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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19
V.P.| MAKING PROGRESS
IN ALL LINES OF WORK
Report of Alumni Secretary Shows
School Ovcrcrowdcd and
Morale Excellent.

BLAckSBURG. VA, Dee. ISL
. ~. iiAl. executive secretary of the
General Alumni Association Of tho
virginia Polytechnic Institute. has
just published an "alumnixram. =.
which contains some very Interesting
iac's about the college. The statis-
yes give nshow the progress that
T. L. is making along all lines of
ehdehvor Mr.. Hin says. In part:
Tech has 1871 ma,r!culatcs: will
reach 500 before the session closes.
on this number. 500 are rats" COM
hietc plan of CONTAMINATION adop, =
ca Chief features: ins,rrictional do
partrncnts rc-Eroupcd into tire. di-
vision" presided over by a dean.
Health oi'iiicer employed FOR fun
Time All business and service de
I"r,rncnts placed under control Of :,
business manager.
Deans grouped as follows: cngi
nccr!ng. agricultural. and college:
deans arrange classes Of In. stu.
dents. instead of the registrar.
Course advisers. who. win the deans.
plan for the students w"lfar. CON
sid'rahl: amount OF technical work
offered In FIRST aud second gears in
H''''' VI NV i'ile'iS academic NDrl,
Of old courses.
Foreign languages entirely clec.
tive. New subjects In social sc!euc.
Introduced. Including studies in .it!.
%enship Physical education depart
mcnt to hc started. with course in
hygiene.
Legislature Liberal.
General assembly very liberal "a,
inst session. Seventy per cent lin
crease over preceding session for col
iege and 80 Der cent increase FOR az
ricuitnrai extension. outlook. as a
whole, very good.
BuiidinS program mapped out in
IludlhE engineering hall. AGRICULTURAL
huiih'hE. hospital. barracks ana
ihhhy oihcr needed buildings cannon
hop" Tor additional enroIlin.n, ur,i
G"rnitnry facilities are provided
"hibiet"p over plant equipment. in
tiudins generators and engines or
dcryG '''' "
M orders place dwi,h Tcch alum
~ Military reduced from xix Ia
'lf"" hours per week. No uoticrahl.
nT"p IN cihi'icicHcy. Rather incrcnses
military spirit. This gives nddi,Ion-
81 time Tor preparation % subject.
n"i!c"2hic Improvement shown here
BARRACKS crowded. Fresh ana sCrh
classes tire. ia q ropu
~ room IN town for additional
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19
MlOWiVES IN GERMANY
HAVE FORMED UNION
ASSISTANTS to the Stark CompjnIn ar
Irregular Hours Mt Low
Pay.
ktHI. II. NoN WEiGAND.
'Chi'ersai Service stan Correspond

bEisLlN. Dec. lS.-Thr "assistants
10 the siork." namely. tn" German
,nidw.v"s, have decided to organize
themselves :nto union The Mid
wives, Association has been called
upon hy Frau Schirk"l, one Of In.
caders of the brussian branch. TO pc
ortaniz" upon "A broader basis
II IS not proposed To try TO force
IN" stork to coniinc his iabnrs tn ccr
'aih hours. and tie impossibiI!,y OF
"ni"rring Il dcmand for the union div
81 only eight hours is admitted. bu,
me St"rH'S assistants are preparing
TO demand that tho stork pav hotter
them. vi
Thcr" is general complaint; that Mr.
St"rk IL uiIIardly tOwa"d tis ,ssiy,.
ants, gets them out at all hours. day
'r nl:hi and in all kinds II w.n,hnr
ana mat hcncefor,i :. union scheIul.
al iccs WI be presented to him Ir's
not Clear yet whether THE I',iion az
ne St"rk's Assistants" VIII strike. or
whether Mr.. Stork viii lock them oui
anu MS" IN" doctors as str!k.hr.,k
ers. who. among the common rcopi.
IN 'icrmhny. are seldom called i'm
when the Stork arrives
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19

