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The Seaforth News, 1931-01-15, Page 6Rhodes Scholarship Again Awarded To Trinity College ' Student Fourth Consecutive Year -1930 Produces Highest Acadernic Record Since Federationof College With University Toronto:—The award of a Rhodes Scholarship to a Trinity College Stu- dent for the fourth consecutive ° year has drawn attention to the high aca- deniic record of the members of the College. At the Annual Examinations of the University of Toronto in May 1930 the standing of Trinity Students was higher than in any year since' the Federation of the College with the Provincial University. The following students obtained the highest standing in the whole Univer- sity in their courses: In the fourth year, Mr. J. T. Wilson in Physics and Geology; in the third year, Miss A. D, Brereton in Classics; in the, second year, Miss C. D. C, Gwyn in Classics;: Mr. 0, L, M. Douglas in Pol. itical Science and Economics; Mr, 3. L. Stewart in Law and Mr. A, H. Woodcock ire Physics and Chemistry; in the first year, Mr. J. E. A. Crake in Classics. It is interesting to note that Trinity College Students secured the highest place in Classics in the first, second and Third years. In the fourth' year Mr. H. R. S. Ryau. was second in the first class in the same department. In other student activities in the University of Toronto, Trinity Stu- dents took their full part. On the University of Toronto Intercollegiate Football Team in all the matches against Queen's, McGill and the Uni- versity of Western Ontario, four Trin- ity College Students took part, The Trinity College Literary Insti- tute continues' to be one of the most important training centres for Public Speaking and many of its members have taken part ` In • the Hart House Debates. The women students were particu- larly successful In athletics during the. past year. St. Hilda's won the Inter- faeulty Basketball Championship and were runners up• in the Intertaculty Heckey Series. St. Hilda's aleo won the Interfaculty Tennis Champion- ship. The members of the Teaching Stain of the College have in addition to their work in the College made important contributions to learning. Special mention should be made of Dr. Mer- cer's expedition to Abyssinia where he discovered the oldest known Ethiopic Manuscript of the Bible. He will pub- lish immediatel, through Luzac and Company of London a new., Edition of the Text of the Book of Ecclesi- astes. Professor. Hicks has with Pro- fessor Ford published a new French Reader. The Time Educational Sup- plement devoted a lengthy leading ar- ticle to a most favourable Review of this work. The Corporation or Governing Body of the College now increased the value of Trinity College Open Matriculation 1 Scholarships by adding ^'eo Tuition for four years. They will now rank amoug the most valuable Scholarships offered in the whole University. Ad- ditional Scholarships have been estab- lished in the Undergraduate Course. Trinity Students are also eligible for i all Scholarships offered by the Uni- versity of Toronto at Matriculation and daring the Undergraduate Course. German Railways Face Big Decline $180,000,000 Decrease in Re- ceipts is Expected at Close of Business Year Berlin. — The German State Rail- ways, the biggest single commercial undertaking in the world, face's the probability of winding up its business year with more than a 3180,000,000 de- crease in reeelpts, according to fore- casts from railway officials. This fall- ing off, despite an increase In passen- ger and freight rates last Summer, Is primarily attributed to the general economic depression. With its 700,000 employees. more than 36.000,000 worth of property and its annual gross receipts of 31,260,,000,- 000 1,260,000,- 000 in 1929 the Reichsbahn not only toWOrs above all privately -owned cor- porations but leaves its nearest State- owned rival far behind, Big Drain for Reparations This giant among monopolies is faced with the primary obligation not of running adequate trains but of pro- ducing nearly 3250,000,0000 annually to be paid into the Bauk for Interna- tional Settlements against reparations charges, This burden accounts for the somewhat novel organization of the Reichsbahn and explains its tariff policy, its strife with the government regarding these tariffs and the com- paratively slow pace in expansion of its plant and in modernization of its equipment Fourteen per cent. of all passenger tickets goes for reparations, 21 per cent. of the freight rates and 26 per cent. of