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    THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
"October 9, 1904.
President
tCopyrlgnt, 1904. by Prank O. Carpenter.)
f HTCAOO, Oct. I.-It was at the
I " I Union club here that 1 met Dr.
1 I Wlllam n. Harper, prealdent of
the Unlveralty of Chicago, and
chatted with him - about the
twentieth century college. Dr. Harper !s
at the hand of our modern edueatora. Ha
I tha president of the youngest and moat
aggressive of otir universities, an liv
s.ltutlon which within lesa than a dozen
year hna acquired nn endowmtnt of
$11,000,000, which haa thousands of atudenta
from every part of tha United States, and
which hna made Itself felt In almoat every
part of the educational world. ,
Dr. Harper Is a type of tha strenuous
. nesa of Mir modern tlmea He waa only
SS yeara old when he became president of
tha Chicago university. He waa only 1
when he graduated from tha Muskingum
college, and only 19 when he took his
degree of doctor of philosophy at Yale.
Ha waa made a D.D. by Colby university
at 5 and a LL.D, by Tale In l0t Ha
. began his work aa a tutor In a ennessee
; college and at 23 waa professor of Hebrew
In the Baptist Theological Seminary here.
At IS he was professor of Semitic lan
, guage!i at Tale, and he took the , aama
. professorship at Chicago when he accepted
the presidency of the unlveralty.
'- In addition to this. Dr. Harper has been
a member of the Chicago Board of Eduon
' tlon, and has also written a large number
of educational and classical works, Includ
" ing text books of Greek, Hebrew and Latin,
so that his experience especially (Its him to
discuss the educational movement of tha
day.
The Twentieth Century College.
My first question was as to the twentieth
century college; whether It Is an Improve
ment over the colleges of the past, and
whether tha atudy of the classics Is needed
to equip our young men for tha business
. Ufa of today.
Bald Dr. Harper: "The twentieth cen
tury college will be much better equipped
than the college of tha past. It will have
a batter library, better faclUtlea for physi
cal culture, and above all better facilities
' for the atudy of science. We have now
many thouaanda high schools which axe
better equipped In auch particulars tlian
were the majority of our colleges thirty
yeara ago. This wUl compel tha college
of tha future to make Itself ronger along
these lines or It must become aa academy.
"In discussing the future of the Ameri
can college, however, one muat aharply
distinguish between, the college and the
university. We has now to deal with
universities, something which did not exist
in America thirty yeara ago. The bearing
of our several large and rapidly-growing
. universities upon the college question ia '
very close."
The Study of the Classics.
"Aa to tha atudy of the classics," con
tinued Dr. Harper, "there la undoubtedly a
reaction In many quartera against that as
an Important factor In tha preparation for
business Ufa. This reaction la only tem
porary. Up to the present, no better means
has 'been provided for training the mind
than tha old-fashioned classical discipline.
At tha aama time It should ba noted that a
aerloua and Important change has taken
place in the use of tha classics. Tha
grammar la no longer exclusively or largely
taught. Much more attention la now given
tha literary aide of classical work, and this
has many advantagea"
"But, Dr. Harper, cannot man get tha
game good out of tha atudy of more prac
tical things than tha dead languages?"
"J do not think any other atudy trains tha
fnlnd quite so wall. However, If good
fuethoda are adopted there la no doubt but
t; Tnai men can am weu iraincu oy using nnj
f of the more common fields of knowledge aa
I a basis. For this reason a large use la
made of history, political economy and ao
i. , clal science and of tha natural aclencea, aa
A well as technology."
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' Our Jluia at Oxford.
I "What do you think about aendlng Amerl-
can boys to Oxford on the scholarships fur- -
I ' nlshed by Cecil Rhodes? Will they gat aa
good an education there as at home?"
j -"There are many American boya who
I will be able to obtain great advantagea by a
three years' residence at Oxford," replied
Dr. Harpor, "I do not think It would be
i well to have all our boya educated there,
c Jt would not bo a good thing tc have them
i all educated at any one place or In any
one way. As to whether 4hey are to be
i benefited by their .Oxford course . depends
i very largely Vpon themselves aa Individuals.
