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Evening star., 1925-03-09
LEADERSHIP HELD
COLLEGE ESSENTIAL
Hibben Says Book Learning
No Longer Is Main Re-
quirement at Princeton.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Capacity to attain" rather than
the book learning" of tradition, is
the new American university ideal
proclaimed by DR.. John Grier Htbben.
president of Princeton. Addressing
the annual dinner of the Princeton
Club of Washington during the week
end, DIR. Hibben laid down what is
practically a new set of standards for
admission TO the higher American
institutions of education. Princeton,
he said, while demanding academic
merit III young man entering the
university, nowadays demands some
thing else. 1t demands d certificate
Of character AS exemplified in boys
school record Princeton gives pref
erence to youths who have shown, be-
fore arriving at university age, talent
for leadership among their fellows
through the exercise of the right kind
of influence.
Delineating his ideas of the sort of
selective draft the modern American
university should enforce, DR.. Hibben
said:
princeton, of course. adheres TO
the system of requiring college board
credits as a prerequisite to Inatricu-
lation. But we are inquiring further
into boys eligibility than his pro-
hciency in mathematics, languages or
the classics. We want to know what
kind of schoolboy he was. We want
to know whether at high school and
preparatory school, before aspiring to
Princeton, he revealed traits of char
acter that, far as is humanity pos
sible, indicate not only the type Of
undergraduate but the type OF man he
is likely to be.
IF we find a boy who is deficient in
credits in this nartirul a 7
branch, but who has in his favor a
career of leadership at school, a
record of broad influence on his COM
radeS. an outlook on life that distin-
guished him morally-that kind of a
boy, despite academic shortcomings,
is the kind of boy who is welcome at
Princeton. II is the kind we are well
coming, in fact, from year TO year.
1t IS the kind of which we want and
mean to have more"
DR.. Hibben gave a graphic illustra-
tion of the practical application of
the system that governs at Prince
ton. "On the eve of the war" he
said "a lad from Idaho applied for
admission TO the university. He was
deficient in some of the usual credits.
Under the strict Interpretation OF the
university rules, he was not eligible
to enter. He came to see me about
his plight. In the course of the visit,
the boy explained that he had worked
his way across the continent from
Idaho as a feeder of cattle on the
railroads. BY that means, he had
been enabled to reach Princeton. l
sent for the director of admissions.
I told him tn D any American boy
anxious enough to enter Princeton,
who had got there as that Idaho lad
did, ought not to have the door shut
in his face. We took that boy in.
The World War came on. He wanted
to fight. He reported in Washington.
The military authorities found he was
color blind. He never knew before
that he was so afflicted, l asked
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Gen. Barnett of the Marine Corps to
give the fellow q. chance. His color
blindness was waived. That boy
fought SO gallantly as a captain at
Chateau Thierry that both France and
Great Britain afterwards decorated
him for distinguished service. That
boy had the capacity to attain. We
want at Princeton, above all else.
young men with the capacity to
attain"
The Princeton chief executive alb
solved himself from the suspicion of
espousing a driving" system of uni
versity education. He declared he did
not believe in a scheme of all work
and no play for undergraduates.
They are entitled to have, and at
Princeton do have" Dr. Hibben said,
'all the time and opportunity neces-
sary for the cultivation of campus
life, athletics. comradeships and the
other immemorial things of the col
lege career. All we are requiring is
that d boy shall do full days col
lege work. That means q full share
of all those things that go to make up
d well-rounded university life. men
tally, morally and physically"
DIR. Hibben mentioned one quaint
circumstance that rather astonished ed
his audience of Princeton "old boys
1t was the fact, as he narrated, that
when a university student gets into
trouble" with regard to his class
standing or for any other reasons. 1t
is almost invariably his mother, not
his father. who comes to plead on his
behalf "In nine cases out of ten,"
said PRESIDENT Hibben, my visitors
on such missions bent are the moth
ers. of undergraduates. Upon the M,
nowadays, rather than upon preoccu-
pied and busy fathers, seems TO rest
the burden of Strengthening out the
college boys course when il becomes,
for any reason. temporarily detected" !"
Dr. Alfred +. Dennis (Princeton, 80,
President Coolidge's newly -oppotnted
Democratic member of the United
States Tariff Commission, said that
what the country and the world need
ed was the -four years OF intellectual
curiosity" which career al Princeton
lnCulcates in an American boy. He
told of an American business man
who came to Rome in the midst of
the World War and berated the Ital-
ians for not undermining" their rail-
roads and running s-hour instead of
2o-hour trains between Rome and
Milan. That American" said DR..
Dennis, lacked an appreciation of
beauty. d veneration for art, d de-
cent regard for history. He lacked
the intellectual curiosity that is bred
in the bone of Princeton"
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-03-09

