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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
A CHALLENGE to us

PRESUMABLY, we are trying to
l. devise ways and means not only
to educate average minds, but to
stimulate those of superior quality.
Have We formulated any system,
outlined any course, or established
any school that holds out the slight
est promise of enabling the most
talented youth to get where Edison
did at 30?
Barring interference by some SUI
pernatural force, or some freak OF
inheritance, his career presents an
aspect of the educational problem
which deserves attention.
Like those of Abraham Lincoln
and Benjamin Franklin, it seems to
challenge many of our ideas.
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Certainly no parent, pedagog or
psycholanalyst would prescribe what
Edison went through as desirable for
the ordinary young man, much less
as likely to produce the first mas
ter in applied electricity.
Even Edison himself SHES at the
thought when it comes to selecting
a successor.
He wants no youth whom a
teacher has described as "addle-
Drained" if you please, or none
who had to leave school after two
months.
Like the rest Of us, he Is betting
on the young man who has beer
strictly conventional, who has gone
through all the motions, with honor
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thought his ideas of defense were
fine"
Few Of the ladies of the D. A. r.
are qualified circus performers and
they are not likely to have much
luck in riding two horses at one and
the same time.
Even more discouraging is the
statement, Every president of this
country has been supported to the
limit by the D. A. R. Every presi-
dent knows from the moment he
takes Office that he has the loyalty
and support of our organization"
Does this mean that the D. A. r.
will not undertake to criticize even
the fragrant scandals Of Teapot
Dome? And speaking of tea, it
seems as If a curious break had
come in the tradition established by
the men who made the American
Revolution.
They fought against the notion
that kings can do no wrong. Are
their daughters now to turn around
and grant the divine right of preSi-
dents?
Copyright. 1929. BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
SCIENCE
Bv DAVID DIETZ.
By DAVID DIEIZ--
One of the Greatest Mysteries
of the Universe Is the Com
position and Structure of
the Edrth's Interior.

TOUR great mysteries-the age Of
l. the earth, the exact shape Of
the earth, the structure of the
earths interior, and the way in
which the rocks of the earth took
form-are being studied at the Coca
logical laboratory in Washington,
D. C.
The laboratory, part Of the Car
negie institution Of Washington
which is celebrating the twenty
fifth anniversary Of its entry into
scientific research, was built to ap-
ply the newest findings of physics
and chemistry to the problems of
geology.
From the astronomical point of
view, our earth is a tiny speck Of
dust. 1t would take 100000 globes
like our earth to make the volume
Of the sun, and there are stars
whose volume is a million times that
Of the sun.
But compared to mankind, the
earth is extremely large and that is
what makes its study so difficult.
The deepest mine is little over a
mile deep. Compared to the 1000
miles to the center of the earth,
that mine is a mere pin-scratch. 1t
tells us no more about the earth's
interior than a pin-scratch on an
orange peel would tell about the in
terror of the orange.
One Of the greatest mysteries Of
the universe, therefore, lies right
under your own feet. 1t is the COM
position and structure of the earth'S
interior.
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IN Spain they seem to arrange
Il some things much better. Wis
count Aquillar, the kings physician,
who Is a visitor here at the mo-
nlent, says of his royal patient, my
sovereign never has been slave to
regular diet, regular sleep, or regu-
lar anything else. He is not SO stu
pid. Consequently, at the age OF 43,
he is in beautiful health"
am not willing to regard 43 as
senesence. Alfonso must wait a
little while before he is eligible to
give out rules to explain chow 1
reached my present advanced age"
Still, it seems to me that he is on
the right track and even if he fall
tiers this side of three score and ten,
victory will still be his. AS the old
Joke about married men goes, "It
may be that people of regular habits
do not actually live longer. 1t only
seems longer"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
Take No Chances

