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Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
York College.

York College, York, Neb., has a
large student enrolment for the
summer school, the largest since
1913, and so far we know the largest
in the history of the institution,
writes the dean. There are enrolled
in the departments of the college
this summer 2S2 different students.
If this is an earnest of our fall en-
rollment we should have one of the
best enrollments in the history of
the school. There are four men in
the field now for students. They
are turning in large number of
names who contemplate entering
this fall. Every indication points to
a big school. Never have we had
the conservatory rooms all engaged
so early in the year. There is not
a vacant room at the conservatory.
Indeed indicat ions are that we could
use another building for a girls
dormitory this fall. We will have
to depend upon the friends of the
college to help US house the girls
as well as the boys this coming year.
We are very fortunate to secure
F. E. Frank to coach our foot ball
cam. 1t was a happy find in every
aay. He comes with excellent ex-
perience and with the entire conf
dence of all the lettered men of other
days. Any one who knows "Earny"
knows that we have one of the best
coaches in Nebraska. He it out for
students during the next two months.
York college is out for the state
championship this fall in foot ball.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
Plan New History Course
for Central High School

Principal J. G. Masters of the Cen
trail High school is working upon a
plan to revise the course of study in
the history department of the high
school. According to the present
plan, ali students are REQUIRED to
study Greek, Roman and American
history. In order to complete the
other requirements necessary for
graduation, the student does not
have time to take courses offered in
modern European history:
Mr.. Masters considers it essential
that students should know some
thing of contemporary European
history and at the same TIME learn
something of Greek and Roman his
tory, and it is with the view of COM
bining the three, courses in one that
Mr.. Masters is contemplating the
change.
Greek and Roman history in less
than one semester" said Mr.. Mast
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
FRENCH HONOR
TEACHER FROM
NEBRASKA UNI
Prot. N. N. Fogg, Dean Of
Journalism, Is Given
Recognition of
Worth.

Prof. M. M. Fogg, formerly dean
of the college of journalism at the
University of Nebraska, has been
signa1ly honored by the French re-
public, which has awarded him with
the Palmes Academique in recogpi-
ton of his services as an educator.
The honor was accorded Professor
Fogg following the termination of
his services as director of the college
of journalism of the American ex-
peditionary force university at
Beaune, Cote dor, France. The edu-
Gator has just returned to this coun-
try and is at present visiting at
Trenton, N. J., where many of his
friends and relatives are located.
An honorary commission Of cap
ton has also been conferred upon
Professor Fogg by the government
of France. M. Leferre, minister of
public instruction and of the fine
arts, conferred the honor upon the
Nebraska instructor in the presence
of large company of noted French
educators, generals, other army Of
ficers and five regiments of the A.
E. F. university students.
The medal is conferred only upon
those individuals who haM attained
high distinction in science or in let
tiers.
Prior to his departure from France
Professor Fogg toured the western
battle front on the personal invita-
ton of General Pershing.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28

For testing screw-threawed
machine parts for extreme accuracy
apparatus has been designed that
projects magnified pictures of them
on q screen. -. ...
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
Employ Fifteen Instructors.

The university conducts a college
of liberal arts and sciences, teacher
training department, home eco
Monies department, department of
fine arts, a preparatory department,
a school of law and extension work.
The present faculty Of the uni
versity consists of IS we'll trained
teachers, among whom are grad
yates and post-graduates of the best
institutions of America.
There have been graduated from
the university, with baccalaureate
degrees, 68 young men and women,
who are now serving society in vari-
Gus fields of usefulness as physicians,
public school teachers, lawyers, min
isters, college and university pro-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
Boyles Graduates
Go to the Fore in the
Omaha Banking World

