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UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN.
VOLUME I
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909.
NUMBER 96
TEN MEM CONTROL
FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT
TREAT SCHOOLBOYS
ROUGHLY, HE URGES
Wisconsin U. Professor Says
"Sissies" Ought to Be
Spanked.
SPURN CIGARETTES
AND COFMBETT
A Little Talk on Morals by
the Ex-Champion
Heavyweight.
LION NEEDED
FOR UNIVERSITY
SAYS HE'S WILLING
TO FIGHT JOHNSON
Pleasant Weather Forecasted for
T
Columbia Tomorrow.
The weather forecast: "Fair tonight
mil Friday; ri-ing temjierature Fri
day." The temperatures for today fol
Unscrupulous Combination
Has Throttled All
Competition.
low:
Appropriation of That Sum is
Recommended by Visiting
Committee.
7 a. m 22 11 a. m 34
S a. in 25 12 (noon) ... 30
9 a. in 27 1 p. m 42
10 a. in.
.. 30
j. m.
.. 50
TRICKERY IS RESORTED TO
TOO MUCH REFINEMENT
URGES PURE ATHLETICS
HER READINGS PLEASED ALL
FOR A LIBRARY BUILDING
MIL
OBACCO
T
t
?&
Findings of Herbert Knox
Smith Are Reported to
the President.
By I'nltcil rrcf.
WASHINGTON, 1). C. Foil. 25. Ten
men absolutely control the tobacco and
simtr business of tlii-. continent, with
tin- exception of the Manufacture of
djMi-. ami the coloss.il trust which
they manage has within the last few
Year- throttled alniot every vestige of
real ioniietition. They have gained
their hold on the trade by the unscrup
ulous u-f of vast sums of money, by
deceiving the public, by resorting to all
niaunei of -chenics. and by the lieiccst
price-cutting that the commercial world
ha- ever known.
Tlie-e are. in biief, the conclusions
l culled bv Ilerbeit Knox Smith, chief
of the Riucau of Corporation-, the
tni-t-probing end of the Department ot
C'oiiuueri e and Labor. Mr. Smith- -ec-ond
iii-tallmelit of hi- report on the to
b.uco industry wa- made public today,
and in it he deal- witli the organiza
tion of the tombination. It degiee ot
control, it- giouth. and it- prc-ent ov
crtowcring po-ition in the trade. In
future chapter- of hi- -tory. he writes
the l're-ident. he will handle the -ub-jtst-
of juice-, jirolit- and comjictitive
met hod-.
The Men in Control.
Tlie American Tobacco comjiany and
it- three great -ub-idiary combinations
the American SnnlV comjiany. the
Anieriean Cigai comjiany, and the Rrit-i-h-Americau
comjiany conijirisc some
eighty-two -ub-idiary concern- in the
United State-. Cuba and Porto Rico,
according to the Smith rejiort. Ten
stockholders are alleged to contiol -i-ty
ji-r cent of the Mock of the mam
moth concern, and the-e aie: J. R.
Duke (pre-ident of the comjiany). A. N.
Rudy. O. II. Pa.vne. 1'. A. R. Widener.
Tlioma- F. Ryan. R. N. Duke. C. R.
Schley, the biokerage linn of .Mooie A:
Schley, and the e-tate- of W. C. Whit
ney and W. I.. Elkin-. Twenty-eight
director- own neatly 77 jut cent of the
-tock. but for all jnactical purjio-e-.
