
size, it is a perfect metropolitan daily,
universal in its sphere. If the Missou-
rian is only the product of students.
We can imagine and fondly hope for
their product as professionals
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS

The fight between President Roose
welt and the New York World is at
tracing world wide attention. The
President asks that the proprietor of
the World be prosecuted by the gov
ernment for libel. The World replies
by saving that no other living man
ever 50 grossly libeled the United
States a. the President" President
Roosevelt has sent Il special message to
Congress about the Panama charges
over which the dispute is being carried
on. 1t will be a fight to finish.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

The University of Michigan has re-
ceived a gift of | 800 acres of land val
ued at $25.OOO. and close enough to the
University to serve as training ground
for the engineers. A summer camp will
be built upon it and connections made by
an electric line. The park. which is
well watered. will also serve as a fu-
ture reservation for summer students
in biology and forestry.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
Logical Deduction.

Teacher: What gender is "phono-
graph"
hr'ght Pupil: Feminine gender.
Teacher: How do you make that
out?
Bright Pupil: Well. father saws a
is just like a woman-it
al"ays has the last word.-Chicago
News.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

The Cclts of the University of North
Dakota met last Friday and it has been
suggested that the Irish at Missouri
get together and count noses And now
comes the news that Michigan not to
be OutdOne. will present Polyglot
play. German. Spanish and Swedish Ian
gIages and costumes being used. Is
will he expected to get together and
pull off stunt:
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

Two victories in one day. one over
Wisconsin. one over Minnesota. is To-
was record for Dec. IL. The question
in both debates was the same: Re
solved. that American cities should
adopt commission form of govern
ment." Iowa won from Wisconsin on
the affirmative and from Minnesota on
the negative side Of the question. The
Hawkeyes were the only team thus to
win both on sides out of circuit con
tanning Iowa. Nebraska. Minnesota. Hi
nOis and Wisconsin. Wisconsin claims
to lead. however. because her team de-
feated Nebraska on the same question.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

Donald Grant Mitchell. who under
hautiful essays. has just died at his
home in New Haven. Conn. Iii, most
popular books were The Rrveric> OF II
Bachelor" and Dream Life" He was
consul to Venice i'm 1853. Since that
time he has lived on his farm near Yale
University. His books have given him
an enduring place anon" famous Am
rrican authors
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

onc of several Christmas week we'd
dingS i'm Columbia will be that of Miss
Mildred Lewis. daughter of DIR. and
Mrs. Malcolm Lewis. and Richard Ralph
Russell. of bridgeport. Wash. The we'd
ding will take place at the Christian
church Thursday evening. Dec. 81. at I
o'clock.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

The Quill Club in the University of
Kansas has decided to issue a "QuilI''
next spring to contain original work of
its members.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

The students of Spanish in the Uni
versity of Michigan have organized a
club which meets i'm sections of ten
each. Only Spanish is spoken at these
meetings. which are led by Spaniard>.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

Subscribe now for the University
address until June, 1909. for Sl5O.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

DIR. Samuel Avery has been appointed
acting Chancellor of the University OF
Nebraska. He is favored by many for
the permanent Chancellorship.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

Some of the most distinguished men
OF or age will deliver addresses at
Kansas University after the holidays.
Among them are DR.. Van Eeedcn. the
Dutch writer. DIR. Grenfell celebrated "a
the hero of Labrador. and the Rev.
Hugh Black known as Scotland'S most
popular preacher. Each man will spend
from three days to Il week at the Uni
versity. mingling with the students and
meeting them informally. 1t is thought
that much good will he gained by hav-
ing the students see the daily life and
hear the informal conversations of these
great men.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

II i, rumorcd that Walter :. Dickcy.
chairman of the Republican State Com
mttec. will he chosen as Secretary of
the Interior 1t was because of his
work more than that of any other man
that the Republicans carried Missouri
for Taft. Missouri becau>e of its
strength among the states and because
of its capable men. is entitled to have
one of its citizens i'm the President :
cabinet q. RILEY.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

The annual Christmas dance OF the
Columbia Club will he given this even
ing.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17
NOTES FROM
OTHER SCHOOLS

One million dollars for buildings il
I ne demand in Minnesota
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-12-17

California has made S9.W0 this sea-
son in athletics. She has used this
money to pay the debt on new bleach
ers.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
s1rTCrpE AFTER VISION OF CRIME.

