The Daily -Nf' BRASKAN VOL. XXVIII NO. 54 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1928 PRICE 5 CENTS. IKI'MULLEN AND HOWELL PLAY ON ALL-EAST T Two Cornhusker Stars Will See Action in Clash at San Francisco WEST HOLDS LAURELS Presnell and Randels Were Nebraska's Contribution To 1927 Squad (By Jack Elliott) Two Cornhusker football war riors will be playing with the team that represents the East this year in the annual East-West game to be played December 29 at San Francisco. They are Edward "Blue" Howell, co-captain and full back of the 1928 Cornhuskers, and Dan McMullen, stellar guard in the Husker line. Both men have re ceived invitations to participate in this annual battle. i .a at vpar. at San Francisco, the easterners took the short end of the count from the western all star eleven. Two Cornhusker stars were playing in the eastern lineup that took the 16 to 6 beating from the westerners. They were Glen Presnell, Husker halfback, and Ray Randels, tackle. Randels played the entire game but Presnell was only in for a short time when an injury forced him out. Andy Kerr Makes Selection. Coach Andy Kerr of Washington and Jefferson, approached Howell and McMullen when they were in New York after the Army game and both Huskers have accepted the eastern coach's Invitation to play with the all-stars. Andy Kerr of Washington and Jefferson and Dick Hanley of Northwestern will again coach the eastern stars for the game in Cali fornia. The two elevens which meet at San Francisco will be made up of players who have completed their collegiate gridiron careers. J Their expenses are paid to and from San Francisco and all proceeds of the game are placed in the fund which maintains a charity Shrine hospi tal near San Francisco. Howell -tad McMullen will leave Lincoln December 15 and meet the rest of the squad in the West. Training will start immediately for the big game. West Coast Gets Laurels. This season In collegiate football circles finds the western coast with all the laurels. Thanksgiving day and the Saturday following were two big days for the western grid iron elevens. South California and Stanford showed their prowess to Continued en r S. STUDENTS MAY ENTER LOCAL SONG CONTEST Junior Chamber Commerce Gives Prizes for Tunes And Lyrics Students in the University of Ne braska have an opportunity to take part in the Junior Chamber of Com merce official Lincoln song contest which is going on at the present time. Two hundred and fifty dollars in prizes will be distributed to the winners. The contest is divided Into two sections. The first section, which will close January 1, is for short lyrics of eight or ten lines. Three lyrics will be chosen and the per sons submitting them will receive prizes of twenty-five dollars each. Judges will be selected after Janu ary 1 to decide upon the winners. Songs that are short, clever, easy to learn, easy to sing, and with a rythym and swing that will arouse instant attention and enthusiasm, are needed, according to the com mittee. Because Lincoln needs an ofiicial song and because of the advertising value of it. Importance is being given to the contest. Will Publish Lyrics. After the three lyrics have been chosen, they will be published and spread by means of the radio. Then the second section of the (contest will be in order. The second section will last un til April 1, when the Judges will de cide upon the winners. In this sec tion the committee wants tunes for the lyrics which will have been made public. These tunes should Continued on Page 3. Psychologists Turn Hidden Objects Lip reading has been recently added as a course In the extension department of the University. The psychology department, however, is delving Into what would seem to be a deeper science, that of mind read ing. Mind reading is simply the appli cation of psychological principles, according to Prof. W. E. Walton, of the psychology department. To prove this he conducted an inter esting experiment with a student In the psychology laboratory.' A clans member was asked to hide an object somew here in l lie labora:ory while the Instructor stepped out. Upon his return the professor declared that he could AM Corsages Will Not Be Worn At Military Ball Reiteration of the statement that no corsages will be worn at the Military Ball Friday eve ning was made Thursday after noon by the committee in charge of the formal dance. Fol lowing the custom of the past few years, corsages will not be in vogue tonight. MILITARY BALL GUEST LIST ISJAOE PUBLIC Many Dignitaries From the State and City Are Attendants CORPS OFFICERS INVITED Guests for the twentieth annual Military Hall were announced Thursday b Cuplain Russell Skin ner of the department of military science. Many dignitaries and no tables from all over the state will be in Lincoln tonight for the an nual ball whlrh opens the formal season on the Nebraska campus. Invitations have been sent out to