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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED
Statistics for Men Out Of Work Are
Inaccurate

Insurance is based upon statistics
that determine the frequency with
which risk would be likely to avail
itself OF the guarantee. No adequate
statistics concerning unemployment.
nor long established systems
for premiums and indemnities. exist
1t has been affirmed that the need for
insurance might depend upon the in
sured person himself. and that the
employed workman could easily cause
himself to be dismissed. so that he
could receive money without work
The objection has also been made
that in other forms of insurance
there can be restoration of the
damage sustained, and that the rem
edy for unemployment ought to be
work offered. instead of payments for
not working. and that the question
would still be open as to whether the
insured should accept work that
might be distasteful to him. These
objections are considered today as
having been disposed of by reflections
along this line:
Modern statistics of unemployment
are imperfect, but life, fire, transport
and casualty assurances were begun
without statistics and created them
only in the course of time. Even the
imperfect statistics of unemployed to-
day are more adequate as a basis
from which to work, Herr Doctor
Jastrow says, than the statistics were
at the time of organizing most of the
branches of existing insurance. The
objection that the beginning of the
benefits of insurance depends upon
the will of the insured person him.
self has been answered by pointing
out that this applies likewise to liza
hility insurance, where bad faith in
the person insured IS possible.-Elmer
Roberts N Scribner's.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
EXTEND PARCELS POST.

Parcels post already is in use il
the United States. The present con
troversy as to its establishment i.
not strictly to the point. Whether ol
not the extension of this government
function would be desirable is the on
ly debatable question.
Parcels post in this country, in its
/ limited field. has saved the people
money. and the service has been gen
orally satisfactory. A package weigh
ing two pounds may be sent by express
few miles. when handled only by one
company, cheaper than the postal serv.
ice will carry it. But on the long
hanls, as from Columbia to San Fran.
cisco. the express rate is many times
that of the postal. Taking the bust.
ness of handling small packages as a
whole, including the long as well as
the short haul, the express companies
are i'm no sense competitors to the
postal department. The size of the
package which the post office will car.
ry can be increased indefinitely with a
corresponding saving TO the consumer.
The American people believe they
are radical: they enjoy the belief. Yet
their attitude toward parcels post is
ultra-conservative. England, France.
Germany and other European coun-
tries have the parcels post. almost with
out limit as to size and weight of pack
ages Parcels post works" in these
countries.
In the postal service between the
United States and these European
countries. parcels posi- is in opera
ton. A package may be sent from a
town within the United States to Ber-
lin or London for less than it costs to
send the same package to New York
City.
The influence of the express COM
panies over legislation should be over
come; the merchant in the country
town and the people in rural communi-
ties should be shown clearly the real
and effects of parcels post.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
TO UTILIZE ARID LAND.

An achievement which Robert
Gauss, Denver botanist, says would
rank with the discovery of a new con-
tinent in enlarging the sources of hui
man subsistence is being attempted
by Colorado congressman.
Senator Guggenheim and Represen-
tative Taylor o>that state have intro
duced bills in Congress to secure a
congressional appropriation to estab-
lish a botanical laboratory in Denver
to develop means of utilizing arid
lands for food production. The USE
fulness of such an institution is in
dicated by the good results that have
been obtained from the desert labora-
tory near Tuscon, Ariz.
Robert Gauss has carried on expert
ments in the adaptation of plant spe-
cies to arid conditions for many years.
He has estimated that acclimatization
of food cereals would make arabic
nearly half a million square miles of
the arid regions of the United States.
Mr.. Gauss has been doing this work
at his own expense fourteen years
However. ii is impossible for man
of his limited means to carry on ex-
tensive experiments, but if the work
were undertaken by the government.
employing experienced botanists. 4
achievement is possible.
A great portion of the Western
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
TO AID RUSSIAN PEASANTS
Ministry Of Agriculture Establishes
Industrial Schools,


Industrial Schools.
The Russian ministry of agriculture
has established fourteen schools in
different parts of the country for the
training of instructors in the "kous-
tarni," or peasant industries. These
lines include weaving. carpentry. COOP
erase. wood carving. sculpture, pot
terry. tanning, fur dressing, making
agricultural implements and carriages.
metal working and vanishing. In
Vladimir Province school has been
established for instruction in toy max
ing, and in Kazan for making musical
instruments. Orenburg shawls,> the
six and cotton laces and embroid-
cries, the work in hammered brass
and copper, and especially the Rus
sian enameled jewelry and ornaments.
are among the products.-Boston
Transcript.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
HELP THE UNIVERSITY.