art event of outstanding Importance
in the history of the National Capital.
From Washington the exhibit will
be sent en- masse by special train to
the metropolis where IL will have its
second showing. Later it will go on
a coast o-coast tour and for the first
time in the history Of this country
really great art exhibition will be
placed before the public on a national
scale.
c. Powell Minnigerode, director of
the Corcoran Gallery, has already
been in New York, arranging the
details Of the joint enterprise with
the council of the National Academy,
which consists besides President
Blasl.aeld OF the following: Harry w.
Watrous, vice president; Charles c.
Curran, corresponding secretary;
Douglas Volk, recording secretary;
Francis Q. Jones. treasurer; Herbert
Adams, Dewitt NJ Lockman, Adolph
A. Weinman, Hobart Nichols, Gardner
Symons, F. Ballard Williams, and
Charles T. Heaslip, business manager.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
NEW ART PROGRAM
NEEDS $6,OOO,OOO UNDERWRITING
Fund VIII Finance Great Exhibition Here Ne1i
Autun,n and in Other Cities, Enlarge School
and Send Students to Europe.

The special exhibition of the Ma
tional Academy of Design which will
open next Autumn in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art in this city is intended
first. as a celebration of the centenary
of the Oldest and best known art or
ganization in America, and, second, as
a demonstration to the American
public of the value of new exhibit
tion program which is to be under
taken with the beginning of the sec
ond century Of the academy's exist
ence.
This information is given in state
ment made by Edwin III. Blashfield
president Of the academy, authorized
at a special meeting of the council
OF that Organization held In New
York yesterday. The statement an
nounces that the academy needs
SO. 900 600 for an educational expan-
sion program to make possible the
fulfillment of its responsibility as a
national institution TO the public, the
artists and art students of the Nation.
Plan TO Develop school.
The principal object to be attained
through the raising of this six-mil-
lion dollar. fund is the extensive de-
velopment of the academy's art school
located at Amsterdam avenue and
One Hundred and Ninth street, New
York City. The plan necessitates an
outlay of $4,000, 900 for adequate
buildings and the establishment of an
endowment OF s1,S00.0O0, the income
OF which is TO be devoted TO faculty
expense and college upkeep.
A fund OF $700,000, the income from
which shall annually enable 25 stu
dents to so abroad under expert su-
pervision for the study of master
pieces and observation of European
instruction and exhibition methods, is
also contemplated. The academy does
not purpose 10 raise these funds by
any drive or campaign. They will be
raised by direct appeals to persons
who have already evidenced their in
terest in art development in this
country and to groups of people in
some fifty different cities who wish
Evening star., 1925-03-09


opportunity to study and travel.
One Million Dollars for Exhibits.
OF the entire sum an endowment Of
81 100000 is desired to enable the
presentation of semi-annual exhibit
tions of American painting, sculpture,
architecture and engraving. these ex-
hibits not to be confined to New York,
hut to meet halfway the art organ
izations of other cities throughout
the United States which wish such
displays to visit them.
plans are being worked out.
says President Blashfeld, whereby,
through the contribution of certain
amount to the financing of the acad-
emy's program, each city will have
the right to place before its citizens
an academy exhibition each year and
also to send q certain number OF stu
dents to it's college OF art"
The exhibition to be staged here
through the cooperation of the Cor
coran Gallery and under the patron
age of the President of the United
States will present the best work of
members of the academy in painting,
sculpture, architecture and engraving &
for the past 100 years, and will be an
Evening star., 1925-03-09
CHILD WELFARE SESSION.
Experts to Meet at Raleigh Hotel
Late Today.