students on account of commissioned
.hu non-coinmissioned Dcrsnncl sta
,ioheh here and cx-scrvcic men. En-
,,0nr-year high school rra,luation
Fifteen units entrance. Puts us At
the top with standard units En-
france requirements applied strictly.
No I.onfers Wanted.
NO loafers allowed with appli-
cants ciamorins to re, in. Tech
piaccd on the distinguished list Of
military colleges for the second time.
Only fifteen ia United States and Vir-
Slhld has the honor Oi having two
OK her colleges wit hthc famous fr-
teen. President Burruss. 80. was in
troduced at Arnes. Iowa. the other day
as, us INC president OF one Of the fifteen
ulSung uishcd military colleges OF IN.
United States. Three r. o. II, a.
units which stand with the best In
me country. Tech stands ace high
Win the war Department"
College viii close for IN. chris,
mas holidays Tuesday. DECEMBER II.
aud the cadets viii irnX. FOR ibei,.
homes that afternoon. spccinI
ram VIII b. opcrtted as far as Rou-
hoht' leaving i;lackSburE Mt $3.50. The
scc"nd term begins Tuesday, Janu-
airy T. when al! students must report
Tor duty.
Edward Yearcr. class 1920. and
now now with IN" Westinghouse Electric
COMPANY. has been at the collc..
ms week confcring with the men
VII "will graduate in June about ro-
ai,i4ms with his company. V. y l.
graduates In the department OF cleo
year.
The department, OF agricultural,
The supply q: men available each
"I,.r. ana the demand always exceeds
education Il; Y. =. l. offers four
year cours. for training teachers TO
nii positions - Instr uctors in IN. de
par ments OF vocational agriculture
IN Virginia and other States. NUN
btr al ltcEc positions viii nc avail
ib!" III l'-!. ana. as ncw departments
ar" organized each year the demand
Tor properly prepared teachers will
trhctiT" salaries AID almost unlini,-
cd opportunity for constructive ser
vice.
special Courscs.
students who have completed ono
W." or three years at other colleges
OF rccoe ni"ed st..ndinE. can have sT,c-
car courses outlined for them hor".
thcs" courses leading 10 the degree
oi ~. \. IN agricultural education
NJ III, y; Si"ci ., +. y Edwards; g,
graduates Of the department OF agri-
cultural education. are in charge Of
schools in York. Norfolk. Middic.ox
and Fairfax Counties. rcspectivcly.
Ih"S" men are doing excellent con-
StfHctiN" school and community work
IN these ccunics.
IN" current Ssuc Of the Southern
Ihn'chtnan .arrl.s a paper on "'rhr
Opportunity Of the Church for social
S"rNic" In Rural Communities" This
PAPER Mas read 10y Dabncy y Ian
caster professor az AGRICULTURAL rGt,
cation at V j.. l.. before the SYNOD
81 ne provinc" Of Washington Of In.
itplScopih church. held NJ Norfolk i'm
November '''
Professor u II. Van DOT. diroc,o-
oil the Industrial educational d.bar,
incmt OF V T.. l.. SPOKE before IN.
cNics division Of Tho Association, OF
'-"iht'.rc. III ROANOKE Friday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
INFLUENCE OF A SIMPLE LIFE

Des Moines Capital: Every time a
prominent man dies the obituary
writer chronicles his achievements
and lays them out, together with his
virtues, for the public gaze. Because
a man has grown rich in the worlds
goods, because he has written book.
built a great factory, written an i'm
perishable song, it is believed that
the story of his life will prove of
more than passing interest to the
casual reader.
This is the story of the life Of Just
an ordinary person, one of the thou
sands of Des Moines day-by-day citi-
zens-that class of people who form
the great bulk of our population. 1t
is the story of young woman who
was born in Des Moines. went to
school in Des Moines, attended church
in this city, and worked in one of our
great insurance companies, did her
part in making her home a pleasant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26

place to live in and died, yesterday,
after a brief illness of but four or
five days, leaving two sisters, three
brothers and small circle OF friends
to mourn her passing.
Every life that finds its way into
this world has definite place created
by the Maker. Some are destined 10
do things in a big way and leave
their impression upon the pages or
the worlds history. Some are more
obscure and their place in life's pano-
rama small. But they play that small
part well and leave behind them the
delicate imprint of their PERSONAL
ties. So it was with the life of the
young woman whose story we write.
She left wealth Of love behind her,
and her quiet sincere, worthwhile
life will give encouragement to other
people to play their small part well.
So the influence will continue on into
eternity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
civ Of the sentimcnta!ist.

