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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
A Good Song
no the comfortably pac

TITO the comfortably padded
4 gentlemen long away from
the clustered halls this seems
a sacrilege. They are still liv-
ing in the days when a college glee
club was a minstrel show and
"plurk, PUNK, plunk" the function
of bass singer.
Somehow the idea that under
graduates are and should be over
grown children dies hard. There are
those who can not abide the fact
that even the colleges are coming of
age.
Mr.. Robert A. Gardner, the dis
tinguished pole vaulter and golfer,
late of Yale, is emphatic in assert
ing that he will just stay away if
he has to hear Brahms rather than
bullfrog ditties.
But I do not believe it is the nee
essary function of the Yale glee
club to conf1ne its efforts to assist
ing Robert in quest Of his youth.
After all, the trend toward more
serious music was not forced upon
the undergraduates of Yale or Har-
ward, where a similar movement has
taken place.
The plain fact Of the matter seems
to be that many of these young men
actually take delight in learning
more difficult and intricate choral
work.
One may point out that 1t is a
little silly for a group to get to-
gether for tha purpose of rehearsing
up the Street" BY 2 O'Clock in
the morning almost anybody can
join In singing such a lifting melody.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
HEALTH SERVICE
Healthy Person Unaware of His Body

In contrast to the picture Of
health is the appearance Of illness.
The eyes of the sick man lack
luster and are dull. His face is
drawn and underneath his eyes
there are lines, puf1ness and dark
ness.
The mouth is held open, the teeth
may be defective and the hair
rough and dry. The skin of the
sick man is without residence and
his muscles are flabby.
The sick man drags his feet when
he walks, his shoulders droop and
he presents the picture of sickness.
So far as his weight is concerned,
he may be far overweight or under
weight.
He shuns the outdoor air and he
responds to every stimulation in
either an exaggerated or subnormal
manner. In contrast to the happy
appearance Of the man who is well,
the sick man seems discontented
and unhappy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

health. A man who is physically
fit has a clear eye, good color,
and a happy expression.
He breathes through his nose and
keeps his mouth shut. His teeth
are free from pyorrhea and from
cavities. His skin is clear, firm
and elastic.
The muscles should respond
readily to action, the posture
should be erect with the chin and
shoulders square, and the man
should stand tall. His gait should
be springy and alert.
The arches Of the feet should
be sufficient to support the body
without f1atness. The weight should
be the best weight for the height
as determined by standard charts.
AS every one knows, the most
common greeting is question con-
corning ones health. In the same
way, the most frequently paid com
pliment is one congratulating the
person on the fact that he looks
we'll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Maybe Rarnum Was Right

Practical and hard-headed this country is sup
posed to be, its people, with chldlike and super
stitious belief hand $125OOoO00 every year to
soothsayers and fortune telers one of their number
tells us.
There is more belief today in witchcraft than
there was when Salem hanged witches, John Null
holland, magician" believes, and he should know.
That may explain many things in our national
life. 1t may be the why we wait for starving
people to be fed by and fairies instead of or
ganzing promptly and efficiently to give them food
1t may be the reason why We wait for magic to
solve our economic ills instead Of looking at them
realistically and working realistically to dspel them
It may explain our faith that clumsy and out
worn and boss-ridden electoral system somehow will
give up, always, great and good officials.
Perhaps it is the answer to our stubborn insist
ence that prohibition, somehow, somewhere, may be
enforced
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
often it has been pointed

AO4AG O4OS41 ~ 4loS NCV44 EC114UO0
" out that there is no such
f1erceness on the football field as
exists in the heart of the old grad.
Within the last few years a definite
movement has come to make the
game belong to the players rather
than to their elders in the cheering
section.
While it is true that undergradu-
ates rather would have victory than
defeat, their passion for a winning
team is seldom as high as that Of
men who have been out for twenty
years.
And now a controversy of some
what the same sort has begun at
New Haven concerning new styles
in glee clubs.
Once upon a time undergraduates
banded together formally to render
"Boola Boola" and something about
grasshoppers addicted to reverend
ing leapfrog antics.
This is the music which the older
old graduate remembers, and they
will have nothing else.
It shocks them to hear, or even
to learn, that the boys have taken
to Bach.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Peoples Voice

