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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

r. T. Crane has issued another
philippe against colleges and college
men. He says Il ought to be quail
fed to speak" We agree that Mr..
Crane Ought" to be qualified. But
is he? Forty per cent of the railroad
pi esidents of America are college
men; yet only one man out of $50
goes to college. In the profession
four men out of every FIVE who are
doing the great work of the world are
college men. Yet MFR. Crane says that
a college education disqualifies q
man. For what does it disqualify
him?
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
Eighty Years Ago.

The editor of this paper wishes
TO engage from those indebted to
him quantity of good cord-fed pork
Those in arrears for one years sub
scription and part of another can dis
charge the two years with $3.50 in
the above article. A quantity of
-four would also be taken if deliv-
cred Immediately" - Missouri-In-
telligencer.
DR.. William provinces found the
practice of medicine so profitable
that he was enabled to drop his bus
mess activities and spend all his
time at medical work.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
A New Guide Book.

Miss Esther Singleton's guide
books are really a power in the land
and one of her latest ssure to prove
most helpful. 1t is "A Guide to
Great Cities of Western Europe" and
deals with the cities of France and
Spain and also with the capital of
Portugal, Lisbon. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to tell Miss Singleton's acquain-
tances that she goes faithfully and
exhaustively into the stories of these
cities. Their origin. their place in
history. and their place in art
are clearly defined. as we'll as their
geographical or physical location and
their commercial standing. How
much is comprehended in such a VOL
ume it is easy to see, but the amount
of entertainment, as we'll as informa-
tion. can only be realized by the read
er himself.
Though of first value to the trav-
eler. it is work that may fairly take
the place of travel to the intelligent
reader. The illustrations in this, as
in all Of Esther Singleton's books.
form a feature Of no little help and
enjoyment to the reader, whether at
hcme or abroad. In every respect
this is all that an ideal guide book
should, be and. in bringing all the
information it offers to a point OF
clearness and simplicity that any
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
The Old Order Chdn6eth

ness. To Richardson's then wOul
repair the men who were idle-an
few were busy enough to miss tn
stage-coach. The driver climbe
stiffly from his seat and was greete
by the crowd. Gossip was exchange,
while the new horses were beinl
hitched and then the mail-bags wer
slung to the ground to be opened a
leisure.
At the tavern's front entrance wa
sign bearing the legend, Richard
sens Tavern" The building was &
twO-stOry structure containing ter
Oh twelve rooms. Downstairs were
the office and a long dining room
gathered on Saturday nights at a
game dinner" On top of the
building was bell to WOO the work
man from his labor at meal time.
The bell was also used to announce
the advent of a traveller on horse
back. This brought the black host
Ter grinning from the stable-yard
and the host from his easy chair to
welcome the guest. In the fall and
spring one room was used to accom-
mOdate parties of from five to fifteen
Indians who journeyed eastward to
speak with the Great Father"
These guests would sit or lounge on
the floor of the office" smoking fit
fully and grunting gutteral COM
ments on the palefaces and their GUS
tens.
Few great events broke the seren-
ity of the settlers, for Columbia was
many miles from the course of the
world events but there were many
little happenings that saved the lives
Of the inhabitatants from monOtonv.
There were many parties and bar
becues where the young bucks"
showed their agility of heel and toe
and the maidens swung light heart
eGly on their partners arms to the
tame of the Arkansas Traveller"
To the four churches on Sunday
moved a procession of barouches.
Duggies and spring wagons that
'aised the dust in all directions.
There were no carriages in those
lays NOT until President Shannon
imported beautiful vehicle and a
spanking team of bays and thereby
won the gratitude of his fellow
ownsmen.
Today Columbia is a reigning city
where the youth of the state get
'ducation and enlightenment. There
3 no town in the United States which
more progressive than the "Ath-
ms of Missouri" Business men and
business methods are helping the
own to commercial success and
'pulence.
But Columbia has parsed the first
lush of youth. and the time spent in
aging the foundation of her wealth
nd prestige was happier to the MAX
rs than the present. Modern Col
mbia is beautiful. brilliant and sue
essful. but the memory of the old
Columbia. to those who knew her. is
$ sweet as the flowers that bloomed
long the old Santa Fe trail.
C. J. NJ.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
Ten Years Ago.

