davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22

q degree OF control over the teaching
system which has not thus far been
particularly happy In its results.
The preceptorial system WAS estab-
Iished and became q distinctive feature
Of Princeton life. In connection with
the new curriculum 1t worked-caIl 1t
a miracle and you use none too strong
a word. 1t created a new Princeton.
The minds of hundreds OF students
were enancipated and stimulated: the
place pulsated with a new sort OF
spontaDeity and zeSt
Princeton university, which, when
the last president resigned. was IN such
q case that. according to a trustee OF
the day. it's career threatened to end
in It's virtual extinction" as an impor
tant educational influence in America,
was attracting the surprised attention
OF the country. II had a constructive
program. II had a leader and a har-
monious faculty. and 1t had at least
an acquiescent board OF trustees
Alas. that the further steps In that
program, the further ends to which
the leaders clear vision and hrm pur.
pose looked. meant-demOcracy. Alas
that the educational revolution could
not have proceeded without laying its
irreverent hand on what the spirit of
old Princeton recognized as the sacred
ark of social privilege. Alas. that II
showed so much more concern for
manhood than for-money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson.

VOWED, chapters in the life of any
American institution of learning-in-
deed, a chapter, IL it could be rightly
told, not often excelled in interest In
any story Of American life
A circular setting forth in outline
President Wilson's quad" proposal
was sent to the various clubs and was
generally read there on the Friday
night before commencement, 1907
Princeton alumni, particularly those
from the eastern cities, come back in
large numbers to their alma mater and
usually put up at the clubhouses, where
the Friday night preceding commence
ment is given over to a jolly dinner.
The quad" proposal, 1t was instantly
seen. contemplated the doing away of
the clubs.
1t was even said that President Will
son proposed to confscate them. The
wrath OF the alumni jollifying that
! night in Prospect avenue was instant
! ly aroused, and the shout of battle was
| raised. No decent consideration was
| ever given the new idea. The grieved
| graduates went home to spread stories
( of the attack on Princeton's favorite
/ institutions and rally the old boys to
( their defense.
/ Old Princetonians got busy and wrote
distressed letters to the Alumni Week
/ ly. expressing their grief and aston
! ishment that a Princeton president
should so far forget himself as to try
to make Il gentleman chum with q
mucker."
The trustees, who had voted the
plan through with but single dissent.
ing voice. now frightened by the alum
nj howl, were persuaded to reconsider.
On Oct. II the board requested Presi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
GRAIN DEALERS ELECTION
Ottawa Is Chosen az Convention City
by State Convention.

Wy 0ldIc SOUNcntiOn.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, Feb. 22.-Ottawa
was chosen as the meeting place for
the convention in 1914 at the second
days session of the Farmers Grain
Dealers association of Illinois. The
following officers were elected:
Presidential. w. Danforth, Wash
ington.
First Vice President-A. c. Rice,
Jacksonville.
Second Vice PRESIDENT. c. Say
lor Cissna Park.
Treasurer. B. Abbott, Mason City
Directors-Fred Nudge, Peru, re
elected; Bert Adsit, Pontiac; c. j
Bear, Monticello.
Among the speakers yesterday were
Charles Adkins of Bennett, ex-speakeI
Of the Illinois house; J. D. Phillips
president of Illinois State Bankers
association. and s. H. Greeley of Chi
cago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22

FREE. POSTAGE PAID TO YOUR DOOR,
WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION ON YOUR
PART NOW OR HEREAFTER.
J, @. HUTzELI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22

Prospect avenue. dissolve. The spirit
Of the place does not allow men to
form friendly and natural associations
In accordance with their tastes and
dispositions.
They must always strive untirfnsly
10 become friends OF those particular
classmates who have the best chance
of making the best clubs. and as
-the bunch" passes down the line"
from Prospect avenue the prospects Of
one and another student wax and
wane. aud the character of the Co
teries in which he finds himself goes
up and down. The social life OF the
two lower classes presents such a pic
ture as would a LAYER OF iron hlinss
over which a magnet is passed. form.
ing groups now here. now there. and
keeping all in constant confusion. In
the words Of President Wilson. the
sideshow had swallowed up the circus.
Nothing could he more un-American:
nothing could be more opposed to the
true principles of education.
We approach now one Of the mos
dramatic, as it h one Of the most In.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22

