The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26

TO first take a dozen young men and
their families to break the way, and
then later gather up about 300 families
for all the tribes of the Sioux nation,
and settle them in the tract. He said
he may be able to have the entire
Sioux nation go to Nicaragua He will
take has cllow-tribesmen south via San
Francisco TO Corinto, the Pacific post Of
Nicaragua.
All May Drop Football.
Now that twelve eastern colleges have
about decided to drop football if the
rules do not receive sufficient modifi-
cation, has resulted IN several institu-
tions in the middle west, as well as
along the Pacific coast considering the
subject along the same lines, One of
the professors in Stanford university
told me the other day while football
was not conducted along such brutal
lines in California he thought much of
the abuse which players suffered ought
to be eliminated, ~ have been to
since | camo here last September he
continued, land | am not ut all sur.
priscd that there is wholesale call
for The abolition OF this sport IN this
part of the country. Here ] sec the
players 90 at each other as though
they were determined upon killing some
one. ! am very much interested in
the investigation being made by q com
mittee on athletics from the Jesuit col
leges in the east. / am quite sure that
the report which these men make will
mean much toward the regulation OF
football playing in America. Certain
features of the game ought 10 be elm
mated and thereby retain this sport
which Is so popular here, We will not
be in a hurry TO take any adverse
steps until we see what eastern colleges
and other educational institutions do,
because they ere individually familiar
with existing conditions
May Extend Investigation.
An investigation is being made Of the
physical form. as well as the habits OF
living and ways of thinking of the
desc endants of foreigners who cmigratc
to America Their investigation has
been placed IN the hands of commit
tee, Of which Prof. Franz Boaz OF Co.
lumbia university, this city. is the eX-
pert. I understand that while the in
vcstlgation so far made has been CON
fined 10 New York City and vicinity,
the inquiry is TO extend to the middle
west. as well as the Pacific coast il
has been learned that we live different.
ly here than our ancestors did This
ulStONNIN 10 lfEdIutd DIS III Importance
IN anLhropological science as indicating
the development of distinct American
physical type in persons of European
descent. Much interest is being mani
tested by the immigration commission
along these lines. and it proposes to fur
niSh different localities with compre
hcnsive reports Of Just what it finds in
those vIcinitics. This Will be of impor-
tance 10 everybody, and | was told the
first Of these reports viii be forthcom-
Ing some time next spring.
School Work in West
DR.. A. T.. Winship. editor Of the Jour
nal of Education, and Que Of the lending
educators OF the country, who has lust
returned to the east from a lccturing
tour of the middle west and the Pacific
coast told me today nc finds a decided
improvement in the school work being
done III the far west. Sin California,
Washington and Oregon, the people are
after the best in The land. and I told
them about The splendid work being ac-
complisbcd in New York. went on the
educator. "rhe methods employed in
New York are equal and better than
any in use anywhere in this country.
7 thinl; | ought to know, because
have visited all the large cities Of the
United States, and compared the work
III tJtU NJ SIidi NtslHlS lslDillN 'bUl-
inc TO the front. however. and know
The strides the school boards and teach
crs arc making, wonderful progress VIII
bc made You know out west they do
things on big scale. and thoroughly,
too. Watch the Pacific coast. and see
what The people Will do in an education
nj way during the next five years.
They arc not only husjlinQ along 'busi.
ness lines, but educstIoually as well.
Sailed for Copenhagen.
Lady Alan ,)ohnstone, wife Of the
British minister at Conenhagcn, sailed
for Europe on the Mauretania this
week IN company with hcr cousin. Miss
Margaret Montgomery Of Portland. Orc
Miss Montgomery Will visit in London
- month before leaving for Couenhagcn.
During Thanksgiving week Miss Mont.
gomcry was entertained in Washington
| ID. g.. by Mrs. James W. Pinchot who
came to New York last week with hcl
daughter, Lady Johustone.