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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

One hears a great deal nowadays
about the fun of wild parties" but
very little about the pleasures OF sleep.
To listen to some OF the would-be
"jazz babies" talk one might suppose
sleep an outworn custom, observed only
by old fogies.
AS a matter of fact, everybody sleeps,
but not everybody knows how to get
real enjoyment out of sleeping.
It is necessary to begin at the begin
ming, If one wants to sleep right.
Just as no one appreciates wealth like
the man who was once poor, so no
man can truly enjoy sleep unless he
has been sleepleSs upon occasion.
These people who either do or claim
to fall asleep the moment their head
touches the pillow scarcely know the
full pleasures of the art.
1t makes no difference how soundly
they sleep, or how long, or how re-
freshed they feel when they wake up,
they have not put their mind upon
the problem, and so miss what mental
ity can add to anything.
X X X X
There can be little doubt In the year
1929 that no good thing is quite enjoy
able until it has been run through the
magic sieve of the mind.
FGII1dDS LIllS ID WHY ACd0AkA6 CAAJOJb
such continuous prestige. 1t is not pos
sible to read without using the mind
to a slight extent, at least; the printed
word can be apprehended only by the
application of the brain to 1t, and
though the process often degenerates
to the merely mechanical, there is still
enough of the mastery of mind over
matter left to entitle it to the title OF
Wonderful"
In no field of practical endeavor-
and often sleeping Is very much that
is the use of the mind more necessary
than when seeking slumber, because
without its use the process becomes a
simple animal function.
While there are many philosophers
who insist that the strictly animal life
is by far the best and happiest, since
pain is the only reality, and mankind
reality by thinking of its past and future,
as we'll as enduring it in the present,
the generality of mankind prefers to
believe with other more widely known
philosophers that the benefits OF men,
tally are greater than the ills.
X X X X
The gains of thinking shine out
clearly in respect to the process OF
sleeping, WHICH may UE Clt1ACl o. pOA e
or a pleasure as one refuses to use or
as one uses the mind in the process.
This is why it is necessary to begin
at the beginning if one wants to get out
of sleep all there is in 1t.
The preliminary frame Of mind Is
quite as necessary as a more or less
calm physical structure. Pain or Sc
we're illness takes all the pleasure out
of sleeping. but wrong mental attl-
tude will do even more to render it
futile.
We use futile" in reference to the
pleasures of sleep. If one is content to
merely sleep like a lump or clod, he
will find no need for being an artist in
sleep.
X X
The actual contemplation of sleep is
the first and one of the truest pleas
ures to be derived from the whole proc
ess. It presupposeS some peace and
quiet, and a certain modicum Of respect
from others who are willing that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

than sport; 1t Is eharacter-building
CORRESPONDENCE, they hold that when q
boy applies for entry to college OF
university b should not be x-rayed ex'
clusiyely through academic lenses. He
should be sized up from the standpoint
Of what sort Of general contribution
he is likely to make to the campus
1.-The cut of his jib," as the sailors say
should be surveyed. Does he look like
a future captain of his fellow men in all
forms of student activities and in after
life?
Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., OF
New York. one Of the most famous foot
ball players of his day and captain at
Harvard in his senior year, identifies
himself unreservedly with Mr.. Rockne's
views. He told the audience before
which the Western coach spoke that
practically all the members of the UNI
beaten Harvard eleven of 1908 are to-
day successful American men Of affairs.
Few of them were accidentally distin-
guished, though Mr.. Fish himself holds
the unique record of graduating in three
years with cum laude degree.
This scion of a celebrated family as
serts roundly that four years of foot
ball are calculated to breed in the aver
age man more of the ingredients OF
success in life than almost any aca-
demic course he takes. The theory is
revolutionary, but 1t is something for
our college leaders to think about. If
generally invoked, it might put crinp
in the key" industry, but it looks as If
it would increase the supply of gradu-
ates capable of making marks In the
world, no matter how low were the
ones they had when they entered col
legc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
What Price College "Marks"i

