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The New York herald., 1922-06-14

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PouGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, June l3.-
Twenty-eight girls from New York city
were graduated from vassar College this
morning with a class of 255 students.
who represented thirty States in the
Union.
They were Misses Jane Barbara Alex
ander. Bertha Fahys Barclay. Edith
Carolyn Brill. Dorothy Budd. Edith
Sterling Currier. Mary Shufelt Essel-
styn. Edith Sturges Fitch. Jean Henri
eta Ford. Frances Bolton James, Juliet
Rebecca Loewenthal. Louise Morris,
Ruth Crombie Robinson, Elizabeth
Rogers Anna Hildergard Ross. Helen
Henrietta Stern, Juliet Woolford Thomp-
son, Frances Thorndyke and Elaine Dee
Wolf of New York city; Madeline Dod-
man Bennett, Elizabeth Grosvenor
Brown, Courtenay Warner Halsey. Ruth
Haskins Rachel Higgins. Jane Anstice
Langthorn and Catherine Schenck Van
brunt of Brooklyn. and Geraldine Mary
Bronson, Susan Baldwin Brown and
Abigail Adams Johnson Of Yonkers.
Vassar chapel was filled to the doors
when the com<<encement exercises were
held, parents and friends of the students
having gathered here from all parts of
the United States, with hotels and tea
rooms In the vicinity Of the college and
in the city proper taxed to their utmost
capacity to accommodate visitors.
The president Of Vassar. DR.. Henry
Noble MacCracken delivered his an
nual address to the graduating class
and a short organ recital was given by
Prof. e. Harold Geer. organist at the
college.
Immediately after the commencement
exercises the guests followed the process
sion Of seniors TO the site for the new
building to be known as the Henry NJ.
Sanders Physical Laboratory, for which
ground was broken by Mrs. William H..
Hays. SO. Of $50 Park avenue. New
York City, who formerly was Miss Mary
N. Sanders Mr.. Sanders left the sum
of $4,000 to the college In his Will. to
be used for the purpose Of erecting some
building connected with and devoted
exclusively to educational work.
By mid-afternoon following lunhceon
held on the campus the college grounds
were deserted.
But by Wednesday morning, they
again will be crowded, for hundreds OF
delegates are expected in this city for
the convention Of the National League Of
Girls Clubs, which will open at vassar
on Thursday morning. An all day re-
hearsal will be held tomorrow for the
pageant to be given Friday ST owing the
evolution Of woman through The ages.
with episodes staged by different cities.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14

draw with him DR.. Sun and the
southern leaders? His appointment
to the Premiership is the most
notable effort made by the north to
meet the south half way in the mat
ter of reconciliation since the break.
Dr. Sun agrees with President LII in
his fight on the military chieftains,
and he is in accord with MIN in the
, restoration of parliamentary body
which will be representative Of the
whole country. 1t rests now largely
with DR.. Sun whether the unifica-
tion Of China will be accomplished.
In uniflcation lies the hope Of
China's future prosperity. and THE
NEW YORK HERALD is sure that all
Americans hope to see an agreement
among the contending factions
which will permit the nation to take
the place in the world to which it is
entitled by reason Of it's vast extent,
its numerous population and the
skill and industry of its people. In
the United States the attitude of DR..
sun will be watched In the expecta-
ton born of his record that he will
do what is best for China as a whole,
not what is In the interest Of one
faction or another.
China is too great in all that makes
for national power, too rich In oppor-
tunities for advancement Of its ma
tional interest and the welfare Of its
myriads Of inhabitants, to justify
any individual in giving to the coun-
try's service anything except the
most wholehearted and generous dis
interestedness.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
A Long Jump.

