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Smyrna times., 1931-09-02

hen explains what the future needs
of the university as to the build
ing program and instructional
staff will be during the next few
years. In his report DR.. Hullihen
lists the buildings already erected
and those for which he feels a real
need exists. "When we check
through this list, which includes all
the buildings needed to give US an
institution thoroughly well equip
ped to give collegiate instruction, ("
he continues, 1--WE find that they
total in estimated cost about $3,-
100000 and that those already Sc
cured: Library, heating plant, en-
gineering building, New Castle
dormitory, Kent Hall commons,
Delaware College swimming pool,
auditorium, and Women's College
gymnasium, with equipment and
endowments, have cost about ST.
$4,000, or something like two
thirds of the whole, and that all of
this, as well as many other very
valuable additions that amount to
a considerable sum in the aggre-
gate, have come to the university
in the last eight years. As noted
above the buildings in the list not
vet secured are: Glass room and
office building, Women's College
campus; chemistry building, Della
ware College campus; dormitory,
Delaware College campus; physics
and biology building, Delaware
College campus; music and social
activities building, Women's Col
lege campus; museum, Delaware
College campus; class room and
Office building, Delaware College
campus. OF these the ones most
needed at present are the class
room and Office building, Women's
College campus; the chemistry
building, Delaware College cam
pus; and the dormitory, Delaware
College campus. The need of the
class room and office building at
the Women's College has been set
forth at length to the board and by
it to the Legislature which at its
last session voted, almost unanim-
ously, an appropriation Of S21, 900
for this purpose. The bill making
this appropriation, however, was
not signed by the Governor because
of his feeling that the amounts ap-
propriated by the General Assem-
bly, exceeded the amount that could
safely be withdrawn from the pub
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
REPORT UNIVERSITY Of
FflINARE, NEWARK, MAUI
SHOWS COM
DnssrHENsIvE PLANS
,,.. DolIar Building Plans
Sl,llU~ ,S"nt TwO-Thirds Com
re aOO Need Other Units

,.oort to the Board Of Trus-
Il .sa University Of Della
% - walter Hullihen, presi-
Il ,.ns the comprehensive
\ LII I being carried out ~
Ina' i',onment Of the institution.
devs.Y eaIained in the report that
II membership Of the board
lns 81, changes considerably IN
fiaDy .o If five or six years It
GU !, i review what has been
FsL L,,rg !. this line and what
- a - the next steps in its con
10 In DR.. Hullihen tells
I bas been done since re new
nns was secured some years
r. 1. tbe matter Of the physical
,-,n,ont !. Of the comprehensive
The plan as mapped out
!. Years ago is now about two
I, completed. some Of the new
dings having been constructed
1H money appropriated by the
,,,oture and a number with
|. given by individuals. he
|. I : What the estimated cost is
sscb building and what the ac-
cost was of those that have
completed. These new build
to date have cost nearly 81
mn IN the same report Pr.
Iihen gives figures to show that
!. has been a corresponding in
y n the income secured by the
y during the same decade. The
ease in income has been used to
rove the Institutional efficiency
~ university and for the up
, and maintenance Of the uni
nv plant. Not only have sal
been increased where it was
.ssary but tie instructional
has also been enlarged with
increased income to meet the
ving needs Of the university.
his report Or. Hulli-
Evening star., 1931-12-18
OKLAHOMA VOTES
ON MURRAY BILLS
Foes of Measures Say Pro-
gram viii Set Up a Vir-
tuaI Dictatorship.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, December 10
Gov William H. MurrayS administra-
ton came to a crossroads today as
Oklahomans voted on his fire bells re-
form program which opponents say
viii drive business from the States
borders and set up a virtual dictator
ship.
They'll swim the creeks to vote for
the bills" said Alfalfa Bill" wearily
returning to the capital from a stump
tour through Southern Oklahoma mud.
He wound up his campaign last night,
in support of proposals for tax revision
to shift the burden to larger incomes,
free textbooks and other changes in
the educational system, escheat of GER
tain corporate lands, and budget
revision.
Fire bells rang to call the people to
Murrays bills. which constituted four
of seven measures the State Legisla-
ture rejected.
The fire bells rang false alarm"
said Gordon Bierer of the Citizens
League. The Murray slate. he said.
would set up dictatorship suitable
perhaps to Bolivia (Where Murray
failed in colonization proiect). but as
foreign to our climes as the firing
squad or the whipping post"
The issue may not be settled, how
ever, with the counting of the votes
Although the State Supreme Court re-
IGeed to enjoin the State auditc: from
paying expenses of the election, it
warned him he would do so at his own
risk. 1t has yet to rule on protests to
the initiative petitions.
The election came at a time when
"Alfalfa Bills" admirers were acclaim
ing him the logical Moses" to lead the
Nation out of an economic wilderness.
"Murray-for- President" glistens on
automobile tire covers and plaster
busts of the mustached Governor.
The inCipient boom may strike a
snag If his home State froWns upon his
measures, but approval might give it
impetus.
Evening star., 1931-12-18