A telephone line from Columbia to
McBaine was proposed.
According to the report of the at
torney for the collection of the inher-
itance tax, 100000 was available
for the new University buildings.
Yale University conferred the de-
gree of LII. ID. on President Roose-
welt.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Time passes and footsteps appear
on the sands. History is made and
a nation is served and reunited.
Towns appear and grow to cities,
some to be great commercial CEN
ters, some to be great railroad CEN
ters and some to be the seats of
learning in their respective states. OF
this last class is Columbia. Sixty
years ago Columbia was one of the
babes in the nursery of the Repub-
| lie.
In those days there were no trains,
no telegraph lines, no telephones. st.
Louis boasted of 10000 souls and
a large river trade. Independence
was western post on the Santa Fe
trail. 1t took three days to make the
journey from here to St. Louis, tray
cling by stage-cOach. Deer could be
shot within twelve miles of the
town limits and small game took ref
uge near the main thOrOughfares, to
be shot at any hunters leisure.
Slaves were sold at the courthouse
and on the corner of what is now
Eighth street and Broadway. But
then, Eighth street had no name and |
Broadway was the Santa Fe trail |
Weekly sales were held and twenty !
five to thirty "niggers" were sold at
a time, at prices ranging from $500 /
to $4,000 and an AVERAGE price of |,
$500. They were shipped from |,
here to McBaine and sent south
down the Missouri River to New Or
leans and other Southern markets. !
The population of Columbia was
1000. including the college stu
dents. These numbered less than
200. The settlers We're. for the most
part. kentuckians and Virginians.
with few from Tennessee. The
main business was farming. There
were only six stores in the town and
none sold hardware, which had to be
shipped in from St. Louis. The ex-
ports of the town were tobacco and
bacon. The site of the present Cen
tralia was undulating prairie and the
town limits of Columbia extended
to where Christian Col
ege now stands, southwark to the
University, eastward about a mile
rom ninth street and westward to /.
he old "Flatbottom."
There were two taverns, Richard I
sons and Selby's. 1t was at Rich
lrdson's that the stage-coach
hanged horses to run to Rocheport {
md it was here that the mail was !
gathered. The mail used to arrive i
vice week. and on Wednesdays {
md Saturdays the clear notes of the |
tage horn and the Gathering hoofs I
i four gallOping horses would bring {
he housewife flying to the doors
md the men running to the tavern t
\ few minutes after the horn was I
eard. the stage-coach would swing q
n from Fulton gravel. the horses at G
ull gallop and the driver leaning U
ver to urge them on. The entrance C
{ the town was an excuse for a {
ourish and exhibition of pretty q
irving. for the driver knew his bus a
less and liked to show his expert
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Reading the court records. one
might conclude that divorce Is the
great divide" over which an amaz-
ing number of men and women seem
u think they viii enter heaven.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
More Rooms for Reference Rooks

The space for the reference
shelves has been increased in the
general library of the University
Thse shelves contain the books for
reference in connection with the
work in the different classes. The
reference shelves now include all
OF the sections back of the desk up to
the main entrance.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

child reader could grasp. il makes
the range of its usefulness exactly
what guide books ought to cover
'Ihe Baker & Taylor Co, 33 East
18th St. New York City. 295 pages.
S1.25.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

THE first college paper ever pub
lished in the United States was at
Dartmouth. The name of the paper
was the Gazette and 1t was published
for the first time in August. 1899.
Daniel Webster was a contributor at
one time
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

In the last fOrty-One years Brown
University at Providence, r. l., has
graduated fOrty-one men who have
become college presidents.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

A Christmas concert trip to New
Orleans is on the schedule of Colum-
bias Glee Club. and the Yale Cob
bined Musical Clubs will travel to
Jacksonville. Fla, at the same time.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

The heaviest man on the Cornell
football team weighs 1SS, while the
average weight of the team is III.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Wesleyan University is conducting
a vigorous campaign for a million
dollar endowment.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Student musical productions of
the University of Kansas will hereaf-
ter have choruses of girls.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

In honor of the hundredth ami
versary of Dickens birth, the Edwin
Booth Dramatic Club of Wisconsin
will present a dramatization of "a
Tale of Two Cities"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
Forty Years Ago.

