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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
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der to produce the '.inscrutable
SMILE"
The mona Lisa" which hung fol
five years in the Salon Carre of the
Louvre in Paris, had suffered from
the hands of the restOrer; the red.
ness of the lips and face had disap-
peared, although the subtle smile and
wonderful hands were almost un-
spoiled.
The British Government once Of
fered million dollars for the paint
ing. but it was not to be purchased.
The stories about the subject of the
portrait and the unending discus
siOns as to the character shown
by the face and the meaning of the
smile have. apart from the painting s
undOubted value as a work of art,
made it subject of universal inter-
est.
On August 81, 1911, the picture
was missed from its place in the
Louvre. The guard thought the Off
cial photographer had taken it to
his studio to copy it. as he often did.
1t was not until late Tuesday even
ing that the guard announced the
picture had been stolen. After a
hasty search, the heavy frame was
found under stairway leading to
one of the cloakrooms. A scaffold
against the facade of the Louvre,
placed there in connection with the
installation of an elevator, made it
easy to enter or leave the building.
A person acquainted with the inter-
iOr and provided with keys to the
various rooms could easily reach the
Salon Carre where the picture hung.
Some say the portrait was stolen
as an object lesson, to show how
the keepers of the Louvre
were and how easily pictures could
be stolen. Others think perhaps an
artist has stolen it and will return a
reproduction and keep the original,
or that big reward will be demand
ed and at its payment the picture will
be returned in an indirect way after
the excitement has died down.
More romantic than any of these
is that Mona Lisa" is
another Helen of Troy. Some one
has fallen in love with her and in |
desperation carried her off to his Sc
ret altar where he can worship her |
away from the stare of the crowds |
and jealOusly guard her from the |
eyes of other wOrshipers.
Wherever Mona Lisa is hidden,
she is carefully guarded, for no trace
has been found; and Paris, as we'll as |
thousands of sightseers who have
sazed upon her beauty, are still |
and talking of her disap-
,earance. s. L.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
o IMPROVE CATTLE SHED
Building on State Farm to Have New
Concrete Floor.

Building on State Farm to Have New
Concrete Floor.
The cattle shed on the College
Farm will soon be remodeled and re.
arranged. The contract for laying
a concrete floor 29S feet long and
feet wide in the alleyway of this shed
was let yesterday to the Home Grani-
told Company of Columbia. This
work will be started Monday and
when finished new managers will be
put in and the lots will be made uni
form in size.
This shed is used mainly for ex-
perimental purposes and is being re-
to make it better for this
work.
Last winter it housed 1876 ewes
which were on an experiment to de-
termine the best ration for the win
ter months and twenty-four steers
to determine the relative value of
different nitrogenous concentrates
when fed with corn and clover hay
and corn and silage. 1t also furnished
winter quarters for the show herd of
the College of Agriculture and for
part of the herd of beef cattle.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
MORE FUNDS FOR SOIL SURVEY
Passage Of Agricultural Bill Means
Continuation of Work.