Captain A. w. STEVENS, an aerial
photographer. dropped off an army
bombing plane 24,206 feet above
Springfield, Ohio, yesterday and
landed safely by parachute. His
descent took thirty minutes, and he
reached the ground twenty-five miles
from where he jumped from the
plane. The take of was from McCook
Field.
This jump was 1914 feet short of
that made by Lieutenant ARTHUR q.
HAMILTON at Chanute Field, Illinois,
March %, 1921. Captain STEVENS
was equipped with an oxygen tank,
but lost 1t soon after he started his
descent. His feat was all the more
remarkable in that it was his first
jump with parachute.
The history of parachute jumping,
since it's beginning In 1896, when
ROBERT Cooking, inventor Of the
parachute, made his first descent, in
which he lost his life, Is strewn with
the records Of fatalities. Collapse of
the parachute or drowning after a
safe descent has been a common incl
dent in this department Of aviation.
What does a man think about
while he is dropping down through
FIVE miles Of air? There Is time in
thirty minutes to make enough reso-
lutions for the regulation of series
of we'll ordered lives and time to re-
member every important mistake one
has made in the life that is perhaps
about to end. Captain STEVENS merely
says that he thought his time had
come, until he got out Of the rarefied
atmosphere of the uppel attitudes.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
A MIX Problem.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Have we
too much water?
Kind Providence and good breeding
have given us cows that give us per
cent. and per cent. milk. Do we pay
n premium FOR that milk?
When babies cry for milk do we give
them 81 per cent. ash and water7 DO
you hear the calf say '1f so soon done
for what was begun for?" Do we con-
sumo slippery veal and wear paper
shoes in our headlong desire TO sell their
milk7
Those calves are glad TO make good
food and leather II we give them thirty
Ave days and they do the milking.
Ia II the part OF wisdom to divert
milk from an overstocked market?
CLARK KENYON.
CARBoNpALE, Pa. June IL.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
Blaming the Gulf Stream Again

A distinguished professor In Clap
ham University. London, alleges that
America has altered the British
climate: that the hot summers Great
Britain has experienced in recent
years are due to a change In the
direction Of the Gulf Stream, and that
the diversion is caused by the Flor
ida East Coast Railway, which links
Key West to the Florida peninsula.
Here are three separate state
ments, all interesting, and none sup
ported by the facts. The Florida
East Coast Railway does not pre-
sent a measurable obstruction to
the flow Of water which the keys on
which the viaduct rests did not pre-
sent before the construction Of the
railway. Moreover, the keys and the
railway atop them are good cannon
shot distant from the Gulf Stream.
More than thirty years ago Lieu
tenant PTLLsBURY, an assistant in the
United States Coast Survey, made
an exhaustive examination Of the
Gulf Stream, using improved sound
ing apparatus and current meters.
Thereby he determined definitely the
origin, course, position and variable
movements of this marvellous salt
water stream in the ocean.
Lieutenant PILLsBURY found that
the great equatorial current, striking
the South American coast, Is turned
part to the south. part to the north.
The northerly branch is split into
minor streams; some Of these flow
through the passages Of the Wind
ward Islands; one continues west
ward, finally turning to the north af-
ter passing through Yucatan Channel
and Florida Strait.
The diverted streams join OF the
southeast coast Of Florida to form
the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream at
that point of juncture is the most
powerful current Of the ocean. Its
velocity varies from one to four knots.
according to the season and the dec
lination of the moon. It's position
varies very slightly with the season
1t is from five to twelve miles beyond
the 1O0-fathom depth contour. A lit
tie to the north of the Massachusetts,
coast the Gulf Stream ceases TO be a
current; It becomes a wind drift, ef-
fective mainly in keeping the harbors
of western Europe free from ice.
The other literature OF the Gulf
Stream consists of much misin-
formation contained in many vol
umes, romantic and interesting to the
gullible, but not true. There is not
much to discuss concerning things
which the writer's don't know; all
trouble is due to the things which
they know that aren't so.
The pleasant fiction of the shifting
OF the position Of the Gulf Stream is
due to the south wind. During mid
summer months a persistent wind
may drag warm water from the sur
face OF the stream against the coast
But when this occurs IL Is the At
lantic States and not the British
islands which steam and sizzle with
the over-moist hot air.
Dispatches announce that sharks
have invaded the English Channel
Probably the world soon will be told
that the Florida East Coast Railroad
viaduct sent them there.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14

