THE SUNDAY OT?EGOXTAX. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 28, 1919.
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CELEBRATION IN EGYPT MARKS 50TH YEAR
SINCE COMPLETION OF GREAT SUEZ CANAL
Ships in Harbor Decked in Bunting and Illuminated by Thousands of Lights Throngs Participate in Noisy
Cannonading and Fireworks Project Begun Long Ago.
; out his new system or close fighting.
He discovered the principle that the
deadliest and surest airplane fighting
big guns useless before the armistice
came.
1 prepared the plans they asked
Is at close range with a faster ma-1 me for finding that we could make
chine than your opponent's, ft took use of old engines that were not re
' the allies a long time to solve Im- liable for fighting planes. All we
'melmann's system, but they got It at j asked of an engine was that It should
last, and became as good as Immel- ' fly for about four hours at the most.
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Al Close Up of y-Jtif Conaf JYeaz- rJir -4c2n2X p-m
h :
k m-. i , j
maun himself at It.
"Something new was coming up In
Germany In airplane development all
the time the conflict lasted and I be
lieve that If the war had gone on for
several more years we would have
put the artillery out of commission.
We would have made big guns as old
fashioned as spears. It was all the
fault of the army red tape In Berlin
that It was not begun sooner. In 1916
the army authorities asked me If 1
could make a very cheap airplane,
with a very cheap engine capable of
flying about four hours, which could
be steered through the air by wireless
waves. They Intended to load each
one of these airplanes with a huge
bomb, and send them into the air
under the control of one flying man.
who would head them through the sky
by wireless like a flock of sheep. He
would be able to steer them as he
pleased and send them down to earth
In Just exactly the spot he selected.
"The German Idea was that It was
a tremendous waste to send shells
through the air by means of explo
sives. Their Idea was to put all their
explosives Into the shells and then
move the shells to their destination
by gasoline power. They had really
lost faith In the use of the big guns.
The big Bertha which fired shells 76
miles onto Paris was probably partly
Intended to delude the allies into be
lieving that the Germans were de
veloping their big guns Instead of
preparing to discard them; and If they
fashion targled up In their own red
tape they would have rendered the
Of course, each one of these airplanes
wlthlts engine would be blown up
when the bomb exploded. The whole
thing was not much more expensive
than firing long-range shells, and It
would be far more sure and far more
deadly.
"My plans were accepted by the
authorities and then the war office
made Its great mistake. It decided to
make the airplanes Itself and bungled
along with the manufacture of the
planes for many months; when they
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Average Americans, by Lieutenant-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt- Illustrated. Q. P.
Putnam's Sons, Mew York city.
Apart from the undeniable fact that
our author bears the illustrious name
of Roosevelt a name that would
" me average reader to sit up
had finally turned out a few machines, "-"" iraus.. numan-
Jound that they could not be de- recoro. or me part tne Amer
ican army took In the fighting In
France, has notable Interest because
of the important quality of Its mes
sage. It reflects also the spirit
comradeship and patriotism, possesses
decided humor, and is ever modest In
tone.
Colonel Roosevelt was with the
first American division abroad, fought
In the first battle after America en
tered the conflict, was wounded, ana
recovered in time to march with the
victorious Americans Into Germany.
The book begins with extracts from
they round that they
pended upon. In the summer of 1918,
three months befors the armistice,
they came to me and gave me a huge
order for the wireless-steered air
plane. I was Just ready tu manu
facture them in wholesale quantities
when the end of the war came. The
airplanes would have worked havoc
wherever they were used. It would
have been like shooting huge shells
hundreds of miles with a range that
was absolutely accurate.
My Ideas now In reference to air
plane construction are turned en
tlrely towards pleasure and commer- letters written by Theodore Roosevelt,
clal lines. What would you think of I the elder, and one notable, human en-
an airplane without an engine? I am I try dated July 21, 1918, reads: "It li
sure It is coming and will have many
uses. It costs very little to make a
motorless airplane. Sporting con
tests with such machines would be
very much like coasting contests on
the winter runs in the Alps. An air
coaster could be towed by an air
plane to a height of 600 feet or more
and then be cut loose and come down.
HIGH SCHOOLS OF CITY HAVE
BUSY DAYS BEFORE VACATION
Advent of Holidays Jubilantly Celebrated by Students Graduates
Appear at James John and Jefferson and Give College Advice.
BY LIONEL, M. CLARK.
ON FRIDAY, December 19. the var
ious organizations of the school
were photographed for publication In
the class Issue of the Spectrum. Those
who will have group pictures in the
magazine are: The Usher Corps, Live
Wires, June class. Zetagathlans. PI
Delta Epallon, Fire Squad, Naemphl,
Trl-Elle. Technical club and faculty.
The class Issue will be a large one :
and will be distributed some time In
January.
