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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

even II extended only a few days
means a whole lot. I am working
nv way through the University en-
tirely and have done SO for two years.
Each summer, I work up to the last
day before registration to make
enough to get a good start here in
the fall and to allow time to find work.
Under the new plan, there will be
scarcely more than three months this
year in which to work. / have a
position promised me for the first Of
June. There are other men seeking
just such positions and my chances
are very much endangered II I have
to wait until the fifteenth Of the
month. I might be able to excuse
myself one week, as I would have 20
under the regular session this year.
But for an employer to delay two
weeks is something more than I can
expect although my optimism gives
me some hope. Now l am not alone
In this idea. There is a large per-
centage of the men of the school who
have positions offered or in prospect.
s. G.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
ROCKSONTHELAWN

The natural rocks about Columbia
could be used effectively to beautify
the lawns of the city. Much of the
beauty of New Hampshire's famous
homes is due to the rocks and stone
decorations. The stones can be had
at the Columbia quarry for the going
after them, as well as on most of the
farms near here.
The selection of rocks depends on
whether they are to be used for use
full purposes or as ornaments. Walls,
walks, lawn-seats and fower-beds
may be made from rocks. In making
these constructions follow Natures
lines as much as possible and they
will not be out Of place in the lawn
For ornamental purposes they should
be placed in groups or piles among
the grass, vines or shrubs and re-
placed until consistent picture is
presented wherein the stiffness has
disappeared. No set rule can be fol-
flowed in producing the best effects,
but the placing should be bold and
still not out of place with the sur
roundings. Unlike plants, If the
groups of rocks or stones are not
placed correctly, they may be changed
at any time.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
APPARENT PROSPERITY.

Many think that because the farm
er is getting higher prices for his
stuff than he got ten years ago he
is becoming capitalist. 1t is true
that the crops have increased SO
per cent in value from 1899 to 1909.
But at the same time the land has
increased 100 per cent and the pro-
ducts that the farmer buys have also
risen in value.
Economists figured that it took $3.50
in 1907 to buy what 800 did in 1897.
If this is the case, the farmer is get
ting only &c 2-3 cents for his wheat
and corn. 1t doesn't make the farm
er SO prosperous as he looked before
The investigation. Since 1907 the
prices have continued to rise.
None would expect the richest coun-
try in the world to move backward;
nor has it. But it hasn't progressed
as it should. 1t is mainly because the
farmer has not had enough legisla-
tion in his favor, compared with the
other fellows, and because he has to
pay too high interest on his money.
Reform these conditions and the farm
problem will be a great many steps
nearer solution.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
CONVICT LABOR.

The last Legislature of Missouri
tried to eliminate convict labor from
the penitentiary. No way of employ
ing the convicts has been found and
the present Legislature has extended
the contract period two years. This
means that some method of employ
ing convicts must be devised by De-
cember, 1915.
Contract labor is recognized as the
biggest evil of the prison system. 1t
means a great expense to the state to
employ these men anywhere except
behind walls because of the large
number of guards needed. Yet the
Legislature has met in part the need
for such employment by providing
that one-fourth of the convicts may
be worked on the roads of the state,
at the expense of the counties where
in they work.
This problem is one that should
be faced by philanthropists and soci-
ologists. The best philanthropic wora
is constructive-it plans as well as
gives. If there is to be any benefit
derived from sociologists who point
out the theoretical bases of civiliza-
tion, they should have a practical
scheme for meeting what they have
urged should be done.
Sociologists and philanthropists
have urged the abolition of prison
contracts. The State Legislature is
willing and anxious to abolish the
system if it can. Those who in the
name of humanity have urged this
change should now show how it can
be done. 1t is an injustice to society
that capitalists should profit from
the labor of condemned men while
their families are public charges on
the communities from which the men
were convicted. Shall this continue
merely because Missourians are too
ignorant to find a better way of deal
ing with criminals?
1t is the duty of every social work
er, of every philanthropist, of every
criminologist, of every sociologist to
help solve this problem. Contract |
prison labor must go. 1t will be a
lasting disgrace to the intelligence
and humanity of Missourians if they
cannot find a means of employment
for convicts that will eliminate the
system.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

