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The New York herald., 1921-06-19
l. TESTS PLAY FOR SHELL SHOCKED VETERAN
Edison QUESTIONABLE Answered as Fast as He
Could Talk, Army and Navy Psychology
Queries Proving Easy

more difficult than any of its kind ever given
In any American college or university. In
deed so difficult is II that the average human
being couldn't understand the directions on
IL. 1t Is far more difficult than either the
navy army tests"
DIR. Wilson says that Mr.. Nolan's feats are
all the more remarkable because of the han
dicap Of his health. When he is physically
top hole his mentality, reflected in the
intelligence tests places him among the most
brilliant minds OF America And yet when
he is physically of-that Is, when suffering
recurrence of extreme nervous spells due
to shellshock-this Is reflected in his univer-
sity work by an attendant dimunition Of
application to the studies in hand.
Mr.. Nolan's remarkable mental powers did
not develop extraordinarily until five years
ago. Within four weeks after entering a
Canadian base hospital to which he was
invalided during the waf he qualified as an
expert NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in which he had
no previous training according to records
file at the university.
Nolan Makes Remarkable Record
At the University af Washington
Discharged from the hospital in Septem-
ber 1919 Mr.. Nolan. inspired by the engi-
neers he had seen at work in Europe. asked
for vocational training and secured 1t. He
entered the University of Washington Janu-
=,
freshman standing. In the sixteen months
that have interviewed Nolan has made l65
credits, over twice many as the average
student receives in like period of time.
Mr.. Nolan is typical Irishnlan and speaks
in rich brogue. His complexion Is ruddy
and he wears a black mustache. He is
fine physical specimen, with chest like
barrel. When given his physical examina-
toE the physician marveed at his powerful
physique, declaring 1t one in thousands His
own test to determine his physical condition
is to crush Brazil nut to a pulp In his
left hand
AS to his future Mr.. Nolan Is laying no
definite plans. 1t all depends upon his ability
to continue his training and his health, he
said. Mr.. Nolan is unmarried, and his am
bi:ion now is to become sanitary engineer
in the United States. which he terms "the
land of opportunity without limit for any
one with courage and will, perseverance and
skill"
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

Wellesley also has a track meet, but their
records could not be obtained. Besides the
above events they have a javelln throw a
discus throw. potato race and a 220 yard
race. Bryn Mawr stages twenty lap class
relay besides the above events. while Vassar
has fence vault that none of the other
colleges seems to feature. At Smith they do
not have track events but they do have u
field day for organized sports
These records take new interest when
they compared with the figures OF a
recent Harvard track meet. College girls
can run almost as fast men at Harvard
but should retire gracefully when the field
events are announced.
Many OF the track and field events do not
bear comparison: the distances run In sew
eral cases are entirely different. or the ap-
paratus used by the womens colleges is
specially prepared A few of the events
however, are the same. The vassar record
for the so yard dash is So seconds. Harvard
men decline to run so short distance. but
the mems college record for this event Is
43 seconds. Two seconds difference is, per-
haps, great deal, but II girls took training
seriously do the mems colleges the
time would surely be even less
The Bryn Mawr record for the 100 yard
dash is IL seconds but this year the famous
negro at Harvard. Gourdn. this event
with 10 seconds fiat record
Women's Records Fall Far Below
Hsrvard's in the Field Events
IL is In the field events, however, that the
women's records fall way below those made
by Harvard. The Vassar record for the
baseball throw is 2l7 feet inches. On the
other hand no boy can qualify for this event
II he does not throw at least 500 feet while
500 feet is an average boys throw. The
basketball throw also suffers in comparison.
The vassar record is ss feet 10 inches. Boys
to qualify must throw basketball 100 feet
and easily throw II 1870 feet.
Again. Harvard men throw the IL pound
shot over twenty feet further than Vassar
girls can throw an eight pound shot, and
can Jump over two feet higher. The womens
record for the running broad jump Is Is feet
inches This year the dusky Gourdin
broke the intercollegiate record for this
event. making "a feet inches. or over feet
further than the Bryn Mawr record for this
event.
The fact that womens college records bear
any comparison at all with those of mems
colleges shows that at least the day has
gone by when women tainted gracefully at
the mere thought Of exertion. Popular opin-
ion. too. concerning athletics for women has
undergone radical changes and now the girl
who exercises Is no longer considered p
tomboy. but rather healthy. normal person.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