Frequently the newspapers con-
tain items about the advancement of
young men in the business world AMI
it often happens that these items tell
of graduates of Boyles college who
have attained high places IN the
banking business.
I,want to say a few words about
two young men who have distin-
puished themselves in banking" said
H. B. Boyles.
Zone of these is Thomas F. Muir
ply. assistant cashier of the United
States National bank, one OF the
largest banks in the west. The other
is Chas. w. Mead. secretary Of the
OMAHA Trust company, a corpora
ton of large financial resources"
Mr.. Murphy, during his student
days with Boyles college, showed a
particular aptness in bookkeeping
and accountancy. He decided that
banking was his future and immed-
lately after receiving, his diploma &C.
cepted a place with the United
States National bank. He was aim
ing high.
No man in Omaha has made
more marked success and the why
. and wherefore of that success can
best be cleaned from Mr. Murphy's
own words: THE training l re-
ceived at Boyles college has enabled
me to attain a monthly salary equal
to my ANNUAL starting salary
with the same institution"
Mr.. Mead's success has been
equally startling in the manner in
which it points the open way to sal
airy and promotion for atiy one with
ambition, plus training. Upon his
graduation from Boyles college he
took a clerkship in an Omaha bank.
He kept an eye open for opportuu-
ity, and when the Maskell State bank
needed a cashier he was ready for
the position. He made such name
for himself there that, recently when
the officers and directors of the
Omaha National, Nebraska's largest
bank, organized the Omaha Trust
company, they chose Charles w.
Mead as its secretary.
It's a big post, but he has reached
it in eight years after leaving Boyles
college. He says Boyles training did
much to help him make good.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28

1t takes and the comparatively small ex-
pense.
Encouraging reports on the Extension
college developments continue to come to
the home office OF the Omaha Business
college. Mrs. Eta P. Haight, in charge of
the Nebraska City branch, has secured
very pleasant rooms for the class In one
Of the beautiful old homes overlooking the
city park. In these comfortable quarters
the class is growing In size and promises
great popularity.
The Residential college. occupying the
top floor of the Bee building. finds that
such an ideal location that there Is seldom
complaint about the heat 1t Is high
enough above the street to escape the heat
radiated from the pavements and to catch
every pleasant breeze that stirs Study.
even In the midst of the summer. Is en-
tfctng under such circumstances.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
The Omaha Business College

The wise farmer as well as the mer-
chant Is beginning to see the great ad-
vantage of good commercial education
for his son and daughter Both farmer
and merchant have so much invested in
their business that they realize that the
old haphazard way of running things was
expensive and wasteful The big gain that
comes Through the practical training of
the young woman in business knowledge
and methods pays well for the short time
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28

quarter of million dollars added
yearly to the community's income.
The last few years a credit sys-
tenn has been made possible to give
Omaha \teachers a chance to get
further credits and merits in this
city where they are employed.
Previous to the creation of this
system, which was founded here
in 1917, all members of the Omaha
school faculties were obliged to go
to Chicago and other cities of the
east to complete their education
as teachers. This credit school
system, which prepares the teachers
of Omaha, Council Bluffs and
other cities, for higher standards,
is to be greatly enlarged. Omaha
schools alone need annually an in
crease in the faculties of. about 100
teachers, which are now taken from
the local institution, as far as pos
sible
Summer School Grows.
In 1917 when the university's
summer school was first opened,
but II students. attended the course.
In the winter of the same year 80
students attended. In the summer
of 1918, 168 students enrolled and
in the year of~l918, 209 placed
their names on the roles. In this
years summer school 800 students
are enlisted.
The University of Omaha, which
is located on the Redick Reserve in
North Omaha, just west of Twenty
fourth street and between Pratt and
Evans streets, consists Of two main
buildings, the John Jacobs Memorial
gymnasium. a building valued at
$4,000, and Joslyn ball, valued at
$4,000. The former building serves
adequately all athletic needs and is
also used as an auditorium for large
public gatherings. Joslyn hall is
commodious, well-appointed struc-
ture containing administrative Of,
fees, class rooms, laboratories, etc
Both buildings are substantial and
impressive, besides being thoroughly
well adapted to the needs of the in
sutution. ..-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28
Founded 10 Years Professional
Has Had Remarkable Growth and Today Enrolment
Jacobs Memorial Gymnasium and Josn Hail.
Buildings Are Well Adapted to the Institution.

