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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

TO do the manual part OF writing tho
bools. ~
Hidden away in small colleges are
men OF burning zeal for scholarship,
men who wish to contribute the work
Of their minds to the benefit of man
klnd-and yet they cannot. They are
tied to their posts by bonds of academ-
lie red tape, by lack Of funds, by adj
verse conditions that seem never to
decrease. Patient, ever hoping. they
arc faithful to their daily tasks.
Too often 1t is the case that the
college professor is worn out with the
grind of years of teaching. His inter-
est In his work flags. and, correspond :
slngly, the interest of his students dies
away. The once brilliant teacher
.dwindles into drone, and the student
and the world are losers by the trans
formation.
College professors deserve to be
paid enough to enable them to live
and to surround thcEl-
selves with facilities which will per-
nit them to do tho work they wisn
to do. None but the best men should
be allowed to teach the youth of the
land, and they should receive at least
n rensonnblc conversation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
LABOR nay.

This is Labor Day. 1t will be cele-
brated all over the country. In nearly
all the States 1t is legal holiday. 1t
is a legal holiday in Virginia. In ST.
Paul It viii be distinguished oy a
speech by the President of the United
States, and in Fargo North Dakota,
by few remarks from the former
President. The day was first observed
by the knights of Labor in 1884, and
since 1887 it has been celebrated gen.
orally. by parades and speeches and
conferences and excursions and ban
quets. and by an almost total sus-
pension of work in all the trades. In
Richmond it will be kept to-day, and
we wish our fellow workingmen a
very pleasant time without accident
or mischance of any sort to mar Their
enjoyment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

and ofIlceholders are the flrst consid-
Grafton Of the General Assembly and
that the great body OF tax payers, who
employ no lobby, but depend upon
their representatives for protection
are being saddled from year to year.
with additional and Unnecessary 5ex-
penses OF state and county govern
inent.
There Is much more than grain OF
truth In what our contemporary says.
| There can be no question that, acting
| individually and informally, the office
holders exert powerful influence In
matters which affect them. They do
not come to the Capitol in body; per-
hnps few OF them come at all; but
back home" they have their say with
the local legislative representatives.
There is no other possible hypothesis
upon which the originating and passing
OF the four proposed amendments to
tho Virginia Constitution by the Cen
eral Assembly can be explained. There
was some demand for these chnnges:
we are sure 1t was not demand from
the people and who else but the office
holders desire these amendments? Was
1t not natural that. having given the
offceholders liberal batch OF legis-
lation, the Legislators should endeavor
to grant to themselves ninety days
session of the General Assembly, What
Will the people get out OF it7
The moral is: Let inc people wake
up to their own interests The rest
will be simple.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
ALEXANDER LooNrrAnr NELSON.

Fifty-two years of service to the
other states was the proud record of
Professor Alexander Lockhart Nelson,
of Washington and Lee University,
who died last Wednesday evening. He
was the last but one of the members
of the faculty of that University under
the presidency of General Robert T..
Lee. the only surviving member now
being DR.. Edward S. Joynes, of the
University of South Carolina.
The account of the life OF Professor
he died. says thousands of young
men have gone forth from his class
room to adorn every walk and pro-
fession in life. Some are Governors
of states. some are judges. some doc
tors of divinity, and some have at
tanned high influence in the councils
OF the nation" This is strikingly true.
In 1854 Professor Nelson was ap-
pointed to the chair Of mathematics
in Washington College. and 1t was
not until 1906 that he retired from
active duties. At that time the beard
of trustees of the University made him
emeritus professor of mathematics.
The scmlcentennial OF his professor
ship was celebrated In 1901 by the
alumni Of the college and a massive
silver service was presented to him
on that occasion. He served under
five presidencies of the University.
A life-long member of the Ivcsty-
terrain Church at Lexington, lie WAS
deacon at the time when stonewall
Jackson filled similar position For
almost fifty years he was member
of the choir. He was conspicuous
for his faithful and long service to
his Church.
For more than half a century ne
exerted an influence over young men
that reached out to nearly every part
| of the nation, and no one can measure
the worth of his service to The cause
of education. His long record OF SER
vice can scarcely be equaled In the
history of the colleges OF America.
i Virginia has Just cause to lament the
passing of so eminent a son.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

periences which made this once stall
wart youth prematurely old man and
finally ended in his death. A thousand
witnesses could even yet be called 10
establish the irfamy of the treatment
accorded by the Federal authorities
to the helpless soldiers who fell into
their hands, and many men who Wore
the Blue If they could speak the truth,
would testify that they We're as we'll
taken care Of in the Southern prisons
as were The soldiers Of the Confederacy
in the field. But what IS the use? TIE
history Of these things is written by
"the other side"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
THE snAo1E OF THE colLEcEs,