all ttie cadet field officers of the R. O. T. C. at the University of Missouri. University of Iowa, Uni versity of Oklahoma, Creighton university, Iowa State college, Uni versity of South Dakota, University of Kansas and Kansas State Agri cultural college. The guest list of the Military Ball which takes place tonight in the Coliseum is as follows: Governor and Mrs. Adam McMullen; Adju tant General and Mrs. H. J. Paul, Colonel and Mrs. Tenney Ross, Seventh Corps area, Fort Crook; Colonel and Mrs. C. A. Troit, Fort Crook: Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. A. D. Dockery, Seventh Corps area. Fort Crook: Mayor and Mrs. Verne Hedge, Captain and Mrs. Charles Anderson, Colonel and Mrs. Frank Eager, Colonel and Mrs. John Maher, Colonel and Mrs. N". Keck, adjutant general. State House; Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Ebotiy, Governor-elect and Mrs. A. J. Weaver, Falls City. Mr. and Mrs. Harry I). Landis, Seward; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. War ntr, Dakota City; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Webster, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Taylor, St. Paul: Chancellor and Mrs. E. H. Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Seaton, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Gundcrson, Dean and Mrs. T. J. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John Selleck, Chancellor Emeritus and Mrs. Samuel Avery. MICKEY TALKS BEFORE Water Resource Association Hears Professor of Engineering C. E. Mickey, professor of civil engineering, was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Ne braska Association for the Conser vation and Utilization of Water Re sources, which met at Hastings. Wednesday. From Hastings he went to Kearney where he ad dressed the convention of the Ne braska Irrigation society yesterday. At Hastings Professor Mickey described the work of the army engineers who have been making a study of the Platte river in con nection with the flood prevention bills. Professor Mickey recently returned from Kansas City where he assisted the engineers in the preparation of their report on the Platte, which will be submitted to congress. Survey Made of . Platte. In telling of the work of the en gineers, Professor Mickey ex plained that they had made a com plete survey of the entire Platte basin,, including all tributaries. He said that the report they would make to congress would be of much interest to the people of cen tral Nebraska. COLD EPIDEMIC IS RAGING ON CAMPUS Supplementing Dr. Lyman's pre caution to students concerning the Influenza epidemic, the student health department reports that there has been an epidemic of colds. Many of those with bad colds had some fever. Although the exact figures are not available the number of people reported with bad colds has been much greater In the past few days. There has also been an epidemic of influenza and la grippe. The student health department is located in Pharmacy building. Dr. E. H. Deppen is there in the morning and Dr. Inez C. Philbrick in the afternoons. Sleuth and Find by Holding Hands find the object by simply reading the mind of one who hid it. He took her hand and asked her to think about the hiding place. Reveal Hiding Place. The member of the class made certain movements of which she was subconscious, toward the place where she had hidden the object. These movements are known to the psychologist as mimetic move ments. In the psychology laboratory Pro fessor Walton has an instrument which pictures these movements very accurauiy and minutely. The student places his hand on the in strument and 1 aked.to keep his ,nur4 on I'ftge t. ERNATI All-University Frolic Is To Be Staged Immediately After Exhibit RODEMWOLD WILL JUDGE An all-University mixer in the activities building will immediately follow the tenth a' Baby In ternational to be 1 ''i f the Col lege of Agriculture n'r pavilion Saturday evening, l.)ecemtgr 8, at 7 o'clock. The Baby International is a livestock showing contest spon sored by the Block and Bridle club. Nearly fifty students in the Col lege of Agriculture are grooming their animals and giving them last minute preparations for the show, according to Victor T. Sander, chairman of this year's Baby Inter national. Prof. B. W. Rodenwold, a former Nebraska graduate, now with the animal husbandry depart ment of Ames will judge the con test. Representative Breed Shown The awards will be made entirely on the fitting and showing of the animals. The champion showman will receive a silver loving cup of fered by the Block and Bridle club. Representatives of each of the leading breeds of cattle, horses, hogs, and sheep will be shown. The purpose of the show in addition to giving the students practical exper ience in fitting and showing ani mals is to display the livestock of the University. Entertainment consisting of sev eral novel numbers including a stunt by the