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New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
bal Prohibition Act 1 Not Taken Any Ee Powers Away
 h Commonwealth,
 Opinion #
bpt Decision is Given
 Against New Hav- Faloonman Who Said Fral Law Superseded Fs.

Fd. April 21.--An opinion led down in the Connecticut court of errors today to the t the national prohibition act cprived the state of It's right so It's police power in tho and restriction of the bhic.
 'asc Against Ccriani.
 ease of tho state of Connecti- st James Ceriani. the court le was no error in the judg- hdered against the accused Munger in the court of com s in New Haven county verdict of guilty was rem binst Ceriani for a violation kised statutes of Connecticut
 intoxicating yquor with an 0ptent of over one-haif of
 without a license.
 salo ncid Illegal.
 yprcme court held that sec- of the revised statutes which cd was charged with having was valid. The accused hat it had been superseded htional prohibition act. The
 said that the fact that Ger
 previously been . licensed "a had filed his application wal of his license would Tn an fy his making tho sale. Tn on. it Is stated that legisla-
 state must support the pri- bose of the amendment and
 repugnant to an act of con-
 in tho exercise of police state may leeislatc fer tho knt of the amendment by dif- Nns and fnethbdH which tend Ind. gg~ -
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
SENTENCE, IS COMPUTED
Negro. Who Was Not Hanged Be, cause shcrin Forgot About It. |, spend Life in Prison.

Shreveport. Ia. April z1.--The death sentence of Isonnie Eaton. the negro the sheriff of Ouachita parish forgot about when the day set for E4top.sk hanging came around last month has been coinmuted by the state pardon board to 1ife imprison- mont. According to reports receiyAd here today from Baton Rouge. The board considered the negro's case on meeting there yesterday. Eaton was convicted of murder several months ago and was brought from Ouachita parish to the caddo parish jail for safe keeping. Governor Parker set the date for the hanging but the sheriff forgot all about 1t until the le- gal date had passed.
 When the omission was discovered attorneys for Eaton held that as he had been in Jeopardy. once his execu- ton would be illegal Governor Par ker secured opinions from members of the bar but the attorney general held that as Eaton had been sentenced to be hanged the law required that the sentence be carried out unless ex- ecutive clemency was extended. The matter was then allowed to rest until the meeting of the pardon board.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
8 Cops Chase Robbers
 Two Hours. Lose Them

Woburn, Mass, April 21.-For two hours today eight policemen main tained pursuit and exchange of shots with three men who had been discovered in an attempt to break into the Boston and Maine railroad station at North Woburn. The men event. ually escaped. Their automobile was identified as one that had been stolen last night in Chelsea
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
AMERICAN APPETITES
s24,sO6 Dishes of Ice Cream But Small Part of Sweets Consumed by Yam kee Doughboys in Germany.

Coblenz. April 21.-American sol diers whose predilection for sweets has often caused Frenchmen to gasp with amazement, are still world champions in this respect, it is shown by figures com piled at the Cafeteria, the largest restaurant in Coblenz, under the management of the Y. M. C. 4.
 doughboys ate at that restaurant alone 233.13S puddings, 475,843 tarts and cakes; 310,s74 cookies and doughnuts; 63.151 cream puffs and eclairs: 624.s06 dishes of fee cream: 366,351 chocolate sundaes; 61,378 pies; 223.7s7 apples and other fruit; t2s2.741 glasses of lemonade, and 43-, 7Sz oranges.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
DIGS UP TREASURE

Virginia Farm Hand, Working for s1o a Month, Finds Metal Pot Con- taining s14,sO3 Buried on Farm.
 Salem, Va. April 21.-Henry Dam- eron. -25. descendant of pioneer vir- ginia settlers. who works on his uncle's mountainside farm near here from sun up to sun down at $10 month often dreamed, he said, of finding a treasure and buying a farm of his own.
 April 9, while blowing near the foot of Brush's mountain his blow unearthed a small metal pot wrapped In buckskin containing gold and sil- yer coin valued at s14,so3. The latest date on any of the coins was 1923. Young Dameron was fearful that his fortune might be taken from him and kept his discovery secret
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
PERSHTNG APPOINTED
Will Takc Charge of FYcId Operations of U. S. Armies In Time of Wsar, Secretary Weeks Announces. s

