FIAT LUX
A PAPER ABOUT THEMSELVES. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ST UDENTS OF ALFRED UNIVERSITY
VOL. XI ALFRED, N. Y., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1924 NO. 16
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY DISCLAIMS CONNECTION
WITH KLU KLUX KLAN A short time ago an article of sensa- tional character appeared in one of the leading monthly publications stat- ing that the Ku Klux Klan had con- nected itself wlith Valparaiso Uni- versity, Valparaiso, Indiana.
"At last," the article began, "friends of the Ku Klux Klan will be glad to learn that the organization has com- menced real constructive work in as- suming the management and entire control of a high class institution in Indiana, Valparaiso University."
The following denial was officially published by the board of trustees of the college with the request that it be published in as many university papers as possible:
South Bend, Ind., Feb. 2.—Early in the fifty-first year of its life, Val- paraiso University, situated in Val- paraiso, one of northern Indiana's beautiful cities, is taking steps to cor- rect the misinformation sent out last summer that it was about to be taken over by the Ku Klux Klan. A com- mittee composed of former students, the membership of which is country- wide, is being organized to carry this into effect. On its stationery and in a conspicuous place on every docu- ment which the committee or the Uni- versity issues is printed "To perpetu- ate Valpariso University as a great in- dependent, impartial, non-sectarian educational institution, not privately owned, and allied with no lodge, racial group or religious denomination."
It is certain this will be very good news to its 100,000 or more former students and graduates now scattered all over the United States and in for- eign lands, many of them conspicuous and most progressive citizens in their communities. Exactly how many stu- dents Valparaiso University has had might be difficult to ascertain but re- liable authority places it at about 122,- 000. The University is endeavoring to ascertain the names and addresses of all former students and will appreci- ate assistance from them in this en- deavor.
Some time ago, wide circulation was given to a statement to the effect that Valparaiso University was about to be taken over by the Ku Klux Klan. This report created indignation among for- mer students and among friends of the University which had had such a long career of great usefulness. How- ever, the report now seems to have served a good purpose for staunch friends came to the support of the University and today there is every reason to believe that before long it will be re-established in its former glory and that it faces a greater power for educational good than ever.
The trustees of Valparaiso Univer- sity recently adopted a code of prin- ciples upon which the institution pro- poses to base its future operations.
This code proclaims opposition to "any individual, group, lodge, church or so- ciety which intentionally endeavors to separate our people into class con- scious groups, setting one against the other in promotion of hatred." This pronouncement is taken as a vigorous stand against the Ku Klux Klan and to mean that henceforth as heretofore Valparaiso University cannot be nam- ed as an educational institution con- trolled by any class organization or any religious sect but, on the contrary, is an establishment open to the edu- cation of all without thought of race, religion, social standing, wealth, poli- tics or influence; a university where the young man and young woman seek- ing education may obtain it for a reasonable consideration; the same policy, in fact, as prevailed in the old days when H. B. Brown and O. P.
Kinsey were the potent factors in Val- paraiso University and through their vigorous efforts brought it not only to a high state of efficiency but to an enviable and wide reputation.
Continued on page lour
"NEIGHBORS" BILLED FOR TONIGHT
A. U. All-Junior Cast To Make Debut On Shattuck Stage This evening, the Juniors, in their production of " The Neighbors," will appear for the first time on a real theater stage in the Shattuck at Hor- nell. The cast, composed of several players of unusual ability and ex- perience, shows much care in the selection. With as great chance for the display of individualistic talent as is offered by Miss Zona Gale's work, the Alfred representatives should at- tract a large crowd of local patrons.
The regular bus which operates be- tween Alfred and Hornell, will make an extra run tonight, leaving at 6:15 o'clock.
The cost of the round trip is reduced to 75c. Tickets are selling at the Shattuck at 50c.
SENIORS REPORT INSTRUCT- IVE PROGRAM AT CERAMIC
CONVENTION
A. U. Graduate, Raymond M.
Howe, Vice President Elect The twenty-sixth anual convention of the American Ceramic Society was held Feb. 4—8 at the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City. In attendance from Al- fred were Prof. A. H. Radasch, John Voorhies, Olin Schultz, Everett Hunt- ing and Paul Johnson, all of the Senior class. The entire Senior class in Cer- amics from Rutgers was there, as well as representatives from the Ceramic Society at University of Illinois.
Of most interest to prospective en- gineers was the address of President A. F. Greaves-Walker before the gen- eral session on Monday morning. His subject was "Ceramic Engineering,"
and he told of the value of those courses given at present in several universities, how they might be im- proved and what was expected of the graduate upon his entrance into the industry.
Pres. Walker gave as the require- ments of a Ceramic Engineer, the fol- lowing:
1. Accuracy 2. Loyalty
3. A willingness to do as told 4. A sufficient knowledge of me- chanics and things mechanical to war- rant the title of "engineer."
5. A working knowledge of draft- ing.
6. A working knowledge of thermo- dynamics.
"In addition to these," said Pres..
