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way for a college freshman to regis getting writer's cramp, hauling a bale of meaningless (to him) blanks around for hours and working himself to the brink of a nervous breakdown. An ideal method of registration would be where the greenie could simply announce his desire for a future sheepskin and sign his name on a piece of paper; preferably blank, For years I have been a student of registration days for freshmen. For years I've harbored the secret desire to fer college presidents a su-per-simple plan which. would forever banish the most hideous day in a pod-wearer's life. No use. It's your baby if you want it and believe me, there's a need. :

Best Devised So Far

C. R. MAXIM, Butler University registrar, and Mrs. Ruth Deming, assistant registrar, showed me in detail what they had wrought for the convéhience of the enrolling student. : True, it's the best that has been devised so

© far. A student, if he follows chalk footsteps, paint- “and one door through which he could leave. It

ed arrows, reads signs, follows direction ropes and doesn't climb .over strategic wire fences, should come out in pretty good shape. Providing, of course, the collegian has the stamina of a bull and nerves of steel to begin with. It's hard to concelve what would happen without the above. My alma mater left out the wire fences when yours truly entered the fieldhouse at Bloomington to register. As a' result, when the day was over, my card showed that with the

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ule revealed that for four days freshmen were subjected to lectures (“Meaning of College,” “Study Habits," “Guidance Program,” “Reading Ability”), tests (aptitude test, mathematics test, English test, physical examination, chest X-ray, speech tést), meetings, convocations, talks with advisers. The fifth day they registered. No more fight existed in their young bodies. You know, after four days of being ridden unmercifully, even a wild bronco will submit to the bit. . " H.-E. Crull, director of the university college, said everything was going smoothly. Best registra. tion day in years, in fact. That was last Friday. If you overlooked an occasional shriek and frantic things were going smoothly. :

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Road Plainly Marked

FORTY students were allowed to enter every 10 minutes. The road forward was plainly marked. Registration assistants were stationed about 20 short paces apart. Advisers sat under big overhead signs with their names printed in bold letters. Forms and cards were to be had all along the devious but fenced route. ” or - Quickly, lest I find myself signed up for the fall term, I snatched. all.cirds offered me, There were 13. The boy or girl with an innate dislike of repeating information over and over again was doomed. Some forms requested the last name first while others required the first name. first.| Alertness and co-ordination were musts. There

couldn't be folded. Others had to be folded. bmehow the lofig lines of freshmen moved forward, slowly but: surely, relentlessly. A small tribute should be paid to all those at Butler who had a hand in establishing the present system. Far from the perfection that I have mentioned earlier, it's the best that today's intellect can

rh he student appear HRERa ETT : e final blow comes when the ent appears ; y . at a table where a check sheet is marked against .Unable to obtain road markers from the city, the sheriff's office has pressed High weeds and t

all that had taken place. When Joe College gets , prisoner into service painting signs on the metal lids of soap cans. scene one of the most accident marred in Marion past that, helping hands guide him to the win- Z ‘ . dow where the fees arg paid. When that techni-| cality is fulfilled, out the door he goes, free for| about two steps. There are green. pods to get, elassqs to find, books to buy, girls to look at.

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Billygoat Food

| By Robert C. Ruar

ATLANTA, Sept. 19—Mr.. Ernest Rogers, a writing fellow who takes his eating seriously, has nutured a grievance against your correspondent for some three years, since I tactlessly composed a tirade against that commodity the southerner holds even more sacred than womanhood— southern king. > It iy opinion at the time—and it hasnt changed much, since—that the fare the luckless wandered was able to dig up in the land of, crino-line-type sandspurs was unfit for consumption by the average indigent billygoat. I am still sticking to the rule; although Mr. Rogers has provided the exception. At his expense, I have just dined at the Magnolia Hall, an ancient dwelling that was picked up bodily from the town and moved, piece by piece, to the suburbs.” “It is administered by a Miss Mariann Kidd, a genial lady whose shape is testimony to her table. By that I mean she is, not thin, and.you can_see how the local cour: tesy is already invading my. speech.. A week ago I would have said she weighed 250 pounds or better. ’ : Miss Mariann Kidd, regarding me as a carpet-

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fused to allow me to order. she said, firmly.

