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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
Straight Talk

howl goes up every time college professor is
dismissed summary. Usually this protest is justified
richly for in most cases it is only the best of profess
sors who get fired in so dramatic a manner as to
receive attention from the press.
Yet we gain from such cases a misleading impress
sion as to the precaousness of tenure in the gentle
craft of pedagogy AS an actual fact it is rare that
a man is dismissed from college or university ex-
cept result of extensive demonstration of extraor-
binary competence
Take representative victims of the academic guio-
tine-Alexander Wnchell, E. Benjamin Andrews, Ed
ward A. Ross, Harry Thurston Peck, John r. Com
mons, John H Gray, j. McKeen CatteII, Harry Dana
Alexander Meiklejohn W. I. Thomas, John B. Watson
Thorstein Veblen, Scott Nearing Herbert Adolphus
Miller and the like
Added to those who voluntarily have left the pro-
fessons in disgust these men, their thought teach
ings and writings, count for about as much as all
the thousands who have sumbered safely in the
cloisters during the last generation.
Indeed, in the whole range of human employment
there is no place, with the possible exception of
politics and high executive posts in business where
Incompetence repoSe with such slight jeopardy
as in the academic profession.
This goes so far at times as to be almost ruinous
to the students. In one great American university
decent instruction in economic hisory-perhaps the
most important subject in the modern curriculum
has been prevented for generation because an in
dolent pretender has been allowed to sleep at his
post for decades
Rarely, however, does any academcian risk the
heresy OF talking out straight on this matter There
fore, we may welcome the candor of ex-President
Clarence Cook Little in his address before the sum
mer session of Columbia university He advised
trial marriages" between the colleges and the pro-
feSsors.
why university should wed for life an individual
who, at 80, shows promise and is continuing to show
promise, but does not deliver any goods at the age
of 65 fail to see.
Presidents, deans and other faculty members
should receive cold shower every five years to make
them change some of their academic clothes. 7
know that some of the most distinguished loafng in
America is being done by American faculties in the
universities
There seems to be no way Of waking these gen
temen up, because their appointments run on and
there is no alarm clock. If have an alarm clock
set for the end of every five years, it would wake
them up once in five years"
Dr. Little put his finger on another major de-
feet of our instruction SYSTEM namely the promotion
OF professors on the basis of written work rather
than teaching ability. The average liberal arts pro-
lessor is promoted ION his lack of interest in teaching
and on his interest in research"
He added accurately enough that American col
egeS are being for the gIoritication of the Aer
can faculty and not for the betterment of the Aer
can Students"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

tines, where it is acted on by certain
secreted juices. Because it is diff
ficult for the juices of the body to
penetrate into the fat, the diges-
ton Of fat takes place slowly.
Foods which are rich in fats are
therefore retained longer periods of
time in the stomach and in the in
testineS.
There is plenty of evidence that
fat is stored up in the body.
When swine are fed on cotton
seed meal, the lard shows in char
acteristic color reaction of cotton
seed oil. The same is true of but
ter fat.
The body's requirement of fat
varies from approximately 81 grams
of fat per pound of body weight at
six months of age to IA grams per
pound of body weight from the age
of to the age of II, and thereafter
about one gram of fat per pound
of body weight.
A gram is roughly one-thirtieth of
an ounce. Any one who eats some
butter, some egg yoIk, a little bacon,
Or other fat meat, a little olive oil
or other food oil will supply from
the point of view of fat about all
the fat that he can possibly need.
Infants frequently receive an ex-
cess of fat as shown by loss of ap-
petite, loss of weight, and special
color in the eXcretions associated
with too much fat in the diet.
Hence their food must be regulated
to take care of this factor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
The American Inquisition

