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I THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 11 190S. IN FAR AWAY SWITZERLAND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM AMERICA SWITZERLAND cannot understand the wild excitement that now at tends In this country the selection of a President. "Waaf all the fuss about" is the at titude of the burghers, who make up the citizenship of the world's oldest pure democracy. Visitors to this country from the land of beautiful scenery frankly admit their complete astonishment at the parades, the red light, the brass bands, the care ful system of organization, the money spent, the bitter partisanship and the charges of opposed newspapers and op posed candidates. To Switzerland the selection of a President is a matter of little moment. The republic la so well organised, and the rights of the people are so clearly defined that It matters little who may for a time hsppen to wield the office of Chief Magistrate. In fact contrary k the President of the United States who Is vested with a power almost as complete as that of the Czar of Russia or the Emperor of Germany, the President of Switzerland is as Impotent to sway the affairs of his country as would be a young Con gressman in his first term, who defying the ail powerful eye of speaker Cannon, would dare to formulate some policy. Comparlnlg the power of the two. It Is not surprising that much more fuss is made over the picking of a Chief Executive for Uncle 8am. There never is a time, for Instance, when the chief of this republic is not surrounded by evidences of his rank. No matter how deficient he may be In ability or In popularity, there is ever around the signs that he is possessed of far more power than that wielded by king, and yet the manner of living Is comparatively simple Were it not for the wishes of his wife, and the terrible warnings established by the cases of Lincoln, Oarfield and McKlnley. President Roosevelt would never have consented to the constant attendance of the Secret Service men. He has always found the idea of being attended and watched irksome to a de .gree, and in his dally drives and rides bas always experienced a strong temp tation to escape them. Tha President of France has a. much more ostentatious manner of living. In faot, he has all the outward show of rank. Ha lives in a palace, and sev eral other palaces are at his disposal. He has a hunting lodge, he entertains kings and princes, and the state cheer fully pays the bills for all this splendor without complaint. His gates are bril liant with officials in gold lace, and he Is escorted hither and thither by gaily dressed soldiers, so that his passing looks like the coming of a ruler. He has all kinds of oourt dress, and there are many ceremonies, which must be borne before an audlenoe with him can be obtained. Tet when It comes to an exact esti mate o power, the President of France is a nonentity, compared to the same official In the United States. Fallleres does not wield one-tenth the power that will be Taff s or Bry an's after next March 4. The President of Franca could thun der away all he wanted about financial conditions, and make threats against 4 Grand Army Mia By Harvey J. O'HItr sins. and fonndM on the play of that name. Illustrated. Price, Si SO. The Cen tury Company, New York City. fweet and fragrant, liko crushed rose leaves! rlnce we laat saw him acting In this city and enjoyed his portrayal of "The Auctioneer," Portland people at least If they never went East have only heard of David Warfleld, actor, by repute, and the wonderful success he has met with In New York and else where in presenting two notable plays, -A Grand Army Man" .and "The Music Master." Mr. Warfleld ta what is called an "lads-pendent" in the language of if" So man is- born into the world whose work I Is not bom with hint. There is always work, ll And tool to work witJuil, for those who will; ji SAnd blessed are the horn if hands qfjtoil." J ( '-.-?. :.-.'' l . ' F -ni- m r iWif-ftmiWi iWii-i-tirii) mi : X I -' ' ' f.vrf: W 4 F -nr-. " ; z ' - i i - r-r VX - ' s I t. , ' ' " ""-; " ' ... - ' : S ,& -Bft S, (VUjkg TTV ROBERT r. GFSAIXIBEIZO. nhL . "OWE vVlml2crJWw I . i HPy - " life "rcf ) . r 1 I - V- i , wr'f II , - . i, 1 VI THE PPE3ENT I MKKET ST. ONE OF THE the vested Interests, and the matter would hardly be given passing atten tion. But when in tha United States a President gives utterance on financial Issues, it means either a boom or a panio, so sensitive Is capital to the views of Us all-powerful Chief Magis tral. But the President of Switzerland Is entirely different from both of these executives. He lives with all the sim plicity of a plain citizen, and his pow ers are little more. He has neither. the show nor the substance, and he lives out his term without attracting more attention from the nation at large, than would the Mayor of some second-class American city chain the attention of the public at large. To understand this condition It is necessary to go back a little. the stage, aud bscausa he wouldn't bow the knee to the gods of the theatrical trust the members of tho latter ootopus have found it "Inconvenient" to house him in any theater they control in this city. That is why Portland and Mr. 