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It Seems to Me HITOISI BROUN T AM that Harvard turned down Hanfstaengl's small change scholarship. Quite properly, I beiteve, Dr. Conant considered the source and background behind the proffered gilt of SI,OOO. “We are unwilling,” said the President of Harvard, "to accept a gif*, from one who has been so closely associated the leadership of a political party which has inflicted damage on the universities of Germany through measures which have struck at principles we telieve to be fundamental to universities throughout the world.” These are gallant words and they constitute one of the flrst instances in recent years in W'hich Harvard officials have taken a public position on the side of liberalism. As universities go, tiiC re cord of Harvard in regard to academic freedom

is good. After all Felix Frankforter remained in the faculty even at a time when he was in violent dispute with A. Lawrence Dowell concerning the Saeco-Vanzetti case. But in the past Harvard, like most American colleges, has been not particularly scrupulous in scrutinizing gift horses from the Greeks. It seems to me undeniable that many American institutions of learning have been corrupted by their endowments. Os late, much has been made of the cry that Reds have crept into the cloisters and are in charge of the instruction of youth of America. My own lm-

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pression is that many young faculty members seem radical only in comparison to the color of the university dean or president. It is inevitable and also excellent. ’hat the period between 18 and 22 should be one of inquiry and even skepticism. Progress must dry up if each generation follows sedulously In the footsteps of those who have gone before. nan All the Same, Hut Xot Dated EVERY man ought to be a radical at some period in his life. College is the best time to start. In most countries of the world the student bodies are sensitive to all the new thought whether it be political, economic or philosophic. But here intense effort has been made toward standardization. Many colleges have taken on the methods of mass production. When we use such a phrase as “a Princeton man” or a Yale man” there is at least the suggestion that something about the hood will mark him as part of a regional output. Indeed some educators have not gone quite as far as the motor magnates. They have failed to supply a Yale man 1934 model or equip the more recent Princeton graduates with a streamline or freewheehng. The tendency toward standardization has rested in many instances in the economic setup. This may be less true of our older universities than of some more recent ones. Certain colleges practically belong to the benefactor who has supplied the funds. They have become almost private property and not only the composition of the faculty but the doctrine to be set forth is subject to the veto of some absentee landlord who has eased his conscience with a generous contribution. a a a Let's Cut All Those Strings AND so I hope that Harvard's curt refusal of Putzv's little tip may grow into a general policy to be followed by our national institutions devoted to higher education. Os late, the drive has been toward a regimentation to be obtained by oaths of loyalty and patriotism. I have no faith in such devices. At best they are meaningless. Every man defines loyalty and patriotism according to his own lights. Many who hope for decided and radical change are sincerely convinced that they love their country much more than any reactionary can possibly do. But most of all I hold that the danger to education does not lie in the abberant fancies of any instructor. There are doctrines too wild for my own approval. Not every ism commands my complete support and even so I see no reason why students should be shielded from things which many call heretical. It is the job of a scholar to acquaint himself with every potential point of view'. The thing which threatens education is the forced drying up of the streams of thought. The rich man who in effect buys the university and says, ‘ Now' you teach the things which I believe,” is the real rebel and traitor to the spirit of* learning. It is familiar that in the past there have been public utility professors and even utility universities. Before the next endowment is accepted by even the most isolated jerkwater college it will be well if the president, the dean, or bursar or what-not looks over the proffered currency or securities and then takes a knife of razor edge sharpness in order to cut all the strings. iCopvriKht. 1934. bv The Times)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

