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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
Green Fruit Men
Establish Office

HARLINGEN, Sept. Estate de-
partment Of agriculture representa-
tives, established in their headquar-
ters at 500 Baxter building here. are
completing arrangements for making
of tests of oranges and grapefruit
for scidity and sugar content in CON-
p~liance with the state green fruit
law. IL was announced here today
Maturity stamps are necessary on
each box and application blanks for
registration ns packers and shippers
must be filled out. These blanks will
be furnished from the Harrington Of
flee. and all questions pertaining to
the testing. ETC.. will be gladly an
sWered, according 70 y. C.. Powell, who
In in charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18

Who am II How have I achieved
fame in Alaska OF what expedition
am I a member?
Who IL heir 70 the throne OF
Spain?
What Ia the name or the leader
or the dog team which brought anti
diphtheria serum "a Nome, Alaska
"Strcng meat belonEeth 10 them
that are Of full age" Where ii this
passage found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this day. in 1898, the corner-
stone at the capitol at Washington.
D. c.. was laid.
Today's Horoscope
Persons horn under this sign are
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18

Continued selection or superior and gifted students
b. colleges and universities is not lkely 20 result In :
monopoly BY their graduates Of tha intellectual and
directive pursuits Of the nation.
Undue attention to the superior stuaent is a de-
parsure from the belief in the value az college training
for every degree of intelligence and persistence which
can survive the obstacle now placed in the wsy Of grad
uatiOn. Both the publicly supported and the privately
supported institutions that are inspired BY the mis-
sionary impulse will continue to reproduce more nearly
the conditions Of a world in which gifted, mediocre. aid
moron are mingled together in varied relations end
contacts.
Parallel to the desire FOR better service To students
il the desire for . better grade Of students u ssrvc.
During the biennium attention has been conferred
largely about service to the gifted or superior student.
50 conspicuously neglected By our ordinary college pro-
cedure. but this aspect Of discussion by no means in
dicates the limits Of interest and action with reference
to student quality.
One writer asserts that a large proportion of college
students "can not grasp the essentials Of any subject
Of college grade" Humorous or cutting phrases have
frequently given a wrong impression Of the college.
such as that Of Brander Matthews description Of col
lege as "a well-appointed country club with Incidental
opportunities for study"
These attitudes or mind and the attitude produced
BY such statements tend 20 take the view that higher
education should exist for the gifted student alone. II
represents a departure from belief in the value or col
lege training for every degree Of intelligence and Of
persistence capable Of ~scrambling through or over the
obstacles now set up for admission and graduation.
It disregards the fact that a large proportion Of the
men and women who are doing the worlds work are not
especially gifted. and even that many Of those who are
most influential in directing the worlds affairs are
Of mediocre ability as measured in terms Of scholastic
attainment or Of studious habits and tastes
Special provisions for the gifted student Is highly
desirable, and tendencies indicate that this group will
soon Be adequately cared for. The results Of . genera
tion Of such a consciously selective process will he
awaited with interest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
DROP o u PARKING

SAN ANGELO, Tex, Sept. 1s.-tP
The city commission has reseinded
its one hour parking ordinance in the
restricted parking district and has
gone hack to the two hour parking
rule.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
GOOD EXCUSE

But this officer says that while
you we're In a drunken state, you
tried 10 climb a l~amp-post."
yes, | did, your honor. but three
crocodiles had been following me
around all night and / admit they
we're getting on my nerves."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
Washington Letter
By CHAKLEs y. STEWART

