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I THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEQRA8KA. here Eamirrf and uo nana mm i GtT or i.mw meavnm j ji ! v Miner mp.n and I HPSSBll - - y .-'-: , -' lrniipiniHMHanMu. - f burn college work their way to education. The plan is proving successful BY ROBERT H. MOULTON IK hoy Is certainly milking good; his smiles nro up In tho nineties, ho Ib an excellent cook, n first-class Inundryman, and enn plow moro acres of land In a duy thnn any other boy In college." ttnther 11 remarkable statement for ir college president to make concerning n college student, yet hardly more remarkable than the Institution which the student Is attending lllackhurn col lego at Curllnvlllc, III. Blackburn, ns a matter of fact, occupies a posi tion unlquo among institutions of learning In this country. No other college, perhaps, Is conducted along exactly the samo lines. Its aim Is to train young men to he not only scientific, but practical farmers, Inculcating in them at the sumo tlino a love of the soil, and to make of girls and young wolnon practical housewives, who will be able to cook anil sow, and to tako care of a homo. Also, and this Is where the unlquo feature comes In, It Is conducted upon a plan of self-help, whereby young men and women of the most limited means aro af forded an opportunity to avail themselves of a stundurdyicollogc education. Tho plnnJias been tried only a year, but during this period It has proved so successful, literally knocking the high cost of living all to pieces, that the great problem next fall will bo what to do with tho students. The charges for tho year nt Blackburn havo ihcou placed nt $100, and three hours work per dny nt somo sort of manual labor. This pays for n furnished room with steam heat and electric light, board and tuition. Tho first thing ono Is likely to Ray on hearing this is, "It's too cheap; It can't bo done." That was exactly what tho college trustees said when, after calling Dr. William M. Hudson to tho presi dency, they listened to his revolutionary scheme for rejuvenating Blackburn. But Doctor Hudson had somo convincing tlgures out of his past experience Ho was optlnitstlc and persistent. Bo llnally tho trustees ngreed they plight as well try It for n year. "It may blow ns jup," they said, "but bettor thnt than rotting down. lAt any rate, an explosion will uttract moro atten tion." It was nenrlng tho noon hour when I reached the llttlo group of col I ego buildings nestling in a grovo of lino old elm and oak trees on tho outskirts of Curllnvlllc, and tho president suggested thnt wo would better go down and boo tho girls getting dinner. Here was something now. In tho present nge. when tho nverngo collego girl spends n goodly por tion of her time In nodal amenities and athletics, Itho Idea of students preparing their own meals was decidedly novel. Yet thero they were, a dozen of them, in school dresses covered with long whlto aprons, busily engaged in preparing a menu which had been written on n blackboard In tho Kitchen n kitchen, by tho way, ns Immaculate as the most exacting housewife could desire. This combination of earning and learning Is ono of the unique features of Doctor Hudson's plan. Tho young women get tho theory of domestic science in the classroom und then put It Into prac tice in tho kitchen. They do all tho cooking, with "tho exception of a ccrtnln nmount of help from some of the young men students. That they also lo it sclcntlllcully and well was attested by the meal that followed a little Inter. This meal con sisted of cream of tomato soup, roast beef, baked potatoes, creamed celery, bread and butter, tapi oca and cake, and there was an nhundauco of each. I made bold to usk If dinners like that were served every day. "Certainly," replied Doctor Hudson. "It's not a visitor's menu by any moans. Wo didn't know you were coming, and if we had wo would havo gono along Just tho same." "And the cost?" 1 Inquired. For answer Doctor Hudson beckoned to Miss Sparks, tho capable head of the domestic itcleuco department, who not only teaches the subject, but plans the various meals and (Igures down tho cost to a quarter of a cent, not even omitting sut small things as tho (lour In the gravy and tho salt Hi the potatoes, and repealed my query. "The cost por capita for the materials," snld Miss Sparks, "was a fraction under eight cents." By vii y of making the lesson moro