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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15
SEEING THE UNIVERSITY

shells and beads arr really vampC1, !,
r Eampum were nloIey rossGays.
we'd all o. EiiIiora-es-
There zr= many eases vfrh arrow
h-af- some are sharp and others
are bGnts with which The Indian child
-=n praeric=,5 shooting
Tke late Prof. G.. C. Broadh=aa's :
collection ot Correry from Nep Madrid
Couzry No. il very Interesting. a. +
sho-Ss rh= beginnings Of primitive ART
The Oldest ia the Chinese collection.
There are coins e.9"o years old 3
wooden back scrarct=r shape. ike q
Eanan hand a. an-iqgatzd kite and
many other cEri0sili@s. among them =
poreziain spoon And yer mast o. -
ara under rh= impression that the Chi
n-s@ Use only caopsticss
There Il also an Interesting aszorr-
a=n- Of straw has worn BY the differ
z-t -rih=s II th= Philippine ISLANDS
Most Of them look Ike umbrellas.
SOM small Others large
Suspended from the ceiling ara rwo
Izpan=s= fishing boats There ara also
: pair o. snoT=hoes and a very harm
I-sz-looitinz zco1- dol
Horrors Naa-'- his The skeleton
n -h= closet \ whole closet full o.
limbs and oon=s and crumbIiaz skulls.
and marx - il labeled Relics from
Bo0u= Coq1-y % rles- relics orce
rrutg=t the SANE roads as Ve, iaboref
ana played c-i@5 and sang and here
they s-=-r=lics II our closet One Is
IncIi.-t 70 remark phiIosophjcaIIy:
And Th-n l. comes 70 rhe md Of
your life
There's nothing 10 DO bu- die
Here they a-= azain- Casts OF
skulls from The chiaI=ss. ap@-ike head
20 hat closely resembling the modern
man Right underneath these skuIIs
are 5h4 horn implements that these
rzras fashioned. Skulls again. These
ar not casts but tecayed human
skulls Of indians Of North America
About rh= bes- preserved i the
FLata-af
At--- all here i no reason 10 D.
scared Thy ar all safely locked
in their cases and could not escape il
they we're abb. Their day i done
NJ. !. r
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15
->EEING THE University.

II j. Iamen-ahIe sacr that there arr
many seniors in The University Of Mis-
sour who know lirtIa about th-i- Alma
Mater except their Own division. L
i sad because one Of rh@ ana things
Of a university course i that II gives
d chance for general knowledge Of
many lines Of activity
There i 10 excuse for this igno-
rance. The men in charge Of rh@ mu-
saums. for instance. are almost with
out exception. men who are eu-hGsias-
tic about their fields and zho like 70
saoE Interested students tha wonders
which they have in their departments
T. might b.. we'll 70 cur matinee Or
a dance Or a social some time and in
stead 90 through any one o; the mu-
seums. Get acquainted With the
school II you DO nor. you are Just
touching the bare fringes o, an edUca-
ton. One ought 20 have horror Of
being one-sided There l. danger Of
ones being that way il his interest is
confined to the division in which he
IS working We need 10 take a rip 70
set. the University" -
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15
I'm HB>ie.

