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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
Courses in English.

/ Prof. A. II. r. Fairchild, chairman
of the department of English. has an
nounced the courses in English eXclu-
sive of the freshman composition
courses, open to students in the second
semester Special attention is drawn
to 11Sb. Sb.VERSIFICATION. by Dr. r. ID.
Miller, which is being repeated for the
benefit of those who intend to COM
pete for the $1,000 Nelson c. Field
prize in poetry. Professor Fairchild
explained that. in former years when
the prize has not been awarded. there
had been some excellent material
handed in. which was. however, SO Sc
riously deficient in technique that the
Committee did not feel justified in
making an award. The courses to be
offered are as follows:
> Introduction to the Study of Lit
erature. T. TIL. IL. 90 Mr.. Fair
child.
,. English Literature. General View.
NJ. w. F.. 9 and ,: NJ. 10. 9 T. TIL.
90 Mr.. Belden: Mr.. Rankin: Mr..
Buell..
5b. The ExpOsitory Theme. NJ. W. F.
TO- 90. Mr.. Rankin.
6b. Narration and Description. 7.
TIL. IL. t3) Mr.. Ramsey; Mr..
White.
104 The Romantic Movement. NJ. W.
F.. II. CD Mr.. Tisdel.
l07. Shakespeare T. TIL. (3-4-3W Mr..
Fairchild.
11O. American Literature NJ W. F. 9.
90 Mr.. Belden.
Ill. History of the Languages. NJ. W.
FIJI. 90 Mr. Ramsay.
1l3b. Chaucer and His Times. NJ. W.
F.. II. 60 Mr. Rankin.
ia Modern Prose Writers. T. TIL.
g.. go Mr. Miller.
III. Recent and Current Literature.
T. Tn. 7:15 p. m. 90 Mr.. Ram
say.
-
Miller.
l16b. Debating. T. TIL. 40 (FOr MEM
bers of the debating squad CD
Mr. McEuen.
l20b. Advanced Composition ito be
arranged) (3) Mr. Miller.
l26b. The ExpOsitory Address. VI. /
W. F.. . 90 Mr. Tisdel.
206b. Style and Usage. ito be arrang- /.
ed) (3) Mr. Miller
300. Literary Criticism. 7. TIL. 3 CD !
Mr.. Fairchild.
222. Rise of the Drama. To be ar .
ranged (3) Mr.. Ramsay.
pa. Seminary. Milton. F. 4-6.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
SAFETY FIRST

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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
SUCCESS TO MISS ALTA HALL
Graduate Of University Steadily Climb.
ing in Field of Teaching.

Miss Alta Hall, graduate of the
University of Missouri last year, was
given a position in a school of Olean-
der. Calf. as teacher at $1,000 a
year. After three months, the school
board of the town raised her salary
without her request to $1,100 a year.
A few months ago, the school board
of the city of Fresno, Calf, which
has a large high school, offered Miss
Hall $3.50 year with a promise of
an increase in salary next year. The
board of Oleander released Miss Hall
and she accepted the Fresno offer.
She begins work tomorrow in her new
position. She will teach three classes
in English and one i'm Latin in the
Fresno High School.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
Experimental Psychology.

Course 105b in Experimental Psy-
chOlogy, Theory of Music" will be
given. not as announced. but Monday
and Thursday from to ) (three hours
rediU. This course is offered only to
students who are much interested in
both, Psychology and Music. 1t con-
sists of a study of the growth of the
scientific theory of music from anti
guilty to the present time and of the
fundamental psychological facts upon
which a scientific theory must be bas
ed.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
PROTECTING BANK RESERVES.