'War fleld are strangers at the present time. We only know him now from what we read in the newspapers. But here la a chance to know Mr. Warfleld In print, and to drink from the well of Insplray tion he created In the play. "A Grand Army Man." The book now bei-ig re viewed is written in the form of a novel, end Is founded on the play by David Belasco, Paulino Phelps and ' .,.."-- l 1 rjfiSf f"J? ? - f ! fPfw f tew ' f"f .-ijes I T'lOTUHOQUS When the rebellions of the Swiss cantons brought freedom from Austria, a scheme of government was devised by which It should be possible at all times -for the people to register their will, and have it enacted into law. The population of tha whole coun try la still somewhat less than four millions, and the various points are more or less isolated by the mountain ous chains that split the country Into cantons. The result of this has been to split the country into communities, each valley being intrusted with the management of its own affairs, and the passing of such laws as may have been needed. The cantons are divided Into two classes, absolute democracies and rep resentative democracies. In the form er the laws are passed each year by the entire male population, which as sembles, often In the open air, and Marlon Short. The Illustrations are by Martin Ju8tlce. The tale Is about Wes' or Wesley Blgelow, stage driver and Union Army veteran, and the love he bears for his erring foster -on, Robert Ballard; and also for. the love Miss Hallie Andrews bears for the absent Robert, while the latter Is "doing time" In an Indiana penitentiary for misappropriating $1000.47 of Ck A. R. funds. The play Is said to have moved audiences to tears, because of Its moving pathos, and the story Is fashioned along the same lines. The figures In it are those of homely lolkfl, but they are the common people whom Abraham Lincoln loved. Do you recall that Lincoln Intimated that God so loved the common people that he made a lot of themT Well, the types that Lincoln must have loved dwell within the covers of this book; men who gave their blood that this Nation might continue as one; grizzled, daunt less veterans and good citizens such as we reverently associate with G. A. R. camps. The story has not lost in the retelling, but. thanks to Mr. O'Higglns' ' literary skill, will find and delight larger circle of admirers than the walls of theaters could hold Most of the tale Is related by Wes' Blgelow, bachelon, who lived with his elderly housekeeper, Letitia, "a mild, little woman, full of the bustling solio- ltude that is the motherllness of an old maid. There was still a sort of belated coquetry in her old-fashioned curls." The action opens with a New Tear's day scene, In which Wes' Blgelow brings home to dinner a commercial traveler named Smiffen. Says Wes': "Been a tieup down the railroad some'ers. Couldn't let him go to Tate's fer New Year's dinner, eh? He'a from Terry Hu'te." It soon, dawns on the reader that Smiffen is brought into the book in order that Wes' Blgelow may tell him and the reader the tragedy of Rob ert Ballard's life. As a youth, Robert loved pretty Hal lie Andrews, daughter of Judge An drews, the Poo-Bah of the town. The Judge wished his daughter to marry Mr. Wellman. a lawyer, and disliked Robert principally because the latter hadn't much. If any, ready caih. The girl liked Robert, and a pretty story of boy-and-girl love follows. Robert really wa the son of one of BigeloWs comrades in the Civil War, a veteran who was killed in battle. His wife died soon afterward from the shock. Wes' bad loved her when she was a girl, but had retired in favor of Ballard. A crash comes into the peaceful lives of the Blgelow family, when Wes sends Robert with 11000.47 of G. A. K. funds to deposit In Wapahoe City bank. Rob ert starts on his bicycle, carrying that precious money that had been saved up to help build a new Q. A. R. hall. Sim ple soul! Robb "met a man that he used to know when he was at the busi ness college, and thla man showed him how he could make $5000 by investing the $1000. , . . Robb was expect ing a letter with the profits any min ute. Which wa to say. Innocent Robb bad been Inveigled Into giving a sharp er the money, and the sharper fled to parts unknown. Judge Andrews discovered that Robb had not deposited the money in bank tp the credit of the G. A. R. oorps, and instituted criminal proceedings, by which poor Robb was sentenced to erve one year in the penitentiary. The Judge's personal animus against Robb