Walker, "a study of psychology is in- valuable to the engineer." Subjects on plant control and administration were also classed as important.
Mr. Walker told of the various Ceramic schools at the present time, giving a short history of each one.
He announced the installation of courses in Ceramic Engineering this year at Georgia Tech and Penn State college. In a later address, Dp. C. L.
Norton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced the prob- ability of a ceramic course at that in- stitution next year.
The central theme of the conven- tion was "Research," and all the papers presented stressed the import- ance of that department of the in- dustry. Hence the ever increasing need of technical men with the proper training.
Among next year's officers of the Society is Raymond M. Howe, an Al- fred graduate who was elected to the vice presidency.
The convention in 1925 will be held at Columbus, Ohio, and will take the form of a 30th anniversary of the founding of the Society.
PRESIDENT DAVIS SPEAKS TO JOINT MEETING OF
Y'S
Sunday evening at the Brick Pres.
Davis spoke to a joint meeting of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. In his talk he cleared up to a great extent the differences which have been brought up in the daily papers concerning the Fundamentalists and the Modernists, two opposing forces in the Christian religion.
His text was taken from Matthew 11, in which both sides were illustrated.
The Pundalmentalists believe in the foundation of things whereas the Modernists have the other extreme.
It is as if a man built a wonderful foundation for a house and did not pay much attention to the remainder of the building as though he were going to live in the cellar all his life. An- other man built also a wonderful house with the main idea of having the roof garden as the main objective and pay- ing little or no attention to the founda- tion. Both men were extremists and well illustrate the differences between the Fundamentalists and the Modern- ists.
Throughout his. talk he gave ex- amples from the life and work of Christ, showing that He was neither the one or the other. In closing, the President advised that every person should be a Fundamentalist and a Modernist in his own interpretation of the meaning of the term and not go to the extreme in either.
" Ave Maria " was rendered by Miss Evelyn Burt, accompanied by Miss Eleanor Prentice.
As a whole the program was one well worth attending and it is hoped that in the future more of the students will avail themselves of the oppor- tunity to hear the speakers who are specially chosen for the message which they bring with them.
VARSITY FAILS IN TILT WITH ST. BONAVENTURE
KAPPA PSI iNOTES
Brother Miller was very relieved to hear that South Dansville is still on the map. Pledge Adams bought back the news, that some of South Dans- ville's fairer population would like to hear from Bro. Miller.
Bro. Swain is now in the throes of leaving the culinary art. No doubt his future life, is the incentive which keeps him at so arduous a task.
Bro. Miller's new frictionless, eight strand rubber band, airplane is near- ing completion. He hopes to have it ready for exhibition at the next meet- ing of the Math club.
"The light that never fails," may be found in Bro. Hufe's room, over his radio junk pile.
Pledge Spier is looking forward to Wednesday night with considerable anxiety and feeling.
The Kappa Psi Mah Jongg set has been duly introduced to both the Brick and Theta Chi houses.
A shelf has been erected in the din- ing room for the special purpose of allowing the Frosh to remain stand- ing while eating, during the remainder of the week.
During a recent session of the "An- cient game of the Mandarins," Harold T. Rogers of this village, had the mis- fortune to collect so many flowers, winds, and dragons, that his score of seven thousand, broka the bank, and also the game.
Bro. Pond wishes to announce that his "All Stave" five piece string band will give a dinner concert every night at 6:30, beginning this week. It would be well if all windows and doors were closed at 6:30 from now on.
Kappa Psi takes great pleasure in announcing that Jack Lane is now wearing a pledge pin.
WEEKLY CALENDAR
Monday at 5 P. M.—Chorus.
Tuesday at 5 P. M.—Glee Club.
Wednesday at 7:15 P. M.—Sabbath Day Choir Rehearsal.
Thursday at 5 P. M.—Glee Club.
STUDENTS ATTENTION
If you wish the Glee Club to appear in your home town NOW is the time to take the matter up with Director Wingate before the dates are entirely gone. There will be between ten and fifteen concerts while the calls for concerts will be many more.
Burns Is Opponents' High Scorer
The Varsity basketball team was handed its worst defeat of the season last Thursday night at Allegany when the strong St. Bonaventure cagers ad- ministered a 45 to 10 trouncing to the Purple quint. Utter lack of team work and inability to shoot accurately even when given the opportunity caused the downfall of the local squad. The team was stale—at least during the first half—and even substitution of fresh men failed to "pep 'em up" to any great extent.
At the end of the first half, the Brown and White was on the long end of a 33-6 score, but the final session, the Varsity "came back" to a degree and held the Saints to 12,points while they were counting four.
For St. Bona, Burns was perhaps.
the star man—gathering a total of 10 baskets from the field, even the plac- ing of three men against him failing to quench his thirst for breaking into the scoring column. The entire St.
Bona team proved to be as fast an aggregation as one would care to see.