winners OF athletic competitions organ
lied by the Catholic Youth Organiza-
ticn of Chicago, which are held this
Month.
Prof. Silvio Silvia, designer Of the
medals for Chicago's Eucharistic Con-
gress, was again chosen by Cardinal
Mundelein to coin this new supply. His
subject, duly approved by the petition
er, was taken from one of Canova's
heroic compositions, "Kreugas and
DamoXenus," two pugilists.
The statue is on view in one of the
cabinets of the octagon courtyard in
the Vatican Museum, where also mar
Evening star., 1931-12-18
ALFALFA BILL, INVENTOR.
Solves Problem of Those Who Like
Tete-a-Tete.

OKLAHOMA CITY, December Is
(N,AN.A william H. Murray, known
as Alfalfa Bill" has discovered a way
to reduce to minimum at least one
hazard which men in public ife-espe-
cially Governors-have to meet.
Alfalfa Bill has devised a scheme
which certainly puts an end to an
annoyance from which men have suf-
fered for years and suffered too, in
silence because they hadn't the in
ventlve capacity and, perhaps. the
downright nerve of the chief executive
of SOonerland
Alfalfa Bill' hadn't been Governor
of Oklahoma long before he discovered
thai even his best friends didn't know
how far away to keep themselves while
comforting with the States chief eX-
ecutivc, Politics, in fact, musters around
Its banners a strange breed of men who
can't speak above a whisper. If they
cent speak in whispers they like to put
tfCr lips right up to the listeners
car and tell the very lowest of low
down about what the boys have told
nm would happen over in Rabbi.
Holer
Patience Gives Out.
Well. Gov Murray stood the face-to-
face condolences as long as his natience
could. And every enc knows the Sooner
executive doesn't waste words or actions
once his mind is made up So he took
action. He called one of the mechanics
Of the Capitol.
The other day when a visitor called
on the Governor he found Alfalfa
Bill sitting in his favorite position in
big leather chair in his office. That
meant the Murray feet we're on the
ncSk. the Murray back was resting in
the upholstery Of the chair seat and
the Murray head, hair gray and tous-
lcd was against the back of the chair.
Inc Governors hat was over the ewes
ana a cigar was gripped in the lips
somewhere under the heavy mustache.
he was squirting closely at the fine
type of document.
Have a seat" the Governor invited
without looking up from his reading
He muttered and mumb!ed to himself
IN way that made his caller believe
he was thinking out loud
Visitor Gets Surprise.
The chairs nearest him were about
-FOUR feet from his half-Sittng. half
reclining form. The visitor selected
one of the chairs, backed up to it and,
just as hundreds of others have done
in the Governors Office and in other
Offices in the country, got a back-hand-
ed hold on the chair arms and started
to pull the chair up closer to tie Gov
ernor. A pull. The chair held fast. A
stouter pull. The chair wouldn't bulge.
The caller looked around and found
the chair chained to the radiator. The
other chairs were mOored to a large
hot-water pipe reaching from ceiling to
floor. The Governor went right on
reading and muttering after he inter-
posed in loud voice
Have a seat. I chained the chairs
down to keep folks from putting their
faces plumb into mine"
tCopyright. 1881. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IhcD
Evening star., 1931-12-18
MUNDELEIN GETS GOLD
MEDALS FOR ATHLETES
Forty Decorations for Winners of
Events Given Cardinal for
Distribution.

