Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1924, Page 23

COLLEGE GIRLS HARD | DRINKERS, IS CHARGE President of Roanoke Institution Says “Licentious Amazons” Infest Cngrxpnnl. CORNELL WOMEN LAUDED ?réctor Says They Boyeon' Men Who Drink st All BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, January 11. — The modern college girl has just recelved the worst lambasting of her career. and the question before the country's educators resblves itselt into this: “Are the college campuses today infested by ‘an army of hard-drink- ing, Amazons | Dr. Charles J. Smith, president of Roanoke College, Roanoke, Va., says they are. Theodore H. Tweston, proctor of Cornell University, where co-educa- tlon holds sway, says they are not. Dr. Smith says entirely too many college girls carry liquor in their handbags, too many of them dance voluptuopsly in the hope that they will induce many boys to “break in" on them and thus demonstrate their popularity. There are too many dance intermissions for drinking pur- Poses, and too often the evening con- cludes with a “violent” petting party in the luxurious retreat of a fine limousine. “Too Few Clothes.” In fact, according to Dr. Smith, the modern college girl goes about with entirely too few clothes and entirely too much paint. “Drinking, dancing and social im- purity are the three things which will always keep college faculties wor- ried,” says Dr. Smith. In truth the three vices have not hesitated to in- vade some of the theological semi- naries. Yet Dr. Smith is not down- +hearted. He belleves that the glam- our and eagerness of the errancy of Youth soon wlill run its course. We are in the center of a cycle which seems all bad, but it will pass, and, in its relationship to all the cycles its importance will diminish. There surely has been a moral breakdown in the social relations of the sexes. Life has become a mad ‘whirl. ‘The little towns are just about as bad as the big cities. The modern dance is not so bad itself, but usually is surrounded by an atmos- gheré and a settipg which is anything ut desirable. Sees New Era Coming. Yet, beneath all the jazzy exterior of things as they are today, the Roanoke educator believes that both girl.and boy students are coming to grips with the actualities of life in a way that has marked no other era in the history of education. Dr. Smith does not believe in “over- doses of education.” He thinks such doses tend to make the college girl blase, pompous and “Intellectually shifting.” The half-educated girl has “a shallow brain, bad habits and lot of malicious animal magnetism. clgaretette-smoking, ' licentious | ‘The uneducated gir] is apt to be ‘he sweetest and most wrene of all. De- spite all this, Dr. Smith says th “higher education” for women ria: be all right if it Is not taken too seri- ously. ‘The remedy for latter day conditions in the college, according to Dr. Smith, dges not Ille In any “great new -crusadé for righteousness,” for the scope of the sectarian college is primarily for education and only sec- ondarily for conversion. Neced Good Example. What is needed for the younger generation is the good example -of the elders. Perhaps there has been to much commingling of the younger and older sets at dances. The young- sters have seen their elders drink between dances and have gone and done likewise. Proctor Tweston feels that the prob- lem has been largely solved at Cor- nell, and he avows there is less drink- ing in that university than in,any large college In the country. He at- tributes this wholesome condition to the fact that the “co-eds" have band- ed together to refuse to dance with any student who has “even a faint smell of liquor” about him. The girls also have agreed to boycott boys known to be drinkers. FAMILY BONDS CUT BY FAMOUS PRODIGY William Sidis, Now 23, Wants No Friends at All, Press Is Told. \ By the Associated Press. a NEW YORK, January 11.—In a West 14th street garret room Willlam James Sidis, twenty - ix - year - old clerk, who &s a child startled Harvard professors by his amazing intelloctural precocity and who was put forth by IMs father, the late Dr. Boris Sldis as | the symbolization of the possibilities of infantile education, now stands bit- terly aloof from his famlily and from all soctal intercourse, according to a woman prominent in local radical cir- cles, quoted by the New York Worl Young Sidis, infant prodigy of 19 when he entered Harvard and re an erudite paper on the fourth dimen- sion fore the university's mathe- | matical faculty, was discovered Wed- nesday at work as a $23-a-week sta- tistical clerk, asking only to be left in peace at work which did not re- quire “too much thinking.” Wants No Friendship. “Sidis,” the woman said,” won't make friends with any one. He was badly treated as a boy, and he hated his parents with an almost stupid bate. When he was arrested at seventeen and sent away he was beaten un- mercifully.” She referred to the young man's arrest and sentence in Boston in con- nection with a socialist demonstration May 1. 1819. When Sidls talks, said the woman. e gives all the old characteristics of his genius, once heralded when his father was alive and Willlam was under the parental authority. “He has more knowledge and a better memory than any man 1 ever lieard of” she sald. “He can quote you page after page from history. any history of any country. He knows every street in New York, thelr length and their breadth.” 1114 G St. N.W. Save lots of January ofie:ing the Superior David Silk: At Tremendous Savings 3 of Tomorrow’s Features 3 Heavy Rich CREPE DE CHINE $1.89 Phone Main 8306 money in the Silk Sale All Silk, 40-inch CANTON CREPE $2.59 36-inch Yarn-Dye, All Silk TINS $1.59 Rich’s Announce a Clearance Sale! Women’s High Shoes REDUCED TO 3 All from our Following are the sizes: AAA—5 to 7; AA—4 to 7 C—1 to 4%5; Yow'll need a pair of high shoes this winter for wear during the rainy, snowy weather. So why not buy them now at this exceptional sav- ing? regular stock 5 A—3 to 5)4; B—1 to §; D—2 to 3%. THE EVENING 'HARD WINTER GRIPS ALL WEST EUROPE Storm, Flood, Ice, Cold Add to Hardships of Unfortunate Population. WIRES DOWN, ROADS CLOSED England Under Snow—Avalanches in Al By the Associated Press. LONDON. January 11.—Unusuaily severe storms, accompanfed by in- tense cold and heavy snow, are sweep- ing Europe this winter. Off the coasts of Spain and France the dis- turbances have proved a serious men- ace to shipping, while in the North sea and in Scandinavian waters the ice floes are o heavy that naviga- tion in many places is difficult. Not In many years have there been 50 many casualties from avalanches in the Swiss and French Alps. Heavy rains in the lower passes and Yoot- bills have contributed largely to the Marne and Seine floods in France. The cold in England is severe and there 18 much snow, especially in the midlands and in the north. Wind, snow and rain over all of western Europe have seriously de-| 4 Now—' You Can’t Blame F Street at Iénqh : SOLD AT ALL DEALERS AND AT STAR, WASHINGTON, layed telegraph communication. Un- til 6 o'clock this morning no press flll?llchu had reached England from Spain in more than twenty-four hours. COLOGNE, January 10.—The River Main is completely frozen above the bridge at Mayence and th ice is of such thickness that traffic can cross it, a circumatance never before re- corded within the lifetime of the old- est inhabitant. BERGAMO, Italy, January 10. Snow a foot deep covers this city, blocking the tram lines. Some vil- lages in the province of Bergamo are reported buried as a result of the heavy storms. v, ANCONA, Ital; January 10.—In consequence of ‘the torrential rains many houses in the village of Mon- dolfo are becoming unsafe, while fre- quent earth&hocks add to the distress of the population and increase the damage to property. Even the hos- pital is tm danger of collapse. The government is sending assistance. PARIS, January 10. The tidal wave that ravaged the Atlantic coast of France yestérday is believed to have been of volcanic origin, since it was accompanied in. many’ places by a slight earthquake. MADRID, January . 10.—Seve: storms -are raging off the northwe coast. The loss of an unnamed stea: er with her crew of nine men is ported from San Sebastian, while eral vessels are in danger. CHRISTIANIA, January 10.—The in- tense cold of the last few weeks is forming great ice blocks in the Catte- gat and neighboring waters. Man 14 passages are sealed, especially in'| western Norway. e “EVe daid_not resort to make-up. You see, the man was hers the first time she saw him. rd It would lie heavily on our con- science if we let you buy a dress elsewhere, matter) without telling you first— here (or That next Monday one of the biggest dress sales in our history takes place; That the price is astonishingly low—the styles perfectly lovely— And that there are sizes for stout women, regular sizes and sizes for misses— And now, since you know what to expect, you can’t say we didn’t tell you. The Hecht Co. D.. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924 JOHN W. DAVIS BACKS BOR PLAN mnuonsl By the Associated Prees, H NEW YORK, January 11.—The work of selecting the winning Box peace plan was defended against oriticism yesterday, tull approval of the efforts of the policy committes being given by John W. Davis, former ambassa- Gor to Great Britain, to Cornelius N. Bliss, jr.; Melville E. Stone, Henry L Stimson, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs, Frank A. Vanderlip. Denial was made that preference had been shown either to advocates of the league of nations or to those favor- ing co-operation between the world court and the league of nations. Mr. Davis sald Iho ‘hnd ]-n:v;‘rlxmr: reference in helping to select Known to be advocates of the league of nations. “Any i{nformation from any quarter to the contrary ts both unfounded and absurd,” he sald. Miss Esther Everett Lape, member in charge of the policy committee, sald the committee had held at least ght formal meetings since last June and_many informal conferences. “The members of the jury were not appointed,” she efiyulneg. Thut were elected by the policy comm ;’)emd of mames sugested by the ninety national organizations on one co-operating council and by promi- nent persons of all shades of opinion. Numerous bellots were taken through- out. the summer. Every one of the twelve members of the policy com- mittee, including ' those who were abroad for the summer, or the great- er part of the summer, voted in every step of the balloting by letter, tele- gram or cable.” for that For Delicious, Full-Flavored BACON The jaded breakfast “is no more” once bacon is made a “regular” during the week. Who- ever tires of bacon and eggs—whose appetite is net tempted as often as this delicious morn- ing dish is placed before him? Bacon and Eggs might almost be referred to as “the great American Breakfast.” All you need do is to buy gaod, full-flavored" bacon. To insure this, all you need do is insist upon AUTH’S from your dealer. Good, old- fashioned curing gives Auth’s a flavor that makes it a decided favorite among bacon lov- ers. ‘It may cost a little more—but it’s worth more than it costs. . See that you get Auth’s. Each half-pound comes in parchment wrappers, each wrap- per carrying the AutRh’s mark of. distinc- tion. Bacon without Auth name on . the wrapper is not Auth’s. ‘OUR MARKET STANDS Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Street Men’s Suits and Overcoats There’s nothing unusual about it—it’s the same sort of a sale we hold every January — for precisely the same purpose—clearance. Everybody who knows the Saks Shops’ methods— and the character of Saks Clothes—appreciates that in this annual sale is the real opportunity of the year. It's a sale without reservations—making available at these reductions every winter-weight Suit and Over- coat on the Third Floor—except only Full Dress and Liveries. : 27 Every $35 and $40 37 Suit and Overcoat. . Every $45 and $50 47 57 Suit and Overcoat. Every $55 and $60 67 Suit and Overcoat. Every $65 and $70 Suit and Overcoat. Every $75 and $80 Overcoat . Like father, like son —and that brings to the youngsters a Special Sale of Boys’ Suits $18 to $22.50 grades $1425 Each with 2 pairs of pants Not all sizes in any one lot—but &'s to 18's can be fitted. 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