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On Friday the girls of -the Trl-Elle
club entertained the girls and moth
ers of those outside the club. A de
lightful programme was given and
refreshments were served to the visit
ors. e
The lnterclaas debating teams are
now hard at work preparing for the
semi-final elimination contests to be
held soon. Those who will uphold the
various classes on the platform are
as follows: Fourth term, John Sulli
van, Frank Lacey and Joe Frazler;
fifth term. Leland Chapln and Anita
Davis; sixth term, try-outs have not
been held as yet; seventh termers
tlon: "Resolved: that capital pun
ishment should be reinstated In Ore
gon." was finally debated by two
prominent attorneys of Portland. Tha
Franklin students, who won the de
bate were Hllllard Atkinson and Rob
ert KuhL Miss Sallle Burns of the
faculty coached the team.
FIFTY years have passed since,
with much pomp and ceremony,
that huge ditch, the Suez canal,
was opened and in commemoration of
this important event there was re
cently held In Port Said, Egypt, a
great celebration which centered about
the administration building on the
canal. All the ships In the harbor
were decked with bunting and at
night brilliantly illuminated with
thousands of lights and there was
much cannonading and fireworks. The
streets of the city were thronged with
gay merrymakers who continued the
carnival until a late hour of the night.
In all Egypt It was a great occur
rence. There was good reason for this, the
semi-centennial of the opening of the
canal, being an event well worthy of
commemoration and In this country
we would very likely have heard
much more about it than we have had
It not been for other momentous
events in world affairs which have
attracted recent attention.
Project Began Long; Ago.
Because of our own successful ad
venture in canal building in Panama
undoubtedly there is an especial in
terest to Americans in the Suez canal.
In some particulars the two under
takings were alike, both being great
engineering accomplishments of tre
mendous benefit to world's commerce
and in the beginning regarded by
many as utterly impossible of accom
plishment. Again, in both cases, it
was only by the undying faith of one
man in the feasibility of the under
taking, a faith which prevailed in the
face of tremendous difficulties, that
each canal was finally brought to a
successful conclusion. M. De Lesseps,
a distinguished French engineer, was
the man. He constructed the Suez
canal and it was he who also drew
the first plans of the Panama canal,
started the work and in all prob
ability, it is now believed, would
have carried It to a successful con
clusion if he had not been obliged
to stop work In the comparatively
early stages of the undertaking be
cause of a lack of funds. But he went
far enough to prove to the world that
the huge Job, which Uncle Sam fin
ished a few years ago so satisfac
torily, could be done.
The plan of connecting the Mediter
ranean and the Red sea may be said
to date back to the eighth century,
as it Is recorded that at that early
period Haraun-al-Raschld conceived
the idea, but he was unable to carry the
scheme through because lacking the
proper equipment. After Raschld's
feeble attempt failed nothing further
was done towards building the big
ditch until Napoleon Bonaparte ar
rived in Egypt when, in 1789. he be
came deeply Interested in the project,
seeing the tremendous military value
of the canal, and the great savins In
time to navigation it would mean. The
only way, at that time, to get from
the Mediterranean to the Red sea by
water was by a long circuitous trip
down the wile.
Napoleon ordered the isthmus to be
surveyed as a preliminary to digging
a canal and J. M. Depere, a distin
guished engineer of the period, was
appointed to undertake the job. But
the time was not ripe, or rather en
gineering science had not progressed
far enough, to assure the success of
such an enormous undertaking and
after M. Lepere had looked the
Isthmus over he reported that the
considerable difference in the level
of the ground made it quite Impos
sible for him to undertake the dig
ging of the canal with any hope of
success. Napoleon was greatly disap
pointed, but there seemed nothing
to do but abandon the undertaking.
So it slumbered again for many years.
In 1864, M. De Lesseps who had, as
a member of the French diplomatic
service in Egypt, plenty of oppor
tunity to look the canal project over
carefully concluded, after some years
of study, that it was possible to con
struct the ditch and he obtained from
Said Pasha a concession for building
. .ship canal from Tyneh, near the
rums of ancient Peluslum, to Suez,
he having decided that the canal
should be In a direct line from Suez
to the gulf of Peluslum. This plan
was finally carried out, the company
also running a fresh water canal
for the purpose of supplying the pop
ulation at various points on the line
with drinking water.
Scheme la Ridiculed.
From the start M. De Lesseps met
with all kinds of objections and dif
ficulties. The English government
laughed at his scheme, stating that
they considered the canal a physical
Impossibility. Back of this there Is
not the slightest question of doubt
that the British n ere not so sure that
the canal was Impossible as they were
that they did not wish it built, fear
ing that It might Interfere with their
rule of the seas besides giving the
French a commercial advantage In
the east.
France, on the other hand, was not
slow in appreciating the possibilities
of the opportunity and in co-operation
with the Ottoman empire financed the
project, England. Russia, Austria and
the United States standing aloof.
On November 16, 1869, Ju3t 50 years
ago, De Lesseps was rewarded for his
tremendous labors by seeing the canal
complete and opened. It had taken
just ten years to finish the Job at
a cost of about $85,000,000.
The opening of the canal was a
most Imposing event. The harbor of
Port Said was crowded with vessels,
chiefly French, Italian and Austrian,
while outside were anchored five
British men-of-war, the English gov
ernment having decided at the last
moment that it was not to be kept
out.
