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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
OUR GIANTS, THE COLLEGES
no of the Days Best Cartocnc.
editorial In tho Ioston TrnnscrIpto

Human nature dictates that n man
who is Il college graduate should be
determined to give his son similar ad :
vantages. II possible in the very Same
college. II also prescribes that a man
who Is not n college graduate should
be even more determined that his son
should have a college education and
not go through the world under any
handicap which is within his power to
remove. Usually the more the non
coilegian appears to ridiculc colleges
the more determined he IL TO send his
sons through college. This much OF
human nature. coupled with the great
growth Of the third estate, seems
enough TO keep our collegiate institu-
lions constantly on the increase all
such items as the European war. fnan-
cial depression, and talk OF the useless
ness OF n college education To the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
AS this demand for admission has
pressed moro and more heavily on tho
gates OF American colleges. tho present
generation has witnessed wide change
In the relations held between colleges
ana the secondary schools which pre-
pare men for college. Time WAS when
the word of the university, its lust de-
sire or Its light caprice. was held up rs
law TO the high schools and prepara-
tory schools. II these institutions
wished to train men for admission to
tho university. they must do so in a
way prescribed from above. 1t made
no difference that the colleges agreed
not at all on the requirements which
they should scverally exact. The sec
ondary schools were expected to pre-
pare students for each one of them in
dividually. Plainly this demand Gre
ated unbearable hardships for the Sec
ondary schools. The high schools cs-
pccially perplcNcd as they were with
the problem of training one part Of
their men for college and another part
for immediate entrance into the world
OF business, revoltcd against the ne
cessity OF meeting the requirements OF
many individual institutions. 1t was
pointed out that they could not do so
and still perform their proper measure
OF service TO the public which sun
ported them.
To Correct Former Mistnkcn.
In consequence there came the growth
OF tho college examination board, in
which many colleges Joined for the
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Old-F ashioned Remedies

