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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
HIGH SCHOOL DAY.

1t has been predicted that the enroll
ment at the University will be 1000
in 1915. One of the causes of this in
creased enrolment is High School
Day. 1t is one of the greatest factors
for attracting students that the Uni
versity has.
High School Day shows the high
school students what the University is.
Many of them have a mistaken idea
of what college men look like, how
they dress and how they act. If they
are pleased with the impression they
get on their visit many of them Will
come here to school.
If a good crowd comes here every
year for High School Day. the 1915
enrolment will never stop at 1000.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

came in for their share of praise for
their beauty. But what the visitors
liked best was the buildings that are
on the quadrangle and covered with
vines.
There Is the prettiest building I've
seem" said one woman, and she pointed
to the old Mechanic Arts Building
which is now a mass Of vines and
leaves. Il think Columbia the most
beautiful town / ever saw" she con-
tinued. There are more pretty trees
and walks here than I ever saw any
where. There is so much shade. The
trees make you think you are In the
country rather than a small-sized
CITY,"
A man, who has son in school here.
remarked that after all he guessed it
was hard to study where there were
SO many beautiful things to look at
other than books and maybe his son
couldn't be blamed SO much for not
studying with all other attractions that
are here-and he did not refer to the
goods, either.
One newspaper man who owns a
farm was much pleased with the
dairy barn and all the buildings about
the State Farm.
They're good enough for a man
to live in," he said as he looked
at the stalls that the cows are put
in at the dairy barn. THE agricul-
tural students should learn to make
things attractive about their homes If
nothing else" he said. Il never saw
such cleanliness about everything"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
HYPNOTISM NO LONGER A MYSTERY
What Was Once the Showman's Art Is Now
Explained By Psychologists and Used By
Physicians in Curing Diseases

scribed accurately the place where the
cocaine was hidden.
HypnOtism Used by Doctors.
Hypnotism is being used extensively
in the practice of medicine, Doctor
Meyer says, in the treatment OF func-
tional diseases. Very seldom, how
ever, are patients put in a deep
hypnotic states but suggestions are
made to them in the first stages. 1t
is said that if person has bad
habit he wishes to be rid of. he may
as he is about yielding to slumber for
the night resolve to break it and he
will find it easier to carry out his res
olution the next day.
A subject can be made to perform
long after the hypnosis has ended.
You may be told in hypnotic spell,
says Doctor Meyer, ito go at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon to friend, stand
on one leg and repeat the alphabet.
This you will do although the spell
may have ended long ago."
This fact has been taken by some
to prove that persons often commit
crimes at the suggestion of others who
have hypnotized them some time before.
That never occurs" says Doctor
Meyer. THE only persons who would
do this would be feeble-minded per-
sons and criminals. Besides, the
guilty one who suggested the crime
would probably be caught anyway"
Hypnotism should not be demon
strated in shows, Doctor Meyer be-
lieves. 1T should not be made play
thing to be trified with, for this might
have serious consequences. 1t is just
like saying. Come pay 10 cents and
see a drunk man. The principle is
the same although the drunken man is
not quite so unusual a sight as a
hypnotized person. Perhaps though
one may be as common as the other
in the future. Who knows?" M. L.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
GOOD FROM EVIL.

In commenting on the verdict which
found a negro prize fighter guilty of
violating the Mann Act, Prosecuting
Attorney Parkin predicted that the
conviction would result in much
needed reform.
The verdict is a forerunner," said
Mr.. Parkin. "of laws to be passed which
forbid miscegenation. This negro's
misfortune is TO be the foremost ex-
ample of the evil in permitting inter-
marriage of whites and blacks. He
has violated the law Now il is his
function to teach others that the law
must be respected"
This warning and advice should not
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
THE MISSOURI HEN.