girl's pep club will be had between the judging of the various classes. The show will be over before 9 o'clock so that every one can attend the mixer. I0NAL L AT Ayres, Thomas Are Chosen To Represent Nebraska At Student Meet Fourth annual congress of the National Student Federation of America will convene from Decem ber 12 to 13 at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Last year this congress was held In Lincoln. There were delegates from practi cally all the principal colleges and universities In the United States. Bruce Thomas and Joyce Ayres were recently selected by (he Stu dent Council to represent the Uni versity of Nebraska at the con gress. Representative leaders In college activities and student life will be at the congress to represent their respective colleges. Program Include Talk The program of the congress In cludes the disposal of routine busi ness, discussion groups and talks by three speakers of national repu tation. The president of the or ganization is Mr. E. H. Miller, of Washington and Lee university and the Harvard law school. Some of the problems which will be discussed are athletics, co-ordin ation between student and faculty bodies on disciplinary matters, rushing, raising campaign funds, regulation for building fraternity houses, the honor system, and freshmen week. Delegates will come prepared to discuss these problems and carry back to their student organization some good advice. Weesner Talks lo Girls Commercial Club Meet Opportunities for women in de partment stores were discussed by Miss Marie Weesner at a luncheon of the Girls Commercial club Thursday noon at the chamber of commerce. Although most buyers are wom en, very few merchandise manag ers are though there is no reason why they shouldn't be, according to Miss Weesner. Girls who begin as saleswomen have excellent chances to work up to positions as stylists, commercial artists, card writers, advertising copy writers, and personal shoppers. "College graduates enter the store on the same basis as grad uates from high school or even grade school," stated Miss Wees ner. Their training and background enable them to advance much faster than the others, however. Delta Sigma Pi Group Holds Monthly Dinner About twenty-five members of Delta Sigma Pi, professional com merce fraternity, met for their reg ular monthly, dinner Wednesday evening at the Annex. Faculty members were also present and a discussion of professional problems followed the dinner. Ten pledges were recently an nounced by the organization and formal initiation ceremonies will be held immediately following Christ mas vacation. Phi Delta Phi Initiates Six in Court Chambers An initiation was held by the Lincoln Jnn of the Phi Delta Phi. professional law fraternity, for six members of the law college. This initiation was held in the Supreme Court chambers. The new mem bers were Edwin Casseum. Wil liam Crossland, Samuel Gallmore, Gerald Hallsted. Richard Johnson, and John Sklles. RIFLE PRACTICE IS IN FULL SWING Practice at the new rifle range ill Andrews hall is now in full swing under the direction of Ser geant C. F. McGinsey. Practice is held only In the afternoons, Varsity team members and those trying out shooting between 1 and 3 o'clock, and girls from 3 to 4:30 o'clock. With the improved facilities of fered by the new range, interest in shooting has increased consider ably. Preliminary work, which was given before the opening of the range last Monday, was attended by over fifty girls. R. O. T. C. officers seem quite willing to offer their services in coaching prospective members of the girls' teams, and threaten to become more numerous than the co-eds themselves. In spite of the instruction, some good scores have been turned in. 'THE OUTSIDER' WILL PLAY ALL NEXT WEEK University Players' Latest Production Appeals to College Students FULL HOUSE IS ASSURED Ticket sales for "The Outsider' are progressing and point to good houses for the entire run of the show, according to Ray Ramsay, business manager of the Univer sity Players. "The Outsider" which shows at the Temple theater every evening next week, with a Satur day matinee has proved to be a drawing card by the number of tickets sold, according to Ramsay, Although there are still plenty of good seats, fraternities and soror ities are urged to make their res ervattons early due to the fact that the city sales have been progress ing to such an extent. "The Out sider" was given Wednesday night at the state reformatory and was received well. Ramsay states that he believes that this production will especially appeal to the unl versity student because of the plot. I English Play "The Outsider" is an English play, with an English setting, con cerning the lives of two persons In particular. Ragatzy, played by Zolley Lerner, Is a practising phys ician without degree who attempts to cure Lalage, played by Cor nelia Ayres, who, according to the