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AT, THE UNIVERSITY.

The letter of Governor Cooper, as
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the University, to the Chairman OF
the student body asking for the re-
.signation of President Currell Of that
institution, states some plain matters
in positive language. We are not IN
favor of students running any insti-
rtion, and the Board of Trustees do
we'll to say so positively as has been
done in this case. The students OF
the University made a great mistake,
in one view, in giving publicity to
their action against the president.
They should have gone first to the
Board of Trustees, and then to the
public, if need be.
But this must not obscure the fact
that there was never a time in the
history of Erskine College when
three-ffths of the student body
would have asked for the resignation
of DR.. w. NJ. Grier, as president of
that institution, nor time when
one-ffth would have done so, nor
one twentieth. There was never a
time when three-ffths, or one-fifth,
" ten men, would have asked for the
resignation Of DR.. Carlisle as presi-
dent Of Wof'ord College. The stud
ents had grievances, as they thought,
oftentimcs 70 doubt against these
men, but there was never time
when the students did not feel that
they might go 10 them and get 4 rc-
spactfu! herring, and aftcr the facts
were a. hand, oht~in justice. For
TIE most part The judgments Of these
men gave satisfaction to students ard
everybody else, because the public
believed in them. They were men
who commanded respect, and they
were men fitted by nature to lead
and to command.
We do not know President Currell
and we are slow to say anything
against him. We are glad that the
students prefer TO charges against
him as a man. Their only charge is
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that he is not fitted to fill the office
which he holds, and that the Univer-
sity is not doing under him the work
it is designed to do, and that the
past history of the institution is be-
ing obscured in these latter days by
inferior work and accomplishments.
We believe the public will return a
true bill so far as the charge that the
University is not the institution it
has been, and should now be, is con-
cerned. The students at the Univer-
sity as a whole are not keeping up
with the standard set by other less
favored institutions either in scholar
ship, or in other vital matters. Not
many students have gone from Able
vile County to the University, nor
from this section, fact which in
itself is significant. Some of those
who have gone have justified the ex-
pectations of their friends, others
have not, and there have been great
many as compared to: the whole, OF
the latter class. Charges about prac-
tices and conduct among the stu
dents have been such as to bring the
institution and it's government into
disrepute. A great many things have
been going. on among the students
not calculated to elevate character
nor to contribute to learning, if the
charges made are true. T.,
We do not know just how much
truth there is IN these charges, but
,our information is that there has
been enough to demand that the Uni
versity should be cleaned from cellar
to garret. The information and OBJ
servation fof others justify the same
conclusion. And now is a good time.
President CurreH should as well
know, whether the charges preferred
are true or not, that his day of use
fulness at Carolina is over. And q
good man, man worthy to be the
president of a great institution, will
not desire to remain when this is the
case. With him should go every
other man connected with the insti.
tuition, unless some may be recalled
after the house-cleaning, but let us
have the house-cleaning first. The
fortunes Of no man should be allow
eel to conflict with the best interest:
Of South Carolina. ..... :
The University should be schoo
where any citizen would be glad tt
send his son. It is not that now. Il
has not been that for quite while,
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and demand, as we'll as the enlight-
ened conscience of the employers,
has suggested it, and not from labor
unions and the strike.
Second: The people in the mill
villages, with the wages which they
are now receiving, have as large in
comes as the laboring people in other
occupations. Considering the fact
that every member of the family OF
a fixed age may work in the Mills
the opportunity to make money IS
much greater. The head Of the fam
ily is always at home, rent is cheap,
water and sewerage connections are
nlaced in his home for him without
charge, and the expenses OF living
for him are much less than for the
ordinary laboring or professional
man. But the man in the mill village
is not taking thought of his children
as are the people in other callings.
The children are not being educated
as the wages and financial condition
of the parents at this time suggest
should be done. Even the schools in
the mill villages are not being attend
ed as they should be. Where some
of the children 60 at all, they do not
90 regularly, and when the state
forces them to 60 regularly they
will not make the progress which
thew should without the interest and
announcement of the parents. This
should not be so. These people
should know that education makes
for efficiency, and that the educated
men in their midst now, and it will
be more SO as the years advance, will
command the better salaries in the
cotton mills, workshops, in the pro-
fessions, and in every calling. These
people should wake up in the matter
of educating their children. They
may not be educated themselves and
they may never have felt the want OF
proper education, but the progress
and advancement and demands of
this century make the man who is
able and refuses to educate his child,
a great wrong-doer against his own
offspring, which we are persuaded
he would not be if his eyes might be
opened. e. 1,
There is great work to be done
here. The people themselves should
be taught the advantages OF learn
ing, literary and technical; and the
man in theamill should take the same
pride in giving his son a college edu-
cation that the man uptown, or on
the farm, has sin his educated son.
There is no reason why he may not
do as much for his boy as another.
His boy deserves as well of him as
do the boys Of other men. Will ne
be recreant to the trust which God
has committed to his keeping? He
will be, Willingly or unwittingly II
he does not put that boy and that
girl of his, in school.
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S. c. PRESBYTERIAL TO
MEET IN NINETY-SIX

