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The Washington times., 1930-03-14
WINNING THE LONG JUMP"

- HIS Is sermon. named R. W. Revans, competing
at Cambridge College, England, is winning the long
Jump by clearing 81 feet inches.
You need to be told gives every ounce of his
power to this long jump
The terrific strain that he made is apparent The
snng muscles and tendons the strange position of body
and the hands, show that there is nothing left in this
give to sport.
he is doing his best
We add for the benefit of young people this:
What wonderful thing it would be if could THINK
Is hard we RUN, JUMP and PLAY games
alone with watching appauding prize to be
had but plenty Of prizes later could brains
intensvey this man his muscles and force
is too much to ask perhaps Our ancestors the way
back Professor Osborne Of the American Museum of Natural
History says have been the earth forty million years
and all the animals from which alleged descend
hundreds Of millions of years farther back, used their
MUSCLES
They eapt jumped fought bit struggled to save
their lives.
They developed, to the utmost, muscular effort.
THINKING is a modern accomplishment
And It is RARE accomplishment One in thousand
THINKS.
Others only THINK that they think.
Thinking tresome hard for human beings as walking
on its hind legs for dog.
dog will stop walking its hind legs whenever it has
a chance to stop.
And the average man will stop THINKING as soon as he
can find good excuse.
And yet all that get really worth WHILE in fe
from thinking.
The prizes by the long jump the tennis court the
football field the running track little although
they flatter youthful vanity.
The real prize is career while comfort and the
respect of others in old age.
Those things ONLY THINKING can earn.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
D. c. Law Is Effective Against
Educational Crooks

LAM is made by the American Association Of Engineers
~ highly reputable organization that fake universities and
institutions drawing than $S5000O0o year from
students of this country through racketeeng methods and
the association leading campaign get regulatory eg
aion in every State to put the educational crooks of
business
Legislation passed by Congress about year ago put stop
to these diploma mills operating in Washington Under this
law the Board of Education empowered approve reject
applications the establishment of educational ins
tutons of any kind. Licenses operate issued by
Board only after searching examination reveals financial and
educational ability to fulfill published promises
The board has authority incorporated in
of the District and intending business here Insitu
tions incorporated in the District seeking to operate else
where also under local board the extent of being
passed upon.
Spurious mail order universities and trade schools pursue
about the They give diplomas for so much
money and guarantee" jobs paying $4,000 to $4,000 year
aferward Thousands of ambitious men and women are
fleeced.
Chicago the model city for racketeer the center of many
of these alleged technical schools but they flourish in other
cities also, advertising extensively
Fang and rObbng American boys and girls who have am
bon to better themselves in life about the eanes crook
edne imaginable and it high time the game was being
checked.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
District Outdoor Advertising

= will be controlled by laws, Congress win enact
legislation be asked and these laws will have tendencv tn
improve ugness and the marring Of homes scenery
Ultimately biboards in Washington will be eliminated
altogether because permitted Present re
atons prevent repairs alterations to boards but tey can
not be gotten rid of until they fall dawn or until the
they developed through building Operations
render of them less ugly the proposed new laws
will authorize rebuilding and beautficatOn thereby enhanc
ing appearance.
The whole country is beginning to view blboards with hos
ity depong naturally beautiful spots and as detact
ing from attractive properties There no satisfactory
urban suburban Identification long bboards old and
usy, clutter Ktrsets and roads
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
Chaff Can't Cheat the Sieve
BIZ Herbert kaufman.

