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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28

Senator FRELIEoHUYsES's victory
for denomination in the Republican
primaries of New Jersey was signal
and merited. He deserves to be re-
elected by the voters Of his State as
easily and as handsomely as he has
been renominated by the voters Of his
barty.
Senator FREIrSGHUYsES' = stand for
scientific system of tariff making
instead Of the present hit and miss
method should commend him to all
voters Of business sense and common
sense il there were nothing else In
his favor as a Senator Of one Of the
great industrial States Of the coun-
try. But there Is a great deal moro
in his record to entitie him to reelec-
ton. For one thing. he voted against
the bonus scheme. both because that
measure was not what Il pretended
to be, so far as concerns actual bene-
fits to the soldiers. and because there
was no money in the Treasury to pay
the proposed bonus, because Congress
would lay no taxes to pay II and be-
cause there was no other way to
pay II.
Senator FRELrSGHUYsES also has
been one OF the hardest workers In
the United States Senate on the COM
mittees where he has served. and un-
less a Senator Is a hard as we'll as IN
intelligent and conscientious worker
he cannot get very far in Congress
with all the details and burdens OF
the matters that are intrusted to hts
handling in behalf OF his State and
the country.
The voters OF New Jersey win send
Senator FRELISaHvrsES back to
Washington for another term in pref
erence to Governor EDwARps, his
Democratic opponent, unless they be-
come Indifferent. something New Jer-
sey voters seldom have become, to the
Public interest OF themselves and OF
the nation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28

US enter college with an experience that
is real. but extremely limited. We have
lived in our own backyard ard seldom
looked over the fence. To enlarge that
horizon until it covers all lands and
centuries, until II covers the great do
mains of literature, science. history,
philosophy and art, Is the first object
of the college training.
I'm a large country like America II il
easy to live a small life. Our people
usually speak hut one language. seldom
read European newspapers, close their
eyes to farther East and our Mississippi
Valley is in large measure shut or from
the life of the world. Hence when
world problems are thrust upon us we
withdraw like turtle into his shell and
try to adopt the attitude and policy of a
hundred years ago.
I'm Geneva on the 4th OF September |
saw the third annual meeting OF the
assembly of the League Of Nations. Tho
flags of fifty-one nations were flying in
every strickland no American flag
among them. | saw those 1fty-ono
nations going UP to the ballot box in
procession. settling by vote disputes once
settled by war and no vote was cast by
the Upited States. ] saw America classi-
fed with Mexico. Russia and Turkey as
ating peoples In the reconstructed world.
offered half dozen explanations OF
Americas aloofness--all 4 them unsat-
isfactory to myself and all totally UNI
convincing to my hearers,
THE other result of college training
ought to be tho mastery of some one
subject. Breadth Of horizon is not
enough--a man may be so broad that
he is fat. There is no intellectual Joy
quite so great as the sense of having
mastered some corner OF the worlds
knowledge. so that at that one point
we have passed beyond hearsay to
reality. To understand completely q
chemical process. period In American
history, great poem or an economic
problem is tocacquire a self-confidence.
power of leadership which fits one for
real achievement in the waiting world.
To know everything Of something and
so acquire a method by which to know
all else is one great result Of college
course"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
Uncle Sam and Golf.
The Government Is Giving Away
Bent Grass for Greens.

From the Clip Sheet OF the Department OF
agriculture
With the ancient game OF golf be-
coming more widely played and the num-
Der of courses increasing rapidly, the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. in connection with its general work
on grasses, is giving attention TO the
selection OF special strains OF grasses
adapted to the requirements OF the links.
That this work may be most effective
the department is cooperating with the
United States Golf Association, and sew
eral specialists in the Bureau OF Plant
Industry were appointed members of the
greens committee or that association.
a great deal of effort has been wasted
In the building UP of golf courses be-
cause OF a lack OF understanding of the
different kinds OF grasses and the meth
DDS OF establishing a turf. Many men
interested in the game have been the
victims Of seed takers and self-styled
experts. As a result golfers have well
coined information on the subject from
the department, and clubs in many parts
OF the country have called on the de-
partment for advice and information.
This fall number of greens are being
put In on courses at Columbus and
Akron. Ohio, and demonstration green
on a course at Chicago.
The best results are obtained by the
department with pure strains OF creep
ing bent, grass OF uniform color and
texture and resistant to wear. These
strains have been selected and increased
on the department experiment farm at
Arlington. Virginia. and are now grown
commercially by two or three compa-
MES. These strains Of bent grass are
grown by the vegetative method instead
OF from seed--that Is, the stolons, or
runners. are cut up and spread upon the
ground where turf Is desired.
The grass Is first grown in nursery
rows to obtain the increase needed for
planting the greens. To give golf clubs
a start Of this grass the department will
furnish enough stolons TO plant five or
six linear feet OF nursery row. In one
year If well handled this will produce
enough increase TO plant five average
golf greens This fall such starts or
grass are being furnished TO fifty clubs.
Grass was sent TO about the same num-
Der last year.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28

The elder political reporters at
Syracuse find themselves reminded Of
Buffalo and 1905. Some Of the lead
ing characters of the Democratic
state convention OF sixteen years ago
are still on the stage. CHARLES F.
MURPHY is as much the boss Of Tam
many Hall az he was the night he
rose in the Buffalo convention and
cast ninety-six votes for HEARST and
rine for SULzER. WILLIAM J. Coz.
Sras. who was for HEARST in 1908, 10
for him now.
This year il Mr.. MURPHY decides
to nominate Mr.. HEARST 1t will be for
reasons other than those which actu-
ated him in 1905. At that time
MURPHY named HEARST largely TO re-
venge himself on 4 Mayor--McCLyL.
LAy--who was trying to overthrow
the Boss. Now the Mayor Of New
York is furiously for HEARST and
might take patronage away from
MURPHY if the Boss refuses to plump
for the publisher.
There IL another strong point o.
resent lance between the Democratic
State conventions Of 1908 and 1922.
The convention OF 1905 was robbed OF
its enthusiasm not only because OF
the bad blood between Tammany Hall
and its opponents but because tho
news came from the Republican State
convention that CHARLES q. HUoHxs
had been nominated for Governor.
The anti-Hearst element among the
Dem ocrats at Buffalo hailed HUGHEs's
nomination with joy: ifsthey could
not beat HEARST in the convention A.
least here was man who could beat
him at the polls.
And Just as the shadow OF HUoHEs
fell upon the Buffalo convention 80
the shadow of MILLER falls even more
darby upon the confusion at SYRIA
cuse. When HuGnEs was nominated
he was known to the public only as
the great figure OF the insurance
and gas investigations. His states
manship and his human qualities
were still to be exhibited. But MILLER
has been Governor two years and his
sense, his courage, and his liberal
views are familiar to the State.
What happened to HEARST, as the
candidate Of MuxrHr and CoNrERs in
1905, is history which the younger
voters may have forgotten. MuRrny
did his best for HEAxsr and gave
him q plurality in Greater New York
OF $4,000. But above the Bronx
HyAnsr carried only two counties
Chemung by 900 and Schohsrie by u
and HuGHEs won the Governorship
by a plurality OF $1,000 votes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28