baggage and express charges likewise merely pass through the hands of the Reichsbahn. Each month the Retchsbahn must pay to the World Bank 55,000,000 marks and must pay a government transport tax, which is also used for reparations, amounting to 50 per cent. before it can begin taking care of its own debt ser- vice charges, 0,000,000 marks annually, or think about dividends, Replacement Needed in 1924 When the Reichsbahn became a for - ',oration In 1924 it found a great need for replacements in roadbeds, rolling stocks and station equipment which shad been neglected during the war and the inflation period. The direct- ors, began exercising the German genius for organizing and soon had the waste reduced and efficiency in- creased to a point where vital Im- provements could be carried oat. Six thousand miles of the total of 33,625 have had new tracks, and normal re, gtlacemerds have been kept up. Fortunately, owing to the complete- ness of the system, it has been neces- eary to add only 500 miles of new line since the war and this was al- most , entirely small branches. Be- cause of overlapping among several State railways before the war the Retehsbahn found it had more than enough locomotives and was able to re- duce by 3,600 to 23,725 and still con- siders it has 1,400 too many. New high-powered high-speed pas- senger locomotives and extra heavy freight engines have been added, but full replacement being unnecessary, it was possible to make considerable Isavings here. This helped to finance an Increase in passenger cars by 1,0001 t to a total of 35,000 and to drop old types. Improvements in switching. and re= pair shops enabled the Reichsbahn to get along with 30,000 less freight cars and carry the same amount. The German passenger trains cover 30,- 000.000 miles yearly against about 40,- 000,000 covered by United States trains, which, considering the relative !size of the countries and the fact that the population is a little less than hall as big, indicates a considerably larger service. American freight miles, amouuting to 700,000,000 tons, are said to be twelve times as high as the {German total. Inland waterways and I an elaborate canal system partly ac- count for the difference. 1 Notwithstanding the scarcity of funds to carry out expansions, railway officials are proud of the safety, regu- larity and cleanliness of passenger trains, the comfort of sleepers, the menus of dining cars and the in- creased ncreased speed of freight, The Reich- sbahn never seems to lose interest in inventions and experiments which pro- mise to improve efficiency, safety and comfort. Weather Statio , s To Aid Aviati,s'n Floating Bureaus Essential, Says Air Security Con- gress at Paris Paris -Floating meteorological sta- tions are essential to transatlantic air travel, the International Air Secur- ity Congress asserted in a resolution here on Dec. 23rd, and, if Government i financial support is not made avail- able, such stations should be estab lisped by private capital. The Congress endorsed the Dual - control method of training pilots and advocated a minimum age of 17 years for professional friers. It also adopt- ed a resolutlon insisting upon a wider knowledge of everything pertaining to flying as a requisite for professional licenses. Dirigibles, another resolution said, ought to experiment in landing on water, and the use of Helium, "the only gas with absolute aerenautio sec- urity," should be advanced every- where," Pigeons 300 Miles at Sea Land On Fishing Schooner Storm -Tossed Birds Show Reluctance to Leave When Ship Arrives in Port=Saildrs Care For Chance Voyagers Boston.—Three hundred miles at sea, fifteen pigeons, exhausted and battered in a fight with strong winds, found haven aboard the Boston fish- ing .schooner, L. A. Dunton, which ar- rived here recently. Chance brought the, vessel in the path of the birds, who were borne seaward by offshore wind,. The schooner was on the ex- treme Borth -east corner of George's Basics. T .e day was one .of the mean- est on i fis ria grounds ert ,te 1 gg d this season, C�.ptain Felix Ilogan said, A Study In Contrasts Progress of education: Above is shown old Inner kip school, near Woodstock, Ont., in which last class was recently •held, and also the' new school now ops nett to pupils. Underw rid Films Canadian Radio Banned by Ottawa , League Established 3 Sixty-five Out of 2,022 Holly- For Promotion of Canada's wood. Films Rejected by ,Censors Ottawa.