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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
THE SHORT BALLOT.

Now come the short ballot advO-
Gates and tell us We are not voting
intelligently, thereby uncovering
nothing new.
Even Governor Woodrow Wilson
says that only a few of the candi-
dates he votes for in a general cleo
tiOn are at all known to him. In
voting for these he is voting unin-
telligently. The rest of the people
DO it even to greater extent. No
one man has time to familarize
himself with the records and policies
of all the candidates whose names he
finds on the capacious ballot
And this is what the short ballot
people intend to remedy. They
would have us vote for only the ma
jor officers and these will appoint all
the minor ones.
Of course. this greatly abbreviates
the long ballot. Also. We can vote
much more intelligently. But is it
the best policy to vest in one man the
power 10 make so many appoint
n'ents? Can We find one man to
"hom We care to give our privilege
CT choosing the rest of the officers
Is he familiar with the REQUIRED num-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
ABOUT NEW FOOTBALL CAPTAIN
Including Preparatory Work He Has
Had Five Years Experience.

The past season is the fifth in foot.
ball including his preparatory school
experience for c. p. LeMire who was
elected captain of the 1912 Tigers
yesterday afternoon Most of his
work during this time has been at
half-back and at end. He was born
in Martinsville, Mo. his present home
In 1902 and 1903 he attended the
Slanberry Normal School at Stanber-
ry, Mo-. and while there played a full
season as halfback and end. In 1908
he went to the State Normal School
al Maryville. While there he played
at half-back.
LeMire entered the University of
Missouri in 1909 and played with
the freshmen in end position. Last
year he made the Varsity and won his
" at his old position at half.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
DEPARTMENT BASKETBALL NOW
First Game of the Schedule Will BE
Played Saturday.

The intert partment basket b: II
schedule will begin at c'c.cci Sat
urday afternoon. The games will be
il the nature of basketball tourna-
ment, i'll the language of the golfer.
or an elimination centest. T. one
department team wins it will then
face the team which has won from
another department. The second
rcund of this contest will De play ed
the following Saturday. he cham
pionship game will be rlayeI the
same night that the freshmen ana
the Varsity meet. This will be De
cember 20, Wednesday before Christ
mas.
The full schedule of the interde-
partment games will be announced
Friday. G. f. Linden said yesterday
that much interest was shown in the
irterdepartment games last year and
that he is expecting every department
to be represented. The AcadeIns won
the championship last year.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
Viewpoints


Editor the Missourian:-Cap j
/ Barton who is in command of Co
e.. University cadet corps is the
/ first officer to take a decisive step in
the campaign now on for the i'm.
prOvement of social and military con-
ditions in the regiment.
Captain Barton held a banquet for
his company and officers at the Vir-
ginia Grill last Wednesday night.
Lieutenant f. A. Hyde made a. short
afterdinner speech on the prospects
OF efficient work in the company.
Lieut.. Helmreich discovered the
ways ana means of attaining success
along these lines.
Good and efficient military work
III corps such as ours depends to a
large extent upon the attitude taken
by its members and also by the stu
dent body in general. Capt. Barton
is attacking the situation in the right
way. Active interest in any PROPOSE
tiOn which is not at least partially
understood is impossible. The lack
of interest in the corps and in mill
tary work throughout the state is due
chiefly to lack of knowledge of the
work. If by holding the attention of
the student through social activities
or by any other means. it is possible
to retain him in the corps long
enough for him to grasp the true
idea and spirit of the work. then We
may expect a wide spread interest
and an increased military efficiency.
Military
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
PRODUCTION AND COST OF LIV

The cost of living must approxi-
mate the relation between supply and
demand In our enthusiasm for man.
ufacture we have neglected the foun-
dation upon which all industry must
exist.
Our annual wheat crop from 1888
to 1887 averaged 436,O0O,OOO BUSH
els. During four years preceding
1910 the crop averaged $4,000. 900.
This is Sc per cent increase. Our
population increased during this
same time so per cent
Do you marvel that food stuffs are
higher?
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
BEAUTY AN ASSET TO 4 TOWN.