Music hath power 70 zOoIhe the
-avaze hast. sang the po@t-ar east.
probably ha sang II. because Z savage
b-a=t- -a= wols. was ct his door and II
vas necessary 70 % something il The
-m-rg=ncv-
Whar = attempted and perp@rrated
in tna name Of music has power TO
maa@ a savage he4s- out Of tha most
modest. unassuulng. retired little =
by-4 nan On Earth.
There a-- various kinds Of music
and various means 0: producing If.
Briefly. -h- different species are rha
aizh-falurinz. tn rag-so called b.
cause II i something tina, ought TO D.
di.card@d-and the kind you Ike,
lis impossible to describe The high
SeiUrinz style. Some ot our abIesc
-p=-chifers and essayists in the fac
ulry have attempted l. but have fallen
far short Of The pinnacle Of bromide
utr@r4ncE- they had hoped 20 reach.
High-talurlng music il the kind that
cases more than you can afford 70
spend but that your social position
won't permit you to miss. When yon
20 70 hear il, you try 10 look absorb
.ngly intelligent. enraptured. carried
away 70 the clouds o. souls ethereal
happiness and other mixed metaphors
until the end when you applaud long
and Vigorously You wonder TO yourself
which one Of those things indicated in
some foreign language on the program
the artist playing and then after
the concert talk sushingly and enthu-
siasticalIy about the exquisit-ness OF
tone. touch or some similar unknown
topic. and tell how much you enjoyed
the recital.
But then We all do it,
The rag is a condemnation Of one
time hits and old familiar airs. skill
fully mixed with tone gymnastics to
produce pleasing impression on the
ear II doesn't. There are seven origi-
nal jokes in the world. but there is
only one original rag-time tune. and
every other is frantic search after
the harmony and catch that made thar
one famous. Rags are useful as assist
ing in the contortions OF the modern
dance
The third class Of music. the kind
We ali like. differs just as much as
/ individuals differ from each other. The
first prima donna. worlds champion
yiolinist or acrobatic band or orches-
ira leader to find out that il is a tune
and not musical gymnastics that the
average person likes best. will get all
the kale
Music is attempted by grazing bands.
Wheeling orchestras, squeaking yio-
lins. banging pianos, vaudeville sing
ers and mouthorgans. and a few other
instruments Of Satan. all OF which
have their particular value when prop
erly handled; but deliver US from the
One-fnsered piano thumper. Me.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15
SEVENTH COLUMN

Madame Papuin Of Paris. a fashion
authority. says that the slit skirt must
90. It shows TOO many faults What
do you mean. faults?
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

Chocolate pie with coffee or milk,
l0c. Broadway Coffee House. n4s)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

\ remarkable interest in astronomy
probably was the reason so MANY
goods had dates last Wednesday night
Yes. there was an eclipse OF the moon.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

We noted the other day that Mrs
Pankhurst was in Jail again. but she's
probably out again By now. To para
phrase Finnegan. in again. atarye
again. out again. al il again seems
to be the round OF the esteemed Eng
lish woman's existence.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

Two demands necessary
4 nan IN business must know EoE
70 write good letter Ninety pr cent
os the goods sold n rhis country ara
sold b. correspondence"
Th- n@a requirement vas no. made
without reason
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

Recently New York girl married
the man she had sued for $500. .Do0 for
breach Of promise. DO you suppose
she gave up hope Of getting the money
any other way
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

4 ST. Louis newspaper says that a
nurse from Pana. Ill. was married on
y. & o. train speeding az forty
miles an hour between Pana and Tav-
lorville- ie :. c. conductor hates 10
say it. but. knowing the general dis
position OF the aforementioned rail-
road, he feels that the correspondent
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-03-15

mas erred OF -.-= that the miII=nium
has come over n that part Of rh=
Sucker S-at=
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

 Donovan but it looks as if CongresS3 man Reilly would have walkover for a re-nomination.
 E. J. Hill is said to be an aspirant for Jerry Donovan's place and the Bridgeport Telegram says that he has practically made the announcement of his candidacy. Jerry beat Hill by something over 1,400 votes two years ago, but it is thought that he would give Jerry closer fight this time, uh- less it is that MT. Hill may be re- garded as one whose ideas of govern ment are of the past and it is we'll known that he has not changed his views. Congressman Donovan has created some excitement in Washing ton and for new member has made himself pretty we'll acquainted, too well perhaps.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
CONNECTICUT CoNGREssMEN

"It is generally understood that there will be no opposition to the re-nomination of Congressman Au- gustine Lonergan in the first district Congressman Lonergan's admirable record at Washington will bring him a denomination unanimously and if the electors of the first district are informed as to the good work he has done in their behalf at Wash ington he should be elected by an in- creased majority. y."-Bridgeport Tele- gram.
 A similar prediction has been made by Senator Landers and this seems to be the feeling throughout the state. MT Lonergan has been very attentive to his work and those who have had public business dealings with him in Washington all have a good word to say for him. It is claimed, how ever, that the other Connecticut con- gressmen may not be so. lucky, al- though there is no evidence that Con- gressman Mahan is desirous of a re- nomination for the same office al- though he would in all probability like to be nominated for United States senator. There is some talk of opposition tc Congressman Ken nedy and also against Congressman
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
THE DICTAGRAPH AGAIN.