| from what he himself meant to say
1t is true, in the opinion of Profes-
sOr Parmelee, that men have less
hair than formerly and that the teeth
are not SO good or so prominent, and
that the little toe is squeezed in tight
shoes until it is nearly useless, but
he doubts If these things will ever dis
appear altogether.
Biologists are practically agreed
now that acquired characteristics can
not be transmitted. The child of the
blacksmith who has developed large
biceps will not necessarily have large
biceps. The child of the parent who
| is an excellent piano player, does
not know how to play the piano at
birth, but has to learn as anyone
else. A man may become bald, tooth
less and have deformed feet, but his
children will be born with perfect,
healthy bodies. Hence, it does not
seem that the tendencies toward bald
ness or any of the other changes
predicted, can be transmitted.
The Theory Of Evolution.
Evolutionists agree that the way in
which changes are worked out in the
evolution of the human race or any
form of life, is by means of selective
forces and the theory of the survival
of the fittest. If, for a certain ami
nal, it becomes necessary that it be
able to run fast in order to escape its
enemies, all the slow animals will be
killed off and only the swift ones
survive. By a process of selection.
lasting through generations, the en-
tire class of these animals may be
fast runners.
This would make it necessary that
the bald-headed man, the toothless
man, the man with four toes, have
the advantage over common mortals
in the life struggle, and for him to be
the object of the selective processes
SO that in centuries of time the
whole race would be composed of
such individuals. Such selective
forces are not known or noticed, nor
is any advantage attributed to the
toothless, four-toed man.
The latest discovery in the line of
what our ancestors looked like is in
the finding of the Sussex man. This
prehistoric man had no chin, but a
large, projecting jaw, with strong and
prominent teeth. There are other
noticeable differences. By processes
Of selection, man has changed until
be has reached his present form. I'm
the man of the future will
be different some way.
But what will the difference be?
C. NJ E.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
THE VALUE OF CULTURE.

From a business standpoint the
value to Columbia of the symphony
concerts is not to be overestimated.
The benefits go not to limited num-
Der of individuals but ultimately to
the entire community through the con-
tribution TO the culture of the COM
munity. With each addition to the
aggregate culture, a community be-
comes a more desirable place in which
TO live. 1t means prosperity. cleanli-
ness, civic pride, and righteousness.
The time was in this country when
the truly cultured communities were
limited to those widely separated dis
tricts where schools or colleges
fiourished and the masses Of the peo-
pie had no opportunity for acquiring
culture. The last fifty years has
brought about great changes in this
regard. Culture and refinement to a
certain degree have spread to every
part of the country. The isolated
communities are disappearing and we
are becoming a cultured nation.
Various factors have contributed to
bring all this about. The coming of
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
THE NEW BOOKS
Vocational Education.

Often have you written about .
liberal education, how it is obtained,
its advantages and the like; and just
about as many times you have said
You really didn't know after all. But
read the first few pages of Snedden's
little book, "The Problem of Voca-
tional Education" and you will know
what he thinks a liberal education
is.
Snedden likes liberal education, but
thinks vocational education Just as
important-and you also are likely to
when You have read his book. voca-
tional education really came first, he
says, for always one has been forced
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
THE MAN OF THE FUTURE.
He'll Be Different; But How? Prof. Parmelee
Disagrees With View That He Will Lack
Hair, Teeth and Little Toes.