Impresslvo, sho added that the only other expense, since the stu dents do nil tho cooking and serving, vns for tho fuel consumed In the range, an amount so small that It could hardly he figured out as so much per capita. Breakfasts and suppers usually cost less than tho dinners, tho average for tho three meals per day being 21 cents. Having no help to pny or to feed, Important items In figuring up the cost of serving food in most colleges, has played an Important part In this economical showing. Tho self-help plan not only cuts down expenses, but gives the young women such a practical courso In domestic science part of thn laboratory work Is to prepare ench week four now dishes In sufllclent quantities to feed all tho people In tho dining hall that they will bo bencJlted by It all their lives. They not olrTly study domestic science, but do all of tho work In their own rooms, tho laundry work, otc, and nt tho end of four years they will come out able, and. It Is expected willing, to do nnythlng nnd solve any problem that Is likely to confront a woman In tho home. Tho president led tho way to a window from which was vlslblo n lino rolling stretch of farm land, part of which was ready for tho planter. This Is tho' collego farm, consisting of 80 acres. Next fall tho students will bo fed from tho product of thnt farm. Somo of It, of courso, will bo Ted to tho cows, but they will produce milk for tho col lego commons; somo of It will bo fed to tho pigs, but they will bo growing Into meat all tho tlmo; and somo of it will go directly to the kitchen. In this way tho young men supplement tho work of tho young women. They produce what Is cooked, nnd nro learning to bo practical as well as th'oo retlcnl farmers. All of tho farm buildings arc put up by tho students under tho direction of tho farm superin tendent. They recently completed a poultry house which Is n model of Its kind. A hugo barn nnd silo nro soon to bo started. As Doctor Hudson re marked, those boys aro likely to bo much hotter fanners thnn their fnthers. Another unlquo feature at Blackburn Is that the students know as llttlo of tho cost of high living as they do of tho high cost of living. Tho collego puts ii ban on smoking, drinking, nnd tho otlicr ovlls commonly found In tho youth world. A boy must keep himself clean, If ho belongs to tho Blackburn collego community. Two particularly Interesting students nro for eigners, a bright-eyed llttlo Jap nnd a curly-haired Persian. Tho Japanoso student catiio to America to get an education, believing thnt nil one needs to do Is Just to como hero nnd nfter thnt everything Is free. But ho was disappointed In his dreams. Ho had planned to spend thrco years hero and then go homo to found a llttlo school on tho fun damental principles of Christianity. A friend In Japan had snld thnt ho would furnish the money ns soon ns tho young man finished his education. So ho tried a largo state university. They were very sorry, but they had so many American boys, and then ho know nothing about our langunge or customs. They didn't seo how they could do any thing for him. Then he went to a largo endowed university, and tho story was tho same. Finally, ho heard of Blackburn and went thero. Tho presi dent a sited him what ho could do, nnd ho said he bollcved ho could cook. ? ho waa put in tho kitchen nnd ho works thorc three hours a day, as a'stlng tho young women. Thu other hoy enmo all tho wnp from Persia, with the sumo exalted notion of opportunity in America. He had received a llttlo training in a hospital, but ho wanted to be a real doctor und go home to his people as a medical missionary. He spent M months looking for n collego that ho could afford. A Persian doctor In Chicago directed him to Blackburn and ho went right along nnd has made n lino record. Ho lu tho head of tho sweep ing forco. Tho students at Blackburn nil work thrco hours a day. All pay tho samo nnd work tho piuue. It Is u communism. They don't pny so much per hour ns most colleges do, but each stu dent works the same time nnd pnys tho same amount They don't pay him; ho pnys the college. He does not work for himself, but for the col lege. They believe, nt Blnck burn, thnt after young men nnd young women have spent four years working for the college, they will bo better fitted for citizenship thun if they hnd spent those yenra working for themselves. "Thero Is n lot moro to our plan' snld Doctor Hudson, "than Just helping young people