New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1927, Page 6

3 New Britain Herald MERALD PUBLISHING coxp{xy Teued Dally (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Blig. Chuich Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES $0.00 & Year. $200 Three Months. red at the Post Of in as Second TELEPHONE CALL Business Offic g Editorial Ro Member of Assoclated to the e thtled ana_adver- analysls DYNAMITING THIE LEVEE TO SAVE NEW ORLEANS of the amiting levee below to save the south from mighty will go down in devastated by the ippi s one of the of most heroi engineering feats in the face ened di Virtually e cd States has been at § wspaper in the L8 publish a map of the land thereby giving a vivid indication of Just the the Jovee would benefit The fdea is to give the river's waters a to showing the layout in that vicinity and how destruetion of the city. ghort cut to the gulf, thus hasten- 'common pleas. Perhaps the change Ing their flow past the ecity and re- | Judge W. D. Makepeace, who was the senfor judge of the district court 'in Waterbury, one would think was {entitled to become the judge of the ng the st to the limit of pafety. Governor Simpson of Louisiana has acted with . determination de- spit opposition from the yesidents of St. Bernard parish, serfous whose land will pass under water, | for an indefinite will be com- losses; there to remain period. These people pensated for their home is a home, and no one blame them for tenaciously to their firesides take their chances on being passed by the raging torrent. 2 The point 1o be | the ed, yet a can and ned now that gap in the levee h is whether the contemplated desiring to cling | been blast- | ed. road amounted to 85, | the net $191,566, cor | gross last year of $8 net of $910,07 ar railroad systemd in Ne railroads i th they do Dur ply to oth ngly n fons. red with al had a net of $53.460,64 Baltimore and io had 523 and a net of 34,2 4,629 Thus we find that two { March and | still. Ir also h March, 1927, The one during the past iree | better explanation than the SLI IN Co cticut JUDC NECTICUT | many elected L asked, if ¥ {people” L has to * re attaining offi In Connecticut jud before peopl with the the {stand n Hartford. | To wit | The district court in ;(‘l'_\' is supplanted by a was justified. new court of common ple: add been unnecessary to that Makepeace dropped. Judge Harry J. has | head of the new court. Doth are young men, For the first three months of this year the gross earnings of this rail- | 95,459 and 1 with a Canadlan justice still 4,222 and a carnings of the two major ngland should ap- east, need g March, Pennsylvania had | 7 and a net of $58,- New York a gross of $33,116,389 $5,139,040, compared $5.430,562. a of probably nthracite than in England roads had a radical decline March, while the eastern trunk lines did not. A ross the | three castern trunk lines gained this practically stood NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, £X STILL PLYING THE LASH In spite of what some horror- stricken editors can do about it, leans to the lash. Some time ago we referred in | these columns to an official beating The same explanations for lesser pronounced upon a negro prisoncr in Ontario, the judge telllng the world the sams thing would hap- pen to any white man brought be- fore him on the same charge, be he rich or poor. Scarcely had this had time to the {indignations of folk who sometimes show a tendency to sympathize with criminals when an other instance of the kind comes to light from that scctor. It appears that Magistrate Smith of Windsor, Ontario, which is across the river from Detroit, thought gangs of rob- bers a lesson. Five men were 1 before him, charged with highway d they kind enough to admit their guilt, The gang lead- er was given 15 years in prison and 10 lashes; another was given 10 years and 10 lashes; the others seven ycars and 10 lashes each. Crooks from Detroit who cross the river to ply their “trade” in On- tarlo certainly show poor judg- ; in truth, it might be ta arouse robbery, ar were facts are the two major New | men prin n a 1 facle evidence that they are reasons | A given s necessary to be convincing. frequently points r of derision at New York and other states where judges are istead of being appointed How can a judge be fmpartial, it is ce. s do not “go they merely politicians at | An example in Waterbury. the Brass court of But Judge Makepeace did not en- joy the aurora borealis of political | favor. That is undisputed. It may be Judge | summarily Beardsley, who | was the junior judge of the district | court, has been named as presiding compara- out of thelr minds. SPECIAL AUTO PLATES attaching of professional o[PS to automobiles apa all righteous and fdealistic legis! tion—so it is alleged—naturally is moves on state now will have the privilege of | displaying a square enamelled blue before the | plate bearing a white Latin cross on | their automobiles. Traffic ,will please take notice; | states will please copy. Physiclans in various states, cluding Conneeticut, have already | been “wearing" a green cross on their automobiles. This is supposed !to impress traffic officers with the { fact they are physicians and may be | hurrying to make calls. Sometimes it works and sometimes it docsn't. Without being unduly pessimistic —or optimistic, depending upon the state of mind—we have no doubt that in due time the lawyers will also have professional plates on their cars. Then the civil engineers, the architects. Perhaps & very dis- tinctive plate could be devised by the advertising writers for their em- ployers, the merchants. Factory executives might also draw upon the ingenuity of their advertising and | publicity departments for some unique emblem. Such traveling representatives who use officers in- . Massachusetts, granddaddy of | in the vanguard. Clergymen in that | and other automo- | Iively speaking. Judge Makepeace | was not ditched on account of his biles a good deal might have one | i FactsandFancies They tried to pa langh at scars who 1 another car at a curv Alas! A lot on will grow a cuss wo 3 up to think kids now It's nice to vided into Sta | souiething to ri have t s, 50 cach can The thing that made leaders was followers cnough sense to foll “Know is good | But not everybody can run | fice or get into a divorce suit Every community h who is made chairman 1s willing to do all the wc Publicity is casy to get. S0 successful you don't need | then you'll get e Einstein says thing as time. Wha makes people virtuous worry y an | the undertak ahout e A w Americanism 3 cringing 1ed free citizen, bullying lawyer, The number of ho {creased; it scems that w cause horsc is so rare. cs ha ¥ be- scnse | Final proot of belng a sport con- | sists of joining a group addicted to the new question craze | ins your ignorance exposed. i < The overhead doesn't kill as many businesses head. on Any one that ip by vou i Fool driver: ! power enough to hill. | a More and more books ahout rai; ing children and fewer children to raise. Nothing is perfect. Only a man can accumulate moncy | triends, at the same time. | rare and | | e | | Maybe the great election con- tributors wouldn't seem so wicked if thé American system permitted making them Lords | n't de- and hav- | GC’E Send all communications (o Fug, Shop Lditor, care of the New Britain - Herald, and your lett will be forwarded to New York. Playing the Games of the Scason merrily today nor gay, in e, ‘em of mirth ng of funny tops Slavery ks for but your you've isn't a slave t? 1 had to 1 could —Sunny The Fun Shop News Weekly Vogue rdr no bigger we fear -0 we hear— than a dime; the modern ma Won't even wea r a stitch in time! Sports 1t 4 from a Scottish sca gull settled on to hatch it the country are better one bhe- us that on & hatchet. is e < club t a ball and tri Golfers all over | trying to think of a fore ! Grorge W tree did tary from erry and Mili Chinamen South Have made Sinc North and their rifle bl tarted re The Shanghai € ing what sture’ - really It cen suggested that men’s frocks shouid be edite lers how handy cditor is with would only has hen one « | ters worse! Family Economics Though Dad complains of « Is brother's P, than And to s s bett home Dad docsn't spend it! Rehearsal Neighbor: “I heard you the top of your voice in study last night, Dr. Ross.” Rev. Ross: “Yes, I was practic- ing what I preach!” ck, and hates when brother's have to see him your rmand Maili Items From the Darktown WS talking | URDAY, APRIL 30, 1927. —THE 0B ¢k of interest in service on pub- commissions may be traceable to an incident as that which oc- curred this week when the common council rejected a recommendation of the police board for the purchase of a certain type of automobile to |he used in the police department. The commissioners had given hours “m study to the proposition and the recommendation represented their osite judgment arrived at after | deliberation. But in a twink- {ling their work was undone by mem- bers of the council who preferrea r makes of automobiles. Whether ¢ actually believed that another was better or were prompted : other motives has not been disclosed. However, that is beside point. The fact stands out that judgment of the commission was ored and its work went for nic com . path of a mayor would be with roses if he could per- 1 sponsible citizens to serve on {is con s. Wheh a man is I lected mayor he is deluged with ap | plications for appointment. Unfor {tunately many of the applicants are [not suited by husiness experience or temperament to serve. ' The type de- sired must be sought and the argu- ment is u; Uy offered that they do want to get mixed up in public because of the criticism to i are subjected as well as the fact that their decisions are sub- ject to veto by others who may not be as well qualified to pass judg- ment. The instance this week em- phasizes that objection. The police commission knew what it wanted nd what is needed but the common council, some of whose members are Ifrn‘qnnmlv suspected of not being any 'too bright, snapped their fingers at the recommendation and plans made by the commission. Wl he | | Tn