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UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN. VOLUME I COLU3IBIA, MISSOURI, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1909. NUMBER 98 "IS Was Oniy a Dog, Not Worth Much, but "Bumbsky" Loved Him. KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE Old Man Sees His Pet Crushed by Car on Broadway. Chubbi" i- dead. That is why Gus tae Billon. Known to students of the Univer-ity a- "Bumb-ky," is sad ami refu-c- to talk. "Chuhbv" was "Bunib-kyV dog. lie -u,s a small, shaggy, quarrelsome, woithlc -pecimcii of doghood. But T.ntnb-kv" loved him a- well as if he li:ul had the bluest of dog blood in his a eili-. "Ihubbv" a fond of barking at buggies and automobiles. He had been frequent I v c!ia-ti-ed for this foible. .a-t vcar lie had a narrow c-capo from death when he was run over by .lame-. II. Mo--" automobile. "Bumbsky" res cued him and tenderly nursed him baek to life, "Chubby V experience only .reined to ineiea-e his hatred of the "liic-buggies." He would bark savage ly at them as they whized by. Sevei.il lime-, -inee he has narrowly mi -d beinu run down. Sunday he be came more venluic-onic and vindietive than eer. When a hi;; blue ear dis tnrbeil hi- -lumber- at liroadway and Tenth -tieet e-terdav. it was more than hi- doggih heart eould -tand and he ru-heil fuiiou-ly at the mon-ter. -Riimh-kv" -aw the impending trag edy and ru-hed into the street. The life had been eru-hed out of hi- pet. l'eih.ip- the dog wa- not worth nnieh. but "Bumbsky" loved him. And ('htibbv" loved "Bumbsky." "Bumbs k" i- old and lone-ome and when you are old and lone-ome it counts if you have -otneone to love you. Even if it i- onlv a dog. THOUSANDS OF CO-EDS IN CHINA James Ware Tells of Educational Customs in the Otient. In a lecture on 'China Remodeling It- Ciiliation" in the Y. M. C. A. room- recently. .lame- Ware of Shang hai, China, a mi ionary, told of co education in the Orient. "There are thoii-and- ot voting women in the gov ernment -chool-. mo-t of them natural footed, free and emancipated from the thralldom of the pa-t."' he said. '"Up to a WW year-! ago mixing of the sexes wa- unknown." In -peaking of the Chine-e pre-s, he said: "There aie now 200 new-papers ably and vigorou-ly edited in China. These hae a large share in the formation of public, opinion, a change most radical. They not only bring current- events be fore the people, but translate and print article- from Engli-h and American newspaper-, from the news of the jue-ident ial election down to the latest scandal." Mr. Ware ha- been a missionary in China twenty-eight years. MUSICAL NUMBER FOR ASSEMBLY Prof. Pommer's Class Will Entertain Tomorrow in the Auditorium. The music students of the University of Mi ouri. under the direction of Prof, l'ommer, will present a program at the a embly hour tomorrow. The program follows: Piano solo. 'Aufschwung" (Schu mann). Miss Carter. Tenor solo. "Fulfillment." Mr. Lake. Violin solo (selected), Miss Wood ward. Vocal duet. "I Would that My Love" (Mendel-sohn), Mis Winscott and Mr. I-ike. NEW JUDGE FOR THIS DISTRICT The Bill to Divide the Judicial Circuit Passes the House. M. If. Pemberton reports that the bill now ponding before the legislature to divide this judicial di-trict. placing Boone and Callaway counties in one ireuit and Randolph and Howard into aeother. ha- pa ed the house and is now pending before the senate. If the bill i- pa ed it will nece itate the ap pointment of another judge by Gover nor Hadley to act until the election ot 1!10. A Collection of Paintings Here, l'ranci- 1). Healy. of St. Louis, an ait dealer, i- exhibiting a collection of painting- at the Cordon hotel this week. In the collection are -ome pic tuie- lnutght by him in Rome. This morning Mr. Healy visited the exhibi tion of paintings in Academic hall. if CHUBBY DEAD MASTER GRIEVES OUT IN CARRIAGES YESTERDAY Pleasant Weather Caused Stay Out-Doors, Many to Many took advantage of the spring like weather to go driving in their carriages yc-terday. The temperature wa- exceptionally high for February weather. It reached (i5 degree-. The weather foreea-t is: "Unsettled weath er with probably showers tonight or Tue-day. Cooler tonight." The tem peratures for today follow: i a. in 5." 