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Evening star., 1923-04-26
EDITORIAL DIGEST

For two centuries Harvard main
tained reputation for Americanism
which the presidents proposal would
have struck down had the board given
it's sanction. Even coIored students
are not to be turned aWay-which is
Americanism too. Americanisn won
victory over medieval Romanoffish
bigotry and intolerance at Harvard.
The Detroit Free Press, however, Is
inclined to disagree a trifie with this
Interpretation Of the action. arguing
that Harvard stands pat on the lily
white character of the freshman hall.
and proposes to take care Of the quail
ity and number of its students by
making entrance requirements more
difficult to pass. AS Harvard Crimson
suggests. this may give rise 10 a charge
that Harvard is growing arls
tocratic, but that is a charge any pri
vately supported institutions can bear
if 1t keeps away from moneyed ana
family artstocracy." The high stand
ard for entrance. however will gen
orally be approved" the Rochester
Herald thinks, and must be in
terpreted as IAN announcement from
a great educational institution that
all young men. whatever may be their
religion, can in this country have
equal opportunity for mental culture
The only demand made upon them IS
that they be young men of good char
acter, determined to make profitable
use OF the training that ia offered
them
THE report has the right ring in
sists the Boston Herald. "It stands
for the Harvard of history and tradi-
ton. The Harvard that speaks in this 4
report is not a Harvard that defeTS'
to social standards or race prejudiccs,
but a Harvard that accepts it's high
educational and patriotic mission i'll
a great democracy wherein all races
and creeds are mingled" The action
likewise proves. the Boston Globe con-
tinues, that Harvard is not moving
backward. but forward. Incidentallr
the curious notion that democracy
port of the foot ball team. and.
standardized hair cuts seems to ~
conspicuously absent in Harvard
Suggestions that the foreign born
element in time will outnumber the
native stock in the student body arc
unfounded. the Boston Traveller points
out, because "the university has. IN
fact, expressly reserved to itself a
test admirably adapted to prevent
foreign flooding. That test is-the
increased stress upon the ability to
write clear and idiomatic English as
an entrance requirement. 1t is per
fectly proper test. Yet 1t places diff
f1cultfes in the way OF those coming
from homes where no English. or only
ohCh LSh9 itoAts 40 SpOh
may be approximate, but it will si-
iently- and effectively protect Harvard
from becoming an alien institution.
Harvard is to be commended for hav-
ing formulated a policy and announc-
ing 1t openly instead of hedging, as
so many colleges are doing" And
the final decision is the voice. OF the
real Harvard" The Boston Post as
serts, because "the declaration to
maintain the Harvard traditional at
titude Of non-discrimination as t..
race or religion Ia a declaration .thaN
Harvard College is still. 1.-the real Har-
ward. =.
Evening star., 1923-04-26
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

1t must bs fine to know a lot of
things. SO many people do, you
know. They fairly snap at the apple
of wisdom. They bite of great
chunks, leaving very little core. Then
they stand around and boss the
works. -
They drop in at tho white House
and tell the President how to; run
the country. They give PershinE
pointers about. the Army. They pol
ish off all vexed questions about the
Navy. They walk home with. Hughes
and settle all our foreign problems.
How In the world could we ever
Get along without these self-appoint-
ed national. saviors?. And what a
bunch of them there are. Let's
count them up-there's Tom. Dick.
Harry, you, /
What? Don't include ourselves?
Well, guess we Will. In nation of
generals, we aren't going to be the
only high privates.
For .everybody's doing it. Bossing
the works has become the, national
sport. Anybody can tell you exactly
what's the matter with the United
States-and the rest of the world.
too, for that matter-and what ought
to be done about it. Mott everybody
does . o..
The trouble is-see. what did I tell
you've are getting so bloomed
educated that we just can't stand
ourselves. . --- --
II we were a pack of ignorant
savages. for instance. there wouldn't
be any trouble at all about govern
ing us. We would simply do as we
were told to do and let It so at that.
1t is because we are such highly edu-
Gated persons that we have so many
problems of government. Every
year in school-whether in the class-
room or the great school Of our
modern complex life-means scores
of new wrinkles to smooth out.
For an educated man or woman
usually is a man or woman Of moro or
less individuality. In the savage
state our thinking is done for US by
our rulers. In the educated state we
think for ourselves. At least. many
OF US do.
Thus we have many varying shades
of opinion. The more general our
education the greater the number of
opinions. Look. for instance, at the
number of biocs in Congress. No
Congress except an educated Congress
could get that way.
We think differently. and because
OF our education keep on thinking
differently. But we still have a long
way TO go before we are wholly edu-
Gated, and If we split up into so many
difficult isms Of belief now. where in
heavens name will we land when we
get all the education that's coming
to US? Will the decentralization OF
knowledge tend toward the decen-
tralization of government?
With these tall thoughts and a
whole pack of their kith in mind. we
rambled into the ONCE of DR.. Walton
c. John Of the federal bureau of edu-
cation and asked him this question:
How we'll educated are the Ameri-
can people?"
Dr. John blinked Let me see" he
said. Reading. writing. arithme-
tic--"
"No. no." interrupted. Il don't
mean to give you test. I meant to
Evening star., 1923-04-26
District Street Needs,