There was pathetic story in one of
the magazines not long ago about n
college professor and the learned his
tory he was writing. but could not
finish because his salary was so small
that he could not, with the cost of liv-
ing so high, hire a nurse for his lit
tie child. On his slim salary, it was
all he could do tn make ends meet
lie had no time to devote to scholarly
research between the demands OF his
classroom and his home there was no
opportunity for anything else
This is the true story of many coll
lege professors, all over this country.
| They are patient men, loath to com
plain, and that is why so little protest
| is heard from them. AS a rule, they
are underpaid. Most of them are in
the profession with the purpose CT
doing real service. Few of them are
in 1t for money, for those who know
are aware that there is no money in
the profession of teaching.
If the professor has others DEPEND
ent upon him, he has 4 hard time pull
| ing through without going into debt
He cannot afford to have large fam
| lily; and when. in later years, the ex-
pense Of educating his children falls
upon him, heavy Is the burden of the
college teacher In some of our coll
leges young professors and instructors,
, even though unmarried, find that they
can save little from their yearly sti-
pend.
Such q condition of affairs is driving
the best men in our colleges out or q
profession which they would doubtless
adorn. The result is that mediocre
men, time servers, are entering the
profession of collegiate teaching and
are giving second-class instruction at
second-cluss rates to the young men
and women in the colleges. The cost
ly result is that the student does not
get the sort OF education that lie is
paying for.
Scholarship, too, suffers by rea-
son Of the inadequate compensation re-
oeiyed by professors In these days of
scientific investigator, few arc the
college professors who are not animat-
| cd by a desire to add something to the
worlds knowledge of various branches
OF science and learning, In some
cases, they manage TO do 1t; in too
many cases they are cramped by cir
cumgtances and can do noihinf, 'rhey
have little time; their families must
be looked after; and there is no money
left for travel or for a stenographcr
Many valuable books could be written
to-day II our college professors
had enough money TO employ some one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
DIR. COOK GONE AFTER THE POLE
AGAIN

A letter from Godhavn, Greenland,
received at Copenhagen. reports that
at is certain that DR.. Frederick a.
Cook is on his way to find the records
which he claims to have left In the
north. Recently an American steamer
stopped in Godhavn harbor for an
hour apparently confirming the re-
ports In the American papers about
Dr. Cooks having started for he
Arctic regions to recover his instru-
ments and papers. The letter says
everybody in Greenland stu believes
that Dr.. Cook reached the North !'ole
and that some day he will return with
the proofs"
we do not know when Dr.. Cook got
away from Houston. Texas, where he
had been living incognito, nor when;
but 1t appears that he has really gone
after his records, and, faith, he'll Cnd
them. exactly where he left them,
right forninst the Pole; that is to say.
unless the drift has changed their po-
sition and unless Commander Heary or
Matt Henson (by the way. does any
body know what has become % IIatt?)
got there. 1t is certain that we hace
not heard the last OF DR.. C3ok. ana
that Truth crushed to earth (the
same being DR.. Cook in this case)
will rise again. and Error (the New
York Times and Captain Loose ana
all the rest of the pack that have
assailed the Original Discoyerer OF
the North Pole) will die amid" their
fellow Did DIR. Cook
reach the Pole? Why, of course, he
did. He has told all about 1T, per-
fectly straight story, ana .Ap .pe-lah
and I-tuk-a-shoo, or whatever their
names. were with him when he won
his triumph, the greatest triumph ever
won by human being. Never fear, that
all DR., Cooks honors Will come back
to him, heaped up and running OYER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

a miserable correspondent.of the
New York sun, probably msn1ber OF
the Old Guard, complains 10 that pa
per that the managers of the colonels
reception ut Kansas City made "a se-
srious mistake;" that Theodore Roose-.
Welt left the asylum. made a speech
and then failed q go back"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