ln0NT wait for opening, make It's size y unm
porant you're built for the job, ability win quickly
enough enlarge any opportunity An edgen s weogen
The big chance is entirely mental attitude exsB
everywhere and Pertinacity satisfied with sound
foothod.
Ambition simply seeks demonstration space The odds are
always against you Several million other folk are - much
convinced of their valid title to the property or promotion
which you have selected your private oyster ana scneme
to seize it by fair foul
The future holds all conceivable sorts Of promises but
issues special guarantees on their fulfment
Progress prepared to execute order that
specifies assured when where TO whom de-
livery will be made Hesitate andyou be eliminated THIS
Each calendar sheet is sight drafton the Bank Of Posi-
bty Your most valuable and your most pershable asset
lis TIME
And your allotment Of thinking and working nours pro"
hibits procrastination
The line behind keeps lengthenng and the behind
keep strengthening and every ockandick OF the clock
marks squandered second that can't be replaced
Estimating your expectation Of distinction purely
arhmecal basis the adverse percentage staggering The
whole community is avid for the epaues you aspire to
wear and the same authority you yearn to grasp
Only few may lead but the rest Of refuse to confess in
ory until experience repeatedly profers the evidence that
we all can't make higher grades
You neither have the best without running the
gamut of rivalry and comparison WILL as well as SKILL re-
quires incessant exercise.
The milestone unyiedng to the STEEL but nothing else
will edge dullness or keen brains.
Soft and circumstances don't sharpen wits
Minds and tools alike become incompetent instruments with
out grinding and friction
You can't wish yourself into prominence and power hope
merely goal-seeker not pathfinder.
Dreams travel by airline, but performance must follow
roads-and blaze them.
Success publishes no shortcut maps ingenuity discovers
necessity and extremity arise In the great social
tug ofwar, push wins oftener than pull
Competition is the fail that finally separates grain and
husk. Chaff cant cheat the sieve
The you responsibility heavier than your
cpab the record and the balance sheet will advertise your
true measure
Granted that public attitudes ncreduOus harsh and
suspicious STILL in the end humanity has consistently rem
dered due tribute to manifest worth.
The crisis eernaly ripe for Bonaparte Lincoln or
Hoover.
Barriers aren built to thwart Calico, Watts, Byrd,
Millkan.
Edison would have transcendent genius and A. T.
Stewart merchant prince in century and in country
Accident has written no iustriOus paragraphs in the
chronicle Of achievement.
Every forehead to be bathed in glory first bahed
in sweat.
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The Washington times., 1930-03-14

rooms on SIS q week? For
though Bob's family increased
his salary didn't.
Today the four Of them are
housed in q wretched little
dump where you wouldn't want
to park your Airedale. The bab-
les are sick half the time
Clara is worn out with futile
drudgery and desperate with
worry. But she mad q plan
which would solve it all, so she
thinks.
'I want to go back to work."
she writes. II can earn as
much as Bob. / know Of a
place we could rent, q little
way out, where there is lots OF
sunshine. There is q dear old
lady there, who takes care OF
the neighbors' children, and she
would look after, Billy and Alice
all day. And we could begin 20
get ahead at last"
That's Clara'S plan, but Bob
won't listen 10 IL.
"No woman'S going to work
for me-" he says.
But can't you see I am
working for you-just killing
myself and the babies working
for you?" Clara cries.
'That's different" says Bob.
working in a home is differ
ent. When 1T comes to taking
a Job, I guess I can support my
own family"
"But you're not supporting
them!" walls Clara-and there
the matter rests.
And that is exactly where
this same problem rests in thou
sands Of American homes to-
day. Bob thinks he's defend
ing his home. Clara thinks
he's driving it on the rocks.
What do you think?
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland,
Mrs. SOIomon's Sayings

NAES. SOtOmOn Sayings
VERILY. my daughter, unto
' a man. love is a matter
of mood; marriage, q matter
Of chance; a wife, a matter of
speculation; and disappoint-
ment, matter Of course.
Now, behold, there dwelt in
Babylon, a GiIded Youth, who
was known as Eligible, in the
secret archives of the damsels.
Lo, his name was in many tele-
phone lists. and he might have
had his choice amongst them
all.
And it came to pass that,
on a night when the clouds
were thick and the wind was
piercing and the stars were
hidden with mist. he sailed
forth in search of diversion.
And it so happened that, on
that evening, he had eaten too
heartily, and his food lay
heavy upon his soul. Moreover.
he had toiled all day in the
marketplace, and his flesh and
his spirit were weary.
And ill+fortune had pursued
him: and he had read in his
newspaper that his pet stock
had dropped Z points.
And the cigar which he was
smoking was of the wrong
brand, and he had had no wine
with his dinner.
Yet, it chanced that. upon
this night, of all others, he met
the Girl of his Dreams; even
her, for whom he had been
searching all the days Of his
life. But, alas, his eyes were
turned inward, and he SAW
her not!
Yea, though she was fairer
than the rose of morning and
sweeter than the voice Of Rudy
Vallee, and more worthy than a
charity fund, he passed her by,
without notice. For such is
Karma.
And 10, upon another night, the
Gilded Youth went again forth
in search of pleasure. And, it so
chanced that the April moon
was at the full.
And the stars were smiling:
and the breeze was sweet and
mild; and the heart of Eligible
was singing.
For, in the market, that day,
he had made a killing" And
the team on which he had bet
was winner.
And his dinner had been per-
feet, and the cocktails good; and
the cigar which he smoked was
his favorite brand. And. his
stomach was at peace, and his
soul mounted on wings.
And it came to pass on this
night of nights, that he met a
damsel with a baby-stare and
yellow hair and a dimpled knee
and one brain-cell. And her
name was called Gold Digger.
And, 10, in his eyes, she ap-
peafed more beautiful than a
chorus of houris and more IRE
SiStible than Q mint julep.
EEIAAH.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
By I. E. Powers
-HY D.. Loufe =. Risch