& It la a mistake for some boya to go to col-
lego at all, and It will probably be found
'that some of our young men will derive no
poroeptlble benefits from .their stay at Ox
fend. But If tha selections ara made on
the proper basis the experience of our
young Americana in Oxford will prove to be
not only a great factor in their education,
but also ona In the educational ayatem of
tha United Statea, which will ba the richer
because of thla new contribution."
Can Business Blen Altor4 the Ttaae.
"But, Dr. Harper, do wa not devote too
much time to education? Can tha man who
expects to enter commercial or bualneas Ufa
afford to spend four yeara at college?"
"That dependa upon (wo thlnga. First
upon the age of at which ha enters college
and aecond the good he ia getting out of
hla college work. If a young man ia not
able to enter college until be la 1 or 21 and
i be cannot therefore graduate until he ia 5
or 27, the queatlon ia a aerloua one for blm.
Tha average boy, however, ahould be able
j to enter college at not later than 17, and
i there la no reason why such a boy should
I not spend three or four yeara in study,
! whatever la to be hla occupation. He will
i surely be all the stronger for business If
j he has made hUnaelf acquainted with tha
various aubjecta of money, insurance, etc.,
which form ao large a part of the bualneas
life of today.
"On tha other band," Dr. Harper contin
ued, "there la no good reason why tha pres
ent four yeara of high acbool work and tha
four yeara of college work ahould not be
properly accomplished within less than
eight yeara by 60 per cent of those who at
tempt it. A few students can do It ad
mirably in six years, and a majority ought
' to do it in seven yeara. It would not be
wise, however, to change the atandard from
four yeara to three because in this case all
would do it In three. The better way would
baj0 arrange the work in auch a xuanner
that those who are able to go through their
'college course In three yeara ahould have
the privilege of doing so."
What Coarse to Choose. '
"What course would you advise the high
school boy to take whose career la not to
be decided until after ha leaves the high
achool or college?" .
"It It is Impossible for the atudent to de
cide before that time I ahould certainly ad
vlte tha high school course which Includes
a good preparation In Latin, mathematics
and science. For ths boy who cannot de
cide on hla career until after ha leaves ool- -lege
I ahould advise the aama general
course with the addition of French and
Oemian, and of history and political econ
omy. Whatever the man's occupation,
these subjects will be found directly beJp
ful." ' College Athletics.
"Are got our colleges running more to
muscle than bralna?" I asked. "In other
worda, are not athletics crowding out men
tal training?"
"That Idea is frequently presented In tha,
dally preag, Jt seoiua absurd to anyone
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who knows the facta. The time now given
to athletlca Is the time which used to be
apent In rowdyism and perhaps In drunken
sprees. The average college man of today
glvea more houra to atudy than did the
average college man of twenty-flve yeara
ago. The result of physical training and
athletlca has been the moral purification of
the college atmosphere. It has made It In
finitely better than It was a quarter of a
century ago. College presidents do not
favor physical training and athletics be'
cause they are popular with the students,
nor because they Increase the number of
students. Indeed, I doubt whether either
of these propositions la correct. A large
part of tha work In physical training la de
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Dedication of the Presbyterian Hospital at Waterloo, Iowa
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DR. D. W. CROUSE-Who Waa
Factor in Erection of Hospital.
" I " I nodical hospital, the only Fres-
Sk I hvtArlnn hnfinltal In Town, anil In
fact the first to be erected by
thla denomination between Chi
cago itud Omaha, la today being dedloated
with proper dignity and ceremony. Aa it
ia an event In which the Presbyterians of
the whole aynod are Interested, represen-
tatlves are present from all parts of tha
state to assist in making the occasion a
memorable one. -
Yesterday afternoon a general recaption
waa held at the new building, at which
time many people took occasion to view
the hospital and to congratulate thoaa who"
have worked ao long to aecure It. Today -the
dedicatory services are being held, con
aiatlng of music by local talent and ad
dreaaes by leading men of the aynod. The
principal speaker , of tils' day la Dr. WUUa
Oreon Craig of the McCorinack Theological
aemlnary, Chicago, an eloquent divine who
always haa a mesaago for hla hearera. A
committee of Sftceu from different purta
of the atata are on hand to receive the hos
pital on behalf of the aynod of Iowa. The
chairman of thla delegation ia Rev. Dr.
Burkhalter of Cedar Rapids, and the other
members are: J. M. Robinson, Dubuque;
Rev. 8. H. Hilscber, Vinton; Rev. Alex.
