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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-10
Lace Curtains.

Near or far. no better representative
showing of what is what in curtaining than
our wonderful display on our second floor
Carpet department.. Among the new we
want to call your special attention to the
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Colors Green, Red, Arabian and White.
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CABLE NET Curtains A more extensive
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NOTTINGHAM Curtains-The qeual of
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and economy of price cannot be found
White and Ecru at SOC per pair and upwards
Our special value at, per pair. ....... SLIGO
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and Brussels Nets.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-10
Trunks, Suit Cases and 7ravel-
ing Goods of every description

Dependable. little priced. Best
stock of baggage you will be likely to
find in this trade territory is assembled
here to serve you. Conveniently dis
played. no trouble to show. The
majority of these goods were made
expressly for this store. They are
staunch, strong and serviceable. In
design, in workmanship and in ma
terials used we believe are the best
goods offered anywhere.
Our special Trunk value, brown
canvas, angle steel bound on every
corner, Eastwood. Prices
$3.50, 80 in; 700, "a in; $50,
SO in; 500, 38 in. $50.
Our special Suit Case value
Genuine Cowhide 80 ten points of
superiority over any other make
"a in. $500 each.
Other Suit Cases from $1.OO to
$3.50 each.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-10
Mobby Styles in Oxfords for
Ladies' and Mems Wear.


Even the practical things Of a
persons attire can have an originality
and certainly the shape Of the lasts
for the coming seasons footwear are
so distinct as to stamp them different
from the Oxfords that have been worn
in any past seasons; nor are there
more novelties in women's footwear
than mems, Oxfords to very great
extent have call upon both sexes.
Every wanted leather is used. The
styles Of lasts are Fashions newest and
they are for every purpose, from the
daintiest party Oxfords to the sturdiest
makes for street wear. Our shoe de-
partment is equipped better than ever
before to provide for our increasing
patronage.
Ladies Oxfords specially priced
at $3.50 per pair.
Others from $l.5O to 81 pair,
Mems Oxfords $3.50, $500
and $500 per pair.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-10
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full line of paints and interior finishes
for little places here and there about
the house that have turned up during
housekeeping. Each one is adapted
to particular purpose and performes
its own part toward beautifying the
house. They are all put up in con-
venient sized cans, no matter how
small the job. A little touch of paint
here and there and housekeeping is
accomplished with little time, little
labor, little expense.
Prepare for outside work when
spring opens by looking at our line Of
Lincoln Absolutely
Pure Paints
Ruchter's Fire Proof
Barn Paints
Most complete line of paint material.
in Crawford County.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
Michigan's Oldest Graduate.

The honor of being the oldest living
graduate Of the University of Michigan
will soon. it is likely. pass to another
The Rev. Edwin Watts Shaw now holds
it. but he is critically i'll in Hastings,
Mich. and the end is looked for almost
any day. Mr.. Shaw graduated from
the university in 1852.
Mr.. Shaw was born in Hill. y. H..
July 10. 1922. In 1884. his father. Ben
jamin Shaw. a mechanic. moved his
family of eight children to Jackson
county. Michigan. All the children were
brought up on the farm. Edwin Shaw.
with memories of Daniel Webster in his
New England home. longed for an edu-
cation. and later attended Jackson and
Grass Lake academies He studied
three years in Lodi academy in prepar-
alton to study the classics i'm the state
university. from which he graduated
with the class of 1852 Immediately
after graduating. he became pastor of
the Ann Arbor Congregational church,
and here he remained in charge till
lSJ3. when he went to Boston to visit
his uncle. Edward Shaw, city architect
of Boston. After visiting in New Eng
land he enrolled as student in An
dover academy and studied theology
there under the husband of Harriet
Beecher Stowe. author of Uncle Toms
Cabin"
In 1854 he returned to Jackson and
on July 6. at the side of his venerable
father. attended the formation of the
Republican party at the convention
Under the Oaks" Mr.. Shaw then took
up newspaper work and later returned
t" the ministry. holding many charges,
the last one of which was in Middle
Free Press.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
THE nEY TO
GOOD ENGLISH

