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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
They Want to Sing.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
There have been great many
speeches at mass meetings this year
about the lack OF spirit. 1t is posi-
bic that the spirit exists among the
students, but that they are not given
the proper opportunities to exhibit it.
For instance. at the last mass meet
ing, there were calls for speakers
which We're not needed. and the band
was requested to play old Missouri"
while there were still calls for songs
and speakers. None of the Univer-
sity songs has been sung this year,
despite the evident desire on the part
OF the audience to sing.
Again, the yells at the meetings have
been led in fast succession-sO
quickly, in fact, that before breath
could be taken after one yell was
given. the cheer leader started anOth-
er. At the student mass meetings
the audience has whims which could
and should be observed. Much com
plant was made last Wednesday
night about the shortness of the meet
inS. S
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
University will come greater demands

University will come greater demands
for residence property, more business,
and in fact, a better town in every
respect. It means more to have the
University in this town than citizens
realize Not man in Columbia SHOULD
vote against the proposed amendment,
and he will not do il even if he looks
at the question from a purely selfish
point of view.
Students should have greater in
terest in the University's welfare than
those indirectly interested. For the
sake of future growth and possible
advantages which may not now be
offered to students, everyone enrolled
in the University should have the de-
sire to help work for a greater in
Stltution. This is possible through
the passage of the Eleventh Amend
ment even if the benefits of per,
manent income would not affect many
of the students here now. the fact
that they would be aiding in lasting
memorial which would place the Uni
versity of Miss ouri OIL Il firm financial
footing-that should be the incenti:e
to cause un1agging interest in the
adoption Of the amendment.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
LARGEST CIRCULATION
IN BOONE COUNTY.
BUY AT HON e

II the community is good enough
for you to live in and make your
money in, it's good enough to spend
it in. This ought to be self-evident
proposition, but unfortunately there
are few persons in every community
who do not consider that they are un-
der any obligation to the community
and who do all or portion of their
trading away from home.
If a man has money invested in
real estate in Columbia, and accumIi-
lates more he invests his surplus
money in new building He is ad-
ding that much to the value of all
the real estate in the city. The
amount of change of value that this
one new structure produces may tc
small, but if a thousand men act il
this way the effect becomes marked
Again, if a person goes away from
home to make purchases for his OWE
use, purchases that he could have
made at home, the influence Of his eX
ample tends to encourage others tC
send away for some of the things the!
may need. If many families were tt
do this it would be serious handi
cap upon the development of loca
business.
1t is unfortunate for Columbia thai
many people send their money away
from home for groceries. furniture
hardware and wearing apparel. Til,
practice of buying II hsme-local mer
chants can duplicate tie prices to he
found anywhere Csc under the sam,
conditions-aE,I ii Investing money :
home is the rule for the great major
ity of the people. Keeping money il
circulation in this community is some
thing like keeping it in the famil.'
Every one is benefited and it make
the city grow
Columbia has the finest stores to b,
found in Central Missouri. they ar
entitled to your patronage.
Spend your money here and assis
in building up Greater Columbia.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
PRESENT-DAY ADVERTISING

Advertising, as science, is here
only in unpublished, colloquial style
The advertising expert knows now on
ly the effect OF striking phrases of
of novelty, of humor, and
OF suspense.
He is studying human nature. lie
is learning to arouse interest, cuciOs-
ity, and surprise. He believes in il;
possibilities. He is putting his best
into it. He is showing wonderful
progress. He has convinced cool,
headed business men of its value. For
tunes are being spent in its develop,
ment.
The art of advertising will be re-
duced to a science only when its real
worth can be determined. 1t must Jc
shown just where advertising pas;
when it pays, and how much OF Il
pays. 1t is new study. 1t Should
have a place in the realm of tbs
sciences. but only when it can, be
known; when its real worth can bt
determined at all times and under nj
circumstances.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

Columbia and Boone county owe
much of their prominence and pros
perity to the University. 1t is impos-
sible to suppose Columbia would he
what it now is had the University not
been placed here. The interests Of
the University are, therefore. in i
large measure the interests of Colun-
bia. The people of Boone county can
rightly expect to profit more from
larger University than other citizens
of the state. They should be proud
to say that the chief school of the
state is in their county. The well
fare OF Columbia and the whole of
Boone county will be promoted by the
passage of the University amendment,
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
The St, Louis Star Stories.