dent Wilson to withdraw the proposal.
The inalienable right of the Ameri-
can college youth to choose his own
hatband land compel other youths to
wear untrimmed headgear) was thus
triumphantly indicated. But the
saviors of the club system were not
generous in victory. They continued
to hurI insults upon President Wilson.
1t was now discovered that he was a
domineering. brutal, bigoted. inconsid-
crate and untruthful demagogue. The
preceptorial system, which had been
in operation for two years, with every
body's approval, was now also at
tackled.
President Wilson was even charged
with having inaugurated 1t over the
heads of the faculty Various classes
among the alumni withdrew their sub
scriptions for the support Of preceptors.
1t took only few months of this sort
of thing for the board OF trustees. the
faculty and the alumni to find them
selves divided beyond compromise
Lifelong friendships were broken. The
chasm deepened. and passions so VIC
lent that it would not have been deem
ed possible for collegiate to possess
! them were aroused.
! 1t is a little difficult to see why the
question should have provoked the as
tonishingly bitter fight which now
broke out at Princeton. To find the
| real cause of It all one must go deeper
! than the issue presented on the sur
| face, much deeper than the mere per-
sonality Of the president. AS to the
latter, 1t is quite possible that DR.. Will
sons positive character. the certainty
of his convictions and his aggressive
ness In expressing them may have
been distasteful to men long accustom-
ed to other methods. 1t is even posi-
| BILE that the president was not as gen.
| tie in his manner, perhaps not always
as tactful, as he might have been. as
/ he has since become. Undoubtedly a
man Of exceeding charm Of personality.
he had bis grim side-no man descend
Nd from q line of Scottish Presbyteri-
ans has not-and. once aroused In a
fight, he was a ruthless opponent II
seems to be the case that the presi-
dents reform program grew primarily
out of his convictions as a teacher Of
young men. He did not. for instance.
deliberately set about to attack the
Princeton clubs, but when the host
gathered for the defense OF an aristO-
cratic institution because it was ar1s-
tocratic, when they denounced him az
confscator, leveler and a Socialist
the innate democracy Of the man
famed up, and the fght ceased to be a
debate over educational ideals. having
become an trreconcilable conflict be
tween democracy and privileged
wealth.
President Wilson continued to ex
pound his ideas on the subject Of the
social organiza ton of the university
when invited TO do 50 at gatherings OF
the alumni in various cities. but hi
made no aggressive campaign. The
preceptorial system. in spite of tht
growing prejudice against 1t. cont1n
ued in vogue. the necessary funds be
ing voted by the trustees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
CHAPTER vi.
Princeton's New President.

IT HE presidency OF Princeton
university is a position Of dig
N-%5Sl nifty and consideration The
lS7Al long line OF men, reaching
back 1G0 years. who had filed II were
each in his time among the most dis
tinguished divines and scholars OF the
land. BY sort OF instinct or change
Princeton mad gravitated toward the
aristocratic. Latterly the university
had come to be known as the most
charming country club in America"
It's retiring head had avowed it impos-
sible that II should be other than u col
lege for rich mems sons.
Whatever may have been expected
OF him. II was impossible for the new
president, who. by the way, was the
first layman to occupy the chair, to
fall into the esseful tradition OF the
office. IL was impossible for him mere
ly to institute few necessary reforms
and let things go on much as before
He had scarcely been insugurated
when everybody became aware that
for good or Ill. the judgment day had
dawned over the quiet campus and the
ivied halls. There was tn be no lack
Of initiative, no fearfulness and trem.
bling before novel proposals, no shirk-
ing OF responsibility, no failure of
nerve.
There was no undue precipitancy.
President Wilson spent "a year study.
ing conditiOns-he already knew them
pretty well-from bis new vantage
point He did not. however, feel any
necessity OF awaiting the lapse OF 2
year before undertaking TO bring the
scholarship and the discipline of this
school up to what they already were OF
paper Students who failed to pass
their examinations were dropped. rich
or poor. with or without social pull
Work was absolutely demanded
There was. OF course. an immense
sensation when the Princeton students
found that from that day forth they
must 20 TO work Work had not beef
q Princeton tradition. The reverbera
tons OF Indignation rolled through m
skies Tor several years until Their
came in new body Of students. pre-
pared and willing to live up to the neJ
standards.
During that first year also a con
mittee on revision of the course q
study was appointed to report the 70
lowing year.
II Princeton was TO he a place q
work II was TO be fruitful work. wor
worth doing, worth taking four year
out Of q young mans life to do.
was to be, above all, as President Wi
son saw II and continually phrased I
work that would 1T n young man I
serve his country better.
He even went so far as TO say tbs
he wanted the university to make II
graduates henceforth as unlike the
fathers as posslble-by which. {
course. he meant that fathers. bein
settled In their opinions and in reve
erenee for what is established, have
part to play different from that {
sons. who particularly nust sympl
thiLe with the recreative and reforms
tive processes OF life and society. Thi
saying blanch ed the cheek OF many a
elderly p-incetonian; II was spoken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22

