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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H FF0E%

A NUMBER of readers - which
"A means seven or eight-have
taken violent exception to recent
column in criticism of the clergy.
I am accused of being one who
singles out gentlemen of the cloth
for attack.
That is not altogether accurate.
I have liked ministers, and, any,
how, it would be folly to attack any
class or group. The percentage of
incompetence among columnists
may be as high as that which
prevails among clergy. I doubt it,
but the thing is difficult to prove,
one way Or the other.
The quality which seems to me
most distinctly lacking among min
listers is religious feeling. Of all in
stincts, mysticism is most sorely
in need of that gentle preservative
called the amateur spirit.
A minister is a professional re-
ligioniSt. He draws a salary and in
return agrees to give public testi-
mony of his love for God and right
eousness at set and stated intervals.
Every Sunday he stands in a pulpit
and, stripping down to his naked
soul, poses before the congregation.
Should he be blamed if, after
many years of such performances,
he stands revealed as man with
out much soul to speak of?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THAT Alice Longworth-as is reported in the c,,r.
ent Good Housekeeping magazine-with all the
world open to her. should choose to be Alice Sit nv
the-Fire is not surprising
From her earliest childhood the world has been
open to her. That is why it now has no lure
For Alice Longworth has been a woman singularlv
blessed by fate, if count as blessings attention
praise and the chance to walk with the renowned
of the earth.
Daughter of wcrld-famous father, she has been
IN the spotlight from infancy. Her girlhood was
spent in the White House She lived amid clamor
of applause She was sought after by royalty and
dined with kings.
Therefore she knows what the world is like and
the men and women who live in it. She under
STANDS That most of the attention given to celebrities
soon rings hollow and seldom is very sincere
She realizes that many well-advertised people are
uninteresting and stupid and that it is possible
Tor the public to make great noise over min
compoop.
MOST of us believe in fairy tales. and the far
Iva away always fascinates us. Society with a
capital is one of the most abiding allurements.
we live in Oshkosh We believe that the people of
New York are somehow different
II we are New Workers. We yearn to minge with
the famous Of Washington, and if We abide among
these for while, still cling to the thought that
the 1oK in Paris London Vienna all glamorous
and charming.
The woman who dreams of high society in her
small kitchen knows nothing Of how tiresome and
silly most Of it is. She can not imagine the trite
conversation the monotonous round of senSeless
activities, and the vast dislusion that can follow
IN the paper and q description of whose goings on
she reads so avidly
1t IS only the person who has been everywhere
and seen everybody who is wise about this Alice
Longworth should be. Therefore she gathers about
her only those whom she likes
1t is not strange that after such a vivid life as
hers has been she should find her Ultimate satisfac
ton in her home and her child
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fact that they have mission. A
minister realizes that he is one set
apart every time he puts hand up
to his collar, and the fact that he
thus is branded makes him self
conscious and destroys the fun of
wading into evildoers.
Fine feeling is distributed widely
among human beings, but the faint
of mortality is such that righteous
ness dwells in no man as constant
factor. There are mornings when
the average person-or, better, call
him Everyman-gets up all glowing
with an eagerness for good deeds.
But there are other days when he
can't drum up any kindlirAss for his
neighbors. In these off mol%lnts he
can abstain from making violent
pretense of passion for right living.
Even the Crusaders, who were
dedicated by VOWS and banners, did
slide down from their high horses
upon occasion and put off their
armor. There were sabbatical years
in which Richard and all the rest
of the lion-hearted ceased to trouble
themselves over the fact that the
Saracens were at the Sepulchre,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
Wholesome Sign

COLUMBIA students are protest
~ ing vigorously at the summary
expulsion of Reed Harris, former
editor of the Spectator. Many of
them regard it as an arbitrary in
reference with the right of free
expression. Some members of the
faculty are in sympathy with this
view.
Though formerly stating that
Harris was expelled because of ma
terial published in the Spectator,
Dean Hawkes. of Columbia now says
that it was for misconduct and that
"the issue, therefore is not one of
denial of free speech"
Among other things, Harris
charged that football had become a
commercialized sport at Columbia
and that John Hay dining hall was
being run for private profit.
Whatever one may think about
the merits of the case, it suggests
that some students are taking in
terest in more vital problems of
college life and college manage
ment than which team can score a
touchdown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE =
VICE--
See Doctor at Once in Pregnancy

as to the type of maternity service
that is rendered.
The Canada Council on Child and
Family Welfare has developed
prenatal and postnatal letters for
mothers, and circulates books of
advice.
There is also a Canadian mothers
book, which quotes as one of the
important items, emphasis on the
fact that it is advisable for a
woman to see a doctor Immediately,
just as soon as she knows that she
is likely to have child.
When a prospective mother sud
denly finds that her wedding
ring is getting too tight or that her
shoes feel too tight, or that her
vision is becoming blurred, she must
realize that these are danger signals
danger warnings not only for her
own life and health but also for
that of the anticipated baby.
The warning is stated simply and
worthy of note. It reads:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06

