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IN THE GUISE OF AID"

Several commentators have expressed
surprise at the endorsement given the
Sterling Reed education bill, now pend
ing in Congress, by the superintendent
department OF the National Education
Association. Perhaps measure OF sur-
prise is in order; if so, it might more
properly be on account of the failure of
competent educators to take the trouble
to register their opposition to the meas
TIRE, rather than on account OF the en-
dorsement given by the superintendent
who busted themselves on the occasion
referred to.
Eut even from this angle, to express
surprise might be to betray superficial
judgment Of the situation. For the bill
apparently has no chance of being en-
acted. and in the event of its enactment
President Coolidge could not fail to veto
it without renouncing his professed faith
in principles to which the measure would
do much violence.
In short, perhaps the lack of audible
opposition to the bill when it was being
considered by the superintendent de-
partment of the National Education AS
sociation bespeaks lack of fear on the
part OF competent educators that it may
become a law. It MAJ even be that the
superintendent who championed the
measure were brought together to carry
out pre-conceived plan to pitt their
influence back of it. Many endorse
ments in the field of politics originate
III such way: the opponents of a pro.
posed move have no opportunity to ex-
press themselves unless they rake it.
However, as matter of general in.
formation. even every layman shoult
know that the Sterling-Reed bill is de
signed to put education in all the state:
under the control of the federal govern
ment. The inducement held out to thu
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evil omen. But he passed on, and
came presently TO stand before the
| more modest Harp. He could scarcely
| believe his eyes when he saw its win
dows clean and open, its door flung
wide.
He crossed the threshold and
turned into the common room on his
left. The room was clean-swept, its
long deal tables were well secured I:
but trade was slack, for the place
contained single occupant, man
in an apron who started up from n
wooden armchair in which he had
been doing, with an ejaculation of ::
"As Gods my life, n customer"
HOLES stared at him and the man
stared back at HOLES. 1t was Banks,
the vintner himself.
"Colonel Holes" he cried. "Or is
it your ghost, sir? There's more
ghosts than living men in this
stricken city,"
ave are both ghosts. I think,
Banks" the Colonel answered him.
Maybe, but our outlets amt
ghostly, praise the Lord. And there's
still some sack left at The Harp.
Shall we have bottle of medicine,
Colonel?"
aid say yes. with all my heart.
But-lacakaday I've not the means
to pay for the sack"
PAY" The vintner made a lip.
"Sit We down, Colonel"
Banks fetched the wine, and poured
1t.
"A plague on the plague. is the
toast" said he. and they drank it.
"'Slife. Colonel. but am glad to see
YOU alive. i feared the worst for you.
Yet you've contrived to keep your
self safe, avoiding not only the
plague, but them pestilential fellows
that was after YOU" Without wait
ing for reply, he dropped his voice
to add: "Ye'll have heard how Dan
vers was took, and how he broke
away and won free-good luck to
him! But all that is a dream by now.
that conspiracy business. and no one
bothers much about it. But of your
self now, Colonel?"
any tales soon told. I've not
Jared quite as well as you suppose.
I've had the plague"
"The devil You have. And we've
won through" Banks regarded him
with a new respect.
HOLES told him Of his notion of
sailing as hand aboard a vessel
bound for France.
Continued in Our Next Issue)
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lor which his illness had left upon his
cheeks. He bowed his head.
Il bless you for those words. They
will give me courage to face
whatever may await me. / shall
treasure the memory of them, and OF
your sweetness always"
But still you do not believe me ~
she cried out. Still you think that
behind it all there are some dregs of
of resentment in my
heart!"
mo. no. Nan. / believe YOU"
And yet you will persist in go
ing%
What else? You who know all
now must see that there is no place
for me in England"
She drew from the bodice of her
gown a rubbed and faded tasseled
glove. She held it out to him. looking
up at him, and he saw that her eyes
were wet.
Here is something that belongs 70
you, at least. Take it, Randall. Take
1t. since it is all that you will have
of me-"
Almost in hesitancy he took that
little glove. still warm and fragrant
from sweet contact with her. and re-
tanned also the hand that proffcrcd It..
1T it shall again be a tails
man." he said softly. ito keep me
worthy as - As it did not keep me
once" Then he bowed over the hand
he held, and pressed it to his lips.
"Goodby. and God guard you ever,
Nan"
He would have disengaged his hand,
but she clutched it firmly now.
Randall" she cried sharply. des-
perately driven to WOO this man who
would not WOO her despite her clear
invitation. In gentle, sorrowing ie-
buke she added: Can you. then, real
ly think Of leaving me again."
His face assumed the pallor of
death, and his limbs trembled under
him.
He disengaged his hand from her
clasp at last. "Oh. why do you try
me, NAM" he cried out, like a man
in pain. God knows you cannot need
me. What have l to offer-I that am
as bankrupt of fortune as of honor:"
"Do women love men for what they
brlng?" she asked him.
He. looked at her steadily now, n
man redeemed, driven back into the
hard ways of honor by the scourge of
all that had befallen him.
Abruptly he swung on his heel and
left her, SO abruptly, indeed, that his
departure took her by surprise. found
hcT without a word in which TO stay
him.
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explain what they define as modern ten
denotes
Doubtless the ultimate outcome will
be a revivifying. for practical purposes
of some OF the world-old principles OF
life and living to which so much violence
has been done by modern legal tenden-
cies and social practices. The average
person probably would not be conscious
of such a Strengthening out OF mans
affairs. but the process would be none
the less effective on that account.
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FINGER PRINTS