Passage of Agricultural Bill Means
Continuation of Work.
The agricultural bill which passed
the Senate last Thursday means that
the Experiment Station of the Col
lege of Agriculture will get the usual
sum of $4,000 from the Hatch fund
and $4,000 from the Adams fund.
The College of Agriculture will also
get more in an indirect way through
the appropriation for the work in
soil survey.
Four government men of the soil
survey department are working in
cooperation with four men of the
College of Agriculture here. The
passing of this bill means that this
work will be continued. Govern
ment men are also working in coop
Grafton with men of the College of
Agriculture in the dairy department
This work will also be continued by
the passing of this bill.
The house committee reported un-
animously in favor of the Lever ap-
preparation bill. This bill provides
a great increase in the appropriation
for the colleges of agriculture of the
United States.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Twenty Expected to Attend Y. NJ. G.
A. Conference From Here.
Eight University men have signi-
fed their intention of attending the
Y. NJ. C. A. Student Conference at
Lake Geneva. Wis, June IA to 3d.
They are: G. A. Goodson, o. F. Field,
v. C. FOllenius, A. J. Accola. E. M.
Staude, e. p. Steele, C. B. Savage
and E. l.. Overhelser. Twenty men
are expected to make the trip.
The Y. NJ. c. A. camp is on the
north shore of Lake Geneva. Back
of it on level plateau, is the Yerkes
Observatory of the University of
Chicago, where the largest refracting
telescope in the world is located. To
the left of the camp lies the athlet-
ic field with its bleachers, baseball
diamonds. running tracks and tennis
courts.
hS Pio6i Oil a. 10
o'clock in the morning with a swim
in the lake. After the dip and the
twenty-minute morning watch comes
the call of the breakfast bell, fol-
lowed by Bible and mission studies
until IL o'clock, when there is
general meeting of all of the dele
gates.
Luncheon is next with all of the
delegates seated at the same table.
The afternoons are devoted to ath-
letics and there are many interstate
contests in every sport. In these
Missouri will be represented by prob
ably 1870 men.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The story of Mona Lisa" has been
recalled to the minds of the art Low.
ers in Columbia by the purchasing OF
wonderful reproduction ever
a wonderful reproduction by the Uni.
versity of Missouri. 1T is the finest
ever made" said DIR. John Pickard
when it was first shown. "If it could
be hung by the side of the original
critics could scarcely tell which was
the original and which the reproduc-
tiOn."
The artist. Leonardo da Vinci, was
one of the greatest masters of the
High Renaissance and he was also
celebrated as sculptor, architect, en-
gineer and scientist. He was born
at Vinci. mountain town in France
in 1852, the illegitimate son of Ser
PierO da Vinci, a Florentine notary,
and Catarina, peasant woman. His
bOyhOOd days were spent under the
care of his paternal grandparents at
Vinci. Afterwards. he lived in Flor
ence with his father and was treated
as a legitimate son on the same foot
ing with Ser Piers younger children.
He received the best education Flor
ence could afford. Personally he was
singularly handsome and powerful
in physique, possessing both social
and intellectual charm.
Leonardo visited in Milan in 1882
and remained there until 1899 in
the service of LOdOvicO il Moro. 1t
was here that he painted his master
piece. the Last Supper" wall dec
oration in the Monastery of Santa
Maria delle Grazie, Milan. Owing
chiefly to his use of oil colors' di-
rectly on the wall, to neglect and to
the vandalism of monks and soldiers,
only ruin of the grand original re-
mains. He painted other pictures
during his stay in Milan but most of
them have been lost.
1t was several years later, after he
returned to Florence that he paint
ed the portrait of Mona Lisa" per-
haps the most celebrated portrait in
the world. She was the third wife
of the FlOrentine, francesca del
whence the name La
JOcOnde" by which the picture is
known in France. RumOrs of
LeOnardo's infatuation for this
beautiful woman have never been
verified but several other sketches
and another painting We're found of
which she evidently was the model.
He spent intervals of four years
painting Mona Lisa" The sittings
were short because he could paint !
only when Mono smiled. The artist
IS said to have employed musicians
md testers to perform nearby in or
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN CONTEST
Seven Pupils Will Compete for De-
clamatOry Prizes.


The declamatory contest of the
grammar schools of Columbia will be
held tonight in the high school au-
ditOrium. Jefferson, Benton, Lee and
Grant schools are entered. There are
two prizes for girls and two for boys.
First prize S. and second $2.50
The following are the contestants
and their subjects: Fren Petty,
BILLY Brad and the Big Lie; Roy
Kistler, THE News Boy; Roy Well
don, Where Ignorance is Bliss;
BOQua Vandiver. las the Moon
Rose; Anna Hill. HAS Mr.. Simpson
Took Care of the Baby; Mary C.
Hanna. Aunt Galoria's Marriage
Certificate; William Taylor. tom
Sawyer's Love Affair.""
Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, Miss
Meta Eitzen and N. T. Gentry are
the judges. The high school orches-
ira will play.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
AN APPRECIATION.

