Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-16
RHODES SCHOLARS
MAY COMPETE ON
ENGLISH TEAMS
New Ruling at Oxford Makes
Possible the Participation
of American Students In
Athletics.


London. Nov. rs. An age limit
and not the length Of residence az
the college or university from which
they register may soon be the rule
which VIII regulate the eligibility OF
Rhodes scholars for oxford athletic
teams.
~ present the rule II that no ath-
iete u qualified to gain tho coveted
hair or fgl blue by represrnting or.
ford on the playing field, after he
has completed four years residence.
some Rhodes scholars have nirendy
completed two or three years ma some
foreign or colonial university before
FeachinR oxford ana through them
tnter-varaity play tends to- develop
into q case OF men versus hoys. In
considering this evll the authlritlca AZ
nrai thought OF ruling that In the flu
ture the four-year rule should apply
TO any university at which the schoi-
urs were IN attendance. o a Rhodes
man. who had been In college three
years before reaching oxford would
only be eligible for one yeHr's play
there. Owing 10 the difficulty OF de-
terminiEg what constitutes school
81 university standing this solution
has been dropped The plan now
most favored Is the Substitution of an
age limit and 81 IL believed that be-
fore long a rule VIII be adopted that
no man more than twenty-five years
of axe may represent either oxford
or Cambridge. This ruling would
stan glvc the Rhodes scholars an ad-
vantage Of Two years over the stu
dents matriculatI.tg from United
Kingdom sthoolg
The new sdom<fine cable teie-
phone which the British postoffice Il
laying between this country and Rel
Eium II said % possess speaking
properties markedly superior 20 any
pow IN existence.
Eighteen months ago considerable
attention was attracted 10 the new
Anglo French cable. which was the
first submarine telephone cable 10 be
fitted with what are known tech
nicaliy ss loading" coils. In this
cable at Intervals Of one nautical
! mile throughout the whole length.
there are inserted series 81 four colts
two above each other. the electrical
ttNtaA W NnlNB " w lutftMNF hHf
capacity OF the Cables BY anything
/ from 3So 10 2sQ per cent. This cable.
which has two circuits, was of an ex-
perimentai character. and. so much
doubt having been expressed as 10
the feasibility of the coils. was de-
signed 30 that the LOADED" coils
could be cut out OF use altogether.
leaving u an ordinary telephone
cable.
SO successful has n proven. how
ever that the designers of the new
hnglo-l belgian cable have provided
that the loaded" coils must be es-
senssai for It's use. ny doing this Il
has been possible TO reduce the
! weight OF the Insulation from 400 a.
$50 pounds per mile. and as gutta-
percha is used exclusively. conald-
erable saving over the cost of the
Anglo French cable viii be made.
The heavy rains which have brok-
en- the exceptional drought which has
prevailed this year In England may
have done more damage than good.
according 70 reports made by numer-
Gus landlords.
They assert that the long drought
has played the part Of iong-sus-
tanned earthquake with the heavy
rains acting AS the final shake. SO
severe has has been the action on
many buildings that the repair bills
viii equal the rental for the next two
yearn
The shrlnkage OF the clay and
ether subsoiss has heen SO great that
| In some places whole streets OF
houses have developed threatening
cracks, drainage systems have been
1 discrganled, and building inspectors
are having the busiest times Of their
careers. The damage TO the London
submrbs has been especially severe
There has haon a whclcsnle subrl-
| dence IN a number Of Herdfordshire
villages. and some Of the finest old
hOmes IN the clay diatricts OF the
Midlands are threatened with de-
Istrnctlon. Architects and builders at
| tribute the disturbances solely Ia the
Ishrlnkage Of the suhHoii. which ~
! much worse on the clay soils which
/ normally hold the most water.
Oeneral regret Il left that pr. fIar-
sev w wiley chief af the bureau VI
Chemistry % the United states De-
.
partment Of Agriculture was not able
10 accept the invitation 81 the coun-
eli Of the Pure Food and Health So-
clety of Great Britain 20 preside Al
their national congress Ia be held
here next March. Or Wiley n well
known in England both for his ad.
vocaey 81 pure food laws at home
land for his atteneancc here az uu-
merous congresses held IN connection
with applied chemiatry and food ad'
alteration,
| II Is hoped. 81 the coming congress
To formulate practical proposals fol
1.-THE standardislng Of foed stnffs. foi
the definition % what are Legitimate
and iilcgltimnte Misunderstanding pro-
cesscE. for the proper distribution 81
food for naIs. for the codification 81
existing laws. and for the centraliza'
ition 81 the work ~ inspection In th'
iocaf government hoard.
The society win cndoavor 70 pre'
Trent sttonR Legislative program g
the government. she chief feature Of
(which will eeek 30 correct the abuses
jalIegcd 10 have grown up on accoun'
lof the FOOD and drug inspection
working only under local authority
No lax have some IT the local au'
Ithoritles become thot 4 u said th'