The Washington herald., 1920-11-24
BANK ACQUIRES
US. WORKER
Another Government Stat
istician Lured to the
Commercial Fold.
~ GEORGE FERRY MORRIS.

NJ GEORGE FERRY MORRIS
stin the seepase from govern
ment service and educational cir
cles TO business positions goes on.
The latest conspicuous instance 10
that OF Leonard p. Ayres. director
Of the department OF education OF
the Russell Sage Foundation. a sta.
tistician Of eminence In the field
Of education prior to the war. and
during the war organizer Of the Bu-
reau Of Statistics OF the General
stsn. as well as adviser on Stats
tics TO the Council OF National De-
fense, the War Industries Board,
the Priorities Commission and the
Allied Purchasing Commission. He
went TO France. won the title OF
colonel and aided Gen Pershing in
creating the system Of accounting
used there. Recently he returned
TO the Russell Sage Foundation; but
now he goes 20 . bank in cleve-
laid. Ohio. TO have charge OF its
statistical bureau and fact-accumu-
lstIng organization The bank is
10 be congratulated When the gov
ernment gets ready TO let men OF
his grade serve IL in a rational, SCI
entifc system Of making budgets
and watching expenditures. and at
the same time shows that IL will
pay suitable salaries, then local
SO much cream in their admins
trative coffee.
virEf,in's Debt 90 John Barton
Payne.
The hanging OF the fifty paint
ings given to the State Of Virginia
by Secretary OF the Interior Payne
is now under way at Battle Abbey.
Richmond The collection is rare
and hence valuable: some critics
put IL at $1,000 900. IL will be kept
separate, assis natural. and will be
the perpetual reminder OF the 10y
atty to his native State Of a man
who won fame and wealth in prsc-
tieing law in Chicago. The New
South is being enriched by many
gifts of this kind and IL is a sec
tIon OF the country 20 which artists
are now turning for important COM
missions from persons. families and
communities. large and small Some
of the Southern States are showing
decidedly admirable standards both
Of taste and of generous eNpendi-
ture in their choice Of memorials
for their sons who fought against
Germany and her allies.
Yale and Journalism.
The only recognition that Yale
University gives to Journalism is in
the annual course OF lectures on
the Bromley Foundation. II has no
distinct professional school devoted
to the subject and no special course
for students. Isaac Hill Bromley.
who founded the course. was IA
miliarly known as Ike Bromley" TO
! large number OF persons because
/ he was human enough. as a bril-
liant wit and man Of culture. TO
mix with ordinary good fellows. In.
addition 10 his journalistic work ho'
played politics with the Republican
/ leaders of his time; and was unuEu-
ally adept in writing admirable
party platforms constructed for
purposes Of winning elections. The
/ course he founded at Yale has had
I eminent lecturers who were men Of
| letters and affairs: but they some
1 times have said little about Jour-
nalism in their talks. This season
I the man will Mt the Job. Richard
Hooker. Yale. 80. editor and pub
fisher Of the Springfield Republican.
is the appointee. When Samuel
I BowIes. Sd. died. the responsible
task Of guiding this independent
! journal came to Mr.. Hooker as the
member Of the family with the
widest experience in journalism and
the best tested judgment
A New Type Of Directory.
While controversy RACES over the
1 alleged waste and graft OF the ship
ming Board. and while statesmen
| plan for Congressional action deal
/ ing with the merchant marine,
what Of the thousands Of men re-
cruited for the service during the
war who now man the vessels. pri-
I vately owned or governmentslly op-
\ Grated. that are finding their wav
into ports all around the worldE
Are they being thought Of as they
J should be? A woman-Mrs. Alice
/ s Brown. nov 81 Cleveland, ohio,
wife OF Henry Howard Brown. who,
established the recruiting service oiI
! the Shipping Board has felt he'd
! continuing responsibility TO thd
men in whom she became so much
/ interested while aiding her hus-
band. She prepared for use OF men
of the feet a pocket directory OF
! 525 world ports. In IL the seaman
can find listed the names Of per-
sons In each port who arc Ameri-
cans: who speak his language, and
who will minister TO his needs TX
he will make them known. Board
| ing houses, laundries and dentists
are named. Everything Is done 10
make the way OF the sesmen safe
and inexpensive. Naturally the
book is indorsed by all the Ameri-
can religious and relief agencies.
by the United States Public Health
Service, the seamen's welfare asso-
Citations, and the American steam
ship owners.