While he is away UP North. how
would it do for the Colonel to run over
to Montreal and tell the Catholic Con-
gress how he issued his grand def to
the Pope of Rome? The Colonel has
not touched on this subject at all since
he got back home. He could tell a
thrilling story about how he made
Merry del Val shake in his apostolic
shoes, even If he could not excuse MS
own very bad manners.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
THI1 UNDUE INFLUENCE OF or
FlCEHOLDERS.

The Charlottesville Progress, in the
course of an article on the Expensive
indifference of the people who take
no interest in the public acts OF their
representatives, says:
The point we desire to make how
ever. is that because the ofticeholders
are usually very active In politics.
and, by reason of their Offices. WELD
moro than the average citizens intlu-
ence in choosing legislators. affords
no justification on the part of the
Legislature for losing sight of the In
tercsts of the taxpayers, or of at
taching undue Importance to the de-
mands OF otllceholders.
Whether true or not. there Is wide
spread feeling in Virginia that offices
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
BoNps FOR BUILDING no.ns

Why should intelligent men oppose
bond issue for good roads? Yet
many such men do Often we hear
them decrying bond issues, because
bond issues in former times have hoe,
wasted through mismanagement. such
men fear to trust money any more to
county boards or officers That is
good enough as many objections go.
put when 1t is remembered that the
people can elect boards that they can
trust. the matter assumes a different
aspect, and there is really no reason
why they should not elect such boards.
AS the Birmingham Ledger wisely
puts It:
1T is not wisdom to hold back a
great public movement because GER
tain officials are incompetent. or
worse We have already come to the
time when the public finds it necessary
TO be careful about the men elected to
spend the public money Beyond
question. large part of the public
money is wasted, but some counties
have no trouble. Talladega County un-
der good officials not only has a bal
ance in its treasury credited to the
proper funds, but it is building and
maintaining its roads without any
issue at all. All counties could do
that. The incomes are all ample. but
the expense account Is the trouble"
In looking at the cost of better
roadways, we must remember that the
roads are for all time. and that the
bonds can be passed on down to pos
terity, each generation paying the in
terest. The cost rcay seem out of
proportion, but the net gain for all
time outweighs such an objection as
that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

Down in South Carolina the people
do not want Featherstone and they
won't take Blease; so it begins to look
like Featherstone.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

What sort OF pistol does the Col
onel tote? Is 1t automatic like his
mouth? Where has the Colonel buried
all the bad men he has killed? Does
the Sun happen to know what DISPOSE
ton was made OF the spaniard he
shot down in Cuba?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

suppose when the battleship Maine
is raised it should appear that the
ship was wrecked by an internal OK
plosion, what sort of apology would be
proper to Spain?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

",rhe whole nation seems to be
plunging hellward' is what the Hon.
Thomas Z. Watson told the people of
Atlanta in his speech at the Auditori-
UNI in that city Friday night. Mr..
Watson ought to change his point OF
view. move away from the centre OF
disturbance. and come to Richmond
where we live in Heaven every day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
Daily Queries and Answcrs
Address all for ts column Query Editor
STAMP valued and dealers will be given.

government within the vast area bound
ed by Canada on the north, Mexico md
the Gulf Of Mexico on the south and
thu Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on tho
District of Columbia, outside the ma
ton proper there will remain under
territorial government Alaska, with
nearly 100000 square miles, and
Hawaii, with G,T40 square miles.
-
Waldo, Portrait Painter.
Please give me what information you
can regarding an American portrait
painter named Waldo, who lived In the
early part of the last century.
The portrait painter, Samuel Waldo
GT83-1S61) was u native OF Connec-
ticut. He received his first instruc-
tions In art in his native state, but
painted for some time in charlegtor,
S. C.. In 1906 he proceeded to London
and was admitted into the small, but
select circle of American artists then
In the English metropolis. After paint
ing portraits in London for three years.
he returned to. the United States in
1909. and opened a studio in New York.
where the remainder Of his profess
sional life was spent He devoted him
self to portrait painting with marked
success. The Ney York Historical So
ciety owns his likeness OF Peter Rem
sen, and several portraits of ex Mayors
OF the city Of New York by Waldo,
are in the City Hall there.
Initiative and Rcfcrenduni.
Kindly give the full meaning and ex-
PLANTATION of initiative and rcfercn-
DUN advocated by Bryan so much.
IL. Il. L.
The referendum Is the political in
stitution by which laws are submitted
to vote OF the people after they
have been sanctioned by the Legisla-
ture, but before they become laws.
The initiative Is the political insti-
tuition by which the people propose a
law, vote on 1t, and. in some cases.
pass It, BY this method the people
act In their sovereign capacity as OPP
posed to their representative capacity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