-av- the rejiort. the ten names mcii
tioned dictate the policy of the com
bination, which rejire-ents a total net
capitalization of ."-lli.OIIO.lHHt. Aecord
inir to the rejiort. the concern controls
S2 jier cent of the cigarette liu-iness ot
tin- country. 77 jier cent of the manu
factured tobacco (chewing. smoking,
tine-cut and siuifT). and 14 jier cent ot
the cigar-. In 1!MH5 the American To
luico u-ed in it- manufacturing
jil mts 4IHI.000.000 jiound- of leaf tobac
10. Competing Plants Absorbed.
"An idea of the ab-orption of coni
jiciing plants and of the changes
through combination within the last
decade may be had." -ay-, Mr. Smith,
"from the fact that in 1SH7 the com
bination had ten jilants each producing
oer ."iO.OOO pound-, of tobacco or snulf
jier year, while there were 243 inde
jiendent plant- of the same type. In
1U0C, on the other hand, the combina
tion had 45 plant's of this class and in
dejiendent manufacturers 140. Epeci
illy con-jiicuou- has licen the ab-orption
of large jilants. In 1S97 the com
lunation had eight plants ciich pro
ducing over 1.000.000 pounds of the-e
jiroducts per year, while its competitors
had fortv-six such jilants. In 1906 the
combination had thirty-four plants of
thi- size and the independent concerns
onlv seventeen."
DR. HETHERINGT0N IN CHICAGO
Meeting of Athletic Directors is Being
Held There This Week.
Dr. Clark Hetherington. director
of athletic- in the University of Mis--omi.i-in
Chicago attending a meeting
of athletic director:-. He i- expected to
letiini to Columbia Monday. Officials
at the Rothwell gymna-ium do not
know the jiurjio-e of the meeting.
"I cannot tell what kind of meeting
Dr. Hetherington is attending," said
Coach W. J. Monilavv.
HE CAME FROM RAY COUNTY
Freshman Tells the Truth to His
German Instructor.
Ion-:, lanky fre-hman ambled into
a I'crinan da room a few days ago.
The iu-tructor looked sourly at the
hue comer and a-ked: "Well, where
did j on come fromi"
"From Ray county," drawled the
fr.'-hman. a- he shuttled hi- way to a
back scat.
An Interesting Program by Miss Lucile
McVey at Assembly.
From the time Miss Lucile McVey
ojiened the jirogram at a enilily thi-
morning with "For Dear Old Yale,"
until -he closed with one of Riley's
jioems, "Old (ilory." the interest of the
audience was held. Some of the other
selections were "A Roy's Speech on
Washington." "What SoiiicImkIv Did,"
Mid "f!ive Us Men." The apprecia
tion of the students and others present
vvis shown when they called her back
again and again.
Miss McVey is a graduate of the
Weslevan School of Oratorv. Lincoln.
Neb.
GREEKS THINKING OF BASEBALL
A Meeting of Fraternity Men Will be
Held to Arrange a Schedule.
Rejire-entathes fiom the eleven na
tional Greek letter fraternities at the
University of Mi ouri will meet soon
to nuke n schedule for the Pan-Hellenic
Ri-cball league. The schedule this venr
will include more games than in the
pa-t.
None of the fraternity team- ha
begun practice. Some of the fraterni
ties, liowccr. haw men working with
the 'Varsity -quad. Fraternities that
-how strength at prc-ent are: Sigma
Chi. Reta Theta l'i and Kapjia Alpha.
The Phi Kapjia P-i fiaternity is a new
member of the league.
A NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE HERE
R. Steele Ryors is Acting in Place of
A. H. Waller.
R. Steele Ryors. of Linn county, cir
cuit judge of the thirty-second judicial
district of Mi-souri. is acting as cir
cuit judge of Boone county in the ab
sence of Judge A. II. Waller, who is on
a fi-hing trip in Minnesota. Judge Ry
ors arrived Tuesday. There are only a
few more ca-es in this term of court.
Judge Waller will return for the next
term.
INDIANA RIVERS OUT OF BANKS
Houses and Barns Are Adrift on the
Wabash.
By United Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb. 25.
The Wabash, the White, the St. Joseph
and other Indiana rivers are at flood
stage-. In southern Indiana the Wa
bash is out of its banks and small
houses and barns are adrift. Interur
Imii car service has been su-jiended.
The tracks in many places are under
water.
THE POLITICAL BEE IS BUSY
Elections Are Being Held by Various
Classes Now.
And now spring jiolities. The "cpi
demie" has spread to all the clas-es of
the University of Missouri, which are
organizing and electing oflieers ex
citedly. Yesterday the freshmen posted
a notice of a meeting to be held today.