Experts will discuss placement of de-
pendent children in Washington and in
other cities at a meeting of the Council
Of Social Agencies at the Raleigh Hotel
at o'clock this afternoon. The meet
ing will be held under the auspices OF
the children's committee.
Speakers will include Miss Grace
Abbott director of the Children's Bu-
reau of the Labor Department J. w.
Sanford of the Juvenile Court Of the
District and J. e. Stuart an agent OF
the Board of Childrens Guardians.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
PAPER PLANT DAMAGED.
Sixth Floor of Atlanta Constitu
tion Building Gutted.

ATLANTA, Ga, March 9.-The sixth
floor OF the Atlanta Constitution waa
gutted by fire yesterday and damas.
estimated at 100000 resulted befor.
the blaze was brought under control
Machinery in the composing room. oA
the fifth floor, and presses, in thu
basement, suffered from the food 90
water poured into the building il
the two-hour fight necessary to en-
tfnguish the fire.
Evening star., 1925-03-09

Pure EPSON Salts has no equal in
medicine for constipation, biliousness,
sick headache. Doctors and nurses
depend upon it because no other laxa.
tive acts so perfectly, so harmlessly
on the bowels. 1t never gripes or
oyeracts.
"Epsonade Salts" is pure EPSON
Salts made pleasant with fruit de.
rivative salts-nothing else. It tastes
like sparkling lemonade and costs
only few cents package at any drug
store. Try it! "Epsonade Salts" is
guaranteed by the American EPSON
Association.
Evening star., 1925-03-09

to give their young fellow-citizens
opportunity to study and travel.
One Million Dollars for Exhibits.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-23

THE homser who seeks bedroom Furniture that reflects ar OF in.
innate charm will be attracted this opece group Our artist
has faithfully reproduced many the important details and yet admits
that personal inspection will the quality Of this suite It pat
notable Queen Anne design and s graceful lines make TIA
still more desirable group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
REAL ESTATE ETHICS
STRESSED TO BOARD
Importance of Highest Standards
Impressed Upon Members
by Speakers.

The tremendous growth of real
estate business in its development
from mere handling of land transac-
tons to Il profession and it's great
effect on the Nations business was
stressed by the speakers who ad-
dressed more than hundred mem
bers of the Associate Division of the
Washington Real Estate Board at the
Wardman Park Hotel last Thursday
night.
James p. Schick, secretary of the
board, stressed the development of
the real estate business to its present
status. He emphasized the fact that
the relations between the real estate
brokers and the client was a fiduciary
and confidential relation and that it
is therefore necessary that every per-
son transacting real estate business
should be of high ethical standing.
He pointed out that the real estate
men of the country are engaged in
providing the Nations homes; that
they sell to- the prospective business
men the place of his business: that
they deal with the large investments
of the rich man and the lifetime saw
ings of the poor man.
Clarence DonohOe, president of the
board, outlined the duties of real
estate statesmen and told members
of the associate division that it is
necessary for them to follow out the
ethical standards promulgated by the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards because they are the men who
will be the leaders in the realty pro-
feSsion in a few years.
John A. Petty. formerly secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
FIRMS TO SHARE
S6(O,0)O OFFICES
Shannan & Luchs and Ward
man to Erect Building on
Old G. w. u. Site.

Announcement was made today that
Shannon & Luchs and the Wardman
Construction Co. have purchased the
former George Washington University
Law School Building at 1875 X street
and on its site will Jointly erect a
100000 double office building to serve
as the headquarters for these two
companies.
The old George Washington Law
School was formerly occupied by the
Department of Justice and was orig
, inally the home of Senator John NJ.
! Palmer of Illinois. The new structure,
. wheL completed. will he one of the
largest real estate or home construc-
= ton offices in the country. 1t will be
a five-story, fireDroof structure of
steel and concrete and Will be divided
into two separate office buildings. one
for each company. The two buildings
will contain every modern conven-
fence. including forced ventilation. ell
evato1 service and a special intercom-
municating telephone system.
The full details Of the interior of the
Wardman office have not been an
nounced as yet. The Shannon &
Luchs Co. will use the first floor of
their building for the executive offices
and mortgage department. Special
huilt-in glassed rooms will be provided
for typists. Special file and record
rooms also Will he provided and the
place heated by oil burners.
The entire front will be finished in
Ohio sandstone. The main lobby will
have a floor of Tennessee marble and
the walls Will be Travetine. All the
woodwork and Office equipment will
be OF walnut. Arthur +. Heaton is the
architect. He made trips to many of
the principal cities to get ideas for the
combined buildings The increase in
the National Capitals size and its
prospects for the future are cited by
Harry Wardman and Herbert 7. Shan
non as reasons for their desire to erect
a larger office building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
WILL SPLIT LARGE TRACT
INTO SMALLER FARMS
Baltimore Dealer Acquires 1000
Acres Along Potomac
River.

