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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
AT THE THEArERs

Columbia-Tonight and Saiurday, Bsy-
ant wsshburn in The Sins Of ST.. Anth,
Qny" will be shown at the Columbia
Theater. This picture tells the story of
young man who was SO good that his
best girl rejected him because Of his lack
Of pep" lie then turns 10, a chorus
girl in a musical comedy show, and the
change that comes over him 10 wonderful
to sec. There viii also BE- shown d Psthe
News and Mutt and Jeff conedy.
Hali-Tonight and Saturday,, Nine.
Ala Nazimovs. the Russian actress. will
be seen at the Hall Theater in -Stfonger
Than Death : a picture Of Anslo-indian
life. wherein Nszimoya takes the part Of
sierid, the dancer. A Mack Senneti
comedy entitled The Speak Easy" win
also be on the program.
On account Of the. Shfiners parade
Saturday afternoon iherc viii be no matt
nee at either Of .the.theatcn.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
UNIVERSITY NEWS

Miss Catherine Indof is spending I
few DAYS at her home in Hannibal
V. T. Hsmlin is spending few days
at his homo in Perry, Ia.
Onie Newton, a student in the ,Schoo
Of Law. went to his home in New Lon
don, Thursday, to spend the weekend.
Miss Mildred Hanspro and Miss kash
rine Kerr. students in the University
went to Jefferson City today to spend
the weekend with their parents.
Henry c. Pepper, employment secre-
tary Of the Y. NJ. c. A, left Thursday
night for his former home in Wyccnda
to spend the weekend.
P. II. Ross, acting director Of the ex.
tension service Of the College Of Agricul-
turc, returned yesterday from a confer.
cncc with the county agent al Springfield.
Miss Selma Stein. Miss Cyril Meyer.
and Miss Emma Hartman left today for
Chillicothc. No.. to spend the week end
visiting Miss Hartman's parents.
Rabbi Louis Win Of St. Louis, viii
address the Jewish Students Consreea-
tion at 8 O'Clock Sunday evening. The
services viii be held in the Y. NJ. c. A.
Auditorium.
The death Of Mrs. Pearson is an
nounced at Fargo, North Dakota, on No
vember IL. Among her surviving chill
ircn is Earle Pearson, former student in
the School of Journalism and president
cf the Alumni Association Of New York.
There win be firing on the T. 0. ]. c.
rife range next Saturday morning for
all members Of the r. O. r. c. Any
man who wishes to practice firing should
report to the R. o. T. c. headquarters
~ 3 o'clock Saturday morning.
The junior girls elected Miss Ruth
Levine cheer leader Of the class at their
regular meeting Tuesday. They prae-
iced yells and songs. which they intend
giving at inierclass hockey, baseball and
basketball games and at all girls mass
meetings.
C. 4. Helm, associate professor Of field
crops, and T. 5. Townslcy, professor Of
poultry. Of the College Of Agriculture
left yesterday for -Fsyctte to judge a
corn and poultry show. This show is held
at Fsyeite. L. F. Childcrs,
graduate Of the College Of Agriculture,
is the county agent there
Lights went out in the midst Of the
Dramatic Clubs strenuous rehearsal Of
Plots and Playwrishls' Thursday night
in the University Auditorium. The re-
hearsal was delayed because Of meet
ing Of the Academ Club in the Auditor.
ium. and at 10 O'Clock without any
warning, the electric power was shut
uH. Aided by matches, the amateur act
ors CROPPED their way out Of the build
ing, posiponing their rehearsal.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
MAINLY ABoUf PEOPLE