A budget Of Recommendations re-
garding the condition OF the streets
of the District has been laid before
the Commissioners by the Board Of
Trade committee on streets and ave
nues. These proposals and susges-
tions affect the District'R highway
system in many particulars, with ref'
erence to the opening Of new streets
and roads. the extension OF existing
streets and the paving Of all. This
is q subject Of urgent importance to
the community. The development OF
Washington has been checked by in
adequate street work. The Commits
sioners have striven earnestly to Sc
cure large appropriations and a more
comprehensive plan Of street improve
ments. only TO be held in check by
curtailments and notifications inn
oosed by Congress. Repeatedly men,
bers of the appropriations and Dis
trict committees have been shown
through personal visitation and sur
vey the depiorable condition OF the
streets and reads, but for some rea-
son, which is rooted in the unwilling
ness of Congress to make broad
provision for District maintenance
and development, year after year
these items have been in effect ignored
through the granting of seriously cur
tailed allowances.
Once the best paved city in the
United States. Washington is now in
low rank in this respect. Outside OF
the urban area and few OF the
arterial thoroughfares, the roads OF
the District are in poor condition.
There are socalled streets within the
boundary lines that are no better than
Door country dirt roads. Again there
are paved streets in the suburban
section without habitations, advance
improvements Of no immediate value.
There are bad bumps and holes IN
the pavenents of the most important
street in the city. The paving be-
tween the car tracks is. as the Board
Of Trade committee points out, IN
places dangerously out OF repair.
A. few weeks hence there will be
many thousands of people here from
all over the United States. with motor
cars, who will, in connection with
their attendance at the Shrine con-
vention. "sightsee" Washington. They
will drive all over the District on tours
OF inspection. They will carry away
with them q decidedly poor impression
of the National Capital in the matter
Of street surfaces. Rolling back home
over the great highways that have
been built by state and federal CO.
operation, they will be justified in
commenting upon the poor condition
of the Washington streets in com
parisor with the splendid roads that
link the American cities. : : -,
It is to be hoped that all these
Shriners and their friends who motor
in Washington, after getting here by
train and are so impressed with the
poor quality of the capitals streets.
will report their Impressions to the
members of Congress from their dis.
tricts and ask of them why the
nations city is not better paved. II
this is done some heed may be given
to the recommendations of the COM
missioners for a comprehensive liberal
program of street. improvements in
the near future.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

Old Posey, the bad Piute Indian, has
been found dead On the battlefield.
If there is happy hunting ground"
he is probably now comparing expe-
riences with King Philip. chief Of the
Wampanoags; with Tecumseh. and
Sitting Bull waiting to chime in. This
is considered young country, but
it seems a far cry from 1876 to 1928.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