The county court was asked to re-
woke the order granting a dramshop
license to Moses Mayfield.
Students of the College of Agri-
culture earned money by pruning
trees
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Green skull caps with a three-inch
vizOr and a red button an inch in
diameter must be worn by the Indi-
ana University freshmen.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
GlennOn Club Meets Tou,0h,

The Glennon Club will hold ;ts
regular meeting at 8 o'clock tonight
IN the Sacred Heart Church. All
Cathoiic students are requested to
attend.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

The Yale News has complied sta
tistics showing that nineteen colleges
in the United States publish dailies
and that there are 461 student pub
lications in the United States.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Harvard has withdrawn from the
intercollegiate Hockey League. The
league now includes Cornell. SYRIA
cuse. Dartmouth. Princeton, Colum-
bia and Yale.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

COrnells Cosmopolitan Club has
completed club house with an audi.
tOrium which will accommodate
about 400 members.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
The seniors of Pennsylvania carry
canes as their class insignia.

Compulsory football has replaced
gymnasium work for the freshmen
"a the University of Wisconsin.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

The University of Washington has
established a hospital service for its
undergraduates costing them fifty
cents a year.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
Fifty Years Ago.

In some of the southern states on
account of the war toilet sOap sold
for $50 a pound; camphor, $40
pound; soda, 81 pound; indigo.
$50 a pound: castor oil. $40 a pint:
turpentine, SO gallon.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
Swiss Bell RINGERS at G.. H.S

The Swiss Bell Ringers will give
TWO entertainments in the Columbia
High School Auditorium tomorrow
afternoon. the first at o'clock. the
other at o'clock.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Don't be kicker! Any ordinary
Missouri mule can kick effectively.
Re a booster, II takes sense to
boost
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09

Fourteen ''cO-edS'' have been
awarded "W's" for competing in va
rious women's sports at Washington.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-09
From Other COLLEGES

ssSs OOttN&SO
The seniors of Pennsylvania carry
canes as their class insignia.
Compulsory football has replaced
gymnasium work for the freshmen
a; the University of Wisconsin.
Fourteen ''cO-eds' have been
awarded 'W's" for competing in va
rious women's sports at Washington.
Wesleyan University is conducting
vigorous campaign for a million
dollar endowment.
Student musical productions of
the University of Kansas will hereaf-
ter have chOruses of girls.
The heaviest man on the Cornell
football team weighs 1SS. while the
average weight of the team is III.
In the last fOrty-one years Brown
University at Providence, r. l., has
graduated fOrty-one men who have !
become college presidents.
Green skull caps with a three-inch |
vizOr and a red button an inch in !
diameter must be worn by the Indi-
ana University freshmen.
COrnell's Cosmopolitan Club has |
club house with an audi
tOrium which will accommodate
about 400 members. !
In honor of the hundredth ami
versary of Dickens birth, the Edwin
Booth Dramatic Club of Wisconsin
will present a dramatization of "A
Tale of Two Cities"
A Christmas concert trip to New
Orleans is on the schedule of Colum-
bias Glee Club. and the Yale Cob
bined Musical Clubs will travel to
Fla, at the same time,
The University of Washington has
a hospital service for its
costing them fifty
cents year.
Harvard has withdrawn from the
intercollegiate Hockey League. The
eague now includes Cornell, Syra-
,use. Dartmouth, Princeton, Colum-
,ia and Yale.
The Yale News has complied sta
istics showing that nineteen colleges
n the United States publish dailies {
md that there are 461 student pub I
ications in the United States. I
THE first college paper ever pub I
ished in the United States was at {
The name Of the paper I
vas the Gazette and 1t was published {
or the first time in August. 1889. 8
'aniel Webster was a contributor at i
ne time. c
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
Exhibit A
Is the Deficit Due to Second Glass Mali8