The notice was marked "important."
Later the sophomores announced a
meeting as "very iinpoitnnt."
WILD STEERS LOOSE IN CHICAGO
Animals Run Wild for Hours Through
City Streets.
Bj" United Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 2."). Two sections of
a stock train collided here today.
Charles Curtis, a switchman, was kill
ed. A score of wild steers were releas
ed and ran wild through the streets
for hour- befoie they were caught.
A Track Meet Next Saturday.
The Saturday afternoon track meet,
which Dr. W. J. Monilaw. the coach, is
conducting every week, will be held on
Ilollin- Field Saturday if the weather
is favorable. Sity-liw rate-, varying
in length from thirtyyards to two
miles, will be run. About 175 men are
scheduled to enter the meet.
Bill Aims at High School "Frats."
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 25. If the
bill introduced by Senator Mayer of
St. Joseph ever becomes a law there
can be no more Greek letter fraterni
ties in public -cliooN of Mis-onri. May
er's l)ill is presented at the request of
the St. Jo-ejih and Kan-as City School
Riards.
"Jerry," a Prize Steer, Slaughtered.
"Jerry." a jirize steer of the Univer
sity of Mi ouri. wa- slaughtered last
Monday. The meat will lie sold by the
department of Agricultural Chemistry.
Children Should Not Be
Allowed to Take Airs of
Their Elders.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.1. American
schoolboys are "-i ics' and ought to be
sjianked.
If a boy is bad don't hand him a ser-
monette to make him good. Beat him.
This is the opinion of Dr. M. V.
O'Shea of the University of Wisconsin.
oUcicd at the dinner given by the Illi
nois Congicss of Mothers at the Union
League club. The dinner was comjili
meiitary to the advisory board of the
organization and national educators
who are in the city attending the Na
ional Educational association meeting.
"Theie is at jirescnt too much refine
incut in the public schools of the coun
tiy." said Dr. O'Shea. "The boys suf
fer for tin- lack of something rough.
The American boy should have coeicion
and not so much pcr-na-ion. Sentiment
should not dominate judgment.
"A boy ought to be made to do
things becau-e he know- theie i- force
behind the command. The bovs need
to be made to Ixiw before the strength
that comes fiom sheer niu-culaiity.
"Theie is a far too much delicacy in
the jire-ent method of treating the bad
boy in the public school. The liest
thing that can be done is to thrash him.
"The children, both boys and girls,
should not be allowed to take on the
airs of their elders as early in life as
they do. It is wrong for these children
to go to balls in the carriages their boy
friends hire."
Mis- Ada Van Horn Harris, assistant
superintendent of the public schools at
Rochester, N. Y.. made a jilea for the
decoration of school rooms and said
that sejiarate clas-es should be organ
ized for abnormal and defective jiujiil-.
C. E. BARKSHIRE ITS PRESIDENT
The Sophomoies Elected Officers at a
Meeting This Morning.
The -ophomoie cla-s of the College
of Arts and Science met at 10 o'clock
this morning and organized for the
year. Frances Stewart acted as temjio
rary chairman. The following officers
were elected: president. C. E. Berk
shire: ice-president, Porter Magruder:
secretary. Frank C. Wood; treasurer.
E. II. Eckel: sergeant-at-arms. Walter
Cletnmon-; cla-s historian, Ortrudo
Lvoiis.
ROBBERS KILL EXPRESS AGENT
Hutchinson Police Believe Victim's Own
Revolver Was Used.
By United Press.
HUTCHINSON, Kan.. Feb. 25 The
jiolice aie seeking today the robbers
who entered the Wells Fargo Express
Company's oflice in the Athchison, To
ji"ka & Santa Fe station, dynamiting
the safe, after killing an agent named
Haymaker. The uptown oflice was also
robbed. The jiolice officers believe that
the same men roblied both places. The
amount obtained is not known.
WENTW0RTH DESIRES A TEACHER
Captain Frazier Asked to Recommend a
Man for the Academy.
