New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-13
"OLD GRADS"
CAPTURE COLUMBIA
Alumni Day Draws Holt
day Crowd to Morning
side Heights.

About ,bOO Soiuhpia
graduates took advantage of the hoii
day yesterday to take part IN the an
nual Alumni Day affairs on Morning
side Heights. An interesting pro
gramme kept they busy from early II
the morning until after the Pennsyl
vania- Columbia basketball game in the
evening.
The School Of journalism attracted
much attention, and another source OF
interest was the exhibition Of books by
Columbia men, which had been ar
ranged in room in the library. In the
afternoon the cold grads" listened to
tsIks by authorities on the different
phases of the war.
DR.. Michael |. Pupin, Of the engineer
ing department, who is servtan Consul
IN New York, told Of the efforts Column
b,a had made to keep the Sayville wire
less station working so that New YORK
ers could hear Germany's side OF the
case. Professor L. d. Moss, OF the
mechanical engineering department,
outlined the development Of the use OF
nro;ectiles. A vivid account OF the care
Of the wounded was given by DR.. Rlch'
ard Derby, who recently returned from
service on the American ambulance
corp,. DR.. Talcott Williams, director
~ the School Of journalism, then told
how the war was reported. In the
evening the alumni met In the Com
mons for q beefstesk dinner, after
which they went to the gymnasium 10
see the basketball game.
"The use of wireless telegraphy has
transformed the method Of man9uv-
ring" Professor Pupin stated. THE
French system has a central station
which covers a radius OF 200 miles
and communicates with all points OF
the army. Then there are many SUD-
stations. The knapsack station Is car
ried about in sections which weign
twenty pounds each, by four men, and
can be set up in FIVE minutes. Elao-
crate automobile stations are employed,
and even the cavalry carry their sta
tions, with antenne sticking out in
front Of the horses. These are called
wireless whiskers,' because OF the pc
culiar appearance of the outfit.
eat 4 o'clock each morning the Eng
lish War Office sends its messages to
the entire feet in a radius which GOV,
ers the Atlantic and as far as the Red
Sea. Come to Columbia's plant any
morning and hear these orders. You
NAV hear but not understand. The
code is made secret by the shortening
OF the wave lengths and other changes.
"The transatlantic wireless is the
only means Of communication between
Germany and the United States. for
one would be sorry TO see this means
of contact with that country cut on. j
want to hear the other side, too. 30
anxious am | TO hear their side that
one day, when the head OF the Sayville
station on Long Island called me on
the telephone and told me they were
having difficulty with their apparatus
| sent nv assistant, r. Howard Arm
strong, TO the plant and IL has been
running better ever since. Inc Ger
mans are now looking TO Columbia TO
keep this plant open. Columbia, too'
wants 20 hear Germany's side.
"The nature Of the wounds as OBJ
served might be classified into three
kinds, shrapnel, rife and bayonet," DR..
Derby said "Out Of l03 cases 90
rerved, eighty-two were shrapnel
wounds, and every ore Of these was IN,
fected. Twenty were rife wounds and
four OF these were slightly infected.
There was only one bayonet wound.
One reason for infection in the shrap-
mel wounds is that pieces Of shrapnel
carried into the wounds pieces OF
cloth. wood or straw. The different
colors Of the uniforms could be seen in
the pieces Of cloth extracted.
II had a Russian count under me as
orderly end he was strong for Ell
cheney, with the result that he spent
his riches in bribing patients who
needed to eat but would not taste OF
their food. This was usually effective,
but some Of the Tgrcos first wished 10