The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 24, 1931, Page 4

An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) anna Sntneieneendeentessahcels Scar See eee Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marek, N. D., and entered at the gostoffice at Bismarck ‘as second class mail matter. George D, Mann .. » President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by mail outside of North Dakota .. Weekly by mail in state, per year .... Weekly by mail in state, three years . Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, ‘Weekly by mail in Canads, per year ... Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also (Offieial City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK Educational Experiments In no other field, perhaps, has the lust for experiment and the acquisition of new knowledge taken deeper root than in that of education. Dealing as they do with the young and partially un- formed mind, the teachers of the country have an ap- preciation of the great responsibility which their pro- { fession has placed upon them. Theirs is one of the most important and, at the same time, one of the most diffi- cult tasks that could be assigned to anyone for the dif- ferences in mental attitude and temperament of stu- dents, their environment, breeding and racial charac- teristics are extremely variable factors. Many of the leading universities have tried and are | trying experiments which may do much to revise our secondary educational system. At Wisconsin university they have one system, operating side-by-side with the standard curriculum, whereby students make no recita- tions at ail. ‘They attend lectures and seminars and, assumably, absorb learning without conscious effort. At Chicago university, Robert Maynord Hutchins, the country’s youngest president of a leading educational institution, is devising a system whereby the brilliant will be permitted to make exceptional progress whereas, at-the same time, the dullard will not be hurried. But down at Yellow Springs, Ohio, the little institu- tion known as Antioch college hit upon a new idea in education which has been in operation now for 10 years. In fact a decennial celebration will be held next month to mark the anniversary. . Under this system, a student goes to school six months and works at a given task in civil life the next six months. It is all-year work for these students and the vaeations are brief indeed. At the college the regular staff of professors dishes out the theoretical or technical information. That part of the institution operates much as any other college. But during the next six months the students are in charge of what is known as the “field faculty.” The members of this are executives of some 175 different business organizations in 15 states who have entered into an agreement to give jobs to Antioch students in order that they may complete tacir year’s educational work. The theory .is to bolster educational theory with actual practice under actual working conditions. The plan looked good on paper when it first was de- vised and apparently has worked out well in practice, for this little school with about 600 students claims that the geographical distribution of its student body is wider than that of any other college or university in this coun- try. Only about 20 per cent of them are from Ohio. The rest are from other states in the union and countries be- yond. That reunion, which most of the “field-faculty” mem- bers are expected to attend, should be interesting. Some- how, we feel that both the “book professors” and the “practice professors” will get a great deal of benefit from it, along with a deeper understanding of cach other. a SST | Isn’t It So? i One of the finest sources of amusement to a person gifted with a sense of humor and some degree of mental acumen is to attend a political rally and listen with at- tention to tne introduction of a leading public figure. | Ordinarily one thinks of Abraham Lincoln and} George Washington as having at least a modicum of the essential public virtues but they are not in it with Senator Hokum, Congressman Squawk or Governor Blah when the political eulogists get into action. Beside any | of these worthies the Great Emancipator or the Father of his country drops into the pin-money