Washington. April 21.-Organik& ton of a war stan headed by General Pershing to take charge of field oper- ations of the armies of the United States in time of war was announced today by Secretary Weeks.
 Instant preparation in time of peace for active military operations" was given by tho secretary as the req son for the new organization
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
Peggy Marsh's Son Not
 To Inherit Millions

Springfield, H., April 21.-Henry Anthony Marsh. son of Henry Field of Chicago and Peggy Marsh, is not entitled to inheritance of the Marsh Field millions. the supreme court de- cided today in ruling that the Mar shall Field will specifically exempts from inheritance any illegitimate off- spring.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
OFFICERS ELECTED.

At meeting of the directors of the Y. w. C. A. held last evening. the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. George w. Traut; vice-president, Miss Flora Humphrey; second vice-president, Miss Mary Whittlesey: treasurer. Mrs. F.s G. Platt; secretary, Mrs. William Brooks and auditor George P. Spear.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
Us ORDERED CLOSED
|sion officials Act to Prevent r Spread of Fever Among
 Children. ss.e

ondon. April 2i.-Followins v of one of the public
 Adnesday because of an out
 scariot fever, all of tho fero ordered closed today by n authorities. It is stated . the disease Ia not epidem- Do situation not alarming. is hdyisable to order the schools fcause of the large number ts among tho pupils of two Hnnlw
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
hENT FOR PLAINTIFF
ds Evidence of MIsrcpresen-
 Sale of Mortgage Note rcovcr Costs Too.

bnt for the plaintiff to re- 4.25 and costs to the amount as been found by Acting Snry F. Roche in the case of ckson and David Shimansky hey Kramer and Nathan D. Greenstcin & Greenstein ed the plaintiffs and Stanley psi the defendant.
 laintlffs sued to recover |xpendcd as a result of ai- o representations on a mort ta which tho defenda nts
 sell them. Judge Roche in )g sets forth that the allega-
 false representations are tipon fact.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21

New York, April 21.-Omcials of the American Civil Liberties Union here stated today that they had been advised Big Bilr' Haywood for whom federal authorities are search ing, had arrived in Russia. This in- formation it was said had been sup piled by friends of the l. w. w. leader.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
SMATL FTRE TO-DAY.

The fire department was called out at III 80 o'clock this morning from Box 41 for fire in an ashbox on property owned by Theodore Dudjack on Gilbert street stae ssss
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
.ouAKE IN LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles. April 2l.--An earth quake shock was felt here at 7:37 o'clock this morning. The shock was slight and of brief duration. No
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21

Otto Christensen. attorney for Hay wood, said he had been informed that Haywood sailed from New York on the Oscar II. about April l and landed at Riga about April 16. He said he thought Haywood had gone to Russia on a personal mission and that he was not fleeing from the peni- tentiary sentence.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
President Announces
 Several Appointments

Washington, April 21.-David H. Blair of winston-Salem, N. c. was nominated today by President Harding to be commissioner of internal reven- ue.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21

Charles r. Marvin was re.nomin- ated today by President Harfng to ba chief of the weather bureau
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
WEATHER

=. Hartford, April 21.-Forecast
 for New Britain and vicinity: ,.Unsettled, weather tonight and /; Friday ;aprobable showers.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21

C1audius H. Huston, of Tennessee. was nominated today by President Harding to be assistant secretary of commerce.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-21

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The New York herald., 1921-09-25
President MacCracken of Vassar Compares Women's
Colleges With Mems
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The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Limited Enrolment, Abolition of Fraternties
and Cooperation With Other Colleges
Important Factors in Successful
Changes of Method