1881 was the average weight of the enter
ing freshmen. while that of 1916-1920 Is 1246
pounds.
This increase" said Miss Ballatine, lis
due, think. to the gradual Improvement In
the race 1t has nothing to do with the ef-
fects OF college life, since these are entering
freshmen with which the statistics deal II
Is simply the improvement OF the people as
a whole in matters OF physical well being"
The weights are:
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

Richards and Mr. Bezdek refute the find
ings of British instructors that stiff.
muscular girls have stiff, slow working
brains" and that mems sports for women
on the whole are bound to be harmful.
although both experts point out the i'm
portance of moderation in feminine ath-
Ietics
In to-day's article also Miss Harriet
BaIIantine, director of physical education
at Vassar College. presents highly inter
esting views and statistics, which add
much of value along the lines of an ar
ticle in The Herald of May last, telling
how outdoor sports fast were developing
Amazons, and another article published
in The Herald on May 2o, dealing with
the notable records of women in golf.
tennis, swimming and aviation, some of
whom far exceHed men competitors.
80 PORTS such as tennis, hockey.
basketball. volley ball, indoor base
ball and golf are producing a
strong. quick thinking type of American
girl" says Hugo Bezdek head of the depart
ment OF physical education and director of
athletics at the Pennsylvania State College.
Contrary to the idea of English physical
training experts expressed at a recent con-
ference Mr.. BeZdeK mas tound tnat TOT the
American girl sports do not produce a stiff.
slow working BRAIN but instead that the
girl with a quick, active brain is always a
star In the various lines of sport
Since the advent of Mr.. Bezdek to Penn
state in the fall OF 1918 athletics for the
women students have grown by leaps and
bounds. until at the present time nearly all
OF the three hundred girls are taking part
in some line of sport The latest addition to
the list has been track. an interclass meet
having been held this spring in which the
seventy-five and one hundred yard dashes
and basketball toss for distance. The co-eds
receive numeral awards from their classes
for their participation in the various sport
contests, and as far as possible interclass
competition is developed.
''Tn addition to toughening the muscles
and producing good. sound physiques ath-
letics teaching women the coordination
Of mind and body. and they are also in
stillng sense OF fair play and a confidence
in the ability OF the girls to care for them
selves" says Mr.. Bezdek Competition de-
velops determination to excel not only
In sport but in all lines OF activity"
Moderation should be the keynote for all
athletics among the women. however. ac-
cording TO the Penn state athletic director.
The sports should not be so intensive as
they are among the men, nor should the
competition be so severe. The time OF peri
DDS I'm basketball and other such sports
should be cut shorter than for corresponding
games among boys
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

The age OF. entering freshmen is generally
thought TO be higher now than formerly
because of the higher standards of entrance
and perhaps the necessity of longer train
ing. This Is untrue. according to the stat
istlcs taken. In iSs4-1S91 the average age
was 1916 years. but In 1s91-s6 this is in
creased to 1903 years, and in 1s96-01 It Is
further Increased to 1905. From then on
there Is a gradual decrease until 1861.
when the average age Is 1872 years.
Vassar is the only college In the East at
which survey of this kind has been taken.
II is particularly valuable. since Vassar Is
the Oldest and one Of the largest women's
colleges and 1t has had the same physical
director since 1890.
ole md Vassar are practically equal Recent
qucstionnarcs sent to them show that Vas
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
Educators Astounded by Record Breaking
Showing of Michael j. Nolan, Ex-Lumber-
lack and Sailor---Professors Far Behind


climax published
covered far Western Michael Nolan sailor
unberjack who Sheshocked the
back he established Alpha
points less than thirty the allotted time
addition middle schooling
years brilliantly navy
ceeded number those of million of from class
life and the did
Certainly the list of by the below
Nolan
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