A government field station for the
study of the Missouri hen and her eggs
is to be established at Sedalia. Labo-
ratory studies will be made in an
effort to stop the $45,OOO,O00 annual
waste due to poor packing and i'm
proper care of eggs.
1t has been estimated that $50 mil
lion eggs are laid each year in Mis-
souri,. With a government laboratory
for the study of increased production
of eggs and the care of them, Missouri
should soon be even more famous as
a poultry state.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
Wants Club and Cafeteria Separated

Wants Club and Cafeteria Separated
Editor the Missourian: In your
story yesterday about the members Of
the University Dining Club asking the
Dormitory Board to do away with the
services of Stanley Sisson, the state
ment is made that the petition pre-
sented to the Dormitory Board il a
protest against the Cafeteria. I
helped draw up the petition and the
clause referring to the Cafeteria
reads: Separate the Cafeteria from
the Club entirely. We think the
Cafeteria has place in the University
community and should be maintained
but it should be put on a separate
basis and should not depend on the
club for its existence"
The men of the club do not want
the Cafeteria put out of business
The Cafeteria was established with the
clubs money without consent of the
club men. Today the club men fur
nish the working capital for the Cafe
terra, an institution competing with
the club. These, among other things.
are reasons for our objections.
Is 1t not fair to ask that the Cafe
terra be put on a separate basis?
CLUB MAN.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
THE PRESIDENT As A REFORMER

i
Perhaps no administration in the his
tory of the Nation ever began its
duties under more auspicious con-
ditions, and in all likelihood no single
administration ever instituted more de-
partures from custom during the first
two months of its service than the
administration which is now in its
third month.
Here are seventeen changes insti-
tuted by the President:
Intoxicating drinks have been ban
ished from the White House dinners.
Vice-President Marshall and Secretary
Bryan and other cabinet officers have
followed suit. The President in per-
son delivered his message to Congress.
No office-seekers will be seen by him
unless they are invited. Reporters
are permitted to quote the President
directly in interviews. Cabinet meet
ings will be held only when there is
something to discuss. The Presidents
aid is to dress in civilians attire.
Proceedings of cabinet meetings will
be made public. When the President
goes to the theater, he will go as any
body else and will buy his tickets.
His box will not be adorned and the
national anthem will not herald his
arrival. On Sunday the White House
is to be closed to the public and the
Wilson family will, as heretofore, have
a cold Presbyterian supper. When he
goes to church, he does not send out
advance announcements. If he sees a
crowd at the church entrance, he will
20 elsewhere. And SO on down to the
fact that he shaves himself.
With all of these departures from
established precedent, the administra-
ton has been remarkably free from
criticism. Since March fifty million
or more critics have been ION the
job" looking for something to con-
denim. So far. hardly single word
of criticism has been heard. Even the
banishment of liquor from the White
House. a question which during the
Hayes administration made many
doubtful of the fate of the Republic,
caused scarcely a ripple Of excitement.
Even Colonel Henry Watterson's pa
per. the Louisville Courier-Journal,
commends this action by saying:
Nothing could be more truly repre-
sentative of American society in the
broader sense than a dinner without
drinks"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
BIGGEST PLAYGROUND OPENS
COney Island Once More the Scene Of
ThrOngs.

ThrOngs.
By United Press.
NEW YORK, May 19.-Perennial
Coney Island, Americas biggest play
ground, always old yet always new,
is "open" again. Nobody knows just
what Coney Island does when it opens,
because nobody ever yet discovered it
closed, but the other day they had their
official opening anyway. Like the YER
nal equinox and the summer solstile,
one must tell Coney's opening by the
almanac, not by the eye or the ear.
Weeks before the formal date thous-
ands of men, women and children
throng Surf avenue and the Bowery
every Sunday afternoon, and for weeks
after the sound of the hammer is
heard in the land, completing be-
lated attractions.
Coney Island is a psychological
chameleon. The Islands chameleon
quality lies in its ability to match
your mood-to be just what you think
it is. Coney is just as young or just
as old as the visitor feels. If you go
there jaded and cynical and with
critical eye, Surf avenue will be cheap
and tawdry and badly in need of
paint, while all you will see will be
a mob of impossible people whose con-
tact and laughter will irritate you be-
yond measure. The silly barkers in
front of the attractions will appeal to
you as about the worst near-come-
dians you ever saw. Roller coaster,
picture shows, photo galleries, cane
racks and other catch penny places
will be the same as you saw last year
and the year before and two years ago.
You'll wonder why you went to such
cheap silly place as Coney.
But the next time, what a change!
Coney has changed? No, but you have.
You feel fresh and enthusiastic, and
the old island meets you half way.
Such delightful crowd. You didn't
know there were SO many fresh clean
faces and bright laughing eyes in all
New York. And everything is funny.
The ballyhoos whom you thought hear
comedians before are silvery tongued
orators. They could talk the birds
right out of the trees. You know your
weight to an ounce but can't resist the
little fellow who wants to weigh you
for a penny. The roller coaster is the
most exhilarating ride you ever had
and everything is new and freshly
painted.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
PASTEUR STATUE RANKS FIRST.

