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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
How do You Pronounce 1t?

I Locally, however, the first pronun-
citation is dead: OF fifteen 1acuity
members and business men OF Co
lumbia, only one held to the oid
pronunciation and he did it with
qualifying phrase.
In the days before the white men
came, the Indians camped and hunt
ed along a muddy stream that bent
and twisted, stretching back on it,
self like a giant snake. The water
was a yellowish brown and the
banks, at low tide, were Shiny and
treacherous looking.
The river itself had a bad name
and was believed to be the abode
of an evil spirit. The Indians threw
offerings into the stream, giving
tithe of the fruits of their hunt.
They named this stream the "Mitchi-
zoo-rah," the big Muddy" and
this is the name that the trappers
and traders contracted into "Mizz-
oo-rah." When this section of the
prairie had been we'll settled. the
name of the river was adopted and
the hardy frontiersmen and his
children naturally took the Indian
pl lOnunciatiOn withou. q Ialms as to
it's grammatical correctness.
To determine the most popular
pronunciation a number of men were
interviewed and the result was an
overwhelming majority for "Mizz-OO-
RI" President Hill, when asked how
he pronounced it, replied with an
application of the prOverb: When
you are in Rome, do as the Romans
do" He said he pronounced il like
the MissOurians-"Mi MizZ-OO-ri." DR..
Jonas Viles, of the history depart
ment, held the same opinion, as did
DIR. c. A. Ellwood of the sociology
department and Deans Shaw, Num-
ford, Williams. Jackson and Loeb.
Dean Jones. when asked for his
prOnunciatiOn, said that he tried to
use "Miss-OO-ri'' but when he didn't
watch himself used "MizZ-OO-rah."
OF the business men and old resi-
dents, "Mizz-OO-ri'' was again the
most popular and c. B. Rollins,
Edward Rollins, J. A. Hudson, c. B.
Miller, Claud Wheeler and DIR. r.
If. Jesse use the western sound. while
r. B. Price says "MizZ-OO-rah."
Now which do you use? C.. ]. M.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
Plays That Made
Football History

Unexpected and spectacular plays
have always been a part of football
likely to occur in any game.
Probably the quickest touch
down on record" said Prof. j. A.
Gibson" was made in the Harvard
Pennsylvania game in 1898. Buster
Burnett kicked off for Harvard.
Rooms of Pennsylvania juggled the
ball on his own goal line ALL Bur
den of Harvard took it out of his
hands and fell over the line. Thus
it took Harvard just seven seconds
to make her first five points.
Later in the same game Harvard
again scored in a remarkable way.
With the ball on Pennsylvania 49,
yard line, Burnett kicked goal from
placement.
Burnett was wonderful kicker.
He deceived his opponents by kick
ing the ball without making a run
for it. He would stand behind the
ball and suddenly he would boot it
without moving from his tracks.
"A peculiar incident makes this
game easily remembered to me. The
night before, at the mass meeting at
Harvard, one of the speakers had il
lGstrated his point by telling the
story of the Irishman who, upon ar
irving in this country was being
shown the sights of Battery Park,
New York. 1t was just at sunset and
the batteries rOared out the sunset
salute
'BegOry.' says Pat, and what
was that" That IS sunset returned
his. brother. And she goes down
with a-well. with a bang cried
Pat.
when Harvard scored in the first
few seconds of the game the great
crowd Was silent. IL did not at onca
realize the situation. Not a SOUND
troke the silence. Suddenly a big
Lass voice thundered: And old
Pennsy went down with the same
old-bang!' Then the bleachers
reared"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
Missouri"