There was no outstanding player on the Varsity, no one playing up to his standard.
The line up:
Young, r. f.
Babcock, r. f.
Nichols, 1. f.
Young, 1. f.
Babcock, c.
Peterson, c Buck, c.
McConnell, r.
Foti, r. g.
Chamberlain, McConnell, 1.
Alfred F. G.
1 1 1
g-
1. g.
g- 3
St. Bona
F. P.
1
1
2
4
Total 1 2 2 3
2
10
•
F. G. F. P. Total McMellan, r. f. 6 1 13 Welch, r. f.
Kelley, 1. f. 3 6 Burns, c. 10 20 O'Neil, r. g. 2 4 McCloud, r. g.
Eppolito, 1. g. 1 2 Cunnings, 1. g.
22 45
BECK'S PROTEGES TROUNCE FROSH
Yearlings Weak On Offensive Coach Beck's snappy Hornell Hi basketball team handed the Freshman five a 31-24 drubbing at Hornell last Friday night. Hornell's pass work was better than that displayed by the Frosh and their shooting slightly superior.
The Frosh do not seem to have the team work on the offensive and de- fense, alone, no matter how good, will not win games.
Buck and Foti tied for scoring hon- ors with 9 points. Each counted four times from the field and once from the foul line. The Hornell's points were more evenly divided, although Cony with four field goals and two fouls led. Vedo gathered in four ring- ers from the. floor for 8 points.
The line up:
Frosh
F. G. F. P. Total Nichols, r. f. 0 0 0 Fenner, 1. f. 2 0 4
Buck, c. 4 1 9
Foti, r. g. 4 1 9
Slosser, 1. g. 0 0 0
Hamilton, 1. f. 0
11 24
Hornell
F. G. F. P. Total Cony, r. f. 4 2 10 Terry, 1. f. 0 0 0
Greenfield, c. 2 1 5
McGrosso, r. g. 2 2 6 King, 1. g. 1 0 2 Wagner, 1. f. 0 0 0 Vedo, 1. f. 4 0 8
13 31
Referee—Johnson.
DELTA SIGMA PHI
Shults and Voorhees have returned from their sojourn to Jersey.
Scotty Ahern spent Saturday even- ing with us.
Duff Vossler, class of '20, spent the week-end at the house.
Chet Lyons spent the week-end at his home in Bradford, Pa.
Mr. Campbell motored to Belmont for the week-end.
Mr. Coots spent the week-end at Arkport.
DR. EDITH HALE SWIFT OF NATIONAL SOCIAL HY-
GIENE SOCIETY AD- DRESSES COLLEGE
ASSEMBLY
Students Exhibit Keen Interest Dr. Edith Hale Swift, who has been delivering a series of lectures in Al»
fred as representative of the National Social Hygiene Society, addressed the College Assembly last Wednesday morning.
The fact that each student should accept and develop his or her nature as man or woman was the keynote of of Dr. Swift's talk. There are too many who do not understand that most actions are influenced more than is realized not by reason or education, but by instincts and emotions.
The child and primitive man are creatures wholly of impulse with but little if any consideration for the feel- ,ings or rights of others. It is the functions of education to equip human minds so that a certain force of in- telligent control may stand between the first selfish impulses and their fulfilment.
Boys and girls as they approach, maturity feel the constant inter-play of attraction between the male and female of the species. This, however, often misunderstood, is the working out of a fundamental and natural law inherent in all higher organisms.
Girls of high school and college years dream of fairy princes and matinee idols. Boys of the same age feel the desire to impress and master the opposite sex. Everything that is fine and good in their lives is a result of this interest.
Everyone, no matter how old or dis- illusioned, must admit that there is a certain amount of fun in flirting—in playing with this mutual attraction.
The main interest of the social worker is to educate young people so that such playing is directed into healthful channels instead of leading to unfor- seen tragic results.
Most of the so-called evil in the world is due not so much to a deliber- ate will to wrong as to a weak or ig- norant yielding to impulses which in- telligent reasoning might have entirely diverted. It is a privilege at Alfred to have an opportunity for working out personal problems under favorable con-
ditions.
N.Y.
AGRICULTURE IN INDIA An Interview With Kir. Diwan U. Shil,Ag '25
Miss Susan Langworthy is again with us, after an illness of several days.
Mr. Prentice accompanied by Miss Eleanor Prentice at the piano, enter- tained us at assembly on Monday with several charming selections on the cello.
Pastor Ehret gave an address at the C. L. C. A. meeting Sunday even-1 ing, in which he showed the oppor- tunities for; service awaiting those;
who have had the advantages of an education.
Owing to the resignation of C. J.
McAhon as president of the class ofi '25, due to the fact that he has left:
school to run a farm of his own, the duties of class president have been taken over by Vice President J. B.
Laura.
I^irector Champlin has compiled a chart whereon all and sundry may compare their scholastic standings from month to month. The chart is divided off into columns registering from zero to 100, and the monthly average of the students are represent- ed by horizontal lines. Some of the lines show a remarkable consistency from month to month, while others resemble the variations of the mercury column in a thermometer during a particularly changeable period of weather.