At 8 o'clock on the afternoon of
December 16, a benediction was pro
nounced by the Uleman of the Mus
sulman religion, by the Coptic, Roman
Alumni Conduct Assembly
at James John
Graduates Tell of College Life and
Experiences Public Speaking;
Class elves Programme.
BY CHARLOTTE JONES.
M1S3 ALICE GILSTRAP, an alum
nus of 1918, addressed the Eng-llsh-8
students on the general sub
ject of college life and work. Miss
Gllstrap is now a sophomore at O. A.
C, and her views, as expressed Mon
day, were most interesting and worth
while.
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In assembly Thursday, December
18, Mr. Boyer led In the singing of
such appropriate songs as "Seeing
-Nelly Home," "Tingle Bells" and
Harry Arnold, Jack Hendricks and Christmas carols. It was announced
Gibson Bowles The try-outs were tho 8tudent body party wa( tQ be
held In room 16, December ZZ. M.T. ,10tnond nwino- tr.
Karnopp supervised all o the try- , .tuning from the woatner. Mr Getz
outs and made the selections of can- then exrjlalned th. .tar- tm,
didates. The debate, which will be visible on clear mornings and told
given on me scuuui ymiiuiui , wny the world did not come to an end
time In January, will be upon the
question, "Resolved, that capital pun
ishment should be re-established in
the state of Oregon."
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On Monday, a great many former
Jeffersonians visited the school and
(-afiinii snH r.pc.ii rim. & Tinvilion I renewed old acquaintanceship Stu-
had been erected on the seashore, near dents from practically every college
and university in the nortnwesi ana
Port Said, for the purpose, the front
of which was lined with Egyptian
troops.
Other pavilions were erected for the
khedlve and his royal guests, and as
they were about a quarter of a mile
away from the landing stage, quite a
procession was formed. The heir ap
parent of Egypt led the way with
the princess of Holland, the Empress
Eugenie on the arm of the emperor
of Austria, the Khedive Ismail and
the crown prince of Prussia walking
on each side, the Grand Duke Michael
of Russia, the prince of Holland, the
Archduke Victor, brother of the em
peror of Austria, the Princess Au
gustus of Sweden, Amadeus of Savoy
and Louis of Hesse, following with
a brilliant staff of French, Austrian,
Italian and Egyptian officers, amongst
whom walked Monsieur Ds Lesseps
and Colonel Staunton, the British
consul-general and many other no
table people.
FOKKER PREDICTS PLANE
TO RUN WITHOUT ENGINE
Hollander, Famed for Work for Germans in Construction of Aircraft
During War, Declares Sole Interest Was Financial.
DURING the war !n those black
days when for a time the Ger
mans had the mastery of the air
Fokker, in connection with airplanes,
was a name we used to see constantly
in the communiques and news dis
patches from special correspondents
at the front. To all of us It was only
a name, but a gloomy one, to which
was added that of f rightfulness. Most
Americans had not the slightest Idea
if It represented the title of a firm
or of an individual, or was simply a
cognomen the Germans thought of
to designate their machines.
Recently, however, the Germans
have again thrown the name of Fok
ker in the limelight by an act which,
on the surface at least, seems to be
one of the basest ingratitude. We
learn that Fokker is an Individual;
H. G. Fokker is his full name. He
Is a smooth-faced, clean-appearing
young man, if not still in his 20s. cer
tanly not long past them, and more
surprising tnan all. not a German, but
a Hollanaer a neutral who. during
the war, was, according to his earliest
protestations, never antl-aliy.
The incident which brought Fokker
into the news was the announcement
that he had arrived in Amsterdam a
fugitive from Germany because the
government had placed a tax of 14,
251,000 marks on his property, which
he had, refused to pay. and when
threatened had fled over the border
to his home city. When the Germans
heard of this they were so angry they
confiscated all his property, worth
many millions of dollars.
Thus the man who was responsible
for the great success In the air of
the German machines, and who In re
turn made millions out of Germany
during the conflict, has now lost
practically everything. His former
patrons apparently being unwilling to
permit him to enjoy the proceeds of
his labor, have taken it all back.
No wonder Fokker says he Is now
through with Germany, and as Hoi
explained. "1 was matting airplanes
Derore the war brotcn out. and when
the Germans asked me to make some
for them I could only agree to do so.
It was purely a financial matter. I
find that all the English flying men
being good sportsmen, seem to realize
this, and they don't hold any grudge
against me for manufacturing planes
for the Germans, but the Frenchmen
they will never forgive me. I fear.
They don't like my name, my ma
chines brought down too many of
their aviators." Referring to his
present troubles with Germany. Fok
ker said: "When I was useful to the
Teutons nothing was too good for me,
and I made lots and lots of money for
a time, but with the end of the war
I could not make any more airplanes
in Germany under the peace treaty
arrangements. So when the Germans
thought they were through with me
they put an enormous tax on my fac
tories, and when I refused to be bled
in this way, they simply confiscated
my holdings. Easy for the Germans,
but hard on me."