1 1 a. m. 8 a. m 54 12 (noon) 0 a. m 5(5 1 p. m. , 5S (lit 00 10 a. in. 58 ! E ABOUT HATS Dean Waters Says There's No Reason for Going Hatless in Hallways. Members of the faculty of the I'ni-ver-ity of Mi ouri do not agree on the question of the men -tudciit- removing their hats while in the hallways of buildings on the campu-. Here are some opinions of profes-or- in addition to tho-e already puhli-hcd in the L'nivcr--ity Mi ouriau: Prof. 11. .1. Waters, dean of the De partment of Agriculture: "I don't believe there -hould be any more occasion for a man to take oil" hi- hat in a hallway than in a railway -tat ion or any other public building. If it i- a cu-toni at the University of Xebra-Ka it i- a unique one." Dr. E. A. Allen: "I believe it i- a move in the proper direction. I nlwav take olT my hat whenever I enter the lniver-ity of Mi ouri. 1 do not con--ider the University as I do the Union Depot. I think it i- conducive to a higher standard of culture and polite-ne-s for the men to take oil' their hats. I am in faor of the move and think it would be the proper thing for stu dents to do." Dr. W. W. Charter-: "fn all of the iiiiiver-ities that I have ever attended the hats were worn in the halls. Tt i-eon-idered as out of door- in mo-t places. T don't believe it would add anything to the good name of the Uni versity for the students to lemove their hat in the hall-." Judge J. D. Law Miii. dean of the Law Department: "The-e customs general ly accommodate themselves to cir cumstances. I don't think it's usual for men to take ofT their hats in the corridors of public buildings. A large hotel is an example of this where there is a decided distinction made be tween the corridors and halls on the one hand ami the dining room and par lor and even the elevator on the other hand. In a building like our academic hall with no hat room sufficient to ac commodate evcryliody, jand with the student often encumbered with books. I think the balance of convenience will be found on the side of not removing the hat. The matters are the outcome of customs which always follows tin least resistance." CO-ED SHOPPERS' HAVEN GONE No Tea Room Now Where They May Chat Over Ices and Cake. Columbia now has no tea room no place where the University of Missouri eo-eds may meet while down town for a chat over their ices or tea and sand wiches. With the closing of the Wom an's Exchange recently, also came the closing of the tea room, a feature that tends to make shopping a pleasure for women, especially in the large cities. "We depended largely on the college girls for our patronage," Miss Sanders who conducted the exchange said. "We had made the tea room in the old building a very pleasant place. We served ices and cakes. Many college girls came. I heard one girl say she had spent 50 there last spring. But when we moved we lost their patron age." Miss Sanders attributes the failure of the Woman's Exchange chiefly to the move from the building near the Cordon hotel to second floor rooms in the Elvira building. AT THIS REVIVAL 75 CONVERTED The Evangelistic Meetings at the Methodist Church Have Closed. Seventy-five jier-ons were converted during the revival meetings conducted by the Rev. C. M. Hawkins and C. A. Bull at the Methodist church in Co lumbia. Accoiding to an agreement made that the-e nyetings -hould not conflict with tho-e of the Baptist church the revival at the Methodi-t church elo-ed vc-terday. Mrs. Bell Earhart Dead. Mrs. Bell Earhart. 023 North Fourth street, died at the Parker Memorial ho-pital Saturday morning. Mr-. Ear hart was fiS years old. Her death wa due to heart di-ea-e. MOR BABE BOOK FROM SECOND HAND SIOBE Dr. Osier's Gift to M. U. is a Valuable First Edition. NEARLY TEN INCHES THICK 'Father of Human Anatomy," Vesalius, is the Author Wood Cuts Used. The rale book. "l)e Iliimani Corporis Frabrica." prc-ented to the University of Mi ouii recently by Dr. William Osier of Oxford. England, through Dr. W. .1. Calvert, a former pupil, was found in a -ccond-hand -tore. The book is a first edition and is one of the fiist woiks published on human anatomy. The book i- large, heavy, strongly bound and nearly ten inches thick. It is printed entirely in l-itin. A letter fioni Dr. o-ler concerning the work, accompauiid the gift. Dr. O-ler -ay-the author is the "father of human anatoniy"--Ve-aliu-. Ve-aliiw was a young in. in of 2- ytar-. who broke the authoiitv of I aleu. an Italian eit which had swayed the schools for 1.500 year-. Making hi- own di eetion-. describing and drawing what he saw. Vesalius founded the science of anat omy. He embodies his results in this book, the title of which means, "His tory of the Human Body."' The book contains many illustrations. It was one of the