The new banking bill, recently pass
ed by Congress. has been termed the
most high-handed measure ever pass
ed in this country Considered from
the standpoint of radical change il
undoubtedly is; yet the new law is
merely a modification of the banking
system of Europe, the difference be-
ing that the systems abroad have been
the result of a gradual development
instead of legislative action.
The big feature of the new law
is the method it provides for handling
reserves in times of crisis through the
Federal reserve banks The weakness
of our present banking system has
been the lack of restraint upon the
extension of credit in times of pros
perity There has been a tendency
toward an over-extensiOn of loans at
such a time, largely for speculative
purposes. and a resulting depletion of
reserves. Thus with any sudden bank
failure or other disturbance of the
public confidence, as in 1907, the bank
is unable to contract its loans, for
all other banks are trying to do the
same thing.
The difficulty is that the bank re-
serves are depleted to begin with and
the banks are compelled to attempt a
loan contraction at a time when the
public is demanding an extension.
The new scheme provides, in the vari
Gus Federal reserve banks, a central
point where the banks of each district
may secure funds in time of need with
out attempting a loan contraction.
These funds may be obtained by the
banks by rediscounting their short
time commercial paper-promissory
notes and foreign bills of exchange
with the Federal reserve bank
In addition to the regular require
ments of the member banks the Fed
eral reserve banks are required to
retain at all times a reserve of 40 per
cent of their liabilities. This will
place them in position to be of serv-
ice in a time of financial stress. Since
these reserve banks are not under the
necessity of competing for business.
but are intended only as a check upon
the lending of other banks, they may
safely pursue a conservative loan pol
icy at all times.
In all European countries the same
situation is controlled by one central
bank. whose duty it is to conserve its
reserves at a time when other banks
are lending and to control this lending
by raising and lowering the rate of
interest. The central bank plan is
hardly practical in this country be-
cause of the wide area and diversi-
fed industries here The idea is car
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01

The place of refined amusement
BOocheS. 132)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
BLAME CAPTAIN BERRY!
There Will BE Federal Investigation
Of Nantucket Accident.

by United Press.
NORFOLK. Va, Jan. 31.-The Off
cials today blamed Captain Berry of
the ship Nantucket for methods used
after hitting the Monroe. They say
that if the captain had reduced the
speed of his vessel, and kept the two
locked. the passengers on the Monroe
could have been transferred to the
Nantucket. The Nantucket officers say
they acted according to rules. There
will be federal investigation Mon
day.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-01
Prof. W. +. Gephart Visiting Here

Prof. W. F. Gephart. head of the de-
partment of economics of Washington
University at ST. Louis. is visiting
Prof W. J. Shepard.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
Uncle Ashdod Annexes an Island
By Ellis Parker Butler

was goin' along nice and easy through
the South Pacific Ocean. which lies
south of the North Pacific Ocean
THAT there ocean amt the only
thing that lies south of it." said Sim
Perkins meaningly, "or northeast of it,
either. When it comes to lying any
where on carth-good, clean, hearty
lying"
"And ] was handling the craft as
well as could be expected" said Uncle
Ashdod. without paying heed to Sim.
"She was rather old fashioned in build.
the ark was. and sailed better back
wards than forwards. and better side
ways than either, and | was about
ready to decide she could sail better
upside down or wrongside out than any
other way. when the mate came to me.
Cap he says, can't you sail this old
water trough any faster WHY |
says. We ought to get out of this re-
gion.' he says. because this is a mighty
volcanical region, and I've got a
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tralia, and the parts of North America
North and South Of the United States
of America.
"'Weil, if we amt goin' to have no
exhibits says the boss continued Uncle
Ashdod, w got to have an attraction.
We've got to have something every
body has heard of and wants to see,
and that's the genuine old ark that
Noah navigated the flood with. / bet
says he, that if we have the ark folks
will come from Montreal, Canada, and
Dayton, Ohio, and maybe. from FL
Paso, Texas, and Muscatine. Iowa. And
if we can have one of them Egyptian
dancin' girls on the Prov we'll draw
some folks from Pittsburgh; and if we
have couple of nigeers dom double
shuttle on the rear deck we can count
on st. Louis, and old Uncle Ashdod
Clute is the man to fetch the ark for
us. So | went after the ark
Loaded it on shipboard, ! suppose
scoffed Sim Perkins.
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mo, sir!' said Uncle .Ashdod- "The
Sally Ann wasn't big enough to hold
an ark of that size, as any fool might
know, so when we get the ark dug out
of Mount Ararat, and skidded down
to the seashore, we just skidded the
Sally Ann up the mount and showed
her into the hole we had made gettin'
the ark out, and packed her in snug
and left her there. She's there now.
So that was fair exchange and no rob-
berry. for, to my notion, the ship Capn
Ashdod Clute sailed in is just as no.
torious as any ark that ever was.
"Or more so,'' said Sim Perkins.
$50 we set sail in the ark and
touched at Egypt to take aboard the
dancin' girl Her name was Fatima,
with the accent on the fa;. So we
made her a cabin in the Hippypotamus
stall, because it was double braced de-
meath and she could practise dancin'
withou: brcakin' through the floor. We
sailed through the isthmus of Sucz and
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cannon ball whizzed past my nose. So
/ looked over the rail and seen a
United States cruiser down there on
the ocean. The captain of the cruiser
picked up a megaphone. Look here!
he says. You got no business having
a mountain island here This is the
main route to Australia, and you
dassnt obstruct traffic this way. You
got to move out of the way Who
says that" says. The United States
of America says itp he says. So that
made me mad. What right had the
United States to talk that way, when
the United States was always havin'
strikes and elections and panics and
things that would interfere with my ho-
tel business? So | settled that mighty
quick"
How sou asked Sim Perkins.
Il annexed the United States" said
Uncle Ashdod. That's the way to set
.le trouble with other nations-annex
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~


