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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

individual development has been up
permost In my mind. The man who
solves this proposition to evolve an
unsystematic system will be hailed
by me as the greatest in the field of
education"
This presents a problem which, Of
course, is important. At the same
time it would be hard to deny that
indiyidualism is strengthened by prop
er school work 1t is very well to
have a striking individuality to begin
with. but this cannot grow and ex'
pand without contact with other in
d'viduals and higher ideals. The man
who thinks that he is able to live and
work on the resources nature gave
him without developing them will
soon find his energy and his talent ex-
hausted. The average man cannot
expand alone. We hardly think it
can be successfully refuted that the
college offers this necessary equip
ment and also, as rule, plenty of
room for individual development.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
CHARACTER IN POLITICS.

The most effective method of i'm
proving politics in the United States
is to interest men of character and
ability in public life. Rather than
the condemnation of politics because of
undesirable conditions, helpful and
lasting reform might be possible by
such men.
Ward bosses exist because of the
absence of the voters interest. Many
persons are Indifferent as to the right
of suffrage. Such men are easily in
luenced, and may become the vic
tins of political leaders. When ordi'
narily voters are disinterested, men
higher up are usually Indifferent un-
less they depend on political infiu-
ence.
II is, then, encouraging that such a
man as Woodrow Wilson, university
president and practical man Of the
world, realizes the needs of public
life and devotes his attention to help
full reform. The scholar, minister
and journalist can better serve So
ciety by aiding in publication of our
political system than by calling atten-
tion to conditions which are supposed
to be beyond control.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
AN ENCOURAGING SIGN

The decrease in the rural popula-
ton of Missouri does not appear SO
bad since Che statement from the
census bureau concerning land values
has been made public. According to
the same authorities which said that
the farmers of Missouri were fiocking
to the cities. comes a statement that
the land the farmers cultivate is
worth twice as much as it was ten
years ago.
AS land prices have increased since
the beginning Of the human race, this
is to be expected. But at first glace
the falling OF Of the rural population
and the doubling of the farm values
seem inconsistent when put side by
side. Where farm land was worth
s24.S2 an acre in 1900, it is estimated
to be worth $49.56 now.
This increase is nearly the same
over the United States. Farm lands
are rapidly becoming more valuable
because of the natural increase in
population and the necessary increase
in production that is required, and
the growing importance of the farm
in the world today. Back-to-the-farm
movements and the position of the
farm in the present industrial world
is ever increasing more rapidly.
This is especially true in Missouri.
Primarily an agricultural state. its
greatest growth should be and is
along this line The position of the
farmer is about the safest and firmest
of any today. and the fact that farm
lands are more valuable is inducing
many others to Join the agricultural
ranks.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
FACTORY LAWS IN TOWNS.

Women of the state are urging
more stringent labor laws to govern
the factories in Missouri, particularly
factories in the small towns. When
the factory laws of few years ago
limited work in the larger cities many
factories in the smaller towns sprang
up. These factories, 1t is alleged, are
in many places violating the laws that
apply to the larger cities.
Violations of child and woman Ia
Dor law standards in the smaller
towns are more easily perpetrated, it
is said, as the scattering of the fac
tories and the employing of a COM
paratively small number of persons
prevents compact and unified resis-
tance. 1t is easier to employ few
children and force them to work un-
der unfair conditions when there are
only hundred or SO employed in the
whole factory than 1t is in cities
where inspectors and larger number
of employees keep conditions suitable.
What is good for the larger cities
is good for the smaller ones they
largue-and rightly. The growth OF
the factories in the small towns is
due in the main part to easier laws
and regulations. These factories
should be placed under the same
rules as the larger ones. and the EN-
ployes are entitled to just as much
consideration and protection.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
Viewpoints.
A History Of the Church