I mlSSOuEl.
Here is a word that you are ia.
miliar with, one of those words that
you have grown up with. You first
heard it from the lips of your faith.
er and mother and associated il
vaguely with some great thing that
was to be honored, protected, cher
ished and fought for. Around No
vember of certain years you heard
men. the political friends and Oppo-
ncnts of your father, associate it
with the names of great men and
discuss their probable influence on
the fortunes of your state.
Yet are you sure of the proper
way to pronounce it? Did it ever
occur to you that there are more
ways than the one you use, to sound
forth the group of letters you are
so familiar with?
The pronunciation of Missouri
i. a mooted question. There are at
least three ways that are almost
equally used and there are good rea-
sons for each. The dictionary ap-
proves two of the three and admits
that the third is used a great deal
locally.
For many years "Miss-oO-ri," with
the soft "s" sound. was the only
pronunciation recognized by the die
tiGnary. The validity of this was
based on the law of s-tna- VOW els
following this letter give it the soft
sound.
This law of euphony was laid
down by scholars and cited against
the local pronunciation that the from
tier-men used and that they had
taken from the Indians.
Thus, people to the eastward, with
scholarly pretensiOns and attain
ments, took the word of the dictiOn-
AIRY as law and haugltily reject-i !
anything else.
After a few years, however, when
tie people of this section had ming
led with the Fasteners both here
and in the East. the other two pro-
nGnciatiOns were used a great deal.
"MizZ-Oo-ri" and "MiZZ-Oo-rah"
were heard little mere often THAI
the classical pronunciation" Now,
it is all a matter of early influence
and taste and no one is ot.is' tered d
Philistine who uses any of the three.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
Ills might frequently meet as indi-

pills might frequently meet as indi-
viduals would be of inestimable
value to the student.
What the student needs. then, is a
friend. Help the other fellow by be-
ing his FRIEND. Let him feel that
he can count on you. and don't let
him feel that he is under obligations
t. you. Welcome him whenever he
needs you; let him feel your friend
ship. and boost him always. Help
him to have friends. Help the other
fellow get the most out of his uni
versity course by cooperating with
him. The world is the same every
where, and in the words of James
Whitcomb Riley:
when a man amt got a cent. an
he's feeling kind of blue,
An the clouds hang dark and heavy,
an wont let the sunshine through,
It's a great thing. o my brother, for
feller just to lay
His hand upon your shoulder in a
friendly sort of way"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW

HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW
1t is very difficult to tell just when
and where to help the other fellow
1t is humanitarian at least to say
that there are times when he should
be helped. But there are other
times when it is best for him and
others that he receive no aid.
A kick sometimes is a boost for a
fellow. Sometimes it is best for him
to work out his own salvation.
Society has recognized that the
other fellow at times needs aid, for
it has set apart and endowed insti-
tutiOns for this purpose. However,
in many cases, these may represent
aid misspent.
Here in the University, we may
aid the other fellow by giving an en-
couraging word here and there
which may tighten a burden and put
a song in the heart. We may aid
the other fellow who is trying to
study by not squandering all of his
time.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
"aLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL"

Admiral Winfield Scott Schley is
dead. His passing reminds us that
arother generation of heroes is
bIvouacing on fame's eternal camp
ing ground.
The fierce controversy regarding
the degree of credit to which he
was entitled for the victory over
Cervera's. fleet in the harbor Of San
tiago de Cuba is ended. We have
come to realize. in his own splendid
words uttered when feeling ran
high, that there is glory enough
for ALL" He lived long enough to
know the affection of the people
whom he served. His name should
be written with those of John Paul
Jones. Perry and Farragut.
Admiral Schley has remained the
popular hero of the war with Spain
He appealed to popular imagina-
ton. He was brave. courteous. with
the bearing of a soldier. yet extreme
ly modest, faithful in the perfOr-
nance of his smallest duty, and a
friend to every man. When the ac-
cident of circumstances placed him
in command at Santiago We know
how splendid was the victory that he
won,-victory for the American
navy, with Admiral Sampson in COM
nland. And to his calumniators he
nObly replied there is glory enough
for ALL
1t will be we'll when the American
youth learns how sublime is the
duty of citizenship. realizing that in
whatever sphere he may toll. in the
performance of duty, there is glory
enough for all.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
THIS MAN GROWS ALFALFA.
L. J. Simpson Makes $50 an Acre
From Growing the Hay.

l.. j. Simpson Makes $50 an Acre
From Growing the Hay.
That alfalfa is. the best of crops
for the farmer who can grow it, is
the opinion of l.. J. Simpson, a farm
er living in Perche bottom west OF
Columbia.
Mr.. Simpson owns $50 acres OF
land $50 of which are in Perche bot
tom. Eventually he says that he
will put 100 acres of it in al
falfa. At present he has twen-
ty acres in this crop which
makes him sixty dollars per acre.
He cut his alfalfa four times this
year. the first cutting making two
tons to the acre.
Don't feed this hay to stock on
your own farm" he said when ques-
toned, lit does not pay. Sell it, If
you want to make profit
Dr. SimpsOn-he was a doctor in
st. Louis eighteen years before be-
coming a farmer-believes in scien-
tific farming. the kind advocated by
the College of Agriculture. He in
oculates a new field with bacteria
before he sOws it.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW.