South Carolina Presbyterian Auxil-
iary will meet in Ninety Six, S. c.,
on May 1st. Societies are asked to
send in names of delegates to Miss
Annie Blake, Ninety Six. The first
session will begin at three P. NJ, so
delegates will please plan to come on
morning trains.
Miss Louise C. Fleming,
Sec. S. C. Presbyterial Auxiliary
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Liver TO Action
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Ion and eiiminatol-the stomach,
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erect fCnctior.1g OF all the others.
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LONG LENTEN SEASON.

Col. Patrick Roche came in from
the farm Thurday morning to get a
coco-cola. He stopped in front of
the court house and while there sew
eral members of the Hillbillies pass
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ed by on the way upstairs. The look
of misery on the face of the Colonel
informed US that this is as long a
Lenten season as he has ever seen,
and as long as he desires it to be.
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The Washington times., 1919-10-18
AMERICANS ALL"
PLATOON ARRIVES

The "Americans-alI" platoon. head
ed By q band. naehed up 20 the steps
OF the Municipal Building this morn
ing az 1850 o'clock and was official
ly welcomed 70 Washington BY Dis
trict Commissioner W. Gwynn Gardi-
ner.
Commissioner Gardiner. after com
pllmenting the platoon upon It's ao-
complishments and Outlining the sys-
tenn under which u had been trained,
congratulated Aage ChFistianson, one
Of the pFivates, q 8ilesian, who served
four years IN the German army undsP
General Ludsndorf. for hig expsdient
TO American Institutions.
After Commissioner Gardiner's
speech the platoon executed soma
close order driu. the privates them
selves giving the orders. They then
marched on TO the Ellipse, where they
Wer ereviewed by Secretary of War
Baker.
Among others on the steps Of thn
Municipal Building with Commlssion-
er Gardiner were Brig. Gen. William
J. Nicholson. commander OF Camp
Upton, n. y. from which the platoon
came. and Colonel Lsnts. originator
Of the instructing system under which
the recruits were trained.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
JIMMYEEPERTAGAIN
LOOTS APARTMENT

Police OF the several precincts again
today are searching for the elusive
Jimmy expert" following a robbery
last night at the apartment at 1912
Fourteenth street northwest. Jew
elry, currency, and personal property
aggregating $t95 was stolen from the
'hree apartments, the police were
told.
The burglar. by adept use OF a
jimmy" has entered several apart
ments In the uptown section during
the past two months, the police say.
securing hundreds Of dollars worth
OF loot, and has successfully eluded
capture.
Harry G.. Whitehouse told the police
Of the Second precinct that his apart
ment had been entered by "jimmying-
the front door between 3 and 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and jewelry and
wearing apparel valued at Sis stolen.
Mrs. W. J. Clark and Miss Mary
FarnswOrth, who also have apart
ments in the Fourteenth street house,
reported thefts OF a pair of eye
glasses valued at SIT and iewelry val
ued at $50, respectively.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
SCHUMANN-HEINK
DELIGHTS CAPITAL