was so clearly shown that his daugh ter left him. Miss Andrews continues faithful to her lover, and a tear-time follows. Wes" BigeloWs heart is near ly broken, poor old war horse! Then sunshine' enters. Robert sud denly receives pardon for his mistake, and returns home a free man. G. A. R. plctures are painted with fidelity, skill and quiet humor. But it is time to draw the curtain. Lights out. Holy Orders, by Marie Coretli. Frederick A. Etokes Co. New York City. Marie Corelll Is shrewd enough to be a Emart advertiser, a service which she generally manages to obtain "without spending any of her own money. She Is 13 ;; ? V" ir""'Lti Villi- I MrXTi s i passes such regulations as It deems fit. In the cantons that have repre- therefore, "cute." Her favorite method is to write a daring, from-the-gutter novel of several degrees of nastlness. In which she liberally abuses newspapers and especially newspaper reporters and photographers. Vitriolic reviews from the said newspapers Is the result. Then Miss Corel 1 1 drops guarded, coy hint that she very much objects to see her picture In print, and immediately daring artists almost break their necks trying to secure any old picture of her. In the meantime the dear public is getting curious, and says: "What s all this accusation and blame about, any way? Miss Corelll is evidently a mar tyr. What do you say the price of her novel Is?" And merrily the sale begin to the enhancement of Miss CorelU's bank account. Then she writes another vitriolic novel, and more furious reviews of the same are published. Same result. Ditto for Miss CorelU's purse. So the game goes on. I am of the deliberate opinion that If reviewers would cease "roasting" Miss Corelli, and Instead tell the public what cheap stuff la in most of her novels. Miss Corelll would speedily develop a chast ened spirit. "Holy Orders'' should have had as a title "Holy Terrors." Although written with undeniable ability and cleverness and possessing an Interest that is strong to the end, the novel Is like a bad dream. It Is morbid, neurotic and reels from one horror to another. It is a ter rific arraignment of the liquor evil and "yellow" newspapers of England. Yet it cannot be accepted as a brilliant pre sentation of temperance in food, drink and living, as shown by Zola, Mra. Henry Wood In a famous English temperance tale, and the late Rev. David MacRae, of Scotland, In a story of moving pathos, "Little Llx." Yet Miss CorelU's following and It Is undeniably strong- will take "Holy Orders" to their hearts and again haU its writer as "the un crowned poet of the masses." The moving spirit of "Holy Orders" is Rev. Richard Everton, rector of the Episcopal church and parish of Shad brook. England, the time depicted no doubt being that of today. Shadbrook Is steeped tn drunkenness, principally due to . the proximity of the brewery of Mtncnln & Co., who kept the people sup plied with "the direst poison in the shape of beer that ever went down the throats of poor laboring men. Mlnehln was a persistent church-goer, and pub licly proclaimed teetotaler. That is to ay, he drank nothing but water, and gave his friends nothing but water, while he made his money out of the working man's drunkenness or let us say, the working man's delirium, brought on by the consumption of his manufac tured poison." . Mrs. Everton. wife of the rector, is a sort of angelic person, a doll baby who would have admirably fitted in with a garden of flowers, and who wss out of sympathy with the wretched social con ditions around her. She disliked visit ing the poor, and frankly admitted that she wasn't "cut out" for a clergyman's wife. Dan Kleman Is the boss drunkard of the village, a man of Immense physique and strength, but who was a sort of walking brewery. At the outset we are introduced to him beating his wife, and in defense he snivels: "Drunk? 0"course I'm drunk. What else should I be? Drunk an' 'appy In It." "Has he hurt his wife? was asked. "She's In there," said Kiernan, "She's ad a good 'un this time." At that moment Dan Klernan's wife opened her eyes, and her poor, livid lips twitched into a little smile. "Don't you worrit, Dan," she said, faintly, "I know you didn't mean It it was Just the drink that drove you to it only the drink, for you're the best . an'i finest husband ever woman 'ad when ye'er sober." Jacynth Miller Is pictured as a young woman of wonderful beauty, but of bad reputation. Her belief was that she had only to whistle and lo! all men witn ln sound of that whistle would forget all good and be her slaves. "Poor devil." repeats Jacynth, half aloud, with reference to the rector she ' III I 11 II ill (L-JktiiJZlJ-S' A sentative government the lawmaking I power is intrusted to citizens selected wished he would love her. "He wants me to be good and to make me good, too! And he's only a man. Every man Is Just the same wherever a woman's