One of the chief assets of any town
is its beauty. Attractiveness is good
advertising for any town. Physical
ugliness creates a feeling of repulsion
and dislike
A town with clean, shaded and
well-arranged streets shows the civic
pride of its citizens.
A town to approach the ideal
would be laid off according to some
design, but not that of a realty COM
pany. Such companies usually chop
up the streets and mar the beauty of
the town. Some cities and towns
have no more design about the plot
ting of their streets than there is
design in the COW trail over the
prairie. There is a town in Western
Texas whose streets are said TO have
been laid out according to the cow
trails which happened to be there.
This is an extreme case but it shows
lack OF civic pride in not striving to
make the town beautiful. Realty
companies should be compelled to
make the streets of their additions
the same as those of the town. This
would harmonic all the streets
Corey, Ala, is said to be model
town in every respect. Ii is town
laid off after the best plans. into
zones or districts-some for business
houses, others for residences. 1t has
system of streets, sidewalks and
boulevards artisticaIly arranged.
These are well shaded with all kinds
of trees and decorated with MAN.
varieties of shrubs and flowers. 1t /
also has a civic center where all the |
public buildings and parks are situ- |!
ated with provisions for outdoor |
athletics of all kinds. A town like |
this would appeal to almost anybody. !
There is a great deal more in life |
than the dollar; and those who beau
tify their homes and the towns as
slst in making their surroundings in
viting and enjoy life without placing
so much emphasis upon the dollar
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
The Worlds Great COMPOSERS

| erature. He Influenced the work OF
all the composers who have followed
him. He crystallized the best in mu-
sic as understood at his day"
Nearly a score of extended pre-
ludes and fugues are included among
fis greater organ works.
For the clavier alone he is chiefly
remembered by two works -"Das
| Wohltemperirte Clavier" and "Das
musikalsiche Opfer." He also wrote
about a dozen concertos for one or
more claviers with orchestra.
For stringed Instruments in varied
com mbinations he composed a long list
OF sonatas and concertos. These are
included in his chamber and orches-
tral works.
More than 200 motets and cantatas
for the Sundays and festivals of the
Lutheran Church Year are included
among his vocal works Others of
this class are cantatas. serenatas and
complimentary pieces. five Passions.
two Magnificats. five large masses
and several shorter ones.
Bach was an untiring worker. In
addition to the success which he
gained as composer. he also became
good musical engraver and an ex-
pert in organ-building. His style of
writing was pungent and clear In
conversation he was reserved. but
charmed by his union of dignity and
courtesy. His forehead was broad. |
his eyes keen and his eyebrows arch
ing. In general appearance Bach was
a stalwart man, whose habitual grav- !
ity of expression could be frightened |
IN an instant into kindlness or hu-
Nor. o r
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
81 Remember" :"

l.. H. Rice of the Columbia Nilsson
ri Herald. with everybody else il
town January 8, 1892. saw the flame.
which destroyed the pride of Colum.
bia-the old Academic Hall. But lei
HIM tell the story:
Il remember it was a cold Satur.
day night. The thermometer was
below zero. After supper | went tC
a Broadway barber shop. About :
o'clock. while in the chair. the old
| courthouse bell began to clang. That
! vas the way We announced fires in
those days. The shop was full of
! customers waiting their turns. Some
body saw a light south of Broadway
and guessed it was the lumber yard.
There were no telephones in town.
Then some one rushed in and said the
University was on fire.
Business was suspended Wait
ing customers left the shop. Some
even left the chair half shaved. Soon
everybody was on the campus. There
was no fire department here then
70 fre-fighting apparatus of any
kind. except Bert Newman, who was
our whole department and he was a
volunteer. II was crest-fallen
crowd that shivered there in the bit
ing north wind until after midnight,
unable to raise hand against the
destruction of the state school.
While the fire was slowly eating
its way from the east wing across to
the west wing, students and citizens
carried out of the museum many of
the stuffed animals and other porta-
ble things. When the big dome fell
the pent-up flames rushed out almost
to the crowd that surrounded the
structure. This created a stampede.
/ men the fire grew so hot that the
crowd was driven back several feet.
After the flames Subsided the people
il small groups sought their homes, |
DeileVlng that that the town was
ruined forever. Before morning. the !
campus was covered with snow. The |
stuffed animals that had been res
cued' from the burning building We're /
out there under the trees. There /
were the elephant, the rhinoceros,
the hippopotamus. bear antelope, and |
other wild beasts. One could almost
himself in the jungles of At
that there was snow ey-
erywhere. And the unsteady light
from the Pickering flames made the
scene one never to be forgotten. 1t
was this picture that | carried away
when left the campus at o'clock
in the morning"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
Johann Sebastian Racb

Johann Sebastian Bach (l6S5-l,50)
was decended from long line of mu.
sicians. His father was a violist a,
Eisenach, Johann's birthplace. Be-
cause OF the renown of this family in
Thuringia, the name of the Bachs''
Iii some places became synonymous
with that of town musicians.
Bach studied the violin with his
father and the harpsichord and or
gan with his brother. At the age of
Is he became town-organist at Arm
stadt. with leisure time for study and
writing. He was given leave to visit
Lubbock to hear the organ and choir
music OF veteran Danish organist
Outstaying his leave. he resigned his
former place and soon became court
organist and violinist to the Duke of
Weimar. Nine years later he became
ccurt-choirmaster at COethen under
the Prince of Anhalt-Coethen. In
1928 he was made cantor AT the
Thomasschule in Leipsic. Here he re-
mained until his death.
Ii was TO organ music that Bach
devoted his life. He had in the union
OF several keybOards the opportunity
for unlimited development denied
him in the stringed instrument. He
raised to perfection the choral-eIabor-
alton. the toccata and the fugue.
"Bach's music is as modern as if
i; were written today" said W. H.
Pommer. professor of music at the
University of Missouri His peren-
nial freshness is one of his great
est charms
Bach was the fountain head of
nlusic as was Chaucer in English lit
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
mas.
TO ADVERTISE VI. L. At HOME
Livingston County Club Will Give a
Dance at ChilliCOthe Christmas.