The ever popular contralto. Nine,
Schumann-Heinh. was greeted by a
capacity audience, with many stand
ing and the stage filled with addi-
ttonal seats, at her recital at the Ma
tiOnal Theater yesterday afternoon
when she was presented IN Joint re-
Cital with the cOmpOser-pianist, Frank
LaFOrge, by T. Arthur Smith.
The warm human appeal OF Nine.
Schumann-Heink and her style in the
rendition OF such classic works as
the lovely Handel recitative and air
"Lascia Chic Pianga" from "Rinaldo," I"
and the still lovely "Ah! mon Fills"
from Meyerbeer's 'Le Prophete," give
the best OF this artist whose voice
has been probably the greatest con
tralto OF our time.
Nor must one omit her final encore,
the "BOlero7 OF Arditi. Here was the
genial spirit, the light execution and
delightful trill Of the true artist and
the great personality who has en-
dsared herself TO the hearts OF the
American public. 1t is 70 be regret
ted that Nine. Schumann-Heink in
dulges so much i'm dynamic effects in
her songs, for they seem TO sacrifice
beauty-that warm allurinE depth OF
beauty that won her fame-for dra-
matics that are scarcely musical
A group OF songs BY Mr.. LaForge.
one Of which, "A Flanders Requiem, {"
was written for the singer, and
miscellaneous group in English COM
pleted the program. Mr.. LaForge's
new song bears its requiem mes
sage most effectively. The Taps"
OF Pasternack was artistically real
istic in its form and rhythm. There
was little relief in these numbers,
however, from the spirit Of war, save
in the Danny Boy" given as encore.
Mr.. LaFOrge is always a most sym
pathetic accompanist. His place as
pianist Is also delightfully."- apparent
in his songs and prominently 80 In
his Expectancy" while his Retreat"
is a particularly grateful song for
the singer.
As soloist Mr.. LaForge also dis
played his fluency OF technique in Sc
lections OF Chopin. Beethoven, the
Liszt "RhapsOdie" No. 12, and 'Ro-
nance" OF his own. He gave as en-
core an OCTAVE Staccato Study"
whose composer he would not mana
]. MacB.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
FIVE ARE INJURED IN
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Five persons were injured last
night as the result OF trafhc acci-
dents.
Christopher Robinson. twenty-six
years old, Of 1924 Lamont street
northwest suffered severe injuries on
the head and body. when the motor
cycle he was riding was struck by
an automobile truck operated by 1.
c. Allen, 11O4 Shepard street. at
Georgia and sherman avenues. Rob
inson was taken to GARFIELD Hospital.
A street car Of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company yes
terday colllded near Thirteenth and
G. streets northwest. with an ice
wagon driven by George ChRppell, 500
Twenty-hfth street northwest. Chap
pell was thrown from the wagon and
received a fractured ankle. He was
taken TO the Emergency Hospital
While crossing at John Marshall
Place and y street northwest, yes
terday afternoon, Roy Wheeler forty
one years old, ST Eighth street
northwest, was struck BY a street car
OF the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company and received a slight
injury to the hand. He refused treat
ment.
Norman Woodey, 90 r street north
west. and Norman orbie, 1909 Ninth
street northwest. were slightly In
Jured yesterday when the automos
bile in which they were riding was
struck by an automobile said TO have
been operated by william TuckBon,
1905 First street northwest, at Sew
enth and T streets. WOodey and
Orbie were both taken TO Freedman's
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
TEACHERS
IN NNAWBKRAEE
Plea for Annapolis InstEuc-
tors Made Before House
Committee BY Mudd.

Congressman Sydney 1Tudd ysster-
day appeared before the House Naval
Affairs Committee in behalf or 100
civilian professors and instructors at
the United States Naval Academy, who
are asking for an increase in pay
proportionate 70 that which 90 81
Intended to give naval officers a.
signed as instructors at Annapolis.
Il Is pointed out BY the civilian
faculty IS that although their pay
was intended to be arranged on q
naval basis upon the recommendation
OF the board Of visitors OF the iugti-
tuition and BY action Of a board Of
officers, the arrangement IN reality 81
only Approximate.
II Is pointed out by the civilian
faculty that there is a difference of
from $3.50 20 $500 On the pay OF the
professors and instructors, and that of
the officers. dentists. doctors paymas-
ters and chaplainB attached to the
Naval Academy. The latter, &c s.
argued, are the men who determine
the standard Of the cost Of living in
Annapolis.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
DC COAL DEALERS
FLOODED BY ORDERS