Physicians have been jumping from
one drug or chemical to another ever
since Lister found n way to check or
prevent the infection of wounds. Doc
tors have tried friars balsam. carbolic
acid. iodoform and dozens OF other anti
scptics some of them very costly, and
now seem to have gone back to old
fashioned household dressings OF pa st
years and even past centuries.
On the battle fields of Europe sugar.
salt tincture of iodine and common
garlic have superseded drugs and chem :
icals with Understanding names. Sugar
is used rs a dressing for wounds al
ready infected. The British government
has found that wounded men on ships
whose injuries have been washed with
common sea water make better rccov-
cries than. those treated In field hos
pitfalls. the conclusion being that the
waters of the ocean are an ideal anti
septic. Tincturc Of iodine. prepare
ton as old as the hills. is the favorite
protection against lockjaw: and so IL
goes.
or all these rcversons to grand
mothers specific. however. the discov-
cry that garlic is almost n curc-all is
the most striking. Doctors who pre-
scribe and use only the more costly and
ncwfangled preparations Imported
from Germany Will have to give re-
spectful attention to garlic, for its cf-
fcacy is vouched for by the London
Lancet on the testimony of two emf
nent London surgeons. Garlic applied
to Il wound stops the infection and
heals quickly. whereas modern anti
scptics used IN fashionable practice In :
sure the tissues. Garlic has been test
ca thoroughly ut the PaGdington In
Urinary in London. Eng, as well as in
field hospitals in France
The story of the rediscoycry of f,ar-
lie possesses human interest An old
French peasant woman was found to
have dressed the sores ana wounds of
soldiers in the war zone with crmark
able results. An army surgeon invcsti-
gated. and garlic Is now sold by the ton
where 1t was formerly sold b. the ounce
In English chemists shops. Garlic Juice
diluted with three or four parts Of dis
titled water seems to be the standard
dressing.
Garlic is also found to be effective in
preventing tuberculosis and In curing
1t in It's carly stages. The common
onion, cousin Of Glove of garlic, is good
for colds. Hindus have used plastcrs
of garlic for ages Just when specula-
tors have cornercd tho drug and chem
zeal market. army doctors find substi-
tutes in things that are cheap and
plentiful-New York Commercial
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sake OF uniformity. and since Its es-
adjustment there has been an unre-
uniting campaign to correct the evils
formerly rife. In Massachusetts to-
day board Of conference between the
! colleges and the secondary schools IL
sun at work ccmenting In every way
possible the rapprochemcnt between
the TWO types Of institutions.
Now. however. close observers OF the
situation are beginning 10 fear that
,he conciliatory attitude OF the colleges
- going too far. There can be no
| action without reaction. Certain IL is
.hat The voice OF the secondary school
Is developing dictatorial tone remark
ably like that which the colleges used
10 employ. and which led TO all the
trouble In the first place This ten
dency must be checked, or IL will re-
SUIT TO the Injury OF higher education
IN america. The clear right OF the
collegcs TO set certain standards and
Insist on maintaining them must ba
recognized without cavil Not all Of
the remarks OF Massachusetts's own
commissioner OF education show him
huihciently concerned to establish this
prihc!pie Yet IL must be set up, or
we shall witness Il wocful prostration
before the heather gods OF mere MN,
be!s, and far too little worship OF
quality.
certain signs OF the times are clearly
a' work TO give the colleges new
III maintaining their position.
'ccofoihs TO the article in this Issue
to-day. many of our universities ara
seriously concerned with the almost
uh"ie.dly growth which has lately ac-
crued TO them. They would gladly
check It's accrctions, but are NJ a lo..
10 h'scorer some means - restricting
CROWN without stunning or deforming
H. Certainly this cnu should no, no
sought by any return to the old hos
tiiity between final and sccond,ry
schools. That could not possibly re-
suit TO the general good OF education
IN the United States. But i, should
ne sought through n clearer definition
or the rights and positions Of calico.
ana secondary schools within their al
nance, and the universities able rs thcv
are TO stand on the firm rroupa n,
thcir own prosperity. must night
uuali.Fs batt!c against all the lcgions
which quantity may amass In
tack ~ at
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Ideas ON Naval Armament.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-Thc following ideas not offered as
the writer to represent. more less one side
of the case with little sarcasm thrown in
Any large expenditure for naval armament
is a doubtful procedure. because at the present
is more probable than possible: and il il rea,
SonaDle to expect that ut future datc tho
built. ''e"' nc
Unless We expect to build navy equal or
at least. navy capable of defeating the com,
hned naval strength of England. Germany and
FRANCE IT would be useless for defense. be-
cause it is not possible that any of the powers
would attempt, single handed. conquest of
America. If all or several of the powers com
hncd were to attack navy would he
useless unless 1t We're equal to the combined
fleets OF the attacking nations
Germany is at present in the postion W.
would be in If attacked by several of the great
has influenced her probable failure or success
not at ALL
An efficient land fighting equipment canno,
of our country unless backed by a giant navy
II giant navy may influence an ordinary presi-
dent or public sentiment into almost anv kind
or an overseas mess We will not always have
President Wilson. and If, right now we were
of President. with public Sentiment as If is
If VIC possessed navy which we had reason
ahoat, what would that navy be doing right
now? In fact. If we had navy that could
sentiment have been satisfied with the "notes"o
If we wish to come right out and face the
manage the European powers so as to have
whichever one we like best to control the
build u navy capable of accomplishing this
supposnp, of course, that build n navy
that science cannot at one stroke destroy. we
miss the scrap iron less than the other powers
n science takes hand and spoils our aspira-
Richmond November 12. 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
Dressing Gowns and zeppel,ns.

1t is proverbially can III wind that
blows nobody good" and the rccoE-
milton of the possibility OF Zeppelin
raids affords q curious verifcation or
this. 1 learn that there has been a
veritablc boom in the sale of dressing
gowns-those comfortable home gar
ments that hide n multitude Of short
comings In ones attire-since the first
aerial visitation by the Huns. At one
West End emporium to-day ] learned
that tho manufacturers OF these ar
ticlcs have had to meet an enormous
demand, and there has also been n run
on the material itself, presumably for
use ny those who are able to make
,heir own gowns. The advantage OF
having warm garment OF this kim,
handy In case OF night surprise 10
obvious. especially at this season OF tho
year. when tho autumn winds blow so
cold.--Glasgow Record.
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
('rom Newspaper Files, November Ia 1ss5