The University of Omaha, an in.
stitution which has grown from
practically nothing to one of the most
powerful institutions in the country
in less than 10 years, rs to be ex-
tended. The board of trustees and
officers of the university have agreed
to raise a fund of 100000 in this
city for an immediate extension OF
the institution, creation of new de-
partments and enlargement OF
others.
The University of Omaha was
founded by a group of representa-
tive citizens, all we'll known business
and professional men, on October 8,
1908, to conduct and maintain CO.
cduca tional university for the pro-
noting of sound learning and edu-
cation, under such influence as will
lead to the highest type of Christian
character and citizenship in Omaha
The idea was to create an institution
where at the least possible expense
all classes of young men and women
may SECURE an educate that would
fit them to enter at once upon the
successful pursuit of an honorable
vocation.
Established 10 Years.
Though the university was organ
lied in October, 1908, it did not
open it's doors until November |,
1909, when 26 students enrolled.
During the school semester, just
closed, $40 students attended the
Omaha university.
The university now needs en-
dowment to firmly establish it.
1t needs added equipment to in
crease its efficiency and means to
extend its educational service to
Greater Omaha. The raising has
been sanctioned by the board of
trustees of the university and is now
Under way.
The university will conduct an or
ganized, we'll esta blished campaign
along firm lines, and expect to can
vass the entire city in the interest
of the institution. This fund, which
is to be faised Immediately and in
the shortest possible time, will per-
NIT forward movement in a gen.
eral way; it assures a larger and
permanent faculty of the highest
type, and guarantees an enlarged in
stitution, greater constituency and
more influence.
Benefit to City.
This assures the city a co-edu-
cational college offering complete
and comprehensive training, a To-
Called educational service, an in
spirational educational center and a
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-28

efs. 1T would also cover the be-
ginning of the European nations and
study their history in relation to the
world war and to the United states"
1t is not probable that the course
will be- ready when school opens in
September as Mr.. Masters, who has
been planning the course for six
months, has not yet found a text
book that can be used for the course.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12
MAX CAREY DECLARES
FIRST GAME HARDEST
Roger Bresnahan Got Him Rat
tied by Continuous Chatter.
Vas Injected Into PastIme in Eighth
Inning With Score Tied, Two on
Bases and Two out-Mads
Good With Triple.

II will always regard the first game
I ever played in the National league
as the one which brought ms face
to face with the tightest pinch of my
baseball career" said Max Carey re-
Gently.
II had just reported to the Pittsburgh
club at st. Louis. 1t was during the
flag end of the season of 1910 and !
was getting my first major league
trial.
"An out1eld composed of Fred Clarke.
Tommy Leach, Chief Wilson and Vince
Campbell meant faint hope for q
youngster Of twenty who wanted to
make good. But Clarke gave me a
chance. lure enough, and the pinch
Into which I was injected came in the
eighth inning with the cor tied, 2
and 2, two out and two on the bases.
"Roger Bresnahan, catching for the
Cardinals, let out a line of chatter
that made me think I was In a hotel
lobby tanning bee. He signaled Benny
Hearne, the pitcher. for . fast ball.
Then he stopped the game, walked out
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12
~ Cobb, HuQhIe Jennings and nwIId BIN" Donovan.

When you are in a little group of
fans and the talk is frittering away
almost to a dead silence a good way to
knock them all cold is to loudly an
nounce: II discovered Ty Cobb" or IF
1t hadn't been for me Eddie Collins
would be selling ham sandwiches on
the B. & o." But anyway, Wild Bill
Donovan comes out with the announce
ment that he was the real Edison who
gave Ty Cobb to the baseball world.
Harken to Willyum:
Made Jennings Laugh.
sit was way back in 1915 when De
troit was training In Augusta, Ga, and
the captain was a regular busher. Ty
attracted little attention. for he was
a terrible fielder and tried to run
through the fence in every game.
Hughie Jennings used to laugh every
time Cobb ran out on the field, for
there was nothing about him that even
suggested a future star. His hitting
was Of the bush league variety, and
when an outfielder can't hit it's time
to forget all about him.
Detroit had q chance that year to
get Cobb for nothing. for the Augusta
club had made a deal with Jennings
whereby he would have the privilege of
selecting any player on the team IL his
ball club did its spring training In
Augusta. To show what a hit Cobb
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12
Captains Of Philadelphia Team.

