Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1926, Page 7

BUREAU INDORSES HOME CHILD CARE Better Than Institutions for Dépendents, Says Fed- eral Report. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Coincident with the so-called “mothers’ pension” law going Into ef- fect here with the appointment of Miss Emma L. Davies, a well known veteran soclal worker of Marylard. as supervisor comes the indorsement by the Children’'s Bureau that home care for dependent children is better and cheaper than institutional care. It is interesting to note, however. from the Children's Bureau report that in Maryland, where Miss Davies had 12 years' experience in active family case work, child placing and juvenile court work, Including activ- ities in_administration of ald under the mothers' assistance law, except in two countles, the mothers’ aid legis- lation has become inoperative because of defects. In view of the persistent effort in Congress to impose upon the District of Columbia the so-called ‘‘New York plan” of administration which called for administration of mothers’ aid by a separate board distinct from the Board of Public Welfare, instead of the District plan, worked out by local social workers and humanitarians, to consolidate all social welfare work un- der one board, the Children’s Bureau report on the New York experience is pertinent. Cost in Various States. This shows that, aside from the moot question of whether administra- tion by a distinct board or under co- ordinated soclal welfare is preferable, the net result has been decidedly in favor of the principle of child aid in thelr own homes. New York's expe- rience showed that it cost $28.40 a month to care for a child in an insti- tution, as compared with $15 a month in his own home. This shews that the mother 1s a better economist than the institution management, accord- ing to the bureau, which estimated that there are 350,000 or 400,000 de- pendent children in this country. “Forty-two_States,” sald the bu- reau, “now have mothers’ pension Jaws providing for ald to children in thelr own homes, and 130,000 children are at any one date receiving such aid, but the total number of children who need such help is probably close to 350,000 or 400,000. “The extent to which available ap- proprfations meet the need varles greatly from State to State, as is in- dicated by differences in ratfos of chil- dren added to general population. New York, Nevada, Californta, Mas- achusetts, Wisconsin, Montana, Min- nesota, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine and North Dakota were at the top of the lst, in the order named, re- porting aid given to more than 200 children per 100,000 of the total popu- lation. Other States Listed. “South Dakota, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, Colorado, Connecti- cut, Michigan, Utah, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Arizona and Ohio reported ratlos of 100 to 200 per 100,000 of thelr population. Okla- homa, Washington, Nebraska, Kan- sas, Missourl, Florida, West Virginia end Vermont had ratios ranging from 81 to 95. Arkansas, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee and Virginia reported less than 20 children aided per 100,000 of their populations, the figures for the last three States almost reaching the vanishing point. In several States practically no use has been made of the law, and in many States where excellent work has been done in some localities the law has been ignored in other. Even in the States reporting the highest up- propriations, however, the possibilities of constructive application of the aid have by no means reached their limit. The chief problem at the present time 1s not to obtain new State legislation or amendment to existing laws, but to obtain appropriations and to raise the standards of administration so that the laws may mean something to the children they were intended to benefit. First Mothers’ Aid Laws. “The first mothers’ aid laws were passed in Missouri and Illinois in 1911. The early laws tended to restrict aid to widows; now some States permit aid to be granted to any mother with dependent children and some permit other relatives to receive aid if they are caring for needy children. “Six States give aid to expectant mothers. Colorado also gives aid to fathers with dependent children. “The amount of aid allowed per child has tended to increase, though 20 States place a maximum of $39 or Jess a month on the amount that may he paid to a family with three ch dren. The tendency in the most re- cent laws is to place no specific limit in the law itself, but to vest in a pub- lic child welfare agency the responsi- bility for investigating applications, for deciding the amount of aid needed and for supervising