There are many ways in which a
student may repay the University. at
least in slight way, for the greater
things which it does for him. He is
placed under an everlasting obligation
10 the school which educates him, and
as long as he lives, whether million
aire. panper or student, there are
many opportunities for him TO show
his appreciation of the benefits re-
ceived.
After graduation student can be
of great benefit TO his University.
First, by making of himself such a
man that he will be Recommendation
to the school which trained him. BY
/. Joining an alumni club. organized for
the purpose of systematically aiding
the University, and by word or deed
whenever the opportunity presents it.
sell.
In after years this great indebted
ness will be more manifest, and the
conscientious student should begin his
repayment of that debt now, by faith
fulness, and attention to the studies of
today.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
600 HISTORICAL ADDITIONS
Many Volumes Were Placed In the
Library in January.


Library in January.
Nearly 500 publications were added
Ito the library of the State HistOri-
cal Society in January. These were
purchases and donations. Contribu-
tions were received from ninety-four
persons. OF the state publications sup
piled by law there were twenty-seven
bound volumes and 525 pamphlets.
From eighty-nine other contributors
were obtained nine bound volumes and
22O unbound. Four bound volumes and
four unbound were purchased.
A circular issued by the society asks
for contributions of historical materi-
al relating to the state and to the Mid
die West. Books and pamphlets re-
lating to Missouri; books and PAM
phlets written by MissOurians; manu-
scripts relating TO the settlement of
Missouri and Louisiana Territory; re-
ports of societies.; official state, cOun.
" and city reports; files of newspa-
per-: maps and engravings; historical
relics. such as photographs of pioneers.
war relics. Indain relics. are the OBJ
jeets most desired by the society
1T is often the case that such ma
erial. which is of little or no great
Importance to the individual who pos
:csses it. becomes of great value when
Incorporated as part of a library of
rcfarence on all historical matters"
says the circular.
About $500 publications by Missou-
ri authors are now on file. Books of
biography of MissOurians, 5000 cata-
logues of Missouri schools and about
COO newspapers are in the possession of
the society Publications from other
states are sometimes obtained through
exchange.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

Concerning the first OF President
Lowelrs conclusions, on the other
hand, there is considerable reason for
hesitation. both as to the conclusive.
ness of the statistics and as to the
true significance of the conclusion it,
self. The four great divisions under
which the men are classified accord
ing to the studies to which they were
chiefly devoted are language and lit
erature. natural science, history and
political science. and philosophy and
mathematics. Now, TO begin with,
President Lowell himself rules out the
whole number of students under it in
the law school was only nineteen, and
in the medical school only eight There
remain. then. at best, only the other
three groups as basis for the con-
clusions that it makes little or no diff
ference what studies a man may have
pursued at college, so far as regards
his success in his professional course.
But an extremely important objection
must be entered against this conclu-
sion; namely. that each of these large
groups includes an enormous range,
and that studies chosen within the
group may be of the most diametrical-
ly opposite character as regards men,
tai discipline. In language and ltera-
ture. it may make all the difference
in the world whether one takes Greek
or English; in natural science, wheth-
err the choice is physics or geology;
in history and political science, wheth-
er ii is political economy or modern,
history. In word. the classification
is too loose to be made the basis of
any confidential conclusion as to the
of choice of subjects. 1t
is quite possible that if a subdivision
were made which would segregate the
highly disciplinary subjects. these
groups would show the same extreme
ly high average of after success that is
shown in the figures of the little math-
group actually contained in
the tables.-New York Evening Post
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

state lies unused because it is arid
and non-irrigable Why not use it?
The fact that it is possible to turn
this now useless area into productive
land makes it seem that the common
sense thing for the government to do
is tor help the movement along.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
CARRY THEIR PUMPS NOW
The Fraternity Boycott on Liverymen
in Columbia Still in Effect.


When we go to dances now we
still throw our pumps across our
shoulders and walk
That's the fraternity side of the
Greek-letter boycott of Columbia liv.
erymen. as stated by a fraternity man
today The liverymen say they have
no intention of lowering their prices
from 81
They'll pay the rate or get no car.
riages." said a liveryman
I'VE won't pay it; well walk" said
a fraternity man.
The advance in the cab rate was
made by the liverymen. Following
this advance in price came the boy
colt by the Pan-Hellenic council and
since then there has been no riding
to fraternity dances.
The manager of the Rothwell and
Mordica stables at 25 North Ninth
street said this morning that he was,
not hiring any carriages to fraternity
men. He said that other students
were hiring them but that fraternity
men never called his stable, except
occasionally to ask if he was. ready
to lower his price.
Clip l.. Courts. who owns. a stable
at All Broadway, said that occasional.
ly fraternity man would step into
his stable and ask him the price of
a cab to go to dance When he was
told that he could not hire it for less
than 81, he said the fraternity man
would turn and walk out.
Mr.. Courts said that the men did
not understand why the price had
been raised. He explained that one
Fab could not take as many couples as
It used to. The dancers used to wait
'or the cab to make a trip and come
back, but now they all want to go at
he same time and will not wait
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
The College World.
In College and After.