In the old days the English colleges
provided the student with home. The
continental colleges never did. But the
practical American boy provided that home
for himself, until now it has practically
usurped the functions of the college itself.
"The fraternity system has justified
itself historically in filing the responsi-
bility which the universities failed toi
meet. The frsternities provided home
for group of congenial students, and the
system did the best it could to provide an
environment where the better side Of col.
lege life might develop. This duty the
university shrked. 1t is not the fault OF
the fraternity that as years have gone on
and the system has developed it has
brought into university life the evil OF
money standards and social cleavage, for
this was inevitable in the fraternity
system.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

disrupted the university. That was old
fashioned But 1t has been the women's
colleges that have taken the lead in the
new movement. We are all friends, and we
know each other. Thus we help one
another"
DR.. MacCracken paused to reflect, mo-
mentarily, over the relative Importance of
the remaining. features he had in mind
Then he spoke.
"The women's colleges" he said. ARE
taking the lead in the abolition of the
fraternity system and the institution of
new order of social usages that will
eliminate the snobbshness and exclusive
ness of existing institutions"
DR.. MacCracken is a member of Psi
Upsilon, and his interviewer possibly
evinced surprise that he should align him.
self as a critic of the Greek letter society
system as established in American college
life. The lecture rooms at vassar were
not in Dr. MacCrackens mind for the
moment He was for the nonce no longer
head of an exclusive young women's
school.
IF a man makes the right fraternity
at college he'll have a good time, IL not
his time will be bad out OF all proportion
to that possible good time he has missed.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Important View on Hazing
And It's Effect on Student.

Mention and discussion of the question
of the abolition of the fraternity system.
prompted the interviewer to seek Dr. Mac
Cracken's views on the question of hazing
as an institution in college Hfe
II should like to add a word on that"
was the reply given with alacrity, be
cause II leads to another important point.
From the moment the young man enters
college he faces the anomaly of being off,
cially regarded as worthless and OF sub
mitting to all sorts OF regulations designed
to impress his worthlessness upon him.
In many colleges this goes the length OF
the old time physical punishments Incl
dent to hazing At the same time he is
being rushed by fraternities and told he
is of the utmost Importance to the sue
cess of the team.
Naturally the result Is to leave him
with a very low opinion Of the moral
standard of a college which regards him
in this two faced light The women's col
leges have shown the way in total
abolition of hazing. In the month before
the young woman enters college she re-
ceives booklet which includes all the
rules of government OF the institution
She is expected to learn these before she
comes and II is taken for granted that
she will. She also receives from mem
ber of the junior class letter OF welcome
and an offer I'd be OF what assistance she
can from the moment OF arrival OF the
freshman in the strange surroundings OF
college life
This letter is not perfunctory. It
simply heralds the real spirit of service
with which upper classmen in the women's
011tn O. .sts
pus. II Is fair to say that at women's
college the rivalry between classes is a
rivalry in friendship. ! know that many
will say this system must develop fright
ful prigs. But as a matter of fact Ii does
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Universities of To-day
Should End the Danger