BALTIMORE, December ia
z. 000-acre tract on the Potomac River
has been acquired by Thomas r.
Bond, a Baltimore realtor.
The tract is between Clifton Beach
and Maryland Point and includes
about four miles of fine sandy beach.
The property includes tracts of St.
Edwards Potomac View, Addison.
Smiths Point and Mitchell Manor, the
last having been owned by Senator
Walter ]. Mitchell for several gen
erations. The land will be developed
into small farms of from 25 to 100
acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
WORK ON ROADWAYS.
Prediction Made of $4,000, 100000
Expenditure in Early Future.

William H. Cornell. president of the
American Road Builders Association
and a prominent State highway
official, in an address some time ago
referred to the fact that one-third
of all money now beir spent for
construction in the United States was
being expended on roads and streets.
Mr.. Council predicted that the time
was not far distant when those eX-
penditureS would amount to $4,000
100000 instead of $4,000 100000 as
estimate at the present time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19

of the board. spoke on the ethics Of
the real estate boards and the neces-
sity of real estate statesmen and
brokers conforming to these stand
ards in order that the profession may
maintain and grow to it's high stand
ing.
An entertainment program was
provided and a buffet supper was
served. Albert E. Landvoigt was the
chairman of the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
Sergeants on Retired List.

Staff Sergt. Anderson B. Davis,
Army War College Detachment, at
Washington Barracks, ID. c.; Staff
Sergt. Charles w. Tucker. detached
enlisted mems list, at the u. S. Mill
tary Academy, and Master Sergt.
John III. Williams, 18th Infantry, at
FIT. Hamilton, N. Y, have been placed
on the retired list of the Army on
their own applications, after more
than 80 years service for each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
Commissioned as Lieutenant.

Joseph r. Brady, GIL Otis place
northwest, this city. has been COM
missioned by the War Department
a first lieutenant in the Ordnance
Department, Officers Reserve Corps
of the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19

Only two States of the Union-Colo
RADIO and Wyoming - have unbroker
straightline boundaries on all sides
Evening star., 1925-12-18
DEMPSEY GO
STILL UP IN THE AIR
BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK, December 18.-Now
it appears that the highest bidder is
going to get the Dempsey Wills fight.
This is the latest angle on the heavy
weight title extravaganza.
This tip comes from Rob Roy Ben
ton. At least this is reported to be
the source. Not many weeks ago
Dempsey said that Benton was no
longer his secretary and general ad.
wiser. What is all this, anyway?
Wires crossed somewhere.
AS usual. Paddy Mullins angle is
not submitted. Mullins sits back and
watches all the new angles as they
appear. takes his pipe out Of his
mouth. probably. and burbles. Jaw.
fudger'
If a real fight looms up. however,
Wills will be there with eyes eager to
locate the dotted line.
EXcept-he will probably object to
a 10round, no decision bout. Some
how, even though he is older than
Dempsey, he thinks his chances of
success are better over the longer
route. Anyway, he wants a sympa-
thetic crowd, or as much of a sympa-
thetic crowd as he can get.
One thing is sure. Wills will do
battle in February or March. and 1t
Is equally sure that if a match with
Dempsey is really clinched he will be
the most surprised man in the world.
Meanwhile. how is it that no photo
stat copies have been made for publ.
cation of the Dempsey-Wills contract?
Evening star., 1925-12-18
TWO CITIES TO DROP
FROM GRAND CIRCUIT