weeks Ahead start IA an advantage
in the republican candidates favor.
He Is nominated first. he il notified
first. and he "a able to get into &C.
tion first. they argue.
Il may be so sometimes. The re-
publican candidate generally wins,
certainly Perhaps that bears cut
However. \ question whether IA I'm
true in this instance.
INV guess would he that his two
weeks wait must have been rather
trying t0 Kid Hoover.
-Four years aEo Cautious Calvin
knew IN advance. beyond the shadow
M "a survise. that Doubtful Davis
could net hit him. Two minutes or
two months-time meant nothing i'm
that case.
This Is altogether a different type
Of engagement.
Confident as the republican can
didate nav have been. and may vet
he. he cannot possibly have been
unaware that he was Up against stiff
competition.
Ever since the Houston cnnvpn-
tion no political fight fan in the
country can have failed w realize
that when Battling JAN leaped from
hiE corner. iii would be a~-firhtlrr.
Md Hoover'E policy is 40 cover
up and protect Mis- party'H record
as effertually INV may he.
Battling AIS policy. equally cf ab-
sclute necessity. IL has Ell along
been obvious. must ~ furiouF~ ar
Eressive-which IA just the kind 81
policy AT was designed BY nature to
pursue TO the ultimate maximum.
Does Il stand to reason that the
republican gladiator can have watt
ed those two weeks without some
dualms Of nervousness?
W. shall soon zee whether az noe
TIE shows any signs of same.
This fights bids fair ~ he the
farthest thing in che world from IA
mere scientific exhibition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
Timely Views
IOLARSHIP D REGARDED AS CRITERION
FOR LEADERSHIP
81 DR. ARTHUR y. KLEIN. Educator.

~ DR.. ARTHUR j. KLEIN. Educator.
arthur Jay Klein was horn Al SturEis. Mich.
Dec. 10. 1854. H. attended high school AZ Eikhart.
Ind, and was graduated from Wabash college and
Union Theological seminary. later obtaining N. A.
and Phi. D.. degrees at Columbia university. He was
an instructor in history at New York university
from 1909 70 1910. and at the College Of the City
Of New York for five years after thas. becoming
head Of the department Of history and economies
AZ Wheaton college. Norton, Mass. in 1915. In
1918 he was made assistant director Of the federal
service bureau and has since held various govern
ment positions. becoming. becoming chief az the
government division Of higher education in 1926:
His home i In Chevy Chase. Md
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18

HEKNSEA. Eng4-SwimminE CT
shore. George Hodgson was attacked
BY . big fish that Eashed both his
lsKs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
The Grab Bag

truthful. conscientious pure in m
ture and somewhat prudish. They
often are doubtful or their ability, q
trait which tands in their way.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
Other Papers
ELKs AID A LOUISIANA PARISH

H (Beaumont Enterprise).
fhe EIks have q notable record for philanthropy
IA are jealous in good works, but the financial ad tne
b~psloussa ledge ~ Elks u giving flood victims IN =:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
r~-~-- AI~~~efl-- D~-~~~~af~~.

Foreign Advertising Representatives
Dallas. Texas. 5.2 Mercantile Bank Building.
Chicago. M. Association Building.
Kansas City. Mo-. interstate Building.
New York. $50 Madison Avenue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18

A Daily Thought
Justice discards play. friendship,
kindred. and il therefore alwaTa
represented as hIind.--Addison-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
And Now Comes the Fight.

As an .nLerlude IN the political CAM
paign comes another exhibition Of the
"uaanly sport" Of so-calied boxing, with
tae present champion heavyweight
meeting a contender with a sufficient
reputation and record % entitle him "
the role of challenger. This affair viii
take place tomorrow night in New York
City. Much has been said and more
has been printed about the contest, In
the usual fashion Of appealing to pub
Tic interest I'm an entertainment which
r. staged upon broadly expensive lines.
In keeping with the traditions that
have bee71 established In recent years,
the promoter Of the match. whose name
Is household word because of his
numerous adventures in catering 10 the
drgife u people. 10 see the flow Of blood
and the imposition 81 suffering upon
human beings, has pledged himself 10
pay the champion the tidy sum Of
$500 900. win or lose. and the challenger
500 600, regardless Of The outcome. On
the eve Of the match, after doing some
figuring on the basis Of the number Of
tickets sold, he finds that instead Of
profit he faces q deficit. Accordingly,
he reduces the price of admission
Seven thousand tickets that have here
tofore been quoted at s. each are now
available for So. Even at that, the inn
mediate outlook Is that instead Of a
5sefed stadium there VIII be many
vacant seats tomorrow night At the Polo
Grounds, where the bout is to take
place.
The reason for this comparative lack
81 public interest Is not far 10 seek II
IS reflected IN the odds in the betting
which at present favor The champion at
three ~ one. In short. there is little
expectation Of an upset for him. Yet
. there ls always the possibility Of duke
hlox. 40 unlooked-for weakenink CT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25