When Fokker was asked why his
machines were better, at least in the
early part of the war, than those of
the allies, he said: "Well. It seems to
me that the allies permitted the'Teu-
tons to do all the pioneering in air
fighting. They let Germany set the
pace In the line for a time, but Ger
many was whipped in the air in the
summer of 1918. That was one big
reason why the Teuton army had to
quit. I had built 5000 airplanes for
the Germans to use In the spring
drive, but the allies had five to our
one. I think the Germans los the
war in the air. Every day the Amer
icans were delivering hundreds of
machines, and we had reached the
limit of production. The American
supply was unlimited and the kaiser
and his army leaders knew It.
"When the war broke out the war
office gave nfe carte blanche to spend
money. I Invented the system of
shooting through the propeller and
that gave the Germans a tremendous
advantage over the allies until the I
southwest came back and boostea
their particular school to the Jeffer
sonians. A general assembly was
held for the purpose of awarding the
letters to the football men and sev
eral of the alumni sat upon the plat
form during the meeting. Letters were
awarded to the following players in
order: Harlan Gram. Tim Colvin. Ray
Weston, Reginald Towsey. Chauncey
Wightman, Jess Digman. Kenneth
Julian, Arthur Sutton, James Lively.
Andersen, Louis Coulter, John Sulli
van, Norman Youman.
After the letters were awarded Mr.
Jenkins called on various members of
the alumni to speak to the student
body concerning the schools which
they are attending and also give their
Impression of Jefferson from a col
lege viewpoint. Myron Reed spoke
for Stanford and urged all Jeffer
sonians to give it careful considera
tion. Henry Kruse gave a short talk
on the University of California and
gave a short history of football In
that institution. Lloyd Carter pre
sented O. A. C. to the student body.
Carter's chum and bosom friend. Bib
Carl gave a talk In which he told of
first going to O. A. C. and then leav
ing hastily for Oregon where he found
everything lovely and peaceful. The
last speaker for a school was How
ard 8myth, who presented Reed col
lege to the Jefferson students. Lowell
Patton an old Jefferson graduate.
now on tne stage. so." - - -
selections on the piano and played
the accompaniment for Hal oung.
who sang two songs The assemb y
which was one of the best yet held
this year, closed with the singing of
"America."
on the 17th.
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Friday morning everyone was sur
prised to see what appeared to be
a new class of freshmen. On closer
Inspection they proved to be merely
BBvenm-ierm girls renewing their
youth by wearing their hair as they
used to do, with hair ribbons old and
hair ribbons new, ribbons of every
conceivable hue.
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Again James John has proved Its
ability to turn out winning material
in essay or poetry contests. A poem
entitled "Santa Claus and the Christ
mas Spirit," written by Sybil Barrett,
won first place in the Greater Port
land association prize contest. An
other James John student. Gladys
Beacham, won ninth place in the con
test. a a a
In the domestic science department
the spirit of the times was shown by
the making of holiday candles. Not
much sugar was used. In fact. Just
enough to glue the fundamental prin
ciples of candy-making. Miss Chollar
stated that candy which they made
for 25 cents sells for 88 cents at the
candy stores.
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Saturday evening the farce, "The
Forward Pass." was given at the
Portland Y. W. C. A. In this repro
duction the acting of Lewis Clark as
Dr. Brown perhaps deserves particu
lar mention. Sue and Adelaide Egg
man sang a duet smd Helen Story
played a piano solo. This was fol
lowed by a reading of Kipling's "If"
by Lewis Clark.
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The sclence-3 classes have lust com
pleted papers on the plant cycle, cov
ering an intensive study of plant life.
The papers cover life in the plant
kingdom, from personal observation
by each student. They are wonder
ing which plant cycle is to be given
to the public for future study In
biology.
Franklin Students Carol as
Vacation Arrives.
Class Grimpi Present Jolly Christ
mas Programmes and General
Celebration Is Staged.
So many former James John stu
dents are returning for the holidays
Mr. Fletcher decided to give them an
assembly all their own. On Tuesday
study period was set aside for this
event and It proved to be a well-spent
period. Charles Spackman of Reed
college, president of the alumni asso-
very bitter to me that all of you. the
young, should be facing death, while
sit n ease and safety. Colonel
Roosevelt, the elder, probably would
have died happier bad he passed on
In a battle charge against the Ger
main. But It was not to be.
Our author frankly says In the be
ginning that he and the other Roose
velt boys were not natural athletes.
"but we all put Into it all we had."
Emphasis is placed on one para
graph In which It Is stated. Date 12.
that during President Roosevelt's first
term In that exalted office, he sug
gested that the Swiss system of train
ing would be an advisable one to
adopt In this country.
It is stated that Just before our
military forces were sent overssas
their numbers were augmented "with
raw recruits who had Just volunteered
for service." That remark Is signifi
cant. It shows that the fighting
American divisions that shortly aft
erward defeated the Germans were
composed. In part at least, of "green"
troops.
Our author and his brother Archie
already had won commissions In the
officers' reserve corps, from the rec
ords they had made at Plattsburg.
When the Roosevelt boys heard that
a small expeOitionary force immedi
ately was to be sent overseas, "we
telephoned father at Oyster Bay and
asked him if he could get us attached
to this expeditionary force. He said
he would try." The Roosevelt name
helped, and the two brothers left June
18. 1917, on the liner Chicago for Bor-
dea ux.