THERE are all kinds Of fears,
u and one of them is the fear
of being different!
How inStinctively we tend to
mould ourselves like the rest
our clothes, our manners, our
social relationship, our customs,
our speech, almost everything.
And yet, Is not being different
often a great, If not the greatest,
asset we possess?
Nevertheless, have known
numbers Of people, young and
old, who worried because they
thought, or because they were
told, they were different from
the average. Sometimes they
thought that that actally meant
insanity, which, Of course, was
absurd,
What Goes being different
really imply? Being different
means not being typical, not
agreeing with the regular. estab-
lshed, prevailing type.
If we take thousands of indi-
viduals, catalogue their abilities,
traits and aptitudeS, we arrive
at a set of characteristics which
Is typical Of the particular group
We have tested.
Now apply this gener
method In theory to everybody
that exists and what do we
have? What we find is a very
low mean-mediocrity.
Therefore, being different, not
being typical, always means not
being mediocre. Tt does not
necessarily mean being superior.
however. 1t may mean being
inferior.
Among men who have made
history and promoted civiliza-
ton are those who did every
thing else but agree with the
prevailing pattern or type of
their age. There is Plato, and
Michael Angelo, also Trajen,
Christooller Marlowe, Byron,
Napoleon, Schopenhauer, Sou
they, Gounod, Cowper. Poe.
Schumann, Boudelaire, Tasso,
Rousseau, etc. There is long
list.
Those OF us not definitely
average and typical are ali diff.
ferent and peculiar in one way
or anoCher. But such individual
differences do not, necessarily
constitute abnormality.
Indeed, these very differences
are the dynamic resources out
of which the progress of the
world has been built!
Don't worry If you are diff
ferent!
Note your differences and
catalogue them,
See how they compare with
the individual differences Of the
great, the differences that
helped to make these indi-
viduals what they are.
Try, in fact, to model your
self after these differences.
Try to be different, but al
ways try to be different in the
right direction!
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
LISTEN WORLD!
What's Your Answer to This?
By Elsie Robinson

HERES one Of those funny
jams that the Twentieth
century has landed us in.
Plenty Of cases like it ="
this one happens to be typical.
I'm not going to do any fancy
writing about it. Just put it
down straight and then ask
your opinion.
Four years ago two young
Sters in our circulation depart
ment married. Call her Clara.
Call him Bob. They were, of
course, madly in love. Bob was
getting $25 per week. Clara was
getting $40.
"I'll keep on with my job,
darling" said Clara, "and then
we can get ahead ever so much
faster"
mot on your life!" said Bob.
"No wife of mine is going to
work. Any guy that will let a
woman work for him oughtta
be shot. But, of course, if you
you don't think you can be
happy with a poor fellow like
me" Clara didn't keep her
job.
For a year they were gor-
geously, happy in their tiny,
dark apartment. Had to scrimp,
but they were used to that.
And what does the size Of an
apartment matter when you're
young and in love? Then the
baby came, and in ID more
months another baby, and life
became tremendously compli-
Gated. Housekeeping had been.
a joke for two happy young
lovers. 1t became a nightmare
when two crying, ailing babies
had to share the inconvenient
quarters. And how could one
get anything but stuffy, dark
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
ONCE-OVERS

nOESN'T it make you feel
- better all day to meet the
cheerful neighbor when you
leave your door in the morn
Ing?
You may not know his name.
You may not know in what
house or apartment he lives.
But you know the time of day
he passes you on your way to
work and you know he looks
CHEEKY.
It isn't his clothes-they may
be plain and old-fashioned, but
it's that kindly look and pleas
ant recognition you have seen
him give so often.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
Papers Advocate