Order of the Feed

SAID FEED consistéd, in this order, of biscuits about as big -as _half-g-buck,” which were neithér dry nor soggy; a mixed salad whose dressing would not have embarrassed a Frenchman; a heaping platter of chicken fried nearly as well as I can do it; some fine crisp country ham with no kinfolk in the shoe-trade; some whole preserved peaches; some fluffy rice with a choice of cream or red-eye gravy; some non-greasy stringbeans; some digestible candied yams; some creamed onions and some pecan pie. The coffee was excellent, which is very rare down here. This repast was supposed to remodel by former stand, and it did not, since I hold that no stranger would ever find the place; that it is

Senate Picky

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—Trying to. please the U. 8S. Senate isn’t easy. Sometimes it's impossible. Ask the chef of the Senate restaurant. Or President Truman. No matter what the official cook dishes up for the lawgivers, they don't like if. And it begins to look like Mr. Truman is in the same uncomfortable spot. For instance: ‘ - The President a while back appointed his old friend and one-time Senator, Mon C. Wallgren, to be chairman of the National Resources Board. The Senators agreed that Mon was a swell fellow. Elegant poker, player. Good story teller. Fine fisherman. An expert with a pool cue. They liked him. But they didn’t think he was smart enough to be boss of the nation’s resources. They turned him, down. Here we drop the curtain, while a few months pass, \ And there was the President again, faced with appointing a man to be chairman of the Munitions Board, This time, by gollies, said Mr. T. to himself, he'd give those Senators no chance to say his boy lacked ability. He'd - go to a great engineer first and ask his advice on who was the one man in all America.best aualified to be in-charge of guns both big and little.

So He Goes to Hoover SO HE went to Herbert Hoover, the elder statesman, and asked’ him. Mr, Hoover said that the best man he knew for the job was Carl A. Ilgenfritz, vice president of the U. 8. Steel Corp. Mr. Truman appointed him.

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of the House and Senate. (He paused to let that|- } The Senators had some difficulty pronouncing. sink in.) p Compulsory safety devices on U. 8. ships, they believe, should the place was opened for business

- Mr. Ilgenfritz’ name; they kept putting wrong letters in it. But they agreed that if ever there was. a man fitted for the job, he was it. They said he was a citizen of high character, great honesty, and real industry. They predicted that if he were to take on the chairmanship he'd do a whale of a

away out of town, and public domain cooking as a whole still smells from Memphis to Mobile. Miss Mariann replied that this was because a lot| of damned Yankees and assorted varmints had| invaded the field, and were propagandizing against’ the Dixiecrats. | Miss Mariann’s meal is the kind of excellent grub you get in quality folkses’ houses, and has| no bearing on the gastronomic insults you are] handed in the average restaurant, diner or coffee| shop. That is still sheer axle grease on every-| thing; that is still the solid-clay biscuit and the). evil‘eyed egg on a slab of burnt rubber heel That is still the gluey rice and the sodden greens, with the two-inch pasteboard crust on the shriveled shred of uncooked apple. ’

ty . Culture Creeping In BUT IN fairness to this particular city, some; hint of Yankee culture is beginning to. creep into] the town itself. Four years ago a decent meal was undvaitable to’ an outlander; now: there. atel half-a-dozen restaurants which sérve food ihstead| of sermons on Sherman; washed down with soda bicarb. There are even a couple of good French | joints here now, even to the tortured candles in| ¥ wine bottles and a waitress with an accent. opt 7 ; : So far has the town progressed since the war, Deputy Lester Esarey, sheriff's office safety director, has although the sale of mixed liquors is forbidden| found his job is more than investigating and analyzing accidents. by law, some of the more advanced spots have, He spends much of his time getting rid of weeds hiding signs and discovered a gimmick whereby an excellent mar-| ; 4arcactions. tini is available, or a®sup of §cotch for a stranger parchéd with thirst. a This is a triumph in a city where the bottle stores stay open until 11 p. m., and social drink-| ing has formerly been performed from the neck| WN ropes rerio e mieten reser . of the jug. F This, the second of two articles, continues the analysis of the Despite ‘Mr. Rogers’ experiment in ciyilizing traffic problem in Marion County. It is a problem which has me up to 4 suth’'n standard, I intend to cling to| »fficials worried for the death toll, numbering 34, is the highest my original premise: by and large most of it’s| in history. The Times has published these articles in hopes it bad, and the only way to avoid ptomaine is to| partially will aid in stemming the gruesome march of death. [ze “murder in-the county.” deputy never will see them violate know somebody who can steer you to a safe one,| ; VICTOR PETERSON Deputy Lester Esarey, safety|a traffic law. With one car in like the prohibition co a to di By VIC 50] puty ' Ps used to direct a wistful y director, scans accident reports each corner of the county, we stranger to. a speakie where the liquid was rea- DEPUTY SHERIFFS Wilbur Rusie and Joseph Forestal cruised ' lement as he attempts to|would have a better chance of sonably free of creosote. 2 slowly through the streets of Mars Hill. In a little more than an| puzz'e 3 Pp doing some : thorously enforce: hour they would turn the patrol car over to. the 8 p. m. shift. analyze the mounting number of | 8 h id ug For nearly 10 hours the two deputies had “protected” the whole Crashes and. deaths ment,” he sald.