A scarcity Of chorus girls is reported
in New York. How would 1t do for
the Houston Post to supply the deficit
with the red-headedy widows Of Its
town?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

Please tell me IL there is city
called Thebes, and where Ninovch Is

Please tell me IL there is city
called Thebes, and where Ninovch Is
located.
Thebes was a city OF ancient Egypt.
situated on both sides Of the Nile. The
village OF Luxor now stands on the
site The remains OF antiquity here are
of great interest. Another ,rhebes, in
ancient times, was the chief city OF
Boetia, Greece, and the site is now
marked by tho modern Thiya.
Nineveh was, for Il long time, the
capital of the Assyrinn empire. situated
on the east bank of the upper Tigrts.
opposite tho modern Mosul. The site,
now marked by two mounds OF ISiyunjik
and Nebiyunns, was first identified in
1890 by j. G. Rich, political resident
of the East India Company at Bagdad.
Pronunciation OF Junnita.
Kindly let a reader know how to
pronounce the name Of the song
self right In an argument.
Juanita is pronounced "Wah (the a
like in falD netah" tthe like in
faD.
Most Valuable Diamonds.
was always of the opinion that pure
white diamonds are the finest quality
of diamonds, but recently heard that
Il blue-whito and blue diamonds are
worth 10 per cent. and 30 per cent.
more. respectively, than pure white
diamonds. Please advise me II this
Is true. c.. Il.
Blue-whitc and blue diamonds are
both more costly than white diamonds;
the increase in price varies according
TO the depth OF color.
Two New states.
Have Arizona and New Mexico been
admitted as States?
As soon as New Mexico and Arizona
shall have complied with the require
ments for admission as States con-
tanned in the bill that has been passed
by Congress and has been signed
by President Taft, the United States
Will be without n territorial form OF
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-31

MIR. and Mrs. U. NJ. Burgess Of
Paint Lick visited with friends in
town here last week.
Mr.. J. L. Bowler who worked in the
printing office a few years ago was
in town over Sunday.
For sale or exchange for other
stock, two good mule Jacks. Apply TO
j. w. Herndon, Berea, Ky.
FOR SALE: Barred Plymouth
Rock eggs, 50 cents per Is. Write
AIRS Maggie Fowler, Berea, KY, or
call at home 21a miles north of Berea.
DR.. J. A Mahaffey, of Sturgeon wa
in town last week, looking at some
real estate and visiting friends.
Mr.. b II Gabbard formerly of Sand
Gap, now of Des Moines, La, was in
town a few days this week.
Miss Carroll Hill returned Monday
from her home in Woodstock, H.,
to enter school for the spring term.
John w. Bicknell, of Locust Branch,
was in town Friday visiting his faith
er, and getting some dental work
done.
Mr. James Jackson and family have
moved their property into the adjoin-
ing house recently occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Grover Fish.
WOOD CONTRACTS:-Parties de-
string to deliver wood TO the College
for the next school year, deliveries TO
begin after Commencement, should
see Treasurer Osborne and get con-
tracts at an early date. $500 a cord
will be paid for absolutely sound,
good wood, with no small limbs.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-31