ask how many of us are educated, and
how far along we've gone. and how
we compare with other countries, and
whether we're the best educated peo-
pie on earth. and-"
wait! One At a time. please
Are we too well educated?" asked
meekly. -
Most of US have very little educa-
tion." he said. looking quite pointed
ly, / thought. into my eyes. mot
even enough to ask one question at
time"
When let him up he brought in
the statistics.
"e-are spending now more than a
billion dollars a year for knowledge
which we distribute through the
classrooms of our schools, colleges
and universities.
More than twenty-five million boys
and girlssand young men and women
more or less enthusia sticaIly absorb
this billion dollars worth of, knowl-
edge in homeopathic doses, O..
Upward of 750,o 900 school, teachers
insert knowledge daily Saturday IS
excepted) into the noodles of the
coming generation. ~
Just a, moment. please Do you
grasp the idea: If the city of wash
ington were half as large again, In
every man. woman. boy and girl
therein were a school teacher, we
still would fall short, by several
Alexandrias, of having sufficient in
habitants to teach the nation.
Notwithstanding this veritable
swarm of teachers, six persons out OF
every 100 lin the country can neither
read nor. write.
About fourteen more out of every
100 have only the most elementary
education. These fourteen unfortun-
ates read with difficulty. write very
poorly, can figure just the tiniest BIZ
and there their schooling stops
Truly all of us don't know it all.
The census bureau is responsible
for these disclosures. Now let us see
what kinds OF folk compose our H.
literate classes.
people in our cities than in the coun-
try. The little red schooIhouse, grea,
though it be. doesn't make the grade
with the pep of our great city institu-
tions.
The census bureau tells us that al
though our population is about even
ly divided between urban and rural
dwellers. there are 1000 600 more il
Iiterafes in the rural districts than
there in our towns and cities.
1lliteraey is highest among the col
ored population, reaching 229 pei
cent. Among foreign born whites il
is reckoned at 1S.1 per cent. Among
native whites OF native parentage i,
is 2.o per cent. .
And, unexpectedly, illIteracy is al
its lowest ehb among native whites
OF foreign or mixed parentaGe. In
that class it is only four-fifths of ]
per cent
The figures show we aren't so well
educated, or, rather. so generally edu-
Gated, as the British, French or Ger
mans. In Great Britain. in 1910, il
literates were only l per cent Of the
total population of ten years or older;
in France they formed ,4.3 per cent. In
Germany there were only FIVE illit-
crates to every 10000 population.
In the United States in 1920, the
census bureau says, there were coo
illiterates TO every 10000 population.
Maybe, after all. we can learn d lit
tie more. Let's GO to the movies and
start.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

g. Capt. Luke McNamee appeals to
the Daughters OF 1872. in convention
here. to back up the Navy. If it had
not been for the small. but smooth,
Navy Of, the infant nation IN that
year there would not be any Daugh.
ters Of 1872
Evening star., 1923-04-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANpER JOHNSON.
A Spring Poem.

A Spring Poem.
'Tis not the purling of the brook
That tells us spring is here;
'Tis not the meadows verdant look
That once WAS duh and drear.
'Tis not the balmy, atmosphere.
'Tis not the robins call: 49,.
1t is the umpire's voice. so clear, -.
In. sharp command Play BALI"
'Tis not the blossom in the field,
'Tis not the budding tree;
'Tis not the sunshine that doth Yield
Such gentle hope Of glee..
But when the bleachers bloom again
With rooters great and small
'Tis spring. The umpire makes il
-, plain -
When he. cries out, PLAY, ballm-
Evening star., 1923-04-26

A New York dramatic critic refer.
red to Washington as the "so-called
capital" a so-called metropolitan at.
titude OF. soealled tolerance for a so.
called seat OF socalled government.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

American radicals are now classed
in derision as reds. pinks and vel.
lows" A determined effort is being
made, by, patriotic citizens to. change
them to a deep and dolorous blue.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

Portugal has ratified all OF last
years Washington conference treaties;
Portuguese men-ofwar" will now
have to revise their birth rate.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

Washington is today much more
interested in the affairs of the Ameri-
ran League than in any form of inter
national association. a..
Evening star., 1923-04-26

Editor Harding knew how to state
the case Tuesday to his newspaper
colleagues so that they recognized the
news value in the story
Evening star., 1923-04-26