first books to use wood cut. Dr. O-ler al-o says in his letter: "I send this volume to the Medical School of the L'niversity of Missouri in recognition of the good work is has done." Dr. Osier was born at Teeumseh. Ont., Canada, in 1S49. He has been professor of medicine at Mc(!ill L'niver sity, professor of clinic medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and pro fessor of medicine at Johns Hopkins. It was here that Dr. Calvert studied un der Dr. O-ler. From Johns Hopkins, Dr. O-ler took a chair in medicine at Ox ford Univer-ity where he is at present. Dr. Osier at one time, it was rejiort cd, advanced a theory that men who reached the age of 40 should be chlo roformed. Dr. Calvert, however, says the statement attributed to Dr. Osier was not made. The book is now in the general libra ry of the University of Missouri. SAVITAR CONTEST ENDS TODAY More Than 100 Poems and Short Stories Were Sent in. The Savitar, the student annual at the University of Mi-souri, was flooded today, the clo-ing day, with contribu tions in the clo-ing day of the art, lit erary and camera contest-. The con tests will be closed at 0 o'clock this afternoon and the judges will be an nounced tomorrow. More than 100 poems and short sto ries have been submitted in the liter ary contest, nearly sixty pictures in the camera conte-t and lietween forty and fifty drawing- in the art contest. Prizes of ?5 will be given in each de pa rment. HONOR FOR JUNIOR ENGINEERS Thirteen Elected to Membership in Tau Beta Saturday Night. The-e nieniliers of the junior clas in the Engineering school were elected to member-hip in Tau Beta Pi. an honorary fraternity. last Saturday night: H. A. Sea." 15. W. Curran. Jr.. X. C. Mann. 1). E. White. L. II. Smith. I). X. Wetherell. L. L. Vincent. J. A. Flammang. V. L. Board. W. E. flimd lach. J. B. Evans. V. W. Thurber ami M. V. Powell. M IF MMMMMMm MMMMMMmBL!&&fi&m&P& $r VX?3W tkHBl? MmmW'MMS;- a-KtMB MMMM? MMMwm&&d9MMMm?!SMM MMMmkMMMmm&k&iJmfe!&VMm Dk. William Oslkk. UNIVERSITYY.M.C.A. SAVESJEW HOME St. Louis Merchants Subscribe Seven Thousand Dollars to Pay Lien. THOSE WHO GAVE MONEY Effort to Be Made Now to Make Building Ready for Occupancy. Money necessary to prevent the sale of the $5(1.000 building of the Univer sity Young Men's Christian Association has been sub-ciibed. It only remains now to obtain the money neces-ary for heating and furiii-hing the building to make it ready for occupancy. It is estimated that $15.00(1 will be needed for this purpo-e. IK A. Ho Hill, pre-ident of the Univer-ity of Mi ouri. and K. W. Stephen-, a member of the board of tru-tee- of the building, while in St. Louis Thursday and Friday obtained siib-criptiou- to amount, which, with the subscriptions of A. II. Jones of llallsville. and others, will pay oil" the prcciit debt again-t the building and piexellt its -ale. In St. Louis subscription- were ob tained by Pie-ideiit Hill and Mr. Stephens fi mil llauforil Crawford, pre-iileut of the firm of Scruggs. Van dcrwmrt & Barney: Robert II. Stock Ion, president of the Majestic llange Manufacturing company: W. K. Biby. Ilobi'it S. Brookings; A. 1). Brown, of 'he llamilton-Bioun Shoe company: Samuel M. Keimard: John I). Davis, vicc-prcsidi nt of the Miissippi Valley Tnist company, and Henry P. Hilliaid. icc-prcsidcnt of the Mechanics-American Bank. The subscriptions obtained aggregate nearly $7,000. Practically all of the money has been paid and the remainder will be paid into the as sociation treasury within a day or two. The committee will take up imme diately the work of procuring funds for the heating and furnishing of the building. From the pre-ent outlook the much-needed building will be ready for oiciipaney in the near future. II. II. Bank-, a member of the board of tru-tee-, was one of the soliciting committee a part of the time in St. Louis. The committee will continue its work in St. Louis and Kan-as City. The board met this, afternoon to pay the debts on the building as far as the money collected would permit. TO CHANGE FARMERS COURSES Dean Waters Tells of Plans to Extend the Short Course. A plan to extend the short course in Agriculture at the L'niversity of Mi ouri to four months and the com plete cour-e to three years will be dis cussed tonight by a committee of fac ulty members of the College of Agri culture. Dean II. J. Waters is chair man of the committee. In speaking of the matter today, Dean Waters said: "W care planning to extend the short course from Xovember to March, the dull months