The spelling bee has come and
gone. and someone has already won
the hundred dollars. But We cannot
leave it without at least a word of
laudatiOn of the young man who so
pObly carried off the first honors
in this verbal inquisition.
Does the reader know what it
means to win in state spelling bee?
Big dictionaries had to be explored
from cover to cover, to find words
hard enough to ask these youthful
contestants. They had gone beyond
any yellow-backed speller ever COM
piled. The governor himself called
the words, and county school super
intendents were there as thick as
flies All this is enough to scare
the spelling of primer words out of
any boy or girl. But the words
themselves! Syszygy. outrageous.
Daguerreotype and Cuirassier, and
others of a like color. We fear to
quote more.
Speaking of the pronunciation of
these words, we cannot pass it with
out a word for the man who called
them. Governor Hadley did it for
a while. His ability to do this be-
speaks his high erudition. his ex-
tensive literary acquaintance and
thorough familiarity with the Eng
lish vocabulary; attributes entirely
befitting the highest executive of this
grand state.
But the spoilers! We can foresee
for them a life of useful citizenship
with noble aspirations. Nothing but
success can await those who have
successfully mastered the intricate
differences between lie and Ell, and s
and IS. Nothing but ascendancy
can await those who are able to
catch the elusive letters in a letter.
burdened word. and below it out to
the satisfaction of collection of
pedagogues.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

students study the principles of for
estry at the University, but the
practical application of those prin-
ciples is carried out in the woods.
The forest is the laboratory of the
Forestry students. Courses will be
given in forest methods of surveying,
laying out of logging roads and
trails. estimating timber for cord
wood and board feet, and in the care
and protection of forests from fire
and disease.
This summer course in forestry is
also open to lumbermen and woods
men who wish to learn the methods
used by fOresters.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
A Bank
for Minutes:

Ever wonder how
some students always get
good grades? 1t is be.
cause they are minute
bankers. That does not
mean that they are grinda
No, they have as much
spare time as anyone
But they save the work.
ing minutes.
The Coop is one kind
of a minute bank. II
saves time for you. You
can get the things you
want to buy without
making a single extra step
by coming through the
store as you 60 to classes
or the library. The min.
utes you save these next
two busy weeks are the
ones that will get your
grade. Bank your min
uteS.
he Store T0@-
Yeur Door SO-Op
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The president of the junior class
at Wellesley was recently sent to a
celebration in a box by express. The
sOphOmOres had planned to capture
her and prevent her attendance. The
box was labeled "Books-Handle
With Care"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The cadet corps of the University
of Nebraska. consisting of two reg
iments and numbering 500 men,
spent last week in camp at Crete, fif-
ty miles from Lincoln.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The University of Michigan has an
enrolment of 5,582. Every state in
the Union and twenty-seven foreign
countries are represented in the stu
dent body. The College of Arts and
Science has more than 1900 and the
School of Law nearly 1000 in at
tendance.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
Seventy Years Ago

Seventy Years Ago.
The summer session of the Univer-
sity of Missouri began with a small
enrolment.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The University of Kansas has sent
out $500 package libraries" on wO-
man suffrage. These libraries con-
sist of collections of articles clipped
from magazines and periodicals
which come to the University libra
ry.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

day they should be burned in one
great bonfire. symbolic of the pass
ing of their freshman year.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Fifty Years Ago.
William Vaughn was appointed
postmaster at Hallsville.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

A woman student at Cornell Col
lege, Mount Vernon, Iowa, was
drowned last week while canoeing.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The University of Nebraska has
under construction three new build
ings. medicine, law and plant indus
try, at the cost of $25S.OOO.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
From, Other Colleges

Ten members of the Yale facult,
will go to Peru this summer tt
search for ruins of the ancient Incas
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Thirty Years Ago.
Two prisoners broke out of the
Boone County Jail.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