-ur ANNA, Benorts Of the Postmaster General are
! the authority for the following figures: :, .,o oner.
In the year 1870 there was dehclt III ,ne ope,"
tons of the United States Postofhce Department ol -
per cent. Of its turnover. , . ...us o,ose
matter on a pound-paymen basis An immediate in'
in second-class matter began .aso onoa+o,s
In 1880 there was dehcit In the foslohce opei"'
Of only a. per cent of It's business e..
In jss5 was passed the law that made the rate tor
increased secondcass mail II reped III tne ueo"u p
Ceding 1890 . .t... 20 .ho pos+oAfce
Department was SS per cent. +,
The next decade brought a much larger increase IN
17t 9Io pounds in 1sao to 8s253s999 pounds in 1900
The deficit the Posofce operations IN the year i'o
n tho nrosperous wears following the increase OF
second-class matter stupendous: from ooE,ooeeV
rounds in 1900 4sS,246903 pounds in lW@-ohF wv"
In 1901 nevertheless there was deficit in the POST
office operations of only 35 per cent OF ITS business
And In 1902 the deficit in the Postoff1ce operations
was "a per cent smallest percentage OF dehct III
eighteen years and the smallest but two III nlV-se'eh
But in this year is SEEN new important item OF
expense 100000 for rural free delivery our Govern
ment had wisely and benefcenty extended the service t
the Postofice farmers in isolated communities by
1910 the Government spending s6o"oooV LOT rural
free delivery and losing $29000000 49,
n viii he clear from these figures that beginning with
the advent of the secondclass poundrate system the
defc of the Postoice steadily decned-the decrease
being always conciden expansion of circulation
and advertising of periodicals-untl IN l9o2 there was
substantial surplus which the Government wisely saw
M to se for purpose related to the needs OF maya
zines and periodicals. :. A..
Since 1902 there has always been surplus I'D the
tions of the Posoce Department outside or tne
money the Government has ft TO expend tor rual
delivery In the present year so tne rep9g S nN
Postmaster General shows surplus of over S25o"Voo
The years 1902 1910 have shown surplus In the Po
office profit and loss account aggregaung over sI4Vcooo'
outside the actual the rural free delivery system
II should be borne mind that the turning OF large
into actual surpluses which has come concdeHS
With the expansion OF secondcass mail OF crcuauoh
nusbng and advertising, is in spite OF an enormous
expansion in Governmental mall carried iree' anu '0"
eressiona mail franked
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
Exhibit D
Can the Magazines "Pass On" The Increase!

"HE 4centsa-pound advertising would require
I an advance of approximately 90 per cent IN SUD
scripdon prices of the widely circulated maya
zines the publisher Is ec0up himself by raising tne
cost of living the public its consumption of magazines
Would the public pay so per cent more for the same
article? -,
The question is answered eloquently and finally by
the subscription records Of the magazines that were toreu
10 increase their rates Canadian subscriptions when
Canada enforced 4cent rate on American periodlcals
As the discriminatory rate later withdrawn in certain
cases we have a complete cycle of record and proof.
In June. 1907. the Review OF Reviews began to pay
{ cents pound postage Canadian subscriptions in
stead of and in forced TO raise It's
Canadian subscription price from $500 to $3.50 year
ITS Canadian yearly subscribers in July, 1907 num-
bered 1913.
Al once the subscription list began to fall OFF, and con-
nued TO do so steadily until in January 190 had
down 90i names.
Early in 1910 the Review of Reviews was readmtted
into the Canadian postoice at cent pound, its sub
scrpton price was reduced the old figure of $500 and
the Canadian list quickly came back" having reached
already In February, 1911 the figure of $3.50 annual
subscribers.
What would happen II popular American magazines
were increased 30 per cent. to the public?
In this Canadian incident the price of the Review Of
Reviews increased only 623 per cent and the crcu
ation fell off 60 per cent
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
Exhibit G
What 1t Would Cost the Magazines