of California. DR.. George F. McEwen,
physicist at the Scripps Institution for
Biological Research OF the University
of California, has announced that wa
ter along the coast was several de-
grees colder than in mid-ocean and
that If it were not for this fact the
heat in the valleys of California would
be oppressive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22

know that my Cold Remedy will re-
lieve the head, nose, throat and lungs
monia' bronchitis. Grippe and other dis
eases.
Get a % cent bottle Of these little pei
lets today and II you are not perfectly
satisfied with results / viii refund your
money.
If your blood Is impure, or n you are
constipated, or II you have Dyspepsia. or
any liver or stomach trouble. don't fail
to use Munyon's Paw-Paw pills They
help in curing n cold. -MUNYON.
ADVERTISEMENT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
Don't Send Money

announcement liberal proof treatment free
and WILL DO 1T. Just al out the coupon
below or write me . letter. will send the
treatment without penny Of cost 70 yon.
J. C HUTZEIL.
1Is West Main Sc, Fsrt Wayne. Ind.
Please send without cost or Obligation 70 me
your Free Proof Treatment
Foss Omce ...'........................
State .Age-.............
otESSS 40
ADVERTISEMENT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
Fairbanks, Alaska-victor Exc

Fairbanks, Alaska-Victor Eken'
gren, a wood dealer and miner resid-
ing 100 miles below Fort Yukon, said
to have wealthy relatives in Worce5-
ter Mass, was beaten to death by
drunken Indians last month, according
to Archdeacon Stuck, an Episcopal
missionary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
Z { MA
CAN Be CURED!
| Will Prove 1t To You
At My Expense.

YOU WHO ARE SUI
FERING THE TORTURES
OF ECZEMA, w HOS z
DAYS ARE MISERABLE,
WHOSE NIGHTS A r e
MADE SLEEPLESS BY
THE TERRIBLE ITCH
ING. BURNING PAINS.
I ASK YOU-URGE YOU
TO LET ME SEND YOU
A TREATMENT WHICH
HAS CURED HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS. WHICH I
BELIEVE WILL CURE
You. L WILL SEND IT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
CONTINUED Next Saturday,

Berkeley, Cal-It Is not the warmth
of the Japan current that brings color
TO the orange and blush to the peach
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-22
a New Discovery Tried and
Proven in Hundreds
of Cases

I believe that have discovered the only
sensible scientific treatment for Eczema SAILS
Rheum, Itch, Acne. Psoriasis. BARRIERS Itch and
Poison Oak ever offered 20 sufferers from thes0
diseases.
It Is q combination treatment easy 20 use in
your own home or at your w.. II 10 designed
not only 70 relieve the Buffea 7, which ft does
almost Immediately. but to eject Q complete
and lasting cure by driving out OF the blood the
poisonous acids which cause all skin diseases.
So sure am that my treatment will convince
you that at last you have found cure that am
willing TO send large proof treatment absolute
IL free of charge or obligation to any sufferer
who will send their name and address on the
coupon below. II you are satisfied know you
will tell others
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
Prisoners WILL
BE TAKEN TODAY
tHERiIE NCVLLOIGH LEAVES
THIS MORNING WITH TEN
CONVICTED ONES.
But One WOMAN INCLUDED
VIII BE Largest Party of ConyiCis
Ever Transported from Here
At One Time.