used to pick officer material. 1t tests the
power of sustained thought probably more
than speed In other tests given Nolan he
has done quite as phenomenally. He could
do the work for doctors degree in three
months if he exerted himself.
"In the informa ton test we conducted out
of three hundred selected students. correct
answers were turned in for twenty seven of
the sixty questions and among the pro-
fessors taking it fifty correct answers was
the average. One wrote fifty-four correct
answers in over an hour while Mr.. Nolan
turned in the entire sixty correctly answered
in the remarkable time OF one minute and
ten seconds. If little mental stimulus Is
desired one might take whirl at the sixty
Here are the words in the order in which we
gave the test, asking their meaning:
Ageratum Gneiss
Amphioxos Guimpe
Amphora Hedonism
Anneaed Hemiptera
Apocalypse Homiletics
Architrave Impetigo
Aujourdhui Impressionism
Babcock test Infusoria
Bernard Shaw Intaglio
Bokahara Keper's law
Braille Kilogram
Calorie Kinetic
Caedmon Les Miserables
Catalepsy I.ogos
Ceramics Luff
Chamfer Malthus law
Chartism Metacarpal
Chlorine Midiron
Ceistogamous Millet
Dibble Mitosis
Dryad Morgen
Electrolysis NADIA
Elchim Peneplain
Fntree Polonius
Eocene Pomoogy
F-64 Puer
F. o. b. Rocco
Gambit Scherzo
Gasket Simohy
Glycogen Vantage In
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

Nolan has taken, he didn't bother to check
his answers on this test, though having five
minutes in which to do so.
And for the Edison test, he answered
every question fast as a human being
could. and while some authorities insist he
made a perfect score, Mr.. Nolan states for
himself that he believes he made four errors.
This point cannot be cleared up for certain
until absolutely correct copy of the
Edison test is received at the university.
Nolan in the Army Test
Scores Highest Mark on Record
Mr. Nolan first astounded the psychology
department by making perfect score on the
navy test. He then given the Alpha
army intelligence test and he made 211
feat unequaled. so far university psychol-
ogists know, by any of the several million
men who took the test during the war
Moreover, of the seventeen minutes of work
ing time allowed in the test, he used only
thirteen to upset the record.
The best previous record was 207, made by
q Yale professor while army officer. The
highest score made previously by unver-
sty student was 204 The average college
student scores about 1874 and the average
soldier about 65 The average graduate uni
versity student scored only $50 on this test
according to Government records, yet Mr..
Nolan with only ten years schooling in his
life and after several years abroad engaged
in fighting and suffering from the effects OF
shell shock made only one slip. that in the
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

the changing styles, and the present large
waist line Is the result"
The statistics for the waist measurements
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

Mr. Nolan was the only man to know the
meaning OF he word guimpe. and when
asked how he knew he replied simply. - tore
windows
'.In the very difficult intelligence test ar
ranged OF this institution on which Nolan
scored 166 points. the nearest approach 10
him was 140, and this test Is. we believe
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

The average weight of the entering fresh
men has gradually increased. In 1SS4-1S90
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
JUDGE SUDDENLY
STOPS ARGUMENT
Judge O'Brien Declines to Listen to
Springfield Lawyer on Learning He
Is Not Counsel in Case

Judge Thomas T.. O'Brien of the Bel
lows Falls municipal court suddenly ended
an argument at a session of court in
States Attorney L. W. Gibsons office
Saturday afternoon. The case under con
Sideration was that of Frank Williams of
Springfield, Mass. who was supposed to
be here that day for hearing on the charge
of transporting liquor in Vermont. At
torney James NJ. Healy of Springfield,
who undertook to have the court set a
date on which Williams could be ar
raigned spent considerable time trying
some date later than Feb. L. Finally
he appeared as counsel for Williams On
receiving negative reply Judge 0Brien
said. Then this court will not listen TO
YOU. There the matter rests
y young man who was arrested in Brat
tleboro recently and was fined by Judge
O'Brien for transporting liquor drove a
car which was listed under the name of
Frank Williams of Springfield, Mass. Re
Gently States Attorney Gibson received n
telegram and letter from Chief Guilty OF
the Springfield police saying that Viii
liamS had been arrested and was released
on bail States Attorney Gibson said to
the court Saturday that Attorney Healy
agreed to produce Williams here Saturday
but that Williams did not come. The
court called Attorney Healy'S attention
TO the fact that States Attorney Gibson
wanted the case disposed of before his
term of office expired but the MaSSachu
SettS lawyer insisted that he could not be
present today because he had other en-.
gagementS before the superior court il
Springfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
SUNDAY PICTURES
NET OVER 5000
for Relief of European Children
Special Musical Numbers.