This is not resolution time, but il
is time to consider how we may
help the other fellow get the mos,
out of the university course. Much
is being written regarding the infiu-
ence of the university upon it's stu
dents. And the fact that some stu
dents have fallen by the way is an
imperative call for service. The
university may be called a great
joint stock company. and he gets
most out of it who puts most into it.
1t has been said that the name
lessness of our universities is their
blight. The individual is lost in the
crowd; then he loses his sense of re-
n.aster-a something vital. He is
have said that the student is losing
that close personal touch with the
matter-a something vital. He is
drifting. After all. the problem is
much the same as the problem of the
young man in the city.
In the beginning the student
needs advice, or. preferably, assis-
tance. He is al sea. He must have
place of entertainment. He should
have some club or association for the
exchange of ideas and the discus
sion of current problems. Indeed. a
commons where teachers and pu-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
What the Old Grads Saw
Five Years Ago.

missouri defeated kirkSville at
football % to 4. About 325 rooters
came with the visiting team. Cap
tain Israel at left tackle led the Ii
gers.
William Jennings Bryan made ar
rangements to visit Columbia on
October 10. There was no hall large
enough for his meeting, so Broad
way. which has been newly paved,
was chosen as the auditorium.
The post Office building at Colum-
bia was inspected by the government
authorities. The revolving door in
this building cost $500.
The Y. M. c. A. advertised for bids
for the construction of its building.
Ten Years Ago.
Prof. C. H. Eckles was Judge in
the dairy division at the St. Louis
fair.
A Columbia. Huntsville and North
western railway was proposed, but
that is all that ever came of this rail-
way.
]. R. Fitzgerald, "the man who
unjoints himself" gave an exhibi-
tion to the medical students at the
Parker Memorial Hospital. He dis
located his leg in three places stimuli
taneously.
Professor Beasley of the Columbia
business College, took freehand
drawing lessons at the University of
Missouri.
Missouri wool won the gold medal
at the Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo. The exhibit was prepared
under the direction of H. j. Waters,
dean of the College of Agriculture.
Twenty Years Ago.
The membership of the Y. M. C. A.
had jumped from 65 in 1890 to $50
in 1891. The new hall that had been
fitted up for the association was
found to be too small. Fifty-five
students subscribed $3.50 for the
new building.
The Columbia Missouri Herald re-
ported a slight fall of snow in Kan
sas City.
Thirty Years Ago.
A printing firm of Chicago adver-
tised portraits of the late President
19x24, at 81 a hundred
with a copy of the autograph on each
picture. Single copies sold for 25
cents.
The drought and rain situation of
1911 was duplicated in 1881.
The young men of Columbia met
with those of the University and re-
organized the Athens Social Club.
This society met on the first and
third Mondays of each month.
Forty Years Ago.
Two horses and a surrey cost 81
for a days hire.
John M. Maupin resumed his bus
mess of making horse collars at his |
residence on the 1.-Two Mile Prairie"
The bill collector for the local pa
Der went to the post Office, where he
awaited the subscribers with their
accounts when they came for letters.
Fifty Years Ago.
The tailOrs of Columbia an
that they had returned from
he East, bringing back cloths with
lnheard-of names.
Pure copper distilled whiskey"
vas for sale in Columbia-distille
r the town, too.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
Not There.

Office Optimist-Anyway. board
ing houses are not so bad. At ours,
for instance, we can eat as much
ss We like.
Cantankerous Crank-So we can
at ours, but there never is anything
We can possibly like!-Everybody's
Weekly.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
Vernon County Club Organizes.

ScoH COuHty NIuD OTS0HIZeS.
The Vernon County Club organ
lied last night at the Y. M. C. A.
Building with fifteen members.
CresOp Journey was elected tempo
rary chairman and vice-president;
Helen Sommers, secretary; Girls
Kraft. treasurer, and Horace Welt
mer. sergeant-at-arms.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09
TO ELECT DISTRICT CAPTAINS
University Girls Will Choose Their
Leaders Today and Tomorrow.