expenditures. Such agencies usually adopt a scien- tificatly worked out budget for the family which applies for aid and at- 'Nl“m to pay for whatever the budget calls.” BUS LINE INDORSED. ‘Washington-Great Falls System Backed by Cabin John Park. Last night the Citizens’ Association of Cabin John Park, Md., unanimous- 1y indorsed the proposed bus line from Washington to Great Falls, and a committee, consisting of A. C. Wil- kins, Paul T. Hannen and C. H. Godbold, was appointed to further the project Delesates to the Montgomery Coun- ty Civic Federation were re-elected for the ensuing year. The delegates are: W. B. Armstrong. president of the association: Capt. Ellis R. King. Dr. H. B. Humphrey, and C. H. God- bold, alternate. The association unanimously adopt- ed a resolution asking for the imme- dlate construction of a graded school, including a junior high school, at Cabin John Park. and calling on the Montgomery County Civic Federation to indorse and push legislation to this end. A resolution was also adopted pointing out that residents must trav- ¢l five miles to vote at Potomac, al- though no transportation facllities are available, and requesting county officials to use their authority to es- tabl'sh a separate precinct at Cabin John Park. President W. B. Armstrong pre- sided over the largely attended meet- ing. which was held in Juniors’ Hall. Sheaigs o Wife Charges Infidelity. Charging that Joseph E. Schneider, a clerk in Center Market at $1,600, maintained an apartment Wwith an- other woman, unknown to her, Mrs. Janice Schneider today filed =uit for an absolute divorce. She is in Gov- ernment employ and makes $1,200 a vear, she states. Th at Anpapolis February 8, 1924. #lso charges cruelt Krupshaw appears for the wife. She Attorney J. L.| THE EVENING NEW CHIEF OF STAFF IS KNOWN AS SOLDIER WITH IRON WILL Gen. Summerall Won Early Fame Leading.Immortal 1st Division. Son of Confederate Veteran Takes Command of Army on November 21. A man whose iron will and out- standing military ability are strangely in contrast with a gift of oratory that suggests the forensic style of a bishop soon will become the highest rank!ng officer ot the Un'ted States Maj. Gen. Charles Pelot Sum- youngest of the corps com- manders of the A. E. F., on November 21 will succeed Maj. Gen. John L. Hines as chief of staff. Summerall is known through the Army as a driver--sometimes ruthless in his methods—but his selection, out of a fleld of half a dozen candidates for the supreme uniformed command has met with virtually universal approval, even by subordinates who have felt the lash of his wrath. Attainment of that high post caps a lite of service to his country that may well be the envy of any soldier. And Gen. Summerall's friends see in it the reward for an almost religious devotion to his responsibilities. ~His high regard for duty has also won for him o distinction that, deep in his heart, he may cherish to a greater de- gree than the honors that go with the office of chief of staff. It is the Distinguished Service Cross, bestowed only for extraordinary heroism in ac- tion. Commanded First Division. Although his younger years in Un- cle Sam’s uniform found this officer, who was destined to climb to the top, assigned to war duty in China and the Philippines, it was not until the United States was embarked upon its participation in the World War that the full measure.of his ability was demonstrated. Then, as commander of the immortal first Division, A. E. F.. and later as commander of the 5th Army Corps, he reared the structure of greatness that now is sig- nally recognized. The entry of this country into the conflict found Summerall a lieutenant colonel on duty in the Militia Bureau of the War Department at Washing- ton. Within a few days he was pro- moted to colonel and a month later was ordered overseas to study the or- ganization methods of the British and French Armies. In August, 1917, he had risen to brigadier general in the National Army and was assigned to command of the 67th Field Artillery, 42nd Division. In December, 1917, he was transferred to the 1st Artillery Brigade of the 1st Division, which he found preparing to enter the line north of Toul, the first American troops charged with holding a sector. Won D. 8. C. at Solssons. ‘hen the great German drive L.gan (n“)‘l‘ar(-h, 1918, the lst Division pro- ceeded to Picardy, where it took over the Cantigny sector, and in May Cantigny was captured as the result of the first American offensive. Gen. Summerall was appointed major gen- eral in June, 1918, when he became commander of the 1st Division. His- tory 1s eloquent of the glorious record of the lst during the terrific fight- ing at Solssons where, never asking relief and after almost superhuman efforts, the