President Lowell in an article il
the December number of the Harvard
Graduates Magazine, undertakes to
use, as basis for judgment on the
oft-discussed question of the relation
between college student rank and af
ter success. certain statistics of the
standing attained by Harvard A. B's
| in their subsequent studies in the
Harvard schools of law and medicine
Two classifications are involved, the
one according to the nature of the
studies chiefly pursued by the student
while at college, the other according
to the rank attained by him upon his
graduation as A. b. Under each of
these classifications. the question is
asked, what percentage of students of
a given type took their professional
degree cum laude. And this is Presi-
dent Lowell's summing up:
The conclusions to be drawn from
the whole matter are these: That it
makes comparatively little difference
to what subject man devotes him.
self in college, but it makes an i'm
mense difference how good scholar
he is; and that the men who are des-
tined to take the highest rank in the
law and medical schools are markedly
better scholars both in the Dreparatory
schools and in college than their fel-
lows. In intellectual power. as in
other things. the boy is father to the
man."
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
ANNOUNCEMENT, A
County School commissi,

County School Commissioner.
We are authorized to announce
J. Kelly Wright as a candidate for
The office Of County School Superin-
tendent, subject to the action of the
qualified voters of Boone county, at
the annual school meeting to be held
April 4, 1911.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

A remOnstrance to the paving OF
University avenue will prolOng the ug.
illness of an otherwise beautiful sec
ton of Columbia.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

You won't lose your temper by hav-
ing street cars pass you up when you
are in hurry to get to the big game
this year, anyway.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02
ANNOUNCEMENT,
School Commissioner,

We are authorized to announce
George T. Porter as candidate for
the Office of County School Superin-
tendent, subject to the action of the
qualified voters of Boone county, at
the annual school meeting to be held
April 1, 1911.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

fessional work; but, like the similar
prejudice to the effect that precocious
children are likely to be stupid or
commonplace adults, and that the
children of men of genius are not
likely to be much more gifted than
those of ordinary persons. it has never
rested on any respectable basis of fact,
but has ON the contrary been in mani
fest contradiction 10 facts obvious to
any intelligent and unprejudiced OBJ
server.
To the popular prejudice" on this
last head. Cations Hereditary Gen.
ius" may be regarded as having given
the coup de grace nearly half CEN
tury ago; and the figures adduced by
President Lowell should go far toward
removing such misapprehension as
may exist on the subject OF the rela-
ton between a creditable record of
scholarship at college and like rec
ord in professional studies. Thus the
figures show that of men who simply
got a plain degree at college only &C
per cent succeeded in getting a cum
laude at the law school, while this
success was attained by 22.1 per cent
of those who, at college. had graduated
cum laude, by 39.2 per cent of those
who had won magma cum laude, and
by 6i1 per cent of the summa cum
laude men. As the statistics cover
twenty years. and more than thou
sand men, this is a pretty conclusive
case of concomitant variations. ~
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

From the second of these conclu
sions-that it does make a great differ
ence whether a young man has OF
has not been good student at col
lege-there is no room for dissent
and this not only because the stats.
tics are themselves conclusive. but
also because the conclusion might
well have been regarded as estab-
lished as result of common observa-
tion, on the part of practically every
body entitled to an opinion. 1t may
be. as President Lowell says, that
there is proper prejudice" in favor
of the opposite view-the view that
a poor student at college is as likely
as good one TO be success in pro-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

See "Cinderella" at Christian Col.
lese Thursday night, February 2. 80
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

FOR RENT-A NEW FIVE-ROOM
house. one block from High School;
modern except furnace. Granitoid
basement. Rent reasonable. Apply to
J. NJ. Batterton.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

FOR SAI.E-S0 ACRES, GOOD
land, well improved, 8 miles from Co
lumbia; will take Columbia property as
part pay.
w. H. GOLDSBERRY, Columbia.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-02

FOR RENT-ELEGANT FRONT
rooms in the Thilo building, second
floor Also the basement in this
building is for rent. For particulars
see J. X. Fyfer, or telephone COG Black
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