Mrs. S. L. Wells Of columbis. lef
today for d sisit N Mpksne Missouri.
Mrs. J.w. Nc dnnon.slo South Nin,l
street, is visiting in Ceniralia today.
Mrs. c. n. Walsfep has returned Il
her home in .lisle sfters,iisiting her neph
CIV. C. N. Kemp, al ihe Dana Press Club
MIS-. Emma Frpsi went to Hiesinsvills
today to visit her niece, Mrs. Mertic Still.
we'll.
Miss Fem Dorseyi left today for Wich.
ita, ksn.. to spend the weekend visiting
friends. .s13
Mrs. Henry Sims. Who has been visit.
ing James NJ. Jacks of Columbia. return
ed to her home near Sturgeon this morn.
ing. 4
Miss Lorraine Brunson and Miss La.
ellie Pullins. students in Stephens Col
lcze, went to Nevada today to spend the
weekend at thir homes.
Russell E. Holloway left yesterday on
. short business trip to Carrollion.
Roy Davis, secretary Of Stephens Col
loge. has returned from a business "Trip
Though Southeast Missouri.
About sixiy-fse shor, course. students
who are enrolled in the veterinary class
in The College Of Agriculture went TO the
hog, cholera serum plant this morning.
Mrs. ". Z. Duffy and her daughter
from Mubcrly. No., have been visiting
her father. P. E. Spelman 1872 Uniyer.
sity avenue.
Mis-. Henry Tillman, who lives in Mel
lettc. IS. d.. returned TO her home yester-
day afternoon after visiting her relatives
Andrax Swallars in Columbia.
Dr., Heber d. Curtis. director Of the
Allegheny Observatory, left here this
for Pittsburs. Pa, after deliy-
ering lectures a, the Physics Building
Thursday and Friday nights on The Size
II the Universe"
Miss Ruth Boyd. who is head Of the
English department in Harden College.
Mexico. No.. left for her homo yesterday
afternoon after visiting the English de-
partments in Stephens College and the
University.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
THE WORLDS BIGGEST NEWS
u. s. Crop Report Takes Precedent
Over Other Matter. -.

oNtr Otuet 8kAtlers .-,F..s s-
You. lover of speed and Of the drana,.
ic side Of American life, here is place
where you will find something to see,
says Golfers Weekly. 49,
On December IL, in the bare central
hah OF the department Of agriculture IA
Washington, will meet before noon rep
rescntatives Of all the national press as
sociations and ticker news service. A
dozen or more keen eyed and feet footed
young men. they will gather round a
worn old table, joking ncrycusly. with
me eye on the clock and one ear listen
ing for footsteps down the hall.
The messenger comes. He hands oui
a bundle Of papers. Each reporter seizes
ono and dasl,es away with il into an open
door along the hall, 10 Telephone as
signed to his use. The receiver is al.
ready down. The line is clear.
"flash!' shouts the reporter q, the de-
partmeni. ~
-Flashl" repeats another, reporter al
the news bureau.
Flash echoes the telegraph op.
orator, and in. something les ihsu Sec
ond q statement Of the number Of bush
els Of wheat pscduced this year is tick,
ing into the New York Office. the Chics.
go oficc. the Atlanta ONCE, and on to ey-l
cry town in America. Then the statement
Of corn. Then oats, barley, hay. These
telegraph flashes on December IL viii
have right Of way over any other bulletin
on any news wire in the country.
u is the biggest news in the world.
Though nations fall. though cities bum,
though gres, men die. no otker news of
any sert viii be handled as fast as tlisi
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
TO URGE COUNTY LIBRARIES
Commuaity Council viii Introduce
Bill. in Legislature.

The meeting Of The Community Coun.
ell. which was to have been held Monday
night has been postponed until the fol
lowing Monday. At this meeting. II. o.
Severance. University librarian. will dis
cuss a bill concerning the establishment
u county libraries which the council viii
introduce into the State Legislature this
winter.
The bill provides that If 100 legal vot.
ers Of any. county petition. the county
court. asking that an annual tax be lev
led not 10 exceed Two mills on the dollar.
the library may be established. Any
town or city within ihe county already
maintaining public library viii be cx.
empted from the taxatioh.'s stF
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
Numberof Farms in Misspuris. T.
Decreases Ia, ,120 il Ten Years

creased in eight. Of the eleven counties
ranging in increase from 100 to 1000.
and swine have increased in four coun-
iies from 2.000 to 5000. The greatest de-
crease is In Clay County and reaches 20.
600. -. - a.
The number of farms operated by own,
ors and managers and those by tenants
has also decreased in pdfnbr, hat the
number Of tenants has fallen much less
than the former. and in some counties
has increased to considerable extent.
This fact elbows that more and more of
the farmers, growing tined icf the country
life, are leasing their farms to more OF
less temporary tcnssts. Also. il is shown
,ihai the sisc Of farms is increasing. The
small farmer being edged out by the one
who operates on large scale. In most
counties the land in the farms has I'M
creased from 4-per cent to as high as 9
per cent and the number Of improved
acres has also increased in six Of the
eleven counties. the greatest improvement
being 9-5 per cent in Douglas County. 4
Corn, wheat and -oais new show some
what greater number Of sctes planted and
trernendous increase in the quantity
harvested. TIE number Of bushels II
hay is slightly less ,l.an . decade ago.
Since III. war, the amount Of wheat harv.
ested has increased over a million bush,
els In SOME counties anu corn registers
slmos, as high. These figrres. as =
whole, indicate ihs, Missouri has become
less Of s,ock-raising state and .mefe
Of a cereal, growing state. =.
In Boone County there is slight de-
crease in the acreage Of corn. and hay
ibe improved land has come
up to the extent of 5.78f acres. making a
total Of s27,3oi acres ibis ?ear.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
Runs Movie WITH 4 Hrd.