explanation:of, rather than in | defense of civic clubs, their presi- { dents or officers holding positions | corresponding to that of a club | president, should band together in {a campaign to let the public know more of why they exist, what | prompted their creation, what they aim to do, wh and how, | Service clubs are frequently heard { of, yet little understood. New Brit | ain has five—Rotary, Lions, Kiwan- {is, Exchange and Probus, in _the {order of their organization. meet weekly at the Burritt hotel, ave lunch, hear a speaker, and { sometimes have a program that, ad- mittedly, smacks of horseplay. It §s this feature that gives rise to much of the criticism and snecr of a small group of persons. Yet these same persons upon serious reflection will admit their lodge mectings to be usually drab and uninteresting and might, If they are not too great obsessad with the notion of the importance of their als (often- times following it more closely in word than in deed) might admit their meetings would profit by the upset all | They | SERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People celve for their products are less reasonable profit with which to | pay running expenses and replace machinery which has depreclated. | congress to relieve this acute con- dition but so far the end of the road is not in sight. The prosperity of the country depends a great deal on the prosperity of the farmer: | So intricate is our social fer without the entire nation suffer- ing. Let's hear something about the farmer during the campaign. It is a subject which cannot be overlook- ed. How about Europe’s debts? Ac- | cording to European statesmen, th countries which owe us money are staggering under a financial burden aImost sufficient to cripple them. Of late years there has been a hue and against “foreign ment.” But we are entangled with Europe and we cannot well deny it. The United States, which means the people, must continue to pay dis- agreeable taxes if the European no. tions do not pay their bills. So every man and woman in this coun jtry is affected by the financial sit- uation abroad. Let's have a dispas- sionate explanation of rellef or pay- | ment plans. Should the United States have a | larger army and navy? Are we be- |ing outstripped in maval strength by foreign nations? Our isolation geographically is a delusion. Our | coast is not invulnerable and we should have sufficient protection so that a hostile fleet never could get | within shooting distance of our sea- I ports. Men in a position to know are |in disagreement on this subject. There is a tendency to push it into | the background. But it should be brought out in the open and debat- {ed in the thousands of public for- ums which spring up during a na- tional campaign. Issues of this type which are in- numerable are worthy of the best speakers in the country. They are vastly more important than a can- didate's religion. Let's talk about them. | We don't know whether we're be- ing premature or not but it seems to jwere figuring out just where we are going to spend our vacation. Many places call us. For instance there is a wonderful trip through the | Mediterranean which appeals to us {but for which, unfortunately, the steamship companies charge money. [The same reason strikes Glacier |park, Yosemite and Atlantic City from the list—It would be so nice if |the zross question of money didn't enter into the thing at all. Com- merclalism is ruining many things these days, including the greater part of our plans. Then v:e had considered a motor trip through beautiful New Eng- land. than they can accept and obtain a | Several efforts have been made in | system | that no large element of it can suf- | entangle- | us that it were high time that we | on the whole, well reccived espe- cially about the agenda and the temporary preamble to the consti- tution as sct forth by the portfolio of a two-thirds territorial rule. he underlying idea was simplicity in fitself, acccording to the profes- sor, and that was, namecly, tha nation make known its embarrass- ment to the grievance committoe of the League which in turn would sift boil down, and purify the embar- | rassment and turn it over to a com- international b: | mitteo of ssify it as i who would cls | picayune, or, in diplomatic y !lance, most extraordinary. | these prelii inary steps as | the brief would be filed consideration of the body bled, with debate limited minutes before the League. event that more than five is required, a two-thirds | those present would h; asked with the countries involved present but mnot voting. | The final vote to he sub; “d 10 the legislative bodies of the coun- tries in question and if they filed a { brief of continucd embarrassment, I the original grievement augmented with further ramifications would be started with added momentum through committees, sub-commit- tees, and special commissions for the final digestion of the League in politic body assembeld. “At the conclusion of the Profes- sor's specch, the applaus did . subside until he had left the room .S, PUPLS SHOW POLITIGAL