It is a pity that all the educational
leaders of the Nation could not have
been packed into Washington club
room last Saturday to listen to dis
cussion of college athletics. 1t ranged
around an informal talk by Knute
Rockne, celebrated Notre Dame foot
ball coach. Lamenting the prospect OF
@ poor team of Fighting Irish" next
Fall, Mr.. Rockne, q gridiron philosopher
as we'll as mentor, dwelt suggestively
upon the marking system to which col
leges and universities adhere in the ad-
mission of freshman classes.
In a quaint aside Mr.. Rockne OBJ
served that the Notre Dame faculty
seems determined Ito pay some atten-
ton" to academic standards in the &C
ceptance of students. He indicated that
other universities. too, nowadays scruti-
rize the credits" with which a would
be matriculant turns up. Mr.. Rockne
comedies the indispensability Of mental
equipment for college men, but boldly
declares that educational authorities
overstress its importance and under
estimate personality.
He deplores the habit Of accepting
without question the understood, mar
row-chested youth in horn-rimmed gog'
gles," who has an average academic
mark Of Sc or 80, while the outstanding
broad shouldered lad with nothing bet
ter than rs or 80 Is usually set aside
The brawny boy. Mr.. Rockne points
out. may be far more richly endowed
with qualities Of leadership. but because
he Is not so strong on "math" or Greek
the registrar of admissions accords thu
accolade Of preference to the fellow
with greater Phi Beta Kappa prospects
The Notre Dame coach thinks this Il
Ill wrong. He believes college Director
In particular take a myopic view Of thu
significance Of foot ball. As Mr.. Rocknl
and other front-rank coaches leach
the game. foot ball Is somethip NOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

liquid and solid, and their derivatives,
used on the island. Its particular pur-
pose Is to Ak the place which oil and
coal are to have in Cuba,S future fiscal
scheme. The Bureau of Mines at Wash
ington, under DR.. Manning'S direction,
was acknowledged to be one of the
outstanding divisions of the Interior
Department and commanded the re-
spect of geological authorities through
out the world. Manning Is MisSis-
sippian and his father was a congress
man from that State.
Not only are the movies now talk
ing, but 1t looks as If they were de-
termined that nobody else should dc
any. At any rate, news reaches Wash
ington, in the midst of the banqueting
season, that a novel method has been
discovered in England for Suppressing
after-dinner speeches. At recent func-
ton in London, the speeches were not
delivered, but thrown on q screen to be
read. The staid London Morning Post
observes: This strikes us as the first
step toward the repression of nuisance
which, in extreme cases, may interfere
with the process of digesting q decent
dinner. A few--a very few-speakers
exist who harmonic very well with
coffee, liqueur and good cigar, and
can even kindle that sudden glory as
Hobbies called laughter, which is it.
self an aid to the eupeptic mood. But
the vast majority of these performers
are tiresome to their hearers and a
tribulation to themselves"
r. y *
Making the rounds Of the country Is
Coolidge story about something that
occurred at the White House couple
Of years ago, but which has not OBJ
tanned general circulation in Washing
ton. 1t reveals a prankish side Of the
President, which people seldom associate
with his austere temperament There's
bell in the wall of the north portico
of the White House One day the Yer
monter thought it would be good fun
to ring the bell, scamper from the scene,
hide, and see what happened. What
happened was that detail of secret
service men turned up as II by magic,
but, finding nothing to do, as quickly
disappeared. From distance Mr.. Cool
idge observed (and enjoyeD their con-
sternation. AS soon as they'd gone, the
President stole back to the portico,
pressed the button again, and got an
other laugh when the secret service
men once more did their stuff. Eventu-
ally, so the story goes, the secret serv-
ice detail found out what was being
done to them and put in another bell
In spot unknown to the President.
copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
The "Old Fever"