when the baby is coming, a
great change takes place in the
mother. Every organ in her body
wakes up and works hard.
There is more work to do and
each organ seems to receive new
life and help and energy in the
pregnant condition.
Her body is a wonderful ma
chine that needs careful and Skillful
attention. The only one who is able
forgive that care and watching is
the doctor.
"A different little sound in the
running of motor car makes a
good driver think and find out the
reason, and little change that the
doctor sees or hears or feels makes
him think and find out the reason
and know what to do.
This care makes the mother
safe. The nurse can help the doctor
and the mother a great deal in
giving this care"
This advice should be strictly fol-
lowed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
BUSINESS for Idle Factories

lone of the most colossal follies of time" is
the way Colonel Hugh l. Cooper describes the Ameri-
can policy of killing Russian trade. Cooper,
whose views are printed on Page Section 2 of this
issue, is not Russian propaganda. Besides rank
ing as Americas greatest engineer, he is conserva-
tive business man. AS an engineer and business
man he has dealt with the Russians for years.
No one can challenge Colonel Cooper's compe
tence to speak this subject with the authority of
an expert AS an expert he says:
Beyond question, Russia today offers the biggest
potential outlet for American made goods of any
country in the world. And to slam the door in the
face Of this market, when millions Of anxious Ameri-
.an workers looking for Jobs is nothing short of
folly"
The American business man looking for orders
Snd the American unemployed will be interested IN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
New Mirror Planned

DEFORE Nicholson died, more
- than 5000 observations were
made on the vacuum pipe line.
The present plans are to make
another series of 5000 readings. In
the new work Pearson, who was
MichelSon'S assistant, will have CO.
operation of DR.. Francis Pease, on
OF the Mt. Wilson astronomers.
At the start of the experiment.
Nicholson used an eight-sided re-
Volvlng mirror. Later, he changed
to one with sixteen sides.
1t is planned to use mirror with
thirty-tWo sides in the new expert
mentS.
DR.. Nicholson was one of three
American physicists to win the
Nobel prize in physics. The other
two winners were both his "boys" -
men who had been trained in his
laboratory at the University of Chi
cago.
They were DR.. r. A. Millikan. now
director of the Norman Bridge
Laboratory of the California In
stitute of Technology, and Professor
Arthur H. Compton Of the Univer-
Sity of Chicago.
DR.. Millikan won fame as the first
man to measure the electric charge
upon the electron and as the scien-
fist who confirmed the existence of
the cosmic ray.
DR.. Compton obtained the prize
for his work upon the ouantlnn
theory of light, the theory that light
consists of little bullets or packages
Of energy.
At present DR.. Compton is making
a world tour to make observations
OF cosmic rays from high mountains
on each Of the continents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Cabbage soup for
the jobless! That surely is inspir-
ing. Why not build trough and
feed them like hogs?
The grim monster prohibition has
engulfed in its hideous embrace
misery and suffering of monstrous
proportions. Still, our webfooted
politicians in Washington, most Of
whom carry water on one shoulder
and liquor on the other, allow it to
function, it seems, regardless of con-
sequences.
viii they juggle this prohibition
Enoch and the tariff nuisance
around until all our factories move
to Canada and leave US holding the
sack, an empty one at that?
Wait until Scotty Mcbride and his
erstwhile supporters serve awhile
without pay an dare told TO make
soup from their own little cabbage
patch. w. D. CAMPBELL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
0gIing for Grades

MALE students of the University
1V1 of California are demanding
women as teachers. They argue
that the girls can get by with poor
marks by ogling the men, while
they have to buckle down and work.
In their erudite opinion, such a
situation is unfair and the only
way to even things up is to give
them a chance to try similar meth
DDS on female professors.
1t sounds silly enough to make
more than one hard-pressed dad
wonder whether he is spending his
money wisely, but there is grain
of sense in it.
Nature has ordained that there
should be about an equal number
of men and women. Possibly our
educational system could be i'm
proved by closer adherence to that
rule.
Our common schools are topheavy
with women, while our colleges are
topheavy with men. Who knows
but that this is fundamentally
wrong in a system which is based
on co-education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
High Hat DeriSion

a CCORDING to the Yale Daily
IN News, Politics is just too dirty
for college graduates to choose as a
career.
1.-THE most serious of all menaces
to American principles" says the
News, lis the increasing disgust of
educated young men for politics.
Politics no longer is decent pro-
fession."
The significance of these boldly
interesting assertions lies in the fact
that they were made right after
Governor Roosevelt of New York
and Governor Cross of Connecticut
had urged college men to enter
politics.
Neither should they be dismissed
as purely theoretical, or as merely
representing the personal views of a
student editor.
This country is afflicted with a
highbrow element which considers
itself too good for politics. How it
expects to improve politics on such
hypothesis, heaven only knows.
Maybe, it doesn't care. Maybe, it
fails to realize that politics is the
business of people in a democracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
GERMAN ATTACK FAILS
April s