CLEVELAND, Ohio. December 18
@.-At least two cities represented
last season will be missing from the
grand circuit in 1926 Columbus and
Aurora, H.. have dropped out. Secre-
tary Win H. Kinnan announced today,
but tracks in the other eight cities
have signified their intention of re-
naming in the lineup.
When the stewards meet here Janu-
AIRY and 5 indications are they will
have difficulty filling five weeks. Last
season when Columbus relinquished
its dates for one week they were
taken by North Randall, giving that
track two weeks at the start of the
season and two weeks later in the
Summer. The North Randall man.
agement is opposed to accepting more
than one week in July and another in
August next year.
In addition to filling the two weeks
relinquished by North Randall, the
schedule committee is confronted with
the problem of filling the week raced
by Aurora and two weeks assigned to
Columbus last Fall.
The schedule committee, of which
Ed Upton, Lexington, KY, is chair
man, and the rules committee, headed
by w. F. Stahler, Toledo. meet on
January 4. Their recommendations
will be submitted to the stewards at a
business session on the following day.
Columbus has been in the circuit for
first for Aurora.
retain their franchises are North
Randall, Toledo, Kalamazoo, Syracuse,
Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Lexington
and Atlanta
Evening star., 1925-12-18

successful that I have always wonder
ed why it is not used in these days.
Had Much Confidence.
I have never seen a pitcher with
more confidence in himself than Nc
Ginnity had. He was so cock-sure of
his fielding ability that he would take
any sort of chance, throwing to any
base under any circumstance, and this
fielding ability lifted him out of many
tight spots. He did a great deal of
pitching in his day and he led the Ma
tional League pitchers in 1900; but all
the pitching must not have taken
much from him, for at 54 he was still
pithing double-headers. Not another
pitcher that the game has produced
did that
Walter Johnson is another pitcher
that lasted long time. With all his
terrific speed, he continued going
along as a winning pitcher with a
weak club except at the tail end of his
career. I well remember the day
Johnson made his debut He was just
in from Weiser, Idaho, and he was
started against Detroit, because De-
troit in those days used Washington
as stepping stone. He was big and
one of the most awkward men l have
ever seen. I Immediately ordered the
Detroit players to bunt, and they did.
Johnson could not field a bunt. This
fault enabled us to beat him, to /.
but we taught him a lesson. The next
morning Johnson appeared at the ball
park and practiced fielding bunts. He
continued this practice every day until
he mastered it. In that game, his
first in the majors, Johnson showed
the same binding speed that carried
him to base ball fame. He not alone
had speed, but he had good control.
johnson an Exception.
|, Johnson is one of the few pitchers
that came from the minors to the
majors and made good right at the
start. Pitchers and catchers need
more education than players in any
other position. The battery men gen.
orally have to spend several seasons
in the minors getting experience be-
fore they can break into the major
league circle; and even after they get
on the pay roll Of a big league club,
they must be around a season or two
before they can be used as regulars.
Go down the list Of successful big
league pitchers and you will find a
very few that were worked regularly
in their first year in the big show.
Nearly all of their time was spent on
the bench. Occasionally they were
sent in when game was absolutely
won or absolutely lost, but otherwise
they were merely spectators in uni.
form. Johnson was an exception. :.
Copyright. 1925)
Evening star., 1925-12-18
Slight Fa0re Oer Herman Stellar European Coll Pros Visit L.
RUTH STARTS WORK
TO REGAIN OLD FORM
By the Associated Press.

By. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 1S.-Babe
Ruth, admitting to 225 pounds, plans
to fight, slap and run his way into his
old prominence on the Nations base
ball diamonds.
The Babe crammed his way into a
New York gymnasium yesterday, took
off his coat and announced. that the
base bah season was on. He tossed a
medicine ball a couple of hundred
times, pulled through two three-min-
ute rounds Of boxing and defeated an
opponent at handball.
Then a blow fell upon Ruth, for
there came an announcement from the
New York Yankees offices that the
warm baths and green golf links of
Hot Springs were not for the Babe
this season unless he wanted to pay
his way. For several years Ruth has
grappled with Influenza and other foes
in the Arkansas resort.
The former home-run champion says
that he will work hard indoors until
the Yankee host sets forth for Flor
ida and that he will be in condition
for the campaign. hoping for health
and homers.