With steam in the radiators and Win
ter in full swing possibly 1t is too early
to think much about the coming base
ball season, but inasmuch IS Sam Rice,
veteran star Of the Nationals, has just
signed his 1929 contract because che
felt the old fever coming on" there ap-
pears to be no logical reason to believe
that certain percentage Of Washing
ton fans have not likewise turned their
thoughts to April days when the Clark
Griffith Stadium will resound with their
shouts as Walter Johnson's warriors
take the field for battle.
True, it Is more than two months
before the opening Of the season, but
what harm can there be, provided the
windows are shut and the electric heat
ers are turned on in rooms that simply
will not stay warm, in cogitating bit
on the forthcoming pennant scramble?
VIII the Yankees repeat or is their base
ball machine broker in too many vital
places? What will Philadelphia do? Is
it capable Of making another gallant
fight or Is 1t liable to curl UP again
when the going gets hottest?
Far more important, however, are the
prospects OF the Washington team under
q new manager, the beloved Walter
johnson. VIII he be able to get results
from his players? Win Goose Goslin rise
to greater heights in batting, having gar.
nered the crown for the year Of 1929
VIII Buddy Myer, returned to his first
major league team, provide the needed
hitting punch in the infield, and viii
Ossie Bluege be able to convert himself
again into q Shortstop2 VIII Jack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

enjoyer of sleep may confidently look
forward to his repose.
Thus thoughtful neighbors in a civil
liZed community do much to make sleep
an art. without the cooperation OF
| others, it is in no wise possible even
for an enthusiast to get his well be-
loved rest.
To believe with confidence that one
may go to bed when he pleases, with
clear conscience, undiSturbed by the
Jolly strains of IT Faw Down, Go
Boom!' is to enjoy the first pleasure OF
sleep.
The soothing lethargy which steals
over one is the second pleasure
real one, too, as those who lead normal
civilized lives know from experience.
Those who fondly pride themselves on
being strictly up-to-date," whatever
that means, and who never seem to
enjoy life until most people have gone
to bed, necessarily lose this pleasure OF
sleep, for they are in such an Ill tenn
per with themselves and every one else
by the time they get home that such
thing as soothing lethargy" is un-
known to them.
Yet the simple, wholesome desire to
go to sleep which bit by bit steals over
the home lover is one of the greatest
pleasures in the world. 1t is simple
because every one may know 1t, but II
has something about it which Is great
as most simple things have. 1t IS whole
some because it is the result of decent
pleasant companionship in the sanctlty
of home-the home where wrangling Is
unknown and respect for others always
on the alert, even when one is going to
sleep.
The actual process of falling to sleep
is none the less enjoyable. One does
not plunge into it recklessly as If drunk
because to do so is to miss the fine
bloom of the fruit of sleepiness.
There must be an actual realization
not only of those things and qualities
which we have already enumerated, but
even more of the actual situation and
surroundings in which one finds hlm-
self.
Just as the picturesque and honor
able ancient custom of saying grace
before meals focused attention on the
meal, as well as offered up thanks to the
Almighty. so due consideration OF the
actual bedroom, the bed, the sheetSi
etc., adds to the enjoyment OF sleep.
X X
if one is content to plunge heedlessly
asleep like an ungrateful boor who has
no thought except for his selfish self:
Thus we have the paradox of refined
selfiShneSs being in essence unselflsh.
The enjoyable feel of fresh, clean bed
clothes and linen is to be mentally
tasted, lovingly, as an epicure might. a
fine dinner, If one is to really know the
pleasure of sleep.
In the same way the sleepy one needs
have full realization of the comfort OF
covers of the proper length, SO that they
will not come out at the bottom, allow
ing the tender toes to meet the air.
nor be too short to come closely up to
the chin. eve write of Winter Sleep
ing. of course.)
The actual falling asleep is no less
enjoyable. One may follow 1t curiously
up to certain point, but beyond that
not even the most curious sleeper may
go. No man ever yet caught himself
actually falling asleep,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
Assets and Liabilities.