David Wark Griffith in Hearst's:
have learned as / sojourned in man,
cities, that cities, like men, have their
own keynote. II took me some
time, after my arrival in New York,
TO become well enough acquainted
with it to discover its dominant char
acteristic. That acquaintance taught
me that the largest city in the world
is a city of sentimentalists. New
York's response to a purely sentiment
tai plea is quicker than that OF any
other city in America
II is on an island, facing the sea;
and there is always more of romance
and sentiment among the inhabitants
of islands and port cities. New York
Is peopled with dreamers-men and
women of vision, who have come
from the interior of the country to
make their dreams come true in that
vast center-and dreamer is always
a sentimentalist.
The tremendous competition of so
many persons has quickened their
minds. Quick minds as rule have
quick sympathies, so they respond
alertly to sentimental appeal. Their
very sophistication makes them sen
timental. They are the greatest au-
dience in America
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
HOW TO KNOW POISON IVY.

Columbus Dispatch: There is a
very simple and easily remembered
way of telling poison ivy from the
Virginia creeper. The poison ivy is
a three-leaved affair; the Virginia
creeper has FIVE leaflets to the leaf.
That is, if there are FIVE leaves grow
ing in cluster, one for each hnger
and the thumb. you may handle IT
without fear of being poisoned. II
these are three leaves growing in
cluster let it alone; it is poisonous.
AS is generally known some people
seem to be immune from poison IVY.
They can handle it without i'll effects.
Others are so susceptible to the
poison that they are infected If they
go near plant, even without coming
into contact with it, The poison OF
ivy is a volatile oil that irritates the
skin of many persons-so volatile, in
fact, it is flying off the plant at all
times. or course where the plant IS
brushed, there is greater flow.
This poison is easily overcome,
however, by many things. Alcohol
rubbed on the skin Immediately will
render it harmless. 1t would be a
good idea for campers or those having
occasion to be in the vicinity where
poison ivy grows to carry lotion Of
some kind containing alcohol, and to
battle the exposed parts quickly or
frequently. But where the poison
takes effect the thing to do is to see
a physician at once; do not depend
upon home remedies or take the adj
vice of others than the physician in
regard to the trouble.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26

Manufacturers Record: Once
more civilization faces the danger
of Germany at war and allied with
the Bolshevistic forces of Russia
in a fight of the united barbarism
of the two countries against the
world No one should ever have
expected anything else when
America and the allies made the
fatal blunder Of not going on to
Berlin, Constantinople and Wen
ma. But Germany was playing for
time. That the German people
had no sense of shame, no convic-
tion OF their boundless criminal
ity, and no intention of submitting
any longer than they could get
ready for another war, ought to
have been clearly foreseen by ev-
cry man who claimed possession
of any qualities whatsoever OF
craftsmanship The whole history
of the German race was suffi-
cient proof that Germany in ask
ing for an armistice was merely
trying to keep its own country
from being invaded in order that
it might get ready for another
war.
An American officer who, after
the armistice, made a careful
study on the ground of the Ger
man situation for this govern
ment. upon his return to this
country said to the Manufacture
ers Record that he was convinc-
ed that not single riot or strike
had occurred in Germany without
the consent or the connlvance OF
the German military authorities.
All that had to be done, said he,
to create the impression of a
breakdown of the German military
power and a collapse of militarism
in Germany was merely camou-
fiage carried out by Germany's
military leaders for the express
purpose of deceiving the world
while rebuilding their strength for
the next great war.
During the entire struggle, from
the time Russia collapsed under
the work of German spies which
filled the Russian army, and from
the time when we turned Trotsky
loose under German influence to
overturn the Russian government
in order to stop the war against
Germany, the Manufacturers Rec
ord warned the world Of the dam
ger of the combination of Ger
many and Russia which would
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
CAMPAIGNS at public Expense.