William Sikanski. a prisoner n the RAYMOND
Street Jail Brooklyn charged with double mnr'
.sr committed on the night OF MAY last con-
rnitted suicide about $50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing by hanging in his cell He placed MS iron
cot on end made moose of the ropes used TO noid
the mattress 70 the bed and with the rope around
his neck jumped from a chair A dream Wnicn
he had In the course Of the night showing a ne
like vision Of his crime was sald % nave dEiVeh
him mad and made life unbearable to him
Sikansk was painter He came 70 rnis coun-
try four years ago He became infatuated WIN
Anna Kokonns, a beautiful Polish girl but sas
repuIsed his advances. and on May he shot hsr
at her home No 90 Kent avenue Brooklyn, and
then rnortalIy wounded Michael Kirsain- Of No y
North 11th street. who attempted 20 take ths
pistol from the murderer as he rushed 70 tns
street
During his Imprisonment Sikansh appeared
denented- crouching in one corner OF MS eeA-
refusing food at times and making grinnaces a.
his keepers as they passed his cell No specia-
vigilance was kept over him. however, as ne naa
shown no suicidal tendencies
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
INSPECTOR ASSAULTED.
f.. c. Becherer attacked When He
Tried to PHOTOGRAPH Fruit Stand.

Edward c. Becherer. an inspector for the Bureau
Of Municipal Research, brutally assaulted yes
terday afternoon at the fruit stand at the City
Hall Park end of the Brooklyn Bridge terminal
structure which the police say is under the ban OF
the Black Hand while attempting TO photograph
It. His alleged assailant. John Antonopoulo. was
arrested and later released bail.
Becherer is patient in the Hudson Street
sble internal injuries and contusons OF the abdo-
men.
Becherer. with an assistant, went to City Hall
Park photograph the stand late yesterday after
noon While he arranging his camera the al
legged proprietor of the stand, who later told the
police that he John Antonopoulo commenced
to take down a number of signs advertising the
sale of cigars cigarettes and tobacco The police say
that the proprietors license permits him to sell
fruit only Becherer insisted upon the signs stay
ing where they and during the ensuing alter
cation Becherer alleges that he assaulted by
Antonopoulo and, according to the police. he de-
cares that Peter Peolos, Antonopoulos assistant,
took hand in the affair and aided his master in
the Iatter's alleged attack upon the inspector
Both Antonopoulo and Peoos were arrested by
Patroman Grove. of the Elizabeth street station,
upon the complaint of Becherer. who charged them
with assaulting him. but bailed out by
friends
It Antonopoulo who. according to the police
received a Black Hand letter some time ago
which necesstated the presence of a number of
headquarters detectives in the vicinity of the stand
The letter contained demand for $1,000. and. detec-
tves say threat that unless the request
complied with the fruit stand would be blown up.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
S. I. BONDHOLDERS ACT.
Form PrOtectiue COMMUNICATION
ganiz1tiOn to FOllOw.

Following the default which was made on August
1 in interest on the first mortgage per cent fifty
year gold bonds of the Southern Indiana Railway
Company a committee has been formed to protect
the interests of the bondhoders The committee
is composed of George W. Young Of George W.
Young & Co; Rafael R. Gown, of H. B. Hollins &
Co: Calm L. Stone. of Hayden, Stone & Co.; A
Merritt Taylor, president Of the Philadelphia ana
Westchester Traction Company. and W. W. Gurley,
attorney, Of Chicago.
A move for the reorganization Of the Southern
Indiana Railway Company. which was formerly
controlled by John r. Walsh, has been expected
for a long time in railroad and financial circles,
and no surprise expressed here yesterday at
the announcement that committee had been ap-
pointed with this object in view. The bonds. the
July interest on which is in default were sold
years ago principally throughout New Eng
land and the Eastern States.
The company comprises total Of 257 miles of
owned and leas sed lines. connecting TerTe Haute,
Seyrnore Chicago Junction at the Indiana State
line. 1t also controls large coal area in Southern
Indiana and various coal mines.
On May 1. 1908. the company executed general
mortgage for additional bonds, amounting to s3,-
900 900. running ten years, at per cent At the
time the issue made it announced that
the money would be used for construction pur
poses This company also owns the Chicago South
ern Railway. by which Mr.. Walsh expected to make
connections with the city of Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
RESENTS METZ'S ATTACK.
Board of Education VII Soon Re-
DLu to the Controllers Criticisms.

Controller Metzs structures the Board of Edu-
cation regarding the building contracts were not
answered by either the committee buildings
of which George ". Schaedle is cha irrnan. the
executive committee. both Of which were in session
yesterday
The Controller had complained that the penalty
clause in contracts had not been enforced and
that the committee buildings had extended the
time in many instances without having author
ity 10 do SO, as the board has 10 approve any
tension allowed. He said in a statement sent 10
Egerton Winthrop jr-, the president of the board:
I find that. as a matter of fact the Board of
Education has been ignored for long time by the
superintendent of school buildings and the
mttee buildings In matters of this kind the
superintendent and committee usurping the func-
tions of the board
officials OF the board busy getting figures
ready in order TO be able TO the Controller,
and II said that statement would be
issued that would clear UP the matter.
II shown at the meetings that IT will cost
the board more than a half million dollars get
the schools in readiness for the opening of the
in September. AT the meeting of the execu-
tive committee the expenditure of $3.50 1872 so was
approved. to De used in four boroughs. Brooklyn
will get s4l0.541 Manhattan. s5I 553: Queens Bor-
ough. ss0.976. and The Bronx, s7,425 so Richmond
is left out OF the apportonment
A report of the number Of children on part time
in the schools May 81 made by Superfn-
terdent Maxwell, the request of Nathan 6
Jonas. chairman of the committee on studies and
textbooks. II showed that 6O,25O then on part
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
THE SAC PAULO LOAN.
Arrangements with European and American
Bankers-Coffee as Security.