story hai been crippled from birth. The story of the play pertains. In some degree, to university stu dents, in that It emphasizes the value of a college degree and whether one was needed in this particular case. The play was written by Doro thy Brandon, w-ho has been crip pled since girlhood. With the New ork cast, this play ran for a solid year on Broadway. It is brought to Lincoln for a week s nin by University Players. Tickets are being reserved at Ross P. Curtice Music company for seventy-five cents for the evening performan ces. Tickets for Ihe Saturday matinee are fifty cents. CO-EDS HAVE CHANCE AT University Women Wishing Employment Are Urged To Apply Soon Summer camp positions for wom en are being opened to ail co-eds on the university campus, if applca tlon for specific positions is made immediately at the university V. W. C. A. office in Ellen Smith hall. The two camps where these posi tions are available are sponsored by the national organization of the Y. W. C. A., and are located at Po land, Maine, and at Okoboji, Iowa. Camp Okoboji, at Milford, la., on West Lake Okoboji, is used entire ly by conference groups. At pres ent there Is no period for vacation groups, and therefore there is no need for any counselors other than swimming counselors. Only those are accented who can stay for the entire season opening about June 18, and closing the middle of August. Must Stay Entire Season. Camp Maqua, at Poland, Maine, on Thompson Lake, forty nines from Portland, Is used by confer ence and as a vactlon camp for young women. Opportunities ror counselorships are limited and available only to graduate students who have had such preparation in a special field as will qualify them to be resourceful in leading groups. Those are accepted for position who can stay the entire seasuii, opening July 1 and closing Sep tember 1. At both camps, however, in addi tion to the limited counselorships, there are general positions open on the regular camp staff. Including waitresses, office manager, stenog raphers, housekeepers, dietitians, store manager and assistant, book store manager, and assistant dieti tian and receiving lerk. Details about the work which these positions Involve, Including Continual on I'ar 1. Wearing of Spurs Is Banned by Committee Cadet officers attending the Military Ball tonight are re quested by the committee 1n charge to not wear spurs to the formal. It is the opinion of the committee that spurs would handicap dancing on a crowded floor. T CHRISTMAS PARTY Bells, Streamers, Holly and Mistletoe Will Feature Decorations BLACK WILL ENTERTAIN Ail university men' and women are invited to attend the annual Christmas party sponsored jointly by the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A., which wjll be held Saturday night at the "Y" rooms in the Tem ple from 8 o'clock until 11. Traditional Christmas cheer, with all the bells, streamers, holly, and perhaps some nilstolefoe, will add to the festive atmosphere of the party which will be further en hanced by the old Yule log which will burn in the fireplace on the mantel of which will be some fat Christmas candles. Black Will Entertain Or. Black will entertain with a chalk talk characterizing members of the audience, and Ray Ramsay will provide some special entertain ment In the form of readings and pantomime characterizations. The program of special entertainment will close with the singing of Christmas candles before the fire place. Special games have also been planned in keeping with the Christ mas spirit. About, one hundred students are expected to attend this affair which is not confined to freshmen, as was previously announced. An assess ment of ten cents will be made upon each guest in order to defray the expenses of the refreshments. Edith Quinton and Alan Williams have charge of the party. E 14 Four Skits Featur Program Concessions Are Run by Mortarboard Friday, December 14, has been set as the date for the Cornhusker costume party for , women, spon sored by the Associated Women Student's board. It Is to be held In the Armory, beginning at 7 o'clock, and ending at 9. Ksther Hejne, of Wisner, is chairman of the committee in charge of the arrangements. Com mittees in charge of the various de tails are: Prizes. Edyth Jensen, Evelyn Simpson, Harriet Nesladek, posters, Margaret Shepard; favors, Gretohen Standeven; concessions, Maurine Drayton; skits, Gertrude Ray. Norman Hoff is making a large poster to be used by the poster committee. All Will Costume All those attending will be in costume, and three prizes will he offered for the funniest, the clever est, and the prettiest costumes, with Miss Iee and Miss Wilson act ing as Judges. Concessions are be ing managed by Mortarboard. Four skits feature the tentative program. The Melody Girls will fur nish the music. Twenty-five cents admission will be charged. Burnett Tells Woman's Club of School Needs Tbat adequate financial