Our author was detailed for duty
wlth the 26th infantry.
On page 31 there is this significant
paragraph: "Except for one instance,
I do not believe there is a single male
member of the families of the admin
istration who felt that his duty called
him to be where the fighting was.
a single male member who heard a
gun fired in anger."
When the two Roosevelts reached
Paris and reported to General Per
shing, he asked them what duty they
wished. "We both replied, 'service
with troops." He assigned my brother
at once to the sixteenth Infantry and
ordered me with the advance billet
ing detail to the Goudecourt area,
where our troops were to train."
The company cook of one battalion
where our author was an officer in
herited, while In Europe, about 8600.
000. "It never bothered him from any
standpoint. He still remained cook,
and cooked as well as ever."
In his accounts of the training pe
riod in France and afterward in tne
participation of the twenty-sixth reg
iment in various battles, it is instruc
tive to note the large amount of de
tail Colonel Roosevelt observed and
the list of officers whoEe names he
mentions in the recital. It is a re
markable Instance of the power of the
Roosevelt memory.
The opinion is stated that General
Summerall "was one of the few real
ly gre it troop leaders developed by
us during the war."
In the Soissons sector, the colonel
was wounded, and he mentions the
fact briefly, on page 178. On page
181 we read that the colonel was
"laid up" with a bullet "through the
lee-"
It seems that the Ame
tack at St. Mihlel was so
v,n,iiA tn the Germani
s-ere nractlcally nil (p. lse-
"The resistance was so slight that the
operation partook of the nature oi a
maneuver rather than a battle."
As Colonel Roosevelt's regiment
passed through the battered town of
Lsndrevllle he suddenly, to his de
light, met his brother. Kermlt and
his brother-in-law. Richard Derby, a
surgeon in the second division
After the fighting was safely over
Mrs. Roosevelt met her husband at
the Bols de la Folle. and It Is noted
that he wore rubber boots.
When the colonel reached New York
harbor, he found that his three chil
dren had practically forgotten him.
It Is worth while noting that the
cannon the Americans used, and the
ammunition, were French, and that
the supply of boots In the colonel s
regiment, at least was composed in
part of British boots, up to and In
cluding the march Into Germany
As may be surmised, the book closes
with a sirong, stirring advocacy of
universal training in this country, in
peace, so tnat when war comes next
Ume we shall be prepared.
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SLm ' ft J9Hp
of these poems being old favoritei
I such as, "The Absent-Mlnded Beggar,"
J ; "The Ballad of East and West."
J "Fuzzy-Wuzzy," "Gunga Din." "Hymn
a I Before Action," "L'Envoi." "The North
Sea Patrol," "Recessional." "The
Widow at Windsor," and others.
This interesting valuable gift vol
ume represents the treasure-poems
that have appeared in Kipling's many
other books and several of the latter
are now out of print. Others of his
newest poems have seen the light in
magazines and newspapers, many of
them being poems of the late war In
Europe.
It is like meeting several old friends
and new ones, under a wide-spread
roor. me typographical appearance
of the book Is excellent.
Press.lllustratlng. N. Y.
Lieutenant - Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., author of "Av
eranje Americans.
craft fot naval operatlona After
that, he was the most outspoken and
persistent advocate of the develop
ment 6f aeronautics In any army and
navy. In fact, we are quite Indebted
to Admiral Flske tor the usefulness
which naval aeronautics has now ac
quired. Admiral Fiske's last duty
was as aid for operations, a position
analogous to that of chief of staff
of the army.
Admiral Flske Is no swlvel-chatr
naval warrior. He served with dis
tinction at the battle of Manila, and
was officially reported for "eminent
and conspicuous conduct" in that
battle.
So decided and Insistent is the tone
of his book, that Its appearance when
read in Washington. D. C may cause
wordy conflict-
The Secret of the Snrceaefnl dee of the
Oulja Board, by Nellie Irene Walters.
and Clatisaa Eugenia Perrtn. - lira. c. K.
Perrtn. 614 Mills building. San Francisco.
There has been much talk lately
about the mysterious little agent
known as the oulja board, through
the operation of which the future
Is said to be foretold.
In this little book of 18 pages, our
authors describe what they call "the
secret of the success of the oulja
board." They also state: "The re
markable and Illuminating data here
in quoted, was received In the pres
ence of three or more persons at aU
times, in the calm isolation of In
terior Alaska. In 1917. by means of
an oulja board."
The Hoaae of the Good Neighbor, by Es
ther Pohl Lovejoy. The Macmlllan Co.,
Naw York City.
Dr. Lovejoy is a well-known phy
sician in this city. She served in the
big war across the seas In preventive
and medical work, mostly In Paris
among the needy and afflicted population.
In this book of graphic interest and
wealth of interesting detail, and told
with womanly, sympathetic Interest,
we read of the results accomplished
luring that recent busy war period
A friend. Mademoiselle Marie Jeanne
Bassot. offered to take Dr. Lovejoy
from the letter's hotel to a neighbor
hood house In Levallols, "and by mak
Ing a virtue of this opportunity, it
was easier to give up my nice warm
billet and move to that chilly factory
district on the outskirts of Paris."