class, or so we would think. A writer in a current woman’s magazine warns against this tendency. Presumably the suggestion is directed to- ward women who, in increasing numbers, are taking an active part in club or public affairs but the idea could well be adopted by everyone who may be called upon to perform such a task at any time or anywhere. This writer suggests: “When introducing a speaker to an audience it is sel- dom wise or necessary to expatiate on his greatness or the beauties of his performance. Let him do that. It will be easier for him to give satisfaction if he is not made self-conscious by blatant flattery. Speak of the interest of the audience in his field, the interest that brought them to hear him.” There is a lot of common sense as well as a deep-seat- ed courtesy in that. Who is there who cannot recall one or more introductory addresses which were so fulsome as to make even a jackass blush? ‘Who is there who has not felt his intelligence insulted by a presiding officer attributing to some public figure more virtues than any ordinary human ever had? It is to be hoped that bits of sound advice such as this writer offers the women will find their way into those Places where they will do the most good. If they do we may see a revival of interest in the gentle art of public speaking. 3 What’s in a Name? Babe Ruth goes into cour: and gets an injunction to prevent a New York haberdasher from using his name THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE CS THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1981 which other men could do better. No one contends that | Mr. Coolidge’s airy editorial nothings are any more pungent, educational or thought-provoking than those of many an obscure man, but they are his and that is what makes them valuable, Probably Ruth’s neckties were no better than those of many another haberdasher, but if he were to stand be- hind the counter and sell them with bis own kandy he would do @ rushing business. ‘Those Ills We Have’ There is something pathetic and very human about those three old women in Omaha who refused to leave their well-known haunts in the county poorhouse for 00) . modern version of that much-despised institution, al- though the new one is said to be the finest in the world. They had become accustomed to the old place and, with the firmness which comes to crotchety old age, they re- fused to leave when other inmates moved to finer quar- ters. They are staying on, holding the fort, as it were, for what to them is apparently a fine tradition. Shakespeare writes of the tendency of human nature to bear those ills we have in preference to flying to others which “we know not of.” Were he alive today the Bard of Avon could use this Omaha case as a perfect illustra- tion. Stunt Flying Is Taboo It isn’t so long since stunt fliers at our county fairs used to zoom down over the grandstand, trail their rud- ders over the upper row of scats and scare the home folks out of a year’s growth. North Dakota had a native son in the air service who delighted to do stunts of that kind, but his license was revoked. We still proudly lay claim to Dick Grace, who makes a business of stunting, but {he does it for the movies, and is not allowed to break anybody's neck but his own. He has broken his own once, but got it patched up and is still stunting. There will be no more stunt flying where the lives of passengers are at stake, if the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce continues in the present even tenor of its way. During the first three months of 1931 this department of the government dealt.out various pun- ishments to more than 200 violators of the air regula- tions, according to Director Gilbert C. Budwig, whose report on the subject reads in part as follows: . “Fines in the amount of $290 were assessed agains’ and collected from 65 persons in the first quarter of this year. Penalties in the form of 56 reprimands, 84 sus- pensions, 25 revocations and 7 denials of licenses were meted out for violations. In 76 cases, evidence was pro- duced which justified dismissal. “Violations of the air commerce regulations dealing with acrobatics led. the list of specific offenses. There were 60 violations of the acrobatic provisions and 40 of the low flying clause of the regulations. Other