Captain Joseph Frazier, commandant
of cadets, lias been asked to recom
mend -oiiie student for a teacher in the
Wentworth Military academy. The re
quest came from Edwin A. Hickman,
president of the institution. R. W.
Tillman, a graduate of the University
of Missouri, has charge of the athletic
department at the Wentworth Military
academv.
TIGER SWEATER MEN TO MEET
Action May be Taken Against Wearers
Who Haven't Earned Numerals.
A meeting of all the men who have
won numerals for this sea-on and la-t
season has been called for Friday night.
The men will meet in the trophy room
of the gymnasium to dieus a method
of preventing the wearing of Tiger
sweaters by those who have not earned
them. A number of students who have
not won numerals have lieen wearing
the Tiger sweater, it is said.
Song Recital at Stephens College.
Th students of Mrs. Ro-a Yoigt
Rewick of Stephens College will give
a -ong lecital in the Stephen- College
auditorium at 4:15 o'clock ne.xt Satur
dav afternoon.
If Jeffries Won't Meet Johnson
"Gentleman Jim" Says
He Will.
"I believe that tea, collee and cigar
ettes are the worst enemies a man can
have. They will invariably "put him to
the bad.' I smoke considerable myself,
and I know what they do." This ojiin
ion comes from .Tames J. Corbett, one
time world's chainjiiou heavy weight
pugilist.
"I am very much in favor of the rul
ings of the various colleges in regard to
purity in athletics," continued "(lentle
nian dim" yesterday. "I don't think
that a college athlete should be paid.
In my opinion amateur athletics is one
of the highest blanches of the -porting
game. It should not be contaminated
by jirofe ionalisin. In regard to the
individual athletes, 1 believe that they
have a strong leaning toward profes
sionalising themselves. This is shown
veiy conclusively in the number of am
ateurs who have entered professional
Marathon contests.
"The college gymnasium is one of the
inot Useful things of the college cquiji
nient. As a inle every boy that goes
to college is not perfectly developed.
With the aid of a well-equipjied gym
nasium all of these defects can be rem
edied. Theie is an cfiicieney in the
training to be had in the gymnasium
that can't be equalled by any other
form of development. The college gym
nasium makes a man rugged and able
to stand th wcai and tear of the fu
ture. "Yes, I believe that Jeffries will
eventually fight "Jack" Johnson. As
soon as a large enough pur-e is offered,
he will enter the ring with the negro.
However, if Jeffries continues iu his re
fusal to re-enter the ring. I will fight
Johnson.
'"Yes. T would fight John-on." he
added. "However, I think that Jeffries
will fight the negro."
''Rut JefTiies has all to lose and
nothing to gain in defeating him. hasn't
hei"
"Well, there will be a considerable
stake befoie he will meet John-on.
Then. too. the jieojile are demanding
the match."
RIDINGS LIKES JOB ON STAR
Journalism Student is Working as
Reporter in Kansas City.
Harry E. Ridings, a student in the
Dcpatment of Journalism, has written
to friends here that he is well pleased
with his work on the Kan-as City Star.
He 'covered" three assignment- the
first day. One of his stories, about a
meeting of the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution, was published on the
first page Sunday. Ridings is the first
student in the department to receive a
trial on the Star. He will remain in
Kansas Citv ten days longer.
CALL OF THE MOTION PICTURES
Columbia is a Rich Field for Five-cent
Theaters.
It is evident that Columbia peojile
are great frequenters of the moving
picture shows. Two nickel sliows have
proved insufficient, consequently a third
was opened last Saturday night and is
doing a good business. Also another
theater is to lie opened sometime next
month on Walnut street. The price of
admission at this place, however, is to
be ten cents.
Every night there are crowds in the
three hou-e- that are now being operat
ed. Some of the student of the Uni
versity of Missouri say .they are taking
a nickelodeon course and they get cred
it according to the number of nights of
the week thev attend.
STUDENTS ON A NARROW PATH
Deans Are Noting Records of Those
Placed on Probation.