same character He may, indeed. find
1t harder to commit certain kinds OF
crimes than at present, but there can
be no doubt that he will, II he does
not have a pistol or revolver, resort
to the next most effective weapon.
whether 1t be knife. blackjack or what
not.
Every State In the Union already
has law. every city and town and
hamlet an ordinance, which II enforced
would solve the problem. There Is no
need whatsoever for additional laws of
any kind. The reason why these laws
are not enforced sufficiently well to re-
duce misuse of the pistol and revolver
to an absolute minimum is obvious; It
Isn't possible. A police force large
enough to search every person on the
streets at frequent intervals Is out Of
the question. People simply would no.:
pay the taxes to support any such
standing army. Under these present
laws every crook whose courage is suf-
ficient has and carries a pistol when
engaged in the pursuit Of his profess
sion. The heavy penalties imposed. for
instance. In New York State by the
Sullivan law have not deferred any OF
them so far AS We have any knowledge.
1t has deferred scores Of thousands Of
perfectly honorable. reputable citizens
from owning a pistol, some of them
because they could not conveniently OBJ
tain a permit and others because they
are afraid that even with permit they
run the risk Of trouble. which is true.
Thaxr d. ,ttttI
thing which is governed by 50 drastic
and tricky a law.
ITO. sum up. law prohibiting the
manufacture and sale OF pistols and re-
volvers in the United States will dis
arm the honest citizen without disarm-
ing the crook will deny to 95 per cent
or more Of the population an inherent
..ght, vital part Of their personal lib.
erty, in order to restrict the activities
of only per cent. of the population.
when 1t Is at the best extremely doubt
full that the latter result would be OBJ
tanned in anything but tho slightest
degree.
"Of all citizens In the United States
we must look TO the members of the
American Bar Association for the pres
ervatlon In our organic law of the prin-
ciples OF personal liberty. justice and, ii
you please. sanity Any member of the
American Bar Association who sug-
gested that the association agitate for
the elimination of the automobile be-
cause 1t has been used so largely as a
! tool In the commission OF crime and be-
cause, without the automobile and motor
truck very large number OF very i'm
portant crimes Of the pas years would
nave been impossible would Justly be
The object of ridicule by nearly IL not
quite all OF his fellow members sub
NIT that the analogy between the auto
mobile and the pistol Is correct. The
pistol is In itself no more an evil thing
or criminal thing than is the auto
mobile. Like the automobile II is wrong
FULLY used by the criminal element. Like
the automobile 1t is rightfuliy used by
hundred times as many people. To
deprive the latter Of this rightful use
is just as unjust and just as absurd In
one case as In the other"
e. +. WARNER, Publisher.
| New York, June 13.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
Strange Countries.

When one, alone. a foreign town has
scanned
Where tongues smote meaningless
upon ones ear,
Sometimes one has been struck with
hostile fear.
Elusive, sinister, and lost command
or sense. through sounds one did not
understand.
And odd. new sights. that loomed for
bidding. queer.
Till, suddenly, ones reason seemed to
clear
AS some familiar scent linked land to
land.
E'en so. when one must leave his usual
days.
And journey to that distant shore OF
death.
II. with dread Of its strange. unfath-
omed ways
One falters. then. perchance. ono
scents a breath
or some faint fragrance from far, dim
years blown,
And knows that he has come back to
his own!
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
Those Good Old Times.

That generally sane Senator OscAE
UNDERwooD is suffering from an at
tack of the good old times mania. In
the debate on the tariff the other day
he delivered lecture on the superior
living conditions of our grand
mothers.
"Our grandmothers may not have
ridden In automobiles they may not
have been able to buy Florida straw
berries in the middle of winter they
may not have been able to get their
fish out of refrigerator which had
kept It from time immenorial. But
their health was much letter. They
lived in more comfortable homes. al
though those houses may not have
been heated by a steam heating
plant They ate better and purer
food. and they had more OF II. AL
though they may not have had the
latest patterns from Paris and may
not have worn as many clothes when
they bought a woolen suit they
bought II cheaper. and It was all
wool and not shoddy."
Our grandmothers had no fiivvers
but they had horses and carriages
which cost more to maintain than a
motor car costs.
They had no Florida Strawberries
so they ate canned Strawberries and
suffered for il. They had no cold
storage. and therefore missed the
variety Of food which is an advantage
to their grandchildren.
Their homes had larger rooms, but
lacked central heating. electric lights
fms and power. and porcelain tubs
Most of the windows opened only
from the bottom. The bees, compared
with those of to-day, we're poor
affairs.
They did not eat better and purer
food. II they had gardens they ate
fresher vegetables than the city peo-
pie could get. but the general run OF
beef. lamb, pork and dairy products
was inferior to that of the present.
II their health was better than that
of their granddaughter they did not
admit It. The young ladies we're pale
and languId; II was fashionable to
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
A Country Without the Labor
to Do Its Work.