Corkey, Fairfield; Hon. T. D; Foster, Ot
tumwa; Rev. Phil C. J2alrd, Fort Dodge;
Rev. William Ruston; Elder Gilbert Mc
Dowell, Traer; Rev. O. H. L. Mason,
Boone; Rev. Samuel Conybeare, Tipton; J.
F. Kinkhouae, Audubon; Rev. I. S. Reed,
Storm Lake; Elder O. H. Cummlnga, Bioux
City; Elder C. H. Benton, Sioux City; Hugh
McNeach, Ackley.
A hospital for Waterloo haa been the
dream of the phyBiclana of tha city and
thoae of philanthropic mind for many
yeara But though long hoped for, it never
became even a possibility until October,
1802, when. Just previous to tha meeting of
tha synod which waa held in Waterloo at
that time, Mr. W. W. Marsh, president of
the Iowa Dairy Separator company, and
active In all enterprlsea that advance
the wellfare of the city, suggested
to the pastor of the Flrat Preaby
terlau church, Rev. Samuel Callan, that the
Waterloo hospital might well be a Preaby
tartan ona. There are Cathollo hospitals
throughout tha country. Episcopal ones at
Cedar Raplda, Davenport and St. Paul,
Minn.; Methodiat hospitals at Dea Molnea
and Webster CUy, but no Preabyterian hoa
pltal between Chicago and Omaha, nor
none on tha aouth nearer than St. Louis.
Why, therefore, not have one in Iowa, and
what better place than Waterloo? Such
waa the idea placed before the aynod of
Iowa at Its meeting two years ago by Dr.
IX. W. Crouae, ona of the oldest physicians
la the city, who, with a few others, haa
been trying for many years to scaur a
hospital for Waterloo. Ths synod received
the idea enlhualaatloally and tauBedlale!y
appointed a committee to build aa4 equip
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THIS UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
cidedly unpopular and no one has yet
shown that the number of college students
haa in any way been Influenced by success
ful athletes. The favor ahown by the col
lege officers Is solely due to tha fact that
where physical training and athletics are
encouraged there Is a better moral atmos
phere, less conflict between students and
faculty and much better and stronger col
lege work. Indeed, phyaical training la an
esentlal element to successful college work.
The defects of the body ara often more
harmful In the development of a young
man or young woman than defects of the
mind."
"But, doctor, does It pay the college boy
to make a name in athletics?"
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a aynodlcal Preabyterian hospital at Water-
loo. The committee consisted of five mem-
bers from the local church, five from the
synod and five from the city at large, as
follows: Mr. W. W. Miller, chairman; Rev.
C. H. Purmort, John Rath, Rev. D. W.
Faba, Rev. T. S. Bailey, C. F. Fowler, Wal
ter E. Johnaon, J. E. Sedgwick, J. T. Cool
Idge, W. W. Marsh, A. II. Frank, James
Black, Miss Sarah Rice, Rev, Samuel Cal
len. Dr. D. W. Crouae and Dr. E. L. Rohlf,
secretary.
Waya amd Meana.
Forty thousand dollars was tha sum esti
mated as necessary for the building and
equipment of the hospital. Of that 130,000
had been ralaed, and it is hoped that by
the first of the new year the hospital will
ba entirely free from debt. The entire sum
baa been raised In Waterloo and the peo
ple, regarding the Institution not as a de
nominational affair, but Instead aa one
built for the general good, have contributed
liberally, irrespective of church preference.
Tha largest single donation was that of
Mr. J. T. Coolldge, whose glfa of (5,000,
added to the $1,000 of Dr. Crouae, which
headed the list, started the institution well
on Ita way. The atory of the manner In
whioh thia gift waa tendered la Interesting.
Tha work of getting subscriptions for the
hospital had been prosecuted for some time
by Dr. Crouae, aelf-appolnted to the task,
when a meeting of the Civics club waa
held at the home of Mr. Julian Richards.
