The Washington herald., 1920-09-08
In the Limelight
BY George Perry Morris.
Apostolic Delegate. Confer.

Apostolic Delegates Confer.
Archbishop Tito Trocchi, apostolic
delegate from Rome to Cuba and
Porto Rico, is soon to visit Arch
olshop Bonzano, OF this city, who
mis- the same responsible position
IN the United States Archbishop
1rocchi has been in the country
since June and will soon return TO
his present home. The service these
delegates render to the officials At
the Vatican is none the less effec-
tive because so quietly performed
They seldom fgure in the news
I They escape the friction that soes
with diplomatic rank and also the
monotony Of conformity TO its con-
ventions. In due time they return
TO Rome and take up higher posts.
| conversant with actual conditions
of church and state in lands where
they have been stationed; and thus
valuable as advisers on policies af-
fecting those countries.
Wisconsin, New Judge.
With the death Of Chief Justice
]. B. Winslow OF the Supreme Court
of Wisconsin the State suffered a
loss not likely to be made good in
gtdIes I1t Idu SOCIAL NlElOur ne WAS
| a modern man who rose above legal
| ism. and who kept the judicial arm
of government abreast Of the legis-
lative and executive. His successor
as a member Of the court will be
| Burr w. Jones, Of Madison, a mem
Der of the faculty OF the law school
! OF the State University, a former
| president of the State Bar AssoCia-
| tion, aPd a practitions- with forty
years experience.
British Scientist for Prohibition.
J A ship from Liverpool quietly
landed in New York the other day
one Of the leading British cham
pions OF temperance. Dr.. c. W.
Saleeby. +. r. S. who will be heard
! here later in the month at the In
ternational Congress Against Al
coholism. Then he will discuss
I-Alcohol as a Racial Poison" DT.
Ssleeby is one Of the most volUmin-
Gus and brilliant OF the British
populariZcrs Of scientific knowledge
! His time prior to the meeting in
Washington he will spend in seeing
for himself what prohibition has
| done for this country and in con-
ference with men OF all types. He
goes after his social data with a
scientific method and in a trained
journalists way. As for his in
teIlectUal interests. they are many.
He is the farthest removed from
being a single-track minded fanatic.
No Electoral CommIssion Required.
Mr.. William P. TiIden. Of Phila-
delphia, needs no electoral commits
sion to pass upon the validity n
his title. His defeat Of William NJ.
Johnston. the Californian. gives
him the natiinal championship in
tennis and as he already holds the
international premiership he stands
forth as the greatest player this
country ever had. They say that
the decisive struggle At Forest Hlls
is only to be described in terms Of
super-tennis. Whether it put an
end to Californian domination If
tonnis standards remains to be
seen.
Pnnnma's College Of Commerce.
President-elect Porras. ~ Panama.
seems to be very enthusiastic over
.th- Pan American College Of Com
merce which Is TO open in Panama
City next January. He joins in call
ing il a "Plattsburg For business "
and expects that il will train men
il all nations for international trade
II he iS correctly informed the War
Department and the Department of
Commerce here in WaFhiugton- are
pledged to give such support as they
may. Certainly the State Of Panama
has dealt handsomely with the prof
ect by its provision OF a suitable
g. . l.
bility for selecting the teaching star
and winning the pupils rests upon
the two men in this country most
active in work. Clarence J. Owens
and John Barrett. the one the head
OF the southern Commercial Con
Eress. and the other formerly Of the
Pan American Union.
Nermont's Loss is COIumbia's Gain.
tn. Teachers College at Column
bia University has a way Of calling
back to the faculty specially sue
Cessful graduates or teachers In
1911 it had Milo B. Hillegas enrolled.
He had had experience in public
schools administrative work and he
had done important service for the
Bureau of Education here in Wash
ingtOn in editing its publications.
But he wanted to teach again and
TO be in the center OF pedagogical
research and acquisition Of tech
nique; so he enlisted with Colum-
bias famous school. There he re-
mainsd until 1916 when he went UP
to the Green Mountain State to be
come State superintendent Of edu-
cation. Now he comes hack to New
York. just as David Snedden did
after wrestling with the politicians
and conservatives Of Massachusetts