division took all its ob- jectives. It was during this cam- paign that Summeral! won his D. 8. C. The citation reads, as follows: “Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sumrherall, then major general, 1st Division and 5th Army Corps, United States £rmy, for extraordinary heroism in action on July 19, 1918, before Berzy-le-Sec, near Sofssons, during the Alsne-Meuse offensive. Gen. Summerall, ~com- manding the 1st Division, with great gallantry and with utter disregard for his own safety, visited the extreme front lines of his division and per- sonally made a reconnaissance of the position in the face of heavy hostile ‘machine gun and artillery -fire, ex- horting his men to renew the attack on Berzy-le-Sec, promising them pow- erful artillery support, and so en- couraged them by his presence and example that they declared their readiness to take the town for him. Due to his great courage and utter dis- regard for his own safety, the men of his division were inspired to enor- mous and herolc efforts, capturing Berzy-le-Sec the next morning under terrific enemy fire, and later in the day the division reached all its ob- Jectives.” i The success of Summerall's com- mand at Solssons becomes increas- ingly impressive when it is remem- bered that all his Army experience had been in the Artillery arm. He had never commanded Infantry in action. But he had studied Infantry tactics and strategy, and his profound general military knowledge proved of far greater importance than any pos- sible deficiency in this respect. Believes in Discipline. ten. Summerall may be counted among those who employ a verbal lash which they believe necessary in ex- treme crises. But it has been demon- strated that he uses it with reluctance and onge the goal is reached he com. pensates the victim, as wnness‘h following incident: It was during the Soissons fighting —and on the eve of the main attack that a young officer had found him- self, in spite of his own and his men’s herculean efforts, apparently doomed to failure to get all his elements into position and to play the part assigned | him in the clash that was fast approaching. r?he daygbe(ol'e the attack, Gen. Summerall_gathered all his officers about him for final instructions, deliv- | ered with telling effect, for Gen. Sum- merall possesses the rather unusual gift, among soldiers, of being a ready and effective speaker. As the offi- cers dispersed to their respective commands to await the signal for the attack, Summerall called back the luckless officer who, through no shortcoming of his own, had been un- able to get his men into the position signed to them. : S merall, fully appraised of this| situation, without preliminary, launch- ed into a flery denunciation of the vouth's inability to carry out his or- ders. Standing rigidly at attention and going red and white in turns be- fore the fury of the general's words, the officer made, of course, no excuse or rejoinder. As he warmed up to his subject Gen. Summerall went even so far as to discuss the young officer’s ancestry—not in any derogatory vein, as might be guessed. Quite the con- trary, for the officer was the scion of a family of proud military traditions, and the general much more than inti- mated that the representative of it that stood before him would smear the bar sinister on its 'scutcheon. Regretted His Duty. The tirade over, the victim with- arew with such calm and dignity as he could summon—deathly pale as he gravely saluted his tormentor. ~As the door ciosed behind him Gen. Sum- merall heaved a sigh that none who heard it could doubt came from his very soul. Turning to one of his staff, he murmured: “Do you know, it just about broke my heart to talk to that boy the way 1 did. I know he has been without sleep for days and is doing everything ¢ were married | he believed possible to get his men in the positions assigned to them. But I am convinced that the talking to I gave him will so touch his p.ide { that he will find some way to get near- 1y all, if not all, of his men into the line. . He did, and when Gen. Summerall sat down, as was his custom, to write personal notes of appreciation to his subordinates for outstanding achieve- ments in a campaign, that young of. ficer's name, like Abou Ben Adam, led all the rest. It Is obviously super- flous to add that “tyrant” and “vic- tim" now are fast friends. Another illustration of how Gen. Summerall commands the affection of even those officers who cannot al ways subscribe to his driving methods may be found in this incident.