BY Gable TO The Star
ROME, Italy, December ia choice
delivery Of box of 90 gold medals from
Rome has been made at the chan
Gerry Of George Cardinal Mum elcin of
Chicago.
The cardinal placed an order for the
medals while visiting in Rome last
Spring at the time the new buildings
of the College for the Propaganda of
the Faith the gift of Chicago Catholics,
were dedicated
The medals will be pinned on the
Evening star., 1931-12-18
Compressed Air for Pruning.

The operation of pruning trees is
greatly facilitated by the use of a COM
pressed air tool recently invented. This
machine is lightly constructed, so that
it may be readily carried into the tree
top and a touch of the trigger sewers
the branches which ordinarily would
require the use of a saw With it one
man does the work of many.
Evening star., 1931-12-18

BILE group Of LAGOON and the famous
Apollo Of Belvedere can be seen.
(Copyright, 1o3l)
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
S79,46,934 in Work
y Begun to Aid Idle

Contracts for SIS, 9,465 ,934 worth
of construction work were let dur.
ing the last week, Col. Arthur
Woods, chairman of the Presi-
dents emergency employment
committee, announced yesterday.
The total Of the preceding week
was $92,0l4,247. Colonel Woods
also announced that industry and
employment continued to pick up
in New England during the week
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
DEFENDS
POWERF|RM'S
FINANCING
Adverse Conditions Made Pro-
iect Speculative, He Says;
Sees Work As Aid to Men

Financing methods employed in
the formation of the power sys-
tenn in New England which later
developed into the New England
Power Association, were defended
today before the Federal Trade
Commission by Henry I. Harri-
man, chairman of the associa.
tion's board of directors.
Tells Of Difficulties
He testified after the commits.
sion's hearings developed testi-
Inony that the association, in
several instances stepped up"
the ledger value of the subsidiary
companies it acquired. Said Har-
riman:
eff criticism is directed at
the financing methods which
were employed, / suggest to the
critics that they place them
selves in the position Of men
who had risked their all in
their belief that an ideal would
succeed.
"It Is o satisfaction to know
that we have had something
to do with bringing electricity,
which in 1907 was q luxury,
into hundreds of thousands Of
New England homes, where it
Is today the most valuable and
the least expensive Of life'S
necessities.
Hartman reviewed the history
Of the development of power in
New England, and pointed out
how early difficulties made con-
servative banking houses shy of
the project.
Hartman has retired as presi-
dent of the association, but re-
tanned his position as chairman
of the board. He also is president
Of the Boston Chamber of Com
merce and is director of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. His home is in Newton,
Mass.
Many Adverse Conditions
Hartman continued:
''NO recital of the early years
of what is now known as the
New England power system is
complete or fair. Unless due
weight is given to the physical,
legal and financial difficulties
which surrounded the develop
ment Of water power in New
England a quarter Of a century
ago.
"All of these factors made the
business speculative and made
it necessary to finance it, as a
speculative and competitive
business, rather than as q con-
servative, mOnOpOlistic public
utility"
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Order of De MOLny
Hears Hyde Speak

Winding up it's annual meeting,
the National Council, Order of De-
Molay held its annual banquet
at the Mayflower Hotel last night.
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde
addressed the gathering and urged
the youth of the nation be edu-
Gated in, the traditions and ideals
of their forefathers and steered
away from the radical ideas Of
Communism.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
PIANIST AT HOWARD

Conradi, pianist of Peabody
Conservatory of Music, Baltimore,
will be presented in the lecture
recital series tonight at Howard
University.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
WEATHER DETAILS