Editor The Missourian: Histories OF
ethics, journalism, philosophy. educa-
ton, the Jewish people, the English
people, America and other continents
ARE given in courses at the Univer-
sity. but no history of the church has
yet been given. The Bible college has
made its announcements for the Sec
ond semester. yet this course does
not appear on the curriculum.
To some extent it is touched upon
lin the department of history in the
University, but this is only as the
church is connected with the history
/ of Europe. 1t therefore seems that
this smattering is not enough and IT
falls as a duty to the Bible College to
establish a course of this nature
giving University credit for it. The
subject, it seems, justifies the action
Church and State are twin words
in the history of Europe. OF the
state We are well informed because
Of the instruction given. but of the
church a somewhat hazy idea is pos
sessed by most students of the Bible
and others. That such a course
would be appreciated can hardly be
doubted. 1t would in many cases
serve as partial foundation for
many of the present Bible College
courses, and would be Of aid to a
student of European history. F. E
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
WITH ROOM FOR A GENIUS.

Would James Whitcomb Riley have
been a poet IL he had been educated
in public schools. graduated from a
high school, and had degree con-
ferred upon him from college?
Would he ever have become a poet
had there been no opposition to his
writing verse?
Would the problems of logic, which
be necessarily would have studied
and solved. closed his eyes to the
frost on the pumpkin and the fodder
in the shock?
These are three questions that were
asked by an Indiana college president
at a meeting of the school teachers OF
the state in an address in which he
said the colleges of today did much
damage as well as good. He said thai
he did not believe it the duty of the
school teacher to mold the mind o.
a student. but that the time better
spent in removing the incumbrance:
that prevented the mind from follow
ing It's natural bent.
IN our country We have no Long
fellow, Whittier or Lowell at present
and only a few men like James Whit
comb Riley. who are innocent Of higl
school and college training" he said
Our educational system has don
some damage as well as vas
amount Of good. For years this prot
lem Of how to maiatain syster
that viii be elastic enough to permi
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

his work at the Kelmscott Press IL he
had not happened to please others
than himself; while the shortcomings
of his books prove that. even under
the favorable conditions of his expert
ment, it may be disastrous to enjoy
too much freedom from the CONNER
eial demands which are often a cor
rective to extravagant personal &C.
Both commercially and
mechanically, the best printers that
England produced in the nineteenth
century, the Whittinghams-men in
comparably closer to Morris's crafts
man idea than was Morris himself
were not only the leaders in typo
graphic taste and fineness Of impress
sion, but in business capacity and in
inventive ingenuity as brought to bear
upon the mechanics of printing, pa
|per-making. and the rest.
If the Middle Ages left printing the
LEGACY of a noble artistic ideal, the
Renaissance emphasized its mission
of utility. The two ends which print
ling may. therefore. with historic justi'
|fication attempt to serve are beauty
and usefulness. These are by no
means incompatible; and If at times
they have seemed SO, this is due in
part to the ignorance of the ordinary
printer and of his public. but largely
also to those reviyers of the art VINO
have not been satisfied to draw their
idealism from the Middle Ages, but
have sought to restore the precise
forms of that period as well. without
reference to modern standards and
needs. 1t is only through the mastery
of a medium and of the current means
of production and merchandising.
that excellence in any art becomes
|general.-New York Nation.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
Josephine, Transmississippi Cow

No other feature of the recent Land
Show in St. Louis was a center of
more interest than the fine portrait of
Josephine-not life size, but drawn on
a scale enabling some of her more
generous proportions to be appreciat
ed-which hung on the walls of the
College of Agriculture exhibit.
The whole world is pretty big
thing to stack up against. but that is
what Josephine did. and she held her
|own in the competition in a way that
struck dismay to all antagonists. Mis-
|souri's cow of higher endeavor posi-
lively showed herself to be the great.
est three months COW. the greatest six
months COW. the greatest ten months
COW. and even the greatest eleven
months COW in the universe. Only
slight variation from form prevent
ed her from showing herself to be
also the greatest twelve months COW.
That record still belongs to an unstart
COW, Colantha Fourth Johanna, up
in Wisconsin, but Missouri is salts
fed. I
Take one Of the white grizzly beffs
of Missouri of the State Seal ans put
Josephine. rampant and also segaro-
ant proper. in its place. Thees a lit
tile too much grizzly on tbd seal. any
way, and of State faupa Josephine Is
now the chief. She I'D what no other
COW ever did befo'e in milk fproduc-
tion in eleven mathis. II she didn't
also do what 70 other COW ever did
before in twsive months. she certainly
did her best.
With all the State. hieh-brows as
well as low-brows. hanging up three
sheets on Josephine, victorious suf-
Ifragette. the sixteen-haad Missouri
mule who does not appeal to the high
|brows will have to lool to his laurels.
st. Louis Republic.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