# When the war had ended one of Summerall’s staff officers who had sometimes found himself in full disagreement with his chief could think of no one he wanted more for godfather of his newly ar- rived son than the general—and another solid friendship was ce- mented. An Inquisitive Veteran. At an American Legion convention held not so long ago, at which most of the delegates were veterans of the gallant First a. Leglonnaire, freed from the restraint of wartime dis- cipline, boldly inquired of Gen. Sum- merall whether it was true that once near the front his car was riddled with the bullets of his own men be- cause he demanded of them so much. The generah permitted himself the luxury of a laugh—his risibilities are only infrequently sthred. “You don't really belleve that, do ou?” he asked his interrogator. *“No, I don't now—but I did belleve it then!" Not least among the qualities that have made Gen. Summerall worthy of the high office to which he soon will go is an_unusually keen ability to locate and diagnose deficlencies. In the Solssons fighting he found the machine gunnery deficient and he stralghtway embarked upon a per- sonal study of machine guns, with the result that subsequently he won the tribute of a machine gun expert that he was “the only general officer in the A. E. F. who knew anything about these weapons.” A clue to the implantation of the lofty ideals and zeal that have marked the career of Gen. Summerall, finally to win for him the blue ribbon of the Army, may be found in his early life. He was born near Lake City, Fla., March 4, 1867. After attending pub- lic schools he matriculated at Porter Military Academy, Charleston, S. C. This still comparatively small institu- tlon was founded by a British army officer for the education of the sons of impoverished Confederate veterans. FEntrance requirements were rigid and the military education imparted un- surpassed in any similar school. The lessons there learned by the young Floridian have never been forgotten. Once a School Teacher. Young Summerall, after three years at Porter, taught school in Florida for two years, and In 1888 he entered West Point. There he rose to a stu- dent captaincy, and classmates still tell about incidents that now are seen fo have portended the code that was to guide his career. Summerall's first Army assignment upon graduation from West Point was at Benicia Barracks, Calif., in 18 He first served with the artillery when he was transferred to the 5th Artillery, stationed at the presidio, San Francisco. ubsequent assign- ments were at rt Hamilton - STAR, WASHINGTON, and Atlanta, Ga., and upon the out- break of the Philippine insurrection he rejoined the Fifth and took part in_Aguinaldo’s suppression. Summerall took part in the Boxer campaign with Reilly’s battery in the assault and capture of the Chinese position at Peitsang and Yangtsun. During the capture of the imperial city his guns accompanied the storm- ing troops and when Reilly fell Sum- merail succeeded -in command. In 1901 he returned to the States and was sent to Walla Walla, Wash., where he -was promoted to captain. A year later, ordered to Alaska, he located and planned the' construction of Fort William H. Seward. After a tour of duty at Chicamauga Park he became senior instructor in artillery tactics at West Point, where he re- mained until 1911, when, promoted to major, he was assigned to the 3rd Field Artillery at San Antonio, Tex. After his World War service, Gen. Summerall commanded in turn the 5th and 9th Army Corps in France and the 4th Corps in Germany. He was among the American generals in- vited to the signing of the treaty of peace at Versailles, and in 1919 was a member of the Allied Mission of Generals at Fiume Returning to this country in September of that vear he resumed command of the 1st Division. He became a major general of the, Regular Army in May, 1920. Subse- quently he was in command of the Hawailan Department at the S8th Corps Area with headquarters at San Antonio, and will go to the office of chief of staff from Governors Island, New York, where he has been in com- mand of the 2nd Corps since early last year. Popular in New York. Gen. Summerall’s service at Gover- nors Island has been marked by a decided cordiality in the relations of the Army and the civillan population. Always active in patriotic and good citizenship movements, Gen. Sum- merall has fostered an understanding there between those in and those out of uniform. It must not be supposed that Gen. Summerall. in his stern preoccupa- tion with the military tasks before him is devold of the softening influ- ence of human feeling. His soMci- tude for his wounded is well known among those who served under him, and recognition of the services of the individual, whether it be officer or doughboy, is part of his service creed. This characteristio perhaps was some- what whimsically demonstrated after the armistice, when he was a leading spirit in the grand tour of “the 1st Division