Two Of tho men wearing United states Army
uniforms and passing themselves off rs agents
OF the government, sent out to impress horses
for the army, were arrested in Hanover County
yesterday and brought to Richmond. What the
military authorities will do with them remains to
he seen General Terry says they are not agents
OF the government, but simply horse thieves.
Gold huctuatcs so much one can hardly keep
up with the precious coin Yesterday IL was
147 in Richmond and 14S in New York. whereas
day before Yesterday it was Isl III New York.
George Garrison, prominent citizen of Acco
Mac County, was drowned day before yesterday
our beyond the capcs. sudden blow
W while he was fishing and upset his boat.
Notwithstanding his overwhelming defeat for
tho governorship of North Carolina by Jona-
than Worth Provisional Governor w. w Holden
has been instructed by Secretary Seward to hold
on to the Office until further advised from Wash
irgton.
General Kirby Smith. who was recently re-
ported killed by his employees on his plantation
in Arkansas. is alive ana hearty. lie arrived in
LynchburG day before yesterday and says he has
no idea how the report of his death originated
Major-General Judson Fitzpatrick. of the United
states Army and of much raiding fame. has been
appointed minister to Chile.
y New Orleans man who owns two large nlon
tations In that state and large Virginia la nd
cwner. conceived the idea of importing coolies to
work their lands and other farms In tho
South. and were making, their arrangements 40
to do when they thought 1t best to inouIro or
tho United States authorities If the thing could
hc done The Bureau of immigration has replied
to them that An act of Congress practically
forbids the importation OF coolies as laborers
Josiah Turner. who member of the Con-
tcderate Congress from North Carolina has been
erected to the United States Congress from the
kaieish district, but 1t Is almost certain that he
VIII not be allowed to take the seat.
Washington dispatch to the New York.
herald says: senator Charles Sumner of Mas
sachusctts. acts as If he were the master OF
the situation lie is constantly sending mes
Saecs here and directions to men in position nc
to what shall be done. Unrestricted negro SUI
fraee is his hobby"
At the election held in Wisconsin last week
a IN rit,. nF
suffrage in that State.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15

living was before the break O. day in most
parts Of the two hemispheres. Psychologists
have heen working overtime in the seats Of
the highbrows of the Commonwealth. and
have made some strange discoveries which
put Kansas way up domain for study
Scientists connected with the university of
the State have pineapple fossil dating back
100000 years. The inference is--perhaps it
is Il fact--that millions of years ago the soil
over which John Brown Jennison and Jim
Lane roamed was once great area Of tropi-
cal fruits.
Another dg-up is mackerel fossil, and
this is evidence conclusive that once an ocean
rolled itself over the present sites of the
progressive State. In its occasional the
waters left Il mackerel. Ii Kansas has any
respect for paleontoogy, it will hump itself
and order by legislation that the mackcrcl
be put on the States coat of arms, rampant
with the pineapple The Kansas of now is no
more wonderful than when it was cooled by
ocean breczes.
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Booker Il. Washington

IN the death Of Booker t. Washington, not
1 only has the South lost an understanding
friend and the negro race gifted leader, but
the whole country has been deprived OF one
of its strongest forces for the right develop
mcnt of united nation DR.. Washington
was an educated man and sch olar but he
retained and made most useful his intimate
knowledge Of the needs Of one element of
this country's population. In The means he
took 10 meet these needs he proved himself
Il wise and iar-seeng patriot Of the highest
type,
He served his people and. through
that service. he served the nation Industrial
development. industrial education. formed
the basis Tor his unremittng labor for the
welfare OF the negro. Upon this foundation
he built system that has done more for the
practical advancement Of his people than all
the theories that all the ignorant ever de-
vised. For, when ii shall have been adopted
throughout the country his dream,
there Will he no more question Of antagon-
istic races but each will follow the line of
development for which il is fitted.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
Look Inside.

