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education needs of the city and the
Nation. It's building program is designed
to meet those needs through 1870 In
cluded in this program are the new home
for the Sibley Memorial Hospital, trans
fer of the Theological Seminary from
Westminster, Maryland, to the local
campus and building for the School OF
International Service--all previously an
nounced. In addition, there will be a
$1-million science building, fine arts
center, School of Business Administra-
ton, a new home for the Washington
College of Law and a variety of other
educational, cultural, athletic and rec
reational structures.
1t has been estimated that by 1870
the universitys enrolment will be double
that of the early 1950s. The expansion
plan is characterized by President Hurst
Anderson as "the answer of a church
related university to the challenge OF
increased enrollments in the next decade
and after"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
SpectucIes Without Ewes
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate

Through perfect lenses. a
man in his flfties gazed at a
sunset. He was looking but
he was not seeing. Somehow
along the way his faculty for
wonder, so keen in the heaven
around his infancy. had afro
phied. A poet tells the tragic
story in these words, He
looked with unresponsive
heart and stolid eye. He only
knew the sky was red"
Every child wonders as it
wanderS. Wonder is the stock
in trade of little feet that tod
die and then run with question
marks. hoping with them to
unlock the unknown. Chill
dren have no use for round
periods rolled up against closed
doors. Their playthings are
interrogations. The big word
in a boys or girls vocabulary
is "Why?" Back of every why
is wonder. Even the nursery
rhymes are probed with the
sharp sticks Of childhood.
Why tDere those poor black
birds baked in a pie.
Why did the cow jump oUer
the moon.
And Uhy did the dish run
NTH the spoon
Why, Mother, tDhy?
That exploring word, used
constantly, eagerly, intelli-
gently in the journey across
the isthmus of life from the
cradle to the grave, will keep
the pilgrim from the lmost
devastating, deadening thing
the years can bring-boredom,
For to be bored is to be
damned. That devil enters
the house of life when wonder
leaves. Thomas Carlyle was
keenly conscious of the dam
nation visited upon a person.
atty void of wonder when he
declared: The man who can
not wonder, who does not
habitually wonder and wor-
ship, is but a pair of spec
tacles behind which there is
no eye" A pair Of spectacles
through which no eyes peer!
What a picture of a lost soul
lost in a world of ravishing
wonders. calling for all who
have not been robbed of their
zestful child heart to play the
exciting game of Il Spy" That
does not mean that life is a
blindfolded game. with no clue
as to what may be found. It
is not a wonderland like the
one in which Alice found her.
self where anything can
happen. This is our Fathers
world and it is therefore not a
topsy -turvy circus. 1t is or
derby and law-abiding. We are
put in it to think Gods
thoughts after Him, and that
is the acme of all wonder.
To be sure, in a world of
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need not Wonder iDhat you
are,
For. seen By Spectroscopic ken
you're heliun1 and hydrogen.
OF course that attitude does
not come within celestial hail
ing distance Of the final truth.
One of the most lasting i'm
presSions of one now in his
later years is the memory of a
sermon he heard in his youth.
Eloquently the preacher pic
tured a world-famous astron-
omer who across the long years
had lived with the stars. whose
textbooks were standard in
many colleges, and who. one
starlit night as he walked home
from the observatory where his
eyes had been glued to the
telescope, looked up at the
spangled dome and was heard
to be repeating reverently.
TUinkle. t,Dinkle. little star,
o, / tDonder 1Uhdt you are.
Years ago a great scientist
came to speak at a famous
seat of knowledge-a great
university. Long afterward a
student who drank in copious
draughts of the great mans
knowledge. looking back to
those golden days, recalled
that lecturers profound schol-
arship, his perfect ease in the
mastery Of his subject. and yet
but let him tell it. "Of arro-
gance there was not one trace,
of the pride of intellect abso-
lutely nothing. but through
everything a certain sense of
wonder as in the presence of
mysteries unfathomable.
Some years ago in Egypt
was found tablet on which
were some sayings attributed
to Jesus of Nazareth. One of
the most beautiful was this,
and shall we say it reverently,
1t sounds like the Master, HE
that wonders shall reign, and
he that reigns shall rest" How
close that is to the Master
Teachers inSlstence, Except
We become as little children We
cannot see the Kingdom"
Here Christ is thinking of eyes
that see not. He was always
saying, Beware, lest the sheer
presSures of life may dull the
sensibilities and blurring the
soul, dim the windows Of Won
der. One who wrote his auto
biography said with poignant
sadness:
Sing me a song of a lad that
is gone.
Say, could that lad be /?
Billion and breeze, islands and
seas.
Mountains OF rain and sun,
All that ,Uds good. all that wds
fair,
All that UdS me is gone.
Left were the lenses, but
gone were the eyes of wonder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Bigger Navy

