The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1934, Page 4

pe i. @ (Established 1873) E BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1984 - |The Bismarck Tribune ca aa ee ee * An Independent Newspaper body- twice—at | THE STATES OLDEST is almost beyond comprehension. \ | NEWSPAPER That two such miserable marksmen could be found at one time and place Published by The Bismarck Trib-|{s even more incomprehensible. (8 second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN Publisher Daily by mail outside of North ‘Weekly by mail in state, ter as Sisseess Seen chiens ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, 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 reserved. Today Requires a New Type of Education * Nothing is much more interesting than a bold experiment in education; and one of the boldest seems to be the.one which will be tried next year at Olivet College, in Michigan, where they are going to try to get along without classes. Students at Olivet will be entirely “on their own” as far as getting an education is concerned. The morn- ings will be devoted to private study, afternoons to athletics, and evenings to discussions, debates, and meetings of students and professors for in- formal chats, At the end of the year, comprehen- sive examinations, both oral and written, will be given to see just how the students have developed under this plan. A college without classrooms is something new under the sun, and a more drastic departure from ordinary educational routine would be hard to imagine. But the experiment sounds ex- tremely interesting; indeed, one of the encouraging things about educa- tion today is its growing willingness to make drastic and far-reaching ex- periments, It is hardly going too far to say that our colleges and universities have fallen a little short of our expecta- tions in the last decade or so. We have been living in a time of unprecedented change. New devel- opments in science, in industry, in the whole complicated art of making and distributing the necessities and luxuries of life, have changed the basis on which we live and work to- ‘Bether. Yet our institutions of higher learn- ing have not been giving us a thoughtful, questioning, and intellec- tually alert leadership to help us meet this change. Instead—well, to a big percentage of the population, college is a place where they play football. To an al- most equally large percentage, it is a sort of glorified country club where & young man can put in four pleasant years getting his rough edges planed down and fitting himself for move- ment in polite society. It is a great training school for bond salesmen and brisk young busi- ness men. That is why these collegiate ex- periments are so welcome. Not all of them may work. That doesn't mat- ter, The point is that some sort of change is needed if our colleges are to fill the place they should fill in our national life. Persistent experimentation will help them find it. Getting Down to Facts The congressional request that the federal power commission make an elaborate survey of electricity rates throughout the country—to ascertain, among other things, exactly how rates charged by publicly owned plants compare with those charged by pri- vate concerns—sounds like an ex- ceedingly sensible move. For many years we have been hear- ing @ good deal about the difference between these rates. On the one hand we have been told that the pub- licly owned plant offers consumers a vast saving; on the other, that such plants are wasteful, extravagant, and inefficient, and that their rates are really no lower than those of private companies when all factors are prop- erly considered. This survey ought to enable us to settle definitely just which argu- ments are correct. We can tackle the entire power question a lot more sensibly after this survey has been Honor—at Twenty Paces! The ancient and honorable custom nivale Dakota .......seseseesee seeee 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year 1.00 | une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and/ But it's probably all for the best. entered at the postoffice at Bismarck Given such marksmen, the custom of duelling has everything to recommend it, and not a single observable draw- Neutrality in Wartime you insist that your country Daily by per year (in state pared to assume unaccustomed bur- outside of Bismarck) ........ 