The Bassot house was known of
ficlally as "residence sociale," but
people In the locality called the place
where they had so many American
good times "the house of the good
neighbor."
The house was founded on faith in
humanity. Its soul was sympathy and
It was sustained by the goodwill of
the community. The place was "home"
to the neighborhood. Here children
came to play In the garden after
school hours; the young people for
companionship and entertainment in
the evenings; and the working moth
ers for social afternoons, with their
sewing in their hands. In short, the
house was a sympathetic, kind clearing-house
to relieve distress, and
Wa Need the Business.- by Joseph S.
Austrian. Illustrated. Fred A. fitokae
Co.. New Tork city.
Here we have a little book full of
smiles and laughs. It is a fancy rec
ord of supposed business correspond
ence between the heads of a shirt
waist concern and relatives and sales
men out on the "road." selling goods.
No would-be funny mispelled dialect
is used only ordinary English.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Connie Morgan In the Lumber Camps, by
Jamaa B. Hendryx, a man's atory a live,
exciting aeries of word-plcturea In the
timber regions of northern Minnesota
(Putnam's Sons. N. T.I.
Danish Fairy Tales, collected by Svend
He-sleb Grundtvlg. charming, folk tales
and fairy atorlea which are aald to appear
for the first time in Engllah in theae
pagea, and translated from the Danish by
J. Grant Cramer (Four Seas Co., Boston).
Sanctua Splrltus ft Company, by Edward
A Stelner, a novel that recalla the power
ful realism of Zola, depicting racial and
Industrial traits of newly arrived Immi
grants in America, a atory of unusual
worth (Doran Co.. N. T.).
Days Gone Dry. by Frederick Landla. a
little book brimming over with laughter,
depicting tn ludicrous senaa the eo-ceUed
"tragic" daya when our nation haa gone
dry a clever Uttla aklt, and with cartoona
in color by Taar Williams (Bobbs-Msr-r
II 1 Co., Indianapolis).
Burled Treasure, by Everett McNeil, Il
lustrated; a healthy, splendid story of
youthful, spirits, describing simple Amer
ican home scenes around the Hudson river,
N. Y. (Duf field 4 Co.. N. T..
The Singing Heart, by Florence Ward,
a romantic novel, depicting love and ster
ling womanhood in a small, mid-western
city, and written with power; and Look
Up. by Randolph Lewis, 71 essay-stories on
topics of general interest in sociology, ao
clal work, etc. a book that is a genuine
help to the literature of inspiration (J. A.
McCann Co., N. X.).
A Guest of the Kaiser, by Sergeant Ar
thur Gibbons, the honest, heroic, attractively-written
story of a Canadian soldier
from Toronto, One, who served in the war
In France and was taken prisoner by the
Germans (R. M. McBride A Co., N. Y.li
Red and Black, by .Grace S. Richmond,
a novel of unusual Interest, fairly holding
the reader with compelling grip describ
ing scenes affecting both the pulpit and
the pew, and with a clergyman hero
(Doubleday, Page A Co., Garden City.
N Y.).
The Yazoo Mystery, by Irving Craddook.
stories of exciting adventures (Britton Pub.
Co.. N. Y. ).
Sequoia Sonnets, by Charles Kealar. 110
poems In finely-written English, poems of
culture ana ruled with aerlous, beeutirul
never closed Its doors.
, V. V.-avac, flphtB til "WOrlc
era in thii neighborhood house made j ufhta Live Co" Berkeley,
Dr. Loveloy among them was In an lL w - - -
antl-tuberculosls crusade. In this no
ble worlj. although she does not say
so. Dr. i-ovejoy musi navo uccu
willing and helpful worker.
Commercial Correspondene-s. by Ralph
Starr Butler and Henry A. Burd. a val
uable, practical volume on business letter-writing-,
showing how to write letters that
convince, wle6 letters, follow-up letters.
Of course, our author visited dif- complaints, collections, etc. a book that
frlc.ns' at- her general tTavelT but " WUconsTn (D.
much of a wlth skl11 of her Seners-1 travels, dui Appleton 4 Co.. N. Y.).
. that out always the Interest of the reader Gre.n 4,,,. by w. lo,la. Kswtoa. a
land Is too small for him. he plans to, allies began to shoot through the air
visit the United States shortly, as In
this country he sees vast possibllitlts
for airplane manufacture and devel
opment. During the course of a re
cent Interview with him at bis home
in Amsterdam, he told for the first
time the story of his experience in
warring Germany
propellers also. Then I found a way
of shooting through the floor of the
airplane car, and the surprise was
deadly to the allies until they followed
suit. I Increased speeds from time
to time and every change in that di
rection gave the Germans temporary
superiority. With my fast propelling
I "L am a Hollander, you know." nemachlae Immelmahn was able to work
BY ANNA KARAGOZIAN.
THE USUAL Christmas spirit pre
vailed at Franklin on Tuesday,
the last day of school prior to the
holidays. During the sixth period
special programmes were enjoyed by
the various classes. The custom of
the irlee clubs of parading through
the solitary halls and singing Christ
mas carols was very Impressive and
much appreciated by stents and
faculty. A special Christmas pro
gramme was given In the library.
consisting of readings by Louise
Schumacher and Mary MicKneu; a
dialogue entitled "Christmas Shop
ping" was given by Dorothy Stevens
and Estelle Muir. Miss Nettle V.