II the public is not aroused by the Wckersnam
commissions report on the deportation terror.
Americas sense of mercy and justice is dead. The
cruelty of the United States labor department, as
described by this official expose is akin to the
dieyal inqusition. We can not believe that public
opinion will continue to permit such tyranny.
Here of the Wckersham charges
charges butressed by revolving facts and evidence:
That deportation methods are often "unconsh-
tutional, tyrannical and oppressive"
That immigration inspectors, often political ap-
pointees of low mentality, conduct star-chamber
proceedings with alien suspects in which records
are doctored and the simplest fundamentals of judi
cial procedure and law are violated.
That the official functions as prosecutor inquisi-
tor, judge and executor of the sentence.
That homes, persons and effects are searched
without legal warrants.
That victims are detained in jail without warrants.
That evidence" is obtained through stool-pigeons,
anonymous tip-offs and malicious rumors.
That raids are made and even American
citizens subjected to illegal outrages
That so-caled board Of review of the same
department in Washington. in secret session decides
facts passes upon proper construction of the law,
makes recommendations that are in effect findings
and which adudicate most important personal rights
Of liberty"
That this board keeps no public records
Such is the system of legal lawlessness and ter
rorsm which DEGREES every year Punishment for some
10000 aliens, which separates families and preys
upon foreign born citizens whose personal views are
not agreeable to Republican secretary of labor and
his political underlngS.
Secretary of Labor Doak does not carry the full
responsibility for this system He is a relatively new
man in the cabinet. He found the system already
in operation. But his own record is bad. WELDING
the power of virtual life or DEATH Doak in the Guido
Sero and Ii Tao Hsuan cases sentenced two politi-
cal refugees to almost certain death by Punishment
to Italy and China-sentences which the courts may
yet reverse.
Doak instead of reforming the brutal system now
calls for larger arbitrary powers, while he
lamely denies the Wickersham charges which he can
not disprove.
Fortunately the commissions expert Reuben OPP
penheimer, and the nine Wckersham commissioners
who joined in this report, have recommended to
President Hoover constructive reforms. Of these
sham recommendation-so long urged by this news
paper-that all judicial powers be taken from the
labor department and vested in court of alien ap-
peals of high judicial character.
ut is doubtful" the report states "if anywhere in
the entire system of Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence are
government officials given similar, unfettered rights
Of private inquiry the exercise of
power often characterized by violations of fair
ness and decency"
How long will President Hoover let that official,
proved indictment stand against his administration?
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iANNEVER$ARYl
S'i-4H
HOOVER WAR APPOINTMENT

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Aug. 10
ON Aug. 10. 1917, Herbert Hoo
~ yer was appointed by President
Wilson United States food admins
traitor under terms of the Lever act.
Hoover at once developed an or
ganization for stimulating produc-
ton, checking boarding and specu-
lation and conserving food supplies.
Because he had comparatively
little power in his hands, he called
on the people for cooperation. He
received almost universal backing
for his requests.
Among the food limitations he
called tor were meatleSS and wheat
less days. BY enrolling thousands
OF volunteer workers and local COM
mittee members, he was able to ex-
tend the food administration to
every state, city and village.
During his food administration
work Hoover established the United
States Grain Corporation, sugar
equalization board, and food pur-
chase board. all for the purpose of
a more centralized handling of food
supplies during the emergency.
He thus was able to meet the
large fund demands Of the allies,
who were hard pressed to maintain
the morale Of their people because
OF food shortage due to reduced pro-
duction and to cargoes lost by sub
marine destruction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
Pity the Hereto

HOWEVER, this rule can work
4 L both ways. 1t is quite possible
that the Democrats and Republic
ans Of Hackensack are looking for
new voters. They, too, will miss
the freedom of the streets.
Very likely some dyed-in-the-wool
Republican who has had enough of
Mr.. Hoover's prosperity is just wait
ing to be tapped for membership in
the Democratic party. He thinks,
of course, that there is some eS-
sential difference between these two
major parties.
However, here he is, all primed
for the great step. He wanders
aimleSsly from one street corner to
the next, ready and anxious to be
converted.
Finally he makes inquiries and is
told the Democrats are holding a
monster meeting over at the Elks
hall. He goes over, looks in, but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
The Privilege

