Evening star., 1925-01-04


detachment Of American marines
has been landed at ,Nansing, China, TO
protect foreign residents following the
looting by Chinese soldiers of a number
of large silk stores in the city.
Texas. which has just elected a wom
an governor, will have three woman JUS
tices on the Supreme Court of Texas, the
retiring governor Pat NJ. Neff, having
appointed them as courtesy to Ma"
Ferguson, the incoming State executive.
Educational.
The country watches with intrest
the outcome of a row precipitated in
Kansas last week when Gov. Jona
than NJ. Davis removed Chancellor E.
II. Lindley, of the University of Kan
sas for his spirit of aloofness and
aristocracy." failure to come in con-
tact with individual students, political
activity, procrastination and incompe
tency. Gov. Davis term expires jan
uary IL, and he has intimated he will
not appoint a successor to Chancellor
Lindley. About 400 students and their
parents. meanwhile, have petitioned
Governor-elect Ben S. Paulen to re-
appoint the chancellor when he takes
office,
Trinity University in North Caro-
lima changes its name to Duke"
university and thereby receives the
benefits of a 100000 900 trust fund
established by James B. Duke, power
and tobacco magnate. The univer-
sity's benefactor made the change of
name the only condition, in return for
which it receives $4,000, 900 for build
ing purposes and 80 per cent of the in
come from the trust fund.
The Senate last week passed local
measure providing for compulsory
school attendance in the District The
measure, sponsored by Senator Capper
of Kansas. has the backing of the
Board of Education. The bill, which is
planned to replace the present law
school attendance of all children be-
tween 7 and 16 years of age in the
District.
The House subcommittee which
now is considering the District ap-
preparation bill for the fiscal year be-
ginning next July l has received the
urgent request Of District school au-
thorities for budget of 81, 500, 1000
the largest ever asked for public
schools in the District.
Education in American schools
showed unprecedented progress dur
ing 1924, with more real achievement
taking place than in any year re-
corded, according to Commissioner of
Education John ]. Tigert. Twenty
flye million pupils were enrolled in
the public, elementary and high
schools during the last year, he states,
with universities and colleges caring
for more than 100000.
Science. .
One after another the wonders of
science were unfolded here last week
to a gaping public, which watched
the news each day developing from
the meetings of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Sci
ence, a gathering which brought to-
gether more prominent scientists In
Washington than ever before. 1t Is
impossible to touch any but the high
spots in a summary of the interesting
facts brought out by those who read
papers before the meetings, but some
of the outstanding points follow:
Heart disease now outstrips tuber-
culosis and other ailments as the fore
most killer of humanity. and has be-
come a segious economic menace.
gas worthless as cure for colds and
diseases Of the respiratory tracts.
American born families may be in
danger of disappearing before the In
vasion of foreign-born because of
their failure to raise larger families.
William Jennings Bryan's theories
on evolution are not only based on
pure assumption, but represent an
actual danger to religion, thus show
ing the need for a closer union of
science and religion.
Radio and the stars have made OBJ
solete the old methods of determining
the longitude of observation stations
by the telegraph.
Chimpanzees not only appear to
think, but do think, and II Is highly
possible that chimpanzees, with their
high intellectual development, may be
taught to read and write. or at least
express themselves by the use of SYM
bolS of a sort.
The sun, which has been hurting out
1000, 900 tons of energy every second
for the last billion years. VIII con-
tinue TO do so for another fifteen
thousand billion years at least, with
no increase or decrease in the work
1t does.
While mankind may look upon the
sun as the ultimate OF brightness.
there are many stars many times as
bright.
The menace" which the radio holds
for the theater was brought home as
never before last week when, for the
first time in radio history, famous
stars of the opera sent their golden
voices on the air for the entertain
ment of millions, who paid nothing
for the privilege. The New York thea
ters on Thursday night, when John
Mccormack and Lucrezie Bori, stars
of the Metropolitan opera Company,
sang to the microphone, showed a sig
nificant decrease in attendance. AS
other stars of the opera will sing in a
series of concerts arranged by
phonograph corporation, the theaters
are wondering how to combat some
thing that seriously threatens their
revenues. There is little the Govern
ment can do about it, and about the
only step left open is to bind actors
together in a compact which will pre-
vent their entertaining radio au-
diences free, while the theaters on
tertain empty rows of high-prfced
seats.
Political.
While the Republicans in the Sem