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Excuse 1t

i" ENERALLY, pay scant heed to
~ the system which is offered by
every one Who has persisted past
the 100-year marx. For the most
part it is given out almost apollo
getically. All the others who came
to the party have taken up their
hats and wraps ano gone home. The
guest who fingers feels that he is
in honor bound to make some ex-
PLANTATION.
Even the kindliest question carries
to his old ears the suggestion that
some one is saying, What. are you
still here?"
And so, ne feels in honor bound
to excuse his presence in some way.
It's not volition which has COM
PEELED him to cumber the earth
through so many days and nights,
but the fact that lic has never taken
a drink or that he early contracted
the habit of imbibing one quart
each. morning before breakfast
Some do it by putting on pipes and
others blame their fate upon a
complete unfamiliarity with tobacco
There are those who take a cold
bath every morning and others who
celebrate Thanksgiving.
But Major Bona does not seem to
be equipped with a system. AT
least, not yet. He feels that the
community should stake him to the
first century and wait for explana-
tons until he has rounded out the
second.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Heart Smaller After Racing Strain

j whether dilation of the heart takes
place, DR.. It. K. Richards tested
hearts of Harvard varsity and fresh
man cross country squads, also the
hearts of various visiting cross
country squads, as we'll as those Of
distance runners of international
fame.
Studies of the size of the heart
we're made by use of the X-ray
and films were made indicating
size of the heart before the race
and after the men had completed
the contest. 1t was noted that the
heart after racing was consistently
smaller than when at rest.
The hearts of distance runners
who had had many years of cornpe-
tition showed the greatest decrease
il the transverse diameter after
racing. The hearts of men in col
lapse unconscious after long races
were found to be small and con-
tracted, and to be making less of a
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When a Man Gets Angry

When a public official loses his temper and his
lob simultaneously, he is apt to do some highly
interesting talking.
Major Maurice Campbell. retiring as New Yorks
prohibition administrator emits swan song in which
he accuses certain New York politicians and Wash
npton officials of inSincerity in regard to the dry
law. and asserts that party politics called for the
restoration Of certain liquor permits which he had
revoked
Unfortunately. Major Campbell was not quite
angry enough to mention any names The public,
then Is left Just about where it before Its long
standing suspicion that there is good deal Of back
STAGE skullduggery in connection with the dry law
Is confirmed but it isn't given any definite evidence
on which it can go out and detach few scalps-
Nevertheless. it is better of than it was before.
When there are queer dongs in connection with any
public Office the best way to start their correction
is to start the ocehoders present and past to talk
ing. Get them sore enough and you'll eventual-
learn something.
Indeed it might be TO the public interest 2 have
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HE EEo2fS

much to the fact that he has post
poned the sowing of wild oats. At
any rate, that is what the headline
said
From the body of the story, I
gathered that Major Bond has not
yet made a start in ambling along
the primrose path.
Il haven't been one to go in for
the wild life" was what he said.
This argues a certain caution, but
not an unamiable priggishness.
Major Bond speaks only Of the years
which are past. He makes no
pledges for the future.
Personally, would not advise him
to put off his experimentation be-
yond the age of 150 There is such
thing as overstaying your market.
If the Stamford sage delays long
enough he will probably see prohi-
bition go back again to limbo and
then it will be impossible for him
to know the excitement of our ma
tive SpeakeaSies.
Of course, with his constitution he
may live long enough to see another
Volstead act and another period of
amendmental disrespect.
If were Major Bond, I'd not do
this. The risk is too great. Even
the strongest of us may succunb TO
some sudden chill Major Bond
should gather his mareinais while
he may.
He'll find less pleasure and less
profit in the old-time saloon when
it rolls round again next year. Or
perhaps a little later. In fact, /
think the most appropriate moment
lies close at hand for the major.
Already FARO Agta, that old Turk
who tops him by more than a quar-
ter of century, is on the high seas
bound to the United States. sug-
gest that Major Bond be at the pier
to meet him.
And as the alien abstainer frolics
down the gangplank, Major Bond
might f1ttingIy produce a flask and
say, Its been long time between
drinks, stranger"
Copyright 1880. by The Times)
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Problems Age Old