ON April 6, 1918, French and
~ British official bulletins an
nounced the failure Of the German
effort to renew their drive on the
Somme river III Picardy.
The attack, after two DAVIS IF
furious fighting. was almost COM
pletely broken down, they reported
and German minor gains had been
paid for with tremendous losses.
Paris breathed easier than II had
since the Germans began their
great offensive" on March 81.
The Ministre de Smet de Naever
Belgian relief ship, was sunk in
the North sea by a German sub
marine. Twelve members of her
crew lost their lives.
The Soviet government protested
the landing Of British and Japa-
nese marines at Vladivostok. but
allied representatives said the mat
ter was a local incident and that
the troops soon would be with
drawn.
German troops in Finland were
reported near Helsingfors and the
Russian fleet there was preparing
to escape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
Questions and
Answers

When widow wishes to retain
the surnameS of both of her for
mer husbands, should she use a
hyphen between the two names or
between her maiden name and the
name of her first husband?
She should not use the hyphen at
all. If her maiden name was Smith
and she marries first man named
Brown and second time a man
named Jones. she should sign her
name Mrs. Katherine Smith Brown
Jones'"
Are Syria and Palestine greater
or less in area since the World war?
Prior to the World war, Syria had
approximately $1,000 square miles,
including Palestine, with an area
of approximately 5000 square miles.
The present area of Palestine, ex-
Guiding Transjordan, is 5000 square
miles and the area of Syria under
French mandate, is estimated at
10000 square miles.
now many stars are tneres
The total number is estimated to
be between $4,000 and $4,000
millions.
Which of the five great races of
man is the oldest?
The original whites, first fore
fathers of the white people, were
probably the oldest race; then the
African and Asiatic pigmies and
Australians, but no authentic data
are available.
Where in the Bible can / find find
the quotation "Am / my brothers
keeper"
That was the question of Cain to
the Lord, after the murder Of his
brother Abel. It is in Genesis 40.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
A Half Century

DR. NICHOLSON spent more
- than a half century of his life
carrying on experiments with light.
He made his first determination
when he was young instructor 1T
the United States naval academy at
Annapolis.
He performed that first expert
ment with apparatus which he had
built himself and paid for out of MS
own pocket.
The experiment was meant as q
demonstration for his class, but, to
the surprise of the world physics, he
obtained a more accurate determi-
nation of the speed of light than
ever had been made.
The last time he measured the
speed of light was in 1926. In that
experiment, he obtained the figure
OF 1924 miles a second.
This determination was made as
the beam of light travelled between
Mt. Wilson, where the great observa-
tory is located, and a neighboring
peak in the San Antonio ridge.
Later he tried using a longer base
line between Mt. Wilson and San
Jacinto, a distance of eighty-five
miles. But the beam of light passed
too near other peaks and Nicholson
was not satisfied with the results.
A still later attempt to use a base
line between Mt. Wilson and San
tiago Peak, a distance of fifty miles.
proved unsatisfactory because of
dust and smoke from Los Angeles.
1t then occurred to Nicholson 10
make the experiment of using
mile-long vacuum pipe.
The Carnegie Corporation and the
Rockefeller Foundation furnished
the funds and the Mt. Wilson
astronomers undertook the task of
building the line.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
A z-DaY Week

DUT for clergyman there is no
- dismounting. He must con-
tinue to huzzah for reformation,
even though the flesh is weak and
the spirit still more feeble. When
any one tells you he loves God and
this expression comes from his
heart, beauty may be created. But
it is a less appealing recital if the
testimony is merely from the throat
and lips,
The difficulty is not insurmount-
able. Clergymen could avoid re-
lgion on those Sundays when they
find that none is in them. When the
fires of fervor are low and fitful let
the preacher talk about his stamp
collection or his system, if he has
one, for making cider. He need not
worry about such passing derelic-
tons from the themes to which he
is committed.
Time will set him in tune with
the Infinite if he has patience and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
Saws

Hon. the Highbrol0 Element
Can Improve Politics on
the Hypothesis It's TOO
Dirty to Enter" Heaven
Only Knows.
NEW YORK, April Colleges
L are finding it possible to make
the front page by other means than
sport. Before getting too excited
over the particular means, let us
chalk that up to their credit. 1t is
gratifying to see student activities
in such institutions as Yale, Co
lumbia and the University of CAL
ifornia get real publicity in con-
nection with something besides
athletics. 1t restores ones faith in
the idea that higher education in
cludes brain work.
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Sermon Must Go On

