Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1926, Page 19

RELIGIOUS SLUMP AT HARVARD SHOWN; Fifty Per Cent Decline Re- vealed by Survey—Three Creeds Have Gain. By the Associated Pross AMBRIDGE, Mass. April 16.—A “ma slump” among Marvard students since the war is deduced from statistics compiled by Julian Coolidge. professor of mathe- matics in the university, and publish- ed in the current Harvard Alumni He found that only in the atholics and Episco- been a percentage increase from 1895 to 1922 among those reporting their religious prefer- ences. The follows, percentage figures were as 1895, 1805, 19 Fniscopalians Evangelical Thitarian Roman Catholic. Jewish SCattering Yot interested Prof. Coolidge observed that Unitarianism probably is less strong in the country at large than it was 30 years ago. The “not interested’ class, he said. was made up of agnostics, atheists. philosophers and those without preference or interest. He ‘saw no_connection in the figures with any change in the religious at titude of the university authorities or theltrend of instruction Ts there.” he asks. between the 50 per cent increase in the proportion of the religiously in different and the increase in lawless- ness in the same period. 1f so. what do we propose to do about it? DENTISTS END SESSION. “a connection Year at Virginia Beach. RICHMOND. Va., April 16 (P). Virginia Beach was selected as the 1927 meeting place of the Virginia State Dental Association and Greens. boro, N. C.. for the North Carolina Dental Society, shortly before ad- journment of the joint convention of the two organizations here yesterday. The joint session was acclaimed one of the most educationally pro- ductive scientific assemblages in the history of either of the two States represented, the three-day intensive program having been consumed pri- marily with lectures, discussions and clinics. 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WALT MASON. Eouatlomg SRR Charles N. Whitehead. who, at 48, has become president of the M.. K. & T. Railway, began his career as a messenger boy. ! “Where the Better : Things Cost Less” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO J{SOVIET OFFERS U. S. RICH CONGESSIONS American Capital and Skil Needed, and Will Be Well Repaid, Official Says. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 16.—The United States, with its ready liquid capital and colossal energy, is the only na- tion which is capable of tapping the immense, untouched wealth that is teeming in Russia, in the opinion of Adolph Joffe, chief of the Soviet gov- crnment concession commission. M. Joffe, in an interview with a correspondent for the Associated Press, said that definite progress has been made, especially of late, foreign offers beginning to lose their purely speculative aspect and assuming more solid proportions. Big Grants Waiting. “It still seems the veal big con-: cession_work awai M. Joffe said. tween Kurope and America i3 that Burope must first sell us ready mer- chandise, make a profit and then in vest in concessions, while America has liquid cash augmented by colos- sal energy and technical skill. The European offers are acceptable, but the American offers are preferred.” M. Joffe said that lack of recogni- tion of the Soviet government by the United States would not decrease the safety of any American concession- aire’s rights. Each concession charger, he sald. was a special law and after a concession had been granted the status of an American holder would be the same as that of a Frenchman, Eng- lishman or a German. Sees Big Profits. Discussing the question of profits, M. Joffe said: “ ‘““There is scarcely.a more profitable business than a concession in Soviet Ruesia. We don’t Hmit profits. We lax excess, and, therefore, are vitally interested in the concessionaire’s suc- cess. 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Reifel was reduced yes. terday below a legal quorum. All but four members were serving when challenges of the ac- cused were sustained. Comdr. H. H. Michael, judge advocate, was instruct. ed to communicate with the Department, and the trial halted to await further advices from Wash- ington. o Continued—Saturday! Manufacturers’ ner. Clearance Sale Spring Coats Much Less Than Wholesale Cost $20 Models for Which You Would Usually Pay Many Dollars More In this remarkable group you wnll find all the important style tendencies of the season expressed in the very newest man- All the smartest fabrics and colors. In Misses’. Women's and Large Sizes. COAT DEPT.—SECOND FLOOR An Unusual Selling of Silk Scarfs Regularly $3.50 to $3.95 Featured—Tomorrow! excused from | ¥ Navy |9 D. -C., CHINESE BOOTBLACKS MONOPOLIZE CITY HALL Oriental Youths in Frisco Disperse Invading Italian Rivals and Retain Hold on Trade. By the Associated Press. ' SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.—The wandering bootblack with his small box and brushes remains an institu- tion in Chinatown immune to the waves of modernism transforming the Oriental district. Every morning these embryo busi- ness men sally forth to ply their trade and for years the Chinese boys have regarded the City Hall of Justice, which borders Chinatown, as a favored zone. Even the august presence of To the Public Father Time, with his scythe and hour glass, has recorded 85 years against me. After 36 vears of business, 1 am retiring—April 17, 1826— and “The Losekam,” which has earned in 40 years a repu- tation for cuisine and relia- bility, will be no more. 1 am grateful to the hosts of Washingtonians and others who have had confidence in me during’ my business career, and T want to thank them, one and all. THOMAS R. MARSHALL § The Losekam 1323 F St. N.W. M-BRWQKS & CO G ~STREET BETWEEN 11th & 12th FRIDAY. APRIL: 16, 1926. 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