The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-10-19
NEWS NOTES
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Because of the war there will be no
awarding of Rhodes scholarships in
the United States or Canada this year
the secretary of the Rhodes scholar
ship trust announces. All of the sue
cessful candidates in the United States
who were to have entered Oxford this
fall, are either in the army or the
navy.
Over 100000 children took their pla-
ces in the classrooms of the various
New York city schools, public and pri-
vate, when the new school year opene
the other day. This number is an in
crease of 20 per cent over last year 5
total. Some $4,000 teachers have reg
istered.
The New York City Committee on
national Defense has undertaken a
plan to Americanize the c.lys foreign
population, Of whom, it is said, there
are 500, 1000 who can neither speak nor
read the English language. The pro-
jeeted program includes instruction IN
English, civics and American history.
Considerable comment is being
aroused in official circles and else
where over the disparity Of the khaki
uniforms worn by officers and privates.
Some of them are so faded that they
look almost white while others retain
their original coloring. A few cases
have been noted where the coat anu
breeches of uniforms have developed
different hues. One excuse offered is
that the khaki cloth is acquired from
many manufacturers and the grades
of it differ widely sometimes. Thous-
ands Of young men entering the off
GERS training camps purchase their
own uniforms and this provides an OPP
p~ortunity for a difference in the quail
ty of the goods.
Efforts are being made in the South
to stamp out the dreaded pink boil
weevil, a specimen of which has been
discovered near Hearns, Tex. The
Texas department of agriculture and
the state college of agriculture have
been asked to send experts to fight
the pest and a move to quarantine the
locality affected is being advocated.
After an exciting encounter with a
Herman submarine in which the yes-
sci he was on was sunk, Ii. j.. Dupree
of Birmingham, Ala, arrived in New
York city the other day, DESTROYS Of
enlisting in the navy so as to get q
return crack at the "Heinies" who had
made so much trouble for him. Il
was on watch on the hurricane deck"
said the young recruit, telling his eX-
p%erience. The weather was clear and
calm. No warning was given except
three shots across our bow. Twenty
more were fired and in less than ten
minutes our boat was sunk. The crew
Of 20 took to the three boatess and inn
mediately the submarine rose and came
within 50 yards Of ms. / thought they
going to sink US with their gunire, but
after asking the captain the name and f,
naN3Eality OF tue tadA-a hseg SUI
merged" After passing the physical
examination Dupree was sent TO the
naval training school at Newport,
]. A. Gray, of New York, formerly
of the University of Minnesota, de-
clares that hoboes ought to be regis
teed and put into training so that they
would amount to something to the
country. There are millions Of hoboes
in the country" he said, thousands of
whom are Of draft age and who would
profit from military training. Round
them up each year, train those who
are fit and put the others at work in
various institutions and keep them
under supervision for at least three
years"
Whole leather shoes have gone so
high that wooden ones are beginning
to take their place. In Chicago work.
ing people are buying them and shoe
houses report that the sales are in
creasing. Various styles are used,
some made entirely of wood and some
with wooden soles and cloth or leath-
err uppers. Chicago dealers predict