NN each OF the four corners for
~ weeks preceding election there
would be different meeting. On
one corner the Socialists held forth
nightly. Directly across from them
the Socialist Labor party would be
exhorting "a smaller. but neverthe-
less fair-sized, crowd.
On the opposite side of the ave-
nue. the Salvation Army and the
Single Takers held their meetings.
1t was all very fascinating.
I used to like to wander across
the street, with quotations from
Karl Marks "Das KapitaI' still
echoing in my brain and e,ooo'-nter
a half-frightened convert tellir~ '-,e
crowd how he found Jesus"
1t might be a good idea for the
Hackensack authorities to recon-
slider their decision. Even before
prospective voters became as apa-
thetic as they are today, it was nee
essary to go out and hammer into
them the necessity Of appearing at
the polls on election day. It is even
more necessary today.
Copyright 1881 bv The Tirnesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
Trigger Fame
n ED TOMMYHAwK uho

D ED TOMMYHAWK, who shot
N Sitting Bull, greatest Of
medicine men," has just died at
the age Of 81.
From an official standpoint, he
did a splendid piece of work. I'm
officially, however, Sitting Bull re-
mains the greater man.
It is not so much to kill a hui
man being, especially if you have
a gun and pull the trigger first,
but it's great deal to create the
rumpus Sitting Bull did with such
odds against him. He stood not
only for lost, but hopeless cause.
He was foolish to imagine that he
could do anything to block the white
mans path. But he had courage
and he died fighting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EEH4]s

TINE city council in Hackensack,
l. N. j., has made a ruling pro-
hibiting all open-air political meet
ings by any party during the COM
ing gubernatorial campaign. This
decision was made after the Com
munist party had applied for a per-
NIT to conduct political meetings on
street corners.
The city fathers, it seems to me,
are biting off their noses to spite
their faces. They could not, OF
course, deny the Communists their
say in the open air and at the same
time grant that privilege to the
other parties. Although, if mem
DRY serves me, that has been done,
too.
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ner meetings? AT least, then it
would be possible for a voter to
hear all sides.
There is spot in New York City
at 125th street and Seventh avenue
that used to be called "Bughouse
corner"
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can not gather enough co'-~age to
enter.
These people all seem to know
one another. They have something
in common. There is a wall sepa-
rating him from them. He signs
and trudges over to the Moose hall,
where his own party is holding
forth.
That one vote might have been
the deciding one in the election.
I can't see what the city council
has to fear. Why not give all the
parties the right to hold street cor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one ef Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
SCIENCE
-BY DAV1n NIETZ

Another Commander-in-Ckief
Of American Forces Is
Honored-This One for HIS
War on Insects.
A GOLD medal has been con-
"A ferred upon the man who for
more than generation has been
the commander-in-chief of Amer
ica's forces in one of the most i'm
portant wars the nation ever has
waged.
1t is a war which is still in prog
reSS, although as a rule it receives
less attention than the explosion of
a bomb in some foreign capital
several thousand miles away.
The war is the war against in
sectS. AL authorities are of the
opinion that unless all the nations
of the world wage continual war
fare against the insects, some day
they will take dominance of the
earth away from man.
1t is interesting to note that the
much-feared wild beasts Of the
earth are gradually becoming ex-
tinct. Most authorities predict that
the day will come when the only
specimens of elephants, lions or
gorillas will be stuffed ones in mu-
SeumS.
Mans chief enemies are tiny.
The little insects and the mi
croscopic disease germs are the two
chief threats to mans control of
the earth.
The recipient of the gold medal
is DR.. L. o. Howard, from 1894 to
1927 the chief of the United States
bureau of entomology, and at pres
ent the principal entomologist Of
the United States department Of
agriculture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
Daily Thought

And when the Lord saw that
they humble themselves, the word
of the Lord came to Shemaiah
saying, They have humbled them
selves; therefore / viii not destroy
them, but / viii grant them some
deliverance; and my wrath shall
not be poured out upon Jerusa-
lem by the hand of Shishak.-
Chronicles 1877.
Well-nigh the whole substance
of the Christian discipline is hui
nility.-St. Augustine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
Questions and
Answers