~ tHe VI university MtSSOurlan:
| was surprised Sunday to find an
entire section Of the ST Louis Star
devoted to the stories written by two
University students whom | have
known ever since the class fight in NV
freshman year-G. V. Kenton and H.
W. Smith.
| made inquiries and found that
twelve University students had COW
cred Missouri this summer for the
Star. l learned that some of the boys
had waded in dust in the prairie coun-
ties, that others had climbed over the
rocky roads of the Ozarks, and that
others still had persuaded busy bus
mess men in the skyscrapers OF the
cities to drop their work and be in
terviewed
Would it look too much like frse
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
WHO ARE INTERESTED

The state of Missouri is the owner
II the University of Missouri, and il
is the duty of the state to provide
tor the schools necessities. 1t is an
institution that is operated by the
state for the benefit of the citizens
of the state. and it is therefore the
states obligation to see that it re-
ceives proper financial support 80
that its efficiency may be increased
Every voter in the state should helo
carry the proposed Eleventh Amend
ment.
The citizens of Boone county AMI
Columbia are peculiarly situated in re-
gard to this measure. While the Uni
versity Performs the same function 70
Boone county that it does to the state
as whole, the county and city Of
Columbia derive a particular salts
faction from the location of the Uni
versity. Both as means to greater
business prosperity and to educational
and moral prestige, me town and
county should support the Eleventh
Amendment which will provide for a
greater University.
The Students are still more closely
attached to the institution. The men
and women who receive their educa-
tion at the school should be closely
in sympathy with the campaign for
"a permanent and sufficient financial
support. because they are the ones
who are directly benefited. The stu
dent who is lacking in spirit and work
N favor of the proposed Eleventh
Amendment is unappreciative. Every
student at the University of Missouri
should work for its passage.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE "YEs'

The people of the state of Missouri,
residents of Columbia and students
of the University should join in the
campaign for Amendment No. II to
provide for a fixed and permanent
income for Missouri's greatest school.
A hearty cooperation would result in
an overwhelming vote for the amend
ment.
That citizens of the state are in
terested in the passage of this amend
ment is shown by their loyalty to the
University and their appreciation OF
the work done in the various depart
ments. They should vote for per-
manent support so that the school
would be placed on as firm financial
footing as are other schools in states
of less wealth and population. This
would mean that the UniversityS
growth would be provided for by a
gradually increasing income. Voters
should consider that the mill tax of
three cents on the 500 assessed val
uation is relatively small. and can
not be- compared with the advantages
resulting from the support of the Uni
versity.
The citizens of Columbia have an
even greater interest in the passage
of the amendment than the people Of
the state. Every property owner
here would derive a benefit when the
University reaches its normal growth
The mill tax is the only means of Civ
Ing permanent support to warrant fl-
ture growth. With the growth of the
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

John Brown. freshman in the
Philadelphia Dental College, is thought
to be dying from a fractured skull as
the result Of hazing he received
yesterday at the hands of members
Of the sophomore class. The sopho-
mores surrounded the freshman in the
'ampitheatre of the college and bom-
barded them with sky-rockets. In
the melee Brown was struck on the
head. Maurice C. COLDER. another
freshman, is in a serious condition.
He was hit on the head, sustained a
double fracture of the arm and may
be injured internally.-Boston Even
ing Sun.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
Vieupoints.
Support the Class Games.


Let's all get out and support the
class games this year. In the alb
sence of seeing the Tigers practice,
rooters can have the next best thing,
and that is to watch the teams from
the various classes scrimmage. Stu
dents should turn out on the lower
field and root for their classes. Do
not, however, let this feature of foot
ball. detract from your interest in and
support Of the Tigers. Remember that
the Varsity team is of utmost impor-
tance, and should be secondary to no
other thing in the University from
now on until we beat Kansas. NJ. B. NJ.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
Columbia's Telegraph Service.

Ts the Editor Of the University Missourian:
In most of the factors that go to
make up a modern town, Columbia is
up to date There are railroads, well
paved streets, post office building,
prospects of an efficient water and
light system, sewers and telephone
communication Of high standard, but
in the matter of telegraph service
the city is somewhat behind.
In a city the size of Columbia the
telegraph Office should be open day
and night Often immediate commu-
nication is necessary but this cannot
be had until the telegraph Office opens
day and night.
Then toe. the position Of the Office
in basement is one that would make
stranger in the city smile. and rank
Columbia with some little village in
| the backwoOds. PROGRESS.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

1t is announced that Yale's resid,
uary share in the estate of the late
Samuel H. Lyman of this city proba.
bly, will exceed 100000. His will has
Just been probated here. The gift to
Yale ranks as one of the largest col.
lege benefactions of the year.-Kan,
sas City Star.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

advertising to put little news item Ii
your paper telling of the series of sto-
ries in the st. Louis Sunday Star?
You could use their educational value
as an excuse to appease your journal
istic conscience. learned more about
my uncle's county Sunday than | have
picked up in all my annual visits when
| was thinking about rabbit hunting
and skating and not about the big
farms, factories and future of the
county. JUNIOR ENGINEER.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