The subject of tha evening waa "Tha Needs
of the City." Mr. E.' T. Cowln read a
paper in which he presented tha need of
beautifying the city and suggesting means
of doing so. Dr. Crouae, the second
speaker, began by saying that anyone who
knew him would know what hla thema
would be. "The need of tha city," ha
continued, 'ia a hospital," s.nd thla Idea
ha elaborated earnestly. During the aoclal
hour that followed. Dr. Coolldge came up
to Dr. Crouae and In bis quiet way said,
"Doctor, might I be allowed to give $6,000
to your hospital?" . Tha doctor waa com
pletely taken by aurpiise, but refraining
from his desire to dance or do something
which would disgrace hla Presbyterian
training, he said, "Why, of course you
may; here's a pencil." "No," Mr. Coolldge
replied quietly, "I prefer a pen." So, then
and there it waa dona, and $6,000 waa placed
to the credit of tha Waterloo boapltaj.
Another gancroua gift waa that' of Mr.
Emmona Johnson and Mr. John L. Leavltt
and the John Miller aatata. through Mr.
John B. and Mr. Ed Miller, who donated
an entire blook for the site of thsliospltal.
The land la tha highest for miles around,
on the outaklrta of the city and an Ideal
location for such aa Institution, j '
Lar of Pot Van.
Early in the history of the hospital when
everyone was talking of giving, a little
t-year-old glrL Maud Ballon, created much
enthusiasm, though unconadoasly. Bho
had a pet haa. and twang aoxieua to give
Chicago University
"In no respectable college or unlveralty
Coee any atudent receive remuneration be
cause he has made a name In athletlca. He
receives, however, that recognition for ex
cellence to which all true men empire."
The College aa a Profession.
"What do you think, doctor, of the col
lege aa a profession? Do our professors
frecelve sufficient salarlea?"
"The college professor la seldom ade
quately paid," replied Dr. Harper, "and
the same U true of the teachers In the
publlo schools. When we take Into ac
count the ability required, the cost of
preparation, the constant Intellectual
tfaln under which a professor or teacher
works, the Importance of having meana
for tha purchase of books and travel and
tha necessity of providing for old age. It
la beyond question true that the salarlea
paid In America are sadly Inadequate.
"On the other hand. It Is to be remem
bered that these salaries are perhaps
larger than In any other country, even
Germany not excepted, and also that the
professor and the public school teacher
have many compensations. It Is probably
true that no other profession of today
offers larger or more flattering Induce
ments to young men or young women of
real ability. For the man or woman who
Some Jokes
a review or a collection or
funny stories called "Kokkel
Hyaka Showa," by Mr. Kubo
Tendzul, the Japan Weekly Mall
quotes the following aa being pc.
cullarly characteristic of Japanese humor:
"A certain government official, who In
olden timeo used to be called a "dalkwan,"
but now Is known aa a "guncho" (head of
a district), having been recently appointed
to a certain district, waa engaged In a tour
of Inspection, when hla notice waa at
tracted by the approach of an old man who
waa too tipay to walk atraight. From aide
to aide did thla drunkard reel, his progress
being as slgsag as that of a sanderUng.
Wondering who the man could be, the dis
trict officer accosted him, and, after muoh
difficulty, ascertained that he waa the head
of the village which he had oome to In
spect. Thinking It to be hla duty to make
use of the occaaion for obtaining reliable
information, the diatrlct officer asked tha
toper how many houaea and how many
people there were In the village. "There
are 100 houaea and, males and femalea .In
cluded, sixty persons In the village," re.
plied the man. Puzzled by receiving auch
an answer, the 'district officer asked, "How
can that be?" "There la nothing wrong
abaut that," replied the head of tha village,
"Beside these sixty there are any amount
of people In the village, but alnce they are
creaturea who know not what It Is to drink
they ara not, I take It, worthy of being
mentioned."
As a doctor was going along a road one
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something to the good cause, sold the hen
to her foster mother for 25 cents. This
sum she aent to the Women's Christian
Temperance Union ladles. The reporters
on the local papers heard the story and,
thinking it a pity that the little girl
ahould lose her pet, augegsted that the
hen ba aold to whoever wished to buy, but
that It ahould alwaya remain the property
of the little girl. The auggeatlon met with
- a favorable reception, and in a ahort time
the hen waa aold many tlmea) over, some
times for a small sum, more often for a
large one, the purchaser being privileged
to pay what ha pleaaed. The prlca was
various, but the pet hen fund kept increas
ing. Tha local lodge of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Englneera gave $26, Waterloo
Hose' company $26, the, Presbyterian Bun- '
day achool $26, tha Rath Packing company
$20; many gave $10, some $1. aome perhapa
only a quarter, until Maud Ballou and her
pet hen, through tha pet hen fumj, had
earned for tha hospital over $160 and In
directly, through a sermon preached on
tha subject at the Preabyterian church, $G0
more. "She haa done what aha could."