Newspaper of Paris viii Determine
the Twenty Most Popular.
By United Press.
PARIS, May 19.- There are too
many statues in Paris, it is charged,
so a morning newspaper is carrying
on a contest to find out what twenty
statues should be retained, were II
decided that number is sufficient for
the French capital. The present
standing is Pasteur $3.50 votes;
Jeanne dare 2.192; Napoleon 2,053;
Victor Hugo 1924; Gambetta, Henry
w, Charlemagne, voltaire, Moliere, La
Fontaine, Gutsenberg, Corneillo. La
Fayette. Parmeniter, Dumas, Ney, Col
ber and Richelieu following in the
order name.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
DAY OF NOISE IN RUSSIA
Powder Worth ssOO,OO0 Shot Away for
Gar Nicholas.


By United Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 1.-two
hundred thousand dollars worth of
powder was shot away today through
out Russia in celebration Of the forty
fifth birthday of Gar Nicholas. 1t was
estimated that 100000 worth Of pow
der was used in firing hourly salutes
at the fortress of st. Peter and Paul
and during the morning celebration In
st. Petersburg. Thanksgiving services
were held in all the Greek orthodox
churches and a great military and
naval parade was held later. After
wards the Car reviewed his royal
guard and received official deputations.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

The Columbia High School annual,
the "Cresset", will be placed on sale
next Friday. The book this year has
10" pages with many sketches and
photographs.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
ALL WERE SINCERE, TOO
Journalism Visitors Exclaim, "What ,
"Beautiful City"

Approximately 300 visitors saw the
University Of Missouri and its build
ings and grounds last week while
they were here for Journalism Week.
Few of the 300 failed to say some
thing about the beauty and well-kept
appearance Of the grounds and of Co
lumbia. All were impressed with the
fact that things were done on such a
large scale at the state institution
which they consider their own.
The Agricultural Building and the
new Chemistry and Physics Buildings
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
4 GLIMPSE OF SCHERMERHORN
Personality Reflected in His Talk and
Accomplishments.