More than $500 will be added to the
Hoover fund for the relief of starving
children in Europe through the presenta-
ton of motion pictures IN the Princess
and Iatchis theatres yesterday afternoon.
At the Princess theatre. where 80 East
was the principal picture. Sl26.4O was
taken in. which included two tive-dolar
bills. MANY others paid 80 cents and one
dollar for their tickets, although only >
cents was charged. Mrs. katherine O'Con-
nor Weeks pleasiugly rendered IA vocal
solo 1t was announced that all of the
cmploves OF the theatre gave their ser
vices and the advertising was glatuitous.
At the I.atchis theatre. WHICH has Il
seating capacity of 600. every seat was
taken. aud n was taken in. one small
boy Maid y 50 f r his ticket and some
people were known to have paid 90 cents
or more, while one woman. who did not
care for the uictures stopped at the box
office and left the price of a ticket. All
of the regular employees gave their services
hut il will be necessary to pay Snow :
orchestra. which rendered music. As in
the case of the Princess, the advertising
was gratult0us
The showing of the pictures here yes
tcrday was i'm accordance with a request
from the state committee for the Hoover
Relief fund. which made the request fOa
the pictures Of every theatre III the state
Theatres throughout the country have
hoen riviua benefit shows in some places
the theatres devotng more than one day
TO the cause Ina Spokane. Wash, where
the total seating capacity OF three theatres
j. 2 O0n the theatres raised $4,000, a gen
cral admission OF 81 heing charged. Rhode
island state turned in l2.5OO. Both thes'
tonnes were given i'm the latest edition %
the Moving Picture World.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
VICTOR BERGER
CASE REVERSED
Supreme Court Holds Judge Lands
Should Not Have Presided
After Protest.

WASIIINGTON. Jan. 31.-The con-
yiction Of Victor l.. Berger, Milwaukee
publisher. ON charges of violating the
wartime espionage act, was reversed to
dav by the supreme court on the ground
that Federal Judge Landis should not
have presided at the trial after his eligl-
hilitv had been attacked in an affidavit
filed by Bcrser and charging prejudice,
Within a few minutes the courts de-
cision had been announced. President
Wilson refused to commute the lo-year
sentence imposed ON Eugene Debs. many
times Socialist candidate TOR president
Tor a violation OF the same law.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
Senate VIII Consider
4 amendments TOuight

ing for the appropriations will appear in
the house the latter part of the week If
this takes place its appearance will be
much earlier than usual and will very
likely mean that it will be tabled until
more of the appropriation measures. have
been introduced. The appropriations COM
mittee has been given 10 days to make it's
report on different measures after the in
PRODUCTION of the budget.
The resolution providing for the adop-
ton on the part of Vermont of the 10Th
amendment to the federal constitution
should reach the senate this evening and
be referred 10 a committee. 1t is not ex-
pected that opposition will appear in that
body
Speculation is appearing about the
house relative to the remainder of the APP
pointmentS which are 10 be confirmed by
the senate. There are nine more and it is
understood there is objection TO the reap
pGintment of the tax commissioners bank
commissioner and director of state institu-
tionS so that an early announcement of
these appointments is not expected
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
IS RADICALS ON
WAY TO RUSSIA
/ cave Boston This Morning on First Leg
of Long JOurney-NO
demonstrations

BOSTON. Jan. 31.-Eighteen radicals
who have been under detention on Deer
Island in Boston harbor started for
New York today on the first leg of their
journey back to Russia. They were ac-
companicd by immigration Commission
cr Henry J. Skeffington of this city, who
will be in charge of all dcportces from
all parts of the country sailing from New
York on the steamer ESthonia.
Gnc man remained behind at Deer Is
land when his companions boarded the
steamer for the city. He told officials
several days ago that some of his tel-
lows suspected him To be spy and had
voted to take his life aS soon aS the
party reached Russia. 1t was said he
would be dcportcd later. The Is sent
away today made no demonstration
Many of them were wcll-drcsscd. somt
wearing fur coats and smoking cigars
Eleven guards did escort duty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
Taken I'll Five Days After
His Inauguration Jan. 5,
He Had Been Confined to
Hotel in Augusta Ever
Since
SEEMED TO IMPROVE
UNTIL LAST NIGHT
Responded to
Anti-TOxin Treatment,
but Suffered Chills Last
Night and Succumbed to
Pneumonia at 9.15 This
Morning

AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 31.-Fredcrick
II. Parkhurst, governor of Maine. died
today. He failed to recover from the ef-
fccts Of a diphtheretic infection under
the tonge. with which he was attacked
three weeks ago. Apparently he was I'M
proving until late last night, when he
had chiHS and became unconscious.
Death followed at 9.1J this morning.
Governor ParkhurSt was automatIcal-
IN succeeded by Percival L. Baxter OF
Portland. president of the senate. who
viii complete the term of two years
Governor parkhurSt was inauguratcd
as the -lGth governor of Maine on Jan. 6.
Five days later he was taken i'll at the
state house His tongue Wa~ badly SWol-
len and he said it felt a> if it had been
struck Il severe blow. He was removed
to his apartment i'm the Augusta House,
where physicians found his tongue had be
come infected and there were symptoms
of diphthcria The inflammat0ry C6ndi-
tion became extremely acute and was ac-
companied by increased swelling. but
with no throat infection apparent. dag
uosi4 indicated a diphtheritic condition
under the tongue and without waiting ia
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
NOBODY CLAIMS
CACHE OF BOOZE
Fifteen Quarts of Whiskey
Declared Forfeited
by Court
FISHER SENTENCED
TO COUNTY JAIL
Sentence Suspended and Respondent Is
Placed on Strict Probation for One
Year-Enters Plea of NOl0 and Is Ad-
judged Guilty of Selling

Fifteen quarts of whiskey were sold
in Brattleboro Saturday afternoon, but
the sale was made under sanction of
law. after it had been adjudged forfeited
at the first of two liquor hearings in
States Attorney +. w. Gibson's Office
before Municipal Judge Thomas Z.
O'Brien of Bellows Falls, and Charles
Fisher was given a suspended sentence
of 80 days in the county JAIL having
been adjudged guilty of selling.
This whiskey was taken by Sheriff
| Frank l.. Wellman and Deputy Bert A.
Whittemore of Guilford week ago last
Friday night in Fishers cellar on Wash
| ington street, five quarts of it being dug
out of the ground and 10 quarts being
| found in a suitcase in the coal bin.
| The seizure was made after the ofic-
erS had received n complaint by the
| states attorney that a sale had been
made by Fisher, but as Fisher was under
quarantine for chicken-pOx the hearings
| of both cases. that of the state against
| the liquor and that of the state against
Fisher on the charge of selling were
| continued to last Saturday
| Fisher and his counsel. Attorney \. ID.
| Ciawson, were at the hearing, but no.
| body claimed the liquor. Sheriff Well
man was called as the first witness He
said he and NhittemOre went to Fish
! ers house. saw Fisher and went to the
cellar, where the sheriff found i'm the coal
BIN a suitcase containing 10 quarts of
| Whiskey. Newspapers wrapped around
the bottles bore dates of Jan. Is and Is.
The witness said Fisher told him there
was no liquor in the house. He testi-
fed that after Deputy Whittemore had
finished digging the bottles out of the
ground Fisher said: You've got the
last quart / had"
Deputy Whittemore testified that he
CONTINUED on Page g.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-31
STEAL $4,000,
THEN BURN BANK
Reedville. Va. Institution Robbed Early
This M0rning-Bandits Escape
i'm Automobile

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31-The Com
monwealth National bank at Rcedville.
Va. a village 100 miles from here. was
robbed of cash and securities totaling
S119OOO and then set on fire. according
to reports received today by the Wash
ington police. The collector of customs
mt Ree,lviIlc in reporting the robbery
said it had occurred at about 80 oclock
and that the robbers were believed to
have escaped in an automobile.
The building. a two-St0ry frame Struc-
t1Irp. was destroyed The door of the
vault and that of the safe inside We're
found open. it was said. The cash miss
ing was placed by bank officials ut SD
600. while the 100000 i'm securities in
cluded a large amount of Liberty bonds.