The power OF the newspaper as mold
er and recorder of history. and tine edu-
cation 4 the possible young journalist to
see the profession in this light, was the
theme Of an address ny Waldo L. Cook.
an editor Of the Springfield Republican.
delivered before a gathering of New Eng
land history teachers at Springfield.
Mass. and printed in the current num-
Der of the American Historical Review.
The address is given in part below:
Suppose that all the editorial writers
in the land and all the journalistic COM
mentators on current events could be
trained for their work somewhat as his
torians are trained. would We not have
a much better press, and would not the
press perform whatever function it has
as an engine of public enlightenment
to the greater advantage of the people?
For the press is history-not in its finished
form. but in those primary elements
which make possible the history of the
schools. There are two ways in which
the press may make history. 1t may ac-
tually influence events themselves, or 1t
may influence the media through which
those events can be seen both by con-
temporaries and by posterity. II it does
one thing or the other. 1t influences the
making of history as II will be read in
the books.
1T is easy to see. therefore, how the
press, as tremendous engine Of pub
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copyright. Ieli.l

Copyright. leHl
To make a long story short, MIR.
Butler. I want TO marry your daugh-
ter. and ] have come for your con-
sent" Walter Detridge spoke these
words slowly and distinctly in Mr..
Buffers library late Sunday afternoon.
IF you are perfectly sure about it,
said Mr.. Butler. with a laugh that
reassured Detridge, Il don't see that 1
can hold out. ! take it that Barba
approves"
Yes" said Detridge, that is, sub
ject to your approval In fact. she said
that you always knew what was good
for her better than she knew herself.
That was her verdict yesterday at
TIlton. and that is why l took the
next train for New York. That is
why l am here now. 1 am ready to
give you my pedigree and my life his
tory, IL you want ii. You knew my
father. l believe: you know what the
Detridges are made of"
Mr.. Detridgs regarded the ceiling
refectively and drew long puffs from
his cigar. He smiled to himself as
his thoughts fingered on the figure of
Barba.
, Il have spoiled the child, no doubt,
said Butler. Ordinarily i wouldn't
Say what j am going TO say. and 1 as
sure You. Mr.. Detridge. I am sorry to
nave to now. l am not the sort Of
man with whom money has weight in
Judging other men. But there is one
thing about Barba. Perhaps YOU have
discovered it.. He paused, and young
Detridge felt as If an hour of torment
passed before Butler finished his SEN
Ience. "Barba is extravagant"
SO what You mean, Mr.. Butler" said
Detridse, somewhat annoyed, sis that
YOU give your consent. well, / suppose
that is only natural. though L assure you
that is the last thing that Barba would
speak about
Please don't misunderstood me-" said
Mr.. Butler. Il am not thinking about
this for Barba's sake. 1t would be good
for her, mighty good for her, to have
tc economize-to have to start out as
her own mother had to start. / am only
thinking about you and your peace of
mind You see. Barba lie spoiled. Sh:
mas absolutely no idea of the value of
money, SO IL you haven't enough OF tho
wherewithal you might be sorry you
had ever married Barba. Just to show
you what she expects-when she went to
rilton two weeks ago 1 gave her 500
and her expenses and just yesterday she
teisSraphed for so So sent her draft
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inanCin& Barba