Ten prisoners will be taken from
Tulsa county 10 McAlcster today, TO
begin serving sentences ranging from
one to seven years each. 1t will be
one of the largest single "delega-
tions" from Tulsa to McAlester that
has ever been conveyed to the state
penitentiary. Andrew Sanders. IA
youth, convicted of horse stealing,
will be taken to the reform school
at Granite today. by Undersherifl
Durell The officers who Will be In
charge Of the penitentiary prisoners
will be Sheriff Mccullough, Deputy
Tom Higgins and County Commits
sioner PIN Woolcy. In the party
will be the following:
Nonny Smith, burglary years;
w. NJ. Carter, forgery, | year; Joe
Raymond. larceny year; #. H.
Dunkle, forgery, | year. Ala McDan-
iels. robbery. 5 years; Claud Wilson,
robbery years Roy Benson, as
sault to kill, years; George Rau,
embezzlebcnt, / year, James Gray
son, selling mortgaged property, |
year; Mamie Ross, assault with in
tent to kill. 2 years
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
Aprcc on Kcdislricling.

OKLAHOMA CITY. April 12.--(Spe-
ciaD The house Democratic caucus
has agreed upon bill reducing the
number OF judicial districts in the
state TO twenty-five and the number OF
Judges to twenty-five.
Creek county which was the chief
bone OF contention when the judicial
districting matter was considered in
the house. is placed in "A district with
Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties
under the caucus bill
The congressional redstricting bill
agreed upon in house caucus Thurs
day night is the same as prepared by
the house caucus committee and pub
lishcd few days ago with the OK
ception Of the switching of Murray
county to different district It was
learned Friday that the bill was sub
mitted to Governor Crucc before he
ing adopted by the house caucus and
that II met his approval
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
GIVES RIGHT 70
FIX R. R. RATES
NANUEVTNTER EN- MAY 60
TuiOlGu ST TINS SPECIAL
SESSION.
II Goes 70 EECRlSSN5HT
Opp, ..l Dc,clp.,-lieTlacc, one
Ntrl hy Goyrrnor-Eooh Mak.
ing Law


OKLAHOMA CITY. Aul a. ('pe.
.cirn Ar.r d,s,usslnc the ,arlous
,n... ,... ....., s... ,.,,..,i..
w. h'u'' advanced 10 'nsr'Saln'h'
Fr'1e. 40 Vaudelentcr Ll'l. previous
.lv r...sd by thr s.nnt. which pivcs
a.. ..,.....,,... ........,..,... ....,...,..,
~
|" I'm ''lr"aH passenger rates
Smith n Pottawatomle Offered
substitute hilI which would make II
c'lmlEil offensn for any railroad
cor parry or It's agents TO charge moro
tn n tWo cents "A mile for passenger
service. pinkham of Kay county re-
called the experience OF Minnesota
s,altg tAlt the courts had held there
when q gnlar statute to the one pro-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
MUNICIPAL Gas Plant
PLANNED BY 0KMULCEE
COMMISSIONERS THERE WANT TO
GIVE PEOPLE or THE TOWN
SOME JUSTICE.

OKMULGEE, April 12.-(SpeciaD
Okmulgee is starting after a muni-
cipal owned gas plant. Its commits
sioners are now making estimates for
a new plant and will submit the mat
ter to the public as soon as cOmplet-
ed. It is the intention to install an
entirely new plant and buy gas from
the various oil and gas companies who
have wells near the city, which Is the
center Of one of the greatest gas belts
in the United States.
Okmulgee has a commission form
Of government with young men at its
head. They have been in power for a
year and in that time have reduced
municipal business management to a
science and have made Okmulgee one
of the best managed cities in the
state. They took water plant
which was losing money and have
put 1t on a paying basis and besides
furnish water taken from Deep
Fork. when its reaches It's consum-
ers is sparkling pure and the real
article for table or any other use
anu ndFt h'iHpHoNi dl'h lIlhl men Cdl
be elected to office who can run city
affairs just the same as private bus
mess.
They are not satisfied with what
they have done for the city and are
going to give the city more gas,
cheaper gas and show a profit for
the city by installing a municipal
owned plant. They were elected by a
non partisan vote and no attention Is
paid to what a mans politics is when
he is selected to work for the city.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13

The woman's council, which hag
the self-governmcnt OF te young wo-
men of the university in charge. pre-
sented constitution and bylaws to
the young women OF the university
Wednesday and they were adopted
unanimously. The regulation Of the
student activities and the social func-
tions in which the young women Of
tho university participate will be
regulated by the rules and regula-
tions OF the council from now on.
The restraints imposed By the coun-
ell were not brought about by any
violations OF school or social ethics.
but as the number of young women
Of the university Is growing continu-
ally it was thought advisable for the
co-eds to adjust themselves now to
the conditions of well regulated
university in which the interests of
the women are advanced. The young
women acted on their own initiative
and advanced the rules by which
they are to be governed in the fu-
ture.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
ELECTION Returns TO
Be SPEEDED UP some
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED ASK
ING FOR INVESTIGATION OF
DISCREPANCIES.