But the universities, to be truly demo
cratic to-day, must purge themselves OF
these great dangers. | do not pretend 10
see how this can be done. The solution
will probably come only through the uni
versities taking title to fraternity prop
er~ and utilizing fraternity houses as
dormitories.
"See how 1t has worked out at vassar.
We have no clubs except those on the
campus in which membership is open to
every student. The student body is organ
lied in five groups political social, ath-
letic. religious and dramatic, each with his
own set of officers. No student at Vassar
has her own automobile or horse. And
might say here that the automobile is
the curse of the student life at places like
Yale, Harvard and Princeton. 1t extends
the campus $50 miles and makes the dean
responsible for what might go on at a
roadhouse sixty miles away
But to return for a moment TO the
question of students organizations. Il be-
lieve that the students organization In
women's colleges Is vastly superior. Take,
for instance, the organization of vassar's
debating team.
II have seen as many as sixty-fve or
seventy undergraduates organize them
selves so efficiently in debating contest
as to set an example for any institution on
earth. / have seen them divide into groups
for study and research, for preparation of
the subject in hand, in such way that
those who knew full well they had no
chance Of participating in the actual de-
bate worked as hard as the individual
members for the success of the team and
the honor of the school.
THAT was why the team from Colgate
which specializes in debates, the team that
beat Princeton and Cornell. went down to
defeat by unanimous vote of the judges
when 1t met Vassar in 1920 to debate the
question of whether collective bargaining
was essential in industrial disputes. Vas
sar took the negative This year Lafayette
came to take the affirmative on the ques-
tion of whether immigration should be re-
stricted. The result was the same-vas-
sar won unanimously"
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

not seem to work out that way Perhaps
this is responsible for the fact that the
women's colleges graduate from Is to 20
per cent more of the students who enter
than do the mems. These figures may not
be exact, but | believe them to be sub
stantially accurate.
THE average graduation at Vassar has
been 80 per cent. for the last ten years,
and this considering all the various
exigencies that may arise in a young
woman's life TO take her out of school.
She may get married. The home may be
broken by financial reverses or death, in
which case it is the girls education
rather than the boys, that is sacrificed.
But Notwithstanding all these things Vas
sar graduates 80 per cent. OF her students
as against between 80 and 60 of the mems
colleges.
"On the occasion OF the inauguration o.
President James Rowland Angel of Yale
last June President Alfred T.. Stearns of
Andover attacked the policies of the great
mems universities in this connection. He
pointed out that they did not tide over the
period Of transition between school and
college with any degree of personal care
and encouragement. / believe President
Stearns was right and that the policies of
Vassar and other women's colleges in this
respect are responsible for our consider
ably higher percentage of graduates"
DR.. MacCracken had come to what he
described as his fifth major point wherein
the women's colleges had outstripped the
mems in point Of peda gogics. 1t was
That the womens colleges are far in ad
vance OF the mems in the application of the
principle of self-government in the control
Of the social life OF the institutions.
Meantime, he thinks. the mems schools
have failed dismally in this direction. He
points again to the inaugural address of
President Angel of Yale as proof of this
contention, then cites the circumstances
OF last commencement's Junior prom" at
Vassar.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Closer Relationship Obtained
Between Students and Faculty

Then we have Dr. MacCracken con
tinued, "as a last major point Of considera-
tion the relationship between the students
and the>faculty, and in this the mems col.
leges are far and away behind the womens
When | was at Yale he was accounted a
brave student who had nerve enough to
call on a member Of the faculty. At Vas.
sar my door is open and the undergradu
ates call on me just as they would--well
as one put it-iust as she would on the
janitor
"That Is something the mems colleges
must learn. Perhaps IL will be developed
when they adopt the principle Of a limita-
tion Of enrolment, as the women's colleges
have done ahead Of them. Something must
be done to maintain the community Of in
terest between the faculty and the student
body For instance, vassar maintains an
employment service for her alumnm.
have fund, a small one, at my disposal
tor the purpose. perhaps, OF relieving grad.
yates stranded in Europe. or elsewhere,
for that matter
I'VE don't hold our students or our grad.
yates at arms length. II one Is engaged
for instance. i'm putting on play i'm Okla
homa. perhaps for some charitable or other
altruistic purpose. and is in doubt about
anything what does she do? She writes
10 us and we send her books. suggestions.
Continued on FoloUin0 Pa~a
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
How Modern Dance Question
Was Handled at VaSsar