specific violations during the first quarter of 1931 were: Unli- censed pilot flying licensed plane, 23; flying without navigation lights, 10; flying without identification num- bers, 6. The miscellaneous offenses numbered 174 . . . . Fines in the amount of $750 were collected on civil penal- ties assessed during the preceding three months and prior thereto.” Spain's experiment in republicanism will be watched with great interest. If it results in building up a new and more arrogant privileged class than the one it sup- planted the so-called republic will go the way of the Bourbons. Florida should do something about this. Admiral Byrd's overcoat was stolen while he posed for the cameras. Why such a demand for overcoats in sun- kissed Florida? At least they don’t “shoot” you in Florida with your overcoat on. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- une’s policies. Better Army Quarters 3: (New York Times) Housing at army posts, which was in a deplorable con- dition a few years ago, has undergone a transformation that makes life worth living in new quarters. The army is slow to complain when hardships have to be endured, | but there is no doubt that morale declined in a period after the World war when officers and men and their familles had to live in flimsy buildings never intended for Permanent occupation,.and in older structures long in need of repairs. Of the Third Corps Area in the South, it was said: “officers and their families, especially the junior officers, lived in wooden buildings that no self-respecting farmhand would accept.” The quarters at Fort Benning, Georgia, were in cases mere shacks, not much superior to the houses that slaves formerly lived in. Fort Benning was notorious, but even in the vicinity of New York City, at Fort Hamilton, Fort Jay and Fort Totten, the men were trying to keep warm and dry in the winter in tar paper shacks that had no comforts. Officers, except com- manders, had a good deal to complain of, and decent housekeeping was out of the question. Congress was aroused and appropriations were made on the instalment plan for construction and repairs. In the Quartermaster Review for March-April the story c? new quarters, finished and in the making, is told with illustra- tions of barracks, houses and mess halls that may be com- pared with cuts of the Fort Benning eyesores. Engineers and architects were called in and from five to ten thou- sand men were put to work. Styles of buildings suitable to the country were adopted—the Colonial in New Eng- jand, the French in Louisiana, the Spanish Mission in the ‘Southwest and California. Hospitals are of the most mod- ern construction. New furniture is provided for quarters, and the latest mechanical devices are installed in barrack kitchens and mess halls. Many plans are still to be car- ried out, but there is steady progress toward complete construction and renovation of living-quarters for the rank and file of the army. Inveterate Politics (New York Times) Many times it has been shown in this country that throwing politics out of the window only brings it back through the door. The latest illustration is the virtually confessed failure of the Hoover administration to reform the Republican party in the South. There is no doubt of the president's sincerity in attempting this change. tion of federal patronage and no power in the Repub- lican organization. Yet recently Postmaster General Brown, who is naturally regarded as one of Mr. Hoover's important laison officers, has been touring the southern on a sign announcing that the former owner of the place has gone out of business. ‘The former owner, it appears, pald Ruth for the privi- lege of using his name and we seem to remember a pic- ture of the Bambino standing behind a counter and sell- ing s customer a necktie. The assumption seemed to be thet a scarf was worth more when seld by the Home- run King than when offered by the hands of a man who performs that service for a . ‘that the use of the name was unauthorized—and had ‘Deought The Babe no royalties. ‘The answer to “What's in a Name”? seems to be “cold, applied to famous athletes and big poll- The King’s ’Orses! The King’s *Orses! QUESTIONS BY OR.MICCOY WHD CAN BE ENCLOSE STAMPEO AOORESSED ENVELOPE FOR REPLY © 1926 MFCOY HEALTH DAILY MENUS