5.00/dens and to yield rights you have been used to assert. So warns Dr. Charles Warren, as- sistant attorney general in the Wil- son administration, in a recent dis- cussion of the problem of neutrality. He illustrates his warning by as- 00) serting that in the case of a foreign war we could insure our neutrality only by passing stringent laws and enforcing them rigidly. Such laws, he says, should permit the president to prohibit all sales of munitions to belligerents, should for- bid the shipment of munitions on United States ships, and should for- bid the flotation in this country of loans for belligerents. Such laws, as he says, would be rather irksome. But he is probably quite right in asserting that they would be the price of true neutrality in any large-scale future war. Man or Animal? A pet rabbit in Chicago fell into the hands of the police the other day because it bit three children. The coppers prepared to put it to death; but just in the nick of time they re- ceived an indignant telegram from some anti-cruelty society in Iowa, so the execution was deferred until the bunny could be tested for rabies. A thoughtful man is apt to won- der slightly at the zeal which people can put into minor causes at a time when stupendous events are taking Place. Cruelty to animals—provided that the killing of a rabbit comes un- der that heading—is a sad thing to contemplate, to be sure; but cruelty to human beings has not exactly dis- appeared from this weary and sin- stained earth and one would suppose that it might make a better goal for the efforts of the humanitarians. A Really Popular Idea One of the most interesting stories of recent months is that told by Sec- retary of Labor Frances Perkins in explaining the origin of the NRA. As soon as President Roosevelt took office, she explains, people began writing him letters giving their ideas of how to restore good business con- ditions. Not less than 100,000 people—most of them in comparatively humble cir- cumstances—wrote such letters to the president and members of his official family; and the vast majority of let- ters urged two fundamental changes —shorter working hours and the pay- ment of wages above the mere sub- sistence level, to build up mass pur- chasing power. It was from his perusal of these letters, Miss Perkins says, that the President got the germ of the idea around which the NRA was built. A British NRA. The British government is on the verge of instituting for the cotton tex- tile industry an experiment in ration- alization not unlike the NRA of the According to a current dispatch in the New York Times, deputations of workers and employers in the cotton industry have petitioned parliament to take such action, and legislation will presently be introduced to em- body their wishes. Manufacturers and workers will agree upon a wage scale, which will be given statutory standing by act of parliament. It is reported in London that if this scheme works, similar action will be (taken in such other basic industries as steel and coal; and however much this scheme may differ from the American NRA, it is at least a step in the same general directon. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agi with The Tribu: ts, “The sound business firms of North Only the dead beats have taken ad- | vantage of it, while the average mer- | do not want a moratorium. | — Interesting—If True | self-addressed envelope is enclosed. WHAT DOLTS THESE DOCTORS BE Here is a typical letter from a big shot manufacturer of nostrums for doctors, a letter addressed Dear Doc- tor, telling the dolt all about “nerv- ous indigestion” and how to treat it, and signed by the “Executive Direc- tor.” medical representative had the face to sign such an absurd letter. But the “executive” chap didn’t hesitate to take the responsibility for it; he prob- ably knew that few of the dolts to whom the letter would be sent had the character or spirit to resent it. These big shot nostrum makers have @ pretty low estimation of the intel- ligence and character of the doctors they deal with. Included with the insulting letter was an illustrated folder showing a suave looking gentleman talking to himself (trick photography, double exposure stuff, so the one actor can be both doctor with corded pince-nez and a line or two drawn in the face) draw in. In the picture the lightning change artist is telling his alter ego that it is “desperately tired nerves— that's all. It's nervous fatigue that up- sets your digestion and causes the flatulence ... ” (here, presumably, & Pause so that the dolt doctor reading the stuff may include any other symptoms which usually puzzle doc- tors whose names are on the sucker lists of nostrum makers). That's the qi United States. kind of doctor the nostrum maker ca- ters to. The suave pince-nez charac- ter goes on telling the man with the hat: “Your digestive organs are all right but they cannot function prop- erly because of constant nervous irri- tation.” Also included in the letter is a lit- tle tin box containing half a dozen sample tablets. The tablets look like scores of other white tablets, but have a mark which might distinguish them from some others. Of course the nos- trum maker hopes the