In alze the Waterloo Preabyterian Synod
leal hospital compares favorably with the
vhoapltals of the atate, being larger than
those found in cities of tha size of Water
loo, while there are few hoapltala any
where that are better equipped, the Water- - On the aecond floor, Immediately above
loo hospital having a capacity of forty tha chlldren'a ward, la the operating pavll
beda. There la more air apace for each on, which la especially1 complete, consist-
patient than In most hospitals and more '
sunlight. The reaaona for the latter con
dition are two: Flrat, tha building la ao
well aupplled with wlndowa, and aecond.
It is set at an angle with the compaas
and therefore aecurea mora sunlight in
each room. The finishing of tha hospital
ia not ao elaborate aa In many, but it la
built to "conserve the Interests of the pa
tlenta, to aeaure light, air, freedom from
nolsa and alll annoyance.
tlgbtlr Location.
The hospital occupiea a moat aightly posi
tion. It la on tha west aide of the river, at
quite a distance from the bualneaa part of
the city. It la built aixty feet from tha
aide of the block and forty from tha front,
ao no matter to what an extent build
ing may advance toward It, tha
hospital can alwaya be at a distance.
There are no- factories near and becauae
built far from the river, there probably
never will ba any; tha buildings that will
come will be residences, therefore practi
cally alwaya thla will ba a quiet apot. Tha
atreet car, the only sign of bualneaa, la a
block away, ao the patient who cornea Aa
tha Waterloo hospital can ba aura of being
far from the madding crowd.
The Waterloo Preabyterian Synodlcal
hospital is a building Wxllfi fast In dimen
sions, consisting of the administration
building forty-one feet square, with porch
in front 16x41, bollar room KxTI connected
by a corridor 10x16 feet, and to the left a
wing 29x0, connected also by a wide vorrl
do& It Is thro atcarlea ia aatgfct with baae
haa the Instinct of presenting to others
that which he himself has gained In the
way of knowledge there Is no more en
joyable work. I am sure there la no call
ing In which the satisfaction of rendering
aervlce can be greater."
College Edncatlon for Poor Iloys.
"But la not the cost of education becom
ing ao great, doctor, that the poor boy
cannot hope to work his way through col
lege, as many have done In the past?"
"The cost of education has unques lon
ably Increased," said Dr. Harper, " but It la
not true that a poor boy cannot rim hi
college course as formerly. . With the In
crease In cost . there has also come the
establishment of scholarships, of loan
funds, of agencies for assisting the stu
dents to obtain work, and the number of
people whose hearts prompt them to ren
der such assistance Is .greater every year.
The cost of a college education varies with
the location of the college, the almoxphere
around It and especially with the circum
stances of Its foundation. There aie col
leges In which a boy may receive a fair
training for $2u0 per annum and there are
others In which he cannot spend a year
for less than $J0 or tSOO. In both cares he
can generally find opportunities to earn a
large part, if not all, tf his expense;. Our
that Make the
day a passerby happened to knock against
him. The doctor flew Into a rage and
raising his hand was about to strike the
man who had knocked against him, when
the latter, prostrating himself on the
ground, said: "Please not touch me with
yoiT hand, but kick me instead." Asked
by somebody near why he made this re
quest, the man replied: "Those who are
handled by doctors nearly all die. It la
better to be kicked."
The son of an extremely Illiterate peasant
waa In the habit of bringing hla copica
home day after day, hla hands and face
covered with the Ink that should have gone
on hla copy. Thinking it well to exercise
his parental authority over the lad even In
regard to his school lessons, the father, one
day, commanded the boy to show him his
writing. Looking It over with the air of
an expert penman, he criticised various
strokes: "This stroke Is too long; this one
too ahort. These two strokes are too far
apart," observed tha father. "But," said
the boy, "the writing master tells us to
write them as I have done." "Show me the
copy," jerked out the father. The boy
produced the copy, which his father be
gan to examine closely upside down. "Why,
you are holding It upside down I" exclaimed
the lad. Not to be beaten, the father re
plied: "Don't be so conceited! I am hold
ing It for you to look at, of course. You
could not read It were It turned the other
way. Listen to what Is said to you and
don't fancy you know everything."
