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UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN.
A- Kr.ln Daily fcr t s,"d'U, ta
NhMl f Jtirnllm the Calreraltr
f MUwarl.
I1AKKY D. OUV
Minagtng Editor.
UnlTrratty Mlssourlan Association (Inc.)
J. Hrrl..n Uruwu. president; Ujlrl
8. Mun. Secretary; James .. May. Ward
A. NeB". Paul J. Thompson. U. J. McKay,
W. K. Kail. T. S. Uudaon. Iran II.
EpraoD.
Offl : In Virginia Bide- Down Stairs.
Enteral at the l'ostofflce of Columbia, Mo,,
aa second-class mall matter.
Two Hollar a Year by Carrier or Mall.
Address all communications to
UNIVERSITY MI8SOUUIAN.
Columbia. Missouri.
IIICII SCHOOL IIAY.
It has been predicted that the enroll
ment at the University will be 4,000
in 1915. One of the causes of this in
creased enrollment is High School
Day. It is one of the greatest factors
for attracting students that the Uni
versity has.
.High School Day shows the high
school students what the University is.
Many of them have a mistaken idea
or what college men look like, how
they dress and how they act. If they
are pleased with the Impression they
get on their visit many of them will
come here to school.
If a good crowd comes here every
year for High School Day. the 1915
enrollment will never stop at 4,000.
THE PRESIDENT AS A REFORMER.
Perhaps no administration in the his
tory of the Nation ever began Its
duties under more auspicious con
dltlons. and In all likelihood no single
administration ever instituted more de -
- f-, n,,Btnm Hnrlne the first
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two months of Its service than the
administration which Is now In Its
third month.
Here are seventeen changes Insti
tuted by the President:
Intoxicating drinks hare been ban
ished from the White House dinners.
Vice-President Marshall and Secretary
Bryan and other cabinet officers have
followed suit. The President In per
son delivered his message to Congress.
No office-seekers will be seen by him
unless they are invited. Reporters
, nprmittPrf to nuote the President'
directly In Interviews. Cabinet meet-1
Ings will be held only when there is
something to discuss. The President's
aid Is to dress In civilian's attire.
Proceedings of cabinet meetings will
be made public. When the President
goes to the theater, he will go as any- year after year tne paper that he was
body else and will buy his tickets, trying to run based on the principles
His box will not be adorned and the or the Sermon of the Mount lost
.. , ,. ., , v.ij m-I thousands and thousands of dollars.
national anthem will not herald nls.
The paper was Intended for the com
arrival. On Sunday the White House man an(J the common man.s we,
Is. tp be closed- to the public and the fare Qne could easily guess even in
TCIlunn famlttr nrtll or horptnfnrp. hare thnao ilnrk rinvs nf adversities that
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a cold Presbyterian supper. When he
goes to church, he does not send out
advance announcements. If he sees a
crowd at the church entrance, he will
go elsewhere. And bo on down to the
fact that he shares himself.
With all of these departures from
established precedent, the administra
tion has been remarkably free from;
crltlclsm. Since March 4 fifty million I
or more critics have been "on the
. . . ... ,
job" looking for something to con-)
demn.. So far, hardly a single word I
of criticism nas ueen neara. even me
banlshment of liquor from the White
House, a question which during the
Hayes administration made many
doubtful of the fate of the Republic,
caused scarcely a ripple of excitement.
Even Colonel Henry Watterson's pa
per, the Louisville Courier-Journal,
commends this action by saying:
"Nothing could be more truly repre-
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sentative of American society in the
broader sense than a dinner without'
drinks."
GOOD FROM EVIL.
In commenting on the verdict which
found a negro prize fighter guilty of
violating the Mann Act. Prosecuting
Attorney Parkin predicted that the
conviction would result In much
needed reform.
"The verdict Is a forerunner," said
Mr. Parkin, "of laws to be passed which
joiien waiK to ray nome irom tne
forbid miscegenation. This negro's. Tl1(. nl ... no,.n!t Hi f
four miles. It's great exercise."
marriage oi wanes ana oiacKs. no Well School Annual Out Friday.
has iolated the law. Now It Is his' The Columbia High School annual,
function to teach others that the law tho "f reM-r. will be placed on sale
, , M. l"''t Friday. The book this year has
must be respected." ,, , . ,
I I0t p;ig with many sketches and
This warning and advice should not photographs
go unheeded. All right thinking men,
white and black, cannot fail to recog
nize the danger in wanton mixing of
the races. Under natural and normal
circumstances miscegenation would be
rare, and preventive legislation would
be unnecessary. But, because of such
cases as the one in question, where
perverted white females were lured by
money to sacrifice decency and race
respect, the law should assume con
trol. If men everywhere will rise to the
occasion and see that this much-needed
legislation is enacted, the career of
this negro, revolting as it has been,
will act as a warning and result In
much good.
