DUTIES AT OXFORD
SIT LIGHTLY UPON
VENERABLE HEADS
OXFORD, England. Mar. 2.1— (AP)
—The twentieth century fashion of
raising young men to high places
has as yet found no champions in
Oxford. The average age of the
present heads of colleges is just un
der 70 years, desp’-.e a number of
recent elections. A master once
lived to somewhat over 10O, and
several heads who are n >w well or.
in the eighties are ambit'ous ol bet
tering his record. The prodigious
age and spryness of these very
learned men proves the error of '.lie
old monastic founders who, with a
belief thhat a sane mind could not
exist in a sound body, are said to
have picked upon Oxford as the
most unhealthy town of their ac
quaintance.
The duties of an Oxford College
head are neither onerous nor agi
tating admits all new' undergradu
ates into his college, invites them
to breakfast once a year, and be
sides that sees very little of them.
Heads of colleges are not called up
on to teach or to lecture, they do
not speak at Rotary Club lunches,
or indulge in frenzied financing cam
paigns.
Curiously enough, these men who
have so little to do in managing
their respective colleges, have ev
erything to do in the administration
of the university. While they dis
pute with the university and deny
its powers and authority and object
to its schemes, the fact remains
that they are. for all practical pur
poses. the university themselves.
Meeting in solem and heavy con
clave called convocation, they trans
act university business, choose the
university proctors and elect one
another in turn to the office of vice
chancellor, an annually created cf
fire analogous to the presidency of
a great American university.
Convocation meets with much cere
mony in a loom where no artificial
light is permitted, and its medita
tions cease with the coming of dark-,
ness. As it is an afternoon func
tion, much more business is trans
acted in the lighter months than in
winter.
The headship of a college is a life
job. regulated only by the statutes.
Here a life job is a long job, some
of the present heads having held j
their places for nearly 40 years.
The average age of the present j
heads at the time of their selection j
was a little over 5b years. Older and
older men are being selected, most
of the recently elected heads hav
ing passed 60 years of age.
English Visitors to U. S,
Find Optimism Justified
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LONDON. Mar. 25.—(AP).—There |
is a stock! time coming for the Uni
ted States, according to Edward Hil
ton Yeung, member of parliament
for Norwich and a former financial
secretary to the treasury, who has
just returned from a trip to Amer
ica.
A.mericans, Mr. Young says, are
perfectly justified in indulging the
expectation that they are in for a pe
riod of prosperity. They are turning
to the old world for the employ
ment of their capital. Many new bus
inesses are being established and
the income from them, to a large
extent, is likely to be employed in
the old world.
Sir Charles Sykes, woolen manu
facturer of Yorkshire, is another re
cent arrival from America, who dis
covered many signs of improvement
in most branches of industry dur
ing his visit. “The Americans,” he
declares, “are abundantly justified
in their belief that the year 1925
is going to show a great improve
ment in the trade of the world.”
Havana Is Very Slow
In Buying Automobiles
HAVANA, Mar. 25.—(AP).—The
total registration of motor driven
vehicles in the city of Havana is
17,464. These include 4,042 private
cars, 8,660 for hire, 1,318 trucks, 454
buses and 123 motorcycles. The
number of new cars registered is
from three to four a day.
Gateway? If not ,why not?
London Police Finds
Trouble In Recruiting
LONDON, Mar. 26.—(AP).—T h e
after effects of wartime privations
on the nation’s physique are shown
up strongly in the number of pol
ice recruits rejected on medical ex
amination. says Sir Leonard Dun
ning, reporting on the County and
City or Borough Police Forces in
England and Wales for I92L
“Perhaps,’* Sir Leonard continues,
“90 per cent of the applicants for
appointments never get so far a3
the doctor because they are mani
festly unsuitable, while the single
educational test knocks out so many
more that the chief constable is
lucky if he finds five suitable men
among 100 applicants.”
Brazil Finds New Method
to Control Coffee Output
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Mar.
25.— (AP).—The present system of
storing coffee in the state of Sao
Paulo is the result of three previous
experiments along this line, the
first of which was in operation
when the World War broke out.
