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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-01-25


El Paso. Tex. Jan. 25.-The annual
meeting Of the American National
Livestock Association was to open
here today with delegates from all
parts Of the United States attending.
Bringing this national convention to
FL Paso is considered a worthy &C.
complishment by the Texas associa-
tion. as well as eattlemen In West
Texas. Texas cattle raisers were ex.
pected to bring up some interesting
points for discussion at the meeting,
including the proposed movement Of
cottle raisers engaging In the packing
business as means to secure better
prices for their cattle. The conven.
tion lasts three days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Funds for Negro Education

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: venture to appeal to your readers
On behalf of Mrs. Mary Mcleod bethune'
whose work at Daytona, Fla, for her race IS
Incoming each year better known to those
interested in negro education. Starting
tweIv. wears ago with little rented cabin,
five little girls. dollar and half and a iirm
faith in God" to quote her own words, she
has now built up. in part By her own efforts
and those Of her fellow negroes and in part
BY white help. an industrial training school
for girls which has this winter i51 pupils
and reaches in It's activities more than 300
coored children.
There is. in addition. hospital for nc
grocs, the only one in a large part Of the
State of Florida where negroes can receive
medical and more especially surgical aid.
From this hospital visiting nurses spread the
gospel Of fresh air and sanitation throughout
the community. boys club has been es-
.ablshed also missions to the turpentine
camps of the district; and, in short, the WORK
has become the only definite community work
along the whole east coast.
Il takes money TO run such an enterprise
IL fact. about $4,000 is nov required for the
actual running expenses. To raise at least a
good part OF this Mrs Bethune is now in New
York. Those who heard her speak last week
At Mrs Ormc Wilson's VIII understand what
she means by saying that her work is part Of
great campaign Of preparedness" TO make
the negro race ready to assume their part Of
ali national burdens.
Contributions, however large or small. are
urgently needed. They may be sent direct to
Mrs. Bethunc, care of Industrial Training
School, Daytona. Fla. 70 me at 222 West
Fifty-ninth Street. HARRISON RHODES.
New York. Feb ). 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Teutons in Milwaukee.

The attention of The Tribune has been
called TO certain misleading statements
in a dispatch from Milwaukee published
on January 81. 1t was there stated that
the department stores of that city declined
to employ person, who could not speak
German, and that the circulation of the
German newspapers "in many cases eX-
ceeds that of the English"
The facts appear to be that the depart
ment stores of that city, as of all others
with heavy foreign-born population, pre-
fer employees who speak a foreign Ian
guage.-not necessarily German-as well
as English. 1t is said by an official of the
one which does the largest business with
foreign-born customers that less than per
cent of its purchasers transact business in
German. There are two German dailies
published in Milwaukee, owned by the same
company. A Polish daily, according to the
official circulation figures filed with the
Federal government in October, had a cir
culation greater than either and within
Failing distance of their total, while the
circulation Of every English daily, save
one. was given as larger than the total Of
the two German dailies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09

postal subventions and, where necessary
other forms of subsidy to encourage pri-
vatc owners to keep our flag afoat. We
greatly prefer that kind of aid to lar
more costly and demoralizing experiment
in government ownership and operation.
As for the present Administration snip
purchase scheme, it is pure politlcai DUH
combe. Money from the Federal Treasury
was never needed less than 1t is now 70
stimulate shipbuildng. Our snipyaruS
have orders ahead for year or two. uoV-
eminent work would only crowd out WORK
for private concerns. Until natural eco
nomic pressure for the enlargement OF our
merchant marine ceases no artificial gov
ernmental pressure is required. The Al
ministration's revised shipping bill so far
as concerns the building of naval auxil-
;aries TO be used as merchant vessels 49,
therefore, only trick to confuse the pun
lie and to cover up gross political mis-
Judgment on Mr.. Wilson's and Mr.. Nc
Adoo's part.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Super Scholars.