—There are too many revol- vers in American motion picture films to suit the Ontario Boar dof. Censors, whit has. rejected sixty-five films out of 2,022 submitted because of their excessive gunfire and permitted 486 others to be shown only after deletion. or revision. Tlt y lament the prevalence of plc- turesexploiting crime, gangsters and the underworld because they "offer constructive suggestions t0 break the law" and "tend to create the impres- t u h s r e They t sten that such conditions are normal." raison d'etre of the league, its att1- They are particularly concerned with tude towards national broadcasting is the promiscuous use of firearms in set out in the. following terms: scenes supposed to portray contempo- "The solution the radio league sees rary domestic lite which they find suit of the present radio problem, the one able for this country "where the car- means towards making the radio a rying of a weapon is an. offence and great. instrument of entertainment, where confidence in the law is such education and national unity, is the that the citizen is unarmed." establishment of a national broad - At a matter of fact, American un- casting company with the powers of' derworld pictures are not especially a private enterprise and the functions - Popular in Canada, dealing as they do of a public utility." Mrs. Freeman believes that any wo• without paying duties."Mr. Soong with subjects quite foreign to the ex- A national broadcasting system such diseases as streptococcic infection man on the farm prepared to give the' characterized the alleged Soviet the Cana- of .oke throat, scarlet fever, typhoid ("dumping" ions Man- Perience and interest of most Cana- would ensure, according tonecessary care and attention can meet as. the most ser diens. dial' Radio League, that every Cana- fever, diphtheria, most of the'cents- with au equal measure of success In churiutu *industrial problem; diau could hear Canadian programs, pious diseases, and eveaibovine tuber- the business. Next year she pians toI: _ but not to the exclusion of other culosis. Dirty, unpasteurized mills, he raise 5,000 birds for eating and her Airplanes Feed broadcasts. Interests in the Radio World Ottawa, Ont.—Avowing its purpose to be the promotion of Canada's in- terests in the radio world and the es- tablishment of au organization which might evenually become a medium of expression. for' those interests, the Canadian Radio League has come into being and assumed definite shape at a meeting here. Temporary; chair- man of the executive committee is Graham Spry, with Allan Flaunt sec- retary. - In a memorandum announcing the Pasteurized Milk . Most Necessary To Public He:,, lth Canned Substitute Advised Where Safety Process Impossible Every village, town -and city in Can - Farmer's Wife Made 1930 'Best Year $10,000 in Turkeys For China, Says Canadian Woman Started Finance Chief Business With Pair of. Fowl Won in Raffle ficulties is Discounted by Nino years ago, Mrs. W. A. Free- Soong in 1931 Forecast of bronze turkeys in a raffle. She now Shangliai.—The year 1930 has been has the largest turkey ranch in Can- the most successful In the history of ada. Iter turkeys will return `a re thy Chineso:Republic,Finance Minister venue of $10,000 this year, says a T. V. Soong said in a recent interview. bulletin of the Dominion Government. He declared that the government had The .winning of the pair of turkeys met with no serious domestic or in., in the raffle suggested to Mrs. Free- ternatioual reverses during the year man the idea of raising turkeys'` as a and that, despite the recent' civil war, side line. She applied to the .Cana- dian Federal and Alberta Department of Agriculture for literature on rais- ing poultry, turkeys in `particular. Her husband, a farmer, encouraged her to • Importance of Domestic Dif•. man, of Ardeuodo, Alberta, won a pair experiment in the business. She studied the literature carefully and Were not great in comparison with the followed the advice given. frequent. political crisis in other na 'IIer ranch,' says the; bulletin, is now tions, and characterized the present famous. She receives letters from all National government at Nanking as. parts of the world and her market ex- the strongest since the Chinese Re - tends to all parts of the North Amerie volution, can continent and to other countries. Frontier Taxes End January 1 "This year she raised 2,500 birds. Reviewing the year's business condi- Three hundred hens, all government tions, the Finance Minister said the inspected, have supplied the demand slump in the price of silver had been. for eggs in 