of the farmer's year, and make it possible for the farmer boys who do not deire to take the four-year course to obtain a thorough training in as short a time as possible. An ap propriation of $10,000 has been a-ked for so that we can procure more teach ers and better facilities. That the plan will prove popular was shown by the numlier of students who asked me about it. There is no reason why in a few years we cannot have 800 to 1.000 students enrolled in the short course. It is part of the plan in that case to build separate dormitories for them, so they will be segregated from the other students. T. R. DINES "TENNIS" CABINET Assortment of Guests at the White House. By United Press. WASHIXCTOX. March 1. Pre-ident Iloo-evelt gave a dinner today to the members of the "tennis' cabinet and a number of friends, gathered from dif ferent parts of the L'nited States. At the head of the list was, Jus-crand. the French amba-sador. while John Ab ernathy. an Oklahoma wolf hunter, brought up the rear. Other members of the company were: Justice Moody. "Bill" Sewall. Maine guide; Secretary Bacon. Loch, flarlield and Scth Buulock. first sheriff of Deadwood with wliom President Roosevelt once lived on a ranch. Roosevelt To Speak In Paris. PA It IS. March L Hie University ot Paris announced officially yesterday that Theodore ltoosevelt had accepted an invitation to deliver an address there in HilO. DESIGN FOR A STATE FLAG Dr. N. R. Holcomb Got the Idea From a Country School Teacher. JEFFERSOX CITY. March 1. Dr. X. It. Holcomb, who introduced the bill for a state Hag for Missouri, received his idea from a country school teacher, one of Dr. Holcomb's constituents. The teacher wrote Dr. Holcomb asking if the state had an oflicial flag. This re sulted in an investigation lieing begun by Holcomb. He found there was no official record of a state flag. He wrote to secretaries of state in states that had adopted oflicial flags and asked for information ugaiding their -fate em blems. With the assistance of Corne lius Roach, secretary of state, and II. A. Oass. state superintendent f -,ub. lie schools, he designed the Hag which is now before the assembly. The pro posed Hag is reproduced upon the copy of the bills which have been printed. The following description of the de sign is printed upon the bill: "The flag of the state of Mi-souri shall be rectangular in shape, the ver- thai width of which shall be to the horizontal length a- two i- to three. It -hall have -i red and live white horizontal -tripe- of eipial width. The union of the Hag -hall be twenty-four five-pointed star-, white in a blue rec tangular field, in the upper left hand corner, ami the lower line ot which -hall be th" bottom line of the -ith stiipe. and the length of which shall be t'ne twelfths the length of the flag. Tin stars -hall be arranged as a border within the blue rectangular field and and outside tin- Oothie letters MO. which shall be white."' The eleven stripes are shown beeaue Mi ouri wa- the eleventh state after the original thirteen to become a mem ber of the Union. The twenty-four stars are sviiiIhiIk of the state's num ber when it was admitted, and the live pointed stars are appropriate with the lank of the state (the fifth) in the Union. The official State Hag bill was sent to engrossment in the House Saturday morning bv a vote of 5t! to 20. POWER IN GRAM OF RADIUM If Properly Applied It Would Kill Every Person in Paris. "One gram of radium would lie suffi cient to destroy every person in Paris if properly applied." was a statement made by Miss Elva Moore in a paper on Kauio-activitv read beiore tne Current Events club at its meeting last Saturday afternoon. She said further, however, that there was not as much as a gram of radium in all the world though it is believed to exist in every form of matter. Radium, she said, is not found in a pure state, but is al ways found in compound. Other subjects di-cu ed at the meet ing were. '-The Initiative and Referen dum.' by Miss Elenora Rcnz: 'Toe's Centenary," by Miss Alice Burnham. and '-The Einmanual Movement,"' by Miss Cleva Cole. CHARITY WORK BY SENIOR LAWS But the Six Students Haven't Defended Any Clients Yet. The six seniors in the Department of Law who organized a club recently to defend unfortunate pri-oners in police court have not tried any case. How ever, they say they have several cacs under consideration. "We want it understood." said Mr. Porter, "that we have not organized, as some seem to think, to see that the negroes