Many students are trying to find
out what sort of person the man of
the past was. The traces that have
been unearthed indicate that he must
have been from our modern view
point, a marvellous creature indeed.
But the announcement that the man
of the future will be without hair,
teeth or little toes is even more start
ling than the declaration that man
is descended from the monkey. Prof.
Frederick Starr of the department of
anthropology of the University of Chi
cago is credited with the following
statement:
"Predigested foods, hats and shoes
have rendered hair, teeth and little
toes useless. The time will come
when the man, woman or child pos
sessing these will be curiosity.
THE natural man needs hair as
protection and defense against the
struggles of primitive life. We, with
our hats and our civilization, do not
need it. Persons with a scant supply
of hair seem to die out among primi-
tive people, but in civilization they
increase.
IF teeth, hair and the little toes
are to be preserved, then it will be
necessary for the civilized inhabitants
of this world to get back to nature
as soon as possible"
Another Radical View.
Some scientists have been credited
with the statement that the man of
the future will have no nose, no chin
and will have artificial ears in addi-
tion to these changes already men
toned. He will make use of all sort
of artificial appliances to increase his
natural senses, making them practic-
ally part of his body as the spectac-
les are a necessary part of the eyes
of some people. These artificial ears
will be able to detect many sounds
that the natural ear never caught.
Prof. Maurice Parmelee of the de-
partment of sociology is of the opinion
that not many changes will come
about. At least there will have to be
some selective forces at work that
are unknown now, if the results that
Professor Starr has predicted are
reached. The other things are even
more improbable.
I'm the first place." says Professor
Parmelee, Il would like to be GER
tain that Professor Starr said those
things. and said them seriously. He
might have been joking or talking
about them in some other way. There
are many chances for his words to be
quoted SO that they mean the opposite
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

letes of the Filipinos" by Monroe
Wolley. 1t tells of the work the
Americans are doing in introducing
American sports. Consumption for
many centuries has 8een very fatal
in the Islands and athletics are being
encouraged, SO as to keep the children
out-of-doors as much as possible.
There are two good articles on the
proper sort of exercise for the busi-
ness man.
The work of fighting the white
plague in Wisconsin is discussed in
another article. Horace Fletcher
deals with Eating For Health and
Wealth" in good article. physical
Culture, published by the Physical
Culture Publishing Company, New
York City; price, Is cents.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

railroads have made possible the clos
er relation between all the separate
communities while from the newspa-
pers and public libraries, from the
chautauqua platform and the pulpit
have come these germs of knowledge
which have penetrated to the remotest
corners Of the nation, bringing about
a culture and refinement all of which
is represented by the higher cash
value of those communities as places
in which to live.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

The best way to please the boss is
to quit dreaming of some great thing
you would like to do to please him,
and get busy on some of the work he
is paying you to do He will welcome
that much more. Try it.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
VIEWPOINTS
Stunt Week and His Ioh.

Editor the Missourian: In Friday
nights issue is the statement of a
member Of the faculty that with the
addition Of the Stunt Week program
to regular school work, the session
will be ended aboq June 12. In that
date is exactly ny objection to the
idea. The time Z attendance here
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
The Vocational Guidance of Youth.

The Vocational Guidance of Youth.
"The Vocational Guidance of the
Young" by Meyer Bloomfield, deals
with the problems of selecting a vo-
cation and its bearing on schools. 1t
tells of the work of Vocational Guild
ance Bureaus in Europe and Amer
lea. The possible trades and profess
sions are discussed as to wages and
future opportunities. 1t should prove
useful to those interested in educa-
tional work. 1t is one Of the River
side Educational Monographs.
Houghton Mif1in Company, Boston,
New Yofk and Chicago; 60 cents net)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

to make livelihood. He tells how a
practical vocational education should
be coupled with the theoretical one.
Vocational education is not in con-
flict with liberal education" he says,
"but is supplemental form. and may
be expected to reinforce it." (Hough-
ton Mifflin Company, Chicago; IS
pages, cloth bound.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23
BOARD AND ROOM

