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The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
Christmas Date
Wrong, Minister
Says In Speech
Asserts Shepherds Would Not
Be Tending Flocks In Win
ter; Starts Controversy.

A Hammond tInd.) clergyman. the
Rev. Peter Langendorff, rector Of 81.
Pauls Episcopal church, told mem
bers Of the Hammond Kiwanis club
that Dec. 2s Il being falsely cele-
brated az the birthday Of the Savior.
He insisted that. since the Scrip
tures say shepherds were watching
their fiocks the night OF christ's
birth, this night could not have been
In the dead Of winter.
The Rev. Fr. Edward A. Kelly Of
st. Anne's church In Chicago, when
informed Of the statement. argued
that history provides definite data
showing that Christ waa born on the
day that corresponds to Dec. Is In
the present calendar.
Suggests Study Of History. 1
"All these clersymen who insist on
making innovations in our religion
should study a Bit OF history" Father
Kelly suggested. "This. Of course.
applies to that coterie In New York
as well as to the Hammond minis
ter"
. The Rev. George C. carwell Of
the Garfield Park Methodist Episco-
pal church remarks that Palestine
has q winter climate similar 20 that
Of Southern California and that the
latter part OF December would be
an ideal time for flock tending.
The Rev. Joseph ". Brandelle OF
the Evangelical Lutheran Gustavua
Adolphus church takes sides with
the Hammond clergyman. .,...
ut Is common knowledge" he said,
that the exact date Of the birth Of
Christ Is not known and that the
date OF Christmas was adopted be-
cause II had been q festival day cen.
turtles before the birth Of Christ"
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
Health Survey
Tells Need In
Medical Field
Dean Ballock of Howard Says
Woeful Lack of Physicians
Endansers Our Health.

Washington, d. C.---"Qeneral be-
lief that the Negro always Is blessed
with sound teeth is false" DR.. Ed
ward A. Ballock. dean OF the school
OF medicine Of Howard university, de-
clared In recent address. After
more than so years study Of our race
he finds that no race is 90 afflicted
with dental Ills.
DR.. Ballock's staternentis In line
with his plea that more men and
women be trained al physicinns and
dentists. He asserts statistics show
that white citizens have one physi-
clan TO every 633 Of them. while the
colored race only has one to every
3.1s4: also that whites have one
dentist to every 1000. while there La
only one colored dentist to every
2o.560 oolored people, and that nurs-
es are In about the same ratio as
dentists.
"Colored people," continues DR..
Ballock. "are prone to run after false
gods. and practically support the
Quacks Of the medical profession.
who find them easy prey and infest
their neighborhoods."
Would Check Disease.
Point ia made by DR.. Baliock that
1t il highly important to white citi-
zens that the health Of our race Ia
improved on account OF the danger
Of spreading diseases.
He said that there have been fire.
quent cases where family physi-
clans have been unable to trace
scarlet fever and other diseases un-
til they Investigated the habits and
living conditions Of domestic serv-
ants In the household and found the
sources In them.
Proof Of the demand for compe.
tent physicians Of the race Is re-
fected in the 500 calls received dur
ing the past year By Howard uni.
versity both from the North and
South.
Calls for Endowments.
The medical school at Howard has
little endowment, and its teaching
force consists largely Of those who
have remained with the institution
throughout the years because Of hu-
manitarian reasons. ITO develop this
work SO dreadfully needed by the
entire nation" concludes DR.. Bal
lock. Howard is calling for new
medical buildings and equipment to
cost $4,000: facilities for a depart
ment Of public health and hygiene to
cost 100000. and q medical endow.
ment of $4,000. .0oo."
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
PURSE-SNATCHER SENT
BACK TO RED WING

William johnson, II. purse snatch.
or, was sent back to Red Wing for
violating his parole.
johnson and another coiored boy.
Mack Moore. Is. were arrested. They
confessed nine purse snatching cases
and police said they were implicated
in about 20 other minor robberies.
Moore's case Is being Investigated
by G. H. Darling. probation officer,
and he win be sentenced In juvenile
court. .A.
johnson lived at sss Mississippi
street. and Moore at SIT MississippI
street. e.,
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
BLAMES RUM FOR THEFT;
GETS LONG WORKS TERM