ENGINEERS are convinced that the dangers of earthquakes can be minimized by building structures so that they will withstand the shock. With this end in view, the department of civil engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is making a study of the effect of earthquakes on elevated water tanks. It is hoped that these studies will lead to methods of safeguarding public water supplies in areas subject to seismic disturbances. The importance of this study is emphasized by the fact that in the rather slight earthquake at Long Beach. Cal . last year, a suprisingl.v large number of elevated tanks were damaged, some of them so seriouslv that it was necessary to dismantle them. The slight quakes felt in the outskirts of San Francisco only a few days ago. while doing no more than rattling a few pictures on the walls of homes, nevertheless served to emphasize the fact that California is one of the world's seismic regions. In the historic and disastrous San Francisco earthquake, the fire which followed the quake did more damage than the quake itself. But the quake was not only responsible for starting the fire but for making it impossible to fight it. For the quake broke water mains everywhere and destroyed tne city's water supply. 0 8 0 DESTRUCTION of a city’s water supply introduces a fire hazard and a health hazard, for many epidemics can start rapidly with the breakdown of proper sanitation. It was these considerations which led the Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies to sponsor the present studies. Arthur C. Ruge, research associate in the laboratory of seismology, is carrying on the researches. He is employing miniature water tanks in his studies and observing the effect of laboratorycreated earthquakes upon them. He built a model of a 60.000-gallon, 100-foot tower tank on a scale of 1 to 50. This was mounted on a table. Miniature earthquakes were obtained by the simple method of shaking the table. Comparing the results of his tests with the commonly accepted method of designing tank towers to resist earthquakes, he came to the conclusion that the present method was inadequate. “Present methods of designing elevated tank towers to resist earthquakes were found to be considerably on the unsafe side.” Mr. Ruge reports. “They do not even give a general indication of the actual stresses.” 0 8 0 MR RUGE has come to the conclusion that there must be radical changes in the design of water towers for seismic regions. “The type of tower now so common was not developed for earthquake resistance.” he says, “but merely to fulfill the purpose of elevating the water supply on a structure which must resist a certain amount of wind force in addition to carrying the vertical load. For this it is practically ideal, but there is no reason to accept it as the ideal structure for withstanding earthquake motions.” The present researches, it is hoped, will reveal what the ideal structure is for seismic region. In his experiments, Mr. Ruge uses equipment which both magnifies and records the movements of the model. Levers conected to the model and the shaking table magnify the movements and cause them to be recorded on a moving strip of photographic film. The film is then developed like a motion picture and studied at leisure.

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SCIENCE MOVES INTO NEW HOME

Eli Lilly and Company to Dedicate Research Laboratories

BY TIPTON BLISH Timrt Stiff Writer MANY learned men who have achieved world-wide fame as investigators in the various fields of medical and chemical research will gather here Thursday to attend the formal opening of the new research laboratories of Eli Lilly & Cos. The new buildings, of brick and Indiana limestone, were designed by Robert Frost Daggett, Indianapolis architect, to occupy the entire block opposite the general offices of the company, Alabama and McCarty streets. v The main laboratory, facing South Alabama street, is 220 feet long and has three stories and a basement. The animal building, where all animals used in experimentation will be housed in airconditioned quarters, is a separate unit attached to the main edifice and rises four stones above ground. The most striking feature of the imposing facade is provided by the carvings flanking the main entrance. Designed by Henry Hering, noted American sculptor, these are of symbolic figures of Hvgeia, Greek goddess of health, and Aesculapius, legendary father of medicine. Besides the massive stainless steel doors are carved reminders of the ancient origin of the w'ork to which the building is dedicated —the symbols of ancient alchemists who studied the stars to determine their influence on the metals and chemicals of the earth, and who devoted their lives to vain attempts to wrest gold from base substances. Except for these sculptured tributes to the almost prehistoric pioneers of chemical and medical research, the building is as modern as the present day arts and sciences of architecture and engineering can make it. The entrance hall and the corridors, which extend the full length of the building, are wainscorted in travertine and the floors are covered with a noiseless rubber composition. A reception hall, seminar room and administrative offices are on the first floor as are a number of laboratories equipped with the latest facilities for investigations in biochemical research. Directly inside the main entrance is a large bronze plaque bearing the legend: “Erected in honor of Josiah Kirby Lilly whose conviction that advancement in pharmacy and medicine must depend on well directed research, made possible the erection of this building.” The second floor houses the offices and laboratories of the organic research staff, an amphitheater for demonstrations of various phases of progress in research, dark rooms, chill rooms and laboratories with small scale production facilities. Also on this floor are laboratories for pharmacologic research w’here technical apparatus of strange design bewilders and excites the curiosity of the casual lay observer. a a a LABORATORIES for biological research are on the third floor, where also is the library housing what is said to be one of the finest privately owned research collections in existence today. Stained glass windows assure soft light in this beautifully decorated reading room. The walls are of panelled oak and bas-relief designs adorn the arched ceiling. Adjoining the library are small private rooms where investigators may study, sure of quiet and free from interruption. The difficult problem presented in any research building by extraordinary plumbing requirements is solved here by double-walled corridors, two feet wide, between laboratory walls. These corridors conceal the pipes conducting gas, air, water and steam and carrying off fumes and sewage. These laboratories will be under the direction of Dr. G. H. A. Clowes, a native of England, who has been associated with the Lilly company since 1910. He heads a staff of more than seventy-five chemists, pharmacists, pharmacologists. bacteriologists and others trained for investigations in the entire field of medicine. Forty of this number devote their time exclusively to research problems. Officials of Eli Lilly aftd Company have pointed out that medicine, in becoming an integral part of the social structure, has become in turn dependent on all phases of that structure and especially on industrial development and research. The most epoch-making discoveries in the field of medicine must depend on the co-operative efforts of a large group of technical and scientific experts if theoretical discoveries are to be turned to practical account and made available to mankind, they say. Such developmental research must be accomplished as quickly as possible and this best can be done where a large trained staff and the most modern equipment such as the Lilly company provides are available, it is explained. The Lilly company has been one of the most important industries in Indianapolis since Colonel Eli Lilly opened his first manufacturing laboratory in 1876 on the Pearl street site of the present L. S. Ayres and Coatpanv building. 000 AS a memorial to his father, J. K. Lilly, present board chairman, has erected an exact replica of the original laboratory at the foot of Alabama street, opposite the new buildings and the company offices. Mr. Lilly hopes to furnish and equip this building exactly as he remembers the original structure. It will be open for inspection at the time of the dedication of the new laboratories Thursday, but probably will not be furnished completely until a later time. J. K. Lilly assumed the duties of superintendent at the old plant when he finished college in 1882.