Circus,” which raised $3; 000 for the erection of the 1st Divi- slon memorfal shaft that rears its granite beauty just south of the State, War and Navy Building at Washing- ton. And carrying out Gen. Sum- merall's determination that the sac- rifice of the men in the ranks as well as their superiors shall be acknowl- edged, the name of every man of the 1st who gave up his life in France ap- pears on the base of the monument in bronze letters. Summerall holds that “most of the men who should wear the D. S. C. are sleeping beneath another cross,” and that perpetuating their names Is the least a grateful Nation can do. Received Many Citations. Among Gen. Summerall's numerous decorations, in addition to the distin- guished service cross, are the distin- gulshed service medal, the croix de guerre with palm, Commander of the Legion of Honor of France, Grand Officer of the Crown, Belgium; Com- mander of the Order of the Crown of Ttaly, Order of Prince Danilo, Monte- negro, and the Military Medal of Pan- ama. He also possesses several cam- paign badges, some carrying stars de- noting citations for gallantry in ac- tion, and has an LL. D. degree con- ferred by Hobart College. In 1901 Gen. Summerall was mar- ried to Miss Laura Mordecal, daugh- ter of the late Brig. Gen. Alfred Mor- decal. They have ‘one son, now a leutenant in the 6th Artillery. FAKE FIRE CALLS GIVEN. Department Responds to Alarms From Several Stations. Firemen responded to three false alarms yesterday. These alarms have become epidemic in the last few days. They were from boxes at Michigan avenue and Seventeenth street north- east, Sixteenth and H streets south- east and Kirby and N streets. There were also seven alarms from fire boxes and four still alarms. None of the fires was serious. The Russian government has re- cently bought $800,000 worth of cot- ;.ondgoods and jute bags at Lotz, Po- land. FIRST A.P. FORMED IN 1848 SINCE THE INCEPTION OF Associ- ated Press, through organization in 1848 of the New York Associated Press, tHis cooperative news-gather- ing alliance has had but one ideal— the gathering and dissemination of news without partisan, factional or religious bias. this ideal for three-quarters of a century. The Associated Press today serves a membership, and thus a public, represents .shade of political belief, religious faith and economic sympathy. does this accurately. tinged with prejudice, as you will note in the The Assoriated Yress which reports published in he Foening Star. It has adhered to every possible It No news is D. C., TUESDAY, BRICK DISGARDED FOR JAIL BUILDINE Brown Limestone Selected for New Dormitory Because of Protests. ‘The new dormitory addition to the District jail will be built of brown limestone to keep it in harmony with the exterior of the present building, the Commissioners decided yesterday afternoon in awarding a contract for its construction to George E. Wyne, local contractor, The question of substituting brick for brown limestone was considered by the Commissioners as one method of cutting the cost of the structure to keep it within the available appro- priation. There was some objection to the use of brick, however, espe- clally by M. B. Medary, a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, who wrote to the Commissioners that bricks “could not fail to cause adverse criticism as long as the building remained stand- ing.” In order to reduce the cost of the building the Commissioners scaled the original bid of Mr. Wyne through the acceptance of several alternate proposals. The contractor quoted a price of $282,700, but $16,600 was de- ducted by the substitution of the alternates, making the final contract price $265,740. The appropriation for the jail addi- tion was authorized by Congress fol. lowing an expose of crowded condi” tions in the present structure by “Pete Martin,” special investigator for The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 5 (Special).—There are 64 Florence Crit- tenton Homes in the United States, which at the present time care for 2,400 girls and 1,500 bables. This was announced at the annual meeting of the national officials of the organiza- tion today at the home of Robert S. Barrett, this city, president. According to the reports, the oper- ating expenses of these homes during the past year were $760,000. Homes and holdings total $2,900,000, the re- ports submitted indicated. The offi- cials decided to establish a training school for superintendents and ma- trons of the homes. The first of such will be established at Norfolk, and from time to time it will be moved from place to place. The national officers today inspected the heme in Baltimore and held for- mal dedication exerciscs. This home was recently erected at a cost of $75,000. In