The figures which the Government
has made public on the results Of the
restrictive immigration law now in
effect bode no good to this country.
The significant fact about the
workings of this measure is not
merely that in nine months there
was an increase in our alien popula-
tion Of only $4,000, because while
241, 900 were coming in $4,000 were
going out. The bigger fact and the
alarming fact is what those figures
of arrivals and departures reveal as
to the kind of foreigners that came
to us and the kind that left us.
The arrivals from Italy, for exam
pie, have been one of our main sup
plies of day labor for nearly gener-
alton. But the Governments immi-
grafton tables for the nine months
show that more Italians left the
country than came to it, the figures
| being $4,000 outgoing to 10000 in
coming. The Czechs and other peo-
pies from southeastern Europe that
have been supplying much of our
labor in the mines departed in so
per cont. larger numbers than they
arrived--12, 900 to 5000. Even the
Poles, who have contributed largely
to our common labor requirements
on the railroads and in the mines,
showed $1,000 going out to only 5000
coming in.
On the other hand, the Hebrew
immigrants arrived in the numbers
Of nearly $4,000, while barely 600
departed. and the Hebrews come
here not to dig and build at manual
labor but to trade or to manufac-
ture. 1t is so with the Dutch and
| Flemish, who as newcomers outnum-
bered nearly two 10 one the outgoers.
, And the same thing Is true Of the
English and French, who came in
three times the numbers they went
with more than 10000 to 5000.
All these. like the Irish, the Scotch
and the Scandinavians as well. are
| fine types of men and desirable citi-
zens, but they no longer 60 to the
fields of day labor as they once did,
especially the Irish.
SO when We analyze the Government
tables for the nine months we find
the truth about our foreign popula-
ton is that the country lost in out
goers some 10000 laborers in all,
while out of the 241,000 foreigners
that came in not more than $4,000
to 10000. counting the 10000 Mexi-
cans, could be regarded as of the
strictly day labor class and inclina-
ton. And we need hundreds of thou
sands for day labor.
THE New YORK HERALD does not
wish to be understood as meaning
/ that we should not exercise careful
selection as to the physical and
moral fiber Of the strangers admitted
within our gates. The United States,
on the contrary, should jealously
guard against taking undesirables
into the national family either in
hordes or in scattered numbers.
But what THE New YORK HERALD
said Of this measure on November
26, 1920, is as true to-day as It was
then, and 1t win be as true for gen.
erations to come, as follows:
without foreign labor who will
/ do our work. the work that falls to
| the hands of unskilled labor to do?
Who will dig our bitches. run our
farms build our railroads. build our
highways IL we shut out foreign
labor?
"The American public school and
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE DRIVE.
Trustees Seek nm Additional En-
dowmcnt of s2,OOO,OoO.

New LONDON. Conn. June 13.-Mr.
Benjamin r. Marshall. president OF the
Connecticut College for Women, at tho
meeting of the Alumne Association this
afternoon said that the trustees had
voted 10 go ahead with the drive for an
additional endowment OF s2.00o.000 for
the college. A preliminary survey will
begin at once and the drive will start in
January to be ended BY commencement
next year.
Forty young women were graduated
from the college to-day. Mr.. Marshall
awarded twenty-eight 3. a. and twelve
u. S. degrees TO the graduating mem-
berr No honorary degrees were given.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
COMMENCEMENT AT ADFLPHI.
janet H. Perry Wins Prize as Best
Student.

The commencement exercises Of
Adelphi Academy were held last night
in Robinson Hall. TIE chapel Of the
academy. ST. James and Clifton PLACES.
Brooklyn. Diplomas were awarded to
fifty-four
Addresses were delivered by the Rev.
S. Parkes Cadman. pastor Of the Cen
tral Congregational Church. Brooklyn.
and by DR.. Z. c. Alder principal OF
the academy. James H. Post. chairman
Of the board of trustees. awarded the
honors. The Barlow medal for the
highest rank IN studies for four years
went to Janet Hutton Perry. Essays
were r.ad by Miss Ida Elizabeth Prl-
gohzy and Shelby Llewellyn Jones.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
The Song OF the Fat.
From the Manchester Guardian

From the Manchester Guardium
Among the other admirable effects OF
skilled insolation'--or exposure to sunshine
Sir Henry tiauvain mentions this week that
1T Is wonderful cure for obcHty."
Sing hey for the cult that 10 solar,
SinG ho for this cure free OF charge
Eurrah for this newest controller
or tissues that tend TO enlarge.
No moro OF those JERKS IN the morn.
inge.
No more OF compulsory golf!
At all special diets and warnings
1 openly scoff
All "cures' ti,at fatigue one or harden
Hepceforth l shall certainly shun--
j shall simply lie out IN the garden
And bathe In the rays of the sun.
with hammock or couch as conveyance
oh, carry me forth to my bath
And I'll rise at the end Of the seance
As lean m lathl
Lucro.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
China's Restored President.