Dr. McCoy’s menus suggested for the week beginning Sunday, April 26: Sunday Breakfast: Crisp waffle; small piece of broiled ham; applesauce. Lunch: Creamed sweet _potatocs; spring salad (cucumbers, celery, arti- choke hearts). Dinner: Baked chicken; asparagus; steamed carrots; ripe olives; baked apple a la mode. Monday Breakfast: Coddled eggs; Melba toast; stewed prunes, Lunch—Grapefruit as desired. Dinner: Broiled steak; zucchini; string beans; salad of head lettuce; pineapple whip. Tuesday Breakfast: French omelet; re- toasted cereal biscuit; stewed raisins. Lunch: Boiled potatoes; cooked greens; celery. Dinner: Roast mutton; buttered beets; péas; salad of shredded raw cabbage and parsley; cup custard. Wednesday Breakfast: Wholewheat muffins; Peanut butter; pear sauce. Lunch: Large glass of tomato juice. Dinner: Vegetable soup; lean beef; baked grated carrots; spin- ach; salad of chopped cucumbers in beef jelly; dish of berries. Thursday Breakfast: Poached egg on Melba toast; stewed apricots. Lunch: Corn; cooked lettuce; sal- ad of raw spinach leaves. Dinner: Broiled lamb chops; escal- loped celery; baked tomatoes; turnip cup salad; *fig icebox sponge. Friday y Breakfast: Cottage cheese; sliced pineapple. Lunch: Choice of the acid fruits; glass of milk. Dinner: Baked sea-bass; string beans; green peas; salad of chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce; no dessert. i Saturday Breakfast: Baked eggs; Melba toast; stewed prunes. Lunch: Pint of buttermilk; 10 or 12 dates. Dinner: Roast pork; cooked greens; baked ground beets; combination salad of green peas, celery, string beans; baked apple. *Fig Icebox Sponge: Dissolve a tablespoonful of gelatin in half a cup ‘of cold water. Add to a cupful of Cottonseed meal as a fertilizer is growing more popular in-the United States, figures of the U. S. bureau of agricultural economics show. Dur- Wie Wo. ‘ IN REGARD TO HEALTH € DIET WILL BE ANSWERED ADDRESSED boiled | whether or not an operation would be K mc COY 18 CARE OF THIS PAPER E -LOS: hot fig juice. When cool and begin- ning to set whip to light froth with rotary egg beater. Whip a cupful of cream and fold into the gelatin mix- Dr. McCoy will gladly answer Personal questions on health and diet addressed to him, care of The Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. ture with @ cup of chopped stewed figs and two tablespoonfuls of crushed toasted almonds. Pile in a glass bowl and top with whipped cream and bits of bright fruit garnish. . Place on ice until ready to serve. Will keep on ice for two or three Gays, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Pott’s Disease Question: I. M..P. asks: “What is Pott's disease, and would an operation be advisable in the case of patient who has two small abseesses at left of spine?” Answer: Pott's disease is simply a common term for tuberculosis of the spine. It would be difficult to say advisable in the case you inquire ‘about without being able toexamine the pa- tient. When the infection is nottoobad, one is often able to bring about an im- provement through correct dieting and the use of sun baths or treatments with the actinic light. This dieting regi- men is similar to that outlined in my article on tuberculosis of the lungs, which I will be pleased to send you upon receipt of a large, self-addressed stamped envelope. Endive Question: G. T. writes: “Please give the food value of endive or chic- ory, the bitter vegetable sold at mar- kets for either cooking or salad.” Answer: Endive closely resembles lettuce in chemical composition and food value, containing a large amount and phosphorous. Magnesia Question: C. H. asks: “Is it in- jurious to take a teaspoonful of mag- nesia every day so as to keep the bowels working freely?” It is not usually injurious it cannot be considered a permanent cure for constipation. ing the year ending July 31, 1930, 215,- 000 short tons of the meal were used for fertilizer. During 1929 only 183,- 000 short tons were used. BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT— Rie ROMANS USED 70 Si6NAL FOR THE DEATH OF A VANQUISHED. GLADIATOR BY TURNING THEIR THUMBS. UP, NOT DOWN. «ge of calcium, sodium, potassium, iron A Today Is the FIGHTING AT MONCHY On April 24, 1917, the British and Germans engaged in a terrific strug- gle in the