Personality Reflected In His Talk and
Accomplishments.
To be a humorist, it has been said,
one must possess a great mind, great
spirit and a wonderful personality.
Few men can make you laugh and
before the last "ha. ha," before the
smile even begins to fade, can make
you reach for your handkerchief and
cry.
1t panied President Lincoln when a
man would say: "Mr. President, tell
us one of your stories" Mr.. Lincoln
never told a story for the story's
sake but, for the moral that he wished
to emphasize. Another such a man
who has a wonderful way in driving
his message home with humor and
who can change to pathos and SYM
pathy SO easily is James Schermer-
horn, editor of the Detroit Times.
Mr.. Schermerhorn spoke on keep
ing the Faith in Journalism" but he
could have spoken. equally well on
"Humor." Few audiences ever
laughed so hard and long in one min
ute or thought so deeply in the next as
did the audience Friday night.
He told of the uphill fight the De-
troit Times had made in the face of
all opposition amid the sneers and
criticisms of his competitors; how,
year after year, the paper that he was
trying to run based on the principles
of the Sermon of the Mount lost
thousands and thousands of dollars.
The paper was intended for the COM
mon man and the common mans well
fare. One could easily guess even in
those dark days of adversities that
smile that always fingers on his face
was there.
Had you seen that old, worn Bible
he handled SO carefully when pack
ing his suit case and heard him say,
"A good knowledge of the Bible,
Shakespeare, political economy, his
tory and law is what every journalist
ought to have" you would no longer
ask what is necessary to be a good
journalist. You would know the ulti-
mate object in running a paper on
the beatitude principle.
THE profession of journalism Of
fers a great field for service: it has
a higher goal than a mere stepping
stone, a tool for politicians. The day
of the average man has arrived in
political life. There is coming to be
a response on the part of advertisers
to this beatitude. square-deal kind of
journalism" said Mr.. Schermerhorn.
Its fine to be in a college town to
feel the spirit of youth around you.
Education is the only thing worth
while. Don't You know when l speak
to students | somehow wish that
could tell them what l feel, but words
are inadequate. l would tell them
this: You're here for purpose;
don't let the light side absorb you.
Don't let athletics and society over
shadow the other better things, and
l think that every student ought to do
some work, some vocational work;
then he will know values. That's
what | want my boy to do. Yes, he
is going to be a journalist
I'm so glad that you could not get
cab," he remarked as he left the
Dana Press Club to go to the station.
a walk through the campus in a
night like this is a treat. Why.
often walk to my home from the
/ Times office in Detroit. a distance of
four miles. It's great exercise"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

20 unheeded. All right thinking men
white and black, cannot fail to recog-
nize the danger in wanton mixing OF
the races. Under natural and normal
circumstances miscegenation would be
rare, and preventive legislation would
be unnecessary. But, because of such
cases as the one in question. where
perverted white females were lured by
money to sacrifice decency and race
respect, the law should assume con-
troll.
II men everywhere will rise to the
occasion and see that this much-needed
legislation is enacted, the career OF
this negro, revolving as it has been
will act as a warning and result in
much good.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
Peace Day In Public Schools.

by UnIteU PreSS.
NEW YORK, May 19.-Peace Day
was celebrated in the public and pri-
vate schools here today. Local off,
cials of the National Peace Associa-
tion were in charge of the celebration
here, and planned similar celebrations
in public and private schools through
out the nation.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

Girl Ball Player Leaves Hospital.
Miss Georgena Clark, who was hurt
in a baseball game Friday. was able
to leave the hospital Saturday.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
FOB SALE

FOR SALE-Modern 1O-room house,
sleeping porch. high basement with
sranitoid door. large yard with barn.
etc. Excellent location opposite State
Farm residence. Terms very reason
able. s11 College avenue. Phone sos
req. (tf)
FOR SALE-One Flemish oak din
ing table. one sewing machine and
other household goods, all in excellent
condition. 202 Thilly avenue. Phone
772 red. fdat,
FOR SALE-Modern six-room house
on Rosemary lane. Not yet finished.
Large sleeping porch. living porch and
breakfast porch, hardwood floors.
Easy terms. Inquire of Mrs. ]. H.
Crews' 600 Conley. (d6t)
(d6t)
FOR SALE-Moern six-room house
on Rosemary lane. Not yet finished.
Large sleeping porch. living porch and
breakfast porch. hardwood floors.
Easy terms. Inquire of Mrs. J. H.
crews. GOO Conley. (d6t)
WANTED-Students for private les
sons in Bookkeeping. Shorthand and
Typewritins. Terms reasonable Phone
500. rO
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

TO RENT-Furnished house during
summer months; modern; within three
blocks of University. Phone 11O4
green or address "B" University Mis-
sOurian. nm
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
BOARD AND ROOM

WANTED TO RENT-A five or six
room house. close to University. Ad-
dress H. D. Kearby, Savannah, Mo.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

TO RENT-Unfurnished rooms, "a:
furnished rooms. 81. sos Conley
phone 44S white. (tfD
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

