Evening star., 1925-03-25

The Tufts Weekly, official organ of
Attorney General Sargent's alma ma
ter, commentaries his entry into the
cabinet by recalling his first use OF
arbitrary power for the public well
fare" There is a between the-lineS
suggestion that he will use shirt
sleeve methods at the Department of
Justice if and when the occasion
arises. The Tufts Weekly says:
Although John Garibaldi Sargent
was not in the least belligerent in his
college days, there was one occasion
when he exercised a little arbitrary
power for the public welfare. One of
the students in the dormitory. who
lived on the ground floor, had made
himself obnoxious to the whole stu
dent body by certain traits. Sargent
was chosen leader of a committee to
notify the youth to leave. At mid
night the committee entered the mis-
creant's room by kicking the door
from it's hinges. Sargent told the stu
dent to get out and stay out. Then
he and the rest of the committee
pitched the students furniture
through the windows. The student
left and never returned. Even during
that incident, the big Vermonter was
not reused to real anger. This lack
OF rancor, together with an ex-
tremely broad tolerance, made him SO
popular that Sargent was elected
president of his class as a freshman.
He was a steady, careful student,
ending his academic course third or
fourth in class standing.
Speaker Nicholas Longworth has
lust disclosed an unknown piece OF
personal history. 1t appears thaI ne
rowed in the Harvard crew two or
three wears before graduation, in 1891.
Not long ago a cultured Chinese star
tied Longworth by asking If Harvard
was still using a certain racing-sneli
contrivance. I,ongworth, astounded
at the technical aquatic knowledge OF
the Oriental, inquired what the ial
ter knew about boat racing on, l
used to be at New London regularly
the Chinese replied. Dld you ete We
see Harvard row." Longworth Said
Tho gentleman from Cathay re-
ioined: Never" Longworth couidn
understand how man could nave
watched boat racing at New Lonooh
and not seen the Harvard crew row,
whereupon the Chinese retorteu;
was coxswain of the Yale crew!
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Tbere will be an American-Argen
tfnian festivity in Washington on MAY
% when a statue of Gen. Don Jose
de San Martin, liberator OF the Arsen-
tine. will be unveiled. 1t IS the sils
of that country to the GoVernhent oi
the United States. General San MAI
tin measures up in Latin Amer icdn '
est;mation to the heroic dimensions
of George Washington. He was born
during our War of Independence. II
has been said of him that "he was
an American by birth, a revolutionist
nv instinct and a republican by con-
viction." When the statue OF SIMON
Rolivar. hero of Peru, Venezuela ana
colombia. was unveiled in New YORK
hy President Harding in 1921, 1t was
the occasion of an important pro-
nouncement of our Monroe Doctrine
policy. President Coolidge may say
something equally momentous When
the San Martin statue is dedicated.
Mrs. Anna Schoellkopf, wife OF the
secretary of the American embassy
at Buenos Aires, has just written
stirring life of San Martin.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns,
who spend almost as much time at
the White House as they do at their
home in Boston, will sail for Naples
tomorrow for a sojourn of seven or
eight weeks. They plan to be back
in the United States just before June
l. The Stearnses took leave of the
Coolidges in Washington this week.
Now and then, particularly in recent
times, there have been tales OF
estrangement between the President
and his oldest political friend and
closest counselor. Various causes are
assigned. Once in a while Stearns
Gone hears) has been too communica-
tive to suit his more taciturn protege.
On other occasions ESQ the stories
go) the throne has been badly ad-
vised' by the man behind it Hardly
any of these tales rests on any foun-