SIL Balloting for Class Officers Has Made Interesting History To the outsider who has never had the opportunity of going to the Senlor High school for its three vear course of study, the school is nothing more than any other school with its buildings, teachers, biack- hoards, chalk, boys and girls who dress better than their parents or older *brothers and sisters, But to the “old grad” and the pupils of | the school the place is a small com- | munity with all the fundamentals of community life. At an age in its existence school began to organize clubs, hold assemblies of the student body and to vote on questions of the school. The students showed much of the American democratic spirit when they would work hard for their candidates during e the election period but if their candidates lost they would assume the attitude of £ood sportsmen and cooperate with the victor. As far back as could he reme bered the students annually for officers for their s, has always been a tractional spirit about these elections. In the ecarly days when all the students &chool were housed in 1 4 ic building facing Franklin square the battles would be between thos who represented themselves minutes vote of o be directly the | picturing a well-dressed man car- We just love to read the his- rying a “grip.” benefits to New Orleans will actu- ally this will be better known by the time this sees age. n Judge e - [tory of towns from those informa-| (l® oMl Amer Rlonics s and can recall readily of how their | tion sign boards, The object fs to | those Who did not. Duving the elec- neighbor at a noonday meeting was | get the old bus rolling about 45| tion epen hostility would be shown awarded a brown derby, was elect- | miles an hour (if possible) and to| O Many occasions but a gons ed the homelicst man or was sen- Ispeed past one of the historical sign | G¢sire for faiv play woull always tenced by a mock court to carry out |boards. The consummate informa- | P felt since this was the attitudc s savoring [ton gathered in this manner | 3Sked by Principal Louis P. Slade of civic iamounts to about this: and his predecessors. Exercise isn't essential. Man has lost the knack of exercising i cars and they stay healthy. Edited by Onyx and Florian pervised by Paul 8. Powers) TLocal Briefs nds of Mr. Dullfrog Shofly will be grieved to learn aft he| prained a tonsil whil> rendering a develop. Possibly Pcardsley is a genfal and popular man. But these admirable personal qualitics are not the quali- for As for the reporters, newspaper editors and press writers generally, they'll have none of this class judiclal appointment.| > " e citsen [The bar in Waterbury had assumeq | cto™ In the (irst e | can't tratfic lights print. New for ut all obsta Correct this sentence: . i oW, o said t ldce, they | @ new spring cout,” sai ¥ y\“lru? I don't mind a bi Orleans faces heavy costs fications saving itself, but its determin- ion to surmou . last at de irst African | of hut mention splendid characteristic of that great southern port. The supreme effort made to save it from loss and to save the lives of its citizens was eminently justified. Tonight Herbert Hoover will riake a personal appeal to the na- tion to assist in the work of caring for the several hundred thousand refugees. This is the richest country ju the world, we are repeatedly told, and looked at from a possible angle it should respond to the needs of the disaster quicker and with more effect than has been the case ®o far, o RAILROAD EARNINGS IN NEW ENGLAND Both the New Haven railroad and the Boston & Maine suffered a con- siderable decrease in income dur ing March compared with March of last vear, a decrease in both net and gross which cannot be explained en- tirely on the ground that more op- portunitics to lay and were present rails and improve equipment stations during the thie mild and favorabic month, due to weather. The trend is particularly signifi- the fact cant in view o that som of the more important rastern trunk lines showed a 1l increase comparad with last year. 1t 4n to Ne¢ compaured doubt March, due coal strik traordir ment of coal hat sent this year, is stimulation Yot month when o of the three siders the earni New Haven for the first months this year and compares them with the same three months last Bot much different story is unfold- { ( year a all along that the senlor judge of the district court would be appoint- ed to the pleas; in other words, it was expect- ed that Judge Makepeace would get new court of common | i policemen place, and ple or traffic | anyhow; in the second | they don't belleve in special j privileges. Let there be democracy nty of it the job. was mentioned to the superfor court approved by the governor tention court, with supplanted the result Judges are not appointive system none at all. At least, | didn't. BOOTL AND INCOME TAX | we find that bootleggers, in would send them to an with entire without puckering an eyebrow, pay | their share of income Lootl do what, in fact, the they are aged to do by aKe cla calling for ling with the ellows who would lose | ht