Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-10
UNIVERSITY IN
BROOKLYN NEXT
Plan of Establishing In.
stitution There Serious
ly Considered

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beers OF the club have given the mat
fer a great deal 81 thought and have
even appointed a committee to map
ont plan Tor the new institution
0f learning A study OF the scone
and methods Of the existing rniver.
stiles and colleges convinced mem
hers cf that committee that all these
Institutions were based tpon wrong
principles and. for that reason they
could not hc expected 10 give the
very best results.
Tho members Of the committee pu-
.eir heads together and after care
. ard mature delibcration mapned
out plan for what they believe
would lo "The Ideal University q"
.h an IDEAL institution IN their
opinion should have within us con
MOI 600 fho means. equipment. know
ledge and wisdom necessary 10 as.
sist each individual successfully 10
10 hie mo work In accordance with
Dis natural endowment. II should
cover the entire range Of hand and
head activity and should take into
iis consideration the whole educa-
uonal life of student. from thre,
10 thirty years Of age Every chan
mel OF activity. every method OF in
strIciion. or control and direction
should be within the scope and con
tent OF this university idea. TIL
new university planned Is 10 be has
rd upon these fundamental ideas and
rho members Of the club are quite
enthusiastic over the plan which. the +,
believe Is quite feasible. They are
determined 10 use their energy and
influence 10 bring about the rcaliza
f.on OF their dream ~ making Brook
'yn the seat OF the worlds Ideal
University"
Notwithstanding the most positive
official assertions that tho evil OF
sraftins had been completely Grad
Gated from the police department
evidence crops out every now AMI
then which leaves but little doubt
that the DAYS Of grating IN the ro-
lice department Of the city are by
mo- means q thing Of The past. a
short time ago a man was lurcd int1
q dark hallway bv a strange woman
and there was grabbed and securely
held by two men. while the woman
went through his pockets and rcllcy
/ ed him Of s26 Ia cash and some Jew
elry. The victim called for help amt
IN a few moments a policeman ar
rived upon the scene. Although ne
robbed man made his complaint, tho
officer refused 10 make an arrest
The victim was indignant and when
another policeman arrived upon the
spot and also displayed but little in
terest In the matter. he threatened
10 report the matter 10 Police Com
missioner Waldo The threat work
cd like magic. hut not as the victim
OF the robbery had right to cypect
| The officer arrested him for disor.
DERBY conduct and took him and the
woman to the station. ALLOWING tn
I two men who had helped the woman
in the robbery 10 depart. When IN
prisoners were arraigned before Nag
istrate Freschi IN the Yorkville court
the man repeated his story while the
woman said that she paid 500 q
week to the police to be left undis
turbed and that she could not under.
stand WHY she had been arrested
The magistrate held the woman dis.
charged the man and ordered 900 in
7 vestigation into the case.
\ few weeks ago woman was
/ held up and robbed ly two mon as
/ she was leaving one of the banks
where she had inst draw several
hundred dollars Tho mon var. ar.
rested and iid NOT deny inc fact
that they had robbed the UI AN
+ They asserted. however THAT hey
had committed The robbery af IN,
request of two detectives me Am,
/ detectives who had arrested them
after The robbery The prisoner,
were SD positive iU thcir statement
that the district attorney has lacid-
ed 90 make q thorough Investigation
and 90 give the prisoners an oppor
tunity 10 identify the two detectives
II everything goes we'll the women
| Of New York NAV continue 10 veal
hobblo skirts without ovpcriencinl
any difficulty In the future In step
ping on surface cars. While the hob
bic craze was al It's height there wa.
a areat deal Of complaint on the par
OF tashionahly dressed women tina
the steps 81 the cars were too higl
10 be comfortably reached by passen
gers wearing hobblc skirts Man,
suggestions were made for overcom
. ing this difficulty. but nobody seem
ed 20 think ~ the simplest solution
70 abolish the foolish fashion Re
I Gently however. a car has been con
sirucied after an entirely neu rrin
. oIple and The tests with II have BEEF
. SO satisfactory that tho MANAGERS q
! the street railway system OF Ney
York have practically decided 70 IN
troduco these new cars on aiI sur
faao lines o. The city The most strlh
'"r now feature of These fohi 'es {
'H1' they have no steps 100 aIl The
a closed NJ both ends ana har
sIl.He doors IN tho middle thr0ur
.eHI.h r4ssanrars r.r .rt.r go tso,