The Livingston County Club will
give a reception and dance to the jun
iOrs and seniors of the Chillicothe
High School during the holidays. The
exact date has not been decided on
An entertainment is always given at
this season of the year to arouse the
interest of the high school students
in the University. At a meeting last
night the Livingston County Club dis
cussed the entertainment.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06

Der of capable men. despite the fact
that We are not?
What powerful officers these elect
ed ones will then become, What a
powerful machine will be behind the
one who runs for such a powerful
office. What a following of appoint
nent seekers he will have. What a
mob of little politicians these ap-
pointment seekers will all be before
the election
Is that the only way We can make
the long ballot shortly leaving the
choice of the rest of the candidates
III the hands of one or two that We
ill actually elect? Can't We make
the big ballot smaller by splitting it
Up into several little ones. and run
them al different times
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
The Docket Editors Named.

The men who will have charge of
issuing this years docket. the stunt
publication by the students of the
School of Law. We're named yester-
day. They are: Lee Walker, CO.
lumbia. editor; Johnson B. Angle.
Bowling Green. business manager:
+. W. Jones. Columbia. assistant edi-
tor: c. G.. VOgt. Stanberry, art edi-
tor; j. K. Brown. Kansas City. assist
ant business manager: II. r. Doug
lass. Kansas City. assistant art edi-
tor.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
STORY EVENING THERE
Students of Christian College Give an
Entertainment,

Siuuents OF christian College Give an
Entertainment.
An evening of story and mono
logue' was given as an entertain
ment in costumes by The students in
the school of expression of Christian
College in the college auditorium
last night. The program consisted OF
the following numbers: Martha Hun
ter. '.As the Moon Rose: Blanche
Osborn, Her First PROPOSAL;
Frances Livingston. The Absent
Guest; Pauline Moore. The Sign O
the Cross" Elizabeth Gibbons, Alb
bie's Accounts" Martha Schwab.-,
Ann of Green Cables" Serene
Atchins, Santa Claus Assistant"
Lell Walker, "A Thanksgiving
Growl:" Gwynette Mitchell, The
VILLAGE Seamstress.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
ALI-SENIOR ELECTION FRIDAY
William Regan Has Been Chosen
From College of Agriculture.

The all senior class will hold a
meeting in the University auditorium
Friday night at 7:15 o'clock. The
purpose of the meeting is to elect an
all-SeniOr president. l.. O. Muench,
secretary of the junior class last year.
has called the meeting. as the presi-
dent of the class. J. F. Williams. is
not i'm school this year.
The seniors in the College of Agri-
culture elected William Regan last
night as their candidate for the Of
fee of all senior president of this
year.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06
keim'S Orchestra On a Trim.

keim's orchestra went to Mexico
yesterday afternoon to play at a the
ater there last night. The orchestra
is composed of Harold f. Keim,
leader; l.. r. DeMuth and F. f.
Wrightman
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-06

FOR RENT-Furnished room in a
modern house with board $3.50 per
week. 900 Price. 29-l
LOST.-Kappa Sigma pin, Initials
c. d. P. Return to Alumni head
quarters. "
LoST-Ladies watch. open face.
with fob. Phone 81S-White.
FOR RENT-Room and board for
boys: SIG q month.-S11 College nv
WANTED.-White woman or girl
TO nurse small child. References re-
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ROOM and board for two boys.
Mrs Wheat. I'll Missouri avenue.
FOh RENT.-Two furnished
rooms In modern house. Board or
light housekeeping. IL South 9Th
street. Phone 74s Green.
WANTED.-Student to pay $40
a month and do a little work for
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Ave
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Want Advertisements

LOST-A black rug muff on South
9Th. Locust. Broadway or Sixth street.
Call $50 green or return to Mrs. L.
T.. Hill, 1908 Hinkson for reward.
LOST.-BrOwn fur neck-piece; lost
on North bleacher at Kansas game.
Call 731 Red or return to 500 Range
Line for reward.
GIRL STUDENT wants to work for
board and room. CSC Green. - I.
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son. room 80. Lowry Hall. Liberal
reward
FOR RENT-Well furnished room
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Phoue 53S White.
FOR RENT-Three nice from,
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brown cameo in ladies head, with
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FOR RENT-Well furnished room
III modern house, COZ Seventh street
Phoue 53S White.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05
stepmother of Mint JuIep.