What does the name Donna mean?
Either given from the Latin, or
Of DionySius. from the Greek.
How is Tai Mahal pronounced?
Tai "a as in ARM ma Gas final
in America) hal Gas in ARM. The
accent is OF the last syllable.
Who were the players in the mo-
ton picture, Young Sinners"
Thomas Meighan, Hardie Albright,
Dorothy Jordan, Cecilia LOTUS,
James Kirkwood, Edmund Breese,
Lucien Prival, Arnold Lucy, Nora
Lane, Joan Castle, John Arledge,
Eddie Nugent, Yvonne Pelletier,
David Rollins, Gaylord Pendleton
and Billy Butts.
Is there a town named Memphis
in any other state than Tennessee?
Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ne
braska, New York, Tennessee and
Texas each has a Memphis.
Is Kate Smith, the singer, a Ne
gro? How old is she and how much
does she weigh?
She was born in Washington, D.
c., about % years ago, weighs 225
pounds and is white woman.
What does the name McGovern
mean?
1t is an Irish family name mean
ing "son Of the smith"
When did Lon CLANCY enter mo-
ton pictures?
In 1919.
What is the official language of
Australia and New Zealand?
The official language is English
which is spoken by all the people
avoar7f t11a v,afivoe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
Pests Are Immigrants

GStS HI6 lIIlIlll8I dfltS
nR. HOWARD points out that
- while the advance of mankind
has worked to the detriment Of
the larger animals, it has aided the
insects.
Large farms are concentrated
supplies of food for insects as we'll
as for man. International COM
merce makes it possible for insects
to be transported thousands of miles
from one country to another.
The transportation of insects
from one country to another is
particularly dangerous. Normally,
there is a balance in nature.
A certain insect, in its normal
habitat or location, has many enc
mics. These enemies prevent the
insect from multiplying unduly.
But when that insect is trans
ported to country where its nat
ural enemies do not exist, there is
then no check upon its multiplied
ton.
The United States has suffered
greatly from such introduction Of
foreign insect pests. In some cases
poiSons are used. In others, insects
are introduced which are natural
enemies Of the pest and prey upon it.
In some instances the plan has
been tried of introducing insect
diseases.
Infected insects are turned loose
with the hope that they viii Gre
ate an epidemic among the other
insects.
In the Hawaiian islands most of
the pests which attacked the sugar
cane have been brought under con-
troll by the introduction of their
enemies.
While there are other examples
Of such splendid success, there still
are enough insect pests not yet IN
der control to cause the entomolo-
gists Of the world considerable
worry.
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editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
THERE are all sorts of super
L stitions and ideas concerning
fats in the diet.
There are people who are con-
vinced that all fats are indigestibIe,
that fats mean nothing but added
weight, that they simply can not
eat fat and that fat goes directly
to the places where it looks worst
and annoys most.
1t has been proved by experiments
in laboratories that fats are of spe-
cial value in the diet because they
contain high quantities of the three
fat soluble vitamins A, D and E.
When animals or children are fed
diets lacking in these substances,
they respond promptly with series
Of serious symptoms.
Many experiments have been
made on feeding white rats with
diets that contained no fat. AMI
mails can be grown from weaving to
maturity on diets deprived of nat
ural fats.
On the other hand, animals have
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Second Recipient