THE MISSOURI HEX.
A government field station for the
study of the Missouri hen and her eggs
is to be established at Sedalla. Labo
ratory studies will be made in an
effort to stop the $45,000,000 annual
waste due to poor packing and im
proper care of eggs.
It has been estimated that 150 mil
lion eggs are laid each year In Mis
souri. With a government laboratory
for the study of increased production
of eggs and the care of them, Missouri
should soon be even more famous as
a poultry state.
A GLIMPSE OF SCHERMERHORX
Personality Reflected In His Talk and
Accomplishments.
To be a humorist. It has been said,
,,. ni1 WOnderful nersonality.
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1 Few men can make you laugh and
before the last "ha. ha," before the
smile even begins to fade, can make
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jou reuuii lur )uui iiauuncibuiti u
cry.
It pained President Lincoln when a
man would say: "Mr. President, tell
us one of your stories." Mr. Lincoln
never told a story for the story's
sake but, for the moral that he wished
to emphasize. Another such a man
who has a wonderful way In driving
his message home with humor and
who can change to pathos and sy.m
pathy so easily is James Schermer
horn, editor of the Detroit Times.
Mr. Schermerhora spoke on "Keep
ing the Faith in Journalism" but he
could have spoken equally well on
"Humor." Few audiences ever
laughe(J go hard and ,ong ,n QnQ mn.
ute or bought so deeply in the next as
did the audience Friday night.
He told of the up-hill fight the De
troit Times had made in the face of
all opposition amid the sneers and
i criticisms of his competitors; how.
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smile that always lingers on his face
was there.
Had you seen that old, worn Bible
he handled so carefully when pack
ing his suit case and heard him say,
"A good knowledge or the Bible,
Shakespeare, political economy, his
tory and law is what every' journalist
ought to have," you would no longer
ask what is necessary to be a good
journalist. You would know the ulti-
mate object in running a paper on
tne neamuae principle.
"The profession of journalism of-
a fleM for . ,t hag
nigner goal than a mere stepping
stone, a tool for politicians, i ne aay
of the aerage man has arrived In
political life. There is coming to be
a response on the part of advertisers
to this beatitude, square-deal kind of
Journalism." said Mr. Schermerhora.
"It's fine to be In a college town to
feel the spirit of youth around you.
Education is the only thing worth
while. Don't you know when I speak
to students I somehow wish that I
could tell them what I feel, but words
are Inadequate. I would tell them
this: -You're here tor a purpose:
don't iet the light side absorb you.
Don't let athletics and society over
shadow the other better things, and
I think that every student ought to do
some work, some vocational work;
then he will know values. That's
what I want my boy to do. Yes, he
is going to be a journalist.
"I'm so glad that you could not get
a cab," he remarked as he left the
Dana Press Club to go to the station.
"A walk through the campus In a
night like this Is a treat. Why. I
often walk to ray home from the
RSITY MSS0U1IAX,
HYPNOTISM NO LONGER A MYSTERY
What Was Once the Showman's Art Is Now
Explained By Psychologists and Used By
Physicians in Curing Diseases.
Professor Fakirlno, the "World's
Greatest Hypnotist," who visited all
the country towns a quarter of a cen
tury ago, was a mystical looking per
son with flowing black hair and a
"powerful hypnotic eye." Under the
spell of his mysterious words and ges
tures, village youths went Into trances,
and at his suggestion picked apples
from chandeliers, played baseball- with
toothpicks and even proposed to the
homeliest old maids in the audience.
And everybody ccreed that the pro
fessor was a great magician.
Next came the spiritualists, mediums
and clairvoyants. Of course they did
not admit that they used hypnotism.
They did not tell their followers that
they hypnotized them Into hearing
spirit rappings and receiving mes
sages from the dead. They did not
tell them either that the trances Into
which they themselves went were only
self-Induced ' ypuotlc states. And ev
erybody, according as they believed or
disbelieved, said this was the work
or the Lord or the devil.
And then came science, and with
this hypnotism lost all or Its mystery
and much of Its charm. "Hypnotism,"
said science, "Is only a peculiar con
dition of the nervous system produced
by artificial means. It is a state al
lied to sleep walking. In which the sub
conscious elements are uppermost.
Then science went about establishing
hypnotism on a practical basis and
making it of service in medicine, in
surgery and In detecting crime.