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HOSPITAL DEDICATED OCTOBER I,
ment,' furnished throughout with gas, electric-
lights, interior telephone ayatem con
necting the superintendent's offloe with
every room In the building. It ia heated by
Interior indirect radiation, the heating
plant whioh haa been Installed being capa
ble of supplying heat for a building three
tlmea aa large. When the right wing of
the hospital, for which provision has been
made, la built, togother with the various
additlona ' that will come In the oourae of
time, the plant can then be utilized to its
fullest extent.
Interior Arrangements.
The hospital Is well arranged. On the
first floor. near the main entrance are the
waiting room, superintendent's office and
private room. At the middle of the build
ing, at the end of a long corridor, la the
chlldren'a room, placed thua at a distance
ao the cries of the children will not disturb
the other patlenta who will be In the wing
or on the aecond floor. The chlldren'a ward
la directly over tha boiler room, which In
sures warm floors. This ward la complete'
In Itself, having lavatories, bathroom, clos
ets for linen, private room for the child
who needs to be kept especially quiet, and
a pleasant play room. On the first floor
also ara eight private rooms.
ing of an anaeathetlc room, a physician's
dresslng room, a sterilizing room and the
operating room. The floor in the latter Is
of monolith, which contains not a single
crease or crevice, being all In one piece,
pure white, as are also the walla which
are enameled, and can, therefore, be easily
kept clean. Tha monolith Is something
new for floorings and la considered better
than, tiling, because chemicals have no
affect upon if. In she eternizing room the
alop alnka are worked by foot pedals, aa
are also tha five fauceta tin the wash sink,
from which the hot and cold water la
drawn. By the use of, thla device neither
doctors nor nurses need to use their handa
and ao avoid all danger of contagion. In
thla room la a sterilizing, hot and cold
water plant and a ateam sterilizing plant
for dreaalnga, towela, etc, besides an in
atrumant sterilizer, which can be run by
prosaure, ateam or gaa.
On this floor are Ave private wards, a
small ward for women and a large ward
for men. In tha latter are three outside
walla with alx double wlndowa and, one
alngla, nearly one-half of , the outer wall
being of glaaa. Tha women' ward la
email, containing but three beds, but room
for mora. The Intention I sometime to
complete the other wing of the building. In
which will be a women's ward, and on the
third floor private rooms for the nurses,
with reading and rest rooms and other
conveniences far there. That It la atlll a
dream, but dreams sometimes come true.
On the third floor ara seven private
roocna, which will ba need by the nurses
Talks on
state unlvemltlea of the west charge either
no tuition fees or very email ones."
suggestions for the ttlrh.
TVe ar a nation of millionaires with
charitable tendencies. Dr. Harrer," raid I.
"Will you not suggest some field In edu
cational work whlih merit the Rifts of
those who Wish to make their money do
good?"
"No better use of money can be l nag!ned
than the endowment of scholarships in
strong Institutions." was the reply. "Such
endowments are of great advantage to the
.Institutions themselves because they pre
vent their constituency being restricted to
the sons and daughters of rich parents.
Indeed, I doubt If ad Institution Can re
main strong If Its constituency U so le
stricted. It Is therefore Important that it
should have money w;th which It can 1 ult
imately aid students who corr.e from fam
ilies of small Incomes. Such s'holnrshii a.
If legitimately used, do not harm the men
to whom they are riven. The student need
not be pauperized, for there Is no good rea
son why he should not earn practl -ally
every cent of money he thua receives.
Every college president knows he could
use scores of such scholarships to advan
tage." Japs Laugh
The above reminds us of a story that
concerns Taira Klyomori. It la related thU
In the time of the HelJI rebellion, the reb
els attacked Klyomorl's camp very sud
denly one day. Losing his presence of
mind, Klyomori put on his armor In a
great hurry, the back part front. Some
persons near pointed uat the mistake he
had miide. "You have put your armor on
the wrong way." they exclaimed. "It la
r.ot ao," calmly anawered Klyomori, "as the
emperor la coming behind, I have put on
the armor so aa to have the front part
facing him. It would be Impolite to have
the back part of one'a armor facing an em
peror." Without altering It he went out
to batUa.