The United States wasn't too
worried a half century ago
about reports that Kaiser Will
helm was trying to expand the
German Navy, as witness this
report in The Star on May 5,
1906. Kaiser Wilhelm is once
more renewing his efforts to-
ward greater German Navy,
spurred probably by the same
motives which President Roose-
welt has in relation TO the ag-
grandizement Of the American
Navy. AS 1t has often been
stated, Germany takes a
greater interest in her army,
but now that France is pre-
pairing to fortify Brest on
heavy basis, the Emperor is
studying the means Of protect
ing her vast commercial mari
time interests such as those Of
Bremen and Hamburg. More
over, Germany has developed
an interesting and feasible
plan which centralizes her
merchant marine. which could
be converted into an auxiliary
war feet. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Good Book

1t was with great joy I read
The Stars April 20 THE Week
in Religion" column. about
the extensive work being done
in translating the Bible into
different languages. 1t was
stated. THE American Bible
Society announced that
whole Bibles. Testaments. or
Bible portions have been pub
lished to date in 1902 Ian
guages and dialects"
Truly, the Bible is what the
world needs more than any,
thing else. In Psalms, cxix,
los we read. Thy word is a
lamp unto my feet, and a light
unto my path Again in the
same Psalm, verse 1870, the
writer says: "The entrance Of
thy word giveth light; it giveth
understanding to the simple"
Our Lord said: aye shall
know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free" John.
viii, 80 After His resurrec-
ton, Christ gave to the
Apostles what is generally
called the Great Commission,
in the following words: Go We
therefore. and teach all ma
tons. baptizing them in the
name OF the Father. and Of
the Son. and Of the Holy
Ghost. teaching them to OBJ
serve all things whatsoever I
have commanded you: and.
10. am with you Away. even
unto the end Of the world"
Matthew. xviii. 10, 20J
When the Word Of the Lord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

herent and lawful universe.
That paradise of wonder is a
FOOLS paradise of the igno-
rant" If wonder means wild
chase in which nothing can be
depended upon, then life is re-
duced to a matter of magic
and hocus-pocus. That false
wonderland may lure devotees
OF irrational beliefs to handle
venomous serpents as it does
in our own nation - resulting
in death as nature revoltS
against such zeal without
knowledge. 1t may lead a
man who has hidden adieu to
his senses to write, as one re-
Gently did. that he was about
TO return to his home on the
Planet Venus and to describe
the terrifying wonders which
would accompany the immi-
nent obstruction OF the planet
where he had sojourned for a
time - the Earth. All that,
of course, is the harvest of the
deranging wonder of igno-
rance.
On the other hand. true
wonder is never dimmed by
valid knowledge. On the con-
trary the more we truly know,
the more wonderful everything
appears. 1t is only a spatter-
ing of astronomical knowledge
which would lead a sophomore
dabbler in a primer of the
heavens to write,
Twinkle, tt0inkle, giant star. /
knoiO eractly ,uhdt you are,
An incandeScent ball OF gas,
condenSino to a solid mass
TtUinkle. tUinkle, giant star, I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

San Francisco, still strug-
Cling from the disastrous
earthquake and fire, got q blow
o its morale so years ago. In a
dispatch from that city April
20. 1906. The Star said: Sur
prise was caused today when
James D. Phelan, chairman Of
the finance committee. an
nounced to the citizens COM
mittee that he had been given
to understand by Secretary Of
Commerce Victor H. Metcalf,
the representative Of President
Roosevelt. that only $500, 900
OF the $2.500.000 appropriated
by Congress for the relief Of
San Francisco was available
and that this sum represented
the extent of the financial as
sistance that might be ex-
pected from that source.
The Secretary of War
had expended the remainder
Of the relief fund for the
purchase of supplies in the
east. We need money
said Mr.. Phelan. and the
country should not be led into
the belief that millions are on
hand to relieve the destitute
people. >" Anothe. story
the same day reported that
$28,003.06 had been raised for
San Francisco relief by a
house-to-house canvas in
Washington. Still another story
reported that the total number
OF bodies recovered from the
city's ruins had reached 1893.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