Anyone Can Hypnotize.
But the greatest blow of science to
the old mythical hypnotism was to
shear Professor Fakirlno and his kind
of their power. "Anybody can hypno
tize anybody else," says Dr. Hugo
Munsterberg of Harvard, "just as any
body can fall in love or be loved."
"There Is nothing to this so-called
hypnotic power," says Dr. Max Meyer
of the University. "Anyone can be a
hypnotist. All that is required Is a
little skill, not .any more though than
is needed to become a 'good shoe
maker. It Is just a way of talking and
it is above all self confidence. More
over anybody can hypnotize himself.
All he has to do is to look- steadily
at some object long enough. He may
select a table leg or a more striking
object as a bright crystal. This Is
called 'auto-hypnosls.' "
However, some persons are much
more easily hypnotized than others,
a cording to Doctor Meyer. "A per
son who is hypnotized very easily,
must be abnormal," he says. "He Is
hysterical in a high degree. Now, we
are all of us more or less hysterical
although we won't admit It The per
son who is least so is the most difficult
to hypnotize. After a person has been
hypnotized once he is more amenable
to it in the future."
Many of the strange things attribut
ed to hypnotism do not belong to it.
Doctor Meyer believes. The Idea that
It gives certain evil men power to
make women fall in love with them Is
a mistake, he thinks. "Hypnotism Is
too transitory an Influence for that,"
he says. "Besides it does not make
anyone do anything opposed to his na
ture. It would not have made Trilby
a wonderful singer. It usually makes
us do foolish things such as wearing
straw hats in December. However,
many of us do a great many foolish
things even when we are not hypno
tized." Methods Used Are Simple.
There are several methods of hypno
tizing persons. One is to arrest their
attention by a bright object Another
is to make monotonous sleep sugges
lons. IiTboth, the subject's confidence
in the hypnotist must be established
first, for one cannot be hypnotized by
a new person ror the first time
against one's will. The steps in the
process of hypnotism are relaxed eye
muscles, vacant stare, Indolent atten
tion, passive brain, blank mind, re
verie, sleep.
A dangerous use or hypnotism, Doc
tor Meyer says, is that or extorting
confessions from accused criminals,
ir hypnotic sleep is imposed on a per
son or not over-strong mentality he
will say anything that is suggested to
him. Doctor Meyer referred tp the
Ivcns case or Chicago In this connec
tion. Richard Ivens, a young man or
good character but low mentality, was
hypnotized by the Chicago police about
six years ago and made to confess to
a crime which psychologists have
agreed he never committed. He was
executed for the crime and because of
this many psychologists protest strong
ly against the use of hypnotism in
criminal procedure.
However, hypnotism may be valuable i appearance or the grounds and or Co
in less serious detective work. Doc- lumbia. All were impressed with the
tor Munsterberg tells or a student who j fact that things were done on such a
had the cocaine habit but who main- large scale at the state Institution
tained most emphatically that he had which they consider their own.
no cocaine in his rooms. Doctor Muns- The Agricultural Building and the
tTberg hypnotized him and he de- new Chemistry' and Physics Buildings
MONDAY, MAY 19, WIS
rate y the place where the
scribed accu
cocaine was hidden.
Hypnotism Used by Doctors.
Hypnotism Is being used extensively
in the practice of medicine. Doctor
Meyer says. In the treatment of func-
tional diseases. Very seldom, how
ever, are patients put In a deep
hypnotic states but suggestions are
made to them in the first stages. It
is said that if a person has a bad
habit he wishes to be rid of, he may
as he Is about yielding to slumber for,
the night resolve to break I and he
will find it easier to carry out his res-,
olutlon the next day.
A subject can be made to periorm,
long after the hypnosis has ended.
"You may be told In a hypnotic spell,"
says Doctor Meyer, "to go at 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon to a friend, stand
on one leg and repeat the alphabet
This you will do although the spell
may have ended long ago."
This fact has been taken by
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to prove uiai iierouuo uncu vuutum.
crimes at the suggestion of others who
have hypnotized them some time before.
"That never occurs." saya Doctor
Meyer. "The only persons who would
do this would be feeble-minded per-
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guilty one who suggested the 'crime
would probably be caught anyway." I
Hypnotism should not be demon-
straiea in snows, uocior mi "c
lieves. "It should not be made a Piay- der was shot away todav through
thing to be trifled with, for this might Rugsla ,n celebrat,on of the forty.
have serious consequences. It is just flfth blrthday of Czar Nlchoia8. It waa
like saying. 'Come pay 10 cents and, e8t,mated that $100000 worth of pow.
see a drunk man.' The principle is K wm n fir,ng hour,y sa,utes
the same although the drunken man Is i &t fortress Qf gt peter an(J pau,
not quite so unusual a sight as a and durIng the morning celebration In
hypnotized person. Perhaps though Petersburg Thanksglvlng servIces
one may De as commuii a me uiuci
in the future. Who knows?" M. L.