The second endeavored to meet con
ditions in 1917-18, and the third,
started in 1922, is said to have
brought an enormous profit to the
federal government.
At the present time Sao Paulo cof
; fee growers store this product in
! warehouses scattered thruout the
coffee growing centers, and owned
by the state. All marketing is done
through the port of Santos. Farmers
secure loans against storage re
ceipts. Shipments from the various
storehouses are under a central con
trol scheme, and state exports are
said always to be based on a daily
shipment which will exhaust the en
tire harvest in a year’s time, there
by holding the demand steadily at
a high level and preventing specu
lation in stocks by foreign import
ers.
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Royal Family Completes
In Japan’s Poetry Contest
TOKIO, Mar. 25..—(AP).—More than
22,000 poems were submitted for the
imperial poetry party, held recently
at the palace in pursuance of a cus
tom dating from most ancient days.
The subject this year was “Moun
tain against sky," and the judges j
awarded the first and second hon- j
ors to the following:
“1 see Mount Horomuki at the end I
of a field where are fleecy, sheep
like scattered clouds.”
The second award went to these
lines:
“Excepting Mount Hira all peaks,
including Great Hie and Small Hie,
stand bold against the sky.”
The royal family also were con
tributors, some of them as follows:
“Mount Fuji alone is white with
snow, although the tops of other
mountains melt in the blue of the
sky.”
THE EMPRESS.
“1 would that posture of the world
is like Mount Takeyama, which stands
bravely against the sky.”
THE PRINCE REGENT.
“I see thehigh peak of Mt. Fuji
against the sky, as I look back, after
worshipping the rising sun on the
New Year Day.”
THE CROWN PRINCESS.
“1 see clearly mountain after moun
tain, all clad with snow, ranging
against the sky.”
DAWAGER PRINCESS
HIGASHI FUSHIMI.
An Englishman has invented a
new sewing machine with only 50
moving parts, the device being unus
ually small.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
it Stated communications first
^rayand third Wednesdays of each
/\r\ month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
—Meets every
C^M^8:00 p. m. in
Thursday at
Odd Fellows’
Hail, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION, SEWARD
POST NO. FIVE
Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
at the Fire Hall. Visiting
members are always wel
come. J. S. Bogart, Commander; L.
W. Olson, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
jome; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and ,
third Mondays of
each month in Odd j
Fellows Hall at 8:00 j
p. m. Visiting mem-!
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING OF STR. STARR WEST, APRIL 5
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADI80N 13t. 8EWARD, ALA8KA
On Time for Fifty Years
Employe Gets New Watch
WARRINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26.—
(AP)—Thomas Corcoran, an employe
in a soap works here, believes in
punctuality and devotion to duty.
During his 50 years’ employment at
the works he has not lost a single
minute of time. The reason he
gave for never being late was that
he always went to bed early, and
had a good night’s rest.
In recognition of his unique record
Corcoran was presented with a gold
watch by his employers.
A new registering device for au
tomobiles records the times of stops,
changes of speeds and changes of
direction.
Dr. Alphonse R. Dochez of New
York has perfected a serum for
scarlet fever, which is said to be
one of the outstanding recent dis
coveries of medical science.
Roger Kahn, young son of Otto
H. Kahn, the noted New York bank
er, is an accomplished saxaphone
player and leader of a jazz band.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Let Horrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prcea
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
FRESH MILK,
CREAM AND ALL
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Our Motto:
“The Best”
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F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Scheduled Scheduled
Vessel— Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward
ALASKA March 21 March 28
Yukon March 28 April 4
Northwestern April 4th April 11th.
Alaska April 11 April IS
Yukon April 18 April 25
Northwestern April 25 May 2
Steamers in the above schedule will make
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
March 28
April 4
April 11th.
April 18.
April 25
May 2
all regular ports of call
Steamers in above schedule leave Seward every Saturday midnight.
J. H.
PHONE MAIN 125
FLICKINGER, Agent
SEWARD, ALASKA
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As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, .in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
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