Pearl Grier, Al. blamed the "evil
temptation Of the deviP and influence
Of liquor for his troubles.
In district court Grier pleaded
guilty to charge of grand larceny
and was sentenced to not more than
one year in the workhouse by Judge
r. D. O'Brien.
Grier was arrested with Joe Pay
ton and Pauline Payton on a charge
Of stealing 5000 from Adam Sales De
cember 9. ..
Mrs. Payton pleaded not guilty to q
similar charge and her case was set
for January Z. "
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

Also out OF the South comes an
Anti-Ku Klux Khan organization,
open to every American without ref
erence TO sex. religion. nationality OF
race. ....
TIE three Kerford brothers Of
Atchison. Kan, own . stone quarry
in which they employ - men. Re-
cent improvements include . $35.ooo
machinery equipment.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
AS WRITER SAW SYRACUSE
That Thseeritvs, Famous Greek Psst.
Was True 70 Life 10 knswn by
Thoss sf City.

The long line Of writers-Theocri-
tus. Virgil. Boccaccio, Sonnazaro. Po-
llzano. Tasso, Mantuan, Spsnser. SID
nsy, Drayton. Jonson, Milton and
'Keats-have played upon an oaten
pipe that never viii be silent. There
Is no mortality In the true pastoral.
for In IL the soul Of man has become
one with nature. The trouble Is that
too many people have studied the
pastoral for literary rather than for
poetic pleasure and have. somehow
turned Arcadia into Academe, writes
Martha Hale Shackford. There II
something ironically suggestive In the
fact that the Fountain Of Arethusa In
Syracuse is now surrounded BY Q
growth Of papyrus, symbolic Of the
way In which the merely bookish has
encircled the natural.
If there are no new pastoral poems,
the old ones live on, giving NJ again
the beauty OF the golden world where
narcissus and violet blossom. where
time delays, and where youth and love
endure with supreme joyousness
Theocritus remains the frst and the
last In pastoral song. His idylls. even
In the medium Of transiations. per.
suade the readers Imagination to en-.
ter and to dwell Id that world Of I'm
perishable freshness. Always tribute
has been paid TO his appeal. his haunt.
lngly perfect reality; but until one
lives In Syracuse one does not know
how true to life he was, nor with
what fine perceptiveness he chose the
moments TO perpetuate. Though more
than two thousand years have passed
By, the reader Of Theocritus nnds In
Syracuse. either visible or invisible.
the very actuality which the poet in
terpretsd.
Is there another city In Magma
Graecia where, In such small compass.
II contained so much history, or where
the exalted. urbane, and Intellectual
traditions Of Greek culture were more
cherished? Philosophers. poets. scien-
lists, generals, emperors, artists, schol-
ars, and hsrdsmen, have walked In
Syracuse, giving It perennial signin.
canoe. The procession Of the equi.
noxes has hardly been more regular
than the procession Of the armies
which have attempted to overcome
Syracuse and extinguish its identity
az q Corinthian colony. Cartha sinisns,
Slcilianx. Athenians., Romans, Arabs,
Norrnans, Germans. Spanish. and late
~. Engilsh-speaking tourists. have
come down upon Syracuse; yet the
city has survived and lies sileas shin.
merinK beside the blue sea, superior
to decay. tlmelesS unconquered.--
North American Review.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
OPPORTUNITY" ON SALE
BY VARIOUS AGENCIES

4 A. Carter, executive SECRETARY Of
the Urban League Of st. Paul. an
nounces that Opportunity" the Of
iciai publication OF the Urban
League. win be on sale at Morris
drug store. Utley's barber shop. each
month and through the agency OF
Master Geo. 9risson. who has made
an enviable record selling the Liter
ary Digest. Opportunity has created
. great favor among students.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

The pretty girl was being conduct.
ed round the prison and occasionally
she paused to give few words Of com
fort to one or other Of the more miser-
abie-looking prisoners
"a case Of melanchoiia,- announced
the warden, who was acting as guide.
as they came 70 one cell.
How sadr murmured the visitor. II
suppose" she remarked to the inmate
Of the CELL "that the singing Of the
birds relieves the monotony Of your
weary nfef'
The singing Of the birds. missf'' re.
piled the convict, nonplused.
YES" said the visitor. ''the little
jailbirds. They must be such com.
fort to you r'-Philadiphia Inquirer.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