/. An agreement Of Engishspeaking peoples to pre-
ser0e peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the e0orld.
2. Proportional representation I'm the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than taeo Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portiohment IN the House of Representatives.
3. separate Department Of the Army, of the Navy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretaru
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal powers to
abolish dEteracy IN the United States under
Secretary of Education
S. Election of Congress in Nouegaber Installation
on the first OF January following. Inauguration
Of the President first Of January neat after
Nopember election.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14

Humanity is very much like
the bee kingdom.
Honey is culled from many
sources. But it takes sweetness
to attract bees who store the
honey.
Can't you give a little evi-
dence Of a sweet disposition by
a sunny look and a sunny greet
ing and let discouraged human
ity have something to store up?
A pleasant smile and a good
word make the day easier.
A sour face and surly words
make life harder all around.
Hope and courage grow with
kindly contacts,
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
l. Foyer Elevated plain
z Plateau Lobby
8.
A. Arduous Calamity
s. Disaster of plants
Do you know:
What nuts their bright oily kernels?
4 What is the japanese drink called sake made from?
g. Who was the founder of the Salvation Army?
~ WHAT does the expression Argus eyed" mean?
TO- What is the most important river in Nebraska?
Fill each blank
IL - was the sacred language of ancient India.
~ Eluan was great Hebrew
lS Wyandotte is the of q breed Of .
"a Auguste Rodin was great French
To- Prince Edward Island is in the southern part Of the
ANSWERS o Fiction Page)
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
Do You Know

> A smoke detector has been
developed that rings a bell in
the engineers room whenever
his smokestack fumes even ap-
proach violation Of city ordi.
aAnceA.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14

The eyes of our souls only
then begin TO see when our
bodily eyes are closing.
The Washington times., 1930-03-14
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

In doing what we ought 4
we deserve no praise, because
1t Is our duty
ST. AuEllstlna. ]
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
MICHIGAN STATE AFTER F. CROSS COUNTRY TITLE
Two Runners Arc Entered Against the :63 Representatives of
 Eastern Colleges

New York, Oct. 30 R-Michigan State, which made a gallant inva- sion of the cast in last years inter- collegiate cross country champion- ship race, will be back again this season for another attempt to cap ture the individual title, when the championship race is run, Nov. IT,.
 Two Michigan state runners, Clark Chamberlain, who finished fourth last year, and Donald Conrad, are entered against 2GS runners repre- senting 21 eastern colleges. Cham berlain is conceded a good chance to win this year as the three men who finished ahead of him in 1928 all have finished their college running careers.
 Pennsylvania, which captured the team title last year when two uni yersity of Maine boys, Francis Lind say and Harry Richardson, ran a dead heat for first place, is due to meet some stiff competition in it's attempt to retain the championship Only Williams has dropped out Of the lists since last year.
 The colleges which have entered teams for the six mile varsity race are Bates, Carnegie Tech, City Col legc. of New York, Columbia, Cor nell Dartmouth, Fordham, Harvard Lafayette, Maine, Manhattan, Massa- chusetts Tech, Michigan State, New York University, Penn State, Penn! sylvania, Pittsburgh Princeton; Rut. gers, Syracuse, Union and Yale.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
POLO ACCIDENT WILL
 RESULT IN MARRIAGE
Lieutenant Carl A. Schaubel Knock ed Wild Ball Into Lap of His
 Future Fiancec

Philadelphia, Oct. % R-A TO- nance that followed a polo bali knocked out of bounds is to lea1 to the marriage tf Miss Ruth Nal comson, Philadelphia girl who WIS Miss America" at the Atlantic City beauty pageant in 1925, and Cadet Lieutenant Carl A. Schaubel, polo player and instructor at Pennsyl- vania military college, Chester, Pa.
 The engagement was announced today by Miss Malcomson's mother, Mrs. Augusta A. Malcomson, who said the wedding would take place next fall.
 The couple met at the polo field at Princeton University last spring when the P. M. C., junior polo team, of which Schaubel was captain, was playing the Princeton Juniors. Miss Malcomson was watching the game from an automobile, and wild shol Sent the ball out of bounds and into her lap. Schaubel met the former Miss America when hcs retrieved the ball, being Introduced by a mu tual friend.
 Schaubel was graduated last June and has since become polo coach and cavalry instructor in the depart ment of business at the college.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
bIG TEN PUT IN
 VERY BAD LIGHT
Governor Of Michigan Urges Team to Play Game for Charity