The average WaShingtonian. VINO Is
neither prosperous nor poor, who sup
ports his family on salary and is buy
ing his home, who pays his taxes, shovels
coal into the furnace in Winter, nlows
the lawn in Summer and spends good
portion of his life riding street cars to
and from his work, will find food for
concentrated thought in the suggestion
that the Federal Governments share
in maintaining the Capital City should
be Iightened because of the very con-
siderable economic benefits accruing to
the District owing to the presence here
of national monuments and great public
buildings which make Washington the
mecca of hundreds Of thousands Of
tourists
There are, perhaps, certain assets &C.
cruing to this average Washingtonian
by reason of the presence here Of ma
tional monuments and great public
buildings. But if they are tangible as
sets the average washingtonian may be
pardoned if he demands to know how
the building of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge or the location in the Botanic
Garden of the Grant Memorial will
make it easier for him to pay his March
installment on real estate taxes. If
they are intangible, or esthetic, assets,
the average Washingtonian would ap-
preciate some attempt to balance the
assets against the liabilities. How many
. Lincoln Memorials, for instance, are
needed to offset the Post Office Build
ing at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue2 If the Capitol and the White
House are placed in one column and the
State, War and Navy Building, the Pen
sion once Building and the Veterans
Bureau In another, win the balance be
written In red ink or blue?
But, It is recalled, these buildings.
monuments and whatnot attract to the
Capital thousands of tourists. Our
average Washingtonian, who works In
. Government department or In some
other local industry, is no doubt re-
warded by the emotional stimulant
received in watching the tide Of pa
triotic Americans, come to worship at
the shrine of liberty, rise and fall year
In and year out. And our average
Washingtonian who has put his savings
In hotel stock or in street railways, or
has invested in going restaurant Is
thankful. just as his brother who lives
in Baltimore and owns stock In the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad is thankful
for the tourists who help to pay the
dividends. And our average Washing
tonian, whose salary depends upon the
continuance of normal business and
prosperity. is thankful to the tourists
whose demands have built up one Of the
Capitals few industries.
But this same average Washingtonian
often wonders. perhaps, If the economic
benefits he receives from the visitation
of the tourists are not more than Offset
by the fact that Aunt Jane and the
children, who live in Nebraska and have
hearty appetites, are coming this Spring
for q long visit" because I'VE must
see Washington" and that the arrival
of Aunt Jane will coincide with the de-
parture of friends from Texas, who,
while eating three square meals q day,
have absorbed, in addition, all OF the
public buildings and are going back
home cbockflll of food and enthusiasm
for their National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04
The Spanish Dictatorship.

Revolt in Valencia will probably be
short-lived, but there is small chance
that with it will be crushed all embers
of resentment of the Spanish dictator
ship. It is far more likely that the
pavements of Madrid, Barcelona, Seville
and Granada, as well as Valencia, one
day will run. red before the yoke of
Rivera Is permitted to rest unmolested
upon the neeks of King Alfonso and his
people.
Spain has survived more than five
years of the dictatorship. 1t dates from
September. 1923, when leading officers
Of the army, headed by Gen. Primo de
Rivera, then governor general Of Bar
celona, rose against the government Of
the day. Without bloodshed the revolt
spread throughout the country. King
Alfonso refused to support the cabinet,
which fell. Obnoxious ministers hurried
into exile. Alfonso called on Rivera to
form cabinet and dissolved the Cortes,
leaving the general as president of a
military directorate charged with the
administration Of the state and whose
DEGREES would have the force of laws.
Spaniards did not take unreservedly
to the new regime. To impose it upon
them martial law prevailed until May,
1925. and at a later period from Sep
TENDER, 1926, to January, 1927. At the
end of 1925 the military directorate re-
signed and Gen. Rivera was Immediate
ly appointed premier, with a new cab
met called civilian" because it con-
tanned some ministers who were not
army men. The dictatorship remained.
BY decree the King gave full status 60
all acts thenceforward signed by 1t.
Under this camoufiaged autocracy
Spain has been living a more or less
fitful existence. The National Assembly
is convened on a selective basis, with
Rivera doubtless functioning as the Sc
lecting board. It serves In an advisory
capacity only. Against this virtually
complete dictatorship the valencians
have now rebelied, resulting in reported
bloodshed and approximation Of mar
tial law In their region.
That Gen. Rivera is not unaware OF
the significance of the revolt is indi-
Gated by today's dispatches from Mad
rid. 1.-The premier is less concerned" 1t
is stated, "about what has taken place
at Valencia than he Is about general
tendencies series of occurrences
which he terms isolated. but yet impor-
tant."
Undoubtedly Valencia is a symptom.
It will remain one even though royal
DEGREES dictated by Gen. Rivera sum-
marty suppress 1t. A court-martial or
two cannot permanently paralyze the
movement of which the outbreak in
SPANS third largest community Is an
omen and a warning. Alfonso XIII
wears resentfully the puppets crown.
There can be no question that 1t will be
reconverted with his own connivance
into the kingly diadem he inherited the
moment he and the Spanish Royalists
conceive the moment ripe for grappie
to the death with the dictatorship.
The Riveraistas may find the sporting
monarch a plant tool for the time
being. But all that is known Of him in
America suggests that Alfonso will not
enduringiy remain clay in their hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