II Athena revisits her proteges, the
spinners and weavers, the divinity
must rejoice at the products OF their
looms. Even goddess might wonder
at the beauty and splendor Of ribbons.
In them the colorist INDUCES his dain-
test and most gorgeous fancies. This
allows their use in dress accessories,
giving to the toilette touch Of that
"splendor dear to women"
Just now the vogue of the fancy
hand bag (nearly all of them made OF
brilliant ribbons) helps solve the prob.
lem of selecting Christmas gift. Bags
are always a good choice, but never
so popular as now. Six new ones are
shown here, made of various kinds OF
ribbon No. l Is vivid rose-colored
CONNECTION made OF brocaded and plain
satin ribbon. Two panels Of brocade
are set together with puff Of the
plain ribbons. The ribbon is rounded
at the top and the edges and seams
finished with tiny, blue glass beads,
strung on thread wire. A casing is
run in about the top and narrow satin
ribbons serve to close and suspend
the bag. 1t is finished with two little
bead tassels at the sides.
No. 2 Is q bag Of black MORE lined
with deep purple faille ribbon. 1t is
decorated with tiny roses made Of
ribbon in purple and old gold and TO.
liage in dull green, sewed fiat to the
bag. Small black silk tassels finish
the bag. 1t is suspended with narrow
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
How to Use Red Cross Seals.

How to Use Red Cross Seals.
How to Use Red Cross Seals" Is
the title of an interesting publication
recently issued by the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
OF tuberculosis.
Red Cross Seals must be placed
only on the back OF letters and not
on the address side of packages that
are going through the mail. They may
be placed anywhere on matter going
by express. Care should be taken in
sending merchandise through the
mails not to place seals over the
strings with which the package Is tied
since this seals the package against
inspection and subjects it to first.
class postage rates. AS many seals
may be used on the back OF letter
or package as may be desired. Every.
one is urged to use them literally,
since every seal is a bullet In the war
against tuberculosis.
Red Cross seals are not good for
postage, and will not carry mail mat
ter. but any kind of mail matter will
carry them. Finally. every letter or
parcel sent out, either by mail or in
some other way. during the holiday
season should bear one or more Red
Cross Seals.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
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Distribution Of the Gifts

When opened, it is found to be q
letter from Santa Claus. saying his
pack was too heavy, so he has for
warded by express all his gifts. In q
few minutes a huge box is delivered
in the kitchen which when opened Is
found to contain packages addressed
to each one.
Another easier way is to pass a
tray covered with number Of small
keys with red ribbon and a Christmas
tag attached. On the tag is written
the child's name and the information
that somewhere in the house is con.
cealed a bag the key will open.
Then begins hunt into all sorts of
out-of-the-way places to find great
bags of turkey red muslin. draped
with greens and fastened at the top
with paddock. Each bag holds the
gifts for one member of the family.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

sured me that was safe under his
protection, a gratuitous remark that
did not elicit the expected backsheesh.
It is true that the road is notably
safer, since the advent Of the new
regime at Constantinople.
It used to be that Ibrahim Pasha.
the great Kurdish shiek, had name
higher than the governments herea-
bouts. He terrorized the whole coun.
try, destroying entire villages at his
pleasure. OF course. he paid back
sheesh to Abdul Hamid, who winked
at his highwaymanry. From all that
can learn, Ibrahim Pasha played q
fsirer game than the sultan. He had
thirty thousand men under his COM
mand, and ruled them with an iron
hand. The Young Turks properly de-.
er in civilized government, SO they
broke Ibrahim Pasha's sway by meas
ures, more severe than any he ever
adopted. He was slain, his sons Inn
prsoned and his family practically ex-
tirpated, while the villages of many OF
his followers were destroyed, with the
rapine and cruelty for which the Turk
Is noted.
An American Habit-An Asiatic In
dustry.
That there should be direct rela.
tionship between the American habit
OF chewing tobacco and the prosperit!s
of thousands of natives In. Asia Minor.
Syria and Mesopotamia. is one Of the
many paradoxes of this world that IL
daily growing smaller. Chewing tobac-
co requires licorice. and licorice grows
here, so thousands of natives make
poor livelihood by gathering the root,
which they sell to the agents OF the
McAndrews, Forbes company, a branch
| of the American Tobacco company, at
the rate of one cent for two and
three-quarters pounds. This company
has introduced not few innovations
out here, one OF them an automobile
which has gone even to Bagdad. As
1t scoots about the desert, the natives.
lost in wonder, cry: "M'sh Allah"
Huge stacks OF licorice root, des-
tined to find its way into the mouths
of American children, by way OF the
! drug stores or of their elders. by way
Of the tobacco shops. are stored out
side OF the city of Aleppo. This city,
by the way, one Of the Oldest in his
tory, is already in process OF rejuvena-
ton, since both the American and
German railway projects make it q
junction point OF the first Importance.
Among the signs Of new life is an
elaborate new "Hotel d'Amerique,"
which Is really a hotel, and not .
khan. Aleppo will bear watching.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles)