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The New York herald., 1922-01-16
SPEYER MEMORIAL
PRIZE ANNOUNCED
Gift Of James Speyer TO,
Paintings for Animals.

The National Academy of Design yes.
terday announced the establishment of
tho Ellin p. Speyer Memorial Prize for
paintings or sculpture of animals. 1t
is the gift Of Mr.. James Speyer In men,
ory Of his wife, who was the president
Of the New York Women's League for
Animals and actively interested in all
efforts for humane education for the
protection of animals.
Mr.. Speyer has given $4,000 to the
Academy. the annual income Of which.
under the terms Of the gift, will be
awarded to "a painting or sculpture
portraying an act Of humanity toward
animals. or q painting or sculpture Of
animals" II no award Is made In any
one year, the fund will be allowed to
accumulate. and two or more prizes
may awarded the following year.
It is expected that first award Of the
new Speyer prize will be made at the
spring exhibition Of the Academy.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
Colonel Young, Negro Officer.

Colonel CHARLES You've, whose
death was reported Friday by a cable
message from Monrovia. Liberia, had
the distinction Of being the only
negro in the Regular Army service to
reach the rank Of Colonel, of being
one of three negroes to be graduated
from the United States Military
Academy, and of serving with credit
in the army from HIS commission as
a Second Lieutenant to his retire
ment for disability early in the
world war.
YoUNa was appointed to West
Point from Ohio; he won his ap-
pointment by gaining the highest
marks In q competitive examination
held by a Congressman OF his dis
trict. He came to the Academy when
the Whitaker incident was still
fresh in the minds Of authorities and
cadets. This incident was a lesson
TO him; he accepted the social limi-
tations imposed by his race. He was
unmolested by the cadets and he had
no complaints to make regarding his
treatment by the cadet corps or the
officers of the Academy. He studied
hard and accepted without a muir
mur the severe discipline Of the
Academy. He was graduated we'll
,,o ty tha cfaaa of 1890
His career as cadet was closely
followed. especially by those persons
who had interested themselves in
the case OF Cadet WHITAKER. This
cadet was found IN his room one
morning In April, 1880, lying bound
on his cot, with cuts on his ears and
other marks Of violence. He said
that the injuries had been inflicted
by fellow students; the authorities
we're from the first convinced that
WHrTrAKER's story was untrue and
that he had himself inflicted the in
juries for the purpose Of obtaining
exemption from certain examinations
or for some other motive. An in
vestigation cleared the authorities
from the charge OF discrimination
and exonerated the cadets from the
charge Of hazlng WHITAKER. He
was afterward tried by court-martial
and dismissed from the Academy.
WHITAKER was the eleventh negro
TO be appointed to the Academy: he
was the third to pass the entrance
examination. General ScHoFIELD in
his report on tho Whitaker incident
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
YALE ELECTS C. C. MASON
AND DR.. II. S. COFFIN
NeU Yorkers Become Mem
bers of Corporation.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Jan. 1.-THE eiec-
ton Of George Grant Mason and the Rev.
Henry Sloane Coffin Of New York as
members OF the Yale Corporation was
announced tonight. Mr.. Mason succeeds
the Rev. Newman Smyth OF New Haven.
who resigned last spring after a service
of twenty-five years, and DIR. Coffin sue
ceeds Payson Merrill OF New York. who
resigned last week. The trustees OF tho
university elected the new Fellows OF
Yale yesterday.
Mr.. Mason was graduated from Shelf
field Scientific School. Yale. In 1888. He
has been active in Yale alumni work for
several years and as the representative
OF the New York Yale Club has been n
member OF the alumni advisory board.
now serving his second term as chair
man. He wns president OF the New York
Yale Club from 1918 to 1890.
DR. CONN was graduated from Yale
College IN 1897 and has received two
honorary degrees from Yale and one from
New York University. He was pastor
of the Bedford Park Presbyterian Church
In New York from 1900 to 1905. when he
became pastor OF the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church. which pastorate he
now holds.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16

while an atmosphere Of pcssimism
stili hovers over certain groups and Sec
tions. the country az q whole has passed
searching examination at tho hands
Of tho life insurance companies. and Is
declared TO be entitled to a policy Of
good physical and economic health."
This II the foreword to a pamphlet
"Some Statistical Reflections on the
State Of the Nation In 1921" issued
by the Association Of Life Insurance
Presidents. Tho pamphlet sets forth
the combined results OF four sur
veys which show that the people Of the
United States had in 1921 the healthiest
year OF their existence that they bought
$500, 100000 Of new life insurance, and
that the proportion of accumulated bor-
rowings on policies Is well below the
high level Of 1914, while the assets held
as reserves to mature policies have made
substantial growth.
In statement accompanying the
pamphlet the Association Of Life Insur-
ance Presidents says:
"The reduced mortality experience in
dicates a people we'll fitted physically
to cope with the new problems Of 1922.
while the other groups of figures DEM
onstrate continuity Of thrift and sta
bility Of purpose under trying condi-
tons"
The New York herald., 1922-01-16

Remedy Transit conss.tion." city IT. Club. $. IS
Augustus Thomas a and Mrs. Carrie T Chap
man Gait will speak at the Wilson hour
meeting opening the woodrow Wilson
strest 80 p Aa
New York State Bankers Association.
Group VIII. annual dinner. waldorf-Astoria.
American Liberties League. Ine.. dinner.
Hotel Astor. p NJ.
section of geology and mineraiosy. American
street and Central Park West. s:l6 P. NJ.
molten Si pictures S'A of tSe school. I Maaiensi
Theater washington avenue ana Prospect
Brig. Gen. j. Leslie Kincaid win review
the 1920 Regiment Engineers. IN the Armory.
Iesth street and Fort Washington avenue.
Mayor John F. Hylan win be the principal
speaker at a dinner Of the Yorkviile Cham
British Trade and Tariff Policy" before
York University. 90 Trinity place. Z P. N.
Section OF ophthalmology. meeting. New
York Academy Of Medicine. II West Forty
,issaI!s. and pssIiss, Town 'iasSi' Hsii. isss
PekinRese Club OF America, annual show.
Hotel Plaza. beginning to-day.
Public Service Commission will resume
hearings on the proposed new gas rates. 80
Church street. 1890 A. NJ.
Demonstration of unemployed. arranged
by the Unemployment Council. Beethoven
Hall. 210 Fifth street. p. M.
Brooklyn Urban League. Inc, annual meet
Ing: 1o5 Fleet place. Brooklyn. $3.50 p. NJ.
Wyckoff Heights Hospital Society Of
Brooklyn. annual meeting. at the hospital.
Z. NJ.
Arthur Nash win speak on THE Golden
Rule In Business" Mt a dinner Of the New
York. Universaist Club. Sherman Square
Hotel, p. NJ.
Universal Sunshine Society. birthday an
niversary celebration. Hotel McAlpin. begin
ming this noon.
Delaware Club Of the Fourteenth Assembly
District. annual entertainment and reception.
Yorkville Casino. 21o East Eighty
street 30 p NJ
United States Revolver Association. meet
ing. Seventy-first Regiment Armory. Park
| avenue and Thirty-fourth street, 9 p. M.
Knights Of Columbus, meeting OF Supreme
Council. waidorf-Astoria. 10 A. NJ.
New York Employing Printers. dinner.
Hotel Astor. Z p. M.
| Stewards Association of New York. dinner.
Hotel Commodore. o p. NJ.
Jobbers Association Of Knit Goods Buyere,
meeting, Waldorf-Astorfa 10 A. NJ.
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DR.. Butler on Bureaucracy.

Everybody who knows NICHOLAS
MURRAY BUTLER knows how hard he
can hit when his honest wrath is
aroused. And everybody who has
watched with alarm and disgust the
rise of bureaucracy in the United
States in recent years will be de.
lighted with the resounding thump
which the gifted president Of Colum-
bia University administers to the
bureaucrats in his annual report.
The machinery of government bu-
reau oficialdom now built with such
zeal pretends to be for the purpose
of serving public interests and un-
dertakings. The real purpose, says
DR.. BUTLER, is not TO aTve but to
control; and in this he sees a de-
cline of faith in liberty:
''In the United States we are. in
fat defiance OF all our proclaimed
principles. building a series OF bu-
reaucracies that will put TO shame
the best efforts OF the Government of
the Tsar of all the Russias when in
the heyday OF its glory. We are sur
rounded by agents, special agents.
inspectors and spies, and the people
are called upon to support through
their taxes In harmful and un-Amcr-
lean activities whole armies OF indi-
viduals who should be engaged in
productive industry"
There's no denying it. Besides
the ten departments under Cabinet
heads there are a hundred bureaus,
commissions, boards, corporations,
services. councils and academies, all
maintained by the Government, all
manned with devoted lovers OF the
payroll and all willing to live for
ever and to increase their kind.
Even determined efforts in economy,
such as have been made by President
HARDING and his budget manager.
General DAWES, do not kill the hopes
OF the bureaucrats. They bob up and
ask for more. President BUTLER de-
scribes the manner in which they
come into existence:
when anything appears to go
wrong. or when any desirable move
ment seems to lag. a cry goes UP for
the creation OF some new board or
commission and for an appropriation
Of public funds TO maintain Il in rea-
sonable comfort. An infinite number
OF blank forms must be filled and an
infinite number OF records must be
kept. classified and audited at
steadily mounting cost"
Coming to the matter OF bureau
cracy in his own field, DR.. BUTLEr
says bluntly that so far as education
is concerned there has been over
organization for long time past. Too
many persons are engaged-at gov.
ernment expense--in supervising, in
specting and recording the work of
other persons. statistics displace
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
Neglect Of Farm Machinery.

That some agriculturists who would
resent the imputation that they are
not practical farmers leave their i'm.
plements in the open. sometimes In
the fields where they have last been
in service, has aroused comment and
inspired Just criticism on the part Of
those who know how quickly ma
chinery deteriorates under such con-
ditions.
Every farmer should have an out
house or shed or, better still, a por-
tion Of his barn set apart for
the storing Of reapers. mowers, load
ers. manure spreaders, plows. seed
ers, harrows and the other tools 80
necessary In his business, and they
should be put in the storage place
and covered with thorough coating
of grease on the parts which are
subject to rust.
Tumbledown fences and ram
shackle outbuildings used to be reck-
oned an infallible indication OF a
neglected farm. Hay leaders, ma
nure spreaders and other tools in the
middle OF q snow covered field or In
a barnyard reveal lack Of thrift
which must eventually lead to bank
ruptcy. 1t is a peculiar twist in the
mind which is responsible for this
common lack of regard for utensils
which are as essential to cultivating
the land as the sewing machine or
cream separator Of the housewife are
in fashioning clothing or making but
ter for the household.
Having place for everything and
everything in its place must be the
practice OF those who would pros
per, whether they labor in the fields
or in the city.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16

The Jacobs girls-HENnrETrA, Ma
THn,DA and MrNNrE-triplets, of whom
the dispatches from Glidden. Iowa, tell
us, have just married. The knots were
tied at one time and with a single
ceremony. Perhaps in some favored
section of these happy States such a
multiple ceremony may have occurred
before; II such Is the case, the record
of 1t Is not at hand. AT any rate Mr..
and Mrs. BENJAMIN HoLsrEIN, Mr.. and
Mrs. ALBERT KRUTH and Mr. and Mrs.
JOHN THEDE begin their married lives
under unusual circumstances. and
from those circumstances derive a
triple portion OF that love all the
world bestows on lovers.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
Eagles Strangely Posed.
Fault Found With the Designs for
the Newer American Coins.

To THE NEW YORK Herald: Why has
the perfectly good coat OF arms OF the
United States been omitted from tho
reverse Of all recent coins? It has been
replaced by caricatures Of the Ameri-
can eagle In all sorts Of impossible atti-
tudes. not one Of which, It seems to
me, begins to be either as good looking
or as dignified as the old device.
The design OF the new dollar seems
to have aroused a storm Of criticism.
but I cannot see that II is much worse
than that OF all the newer coins, with
the possible exception Of the buffalo
nickel. and on that the noble apimal
seems to be having a very uncomfortable
time Of It. and had evidently to be
hunched UP to get him into the pre-
scribed space.
Surely the old head Of Liberty on
one side and the coat Of arms on the
other made a much better looking coin
than anything we have had since. Why
not return to them?
JOHN T. NORTON.
ALBANr. january IL.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
Public Opinion Rules.
Historical Facts Of Interest to the
Assembled District Attorneys.

To THE NEW YORK HrRALD: The Dis
trict Attorneys and the Federal stto--
neys have met and organized for law
enforcement The Attorney-deneral OF
the State Of New York has declared
especially for the Constitution" and
tho work Of developing more crowd
men," as defined by Everett Dean Mar
tin in '"rhe Behavior of Crowds" has
been begun. Instead of resolving to 60
homo and to discharge the duties to
which they have been chosen by the
people. these public officers have ap-
pointed committees TO propose more
laws: more acts Of legislation for which
there Is no background OF public senti-
ment. without which no law can be ef-
fectively administered In system which
Ia founded upon trial by jury.
Buckle In his History OF Civilization
In England" tells us OF the effort OF the
three administrations ending with that
OF Charles III. to introduce reforms into
Spain, and of the apparent success OF
the movement. and adds that such q
policy. wise as It appeared, was Of no
avail simply because 1t ran counter to
the whole train OF preceding circum-
stances. 1t was opposed to the habits
of the national mind and was intro
duced into a state of society not yet
ripe for It. -.
Below the surface and far out Of
tho reach Of any political remedy large
general causes were at work, which had
been operating for many centuries and
which were sure. sooner or later. to force
politicians to retrace their steps and
compel them to inaugurate a policy
which would suit the traditions OF the
country and harmonize with the cir
cumstances under which these traditions
had been formed"
In 1888 Charles III. died and was sue
ceeded by Charles w, "a King OF the
true Spanish breed" and ut was now
seen how insecure everything was and
how little reliance can be placed on
reforms which instead OF being suggested
by the people are bestowed on them by
the political classes.
"It is thus that general causes even-
tually triumph over every obstacle. In
the average of affairs and on a compar-
ison Of long periods they are irresisti-
BILE. Their operation is often attacked
and occasionally for time stopped by
politicians, who are always ready with
their empirical and shortsighted reme-
dies. But when the spirit Of the age
Is against those remedies they can at
best only succeed for a moment. and
after that moment has passed reac-
tion sets in and the penalty Of violence
has to be paid"
The American traditions center
around the idea OF personal liberty
around the trial by fury and due proc
css Of law; around the right of the
States to determine for themselves the
rules OF law which shall govern their
own citizens. and the same results will
follow in America which followed In
Spain. National prohibition, however
wise in the abstract, Will not succeed
against the spirit Of the age. Real
progress will be made only by restoring
the problem to the people Of the sew
eral States. BENJAMIN 8. DEAN.
JAMESTOWN, January IL.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16

said that "the white cadets respect
the legal rights of colored cadets
more scrupulously than those Of each
other" He acknowledged, though.
that the negro cadet was without
social recognition; that the white
cadet was no moro disposed to make
him a social equal at the Academy
than he was at his own homo. 1t was
this isolation from companionship
which no doubt made YoUSo's four
years at the Academy a severe trial.
Only two other negroes withstood the
test TO the end. ALEXANDER, who died
soon after graduation, and FLIPPER,
who was discharged from the army.
YoUNo's attitude at the Military
Academy on the question Of racial
equality was unchanged while he WAS
an officer In the army. He was as
signed to negro regiments, and
served long with the famous Tenth
Cavalry. although for ten months he
was First Lieutenant In the Seventh
Cavalry. Besides his military service
he was detailed as superintendent of
national parks in California and in
1912 he was sent as military attache
to Liberia. He reorganized and
trained the Liberian constabulary
and for this service in 1916 he re-
ceived the Springarn medal.
You've had rare tact and common
sense: white of1cers who served with
him considered him an interesting
and picturesque character. He was
the last negro officer who was grad
uate of West Point and he was the
one whose service redounded with
the most credit to his race.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
In the Picture.

With all the art he can command
His fellow mortals he berates---
He writes some down as worthless and
Some have no brains within their
pates.
One man he calls a stubborn mule
And one Is given UP to blum;
Another is a stupid fool
And one Is mean, uncouth and rough.
Yet It's not that in him you1l find
One who mans weakness only sees
It Is not that he Is unkind
Or has host Of enemies.
But 'tis the thing that he must do
Who's fhired to grind out the lines
That with a chuckle you will view
In the years comic valentines.
NATHAN NJ. LEVY.
The New York herald., 1922-01-16
The Important Message.

BY many means have we communcd
Since first we wanted to tell the news !;
BY runners spurnIng the durty road
Beneath their shoes
And ponies have borne our message
swift
AS fast rs ever their hoofs could beat.
And steam has sped II with all the force
OF prisoned heat.
Our Iightnings told II upon n wire
Beneath the sea and from land to
land,
And wireless sparks in breath Of time
The earth have spanned.
Old. mother Nature has all of these
Runner and horse and electric word.
But ever to say the spring has come
She scnds bird
IcLArpBuRoH WILSON.
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WIN largely depend upon the cooperation
OF the railroads.
To these two facts should be added
equally important at this time:


Of the railroads.
To these two facts should be added
another equally important at this time:
The oity Of New York Is under legal
mandate to build within certain time
tunnel under the Narrows connecting
Staten Island with Brooklyn and to lease
the same under certain specified condi-
tions. This the city authorities must do
or violate the law.
It Is conceded, think. by all that
essential to any scheme Is the physical
rail connection Of New Jersey and Long
Island by q tunnel either under the
upper bay or under the Narrows.
The Port Authority has planned
long tunnel across the upper bay. while
the city. under its mandate. is planning
TO connect Staten Island with Brooklyn
by tunnel under the Narrows.
The sensible solution OF this phase OF
the controversy would be for the Port
Authority to accept the city's plan and
In every way to aid In it's successful
completion, and so to amend its own
plan as to include at this time the Mar
rows tunnel instead of the upper bay
tunnel. unless. and only unless. there is
some fundamental engineering objection
to 1t, and II there is such objection 1t
is the duty OF tho Port Authority to
make It clear.
AS soon as tho railroads Of New Jer-
sey are connected with the railroads on
Long Island by either of tho proposed
tunnels the entire project may be said
to be over one-half completed. and with
"a ~ hA
Canal street, work on which has been
started, and q rearransement Of the
freight yards in Jersey City to adjust
them to the new method Of receiving
and delivering New York city freight,
caused by the opening of the tunnel.
New York will experience its first great
relief.
The Narrows tunnel will put the New
Jersey railroads into Brooklyn, Queens
and The Bronx. All freight of these
boroughs will be received at and de-
livered from freight yards therein. Be-
sides this great deal OF the freight for
the eastern and northern parts Of Man
haitian will be so received and delivered.
In other words, the Narrows tunnel will
put the Pennsylvania, Jersey Central,
Brooklyn. Queens and The Bronx, and
in turn put the New Haven, Harlem and
Long Island railroads in New Jersey.
When the far reaching effects or this
tunnel arc fully understood the Mayor
will have behind him not only the people
of Staten Island but those of tho other
boroughs. because from this aspect the
Narrows tunnel is not being built for
the benefit OF Staten Island alone.
After this tunnel Is built. beyond a
few connecting lines. all the railroads
shown on all plans are mostly in ex-
istence. and given cooperation by tho
railroads and the building Of either of
the proposed tunnels the project VIII be
almost fully complete.
JAMES A. c. JOHNSON.
Former Senator. Bergen county. New
Jersey.
FoRrsr HILLS, L. l.. January 14
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scholarship" Precise laws stand in
the way of individual initiative and
experiment.
And now, says DR.. BuTLxR, 1t is
proposed to bureaucratize and to
bring into uniformity the educa
tional system of the whole United
States. while making the most sol
emn assurance that nothing Of the
kind is intended"
DR.. BUTLER Is not a believer In
stereotyped education. He attributes
the glory and success Of American
education "to it's freedom, to its
unevenness, to its reflection Of the
needs and ambitions and capacities
of local communities" He condemns
the attempt to put the education OF
American children under bureau
cratic rule:
There is not money enough In the
United States, even II every dollar Of
II were expended on education. to
produce by Federal authority. or
through what IS nafvely called CO.
operation between the Federal Gov
ernment and the several States, edu-
cat!onal results that would be at all
comparable with those that have al
ready been reached under the FREQ
and natural system that has grown
UP among u.s."
No good will como, says DR.. BUTLER
from tapping the Federal Treasury
under pretense of aiding the States
and establishing an army Of Wash
ington bureaucrats and an army Of
roaming inspectors; but It will as
sist In effecting so great revolution
in our American form Of government
as one day to endanger its perpe
tuity." The bureaucrats and experts
the President of Columbia says. will
speedily take the life out Of even the
best schools and reduce them te
dried and mounted specimens Of
pedagogic faulty"
Nor is DR.. BUTLEs moved by any
fear for his own beloved university
1t is fortunate, he remarks. that Co
lumbia "is free to carry on its work
beyond the reach Of the deadenine
hand of government" The same old
hand, in business or in education
Its touch is death.