Miss Edith Early who attended a
conference at Knoxville last week
returned Saturday and reports a most
delightful time.
Brush Is not only a man of mystery
but will convulse you with laughter.
His wit is clean, catchy and irrest-
able. April 2.
Work on the enlarging of Boone
Tavern haS begun, and it is hoped
to have the third story done by Com
mencement time The next story
win in most respects duplicate the
second floor. and will greatly increase
the capacity of the house There has
been such a rush of guests for the last
month that Mr.. Taylor has been fair
ly swamped, and it is expected that
the new story viii prove a paying in
vestment from the first.
Brush performs more tricks with
live animals than any other magician
on the American stage. April 2.
It was noticed that a good many
girls had expended so much for their
Easter hair that they could not afford
Easter bonnets. Or maybe il was be-
cause they did not want to hide that
wonderful strucure of hair. hemp and
hideousness even by a hat.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-31
MARION fREDERlCkS DEAD

Older teachers and students at Be
rea will De- grieved TO learn Of the
death last week OF Marion II. Fred
erlcks, one OF the most brilliant OF
Bcrea's boys While sun a young
man. he had showed marked evidence
Of both literary and artistic talent.
and had it within his grasp to re-
ceive the highest education and reach
for the highest honors. lie refused
the opportunity oweyer, and settled
down near his home, on Goose Creek.
Clay County. From there, while teach
ing school, he made frequent contri-
buttons to contemporary magazines
and newspapers, and won for himself
no little literary fame lie always
refused TO trade on his neighbors. as
so many young authors do. and has
never written up the mountains. IN
spite OF the demand for stories Of
that kind. lie died OF pneumonia, and
was buried near his home. He leaves
wife and three children.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-31

Mr.. c. II Dietrich, of Winchester,
and his daughter, Miss Lois, we're Wis
itors in town Monday.
WHEN YOU WANT FERTILIZER
BUY THE BEST. RHoDUS & HAYES
SELL THE GLOBE.
Mr.. II. f. Taylor had a picnic par
ty to the Brush Greek Caves Satur-
day in honor of his guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. b. Coates.
Mrs. George Pow was called here
last week from her home at Pike
vile on account of the death of her
mother, Mrs. Lester.
Brush talks all the while he works
and works all the while he talks. He
gives two entertainments in one. Don't
miss seeing him. Chapel, April 2.
A woman's browning glory is her
hat. That is If it is the right kind
of a hat. Our hats are the right kind
the kind that have the style and
workmanship. They are trimmed by
Miss Vera Woodsen Of New York,
and her skin and experience are
the best possible guarantee to our
customers.
We are always pleased TO show
you our assortment Come in.
Mrs. Jennie b. Fish.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-31

Mr.. W. Murray Smith of Richmond
made an auto trip over here Sunday.
Miss Nettie Oldham Of Boone, is the
pleasant guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Coddington this week.
Miss Rae Berlet of Defiance, ONO,
formerly drawing teacher at the
Home, Xenla, Ohio, Is visiting Miss
Boatright. Last Saturday the "Xenia
Crowd" spent the day at Robes Mt.
In her honour.
The children of the primary de-
partment of the Union Sunday school
under the supervision of Miss Mer-
row and Miss Lillian Tuthill had a
most delightful time on the lawn at
Presidents house last Saturday after
noon hunting Easter eggs. Miss Lucy
Holidays class OF little ones we're
also included in the party.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-31

People a this end of town were
pleasantly awakened Sunday morn
ing by the sweet singing OF Easter
songs by a party of college students,
who made the rounds of the homes
Of members of the faculty.
Title Dulce Literary society Will
give an open meeting next Tuesday
evening in the chapel. Everybody is
cordially invited to be present.
Mrs. VIII Duncan and baby left at
the first Of the week for Cincinnati
to join Mr.. Duncan who has a pos
ition there.
Mr.. &. D. Holiday left Tuesday for
Hazard, where he was called on leg
al business. He will be gone about
week, and on his return will open
up the ice business for the season.
Dr. J. c. Stratton, and Miss Anne
Crosby, two old Berea students we're
married last Saturday at Saugatuck,
Mich. They viii live in Middletown.
o., where Mr. Stratton has a thriv-
ing practice.
Dr. r II Cowley left Tuesday morn
ing for the North, where he viii join
his wife for their trip 70 Europe. They
will sail from New York on April g.
and their address will be the Ameri-
can Express Co., Vienna, Austria, till
they get settled there.