Washington coal dealers were aood-
ed with orders this morning as . re-
suit % a threatened strike of miners.
At this time OF the year. when con-
sumeFs lay IN their winter supply.
there Is always e rush for coal and
with the extraordinary demand to-
day. which Is expected 20 contiEae for
some days, dealers viii have more
orders on hand than they win Be
able 70 take care Of.
The announcement the other day
that im the event Of q strike at the
mines washington would only have
two weeks supply of coal on hand.
has stimulated householderB 70 take
no chances.
As usual, dealers declare. many
consumers are waiting until the hrst
cold weather 70 place their orders.
and then rush Tor coal, with the result
that deliveries are congegted.
Such persons, as wen as those who
have gotten only q limited supply.
are now scrambling for coal for fear
that q strike would leave them with
out heat.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
WHAT'S Doing; Where; When

Bbbitt Hotel Fourteenth and street,
northwest, p. m.
Aesting-New Jersey State Society. Blue
Triangle Recreation Center, TWentith and
B streets northwest, D. m
hmoker-Slgma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
OF tAe George Washington University
Chapter House, 1883 Nineteenth street
nogthwest, 8 D. m.
Meeting-Floral committee for "say Il
with hoWerT' week, 1893 II street north
vest, 2 p. m.
Dance-ThOmson Community Center.
Tweifth and L streets northwest. from
S:l5 until IL p. m.
TOmOFRuW.
Vesper gsrviees-YounE WOmen's Chris
tian Association, 1833 r street northwest.
4:80 p. m.
Mseting-sOclal Club OF the Hebrew
Home for the Aged, as N street north
west, p. m.
Observation-Disclosures. meet az Dupont
Circle at p. m. Route: UndsF @ street
bridge via creek, 70 Connecticut avenue,
10 KlinEls road.
speaking-By Maj. Gen. George sauisr,
Trinity Civic Forum. Third and c streets
northwest, D. m.
EXcursion-To Luray, Va, under dlrec-
tion % Government Recreation League.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
labor bureau TO
SCHEDULE PRICES
List to Be Used by Salaries
Commission in Clerks Wage
Classification.

The Bureau Of Labor Statistics is
preparing q schedule OF COMPARE
tive prices for the CONVERSATIONAL
joint commission on reclasGifcation
Of salaries, which will be used as
a basis Of living costs for Govern
ment employees IN Washington.
The bureau will not detail the
prices Of various articles. but will
set q standard OF prices a. they
exist today, by showing the per-
centaEs OF Increase In the cost Of
living for the past several years.
Living cost will be one Of the
major points upon which the reclagst-
fieation commission will base its rec
ommendations. The other ipOFtaut
viii be the salaries
paid In private industry for siilar
sployent On the GOveFnent.
The Wholesale price OF many inn
Dortant commodities decreased during
the third quarter OF this year, accord
Ing 70 information collected by the
Bureau OF Labor Statistics in repre-
markets Of the country, and
made public today. Among articles
showing a decrease are beef, hogs,
bacon, ham, lard, salt, pork, mutton,
what flour. corn meal, oats, rye, cot
ton and pig tin.
On the other hand butter, eggs.
milk, leather, shoes, Worgted yarns,
and bituminous coal, coke,
pig lead, and petroleum increased in
price during the quarter. A number
Of articles. as cattle. sheep, wheat,
corn, rye flour, barley, sugar, cotton
goods, wool. steel biIlets, copper and
gasoline showed practically no change
in price.
For the irst time since February
Of the present year, the bureaus
weighted index number Of Wholesale
prices has registered = decrease, In
with the preceding month,
the departments statement adds.
The index number for September
built on 328 articles or individual
price series, stands at 32I az compared
with 226 for August, a decrease Of
slightly per cent. Noticeable de-
,reases from August to September Oc-
cured in the groups OF farm products,
.ood, etc. 4 slight decrease also took
Olace in the metals and metal products
group. On the other hand the index
number for fuel and lighting in
creased, as did that for lumber and
materials. Slight increases
also occurred in the cloths and cloth
ng, chemicals and drugs, and house
groups.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
WOMAN FLTER I'M
WORLDDERBYHERE
Mrs. Seymour Cox, Of Texas,
Goes to N. =. Today to
Prepare for Race.