TO RENT-Some very desirable
rooms to young men at S17 Rollins.
First block from gymnasium, where
the entire Rollins Field can be seen
from the rooms. Rooms comfortable.
prices reasonable. T. H. Reese. (d16)
TO RENT-Large room with east,
south and west windows. Phone sis
red. 3O7 College. (d3t)
TO RENT-Nice quiet rooms, close
to University. Price reasonable.
Phone 521 red. (tf,
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

MARCH 20-Pack up and phons
THE ROLL.R RINK-mest &
bunch there every night; admiGd
25c; half block north of wabash &
ton. Open Sunday afternoons. ~
YOUNG MEN wANTED-for 81
summer. Good wages for the -
parties. Apply at the Central -
Room 8. (d1Nl
DANCING lessons given priv
sos Conley. 44S white.
PHONE 72-Baggage to depot
FOR sALE-snappy s-1s -
Diamond Rings SIS to $40 at 81
ringers Jewelry Store. W|
FOR SALE-Special Frat Jsvd1
and class pins made to order. 81
ninger's-813 Broadway.
SAFE AND SPEEDY-Scurie6
trunk service. Phone 72.
THREE HUNDRED-Rexall -
edies. All guaranteed: a remedy
every ailment at Columbia Drug
Corner Ninth and Broadway.
FRIENDSHIP JEWELRY-Bseet 4
"a. tie pins and Bracelets. h.
gers. S13 Broadway.
FOR emcient baggage servie4 -
q.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

And now comes the time for oblig-
ing congressman to send forth seed.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

P1CTORIAL-Log of the h
Fleet cruise around the world q
fifty cents at Campbell & Alexandol
This same book formerly sold Z
$S. Your library is not complets ~
out one. ~
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MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Physical Culture.
Physical Culture for March has an
interesting article on Making Ath-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

FOR STUDENTS-Two piece d
union tailor-made Suit to order I
University Tailoring Co. IS NJ
Sth st. Guaranteed all wool and 4
fit, $40 and up. (dG
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FOR SALE-Hand embroideries and
iaces for layettes, also Irish crochet,
Mr. A. L. West ott 1402 Windsor.
Fnone oS0 green. (d6t)
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE
FOR SALE-Six room cottage with
bath, strictly modern. on easy terms.
Apply to Lee Forbis; phone No. 81.
(d12t)
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Want IDS
The cost of Mssourian want ads is but half cent word
day. They bring greater results in proportion t
any other form of advertising Phone YOUR wants to s

FOUND-Senior pin. Owner a
have same by calling at this office Il
paying for ad,
A SANITARY SHOP means ~
protection. The Star BARRIERS, n
sanitary shop in town. We can pre-
it. 500 Broadway.
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ALL baggage-Phone u.
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'A-Means prompt baggage service.
FOUND-Chase signet ring. Own
er can have same by calling at Daily
Brothers Tailoring Co., Virginia Bldg,
describing and paying for this ad.
WANTED-A large furnished or un-
furnished room (preferably one / may
have for three years. in a private
family. Address s Missourian. (d6t)
CALL 23-For your baggage when
you leave. (d10t)
WANTED-1,000 student trunks to
haul. Scurlockb. Phone 72.
COMPOUNDING medicine is a seri-
Gus business. SO We give 1t all the care
and attention it demands. You can
depend on medicines being right II
they come from the Peck Drug Co.
(dst)
PARTNER WANTED-In growing
magazine. Excellent field for Journal
list, $4,000 required. Address s14
Woodruff Building. Springfield, Mo.
(d3t)
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MARCH 20-Pack up and phons {
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MISCELLANEOUS

72-Means prompt baggage service.
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FRIENDSHIP JEWELRY-Bgooe
es, tie pins and Bracelets. h.
gers. S13 Broadway.
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DANCING lessons given priv5t
sos Conley. 448 white. q
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-23