to get through college who would not otherwise get there on account of tho ex pense, but they aro all side Issues. That Is our main ob ject. We are looking out for tho young men and the young women tho other colleges huvo pnssed by, tho great cluss of young people who nro willing enough to work nnd hungry enough for nn education to do almost nnythlng to get It, if they only knew how to set about It. It Is not our purpose to help any student who ought to help himself, but simply to provide the means whereby ho may secure an edu cation when otherwise It would be Impossible "We nre especially Interested In tho young wom en. It's a stiff proposition for a young man to go away from home to get his living nnd his educa tion at the samo time, but it's almost impossible for his sister. That is why wo aro providing for tho girls, too." While the fixed charge nt Blnckburn is $100, that, of course, does not provide for everything. It costs tho collego a hundred moro for each student, even after buildings havo been provided. This Is mndo up out of tho endowment nnd tho help that Is received from tlmo to time from generous friends of tho cause. ROYAL MATRIMONIAL FIELD. ' Britain's royal house will bo nt a loss for royal families to marry into when this war Ib conclud ed. Gorman royalties, ovon if tho Hohenzollerns nro loft on tho throno, can never igaln marry or bo, given in marriago with kinqs or queens, princes or princossos of Brltnln'ii royal family. Royal familleB of Qormany nnd of countries sym pathetic with Germany aro oxcludcij from tho list of candidates for wedlock with British royalties. Russia's stnto church is on brotherly tonus with tho Church of England. Religious difference would not absolutely forbid a RuB&p-Brltish royal marriage. Europo Ib not tho homo of many royal housoB that are nt onco Protostan,-. and pro-British. War's effect on futuro roya; marriages In Britain Is moro Interesting thnn Important Brit ish peoples nro now concerned with moro awful nnd momentous issues than thoso rolated to the intcrmarrlago of royaltios. British princes nnd princesses for all tlmo to como will have to look olsowhero than Germany for brlcea and bride grooms. Toronto Telegram. ONE RESULT OF THE WAR. A dollghtful old lady of a llttlo tt.wn In Nebras ka was discovered ono morning in t.bo act of kill ing n chicken. "Why, MrB. Brown, I thought tfiat you wore afraid to kill a chicken," said a neighbor In sur prise. "Yob, dcarlo, 1 did usotor bo, buS since tho war broko out l'vo dono it right smart. ' "1 don't understand you; what does tho war hnvo to do with It?" "Well, you seo, it's this way: 1 uiu'tor think that bloodshed wns nn awful thing, but ilnco l'vo boon rondin' about all them tnen-klllln't in Europe I just get a roostor by tho toot, lay Us head on tho block and say to myself, 'Now, Sarjh, 'taln't near so bad as klllln' n man. WhoroN. your ncrvoT' And then I just shut my oyes mid whack." Youth's Companion. f mmmm iliiin hiiimhj "' NO AIRS TO LOUIS HILL The death of James J. IIIH. em pire builder of the Northwest, mndo, his son, Louts W. Hill, of St. Paul, Minn., tho most conspicuous captain of Industry west of Cleveland, O., und ono of the greatest railroad men Itf the' world. But Louis Hill Lsn't. self-conscious about it. He does not propose, to go to New York city to becomo n familiar figure on Wall street nor cven on La Salle street In Chicago. Instead ho Intends to remain In St. Paul and operate the railroad lines controlled by the Hill Interests. In St. Paul every-, ono knows Hill as Louis and ho Is glad of It. Ills father, for that matter, wns moro often addressed as "Jim" Hill; thnn "Mr." 11111. Among railroad men In tho West, Louis Hill is regarded ns n self-made man. Five years after ho was gradu ated from Unrvard university he start ed to work as a billing clerk nt 75 n month. Ho was receiving that salnry when he was married, and while his father gave tho ground on which his son built a homo Louis declares he didn't get a larger salary or n bigger Job. At thirty years of age Hill was president of the Great Northern railroad, n position which ho hnd earned as n result of hard labor. Louis admits that opportunities were made for him, but ho had to tako them and make .good as an individual before he could be advanced. As u railroad manager Mr. Hill spends from 12 to 14 hours n dny at his office, but during spare moments he finds great pleasuro In painting landscapes and