:.':- "a Retrospect; -, =
One of, these days:Mhen nrys work is
through. ;. 'ss---4 =. g.,
And at last I have nothing at all to do.
am going to travel the road that goes
To the home of my boyish joys and
woes.
I'lr pause and lean. ON the old front
gate 80 - ~
Where loitered until the hour grew
late, -
And IN strive to- picture the misty
Where once I dreamed of a future
vast.
One of these days l will idly swing
Meath the spreading leaves where the
:, robins sing,
And I'll watch the. grapes, az the
hours so by, = ;. ~.
Drinking from earth and air and sky.
Imagination again will change
The place to a region fair and strange;
will thrill at the monstrous shapes
- which pass = p. p -'.-
Through the jungle depths Of the
weeds and grass.
...-
I'll see the elves in. the leafy hooks,
The friends that met in the wonder
books. =
And then, az I weary, TIT pause to
:, hear ;; .,...t> :. -,
A; song that is tender and, sweet and
- cieAl.-&-- - ~ -: o.. ~.
Sounding throughout it and above
Is the exultation of-motier love. :.
And perhap2 with. her voice I win lift
my oWn-as.--5J1 :. - -. y - -. =.
And find'I am singing aIcne--alone!
Evening star., 1923-04-26

President Hardings performances
IN the White House indicate that he
believes in consistency as a factor in
normally. .-.-.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

Germany is getting ready for a May
day crisis. Well, the first nine May
day crises are the hardest.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

Two were injured in the District
Yesterday by bicycles. II seems like
old times. 80
Evening star., 1923-04-26

When some one complained to
Gutzon BorElum that; his Sheridan
statue represented arrested motion
and, therefore, gave the appearance
of a frozen thing rather than action
his quick retort was that here in
Washington. we were so used to see
ing clothespin men on wooden horses
that we didn't know a good equest-
rian statue when we saw IL There
may have been some truth in this,
but there is a difference between ac-
ton as expressed in the Jack son
statue and that of the Sheridan. and
TO compare the two. and. thtuk Il out
TOR oneself viii Be- found worth while.
LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

In an article on Washington. pub
lished some years ago, the late Ham,
ilton Mabie loosely remarked that
it was to be hoped that future gener-
ations would realize that a majority
of the statues in Washington had
been erected through ignorance, not
In malice.
Some of the statues undoubtedly de-
serve this rebuke, but. few do not,
and, taken all in all. IT is to be oues-
toned if Washington has not as
large a percentage of worthy monu-
mental works in sculpture as any
other city: for instance, the Thomas
statue. by ]. .. A: Ward, is one Of
the best equestrian. statues. in the
world: the John Paul Jones and the
Hahnemann statues, by Charles Henry
Niehaus, are both good; In the Lin
coin Memorial is Daniel Chester
Frenchs splendid staue of Lincoln,
and at Kendall Green is his beautiful
and appealing group of the great
teacher and his little pupil (the Cal
laudet memorials), one Of the finest
things of the kind, not only here, but
in existence. In Dupont Circle is a
charming fountain by Mr.. French,
and in Macmillan Park is Herbert
Adams magnificent Macmillan foun-
tain--a work OF great beauty and
dignity, while, as all know, Saint 0au-
dens' masterpfece-perhap the mas
terpiece of this era In sculpture-the
Adams memorial, is In Rock Creek
Park. This to name but a few. =
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-12
- II ~ N ~
THAT WAGE INCREASE

Much has been said recently about
the action of the big steel companies in
granting 20 per cent wage increase
to common laborers. Some newspa-
pers have been picturing these con-
Germs as being great philanthropists
in handing out this boost unsolicited.
But what does this advance really
amount to? With it in effect the wage
of laborers for the steel company will
now be $3.50 a day with the day con-
sisting of ten hours work. In other
words, the laborer will receive 36
cents an hour. These figures go to
show that the laborer was well entitl-
ed to a wage increase, and also in
dicate that even with 20 per cent
advance in effect he is not going to
buy Pierce Arrows on his new wage
check.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-12
N n - - -
SOME FAIR