No one should be either lulled to a sense
of false security or fooled as to his real de-
sire by any statement of Boss Coffin that his
organization is taking no interest in the
school election.
The reason for the revolt under the citi-
zens' ticket against the present management
of the schools is the fact that the machine of
which Coffin is the head and the feet and the
hands-don't forget the hands-has con-
trolled the actions of the board during the
past four years.
The school board which is in such dis
credit and disrepute was elected by Coffin
when he presented Duvall to the voters as
the fine example of the self-sacriicing bust
ness man and banker whose personal success
and achievements promised a better day
in government.
Coffin has controlled that board just as
he controlled Duvall up to the time Grim
inal court decided that the former mayor was
caught before the statute Of limitations ap-
piled to his crimes.
It may be well to remember Duvall ana
the tone of the Coffin Endorsements Of him.
if he were sincere in presenting Duvall as the
business man in politics. There is some
reason to believe that he knew then that
Duvall was committing the acts which were
to later convict him of crimes.
Nor should there be any forgetfulness of
the source of the inspiration for these actions
of the present board which have aroused the
revolution against it.
It is significant that very recently the
board placed in jobs, better than they could
command in private industry, large num-
Der of the precinct committeeman who named
the Republican ticket.
There has never been quarrel between
Coffin and Shipp, the vendor of ventilators.
The political degradation of the schools
is due to the control of the board members
by Coffin and their adherence to Coffinism.
That he counsels one part of his machine
to make no open movement to save his
henchmen on the school board is a gesture
which should delude no one.
Certain it is that Coffin will have no COM
handing voice in the schools, no power to
bankrupt and degrade the schools, if the
Citizens ticket is elected
There are other candidates in the field
who are free from Cofinism. But division
of forces at this time would be disastrous.
To be really safe, vote for Wetzel Mrs. Mil
Ter. Sidener, Garrison and Wilson. That is
the only safe way.
This should be the year from which to
date the end of Coffinism. To leave him even
one henchman in a place of power is an in
vitation to misrule, pillage and plumber
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Microbes

MOT for a moment do I doubt
~ the efficacy of much which lies
within the doctors kit. But if it
were true that during the war none
died until there came along the
she'll upon which the victims name
was written, so it may be that some
where microbes mass in a forma-
ton which spell out the name of
Haywood Broun.
When they are ready, so am L.
Until that time we Il refer to me
and my microbes) might as well go
about our usual pursuits and enjoy
ourselves.
It was not ever thus. I do not
undertake to speak as one who for
ever has had a fine disdain of doc
tors. Countless consulting rooms
have known me.
Once upon a time I made my
heart and lungs road company for
the delight of specialists. Each new
cardiologist set up shingle and
waived patiently for me to drop in
upon him during the Office hours.
My pulse was public property.
Those days have gone. Taking
breath is no longer a collaboration
between my vegetative nervous sys-
tenn and my conscious mind. Each
one Of US is wound up for his Rp-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
A Paci6st Collects

Madame Rosika Schwimner, denied citizenship
few months ago because she is IAN incorporating
pacihSt" has been in the courts and in the news
again, and this time she has been successful in her
contentious.
She sued Fred Marvin Of the Key Men of America
for libel damages. charging he called her German
SOY" and "boshevik agent" New York courts
granted her Judgment and $4,000 damages. few
days ago the $1,000 was paid, when appeals were
denied.
It is reassuring to know that pacihst has pro-
lection In this country though she may not have
citizenship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
EarthnuakHS

nRS. ADAMS AND WASHING
~ TON have marshaled skillfully
evidence from many sources to
support the theory of an earth with
an iron core.
"Our chief reason for believing
as we do is that the earth as
whole is five and half times as
dense as water, whereas the rocks
composing the crust are little less
than three times as dense as water"
DR.. Washington told me.
This means that the earth as a
whole is twice as heavy as the rocks
we know upon the surface Of the
earth.
you might think that the in
terror of the earth was heavier be-
cause the rocks were more COM
pressed. However, experiments tried
here at the Geophysical laboratory
prove that rocks can not be COM
pressed to any great extent On the
other hand iron can be compressed
until it is ten times as dense as
water.
1.-THE iron-core theory is also
supported by study Of earthquake
waves.
Measurements show that these
waves travel through the interior
of the earth with just the speed
which they should have in travelling
through periodotite and iron"
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47 d Q All b 1TId.eI
| ANNIVERSARY
;;EE s2l;::s:15
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
Oct. 81.

Oct. 81.
TINE British fleet under Admiral
L Horatio Nelson won great
naval victory over the combined
fleets of France and Spain on Oct.
81, 1905, of the shores Of Cape
Trafalgar on the south coast OF
Spain.
The allies had thirty-three ships,
commanded by the French vice-ad-
rniraI ViIleneuve, while Nelson had
twenty-seven. Before beginning
battle, Nelson gave his now famous
signal, England expects that every
man will do his duty"
The British feet, after terrific
battle, completely disorganized the
hostile line. Eighteen ships were
captured.
The victory was complete, but
Nelson was wounded morta1ly and
died with the words, THANK God I
have done my duty"
BY his final great victory he had
destroyed the combined French and
Spanish fleets, and Napoleon's> hope
of creating a naval power vanished
forever.
Nelson thus contributed immense
ly to the final destruction Of the
Napoleonic ambitions. for without
the control of the sea England
would have been unable to wage her
long contest.
Nelson was buried Ii London on
Ian. 9, 1906, amid extraordinary
public demonstration. -.
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Vitanin d Important to Health