studies of members of his family. He owns a comfortable homo In which there nre ten servnuts, In addition to n butler nnd several other persons who attend to the wnnts of Mr. Hill, his wlfo nnd five children. The walls are filled with pictures, a number being of his father and others of tho family of Louis Hill, for whenever ho finds an artist ho sets him to work pnlntlng his children's portraits. ARCHITECT OF NEW "TECH" 13 The architect of the new $7,000, 000 home of the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology lu Boston Is Wil ,11am Welles Bosworth of New York, a .graduate from that college with the class of 18S9. After leaving Technol ogy ho spent some time In the offices of Itlchnrdson & Olmstcad, doing land scape work for Leland Stanford uni versity. Then for two years ho was on jtlio stnff of the American Architect and mndc special studies in Home. In 1S90 he began a second study An the best architectural schools of (Europe, working under Almn Tndema Jnnd In the atelier of Godefroy Freynet In Paris. He finished under such mns ters as Gaston Rcdon nnd Chnusse mlcho, nnd pnssed considerable tlmo lu Holland and Home. He was resident architect of the Pan-American exposition, designed a number of buildings for tho St. Louis exposition, nnd then opened nn ofllce in New York for himself. The last six years his time has been devoted to architectural work for Rockefeller Vanderllp, for whom he designed the. Letchworth Village." Mr. Bosworth is associated with tho Society of Beaux Arts, the Anierlcun Institute of Architects, and the Loyal legion. ACTIVITIES OF WOMAN. St. Iouis has n policewoman who rocolvos a salary of $G5 por month. In tho Phtllpplno IslaudB womei, and glrla nro employed aB road workers. Tho llrat requirement of a glr oeoklng work through tho Young Women's Christian association in Los Angeles Is that sho wear big shoes, It be tug claimed that tight shoes make a bad tempor. Probably tho only woman professional golf play' or In tho world Is Mrs. Gourley Dunn-Wobb, tho noted English player, who has como to tho United States on account of tho war. WILLIAM KARL DICK When Mrs. Madeline Forco Astor, widow of Col. John Jacob Astor, an nounced that she was about to becomo the wife of William Karl Dick of Brooklyn, even her intimate friends were surprised, for since her first hus bnnd's death In tho Titanic disaster she had seemed to bo giving up her life to the training nnd enro of her llttlo son. Mr. Dick, who is twenty-nlno years, old, Is the scion of nn old Brooklyn family nnd his business Interests nre principally In that borough. His most active work Is as vice president of tho Manufacturers' Trust company, hut he Is nlso a director In many other finan cial nnd commercial concerns. Friends of Mr. Dick's fnmlly sny thnt Mr. Dick inherited a fortune of from $2,000,000 to $:!,000,000 from his grandfather, Willlnni Dick, one of tho pioneer sugar refiners of this country. Through Judicious Investments this' Inheritance has been greatly increnscd. He la a member of the Metropolitan, Bankers', Piping Hock, Meadow Brook, Racquet nnd Riding clubs. He Is nlso (Chairman of the Crosstown Transit committee of Brooklyn and is nctlvo in the affnirs of that borough. Mr. Dick la extremely enthusiastic ubout sailing und is one of tho experts on the Grcnt South bay. LEADS WILSON CAMPAIGN :;arwf!.. iH Vnnco Ciiswell McCormlck, who, nt the request of President Wilson, wns elected chnlrmau of the Demo cratic national committee, when asked whether ho would devote most of his tlmo to tho campaign, replied: "No. I will devote all of it." The statement Is characteristic of tho man, who It hns been snld, plnys politics lu much tho same manner ns ho played football when he was cap tain of the Yale team. What ho does, say his admirers, ho does with all his heart nnd soul and strength. Mr. McCormlck, who Is president ,nnd publisher of fho Hnrrlsuurg (Pa.) Patriot, was horn Hariisburg, nnd is a son of tho Into Henry McCormlck, a wealthy iron mnnufacturer. Ho was elected mayor of Harrlsburg nt tho ngo of thirty in 1002, and served ono term, devoting much attention to pub lic Improvements nnd the beauty of tho city. Ho wits tho Democratic and progressive candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in 1014, but was defeated by Martin G. Brumbnugh, Republican. Mr. McCormlck hns long been ono ot the prluclpal financial backers of tho ' Democratic party In Pennsylvania. 4