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Dedication of the new’ research laboratories of Eli Lilly & Cos. (upper) will attract many noted scientists to Indianapolis Thursday. A feature of the main building is its Alabama street entrance (lower left) w ith bas-relief figures of Aesculapius and Hygeia, Greek god and goddess of medicine, and, below them, the chemical symbols used by ancient alchemists. One of the most valuable chemical research libraries in the world will be housed in the new building with quiet for study assured in the oak-panelled reading room (low’er right).

He succeeded to the presidency in 1898, when Colonel Lilly died. He was joined in the business by his two sons, Eli Lilly, now president of the corporation, and J. K. Lilly Jr., vice-president. The business has grown steadily for the last sixty years, maintaining throughout the policies established by the founder. The nucleus of a scientific staff was formed in the early eighties and around this the present organization has grown. In 1911, the company erected a building devoted entirely to scientific research. but as additions to the staff were made it became necessary to provide quarters in other buildings and finally to erect the new research laboratories recently completed. Operations of the company now require the use of twentysix buildings covering several city blocks. In addition to the laboratories and chemical factory, these include machine shops, printing shops and a box factory. The plant gives employment to almost every type of professional man and artisan found in an average modem city. In addition to the local plant, special research is carried on at the Lilly Biological Laboratories near Greenfield, Ind., and a

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branch research laboratory is maintained during the summer months in conjunction with the Marine Biological Laboratories at Woods Hole, Mass. Special studies also are carried on in co-operation with research groups in many universities and clinics both in the United States and abroad. 8 0 0 APPROXIMATELY eight hundred invitations to the opening exercises have been extended primarily to those who have won distinction as investigators and specialists in research. The dedicatory program will open with a luncheon Thursday in a large circus tent on a vacant lot cn McCarty street opposite the new laboratories, formal dedication of which will occur at 2. The dedicatory address by Eli Lilly will be followed by a talk by J. K. Lilly, “Comments on Research in Manufacturing Pharmacy.” The next address, “The Unpredictable Results of Research,” will be given by Dr. Irving Langmuir, Schenectady, N. Y„ General Electric Company research director. Dr. Langmuir, one of the country's outstanding chemists, won the Nobel prize in for his work in surface chemistry and he is also credited with the discovery

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of the gas used to fill tungsten electric light bulbs. One of the most interesting addresses on the day’s program will be that of Sir Frederick Banting, University of Toronto, the discoverer of insulin. He has chosen as his topic, “The Early History of Insulin.” This will be particularly fitting in view of the fact that the development of commercial insulin came through close co-oper-ation between the research staff of the Lilly laboratories and Dr. Banting and his Toronto associates. The final speech on the program will be given by Sir Henry Dale, director of the National Institute for Medical Research, London, England. Sir Henry will speak on

THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP ana a a a By Ruth Finney

WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—The Democratic party will rule the United States senate this winter with a majority resembling those of the Republican party in Civil war times, unless all political signs fail.