tIr0m The PiiQdclphc Frcs5'
Princeton University has recently taken a
radical stem in education that, if followed,
may produce class Of super scholars IN TINS
country. The board Of trustees OF Nassau
decided on January 10 that all scholars who
seek postgraduate courses IN the graduate
school shall have been students either at
Princeton OF in other colleges who were hon
or men" This is the highest requirement Of
any of the graduate schools in the United
States. and is such a radical departure that
Princeton has shown immense courage in tax
ing this advanced step.
Dean West explains this proposition TO
make supcr-scholsrs. He says that it is the
purpose OF Princeton TO exclude from post
graduate courses students Of mediocre or in
ferior ability. This does not matter whether
or not tney arc graduates Of Princeton. This
means that moderate number Of highly
gifted graduate students will be developed
into super-scholsrs, so 10 speak.
Naturally, the men who attend the grsdu-
ate schools are men who wish TO apply their
lives to scholarly pursuits. In this purpose
they require not only larger, broader course
OF instruction, but they demand a greater
amount of intellectual force than the ordinary
student. who merely acquires college edu-
cation 10 fl him for social, professional or
business advantages. To them the college
academic course is but FURNISH that they
use to polish themselves in a little culture
and a modicum Of higher education.
Hence Princeton has recognized this fact
and has become imbued with the idea that a
graduate school should not triAe with those
unable TO fulfil the mission Of tho institu
ton. but should seek TO impose super-scholsr-
ship on exceptional students. In other words,
10 is merely the principle of specialization and
efficiency brought into education in graduate
schools Naturally. il will probably be fol
lowed by the greater universities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Help for tuberculosis Sanatorium

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Last week fire destroyed the admin
istration building of the sanatorium for
tuberculosis patients at Gabres, Franklin
County, y Y, entailing loss of $4,000
or more The insurance on the building was
$1,000
The sanatorium was founded in the Adj
rondacks BY the late Sister Mary p. H. Kier-
an, Of the Sisters Of Mercy. With practical
y no means Of their own the Sisters built
up IN the wilderness hospital which has
succored many thousands o. victims Of the
white plague regardless of race, religion or
ability 20 pay for their care
The Sisters arc poor and the loss by the
fire falls heavily upon them. already heavily
burdened It calls for immediate aid from
those interested in tho war upon tuberculosis.
for the burning Of the building reduces ma
terially the usefulness of the hospital be
cause It sheltered Numbers of the sick
Men York, Jan. 22. 1916. W. W. GAY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Face the Facts!

There cannot be any doubt about the
unfayorablc impression produced by the
way in which Albany oiicialdom backed
away from thorough investigation of ex-
Dense accounts following the disclosures
regarding the hotel expenses of the
THOMPSON committee. Such general de-
sire 70 clamp down the lid TO prevent
further revelations argues only too surely
the existence Of things bound 70 merit pub
lie disapproval. For this conspiracy Of
silence the Republicans, now IN power,
must accept responsibility in the coming
campaign if they carry it on.
If they want to avoid such an unsavory
campaign issue. the Republicans must show
they are not afraid TO face the facts and
arc willing to drag them forth Messrs.
Barnard. Bracket, Parsons, Stimson and
the others who signed a memorial to
Controller Travis urging thorough IN
vestigation of vouchers for SIN years back
and a report of his findings have shown
the way. If there has been extravaganza,
waste. misuse of public funds. 1t should be
exposed Nothing would be SO conducive
TO economy and honesty in the future H.
on the other hand, the public's money has
been carefully and proftably spent in the
public service. it is unjust to have the men
who handled it resting under suspicion,
which is unquestionably the case as things
now stand.
Bring out the facts! If any men or any
party be hurt by the exposure, so much the
worse for them. At least, there will be
some public benefit through the likelihood
Of betterment in future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
More Education than Politics.