A T best, we are creatures of ira
IA dition and experience. What
we know is scarcely less important
than how we came to know it.
Each child, eacn community. and
each nation epitonlizes the methods
by which humanity has climbed out
of the Jungle
The clearer idea we get Of the
process and of the pitfalls incident
to it, the better we shall get along
whether in the home, the school
room, or the state
In principle, at least, the basic
problems are age-old-the problems
of marriage, parenthood, social
decency and justice.
No matter how much faster we
are able to travel by modern We
hicles, how much easier we have
made housekeeping, or how much
more we can produce by means of
machinery, what we get out of life
goes back to a few simple questions.
When all is said and done, what
does a million dollars mean if the
man who has it also has dyspepsia?
What does fame amount to with
out an appreciative family or good
friends with whom to share it?
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movement than was normally the
case.
AS the mans condition improved
and he regained consciousness, the
dilation and contraction of the
heart increased so that sometimes
after several hours the heart re-
sembled a dilated heart.
1t has been shown that muscle
cramp may occur, due to an excess
in Tactic acid following overuse
and it is the belief of DR.. Rich
ards that the contracted hearts of
athletes, especially those in state of
collapse, are the result of a form
of muscle cramp due perhaps to
overuse.
1t seems possible that the collapse
results from a lack of blood in the
brain and that it perhaps is natures
method of protecting the life of
the man by incapacitating him for
movement until his heart re-
covers.
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BarriCade

A T most institutions today, the
IN president is barricaded in a
private office, guarded by a battery
of assistants and stenographers.
Getting in to see him is about as
simple as obtaining an interview
with a bank president.
They still refer to him as "Prexy"
at the annual alumni dinner, but
the use of the term is just an eX-
ample of how traditions outlive con-
ditionS.
I am not criticising college presi-
dents. just am stating facts. Con-
ditionS have changed.
AS DR.. Stratton stated in his in
Stallation address, "The administra-
ton of the affairs of large educa-
tional institution has become in
many respects as great a problem as
that of industry. The interests of
the former generally are more COM
pick and its administration more
difficult, from many points of view. "
In his address, DR.. Stratton pro-
ceeded to outline many Of the prob
lens which he feels must be dealt
with today
Academic freedom, which gen.
orally refers to ones right to an
opinion in his own field and to
teach accordingly, is often inter
preted to cover a much wider range
of subjects" he continued, thence
we do not always find the teamwork
in the faculty that is found in in
dustry or in the football field.
I'm an institution like this, the
coordination of the work among
departments having many common
interests is one of the most impor-
tant phases Of administration.
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Questions and AmSzOerS

How many times has Young Strib-
ling fought Primo Camera?
Twice. The first battle resulted
in a victory for Camera on foul,
and the second ended in victory
for Stribling on a foul.
Are men generally more inteIlec-
tual than women?
1t has long since been proved
that brains and intelligence are not
sex attribute, but that both sexes
are equally endowed on the aver
age.
Why are canaries used in the
mines?
They are very sensitive to poi
sonous gases, being affected by the
first traces. and are used in the
mines to warn the miners of dan
ger. Rats are sometimes employed
for the same purpose.
How many Indians are there in
the United States?
45,757.
What was the estimated national
wealth of the United States and the
United Kingdom in 1927?
United States, s349, 600. 000, 900;
United Kingdom, $121 ,663, 000, 600.
Where are the United States gov
eminent documents printed?
At the government printing Office
in Washington.
From what race did the people of
Germany come?
! The common racel or SUFFRAGE
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FARRAGUTs BIRTH
July 5

July 5
ON July 5, 1901, David Glasgow
" Farragut, called the most ia
nous of American naval officers,
was born near Knoxville, Tenn, the
son of a Scotch immigrant who had
taken an active part in the Revolu-
tionary war.
When 9 years old, young Farra-
gut was adopted by Commander
Porter. and two years later entered
the navy as a nidShipman. After
serving in subordinate capacities on
various vessels and in various parts
of the world, he was raised to the
rank of commander in 1841.
Soon thereafter he distinguished
himself in the Mexican war by
maintaining a strict blockade of the
port of Tuxpan.
Though bound to the south by
birth and strong family ties, Farra-
gut remained loyal to the Union at
the outbreak of the Civil war, re-
moved from his southern residence
and offered his services to the gov
eminent.
Placed in command of block
aiding squadron of seventeen vessels,
he brought his hotilla past the Con-
federate batteries at New Orleans
and completely destroyed their feet
of thirteen gunboats and two IRON
clads.
His later achievements consisted
of the capture of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson and in the annihila-
ton of the Confederate feet in Mo-
bile bay.
Congress appointed him vice-ad-
miral and later admiral. having
created those grades especially for
him.
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some system whereby every man who held any public
office would be grossly insuted when it came time
for him to leave. This of course would make him
angry and would fill him with hatred for the higher
ups: and while it might work an injustice on some
in the long run it would cause others to tell tales
out of school, and the general public would get q
much clearer picture of what going on
At all events Major Campbell has done the Amer
lean people service by speaking out frankly about
conditions surrounding the prohibition Office IN our
largest city The only trouble is that he has not
been frank enough.
Having said so much, he practically has put him
self under the obligation of saying good deal more;
We would like to hear few names named
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TINE census taker has found a
/ citizen in Stamford, Conn.,, who
gives his age as 115 I am not IN
the least incredu1ous. My own farm
lies Just seven miles north of the
town and the country round about
is such that one may drift through
weekend or a century without
feeling the urgency of time.
I've often wondered why so many
people are in the habit of referring
to New England as bleak. 1t must
be the inhabitants and not the
meadows to which they refer. There
are no forests or fields in all the
world more beautiful than those
which Connecticut puts on display
in July and June
If I've got century to go-that
is sixty additional years-Td gladly
give this brief period to the house
which stands a little back from the
hunting ridge road.
Of course, I'm not talking now
Of winter months, or late autumn,
or early spring. In dedicating my
next sixty years to Stamford, l
meant no more than three months
in each year.
But the longevity of Major Bond
does not depend entirely on being
a New Highlander. In fact, he was
born in Georgia and for many years
was slave on plantation in that
state. Grave suspicion has attached
to the claims of many ancient COL
ored men. One year on planta-
ton was much like another.
And, to tell the truth, life north
of Stamford pursUes an even tenor.
Leaves turn red and fall. The lake
freezes over. And after while it
thaws
A green tide comes back across
the hills. The lilacs bloom and the
whipporwill strikes up once again
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SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ

Massachusetts, Tech Splits
Burden Of It's President,
Testing Plan Which May
Become General.
TINE academic world will watch
Il with close attention the prog
ress of affairs at the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology during the
next few years. For if plan just
put into effect there proves an ad-
vantage, it may Ee adopted gen.
orally by universities and colleges.
M. /. T.. as the institute is called
in the academic world, has de-
cided that the modern trend OF
education puts too big burden on
the college president, and so 1t has
split the job in two.
Earlier this month Dr. Samuel w.
Stratton relinquished the Office OF
president to become chairman OF
the corporation" a position CORE
spending to the chairman of the
board in industrial organizations.
At the same time DR.. Karl T.
Compton, FOR many years professor
of physics at Princeton university,
was installed as president.
M. I. T. thus is given the dual
administration of a chairman OF the
board and president, such as has
worked with such marked success
in the industrial world.
The move bears testimony to the
changes which have taken place in
the last half-century.
There was a day when college
president was known affectionately
as "Prexy," when he knew all his
students by their first names, and
when the door of his Office was open
at all times and the students felt
free to drop in and chat with the
"Prexy."
For the most part, those days are
gone forever.
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Cooperation

COOPERATION with the out
~ side world is as important a
part of administration as are the in
ternal affairs of an institution, DR.
Stratton believes.
"A question of major Importance
in the administration of the affairs
of a professional school is that of
interesting successful men in the
training of those who are to follow
in their professions" he said.
Among the graduates of the in
stitute are to be found many of the
foremost leaders in all the branches
of science and technology with
which it is concerned.
These men can and do contribute
the benefit of a wealth of ex-
perience. To encourage and foster
this sort of contact is worthy of our
most serious attention.
Cooperation with industry in
this same respect also is important
Industry as well as the professions
should assist in preparing the
specifications of the types of men
they need, and which We are in the
business of training.
1.-THE cost of training men in
science and technology is much
greater than is generally understood
When one of the early English
physicists was asked by a visitor il
he might see his laboratory, the
physicist called a servant and di-
rected that the laboratory be
brought in.
Contrast this with the great
modern research laboratories. ed
ucational or industrial with equip
ment for undertaking the, most
delicate Investigations, or those re-
curing huge conpressors, furnaces
generators or other facilities
necessary to produce the conditions
which the scientists of today must
have at his DISMISSAL "
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FIVE QUESTIONS A DNr-i
on FAMILIAR PASSAGES

/. What two prophets refer to
peace in terms of swords beaten into
plowshares and spears into pruning
hooks?
2. Who asked, Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?"
3. Choose you this day whom ye
will serve" Who said it and on what
occasion?
4. Complete Paurs sentence, THE
letter killeth
5. In what book is the prophecy,
"a little child shall lead them?"
Answers TO Yesterdays Queries:
l. The daughter of Herodias, who
asked for the head of John the Bap-
fist as a reward for her dancing;
Mark 6:17-29.
2. "Who can be against us?" Ro-
mans 8-31.
8. David; Psalm 1919.
4. Daniel, because he continued
praying to Jehovah, contrary to
ers; Matthew 7:20.
5. Jesus, referring to false teach
the kings decree; Daniel GLIB.
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Has Some Value

TOR the most part, this strange
Il accumulation reclaimed from
old attics, dust heaps. and violated
graves goes to fill museums or
create trade for collectors.
For the most part, it represents
little of value to average people,
except as it helps to broaden their
perspective and make life more en-
joyable
For the most part, civilization inn
proves on the ways and habits OF
preceding generations as it goes
along.
Still, there is something essential
in maintaining a contact with by
gone days.
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Queer TrifIes