The student council at Depauw
University decided that the freshmen
should wear their green caps on
Tuesday of this week and on Thurs
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

There are forty colleges in thu
United States whose presidents arr
Yale graduates.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Four hundred and forty students.
representing 100 colleges. are en-
rolled in the graduate school at Yale.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Three hundred juniors at Yalt
stood bareheaded in driving rain
May 16. waiting to be tapped" OF
the head by three senior secret so
cieties. Forty-five received tn.
coveted tap"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Phone 55 for Circulation Depart
ment.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Harvard now has an endowment of
$25.OOO.OOO and an income of $2,-
100000 annually. Nearly $1S.OOO,-
900 is in stocks and bonds and the
remainder in real estate.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Michigan leads in the number of
its alumni in congress-twenty sew
en-. Harvard is second with sixteen
and Yale and Virginia tie for third
place.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23
Echoes of Yesterday
Five Years Ago.

Five Years Ago.
A walnut pulpit was presented to
the Calvary Episcopal Church of
Columbia by ]. T. Fyfer in memory
of his wife.
Mrs. c. L. Torbitt, ten years prin-
cipal of the Jefferson School of Co.
lumbia, resigned.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

Ten Years Ago.
An appropriation of $1,000 was
made by Congress to purchase a site
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

EIGHT TO LAKE GENEVA. WIS.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-05-23

for a post-ofiice building in Colum-
bia. The money necessary for the
building was to be appropriated at
another session of Congress.
Robert w. Russell of Cameron,
Mo-, was elected track captain at the
University for the next year.
Twenty Years Ago.
The Missouri Supreme Court de-
cided that Columbia could own and
operate a municipal water and light
plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-08

Yes, he was the big man Of the VII
lage in all ways.
He paid the most taxes and pew
rent.
He made or unmade the Fourth Of
Julys.
If there was mud puddle in the
middle of Main street, it rested with
him whether it should be filled up or
not.
He made money plenty or scarce in
the town.
He was then living with his third
wife, and she stood in awe of him.
He would take no political office,
but all local elections went as he die
tated.
There were a few things more that
I cannot remember, but he surely was
a great mana very great man. I had
to believe it, and the tavern landlord
corroborated me by saying:
by heck, but Judge Bolton ought to
be in the United States senate. and hope
to live to see him there"
My adopted father called to see me
twice day, and always brought with him
some hoarhound coughdrops for my
minute. At every meeting reminded him
more and more of his dead son. At every
meeting he seemed more and more my
adopted father.
was waiting for Judge Bolton to
spring his little game, and the date fin
ally arrived.
MY SON. he said in voice that quiv-
cred with love and affection, 'I have not
yet informed you that 1 deal in real
estate"
But you are going to. father"
II am. 1 was saving it as a glad sur
prise. Jeems you have money in the
bank
"a few scass, father"
But they are drawing no interest, and
all around us banks tottering to their
fall Any morning you may wake up a
penniless young man.
you scare me, father
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-08
NOTES OF MEETING.

The Commercial club is exhibiting
true western hospitality in its plans
for the entertainment of hundreds or
Kansas teachers. Rooms at headquar-
tiers are thrown open, an information
bureau is maintained, pamphlets are
distributed, and apartments for the
teachers are found. ]. Will Kelly, sec
rotary of the organization, has been
preparing this reception for weeks.
Two hundred lunched at the club
Thursday noon. The Commercial club
had charge Of the concert given last
night at the Auditorium-one of the
most successful musical events Of the
year.
NO child" declared DIR. PercivaI
Chubb in his address to the English
teachers of the Kansas association,
should be brought up in a city. Amer
lean people choose their places of
abode without consideration for one
of the principal objects of their exist
ence, the rearing of children" Mr.
Chubb's speech, which concerned the
education of the young, was followed
by the address of superintendent A. K.
LOOMS on Criticism OF Grade Eng
lish," and interesting reports from
Superintendent ]. W. Roberts,, of
Sedan, and Prof. E. NJ. Hopkins, of
Kansas university.
superintendent r. l. Rust, of Wash
ington county, came in Wednesday.
Reported that he was elected by a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-08