The Country Life Club The Country Life Club meeting last Tuesday evening was one of the most successful held so far this term. The evening's entertainment was started with a clever one-act comedy in which ! Stephen Clarke, Claire Mann, Pricilla!
Hurlburt and Frank Galutia were the' actors. Following the play were;
dances and games in which everyone ] participated except Prof. "Wingate, who j kept busy operating the victrola un-j til a late hour.
It has been stated by some authori- ties that the soil of India is the most productive in the world. And when we consider the fact that in addition to feeding her teeming population of some three hundred and twenty-five odd millions, she still has a surplus to export, the significance of this state- ment is apparent. All this despite the fact that ancient methods of cultiva- tion are still in vogue, and that there are still vast areas of the country which have never been cleared.
India is largely dependent upon irri- gation for moisture supply, and, thanks to the work of reclamation en- gineers, large tracts of former arid land are now producing abundant crops. A glance at the map of India shows us that most of the important rivers have their source in the Himi- laya Mountains, flowing through the country in a gentle southerly direction, and it is from this supply that the water is drawn into the irrigation canals. The canals are in many cases very large, often being over one hun- dred yards wide and about twenty feet deep where they leave the rivers.
One of the largest of these canals is that which taps the river Ganges,
Royally Entertained
Last Wednesday evening the Agj School men were entertained at a smoker given by the members of the Federal Board Club. The mingled j smoke of pipes, cigarettes, and cigars j was enough to make the smoky city of!
Pittsburgh hand its head in shame, but there was sufficient visibility to enable the guests to differentiate be- tween clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts, and there were some hotly contested games of seven up.
A feature of the evening was the oyster eating contest between Merton and Weber. No fatalities were re- ported.
and supplies power for an immense hydro-electro plant, b'eskles irrigating the United Province of Central India.
This is one of the most historical sec- tions of the country, having for its capital the ancient city of Lucknow, with a population of over 250,000.
From the large canals the water is led through smaller branches direct to the cultivated lands. The dates upon which water may be used are set by the engineers in charge of the system India has its largest rainfall, the mon- soon, during the months of August and September, and artificial irrigation is seldom needed at this time, but is vitally necessary to successful crop raising during the rest of the year.
In some sections, which are not reached by the canals, recourse is had to the deep well system of irriga- tion, about which it may not be amiss to say a few words. The water is not pumped from the wells, but is drawn up in earthenware jars, which are at- tached at intervals to an endless rope chain. The rope chain, which often has tied to it as many as 150 to 200 jars, is propelled around a large wooden wheel placed upright over the mouth of the well. Power for this contrivance is supplied by oxen or water buffaloes, and as the water is drawn up it is emptied into a wooden conduit, being conveyed thence through ditches about six by six inches, to the point of application.
Generally speaking, the country may be divided into four sections as regards agriculture.
In northern India the principal crops are wheat, cotton, sugar cane, sweet corn, rice and tobacco. In the south, including the island of Ceylon, are the great tea plantations. Cocoanuts, figs,
and rice are also raised here, but tea is the main crop.
In the eastern section, which in- cludes the Province of Bengal, the principal crops are rice, tea, bamboo canes, cocoanuts, bananas and tobacco.
Opium and quinine are also produced here, as well as the immensely valu-
Continued on page four
syer
9Etc,
iice for a Typewriter
the best for Hffle more than half?
Standard Visible Typewriters
FFCC T r i a l - 1 © Year Guarantee andlt's Yours—Over a Year to Pay
Down 10c a day will Pay for One of these Standard Typewriters
Send today for large Free Catalog showing Typewriters in colors. No expense or &hSigation on your part
177-189 North State Street, Dept. , Chicago, Illinois
HORNELL, N. Y.
COOK'S CIGAR STORE HIGH GRADE CIGARS CHOCOLATES
BILLIARD-PARLOR Up-Town-Meet ing-Place
Good Service
157 MAIN ST., HORNELL, N. Y.
VICTROLAS
and
VICTOR RECORDS Sold on Easy Terms KOSKIE MUSIC CO.
127 Main St. Hornell, N. Y.
T H E S H A T T U C K Hornell's Leading Theater
Best of Pictures POPULAR PRICES
•
MARTIN BARBER SHOP A Barber Shop For Ladies and Gentlemen
153 Main St.
HORNELL, N. Y.
Next door to Cooks
IN
HORNELL, N. Y.
I'ts
JAMES' FLOWERS Why?
QUALITY, SERVICE,' RELIABILITY 149 Main St. 'Phone 591
Special Sate
LADIES' AND (WEN'S HIGH AND LOW SHOES DON L. SHARP CO.