The teachsr. af the csneiusiea q Q
lesson In grammar. asked the caass b
turn 10 give an sxampss of N abstract
noun.
Manhood. susssstsa tAs hsaa q
ths cias4 whicA was duly approved ~
tn teacher. the szanpis being ~
lowed By the nsxf two members q sAs
class making in turn The somewhat
unimasinativs ssssestions of @wcman,
hood" md -girihoed" rsspsctivsay.
Tho fourth little an. howsvss. ~
oaining anything - eevioas % 'boy.
bod" gave 40 hsr sxamuaa .IAa1is
RED Ridlnk HoOas rF
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

In the little rhyme which makes %
keep the date Of ths discovery e
Amarica In our minds:
Columbus sailed the ocean sius.
In fourteen hundrs1 ana ninety.tws.
whatever dates ws may forges, that
will somehow always stay In our minds.
! think. for not only 10 there the rhyme.
but there 10 that little picture We can
800 Of Columbus standing In che bow
Of his small vessel. followed By the two
others. and OF the water % blus ana
Sparkling and beautiful and smooth.
10 Columbus took many voyages I'm hia
lifetime; he discovered many Islands,
made for himself q great and lasting
name In history. but hs never knsw he
had discovered Q new eontinent. a.
Always he thought that those places
he had touched had been parts d
Asia.
And Il seems quite sad to think d
the times we've been appiaudsd tand
oftsn. very Justly. tool when we've 70.
cited wen or played the piano well O.
sonething OF that sort, that Christophez
Columbus. who discovered Anaerica, aid
not even know Of the great deed thai
hs had dors. ,E #
Newer had he any rsaiisation dat ta
q new contnent would they sesci
ncuuments 20 him. nor that IN ecAoots
ehAR wotiid Rfva paRMAnfa ahoma hfn
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

An elderly colored woman entered
the once OF an estate to receive her
regular monthly wages. Not being
able to write she had always made her
mark on the receipt-the usual x: but
this time abe made circle instead.
"what's the matter, Lindaf' asked
the clerk. "why don't you make the
cross, as usuair'
~weii," said Linda, "Ah done get
married yesterday an changed NAH
name. News and Courier.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

colored veterans Of the World War
appear to be more interested In ade-
auate and conveniently located hos
pitalization facilities for their wound
ed "buddies" than In the proposed
bonus iegislation.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
what He Get Out Of, ,hsr.

A certain man had Just bought a car.
He took his wife out on few prelimi-
nary expeditions. during which she did
not hesitate to criticise her husbands
efforts ut driving. ., ~.
"Haiioa, old man." said his next
door neighbor one evening. Z see
you've got a little two-seates. What
do you get out Of herr
about 10000 words to the gallon"
answered the other. sadly.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
GETS DRINK AND PAYS $40
FOR CARRYING PISTOL

Edmund Mccarthy. 1so West Third
street, was fined $40 In police court
for carrying concealed weapons.
Mccarthy was arrested for drunk
enness In front Of his home Christ
mas day. He had q loaded revolver
In his pocket.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
War on Tree persrs.

The tree horer Is the result Of eGgs
placed at the base Of trees by moths.
The eggs soon hatch into nat.headed
worms called tree borers. These Dor.
ers crawl up the tree until q weakened
place In the bark is discovered and al
once proceed to 20 beneath the bark
and commence their work Of destruc.
tion. The borer will chew the soft
wood beneath the bark and % poison
the bark that II win become dry and
dead. Often times these Hat.headed
worms will eat into the very heart et
the tree In a search for better feed,
Many times the borer will completely
girdle the rree. Az their work is done
beneath the bark they often kill the
tree before they are discovered. The
tree borer usually attacks newly trans
planted trees or those which have been
.. &4aktpssi. ''Siaes: the moth depcsits
the .eggs ca 'ths' tree :0r :oas the ground
near Che Tree Il ID saiy to prevent !,
from getting ..en .the sf<e isstIs: ;. raks
"a strip az hnrlsn .iaaS :NiEd:: IT, adtUn
thickness from Just under the ground
to a height Of six to seven feet on
the trunk Of the tree. The borer does
not seem to have the ability to pusn
Its way through the burlap and heacs
goes TO other pastures.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
Poor canaoiatien.

That giri next door has just bought
the latest popular song
"Cheer upi After she sings q it
viii no longer be popular In this neigh
borhood. Boston Transcript.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
Ancient eoyptlan Women.