AS no two thumb marks are the same,
criminals have been identified by the
print Of their thumbs no matter what
DISCUSSES they may adopt. These prints
have unraveled many a crime mystery.
Criminals. brought into police headquar-
tiers on some minor charge. by the use
of this method of identification. have
been revealed as the persons connected
with other and more serious offenses
rs happened at local police headquarters
the other day.
This means OF criminal identification
carries with it the truism that not only
is every mans finger print distinctively
his own and not like that of any other
man but the man. himself, is as .distinc-
tive and as individual as the print his
finger makes. He may reflect, in his
ideas and reactions to his environment
the general ideas of the community in
which he has lived the greater part OF
his life. He may be like the members
of his own family, his nation, his race,
or resemble those who are emotionally.
intellectually, or spiritually constituted
much like him. He may fall in with one
of the two broad distinctions in human
character made by psychologists, that
of eXtraverts and introverts; the man
who is extraverted emphasizing the OBJ
jective manifestations of life, while the
introverted man stresses man, himself,
and his own processes. Still the individ-
ual man is never just like any other who
was ever born.
No one has looked like him, exactly.
No enc has had just the combination
OF hereditary qualities. His experiences,
his history. all the subtleties that 60 to
make tip his conscious and unconscious
existence. his emotions, his thoughts. his
feelings, have combined to produce the
man. distinctive, separate. individual, as
his finger print is his own.
And yet in forming our opinions OF
men, we measure them up roughly by
broad general rules, with little consd-
Grafton for the background, personal his
tory, and heredity which contribute to-
wards making each man distinctly what
he is. Could we obtain Ginger print
of the man himself with the same acct
racy that such imprints are made of his
fingers. Our Identification of him, in
the sense of the actual appreciation OF
This character, would be basis for opir-
ions near the truth. Otherwise we cam
not be too dogmatic and certain that we
have our friends number" when we
| have not.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Testing Fortune.

Testing Fortune had not yet done
with Colonel Holes.
A month later, toward the middle
Of September, without having seen
Nancy again-since that, of course
would have been denied him. as il
would have nullified his sequestration
from infected persons and surround
ings--he found himself at liberty to
return TO the ordinary haunts of man
supplied with a certificate of health
SO within an hour of his discharge
he found himself tramping along the
empty streets of the city, bound for
distant Mapping. He must go afoot,
not only because he lacked the means
to 20 otherwise, but because there
were no longer any boats plying for
hire at any of the steps along the
river. nor any hacliney-coaches re-
naming in the streets. More than
ever was London become a city of
the dead.
On through that desolate emptiness
he tramoed in the noontide heat.
which still continued rs intense as
through the months that were past of
that exceptional summer, until he
came to the Fleet Ditch. Here il
was that he bethought him of The
Harp in Wood Street where he had
lodged and of its landlord. the friend
ly Banks, who at some risk to him.
self had warned him that the mes
sengcrs of the law were on his heels
So in the direction of Wood Street lie
now turned his steps.
He found it much as other streets.
Not more than one shop in four was
standing open, and trade in these
was idle and stagnant. Proctor's IA
nous ordinary at tn, sign of The
Mitre-the most reputcd eating
house in IondOn-waS closed and
shattered. He regarded this as an
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BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS

Ancient philosophy is being re-dis-
covered by modern psychoanalysts. One
might think the term modern" redun-
dant in this connection. But there were
psychosnalysts in ancient times. too
the designation alone is modern. As
John Morley has said, vital realities are
inherent not in mere words, but in the
nature Of things.
It was from the nature OF things that
the ancients gained their wisdom. As
matter OF fact, very little Of the worlds
moral wisdom is modern; that is. 50
far as fundamentals are concerned
After all, there is little in philosophy.
if. indeed, anything, but principles; aid
genuine principles, again. are in the ma
ture of things-or, one might we'll say.
simply in Nature.
The ancients put their philosophy.
their acquired knowledge of Nature, into
expression before the vocabulary of man
was as extensive as it has become in
what we call modern times. As man had
new experiences he enlarged his vo-
cabulary to express more delicate shades
of thought. The ancients were more re-
stricted, because of their comparatively
meager vocabulary. to vital realities.
so it was that philosophical principles
came to determine customs-and To con-
stitute "the law" So it was that the
ancient Hebrew philosophers, the truly
wise men of their day, became the law
givers.
Yet, in time, as an analysis Of COM
monty recognized human tendencies of
all times would show, there came
a period of technical observance Of "the
law" The shadow was mistaken for the
substance. Rules were given precedence
over principles-over the index to right
and wrong inherent gin the nature of
things" or simply in Nature, whose laws
are immutable.
Consequently, many evils sprang up.
Is it any wonder?
Then came the Great Teacher, the
Man of Nazareth, to put erring man
back upon the track of simple truths.
Ir the non-religious sense-as most peo-
pie define the religious-his philosophy
NdS HOl lSN' I1G SIleQ new llght upon
the nature of things. His intcrpreta-
tons of the elemental, from which the
world OF that day mad departed, was
incomparably illuminative. In his Ser
mon on the Mount he gave the simplest
most comprehensive and yet the most
comprehensive formula for the proper
conduct of life that has ever been af-
forded mortal man.
Now compare with modern life-a
term that embraces civil ,ation"-the
departure Of the aucients from the furda-
mental principles which had been found
"in the nature of things" Modern man
with his many shades OF thought, his
almost countless words and phrases, ha:
displayed the old tendency 10 stray from
simple truths. vital realities, the change
less laws of Nature. And because hi:
thoughts, expressed with so many shade:
of meaning, are complex. it would b.
only logical that both the angle anC
speed of his detection should be great
But there are signs OF reversion t.
the elemental in philosophy. Morley.
writings furnish fair example. Their
there are the people, calling themselve!
psychoanalysts, who, whether conscious
.ly or rot are getting back to the simple
basic laws OF Nature in their efforts tC
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WANTED: A FRIEND

The interests of grown people and
children are always more or less at log
gerkeads. Grown people want peace
quiet and order. Children are set upon
experimentation, activity and play,
Mother docs not wish the house upset
Father yearns to read in peace. The
boys want to play policeman and bur
glar" through the house and under it,
while the girls cut paper dolls all over
the place. Forever these interests man.
age to conflict and the problem is to
give as much leeway as possible to the
chld's play instinct while training him
to regard somebody but himself.
Now complaints are being received at
police headquarters that the boys in
town are playing golf using the public
streets for a course and tin cans and
stones for golf balls. They step out and
tee-up. Bing goes the improvised golf
club. which is often stick with knot
on it something like Shiny Off
sails the tin can through the air with
the interesting possibility of landing on
someone's head or going through a
window
Such a thing cannot go on, and the
police who have contentcd themselves in
the past with merely warning the boys.
are now threatening to make arrests if
the practice is not broken up. But it is
a pity from many points OF view. Not
that any one wishes to advocate the risks
OF having hard tin projecties hurled
through the air, but it is a pity that the
boys do not have some place in which
to play their improvised golf at will, and
not have to risk arrest for initiating what
the grown people do.
Imitation is one OF the mainsprings
of children's play. Imagine the state of
mind of the boys in the neighborhoods
near the golf courses. They feel the
urge of the game. see men and women
playing. hear golf talked from morn
ing to night, and are able to take part
1T to no greater extent than to caddv.
perhaps, now and then. In one neigh
borhoCd, the back lawn at one OF the
boys home. has been turned into a
course. 1t is somewhat restricted, but
fierce games are played. notwithstand-
ing, with the garage for bunker. the
woodhouse for another, and spot in
the middle of the lawn for the green"
Windows are not altogether safe in the
vicinity, but otherwise there is no trou-
bic for the boys Borrowed" balls and
clubs from older brothers and the neigh
bors do not object
Others, though, arc not so fortunate.
They have to learn to initiate and not
be able to do it. No wonder they bat
cans through the air and chance acct
dents. II they cannot get on the course
with the grown folks, and have no play
ground where there is space enough for
such activity, and are just bound to play
what they see everybody else playing.
then these "fellers need friend"
Why not set apart place in the park
somewhere for the boys "improvised
golf"
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SOME ONES MOTHER.