WANTED-To help with sewing.
Phone 244 Red.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

DANCING lessons given privately.
sos Conley. AS white. fd2x1
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19

LOST-A tan linen coat. Finder
bring to School Of Journalism and
receive reward. (d2n
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
MISCELLANEOUS

WANT TO TRADE-Four nice farms
for town property. Come and see M.
batterton and Estes. (d14t)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-19
Classified Want Ids.

he cost OF Mssouran want ads is but half cent word
day. They bring greater results proportion to cost than
any other form of advertising Phone your wants to S.
Sharp County record., 1913-12-12
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Nero. 60.
What John H. Page Says

In his weekly letter to farmers
Commissioner of Agriculture John
H. Page says:
The matter of seed selection
should not be overlooked by the
farmers Too many do not attach
enough Importance to the seed they
plant. All will agree that better
horses, COWS and hogs, can be pro.
duced by better breeding, and by
selecting the best types for breeding
purposes.
| want to remind the farmers
that what is true of breeding in ami.
NAL life is in large measure true
of breeding in vegetable life, SC
far as improvement is concerned
Of course, it is not expected that
every farmer will become a seed
breeder, any more than he would be-
come a stock breeder, but II every
farmer will exercise care In the Sc.
lection of his seed for planting, It
will amount to thousands of dollars
in the output next year,
A good stand means much. The
land is to cultivate anyway, and II
Is just as hard to cultivate where
there Is a poor stand as where there
Is a good one There Is room for
1890 hills Of corn or cotton on one
acre without crowding, Ifyour seed
Is bad and you lose ten per cent Of
your stand you will be loser ten
per cent of a full crop In the fall,
Think how much dS0 hills of corn
would make, or the same in cotton,
for that matter,
Do not fall to turn your corn land
this month If you can possibly do so.
Prepare a good seed bed by deep
plowing and the disk II will help
to hold the moisture next summer
when you need It, Turn under all
the vegetable matter you can,
Deep fall plowine will be much
better than deep spring plowine,
Il will give the stalks, grass and
vegetable matter a chance to rot,
and thus help the soil and cultivation
Sharp County record., 1913-12-12
FROM OyERSEER THEO. STEELE

Editor Record;-On Wednesday
morning of the last week in Novem-
Der, 1918, began work on the Line
Hill in Sullivan township. After
having worked about one hour,
Judge Allen Gay came on the road.
Before the judge arrived had begun
hauling rock, preparing for a solid
rock bed. He inquired why was
not using the road grader, and | told
him had tried it, but without any
success, But he, not yet willing to
admit that the money spent for road
graders in this township is a failure,
insisted that we try it on that hill.
! consented, asking him to remain,
with me throughout the day and
show us how the grader could be
used to an advantage in this town
ship.
judge Gay said he would do so,
and took charge of the road hands
while went to Cave City for the
grader and returned with the same
He then tried to round up the GRADE
that had been built some time AGO
but made an entire failure.
The Judge, not yet willing to
give 1t up" proposed that we try
some road that had never been
graded, therefore we began work
at the top Of the Line Hill, where
the people now find 1t impossible,
and spent the remainder of the day
at work with the grader under his
direction, Some one In the crowd
said the people would curse" the
overseer for throwing 50 much loose
dirt in the road, and Judge Gay re-
piled with Tell the people that that
damned Judge Gay did It."
Now Judge Gay not feeling able
to tote" this, tries to put 1t off on
Theo, Steele, ! Just want to say to
the people that am absolutely not
to blame for this road being in the
condition II is in
Theo, Steele.
Sidney Ark
Sharp County record., 1913-12-12
A Thought For Tho Week

We are apt to forget that there is
out one unconquerable thing in the
Universe 1t is man. 1t is not
money nor eunpowder, nor institu.
TONS Whoever can raise the
courage quality of the people one
degree has done more for his coun.
Try than one who adds to the peo.
pes wealth billion dollars.-Elbert
Hubbard