No intimation has yet been offered
by Charles Curtis as to whether he will,
as presiding officer, undertake to carry
out all the ideas for regulating Senate
procedure suggested by Charles Dawes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

institutional policy, Or. Titles down.
fall seems to have been due to very
much the same thing that terminated
the career Of Woodrow Wilson at Prince
ton and that of Alexander Nickel
| john at Amherst persistent deter
mined effort to put new wine into old
bottles"
Linking the name of DR.. Little with
| that of Kenyon l.. Butterfield, who left
| the presidency of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College, the Springfield Republic
can remarks: "Of late both the State
Agricultural College and the university.
| entirely separate institutions, have had
exciting and regretable experiences
with their presidents. The cause
| OF President Little's troubles is not well
understood in the East, but such in
formation as comes through indicates
that his ideas concerning college dis
cipline were not well received, nor his
public utterances on various subjects
highly charged with controversy"
THE State-supported and State-con-
trolled university must, we think, al
ways have less of independence. less Of
academic liberty, than its rivals" con-
tends the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the
Canton Daily News, observing that DR..
Little tried to conduct liberal insti-
tuition of learning" adds that "he lasted
three and half years, which is longer
than could reasonably have been ex-
pected."
More critical Is the statement by the
Flint Daily Journal, 1.-THE effectiveness
of his advocacy of educational policies
no doubt was hampered by the persist
ent eSpousal Of his personal views on
highly controversial subjects outside the
realm Of university administration.
The Milwaukee Journal predicts for DR..
Little "a place Of usefulness and leader
ship" but adds. "We think he will see
now that man must establish very
firmly his position as an educator be-
fore he begins to use that position as o
publicist."
Some college presidents seem to
leave the impression that with them the
outside field appears to be more impor-
tant than the one they are paid to fill."
asserts the Charleston Daily Mail, while
the Nashville Banner lays down the
principle that "he who would effect
changes at State educational institu-
ton must be content for the present,
method"
The Lansing State Journal states that
Michigan must prefer heads for her
great institutions who grow into and
become part Of the institutions and of
the State as WELL"
Defense of DR.. Titles policies with
out reservation, however. comes from
several editors. The Detroit News pays
the tribute: with his endeavor to es-
tablish the university, not as q leader
in the mass production Of graduates
and bent on creating dead level of
mediocrity, that knows only the forms
OF education, but a real inspirer and
ing the spirit Of free inquiry and setting
before the youthful mind a shining
vision of the world, not as a road to
money, but as the gateway to wisdom
and higher social and ethical life. we
are thoroughly in sympathy" The Port
Huron Times-Herald concludes that
This was a voice that awakened the peo-
pie Of Michigan (and, indeed, the land)
to the educational needs Of the gener-
ation."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

Being the possessor Of an inquiring
mind, the Prince Of Wales went into
the mining regions and found more to
occupy his attention than a brass band
and a parade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

Artists have secured results that may
imply the influence of a fourth dimen-
sion" Some of the products are as
difficult to reduce to ordinary terms OF
ratiocination as Einstein's theory itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

There have been influences Of gloom
in Great Britain. A determination to
bear up and be cheerful is evidenced by
the fact that London Punch continues
to publish some excellent jokes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

New York theaters cannot control
producers, players, musicians and stage
hands Thanks to Commissioner
whalen they can, at least, control the
chauffeurs outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

Tobacco is affording an enormous
element of public revenue. The ciga-
rette, once despised, is asserting itself
as an economic asset.