ANY reader can get the answer to
any question by writing TO our 1nfor-
nation bureau in Washington, ID. G.
This offer applies strictly to inforna-
ton The bureau cannot give advice
on legal. medical and financial matters.
1t does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles nor undertake exhaustive re-
search on any subject. Write your
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in coin or stamps for return postage
The reply Is sent direct TO tne inquirer
Address The Evening Star Information
Bureau Frederic j. Haskln' oirecVoi'
Washington, d. G.
@ Is there a fine imposed II player
does not 90 to the bench Immediately
when a base ball umpire tells MIN 10
do SOC. F. r.
A. The official rules provide that "A
fine of SIS shall be assessed against any
player or coach who fails to be seated
on his bench within / minute aIter
ordered to do so by the umpire.
= @. When will the next Wrigley
Marathon Swim be held?-E. N.
A. The third Wrigley Marathon
Swim will be held at the Canadian
National Exhibition at Toronto THIS
Summer. A special event for women
will be held on Wednesday, August ~,
and an event in which the contestants
will be mostly men will be staged on
Wednesday, September 5. The first 10
women to finish In the former event
will be allowed to participate in the
second one.
@. When was the first railroad built
81 IL
A. It was in 1883 that the pioneer
railroad was built to the shore for the
purpose of establishing a bathing resort
at the shortest distance possible from
| Philadelphia. 1t was also hoped to
furnish shipping facilities for the iron,
glass and other industries along the
Mullica and Egg Harbor Rivers and to
open to agricultural use large areas Of
land along the railroad line.
@. What is the most powerful ex-
plosive?-O. G.. A.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that the
most powerful explosive known is BEN
zoyl peroxide.
@. Can you trace the origin of the
saying. Even when the gates of
Heaven are shut to prayer they are
open to tears?''-F. L.
A. This saying Is from the Ialmuo.
@. Where is the largest organ in the
World?-L. T.
A. A new organ constructed in the
Cathedral of Passau is said to be the
largest. 1t has $1,000 pipes. There
are five manuals.
@. Can an ex-soldier have his pension
sent to him in foreign country
j. G..
A. A soldiers pension voucher will be
forwarded to him to any foreign coun-
try. 1t Is necessary merely to notify
the Pension Office of his change in
address.
@. When was Pratt Institute estab-
lished?-F P. n.
A. This co-educational school for art
and industrial training was established
in Brooklyn. N Y. in 1887, by Charles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
The Liberal Arts College.

What is the future of the liberal
arts" college-the institution of learning
devoted primarily to training in general
culture rather than specialized tech
nique?
At present it is an extremely impor-
tant factor in the American system Of
education. The great majority of the
institutions of higher learning below
university grade would fall into this
class.
But there is little agreement among
educators as to its actual value in twen-
tieth century life. 1t requires produc-
tive years in the lives of individuals and
it gives them in return little that has a
market value" Even the social value
of its work has been questioned
1t does not Great physicians, teachers,
engineers, efficiency experts. artists or
lawyers. 1t simply paves the way for
these professions. 1t Is an investment
in leiSure-and Americans can no longer
be satisfied with purely nominal return
from such investments.
Orthodox charlottesville old gentle
men with high hats and frock coats who
were radicals themselves in Benjamin
Harrison's day-defend it with consid-
cradle heat. The younger professors,
themselves children OF the motor age
who find life too short to fritter away in
Grecian gardens, have a tendency to
consider it as an anachronism.
They point out that the liberal arts
college" itself started as a professional
school for the training of clergymen,
and simply has lacked the Elasticity to
adapt itself to changing conditions. 1t
was unable to substitute engineering for
theology during the disturbing years of
the later nineteenth century.
But the proponents of the old school
see today an even wider field of usefuls
ness for the traditional type of college.
The argument advanced by Prof. L. B.
Richardson of Dartmouth at the annual
meeting in Chicago this week Of the
Institute OF Administrative Of1cers Of
Institutions OF Higher Learning should
cause serious reflection on the part of
those who champion radical changes in
the organization of the American COL
lege. He said:
The aim Of the American college to-
day is in no sense professional, but is
rather to furnish the Nation with a
class whose intellectual machinery runs
from it's own power. In these days.
when the use of leisure Is becoming an
increasingly pressing problem. the very
recognition of the high advantage to
the individual of intellectual resources
and the possession Of such resources by
an increasingly large group Is in itself
sufficient to justify any system by
which such result may be attained.
In these days Of So-called liberalism,
OF nations and new republics, OF eVolu-
tionists and fundamentalists, of Ku
Klux Kians and Gov. Smiths, OF anti
saloon and personal liberty leagues, OF
pacihsts and militarists, OF Theodore
Dresser and Harold Bell Wright, OF DR..
Cadman and Sinclair Lewis, Of Calvin
Coolidge and Big Bill Thompson, 1t is
an asset to the community If consid~
cradle element In 1t are In the habit OF
making up their minds upon contro-
verted questions on surer basis than
personal prejudice. snap Judgment or
supine yielding 10 well organized prop
uganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25