a western half of the county that May 4 this year. Roaming the - ® = » « = =» By Frederick of Othman eastern side was another car. It'had been a busy day, and several] CERTAIN SPOTS are buga-| SHERIFF Cunningham's com|times the car. had criss-crossed "Deputy Sheriffs Elbert Rackley boos for minor accidents. High plaint of lack of funds has fil|the county to answer calls out of ang Herschel Brown and I talked |", the list are U. 8. 4) Lhrough tered down to Deputy Esarey. by a vote of 40 to 28; they turned their territory. {the county, Keystone Ave. from|

job: .And then labout the accident, the long runs (Al 8 . . . , ol . ummer he has had a conhim down. | - Right then the east car was the inability to answer calls as| Fall Creek Parkway north, Ray {

And for an interesting reason, too. No matter|tied up on an accident. Suddenly we drove stowly about the dark-| pond St. aid Ehrman AR. and stant ‘battle to secure the wherehow he tried, the statesmen said, Mr. Ilgenfritz| the police dispatcher’s voice came ened back roads of Marion Coun-|* co «nS an urchman Aves. withall for signs. couldn't serve two masters. He was, after .all, a over the radio, and Deputy Rusie ty. Otherwise the pins in the acci-| “I was flooded With calls that human being and you couldn't expect it of him. [turned on the car's red light, CE dent spot map in Sheriff Jamesi.,¢ric signs were so worn they It turned ‘out that for 20 years Mr. Iigenfritz flipped the siren switch and| I RODE through the night with Cunningham's office are as scat-.ouidn't be read. Each time 1 had been a low-paid worker in the steel business. tramped- on the accelerator. {them on the .accident-marred|tered as the deaths. |would refer the complaint to the Four. years ago he got into the big money as vice] It was another of those long/roads which this year already, It makes it tough trying to county sign department but noth-| president’ of the United States Steel Corp. at runs—Mars Hill tay Ravenswood havé claimed a record of 34 lives.|analyze what is wrong in the|jno wags done,” Deputy Esarey| $70,000 a year. He said that he'd be delighted to this time—which meant knifing Strangely, it was the most quiet county and what we can- do "to|gaiq. : serve his country at the $14,000 wage offered, through Indianapolis at the tag night in months. There was only correct it” said Deputy Esdrey| or for nothing, but that he simply wpuldn't re- end of rush Hour traffic. one run—to investigate a drunk|who joined the sheriff’s office in|opners, who are sign painters, and sign from the steel company. “To. | . They never made it. At West sleeping along U. 8. 40 near High June. put them %o work. I'd take them See a Bad Precedent and New York Sts. the speeding/School Rd. “Probably the biggest factor is right out to the scene to do. the . " } patrol car collided with an oil| . That was as peaceful as the speed. Most of the crashes, atop, to x HE Dip, Be said, he'd lose all his rights truck. Deputy Rusie was treated National Road west had been in'deast the bad ones, are at night.|" “Then we needed a lot of new tinue Jeusion. hi the Senate would let him con-|at the scene. Deputy Forestal'a long time. It is this stretch People just overdrive their lights./signs and couldn't get the work 1 bi 8 steel salary, he'd gladly devote was sent to General Hospital. -|which has marked up the great-| That's a form of carelessness and done. As a last resort I took the a 8 energies to his government work. Senator| state and city police finally an- est concentration of deaths, many you can lump a multitude of sins|metal lids off the big soap cans

after Senator said this was a bad precedent |g : . swered the call. .lof them pedestrians. under it. | t Next thing you knew, they said, an oil man|=“—-— " on . . We get at the jall and _turnedd

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levelest to get Mr. Ilgenfritz approved. C ld pi | U S “I-suppose you want him"to give up all that he’ ou appen on . . Awakened by a strange man, has and come-down here to work for the govern-| B Mrs. Anna Po Merl hy 805 N.| ment for nothing, like 4 Senator does,” he cried in|" WASHINGTON, Sept. -It couldn't have happened on an| Ilinols 8t.. screamed and a burgAmerican- vessel. Government maritime. officials think U, 8. safety . rules are so stringent that a blaze would be spotted and snuffed

tones sarcastic. “ Senator pub as Phos . py RV. be ice 3 0 A $1500 safe burglary at Guar-|lar escaped through a window. long before it flared Into & disaster like that which swept the antee Tire & Rubber Co., 3226 She described the burglar and Noronic. { 10th St, was discovered as

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| But the 1500 miles of Marion. “Of course, we are way underCounty roads know no real favor- staffed and motorists know this. ites. There seems to be no rhyme They don’t need a scorebook to nor reason as to where people elie them that chances are a

nesses, or any stocks and bonds. “But you can't put hobos, entirely, in ‘charge aig vou

her purse. She said the man enAnd yet we are making love to the detect and extinguish any incipi- scree her spartment by taking 4

angels with ” Mn botler rooms; special checks | this morning. screen from a window, He escaped gels with a purity that baffles all description. They pointed out that| © stairwells and Pe unin-| A burglar who “knew what ee same way.

