The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-29
AT THE HOTELS.

cation OF YOUTH said DR.. Kiepert. OF
Rixdorf Berlin, who IS at the Raleigh
DR.. Kiepert is an exchange professor OF
the Carnegie Foundation. and has just
finished s. course of lectures at the Chi
cago University.
There are many things IN which your
American educational system Is superior
to the German system. For instance, I
shall use every effort on my return TO
Germany to make athletics more popular
IN schools and universities using the
American plan 10 q great extent as an
example. Another feature which most
favorably appeals TO me is the social life
at the universities. BY that ] mean the
debating and literary societies, which
help so much TO educate the young man
as a ready thinker and speaker. be-
lieve in the co-educational system in uni
veTslties, but not in lower educational
institutions. The female student Is now
also admitted 10 the Prussian universe
ties on the same footing as her brother.
Baseball is no doubt great game,
but whether I would advocate its intro
duction into German universities and life
Is another question: 1t is the American
national game. and Il would be rather
diflcuIt to introduce among the Germans.
You know we have our national
is not as scientific yet as your
baseball, but which, in the course Of
development. viii be as interesting from
every point Of view. Il is general ath-
letics which should be more cultivated
ct German educational Institutions"
Discussing American universities. Dr.
Kiepert said that he could only speak
about the Chicago University, which he
thought is marvellous" Just 70 think
this immense compound Of buildings was
put up In less than twenty years, with q
system of university education and a
curriculum the best than can be devised
in every particular. It is marvellous
There are the best teachers in charge OF
every department, and there are none
better anywhere in the world II all your
universities are instituted or organized
along the same lines. they can place
themselves without any misgivings in the
same rank Of excellence with our Eu-
ropean universities.
Roosevelt must have something of
the Napoleon In him, do you not think
so2 There must be something IN that
man that touches an inner chord of the
German Kaiser. as they are so fond OF
each other. hope that Roosevelt VIII
be the next President His lecture at
the University of Berlin, though super
fetal. by reason of the time limit within
which it was delivered. made an impress
sion on the German Kaiser and on the
German people everywhere. Roosevelt Is
very popular IT. Germany.
do I believe IN disarmament? Yes:
provided the United States and England
disarm first. II they are sincere In their
professions Of peace let them show to
the world that they are prepared TO prac-
tice what they preach. In Germany we
are surrounded by powers which are not
as friendly 10 US as they might be. II
we disarm. it viii not be long before
Germany will be wiped OF the face OF
the map"
W l. Miller, Of Philadelphia. q civil
engineer, who is here on business before
the War Department. was seen at the
New Willard last night, and. discussing
dirigibles and aeroplanes. said that the
recent mishap TO the Zeppelin passenger
airship has proven conclusively that this
mode Of transportation in its present
form is not practicable.
THAT the Zeppelin Is not adapted for
practical purposes is proved cOnclusively
by the many accidents which this sort OF
conveyance has experienced. whenever
tried, since Il was first brought TO the
attention Of the world II is either TOO
big for management, or its steering ap-
paratus is not efficient. or its propellers
are not properly designed and adjusted,
or Its compartments are not properly dis
tributed. or something Of that sort.
Whatever Il Is, something Is radically
wrong. and until this is Strengthened
out. the Zeppelin might as we'll be
relegated TO the Junk heap. What we
want in these days Of competition is
an airship which can be used with rea-
sOnabie safety for commercial purposes.
OF course, we always have to take
chances, but the chances must be mini
mixed 10 the last degree
Suppose hostilities were 70 commence
between Germany and England to-day,
and Germany We're 10 use Zeppeiins IN
the prosecution Of the war. and acct
dents Ike the ones which they en-
eountered should befaT them while they
are engaged in their waTlike missions;
they might fall into the hands OF the
enemy, and the chances for doing so are
now too great. For this reason the Yep
pelin has not yet reached that stage OF
perfection which would make it a good
investment for the military Offices Of
ary country as a war machine It has
not yet emerged from its toyhood stage"
The Bank OF England note according
10 Holdsworth Carter, OF London. who is
at the Shoreham, is the most easily
forged of all. for It is the simplest, con-
sisting as 1t does, Of black printing on
white paper.
The great safeguard in our bank
notes" said Mr.. Carter, lies in the quail
ity of the paper. the quality Of the
printing. and the watermark on the
paper.
To make the actual paper is beyond
the skill Of the cleverest forger," said
Mr.. Carter. 1T is made at small town
near London. but so well has the secret
been guarded that the most skillful note
printers IN the trade DO not understand
how, though they know most OF the other
secrets.
Note printing is one OF the highly
skilled trades, and is still a virtual mo-
nopoly or the city OF London. It has al
ways been so. and the great banks Of the
world come to the engravers and printers
OF London to have their notes or their
plates made. They turn out the. most
beautiful printing IN Europe. Some OF it
is Of the most complicated description,
and in this fact lies It's great safety
The steel plate itself is the work OF
many hands and many brains. When the
main design has been decided upon. the
parts OF the picture have TO be taken 10
several engraveTs, each Of whom is
skilled in one branch Of his art. and
could not exchange his part with any OF
the others
Your American bank notes are works
of art" added the Englishman. but they
are much easier to counterfeit than our
English notes. Safety lies in the SIM
plicity Of our notes, while the intricate
scroll work on the American note is not
only protection against forgery. but it
serves as well as the refuge of the forEer
1t requires greater effort to detect a
clever forgery OF an American note than
an English note"