The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-02
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that we should give and help the
unemployed, who have to live the
same as the rest of us, but why
should we give TO the Y. M. G. A.,
and the Boy Scouts, when we know
that a large per cent of it goes for
the ones in it?
If they would stay out of it, as
they should do, the poor people
would get more and would be better
satisfied.
The Y. M. c. A. and the Y. w.
G. A. are self supporting and the
Boy Scouts could be set aside in
time Of need like this-and should
be. COUNTY LABORER.
Editor Times
VXTHAT am going to say goes
w for a lot of us down and
cutters" Maybe, If we had a finger
in the pie or a prospect of even a
part-time job, we would have been
at Butler Friday night yelling our
heads of for Hoover, too. Self
preservation before politics, even
though every one knows how terri
BILE" he is.
And at that, believe me, we would
have made bigger noise than they
did. EX-SOLDIER.
Editor Times--
A FARMER of Salem, Ind, writes
"A President Hoover as follows:
Dear Mr.. Hoover-Since you show
a willingness to debate with your
opponent, show him up first by
demonstrating that the tariff does
for the farmer what it does for in
dustry and why. Show why the av-
erage prices of one are 9 per cent
above 1914 prices, and the other is
43 per cent below the 1914 prices,
and that you mean to continue that
policy.
Since, as a farmer, I think I am
not on the same basis as industry,
must l become Christian Scientist,
to think that I am on an equality
with industry in traffic benefits? /
would appreciate your personal an
swer in due time, If not convenient
before election day.
M. u. JOHNSON.
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Editor Times
IF I we're you, would get po-
Il litical reporter who would tell
the truth, at least once in while.
And also if you we're at the field
house Friday night, like all patri-
OTIS should have been, to see our
President and our next President,
you would have seen that the field
house was filled to capacity.
The fleldhouse held $4,000 people,
the gymnasium was full and $4,000
people were turned away. If you
call this a. mild welcome" you are
off your base.
When Mr.. Hoover, our President
and next President, got up to speak,
the crowd went wild. He couldn't
start his speech for about twenty
minutes after he came in, because
the crowd kept applauding him.
READER OF YOUR PAPER, BUT
A LOYAL REPUBLICAN.
The Times did not state that Hoover
was given a milo welcome at Butler neld-
house In its Friday nights extra, the
Times stated that newspaper men pres
ent declared the reception given Hoover
was the greatest that he had received on
his tour The mild welGSme, eeterF GSrnS
his parade-which certainly was mild.
By the most liberal estimate. only $4,000
were packed In the feldhouse to near
imagination or Of the building. could 3D.
600 people be damned therein.
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Editor Times
T ETS turn away from the polit-
IL ical issues of the day and devote
n little space in your column today,
to a local situation worthy of con-
sideration.. Recently, Walter Scott
Athearn, president of Butler uni
versity, stated that unless condi-
tions at the school changed, the in
stitution would have to close its
doors within five years.
have much respect for Mr..
Athearn, man of high intellectual
power, but his present method of
governing student body never can
be successful at Butler. For years,
the situation on the Butler campus
has been the same, but more mag
nified in the last two years.
For years, the students have
wanted to dance on the campus, and
promote the traditional student afr
fairs dear to the hearts of all stu
dents. But no, they have been
forced to rent and pay excessive
prices to the Columbia, Club, Indi-
ana ballroom, etc, for the privilege
of holding the annual class balls,
while at all other schools, such af-
fairs are permitted to be held in the
gymnasiums. thus eliminating great
expense and helping to stimulate
school spirit.
If the student wishes something to
eat or drink, he must visit the Cam
pus Club. leased to an individual as
a private enterprise. The closest
drug store is some eight or ten
blocks away Still, the coming board
will not permit the erection of a
business building closer to the cam
pus.
What I am trying to point out is,
that the school does not offer to its
students what it takes to hold them,
but endeavors to force on them ar
bitrary rules and dogma prevalent
in the early days of the college.
Sciences, classics and romance Ian
guages do not constitute the en-
tirety OF college education, but the
social part of college days does a
great deal in developing the Gull
ture of the student. Don't blame
the athletic conditions. Wake up,
Mr.. Athearnl Cooperate with the
students.
BUTLER AT HEART.