New York Sun: A copy OF speech
by Newton D. Baker, secretary OF war,
scheduled for delivery at the ONO
democratic state convention in Co
lumbus, has come to this newspaper,
The speech arrived in an envelope
which carried in its northwest cor
ner the legend: WAR Department
Office of the Secretary Washin gton-
Official Business" In the northeast
corner. under the Washington post
mark. we find the familiar warning:
Penalty for Private Use to AVOID
Payment of Postage. $500" There Is
not postage stamp or the Vestise
of one, on the envelope.
1t is hardly necessary to say that
when government employees make
speeches at party conventions they
are not engaged on government work.
They may be speaking for an admin,
istration, but certainly they are not
on official business. After the chap
lain has finished his invocation con-
yention speeches are partisan.
There is no more excuse for New
ton D. Baker sending out an Ohio
state political speech under govern
ment frank than there would be in
his sending a pot Of pansies under
that frank to every pacifist who has
admired him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
similarities of Tasore and Ibsen.

Asia Magazine: Though Tagore
and Ibsen never read each other, they
are startingly similar in their ideas
and mental processes. And yet,
being of races as different as those of
the north and the south are, they
reached conclusions that are very far
apart Though, like Selma, Chitra
wants, at the end, to share" her hus-
bands troubles and to be part of
his active life,' instead of going out
like Nora to meet and make the fu-
ture, she stays and receives the fu-
ture. Being a Hindu, Chitra cannot
go out into the night like Nora, but
when the door of the future opens and
that very future cries into life, the
conflicting emotions of marriage
(husbanhood and wifehoodD are alb
sorbed in parenthood and given its
new outlook. We begin in the first
scene with Chitra as a maiden in the
guise of a boy. At the end Of the
ninth scene we leave her the wife. the
mother, the complete woman. This
drama is for the modern woman. She
is asked by the poet whether she &C
,cepts the individulism of the extreme
lfeministic outlook, or wishes to live
as a true Hindu to realize the whole
ness of her life.
The difference between the Hindu
outlook and that of Ibsen becomes
more marked when we contrast the
deeper implications of the endings of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
ARMISTICE WAS A BLUNDER

threaten the worlds civilization
to greater extent than when
Germany's accused army of bar
barians was in sight of Paris, long
ing for the time when 1t could
loot that city. Those who cried
Peace! Peace! when there was no
peace; those who demanded that
the armistice should be accepted,
had very scant knowledge OF the
history of the Hun and a very
narrow vision of the world situa-
ton.
The Manufacturers Record ut
tered no word Of rejoicing over
the armistice. 1t regarded the
armistice as one of the fatal blum
ders of human history, and we
said then, and have said repeated
ly since, that the world would
have to shed more blood and
spend more treasure many times
over than it would have cost TO
go on to Berlin, and in Berlin and
Constantinople and Vienna hold
possession of that entire situa-
ton until new generation OF
people had come to realize that
the criminal nation must pay
penalty as great as the individual
criminal must suffer for ms
crimes. But sickly sentimental
lism stayed the march of the sol
diers, and many American sol
diers wept as they realized that
they were stopped in the cam
paign just at the time when they
had the Huns on the run.
It matters not who was re-
sponsible for the armistice. we
were responsible for yielding to
1t. even if we were not wholly re-
sponsible for bringing about the
condition which gave to Germany
the opportunity OF asking Tor an
armistice. Any man in onlclal
life in America or in Europe VINO
favored the armistice instead OF
an unconditional surrender by
Germany is to the extent OF MS
influence responsible for all the
horrors which the world once
more will face in the spread OF
bolshevism throughout Europe
and throughout this country
America and the world at large
now face the most terrific danger
that has ever been confronted
since in olden days the hordes
of barbarians oyerspread Europe
and carried to ruin the ciyiliza-
lions of those days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
BUG-OLOGY Y
What do you call them!