On Washington's Birthday the Ma
tiOnal Conference on Uniform REQUIRE
ments in English for admission to col
lege met in New York. The results of
its study have now been published.
However much other courses NAV be
neglected or superficially pursued in
college or even in the secondary schools.
training in good English should be in
sistent and thorough. The conference
places strong emphasis on this, and de-
mands. closer attention to formal gram
mar than is now general. 1t saws that
English grammar should ordinarily be
reviewed in the secondary schools and
correct spelling and grammatical accu-
racy should be vigorously exacted in
connection with all written work."
But it deplores the tendency to leave
all instruction on this point to the
teachers OF English. The pupil should
not regard his responsibility as ending
when he leaves that particular class
room. Special instruction in language
and composition should be accompan.
led by concerted effort of teachers in
all branches to cultivate in the student
the habit of using good English in his
recitations and various exercises wbetb.
er oral or written" The conference has
a new standard of reading
Tor the formation of English style.
While the purpose of reading should be
higher than mere recreation, it should
nevertheless be of a kind to attract the
average pupil. Some of the old classics
are. therefore. passed over, and authors
like Maculay, Thackeray, Parkman.
Lincoln. Defoe and Stevenson arc s,h
Robinson Crusoe" and "Trea- !
sure Island" are given places of kindred
distinction.
1t is great deal more difficult nov
than formerly to direct uniformed m;nds
h'o suitable channels of reading be-
,ause there is so much more that is nm
suitable and to a larger extent than
ne other this is thrown in their wav
They really have to make an effort n
''o'd contact with it. Yet the problem
$ not altogether a new one In .ho
irst OF the Waverly novels, a hundred
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

years ago, in depicting a weakness of
his hero, Sir Walter Scott said: Moth
ing, perhaps, increases by indulgence
more than a desultory habit of reading.
L believe one reason why such numerous
instances of erudition occur among the
lower rank is that with the same pow
ers of mind the poor student is limited
to narrow circle for indulging his pas
sion for books. and must necessarily
make himself master of the few he has
before he can acquire more"
That was almost prophetic of the
experience of Abraham Lincoln. who,
prone before the blazing pine knots on
the rude hearth of his cabin. did that
very thing, until he had acquired q
mould of mental form and directness
OF thinking which now gives him lead
ing place among the authorities to
whom educators enthusiastically refer
their students for purity of style and
Visor OF expression. To large extent
the Key to good English is discriminating
reading, and for this parents are even
more responsible than teachers.-Boston
Transcript.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
Student Self-Government.

To the Editor OF the University Missourian:
Student self government is good
thing for any school. 1t teaches the
student to take an interest i'm affairs
around the campus. and also throws
him on his own resources Moreover. it
gives him chance to assert his own
Judgment.
4 student senate would be fair be-
cause the representative students of all
the departments would have hand in
the matter Then. too. students are
broad minded enough and vet strict
enough TO regulate student affairs. 1t
would cause more things to be looked
into and investigated. The men on the
senate would have pride enough in their
University to keep tab on those stu
dents who have no self respect or re-
Spcct for their school Then the stu
dents at large would be interested in
ruling because their fellow classmates
would be the rulers.
If the student senate were created.
the student would have a vital. close
with his school. A. B.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
Auto da fe,

watch the people scatter there.
Gracious. see them scurrv,
LOOK what's coming down the street,
That is why they hurry.
Listen-See that man out there!
Turn a bit-we've got him."
Willie's learning how to run
The auto papa bought him.
See upon the road ahead
Human life and hustle;
There behind are heaped the dead
Ambulances hustle.
Willie has a lovely time,
And he drives so gayly-
Eighty-seven miles an hour
Mills a village daily.
Goodness gracious. What is this!
Here's post ahead.
'stick a row of stars in, please)
Little Willie's dead.
But they say his ghost goes on;
Monsterbug will spot him
Driving in the silent shades
The auto papa bought him.
Harvard Lampoon
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
THE INTERSTATE DEBATES,

Interstate debating is one of the
most beneficial OF the various inter uni
versity contests. Its benefits are of
two kinds. In the first place, it stim-
ulates debating and kindred intellect
ual activity; in the second place, it
promotes feelings of friendly rivalry, SO
helpful to the growth of progressive
states. Whatever may be said as to
the value of rival debating clubs and
preliminary contests, in the university,
is doubly true of the inter-s state debate.
The men who are active i'm debate gain
mental qualifications of clearness of
vision and resourcefulness. Wits are
sharpened and grasp of thought increas
ed. The speaker becomes effective in
public.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