observance of the thirty-third an- niversary of its organization here, Local No. 1068 of Painters, Decora- tors and Paperhangers will give a banquet at the George Mason Hotel at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Among those scheduled to make speeches are J. M. Click, Arthur Chamberlain, Charles W. Gaines, H. J. Wells, James A. Burneston and Ernest E. Hancock of Washington, organizers of this local. The Alexander speakers will be J. Fred Birrell and M. B. Thompson, and Howard T. Colvin will be toastmaster. The committee in charge of the ar- rangements is composed of H. Colton Moore, chairman; William Rudd and Clarence Remington. Fire Prevention week is being ob- served in this city. City Manager Morton has detailed three firemen to look after the work of inspecting business houses and to have them make recommendations for the re- moval of all trash and rubbish. He appeals to all citizens to co-operate in the work. The sum of $232 more is needed to complete the city's quota of the Red Cross drive for the relief of the Flor- ida hurricane sufferers, according to R. S. Jones, chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the raising of the fund. Persons are not being solicited, and all contributions given thus far have been sent to the banks of the city. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Bellomy of 108 North Patrick street, who died Sunday, will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from Christ Episcopal Church and will be conducted by Rev. W. J. Morton, rector, and will be at- tended by the members of Mount Ver- non Council, No. 1, Daughters of America. Interment will be in Bethel Cemetery. \OCTOBER 5, 1926. TRIAL COLLEGE, GLENN FRANK'S PLAN TO END STUDENT PERILS Suicidal Smattering and Sui- cidal Specialization Called Gravest Dangers. Says Attention Must Be Con- centrated on First Two University Years. An outstanding observet of trends in modern lite and letters. Glenn Frank has some ‘nw thoughts on education oained from, his first year's experience as Jresident of @ universitn of 8000 stu- denis. The former magagine editor gave erpression to these thoughts through the medium of ociated Press in the Jollowing exciusive interview wiih Rich- ard Gilbert Massock. BY RICHARD GILBERT MASSOCK. MADISON, Wis., October 5 (P).— Educators are approaching the task of making university graduates some- thing more than specialists in cir- cumscribed fields or storehouses of purposeless learning. One of the first laboratorfes for developing greater and more useful enjoyment of advanced education will be the University of Wisconsin, where an experiméntal college, a sort of university within a university, is being set up. Glenn Frank, the youthful jour- nalist and educator, sat in his office and in_ characteristic phraseology unfolded for the first time some new ideas, unusual thoughts and conclu- sions, grounded in his first year's experience in the presidency of the university. As Alert As Ever. It was his thirty-ninth birthday an- niversary. He was as alert, as enthusi- astic as when he came to Madison slightly more than a year ago to be director of the exploration of thou- sands of young men and women into the vast accumulation of the learning of the ages. His European trip in the Summer had given him rest after the tiring round of last Winter and Spring. He was back from brief but intimate contact with some of the great minds abroad, ‘Mass education has produced new problems in university education,” the writer ventured. “What do you consider the dangers of present tehching methods, and’ what do you consider the challenge to teachers in the great educational institutions?” “The student in the average uni- versity is today in dangér of falling victim to either of two dangers—the danger of suicidal smattering or the danger of suicidal specialization,” he replied. “The challenge to educators is to devise ways and means of insuring to students both the advantages of broad cultural background and the advan- tages of intensive specialization later. “This must be done, I think, by concentrating our attention on the first two years of college as a period to be devoted to the conquest of a cultural background and the develop- ment of a general intellectual tech- nique for finding one’s way about in modern society. I don't think this can be achleved today by turning students loose to take a series of sep- arate studies. Some radically new ap- proach to this problem is necessary, an approach that may mean the com- plete scrapping of the present cur- riculum Experiments Needed. “How would you begin to search for the path that leads to solution of the problem,” was the next question. *No one of us knows just what that approach should be,” he said. “Some of us