Bedbug (Cimex lectularius). The orsil
of the name bedbug is unknown, out II
supposed to be naturally suggested as N
is descriptive. There are many W.
names for these parasites, as Tor iiuslia.|
ton. around Boston they are cs.a|
"Chinchcs." from Baltimore comes las|
name Mahogany Flat in Ne" WI
they are styled as Red Goats, arolls
Pittsburgh they are called .Pesky p ,,,s
in Cincinnati and the South Ne.
riders" in st. Louis and Chicago oislr.H
Crimson Rsmbers." the great West f hns y.
teeth, but they get there just the same
is correct Instead OF teeth they posssa
a piercing and sucking beak to draw sha
rob you OF your blood for their own poa,i
Redbugs. no matter what you may ~.
them. or where they came from scens
has found a way to rid them II YOU W. W,
use faithfully the new chemical fssa
Devils Quietus p. D. O." A g5c pscrkIs s,
makes one quart. enough to kliI il..I.-
bedbugs. reaches. heas, ants or co coz ~
and their eggs as we'll p. ID. .. VIII WIZ. w.,
injure bedding. and each package con th.r
a patent spout to enable you to &c. ..si.
in the ha nd to-g get at places. lftpoTsvn,
for Pesky Devils to exist where T. y
Ia uged.
Sold by wilkinson & Co. and QUA
leading druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
SUGAR.

Sweeter than sugar-cane, beet mape-is
TIE news that its price is likely to go down tc
fifteen cents or lower within the next few days.
We are told that we should not rejoice at the
Universities of others. He that jubilates over
tb" calamity of another shall not go unpunish-
ed we are told. Nevertheless, in view of what
seems the exceeding probability that buccaneers
of business have been waylaying sugar on its
way to our tables and piling twelve to fifteen
cents pound upon them it seems permissible
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
FOLLY.

FOLLY.
What distant mountains thrill and glow
Beneath our Lady Folly's tread!
Why has she left US, wise in woe,
Shrewd, practical, uncomfortable?
we can not love or dream or sing
We are too cynical to pray.
There is no JOY in anything
Since Lady Folly went away
Many a knight and gentle maid
Whose glory shines from years gone oy'
Through ignorance was unafraid
And as a fool knew how to die
Saint Folly rode beside johanna
And broke the ranks of hell with her.
And Folys smile shone brightly on
Christs plaything, Brother Juniper.
Our minds are troubled and denied
By study in weary school.
O for the folly of the child!
The ready courage of the fool!
Lord crush our knowledge utterly
And make us humble simple men;
And cleansed of wisdom, let US see
Our Lady Follys face again.
Joyce Kiln
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26

To hope that some of these extortloners With
stocks Of the commodity on hand may new get
caught and crimped in the trap they set Tor the
ultimate consumers But even though most IT
the plunderers have got away with safety with
their booty, it is encouraging to know that
heavy importations of sugar from lands which
never normally send US any have brought prices
down. and that the expected big output OF beet
sugar is looked for to cut the price still lower
as it becomes available in about two months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26

"Chitra" and 1.-THE Dolls House"
In Isben's view, the woman OF the fu.
ture walks out to mold her hopes and
her destiny On the contrary, Chitra,
who, in the Hindu mind, has the truer
outlook, stays to receive the future.
Though the future is open, we never
go out to it; it comes to us and must
find our minds and lives open to re-
ceive it, not for its sake, but for that
of our own spiritual growth. This
is a purely Hindu attitude.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26

common causes of hay fever. Hotss'
sometimes bring on aggraVateu , lid
Sachet powder affects some liiu me-
ais in exactly the same wa! @t,ers
most pestiferous pollens 90 - os
and a man sensitive TO the pa N,,t mt
kind favored by his wife 1nisn| ,rlt.
fer from hay fever constantly ,,bIe.
out realizing the origin or the .,og ,rbo
Occasionally some unfortunatee ,,tber
has the temerity to sleep IN d tents
bed finds that his hay fever pl rirht
the comfort that he has ever f,us 10
to expect, but he perhaps ," he 10
realize that the feathers mlghs En- are
blame. In all these cases the' wbjch
emanations Of tiny particles a, ths
accomplish the same result do w
grains of pollen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-26
A Wonderful Medicine "
BRING Back Health

Thousands of people are ts .saj,
down and allowing disease to eat , y,
lives away-when for a few cents Il, I ~,
can obtain from their druggist Q. T ss
Ger a package of Bulgarian $1,000 p iss
: The Wonderful Pure Hero = Dl vca
,roric and system regulator, II ySa
are sick and feel yourself going i.ius
take cupful steaming no' a. YOU.
once or twice week ana wa, sSn,est,li
health improve-you VIII 10. IA
recommend Bulgarian bloou 10
your sick and ailing friends