The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-20

United States. Today thsro are t26.
there are cnIy seven murders to the n
teaching them SO that their sons and
daughters may find opportunity and
enjoyment in doing the work in that
field OF activity rather than live the
life of strife and discomfort In the
crowded districts OF the cities.
ITO encourage foreign element to
take our farms and become the farm
ers Of the nation means that they
and their offspring will be the land.
owners OF the next generation and
soon the backbone and rulers OF the
nation.
Farm the Safeguard Of Nation.
THE farm has ever been the de-
veloping ground and cradle OF our
great citizens and statesmen. The
environment OF the farm. the life OF
activity. the work OF the open air.
the fight with the elements OF nature
and the bending them to our Will,
these are the conditions that tend to
develop manhood. The sons and
daughters OF the farmers giust do,
this work. 1t is the safeguard OF the
nation
ITO import people to do this work
because farmers sons and daughters
don't want to do 1t Is further to weak
en- and degrade oir own citizens. The
continuous dependence on paid serv-
ice is Just as degrading as the depen-
dence on slaves. II is honest labor
that stimulates and develops: that
brings confidence and satisfaction;
that energizes In the noblest way
The colleges and universities OF the
future will do their greatest work In
turning out scientific farmers, both
male and female. The so-called learn
ed professions are already overcrowd-
ed. and the greatest opportunity In
the land today awaits the scientific
and college-bred farmer.
Praise for College Students.
/ ~ want to say good word for the
college student of today" said Mr..
White, changing the conversation sud
denly. There was a time when many
people were preiudiced against him.
Happily that time is past The aver
age college student today is an indus
trious. Woodworking fellow. He has
10 study hard or he Is dropped from
his college or university. When /
went to college 1t was the custom to
send young men to college to become
gentlemen. Few of us studied very
! hard We had to take the courses that
were arranged for us. with the result
| that we devoted our time only to the
! few subjects that interested us. Now
that a college student Is permitted to
| take practically whatever courses he
| wishes, he selects what Interests him
most and naturally studies harder and
with better results Then, too, more
interesting and more useful subjects
form the greater part of the college
courses today.
College students today are far
less mischievous than they used to be
Wu6H L was III btuOOls SUI piuo
energy Is devoted to athletic contests
instead OF to pranks. The big col
leges and universities demand high
er standard of conduct than they did
fifty years ago. and going TO college
today means four years OF serious
work to fit one to earn living in
stead Of four years of training TO be-
come merely gentleman.
In Retrospective Mood.
This line Of thought put Mr. White
in reminiscent mood. He related
/ several Of his early pranks and esca
| pades He was surely zone OF the
boys" and Andy White. as he was
! then called was always on hand II
/ COW was to be placed in the belfry
4 or flock OF sheep driven into one Of
/ the class rooms.
while we educators" he unused,
have been trying to hit upon the
ideal plan Of housing college students,
the college students themselves have
solved the problem. There Ia no
/
house or the community house, II you
wish to call 1t that, solves the prob
lem. Twenty or thirty fellows can live
together In fraternity house far bet
ter than in a college dormitory, for the
reason that they have common In
terest In the house. They are less In
clined to destroy property that is theil
own. and they are more inclined to be
gentlemen In their own home than In
college quarters. The manner In
: which the members of the several fra
ternities visit back and forth show,
: that the danger from cliques Is com
paratively unimportant To my mint
the fraternity house Is the solution o.
the whole problem
This, however, is only colleg,
problem, and presume you are NOR,
interested In so-called world prob
lens" he said, by way OF apology.
assured him that anything he nigh
say along educational lines would b
read with interest by tens OF thou
sands OF readers. but | urged him 4
! point out some way to check the ter
!. rible increase in murder in our land.
. Urges Reform In Laws.
!, The venerable scholar Etraightene'
|, up In his chair and clenched his fists
The only way for W to put an en-