of land she has acquired near Gen.
tralia. Ill.
This farm is to be conducted on a
scientific basis. She has read many
works on the subject Of fowl raising
and is prepared to put her theories
into practice. She will raise only
high class breeds and they must con-
form to her ideas in plumage. She
has ordered New York's latest in
incubators and brooders and will in.
stall them on her farm.
She says the sllurements Of the
city, with its cafes, its theaters and
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

Former Governor Malcolm r. Pat
terson of Tennessee granted $50 par.
dons in three years, an average Of six
"a week. OF these 152 we're to murder.
ers. The governors term expired
this month. The few prisoners left In
the penitentiary win be sorry to see
him go.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
GIRL TO HAVE puLray FARM

St. losis Cafe CASTER Buys Tract in
iIIinoIs-use Semitic Methods
ST; Louls.-liss Estell Nelms.
wslrisds Of couqlns the shekeis as
they ron into tb Golfers Of the own
|ers of the Bucyngham, has arranged
for a poultry ftm. all her own. which
she will operfe on an so-acre tract
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30
THE st'na ssf
STATE NORMAL. SCHOOL
y KIRKsvuLE. MISSOURI.
4 GREAT TEACHERS c0LIEcE.
FoRrY-FrvE TEACHERS NJ FACULTY.

u.rv vcatiopaf courses including Bookksepn& 1ussss
Forma ypevriting Shorthand. Geography OF Commerce. @
tory Of Industries Manual Training WOOD W0H. F0@ey
lathe Work Forge Work. Mechanical Dga~1n& hauA Do
mestic Art Agriculture. Gardening.
Four Years Of work study in DrsWiAk Pstnsin& A
f.s Hammered Brass and other hand WORK IN AT so Ese
vaars Of Art Study in designated texts
Five years in Music Including Sight Reedinx nd1v1daA
Iseeons chorus Work. Harmony. Countespont ozchsse@
History Of Music etc. :
Many forms Of Physical Education including Gymnasaun
work Public School payground Work. Track Wofk Bseea
Football Handban Tennis etc. Ample bath rooms 0maa'
s,ums tanns courts athletic field. running tracks
Best facilities Middle West for PhotogzssaS Lar
tam Slide Making Photo Engraving Special courses me
summer school teachers desiring to learn hsw . u
the lantern how to make the slides
Courses In all typical High School and Cohess sesdse
But this strictly institution and al such ec
voek 10 the hgher efficiency Of public school teechsEs
Best Model Rural School in the World. RnfA ch16r0
Gtrsnsported I'VE miles covered wagon. - -.
Excelent Lbraries Laboratories, Rest Rooms. N9az1
Society Hans and rooms the T. NJ G. A. and l. W @
peca course in School Administrators. This course -
soopducted BY an uptodae Of varied and suecss q
perience both large and small cities.
EXPLANATORY BULLETIN FREE
JOHN R. KIRK, President
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

What are you kicking about"
Think Of the poor instructor Who is
reading all those examination papers
this week.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

its artiacialities. mako no appeal 10
her. and she Is glad she has bsestL
ened to the back to the fsrm" can.
st. Louis Times.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30

