The Ordway new era., 1915-02-19

and so, in 1909, we find him fresh
man at historic Bowdoin college. In
1919 he graduated with highest honors
and Immediately afterward followed
Professor Bradlough to Berkeley. Cal.
The one friend that Emil Chuck discov-
cred in all his life was Professor
Bradlough. The latter's weak lungs
had led him to exchange Maine for
California. the removal being facili-
tated by the offer of a professorship
in the State university Throughout
the year 1914 Emil Gluck resided in
Berkeley and took special scientific
courses. Toward the end OF that year
two deaths changed his prospects and
his relations with life. The death OF
Professor Bradlough took from him
the one friend he was ever to know.
and the death OF Ann BarteIl left him
penniless. Hating the unfortunate lad
to the last. she cut him off with one
hundred dollars.
The following year. at twenty years
of age. Emil Glnck was enrolled as an
instructor in chemistry in the Univer-
sity of California. Here the years
passed quietly.
HeNwa twenty-seyen years of age
when he first sprang into prominence
In the newspapers through the publ
cation of his book. Sex and Progress"
1t was book for scientists. and not
one calculated to make stir. But
Gluck. In the last chapter, using bare
ly three lines for it. mentioned the
hypothetical desirability of trial mar
rfages. AT once the newspapers seized
upon those three lines. played them
up yellow" rs the slang was in those
days. and set the whole world laugh
ing at Emil Gluck. the bespectacled
young professor OF twenty;seven. Pho
tographers snapped him: he was be-
sieged by reporters: women's clubs
throughout the land passed resolu.
tions condemning him and his i'm.
moral theories: and on the floor of
the California assembly. while discus
sing the state appropriation to the
university. motion demanding the
expulsion Of Gluck was made under
threat Of Withholding the appropria
tion-of course. none Of his persecu.
tors had read the book: the twisted
-pewspaper version of only three lines
OF It was enough for them. Here be-
gan Emil Gluck's hatred for newspa.
per men.
1t was the newspapers that were re.
sponstble for the next disaster that be-
fell him. For the five years following
the publication of his book he had re-
NAMED silent, and silence for a lonely
man Is not good. His only recourse
was books. and he went on reading
and studying enormously. But In
1877 he accepted an invitation to ap-
pear before the Human Interest soci-
ETY. Of Emeryville. He did not trust
himself to speak. and as we write we
nave before US copy Of his learned
paper It 10 sober. scholarly and SCI
entihc. and. It must also be added,
conservative. But in one place he
dealt with. and I quote his words, the
Industrial and social revolution that
ia taking place in society" A repor-
ter present seized upon tho word
revolution" divorced 1t from the text.
and wrote q garbled account that
made Emil Gluck appear an anarchist.
Al once Professor Gluck. anarchist"
named over the wires and was approi
priately featured" in all the newspa.
pers In the land.
He had attempted to reply 10 the
previous newspaper attack, but now
he remained silent. Bitterness had
already corroded his soul. The uni
versity faculty appealed to him to de-
fend himself. but he sullenly declined,
even refusing to enter in defense a
copy Of his paper to save himself from
expulsion. He refused to resign. and
was discharged from the university
faculty.
Prosecuted, maligncd, and misun.
derstood, the forlorn and lonely man
made no attempt at retaliation. Hay-
ing lost his position. and being with
out any income. he had to find work
His first place was at the Union Iron
Works, in San Francisco. where he
proved mcst able draughtsman. 1t
was here that he obtained his first
hand knowledge of battleships and
their construction. But the reporters
discovered him and featured him in
his new vocation. He Immediately re-
signed and found another place; but
after the reporters had driven him
away from half a dozen positions, he
steeled himself to brazen out the
newspaper persecution. This occurred
when he started his ,electroplating es-
tablishment in Oakland. on Telegraph
avenue. 1t was a small shop. employ
ing three men and two boys. Gluck
himself ~orked long hours. 1t was
during this period he perfected the i'm
proved ignition device for gas engines,
the royalties from which ultimately
made him wealthy.
He started his electroplating estab-
lishment early in the spring OF 1928.
and 1t was the same year that he
formed the disastrous love attachment
for Irene Tackley. Now, 1t is not to
be imagined that an extraordinary