The records of those students who
were placed on jirobation after the
Chri-tma holidays, are Wing noted by
the deans of die different departments.
Dr. Iidor Loeb. acting dean of the
Teachers' College, said today:
"I have notified the instructor to re
port to me any ab-ence or neglect in
studies on the jiart of any students
on jtrobation and I will do with them
as the -cvtritv of the ca-e demands."
Frank W. Hamilton, pre-ident of
Tufts College, in a recent -jciih in
Ro-ton. -aid he favored segregation of
, women in college.
James J. Cokbkt
PRIZE TO EDWIN R. STR0ETER
Former Student Here Writes the Best
Essay on Sheep Production.
Kdwin R. Stroeter. for two ears a
student in the College of Agriculture
of the L'nivcisity of Mis-ouri. won the
first juie for writing the be-t jiajier
on -heep jirodiictiou at the la-t Inter
national Live Stock -how held in Chi
cago. Stroeter. when he entcied the
college, had no exjieiience iu -hecji
raising.
At the end of two ears Stroeter
undertook the management of his
grandfather's farm near Kansas City.
He was successful from the first. When
the International Live Stock show of
fered a special jnize for the best de
sciijition of jsractical methods of sheeji
production. Stroeter entered the con
test. A large number of jiajiers were
submitted. The other jirizes were
awaulcd as follows: Second prize, O.
W. Johnson. Ames. la.; third Jirize,
James Ravmond Jones. Lafayette, Ind.:
fourth Jirize. Elmer Henderson, I.eland.
111.
HAPPY HOLLOW HOUSE OPENS
Children Forget Their Shyness and
Mingle with Students in Games.
About fifty young per-uiis attended
the ojtening of the Happy Hollow club
house last night. Rather backward at
first about mingling with the Universi
ty students who had the house-warming
iu chaige. they soon forgot shyness
iu their interest iu the games which
were jilaved. A tafTee-pull seemed to
cause the most jileasure.
It is the intention of the Y. W. and
Y. M. C. A. to have informal meetings
like this frequently, to keep the people
of Ilajqiy Hollow interested and fur
ther the leligious work among them.
WHY WEAR HATS IN HALLWAYS?
A "Visitor" Suggests That M. U. Follow
the Customs of Other Universities.
To tlie Editor of the University Missourlan:
In several state universities, partic
ularly the University of Nebraska, it is
the custom. I Iiclievc. for men students
to remove their hats when in the hall
wavs of any of the buildings on the
campus. Here it is different. The first
thing I noticed when I tame to the
University of Mi-souri was this custom
of wearing hats iu the building. Some
students even enter the class room lc
fore removing them. Why shouldn't
the Univer-ity of Mi ouri follow the
custom of other state universities?
VISITOR.
SOUTHERN CLUB IS ORGANIZED
R. J. Pirkey, of Louisville, Heads New
University Association.
A club comjiosed of students of the
University of Missouri from the south
ern states was organized vesterday.
There are aliont sixty-five students
from the south. The juirjio-e of the
club is two-fold: to jtromote fellowship
among the university students from
that section and to increa-e the attend
ance from the -outhern state-.
The officer- elected are: President.
Russell J. Pirkey of Louisville. Kv.;
secretary, Miss Ruby Fovvlke-; treas
urer. H. (' Runt; sergcant-at-arm-.
John (''. Alcorn.
NOW FOR GIRLS' BASKETBALL
Each Class Has Organized a Team and
Elected a Captain.
The girls' basketball teams of the
University of Mis-ouri have organized
for the coming season. Mi France
Smith is cajitain of the -enior team.
Mi-s Cladys Craig of the junior, Mi-s
Ethel Retnley of the -oj.homore, and
Mi Lila Dalton of the fre-hmen team.
The schedule of games lias not Iieell
made. The games. j,robably, will be
played in .March. The teams will prac
tice twice a week in the Rothwell gymnasium.
New Auditorium and Physics
Hall Also Urged in
Report.