Notwithstanding the population OF
Missouri is considerably less than that
OF Greater New York, the Chicago
News is gracious enough to admit
tnat Missouri produces more mul
and apples than New York. And as
for peaches, the great metropolis has
not enough for the front row of the
chorus. s."-kirksville Express.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02
In and Of Missouri

Missouri's census drop in rural pop
ulation is discussed thus by that
states immigration commissioners.
"Missouri's legislators have been too
tight and will have to loosen up. They
are too close with their public insti-
tutions, overeconomical with their ag-
proud OF the low state tax rate. re-
gardless of good roads. farm devel
opment, immigration, water power. nor
to speak of mines and manufacturing
industries" Texas has been pulling
along under much the same handicap.
To the railroads. who have habit
Of returning good for evil, and to d
militant and optimistic press Texas
development and increase in poDula-
| tion owes a tolerably fair percentag,
OF its 1910 Thanksgiving proclamation
Mean time, the Globe-Democrat edi,
| torially observes that Every one OF
the seventy Missouri counties that
have declined in population has &t
least one representative in the legis,
lature to be elected this fall; and the
legislature is the best place to devise
measures to stop the drain" Very
good. It's time for Democrat and Re
publican to work in harmony when a
state begins to slump in population
and development. Anyway, take II
from Texas that the blue pencil is not
a builder. Nor is the demagogue =
builder.-Fort Worth Star Telegram.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

1t should be matter of pride to the
students that the University of Mis-
souri, does not go outside of the state
this season to play football game
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

The students of the University
should help carry Amendment No. II
because they owe a debt Of gratitude
to the institution that provides 4 free
education for them.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

This is a time when a states great
ness and rank is mea ured to a great
extent by its educational institutions,
rather than by its population. Since
We have let our state fall back two
places in population, let us take cou-
pie OF steps forward in education.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-02

Columbia and Boone county voters
should support the Eleventh Amend
ment because the University is OF di-
rect material and intellectual value
to them. The early settlers in this
county realized this when they gave
Sill 900 to secure the University.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
FIVE TO TWENTY SUIT0RS
Southern Girls Had Opportunity to
Make Selection, According to
New York Writer.

In the old southern days a great
beauty would not uncommonly have
five to twenty young men and a few
old widowers and foolish bachelors
hanging around off and on all the
time, every n of them trying to get
in a good word edgewise. Engage
ments were regarded as mere triv-
ialities in many cases, mostly on the
part of the young woman, however,
and she might be engaged to II Or
20, all at the same time, for all these
young fellows knew, and very likely
never a n of them got so far as
even to kiss one of her fingers.
Imagine what a pretty, witty girl of
1S-for that was the marrying age
in old days-could do to a big bunch
of silly boys of rs! This long and
fierce pursuit and courtship usually
resulted in girls sizing up and get
ting their bearings, and thus getting
pick and choice for a true life part
ner.-New York Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
MISTLET0E AN ANNUAL CROP
Plentiful and Not Especially Hard 20
Gather in Parts of Province
Of Brittany.

Ceuzy, in Brittany, annually be-
comes a center of attraction. for the
mistletoe pickers, and the poplars
that line the hillsides around about
the village show an abundance OF
the precious evergreen, the sight OF
which would fill the heart of many a
Norman mistletoe gatherer with
envy, according to the Wide World
Magazine.
Here, however, the trees are lofty
and by no means so easy to despoil
of their white berried parasite as the
apple trees in northern France,
which yield most of the harvest des-
tined to find its way to the British
market.
Nevertheless clambering up into
the tree tops 60 or 70 feet from the
ground is not so difficult a task as il
may appear to those who are unin'
itiated into the modus operandi OF
the mistletoe hunters. With the aid
of peculiarly shaped iron critics at.
tached to their feet, enabling them
to get a firm grip of the trunk OF
stem which they wish to ascend, the
skilled climbers make their way
from branch to branch with monkey
like agility and in a few minutes the
tree is stripped of its mistletoe crop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
SAD FATE OF RAH-RAH BOY
DirefuI ~Retribution, Largely Imaginary,
That Came to inventor OF
College Yell.

Right here, good folk, in the
padded cell is the man who invented
the college yell; a pitiful sight, as
you all can see, and a doleful wreck
of a man is he. He tears his hair
with a Rah-Rah-Ra and rends the
air with a Siss-Boom-Ah, and he
mumbles and jumbles and screams
and cries; see the swelling throat
and the bloodshot eyes. All day he
yells and all night he bowls, and up
from his throat come fearful growls
as though he remembered the campus
where the first of his college yells
rent the air. He grins at you with
a vacant eye and thinks you're a
brother Pi Chi 81; he makes a sign
that the brothers know and waits to
see if it's really so; then he thinks
you are, and his great lungs swell
with a rush of air for the old-time
yell, and his cheeks puff out and his
mouth. swings wide and a rush of
sound from the far inside of his
mighty chest strikes on the a and
your heart beats fast with a dread
full fear; but you need not run from
the frightful noise, for he's only one
of our Rah-Rah boys.-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
THE MIKADO.