100 Main St. Hornell, N. Y.
Expert Foot Fitters
If it's good to eat, We have it Picnic Supplies a Specialty
JACOX GROCERY H A R D W A R E
The place to buy WELSHBACH MANTLES
GLOBES and SHADES
—r-
E. E. FENNER & SON
F. H. E L L I S Pharmacist
W. H. B A S S E T T
—Tailor- Pressing, Repairing
and
Dry Cleaning (Telephone Office)
DR. MIRIAM FERGUSON
OFFICE HOURS : 10 to 11 A. M., 4 to 5 P. M Phone OS F 12
Practice limited to diseases ot women and children and obstetrics
DR. RUSSELL FERGUSON
OFFICE HOURS : 12 :30 to 1 :30 P. M.
7 to 8 P. M.
Phone OS F 12
Practice limited to general surgery,
(obstetrics and male medicine
YOUR BEST FRIEND in times of adversity
is a bank account
UNIVERSITY BANK Alfred, N. Y.
MEN'S CLOTHING FURNISHINGS
HATS AND CAPS Priced Within Reason
GUS VEIT & COMPANY Main St. and Broadway
HORNELL, N. Y.
ALFRED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
A School of Religious Education
V I C T R O L A S ^ ^ " ^ V
RECORDS y i i i w l y
Buy t h e m n o w «-..v^::'*-. '
Genuine Victor Products None Better Easy Terms ALFRED MUSIC STORE
The Old Reliable
—BARBER SHOP—
C. L. E. LEWIS Proprietor -
CAMPUS BOOK AGENCY Dealers in
New and Second Hand Books H. M. GRIFFITH THOS. C. MOORE
P L U M B I N G Gas and Water Fitting If you want quick service see me
W. J. TAYLOR Try Our Regnlar Dinners and
Suppers
Buy you a meal ticket Steaks, Chops, Salads
at all times Banquets Special Lunches at reasonable prices
Home Baking
STUDENT'S CANDY SHOP
THE GOOSE STEP
by Upton Sinclair flays colleges from Maine to California
IS IT JUSTIFIED?
$1.00
BOX OF BOOKS
FIAT LUX
Published weekly by the students of Alfred University
Alfred, N. Y., February 12, 1924
T3DIT0IMX-CTTIEF Max C. Jordan '24 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Donald M. Gardner '25
J. Maxwell Lahr '25 Harry Rogers '26 TRACK nnd CROSS COUNTRY EDITOR
Neal C. Welch REPORTERS
Walter A. Preische '24 Paul V. Johnson '24 Lawrence Lobaugh '2G Elizabeth Rohie '25
BUSINESS MANAGER TIarold T. Rogers '25 ASSISTANT BVSINESS MANAGER
Prank Ford '26 BASKETBALL EDITOR
Paul V. Johnson '24 AG EDITOR Chas. B. Britton BUSINESS MANAGER
Chester Brandt REPORTER Joseph B. Laura
THETA THETA CHI
Morgan Hall was the scene of a gay party after the minstrel show Satur- day evening. Dancing was the prin- cipal amusement, although Mah Jong and Five Hundred were popular. At 11:30 dainty refreshments were serv- ed.
Verda Paul of Buffalo was the guest of Winifred Stout over the week-end.
Edith Winklemeyer was a guest at dinner Sunday.
Stoneson Grant was a guest at Mor- gan Hall for Sunday dinner.
Winifred Stout and Verda Paul spent Sunday in Wellsville.
Margaret Kinney has been ill.
Dr. Swift was a dinner guest Fri- day evening.
Director Wingate has just received ; a present for the Glee Club in the j form of a dress suit. W. Harold Reid,!
the donor, was a member of the Glee Club when he was a student here and the University and Director of Music wish to thank him for it.
THETA GAMMA
Professors Cone and Smith were guests of Gamma Chapter at dinner Wednesday evening at the Chapter House.
Merle Weaver and Don MacKinnon have started on a hundred and thirty mile "hike" to their respective homes.
We- wish them good luck in catching auto rides enroute.
Joe Laura has been ill for the past week, but is doing nicely, and expects • to be out soon.
The Ag Seniors and College Seniors played a practice game of basketball Wednesday evening. The Aggies showed a very superior brand of pass- work, but seemed unable to locate the basket at critical moments. The, score was 16 to 16.
BUTTON BROS. GARAGE
TAXI
Day and Night Service Storage and Accessories
Subscriptions, $2.50 a year. Single 'copies 10c. Advertising rates on application to | the Business Manager.
Address all business communications to the Business Manager. All other com- munications should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.
No article will be accepted for publica- tion later than 9 :00 A. M. on Monday.
Entered at the Alfred Post Office as second-class matter.
When we speak of College Loyalty, thoughts of athletics and college tra- ditions immediately present themselves to our minds as embodying that con- dition. We hold the ancient customs of the university as sacred. We yell our heads off for our teams and think we are loyal because of that. The bigger and more vital problems are neglected if we stop there.