If the Democrats gain six members, as Postmaster-General Farley predicts, they will control sixty-six of the ninety-six seats in the senate. The estimate may even be revised upward before Nov. 6. Thirteen Republicans, four Progressive Republicans and one Farmer-Labor members are up for election this year. In Maine, Senator Hale already has been selected for another term and in California, Senator Hiram W. Johnson has no opposition. That leaves the Democrats with a chance to win in sixteen out of eighteen possible contests. The cfiance is slim in such states as Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware. Michigan and Pennsylvania. Most prognostications are putting them into the Republican column without question. That leaves eleven doubtful contests, four of which are complicated by the fact that Democratic aspirants are opposed by Progressive and Farmer-Labor incumbents who have supported all or part of the New Deal program. 0 8 0 MOST Democratic prophets think the other seven states are sure to flop from the Republican to Oiie Democratic column. They are Ohi*. Indiana. Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Rhode Island and West Virginia. The Roosevelt administration rather would win in Ohio and Indiana than anywhere else because the Republican senators from those states, Fess and Li’l Arthur Robinson, are the two most bitter critic* of the New

“Chemical Ideas in Medicine and Biology.” Thursday night there will be a banquet in honor of the out-of-tow 7 n guests at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Speakers at the dinner will be Sir Henry Dale, Dr. Elliott P. Joslin, Boston; Dr. George R. Minot, Boston; Dr. Frank R. Lillie, Chicago; Dr. Charles R. Stockard. New York; Dr George H. Whipple, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. Carl Voegtlin, Washington, and Dr. Clowes. The Lilly company has announced that the new laboratories will be open to visitors daily from 9 to 5, from today through Friday.

Deal. It seems likely to do so in Ohio. The Democratic ticket in Indiana is handicapped by the intense unpopularity of the state's Democratic Governor, and Senator Robinson has been quick to shift his attack from national to local issues. SIGMA DELTA CHI TO MARK ANNIVERSARY State Newspapermen Invited to Take Part in Meeting Here. Newspapermen throughout the state have been invited to join the silver anniversary celebration of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, by attending a banquet sponsored by the Indianapolis alumni chapter Oct. 19 at the Athenaeum. Delegates to the convention of the organization will come from Greencastle, where the sessions will be in progress. Corbin Patrick, Indianapolis Star staff member, will have charge of the program, assisted by Harold Russ and John W. Thompson, Indianapolis Times staff member. WOMEN SE? SESSION Overseas Service League to Meet in Dayton Oct. 20. Members of the Women’s Overseas Service League from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, will meet in Dayton, 0., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20 and 21, for the second annual Fifth corps area conference. The first conference was held in Indi&napolis last year.

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Fair Enough WESTBROOK FEfiLEE T~XETROIT, Oct. B.—Surely nobody in this country has any right to be disappointed over the name that the British selected for the big steamboat, which they launched in Scotland recently, but it was something of an anti-climax. They called it Queen Mary' and the name was kept a state secret until her majesty smashed a bottle of Australian wine over the bow and told all. It was the secrecy and the ballyhoo which put me off. The British are sly ones and the mystery which they built up was

enough to lead any one to suspect that they had picked a fancy title for the boat. Queen Mary seemed much too obvious. It was like naming a dog Towser or a horse Dobbin. Still, the boat is their boat and Queen Mary is their queen and the selection is nobody’s business but their own. And. anyway, the sailors and waterfront people probably will be calling the ship Big Mamie after awhile just as they briefed up the Mauretania to Morrie and the Leviathan to Levi. Naming a ship, a baby, animal or restaurant is a problem. A man won $25,000 a few years ago