For the District Of COlumbia-Fair
tonight and Wednesday; lowest tenn
perature tonight about 80 degrees; !;
warmer Wednesday; gentle to moderate
northwest winds, becoming variable
For MaryIsnd-Fair tonight and
Wednesday; rising temperature Wednes-
day; diminishing northwest WINDS be-
coming variable Wednesday.
For Virginia Fair tonight and
Wed ednesday; frost to the coast tonight;
u winds, becoming easterly Wednesday
Local Temperatures
Yesterday Today .,
y, m..........24 a. m....'.''''SS 80
8 D. m.........34 a. m..........St
Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January l, 1881, 2OS.
Deficiency of temperature since March
Accumulated deficiency of rrtcipIts-
tion since January l, 1891, AT.
Deficiency of precipitation since March
1, 1881. .SS.
Tide Tables
Today-High tides at S:5s a. m. and
at 7:21 D. b. Low tides at 1.l9 a. m.
and at 1:45 p. m.
Tomorrow-High tides at 1898 a. M
a nd at 8 D. m. Low tides at 2:01 a. m.
and at 2:27 p. m.
The Sun and the Moon
The sun rose today at 6:1s a. m. and
sets at S:16 p. m.
m. and sets at 6:17 p. m.
The moon rises today at 5:24 q. m.
and sets at $3.50 p. m.
The moon rises Wednesday at 5:48
A. M and sets at 1850 p. m.
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The Washington times., 1931-07-16
A timely Play

Not all the players escaped the danger but whole
= the play given to without nudges 1t turned out
extraordinarily uptodae Its first acts the
panic years of 1887 and 1857 and there talk of the
failure of the United States Bank which not inserted
for tmelness last week. but actually in the script of
the original There is ne If this panic do but last
shall double fortune which is exactly the the
bears would have expressed it in 1929 But it ap-
propriate sentiment
The play is about vilainous banker. virtuous of
wealth who has lost his fortune the widow and children of
the good captain whom the banker has robbed and
lot Of dear Dckenan characters who make for comedy
It is the sort of thing which rapidly become bore
and the remedy for boredom rapdity Mr. Langner's
production rips along if it going to fire, and
toward the end there is fire with lot of red flame
cardboard fire engine You had time to be anything
but entertained.
that it is not personal prejudice which
makes think that Miss Fania MarnOff closest to
perfection the performers She played the vanous
daughter of the villain with exquisite of the stye
of the play That style the style of the Currier and
Ives autographs and not of the woodcut which
also popular at the time.
The Washington times., 1931-07-16
An Example for Others

Westport is within committing distance of New York and
contains large artist colony 1t is possible take
pany of New York players out there and give what
virtually ryout production destined for the New York
stage later Yet it to me that what Mr. Langner
has done could be done in so small cities with population
10 times great that of WestpOrt Not by amateurs
whose parents will applaud but by straight professionals of
the level of good stock company. The theater
really happy place for the players and for the audience
and pity that it should be restricted such com
parativey unmportant places New and Chicago
The Washington times., 1931-07-16
In Westport

What Mr. Langner has done in Westport is all the
admirable because the pitfalls In the
first place he blt theaer comfortable than all but
handful in the entire country. But with the simplest Of
decorations leaving the structure of the old barn intact and
visible he his house actual charm He then collected
good company a company of stars, but adaptable
and intelligent group of players who know their business
He chose begin his with revival of old Dion
Boucicau melodrama the kind of thing which worked
death in Hoboken few years ago. 1t dangerous
choice because hardly prevent the actors from
knowing how absurd and comic they And the moment
they become too knowing the moment they kid the villain
and the heroine and the simple virtues and the lofty ideals
of such play the whole value is lost
The Washington times., 1931-07-16
Low" Art

The Foles always lavish, but they always we'll
arranged they have speed and action They fulfill their
intentions perfectly Turn from them to the ser
Gus legitimate production and you find certain sngness
and good deal of ndecision Very few legitimate drec
tors players technically perfect the directors
and players of musical shows. And I, for disin
cned forgive them their sins merely because they
serious artists.
The Washington times., 1931-07-16
Critic Grows Old

On looking my program find evidence of hardening
Of the arteries because all the other things which strike me
the high-lghs would probably be called odfashioned
Sapstick is the oldest comedy in the world and sapsck
properly done stale The particular instance in the
Foes band in which endless vons and bull fddles
are smashed while running fight goes between the
various performers There is probably deep psyche
logical why this sort Of thing is funny, but hardly
propose to find out what it is I take my fun without
knowing why Finally the chief comedian is Jack Pearl
the most cultural garging of German comedians;
recommend without reservation the in which Pearl
as movie director tries to show bride and groom what
Lubtsch would do.