Romance and poetry have delighted
to weave garlands with which to cele-
brate and perpetuate the glory Of the
blue grass in old Kentucky, famed for
its fine horses, beautiful women and
mint
Kentucky has been designated as
the home of the mint julep, and it's
colonies have become famous all over
the world for the easy and graceful
way In which they drink whisky with
a little dash of sugar and sprig or
two Of mint in order, chiefly, to over
come the necessity for large amount
Of water in the beverage. The true
Kentuckian doesn't want his whisky
drowned.
It transpires, however, that the real
home of the mint and the mint julep
Is right here in Missouri, whose crop
of mint last year amounted to 1858
pounds, or enough to make 1,224,320
1uleps This amount includes the mar
keted product only, no account hav-
ing been taken Of the countless thou
sands of juleps which were compound
ed during the year with base Of the
undiluted moonshine whisky that
never paid cent Of tax.-St. Louis
Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05
On Horace's Sabine Farm

of the Licenza and wander on by road
as you must, and there Is no railway
you will come, some few miles fur
Their, to a great rock that springs alb
ruptly from the lower slopes and tits
over them at melodramatic angle.
This is "the citadel Horace had to
scale" to reach his house, and it marks
the boundaries of the farm. The only
difference is that the little brown vii
lage of Roccagloyine rises on top,
where of old stood the Temple Of
Vacuna, already In ruins when Horace
sat under it's shadow to write to his
friend in Rome. The little village has
done its best to meet its classical re-
sponsibilities, and has given the name
of the temple to it's piazza
Here still are the olives that pay the
Sabine farmer best, and the vines that
yield the rough little Sabine wine that
Horace has made more renowned than
many rarer vintage; here are the
hills where he wandered, and the
woods that gave acorns to his f1ocks
and dense shade to him: here the ST.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05
Cardinal Who Surprised Clerk

lish without an accent and as fault
lessly as the colonel himself.
'But the best illustration that l can
give you of the cardinals diversity, of
his practical nature, of his learning
and of his keen sense of humor Is to
tell you of an incident that occurred
during his American visit.
Some little time after he had been
here he mentioned one day that he
had become an expert in manipulating
the keys of typewriter, went on to
say that no foreign typewriter ma
chine could be compared with those of
American make, and finally expressed
a desire to be taken where he could
purchase a Yankee-made machine. He
was shown to warehouse, where he
would have wide range of choice.
CARRIED simply as a priest of the
church, and with no one suspecting
his identity, nor even that he was a
foreigner, because Of his proficiency in
English, the cardinal took his seat be-
fore the first machine showed him and
clicked off few sentences in English.
The clerk tolerantly smiled his ap-
prevail. Then, as though casually, but
with a perceptible twinkle in his eye,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05
Verses Written 1000 Years Ago Have
Made Spot in Valley of the
Licenza Famous.

A few verses written 1000 years ago
have made the little Valley of the LII
cenza one Of the most famous places
within easy reach of Rome, says the
London News. Had Maccenas been
less generous a patron, had he never
given the Sabine farm to Horace, had
Horace never told the world and his
friends how his days there were spent,
few would now make the classical ex-
cursion into the Sabine hills, though
time has not marred their beauty
The villa OF Horace has disappeared,
to the joy of scholars and archaeolo-
gists. who, as it is, can go on arguing
indefinitely over its exact site. But
the narrow valley, the stream running
through it and the enclosing hills are
as Horace left them, and as lovely
Now, as in his day, if you go from
Rome to Tivoli, and from TivoH to
Vicovaro. and here turn UP the valley
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05
NR1u .Nell1a s
M Ye3tfr,1l!q914Eg!!

the cardinal began writing in French.
This time the clerk smiled in a per-
plexed sort of way, and the cardinal,
ouick TO note the change, clicked off
some Italian. and right below 1t sever
al sentences in Spanish.
"Bv this time the poor clerk, and
the others who had come up, having
been attracted thither by the priests
expert manipulation OF the machine,
were utterly bewildered. Still, one Of
them managed to secure machine
canable Of writing German when the
cardinal politely asked for it, after
which that humorous twinkle still in
his ewes. he further mystified the Of.
fee by writing German as perfectly
and easily as he had the other lam
guages.
machine after machine the car
dinal tested in this polygot fashion, so
70 sneak At last he bought one that
suited him, and then, for the first
time the clerk who had waited on
him learned of the identity Of his dis
tinguished customer, the cardinal or
dering the machine sent to him at his
ADDRESS in Rome. And presume that
II ia upon an American typewriting
machine that, today he conducts much
of his polyglot correspondence"
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