In Tut-Ankh-Amen's time, Egyptian
girls were married before they were
fourteen. and among the lower classes
were mothers at nfteen. gxandmothers
at thirty, and wrinkied old women
when they we're forty.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05

! The nineteenth chapter Of second
Kings and the thirty-ssvsnth chapter
Of Isaiah are exactly alike.
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
On the staaa.

A supercilious actor was talking Of
taking tabloid Shakespeare on the
road. but said he was afraid Of getting
over their heads.
"You needn't be afraid Of getting
over their heads" stated q quiet old
performer. 'They can always follow
you. ! % very well with Q trapeze
act" @a
The northwestern bulletin., 1924-01-05
Public Barometer.

Fiatbash-Ee 10 . high exponent Of
that old adage. "one good turn de-
serves another"
Yoaksrs--And he 10 in businessf
riatbush--Yss. he owns q couple OF
merry-go rounds Pittsburgh Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01

Probably many fans like to try new
hook-ups occasionally, and find that a
great deal of wiring IN the detector
and amplifier circuits has TO be done
over unnecessarily. They may have
built or contemplated building two
step amplifier to save this additional
wiring, but how many have realized
that by including the detector with the
amplifiers far more wiring could be
saved?
Then, again, there are the battery
connections to be made in using sep
arate two-step with an existing single
tube set-double wiring to the "a" and
''B" batteries, with an extra .B" bat
terry, and very frequently shorting and
feedbacks.
Howard r. Campbell explains way
for doing this In recent article in
the Radio Review of the New York
Evening Mail.
The circuit herewith may be used
with any type of hook-up except the
reflex, and contains features which
make possible very close regulation OF
tone and volume. 1t should preferably
be inclosed in separate cabinet, with
all battery connections entering from
the rear, the five binding posts on the
front left providing various connec-
tons to the tuners.
Two binding posts are shown leading
from the plate, permitting the insertion
of variometer for regeneration, and
may be shorted If desired.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
When and Where to
Use Your Amplif1er

Receiving sets are complete with
out an amplifier. In other words the
amplifier is something apart from the
regular receiving set; it Is an Access
sorry; it can be added at any time to
the usual run of receiving sets. So
the question arises as TO when and
where an amplifier should be used.
In order to secure a louder signal
with good quality or to receive dis
tant stations some means of amplifica-
ton must be adopted. The signal as
it is received on the antenna must be
amplified before it reaches the de-
tector. Detector efficiency decreases
with a decrease in the energy received,
so that If we can increase this energy
before 1t reaches the detector better
efficiency will follow.
One of the most common methods of
obtaining radio frequency amplifica-
ton is the utilization of regeneration in
the detector tube itself Since perfect
recufication does not take place in the
detector tube a certain amount of
radio frequency flows in its plate cir
cult so that by coupling this circuit
back to the grid the amplified signal
strength is made to re-energize the
grid and cause a still greater change
In the variations of the plate current.
Regeneration may be accomplished
by means of capacitative or inductive
back coupling or by a combination of
both. Short wave receivers are often
constructed with a variable Undue
lance in the plate circuit which can be
then tuned to the signal frequency.
Sufficient voltage is thus built up
across the plate circuit to feed a small
amount of energy back TO the grid
through the capacity between the grid
and plate within the tube ITSELF
For long wave lengths the tube ca
pacity becomes sufficient for good re-
generation and some additional means
must be provided such as inductiye
coupling between the grid and plate
circuits.
This consists of placing coil of
wire in the plate circuit and coupling
it back to the input or grid circuit of
the tube.
Another method employs more
vacuum tubes ahead of the detector
tube with suitable coupling between,
to transfer the energy from one tube
to the next at the signal frequency.
As with audio frequency the coupling
between tubes may be resistance. in
ductances or transformers but they
cannot have the same values as in the
audio frequency coupling.
At short wave lengths amplification
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
Grounded Filament
Gives Best Results

Ground the filamept."
Perhaps you have heard this express
sion or have read 1t somewhere in
print and have wondered just what II
meant and why the ''filament" should
be grounded.
Grounding the filament means sim.
ply the connecting of wire to one of
the filament leads of the tube and at
taching the other end to some kind of
a ground, such as a cold-water pipe, a
radiator or the like. BY ground is
meant any conductor that leads eventu-
ally to the earth and which, preferably.
passes some distance into the ground,
such as the water system of a city.
If possible, ground the filament to
some other pipe than the one to which
the ground wire of the set is attached.
Use ground clamp, and before at
taching this see that the surface of the
pipe has been filed or scraped bright
and shiny, SO that the clamp will make
good contact
Grounding the filament' generally
results in smoother action of the de-
tector tube and often eliminates or
helps to eliminate body capacity eff
fects. Body capacity is the effect
produced when the hand is brought
near dials or instruments of the set
signals viii either increase in volume
or the set will begin to howl and
squeal and spill over" 1t is to assist
in clearing up this trouble that the fla
ment is grounded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
How Amateurs Can Use
Worn-Out Dry Cells