The statement OF Secretary HuGuEs
on the offer which the allied Powers
have made to the Turk is skillful. 1t
expresses this Governments approval
Of the desire Of the European Govern
ments to keep open the waters from
the mouth OF the Dardanelles to the
Black Sea. Secretary HucnEs never
said truer thing than his deciars-
ton These points of the proposal
are clearly In accordance with Amer
lean sentiment"
There Is no nation to which the
freedom Of the seas in OF more i'm
portance than it is to the United
States. There is no record for ap-
proximately hundred and fifty years
that is palmer than the American
record on the freedom Of the seas.
If he had not expressed the salts
faction Of this Government with the
purpose Of the allied Powers to have
the Dardanelles. the Sea of Marmora
and the Bosporus remain open to the
ships Of the world Secretary HUGHEs
would have failed not merely to give
expression to American sentiment
about the freedom Of the seas: he
would have fallen far short of Sec
rotary JOHN HAYS announcement OF
the American policy OF the Open Door
in China.
Secretary HUGHES, on the other
hand. while deity explaining this
Governments approval OF the open
straits purpose of the allied Powers,
expressed neither approval nor dis
approval of the specific gifts Of Euro
pean territory, sovereignty and influ-
ence offered to the Turk by the allied
Powers II he would stop war making
and go. into a peace conference to
arrange the details Of taking over the
proffered European booty.
Secretary HranEs did not mention
the matter. He did not intimate 1t,
although nobody could have said
truer thing than that for the allied
Powers to keep the Turk out OF
Europe would be Clearly in accord
ance with American sentiment"
But Secretary HUGlrEs could not
well have said that. In refraining
from expressing any view on that
gruesome aspect Of the Turkish stu
alton, trained lawyer that he Is, Judi
cial counselor that he is and intel
lectual master that he is. Secretary
HraHEs was looking carefully after
the traditional policy Of American
interference with Old World po-
litical games and Old World terri
iorial loot, while not, perhaps, losing
sight of the future.
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or NTH century, when life was begin
ming to lose something OF its pris-
tine Eest. had sought to relieve the
tedium Of his days by jotting down
few sensible precepts for our
guidance.
But should we after all pay as
much attention as We do to these
hardy adventures? At about so, in
the case OF more distinguished citi-
Gems, their counsel is first sought,
and in the case OF others previously
Unknown not until they achieve their
nrst prominence by edging up on the
century mark. At that point we ask
How shall We too live to be sur
rounded by our sreat-sreat-srand-
children"
Tho man Of so or 80 odd looks
back over his life and recollects that
10 has drunk three cups Of coffee, no
more, no less, for seventy years or
more: that he has been moderate
smoker since he was Is; that he never
ate pie for breakfast. II seems to him
now. in the calm and security Of his
great age. that he never worried very
much about anything. And 80 he COM
naends the habits Of his own life for
the consideration Of others who wish
to live long.
The day afterward, perhaps. an
other nonagenarian boasts that he
never drank less than ten cups OF
coffee Q. day, slept with every window
Of his bedroom shut and smoked pro-
digiously from birth.
What would really help would be
for some stripping of 20 to pro-
claim Il intend to adopt such and
such q manner Of living and I shall
live to be 1922" Eighty years after II
no were still alive we could call upon
him for proof that he had lived as he
said he would.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
Manhattan's Lost Island.
Father Byrnes Recalls Fact OF
Early New York History.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The Rev.
James Byrnes. pastor of old St. Mary's
Church. at Grand and Ridge streets. is
said to tell people. keeping a straight
face the while, that "the corner of Grand
and Ridge streets is the highest point
on Manhattan Island"
At first thought this seems preposter-
GUS to persons not familiar with early
New York history and they ask what
the joke Is. l wondered when Mana
DORIS was telling us about old New York
and the lower East Side in that neigh
borhood If he intended to tell just where
Manhattan Island was, for somewhere
down In that mysterious East Side there
was section which at high tide was an
island known as Manhattan Island and
at low tide peninsula. / read about
this many years ago, but forgot it until
/ heard of Father Byrnes's joke a few
days ago.
Some oldest inhabitant may be found
who will recall for us how he forded or
swan the tide whlch cut off Manhattan
Island from the island of Manhattan.
ROBERT T.. GREEN.
NEW YORK September %.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
Great Polo Players Will Meet.

There can be nothing but satisfac-
tion at the determination Of Amer
ics's big polo four to play a series Of
matches with the All Argentina team.
While the South American players
merit the praise they have won By
their skill and sportmanship their
fame would be enhanced should they
defeat the American team which won
in the International Cup series.
MnBuRS, SropDARp. HfrcHcocK and
WEBB made a great team, one OF the
best this country has known, and the
decision to bring them together again
is commendeble. Though the time
for practice is short the men know
one another's play SO we'll that the
handicap Is not 50 serious as might
be supposed.
There will always be regret that
these fine expouents Of polo did not
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
"As l Went Walking Down q Wood.
land Way.