The whole state has to hand it to
Old Butler when it comes to running
county fair. The one she staged
last week was peach" The con-
cessionnaires and old-time fair fol-
lowers all agreed that Buffers fair
had any county fair in the state dur
ing 1922 backed way off the boards
in every way They said that it was
the finest, the biggest, the cleanest
fair of any, and that Butler county
had the most beautiful fairgrounds to
be seen anywhere. And every one
agrees with them-it was great
big show. The racing was fine, the
exhibits were the best ever, the at
fractions were good And above all
the big show was clean. Of course
here and there little grating was
done, such as in the fortune-telling
and reading tents where few
suckers" (people who looked like
they ought to really know better)
were stuck up for a few dollars and
then squealed like baby having a
stick of candy taken from it. But
then it wouldn't be a fair without
these things. Then there was couple
of shows that tried to get naughty
but they were quickly banished.
But-what would the fair amount
to without these fakes? 1t wouldn' t
be real county fair without them,
would it? If they didn't show up of
their own accord the board would have
to provide them to give the fair the
appearance of the real thing because
they are looked for and expected by
the public. There was just enough
of this kind of stuff on the grounds
this year to give the affair the right
tinge-not too much and not too
little
All in all, it was great big show,
one that the county feels proud of,
and one that reflects credit on the
ability and efficiency of those in
charge-the FAIR BOARD. The
Press extends its congratulations to
the members of the board.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-12

RENDERING A SERVICE

Local building and loan associa-
tions will assist the government when
it redeems the 1918 series of war
savings stamps, January l, in seeing
that this money is not lured away
from its owners for investment in
projects that have no merit. Prof
fers of such assistance have been
made through the state headquarters
of the building and loan associations
to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon.
Thousands of dollars will be return
ed to the people of this community
next January by the government, and
it is we'll that some steps should be
taken to see that it is not put into
wildcat investments, but goes into
safe channels where it may work for
the betterment of the owners and the
community. The recent report of w.
w. Phipps, secretary of the depart
ment of commerce, to Governor Davis,
that millions of dollars were literally
being stolen from the public every
year by unscrupulous statesmen of
worthless securities makes it impera-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-12
ship DESERTED
BY Incompetent Crew and
Many Drown

London, England-A court of in
quiry has censured and disciplined
officers of the Pacific & Orient liner,
lIgypt, that foundered off the coast
OF France last May, after collision
with the French steamer Seine dur
ing a dense fog Sixteen passengers
and II of the ships crew were drown
ed. The Egypt did not sink for 20
minutes after she was rammed. This
permitted of ample time to man the
life boats and swing them clear of
the ship, if they were manned by
competent seamen. Her Lascar crew,
however, deserted like rats.
The court of inquiry condemned
the captain, and suspended his certi-
ficate for six months. The chief Off
Ger was also censured. These Off
citals are charged with failing to ex-
ercise their authority over the Las
cars, and with not making them eff
cient in collision and boat drill.
The evidence showed that state
of hopeless confusion existed on the
doomed ship Immediately following
the collision, with the Lascars adding
to the panic, and disregarding the
pleas of their officers to save the wo-
men and children. The officers were
not responsible for the crew furnished
them, but the court marred their
record by the censures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-12
"A DANGEROUS AGITAToR"

Speaking of labor unions in recent
address, Governor Miller, of New
York, said:
NO element of this country, how
ever large or however small, can
with safety be permitted to have the
power to pursue its own selfish inter
est. These associations of capital
and labor are organized primarily for
a selfish purpose and not for the pub
lie good. And one of the things
which the state can do and which it
is the imperative duty for the state
to do is to see to it that no associa-
tion organized for selfish purposes and
having the power to control produc-
tion shall be permitted to put and
keep its selfish interest above the in
terest of the public"
This is an excellent example of
anti-labor thought Expressive of a
total misunderstanding of the labor
movement, it fails utterly to take into
account the real powers which are
inficting all but intolerable abuses
upon the masses of the American
people.
Organizations formed for selfish
purposes, "having the power to con-
troll production" says Governor Mil
Ter. What has Governor Miller to say
about the steel trust, the National
Association of Manufacturers, the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
and as a matter of fact our whole in
dustrial system?
The governor, in his eagerness to
attack labor, comes close to assailing
the very institutions which he seeks
to protect.
Every owner of factory has the
power to control production" The
steel trust closes its doors at will So
does Henry Ford So does every fac
tory in the land. When the doors are
closed workmen are compelled to re-