Under the new administration OF the
Board of Education il is certain there Will
be harmony between City Hall and Fifty
ninth Street. That is eminently desirable.
The souabbling over funds and appropria-
tions which has existed for many months
has not helped the schools nor benefited the
city. Economy has not been furthered,
and the school service has, undoubtedly,
been harmed unnecessarily.
Miracles in the way of reconstruction
and improvement cannot be expected so
long as the unwieldy Education Board of
fortv-six members exists. The city may
expect from President Wilcox and his as
sociates. however. more attention to educa-
ton than to politics They will have their
troubles for their problems arc not easy
Of solution. The city looks to the new
majority in the board to approach these
problems free from prejudice and with a
desire to broaden and liberalize the city $
educational system, not to circumscribe II
and make It rigid and mechanical turning
out pupils cast in one mould. New York S
school system needs deal of overhaullng'
and the administration Of it needs a deal
of improving.
There is no more important service IN
the entire range Of municipal government
Mr.. Wilcox and his colleagues may be sure
of the public's good will so long as they
set about that work honestly and earnestly
and keep themselves within hailing dis
lance Of modern IDEAS and sentiment and
present-day needs.
One further point in connection with this
election is worthy Of note. That IS the
stand of Mr.. Frederick Bruckbauer. who,
urged to vote against Mr.. Wilcox because
he had made a "pro-Ally utterance.' cou-
rageously and periodically refused, though
his own sentiments are as Teutonic as his
name This refusal to mix American al
fairs and hyphenated propaganda in an
unholy mess is an example which cannot
be too widely followed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
THE HONOR SYSTEM
How It Has Worked and What 1t
Has Done at Amherst.
~ a.. rJ;,or NJ The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The honor system Is not spy OF
watch" system when successful. l must d's-
agree strongly with . correspondents opin-
ion. At Amherst-whcrc II is complete
success-it ia a community law Freshmen
fear it; seniors are proud OF It, In -FOUR
wears it does result in placing man on his
honor"
student body which regards informing
AS Questionable and unsportsmanlike" !"
not under the honor system In spirit Inc
fault is in the application--not In tho sys-
TEN. Informing is duty, properly regarded.
a. honorable rs the duty OF q citizen when nc
secs thief at work. Dishonor lies In not
informing, just as In the case OF the citizen,
accessory to crime, whom the law punishes.
The honor system Furnishes dishonor, the
penalty hitting the man who cribs and the
man who witholds report equally. Such pun
ishment is seldom necessary.
It's q matter of attitude. Men can be
herded into examination like convicts under
guard, the guard taking responsibility. Under
the honor system the instructor leaves the
room. 1t is one of lfe's biggest moments for
q freshman. Feeling for the first time tho
full responsibility of honor, he reacts &C.
cordinc 20 his nature. He may be afraid TO
whisper Seniors laugh and chat and pass
cigarettes In summertime they go out under
the trees Men develop out OF fear into re
sponsibiity. Sneaks are still restrained By
fear; but few can pass through four years
Of honest community feeling uninhuenced.
What shall be the attitude OF the student
toward law in after life? Shall he regard 1t
as a personal responsibility? Or shall he
leave it to the police, beating it when he can
with expensive talent College trains for
citizenship. OF considerable importance
where it il necessary is a training in honor.
New York, Jan 5, 1916. ALL MINUS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Some Opinions on Gary Schools