concerned strong or weak, plain or handsome, married or single they're all the same fool quality." Sebastien Douay is a Catholic priest exiled from France by tho rigorous 1 church law of the government, and Is one of the few healthy, wholesome per sons In the story. "The woman is always the mischief. says Douay. "Imagine! If there had been no woman In the case this good England would still have- been Catho- lique! But the nation ran away from the Pope, all because the so-affectlonata Henry VIII fell in love with pretty Anne Boleyn. So much will hang on a lit tle thread. No Anne Boleyn, no church Protestant.". "A woman Is at the core of every great reform in the world of men," In sists Everton. "They conquer in the end. You pay, 'No Anne Boleyn, no church Protestant,' My thoughts go further. and I say with all reverence, "No Virgin Mary, no Christ!' " Dan Kiernan, drunkard, becomes. Ja- cynth's lover, and they sin. Mrs. Ev erton, the gossip-wife of the rector, tells Mrs. Kiernan of Dan's perfidy, and Mrs. Kiernan dies, presumably of a broken heart. Jacynth elopes with an actor, and In revenge for having talked of him to Mrs. Kiernan, Dan shoots and kills Mrs. Everton. The murder scene is awe-compelling In its realism. Ja cynth goes on the stage as a professional beauty and marries an elderly Hebrew nilUonaire. In running from Justice Kiernan faUs asleep on the highway and Is run over and killed by the wheels of Jacynth' i auto car. Jacynth, now the rich Mrs. Norsteln, uses her wealth to "boom" Rev. Mr. Everton as a great pulpit orator, and the inference is given that to accom plish this she "buys" several newspa pers. She' also says that "no author, artist or actor is highly praised or rec ommended .unless through some sort of "pay" or private influence." Mrs. Nord steln's end is sensational. Everton is the apostle against the in temperate use of liquor, but he isn't a Father Matthew, rather a Peter the Hermit. Latterly he is very "preachy" and several pages are devoted to his sermons, . which can scarcely be de scribed as containing eloquent language. Miss Corelll ultimately, makes two fa tal blunders. She displays a marked de lire to abuse Jews, and to enunciate the doctrine that love doesn't exist In mar riage. Sour grapes? The little Brown Brother, by Stanley Portal Hyatt. S1.BO. Henry Holt Co New York City. ' Mr. Hyatt writes in the graphic style of a trained reporter, and certainly his novel of love and war in the PhUippines de scribing the period of the last FUiplno re volt. Is one of the big, original stories of the year. It is a remarkable searchlight on what is known here on the Pacific Coast as "the islands." The author, an Englishman, went out there as a war correspondent and fought side by side with the American troops. His brother lost his life in that campaign. Our author has rigid views on the color question, and confesses that be has little sympathy with the educated Oriental. "I deny absolutely his claim to speak on be- nalf of the voiceless millions of his fel- low-oountrymen; his ways are not thetr ways, his ideals not their Ideals. . . The first needs of the Asiatic peasant are food and peace, and the first nation which in sures him these has Indeed done a great work." Western Railway and TLocging Railroad Di rectory. $2.50. Compiled and published by The Timberman (George M. Cornwall), . Portland. s Thoroughly revised and with much new matter added, the 1908 edition of the Western Railway and Logging Railroad Directory embracing Oregon, Washing ton, California, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Arizona. New Mexico, Alaska, Sandwich and Philippine Islands and British Columbia will be found com plete and dependable in every particular. It rakes just sucn a valuable and com pactly-arranged book to keep one in formed of the tremendous amount of rail i much after the manner of our city I councils. road lines In the territory named. Atten tion Is at once drawn to the conveniently arranged Serlbner log scale and Columbia River log scale, an exhibit of remarkable industry. The tables of the logging railroads give the name of the road, camp location, miles of track, gauge, loco, geared, loco, direct, eets of trucks, flatcars. log engine and daily average output In feet. Among oth er departments are sections devoted to such topics as fire-laws, log scales, tow age rates, capacity of . drujis for wire rope, estimated cost of tracK, etc. Gov ernment land measures, gross tons of rail per mile, laying switches, measurements, timber tests, wire rope, holding force of railroad spikes in wooden ties, cruisers' estimate sheet, etc. The book la also "fat" with representa tive advertising, and the press-work is neat and business-like. It specially inter ests all sawmill, logging and timber own ers. And it's from Portland! The Car and the "Lady, by Grace S. Mason and Percy F. Magergel. The Baker & Taylor Co.. New York City. The tale of an auto race from New York City to Portland, Or., and it fairly brims over with Interest. It is a mixture of grit, honk-honk and love-making. The two principal characters in the story are master chauffeurs of great ability, Jerry Fleming and an Italian named Vannuc cinl, who are both In love with Miss Betty Albright. Eleming makes this challenge to Vannucclni: "I wUl stake my interest in our new factory against $26,000 on the outcome of a trial between your Suyerba and my Nero, the route to be from New York to Portland, Or." So the race of about 4000 miles started for love and money. The telling Is as exciting as the crack of a whip. Jerry makes use of a sharp trick Just before Portland Is reached to cause the Italian's car to sink in a swamp, and is an easy winner. A Lord of Lands, by R&meey Benson. $1.50. Henry Holt Co., New York City. Michael Fitzgerald, Irishman, with a German wife and five small children, tells his life story that of a railroad switch man whose Income was $50 per month and finds difficulty in making ends meet. He wants "back to the land," and the Fltz- gerald3 move to the Northwest, where they begin ranch life. In nine years they pay off -ail their debts, and own the land they till. The story Is told In . honest, plain fashion, with a homely ring to it. The opinion is expressed that a race of German-Irish people is ideal. Three Years Behind the Guns, by L. G. T. Illustrated. $1.50. The Century Co., New York City. The young man who writes this Intimate record of life aboard an American man-o'-war ran away from his home in San Francisco and enlisted Just in time to cross the Pacific with Dewey and share as a gun-pointer in the battle of Manila Bay a glorious page of our history which will never grow old. The book is stated to be "the chronicles of a diddy-box," but it Is more than that. For stirring word pictures of the sea in calm or storm, it is juet as good reading as Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast." And that is go ing some. Illustrations and photographs are very good. Further Experience of an Irish B- M., by E. O. K. Somervllle and Martin Rosa Il lustrated. JLousrcans, Green & Co., New York City. I don't think that we can display in this country the same types of people portrayed within the covers of this novel, for it is imported goods. -It re lates the laughable experiences of a deputy master of foxhounds In Ireland, and the telling Is marked by brogue, wit and smile. The horse-talk alone is worth reading. Canadian Types of the Old Regime, by Pro fsflor Charles v.". Colby. Illustrated. $2.75. Henry Holt &-CO., New York City. Professor Charles W. Colby is head of the department of history In McGill Uni versity. Montreal, and in presenting these studies of the old Canada of 1608-1698, when France ruled and England's star had not yet arisen to brilliancy .In that region, he has made an able contribution to serious literature, and, in writing in an attractive, popular style, ha has nut The result of this system Is to per mit the greatest latitude of local gov ernment seen anywhere In the world. What is permitted in one canton is a ' crime in another, and the entire range i of legislative Ideas is to- be found in ; the varied rules under which the Swiss live. But the founders of the country early knew that no matter how great latitude they might permit themselves tn the regulation of local matters. ' they must present a united front to the world in matters of National policy. Therefore. In 1874. the present con stitution was declared. Its makers were Jealous lest too much power be given to the Chief Ex excutive. They had seen the case of Louis Napoleon less than 2B years be fore, the elected President of the French Deonle. throwing oft the mask of democracy and declaring himself Emperor. They wished to build not only so that nothing like this could; v.r- hanneiL but so that the President1 I should be only the representative of! the National power, not tha substance' I of it Hence the control of the Army, thel conduct of . foreign affairs, settlement j of disputes between the cantons and. the management of police and post of- : flee were handed over to the National I assembly absolutely, the President be-i ing permitted no power whatever. , The President Is chosen for one year. only, and cannot be re-elected. Ili lives In his own house, and receives from the state an income of $2600 per year. He has little to do. He does not need to maintain an expensive house- f hold, for there are virtually no state , entertainments, the simple-minded! i Swiss bolng againBt all pretensions or! display. Ha rubs elbows with his fel-! lows precisely as he did before he was1 Inducted into office. When he retires' bis successor la usually the man who has held the place of Vice-President of the Federal Council. This succession Is almost automatic