Last year, a financial drive was launched and carried successfully to completion, incidental upon which, Al- fred University was accepted as a j Class A college. Since then, a steady, consistent effort has been made to raise the standards of scholarship in order to justify the new rating. Ex- pansion in athletics has accompanied the gradual "stiffening" of required scholastic work. A few students, who seem not to have taken these facts into serious consideration, complain that they are not given a "square deal." Is this loyalty? It is true that the work has become more diffi- cult and it is possible that the grade of difficulty has been increased at an abnormal rate. However, that is something over which we have no control. Until we are certain that this condition is working general hard- ship instead of affecting the individual, we must make the best of it and con- sole ourselves with the thought that some additional effort will be well worth while in the reward of increased prestige which we, as alumni, will receive because of the high rank of our college.
Neighboring colleges and universities have inquired regarding the success of our Honor System and Student Govern- ment and are watching closely for flaws before adopting them in their institutions. Our I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Council will also come in for its share of interest. In the last issue of the Trinity College publication, there ap- peared a statement to the effect that their Interfraternity Council was un- satisfactory and that they have re- verted to the old method of pledging men. In this case, the disloyalty of one fraternity brought about the de- struction of the council. We must
" watch our step " if we lay a sound foundation for a permanent body of that sort. Here, again, loyalty figures conspicuously, p r i m a r i l y to small groups but subsequently to the college itself.
If we are loyal in the biggest sence, we will consider all these problems and their probable effect upon the future of our Alma Mater, even though they may, at first thought, seem trivial.
7>
oice of a Career
From the Yale News THE NINETY-FOUR
Someone, probably an insurance agent, was quoted recently as saying that from the mass of one hundred college graduates one individual only rose to the Polo and butler class, peril- ously near the top of the financial lad- der. Five others became comfortably off and found themselves after twenty years at the small yacht and chauffeur stage. The other ninety-four presum- ably congregate in the great section of the' American people who drive their own Buicks to the golf club. In other words, dreaming about being a rich man is one thing, and making the grade is "something else again."
Yet the ninety-four presumably work just as hard as the sumptuous six. Their business is the axis on which a small and uninteresting world revolves. They have become devotees of the dollar and when that fickle deity deserts, have nowhere else to turn. Jammed in a dull, straight rut of business they can never leave the road and jump the fence into finer fields of life. This, then, is the portion of ninety-four men out of every hundred now on the campus.
The answer to the problem lies in the proper choice of a career.
Between now and Commencement we shall have something to offer on the subject of "Careers." Watch for the space with the Famous Signature.
FEINSURANCE COMPANY
OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Sixty-one years in business. Now insuring One Billion Seven Hundred Million dollars in policies on 3,250,000 lives.
I; I
I
f
E
§
III
For Fine Photographs
THBTAVL0R STUDIO
122 Main St. HORNELL, N. Y.
TROUSER SALE
JUST ANOTHER VALUE DEMONSTRATION, featuring several hundred pairs of quality Trousers.
Made from mill ends of high priced suiting and put together with custom-tailored care.
Star Clothing House
Main at Church Street, HORNELL, N. Y.
G. P. Babcock Go., Inc.
114—120 Main St.
HORNELL
HORNELL'S LEADING DEPARTMENT. STORE
Everything For Home And Personal Needs
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Men's Furnishings A TEA ROOM
A' La' Carte Service of Peculiar Excellence Soda Fountain of Superior Merit
Our Cloak and Suit Department is at its best Coats, Wraps, Suits, Dresses, Sweaters and Blouses
Are Now Eeady
LEAHY'S
HORNELL'S QUALITY STORE
THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL O CLAY-WORKING AND CERAMICS
AT , A L F R E D UNIVERSITY
Courses in Ceramic Engineering and Applied Art
Young men and women who are looking for interesting work should ask for Catalogue
CHARLES F. BINNS, Director
Satisfaction
Our Satisfied Customers ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY
Our Dissatisfied Customers
—WE HAVE NONE
Gornwel! Se Garter
Successors to Fragner & Cornwell
WELLSVILLE, N. Y.
Many people are extravagant by being too economical.
They pay too much in the end by having paid too little in the beginning.
Ward's Jewelry Store
"Gifts That Last"
"The largest jewelry store in Allegany County"
WELLSVILLE, N. Y.
Established 1881
School New York
of Agriculture
at
ALFRED UNIVERSITY Three year Agricultural Course Two year Home Economics Course One year Commercial Clothing Course One year Quantity Cooking Course One year Rural Teachers Course
Catalogue and further particulars sent upon request.
Address,
A. E. CHAMPLIN, Director.
Glark's
THE BEST
QUALITY
R
OF
:esi
HOME
•aoranf
COOKING
SERVICE
AGRICULTURE IN INDIA Continued from page two able crop of jute, which goes to make most of the world's supply of bag- ging, and which is used extensively in the manufacture of carpets.
In western India, which contains the great Rajputana plain, corn and dates form very important crops, the former being the principal article of food for the people of this section.
