Life — July 15, 1915 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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of 101g. Live's Farsu Ate Funo n in operation twenty-eight years. In me it has expended $150,987.58 and na fortnight in the country to 36.767 poor city children. The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are ac knowledged in this column, Previously 7.98 CMe Ray ecrieilessiscessesies 30 “ Belvedere” A.M. Roby . “An Ally" .. 1. M. Townley 1.00 1.00 100 Mrs. N Mrs. Oren Root . Anonymous : THis. y arion Harlan .. . H. Nelson Tro. Walker .....0. ae Proceeds of a lemonade and cake ale “held by Helen Butler (11 ears) and Margaret Seaman (13 years) : COE, Quine Mrs. A. R. Mrs. Ho McC Losihecia teenie Reatrice Starr and Editha Cassebeer New York Chapter of the National Park Seminary Alumnae Associa- tion. ‘ é Martha ‘Hamilton Clark Daisy Horton Lutz ..... thel M. Waefelaer ... G: Right 00.00 10.44 A. Schaefer” <1! Chas." Josselyn, . “From Camp Three I Hawaii . its 5:00 $3.401.93 ACKNOWLEDGED WITIL THANKS Package of clothing, shoes and hats for boys from Mrs. Ferris Morchouse, Branchville, Conn, Package of clothing for girls from Mrs. Burr Mills, Georgetown, Conn. Five fielder's gloves from C. N. D. Five bathing-suits and one bathing-cap from Mrs. H. M. Barksdale, Wilming- ton, Delaware. As to Dropping Professors PROFESSOR, Mr. Nearing, has been dropped from the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania be- cause his line of thought was not acceptable to the trustees. There is great indignation. Nevertheless, it is a conceivable thought that a university professor might teach false doctrine and that trustees might properly drop him. A man who wishes to entertain all thoughts and pop them out at all comers does better not to hire out to any organized institution with a AT LIFE'S FRESH AIR FARM E-STEPPING responsible directorate. A church must lave some control of its ministers, a newspaper of its editors, a university of its faculty. Whoever accepts a salary is bound by the conditions of his employment. A professor who taught that the moon is made of green cheese wouldn't do. It is not wrong, per se, to drop pro- fessors, but trustees need, when they do it, to do it warily. When they drop lively men and keep dull ones their institution suffers. And it suffers when intelligent and forward-looking pro- fessors do not feel free to speak their minds. The Pennsylvania trustees seem to have dealt unskilfully with Mr. Near- ing, but he has had a fine advertise- ment and should be able to place himself to advantage somewhere where his views (whatever they are) are acceptable. LTER: Do you think severe religious training really prevents a person from wrong-doing? Setter: Well, it doesn’t exactly prevent it, but it certainly detracts from the pleasure one gets from sinning. No Cause For Complaint ABY ASTOR has recently re- quested from the court an allow- ance of thirty thousand dollars a year. This is to maintain him in the style to which he is expected to become ac- customed when he grows up. At present he is doubtless too young to know just what this means. It would be an error, however, to assume that this thirty thousand a year is a necessity so far as Baby Astor is concerned. What the money is needed for is to maintain the ma- chinery into which he was born. Similarly, it takes a lot of money to put a bill through Congress. The Dill itself may be no better than any other bill that originates in a common council and individually may require no more nourishment, but the ma- chinery must be kept going. Nobody will blame Baby Astor or a congressional bill for the money spent upon them, It’s the machinery that costs, and it requires many skilled politicians and domestics to keep it going. comicbooks.com