has free course to all nations.
now as it did in the early days
of Christianity. and people
open their hearts and receive
1t into their souls as many did
in those days, and put 1t into
practice in their lives as the
people did then. we can for
get about wars and rumors
of wars, and dispense with the
fear of being blown TO pieces
by atom bombs, for we will
have peace and good will
among men. This is worth
working for, so let us pray
that Bibles may be freely cir
culated in every nation under
Heaven and be read with open
and sincere hearts by all peo-
pie in those nations.
Bible Student.
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regiments in Gen. Clark's d.
visions was given such a sui
eide" task and almost deci-
mated.
Negro troops in all of our
early wars fought with distinc-
ton In the Revolution, Negro
slaves who volunteered were
promised freedom. Gen. WASH
ington. fearful of treachery of
some of his troops. selected Ne
groes for his personal guard.
Gen. jackson won at New Or
leans with Negro troops in his
army and praised them highly.
Teddy" Roosevelt's Rough
Riders were saved at San Juan
Hill by colored regulars. In
World War l. Negro regiments
received high honors from the
French government. The rec
ord of bravery Of Negroes has
been an honorable one from
Crispus Attacks, first Ameri-
can to die in defense of Amer
lea. down through the Civil
War when they fought against
rebels who gave them no quar-
ter If captu,ed
Gen. Clark did not command
Negro soldiers in an integrated
army. The record shows that
where colored and white boys
fought side by side, the colored
boys took the same chances
and morale Of the troops was
high.
Z. b. Henderson,
President, Virginia State
Conference, National Asso-
citation for the Advance
ment Of Colored People.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
THE GAME OF POLITICS
By FRANK R. KENT
Democrats Loading Their Elephant Guns

happen, that would be true
but not many balanced persons
think either that they will
happen or. if they did, that 1t
would be an unmitigated ca
lamity. The truth is that In
the past four years Mr.. Nixon
has been the target for one Of
the most venomous and vim
dictive propaganda attacks
leveled at any public man for
a long time. When, after his
''big-gun" statement, Chair
man Butler was asked whether
he thought that Mr.. Nixon had
been a bad Vice President, he
lodged the question by declar-
ing that Mr.. Nixon, in his cam
paigns, had made shameful
insinuations against his oppo-
nents. In effect, Mr.. Butler
said when Nixon ran for the
Senate and House in California
he had charged his opponents
with being "subversive" and in
1852 had even reflected upon
the patriotism of that great
President" Mr.. Truman. Of
course, this was not true.
What Mr.. Nixon did say was
that the Truman administra-
ton had been soft" on COM
munism.
Nixon Held Justified
Certainly, no one who recalls
Mr.. Humans frequent state
ments that the Alger Hiss case
was only a red herring" and
who, among other things, re-
members the manner in which
he ignored the FBI's warning
and information concerning
the late Harry Dexter White,
can feel that Mr.. Nixon was
not fully justified in what he
said. OF course, when Mr..
Nixon ran for the Senate, his
opponent was Representative
Helen Gahagan Douglas. Mrs.
Douglas, very h and some
movie actress. was not q Com
munist and no one said she
was. Nevertheless, she was
affiliated with some very left
wing organizations and was an
ardent radical of the extreme
New Deal and Fair Deal type.
Mr.. Nixon did not libel her at
all, but he did beat her very
badly.
Enough has been said to
show that Democratic big
guns" from Mr.. Butler down
are all being primed for an as
sault on Mr.. Nixon. But they
have little material and a poor
case. Nor is Mr.. Nixon a help
less, tongue-tied individual
On the contrary, he is one Of
the most effective and hard
hitting campaigners in the
country, as his political and
Journalistic critics will find out
before long. There are already
signs that instead of a liability
to the President he will turn
out to be an asset. He is able,
honest, fortnight and attrac-
tive. His record is clean.
None of the charges against
him can be made to stick. The
Republicans are lucky to nave
him as the Eisenhower running
mate. Certainly Mr.. Eisen-
hover thinks so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The District was getting
worried, so years ago, by a
disease seldom heard of today.
On May 6, 1906, The Star re-
ported: Typhoid fever in the
District of Columbia, notwith-
standing the completion Of the
filtration plant and assurances
of the experts that pure water
for the city would mean prac-
tical elimination of the dis
ease, is on the increase. Even
at this early period in the
year, a time which is not re-
garded as the typhoid season.
there are more cases now than
at any corresponding time last
year, and the ratio of increase,
week for week, has been
greater than IL months ago.
At the close of the Health
Office records for May 4 there
had been reported a total of
10 new cases for the year
1906 as against 80 during the
corresponding period of 1905,
an excess of 20. And the in
crease is not only a regret
table fact, but the health au-
thorities and experts generally
are puzzled to account for the
incipient outbreak. Infection
through the public water sup
ply seems to be out of the
question, Health Officer Wood
ward declared yesterday. Not
only have we the experience
of other cities that have in
stalled slow sand filters :.
but we have the results of
conscientious, intelligent BAG
terial analyses Of our own
water supply after filtration
-. to show that it is safe.
The fly theory of infection is
not available to explain the
occurrence of the disease dur
ing the winter months In this
climate, as flies are practically
unknoWn ,"
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wonder something is always
going to happen and one never
knows what is there just
around the corner. Always
there is the lure of the I'M
expected. But when a spuri-
Gus brand of wonder is pre-
served at the expense of ra-
tionality all sorts of mental
and religious ,vagaries will
separate one from reality. A
keen observer of our day
warns Sometimes surprise and
glamour and the beating of
fairy wings are secured at the
expense of an ordered and CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

