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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.