village of Monchy, east of Arras. The British, by their attacks and counter-attacks, won. and held important ground. The Germans loss was enormous. Philip Gibbs, war correspondent, vividly describes the scene of battle He saw the town a heap of broken walls and skeleton barns. “At 10 o'clock yesterday morning,” he re- ported, “strong bodies of Rhineland- ers left the cover of. Bois Vert and, in spite of .heavy losses from British machine-gun ‘ire and field batteries, succeeded in driving back part of the British foremost line. “Four thousand Germans ofa fresh |: division gathered in the Bois du Sart for a further attempt to break the jline, but they were seen by the British flying officers, and the British bat- teries filled the wood with gas shells so that great slaughter was done there. This body of men was literally shelled to death, and it was a human hell in that wood under the blue sky.’ i ee if BARBS e—_—_—__._ —_-_____—__—_ 9 Getting rid of Bourbon. in Spain Was not such an achievement. Look; you. . Fosdick Beak. 80 at’ what fittle “andy ‘Volstead aid to |: 28,1 could sep, thought the same rye in this country! fee's si * eK “The girl bh fe From Mayor Walker's proud sar- ler father eihed ‘aarsaas torial makeup you get the impressior “He hes @ swine einen . ve. rive to that the sleek ata ete the earth. | othe ee nee. ani pve hin : “ “I’m just’ preparing for the long,| « i sige hard “grind,” as the patient said,|“,oUhen sy cap and started to drive, steeling himself for the dentist's drill.) ‘So I-worked: out:theremainingtwo * ok * When a Scotchman is cornered, it must be painful experience to give in. * ok * A saxophone player in New York was sentenced for having seven wives. ‘Was it too much sax or sex appeal? * OK A professor. is.to present a collec- tion of 30,000 moths to a museum. Prob- ably because they kept him constant- ly ina hole. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) SSS | KFYR “ SATURDAY, APRIL 25 350 Kitecycles—545.1 Meters 7:00—Farm Flashes—Weather Re- port. 1 —Organist. )—National Farm and Home Hour. P.M. 12;30—Music, lusic. —Markets, High, Low and Close —News, Weather and Live- stock Markets, 2:30—Chicago Serenade, “ 15—Organist. j—Herr® Louie and His Hungry ve. udio, 3@—Phyllis Wolverton. 4S—Adolph Englehardt, o—Btudio. eddie Kercher, ‘udio. fawailan Guitar. ance Orchestra, | ‘Domi Ye NIGHTHAWK,OR "BULL. | BATES NOT A HAWK AT Alla (TIS CLOSELY RELATEDTO™ THE WHIP-POOR-WILL. college to receive the monthly: farm outlook reports. |” Stickler Solution} ‘Anniversary of | plenty: of. trouble ahead. fish! This Fosdick fellow, immensely wealthy, owned the Alvadas, the st ball team in the trop fol John Merrill had if itiful girl. was the daughter ot San Sam Me then this Fosdick | “Mavis,” Fosdick sald, backing ‘otis Yalvs shave. thee” ignorant brute fired at-once!” The girl.came over to me. There was, fel roach in her eyes. i ,’ said, “aren't you | presuming too much?” is “Whatever you say goes—! Merrill,” I answered. Af Y ae knew who I was all the time?” lo, I just told him, Miss Mer- ‘Dan tall tothe: swine, fire ie, swine, Fosdick almost . screamed the command.. * ' T looked at Tim. “We need all the help we can get. Miss Merrill,” Tim said to her. “Go back to work for the rest of the day,” the girl ordered I went back to my truck and EAS ty mot en I shaved, got my clothes, took out my sporty car and ot je to leave. Tim came out and: ‘would’ make it embarrassing. | “The Young Lady Fired Me!” Bai your money,” Tim said to “Look, here, Ridley, why’ are. you ting? ‘There are two more devs We need every one,” Sam Merrill said to me. Hid _ “The' young lady fired me,” and I ined as I looked at his beauti- ful dai She was me, I over my was the idea?” Sam asked. “He por a ae Eastern thought he ug! was get- behind “the her “You — thought — that?” she “Why not? ¥ ht you just one of the gist picksee hired forthe rush I first saw ‘When I all I of was May Merrill. aibatils, until T walked into Bresta ‘Bmith. on. the hotel veranda. “It Was quite a shock, Bretta ‘Up and gave me a hug. She to chatter about how Hiuelt she End Could it be ible that I had et this s £, E i M6 Bs e main with you you play the season out,” she was 5 4 oe a to play,” id. or id, and then I saw John Mer- rill ‘and was” delighted at this chance for