OKLAHOMA CITY. April 12.-(Spe-
ciaD A resolution introduced in the
senate Friday afternoon by Senator
Warner would deal with abuses thar
have been complained of In the past
concerning securing returns in elect
tions. The resolution recites the fact
that IL has been impossible to get Of
ficial returns from elections for days
after the polls were closed, and that
I'm many respects the result has been
surrounded with suspicion. Atten-
ton is called to oklahoma county, as
well as other places in the state.
where the returns have been held up
for an unreasonable time. That this
condition is worthy Of Investigation
with the thought Of revising the cleo
tion laws so that such conditions
mi.ht be removed, and also faulty
election officials.
The resolution asks that a commit
tee of three be appointed by the
president Of the senate to make full
and complete investigation wherever
complaints have arisen so that defects
in the present law which leaves a loop
hole for erring officials to get out may
be remedled.
on account Of opposition to the res
olution from the Democrats consider
alton of 1t was deferred until the
next day.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
.0KLAH0MAN COMES IN
FOR A STIFF roast"
SEVERAL SENATOR'S CLAIM TINT
DEMOCRATIC ORGAN MISIiIp-
RESE\TS THINGS.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 12.--(Spe-
cialJ An oklahoma City morning
publication. assuming tc be the organ
Of the Democratic party in the state,
was roundly scored in the senate Fri
day afternoon by Senators Rcdwine
Mcmminger and others. On point
of personal privilege Senator Redwine
said that the paper had perniciousH
made misleading statements concern
ing the mileage and per elem bill
passed over the veto Of the governor.
making it appear that the $4,000 ap-
preparation was for mileage, and that
when the editor of the paper WAS
called upon to correct such statement
that it was not done. The senate de-
clared that he believed that the st1tc-
ment was with the intent to mislead.
Senator Memminger said that the
people down in his county district paid
very little attention to the paper and
not many Of them subscribed for il.
The afternoon papers In oklahoma
CITY and the Tulsa World. said Sen.
ator Memminger. have always been
fair in their reports Of the legislative
happenings.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13

Marvels in the development OF
electrical lighting apparatus and VI
Illuminating methods will enable San
Francisco to light the buildings OF
the Panama Pacific Exposition In,
side and out In way that would
have been ir'nossihle Eve or Sly
years ago Perfect reflections o'
whole huild'ncs will be obtained at
nipht IN tho lagoors ms clsarlv as In
DAYLIGHT. There will he no glare Mt
ni~tt and no da"k n'Nces.
Fifty thousand do''ars has hren
ernended In e'-rlp ''re Of eyper'.
r,ento tio,-i, tha aova'onment of
cut p,ass r"aectors 70 he known ne
wewn,s." Tho sn'ordc~7 ~ the col
lora des ord towars will hn hrou"ht
ont 40 r'oarlv prd as A'stinrHv as
IN .he l;rht ~ dow The e-u'rture
Will, rot he sNoIoI hut will have
fo~''' ITO. rnraoactive.
Moct pv-nsit;o~e annpar ton hr'oh'
end crtnn tho .''sito~ pons awav with
t'~n1 avas The WON'T hn true NJ
San Frarcisco. Pv usa Of TIE new
disrovo~;ae tha wor'd mav And with
IN fow voerr that dnvN~ht actu-
eIlv could ka d;snprsed with.
rvro-t Pvnn ia working IN hr'no
t;s ,icht;r~ ,lane IN arcori with tho
rIars ~ Tr'as Crerin. director ~
color Thera Ia ~ ha harmorv In
huo under tho ar';s"ial illum'natio-
Crnet rrr~al nairtinos uron the
walls of tho -orrts viii he iNnm'-
natod IN mart hv concealed l'rhts
The three central courts Of tie ex-