get a 'square deal.' He is get ting a square deal now. and I liclicve he always will in Missouri. What we want is the practical experience. If either a negro a white man is unable to pay a lawyer to defend him in court and he desires our services, we will fend him." dc ONE BID FOR SCHOOL BONDS The Time for Receiving Offers for the Issue Expires Tomorrow. The Columbia school 1-iard had re ceived one iiid this morning for the lionds voted to build a high -chool and ward -chool. The time for receiving bids will evpirc at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Bid- will be opened then. More University Chorus Meetings. The Uniter-ity choru- will re-nine it- regular -e ion- at ii:15 o'clock to night in the auditorium. It- meetings have Inch interrupted by the illne of Prof. W. H. Poinmer. who has recovered his health. Iflyl-Br1'' 1" IN CENSURE ATHLETIC BOARD Wearers of Varsity Emblem Disapprove Vote Against Training Table. ASSOCIATION IS FORMED Recognition is Urged for the Players on "Scrub" Teams. Athletes of the Univer-ity of Mis -ouri who have won the "M" nut yes terday and organied the "M" meifd a-sociatiun. 1). V. ("Tubby") Craves was elected pre-ident: C. L. Ri-tine, vice-president; Fred Bernet. secretary; Shannon Douglas, treasurer. J A committee was appointed to draw up a petition requesting the athletic board of the University of Missouri to admit all "M" men flee to athletic contests. The committee will consist of the captain- of the different teams. Resolution- were adopted condemn ing the action of the athletic commit tee in directing the Mi ouii repie-en-tative at the Missouri Vallege Confer ence meeting to ote in favor of the abolition of the training table. The "M" men will try to influence the committee to ote for the training table. The meeting faxored requesting the athletic department to grant some kind of athletic emblem to men who play on the "scrubs." These men. who are the be-t players on the da teams. Io-e their chance of winning a ela-s numeral on account of being taken from their team- to practice against the 'Varsity. The association will take charge of the money which was collected to gie "Iy" Aiidcr-011 a present. A committee was appointed to ar range for an "M" dance, to take the place of the track dance. NICKEL BY STUDENTS University of Missouri Men to Build a Theater for Negroes. A fifth nickelodeon is to be built in Columbia by students of the University of Missouri. It will be for the use of negroes, exclusively. About $1,500. ine-ted in the new en terprise. It will be modern ill every way. The students will have active management of the biisimss and will do all the work of conducting the thea ter. The site of the theater will be near the new Missouri. Kansas & Texas railroad depot. The amusement place will be opened this Spring if possible. Those who are interested in the new company are: II. X. Blake-lee. a freshman lawyer: U mer Edgar, sophomore engineer; Louie Skidmore. freshman farmer: Ceorge Means, junior arts, and Harvey W. Mc Intire, a sophomore arts. CHOPIN BIRTH DATE DISPUTED Today May Not be 100th Anniversary Some Say. Is today the KMitJi anniversary of the birth of Frederick Francois Chopin? Whil the day is being celebrated gen erally over the country the exact date of Chopin's birth is still a matter of dispute by historians. The year I Soil was given by Chopin's sister as the date and that date ap pears, too, 011 the memorial in the church of the Holy Cross at War-aw, where Chopin's heart is preserved. Chopin." a liok by J. Cuthlicrt Had ilcn, says that eight years ago tin; baptismal certificate was examined. According to this document Chopin was bom in 1S10. Thus if this evidence, can be accepted thi- i- not the 100th anniversary. Al-o the certificate says Chopin was born February 2 TRIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL ACTORS "The Man From College" May be Presented in Jefferson City. The students of the senior ela of the Columbia high school who prc-ent- - I I- . . I II ... ' ... .1... eil 1 lie .wan rnira onegc ;n iiu Columbia Theater la-t Friday and Sat urday night- cN-ct to offer the same day at Jelfer-on City next Friday night. Arrangement- are lieing made for a special car to carry the memlers of the cast and their friend-. The pro ceeds of the two iierfonnances here ag gregated $li0. Christian College Girls in a Play. The girls of Chri-tian college pre sented tfie comedy. Sunimiinct-, ai the college auditorium la-t Friday night. A large crowd attended.