New-York tribune., 1920-06-24
The I'nfOrrettable BaCcalaurcate

The Unforgettable Baccalaurcate
Sir: Twelve years after the Rev.
DR.. Flavel Sweeten Luther, President
Of Trinity College, said to the mem
bers Of the class of 1908 in his bac
calaureate sermon at Christ Church on
warm evening in June, "Fix your
minds upon giving rather than upon
receiving, upon ministering rather than
upon being ministered unto," I, at the
annual dinner Of the class Of 1928,
divided, or rather split 1925 {the odds
against me), with Ted Hudson, the foot
ball giant tube of 100 proof that
| Doc Stewart presented to me from the
medicine case he had safely carried a
great distance. SO much for my claim
on the Wentworth. And as for re-
membcring a sentence and receiving
at least honorable mention, we'll, the
president said "Our portion of the
earth is in turmoil. Heaven forbid
it should be otherwise" r. r. W.
"If anything goes wrong Mr. Edgar
Scott jr., Harvards ivy orator, said,
"blame it on the freshmen" Does the
ivy orator blame that kind of English
on Harvard?
"Kipling was wrong" says Paul,
who is just back from Greenwood
Lake. "The female of the species is
more lively than the male
The Iowa Idea
Sir: Crossing the arid deserts that
lie beyond Chicago must have had a
bad effect on Hey Broun for in his
dispatch of Sunday he tells of making
his first stop in Iowa Eat little sta
ton which, as we remember, was called
Clifton" They amt no such station
in Iowa, and as soon as the reports
from Clinton, which is some busy little
burg long way from the hamlet
class, believe me, begin to come in, it
will be proper to ascertain from Broun
wha. his definition of a village, his
knowledge of which probably is corr
/
of New York, may be.
Being native Iowan any asparagi
thrown at the state hit me right in
the eye, and my last recollection Of
the state is one of courtesy. Just as
the train which was bearing me toward
New York to win fame and fortune in
lunches started TO cross the MISSISSIPPI
pi after leaving Clinton, an old lady
discovered that she had forgotten to
get off, and the train obligingly stopped
and backed far enough so she could
reach the sacred soil of Iowa without
getting her feet wet
Did you ever hear of a subway train
doing that? A. NJ ADAMS.
Information whose source cannot be
| questioned is to the effect that Miss
Ncysa McMein has just subscribed to
a press clipping bureau. Every clip
ping will cost her about SC. AS may
be recalled, Sam Mcrwin used to sub
scribe, but in 1912 we printed his
name so oftcn-what with seven or
eight other papers this department was
syndicated to-that he foreswore the
habit. Solely with the notion of help
ing the clipping bureau, we hereby
ask exchange editors to reprint this
paragraph about Miss McMein.
The Wise Boys with the Inside Dope
are saying that it Will be Wilson or
McAdoo, although we took seriously
Mr. Wilson's statement that he
wouldn't run and Mr.. McAdoo's request
that his name be withdrawn. Seriously
as we take politics, we cant under
stand it,
THE reunion classes" says the New
Haven Journal Courier, will march to
the field this afternoon, clad in their
distinctive reunion costumes Their
reunion suits, palpably.
Some of the class MEMBERS the
same newspaper adds, will wear
simply straw hats with their numer-
ais They mover rcveled like that
in the pre-proh lbition days.
New York advertising concern Is
called the Johnston Overseas Service
but its namesake failed, alas, to
tcrrorizc Mr. j. c. Parkc Perhaps the
Tilden O. S. will do better.
Hoarding Is Blamed for Shortage OF
Coal.-E Evening Sun headline.
Lucky for the Evening Sun 1t hasn't
a Democratic proofreader.
The Los Angeles papers probably
admit that the earth is shaking, but
the true l.. A. inmate will tell you il
Is Just earth cracking a smile be
cause J.. A. has passed San Francisco
in population.
There is only one good Los Angeles
story-it has been printed herein Ions
ago. It's tho one about the Los An.
gclcs man who says, "Well, this ia 4
beautiful day, X say so myself"
y. P. A.