escape. “Just: a minute, Bretta. I have Mr told him about what had hap-~ ‘He laughed at. first and then be- came somewhat grave. “The it sees team he'll will get 60 ae e will every- to make i i e “ er Hu i E a ai E + PITCHIN SYNOPSIS: Rushe i like Ba Bert : Rar gs med a big ge uits college for a f a wealthy Californian. Thinking that some tourist knocks the fellow out, only to learn that he is che owner of a rival ball team in the Orange League. There seems | That was s pretty kettle .of @————————_____ | . Isat then | ing the lit '|night to-dinner prepared with the aid > G FO ‘Cuban girl who is madly it he meets a wonderful | “IT Wowt Let You Neglect Me!” g “And we start a week's chet] fomorrow. I’ve got to hit the ol me ieee See you tomorrow 6 mieptctags? che poiited. “Depends on you,” I lied, glibl; “I'm not going to let you neglec ‘mé,” she whispered, suddenly er- bracing mie, r “As if, any one would neglect you,” I assured her, and at that moment I was wishing with all of faked Mavis “Mert would ase r wor time say that to me, a We started training the next ls There were only fittgen men ee whole outfit, but we might take on an extra or so. All of them arrived within the aay, and that night I had dinner with Pudge Waters at his ig house. The reason as that I didn’t want to see retta, 1 cquldn’t quite understand my- self. aia lays before I believed that’ Bretta Smith was wonderful, ae I 5 ma i Seren 3 er. Then I got one goo Le at, Mavis, Merritt as opresite a as the poles, ai could think of was’ Mavist ¥ My worst worry was that Bret- ta seemed to take it for ited In’ pro} |, but I had made love to her. Atd right now I had to concentrate on the opening of our baseball season. I got into my hotel that night and Bretta did not see-me. I didn’t know whether she , Was trying to meet me or not. } phe next day was a busy one. Pudge Waters. when’ I insisted to Mr, Merrill, was made manager. 1 felt that I had all I could do as it was, and Waters had put in three more. seasons in minor leagues than myself. Pudge was, still improving with ‘ his ‘stick work. I hurled:some for him and now and then he would get in a wonderful wallop. I was th toys ple aved faster ball thas ese lay fast yal an our crowd bn the old Mesa City outfit. One ination was that a ee many of the players like to get out to California. : Word came over: from Merrill's ho had been. wat the man, w practice of Fosdick’s ers at ae that ‘he had a hot bunch | O! “He’s’ got “two ‘old major league men,” Mr. Merrill told us, “and it looks like the same: old story—he is hiring ‘costlier men: than I'can at- ford.” “Who are they?” I asked. “Gil Nichols.and Will Oliphant,” Mr. Merrill answered, after consult- ing some notes his scout had given Pudge Waters and I both began to'laugh. 5 “Ben fanned both of ‘em in Cuba last winter,” Waters shouted. ‘That surprised Merrill. “As any rate,” he went on, “Fos- dick. acts h he was a big ), league magnate; he's got twenty-five men, tying out,” be It “didn't look “so peod ‘especially it happened: that this season series’ opened with Fosdick’s Eras players meeting us on our jome grounds. | we worked out, until dark this was alone in the hotel grill hav- ing my dinner, for the big dining room was closed.. Then I strolled out into the garden for a while. finder a pepper tree watch- tle fountain and smoking, when I heard footsteps and con- versation. : It was Bretta Smith and her “mother, ey held a -long conversation, and: a, bitter one. « “What do I.care? I always have my aaa shall marry Bert tomor- row!” . . i since the , “This is so sud- suf ir tossing > \ (Copyright, 1829; Graphic Syndicate, Inc.) Quotations ] | Fashions in fiction~ appear tc change as quickly as fashions in‘dress. —Ellen Glasgow. © § eer ee ae) ‘There are men who come home a! of @ tin-opener and corkscrew. The corkscrew is necessary to help the men to stand the tin-opener.—Sir | Bruce Bruce-Porter, * * * | I shall‘neVer regard Americaas ciyil- jized until there are separate cars for | Women on your subways.—Reyv. AHred | Barry of Oxford, England. * ee |, F-do wish men would give up talk- }4ing about religion and try to live it.— Rev. F. H. Gillingham. Average wages being paid to farm ‘laborers on April 1 averaged $29 with \board, in comparison with $40 a year 880. ; ants LAPPER, FANNY SAYS: ”