Many amateurs are at present using
WD-11 tubes and No. 6 dry cells to
light the filament.
When these cells run down below 10
to II amperes, on test, they are no
longer suitable for this purpose and
are, therefore, usually thrown away.
Where such cells are used to operate
three or more WD-11s, they soon ac-
cumulate and by saving them 1t takes
but short time to get together 15 or
more Of these used cells. But instead
of throwing them away, connect them
up in series (15 cells for 20 volts or
about 1.3 volts per CELL to make an
excellent "B" battery to supply the
plate current to the tubes.
Since "B" batteries cost consider
able, it is well worth while saving the
dry cells, as these will last long time,
due to the comparatively small amount
of current required for the plate
supply.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
Variable Currents Are
Easily DISTINGUISHED

In these days of radio-frequency
application and audio-frequency am
plification it may be well to explain
the difference between the two. Radio
frequencies are variable currents that
are received In the primary and Sec
ondary circuits of the receiver and
range from 1900 cycles per second to
infnity. The audio-frequencies are
variable currents that usually can be
distinguished by the human ear, and
are always much below 1900 cycles.
These frequeneies are audible in the
telephone receivers. They are received
IN the plate circuit of the detector
tube and pass through the telephones
or the primary of the first audio-fre-
quency transformer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01

is ACCOMPANIED by more or less regen.
GRAFTON through the grid and plate ca
pacities of the tube as mentioned In
connection with detector regeneration.
For some wave lengths the back coup
ling is sufficient to cause oscillations
in the amplifier tubes and to overcome
this tendency some means must be
provided, such as an adjustable grid
voltage which may be made positive
and thus secure stable operation.
Inductive or transformer couplings
will transfer energy at limited range
of frequencies. For this reason in
ductances and transformers made for
use in the application of the high
frequencies of short wave lengths will
not transfer tube noises or disturb
ances which are limited to audible fire.
quencies. Several stages may thus be
connected in cascade to amplify the
signal strength without distortion be-
fore it reaches the detector. Audio
application may then be added as
desired TO obtain whatever volume Of
sound is found necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01

One of the bottom posts provides
for the filament return to the tuner,
and IL it is desired to use radio fire.
quency both posts may be used to con-
tinue the A battery leads TO the r. f.
tubes.
There are two grid leaks, either one
of which may be used, depending on
the particular type Of hook-up.
A switch arm is shown with three
taps providing for shunting .0O1 fixed
condenser either directly across the
phones, between the filament and the
plate. or leaving it out altogether. a
phone condenser being essential In
some sets and inadvisable in others.
The very useful condenser is provid-
ed, as shown in the grid Of the second
stage, and may be either DOL or .OO2
, mfds.
To complete the ensemble "C' bat
terry is shown, and its inclusion will
eliminate whatever distortion may pos
sibly appear, especially If 1t Is desired
to use the new "a" tubes.
If this hook-up is followed the fan
will find that he has a complete self
contained unit that need not be
changed whatever the type of circuit
he builds, and he can then go ahead
and experiment with his tuners with
no danger of shorting and with the
confidence that whatever set he builds,
nine-tenths of the wiring is already
done.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01

" that it was because he was too
willing; too easily imposed upon, that
he did not assert himself enough and
demand his rights. But he would
change all that. From then on he
would be as the others.
A couple of days later his oppor-
tunity came. 1t was question of
some one staying down late to finish
up some matters. Every one ducked
except Bagby. He-well, he marched
into the boss Office .Say," said he
timidly for all his efforts to the con-
trary. 'I'm tired of being made the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
The Painless One

Dinah made up her mind to go to
the dentist. But the moment he
touched her tooth she started to wrig-
gle and scream. The dentist said. Sc
verely:
what on earth Is this fuss about7
Why, l am a painless dentist. Didn't
you see my advertisement outside"
"Well, sah," said Dinah. "yo' may be-
painless, but All isn't."s