Drew, the school librarian, read a
Christmas story. The glee clubs and
school quartet rendered several selec
tions.
a a a
Speed and accuracy tests are now
being taken by Miss Pauline McEl
vain's advanced typing students. The
students taking the first three places
will be awarded certificates.
a a a
Friday evening. December 19, a
matinee dance was held in the gym
nasium. Music was furnished by Irene
Faulkner, Margaret Schwartz, Earllne
Walton and Victor Brown. Miss
Brewer and Miss Kincald represented
the faculty.
a a a
The students were called together
Tuesday morning and several mem
bers of the January '20 class spoke
on the class Issue of the school
"Post-"
a a a
The debate which was scheduled to
take place between Benson Tech and
Franklin was forfeited by Benson
through failure to appear. The ques-
hmian and the many saving activities
where Dr. Lovejoy as a relator is at
her best.
Pleasant word-pictures also are
made of French women and children.
From Mld.Mpmar. to Keu--Admiral, b,
Rear-Admiral Bradley A. Flake. Tn
Century Co.. Naw York City.
Those who have kept track of
American naval affairs, during re
cent years, no doubt have taken note
,' trained relations which are
elation. Introduced the speakers of4reoorted to exist between our navy
the morning. Those who gave their
Ideas on college and university life
were: uemert JJay, Uordon Avery
Hazel Green, Opal Welmer, Alice Gil-
strap, Willis Vinson and William
Dlerdoff. Dorothy Jones, a member
of the June, 1919, class, was the only
representative of a normal school or
a school outside of Oregon. She Is
attending Belllngham normal.
a s
Tuesday afternoon a programme
was furnlshedby the public speaking
class. The programme follows: Song,
"Oh. Come All Ye Faithful." school;
reading, "The Angel and the Shep
herds." Gladys Keeney; "Santa Claus
and the Christmas Spirit." Sybil Bar
rett; reading. "And He Played a Harp
of a Thousand Strings," Alford Mau
pln; speech. "Christmas In Norway."
Sybil Bugbee; oornet solo and chorus,
Myrna Lane and chorus; reading.
rienartTnent and Rear-Admlral Flske
The admiral is notorious for his
habit of "speaking out at meeting."
and In this illumining book of un
usual historical valus, he gives full
reign to this trait of his. He goes
in for straight criticism.
Rear-Admlral Flske is known as
the Inventor of ths gun director sys
tem the naval telescope sight, the
stad'imeter. the turret range finder,
the horlz'ometer, the torpedoplane,
etc
The book of 694 pages and lnter-
utinxlv Illustrated Is a record of
personal experience and achievement
telling as it does how one man
served efficiently in all the grades
of an exacting profession and filled
the highest position attainable In
that profession, and yet made many
valuable naval and military Inven
tions, also wrote many important
books and essays, and finally forced
The Land of the Blue Flower " TJiith :
Hoffman- "A New Cure for r ,,, " on the navy, against-tne opposition
.war-ur th Ma,r0M a ' o.Jv. and handled throughout the war.
i
!
girls' glee club; reading, "If,"
Clark; reading, "At Sunset,"
Story; reading, "Ring Out,
Lewis
Helen
That Admiral Flske deliberately
rificed his own position, to secure
that organization for the navy, makes
Bells," Gladys Coon;
quartet.
"Noel
i the record the more remarkable.
double
Monday evening the high school
basketball team defeated the alumni
26 to 25 and on Tuesday the girls'
team, to prove Its superiority to the
boys, defeated the alumnae 21 to 8.
Retort Courteous Given.
The book offers entertainment of
a h,igh order, and recalls to memory
certain facts that have recently been
forgotten.
Admiral Flske was graduated from
ths naval academy tn 1874. While a
rear-admiral In command of a divi
sion of tha Atlantic fleet, he did the
great service of demonstrating the
availability of Key West as a harbor
for deep-water vessels, a service
which he rendered at the risk of
his entire professional career. Later,
while in command of the second
The Youth of Jamee White orob Riley, by
Marcus Dickey. The Bobba-Merrllt Co..
Indianapolis.
Quite a book of literary lmpor' nee.
Mr. Dickey, author of this volume of
4 25 pages, was a friend of the .great
urvnaiar noet for many years, and
during that time was associated with
him as manager, secretary and friend.
Mr. Dickey undoubtedly has an ex
cellent memory, also an observing
Inquiring turn of mind. Out of ths
storehouse of this memory Mr. Dlckey
has given us a new portrait of Riley,
a live story of permanent value. W
read of Riley's boy- od. his early
school days, his study of law, his er
mtln fliahts Into the little world
about him as a sign painter and pat
ent medicine vendor, his dreams Into
the world of music, his first authori
tative recognition as a poet, his varied
experiences as a newspaper man,
about "the golden girl" and other
points of interest.