4 mothers dear ones had departed,
And she was left alone.
Alone. weary and brokcn-hearted
To weep and to mourn.
With slow and painful footstep.
She came to church one day,
And ikneeling down beside me,
In earnest. began TO pray.
"Oh Father. so holy and so meek,
Who the cross of suffering bore.
Look down upon the poor and weak.
And let them weep no more
And looking down from the skies,
God did see and hear,
Fc- those loving and tender eyes
Were bent on that mother dear.
And her hours of life were numbered
And the voices of the dead
Called the weary soul. that slumberei
As grateful tear was shed.
A soul. weary with the march of life
Laid her wrinkled hand in mine,
As she closed her eyes and died.
That little mother SO divine.
HELEN LUTHY.
1>>
1nspecsor-How did prisoner get
away?
Irish Policeman-ITe ran through =
door marked NO Admittance"; So. nj
course couldn't follow.-Passing show.
London.
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The government is employing a code
expert in Washington to help decipher
some of the kilograms in the oil investi-
CATION. What great aid he would be
in reading the editorials in the morning
newspaper here.
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There are said to be twenty-four pol
itical parties in Germany now. In this
country, we have only two-the ms and
the cuts.
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Our Nutshell Novel-It was her BIRTH
day. He promised her rose for each
year of her life. Diplomatically. he or
dered the florist TO deliver but twenty
roses. When he had gone. the florist
said: HE IL a good customer. will
add another twenty for luck" He did.
Finis.-Pearson's Weekly Uondon).
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Yesterdays answer:

The seven straight lines in the
drawing have cut the circle into -
sections. There are seven divisions
each of four different sizes, with an
odd section in the center.
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A Puzzle a Day

Five words are missing in the verse.
Each word contains seven letters, and
the same seven letters are used IN
each case. No word is repeated. Can
you fill in the missing words?
Yesterdays answer.
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Where to Go
Vaudeville.

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big time vaudeville.
Motion Pictures.
Palace: Ramon Navarro in "Thy
Name Is Woman"
Empire: Betty Comrson in "The
Stranger"
Princess: Restless Wives"
Rialto: Alma Rubens in Under
the Red Robe"
Royal: John Gilbert in "St. Elmo
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Poets Corner
FANATICS VS.. DRAMATIcs.


IL we should boost for San Antosio
As it surely does deserve
We would boost it for The good rocds
And how they twist and curve.
We'd boost 1t for the short cuts
A going through the town.
We would boost it in and ont
We would boost it up and down
Wed get UP on the house tops
And there we'd shout aloud
Wed Eoost for San Antonio
OF her we are SO proud.
We'd boost her in the morning
We'd boost her in the night
We'd boost her in the papers
Yes, we'd boost her in The Light.
We would boost her TO the tourists
From the North. East and West.
Say. if they could see our city
When she is at her best
They would come back in the summer
time
And have another rest.
Our tourist camp is excellent
Well equipped and dry
We are proud of il,
As they would be
Anu praise IL 10 inc SKY.
Our parks are sure wonder
The swimming pools are great;
We're sure there are no better
In any other state.
Yes, Lambert's skill TO dig and fill
To plant and trim and prune-
It's Main IN that finNrnp nd
Will have shown his care by June.
Now. to get back to our theme:
To boost is our scheme
And to do that with a snap-Let's
Now here is the place TO stop for
space
And cheer for the old Alamo
For the heroes who fought
For the lesson they taught
For the price they paid with their
blood.
Why not we confess
That it's all fOolishness
10 quarrel over bonds or a flood?
".
Now if we boost for our town
Well have to come down;
Pull together like
A team on load.
Ii we find the right-o-way
Together we'll stay
And keep our wheel
Straight in the road.
We haven't much time
For the one that will whine
When he thinks there's
A chance he may lose
When he entered the game
He was sure of the name
OF drinking
The other mans booze.
V.
There are many other things
That we could say aloud
In boosting our dear old city
NJ which we are SO proud
II we had the time and space
In which TO tell it all
We would tell the world about it
Before another fall.
GEORGE VERNON.
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There are many other things
That we could say aloud
In boosting our dear old city
az which we are SO proud
II we had the time and space
In which TO tell it all
We would tell the world about it
Before another fall.
GEORGE VERNON
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ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
POLO TEAM DEFEATSS
HUACHUCA SOLDIERS
Collegians Who Won Meet
Here Continue Victor
ious March.

Tucson. Ariz.. April IS-The handi
ness of their COW ponies offsettiIg ihC
speed of the blooded polo horses OF
their opponents. Arizona University
pclo team Thursday afternoon defeat
ed the Tenth Cavalry four from Fort
Huachuca by a score of seven goals
to two. a short time ago, the uni.
versity players, college champions ct
the Southwest. an honor won.in the
big mid-winter meet held at San An
tcnio. Texas, defeated sort Bliss fro N
FL Paso, s TO :.
Huachuca's team will get oppor-
tunities for revenge Friday and Sar-
-urday. the series here heing for three
games.
Woody. the big No. for Arizona.
Ice. in goaling with folr. He played
a hard riding. smashing game after
taking spill in the first chukker. lie
rolled out of the dust unburt Sam
ders, Magee. Hearon and Sawyer also
were in the university'S liECup. Ma
gee scored one goal and Hearon the
other two.
Taylor and Healy scored the go is
for the army. Steward and Vanahan
were others on the Hna -huca team.