I'VE were confronted with the fact that
much criticism was developing against GER
tain features of the so-called modern
dances. President Stearns of Andover al
ready had abolished dancing. The faculty
was receiving letters from well meaning
but needlessly concerned persons every.
where.
What did vassar do? We submitted
the matter to the officers of the junior
class. The president Of the class called n
meeting. 1t was set forth there that the
good name of the college was at stake
Newspaper clippings rejecting the public's
attitude toward certain of the questionable
dances were distributed. Comment and
criticism were exchanged. What was the
result The junior prom was a huge sue.
cess. Chaperonage was perfect and more
drastic measures proved not only unneces.
sary but extreme.
If further proof than is found in DR.
Angells inaugural address of the fact that
the mems colleges have failed in the appli-
cation of the principle of self-government
in the control of the social life within the
college Is required IL may be found in the
recent establishment at Yale OF the posi-.
ticn of dean of men. This is position ex-
actly corresponding with that OF the war.
den at Vassar or the dean of women al
coeducational institutions. II is his duty
to supervise, direct and guide the social
life of the undergraduate body to incul.
cate the same spirit Of honor and RESPONSE
bility that made the Junior prom at Vas
sar success. despite the misgivings OF
outside and less informed folk
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Have Exhilarating Atmosphere Instead >of a
Depressing One, He Points Out, and AL
ready Have Solved Many Admins
trative Problems
trative Problems

ENERAL The Ne0 York Herald Magazine articles
educational reforms acu be stimulated greatly By the article
Week-dn H. ~ MdCracken, head
College. The
University followed
telling Ohg the NeW Haven institution practically barred
elective sudis supplemented this eek by Dr. MacCackems
structure ideas the present needs of mems colleges
In the immediate The Herald UU ad
diond NTH educators along this
BY
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

dent Wilson sought to know the attitude
Of the women of the country with respect
of our engaging in the war. We were able
to send him message to the effect that
thirty thousand of the best women in
America desired to see the honor Of their
country maintained at any cost"
Conferences Now a Feature
OF Four Great Colleges
Those conferences are now regular
feature of the administrative programmes
of the four institutions named. They have
been even extended to the point where the
principals of different departments meet to
discuss their individual problems They
have been carried forward to an extent
that there is now something approaching
uniformity in the entrance requirements
of the four schools. Forms have been
standardized. The college president and
his requirements instead of remaining an
enigma to the high school principal have
become an inspiration and help
when | was at Yale" Dr. MacCracken
continued, should the proposal have
been made that the Yale faculty consult
with Harvard's faculty about the best way
of teachno English. for instance. there
would b. been a howl that would have
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
GIRLS COLL LEGES EXCEL MEMS, SAYS DR.. MAC CRACKEN
1assas Head Tells How They Blaze the Way for Education

Portrait study Dr. NJ MacCracken, of College
of
made by womens colleges toward real educational reform
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

Continued o. FoIloacin0 paS~
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Dirigible R-34 Wrecked
By Gale; Loss Is Million
Craft, After Series of Mishaps,
Breaks in Two Near
Hangar

FROM The Tri6une's Europeon Bureau
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc,
LONDON, Jan. 29.-The huge Brit
ish dirigible airship R-34 is wreck,
representing a loss of 100000, as
the result of series of mishaps ex-
tending from Thursday night to last
night.
On Thursday night, during q maneu-
yer, the dirigible struck hill in the
darkness, damaged its propellers and
engines and was blown out to sea with
its crew of forty men. Yesterday aft
ernoon it succeeded in making its way
back to its base at Howden Airdrome.
After the crew had disembarked it was
made fast in the open, as high wind
made it impossible to take the ship
into its hangar. Later the wind in
creased to gale, and in renewed at
tempts to get the ship into shelter a
great hole was torn in its fabric.
Eventually the dirigible buckled in the
middle and broke. The Air Ministry
reported this evening tina. it was to all
intents and purposes a wreck.
The fabric of the R-34 was torn dur
ing its visit to New York in 1919, and
it was similar occurrence last night
which is believed to have caused it to
break