have our guesses. But they must be ruthlessly tested by experi- ment. That is why we are setting up at Wisconsin inside our college’ of liberal arts an experimental college of 250 students, in which we shall be ce to try a wholly new approach to this part of higher education. We are Zoing at it exactly as a scientist would go at his experiments on eancer in his laboratory. “A time will come, I think, when we shall find a formula for these two years that will produce for the aver- age student actually more in the way of coherent cultural background than the average student now gets out of four college years.” The question of the growth of stu- dent bodies and control of their size then was brought out. “It-is not fantastic, I think,” Dr. Frank said, “to suppose that a time UPHOLSTERING Your five-piece parlor suites reupholstered for less now than you can buy one new chair for nowadays. $9.00 Silk Tapestry cut to $2.98 per yard—this week only. CLAY ARMSTRONG 1233 10th St. N.W. Frank-a-lin 7483 FRANK R. REID President WILLIAM II. WEBB Treasurer FREDERICK N. ZIHLMAN Secretary oL INSURgy, lent. . DAVIS er e, WASHINGTON, D.C. Phone Main 8970 HOME OFFICE _1010 VERMONT AVE. 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Before termination of the talk it was suggested that student morals and manners are recurrently matters of public comment and conjecture. “What do you, as a president, think of all this discussion about drinking and alleged lack of in- dividual restraint among students?"” was the final question. “It seems to me that nine-tenths of the discussions of the morals and manners of the present college gen- eration begins with a false assump- tion—namely, that a college com- munity is essentially different from the ordinary community. It isn't. A college community is simply a cross section of the American community- of the American Nation.” President Frank made it plain that a member of the: moral he is not alarmist squad. “The dominant tendencies of in the college community,” he said “If there is a new freedom outside college there will be a new freedom is hootlegging outside college there will be a certain in college. If there amount of bootlegging in college. Conditions Intensified. “Certain conditions are, of course, intensified in a college, in a Union League Club because ma- turity is concentrated there. “You cannot lift 8,000 human be ings—young or old—out of a social or- der from which they have taken their tone and temper and make them over 5% on Savings to Govt. Workers at Their Bank Cer in. DEPARTMENTAL BANK “The Banl: for Departmental People” 1714 PA. university the American social order will be found because youth is concentrated there: just as certain conditions will be intensified a FIVE PER CENT Time terest we pay to Government Employees makes your Saving most worth-while! CLEVELAND, HILL'S CHOIGE OVER T R. Builder of Northwest Offered $10,000,000 to Finance Campaign, Writer Says. By the Assoclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., October 5.—James J. Hill, builder of the Northwest, of- fered to underwrite a campaign fund of $10,000,000 if the Democratic party would nominate Grover Cleveland for a third term to run against Roosevelt in 1904, says Charles H. Armitage, writing in “Grover Cleveland as Buf- falo Knew Him,” just published. Mr. Armitage repeats this bit of un written history as he heard it from William H. Ryan, former resentative, who was commi Hill to carry his offer to Will Sheehan and David B. Hill, m of Judge Alton B. Parker's can acy Conceding the eminent qualities of Judge Parker, Hill is asserted to have ressed the belief t of New York he was not sufficiently known to give him the strenzth neces sary to defeat Roosevelt. The latte: at the time was talking freely about “malefactor otherwise big business “‘But,’ declared Hill, ‘there's one man who, I think, can defeat Presi dent Roosevelt.” 1o rep If Cleveland is placed in nomination I will undertake t« un derwrite a fund sufficient to finince his campalgn.’ Ryan repeated the offer to Willlam ‘hechan, Pamocratic leader, whose answer was ““The die is it indi cating that/,he Parker candidacy had progressed /o such a stage it could not be withdrawn. YOUTH AND $2,500 GONE. Had Obteined Job on Plea to Be in Artistic Place. CHICAGO, October 5 (#).—The youth who obtained employment at the Chicago Art Institute two weeks ago on a plea that he would toil for « mere pittance to be in artistic roundings, was gone today and more than 0 in_tuitions. » sorry to have done this, but I needed the money. Yours for aid a note left in the cash box, supposed to have gone to the auditor’s office, and intrusted to the young man who ap plied himself so well. 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