Tha term "Yabu" fa applied to doctora
who prescribe wrong medicines. Now, It
happened once that a quack having been
the meana of killing the only son of a cer
tain house, the parenta determined to have
their revenge on hint, So they sued hlra
at a court of law. The affair was eventu
ally patched up by the worthy quack giving
the bereaved parents his own son In return
for the one he had killed. Not long after
this event the said quack heard a loud
knocking at his door one night. On going
to the door he was Informed that .one of
his neighbor's wives was dangerously 111
and that hla presence waa required at onoe.
Turning to hla wife he said: "This re
quires consideration, my dear. There la no
knowing but that it may end in their tak
ing you from me,"
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REV.
First
1904,
probably for several years, or at least
until the dream Is realized. Here, too,
are three store rooms, the only dark
spaces In the building. The basement is
but three feet below the water line arid
the windows are full height. Here is the
kitchen, with the usual conveniences of
sinks, cupboards, range and gaa stove; the
dining room, which is an unsuually pleas
ant room, the laundry, and at a distance
the boiler and coal rooms and rooma for
tha engineer, janitor and other help.
Modern Equipment.
Each floor la aupplled with a diet kitchen,
connected with the main kitchen by a
chute, furnished besides with all con
veniences. On each floor also la a closet
for linen and euppllea, large lavatorlea,
bath rooma, etc., and an annunciator,
which connects with each room and Indi
cates to the nurses where they are needed.
There Is a stand pipe with hose connec
tion on each floor for emergency Area; an
' elevator ahaft lacka only the elevator.
The building Is of brick, finished within In
stained oak, with hard wood floors. A
beautiful porch, the full height of the
building, adda artistic finish to a structure
which, within and without, Is one of which
the people of Waterloo and throughout tha
atate aa well, may Indeed be proud.
Private rooma have been furnished by
the Elks, the P. E. Os, tha Lydla Society
of the Presbyterian church, the women of
the First Brethren church, Lincoln circle
of the Women of the Grand Army of tha
Republic, the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union women who furnished the
children's ward; also by Mra. Emmona
Johnaon, Mra. Henry Wela and Mr. and
Mra Toy of Sioux City. Mr. and Mra.
Toy formerly lived In Waterloo and were
married here. They- had pleaaant recol
lectlona of the city and sent word to Mra.
Dr. Crlppen, chairman of tha committee
on furnishing, to use her pleasure in se
lecting and furnishing a room In their
name. It la a plaaaure to think that a
man grown rich In another city can yet
remember hla earlier home ao kindly and
thua add to ita uaefulneaa and attractive
ness by auch a gift
Fills a LonsT Felt Want.
Through tha fifty years of Waterloo's
existence, while It haa bean growing up
to Its present suture of 16.MM, it haa had
within Its bordera three hospitals. The
flrat waa started by Mlaa Ivlna, an English
trained nuraa who eleven yeara ago opened
a private houae aa a hospital. This waa
aupported by cltlsena who contributed a
amall aum each month, all that aocrued
going to Miss Ivlna This lasted about a
year and a half and than literally went up
la smoke,' being totally destroyed by Bra
From that time until three yeara ago laat
month there waa no hospital in Waterloo.
Than the need for one became so evident
that an aseooietlon of alxteen phyalclana
rented a dovble house, converted It Into a
single building by putting doors between
it I i
V (
Education
Tell me something about the Carnegie
Institute, Dr. Harper."
"The Carnegie Institute Is doing a splen
did work In co-operating with the collegia
and universities In cncouraKlna research,"
was tha reply. "It is understood that the
colleges do not reduce the amount of their
expenditures through any assistance ren
dered by the Cnrnepie fund. On the other
hand, strong men who hHe the tnlent for
research are thtis encouraped to do valu
able work. It Is trt bo hhped that ns the
arrangeivents of the Carnegie Institute are
more definitely planned the results will 1 e
come even more definite and more sub
atanthtl."
No College Trout.
"This Is the day of organisations, doctor,
when the big businesses are swallowing up
the tittle ones. Will the time come when
our large educational Institutions will swal
low up the colleges and academies?"
"The large institutions will never swallow
the smaller ones." replied Dr. Harper.