NEos4-lEstD
<slSs"
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR

Apr. %. How far do the Teachings of
Socrates. Confucius, Buddha
and Mohammed Agree with
the Sermon on the Mount. DIR.
". J. Lhamon.
Apr. 20. Annual mock trial.
Apr 80 Band concert on campus.
May l. High School day.
May ). Girls Pan-IIellenic dance.
Kappa Kappa Gamma house.
May Z. Glee club minstrel show.
Baseball, Missouri vs. Wash
ington.
University girls May day Gel
ebration.
May s. Baseball, Missouri VS.. Wash
ington.
May IA. Town and Gown club dinner.
May Is. Christian College commence
ment.
May 10. Baseball, Missouri vs. Kansas.
May 20. Baseball Missouri VS.. Kansas.
May 24-29. Final examinations.
May 20. Stephens Medal contest.
May 80. Baccaaureate sermon.
May 81. Class day.
May 81 June l. Entrance examinations
June l. Alumni and Phi Beta Kappa
day.
June ,. Annual meeting of curators.
Commencement day: address
by DIR. Charles W. Eliot.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
JOURNALISM
AND LITERATURE

ITllE editor of the London Spectator
st. Leo Strachey, has been dis
cussing before the Authors Cluf
the vexed and complicated relations OF
journalism and literature. Mr.. Strach
ey ought to know what he is talking
about better than most people, for if a
literary paper ever existed it is the
Spectator.
In saying this we are, of course. not
referring to the literary papers of the
early eighteenth century. Steele's Tat
Ter. that old Spectator which he later
edited in conjunction with Addison, and
Iohnson's Rambler were really not
newspapers in any sense in which the
word is now used, but literary essays
of the most delightful description.
The Spectator of today has inherited
much of the literary flavor of its an
ceStor. as it has inherited some of its
advantages over the ordinary daily
press. The news editor of a daily pa
per works in a perpetual effort to keep
his feet amid an inflowing torrent of
news and kilograms.
The news editor of weekly paper
sits beside some quiet backwater, lei
surely shaping the news into melliflu-
Gus literary paragraphs. What is true
of the part is true of the whole and so
the effort to produce a literary and aca-
demic weekly paper is child's play COM
pared to the effort to produce a daily
one on a similar literary level.
This does not mean that it is impos
sible to produce a literary daily paper.
If it We're possible to do so without be-
ing invidiOus, several might be named
which maintain a high level of literary
excellence. But it certainly does mean
that the talents and devotion necessary
to do this are of a very high order.
Mr.. Strachey. speaking epigrammat-
ically. declared that the task might be
regarded as impossible, yet it was pos
sible that the impossible might be ac
complished. The first requisite, of
course, is a complete mastery of your
subject: the second a sound knowledge
of literature; the third. an ability to
make use of these; the fourth, the
power of immediate and imperturbable
concentration.
There are numbers of people whose
ideal paper is one in which the edito-
rias shall be written by an Addison,
Lamb, or a Swift; the art criticism by
a Ruskin; while the financial editor
shall be an Adam Smith.
1t is fairly safe guess that news
paper with such staff would have a
life about as long as the ministry of all |
the talents. Imagine Mrs. Battles
views on whist or the home coming of |
the Old Temeratte written in an hour
at midnight.
Good writing really consists of clear
ness of expression mingled with true
literary form. And these are qualities
not unobtainable even in a daily paper.
as Mr.. Strachey himself admitted
Christian Science Monitor.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS

The fate OF Abdul IIamid Is still in
doubt. II i probable that he will be
held prisoner in one OF the royal cas-
ties much "a the present Sultan. Me
hcmmed V. has been during the last
thirty wears. Parliament refused its
consent To his being set at liberty. The
old way would be To have him murdered
and be done with him. as was done in
the case of hi, older brother and i'm
mediate predecessor. For assassina-
tionS. uSurpations and depOsitions. the
history of the dynastic succession of
rulers in no other country is compar-
able To that OF the royal family of
of succession makes it possible for any
prince Of the family to succeed to the
Sutanate. and the only way to make
sure that he will not i to kill him. 1t
ha- Ion" been the custom for each new
Sultan to kill possible rivals. One of
the present Sultans predecessors of the
same name Mehemmed III. killed nine
teen OF his brothers Immediately after
his accession to the throne SO far.
there have been no executions of mem
bcr> OF the royal family this time. but
nephew of Abdul IIamid. Sabah Ed
dine. and all his family are under ar
rest.
Nehcmmed V has announced that he
j. Il friend of education and progress,
hut. c"oped up as he has been during
more than thirty Years. ne cannot be
expected to do much toward the en-
li"htcnmcnt of his cOuntrymen. He is
entirely without practical experience in
government or in handling men. So
has been his isolation that no
foreigner has had audience with him
during his captivity. Whatever ad-
vancement comes to Turkey as a result
OF the change of government must
come from the members of the Young
Turk party rather than from the figure
head in whose installation they have
been instrumental.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