-Appropriation of ?1,070.(1!10.7:1 is rec
ommended for the University of Mis
souri by the visiting committee ap
jiointed by Coventor Folk to visit the
state institutions of Missouri. The com
mittee consisted of State Senator A. II.
Drunert, Representatives J. T. Muir of
Lewis county and II. IJ. Brasfield of
l'ntnam county. Josejih Coldui.m of
Cole county was secretary.
The rejiort gives a brief history of
the University of Missouri, notes its
jircseni great enrollment and estimated
increae during this biennial jieiiod. of
:t!lJS per cent, and refers to the
i strengthening of the high -chools
through the University's influence.
Value of University Property.
The amount and value of the state's
jnoperty at Columbia is -et out as fol
lows: Real estate L'niversity campus,
:1.S7 acres. $!);..00; Horticultural
grounds. :!2S aeie-. li.".7i!0: Agricul
tural College farm. Ii07.12 acres, $t7,
.'flt!; four lots. S acres, SS.OOO; total
acres (i7i).S7. $2l2.1Hi. Personal jroj
eity Furniture, apparatus, tools,
liooks, luu-cum. live-stock, sujiplies,
-.J!) 1.025; buildings, twenty-eight in
number. S(!7!),-ltM).
"On these buildings." says the re
jiort, "there is insurance to the amount
of MwmO, and .sV10.7."0 on furniture anil
contents. The rate of insurance ranges
from SO.Crfl to .'L(M). This committee is
convinced that the State Insurance De
jiartmeut should carry insurance on the
state's jirojierty. Some of the-e build
ings are not in-ured for want of funds,
others are javing an exorbitant rate,
other- are in-ured in comjianies not
considered gilt edge, for the reason that
lower rates can be obtained."
Needs Are Multiplied.
As to approbation-, the rejiort says:
"As the University grows its needs are
multiplied and its demands necessarily
increased. As the appropriation- made
by the last legislature exceeded the in
come for the biennial jieriod, certain
fund- were not available, and some im
provements conti'injilated weie not
made. The sum of $1IHI.WHI apjirojiri
atcd for the Agricultural building could
not be drawn, but the contract was let
for i?S0.000, and the building is Hearing
completion. The contractor assumed the
debts until the appropriations were
available. At the beginning of each bi
ennial ji'-riod. before the spprojiri.it ions
are made, the Roard of Curators are
comjielled to lmrrow from .f-'iO.iNHI to
$00,000."
In setting forth the sjiccial needs of
the Univer-ity the rejiort jdaics first
a new auditorium, permitting the con
version of the jirescnt auditorium into
much needed recitation rooms. Other
needs are the rejiair of Academic hall
basement and stairway, a new Phy-ics
building, a lire-jiroof Library building,
an addition to the Chemistry building,
Veterinarian bidding. horse barn,
Iwoks and laboratories. Poultry dejiart
meiit and enlargement of the Horticul
tural ilejiartliieiit.
For Better Medical Facilities.
"The L'niversity needs," continues
the rejiort, "a Medical department in
some large city where there are Iiettcr
facilities for a clinic. As it is, the
dejiartmeiit doc not receive recognition
in the medical world. Some of the.
states will not grant license to gradu
ates from this school to jiractice. where
there are more than ten graduating
iu one class. For want of a clinic, jun
iors and seniors take their work in oth
er institutions. As the junior and -enior
das-cs are -mall, it ost- the -tate
relatively much more to in-truct the-e
clas-es.
"The Department of Journali-m has
not quarters iu keejiing with it- impor
tance. "A needless exjienditure of money is
retaining attomev- to lollect the in
heritance tax'. This is one of the duties
of our county and state officials and
they -hould attend to it.
"The trca-urer of this institution is
not receiving a salary, sufficient to en
able him to do the work well, if his
-alary is his only -ource of income. An
exjiert accountant should have charge
of this work, and receive a salary com-iren-uratc
with the duties of the offi
The Ixioks can not be kept for the
meager sum of 150 a year.
"The state needs an accountant to
visit all the state institutions at least
(Continued on Fourth I'age.)