The choice Is not made by the popular vote of the people. There is no norm-; nating convention, no Jockeying for the place, no excitements, ho parades, ' no newspaper fights. The Federal Assembly does the vot ing, and the succession is so nearly; automatic that it is not uncommon for: tha choice of the governing to have! virtually all of the votes. For instance,! Dr. Ernst 3renner, the present lncum-'' bent of the office, had all but six of! the 192 votes, and when he retires' from office on the first of the-year, his! successor will probably get the same1 I proportion. Dr. Brenner Is a lawyer of reputa tion, but during his time In the office: he has had little opportunity to add i to his fame- Perhaps tho only pomp which the Swiss have permitted to themselves is; pride over their beautiful National' Parliament house at Berne, where the two legislative bodies sit. The Swiss hold their way so much I better than the American system that1 they insist on calling their govern ment the world's only true democracy.: Of course the far greater size, and population of the United States would here bar such a system even if Ameri cans aspired to It. cheapened the subject his pages are ever dignified, and bear the stamp of wide' reading and research. The main subjects discussed are: The: historical background of New France; the explorer, Cliamplain; the missionary, Brebeuf, the colonist Hebert; the soldier: D'Iberville; the courier de bols, Du Ghent;! the intendant. Talon: the bishop, Laval;1 the Governor, Frontenac, and the woman., The estimate given of the early Jesuit missionaries is in admirable taste. J. M. QUENTIN. tX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP. Edward Peple's novel, "The Spitfire." will' be published In book form in asbestos cover, it is understood, Immediately. The picture on this book page Is taken: from Robert W. Chambers' new novel, "The' Firing Line," reviewed in Tho Oregonlaa eptember 6. . . The second volume of Professor Edward , Channlng's "History of the I'nlted states." covering the century from 1600 to 1730, is announced. For the third eonseeutive month that is, ever since the date of publication "Mr. Crewe'p Career" la recorded as the bept . selling book In America this season. Well done for Mr. Churchill. - New volumes In PuffieM & Co.'s Shake speare Library Include "Sources and Anal ogies of 'A Midsummer Nlght'a Dream'," by Frank Bldgwlck; "Much Ado About Noth ing," in Dr. Furnlvall's Old Spelling Shake speare, founded on the quartos and folios, and "Cymbeline" and "As You Like It," in the Lamb Shakespeare for the Young. Do you ever feel awed at the profundity or disturbed at the levity of up-to-date con-, versatlon ? If so, there's a remedy. As- umlng that .you ere a man, light a good 1 cigar, or If you don't smoke, chew some thing say the cud of your reflection and hie to your room, losing yourself In l lie book Inheritance left to all who love them by such writers as Shakespeare, Dickons, Bacon. Hawthorne and one or two othen well known. SEW BOOKS RECEIVED. Elements of Physics, by Professor Geo. A. Hoadley. $1.20. An Algebra for Second- 1 ary Schools, by Professor E. R. Hedrlck, $L Practical Elementary Algebra, by Pro-! feasor Joseph V. Collins, $1. (American i Book co.i Future of Christian Colleges Continued From Page 4. reason for the existence of their school as separate from other schools is Its Christian character. A separation de facto as well as de jure is probably remots. If the former should come It would matii fectly make the coalescence of two or more Christian schools much less difficult. Who will say that the result would be detrimental to .the youth of Oregon ? Prominent among the dangers to which the Christian colleges of Oregon are sub ject is that of ultra-conservatism. In some cases the policy of a school is con trolled by persons who have scarcely been near a really great center of learning for some decades and who have not kept in close touch with the trend of higher edu cation. "We have always done it so." Is the sole answer which suggestions for re form receive In some such cases even though the suggestion comes from oni well qualified to make It. A few years ago there was. employed In the office of the registrar of the University of Illinois a young student who had grown up In the great department store of Carson,' iPirie. Scott & Co.. In Chicago. The young roan instantly saw that the meth ods tn use in the office were obsolete. JTe quietly suggested changes which the el derly registrar had the good sense -to adopt. I well remember how severely a professor In the University of Pennsyl vania arraigned the work of a certain school because of the use of an antiquated text-book. The future task of the Christian col leges of Oregon is a difficult one.. It ought to Inspire to vigor rather, than to com placent inaction. Pacific University, Forest Grove, Or.