1930 and forty-five of the the most. serious obstacle to Chinese most perfect hens have teen selected business Prosperity The negotiation's ada should take immediate steps to for first-class breeding stock. The regarding reorganization. of foreign, Prohibit the use of unpasteurized milk, receipts from the sale of table birds doans, he said, had not yet reached in the opinion of Dr. Fred W. Rontley, for the holidays are expected to bring the point of- enabling discussion•ot pay - director of. the Ontario Division of the the year's total up to 310,000. meat of foreign loans; the present.. Canadian Red Cross. I "The Freeman. farm on which the negotiations with foreign powers con - "For 25 years we have known that turkeys are raised has a creek' run, corned settling the principles of reoe' raw, unpasteurized milk is unsafe and Hing through it, which supplies a oon- ganization. He declined to discuss the - yet there are few localities which have stant .and plentiful supply of good new Chinese tariff, which is expected by-laws to prohibit its use.' water, an essential for successful tur- There were only ,two kinds of milk key raising. The soil is sandy, which which could be used with safety, Dr. l'assures good drainage, l'liost of the Routley declared, pasteurized milk or chicks are hatched in incubators. Af- canned milk. ter hatching the chicks are sheltered Canned milks, he pointed out, are for about ten' days in large coops and Soviet Russia, Mr. Soong charged. prepared .under the Dominion pure 'then allowed to roam. The main flock is "dumping" enormous quantities of foods act supervision, ;and are quite is kept •ea about 300 acres of land, goods in Manchuria, a large percent - dependable in contrast to the danger- fenced in. Scrupulous attention is age of which, he said, are being smug- ous unpasteurized mik for adults and, paid to the cleanliness of. the sheds, glee. across the Eino-Soviet border in children, healthful or undernourished roosts, etc., which are sprayed with the vicinity of Harbin. He added that ' shingle oil from time to time, to des- large quantities of European goods are troy fleas, lice, etc. I entering Manchuria by way of Russia prospects for 1931 were brighter than for any previous year since the 1911 revolution, Admitting that China had faced seri., ons domestic troubles, Mr. Soong said China's domestic political difficulties to be promulgated at the end of the year; but stated that likin (Internal frontier taxes) would definitely bo abolished. Assails "Dumping" by Soviet -persons. ' Germs fn milk that 'has not been pasteurized, he declared, can lead to Meno n War Chests Thrown Open to the Needy Pilots of Rl Air oarce ro FoDOttawa—The Department of Na- y p tional Defense has been authorized by Rations by Parachute 1 order in council to throw open -its London.—Great Britain's increased war chests to the Canadian Red Cross ability to control India from the air be- I Society that the peace forces may came known here following additional benefit. information about recent activities of Ilene is a gift indeed, for it includes two squadrons of the Royal Air Force 45,000 pairs of trousers, 42,000 pairs on the northwestern frontier, I0f socks, 22,000 suits of heavy under - The two squadrons fed a column of , wear, 24,000 winter undershirts, 18,- 1,000 men for two days as the column 000 khaki flannel shirts, many thou- marched from Dargai, a town north of sands of stockings, sweater jackets, Peshawar, to Chitral, The planes act - of and other useful articles ed as transport machines in the line of of clothing to the value of 3250,000. communications, bringing up food from the base. .Behind the expert ment of rationing this force for two days by use of planes, military men indicated they saw new strength In Britain's machinery for controlling In- dia, Driving hi Winter The added strain placed on the auto- mobile storage battery in winter, by the increased use of lights, frequent and often prolonged use of the starter, and similar hardships of cold weather' car eperation, is apt to result is a pre- maturely ran -down battery. It is on ten possible to avoid this Inconveni- ence by keeping an eye on the am- meter. If the indicator tells you that the generator is not charging at the maximum rate specified in your in- struction manual, you may save the life of your battery by having the generator set ahead. When thie has been done, the battery will regain its normal voltage after a few hours of headed eagle near the mountain at driving. Speyside, six miles north of Milton. These supplies, in stock since the close of the World War in 1918, are in excellent condition. After allow ing for the needs of the permanent militia force for the next decade there renihlus such a "stocking" as enumerated. The department states that "It is considered that in the present circumstances the public wel- fare will best be served by distribut- ing this clothing to those in need." Huge Wolf Shot In Milton District Milton.