majority of 500 with the county going
Democratic by a majority of 60O
County superintendent Edna
Whitney, of Doniphan county, is here
attending the sessions.
County Observation-Disclosures Sudie
Anderson, of Jefferson county, came in
with q large delegation from that
county this morning.
Superintendent-elec J. Calvin Ran
kin, of Edwards county, came in with
a number of other teachers from that
part of the state.
Superintendent c. A. Dearborn, of
Burlingame, member of the auditing
committee, came in early Wednesday
to attend the officers banquet.
DR.. James r. Jewell of E;nDOria, re-
ported that EnpOria alone brought in
a special train of seven coaches carry
ing over 500 teachers.
Miss Vide Fetherengill, superintend-
ent-elect Of Allen county, a lady of
Sc years of continuous experience in
rural work, came in Thursday morn
ing in company with her friend, Mrs.
z. W. Miller, the present county super
intendent of Allen county.
Superintendent John Lofty, of Salina,
arrived Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
at the head of a delegation of 300
teachers, who came in a seven coach
Union Pacific special from Salina,
Junction City and Manhattan.
s. w. McGarrah, superintendent of
the Blue Rapids schools, is here with
a goodly proportion of his teachers.
superintendent Eta Joe Mccoy of
Franklin county arrived yesterday to
serve as a member of the resolutions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-08

committee. Miss Mccoy reported the
arrival of one hundred teachers from
Franklin county this morning.
County Superintendent-elec June
/Caruthers of Brown county arrived on
yam early train this morning.
Superintendent ]. A. Ray of Marion
came in this morning with hundred
teachers and a. big school board dele
cation from his county.
Superintendent D. G. Porter of Con-
cordia arrived this morning with a
delegation of twenty-five teachers.
Superintendent A. F. Center of
Great Bend brought in a good delega-
ton from his city this morning.
Principal A. NJ. Thoroman of the
Chase county high school came in
from Cottonwood Falls this morning
with all his teachers.
superintendent c. E. st. John of
Marion brought his teaching corps of
fourteen teachers to Topeka this
morning.
Superintendent A. I. Decker of Ere
donia arrived in Topeka to attend the
session.
The lists of oldest teachers of the
state were furnished President Waters
by the county superintendent and col
lege presidents. President Waters de-
sires it understood that if any veteran
educators are omitted that they have
a very cordial invitation to be present
on the Auditorium stage during the
Kansas program tomorrow at 10
o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-08
JUST "JEEMS.
He Meets Up With Fatherly Con-
fiding Man.

Having received the tip that the
sheriff of a certain county in Con-
necticut wanted to see me about turn
ing a highway guide post around so
that the sign read IA miles to Hart
ford" I took wing and flew along un-
til came to a village promising the
necessary secluSion and happiness
AS 1 entered the village tavern l
worked up a cough to fit a young man
with one lung gone from consump-
ton and the landlord came forward
with a genial smile and extended hand
and said:
welcome to our midst, young man!
Won have come to our balmy climate
to be drawn back from the grave.
That's my fond Intentions, L says
after coughing some more
'We'n cure you in month. You
lust imagine that you have got chick
enpox instead of consumption, ana
I'll do the rest"
your words encourage me-"
That's right, and so will the NUT
ton stews for dinners Nothing like
mutton stews to give you new lease
of life Room and board IS per, and
you can cough, spit, sing, lie and stay
out nights as late as you wish
Are there any bad people in this
town?" I asked.
Nary one. This atmosphere makes
'em tired
with bad men,"
mo danger"
"Ah-ha, I would that more young
men asked me the same question
Three churches, sir, and Bible and
a HMM book in every guest room in