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue of January 10 appeared
All article under the name OF Alice Bsrrows
Fernandez in which the assertion was made
that thc parents in Gary, Ind, are strongly
IN favor Of the Gary schools" do not
wish TO dispute that statement, for It IS
really of little moment, but would Ike The
Tribune 20 know and to publish the fact. 70
carry out it's policy Of First TO Last-Ihe
Truth" that the parents Of pupils IN Public
School 50. Brooklyn. are, with fe" eXcep-
tons. not in favor of the Gary system, after
experimenting with it for over year, which
is matter Of very great importance to the
people Of New York City.
The article you published quoted Just ono
Gary person in support OF The claim that all
parents favored the system, and this person
in turn offered a confederation the opinion
Of an unnamed 5ackwoods station lounger
who took his pipe out OF his mouth and
afte- a pause Of minute. said that hve
pupils of the Gary schools who had been
canning on his land were fine boys, not Ike
city boys at all They can turn their hands
20 anything
Just how the man with the pipe became
an expert on the rival merits of Gary Ind,
boys and "cty boys" was not explained. "
he had read The Tribune TO any extent ne
would have known that there are in the land
Of the living some city boys who can turn
their hands TO pretty nearly anything even
in New York City. boys Of whom Theodore
Roosevelt and John Purroy Mitchell are shin
ing examples.
Really, Mr. Editor. think your writer
might give US the opinion Of some one little
more conventional. to say the least, than the
gentleman with the pipe, who required MIN
n,o IN which to collect his thoughts.
MRS. FREDERICK L. LEWIS,
Secretary Mothers Anti-Gary League
Rrooklvn. y. Y. Jan. 70, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09

tie floor. his heartfelt, picturesque, sar-
donically humorous comments on the I'M
fairness of the one-man power regime.
1t is pleasure to recall these memories
Of public man who always respected nm
self and his office, who walked his way
alone. bowed TO no one, and by the force OF
his character and fighting qualities alone
kept at bay the potent enemies who would
have been glad to turn and rend him.
He was a man as well as public man.
That ought to be a sufficient epitaph.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Prohibitionists' Fancies.
% the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: There is something pathetic in the
ignorance displayed in the letter signed
Jenny Dean published in to-days issue Of
your paper. The writer speaks Of the good
results Of prohibition in New Hampshire.
where she says. conditions arc thousand
times better than in New Jersey. But New
Hampshire has been license state for thir-
teen years, prohibition having been aban-
doned in 1903. This is fair example OF
the kind of baseless assertions that are con-
stantly being made by prohibition advocates.
Jenny Dean" signs over the poor woman
who has 10 support drunken husband. But
prohibition doesn't abolish drunkenness. In
Topeka. the capital Of Kansas, the state al
ways pointed to with pride by the prohibi-
tionists. there were 7t6 arrests for drunken
hess last year. an increase Of 90 over those
for 1914. In prohibition Portland. Me. 3.6sl
drunks were arrested during 1914 What is
the use Of Ignoring such facts these and
pretending that men can be made temperate
By restrictive laws, while the experience Of
every state that has tried the experiment
shows that prohibition does not and can not
prohibit II. L.
New York, Jan. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Rebels Not Like Other Belligerents

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Allow a lawyer from "the enemys
country" to suggest a great act Of omission
on the part Of the New York press in its
manner OF presenting TO the public the Mata
moras cases. The controlling fact was not
the doctrine Of continuous voyage, but the
use of a certain word By the court. we Chi
cago lawyers say, in the statement OF the
case-"r ebels" As Jefferson Davis says in
1.-THE Rise and Fall OF the Confederate States
Of America" the deathblow to the Confeder-
acy was the refusal OF Great Britain TO keep
the pledge that had been made secretly. Of
course TO recognize their independence. Not
having recognized their independence, the
government Of Great Britain had TO acqui-
csce in the claim of the government Of the
United States that the belligerents. the Con
fedcratcs, were rebels. Being rebels. Great
Britain could not protest that is, fight
against the seizure, even in British waters, Of
contraband Of war consigned to men in re-
bcllion against government with which she
was processing TO bc on terms OF peace and
amity.
Manitesty the Natamoras cases do not ap-
ply 70 our shipments o. foodstufs and cotton
TO independent countries like Norway. Den
mark and Holland, 10 say nothing OF the un-
blockaded German ports
However men or history may view "Old
jeff" he was not too proud to fight" and l
venture the assertion that had ne been at
the head of the government of the United
States the first attempt on the part of Great
Britain to enforce her "orders in council"
would have met with such resistance that
those orders would have been re,cinded
OTTO GRESHAM.
Ain H.. I..b tate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09