—Harry Hilson, Sr., a well- known trapper and hunter of Milton. Heights, is the possessor of a pelt taken from a female wolf which he shot and hilted in the mountain three miles west of Milton- He will apply to the Government for the bounty. This is the first wolf shot in this part of Canada in recent years, and has caused considerable excitement among farmers residing in the district. Sev- eral weeks ago Ilison killed a golden - Out of a heavy vapor which hung over the water the pigeons were literally hurled on the ship. Some of them struck the rigging and fell exhausted to the deck, Others were blown past turned to matte a landing. Merebets the schooner into the wind and then of the crew tenderly' carried them to the engine room, where they were' cared for. When the vessel' made port Captain Hogan endeavored to sot them free. They seemed reluctant to go and Miss Frances McGaan, Chicago nurse, stricken with infantile par - were permitted to remain as long as alysis over three months ago, who has been living in "breather", or they desired. ;'•'.1 .., - 1 respirator, since that time, is said tby doptoi'g to be enroad to reeovorr�t. Convalescent! asserted, was •'the most terrific cause" I total revenue will likely be about of intestinal and other diseases of In -.moo, fants. Very few centres forbade the: distri- button and sale of unpasteurized milk,' France -Italy Dr. Routley lamented, and this was even more serious when it was real- ized that the diseases carried in un- pasteurized milk might attack anybody drinking it, 11,950,aMiles of Roads Maintained in Quebec May Sign Pact. Authority at Rome Says Naval Parity Negotiations Progressing Rome—Prospects for a naval agree- Quebec.—Tire total length of roads 'nient between France and Italy are maintained this year by the Depart- "a bit more optimistic than at auy went of Roads and at the expense of time since the London Conference," the government was 11,950 miles. la foreign office spokesman told a cor- Beginniug in 1917, the Department. respondent of the Associated Press of Roads was authorized by law to here on Dec. 26th, maintain the provincial highways and The present "naval holiday" accept - to be regarded by the municipalities ed by the two countries last Sum- as responsible for 50 per cent, of .the mer expires in five days. The Gov - cost thereof. The law further accord- ernmout representative declined to ed to the municipalities a subsidy of palm any statement as to Italy's 50 per cent. up to $400,000 for the plans for construction if an agree- maintenance of improved municipal meat is not reached by December 31, roads. In 1922, the extent of roads in but there was n general impression charge of the municipalities having here that the laying down of any increased considerably, the subsidy ships is uulilcely for the time being. maintenance was placed at 50 per cent Negotiations between Italy and without limit as to amount. Prance, halted several times are At the beginning of 1932 the govern- ment took over, for maintenance at its own expense, provincial and region- al highways. In 1927 it took over for the same purpose all improved roads. Riviera Lifts Ban on Sack Suits Nice, France,—The man in a sack suit is welcome along the Riviera in the evening now. Two years ago he would have to club his way into fas- 7tionable resorts. The managers say they want to attract the great mass that never owned a dinner coat "World's Fattest Man" Dies Portland, Ind.