In connection with the message of the President
Of the State of Sac Paulo to the Brazilian Con-
gress requesting authorization to raise q loan Of
SIS 000. 900, 1t said in well informed quarters
yesterday that arrangements already had been ten
tatvely made with European and American bank
ers to unde-write the issue 1t was stated further
that the loan would be issued 80 and that the
interest rate would be per cent.
The amount raised by the loan Is to be used IN
connection with the coffee valorization scheme of
the Sac Paulo government, but does not 1t is said
represent additional amount needed to carry out
the plan 1t is understood to be the intention of
the government to the proceeds of the new
loan in the amortization OF the old loans with vari
large coffee merchants and bankers in this
country and Europe and to take possession OF the
coffee held by them security.
All the coffee held by the government will then
be pledged security for the new loan and the
danger of liquidation of any of the old loans will
be averted. total IF about 100 900 bags of cof-
fee is held by the state pledged security for
loans As the average value of this coffee is about
SO bag this makes about ST. 900 security for
the loan of approximately $4,000 900. AS addi-
tona security IT is proposed to increase the sur
tax on coffee exported from three francs to five
francs.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
WOMAN TIRES OF HONE
Wife of Composer Ends Life b,
Inhaling ChIoroform.

Love for a man who not her husbaus -,
discovery of letters and the estrsngernent betrsa
herself and husband which resulted II ~ -
Iieved led Mrs. Julia Korony Frese. thfrrv.s a.
years old. Of BronxviIIe. in westchester Come.
to end her life during Tuesday night BY inhaT-.
chIoroforn Her husband Gustave Frsse a NJ,
sfcfan and composer. found her body az 10 o'eioc.
Yesterday morning. She had taken rubber ba-s
ing cap filed with cotton which she saturated MIR
chIoroform and then fastened u over her face
Mr. and Mrs Frese had been married for a..
years but for year. the husband said. they hss
spoken to each other only about in ten dav,
and then only in monosyllsbles. They lived :,
separate rooms. There were no children NJ
Fress told Coroner Wiesendanger that his rts,
showed more affection for friends than for hin
and that she paid little no attention 70 him
II Is said that climax OF the troubles OF -,
counIa was reached on Monday night. when II /,
rer.orted Mr. Fress found several letters said -
have been written by a physician Of Mount vsrno1
vbo fs married II is believed that Mr.. Frese took
his wife TO task and that she decided 70 end hs-
life She visited several friends IN BronxvfIle and
told them that she despondent and nervous
Tben she went TO the drug store conducted bv
James Chambers and purchased three ounces %
chIorofornn telling a clerk that she wanted il e
clean clothes
New-York tribune., 1908-08-13
THE IRON AND METAL TRADES.

THE Iron Age" says:
Those who impatiently expecting rapid
Improvement In the demand for iron and steel seem
doomed disappointment There is a gradual
banding tendency in the demand. but s not
Without It's halts here and there. Export mar kets
are showing a more cheerful tone and business IS
developing Among the inquiries Is lot OF 600
OF ingots for Italy In spite of the apparently
high relative level OF Southern iron compared
with Middlesborough. small quantities OF pig IRON
from the Alabama district are finding their way
into the European markets.
The Iron Trade Review says:
slow Improvement continues TO characterize the
iron market. The United States Steel Corpora tion
is now running about ssh per it's blast
furnace capacity and about IS per cent OF its
finished capacity. Its stocks OF pig iron lower
than In June. 1907 when the previous low figure In
the recent history OF the corporation was estab-
ushed and any sudden increase In new business
will mean the blowing in OF several additional
stacks Buying of pig IRON has shifted to the Fa st
and about 1000 tons has been purchased In that
section. considerable part going to New England
Southern prices have advanced. on account OF the
heavy buying reported last week. and very little
iron can now be purchased at sl2, Birmingham
for No q Improvement be noted in the de-
nand for structural materials Some orders Of
good size have been placed in New York nu-
nnerous projects promise to develop into orders
a not far distant date. The erection OF the
Equitable Building. which will require 40 900 tons
- STEEL now seems much more probable.