Bananas, cocoanuts and vegetables are grown in large quantities for the Bombay market. The city of Bombay has a population of over one million, while the province of which it is the capital numbers approximately twenty millions.
As far back as the history of man goes, India has been famous for her production of spices and tea, and these crops, in conjunction with fruit, wheat, cotton, corn, beans, oil seed, jute, rice, and rubber, have given her a very high place in agriculture.
Besides t h e cultivated crops, the farmers in the hill sections go in large- ly for sheep raising, and wool of a very fine quality is produced, while the slopes of the Himalayas yield pine, hemlock, soft wood, and many other valuable kinds of timber.
Land in India is generally held by the wealthier classes, and in com- paratively few instances does man till- ing the soil hold title to it. The great land owners, who often have under their control many thousands of acres, place a manager in charge of operations, and the families working the land will be congregated together in a village, going out each day to work on the land.
Each family works as an independ- ent unit, tilling i t s small section of several acres, and the work is usually done on a crop share basis, the worker using part of his share for subsistence, and selling the balance to the manager j
in charge or disposing of it on the local market, as he may see fit.
As many as 50 to 100 families may be employed on some of the larger plantations, and there are no regular hours of work, many often starting at 4 A. M., and working till 8 or 9 at night, with a brief pause a t noon for lunch. Dinner is usually brought out to the fields by the farmers wives, who often have to walk a mile or more. The meal usually consists of bread made from whole wheat flour (excepting the middlings), cooked vegetables and meat, sweet butter and raw onions, with buttermilk to drink.
The wheat crop is usually harvested during the latter part of April, and this event is celebrated by a feast and celebration which lasts for three days.
Following the wheat harvest comes the fitting of the land for rice and other crops, and as three or more crops are raised each year, labor is kept continuously employed.
Nearly all the. work is done by hand except the plowing. The plows in use are very old fashioned, and are usually drawn by Oxen or water Buf- faloes.
The dairy industry is carried on under somewhat primitive conditions, both cows and water Buffaloes supply-
ly every family managing to keep a small flock of hens of a nondescript character, which for the most part pick up their own living, although a little grain is occasionally fed to them.
In the vicinity of the great cities there are of course many large flocks, but on the whole the poultry business is still conducted in the same way it was hundreds of years ago.
With her rapidly increasing popula- tion, which is no longer held in check by the ravages of plague and famine, India will undoubtedly have to in- crease oven further the production of her soil, as well as to extend her irri- gation system over a much wider territory than is now served by it, and it is with this end in view that many young men of the country are studying agriculture in the schools and- (colleges of different countries throughout the world.
VOICE TRAINING
Mrs. Ramon Reynolds announces that she will take a limited number of pupils in voice training, at her home on Reynolds St. Phone 44 Y 3.
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY DIS- J. H. HILLS CLAIMS CONNECTION WITH
KLU KLUX KLAN ;
Coutliiuert from page one
Former early day students of Val- stationery and School Supplies paraiso University obtained board,
tuition and furnished room for a year of 48 weeks foj a little more than
$100. Even as late as 1921 with prices high it was possible to offer board at
$4.50 per week. Board is now $o.50 per week. The tuition was $30.00 per quarter of twelve weeks. Room, heat and electric light could be obtained for from $15.00 to $30.00 per quarter. It was the purpose of Henry Baker Brown, the founder and energetic head ofthe institution, to lay aside a certain amount of the profits of the school with which to establish an en- dowment fund but as the school increas- ed in numbers the demand for addi- tional buildings to house more depart- ments also increased and the little nest egg was necessarily used for building purposes. The death of Mr.
Brown was a great blow to the insti- tution. In 1912 while on a visit to Boston, Massachusetts, to take the 33d
SENNING BROS.
Millinery and Dry Goods
1857
SUTTON'S
11 Seneca Street HORNELL, N. Y.
1923 STUDIO
Special Hat Sale
Not a Sale ot Odds and Ends but of Hats that are absolutely desirable to wear until Straw Hat time is here.
An exceptional buy on our part and we are passing it along to the public.
Do not delay or you will be too late lor your size Hat.
SCHAUL & ROOSA CO.
117 Main St. HORNELL
ALFRED UNIVERSITY
A modern, well equipped standard Col- lege, with Technical Schools Buildings, Equipments and Endow-
ments aggregate over a Million Dollars
Courses in Liberal Arts, Sciences, En- gineering, Agriculture, Home Eco-
nomics, Music and Applied Art ing milk. The milk of the water; F a c u,t y o f h i g n l y t r a i n e d s p ecialists, Buffalo is higher in butter fat content representing the principal than that of any other dairy animal,, American Colleges and the butter from it is pure white, |
no matter on what ration the animal Combines high class cultural with is fed.
Most families manage to keep a cow or two and have a little surplus milk and butter to sell after supplying their own wants. Milk sells at 6 to 8 cents per quart (2% pounds) and butter at about 20 cents per pound.