With the restoration of Ii YUAN
HUNG to the Presidency, China ap-
pears to have made a step toward
the settlement of her governmental
problems. 1t is at least reconstruc-
tive move in that man of ability
and accomplishments is again at the
head of affairs at Pekin. His depo-
sition by the militarists in 1917 gave
southern China grounds for the as
sertion that the seat Of Government
was in control of the military lead
ers of the north and that under such
conditions there was no opportunity
for the south to play part in real
Republic of China or to be properly
represented in national gov
ernment.
LII YUAN-HUNG had much of his
training under YUAN SHIH.KAI-he
was in fact official protege of YUAN.
and he had much of his masters
shrewdness in handling men and
dealing with problems confronting
the new republic. President LII was
mainly instrumental in arranging
the Shanghai Peace Conference
and when the Manchurian dynasty
was disposed Of he was chosen Vice
President of the Republic. On the
death Of YUAN he became President.
His opposition to the military
power of the tuchuns was the cause
Of his overthrow. The military chief
tains of the north took this means OF
teaching him that none of their
rights or prerogatives was to be in
terfered with whatever might be the
fate of the republic. They made
HsU SHIH-cHANG President. They
found in him a truly passive observer
until General WI PEI-Fu, defeating
CuANs-Tso-rIN, one Of the strongest
Of the northern China chieftains,
forced him to resign.
The feature Of China militarism
which President Ii fought in 1917 is
the same that he is now fighting. He
accepted the Presidency upon the
condition that he would be permitted
to regulate the provincial troops
and have the control over their
commanders.
President LII has sided with Gen
eral WI PEI-FU in an effort to recon
cile north and south China and to
bring about the unification OF the
country. He has appointed as
Premier DR.. WI TINo-FANG. one of
the leaders in the Canton Govern
ment and friend of DR.. Sun YAT-
Sen. This is not only concession
TO the south, but is an act which will
meet the approval of America and
Europe. DR.. WI will be remembered
in this country as China's Minis
ter at Washington In 1896 and again
under LI's Presidency in 1917. He
was thoroughly I'm accord with Pres
ident Ii in his opposition to the
military governors Of the north. and
rather than accept their domination
he Joined Or. Sun.
There is perhaps no man in China
who is more respected by both north
and south China than is DR.. WI, and
at the same time nobody is held
in higher regard outside of China
The great test to which he will now
be put will be in bringing about
reconciliation between the Gov
ernments at Pekin and Canton
Will he. In short. be able tc
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
Smokers in Cars.
New York Transportation Lines
Praised for Their Cleanliness.

To THE New YORK HERALD: There
are few persons in this world who are
annoyed at the pleasures of other peo-
pie. Sylvester Bartlett j gather is one
of these.
II Mr. Bartlett doesn't smoke or like
smoke. then why go into a car where
smoking Is permitted?
l find our cars pretty clean here. and
am quite sure that II Sylvester Bartlett
stays out OF the cars we won't have To
have that Michigan Mayor here to clean
them up. HENRY KENDALL.
BROOKLYN, June 13.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14

A farmer in Athens has a barn
which the storm on Sunday lifted with
twenty-five head OF stock in 1t. car
ried eighty feet and dropped with
out n single animal being injured
Either barns are built TO last In Greene
county or a classic name has inspired
an amazing tale
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
S7,75s,65s GIFTS IN YEAR.
Johns Hopkins Makes Statement
on Donations.

BALTIMORE, June 13.--Johns Hopkins
University received $7.759,658 in gifts in
the last year. President Frank J. Good
now stated in his annual report read at
tn. commencement exercises to-day.
The largest single sum, S6.000.000 fol
the School Of Hygiene and Public
Health. came from the Rockefeller
Foundation.
The years total donations exceeded
by $759.65S the sums provided by the
founder OF the institution.
The New York herald., 1922-06-14
FOR BLAIR COMMENCEMENT.

Commencement exercises at Blair
Academy. Blairstown, N. j.. will be held
to-day. when diplomas and prizes will
be awarded by the head master. DR..
John c. Sharpe. The address will be
made by the Rev. DR.. William Carter
of Brooklyn. Among the graduates from
this city are George John Bartels. Frank