The telegraph has been heard
 sum again. A woman patient was
 hot dead through window in a
 octor's officesat Freeport, l., L., this
 keek and an investigation revealed a 'dictagraph in the house, one end
 teing in the doctors office and the ether in drawer of his wife's desk in en upper room. The woman Is sup
 posed to have been jealous of her husband and employed this means in order to hear what he had to say to (his woman patients. On the morning after the murder of the woman in her graph removed but when questioned |edmitted the whole thing to the |sheriff The authorities are now |seeking a mysterious woman whom they think committed the murder It |ls a queer case but it looks as if the |rolice will in a short time have the guilty party in custody.
 The dictagraph first came into through William J. Burns |the detective; 1t has also been used in |other criminal cases and it has been made to play a prominent part in the dramatic production, "The Argyle Case" in which Robert Hilliard starred a season or two ago in New York. In the Freeport murder pase it may be the means of un- travelling a mystery that so far has not shown either the slayer of an ap- parently innocent person or even a motive for such a crime.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

upon the issues that are likely to be If the people disapprove the demo- cratic tariff policy it says that the republican party Is their historic re- course. If they wish to hold the democratic administration responsible for hard times they will naturally con- centrate upon a party which has hopes of winning, not throw their votes away in behalf of one which repre- sents a constantly dwindling minority. It then goes on to say that there Is need for a progressive party in Penn sylvania where it says the repubn- cans made the serious mistake of nominating Penrose who has been in the senate for a number of years.
 The Tribune, however, does re- in New York, he having made the announcement that he will not run again. He is an able man and his ability has been generally admitted. EVOn ISOOSoVclL mas CI1aTdCLOTlZ0O him as of the best of presidential timber. Senator Root has given as a reason for retirement that he is get ting old and were he to serve another term he would then be seventyfive years of age, but as he has been corporation lawyer all his life and has never come before the people as a candidate for office, If he did he would probably be de- feated. Whether MT. Root had this in mind when reaching a determina- ton not to be a candidate for senator Is a question, but whether he had or not he will be missed in the sem ate where he Is now one of the lead- ing figures. In discussing this point the Tribune says that MT. Root could be elected if any republican could.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
How Immortality Is Banished.
 {R: :1nOre Sum-

life insurance company has re- fused to pay policy of $5,00O writ ten by it upon the life of a western man who was shot to death by jeal- ous woman. The company claims that married man who has an affi- nifty has assumed a great risk. In concealing knowledge of that risk from the company he commits 8 fraud upon it and therefore invalidates the contract ITS particular policy holder, it sh,uld be promised, had been asked the question, Are you engaged in any hazardous undertak- ing?" and had said that he was not.
 Science md business are the great factors making for morality in these times. Gam bling is taboo nowadays because en-: .t tyers, even though they have a little game themselves now and then, will not trust gam bling em- ployes. Drinking is coming to an end because the railroads and other big corporations will not have drink CTS in their employ. Affinities may become unl,o. ,:lar shortly, not because they are --c tral but because they invalidate life insurance. Henry DrummonG used to say that advances in mental and psychological study would enahle everyone very shortly to read tte t''sughts in everyone elses mind and that this would banish all crime and immortality, because no one then would dare think an ugly or an immoral thong Int.
 Thus is the millennium achieved.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex. changes that come to Herald office.
Western Harvest Wages.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Two boys from Columbus, O., who went west in search of high wages as harvest hands have written back home that they can find plenty of work, but not at fancy prices. Ac- cording to the Columbus Dispatch "they have encountered the $2-a-day employer who works his men from 4 a. m. to g D. m. with fifteen min utes for dinner and supper, but they have yet to discover the $5-a-day employer such as one reads about"
 Up to date these two Ohio boys have tried Oklahoma and Kansas and they are now trying Nebraska. All these states have been employing outside help in order that they might save their wheat crops. Desperate cases require desperate remedies, but no farmer is going to pay $5 a day to harvest hands if he can get them for $2. AS a matter of fact, much of the imported labor probably is dear at the $2 figure. The hours of work on the farm are long but one need not leave Ohio and go to Kansa to find that out. In many instances they are unreasonably long and this is one of the reasons why the boys are leaving the rural districts and why IdTm la DOT constantly IS DeCOm- ing scarce.
 The Kansas people ought not, how ever, to talk about $5-a-day wages if they mean to pay only $2 day The average Ohio or Kentucky farm boy can get $2 day at home during the harvest season. There could not be much profit in taking trip to Kan sas to work two or three weeks at the same stipend. Two dollars day will hardly pay railroad fare and buy arnica for the blistered arms and abrased fingers of the Ohio or Ken lucky youth who is lured to the western fields by promises of $5 a day and board.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
Married eight Years.