if they netary had mitted, will be with the fat check. This sibility method of embarrassing Suppose, for instan of no generally known mode lihood watehf covered 1 as holes for almost any purpose. Some time ago Judge Beardsley for an appointment beneh. The ; proposed appointment was heartily S of the state. But opposition developed and | 'the appointment was not made. At- then turned to the district that by & new court Judge Beardsley at its head. elected in Con- necticut because It would “put them into politics.” Of course, under the ever have the slightest interest in politics. Not Judge Makepeace it GGING INCOML The Income tax law scems to be one of those things possessing loop- engaged an illegal occupation, one which jail it caught, cquanimity and | taxes from ! profits. All they need to ncour- internal revenue ~is to put the income down “revenue prefer to play govern- realized a he law and give Uncle Sam a climinates the pos- questio n a gentlema of live- y a con- h-pow car. The would R yment arise, erence tax would dis Th gentleman tically no income. re trouble for the ! known means of livelihood easily imagined. Under the embarrassment avolded. The income tax and ia left alone. is bootlcgger lose question “where does to his income of can presant system all such | delightfully | rising over the mouth of pays his with ‘Thus en | glad to conform | the prac- ulting un- be Our tip to trafie policemen gen- | erally, especlally thoSe in Massachu- | setts, is not to pay attention to any of these special plate: GAS IN THE TUNNEL The piquant curlosity of autoists gencrally has been aroused regard- ing the possibility of dying from js | B¢ effects of carbon monoxide gas ltn the Holland vehicular tunnel be tween New York and Jersey City, 500n to be opened to traffic. To such as have claimed that thousands of motors passing through the long bore would gencrate so much gas | that there would be constant dan- ger of succumbing the report of of- ficials of the U. S. burcau of mines will be found reassuring. According to the cngineers the tunnel space can hecome contami- [ nated with six parts of monoxid in 110,000 parts of air without serious injury, even though thls contami- alr were breathed {hour, espectally 1 {nated for an trenuous exer- tlon i3 not indulzed in meanwhile, 1t will be remembered that during |a first test the air in the tunnel was | found to be too much contaminated. | Since that time additional fans and | equipment to keep the gas and air moving has been installed. Tt would | have been ridiculous it engineering {skill should have succeeded in pro- ducing such a great bore under the { Hudson find | keep it safe. Of course, the problem [ will be or has been solved. The tunnel be opened Ito the public. A vast congestion of traffic throngh it is anticipated. Tn | five bri across the Hudson will be complet- ed. Meanwhile there is talk of build- Ling another tunnel New York never catches up to its traf- fic needs. In the metropolis is not in a class by only to no means to will soon years or 80 a vehicular or bridge. n this respeet itself. d Observation On The Weather Washington, April 30.—F for Southern New England: cloudy Saturday and Sund much change in temperature Conditions: Pressure is low th | Lawrence, farthest point 29.45 {weather will be fair Saturday day in New England, rast Partly not but St The however, | and year' Copyright 8 ' 25 Years Ago Today Cars will be run scheduie to Berlin 20-minute service to and Berlin station There have been about the present lule, but Manager lahead to the incr summer | travel. The open trolley ear made |its bow this morning, running for a few hours on the East Main street line. A. P. Marsh has purchased the | building formerly used as an office I by the Landers, Frary & Clark Co. on Commercial strect. He will re- I move it a use it as a barn. In his campaign for increased salary, City Clerk Thompson today wrote' the city clerks in this state and Masachusctts asking them about their duties and remuncra- tion. Chairman Hall, Supe: Harris, and Inspector OB a trip to Roaring Brook yesterd: a minor leak my 19 Puhlishe ndicate on a quicker this summer; Berlin center will be given. no complaints mintue sched- Ir 1sed 4 atendent | and inspects of the pipes. The uncertainty riding was shown of automobile taday | the city at the rear end of a truck, | the hor: of which scemed quite | proud of their opportunity to show | the rival mode of transporiation at |its worst. Twenty lots wers | park terday, and f | expected to be one of ‘h(‘ml(\ful sections of the L. A. Vibberts h the proposcd grade { road where it runs down towards |H. M. Clark’s place. There is a hill which will require some cutting |and some filling in further down, and it is this which causes Mr. Vib- berts to ohject There W ilast night | swedish | & Hoftmar sold in the most city. objected to on the Hartford large attendance opening of the heran bazaar in Holmes hall. There were re- marks by Mayor Bassctt and Rev. S. G. Ohman, vell {the well known duct, Zimmerman. Postmaster ter today authorizi {of the post office 1o Russwin building; this cons a victory for the city. The removal will be made about September 1, it being necessary to await the shift of the Savings bank to ifs new After seven between the city an light company, the fight by Aldermgn O, F. Cur fruit in concession made company; it offered the lights 88 cach. M. Aid not think the offer was liberal might be. There is apt to be a hitch in the contract, for one clause calls for six new lights each year for the noxi four Many think this would ha a useloss waste of money, a at the Seipel and a removal Judd received i the mo! has horne by the as it is looking | 1 made | in one | Spine when a | | shrunken wreck was hauled through vmour ! 