The University girls in each of the
ten districts. specified in their mass
meeting last Wednesday, will meet
at D O'Clock this afternoon, and to-
morrow at the same time, to elect
their respective captains. Districts
one to five will meet today and dis
tricts five to ten tomorrow. There
are fifty girls in each district.
BY this arrangement it is hoped
that the WOman's Council will he
better able to take care of the girls
and to make their social environ
nents more pleasant.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-10-09

Visiting Mrs. II. NJ. Burgess.
W. NJ. Farrell of Paris is visiting
his daughter. Mrs. Robert NJ Bur-
CESS, 701 Marylsnd Place.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-10-09

Ell dia q del actual embarcaron, via
New York para Paris, don Carlos CiF.
~ su bella y elegante esposa
El doctJr Aviles, embarcara La pro
xima semana para los Estados Unidos.
Permanecera ALI dos meses hacienda.
practicas profesionales.
Anoche no hubo retreta Ell paseo Sc
VIC, naturalmente, deslucldo
Han llegado q San Juan don Fermi1x
Echandi y sonora, de Arecibo; don r.
Benltez, de Yabucoa; don Jose Blanch,
de Mayaguez don j. Suarez, de New
York
Jose Torres y Fortunate Rodriguez,
cuestionaron aver en- un billar que tiene
en- Santurce, Inacio Colon Denuncia-
do ell case, fueron condenados a dos do
liars de multa dos dias de arresto
En- la madrugada de aver promovi6
un fuert1simo escandalo en- la calle del
Sol, el sujeto Luis Morales Colon.
AL guardia Enrique Rodriguez qu,
fue a reducirle al orden le di6 algunts
mampurros; no obstante el alborotador
fue reducido a la obediencia, y esta ma
mana Sc lie ha impuesto dos meses de car
eel
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-10-09
MAS NOTICIAS

Ia sido puesto ell hbertad por habel
dejado extinguida su condena Miguel
Santana Negr6n que sirvi6 dos amos I,ot-
Ell delito hurto menor.
Anteanoche, en- Arecibo Ralnon Ba
rreto hiri6 gravemente en- I'm 4nusto Is
Maria Sotomayor La policia Sc apo
der0 de una navajo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-10-09
C0CINE P0R ELECTRICIDAD

La Porto Rico Railway Light & Power Company
Hama la atenci6n del pdbico la cocina efctrica
pleta las m&quinas dc lavado planchado, calen
dores oros aparatos eleccos que acaba de recibir
para nstaar moderno Sanatorio de Hato Rey, la
Sociedad Espanola de Auxio Mdtuo Benefcencia de
Puerto Rico; con cyo motive anunca que los precios
de corrente ekctrica para cocnar especia
les entire media noche P. NJ, seran los msmos que
Por la corente que los motores.
PORTO RICO RAILWAY I1CHr 6 POWER co.
San Tuan, p R Agoso TO- 1917.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-10-09

No hay otros mejores nj mas riccs,.
para familias y Hoteles que la PASTA
y JALEA de guayaba marcA La Cons
tancia" de
ANGUERA g. Co., Ponce.
De venta en- tOdos los buenoA esta-
blecimientos
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-07
WONIEN'S HAIR.
Easy to Make it Soft, Luxuriant and
Radiant.

Many women have hair so dull
and faded that it is actually repul-
sive. :.
These women have probably never
heard of PARTISAN SAGE, the invig-
Grating hair dressing that is being
used by thousands of refined women
throughout America. a.
# your hair is falling out or thin
or lifeless; if you have dandrutf or
itching scalp; if your hair is not as
fascinating as you would like to have
it, go to Van Werden & Kopp's this
very day, ask for fifty cent bottle
of PARTISAN SAGE and start at
once to make your hair perfect and
even glorious. 49, 80
PARTISAN SAGE is guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or money back.
Girl with Auburn hair on every car
ton. For sale by Van WerdenF &
IKopp and druggists everywhere.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-07

be natural over sea and land, cover
ing most parts of the northern hem
isphere. High barometer, sweeping
gales and great cold will bring up
the rear of storm areas.
A reactionary storm period will
bring change to warmer, with re-
newed rain and snow, on and touch
Ing the goth, 21st and 22nd. The
disturbances at this time will center
about the new moon on the goth,
this being the center of another seis-
mic period, extending from the 18th
to 22nd. This period will add to the
accumulations of snow and ice, re-
sulting from previous solstice storms,
and winters cold will tighten its
grip with the high barometer follow
ing the storms.
A regular storm period covers the
last week of the year, being central
on the 9th. Storms will bring rain
and probable lightning and thunde,
on and touching the 28th, but snow
and sleet will follow. High baron
eter, northwest gales and cold, fail
weather will prevail in most parts Of
the country as we pass into 1912. !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-07
Mrs. G. A. Davis Residence Robbed.