Jackson, Mo-, Nov. 1-1he county
agent, Seth Babcock, is putting on a new
feature in getting the gospel Of better
farming out to the men and women on
the farms. The farm bureau owns a mo-
lion picture machinc, and has a DeNry
generator for operating ID attached TO
the county agents Ford. At the school
fair in the Brick School !dis,ric, recently.
The room was dsrkened and two reels
were shown. One reel was ON growing
and feeding corn, and the otlier on cvo-
lution Of wheat harvesting machinery.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

The number Of farms in Missouri has
licssencd l4l20, or 81 per cent in the
Hast ten years. and the totsl number ncw
| is 263,l24. Between 1900 and 1910 Mis-.
souri lost 7,6s2 or 81 per cent. In 1900
Missouri bad 28t,8S6 farms. and in 1910
there were l77,24S farms -
Jewell Mayes Of the State Board Of
agriculture declares that the reduction
in number Of farms spells larger annual
agricultural production per man. and
does not indicate the serious decline in
farming that the sidewalk agriculmrists
and skyscraper farmers so gravcly an.
nouncc. We DO need TO improve. how.
ever. We should foster the coming Of
the homc-builders and investors.
: The states having as large or larger
percentage Of reduction in total number
Of farms as Missouri are the following:
Connecticut lS5 per cent, Delaware IS
per cent, Illinois s.S per cent. Kansas
IL per cent. Maine 1876 per cent. Mas
sachusetis 1874 per cent, New Hampshire
24l per cent, New Jersey ia per cent,
New Mexico l6.5 per cent, New York
los per cent. Pennsylvania 7.S per cent,
Rhode Island 228 per cent. Vermont
ILL Der cent. West yirrn;;s M rcr
cent.
n,,r;rn a..
to., - - - s s'n years ~ eounties
ns ,,s' - - 1B'pel " iarms. and 10 gained.
u 20 mat GAINED IN number three
ss D., Z" 'ne norm sac OF the Missouri
sm,lI., n..,.h n ~ S 'ne s0a'n. Inc
- - :" ,a'in' does not mean
I...l g.. i ~ VI acres OF improved
ny 'ese Is expected oi tins
:" -"'sSou
,oin s" increase IN valuation Of farms since
r,'o ranges from three million dollars in
o1sias couniy TO fwenty-ihree million
!" I,'s'i'oh Souh'y. Boone County farm
E snu puiiu'nes nave increased 30 per
ea IN '.lue, Nn,cn is about the average
a CoI. rsu.,,, !. n. 1Iuse eohsiuei-
"A ,hs, hss 1 ~" one report
a. IT, - m NUMBER of
- ,,..n: % ,o,a ~" .ie'eh more iarms |
" T. N r. a'' .en more Iarm- !
..., g ~. N ''s' eyunues pc,
~ rf.,s ~ .I 49,. - ea''' iA'e ueser'ed
No, g,,,x 80 ~ -
!, ~. "s =, .ne cry
rms H., H. ,.,s.:, p'euns our
,J,r;n, H. - ~ Tt nas peen as, as
! ann fsxsr -. - a' ,o,n ,o'.l ov0
=, ,ro af -. - -. ~ i'io M oil
''" e'u"'es' I
10 offset his tremendous decrease in
ne oeher Counties Douglas County has
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
CENTRALIA NOTES

Miss Mary Loomis. Kansas City
nurse, is taking care Of DR.. W. II. Hulen.
who is in Excelsior Springs.
Mrs. Fred Sames returned Tuesday
from visit with her father ". II. Hulen.
who is seriously III at Excelsior Springs.
Bernard Larson and lola Munson were
married al the home Of the brides par
cnts Wednesday, November II. 3
Miss Lula Hubbsrds is visiting With
friends in Ccntralia. ~ 's
Miss Martha Shock, who is III. was tax.
en- to St. Louis this week for medical
treatment
Dr.. O. B. Mayes is still sick at his
home.
Jesse Curry has been absent from school
several days on account Of illness.
Harry Rowland is sick. 80 &
DR.. and Mrs. S. E Harley cn,crishcd
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
HALLsvILLE NEWS