There was man whose ways werc rough
lie really lacked vencering-
And some folks thought him just n tough
AT whom they should be sneering.
But when a decd thrice dangerous
Called for some gallant fellow,
Twas not the man so scorned by US
Who showed the streak OF yellow
No, he came out and turned the trick
And made no noise about it
And also made some critics sick,
Who'd been inclined to doubt IT,
The moral is that you can't tell
BY casual inspection
What virtues are beneath the she'll
That fit a mans collection.
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The Forest.

love the forest: could dwell among
That silent people. till my thoughts
upgrcw
In nohly ordered form as to my view
Rose The succession OF that lofty
throng.
The mellow footsteps on ground OF
Formed by the slow downfall Of nu-
mcrous years,
the couch Of moss, whose growth
alone appears
Beneath the frs inhospitahlc caves.
The chirp and futter OF some sinr,.
bird.
The rustic in tho brake. what preciou.
store
or Joys have these conferred on no.t.
heart.
And then at times to SEND oncs ~,
voice out
In the full frolic of one startling
shout,
Only to feel the afterstillness more.
Lord Houghton4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
-Sonnets, No. 81.
Dont "Monkcy" With the New scbo,or

The superintendent of the Sunday school in
one of his little talks just before the hour ended
said the most popular sin was selfshness
'Selhshness," he remarked lis in getting everv-
thing YOU can and keeping il for your own use
not wanting to give others n chance / Will ask
INC new scholar who is with us to-day to give
us an example of what he considers sclhshness
l want to see if make myself plain"
Il reckon I'm it, replied the urchin. - WIZ
1T a oyster supper t'other night and my mother
h'd made the stow. When the stun was brought
on knowcd where the oyster hid and got
1t, and hung 10 IL. Nobody else had a smell
OF It, You bet was popular sin. all right"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15

That Newport News man who Is tbinl,,n, or
putting his $4,000 in Henrico oil wells would
90 better. we think, to invest 1t in Newport News
feai estate 1t Is none OF business and. OF
So we 40 not mean to be oficious. 1t is
only our way of saying that we have more coma
donce in Newport News land than I'm Henrico
on SO says the Newport News Times Herald
ana the other man seems to have a twcnty-nye-
.housaia- dollar way of saying his confidence
lies in the other direction, and stands ready TO
finance his Judgment
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Society Doiu's IN Kan.n.

shorty is going up her as soon as he
gets logged up.
NJ. III. NefT is plastering Mrs. Shroer's house
this week. Henry is go-gctter when it comes
TO slappinE mud
Quite number of freaks attended the
bah given by Peter Mumm
j. ). Fleckcnstein has a slight attack of the
grip, and We presume he got it from some night
NIP John must cut out keeping late hours
Leoville correspondent. Sclden Observer
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THERE is no longer any doub, what Kansas
can 90. Us mctcnpsyChoss from Pop
ulism as voiced by PETER aud Sockless Sinlp-
son to bumper crops automobiles and seats
of learning. its iransmutation from mort.
gagged farms to buGing bank accounts have
shown TO the worh what wonders Turk in The
realm OF possibility
But II IS not known BY all men or women
what the Kansas Of the time in which VIC arc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15

Afier calm dcliberation. the Chase CITY Iror
"c'S declares: we siiil maintain ana assert un-
rcs,rvedly and repeatedly that the suros, ,.,,.
10 prosperity is larger salad patches" co,a
enough. II YOU have the hog iowIs too--I.ic,
mand Times Dispatch. without the ,o,c.,
eggs, ana the whole thing dead failurc i
Farmvillc Herald
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15

The lrvington Citizen gets off the foiIo,ri,
Richmond is now disturbed because the nric.
OF milk goes up. Don't blame the doir,n,,
" nat could you expect. when Uncle sam hermit,
dfeamcrs and wisp-chascrs TO pull il oynr no !,
conforming everything have 10 ga, 49,,
seeing microbes In the buc ether OF b.o,.,
Then. too. Richmond should remember tbc r.,..,
wanton slaughter Of dairy herds Go, tbc 30,
h'!itr on inc jop and the cost OF living win 20
down and peace Of mind go mn" An -.
Wien you have completed your ion vim ~,
oyst"r.os and fisheries on To Ricbnnn,
viii your club
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
The Birthday of Standard Time