for selecting a name for anew magazine, which was then being published under a working title. He suggested “Liberty.” I could have kicked myself. I was sure I could have thought of it myself, it seemed as though, for $25,000 cash, they would want something much more imposing. There are several thousand Ritz and Waldorf restaurants in the United States, many of them quite modest places with the word “Eats” in electric lights out front and the reassuring motto Tables for Ladies ’ in white letters on the front windows. Those which are not called Ritz or Waldorf are Elite or Gem. From the look of some of the proprietors you would never suppose they had the imagination. Most of the Gems are in small southern cities. They are run by Greeks. They have booths with uncomfortable benches, a bowl of toothpicks and another of paper napkins on each table and nickelslots at strategic points which permit the guests to buy big blurts of music with their meals. Their food incidentally, is the best obtainable in the small cities of the south. The Greeks can cook a steak. a a a A ot Dogs—Merchandise SUCH names as the Elms, the Maples and the Oaks and Bills Eat Shop, all rail for originality and it is a marvel that so much originality exists among the simple citizens who run roadside inns and hot dog establishments along the highways everywhere. There are examples by the thousand, some of them almost side by side. I don’t know what else the British might have called their boat. Such names as Mauretania, Aquitania, Scythia and Megantic have a book-learning sound, but it is very’ doubtful that many people who have heard of the boats have the fainest notion what the names refer to. There is no doubt about Queen Mary. She is the lady who wears those hats and carries the umbrella. The dog-people have a trick. They sometimes give a dog two names, one for the records and the show-ring, the other for domestic purposes. So the dachshund which is called Friederich von WeinerSchnitzel of Frankfort-on-Main in the catalog responds to the name of Gyp in private life. A dog man explained that once when I wondered how the owner of a dog named Ferdinand von WeimerSchnitzel of Frankfort-on-Main would go about calling his dog at night. Os course, the truth is that in many’ cases, the owners do not even know their dog3 socially. Dogs in this category are merchandise. ana Yes, the Name Was Rover IT is a fact, however, that people do not call dogs by the old fashioned names any more but prefer to try humor, often with pretty punk effect. It has been twenty-five years since I was acquainted with any dog named Rover. I knew one named Julius and had one myself once by the name of Maggie, but that was short for magnificent. One of Mr. George Creel’s anecdotes refers to a time when he was sent to interview Jess Williard and write his autobiography. He said he knew the minute he looked into Willard’s large, innocent countenance, that he would have to supply all the inspiration himself. He prodded Jess with questions hoping to start hin* off on some sentimental strain about his youth but with no luck. At last Mr. Creel asked Jess if he had ever had a dog. If so, he might recall something amusing out of his boyhood. Yes. Jess had had a dog. His name was Rover. “And I knew when he said ‘Rover’ that he had no imagination,” said the man whose own parents had christened him George. (Coprricht. 1934. by Unite and Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Your Health —BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN -

LOOK out for a cold this time of year, especially if you are easily susceptible to one. For this is the season when colds begin. Boys and girls return to school. Persons who have lived a great deal outdoors during the summer move indoors. And many of us will sit for hours exposed to the elements at football games. It is such sudden changes in temperature, and other conditions, that may lower vitality and give way to cold, although the exact cause of the common cold is not yet known. Colds aLso are passed from one person to another by coughing and sneezing. Furthermore, a diet that contains insufficient vitamins and mineral salts may lower vitality and leave you susceptible to a cold. Chronic infections in nose and throat, and in the ears, may do so. And so may interference with breating through improper construction of the nose. If you catch colds easily, you should undergo an examination as to the special conditions existing in your system which might be related to the manner in which you catch cold. 8 0 0 THROUGH the experience of many years, technics have been worked out for taking care of the ordinary cold, although it is not certain that any of these technics actually will stop a cold or cure it. In the first place it seems to be generally believed that alkalinization of the body is desirable. This may be accomplished by taking alkaline drinks, such as orange juice and lemon juice in the form of orangeade and lemonade, which at the same time supply plenty of water to the body. The taking of plenty of water is know’n to be useful, not only for flushing the intestines and the kidneys, but also for protecting the body against fever. It is best not to undertake, that type of treatment without medical advice. It is usually considered desirable to have the Intestinal tract clean. This does not mean that strong cathartics should be taken, but any of the usual mild measures may be tried. 808 TT is best to go to bed and to stay there until the 1 cold disappears. While in bed you should keep warm, but not hot. The danger in overheating the body is the possibility of chilling, with the onset of another cold. Because the lips and nose may be irritated lubrication in the form of simple ointments may be applied. Sometimes stimulation of the circulation of the blood is attempted by placing the feet in hot mustard baths and by rubbing irritants on the skin. The value of these measures is questionable, but they seem to do little, if any, harm. There is no good evidence to establish the use of nose and throat antiseptics. Once established, the cold runs a mild course In most cases. Too much spraying of the nose may drive the infection into the ears. The same result may follow too vigorous blowing of the nose.

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