There is scarcely any land devoted to pasturage as that term is used in America, the climate not being suited to the growing of forage. However, the cattle are occasionally turned out on land which has been especially favored in regard to water supply.
Fencing is an unknown quantity, and they are always in charge of a care- taker, who sees to it that they do not ramble far away. It is hardly neces- sary to add that purebred stock is somewhat of a rarity in India.
Horses are seldom iised as work animals, being unable to withstand the intense heat, but a very fine type of saddle horse has been developed by cross-breeding the Arabian stallion with the English Suffolk mare.
The poultry industry is one of the most widely distributed of the agri- cultural activities in the country near-
technical and vocational training Social and Moral Influences good
Expenses moderate
Tuition free in Engineering, Agricul- ture, Home Economics, Rural
Teacher Training and Applied Art
For catalogues and other information, address
BOOTHE C. DAVIS, Pres.
W. T. BROWN Tailor
Ladies' and Gents' Suits Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired
CHURCH STREET (One minute walk from Main)
WHEN IN HORNELL CALL ON
GEO. HOLLANDS' SONS
"Let Us Be Your Druggist"
MAIN ST. HORNELL, N. Y.
GARDNER & GALLAGHER OVERCOAT TIME
Let us show you the new Par- Keny Overcoats developed by our tailors at Fashion Park.
Gardner & Gallagher Co., Inc.
I l l Main St.
HORNELL, N. Y.
84
FOR HIRE
SADDLE HORSES at 50 Cents BUGGIES and CUTTERS At just as reasonable prices
Phone 82F22
N. B. SAUNDERS Church St. Alfred, N. Y.
degree in Masonry, he was stricken with an illness that proved fatal five years later. In 1912 the school's in- debtedness was about $30,000. During Mr. Brown's illness the erection of a large building was undertaken and this added to the indebtedness. Then came the World War with its frightful devasting power and took away the University's real endowment—the stu- dent body. It is thought no other school in the country offered a greater percentage of its young men. At the same time young women went forth from the University's class rooms to fill positions left vacant by the men.
According to one thoroughly ac- quainted with the University, the last straw seems to have been a require- ment by the Indiana Board of Educa- tion for a monetary endowment of
$500,00 to make credits acceptable.
Before this young men and women were able to cope with graduates from any other educational institution in competitive examinations. All of these things necessarily increased in- debtedness but in the last few months of 1921 the tide seemed to be slowly turning in favor of the University.
Then other difficulties arose and the backward movement which brought the
University into a serious situation came on.
Finaly came the efforts of the Klu Klux Klan to obtain control of the University and the report spreading over the country produced serious effect. Fortunately nothing came of this, however, and firm friends of the institution rallied to its support with the result that today the outlook for success is excellent and there is every reason to believe that if tlie former students and old friends will unitedly rally to the support of Valparaiso Uni- versity it will come through the fire bigger and better than ever.
A. A. SHAW 6e SON
-Your Jewelers
DR. W. W. C O O N Dentist
Everything in Eatables
SMOKES LAUNDRY DEPOT
The Corner Store
F. E. STILLMAN
ALFRED BAKERY
Full line of Baked Goods and
Confectionery H. E. P I E T E RS
ALFRED-HORNELL MOTOR BUS
Excellent Service Competent Drivers
Time Table
P. M. A. M.
t7:00 Alfred Ar. 11:45 t7:15 Alfred Sta. 11:45 t7:30 Almond 11:30 t7:45 Hornell Lv. 11:00
*10:45 P. M. trip leaving Hornell runs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights only.
t Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights only.
. On Sunday morning only bu? leaves Alfred at 7:30 A. M. and Hornell at 10:00 A. M.
Bus leaving Alfred at 8:30 A. M. and 1:30 P. M. c Station with bus for Andover and Wellsville.
A. M.
Lv. 8:30 8:40 9:00 9:15 Ar.
P. M.
1 1:
2:
2:
:30 :40 :00 15
P.M.
6:00 5:45 5:30 5:15
P.M.
11:30 11:00 10:45 10:45*
Alfred, N. Y. For Nearly 60 Years
Good Merchandise at Fair Prices Expert Watch Repairing
KODAKS PHOTO FINISHING
Good Appearance Is A Valuable Asset
A nice looking, well-fitting suit establishes a certain amount of confidence besides creating that feeling of satis- faction that comes from being well dressed.
WE DRESS YOU RIGHT AND ECONOMICALLY
Jos. L»evey Clothing Go.
WELLSVILLE, N. Y.
B. S. BASSETT
KUPPENHEIMER GOOD CLOTHES WALK-OVER & MARSHALL SHOES
SWEET THINGS TO EAT and
GOOD THINGS TO DRINK Store of Quality
New York Confectionery
G. H. ELLIS, Prop.
90 MAIN STREET HORNELL, N. Y.
Telephone—1089.
Majestic Theatre
The Home of Good Vaudeville and Photo Plays HORNELL, N. Y.
Tut tie & Rockwell Company
HORNELL NEW YORK