in which the bones throughout the
body become softened.
This condition is called osteoma-
lacia. Reports already are available
indicating that the giving Of vitamin
D has an important and beneficial
effect on this disease.
1t is interesting to know that the
famine Condition in Vienna after
the war brought out many cases
which were called hunger osteo-
malacia." The great deprivation of
fresh food resulted in lack of cal
cium in the diet and in a lack of
vitamin D.
The giving of cod liver oil and
calcium in the form of fresh vege-
tables and milk to the persons who
suffered with this disease resulted
in prompt relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
He Reversed Things

A S a matter of fact, our ed
"A ucational system is built on
the theory that no young man
should start out the way Edison
did. Where he attended school for
two months, we insist that children
attend eight years, and where he
began earning his living at IL, we
pass laws prohibiting child labor.
HIS first and only teacher said he
was "addle- Drained"
If that had occurred seventy-f1ve
years later. instead Of when it did,
Edison probably would have found
himself in a class of subnormal
children.
What boy would not like to be
sure of standing in EdiSon'S shoes
at 80?
But what parent would want him
to do as Edison did before %, and
what educator would advise it?
Here is problem for the great
philosophers, a question for the
pedagogS, a riddle for fathers and
mothers.
Here is fact to be reckoned
with, unless one would explain it on
the basis, of a miracle.
Was the man born with a genius
that could not be suppressed, or did
his peculiar training help to de-
velop it?
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Questions and AnSz'erS

alton that it, or some part thereof,
will ultimately be admitted into the
union as a state. An organized ter
ritory has a government similar in
many respects to that of a state,
but it's political entity is wholly un-
der the authority of the federal gov
eminent. The United States in
cludes two territories, Hawaii and
Alaska.
Where are the main offices Of the
General Motors Corporation To-
Gated?
General Motors building, Detroit.
Who played the part of Jack
Donovan in the photoplay "The
Donovan Affair.""
John Roche.
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diet are convinced that adults
should take vitamin D during the
winter for maintenance of vigor.
However, in every instance, cod
liver oil has been the substance used
in their experiments and it is pos
sible, as pointed out by DR.. Katha-
rine Blunt and Ruth Cowan, that
the vitamin A in the cod liver oil
may have been the substance that
was important in increasing vigor
and resistance to colds.
Vitamin D is of special interest
because it affects the amount of cal
cium in the blood. There are Ger
tain conditions in the body which
demand calcium.
The healing of fractures involves
a deposit Of calcium on the bone.
There is a disease in human beings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
His Egotisnn HELPED

XXTHILE Edison was student, a
w tireless worker a thorough,
investigator, his success is due
largely to the fact that he refused
to accept existing methods and de-
vices as good enough, that he was
able not only to see their limitations.
but had the egotism to believe that
he could improve them.
Could he have acquired such at
titude toward life had he not been
obliged to shift for himself, and ii
he could not, what about other
men?
Edison is typical of the America
We glorify-the America of railroad,
bicycle, automobile, radio, and aic-
plane.
1t has been a great America.
1t not only thought Of something
different, but had the courage to
apply its thoughts, to experiment, to
weave its imagination into fabrics of
steel and stone.
Out of this pioneering, this expert
menting, this adventuring, has
grown a wealthy nation, but ma
ton that is changing its ways, that
is celebrating hard and fast rules,
devising systems, outlining courses
and demanding conventionalized ap-
proaches.
One can not help wondering
whether it will continue to produce
the Morses, Ericksons and Ed.sons,
or sink back to the fatty generation
that always has gone with priest
craft, schedule, and time clock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21

What Edison Has Done Can
Be Read IN the GIoaO of
Night Skies Above EVery
CiUiIized City and To1On.
SAYS:

1T was fifty years ago that Edison
H. produced the incandeScent lamp.
He was 80 at the time. His life has
been a triurnphal epic ever since.
The civilized world has only not
sung his praises, but paid him by
greater tribute by adopting his in
ventions. 1t is doubtful if any man
ever caused such revolution in the
ordinary walks of life, ever per-
straded so many people to change
their habits and customs.
One need not consult books to
know what Edison has done. 1t can
be read in the glow of night skies
above every civilized city and town,
in the amazing growth Of the mov-
ing picture industry, in the millions
Of victrolas that have been sold. in
what we call the power problem"
Some folks deny that Edison is
great. He has left too little to
argue about, has created no dis
turbance, and, more offensive than
all else, has achieved success in
ways that are contrary to what they
think is essential to produce brains,
efficiency and genius.
Willing to accept his inventions
and make use of his discoveries,
they reject his career as proving
nothing of value with regard to
training and education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
Hoover aft His Rest