Drawn, an unsupported punching power
in the challenger.
II there were any substantial ground
for victory for the challenger the
crowds would need no ticket-reducine
lure to draw them to the arena. I'm
doubtedly the patrons of the sport like to
see the overturning of an idol. And yet
1t cannot be said that the champion is
precisely an idol. He won from the
long-reSiStant Dempsey. it is true; won
from him twice, his second victory con-
firming his first. But. say the sophis-
ticsted supporters of this great Ameri-
can industry of prize fight promotion,
Dempsey had finally gone back, and his
time of defeat had come in the course
OF nature. Tunney is at his prime, a
careful trainer. a clean liver. a cauny
fighter. But he is not the popular hero
that Dempsey was, even in his days of
defense against hostile sentiment on
the score of his lack of war record"
And Heeney has yet to arouse interest
in himself. He is an alien. He has
been obviously chosen for the role of
challenger because OF the lack of other
materials for keeping the game going
The public. in short is for the present
rather fed up on fighting for the sake
Of big gate.
Should tomorrow nights affair turn
out to be flop" in financial sense.
with a deficit for the promoter, it may
be some time before another is staged,
unless Heeney should win Unexpectedly.
That may make for an early contin-
nance, If the total takings are mil
lion. enabling the promoter to reap
paltry hundred thousand or so from
his enterprise. another match is to be
looked for next season. regardless of
the outcome. 1t is almost entirely a
matter of dollars and cents - although
the prize fight game is not reckoned in
terms of small coin. And 1t is largely
4 question of the gullibility of the pay
ing public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
The Perfect Alibi.

The Associated Press sent the follow
ing dispatch the other day from Wilfew
Springs, Missouri: -
Maurice Triplett, II. was knocked
| unconscious by lightning Wnlle playing
golf Yesterday afternoon when a oole
struck a nearby telephone pole, traV-
eled wire and jumped TO ms upIaiseo
maShie Physicians said BODY peFspna-
ton. which diffused the current plop-
ably saved his life.
AT last the perfect alibi! Down
through the ages golfers have been per-
fectinr the alibis which, time-worn
though they be- echo every afternoon up
and down the Nations locker rooms.
Il had a rotten day at the office MY
nerves are all frazzled," Il guess
STAYED up too late last night" They
olghtn't to allow dubs on this course.
Now that foursome in front of me to-
dav." etc. why don't they build a
new course and let the women have
this one?" II was about to drive when
the caddie sneezed," "A gnat few In my
eve" whoever designed this course has
lprobably been murdered by now. II not
I'm going to be the murderer.
But it took Maurice Triplett, a lad
of seventeen, to develop the really per-
feet abili. One can hear him now,
living on a bench in the locker room.
explaining the thing to the group OF
awe-struck admirers standing around In
their locker-room attire, bottles of gin
ger ale and glasses of cracked ice held
in their hands:
IT would have broken the course
record today. only had TO make four
on the eighteenth. My drive was
peach-just a bit of hook on 1t, so
that when it struck the ground 1t rolled
and rolled. / thought 1t would never
stop rolling. but it did, just an easy
mashie- pitch from the green. took
my stance and raised my mashie. /
felt like would hit that ball just right,
and / planned to drop 1t about a foot
from the pin, with maybe little back
spin that would make it roll nearer.
was about to swing when everything
went black. The next thing I knew
somebody was pouring some funny
tasting white stuff down my throat that
burned. Then I saw you fellows stand
ing around me. A bolt of lightning
struck my mashie. Wasn't that just my
luck? I'm going to quit golf. Any
body who wants a set of clubs can have
mine"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HILLlAM FILE.