Fred Luderus, first baseman for the
Phlllies, lost his job as field captain
Of the Phillies this season. but II was
not because Manager Jack Coombs
thought any the less OF him. George
Whitfield held out for $500 more than
President Baker Of the Philies was
willing TO pay. Baker adopts a sliding
scale of salaries and nothing III move
him from his fixed determination about
the proper wage for every athlete.
Whitfield irrceoneilabie.
When Whitfield proved TO be an ir~
reconcilable Baker compromised with
himself by offering him the job OF
field captain. which carries a standard
$500 bonus. Whitfield accepted. Then
came Luderus. He had been promised
the field captalncy, but Baker had for
gotten the fact. Luderus demanded TO
know whether the club president was a
Of his word. and Baker naturally
asserted that he was. BE again COM
promised with himself by rejecting
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12

made, Clyde Engle. the infielder, was
chosen and Tyrus the Great allowed to
remain in the tall grass.
Busher Rested on First.
81 never forgot Cobb" said Donovan,
"for one day when / was pitching he
hit a ball to mt and I had to run to-
ward third base to field 1t. 1t wasn't
a hard-hit ball. so I took my time, but
before / could straighten up to throw
to first you ear imagine my surprise
when I saw that busher roosting on
the bag. Never before had I seen such
speedy travelling toward first base, and
I remembered 1t.
Later In the season one Of our out
fielders went bad and I suggested to
Jennings that he take a chance with
that fast guy down in Augusta. Jen-
nings wired down there and a reply
came back that Cobb would not be sent
North unless the Detroit club pur-
chased him for $3.50. President Navin
sent them the money and Cobb was
signed by Detroit.
1.-THE first year, as you know, Ty did
not set the world afire, but barely got
by. There was a noticeable improve
ment the next season, and now look at
him. At the same time. I attribute the
speedy journey to first base that day
In Augusta to Cobb's joining the De-
troit club"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12
BASEBALL IS HELPED
BY LONG DISTANCE
Adoption of Rule Was Life Saver
to Many Noted Players.
When Ten Feet Was Tackled Onto
Distance Of Pitcher From Plate
Many Veterans Took on New
Lease Of Life In Game.

The lengthenlng of the pitching dis.
lance In 1898 was q life saver to many
players who are now famous In the
annals OF baseball history. To the
veteran players IL mean a new lease,
for many OF the famous hitters were
getting lamentably weak with the
stick. To the youngsters just break
Jennings would have never been
known TO the game today but for the
S9oelehing OF the growing dominance
q the hurler. Possibly the familiar
~ESYah" of this scarlet-plumed son of
Erin would never have been heard
about ready to quit, SO discouraged
was he with the way he was hitting
and Jennings was not the only one
who stood on the ragged euge Of moth
ing. Billy Keller, Jesse Burkett, John
McGraw, Jakey Beckley were helped
along by the handicap placed upon
the festive hurler and stepped into
the 300 class when the add ,lonal 10
feet was tackled on the distance be-
tween these two plates.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-two
was the last season the hurler had the
50-foot distance to work from and
1t was the first season Of the amalga-
nation of the National league and the
American association, which was
formed into one 12rclub circuit SO all
the best batsmen were punched under
one head. When the batting averages
were totaled up at the end of that
season the names of only II batslnen
were found In the 300 list. Such
star batsmen and formerly consistent
300 hitters as Arson, Jim O'Rourke,
Pete Browning, Roger Conner, Jimmy
Ryan and George Van Haltren slipped
below the 300 mark. The foxy hurler
surely held the whip hand owe the
lusty slugger and kept getting better.
Such classy pitchers as Rusie, Cy
Young, Frank Killen, 'Dumplings"
Mcmahon, Edward Stein. kid" Glea-
son, Charles (K.) Nicols, Frank
Dwyer. Gus weighing and the. great
B%reitenstein were In their glory and
going like wildlre.
Imagine Walter Johnson or Grover
Alexander shooting them over from a
50-foot distance. Under those condi-
tions today the .300hitter would be-
come extinct, would wither from the
land. the 200 class would be the Sc
lect circle.
II the 50-foot distance were again
the proper thing it would take years
for the batsmen to get used to 1t. just
as 1t took the pitchers years to master
the heightened distance, but 1t took
q new generation of hurlers to do 1t,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12
John McGraw.