—The "world's fattest man," George Butterworth, 60, who travelled for years with shows .and carnivals, died here on Deo 21st after a stroke of paralysis. Butterworth weighed more than 500 pounds. Statue to Earl Haig The Prince. of Wales and high dig- nitaries of the British, French and Belgium natione will attend the un- veiling nveiling of the, bronze equestrian sta- tute of Field Marshal Earl Haig in the principal square of Moatreullsur• Mer on May 31, 1931. Just possible that they may reach a definite stage by the time of the meeting of the council of the League of Nations January 19. The recent visit here of Robert L. Craigie, British naval expert and foreign office representative, created a hope of drawing the two countries together along -compromise proposals. The present negotiations have not yet reached the stage of actual discus- sion of the number and tonnage of ships to be allotted each country but in diplomatic clroles it is felt that the prospects for an agreement are much brighter than at any time in re- cent months. Don't Waste Anti -Freeze From three to four inches below the top of the overflow pipe is the correct level for keeping the radiator filled wltb, water and radiator glycerine. To be exact, three inches for pump aye - toms and four inches for thermo-stph on systems. The reason for this pre- caution Is that when the solution 1s warm expansion win cause the level' to rise and overflow 1f the radiator is Billed above these ,points. "What's Up With the Weather?" asks a headline. Umbrellas, generally, Red Men Criticize Fashions Favor Plum ;• Figures in Far North Vaaoouver.—The Indian trappers of the Yukon would award no beauty prizes to the slim or even moderate- ly'plump women of fashion from -oth- er parts of Canada, but rather invite them to the North, where they might acquire figures more rotund,` "What for, all women kiln so thin outside—no grub? Why he no come in here? Lots of Cariboo and moose. Him get fate" a red-faced native ques- tioned as he poured over the .tasb- lons depicted In a magazine supplied Ito him by roe Walsh, veteran' Yukon- or. wwon 9iwith Filet , L. 0 fame w H Wasson do the rescue recently of two survivors of, the Burke party, . (Out• Side to the native means all country beyond the Yukon). This is told by Walsh in a letter to bls old friend here, daptain George Bloch. Both are •former New Bruns - wickets who have roamed the Yukon together,, and Walsh'sletters give lit Device Keeps. Air Field At Heat of Midsummer New York.—A device which is in tended to heat the area of Roosevelt aviation field, Mineola, N.Y., to a 70- dogree average will be demonstrated by the General Electric Company dur- ing the Air Show, January 24-25, it was disclosed recently. William Kniflin, chairman of the event, said the apparatus would pro• duce an even, balmy Summer climate for the event, no matter how far ti}@ mercury might sink in thermometers those days. The "Golden" Turkey Fort William: Lakehead turkeys again are producing their crop of gold nuggets, or at least of nuggets in their crops. A week ago J. C. Fergeau, a railway engineer, purchased a 'Christ- mas turkey, and when it was cleaned • two gold nuggets, one the size of a pea, and the other a little smaller,. were fomtd. The bird was purchased from W. Kitson, who is trying to trace the shipments of birds which had evi- dently been grazing on a farm where the gravel is peppered with gold. Lit- tle ittle pieces of gold were found a year ago iu the crops of several turkeys here. Italian Birth -Rate Shows Big Increase Rome, Dec. 26.—For the first time since the world war, a distinct fa - crease had creaselrad been registered in the num• ber of births in Italy, statistics' for the first 10 months of this year show- ed howed to -day. The report showed that 907,780 children were born up to the end of October, an increaser of 32,548 over the same period a year ago. Tho deaths for the first 10 months in 1930 in Italy were given as 472,442, a do- crease of 94,326 over 1029. Stone Age Village Found in England Rye, Sussex, Yields Rich Treasure to Local Archaeologist London -One of the.niost complete Stone Age villages discovered In England has just been unearthed near Rye, Sussex, by H. J. Cheney, a loess archaeologist. It is believed to be of great importance to the archaeo• logical world because traces of iron working were found, The diseov cry is expected to shednew. light on the habits and Industries of Stonb Age men. Ernest Straker and S. E. Wlnbolt, leading authorities on the Stone Aga, contend the relics are undoubted of that period. British Museum an other experts are coshing to lope the site. . Mr. Oheney began excavating after noticing that the smoothness of the skyline at the top of a field was ia tle word -pictures and snatches of terrupted by an almost imperceptib14' humor from life there; pictures from I raising, which suggested a prehiatorie the gaga of the Burke search; of coal tomb. Excavations led' to the di* and oil galore on the. Arctic slope; of coveries Fragments of oak, bellow roaming the hills with OS and gun' ed to be the remains of the wall of e and rod. pit dwelling also were found.