no barriers in each others path The
Palo Alto loyefeaSt was the result.
Senator William T. Borah OF Idaho
chairman Of the foreign relations COM
mittee. sees no occasion for Europe's re-
ported fears that the Senate will re-
fuse to ratify the Kellogg anti-war
treaties. Borah has made no attempt
to canvass the situation but knows the
attitude of the Senate generally Is ia
Vorable to the pactS. II they are ac-
cepted by the IA other Signatory pow
erS as Kellogg proposed them, 1t is
Borah's view that the Senate's o. X.
will not be withheld. The Senator has
always liked the phrase coined bv M
BRAND at the Washington conference
moral disarmament" The fdahoan
believes the kellogg agreements dis
tnctly provide for moral disarm-
amcnt."
Rumania Is the first foreign country
10 take advantage of the radio 10 pre-
sent It's cause to the American peonle.
On the evening of July 30, Andrei
PopoVlci, secretary of the Rumanian
legation at Washington, will discuss
Rumania and Her Post war Problems"
over the red network of the National
Broadcasting Co from New York. Mr.
PopoVlci was born In Transatlantic and
was himself subject of Hungary until
the World War realignment OF eastern
Europe brought his native soil within
the Rumanian kingdom. Prior TO ioin-
ing The Rumanian legation staff Mr.
Popovlci edited RumanIan- language
aaiiy newspaper at Cleveland having
previously taken his NJ. A. at Western
ReSerVe University. Rumanla il ar.
ranging to borrow $3.50 600 900 abroad
before long Some IS per cent of the
amount Is to be tloated In the United
States.
Jouett Shouse, who has been ASSIGNED
The task OF capturing Middle Western
ana southwestern States for AL Smith
pefSonities unique intersectional
composition. He was born In Kentucky
was brought up IN Missouri and lives in
Kansas. During the last year of the
wilson administration he was Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury. Shouse ac-
complshed the miracle of bringing an
Al smith delegation TO Houston from
pone-dfy Kansas. He's been In Con-
gress and the Kansas State Senate and
now practices law In Kansas City, Mo.
n "
al Smith once told this observer that
he plays golf for an unusual reason.
IL keeps him from overlndulgence IN
smoking. Sometimes his cigar accom-
panies him to the links. but the COW
ernor finds that MS a rule he doesn't
miss 1t amid the concentration OF hit
ting and flnding-the BALL
tCopyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
River Racers.

Are the good old days of river racing
TO be revived in the West? 1t would
seem so from the contest last evening
on the Ohio between the old Betsy Ann
and the new Chris Greene. The Betsy
Anne was rated as the fastest boat in
those waters. but few days ago an in
formal speed contest took place between
her and the Greene, the latter nine
years younger, somewhat larger and
built Of steel instead Of wood. In the
sprint Of the tenth of July the Greene
led, but, her commander now says, quit
the race with f0uf~miie margin and
allowed the Betsy Anne to ogertske
her. Much conversation engued and a
formal challenge was issued and with
the approval of the authorities yester~
days race was staged over twenty
mile course. The Greene won by two
lengths. Coincidentally the pilots OF
the two boats were suspended. after a
hearing before the steamboat inspec-
tors, for certain actions ot theirs ON the
OCCASION OF the earlier contest and the
craft were steered by new hands last
evening.
Memories are, 81 course, ut once re-
yiyed Of famous races on the MissiE~
sippi. particularly the classic Of the
Robert e. Lee and the hatchez in 1870.
That WAS an historic event. The two
steamers, starting together from New
Orleans for st. Louis, were especially
primed and stripped for the race. In
tense interest was aroused In The match
| and more than million dollars was
wagered on the result, The Lee reaehsd