The residence of Mrs. G. A. Davis,
who lives on her farm northwest of
Garden Grove, was robbed Friday af-
ternoon of diamond ring and $27
in money. 1t seems that Mrs. Davis
and Bert Porter, who works on the
farm for her, had gone to get the
Davis girls who are teaching school,
it being Friday afternoon, and there
was no one at the place from about
the middle of the afternoon till they
returned and missed the articles and
the money. The money and the ring
were in a puff box on dresser as
were also some other articles and
watch of Mrs. Davis which she
priced very highly, it being given her
by relatives and it laid in the box on
top and the robbers had laid it down
and placed the cover to the box over
it while they were getting the other
articles and either they were fright
ened away or it being covered up
they forgot it. ;, AS Mr. Porter was
at the barn hitching up he saw some
one on the bridge over the creek
west of the barn that did not seem to
have any special business there and
Maurice Brown; who drove by the
place soon after Mrs Davis and the
Porter boy had left said he. saw some
one run from one of the outbuildings
to another but, not knowing that
there was no one at the house sup
posed 1T was Mr.. Porter. One of the
Davis girls was treasurer Of the
Episcopal Sunday school and part lof
the money taken belonged to the
QsS dou cchno1 II 10 <ir,o %1noro NJ q q
an organized effort made to rid the
country of the persons that are doing
the petty thieving that has been go
ing on this fall Garden Grove Ex-
press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-07
w. A. Williams Clothing Store
Robbed.

. A rather strange thing happened
one morning the latter part of last
week Mr.. Williams, proprietor of
the clothing store had gone to La
moni and phone message came
from Seymour to Mr.. Jennings, the
clerk, asking for Mr.. Williams and
when told that Mr.. Williams was not
in the city the parties stated that
there was a lot of clothing at Sey-
mour belonging to the w. A. Will
liams clothing store at Garden Grove
and for Mr.. Williams to come to Sey-
Come to find out that it was the city
marshal of Seymour talking and that
there had been a quantity of goods
of all descriptions found there in a
corn field and residence of a miner.
Mr.. Williams went the next day and
as stated found seven of the, best
suits in his store neatly packed in
two suit cases which had been stolen
from the store also. The suits were
in good condition and were not dam
aged in the least, but the suit cases
which it was said had been found in
b. shock of corn, were the worse of
for the exposure. The value of the
goods stolen, from here were valued
at about 500. Mr.. Williams had no
trouble in identifying the goods as
they had his mark on them. There
were other goods there of all de-
scriptions to about the amount OF
$1,000. From the time the goods
were received at the store Mr.; VIII
liams thinks they were taken in the
past two weeks. There is no telling
how much other goods have been
taken as in a large stock It is not an
easy matter to detect goods as being
missing. It is thought the Seymour
outfit was a fence" and the goods
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-12-07
December Weather.

Here is what Hicks, the St. Louis
weather prophet predicts for this
month:
A regular storm period covers the
End to the 7th, having it's center on
the 4th The Mercury period is CEN
trail on the 5th, with full moon in
perigee. Earth's winter solstice, al
so, bears on this period. Moon being
on the celestial equator on the LIST,
the barometer will begin to fall, and
other storm conditions will appear
early in this period. From Sunday
the 3rd, to Thursday the 7th, look
for general winter storms. Rain
will turn to heavy sleet and snow,
and fierce gales and billiards. will
sweep most parts of sea and land.
Many seismic shakes will be reported
between the End and the 9Th, CEN
trail on the 4th, 5th and 9Th. A great
cold wave will rush from the north
west, spreading south and east from
the 5th to 10th.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail at the magnetic and electric
crisis of winter solstice, on the 18th,
18th and 18th. Look at this time for
a spell of continued threatening
stormy weather. Navigation on the
Atlantic Ocean willtbe perilous, and
inland storms will be bitter and pro-
longed. Volcanic unrest and out
bursts, with earth currents and
auroral Examinations, will be al
maximum, causing seismic disturb
ance in many places, outside the linn.
its of the regular seismic periods
A regular storm period is central
on the 18th, extending from the 18th
to the 18th. Low barometer, sudden
change to warmer, with possible
lightning and thunder and rain; will
appear to southwark about the 18th
and on the 18th, 18th, 18th and 18th
general winter solstice storms will