Editors Note-In fairness to Mr.. Aver
age Citizen" whose letter in The Times
Saturday deplored third degree methods
By police. it here is stated that his letter
was signed The Times prints no letters
to the editor unless accompanied by
signature. but does reproduce them signed
with 'pen names" when the signature also
is appended to the original letter.
Several letters in reply to "Mr. Average
Citizen were received today. signed only
with pen names. so they can not be
printed here.
Editor TimeS-Your newspaper
must be run by a woman, since you
change your mind SO often. Not so
long ago Don Mellett was killed by
by the same type Of beast as now is
killing our police, who are trying to
serve the taxpayers that pay them
for protection. When Mellett was
killed, you had a crown Of thorns for
the same varmin that yon now want
to shower with roses.
In your paper of Jan. 10 you have
on the front page an article written
by "An Average Citizen" upholding
the criminal. What does this writer
have to conceal that he fears, to
have his name known? Then, too,
how does he know that third de-
gree" methods are used at the po-
lice station?
If this writer knows anything on
this line, why not give the facts
and not act like criminal and hide
behind an alias. A newspaper man
made the statement in my presence
that he knew of many cases where
third degree methods we're used on
innocent people. I ask him for one
instance. I have waited forty eight
hours for an answer, but have none
yet.
l offered to tell him Of several
criminals who now are free because
the police are not permitted to use
the proper method 70 obtain con-
LESSONS. Give our police a chance
to clear this crime wave. Let them
use whatever method they see fit.
It is my opinion that they know
better how to handle criminals than
newspaper editors or the suffering
public. At any rate, they do not use
mob rule which the public will have
to use if the police are not allowed
to do their duty.
H. L. KELSO.
5501s Virginia avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Playing a Part

TITO a certain extent I have a no
Il ton that much which passes
for college tradition is due to
pressure.
Collegians all too frequently act
like collegians because they feel
that it is expected of them. They
have read books written by very
sentimental and slightly senile grad
yates.
I even harhor the horrid suspicion
that some undergraduates make an
effort to behave like the characters
in motion picture exhibits called
Half a Second to Co."
Such pranks as bring the police
and first-page headlines refuse to
accept as normal exubrrance upon
the part of youth. 1t belongs to an
artificial tradition fostered by alum
nj old enough to know a great deal
better.
I refuse to believe that the aver
age youngster is addicted by nature
to hazing, cane rushes, the kidnap-
ing of freshmen diners and other
monkeyshines. He merely is bound
to the wheel of what has been.
Since these activities have en-
dured at good old Siwash for half
a century, it takes a good deal of
stamina to stand out and refuse
conformity.
But light is beginning to break.
For instance, within the last five
years civilization has begun to peep
family up in Cambridge.
Some bright undergraduate had
the courage to suggest that the an
nUal rally before the Yale game
wasn't as much fun as everybody
pretended and that it was at least
three and half times as silly as
any one admitted.
Copyright. 1881. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
High VoItages

THERE are only few high
4 voltage installations in the
world. The General Electric Com
pany has them at its Schenectady
laboratory and at its PittSf1eld
laboratory, the latter being the
largest in existence.
The California Institute of Tech
nology has one in Pasadena. Leland
Stanford university has one, and
there are few in Europe.
The one used by DR.. Tuve and his
assistants was built by Tuve and
DR.. Gregory Brett, who now is at
New York university.
In building the X-ray tube, DR..
TuYe and his assistants had to solve
many problems. One was to anneaI
Pyrex glass so that it would stand
the tremendous heat which develops
when the tube is in operation.
The future use of the radium ray
tube is not yet known. But all
scientists agree that it will prove
useful in medicine, physics, and
chemistry. Many problems yet must
be solved. One of the most i'm
portant is that of protection.
The rays of the tube will penetrate
a sheet of lead three inches thick.
To stay in the same room with the
tube while it was operated for
second might result in death.
In operation, the high voltage is
discharged through the vacuum tube
This means that in the tube there
is a. stream of ~electrons moving at
a tremendous rate.
The tube, therefore, can be used
to study the behavior of high-speed
electrons as well as for production
of radium rays.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
SCIENCE
Synthetic Lightning and Syn
thetic Rddium Are Pro-
duced bn Scientists.
BY DAVID nIETZ-

CLOWLY man learns to duplicate
- the tricks Of nature. First light
ming and now radium have been
added to synthetic products.
Lightning yielded few years ago,
when the late DR.. Charles P. Stein
metz succeeded in producing cleo
trio flashes of such power as TO de
serve the name Of artificial light
ming"
Artificial lightning led the way
to artificial radium rays, the newest
discovery Of science, announced only
last month at the annual conven-
ton of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science in
Cleveland.
The prize Of $1,000, awarded each
year by the association for the out
standing paper read at the conven-
ton went to DIS. NJ. A. Tuve, L. r
Hafsted and o. Dahl of the depart
ment of terrestian magnetism Of
the Carnegie Institution OF Wash
ington, for their paper describing
the artificial production Of radium
rays.
A super-x-ray tube which they
have built, operating at the previous
unusable voltage Of 100000 volts.
produces more gamma rays than
can be produced by all the radium
in existence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