Washington clubs uccess each sea-
son for the last few years with only
Walter Johnson to star on the rub
Der. These cases, according to Nc
Graw, are good grounds for his ar
gument.
Bezdek declared q ball club must
have something more than good pitch
ing from one pitcher, and he backs
his argument with the story Of Will
bur Cooper's work for the Pirates last
season. Cooper lost nearly all of his
games by one run simply because the
Pirates did not have the necessary
punch to aid him with a run or two,
says Bezdek, and the speech sounds
reasonable, too.
The argument vas not ended in the
one session, but there is much evil
dence on both sides that is deserving
Of serious consideration. McGraw's
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12

that he intended to pay Luderus q
certain lump sum. anyhow, and Lud-
erus will get that sum. Thus Luderus
receives a captains pay without a
| captains responsibilities, whStever
they are. and Whitfield gets his price
and whatever glory Is attached to the
captains berth
lu6erus Frcr, hihwsgkee.
Ludsrus was bern 10 Milwaukee en-
September . 1855 He has essn with
the Phllliss ever since De fels<5 theta
In 1910 prick 10 Which year Ne was
with the Cniesgo Sssienahs eer a u.n-
ute or two N 1903 He was thocsht
TO be about thToGgA when he e2ssed
rs in 1914 but he tooS a new lease
on life when Tat Moran became 81
ager Of the Pills IN 1905 sad helped
the Pills 10 win the psnaant that year
by batting S15
Luderus has always been a better
first haseman than the public under
stood, a conclusion based upon obser-
walton and statistics.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12

Steve Yerkes has been appointed
captain Of the Indians by Manager
Hendricks. Yerkes is n of the most
brainy ball tossers In the association.
The Colonies have an italian In
their lineup in the person Of Nike
Cerest. He has yet to learn the fine
points Of the game but Is eager to
learn
Sunday baseball In New York state
has stirred up some Of the old spirit
that kept the New York State league
alive and there are hints Of attempts
to reorganize the circuit
Baseball managers with stars back
from the Shipbuilding league win be
lying awake nights now trying to
think Of something they can put on
the BAH that win make It look like .
lrivef-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12

letic director for the United States
army at Toul, France. 2. ]. Hart, n
former Princeton varsity football cap
tain and star, is the director. They
are now busy directing and plsying
baseball.
Fabriaue, the former association
player, will play with the Seattle club
this season
McGraw thinks he has a great young
pitcher In Jesse Winters. The young
ster is quick to learn.
The McHenry who is pitching fof
Sacramento and doing 1t quite well is
a California youth. a former cone
gian.
Southworth, former A. A. player
now with the Pittsburghs, VIII occupy
the cleanup position for the Pirates
this $
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-12
EUROPE STARTS ITS
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
University o. Paris Team to Make
Trip to England.
American AyoreuatIons Are Playing
Exhibition Games In Southeastern
France=Immense Crowds Wit
ness Various Contests.

The European baseball season has
opened, the University of Paris having
scheduled games with the University
of Lyons. Nice, Dion, Nancy and Tou-
louise, with a trip to England in June
to play Oxford, Cambridge and Edin-
burgh.
The University Of Toulouse has four
baseball teams and American aggre-
cations are playing exhibition games
in southeastern France. Ten thou
, sand persons witnessed a game ut
| Toulouse recently, while at Pau there
were 5000 present. At Tarbes there
was an attendance of 1000, or a quar-
ter Of the population of the city.
John L. Powers, nov q Y. M. @. A.
worker at Toulouse, said:
~ think the French are the coming
people in baseball. They have the
best baseball eye of any people, next
to the Americans, SO far as my OBJ
servation goes. Leaders feel the game
Is suited to the French temperament,
although time will be necessary to
introduce the game. The scientific at
titude Of baseball appeals to the
French, but other features are inter-
esting to them, for instance, the speed
necessary in playing the game and the
necessity Of making quick judgment.
French youngsters are very keen In
picking up the niceties of baseball.
Several hundred boys at Toulouse are
now playing scrub games just like
American youngsters
In a track meet held by men en-
gagged In the service of supply depart
ment Of the American army, held at
LIE Mans, Pat Ryan, the Olympic cham
pion. threw the hammer 100 feet 8
inches. Lieut.. F. d. Maker. Of the
University Of California, made a high
jump Of 9 feet. These athletes will
represent America In the intercc'le-
giate track meet which has teen
planned.