There is one woman In this country
who puts real faith in the airplane.
She took her nine-year-old son 1000
miles 70 school, has made scores OF
flights herself, and will be one OF the
entrants in the ound-the-world''
derby which is today being arranged
BY representatives Of the nations
leading aviation clubs.
She Is Mrs. Seymour r. ]. Cox, OF
Houston, Tex, the, wife OF the presi-
dent Of one OF the big Texas oil COM
panies.
Mrs. Cox arrived at Boiling Field.
Anacostias Wednesday evening after a
trip from Highlands, N. Y, where her
son, Seymour, Is attending school.
Seymour was taken 70 school from
Houston by air and insists that ne be
taken home again BY the same
medium.
Mrs. Cox owns a Curtiss OrIole
plane, which carries a pilot and two
passengers. She doesn't trust her.
self TO drive the machine alone yet,
but carries as a pilot II. c. Block. a
former army aviator, who has had
$4,000 hours dying to his credit.
This afternoon Mrs. Cox will return
to New York to prepare for the flight
around the globe. She is accompanied
on her trip BY Mrs. Raymond Riordan,
wife OF the president OF the school
which young Cox is attending. Mrs.
RiOrdan was a former resident OF this
city.
Mrs. Cox recently made the flight
from Houston to BufTalo, n. Y, and re-
turn in her plane. After her arrival
Ia New York this afternoon she will
probably ny to Los Angeles, from
where she viii hop on on her derby
dight.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18

FOday.
Mugical Carr Yai-UndeF direction Of
Columbus County Club, clubhouse. Fort
Berry, Va
MsetinE-Society for Philosophical In
quiry, Public Library, l:l5 p. m.
MsetinE-'aTho Pals" East Washington
Community Center. Eastern High School, 8
3. m.
NsstIng-BloloEicaI Society OF wash
lngton, new assembly hall, COSmO8 Club.
$3.50 p. m.
MestinE-WaHhingtou branch Of An8Ocia-
tion Of Collegiate Alumnae. a. College
Women'1 Club rooms, 1879 ] street north
west, 8 .. m.
Outing-Three Masonic Clubs, Lambskin
Club, Railroad Square Club, and South
Gate Club, az Mount Vernon; leave wash.
ingtOn AlBEandFiA car line, Twelfth street
and PennGylVania avenue northwest, 6:So
p. m.
Meeting-Kabeu Klubo, 1918 Sunderland
place northwest, S:3o p. N.
heettng-Tennes1ss State Society, New
Pigeon Association Of WashihgtOn, Bchmid's
Bird Store, 712 Twelfth street northwest,
3 p. m.
Dance-Hecht Company's Mutual BENEFIT
Association, EIks Club. II street northwest.
between Ninth and Tenth streets, s ,. N.
Moetihg-TOnnoHSee state Society, Nv
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
America Must Rule Air
With Britain Asserts
Ocean Nonstop Flier

while the third Is applied to the man
who qualities not only as an AR
service pilot, but as a fighting
pilot"
Although Lieutenant Brown Is an
Englishman, he is the son OF Ameri-
can parents. He was born In Glas-
gov. Brown himself lived in Pitts
burgh for some time and studied at
the Westinghouse works there. He
fought in the war and passed nine
months in a German hospital and
fourteen months in a German prison
camp. He was repatriated BY eE-
change and spent the latter days Of
the war in production work for the
Of munitions.
On June IA last, Lieutenant Brown
with Captain Alcock as pilot, left
Newfoundland in q VickeFs-Vim plane
and landed at Clifden, Ireland, the
next morning. In his lectures here
he viii tell Of his experiences while
on the trip.