New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
EAST BY PHONE
Dimes WITH WEST
Festive Ohio State Alumni
Here, in Frisco and Co.
lumbus Chat as One.
PREPAREDNESS HEARD
WITH COLLEGE WELLS
Professors Speeches, Campus
Chimes and Pacific's Roar
Shared by All Guests.

A. G. Boesel, press agent Of the Ohio
State University Association Of New
York, said it was going to be "the most
unique college celebration ever billed
in the United States" Il was. 1t was
a transcontinental telephone sociable in
honor of Ohio State University day at
the Panama Pacific Exposition. The
New York end of 1t met and had dinner
at the Park Avenue Hotel until 10
o'clock.
At that hour 1t was o'clock in San
Francisco and Q o'clock in Columbus,
Ohio. The San Francisco end OF the
affair was held In the amphitheatre OF
the Palace of Liberal Arts, on the ex-
position grounds, while the Columbus
meeting was in Ohio Union, on the col
lege campus. Every one Of the 800 peo-
pie in the map-spanning assemblage
had telephone receiver at his table
place. connected with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
transcontinental line.
Over these wires went college cheers,
greetings Of friend to long parted
friend, more college cheers, speeches
by professors, addresses by Ohio cluo
presidents. talks by telephone men, a
Ford car joke, more yells, the melodi-
Gus chimes on the college campus play
ing Carmen Ohio" the roar OF the
surf on the Pacific Coast, applause and
a speech by Governor Willis of OHIO;
Governor Willis thought OF the tele,-
phone SO means of transcontlnentai
preparedness, putting all sections oil
the country in immediate touch. But
he is an avowed peace advocate, ana
hoped that the good wishes OF ONO
University alumni from ocean to ocean
would follow Henry Ford on his peace
adventure.
Preparedness Discussed.
Over the wires the Governor was
asked two questions. The hrst was
whether he was in favor of President
Wilson's programme OF national pre-
paredness, and 10 that the Governor
said, to East and West, over the wires
well, I'm for some Of it, and for some
Of Il | am not" Rack, rack! rackety.
went the wire, but the Governor voice
finally emerged, saying something TO
the effect that he thought the national
guard was to be kept in first place LOT
national preparedness, and that II
should not be second fiddle 70 the con-
tinental army proposed by wilson.
The other question was whether ne
was going with Henry Ford on his lit
tie boat. To this the Governor SAID ne
had been invited, but regretted exceed,
ingly that important business would
ieep him from going.
The telephone was under the direc,,
ton of II. W. easier, who called roll
of wire chiefs across the continent as
section after section of the line was
plugged in. The Omaha chief, when
asked for the news of his town, re-
ported that there had been wedding;
the Salt Lake City man said that he
was a Mormon bishop.
Halbert f. Payne, making speech
here in New York to the other two
groups, asked the Ohio University
alumni to support the bill to be nitro
duced in Congress increasing govern
ment support of the military estao-
lishments in land grant colleges, in
these times, when men like Bryan and
Ford are chasing rainbows,' so the
country would have more educated men
prepared TO be officers. He proposed
giving q machine gun by the alumni to
the university.