Word has been received here Of the
death Of the youngest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Ewens. Of diphtheria. Mr..
end Mrs. Ewcns left recently for an ex.
tended visit with Mrs. Ewens' brothers in
Kansas and Colorado. Il is thought that
The bsby contracted the disease while on
the nip.
]. B. Stevinson Of Kansas City is visit.
ing his mother, Mrs II. II. Burks.
Mrs. c.. E. Pulls visited in Cen,ralia
Thursday.
The Rev. ]. 7. Hendrix attended the
Sunday School convention in Columbia
this week
Mrs. Will Points went to Ccntralia
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mra F. F. Roberts visited in
Columbia Thursday.
l., Noe went to Columbia Thursday on
a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Tate are visiting Mr..
Taies parents, Mr.. and Mrs Ben Tate.
Leslie Faucet, who has been sick, is
reported to be improving. 4
David Chandler and Eus,ace Hendrix
were in Columbia Thursday on business.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20
To Every Citizen.

U ihis Community:
"a home for the family,
an cducaiion for the children,
"a comfortable and care-free old age,
"a protection 10 business,
"a strcngthener Of credit.
THIS is what life insurance means to
yen. W. C. Stephenson will be glad TO
show you how TO make the Ncw, York
Life responsible for these things. Phone
$40. S.69.72 ADV.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

Mrs. r. L. Hope visited the schools
Thursday in the interest Of the Red
Gross membership drive. a
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

Liiile Miss Hazel Rowland is sufferins
flom throat trouble
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

4 number Of friends ., dinner Tsesasy
evening. Il
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

David Chandler and Eustace Hendri,
were in Columbia Thursday on busines.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

Leslie Faucet, who has been sick, is
reported to be improving.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-20

DR.. and Mrs. $. E. Harley en,crsasc,
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
YOUNG
COMPOSERS HEARD
Members of Older School of
Musicians Pronounce e.
forts Notable.

Lord Howard de Walden, president
of the British Music Society, offered
a concert Of English chamber music
recently at Seaford House. Belgrave
Square, to the delegates of the soci-
ety's congress. 1t was particularly
notable in that II marked the success
of some OF England's young com
posers. Writing of the evening, a
British critic says:
Sir Charles Stanford was the chief
of many British musicians of the
elder school who were to be seen
kindly listening to the forts Of some
OF our youngest composers.
Mr.. Herbert Howells. who is TWEEN
tT-eiEht, had his Lady Audrey"
string quartet played. and Mr.. c.
Armstrong, who is thirty-one. also a
quartet-a fresh and quite remarkably
able work in three movements with
a captivating scherzo suggestive Of
country merry-making. Mr.. Gibbs.
who Is Essex born, comes OF the Cam
bridge school Mr.. Howells though
MS junior, is more marked person
atty. The four movements OF this
Lady Audrey" have "programs''-
The Little Girl and the Shepherd" 4"
THE Prayer" and so on-but the
content Is purely musical. The cross
rhythms and the fresh, unforced ex-
pressiveness make this work very en-
gaging. Mr.. Joseph Holbrooke rep
resented by his Fantasy Quartet. was
the veteran OF the program; he is for
ty-two.
Mr.. Frederick Holding and his
friends OF the Philharmonic Quartet
played to admiration, and Miss AS
ira Desmond gave contrast by sing
ing with rare sense Of pitch) in
Mr. Cyril Scotts pastoral "trio for
oboe. cello and voice"-a curious ex-
perimental piece which, almost dis
pensing with harmony, seems to at
tempt to return to the monody Of the
ancients
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
University To Study Effect
OF Music on Mind