The type of campaign the
Democrats plan to make this
fall was somewhat stupidity re-
vealed last week by Chairman
Paul Butler of the Democratic
National Committee on the
Meet the Press" television pro-
gram. Not that there was
much of a secret about it, but
the naive, not to say crude,
manner in which this brash
young Indiana politician pro-
ceeded to outline what he in
tends to do was, to say the
least, unusual.
Line Not Paying OFF
So far as the President is
concerned, Mr.. Butler affirmed
that his health was bound to
be an issue. that the Democrats
would emphasize his lack of
leadership" and his failure
to keep his promises. This,
of course, is what the Messrs.
Stevenson and Kefauver have
Deen for weeks throatily as
sorting in their frantic effort
to bag delegates for their Au-
gust convention. 1t is also
the theme upon which Sena-
tors such as Morse Of Oregon,
and Humphrey Of Minnesota,
steadily harp. However, it
seems more or less clear that
this line is not really paying
of. For one reason the health
issue becomes ridiculous when
compared to the Democratic
performance of four times
nominating the late F. D.
Roosevelt, whose crippled state
made him a vastly worse health
risk than Gen. Eisenhower,
and the care taken to prevent
his true condition from being
fully understood by the Ameri-
can people contrasts most un-
favorably with the complete
franknesS Of this President and
his doctors.
1t is also true that the lack
of leadership" and failure to
keep his promises" allegations
have fallen fiat because they
are so obviously partisan and
so feebly supported that they
are not taken too seriously even
by the Democratic propagan-
dists. Considering these facts,
it was not surprising when
Mr.. Butler was asked what he
had to say about Vice Presi-
dent Nixon's now openly an
nounced candidacy for renomi-
nation that his avid eyes
frightened and his voice be-
came more vibrant whennhe
said, "Oh, we are certainly
going to train our biggest guns
on him." At the moment that
is the Democratic strategy. Mr..
Nixon is to be made the vii
lain. Already, the Democratic
cartoonists and the "egghead"
intellectuals are concentrating
on selling the American people
on the idea that if Mr.. Essen
hover is reelected (Which
seems fairly certain) and
should he die before his second
term ends (which, according to
his doctors. seems most i'm
probablel then the diabolic
Nixon would become President.
OF course. If these things
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of his victory. He said he
believed that as the day Of
the victory of Manila Bay
grows more distant the i'm
portance of it grows bigger
in the eyes of the people.
Every year that passes Ad-
miral Dewey said. makes me
think that the people of this
country have growing real
ization of the Importance of
the victory of the American
fleet eight years ago. bring
ing about, as 1t did, the pos
session Of the Philippines by
the United States. >"
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Negro Troops
Bible Student.