(Sioux City Burlington Iowa, Gazette)
 Seated beneath the shade of an elm tree at their home, Mr. and Mrs John Tanken, who claim the distinc- tion of, being the oldest married cou- pie in the Northwest, Friday ob- served their seventy eighth wedding anniversary.
 The occasion was only observed and not celebrated. For seventy-eight years they have observed their wed- ding anniversary in this quiet manner and they intend to follow out this plan as long as they live.
 He smoked his old German pipe, which has been in his possession for the past twenty years, while his little wife, wrinkled and slightly stopped, was busily mending hosiery.
 Not only are MT. and Mrs. Tanken an exceptionally old couple but they are a very interesting couple as we'll.
 MT. Tanken is. past 107 and Mrs. Tanken will reach her ninety-eighth
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

moon do affect the weather never had any scientific basis whatever" says a bulletin issued by the depart ment of agriculture. "It is only-.a remnant of the many superstitions generated and fostered by that other greater superstition, astrology." And the bulletin finally concludes: We have every, reason to believe that neither the planets nor the moon can have any appreciable effect on the weather, because they furnish so lit tie heat, upon which all weather changes ultimately depend, and this belief is fully supported by weather records"
 Did you ever hear anything like that in all your life? These scientists would have us believe that the change of the moon has nothing to do with whether or not the weather varies. They would tell us, forsooth, that a wet moon" and dry moon" are all the same, so far as affecting the chances of good crop. They would set their new-fangled science up against the folk lore of centuries.
 Doesn't everybody know that wet moon" means rain, and "dry moon' means a drouth? Suppose it doesn't always work, it works often enough to keep the belief alive, doesn't it? Of course there is this to be said, that some folks say it is a 'wet moon' when the corners are turned up "to hold the water in'' and others call it a "wet moon" when the point is down to spill the water out,'' but the re- suit is that about half of them are right whatever happens
 Drat these scientists, anyway! They are iconoclasts, all of them. First thing We know, somebody will issue a bulletin to the effect that it isn't lucky to see the new moon over your right shoulder, or that there is a chance you may not get your wish if you say that little Starlight, star bright verse over the first star you see tonight We no sooner get to really knowing a thing than some fmage-breaker comes along and says it isn't so.
 Besides-if we don't know it is so, how does anybody know it isn't so?
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
The Moon and the Crops.
(San Antonio Light )

One by one they are taking our ancient beliefs from us-these scien- lists. A black cat across the path is just as unlucky as white cat, and no more so. Thirteen at table will mean a death in the company within a year if one of the company was go- ing to die anyway. It is bad luck to walk under a ladder if the ladder falls or the painter drops a can of paint. A journey begun on Friday possesses the same chance for fortune or mis- fortune as a journey begun on Thurs day or Saturday. Now come lot of weather sharps at Washington to tell us that the moon has nothing to do with the weather.
 The belief. still to be found in all countries, that the planets and the
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
TALK OF PROGRESSIVE PARTY
 AND SENATOR ROOT.