We win. care for .youf suto ~ ksao
from freezing. ,s.s,;;s - :.
wssrs oxaAns.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-01-30


combined courses ought to give the
student thorough grasp on his sub
ject as a whole, and fit him to under
teke the practice of his craft in an
Intelligent and enlightened manner.
We regard as good sign the EN-
phasis laid upon the practical aspect
of printing, and the acceptance OF
modern commercial conditions. vii.
liam Morris viewed with ill-concealed
|distaste the spectacle of his pressmen
with their sticky sheets. and thought
|longingly Of the medieval scribe with
his bottles Of red, blue and black ink.
But Morris was a medievalist, and
printing belongs to modern times
rather than to the Middle Ages. He
ALSO defined the ideal book as one
fashioned without regard to the exig'
|encies of commerce. It is doubtful. II
we accept this definition. whether an
ideal book has ever been conceived
much less executed. Certainly Mr.
i De vinne, in his Grolier Club book
Notable Italian Printers Of the FIT
lteenth Century" showed clearly thai
those printers sought to conform tt
the tastes OF their contemporaries II
q way that would render their enter
iprises profitable, though they Otter
failed in this. and were ruined. Ever
Morries. could hardly have carried OF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14

white cap and kerchief. This cos
tune prevailed among the guests who
made a picturesque group as they
danced in honor of the newly welded
pair.
The scene in England with the gay
Maypole festivities gave another Wv
id picture with the girls in bright
colored dresses. with black bodlces
and wreaths in their hair. Miss Eu-
genie McCandliss, as Polly, the Bar
maid, was most attractive in gown
with a pannier of lowered pink over
the same color. The trimmings were
of lace On her head
she wore lace cap. The
merrymakers carried gayly-colored
distaifs. The May Queen, Miss Jean
cite Perkins, wore a pretty gown OF
pink with an underskirt OF white and
a black bodice. On her head she wore
a wreath Of pink flowers.
The arrangement of the June train
ing scene was especially good The
girls in high WASTED dresses Of
bright colors appropriate for that per
Tod, and the men in their high hats
and yari-colored suits were most
pleasing to the eye AS whole It
was picturesque and effective In
the dance in this scene, the younger
children who took part were exceed.
ingly quaint and were an admirable
addition to a picture already beauti.
iul In every respect
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14
THE CAST

Street Scene in Portsmouth, N. n.
Gov Berning Wentworth
Collins NJ Graves
Dame Stayers-
Miss Jeanette Perkins
Earl OF Fairfax Gin the sign)
Samuel Eager
Martha Hilton (aged 49,
Mrs III. Harry Sharpe
British officer Charles II. Bennett
Servant Louis Levin
Taveler-- Mrs. c. W. Thatcher
Market Women, Townsfolk. British
Soldiers, Etc
Gov. Wentworth's Dinner Party and
Wedding
Gov. Wentworth-Colllns NJ. Graves
Martha Hilton tagged 20)--
Mrs. IL. Z. Mccullough
Rev. Arthur Brown
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14
BENNINGTON RRiEFS
News Of NE Town and Village Told 5riefb
FOE Busy Readers.

Mrs. Thomas Breslin of Waterford
visited her father Joseph Watson
over Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth McDermott has re.
sumed her duties at Rosters store af.
ter vacation.
AT the Sacred Heart church Tues.
day morning at $3.50 and at s o'clock
Holy day obligation masses will be
said in observance OF the feast of the
assumption.
AT a joint meeting held Sunday eve
ming by the French Canadian socie.
ties, it was resolved that they partlci.
pate together in the demonstration
and parade on the 10th.
The Pageant presentation tomor-
row being in the afternoon. the even
ing will be devoted to festiyity. There
will be a band concert and everybody
is invited to come out and enjoy the
evening.
Phil M. Pardee, general New Eng.
land agent for the Gorham company
la large silver concern of New York
who has been the guest OF Mr. and
Mrs. James Wood for the last few
days left this morning for North AID.
ans.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14
FRANK DRAKE DEAD
Young Man Who Lost His Arm Satur.
day Died In Hospital