whether II IS greater hardship than was the
application Of shat doctrine coupled with the
principle of blockade 20 British shippers III
our Civil War. Her statesmen OF that day
were fars GIFTED enough not 20 protest our
novel practice though it bore so hard on
British ships and shippers. The result Is
that the British practice OF to-day modihed
to modern conditions as we modified former
practice in 1861 to suit the conditions we then
found will be found not difficult 70 sustain
by citation of our own American cases
II present British practice is necessary 70
her to-day il may not be less necessary TO
the United States tomorrow. Nay We not
hope 70 see some comprehension of this fact
in such future protests and notes as may
emanate from Washington? ;.
New York, Feb. ,, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Tow Fashions and Teddy Bears.

None of US knew it, perhaps, in those
distant DAYS of childhood, but there are
fashions in toys. These fashions are de-
creed we may be sure, not by the tancieS
Of childish hearts, whose demand for old
favorites remains as constant as anything
in human nature. but in part by parents,
USUALLY mothers. already the slaves OF
fashion. and in part by the dealers, the
Worths and Poirets and Callots Of toyland'
There is gathering in this city just
now Of Wholesale toy buyers from all
oarts of the land. They are trying to
decide among themselves what styles IN
TOYS they will feature for this years
Christmas trade. Think of it, girls and
boys, they are already preparing for next
Christmas,
But wait a moment. The prospect "a
not all as fair as fairyland. 1t is true
they are preparing for Christmas, but
wha. a Christmas Educational toys are
in the lead" we are told by the fashion
sharks. Parents are beginning TO realize
that the careers of their children may be
determined by their playthings. We are
having more and more educational games
and constructive toys"
And they arc going to scrap the teddy
bear
1t all sounds like gigantic conspiracy
10 annex Christmas TO the schoolroom and
,ronsform Santa Claus into assistant
principal. Or is it an ingenious attempt
70 follow in .toyland the example set by
Josephus Daniels in the navy?
OF course the teddy bear is a compVa-
lively recent embodiment Of juvenile JOY.
We prizzled ones didn't know it, at least
bv its right name in our buried past. But
for all that, its pedigree is as ancient and
honorable as that of the doll that talks
and walks and sleeps, the pleasure OF
whose acquaintance was also denied US 1t
has no Interior motive lurking behind ITS
honest Jet black eyes; no schemes for up
lift disturb its repose; its passive affection
cloaks no moral design. 1t stands four
SQUARE TO the world for what it is-a gen
uine, goodness plaything.
"They say (the reference is TO the die
tators of toy fashons) that the teddy bear,
pest seller for so long, is on the wane'
II would be difficult TO believe that the
toymaker of Nuremberg ever said any
thing like that about his handiwork. What
we need is a change of Administration at
Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
Four Nights of Study.
or Of The Trlbune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The pupils of our class AZ Evening
School 49, Manhattan. ask you to submit our
complain, to the public
We are DESTROYS OF having four nj. ghts q
week returned TO Us. in order to complete
satisfactorily the work We have stsrte-
Tho class is the highest grade in the
school some OF u arc working for diploma,
while others are fitting themselves 70 take
civil service examinations W find that our
work will be greatly handicapped by having
the term shortened twenty nights
DEWEY LAUZON.
New York. Jan. -. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-09
The Daniels Handicap.

10 me LdltOr Of The Iribune
Sir: VIII President Wilson permit his in
competent Secretary o. the Navy TO defeat
his desire for navy bigger than that Of
Great Britain by delaying indefinitely the
construction OF battleships authorized By
Congress
We are told Secretary Daniels mas decided
hat one battleship. already ordered. must be
built al the Mare Island Navy Yard. We are
further Informed that this particular yard is
rot equipped TO build bsttlesnips. and that
hundreds OF thousands o. dollars will be
needed. and nobody knows how much time
REQUIRED, 60 reorGanzc this yard before a
Latticship can be even started
How much longer must the American navy
be handicapped 10y a Secretary incapable OF
the needs OF the country?
New York, Fot. Z, 1915. VI. l. X.