Chicago, Oct. 80 (UP) - Pro- posals to use collegiate football to raise funds for charity have placed the Big Ten conference in an un- favorable light, and now threaten to disrupt the organization.
 Gov. Fred Green of Michigan has called upon the University of Michi- gan to play post-season charity game against Detroit university in defiance of Big Ten rules and the Detroit city councils resolution urg- ing the university, "as an institution supported by tax payers" to accept Detroit's challenge is increasing uni versity- authorities reluctance to turn down the proposal.
 One of the most inf1exible Big Ten rules prohibits post season foot ball games and violation of the rule would subject Michigan to expulsion from the conference. A majority of Big Ten schools would have to vots favorably before an exception codld be made and it is highly improb- able that a majority vote could be secured-even if Michigan favored the proposal.
 Michigan university officials have taken no definite stand on the De- troit challenge, but Professor Ralph w. Aigler. chairman of the board of athletic control, has called a meeting of the board to discuss ii Saturday.
 It is known that the Michigan athletic department opposes the game, and it has been suggested that the university make a counter offer to donate it's stadium for a charity game between Dctrcit and ! Michigan State, schools which arc not prohibited from playing post ! season games.
 | If political influences force Michi- gan to approve the game it will be | put to a vote of the Big Ten. whicl only this week voted down the pro.
 posal that the Notre Dame North,
 western game, November 22, bt
 transferred from Northwestern
 home field to Soldier field for the benefit of charity.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
STASIAK MEETS
 RUSHELL TONIGHT
Wrestling Opens ill Hartford
 With Card of Fine Matches

Hartford, Oct. 30 - The first wrestling show of the indoor season will be held at Foot Guard hall to- night with Stan Stasiak, the Polish Lion, meeting Jack Rushell, Ca nadian Lumberjack, in the star bout Matchmaker Jim Pouilos plans to match the winner with Gus Sonnen- berg for a bout at Foot Guard hall in November.
 Stasiak and Rushell are two of the most powerful men in the mat gam". Their combined weight is nearly 500 pounds and Stasiak towers several inches over the six-foot mark.
 Jack Ganson of California. for mer University of California star athlete, will tangle with Joe Drake of New York in 45 minute bout and Paul Adams of Boston takes on Farmer Bailey of Vermont in d half-hour struggle. There will be all opening bout be- tween local wrestlers. The first bout is set for S:15 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
BUILDING UP DEFENSE

Annapolis. Md, Oct. 30 (UP)- Apparently satisfied with the teams attack,l Navy coaches have devoted most of their time this week to building up the defense. Paying no attention to the muddy field. the midshipmcn worked for more than two hours yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
TO START AT FULLBACk

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 30 (UP)-- Paddy Byrne will start at fullback for Holy Cross against Rutgers Sat- urday, it was understood today. AL though a veteran back, Byrne has not been in the regular lineup this season because of late start. Rain and mud forced a postponement of yesterdays scheduled stiff scrim- mage.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
BARRES MAY NOT START

New Haven, Oct. 30 (UP)-Her- ster Barres, brilliant Yale end, may not start the Dartmouth game Sat urday. A tentative starting lineup announced last night had Jack Sar- gent at right end in Barres' place No announcement regarding his con- dition has been made but 1t Is known he went to the intirmary after last weeks Army game 1T which he distinguished himself for mailing punt-catchers. The Ells were driven indoors by rain yester' day and held drill in the CoXe Me morial gymnasium.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
HAS EIGHT VARSITY LETTERS

Princeton, N. J.. Oct. 30 (UP)- Eddie Wittmer of Southampton, N Y., today held the distinction of be- ing the first Princeton athlete ever to earn eight varsity letters. Witt mer, who was graduated last June was one of the 6 members of the baseball team to receive a !. major 'P" yesterday at a meeting of the Undergraduate Athletic association The New York boy, during his foul years at Princeton. won three foot ball insignia, two basketball. letters and three letters in baseball,
New Britain herald., 1930-10-30
LEAVES FOR PITTSBURGH

New York. Oct. 30 (UP) - New York universitys football team. AZ strong, leaves tonight for Pittsburgh and the annual game with Carnegie Tech on Saturday.
 The Violets' departure will mark the first time in two years that a N. Y. U. team has left the city for a game.