In charging cowardice to
soldiers Of a Negro division
serving under him in the Ital-
ian campaign. Gen. Mark Clark
was not altogether wrong If he
meant the morale Of Negroes
in a segregated army was not
high. More and more Negroes
showed resentment to segrega-
ton in and out Of the armed
forces. After all Of our wars to
defend our Nation. many Ne
groes have hoped In return for
patriotic services they would
find fuller and freer citizen
ship on the home front. A seq
regated unit under Southern
ofilcers often expected shock
troop assignment. One Of the
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Celebration

Admiral Dewey was getting
ready to meet with his former
naval aides so years ago, and
The Star. on May /, 1906. re-
ported: Eight years ago to-
day Admiral Dewey defeated
the Spaniards in Manila Bay
and tonight two dozen Of the
officers who were with Dewey
on May /, 1898, will hold an
annual celebration. 1t is a
regular thing in Washington,
the May Day dinner, and the
affair tonight will be a cele-
bration. The admiral looks
exceptionally well and will
probably enjoy many another
anniversary. Today he talked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Suburban Life

The Star on May 5, 1906.
was advertising homes for sub
urban living, and among them
was this: Artistic homes in
this choice suburb-so con-
veniently located-practically
on the edge Of the city. The
completion of the magnificent
Connecticut avenue bridge,
now being erected at a cost
of 81 million. brings this sub
urban section considerably
nearer the CITY," This sub
urban section" was Cleveland
Park, and the houses-at
$7500-were on Macomb street
near Connecticut avenue.
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK. Feb, R.--Dividends
announced:
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. R.-Confiicting in.
grain market on the Board OF Trade
today Dealings were active.
eased. Soybeans dropped for losses exs
ceedins cent early and then partly
recovered Feed grains were cratic at
Wheat near the end of the FIRST hour
ss io% osr e cent b hiEhsr Marsh
|Sf.5ofs; oats unchSnssd to Z hiE aien
March s S9Sssnse sneh 10
10 =. lower. March s.4S'., and lard
Main reason for the early sel-ofi in
new crop wheat was the receipt OF more
snow in parts OF the winter wheat belt.
this state now have a heavy snow ae-
emulation. More snow and rain was
forecast for sections of Nebraska, kan
In contrast March wheat was very
firm. largely on. short covering. This
followed news late. Yesterday that q
large quantity Of wheat had been sold
Gulf of Mexico ports,
Francis / pu Pcnt g. Co. noted out
Of commercial stocks Of IL 800 900 BUSH
Credit Corp. owns or there lis is under GOV
eminent loan 7.I2S, 900 bushels. There
was no replacement by country shipments
in this territory as prices are well
Sovbeans dropped at the start on an
Agriculture Department report that
stocks. in all positions on January /
totaled 273S52.0 900 bushels. a record
for the date. year earlier. supplies
totaled 260. 1875. 900 bushels. Denmark
bought a small. quantity Of soybeans.
Prospects of snow IN the Midwest
attracted a little demand into corn,
However, the lower parity announced
yesterday caused scattered selling But
the trade had known the new method of
figure.
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u. S. Steel
Profits Set
Record in IS

NEW YORK, Feb. R.-
United States Steel Corp re-
ported yesterday record breaking
1855 net income of $3.50. 1877 ,625,
or $6.45 a share. compared with
the previous record of $271 $780,
600. or $4.72 q share in the
World War I year of 1915, on
the basis Of the number of
shares now outstanding.
The board of directors declared
a dividend Of IS cents a common
share, payable March 10 to hold
ers Of record February 10. This
compared with previous divi-
dends Of IS cents declared in Oc-
tober and so cents in July, the
latter being the first dividend
after the 2-for-1 stock split In
May and comparable with 81 q
share dividends on the old stock
declared in April and January.
For the last quarter of 1855
United States Steel reported net
income of $l02.6 .6s2 or $1.sC
q share compared with $57 ,061.-
698, or IS cents a share adjust
ed for the latest stock split. in
the last quarter Of 1854.
The years earnings also com.
pared with 1854 net Of 1885,
236.672, or 1928 q share, adj
justed for the split.