on the Tilton bank for double that
amount. She doesn't play bridge or any
thing like that. 1t is just that she has
never been denied
Il see your point exactly" said Det-
ridge, honestly. land ] am glad you
spoke so frankly to me. think / can sup
port her as literally as you nave. how
ever. In fact, wouldn't want wife
who couldn't spend money. and wouldn't
ask 10 marry Barba if | hadn't a good
bank account Now for particulars. AS
YOU know, my father was president OF
the Tilton National Bank and followed
in his shoes. All my money is there: not
a cent of it is in speculation. So i might
say that as long as Tilton stands I'll
have, say, ten thousand dollars a year
besides my salary. I haven't been living
up to that, of course; but would expect
tc il / married Barba."
Mr.. Butler looked at the young man
with affectionate approval Il wish
had had as sound business ideas at your
age. My advice is to keep out of specu-
lation- Tilton is about as solid as the
government itself. and there is no fun
taking chances in uncertain times like
these. But even with the present pan
icky conditions, Tilton couldn't be hit
suppose you are going right back?'
Yes" said Detridge, rising from his
chair and going over to the older man.
II came North only to get your consent.
l like to have my hand at the helm
VIII money matters are as little UNI
certain. and, besides. 1 want TO be with
Barbs. 1 will take the midnight train
home tonight"
wish you would stay for dinner" But
Ter said, as he went toward the door
with the young man. Then he paused.
as maid met him at the threshold.
She handed a telegram TO Mr.. Butler
and disappeared. He opened it, read il
and read il. and then said with surprise:
Il don't understand what she means.
Ii is a telegram from Barba." he ex-
planned. as he laid his hand on Detridge's
arm. Too bad. too bad. Detridge, il
looks pretty rough for you" Then he
reread the telegram aloud: Coming
home Will reach New York Sunday
night. Don't meet me Will take taxi
Can't stay without money and couldn't
use the draft you sent Triton bank has
closed"
''Tilton bank closed,' gasped Walter
seizing the sheet of yellow paper from
Mr. Butler. land she doesn't know what
IL means" Detridge grasped the arm of
the nearest chair to steady himself. The
two men stood i'm silence for a few
minutes. 1T means only one thing" said
Detridge at last huskily. TT means that
everything have is gone. II means that
have been ruined in a twinkling Of an
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
Newspaper AS History Recorder
~ Education Of the Young Journalist See Profession ~
~


develop i'm the student a keen sense OF
moral values, particularly in the line OF
tTuth-telling. II history is all lines as
Napoleon cynicalIy declared then il
should be cast to the scrap heap. But IL
II is the truth. as nearly as il can possibly
be made. then respect for history means
respect for truth. and love OF history
means love of truth. The problem of the
moral education of the journalist. there
fore. assuming you can catch him young
enough. is that OF filling him with re-
spect for and love OF history. There
should be the strongest msstence upon
the sacredness Of facts. Truth-telling
should be recognized as the Journalists
religion.
Analysing Historical Fraud.
Practically speaking, why could there
not be in the department Of history what
one may call historical post-mortems. or
the dissection of historical corpses. after
the style OF medical school study of the
human body? Take some event in the
past suitable for the pIfrpose-some event
that aroused controversy and passion
and study it as il appeared to contempor-
aries, in the light of the newspapers.
speeches, and public records OF the day.
and then study the process by which
what We call the truth OF history finally
triumphed over misrepresentation and
falsehood.
such study would possess dramatic in
terest, inasmuch as IL would reveal truth
and falsehood struggling for supremacy.
The student would see how history as he
now reads it in the books emerged. and
the knowledge thus acquired would make
him a sounder judge and a surer critic of
the history being made before his own
eyes. Having studied in the historical
clinic many celebrated distortions and
perversions of the actual facts. for what
ever purpose. by partisans. he would
learn to reserve judgment on many things
happening to look for gaps in the EVIL
dence, and so far as possible to penetrate
human equations and motives. He would
become far better reporter OF events.
more searching commentator upon pub
lie controversies. Thus he would the
more surely expose bad causes, and pro-
mote good causes"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