supporting the progressive nominee for United States senator in Penn .sylvania as against the republican candidate who received d very large vote in the primaries, is inquirine why on the face of the position taken by Colonel Roosevelt in his Pittsburg speech the progressive party should not disappear. It inquires what need Is there of two opposition parties, both
 kak1u1 practically the same position
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

milestone next November. She is very healthy and has not been i'll for number of years. She is as ac- tive around the house as the average American woman is at the age of 50. He has not been as fortunate as his wife in the matter of health. He has been ill several times, but still he maintains that he is as healthy as the present day middle-aged man.
 He has always been fond of his old pipe and smokes pound of tobacco weekly. Both are advocates of fresh air and they can be found in the yard under the elm tree the greater part of the day.
 When questioned concerning the reasons for his old age, MT. Tanken said: "The only reason I know of why my wife and I are still living is that we are not good enough for the Lord and too good for the devil" Ac- cording to Mrs. Shoop, his adopted daughter, this is the only remark he makes about his old age.
 MT. Tanken was born January l, 1907, in Hengalow, Holland, while his wife caught her first glimpse of the earth at Selen, Holland, on No- vember 22, 1917. They were married at the home of Mrs. Tanken in Selen on June IS, 1886.
 Early in the year of 1897 they de- cided to come to America to earn their fortune and landed in New York on the steamer Enswenberg late in the fall of the year. They imme- diately went to La Crosse, Wis. where they remained until 1850.
 It was in La Crosse that MT. Tank en established the first maple syrup mill in Wisconsin.
 In 1850 MT. Tanken disposed of his syrup mill and located in Milwau- kee. There were only few houses and people in Milwaukee at that time and they were located in the center of large forest. He has never re- turned to Milwaukee since he lived there and he is of the opinion that it is of the same size today as it was at that time. He engaged in the logging business while at Milwaukee.
 They left Milwaukee in 1853 and came to Grand Island, Neb., where they remained until they came here with the exception of five years when MT. Tanken returned to Holland to study medicine. They have made four trips to their old home in Hol- land since coming to the United States.
 They are very reticent about their age. Mrs. Tanken is like the average woman and she does not like to have her age discussed.
 They have never had any children of their own, but adopted son and daughter. The son died in 1897, but the daughter is still alive.
 During their long life they have never had picture taken and they shun the camera as if it were weapon. On several occasions when the children attempted to get snap shot of theUt they would become aware of the fact and retire to their room for the rest of the day.
 The ancestors of both MT. and Mrs Tanken lived long life. His mother lived to be over 104 years old while Mrs. Tanken has a brother and sis-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
GOVERNMENT HAS SURPLUS.

The closing of the fiscal year June
 shows a surplus of $33,7S4,452 in
 e national treasury, provided that
 hnama canal payments are disre- &rded and if they are not then there kll be a deficit, but the law provides
 lat bonds may be issued to reim-
 arse the treasury for such payments.
 Washington administration circles
 is felt that the financial results
 the year are vindication of the ew tariff law. The income tax has pt yielded as large return as was kpected by several millions of dol-
 ITS. but the total amount of the sur ius comes within less than $4,000,OOO
 the estimate of the secretary of he treasury.
 . There has been difference of opin- yn among congressional leaders of pposite parties as to the new tariff Etas revenue producer, the re- 'ub1fcans claiming 1t would be kilslfe and the democrats would be bnapelled to amend it in order to |Rve it realize the needed income! This hen has now been dispelled and the Administration is being vindicated in IS financial calculations, which Is |uite important as it Is being put bon the griddle for it's management |f the affairs of the country.
 It was not really expected that the hcone tax would be as. great suc- less as a revenue producer the first lear as it will later when the govern nent has had better opportunity Q observe it's manner of operation nd to get a line on the people who re obliged to pay. The general sen- iment is that great many are not aying as much as they should and he government is going to have a ifficult time of it in getting down Q the details and ascertaining just .ew much each should pay and then. 0 see that they do pay. The law n itself is a bit intricate, advantage being taken of it in this way and he government will undoubtedly find necessary to clear it up in such
 manner as will permit it to re- eiye all that belongs to it. The sur- Jus, however. is an almost positive
 1~ he right track. that its legislative cts will do what is expected and that
 business revival is coming to the ountry.