Once Riley said to a writer who
called on him for sketch of his life:
"Don't take sides with conflicting
opinions about me. Don't strive to
write me up or down. Tell the facta"
This Is exactly what Mr Dickey has
done in a frank, searching, yet kind
fashion. He also presents a wealth
of new material about Riley.
The book is rich In illustrations.
iierf under the poet's direction by
Will Vawter, and reproductions of
photographs, daguerreotypes, letters
and rare Riley documents.
The Bridge of Time, by William Henry
Warner. Scatt A Eel tsar. Naw York
city.
We must return to the magic pages
of Ryder Haggard, or Canon Klngs
'ey to find plots and especially a love
story recalling this one. A wonder
ful studv of re-lncarnatlon.
The plot opens In ancient Egypt, In
the time of one of the Pharaohs.
Prince Rames loves Lady Teta, but she
is abducted by desert robbers, and In
despair, the prince drinks a magoc
liquid which whirls him through
space to about the year 1914.
Rames awakens remembering Teta,
and learns that she, too. Is reincar
nated, waiting for him somewhere.
He finds her in the shape of Miss
Iris Waverly of New York City, and
he views with wonder the activities
of a modern city and Its complex
life.
Then the big war breaks out. and
the olimax is a decided surprise to
the patient reader.
tory
of the charm found in the lata Henry Oar
land's novels, telling about a hero who
was ordered to a rest cure and who ran tad
an estate known as "Green Ladles" and
where the heroine Is both romantic and
wonderful (D. Appleton A Co.. N. Y.).
Opening the Iron Trail, or Tarry As a
"TJ. Pay" Man. by Edward L. Sabln, a
story of remarkable descriptive power, de
scribing the stirring scenes In the west of
15 years ago, when the Union Pacific raced
the Central Pacific in giving the weat rail--roads
sure to please boys (Thomas T.
Crowell. A Co.. N. Y.).
The Search, by Grace Livingston Hill
(Luts), a smart wartime novel, depleting
love and intrigue (Llpplncott Co., Phlla.).
Handy War Guide For My Company, by !
Capltalne Hanquillart of the French army,
a complete textbook for every soldier 'The
Contina Academy of Languages. N. Y. ).
Hymn Gems, by .Robert Elmer Smith, ,
D. D., a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, 96
pagea of selected hymns and serious poems,
written by world-famous authors a book
that will enrich the memory of any read
er (Christopher Pub. House, Boston).
At the Sign of the Red Swan, by Am
brose Eiweli, the stirring, manly story of a
Maine sailor, told by himself (Small, May
nard A Co.. Boston).
The True Philosopher and Other Cat
Tales, by Pepgy Bacon, lllsutrated with
etchings by the author, nine short, modern
fairy tales, for children and grown-ups
with a cat in every tale literary work
that is unusually well dona (The Four Seas
Co.. Boston).
Tales of a Cruel Country, by Gerald
Cumberland. 22 short stories, powerful
in their stern realism, and describing life
and especially love scenes in Greece ef
our day (Brentano's, N. Y.).
Out of Luck, by J. Thorns Smith Jr.,
author of "Blltmore Oswald." an uproar
ously funny story, telling how our friend
Mr. Oswald ultimately got Into the United
States navy and hla ludicrous adventures
there (Fred A. Stokes Co.. N. Y.)
Brooma Street Straws, by Robert Cortes
Holllday, 26 short sketches. showing
marked talent In literary construction and
furnishing decided entertainment; and
Peeps at People, by Robert Cortes Holll
day, 28 short stories, with plenty of bright
conversation and cleverly written (Doran
Co.. N. Y.).
London Answers.
Cuthbert Do you sell dog biscuits
tn this dirty little shop?
Offended Shopkeeper Yes, sir; will squadron, he took a flight, in uni
vou take them away or will you eat ; form. In an aeroplane to satisfy hlm
them here! I self as to the availability, of alr-
Rudyard Kipling's Yerae. Inclusive edi
tion 1885-1918. Doubleday, Page A Co..
Garden City. N. Y.
There are so many worthy poems
by Kipling In this book of 78S pages,
that It is a difficult matter to select
one poem for special mention or ad
miration. These poems now before us repre
sent the cream of Kipling's poetic
genius for the past 33 years, many.
MUSIC WILL BE SUBJECT
Homo Economics School to Open at
Corvallis Tomorrow.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Dec 27. (Special.)
"Music In the Home," by Professor W.
F. Gasklns, will be the opening talk
on the programme for the women in
the home economics school during
farmers' and home-makers' week to
be held here December 29 to January
4. The programme will start on Tires
day, December 30, registration and
arrangements being made on Monday,
The afternoons of the week are left
free on the home economics pro
gramme so that the women can at
tend the genera) lectures, such as
"Beautifying the Homo Grounds."
"Household Pests," "Vegetable Gar
dening" and the country life confer
ences. Demonstration of oookery, child
care, rural sanitation, child welfare
and school lunches are some of the
topics to be discussed by college au
thorities and outside speakers. Miss
Helen Lea Davis of the college will
speak Thursday on "Camouflage Ap
plied to Women's Drass." and Profes
sor Grace Johnson. Friday, will dis
cuss "Teaching; Thrift In tne Home.".