WANTED-1,000 student trunks to
haul. Scurlockb. Phone 72.
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FOR emcient baggage servisa
q.
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FOR SALE-Snappy 3-16 -
Diamond Rings SIS to $50 st 81
ringers Jewelry Store. |
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CALL 2S-For your baggage when
you leave. (d10t)
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FOR SALE-Special Frat Jew
and class pins made to order. 81
ninger's-813 Broadway.
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SAFE AND SPEEDY-Scurie6
trunk service. Phone 72.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-11

Well inaugurate the painting sea-
SON Saturday. Special exhibit at our
store Public invited. Flowers for
ladies' Acme Quality Paint Store 62S
Kansas avenue.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-11
Recent Reports Show Hundreds
Suffer With Kidney Troubles
and Don't Know 1t.

There are scores of nervous, tired,
rundown people throughout the city,
suffering with pains in the back and
sides, dizzy spells, weaknesses of the
bladder Frequently causing annoyance
at night, who fail to realize the seri-
BUSINESS of their troubles until such
conditions as chronic rheumatism,
bladder troubles, dropsy diabetes or
even Bright's disease result.
All this is due to weak, inactive kid
neys. The kidneys are the filterers of
the blood, and no one can be well and
healthy unless the kidneys work prop
erly. 1t is even more important than
that the bowels move regularly.
If you suffer with such symptoms
don't neglect yourself another day and
run the risk of serious complications
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-11
FIND BAR IN HOTEL
Raid i'm LeavenwOrth Disclosed
Unusual Conditions.
State Demands That National
HOstelry Be Closed.

Leavenworth, Kan, April u.-Declarine
| that the management of the National no
tel persistently is violating an injunction
placed against 1t in 1905 for disregardins
. the prohibitory law, a motion has been
filed in the district court here demanding
that the hotel be closed and padlocked
that a custodian be appointed to look
after the affairs of the establishment or a
receiver be appointed.
Orsino Giacon1ini and Lorenzo Mella,
proprietors of the hotel, are under arrest
on charge of contempt of court for vio-
lating the injunction order.
LAS far as am concerned, don't care
you can't make the business pay without
a bar" said Giacomini when informed of
the action taken.
The motion was filed by w. P. Mont
gomery and J. P. Coleman, assistants or
the office of the attorney general, follow
ing a raid on the hotel in which a
quantity of liquor was found.
worth from Kansas City and went i'm
mediately to the clerk of the district
court, where warrants were awaiting
them Sheriff thomas Larkin and two
deputies were asked to accompany them:
The first place visited was the National
hotel. When the place was searched a
pine bar at which several men were
drinking was found. Eleven cases of
beer and three cases of whisky were con-
fiscated
At an alleged joint, said to be run by
an ex-policeman, the raiders found sew
eral pints of beer which the deputies car
ried to a waiting wagon. Several other
places were raided in the afternoon.
I'VE are going to get them all, even If 1t
takes us to doomsday," said one OF the
assistants. I'VE are going to make Leav-
enworth the -driest' town in the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-11
PRICES ALWAYS SOAR
No Reduction Since Cold Storage In
PRODUCTION 80 Years Ago.

Washington, April 11.-Higher prices
for cold storage products have been
the rule ever since the industry be-
came commercially important, as
shown by data for more than 80 years
back collected by the department of
agriculture. George K. Holmes. chief
of the division of production and dis
tribution of the department, has from
a comprehensive study of these figures
found that in the years 1902 to 1911 there
was "a general but not invariable rise
of price to a higher level" as COM
pared with prices in preceding years
before cold storage was a developed in
dustry.
AS to uniformity of prices he finds
that 1.-The contention of the cold stor-
age interests that cold storage has
counted for uniformity of prices is
largely true, although it is not true
for all commodities nor for all COMPARE
sons of years and periods of years.
There is a tendency towards such
uniformity, he says, in dressed poultry.
butter, eggs and mutton, while the
reverse is true as to fresh beef and
fresh pork -e.-@