As ] went walking down a woodland
way
The quiet, MINDLESS, blossom fragrant
Half seemed about TO lay the knowl-
edge bare
Why leaves are green and why the low
ers are gay.
What the lsrks sing and what the
crickets say
And how the bees discovered money
brew
And what the breezes whisper'to the
dew
And where the stars are hiding through
the day.
Almost caught the meaning OF all
things
Within my heart vague memories
nearly woke,
Frail shapes. like unseen birds, brushed
ghostly wings
Against my cheek. and then the ST.
lence broke.
Az nature warned the wind to irterposc
Lest 7 should learn what no nnere'mortal
knows!
CHAsLorrr BECKER.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
Trying Their Strength.
No Free Tests on the High Striking
Machines Nowadays.

To THE New York HERALD; Coney
Island last Sunday was about halt
boarded up and deserted: but among
those who remained to catch some of
the fugitive coin was the proprietor OF
the high striking machine. Come on,
boys" was the invitation, piano NOV
ers. biacl1smiths. coal beavers, boiler
makers--hit 'em up, knock em over
start the music"
This brought back memories OF county
fairs In northern New York State about
forty years ago. ] did not try 1t my
self. but plenty of husky young fellows
were encouraged 10 take the big mallet
in hand. The trial Of strength consisted.
OF course. in hitting the rubber block
on one end OF tipping beam. the other
end of which shot up an indicator on
a wire attached to stout pole, show
ing the force delivered by the blow.
When the 5000 mark was reached a
gong sounded, which was the explana-
tion OF the word music in the invita-
ton to step UP and try ones strength.
The frequency with which the top mark
was shown aroused some suspicion as
TO the accuracy OIL the machine. out let
that pass.
The attendant would have fitted with
out change of any kind into the mem
cries of such devices in my youth. But
back in 1880 or so the fellow who hit
the gong had the privilege of his trial
OF strength for nothing. Now it is five
cents for each two hits. whether the
Indicator shows $50 pounds or $500
instance. alas! of the
leveling process.
/ would like to see a match between
a team made up from the piano NOV
crs blacksmiths, coal beavers and boiler
makers from the city and the farm
hands who used to be the principal pa
irons Of the game as l first remember
it. ROBERT BRUCE.
NEW YORK, September %.
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The Irish IrreguIars.

From the Nation aud the Athcnaenn.
lately had a brief picture Of the state OF
ireland from one OF its afflicted inhabitants.
His town Is In the occupation OF a body OF
Free state troops and Is intermittently be-
sieged by body Of irregulars from the sur
rounding hills. Each party has a machine
gun There Is much firing and little or no
slaughter. The lrresuars are unpopular and
diminish In numbers, The country folk do
mot smile on them; but they do not tell on
them" They are all boys. the average age
barely twcntyone. They steal and loot a
great deal and some OF this spoil has been
recovered. Several OF these heroes are fight
Ing because they were disappointed or Jobs
In the Free State Army. They have no
policy but Destruction.
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OF eventually winning success. They
placed their trust in King who
failed them, they turned from the
only man who was able actually to
serve them. The sad fact in this,
the fact which they themselves thor
oughly understand, is that their pres
emit plight is Of their own making.
The world would be glad to find in
Crown Prince GEORGE a ruler who
will prove a savior OF Greece. 1t
would be glad too to find that in
modern Greece there survives the
courage with which the ancient
Greeks overcame disaster and built
anew, profiting from their past err
rors and failures.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
Americas Discovery in Verse.

To THE NEW York HERALD: am re-
minded by the notes OF your corre-
spondents Of another fragment from the
poetic instruction OF an itinerant pro-
fessor which has stayed with me from
my school days. II SHOWS that the muse
did not neglect AmeTicsn history:
Beneath october's starry sky
Columbus saw the welcome shore
And Joyous heard the sailors cry,
land land' Il was San Sal vdor.
i remember too that 1t vac consid-
cred q great stroke Of humor to sing
the last words SLAM, slam the door :"
not with conscious irreverence-th
meaning OF the name was not part
OF the instruction. L. NJ. &C.
NEW YORK. September %.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28