vr~HE five general monthly standard magazines g
carrying the most advertising, EVERYBODY =
Il McCLURE'S .COSMOPOLIIAN THE AMERi-
CAN and the REVIEW OF REVIEWS-take from their
books of account the following ther incomes for l1
being their reports to the Federal Corporation
Tax Commissioner)--
TOTAL GROSS RECEIPTS FROM AD-
NEKTISlNtI IN 1903
NET RECEIPTS FROM ADNERTlSlNG.... 12Oi ieolo
But to total the final net
PROFITS Of the 1ve magazines we find the
ngCre Is -oo'"'O'
This is explained by the fact that the cost Of manu-
featuring and delivering 1GG512 magaznes-the number
mailed subscribers direct by these five publishers dur
iny 1gGo-was S13S71S9.SO; while the income from
these subscribers SG25 leaving deficiency On
subscription account of S76lS9l.3l. be made from
sdvertisng gains before the balance Of EXPENSES incud
ing In newsstand sales, paid and any pront
showed.
This disappearance of advertising gain in giving the
pubc article Is the economic explanation OF the
nhenomenon the handsome, we-eded lowpriced Amef
can magazines publisher gets final result Of ms
iaresent and tabor, shOCn here less than onefenh
ot the money paid 10 him for adUerfiSinD
N 1909 these i've magazines. leaders OF the
industry in America, cleared In the aggregate
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
Exhibit B
The Injustice of Discriminating Against Magazines

HE Postmaster General gives the magazines weight
! as 2023 per cent of the whole second-class ndll
WHY concentrate all the increase on a 20 per cent
classification? - u,o-e
rbe Administration says (a), magazines carry more
adyertsinc than newspapers; b they cost the Postoce
more than newspapers because they are hauled
farther , - o, oorer
n, It is not true that magazines carry more ad'el
Using than newspapers Newspapers by actual measure
ent carry per cent more advertising IN proporuon u
reading matter than do magazines.
Cb5 The Postothce Department states that OWING 10
the different lengths of haul 1t costs cents 10
trouSDort pound of magazines and cents TO transport
pound of newspapers Ill Anu, -
BESIDES the cost OF transporting mall figured ol
course by weight and length of haul there are three large
factors of cost, dpportioned according to inc nnmOT
ieccs of mail The secondclass mail share OF these cost
items given by Postmaster General Hitchcock n
S30 500 900 BY the Departments own hgureS' me
roeaznes share of this proportioned TO number OF pieces
iS go 10000 The newspapers share is s2s''o-ooo
ARRIVED at from the Departments own neures anu
method Of fguT1ngJ . o.,,s Of oooa.
limos and newspapers respectively, in the secondcaSS
mails, have--
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21

The cost of hauling and handling magazines, >
plus IA cents. o't cenS
The cost hauling and handling newspapers,
plus cents. 90
So the DEPARTMENTS figures make IT lose on the
fundamental operations Of hauling and handing
7T5 cents pound on 426, ,223 S03 pounds of
newspapers, '9to'oo@'ot'"
As against losing "a cents pound on .,
pounds of magazines, or. ..... S"5o4ofolt
With loss arrired at from its orn fgures, more man
per cent gredt newspapers as on ndgd2ines inc
gocs magazines Of scarcely onehTd INC
,ob of pc,csn1per and ,cith not Opetuente He Fldh
gI obilfp TO pdY such tar, 10 meet inc Nhoe our
den OF this futile and confscatoJ attempt TO feduce the
defcit
This is merely refutation of the Departments reason
for discriminating against magazines We do not believe
rho 6,res right do believe that both maya
zines and newspapers help the Departments finances IN the
last analysis. ,, -
But the huge injustice and damage of this measure
les in the given the Postmaster General OF lie anu
death periodicals.
He is the ony to say What is magazine and 0hut
is q perspaDer There is no definition OF q newspaper
knorn in Posfoce regulations that uoud hare any bearing
on the case uhere publisher cai lc his periodical rGs
nerspoper magazine. Newspaper and periodical are
terms used inorchangeaby bU Legislatures and PoStoFce
officials. 1
10 man hos erer had in the United States, Guch poner
orer entire industries ought 10 begin in the present
tnation tchcrc the industries question largely the
outspokcn progressive periodicals. dealing and more
crcru near publc affairs and and uhere inc
censor is the Official charge Of the political fortunes ~
his Administr0tiCr7
New-York tribune., 1911-02-21
THE PROOF

IN REPLY to the requests many friends of the magazines
publish necessarily brief statistical exposition of the reasons
bv we believe the directed against the periodicals
con6scaory and tutle
hope the of the people in time tor
them injustice by advertising the daily press
PUBLISHERS POSTAL COMMITTEE