The that Johns Hopkins University with
the coming fall term in the psychology Of music
more evidence OF the importance Of music As
lated In another column this will seek TO anay
why respond composition and fail TO respond
to others the effect Of certain rhhms mind and body in
and the penetrating science Of psychology that the two
become individually and jointly efficient aids to progress
Notable is this delevopmen Johns Hopkins when
viewed isolated example, its significance only be
appreciated when considered connection with the whole chain
American musical developments Of which is link Some
OF the other links the in musca! activities In the
communities homes and schools the land the hundreds Of thou
the medium of phonograph the alone special
applications of music the treatment of afc
tions the constantly widening industry These
forerunners
In subcng the acknowledged influence Of
music to scientific research the university but giving another
manifestation of its with the life spirit Of the times
and its desire to promote through intellectual cooperation what
has already practice proved tremendous benefit to
OF all the atterday which music being put in
important its employment industry. list Of the
big plants and mercantile houses that organized singing
bands and orcheas their workers reads like
a Who's Who in broad business.
Here fertile field for the attention Of Johns Hopkins
We beyond the fact that counter
fatigue and facilitates production by how much it
efficiency Only few statistics from individual plants
available We want to know why music tends TO aay unrest and
better relations and how it should be applied best
to obtain these results.
great Maryland institution Of learning has al
for Investigations of this kind The Washington
earnestly it the omission
Of this
for the advancement of to the point where its
power for good shall be fully utilized
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
News and Notes of Music and Musicians

standard and popular music. Ex-
tTemely hitting is the singing or the
selection from Dyorak's New World
Symphony" that haunting strain or
the negro folk music, that Dvorak-
from the land that is today becoming
the great Czecho-Sloyak nationals
put into an imperishable monument
In music TO the New World OF the
United states OF America. Singing
this music, unaccompanied on last
Tuesday evening the National Com
munity Chorus attested the value OF
their work as a chorus, their musi-
cal appreciation by the Impressive
spirit and harmony OF its interpre-
tation.
Through the courtesy OF the Rev.
DR.. Rippey, minister OF the Mt. Yer
non Place Methodist Episcopal
Church, the National Community
Chorus is TO hold it's monthly re-
kearsals in this attractive new build
ing, in the large Sunday school room
on the ground floor. Miss Fannie
Euck. OF the War Department, Is the
Gccompanist for the chorus.
The next event that will enlist the
National Community Chorus Is to be
the great celebration here, the week
of September l3, when between 5000
and 10000 delegates will attend the
parade and three days meeting OF
the Veterans OF the Foreign Wars.
But today is Home" day. and the
concert next Wednesday evening is
for our children and our children's
children.
81 hear America go singing her way
TO victory! Americas pioneer poet
should know how his words have
been fulfilled. The idea that is sent
out from Washington is to swing it's
perfect circle around the entire
United States.
The piping days of peace are at
hand. With them comes forethouSht
for a bright and beautiful tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
MUSIC NOTES

For the first time in it's history.
the American Guild OF Organists de-
cided at its last convention to make
these conventions annual events. The
twenty fifth anniversary Of the Guild
falling next year. 1t is proposed to
arrange a special series Of programs
and II possible to combine the con-
vention with that of the National As
sociation Of Organists, with Chicago
as the meeting place.
| Walter II. Nash represented the
District of Columbia Chapter Of the
A. G. o. at its recent third national
convention, and brought an interest
ing report OF the activities there
which are made doubly important be-
cause of the prominent musicians in
attendance. Edward Dickinson, of
Oberlin College. and whose books on
music are among the standard refer
ence books of today. was among the
speakers.
Warren Victor Baier. who presided,
spoke of the necessity of increasing
the organists' pay, and the desire of
the organization to raise the standard
of the examinations to such a point
tndt tney VIII De III Eng
land, just as we recognize the rating
of England's Royal College Of Organ
lists. Other members in attendance,
who were heard either as speakers
or in the several organ recitals. were
I Charles Courboin who was said to b"
the organist Of the convention, Eric
DeLamarter of Chicago. Warren r.
Hedden, w. Lynnwood Farnam.
Edwin Arthur Kraft. William Zeuch
of Boston, Charles n. Boyd of Pitts
burgh, and Rollo Maitland of Phila-
delphia.
ID. c. CHAPTER OF THE A. G. o.
The final meeting of the District OF
Columbia Chapter Of the American
Guild of Organists elected the follow
ing officers for the coming year.
John B. Wilson, dean; Walter II.
Nash, sub-dean; Charlotte Klein. sec
retary; Lewis Corning Atwater.
treasurer; Mrs. John Milton Sylvester
registrar: ]. Edgar Robinson and
Arthur d. Mayo. auditors: Harry
Edward Mueller. Miss Lucy II. Paul
and Arthur d. Mayo new members OF
the executive committee, replacing
chose whose terms of office have ex-
pired.
Plans being formulated for the COM
zation and devotees of the organ, as
we'll as the music-loving public in
general. The fall activities of the
District Of Columbia chapter will COM
| mence in October.