ZONES a FrenChman, declaring
~ that Columbus was a great
salesman as we'll as great navi-
gator, that he had dimple on his
chin, was a teetctaler. and never
Swore.
Comes DR.. Rosenbach with a 400
year-old book about Columbus which
describes him as a book dealer and
as born in Milan
Comes a psychoanalyst, asserting
that a misspelled word in the
Declaration Of Independence indi-
Gates that those who wrote it and
those who signed it suffered from
repression.
Comes a multitude of others with
queer trif1es and queerer deductions
regarding the great or near great.
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from which all the people of Ger
many diverged was the Teuton, the
people who in early times inhabited
that part of Europe lying to the
north of the Alps, and west of the
Oder to the Rhine, vaguely known
by the Romans as Germania.
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Real Debt Once

MO one can study the past, even
IN in a small way, without being
impressed with the fact that those
who gave freely of their time and
talent got the mosi out Of life.
Not only that, but future genera
tions owe them the greatest debt
of gratitude.
The comforts and conveniences we
enjoy were not brought about by
people who took things.
Mere power has contributed little
to development of civilization, or
to the happiness II those who pos
Sessed it.
The ability to do something better
than it was done before has con-
tributed to both.
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Times Readers
Voice Vices

Editor Times-In the superior
court of Indiana public opinion,
present this indictment:
The state VS.. the poorhouse:
Defendant, you are charged with
being inhuman and wasteful Of the
public's money.
You separate husband and wife
after long years together, yet with
in your walls the sick, the crippled
and the insane ningle with the well
Too often you are under the con-
troll of men who have the position
only because of politics.
Upon many whose only fault is
being poor, you place the degrading
brand of pauper.
You are charged with being the
slayer of hope, the stranger OF ev-
cry desire for a happy, normal life.
You are charged with being the
obstacle in the path of the peoples
desire that old men and women, no
longer able to work, should remain
in their own homes and live in
happiness upon a pension, paid not
in charity, but in justice.
What say you or your supporters
guilty or not guilty?
In the name of justice.
J. PIERCE CUMMINGS.
1901 Kenwood avenue.
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NJ. E. Tracy
Those Who Have GiUen Free
IN of Their Time and Talent
Hare Gained Most from,
Life.
SAYS:

THE past is also a land Of ad-
L venture for those who have the
taste
II is surprising how much re-
mains undiscovered in the Stag piles
OF human progress Notwithstand-
ing all the prying and paving, we
constantly are making new and in
terestine finds
Most Of these finds justly can be
described as freaks, but few are
worth while.
At any rate the hunt affords en-
ployment for hundreds and enter
tainment for millions.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health MAGAZINE

Health Magazine.
TT is not unusual to see men col
Il lapse during or at the end OF a
hard race.
When the man collapseS he has
the appearance of utter exhaustion,
gasping for air, complaining of pain
and with his pulse rapid and f1ut-
tering. He may be nauseated, his
body perspire freely and yet he feels
cold.
Various reasons have been Sug-
gested as to the cause of this col
lapse. 1t has been urged that it is
due to a lack of sugar in the blood,
because the athletic contest has
used up the energy reserve of the
body.
It has been said to be due to dila-
ton of the heart, or even to rup-
ture of a heart valve.
In order to establish definitely
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this Daper.-The Editor.
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360l KenWood avenue.

What are the two highest paid
positions in the federal government?
The President of United States
receives $4,000 a year and chief
Justice of the United States supreme
court $20,500 G, year.
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his most annoying tune. At the
end of lis years or any consider
able part of it, one we'll may have
forgotten if he saw these things
some forty times or eighty,
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The Gay Life

THIS much gather from the
l. papers, since they quote the
old man as saying that he owes
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Canada and the United States are assured Of big,
great virgin forest which will remain in its wild state
as a hunting, camping and fishing reserve almost
without equal on this continent,
After agreement by Representatives Pittenger and
Nolan to certain features of the ShpsteadNolan bill
the measure quickly passed by the house Thurs
day. 1t previously had passed the senate
The forest located in northern Minnesota and in
adjoining Canada will be called the QueticoSuperior
international forest.
1t passage is victory for conServationiStS and for
future generations of Americans, who thus are as
sured of reserve which civilization will not despoil
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"Congressmen," 81 Art Shires, ARE just bunch
of plowhands" The Great One shouldn't talk. He's
fielder himself.
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The plane that made the record drop. in our
opinion is the built last year for the Schneider
cup races at a cost of 100000 and put up for sale
the other day for 81.
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Fraud Made Easy

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