A PERSON in perfect health
IA should be relatively unaware
Of his isody.
AS defined by w. r. P. Elmer
son the word health" generally
is accepted to mean condition of
the body free from physical disease.
It seems doubtful, however, that any
human being is at any time abb
solutely free from pathologic
changes in his body.
Careful records kept in thou
sands of post-mortem exan1ina-
lions, including people suddenly
killed by accident, reveal abnor-
nlalities in every case.
1t would be mistake, however,
to consider a man sick merely be-
cause of minor degenerative changes
going on in the tissues in his body.
Certain signs indicate physical
fitness as contrasted with other
signs which mark the absence of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

confined wholly to duly accepted
glee club members.
Personally, I'm for college cul-
ture which makes room for both
Bach and "Boola.'
And the danger of collegians 60
ing excessively highbrow does not
seem overly grave even yet. I wish
it were.
There still is too much truth in
the assertion that some of our uni
versities are modelled along courl-
try club lines.
After twenty years it is easy to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
NJ. E. Tracy
THE Public Is Alarmed IN an
Organized Way Because it
Senses the Presence of Or
ganized ViciouSnesS."
SAYS:

Senses the Presence Of Or
ganized Viciousness."
DENvER, Jan. 13.-This is great
- country-Teat in its power;
great in its achievements; great In
its complacency and conceit; great
even in its weaknesses.
There is not, and never was an
other country where so many peo-
pie spoke the same language, or OBJ
served the same conventions; where
life, work and pleasure were so
hopelessly standardized; where
travel meant SO little, or time SO
much; where sweeping changes
could be made with such ease and
lack Of reason; where fashion ex-
ereised such deSpotic sway.
We have not only set the stage
for fad, novelty and innovation but
have set it in such way that we
can not satisfy our hunger for
variety without them.
That explains why art feels
obliged to change style every so
often; why we all put on straw hats
when we are told, even if it rains;
why Hoover could be elected by six
million majority one year and lose
control of congress the next; why
crime runs to waves and why the
racket has spread from Maine to
California in so short time.
Travelling grows monotonous, but
the man who lives to see another
sunrise can be sure of unexpected
thrills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Einstein: Poet or Scientist?

The emergence of Albert Einstein into popular
hzure Of worldwide repute, who attract photog-
raphers and reporters with the horse power Of Jack
Dempsey Bobby Jones or Countess Cathcart is one Of
the most interesting phenomenon Of all history. Is
RELATIVELY racket an epoch-making scientific dis
coyery2
Not more than dozen persons in the United States
have any exact knowledge of what Ensteins really
llaims 70 have achieved net one Of thu billions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
FrankIin'S Kite

NOR centuries mankind feared
Il the lightning, but did not IN
derstand it. In the early days OF
America, Benjamin Franklin flew
his kite and proved that lightning
was electricity.
The existence of X-rays was un-
known until Professor Roentgen
discovered their existence in 1895.
He made his initial announcement
in Berlin at meeting of the Phys
ical Society on Christmas eve.
The discovery of X-rays was fol-
lowed by Bacquerel's discovery OF
the rays of uranium and then by
the discovery of radium by the
CURES. The analysis of the rays of
radium, one of the great achieve
ments Of the twentieth century, was
accomplished by Sir Ernest Ruther
ford.
He showed that radium gave off
three kinds of rays-alpha rays,
which were the nuclei Of atoms of
helium gas; beta rays, which were
electrOns, the fundamental units of
matter, and gamma rays, which
were real rays, like X-rays, but
thousands of times shorter and
thousands of times more penetrat-
ing.
Recent studies on X-rays have
shown that the more powerful the
electric current used in the X-ray
tube, the shorter and more pene-
trating were the resulting X-rays.
1t was inevitable, therefore, as
Steinmetz and other experimenters
succeeded in producing artificial
lightning" that is, electric currents
of tremendous voltage and amperage,
that attempts should be made to
utilize these powerful currents in
X-ray tubes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Bach and fBooIa'

OF course, the cry is raised that
~ these old standbys should not
be allowed to die. And, naturally,
there is no danger that Brahms viii
wither even if both Yale and Har-
yard pass him by.
But, judging from my own ex-
perience at parties and in some Of
the more intimarg speakeasies, Lord
Godfrey Amherst goes on soldering
for his king about as usual.
After all, there never was a day
when undersraduating singing was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HB BRoTS

weep into the nearest available stein
and say, "Those were the happiest
days of my life. Do you remember
the night we put the cracked ice
and the two lizards into the proc
tors bed? Good old -Four Eyes
How he hollered? I'll never forget
L
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

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 Uaper.-The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

California golf club gave its members turkeys
Tor prizes in recent tournament. So that they
truthfuly could say perhaps that they got brides
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Questions and
Answers