1 this is | songs by | lot- | onducted | at | Curtis this morning | 1 solo Church Sund enograph eve. s Paradisa Hotlip was injured Saturday morning when om de lap ob lawyer { Facto Jones. Mrs, Jones had ed de office unexpectedly. s Hotlip am getting along nice- vyer Jones not so nicely. { contribution to human- ity by Edicon Ajax, famous Dark- | town inventor, is a revolving door | for rooming house bathrooms. Mr. Ajax's fortune am made! patro Wham entertain- chicken | . Mr. Shinola entertained in de county jail-house \ for chicken collecting. PRI Miss Jetta Eightball busted out | crying in de Darktown Public Li- | hrary Tuesday aftcrnoon and had to | be ball tlemen was reading a copy of “Gen- Prefer Blondes.” N Advertisements 1 Notice! 1 does high grade surgery and physiclan work on man, beasts, and mother-in-laws. | Plastic operations on adenoids and bunions. Cats chloroformed cheap; hit in the head, four bits. adjustments ten cents per Dr. Thomas Pustule, M D., B, D, D, DD (I bave many more letter name, but as this ad co: | six cents an inch I can't ford to print them all). M Bucks Reward, person who can furnish address of man who told me Mrs. Vamy Winx's husband had gone to St. Louis. Call at hospital. Napoleon Cracky. Profe Chir. . TFifty personal! To the present 12 WE'DS ! Tro “What we Malcolm: “We'd like again; WE'D make a panion fo another man; fer riches to looks.” ~H. G. Brackman on: are widows' to marry good com- WE'D pre- dinner Monday | Wham am being | sted to her home. Miss Eight- | clubs s not readily conjure up thoughts of crippel children made happy by the funds raised by the civic organizations, made glad at holiday time when the horn of plenty is directed to- ward them through the agency of some civic group, of the countle other decds accomplished by the Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, Exchange or Prohus. Civic clubs are cosmopolitan and all-cmbracing. Usually they draw their membership from every line of business and from all professions to obtain the great benefits that come from a chrystallization of the best things in all lines of endeavor. They are considered to be clubs of one hour a week existance, yet thefr officers and frequently their members devote much of their time to unsung works of charity and up- lift. Civie clubs are a godsend to any commupity. They should not hide their light under a bushel, but should proclaim themselves and their objectives to the public ear 8o hat an interested community may !join with them and share in the sat- |isfaction that comes with the per- formance of a deed well done. Early signs point to the possibil- of the next presidential cam- paign being conducted on a contro- versy regarding fitness for office of andidates on the ground of their religious belief. To date, everything elsc seems to be obscured in spite of the fact that there are momen- tous issues facing the public which will have more effect on the future of the United States than will the religion of any individual. Relief for farmers should he one consideration discussed by eandi- dates. Raisers of crops in the mid- west and_west are admittedly in a rious position. The prices they re- —_— Fine for the Judge “I'd admit that I'm a bootleg- ger,” said the first prisoner. “But LIl tell you what I'll do—if you'll let me off T'll make you a present of a ¢ of good apricot brandy The second prisoncr also pleaded guilty “You let me go, too, your honor,” he said, “and I'll give you a case of Scotch.” “And I'll let you have a case of extra fine gin,"” pleaded the third prisoner. “All you boys are grinned the judge, hands briskly. “All right. discharged!” rubbing _his NEXT —Nelson B. Spefdel Not Now! Dorothy: “Isn't Spring a wonder- ful season? Doesn’t it fill you with life and vim and energy? Docsn't it give you a thrill, a tingling, op- timistic viewpoint on the whole world Black: “Nope; not abolished bock beer! -—Ralph E. Heilbronner (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbldden) since they of the families ! “You are now entering Blankville. It was here in 1777 that—" Now that you have that knowl- edge safely stored away in the re- cesses of your memory, it only fol- lows to speed to the next town and to find out that “You are now enter- ing Whoosistown. It was here in 1642 that—." We think that Junior must have taken his history test on the knowledge thus gained. Accord- ing