BIGGEST PLAYGROUXD OPENS
Coney Island Once More the Scene of
Throngs.
By United Press.
, NEW YORK, May 19. Perennial
Coney Island, America's biggest play-1
ground, always old yet always new,
is "open" again. Nobody knows just
what Coney Island does when it opens,
because nobody ever yet discovered it
closed, but the other day they had their
official opening anyway. Like the ver
nal equinox and the summer solstile,
one must tell Coney's opening by the
almanac, not by the eye or the ear.
Weeks before the formal date thous
ands of men, women and children
throng Surf avenue and the Bowery
every Sunday afternoon, and for weeks
after the sound of the hammer is
heard in the land, completing be
lated attractions.
Coney Island Is a pyschologlcal ,
chameleon. The Island's chameleon!
quality lies in its ability to match
your' mood to be just what you think
it is. Coney is just as young or just
as old as the visitor feels. If you go
there jaded and 'cynical and with
critical eye. Surf avenue will be cheap
and tawdry and badly in need of
paint, while all you will see will he
a mob of Impossible people whose con
tact and laughter will irritate you be
yond measure. The silly barkers In
front of the attractions will appeal to
you as about the worst near-comedians
you ever saw. Roller coaster,
picture shows, photo galleries, cane
racks and other catch penny places
will be the same as you saw last year
and the year before and two years ago.
You'll wonder why you went to such
a cheap silly place as Coney.
But the next time, what a change!
Coney has changed? No, but you have.
You feel fresh and enthusiastic, and
the old island meets you half way.
Such a delightful crowd. You didn't
know there were so many fresh clean
faces and bright laughing eyes in all
New York. And everything is funny.
The ballyhoos.whom you thought ifear
comedians before are silvery tongued
orators. They could talk the birds
right out of the trees. You know your
weight to an ounce but can't resist the
little fellow who wants to weigh you
for a penny. The roller coaster is the
most exhilarating ride you ever had
and everything Is new and freshly
painted.
ALL WERE SINCERE, TOO
Journalism Visitors Exclaim, "What a
"Reaatifal City."
Approximately 300 visitors saw the
University of Missouri and its build
ings and grounds, last week while
they were here ror Journalism Week.
Few or the 300 railed to say some-
i thing about the beauty and well-kept
1 ! came' In for their share -of praise for
their beauty. But what the visitors
liked best was the buildings that are
on the quadrangle and covered with
vines.
"There is the prettiest building I've
seen," said one woman, and she pointed
to the old Mechanic Arts Building
which is now a mass of vines and
I leaves. "I think Columbia the most
j she c(m
tinued. "There are more pretty trees
and walks here than I ever saw any
where. There is so much shade. The
trees make you think you are In the
country rather than a small-sized
city."
A man, who has a son in school here,
remarked that after all he guessed It
was hard to study where there were
so many beautiful things to look at
other than books and maybe his son
couldn't be blamed so much for not
attractions that
herand he id not refer to the
Leeds, either.
One newsnaDer man who owns a
farm was much pleased with the
dairy barn and all the buildings about
the State Farm.
"They're good enough for a man
to live in." he said as he looked
at the stalls that the cows are put
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things attractive about their homes if
nothing else." he said. "I never saw
such cleanliness about everything."
DAY OF '0ISE IX RUSSIA
J Worth SOOO Shot Aar for
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gT PETERSBURG( May i9.Two
,hundred thousand dollars worth of
were held in all the Greek orthodox
churches and a great military and
naval parade was held later. After
wards the Czar reviewed his royal
guard and received official deputations.
PASTEUR STATUE RANKS FIRST.
Newspaper of Paris Will Determine
the Twenty Most Popular.
By United Press.
PARIS, May 19. There are too
many statues in Paris, it is charged,
so a morning newspaper is carrying
on a contest to find out what twenty
'statues should be retained, were it
decided that number is sufficient for
the French capital. The present
standing is Pasteur 2,230 votes;
I Jeanne d'Arc 2.192; Napoleon 2,053;
Victor Hugo 1,824; Gambetta, Henry
IV, Charlemagne, Voltaire, Moliere, La
Fontaine, Gutsenberg, Corneillo, La
Fayette, Parmenlter, Dumas, Ney, Col
ber and Richelieu following in the
order name.