Frank Kilgore, alias Frank Drake.
who had an arm chewed of while at
tempting to clean machine in the
picking room of the Holden Leonard
company Saturday morning, died on
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock In the
Troy City hospital. following the ana
putation of the remaining portion OF
his right arm.
Kilgore or as he was known here.
Drake, had come To this town from
Hoosick Falls a week before the acct.
dent and was little known. lie hIm-
self explained the accident so atten'
dants at the Soldiers
Home hospital say. by the fact that
he had thrown the belt off the wheel
of the machine and had attempted TO
clean il while II nad not yet complete
~ slowed down.
Following the accident Kilgrove
was taken to the Soldiers Home hos.
pital and from there % the Troy City
hospital by automobile. There the
remaining portion Of bone Of his arm
which had been cut off four Inches
from the shoulder WAS found TO be
so badly shattered that II was neces-
sary to remove the entire remaining
portion from the shoulder socket
Throughout lie tip to Trey, young
age. displayed remarkable nerve and
Kilgrove who vas Onlv ~ years Of
vitality. He said to one of the ply
sicians who accompanied him to Troy
rye lost my arm. but I'm having u
delightful trip" When he gave his
correct name, Kilgrove did not state
his reason for assuming an alias but
gave his native town as Auburn, Me.
Relatives In that town have been
communicated with and the body viii
be kept In Troy, awaiting instructions
from them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14
CROWD MADE MERRY
Great Throngs Broke Loose In carni-
val Saturday Evening

I
val Saturday Evening
The spirit of carnival broke loose
in the principal streets Saturday eve
ming when six thousand people in a
shower of confetti and amid the clang
of gongs and the footing of horns
made merry in an almost endless
throng. The streets were so crowded
that progress was rendered almost
impossible and the great laughing,
good-natured crowd defended them
selves from .bombardment of con-
fetti with "ticklers."
The proprietors of the stores sell
ing the ammunition for the celebra-
ton had not anticipated such fes-
tivity and before many hours, had al
most entirely run out of all the noise
making machines so that the crowd
was found to resort to such things
as large sheets of tin and baseball
| bats.
The celebration continued for many
hours and the brilliantly lighted
streets drew many recruits to the
merry-makers. Bennington had not
seen such a celebration for many
years but the local stores are prepar-
ed to cope with a much larger de-
mand which is expected. The cleo
trical displays aided in adding a GER
tain liyeliness to the scene and the
dignity of office was forgotten when
prominent citizens Wed with their
humber brethren in originating all
sorts of antics. The crowd walked
In great drifts OF confetti.
The celebration ended in the wee
sma" hours when the last weary,
laughing merrymaker took his way
homeward, fatigued but firmly resolv-
ed to continue with the festivities
as soon as the electric arches were
again Illuminated on Tuesday night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14

was full of action and was presented
In such a manner as to make 1t diff
cult to realize that there were not
the rugged and courageous men
themselves. The portrayal of the
character and style of Ethan Allen
was especially commendable, and in
Dictated that the actor had indeed sub
merged his personality in that of the
rugged leader of the Green Mountain
Boys.
Afterward was shown the placing
of the stuffed catamount on the sign
of the old inn to grin defiance at the
Workers; the drilling of the hastily
formed company very interesting
sight; the arrival OF a messenger an
nouncing that one of their number
Remember Baker had been betray-
ed into the hands of the enemy; the
departure of Allen and some of his
men to recover Baker and their re-
turn with 1.-THE Dutchman"-the be-
trayer of Baker. Then was shown
the viewing" of the unfortunate
ing him up in chair, exposing him
to the scorn and jeers of the towns
people. The whole scene was well
presented and it is only because of
lack of space that they are not more
| fully treated.
The Pageant was now brought
down to the time of the Battle OF
Bennington. Here was most diff
cult scene to present. 1t had probab.
I ly seldom been attempted before in q
historical Pageant Yet here 1t was
represented faithfully and effectively.
And the presentation was thrilling
and spectacular.
The Pageant is then carried down
to the Nineteenth Century. II was
the portrayal of June training and
the festivities that followed.
The industrial life OF early Ben
nington was not overlooked. 1t is
told of how. in the days of the spin
ming wheel, contest was held by 10
girls to test their yarn spinning PROV
esses.
The Pageant closed with a grand
review in which a large number Of
veterans took part and were greeted
with continued applause Two hun
dred children appeared as the Ma
kers of Tomorrow"