sunnort Is necessary to the welfare of the University if it is to have a com petent teaching staff and proper equipment was stressed by Chanc- eller E. A. Burnett before a meet ing of the Woman's club circle Thursday morning. The University is judged by the quality and teaching power of the faculty. Inspirations to the stu dents, leadership of the alumni, and the confidence of the public in the institution, according to Chancellor Burnett. Outstanding educators and an adequate physical plant requires an adequate money supply. In an effort to cope with the de linquency problem of the new stu dent, a tutorial system Is to be em ployed in the near future. This factor will probably give them a better basis on which to continue their studies, Cnancellor Burnett believes. University Dramatic Club Announces Forty Pledges i Forty people w ere formally pledged to the University Dramatic club last night at a meeting held In the club rooms in the Temple. The meeting was presided over by Miss H. Alice Howell, Ray Ramsey, and Herb lenne, and Blanche Farrens led the ritual of formal pledging to which all sub mitted. Each pledge recited some form of informal skit In order to display his talent. An Informal "big feed" was served as a part of the evening's entertainment. Ini tiation will probably be some time In April. Plans were made at the meeting for the first play to be given by the organization. Phi Mu Epsilon Will Hold Closed Meeting PI Mu Epsilon will hold a. closed meeting in room 101, Social Sci ences hall, Thursday evening, De cember 13, at 7:30 o'clock. The program will include a talk by Prof. M. G. Gsba of the de partment of mathematics, about the game "Nim." Frank Roth will talk on "The Equation of a Rec tangle." Following the program, a busi ness meeting will be held. Football Tickets May Be Exchanged Soon Football season tickets will not be exchanged for season basketball tickets for a few weeks yet. As soon as the paste boards for the basketball season are off the press announcement will be made and the exchange can be made in ample time be fore the opening of the Husker home season. SPORTS WRITERS TRY TO Coaches From Everywhere Are Suggested to Fill Husker Vacancy BEARG REFUSES TO TALK Following the resignation of Earnest E. llearg as Nebraska foot ball mentor, sports writers of the various papers in the state have taken it upon their shoulders to prognosticate the appointment of Nebraska's next football coach. Great and near-great football coaches from all over the United States have been mentioned as pos sible head pigskin tutors. The Omaha World Herald has as its possible candidates W. Harold Brown, coach of the Lincoln High aggregation, Paul Schissler of the Oregon Aggies, Harry Stuhldreher, formerly one of Notre Dame's fa mous Four Hordsemen, Charley Bachman of Florida, Chick Mee han. New York university; Harry Bowser, assistant to Jock Suther land, and Dick Hanely of North western. Schissler Gets Spotlight According to an Associated Press dispatch Paul Schissler has been nominated to fill the vacancy caused by Bearg's resignation by Chicago alumni. Schissler ap peared in the spotlight due to Ore gon Aggies crushing defeat of New York university. Even Knute Rockne, Notre Dame's versatile coach, has been said to be under consideration for the position of head mentor at Ne braska. The Omaha Bee-News announced in its Thursday morning issue that the report that Dr. John Wilce, Ohio, State, was in Lincoln Thanks giving day was vigorously denied by Dean T. J. Thompson. Wilce is not being considered primarily for the coaching job but to be curator f'ontimird on Porn 3. BIG SIXlYllAW Decrease in Gate Receipts Is Given as Reason for Proposed Ruling When the athletic directors of the Big Six conference meet in Kansas City this week end several questions concerning football will be discussed. Broadcasting of foot ball games in the future and fresh man football competition will form the backbone of the arguments by the physical directors. Decrease in the amount of gate receipts is the reason for the idea of discontinuing the broadcasting of games. Some of the directors be lieve that broadcasting the games cuts down materially on attend ance. Others think that attendance Is aided, since It increases interest in the sport. Gish Remains Silent. Director of athletics Herbert Gish has not announced his views on these subjects, although he will take part In the discussions to be held in Kansas City. It is a ques tion whether Nebraska gate re ceipts are affected in any great ex tent due to radio broadcasting of the plays. Other things to be discussed at the meeting are football, baseball, and track schedules for 1929 and any changes in the schedules. Some of the new basketball rules will also be interpreted. Sixty Freshmen Are Out For Basketball at K. U. Sixty freshmen at the Univer sity of Kansas appeared for the first basketball practice, and 120 are expected