Probably no other observer O.
NATHAN L. MILLER has painted 81
clearly and swiftly such good wore
picture OF the Governor rs that which
ELrHU Roor, keen watcher Of mer
and politics. laid before the Republi
can State convention yesterday:
ITO an active ana alert intelligence
he adds & trained faculty for thor
ough and systematic study OF dim
cult questions and q cheerful willing
ness to do hard work. He always
knows where he stands and is able TO
command the confidence which comes
from the consciousness Of knowing
the true conditions with which he has
to deal.
He has perfect courage; not the
kind OF courage which man has to
be keyed up to by excitement; not the
kind Of courage by which a man sue
ceeds in overcoming fear: but the
habltuai and instructive courage
which leads n man to do his duty
without thinking at all what is going
to happen TO him.
lie is not only considerate and
fair in the performance OF his Official
duties, but the sincerity and hrmress
OF his character carry TO others
conviction that they may expect JUS
tice in his treatment OF them. He Is
free from the infrmities OF temper
which breed hatred and the subtilities
which invite suspicion and distrust.
"He has the frankness and truth
natural to courage. He IS simple and
direct in speech. without duplicity.
He never talks for the galleries. And
he commands belief. He has perfect
indifference to his own political flu
ture. He is thinking about HIS job
not about himself
Gle is not playing the part OF Gov
ernor in order to be President or
Senator or to be reelected Governor.
He Is simply doing what he thinks Is
wise and Just and for the benefit OF
the people OF the State. He did not
seek the Office OF Governor--it sought
him. He Is not seeking ONCE now
it IS seeking him"
The beauty of that picture Is thai
n 10 true; 80 wonderfully true tina
every man or woman in the Stat'
who has kept an eye on Governor
Miller these last two years recos
nizes its truth in every detail.
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DR.. Faunce Is for Education of Types
Browns President Would Extend Special Schooling
System to Fit Students Needs.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YORK HEasrD.
PROVIDENCE, Sept. %. - President w.
RI. r. Faunce OF Brown University told
the undergraduates crowding Sayles Hall
for the university's one hundred and
fifty-ninth opening this morning that "all
young men and women who want edu-
cation ought to have it," but that the
vast majority would profit far more by
some other kind OF education than that
given in the traditional American col
lege"
DR.. Faunce did not mention the recent
announcement of President Hopkins Of
Dartmouth that too many young men
are seeking to enter college, but some of
his statements were generally accepted
as commentary upon it.
las i paced the deck OF the Maure-
tania last week." said DR.. Faunce, while
she plowed her way through the At
lantic l felt profoundly thankful for two
things-for home and task. The
only unhappy passengers were those who
had no home to go to and no RESPONSE
hility to assume. Many times on the
rolling deck I caught myself repea ting
Henry Van Dykes lines: My heart is
turning home again to the blessed land
of room enough Yet we And there Is
not room enough in our colleges for all
who seek admission.
THE trouble is not so much that too
many men are going to college as that
often the wrong kind of men are going"
said DR.. Faunce. land that an imper-
sonal written examination given thou
sand miles away by men who never saw
the student and do not wish to see him
affords no knowledge whether that stu
dent will benefit by four years of resi-.
dence in a distant college.
"All young men and women VINO want
education ought to have it. But the
vast majority would profit far more by
some other kind of education than that
given in the traditional American col
lege. Every large industrial enterprise
now maintains it's school for the educa-
ton OF employees. Our largest banksl
are giving their clerks certain hours for
study. The Y. NJ. c. A. is turning to
instruction as we'll as inspiration and
every modern church is school Of
religion.
Every man should be educated, but
only a minority are mentally or morally
benefited by seclusion for four years
within the gates OF Oxford and Cam
bridge or the American colleges which
are based on the English model. Eng
land has solved the problem not by
building more Oxfords but by developing
other types Of training and we must do
the same thing.
What does the student carry away
with him when college days are over?
What does he really gain from the in
vestment of four years? Something
more than parchment and a ribbon,
surely. Something more than the gilt
tering Phi Beta Kappa key or the tran
silent glory Of the athletic field. More
than mere knowledge Of facts, for most
facts are not worth knowing. Two
things he may reasonably hope to carit
from the college-horizon and mastery.
THE first great need of the averaFH
student is an enlarged horizon. Most u,
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oppose the visitors as q unit this
year instead Of playing with Differ
emit teams. Yet the presence Of so
many teams in the variess COMPETE
tions has been exactly the sort Of
stimuiant needed by the game.
No matches played this year will
exceed in interest those between the
American experts and the fine sports
men Of tho Argentine at Westbury on
October 4 and October Z.