Peace Day In Pnblic Schools.
By United Press.
NEW YORK, May 19. Peace Day
was celebrated in the public and pri
vate schools here today. Local offi
cials of the National Peace Associa
tion were in charge of the celebration
here, and planned similar celebrations
in public and private schools through
out the nation.
Girl Ball Flayer Leaves Hospital.
Miss Georgena Clark, who was hurt
in a baseball game Friday,- was able I
to leave the hospital Saturday.
Classified Want Ads,
The cost of Missourian want ads is but a half cent a word a
day Th(7 bring gfeater results in proportion to cost than
any other form of advertising. Phone vour wants to 55.
BOARD AND ROOM
WANTED TO RENT A five or six
room house, close to University. Ad
dress H. D. Kearby, Savannah, Mo.
TO RENT Unfurnished rooms, $4;
furnished rooms, $7. 505 Conley,
phone 448 white. (tf)
MISCELLANEOUS
WANT TO TRADE Four nice farms
for town property. Come and see ns.
Batterton and Estes. (dl4LJ
TO RENT Furnished house during
summer months; modern; within three
blocks of University. Pqone 1104
green or address "B" University Mis
sourian. (tf)
LOST A tan linen coat Finder
bring to School of Journalism and
receive reward. (i2t)
WANTED To help
Phone 244 Red.
with sewing.
DANCING lessons given privately.
50 Conley. 448 white. (d24)
VIEWPOINTS
Tke Girls Glee Clah. t '
Editor the Mlssourlan: a QifW
Glee Club, it seems to me. is a Uftv
in the right direction. To one .'
loves music, there is a distinct bita;-
in the University along musical 11bsJ
ff rmr0 thprA is tho TTnl.,,'
w. .v..-v. . .... ""cia.i
Chorus, but n we sign up ror that w
have to take It for credit. It is as
then the same type of recreation, net
do we enjoy it the same as when tt.
dents get together just ror the fan (' I
singing and making a noise. A glet
club for girls offers an opportunity
for the real musical talent to show
Itself and be enjoyed. If the Y. W. C , ;
A. makes this an annual affair, I pre.
diet that the Girls' Glee Club will bt
a strong feature In University actiTi-'
ties. A MUSIC LOVER.
Wants Clab and Cafeteria Separate U
Editor the Mlssourlan: In your'
story yesterday about the members of
the University Dining Club asking the
Dormitory Board to do away with the
services of Stanley Sisson, the state
ment is made that the petition pre
sented to the Dormitory Board is a
protest against the Cafeteria. I
helped draw up the petition and the
clause referring to the Cafeteria
reads: "Separate the Cafeteria from
the Club entirely. We think the
Cafeteria has a place in the University '
community and should be maintained
but it should be put on a separate
basis and should not depend on the
club for Its existence."
The men of the club do not want
the Cafeteria put out of business.
The Cafeteria was established with the
club's money without consent of the
club men. Today the club men fur
nish the working capital for the Cafe
teria, an institution competing with
the club. These, among other things,
are reasons for our objections.
Is it not fair to ask that the Cafe
teria be put on a separate basis?
A CLUB MAN.
Graduation
Needs
Every Senior who
graduates needs a
cap and gown.
You should get
this worry off your
mind before the
last week. Now
is the logical time
to get it.
A Co-Op cap and
gown fits. You
know it fits be
cause you try it on.
And , remember
that Co-Op caps
and gowns are
only Missouri
used.
CO-OP
FOB SALE
FOR SALE Modern 10-room house,
sleeping porch, high basement with
granitoid floor, large yard with bara.
etc Excellent location opposite Stats
Farm residence. Terms very reason
able, 811 College avenue. Phone 898
red. (t)
FOR SALE One Flemish oak din
ing table, one sewing machine and
other household goods, all In excellent
condition. 202 Thllly avenue. Phone
772 red. (d3t)
FOR SALE Modern six-room house
on Rosemary lane. Not yet finished.
Large sleeping porch, living porch and
breakfast porch, hardwood floors.
Easy terms. Inquire of Mrs. J. H.
Crews, 600 Conley. (d6t)
(d6t)
FOR SALE Moern six-room house
on Rosemary lane. Not yet finished.
Large sleeping porch, living porch and
breakfast porch, hardwood floors.
Easy terms. Inquire of Mrs. J. H.
Crews, G00 Conley. (d6t)
WANTED Students for private les
sons In Bookkeeping, Shorthand and
Typewriting. Terms reasonable Phone
503.
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