TINE medal just awarded to DR..
l. Howard is known as the Cap
per Award for Distinguished Service
to American Agriculture" A fund
of $4,000 goes along with the medal.
The award, which is made an
nually, was established by United
States Senator Arthur Capper ito
provide a concrete expression of
gratitude to some of the people who
make contributions of national i'm
portance to American agriculture
and to assist in stimulating public
appreciation of fine service to our
basic industry"
The award was given for the first
time in 1880 to the late DR.. S. M.
Babcock of the University of Wis
consin.
DR.. Babcock was the inventor of
the famous "Babcock test" for
butter fat. He also made numer-
Gus other important contributions
to scientific agriculture.
DR.. Howard is the second person
to receive the award He was born
in Rockford, ILL.,, June II, 1857, and
educated at Cornell and Georgetown
universities.
He entered the service Of the
United States bureau of entomology
in 1878 as assistant entomologist.
a post which he held until his pro-
motion to chief of the department
in 1894.
Under his direction, the bureau
has waged ceaseless warfare upon
insect pests. studying the breeding
and feeding habits of insects, the
natural enemies Of various types Of
insects, and the countless other
problems involved in the war to pro-
tect crops from destruction by in
sects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

Palm readers are reported to be making fortune
during the depression. You've got to hand it to them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
M. E. Tracy.

arated Art From Nature,
Which Leaves the Poor
Something to Enjoy.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1o.-Ger-
IN many offers to buy 5000
tons Of wheat from the federal farm
board, if, when, provided, and
so on.
That is big transaction, involv-
ing rs or 100 cargo ships and ten
or fifteen millions dollars.
Still, it represents only about 90
pounds Of wheat for each German
and % bushels for each American
grower.
Mrs. Hoover christens the Akron,
greatest dirigible ever built. Is it a
good, or evil, omen? Have we given
birth to monster of destruction,
or a gigantic harbinger of peace?
Size furnishes no answer to such
questions. Great or small, all man
made devices are subject to the
whims and caprices of man.
If man wills war, the dirigible will
become an engine of war.
n Il
Legs 'GuiIty'-at Last
W7H1LE the Akron was being
w christened in Ohio, a jury
was convicting Jack Oegs) Dia-
mond. in New York.
Sunday papers gave Diamond a
good break as far as publicity is
concerned.
The editors did not look at it just
exactly that way, of course, but he
did, and SO did lot Of misguided
youths.
The fact that he was convicted
will be taken as a warning by some,
while the fact that the law failed
to convict him on twenty-five previ-
Gus occasions will be taken as prov
ing something else by others.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Fats Have Important Diet Values

This is the eleventh of a series of TWEEN
tysix timely articles by DIR. Morris Fish
bein on Food Truths and FOllies.'' deal
ing with such much discussed but little
known subjects as calories. vitamins
minerals. digestion and balanced diet
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What does the name Donna mean?
Either given from the Latin, or
Of DionySius. from the Greek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEEN

editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

What is the official language of
Australia and New Zealand?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

What does the name McGovern
mean?
1t is an Irish family name mean
ing "son Of the smith"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

provements is hereby directed to
submit to said City Council, at or
prior to the date of hearing named
herein: an estimate of the cost
and expense of said Improvement
and the proportionate amount to
be borne by the district; a state
ment of the aggregate assessed val
uation of the real estate exclusive
of improvements in the district, ac-
icording to the last valuation for
general taxation, together with a
diagram or print showing the lots,
tracts and parcels of land and
other property which will be es-
pecially benefited thereby and the
estimated cost and expense to. be
borne by each lot. tract or parcel
of land. .I....,.ft-. it 80.
Passed by the, City Council this
10th day of May, 1881. ~. ~. - -. ~.
fl.'7 A. C ANON, Mayor:
Attest: Winifred Campbell. City
Clerk, 5:2S-6-4
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EsTRAY SALE

Notice is hereby given, that w.
&c. Heller on the 25th day of April,
1881, took up and now keeps at
his ranch / mile East of Whit
lstran, Washington, the following
lestray: 1 / or 2 year old bay colt,
no brand. ~
Said estray will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash at the
place kept, as above specified, on
Friday, the 18th day of June, 1881.
at the hour of 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon Of said day unless the
sentative, shall appear j, ear prior to that
time, and make his title and pay
all charges against said estray.
Date of first publication of this
notice. May 28th, 1881.
,t,ssgf st.,.I 49, E.. o. KEENE,
5.28-6-4 Auditor of Benton County