dolt doctor will hand the tablets to some pa- tient, and you know how much more confidence a patient has in dope which his doctor has approved. Speaking of “desperately tired nerves” or “nervous fatigue”—has any one ever heard of any other kind of fatigue? ‘The psychology of the idea that the digestive organs cannot function prop- erly because of constant nervous irri- tation would not be so bad if the victim had an elementary knowledge of physiology. But in this free coun- try who knows anything about physi- ology? The big nostrum makers who do business in a big way, the hordes of cult healers and ordinary quacks, and many of the purveyors of food, rai- ment and other necessities or luxuries, are determined to keep the sucker population ignorant as long as possi- ,| ble, for it would be bad for business if People knew anything about physiol- ogy. ‘That little phrase “constant nervous irritation” is calculated to gum up what vague conceptions the victim may have. He struggles with it a in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. Evidently not even the firm’s} and patient, with hat and lambchops | 7 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, Letters should be brief and written moment and passes it by as the nat- ural thing for such weak nerves as his to do. So what? There comes the dope. Simple, isn’t it? You have only to step in at this juncture, gently club the irritable nerves into insensibility to irritation, and there you are! QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Little's Disease If you will kindly give me the name and address of the reader who asked about Little's diease that I may write them personally, I may be able to tell them something of benefit. (8. J. E.) Answer—I am_not at liberty to do ‘so in any case. I keep no memoranda of names or addresses. If you have some information which might be of any help, if it seems desirable to do s0. Tattoo Mutilation Has science found any way to re- move other than by skin ae and is it expensive? (R. Answer—Sometimes the multilation may be made less conspicuous by skilled tattooing, that is, by a physi- cian or surgeon. The Best Corn Remedy The simple recipe you gave me has Proved by all odds the best corn cure T have ever used. I have given it to several friends and they are all Pleased. ... (Mrs. R. M. T.) Answer—The recipe is 30 grains of salicylic acid dissolved in one-half ounce of flexible collodion. Paint the corn or callus with it every day for a week or more. (Copyright 1934, John F. Dille Co.) ,, |Striking example of unquestioning fi- associates—Chancell Every fair-minded person should nomic standpoint, of a minimum ‘wage; of the elimination of child la- bor; of ® gradual shortening of the hours of labor—President Alfred P. eo ce Motors, * * The winter night is a period of tranquillity of a sort you will never achieve in civilization.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. eek I have never in my life one to vote for me and I * * Children mean happiness to me. I don’t care whether they are green, yellow, black, white, or pink — I'm crazy about them—Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink. ** * The world has never seen a more delity than my Adolf Hitler. lor xk * There is less historical proof that Caesar and the Pharaohs existed than that Jesus Christ was crucified and rose from the dead.——Father Charles E. Coughlin aa shersed * * It would not be consistent with the dignity of my office of mayor to see it.—Miss L, 8. Towney, spinster may- or of Oxford, England, refusing to at- tend Mae West's “I’m No Angel.” xe hk American business management is @ gigantic and disgraceful failure so far as the general welfare is concern- ed. No wonder it wants to find s bogey red revolutionist under every bed.—Former U. 8. Senator Smith W. Brookhart. Musician HORIZONTAL 2 Who is the Russian musi- cian in the picture? 12 Wild duck, 14 Lubricated. 15 Leg. 17 Show of : magnificence. 18 Iron. 19 To apportion cards. 20 Half. an em. 21 Signifies. 23 Northeast. 24 Lion. philosophers. L 48 You and me. 26 Striped fabric. 49 Network. 29 States of bliss. 52 Mistake. 31Slow (music). 53 Poker stake. 33 Mature. 55 Parts of a 34 Suture. machine. 35 Appears. 57 More spacious. 37Government 59 He is a world: tax seal. famous —— 38 Black bread. player 39 Snaky fish. 60 Familiar ¢ Peta ins chats. rs VERTICAL 1 He studied at aan N ed tr ee | Beas Lt NS 27 To stitch temporarily 28 Pertaining to an srea. LL ees and Moscow conservatories. 2Male sheep. 3 High moun- tain. 4 Residence 5 Deportment. 6 Singing voice. 7 Tidy 8 Unoccupied. 9 Ancient 10 To emulate 11 He is also 13 Epoch. 44Unit of work. 45 Measure of area. 46 Bull 47 To press 48 Indians. I i i day limit, g852 At gee i have grown weaker. 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