How large Is Lake Pontchartrain
in Louisiana?
Forty miles long and twenty-five
miles wide.
What is the next oldest civilized
nation in Europe to Greece?
Italy.
Are italian people ever blond?
There are many blond Italians
especially in the northern provinces.
Where is radio station XED, and
on what frequency does it operate?
1t is located at Raynosa, Mexico.
and operates on a frequency of 961
kilocycles, 312 meters and 10000
watts power. It was licensed IN
1890.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Daily Thought

Te are my friends II ye do
whatsoever 1 command you.--St.
John 1914.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Y DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

Friendship is the marriage Of the
soul.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

THE most important event of many weeks is this
n successful flight of ten italian bombing planes
from Africa to Brazil, for this should jam into the
reluctant consciousness of bureaucratS at Wash
ington the fact that aviation has arrived
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31
Communications

Victor +. Essling, relative to the
claim of Edward Salbacka for dam
ages in the amount of S90.00.-12622
referred to the commissioner of the
Sixth district.
Purchase and supply committee,
submitting report on bids received for
the furnishing of an automobile for
the Sheriff'S department and recon-
mending that the bid of the Holt Mo-
tor company of Duluth. for the furn-
fishing of Chrysler sedan be accept
ed.-12623
Purchase and supply committee
submitting report on bids received for
the furnishing of an automobile for
the use of the sheriff's department
recommending the acceptance of bid
of the Lord Fisher company of Du-
luth for furnishing Ford coupe
submitting report on bids received
for the furnishing of an automobile
for the use of the health department
and recommending the acceptance of
the bid of Erickson Bros. for the
furnishing of Dodge Sedan.-12625.
Purchase and supply committee
submitting. report on bids received for
the furnishing of an automobile for
the Fourth commissioner district, and
recommending acceptance of bid of
Skala Garage of Ely for furnishing
Chrysler sedan.-12626.
Purchase and supply committee.
submitting report on bids received
for furnishing power patrol graders,
and recommending that the bid of
J. ID. Adams 81 Company for furnish
ing Adams motor grader be accepted.
-12627.
Purchase and supply committee,
submitting report on bids received for
furnishing sedan for the Fourth dis
trict, and recommending the purchase
of Dodge sedan from the Vermilon
Garage of ok.-1262S.-Ordered re-
ceived and filed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

board has finally approved the title
to said land, and recommended to this
board that the same be accepted. and
fna od the sa Of e ed
Dominick Allegrezza and wife, and
by the First National Bank of CHS
holm, Minnesota, conveying said
premises to the county of st. Louis,
minerals in or upon said land, with
the right to explore for, mine and
remove the same, in the usual and
customary manner, that payment for
county auditors warrant for the
amount found to be due on said con-
tract, after deductions for unpaid
taxes. and recording fees for various
Instruments necessary to be recorded.
Now. therefore, be it resolved, that
the deeds of conveyance of said lots
10 and IL, block 33. Chisholm, be and
the same hereby are accepted and
the county auditor is authorized to
draw his warrant on the county road
and bridge fund, Seventh commits
sioner's district, in favor of Dominick
Allegrezza and Antonio Allegrezza,
his wife, and the First National Bank
of Chisholm, in the amount of $24.-
paid taxes and the sum of $3.50 for
recording and filing fees.
Be it further resolved, that the sum
of $24, be and the same hereby
bridge fund, Seventh commissioners
district, to defray the unpaid balance
due on the purchase price of said
property, pursuant to said contract
for purchase.
Be it further resolved, that the
county auditor is hereby authorized
and requested to draw his warrant on
the said county road and bridge fund,
Seventh commissioners district, in
said amount of $24, 1894. and to de-
liver said warrant to the First Ma
tional Bank of Chisholm for itself and
as agent for Dominick Allegrezza and
wife.
Be it further resolved, that the
county auditor is hereby authorized
and requested to draw his warrant on
the county road and bridge fund.
Seventh commissioners district. in
Louis county, in the. amount Of
s263.24, in payment of the unpaid
taxes due on the above described par
cells of land for the years 1927 and
1928, and to deduct said amount from
the balance of the purchase price due
on said property and also to draw his
warrant on said fund in favor of the
clerk of the district court in the sum
of S1.60, and to draw his warrant on
said fund. in favor of the register of
deeds, for the sum of $500. in pay
ment of recording fees, and filing fees
due from said Dominick Allegrezza to
the county of ST. Louis for said filing
and recording fees.
Commissioner Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
eas-Commissioners Hogan. Sny
der, Anderson, Pete, Murray and
Vice. Chairman Newman-6.
Nays-None.
Adopted June 10th, 1881.