"What we need today Is not a fewer num
ber of colleges, but a greater number,
Every city of 60,000 people should have a
college for Itself and the community lm
mediately surrounding it, and I predict that
In the years to come the number of small
colleges will be infinitely multiplied. There
Is no disposition on the part of tha large
universities to minimize the number of col
leges. Indeed, our universities will flourish
Just In proportion as our colleges multiply
and Improve their work.
"The principle Vf co-operation Is on
which will sooner or later enter into col
lege development. There will be a closer
association of the colleges of a denomina
tion, or a state, or a district, and a closer
relationship between sucli a group and the
university or universities of that aeotlon of
the country."
The Coeducation of the Sexes.
"Just one word more, doctor," said .1.
"How about the coeducational college? Is
there not now a reaction against the edu
cation of boya and girls In the aama col
lege?" "No. As a fundamental principle of so
cial life coeducation will prove to be a per
manent factor. Two things, however,
should be noted. One Is that coeducation
does not always Imply construction. It
does mean equal opportunities and equal
facilities in the same Institution for men
and women. And, second, that the appli
cation of this principle will be more or less
modified by surrounding clrcumstanoea It
Is quite evident, for example, that coeduca
tion. In a college of 100 or 160 atudenta In a
smtAl town la aomethlng different from co
education In a city of a million or two mlU
lion Inhabitants. Moreover, coeducation In
college work la something different front
coeducation In professional and graduate
work. The principle itself la already es
tablished, and every decade will see It more
generally recognized. Ita application will
in large measure be determined by the Im
mediate situation of tha Institution con
cerned. FRANK Q. CARPENTER,
SAMUEL CALLEN-Posro of the
Presbyterian Church at Waterloo.
and the Emergency hospital came Into ex
istence. The name proved appropriate. It
waa opened prematurely, that Is, before
thlnga were In shape, by a case of typhoid
fever. A gentleman whose family had not
yet come to the city waa taken sick In a
private borne and, with hla nurse, Mlsa
Moesaner, who for three yeara haa been in
charge of thla Institution, was brought to
the Emergency hospital. The next evening
a man fell from a moving train near tha
city, waa brought in a carriage to the hos
pital and thus Emergency hospital had
patient No. 2. Then a man struck by a
train was brought In. Ky this time the
superintendent, who at that time was the
only aurse, was almost tired out There
were few trained nurses in the city at that
time and all were busy. Mlsa Edith Wise,
who for some tlmo had been considering
'the Idea of becoming a cadet, was called
up by telephone. "If you want to be a
nurae, here la your chance." She came and
'waa the first nurse to graduate from the
hospital, remaining two yeara and com
pleting tha' course. Mlsa Talty, also of
Waterloo, and Miss Ladage of Waverly,
who were the second and third to enter as
cadeta, also completed the course; all mads
splendid nurses. Others have come and
gone, but these, the flrat three cadets, were
also the first graduates. About thla time
came a series of shocking accidents, then
an epidemic of typhoid among the em
ployes of the Caacaden foundry, ao tha hos
pital seemed Indeed opened for the emer
gency. Though it baa been crude and only
meagerly equipped, it has served a purpose
In that It haa taught the people what a
hospital properly equipped would be able
to accomplish, and thus haa paved the way
for the present modern and up-to-date In
stitution. There are over fifty physicians
located In Waterloo and, with the physi
cians of amallec towns bringing in cases,
tba hospital bare will not lack for patients.
The queatlon has been asked why the
aynod of Iowa haa given nothing to the
hospital and why more people outside of
Waterloo have not done ao? The reason la
thla: The aynod of' Iowa up to thla time,
haa had no legal connection with tha boa
pltaj there Until It waa received by the
aynod through ita committee today the hos
pital waa not a aynodlcal affair. After to
day's dedlcatlon"repreaentativea of the in
stitution will ba privileged to apeak In Ita
behalf in any pulpit in Iowa and a hospital
Sunday will be appointed In all tha
Presbyterian churchea of the atate, on
which particular 'day each year everyone
will be urged to contribute liberally of
their subatanre during their lifetime and
dying, to bequeath of their estate a rich
ieacy unto the aama Thus the Waterloo
onounu mj .l. w... w
supported aa en Institution under the
auspices of the aynod of Iowa deserves to
be, and so aupported. 0 Iowa will be
prond of lb Jt V. M.