One Of the finest things the President has done
since taking Office is his statement of scorn of the
offensive inscription with which Warren Whitney
insists on desecratng the new University Of
library.
Not that the Presidents word was particularly
needed to misunderstanding of the attitude
OF himself or Of the American people There has been
no such misunderstanding. The world knows that
the Americans who raised the funds for that monu-
ment Of learning and wisdom. and the Americans who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21

How long are the boundary lines
between the United States and Can
ada and Mexico?
The Canadian boundary line Is
3,968.5 miles, and the Mexican
boundary is LIZA miles.
What is the definition in the
United States of a territory? How
many territories has the United
States at present?
In the United States a territory
is a special division of the national
domain of the United States, orga-
nized by act of congress under
separate government, in the expect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
The D. A. R, Again

IF the D. A. R. already had not
L forfeited public confidence by its
inveterate tendency toward folly,
the organization would be a danger
GUS factor in American public life.
Not any tinpot militarist has ever
failed to get it's ear. This society,
founded to honor the memory Of
pioneer revolutionists, has become
one of the leaders in the pack which
yelps in pursuit Of reddish phan-
toms.
Nor am, I much moved by the D.
A. RS recent denial Of any compile
ity in the propaganda of William B.
Shearer. Mrs. Hobard, the general
president of the organization, has
just issued statement saying that
the good ladies of her club never
used any of his articles.
Nevertheless, she admitted that she
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

D, found principally in
' cod liver oil, which apparently
is developed in the body by sun
light, and which now can be had in
highly concentrated form, is pri-
marily a growth vitanin. 1t is
needed by the growing child for the
Of the bones and the
teeth.
1t has been claimed that vitamin
D is of special value for the adult
in aiding him to resist infection
and in the control of certain dis
turbances of the bones. Several
leading investigators in the field of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21

gave it. would perpetuate good viii and not old
hatreds
But even though the world knows how the Presi-
dens and America feel it has been quickened by the
sincerity of his words.
This was Herbert Hoover at his best. Not simply
the brilliant engineer the cautious executive, but
the humanitarian He spoke with all the fire and
conviction of one of great human sympathies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one OF Americas most inter
esting writer's, and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editoEial attitude IF
this paper.--The Editor.
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Blazing Gases

nRS. H. S. WASHINGTON AND
~ L. H. ADAMS of the Ceophysi-
cal laboratory have devoted a con-
siderable portion of their time dur
ing the last five years to the study
of this problem.
Modern science believes that our
earth and all there is upon 1.-THE
green trees, the flowers, the ami
mails and even our own bodies
came from the outer regions of the
sun. They we're all, once upon a
time, white-hot gases in that blaz-
ing whirling globe of fire we call the
sun.
Our earth, it is believed took
shape from material hurled out Of
the sun, Accordingly, Drs. Wash
ington and Adams turned to The
knowledge which astropomers have
of the composition of the sun for a
clew about the earths interior.
They also turned to a study Of the
meteorites, the chunks of rock
known popularity as shooting stars"
which sometimes fall to earth.
From their study, they are con-
WINGED that the earth as a whole
shows no such infinite variety rs
does the crust. The interior Of the
earth, they believe, is more homo
geneous mass, containing only re-
latively few substances.
The crust of the earth is COM
posed OF the other things, the i'm
pur. lies If you please. which rose
to the surface like a scum when the
great mass of the earth solidifled.
From their study of the meteor
ties they find that there are three
types, one chiefly iron, one chiefly
heavy mineral known as peri
dotite, and a third which is mix
ture of the other two
They have been led TO the con-
clusion therefore that our earth
has an iron core surrounded by
great layer Of peridotite.
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1T SEEMS TO ME By HF RRo1S

pointment time and there is small
sense in taking off the case to look
at the works.
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Daily Thought

And that We study to be quiet,
and to do your own business, and
to work with your own hands, as
we commanded you'll Thessalo-
mans Ali.
Goodness. and absence Of heat and
haste, indicate fine qualities. A
gentleman makes no noise, a lady is
serene.-EmerSon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21

What do the names Thomas and
John mean?
Thomas. a twin; John, beloved Of
God.
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