soon by Coach John Burn. After all candidates have been given a try-out, the squad will be cut to about forty. This squad will be divided into five teania, and a freshman tour nament will be played. Plans are being made also to give prizes for the three best In a free throwing contest, for 1000 baskets. Volcano Destruction Occurrence, Says "The recent overwhelming of cities in the island of Sicily by mol ten rock from the volcano Etna, Is no new thing," declared Mr. F. G. Collins, assistant curator of the museum, In his radio talk from the university studio, Thcrsday morn ing. Lava Seen in America "We read first," he asserted, "of such occurrences about three or four hundred years before Christ. We have historical records of be tween eighty and ninety outbreaks, or which nineteen happened during the nineteenth century. "You wonder, I expect, at cities continuing in such districts. It must be remembered that the MILITARY BALL STARTS AT 8:30 Honorary Colonel Will Be Presented 15 Minutes Before March ENGAGE TEN-PIECE BAND Decoration Scheme Remains Secret: Will Follow Military Motif First (.'ii 11 for guests at the twen tieth annual Military Ball will be sounded at 8:30 o'clock in the Col iseum Friday evening and at. ex actly 10:13 o'clock the grand march will start, according to Lieut. Col. Elton Fee, general chairman of the ball. Fifteen minutes before the grand march, the new Honorary Colonel whose identity has been kept secret, will be introduced. "There has been a last minute demand for more tickets for the ball so we have placed more of the tickets on sale," stated Cadet Capt. William Mentzer, who has been handling the ticket sale. The sale of the tickets has lar surpassed the number that had been anticipated and there will be absolutely no more tickets printed, was the state ment issued from the department of military science Thursday after noon. Captain Skinner of the de partment, has asked all junior of ficers to help in the decoration plan. Becks Will Play The music, which will be fur nished by the popular campus play ers. Leo Beck and his ton-piece band, has been augmented to four teen pieces and will feature "Red" Krause, popular accordian soloist. Two pianos will be used throughout, the evening and new musical hits will feature the program. Starting at 10 o'clock, thirty min utes before the grand march, KFAB will hook up Iheir broadcasting sta tion with the Coliseum and broad cast the remainder of the evening's program. The presentation of the Honorary Colonel, the grand march and the dance numbers until the end of the formal, will go out over KFAB to the listeners in the state. Throughout the evening several of the cadet officers and guests will appear before the microphone for short talks. The presentation cere mony of the new Honorary Colonel will also be photographed for the news reels of the country. Four Cameras Take Pictures Cadet Captain Rowan Miller, pub licity manager for the Military Ball and advertising manager oi" tho Lincoln theater, will have four cameras on hand for the presenta tion ceremony of the new Honorary Colonel and the grand march. Ini- Cuntlnurd on Vac" 3. u. ofMm TO Five Students Will Enter Amateur Union Meet December 14 Five representative.! of the Uni versity are entered in the Nebraska Amateur Athletic Union tourna ment bciDg held in Omaha next week end. Rudolph VogeJer, boxing instruc tor, announces the following en tries: Merrill Smith, Shenandoah. Iowa, and Robert Kinoshita, Hono lulu, Hawaii, 118 pounds; Harold Ostran, Lincoln, 126 pounds; Harry Dlngman, Lincoln, 120 pounds; Curtis Poet, Lincoln. 147 pounds. The tourney in Omaha will be held In the Elks club and is more or less of a preliminary lo the Ju nior A. A. U. championships which will be held in January, aid tho Senior A. A. U. championships, which will be held in March or April. The University contingent, ac companied by Mr. Vogtler, will Journey to Omaha early next Fri day for the weighing-in proceed ings at 1 o'clock. Sturdevant Is Scheduled To Address Convocation Dr. R. E. Sturdevant, of the op erative dentistry department of the College of Dentistry, will address the convocation of the Nebraska State Teachers college at Kearney on December 14. He will speak on the care of the teeth. in Sicily Is Old Collins Over Radio island of Sicily, though only about one-eighth the size of Nebraska, has about three times the popula tion of our stato. Its corn fields, vineyards, and famous orange groves are found in one of the most fertile regions in the world. The Sicilian goes back into the danger rone, Just as the southern farmers in our own country went back to the land flooded by the Mississippi, because It is his home and he has no other place t go and because the land is so rich that it repays cultivation in spite of the occa sional disasters." Collins stated that it was noi necessary to co to foreign places nnOnnrd on Tare !. FRIDAY EVENING