The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25
Fame Enters
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n. NnRA COLE skinner.


ere, of Texas tas we'll as other
s.tc-) are upon you"
Evanston has lately come prom
n,r,Iy before the public gaze. For
..,s q had reason to be proud OF
,,,Is city had not been matter OF
.snsnl knowledge. But that was
sosseyanston's fault; It was simply
spr ignorance.
'a,onp about 1850, tho great Metho-
a., Episcopal church, desirous of
.seY vet Information about the
=, rsta hllshlng college near tho
o,viops center of Chicago. picked
w.. beautiTui elite on the shoTc5 of
yale Michigan. about 10 miles
.sr,b OF the windy city," and ad-
a., IN the little village OF Evans
-, chicago itself would not do,
a., e. was saloon ridden. and the
49,, wav 10 safeguard the morals
~ the boys ard girls attending this
,chool and keep them away from
,Se "winc that is red' was to re-
,ove them 90 far as possible from
a,eh temptation.
For Methodists, then. now and al
v,ys are s'rong prohibitionlsts.
Nj satisfied with this IL mlles
- npo mans land" separating the
y ~hooj from the CITY. the Mcthod'sts
wont before the Illinois. legislature
and had Ia wpassed barring "a
b looms within a radius OF two miles OF
ftheTcouecc. AZ the years passed
! ChicaGo grew and closed up the
tJ.mla gan. and the parched
throats of Chioagoans living within
tbe two-miIc zone cried aloud fer
Finhs ttsa-
staged no Springfield in an effort TO
retell the law. hut In spite OF ali
sxsrtlars NJ the Chicsgo brewers and
Inc dis'illcrs of Peoria, the law
stood and the district remained dry
even unto tho good day OF the Eigh-
tsenth amendment.
But Evanston also grew, and the
COLLEGE. today known rs North
western university, flourished as the
/ proud Of Evanston arh the North
western university, and we'll they
should hp for It Is the brightest.
marking gem OF the matchless city.
Northwestern university has be-
come the iarg 81 Methodist school
In the United states, rs grounds and
buildings ere worth millions OF dol
lars and It has other millions IN
endowmcnts II has a student body
OF var 5000, boys and girls. It's
B en- nous is almos. n mile long, ex-
tentlng on the lake front on one
sde'and Sheridan road on the other.
People Of Texas and Oklahoma have
never seen any trees until they see
the stately forest sha Ang the little
cts Of Evsgston. and its main bid
for fame, the university.
l.. !. Isa.ss a
dan Road and Ridge avenue, can
rival anything in the country, and
they ares lined with handsome
homes Of Evanston's and Chicago's
hest people. The city is now plan
ming a magnificent memorial TO her
boy soldiers who fell In the civil
war. tho Spanish war. and the world
war, II will take the form oe a
chapel extending skyward in a beau
tlful shaft 900 feet high. This chapel
will be located on a mound extend
Ing upward $50 feet. giving the me-
mortal a total elevation over the
city aad lake OF CSC frct. Nothing
Ike Il Is to be found lr the United
States. But few people rave heard
about Il.
Recently Madame Cnrie, the
greatest woman scientist OF the
world. was a guest of the city ana
the university. and an honorary de-
gree was bestowed upon her. The
Chicago press gave T. few lines.
and the rest OF the country ig-
nored g.
But bang! hang! Kennedy fell in
the city Of LOS Angeles, murdered. /
and Mrs. Ohenchain and Burch
were arrested. Their h m @ is
Evanston - .pl,
Northwestern university, as did
obenchain tho divorced husband. I
.fss Rurch's father Is n minister liv-
1ng there still. The love affairs Of
this woman ana these three men, /
centerlng around this school and
THIS city. have been spread before
the people from coast to coast--and
me faTc" of Evanston has been
established!
But this is no. all. Evanston I
agSR comes forth and stands in the
Spotlight.
Reverend W. r. McElveen. prom !
nent Coneregationalist minister Of
Portland. Ore. has oeen asked 10
resign his charge. Until recently
ne occupied n pulpit at Evanston
ana for years was president of the
Evanston Board OF Education. The
accusation is that Mr.. NcElveen's
conversation was n little crude. He
used too many by Gods" and
damna'' In his daily talks, and
shocked his good people.
His friends defend him and say
ne simply diamond In the r0ugh.
We don't know about the tia- /
mono part, but Wen say he IS
rough such language Is unhecom-l
,Hg gentleman, much less a min I
SS,er' who should be an example to !
bis people. Tss|
The impressive part Of the whole
y lhat theSc two incidents have /
sWeh Evanston moro notoriety and
Tt@ In the press than everything
saiN has happened there in the past !
we wonder why n IL our peopls
,ne IKE 70 seize upon the weakness or
| ms Iaults NJ an Individual and pa
.aue Il before the public, ignoring
larry altogether HE good points7 d
t., m as II is true OF a city, so It ls
"ue OF being.
N,.A man may walk the streets OF
VIZ VIZ Guy for a generation, strong and
hso,ous IN character as the oak Of
yI., VIE FOREST, and is never heard OF. his
~.ues unknown outside his own
t|au circle; hut let him make one
thH 1.se een and he IA pilloried before
M world and becomes the tonic OF
'@u.e gossip from Maine to Mexico.
~ haven't changed much since
'ne DAYS Of boy.,,a,. 49,. -.