Peter Van Nlissingen. who figured
last winter so prominently as distant
relative of former President Roosevelt
and forger OF mortgages to the ex-
tent of a million dollars. now SAYS that
four years ago he confessed the forgery
of mortgages valued at 100000 to
Maurice ROsenfeld then director of
the Chicago National bank which is no
longer in business. and Bernhard ROsen-
berg. a real estate dealer, of Chicago
Eo~enfeld and Rosenberg have engaged
counsel and refuse to discuss the testi-
mOny. d. r. SCOTT.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

IF the newspaper does not professedly
favor religion. it never is arrayed
against religion. While it is often
to" tiippant. or ut least too jocular in
/ treating of religious events, it never is
willfullv irreverent. Its utterances are
ever demanding honesty in politics pur-
i,y in home life. clean streets, smoke
less chimneys. a well governed and a
beautiful Chicago"
That was part of series of compli-
ments paid the modern newspaper by
the Rev. William B. Norton of Evan
ston. during an address before the Met
hodist ministers weekly meeting in the
First Church. The speaker had some
gentle criticism for the newspaper. but
il was so outweighed by that which was
commendatOry that the sting was
drawn.
Of Much Aid to Charity.
The newspaper Arrangements have
been among the largest direct givers to
all public appeals for charity. the fresh
air fund. the sufferers of San Francisco,
of Santiago and OF Messira.- confined
DIR. Norton. They have been also the
vehicles for charity of others. explain
ing needs. making appeals. receiving
funds and organizing bureaus of re-
lief.
They have exploited many local
Christian and charitable enterprises.
the fiftieth anniversary OF the Y. NJ.
c. A. the Torrey and Gypsy Smith
revival meetings. the Wesley hospital
bazaar. the Lincoln centennial and
other enterprises cf like character.
They have been the diffusers OF gen.
eral intelligence, bringing to our doors
all countries and all phases of human
thought and endeavor, so that il may
be said of diligent reader of the news
paper although he may not be accurate
ly informed on certain particular
events, he does have such a survey as
III iiIHI CltiLtH VI tUc NOllu
and will give him vantage ground
immeasurably superior to the one whose
outlook is confined to his own thought
or to the horizon of his own town."
Chance for Church to Copy.
DR.. Norton also thought there was
much in the conduct of the modern
newspaper which might be copied with
advangtage by the church.
Contrary to the opinions of many"
he said. the newspaper has saved its
readers from that modern perversion
Of our already forcible English, slang
1t has pruned its language of affecta-
ton. fine writing and indiscriminate |
and excessive use of adjectives. We /
could well take lesson here for use
in church notices. advertising and in
communications to church periodicals"
Even the sensational publication
'ame in for some praise, doubtless on
he ground that there is good in every
hing.
1T is not surprising that the sensa-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

All told, a Hollander pays about II
per cent of his yearly income for taxes
He is taxed for his business income, for
the interest he collects, on his house
rent, his furniture, on six freplaces and
all the stoves in the house he rents or
owns, on his horses, bicycles and SER
wants. On an income of s2,4OO a year
he pays s29s.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29
Defining Seven.

How would you define Seven? The
Standard Dictionary says it is ''one
more than six" Webster's calls it zone
more than six. or one less than eight -
the abridged Webster SAYS it is five
and two" and the Century's definition
runs zone more than six; the sum OF
three and four In metrology-that is,
the science of weights and measures
seven is comparatively rare The seven
days of the week form striking ey-
ample of its Use. however. Scholars
have found, too. that the Egyptian Gu
bit contained seven handbreadths Gu
bit" is from the Latin "cubitum" the
elbow, or the distance from the elbow
to the end of the middle finger. The
Roman cubit was / l-2 Roman feet. or
Ia English inches, but the royal Egyp-
tian cubit. used in the building of the
pyramids of Gizeh, perhaps $500 B. c..
has been learned from measuring sticks
found in the tombs to have been 2O64
English inches. The ordinary cubit was
divided into six palms or handbreadths.
and the use of seven in the Egyptian
cubit is ascribed by some investigators
to probable custom of placing the hand
behind the elbow when measuring along
walls with the forearm and leaving it
on the wall until the arm was laid down
again. 1t should be added that there
are many other cubits Of widely differ
ent values. both ancient and modern
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

Black: I say. old man. how would
YOU like to buy my motor car?
White: Which is broke-you or the
machine New York Herald.
Mr.. Redd: There goes Mr. and Mrs.
Greene in their new car.
Mrs. Redd: What make is it. dear? ?
Same as ours
20. is it? 1t doesn't smell the same
does it it:"-Yonkers Statesman.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-04-29

IIibbs: That's pretty loud vest
you have on. old man."
Gibbs: Yes. the doctor said I must
keep a check on my stomach. Boston
Transcript.