EN-. Look herep says to the captain
of the cruiser. Don't you bother no
more. I've started republic of my
own here, and your United States is
a nuisance, so I've annexed it. | an
nexed it about minute and half ago.
So that's the end of your United
States, misterP /, says
That was the right way to do. and
the easy way" sgreed Sim Perkins.
annex EN-! And when you had the
United States annexed, what did you
do?'
Well" said Uncle Ashdod slowly,
then the captain of the cruiser he said
a few things to me and few things
to his gun crew, and then me and my
crew set to work and shoveled our
volcanic mountain island back into the
South Pacific Ocean where it come
from. You see, Id forgot to ask the
annexee if he wanted to be annexed.
And he didn't want to be-"
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spirit that is helpful to the community
''The-chief public duty OF the press is
70 get current history straight That is
its most important obligation to society
and the State. But while the press in its
relation to history is of paramount con-
Germ as II writes history rather than as
1t utilizes or makes history. il is we'll to
remind ourselves that perfection in the
writing of history. under any circum-
stances whatever, is difficult. Now. the
reporter-and I use the word reporter
in a sufficiently broad sense to include
all who ascertain and report facts for
publication-the reporter has his weak
nesses. But his weaknesses simply make
him more interesting as psychological
problem. And il he is a psychological
problem, the reporter is none the less en-
titled to be called a historian. There are
reporters and reporters. The ideal re-
porter would ruthlessly print absolutely
everything that Is not meant for publi-
cation: and the best current history,
scientifically considered. is what is not
meant for publication. Some Of it gets
printed occasionally. and then it is! apt
to be branded by somebody much con-
cerned as an absolute and wilful false
hood
Love of the Truth.
In OrQer 10 90 the TlSnl lTOiI any
motive worthy of respect. one must love
the right. In order to tell the truth
consistently and steadily, one must love
the truth. How can reporters, these his
torians of the day and the week, be
made to love the truth so that they Will
hate any form OF conscious misrepresen-
tation? In answering this question, We
are confronted with the fact that mere
knowledge does not give one moral power,
does not strengthen the will to do moral
things From a unitarian point of view.
the journalist cannot possibly know too
much OF the history of all countries
and the history of all branches of civili-
zation. The more he knows. the more
valuable he becomes in dollars and cents.
But there never was a journalist whose
sense of moral responsibility was in
creased, or whose conscience was quick
ened. by the mere examining Of facts into
his head.
"Yet history can be taught in way to
The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
By Jane Osborn

eye just as those other men have been
ruined and l thought We We're on rock
foundation. There must have been a
sudden run-people must have got PAN
icky.' Detridge put his hand to his eyes
as though TO wipe a film from them.
Il won't even have my salary. l will
have to begin all over again"
Don't YOU want to get the particu-
larsH' asked Butler. Your men must
have been calling you up at your hotel
and have probably missed you. Here.
use my phone. Maybe there will b.
something saved from the wreck
Il will be the last one to he refunded, -
said Detridge. going to the phone. II
suppose that they have heen frantic try
ing TO get me. Fact is I didn't leave
any address with them. didn't dream
anything would turn up"
Detridge nervously called for a long
distance wire to Tilton. Il may as well
withdraw my request, Mr.. Butler he
said with a grim smile as ne waited for
the operator 1T may take me years 10
be in a position 20 marry Barba. and I
couldn't expect her to watt
The door suddenly burst open and with
an Identification of the whole atmos-
phere very pretty young woman rushed
into the room.
oh, daddy she called with a child
ish laugh, I'm so glad to see you. Please
go pay the taxi man. He's waiting
spent my last cent on a tip to the por-
ter. l couldn't even buy dinner and l am
SO hungry.
MIR. Butler. always obedient to his
pretty daughters commands. hurried to
the front door. and then Barba realized
for the first time that Detridge was in
the room.