It is now Frances turn to learn
that the term mikado does not desigA
nate the emperor of Japan. A we'll
known Frenchman, we are told, re-
Gently used the expression when con-
versing with an attache at the jap
anese ministry. The attache was
aghast and inquired what was meant
by "mikado." 1t was explained that
the emperor was referred to. The
attache replied: "You know, mon
sieur, that our emperor is not 'une
porte In our language the word
mikado means porte but is never
used to designate the sovereign. Your
writer's and diplomatists refer to the
government in the east as the porte
and confound the two things. In
Japan the emperor is kote, but never
mikado."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
PAPER.

Japanese waterproof paper is
made of fbers of bamboo and eu-
calyptus mixed with fbers of the
ampi and other shrubs. The fibers
are torn apart, dried, %cleansed,
scraped, boiled in weak dye and
washed with water. They are then
beaten and mixed with a viscous in
fusion of certain roots and a solu-
ton containing camphor, caoutchouc
and resin. The sheets formed from
this pulp are calendered at various
temperatures. The paper is light,
washable and very difficult to tear.
1t is used to initiate leather and
india rubber and for a great many
other purposes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
order to Examine Final Account

STATE OF MINNESOTA, T., 49,.
County of st. Louis. No"'
In the matter of the estate of Order
John Stream, to Examine Final
representative of the above named de-
cedent, together with his final account
of the special administration of said estate,
having been filed in this Court. and praying
that said final account of said special admin
~istration be examined, adjusted and allowed
by the Court, and that the Court make and enter
its order allowing his said account, and for the
discharge of the special representative and the
sureties on his bond.
tits ordered, That said petition be heard, and
said final account examined, adjusted and allowed
by the Court, at the Probate Court Rooms in the
Court House, in the City of Duluth in said County
on Monday, the 10th day of May, 1910, at ten
o'clock A. M, and all persons interested in said
hearing and in said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to show cause, if
any there be, why said petition should not be
granted.
ordered further, That this order be served by
publication in the Ely Miner according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, April 14th, 1910.
By the Court,
J.B. MIDDLECOFF,
429 5-13 Judge of Probate.
J.W. Osborne, Atty. for Representative.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
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Order to Examine Final Account, Etc.

Order to Examine Final Account, Etc.
State of Minnesota, &c In Probate Court.
County of St. Louis, %
In the Matter of the Estate of Sylvester Tolonen,
Decedent.
The Petition of Matilta Tolonen of Ely, Min
nesota, as representative of the above named
decedent, together with her final account of the
administration of said estate. having been filed
in this court. representing, among other things,
that she has fully administered said estate, that
all claims by the representative, heretofore paid
in good faith be approved by the court, and
praying that said final account of said admins,
tration be examined, adjusted and allowed by
the Court, and that the Court make and enter its
final decree of distribution of the residue of the
estate of said decedent to the persons entitled
thereto. and for the discharge of the represent
ativ and the sureties ON her bond.
1t is Ordered, That said petition be heard,
and final account examined, adjusted and allow
ed by thr Court, at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House, in the City of Duluth in said
County, on Monday, the 18th day of June, 1910
at ten O'Clock a. m. and all persons Interested in
said hearing and in said matter are hdreby cited
and required at said time and place to show
cause, if any there be, why said petition should
not be granted.
Ordered Further, That this order be served by
publication in the The Ely Miner according tc
law.
Dated at Duluth. MINI May 10th, 1910.
BY the Court,
(seaD J.B. MIDDLECOFF,
Judge of Probate
A. J. Thomas, Atty. for Representative. $40 6l
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-01
POOR SPELLING IN ENGLAND
According to Writer, Very Small Per
Cent. of That Nation Are Per-
feet in the Art.

"Oblige," of all the words in the
English language, is the one mos
frequently misspelled. This asser>
ton is made by W. Stewart Thorn
son in a new edition of his "Public
Examination Spelling Key" and is
based upon practical experience and
from evidence provided by the pa
pers of competitors in civil service
examinations.
"Not five per cent. of educated
Englishmen," Mr.. Thomson adds,
"spell correctly, ever in standard
books and high class newspapers, the
simple word 'r~epellent.' The Eng
fish language is a living and grow
ing thing and dictionaries as a rule
are about fifty years behind the
times. There is perhaps no more
common fallacy with the experienced
writer than the idea that in these
DAYS of free education and strict
government inspection, every school
boy can spell all the fairly common
English words and that a spelling
book should, therefore, contain only
such as are of considerable diff
cultv."-London Daily Mail.