A ND even so he must keep on
L n speaking. Don't think I have
no sympathy for these poor fellows
who are blasted for the sins of the
people. There are many respects
in which the job of preaching close
ly resembles that which is expected
from G. newspaper columnist.
But the columnist can serve both
God and Mammon, and after a So
journ with subjects of the flesh he
can return to things of the spirit,
stepping high, like the prodigal son
on his way back to his fathers
house. There are columnists in a
very true sense dedicated to the
good of their fellows.
But fortunately for all concerned.
they are not acutely aware of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
Original Thinking

HERE are three subjects worth
l. l. more than a passing thought
presented to the country by COL
lege students.
1t has been long time since any,
thing like that happened.
Instead of getting sore because
We do not happen to agree with
some of the opinions expressed, or
some of the attitudes revealed, we
should accept the performance in
It's larger meaning, in its definite
suggestion that the power and cour-
age to think originally is playing a
more important part in our educa-
tional system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Experiments to Determine
Speed of Light VIII Be
Continued.
THE high priest of light" is dead.
4 But his experiments are to 60
on. The University Of Chicago an
nounces that the experiments upon
which DR.. A. A. Nicholson was en-
gagged at the time of his death are
to be continued. The work will be
carried on by Fred Pearson, who was
his assistant.
When DR.. Nicholson died last May
he was engaged in final determi-
nation of the speed of light. For
this test the Mt. Wilson astronomers
assembled a mile-long tube of COR
rugated iron pipe from which all the
air was extracted.
The pipe line and the experiments
were made possible by fund OF
S4U,UUU, Oh WHICH Tic FNOCk6l6llSI
Foundation furnished $4,000 and
the Carnegie Corporation $4,000.
Professor Nicholson planned to
measure the speed of beam of
light as it was reflected back and
forth in the pipe line from a system
of mirrors.
The experiment itself sounded ex-
ceedingly simple. A beam Of light
was reflected from one face of an
eight-sided mirror down the pipe TO
a mirror at the other end and then
back.
The eight-sided mirror then was
put into rotation. If the speed was
correct, the returning beam got back
Just in time to strike the second
face of the revolving mirror, and
so on.
Then if the speed of the revolving
mirror was measured accurately, the
speed of the beam of light could be
calculated.
But since the speed of light is ap-
proximately 10000 miles a second,
it will be seen that the experiment
was more difficult than it sounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

4 LII over the world today health
L n authorities, student of eco
Monies and statesmen are giving
serious attention to preservation of
health and life Of mothers.
1t is realized that the mother
may be the most important factor
for the future health of the nation
morally and physically.
Number of books and pamphlets
developed to advise on this subject
is tremendous. In Canada a great
cooperative effort involves a study
of the statistics of material health
and mortality, the appointment of a
special committee of the Canada
Medical Association to cooperate in
education on prenatal care, in
vestigation as to nursing service,
the establishment of prenatal elm
les and an investigation of hospitals
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06

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 paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06

The best way to restore prosperity is for the people
TO start buying again, an economist says. And the
easiest way to get people to start buying again is to
restore prosperity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-06
When Ministers Unbend

NV AAAAAAobClS AofO dIlJ
- talent for unbending, even if
they are shrewd enough to know
that they need it. I played golf
once with Methodist parson who
had a distinct gift for the game, but
it was wasted. He went around the
course never forgetting an instant
that ne was supposed to be the one
wrenched away from human van
tiles.
He took no proper pride or
pleasure in his long drives, and
whenever he won a hole, which was
very often, he'd shake his head and
say, $50 sorry!"
And there was another clergyman
whom I knew, and he unbent by
telling shady stories at a dinner.
And I liked him worse than the
golfng parson, for this one had no
talent. He was trying to be good
fellow, but every anecdote which he
related was either hooked or sliced.
Minister'S should not try anything
drastic in unbending. The stiffness
in the knees can't be worked out
in moment.
In proof of the fact that I am
honestly intent upon the bigger
and better preacher movement
will enter into solemn agreement
with any parson in the city. These
are the terms: When I sit down to
write a column and ascertain that
I have nothing whatever to say,
will not try to coin one out of vio-
lent effort but will merely set down
single paragraph saying, Please
excuse it."
And when my colleague, the
clergyman, walks to his pulpit hav-
ing nothing to say I expect him to
bow polite dismissal to his con-
gregation and to say. Some other
time, maybe"
(Copyrigt. 1884, BY The Tines
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Daily Thought

For l am fearfulIy and Won
derfully made.-Psalms 1875.
"a
Creation is great, and can MOI be
understood. Carlyle.