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FRIDAY. JAN. 7, 1915.
Galliltoli's Lemons
The capture of Constantinople
and the expulsion of the detest
ed Turk from Kurope have been
postponed by the decree of fate.
The allies are abandoning their
works on the Gallipoli peninsula
ami sending their troops else
where. It is said that the Ikitish
forces will go to Egypt, or have
gone there already perhaps.
Where the French will go is yet
to be revealed. The chances are
that they will be stationed where
they can do the most good, that
is somewhere on the long battle
line from Iielgium to Switzer
land. The Gallipoli operations
did not advance the cause of the
allies a great deal. They were
begun in ignorance of the con
ditions to be faced and in carry
ing them through blunders were
made. Hut they have taught
the world .1 lesson or two which
may turn out to be worth all
that the futile operations cost in
men and money.
The defense at Gallipoli was
partly by laud and partly by
water. The land defense was
made with old-fashioned forts,
trenches and modern machine
guns. On the water the Turks
met and defeated their enemies
mines, submarines and a few
rattletrap cruisers. They had
no dreadnaughts and perhaps
not a solitary ship would be aj
proved by our board of naval
experts. The allied attack by
water was made with the most
advanced naval resources. At
least ono dreadnaught of the
largest type, the Kli.abeth, took
part in it and some of the others
were of the very best and most
modern construction.
Hut the attack both by lam
and water was a failure. I nude
quate ns the. defensive equip'
incut of the Turks may have
seemed it was nevertheless sulli
cient for the task that had to be
done. The allies gained nothing
whatever by their land and nava
nu.icKs while, llieir losses were
heavy. The lessons of this ex
perience are fairly obvious, one
would think. If the allies with
all their naval and military re
sources could make no headway
ut Gallipoli against mines, sub
marines and intrenched soldiers
how can any foreign too be ex
pected to transport troops across
the Atlantic or Pacific, convey
them safely past our defenses
and march through our en
trenched lines?
The experts now say that i
Helgium had depended on simple
trenches instead of massive forts
rv. it.
um vrriiniis never couhi have
passed far beyond the frontier
In our preparations for the
national defense it would be ju
dicious, one would suppose, to
heed these experiences and pro
vide an equipment that meets
current needs rather than some
thing which has proved useless
. I II -KMHHHM A
in iiKMlt-rn war, however attrac
tive it may be to theorists and
armor plate makers Journal.
Far Wed
In the Throop College of
Teelnioln.'V, recently re
organize.!, the far western -or-
tion of this country possesses an
institution for higher technical
education such as it has long
needed to supply the. local de
mand for men capable of direct
ing great engineering enter
prises. Considering to what an
extent the prosperity of the West
is built upon such enterprises,
it is surprising that a Western
institution of this character did
not arise long ago.
Throop College is situated at
Pasadena. It has existed for
nearly a quarter of a century,
but prior to the year 1008 its
energies were spread over a wide
range of pedagogic duties and
grades of instruction, between
IMS and 1SJ13 the Iimml of
Trustees carried out courageous
and drastic measures of reor
ganization, which meant aban-
loning mi attendance of nearly
)00 students in the various tie-
lartmeiits, in order that what
ittle was left of the institution
might constitute a true technical
college, analogous to the famous
seats of technical learnini: in
the Eastern States. On its new
basis the college started with 27
students, while in the term end
ing in Juno of this year the at
tendance had increased to 91.
At the last commencement ex
ercises President J. A. B. Sober
er announced that the institu
tion had received 'from un un-
naniiid friend a gift of 110,000
toward the equipment of a re
search laboratory in physical
chemistry and 110,000 a year
for its maintenance; also that
Dr. Arthur A. Moves was to
direct the new laboratory, and
divide Ms time between Throoj
College and the Masachusettes
Institute of Technology. This
is unquestionably a notable
event, and augurs well for the
future growth of technical stud
ies on the Pacific Coast.
.uiomer evidence oi the pro-
gressivecharacter of this thriving
young college is the fact that
one of the courses it now 'offers
is a combination of engineering
and economics such as is given
at only two other institutions;
viz., the "Boston Tech" and the
Carnegie Institute of Technolo
gy at Pittsburg. It consists
approximately of To per cent
engineering subjects and 2," per
cent economics, using the latter
term in a sense broad enough to
include, for example, banking
and business law and scientific
management.
Throop is noteworthy in the
attention it gives to the physical
welfare of its students. A stu
dent must have the approval of
the physical director of the col
legewho is a regular member
of the faculty before his ini
tial registration; a careful health
record is kept of each student,
physical exercise is recom
mended according to his indi
vidual requirements, and ini
pairment of his health due to
neglect of such exercise may
lead the faculty to limit his as
sigument of courses of study.
On the other baud, the college
rather discourages specialization
in athletics ami intercollegiate
competitions. It is unfortunate
that more of our colleges ami
universities do not strike this
golden mean between too much
und too little athletics. Seien,
tilic American.
Consolidated Schools
Jowa has over 100 consoli-
(Uu rural schools.
This has all come practically
within the past two years. In
lilli.'l there were only six con
solidated schools. From that
time until 1910 districts were
organized at about the rate of
one per year. The year 1910
gave evidence of an increasing
interest Two districts were or
ganized that year, two in 1911
and three in 1912. During the
school year of 1913-14, however,
sixty such districts wera organ
ized. The enactment of the law by
the thirty-fifth general assembly
providing state aid to consoli
dated schools was largely re
sponsible for this great increase.
The school buildings are good
and well equipped. The influ
ence of these better schools on
the communities is evident.
There is an increased interest
in education and a better com
in unity spirit Oregon Voter.
Roads in Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College,
Corvallis, Jan. 4. -Oregon has
over 37,000 miles of road pre
sided over by 878 road supervisors
many of whom, it is fair to as
sume, are not trained road build
ers. In ten years ending with
1914 these men have spent nearly
$21,500,000.00, or an average of
nearly $2,150,000.00 per year,
This annual expenditure has
grown until in 1915 it is approxi
mately $4,000,000.00. The proba
bility is that it will continue to
increase until it has reached a
very much larger sum.
There are few, if any, lines of
public endeavor which call for so
great an expenditure of public
money. There can be no ques
tion that the entire state is inter
ested in getting the greatest
possible return from this expendi
ture. To this end Prof. G. V.
Skelton, head of the Department
of Highway Engineering of the
Oregon Agricultural College, is
offering during the Winter Short
Courses a series of lectures on
the fundamental principles of
road construction and mainte
nance. Among the topics cov
ered will be earth, gravel and
macadam roads, drainage, the
adaptability of the different types
to varying conditions and require
ments of traffic, methods and
costs, including some of the high
er types of road3. There will be
twelve lectures in the course.
Th ere will be no fees charged
for these lectures and all who are
interested in better roads are
urged to be present.
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