to his marks, the old bus must have been doing at least 63. Then we considered a trip to the shore. The last time we went to the shore we saw more rain than we did salt water, W stubbed out toe on which had lain buried in the sand for years waiting for us to come along. We slept on a corn husk mattress and becainc acquainted with sand fleas. when somebody dived off the raft into the small of our back as we floundered past. We next considered a trip. camping We had tried one once and 11t had been an assured success. All the rain that didn’t fall the year previous at the shore, caught us on the rebound and drenched the tent from the time we pitched it in a sylvan glade until we were finally rescued by a passing revenue cutter. It was on this camping .trip that the cooking stove blew up and scaled lan iron leg past our right car. Jun- ior cut his foot on the axe and we all got malaria. The tent fcll down the first night and nearly smother- ed us before we woke up and it was only when we were moving out that the land owner had us haled into court on charges of trespass, resist- ing arrest, lighting camp fires with- out a permit and other things too numerous to mention. The judge, we will add, had previously had a nasty battle with the wife about five min- utes before we appeared before him., It was only because of inadequate statutes that he did not give us the death sentence. Once before we had tried a vaca- tion in New York. We had read somewhere that New York was the finest summer resort in the world. While we were there the thermo- { meter strove for greater heights and heat prostrations occurred on the hour and the half hour. After three days amid the drooping gaycty of hot house roof gardens, we entrained for home. And there we stand. The only thing we haven't attempted is a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel and joining the. nav: The city editor looked around in a frantic effort to locate a reporter to cover Professor F. Towning Thompsons thesis on the prelimin- ary endeavors of the League of ations. The cub was seated over in the corner, and to his lot fell !the job of listening to the profes- sor. He turned in the following sto Professor F. Towning Thomp- son's discourse on the preliminary cndeavors of the League of Nations Lefore the Three Bell Current FTvents club last evening at the home of Mrs. Harry Mortimer was the spar of some old whaling vessel, | We nearly drowned | The enrollnient of the school i ereased to such proportions that was necessary that a new building be built on Bassett street which would take care of pupils electing the commercial courses. Then the valry between buildings follow The principal contest would b the presidency of If a pupil was to be chosen honorthe seniors’ first thought r he was in the Yo- ational or academic building. ‘This growing breach between the two huillings was healed when | Principal Slade ruled that each building he ziven a turn in re ng the honor. The vocational buil | ing wouid elect the president and sceretary and the academic build- ing would clect a vice president and treasurer. Then the order would be reversed during the following ar. ater all the first ar students were housed in the vocational build- ing and the upper classmen had their headquarters in the academic building. Just as matters were beginning 1o look peaceful, the high school fra- ternities and sororities began 10 get control. These organizations il not limit their worl. to any particu- lar branch of exirn eurricula activi- ties, Work was done in the elec- \!ions for class officer: athletic | captains and to aid fellow members | to gain honors and privileges athletic field. 'heir work brought proval of the school authori- and high school fraterniti were barred from the scheol. Their influence continued o hold and with few exceptions all honors went to a member of a fraternity. A sad sidelight to their w in the failure to eclect Wil Burns, considered th lete in the history of the school, the captainey of the foothall tea beeause he did not belong to 1he fraternity in power. He came back the next vear and fought just hard, but he never had the oppor tunity of graduation fYor a few months after he played sensation in victory over the Hartford Il school team he died. Subtitutes wer often elected over regulars in a bat- tle for the captaincy, hecaus fraternity control. After years of undesirable pub- licity brought about by the fraterni ties, the authorities onc in votr to recognize the fraternity and to ave it function under faculty con- . The fraternities still have con- trol although their methods are different than formerly. A student council was organized at one time. It was to be composed of members of the student body and delegates from the faculty. The students did not scem to take the proper attitude and the organi- zation was dishanded after a short life. for a down The oldcst members of Welsh Sun- day schools include a woman S8 years old with a record ot 85 years’ attendance. Two other women, cach 87 years old, have attended for more than 80 years,