HE system OF standard time was put in
operation thirty-two years ago-it will be
thirty-iwo years, to be exact. on November is
The father of the system was William T.
Allen He died only few days ago i'm New
Jersey. lie initiated the movement which
was adopted as system by the American
railway Association in 1883. 1t is a crca-
lon OF the present generation Nothing has
ever been done that contributed more to the
convenience of the travelling public Ii over
comes time and space. No class of men is
as quick 10 see what benefits the public MS
railroad men. The standard system, as we
recall 1t, was adopted by these men without
hitch.
Before its adoption. when IL traveller started
on a Journey the destination OF which was
twcnty-four hours away, he either had to rc-
adjust his timckceper before his departure
or after his arrival. to know how to regulate
his time and get his bearings The more dis
taht his destination, the greater the puzzle
While honoring the memory of the man
who contributed to bring about the system
credit is also due Charles +. Dowd of Sara
tosa Springs who was the very first" to
suggest IT. The beginning OF the system was
indeed, as has been we'll said. IAN epoch in
the history Of civilization"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
Shakespeare for Eyerybodx

t"r inc rheumatic: For you and I are past
our dancing days Romeo and Juliet I K
For people who have hobbies
some glory In their birth, some in their skill;
H"me IN their wealth, some in their bodys force
some in their garments. though tangled i'll :
Some in their hawks ana hounds, some in their
horse"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
Permanently Perfumcd.
You may break, yon may shatter.
y moonShincr's still.
But the scent of the moonshinc
VIII hang round the rin.
Chats With Virginia Editors

Very unlike bleak November is this eloviou.1,
golden October weather" saws mo pri.,a,
Herald Courier. Hit wood uuick
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15
mbIiCnI, Old and NeYY.

Jeremiah saw what many seeing to-day:
Saying. Peace, peace; when there is no peace"
Ger. vi ~
AS in the days of st. Paul, the cry to-day u.s.
Come over into Macedonia, and help us"
IActs xvi -
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Jones on Woman Suffrage


- fusing To join i'll the assault on the re-
served rights of the States, contemplated in
the proposed Federal constitutional amend
ment comforting the suffrage on women. are
ample and convincing. In his Judgment
nihe-tcnths OF the women Of Virginia do not
want the vote. and, even if they did, the way
TO obtain it is through State action.
As to the plan to make Virginia and other
States accept woman suffrage before they
are ready for it, Mr.. Jones said:
The Federal Constitution reserves the
right OF regulating suffrage to the
States. The only time that the Federal
government has attempted to invade the
states rights in this regard was in the
ratification of the fifteenth amendment.
giving the negro the ballot In the
minds of the Southern people at that
time and ut the present time that
was a disastrous experience. Southern
women at that time opposed the Federal
governments invasion into the right of
states To regulate suffrage. and | have
not seen nor heard anything that con
vinccs me that the Southern women of
to-day have discarded the views OF their
mothers.
There cannot be the slightest doubt about
the statement of facts Mr.. Jones makes AS
Senator Martin has suggested, the time may
come when all the States will be so converted
to the suffrage cause as to direct their legiS-
lators TO approve the Federal amendment, in
which event State rights would not be in
vaded, hut that unanimty of opinion does
HOl cAlSl to-day. In the meantime, the South
crn States at least will oppose resolutely
every effort to take from them the right to
control the exercise of the suffrage-a right
vital TO their happiness and prosperity.
The suggestion of Mr.. Jones that the Gen
eral Assembly submit to the people an amend
ment comforting the ballot on women will
have the approval of a large section of Eir-
glnla sufragists, who have already appealed,
i'll fact, for that very opportunity to show
the strength Of their cause. The referendum
on such an amendment would show pretty
conclusivcly how the women of the State
stand, for If a majority OF them want the
vote they would have small difficulty in con-
vncing majority of the men that they ought
to have it.
The stupid and irritating thing, however
is the effort to make Virginia and other States
similarly circumstanccd approve the national
constitutional amendment plan. Obviously
that does the suffrage cause far more harm
than il does good, for it alenates much mas
cuine sympathy that could just as easily be
attracted
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-15

Under the new law in New York State
automobiles must be hyphenated on their
license plates. There is probably Il reason
but it affects the Empire State only, and, so
long rs neutrality is not violated by the in
sertion Of the link, let ii go at that.