«The majority of his colleagues were unim-|the Noronic either lacked these " pressed. They admired Mr. Iigenfritz, but they safety devices or else they failed Dabited areas where rubbishiwas doing” sawed through the| Ames Floyd, 40, of 346 8. Rit-| {ter Ave., reported he was beaten|

" . might collect and constitute a fire roof and punched into an office Woulamt hire Bi. a Prolagnt. de he muy to unction. datoly Témiireroents hazard; fireproof or fire-resistant safe, police identification views) and robbed of $45 early today by } ‘ 4 8, 1] coverings, wall coverings . recipe in the hope of Pleasing the gentlemen. [which were rigidly tightened after ang paints, 8 g ps Chiles, office manager, i Bangers who offered to taie

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+ : " restaurant, . our Bask, N. J > gat, ships built since 1935 would have exact amount of loot until police] ay or the. mb. diove: Till : | Wi . '|fireproof * bulkheads every 130 completed their investigation, but| 27? Test Your Skill 27? have been in force since 1935. op along the ship'c length to|pe pe tos the eg igal on near | north on Ritter Ave, instead of : The" measures which officials seal off and localize any tires | $1500. {south and took his wallet after

What country is called the Europe”? ‘ In ancient times the name was given to Sicily, on account of the fertility of its soil : So.

Did the Whisky Insyrrection result in the 21st r mendment? No: It was sn outbreak in western Pennsylvania In 1794, resulting from an attempt on the part of the United States government to enforce 1 1e excise law (imposing taxes on distilled liquors)

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year? ; " | American ships include: {rigid Coast Guard specifications |the store closed for. the week-end, | AUXILIARY TO MEET : Preliminary estimates put the crop at 3,380. An automatic sprinkler system.iare; in the words of one official land opening time at 8:30 a. m.| The women's auxiliary of the Is : ‘ | An automatic fire detection and “practically fireproof.” He pointed {oq : New York Central Railroad Club 000,000 bushels. | . y. , ire (alarm system. out that strictly speaking “there Job Neatly Cased will meet at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow | A fire patrol system whichis no such thing as a totally fire-| Police said the job was “neatly/at 329 N, "Pennsylvania St. Mrs. .\punch-clocks each station every proof ship.” Steel bulkheads, as-| ced " "The foot and a half A. W. Seal is president.

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What is ‘he National Security Council?” 20. to 30 minutes. Ibestos partitions, metal furniture. | A unit of the .new National Defense Depart- Any American ship built prior spun.glass drapes and fire-re- Square hole which was sawed in| ment, charged with planning broad policy. It con- to 1935 (the Noronic was bullt!gistant paints will not keep pas- the roof was directly over a set said the safe cracker was “a man sists of the President and Vice President, Sec-(in 1913) would have these safety wengers from smoking in bed, he|0f shelves . which allowed -thewho knew what he was doing.” retaries ‘of Defense and of State, the chairman requirements as an absolute mini- pointed out. And there is still no/burglar to descend to the floor| The combination was knocked off

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~ - . POOR SIGNS were a greatcontributing factor to the accidents at Raymond St. and Sherman Ave, Since they have been repainted, the number of crashes has dropped. Hand in hand with the markers was a summer headache — high weeds. Deputy Esarey said he reported . these conditions constantly but after several weeks the weeds still would be uncut. “I personally have gone out many times to cut or stamp them down at some of the worst intersections,” he said. That is the picture of traffic and its gruesome toll of deaths in Marion County. Too small a staff and insufficient funds are the basic complaints of Sheriff Cunningham. . 8 But thiere is one more vital factor to the picture which is no fault of the persons irivolved, but of the system politically. There is not, and cannot be,

lem when every change of sheriffs. brings virtually a complete change of personnel. it takes time to develop persons skilled in the art of handling traffic.

Bullet in Pipe Hurts Smoker

An Indianapolis truck driver joined police today in a hunt for a practical jokester who put a 25caliber shell in his pipe. George Albert Jr, 18, of 3802 E. 38th St., was treated at Meth odist Hospital last night for fa. cial injuries and shock after his pipe exploded in his face, shatter. ing his glasses. y Mr. Albert was so shocked at first he believed the line tank in the truck he was driving had exploded. : : "Police sald Mr. Albert could have easily lost his eyesight or even been killed by the bullet.

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LONDON, Sept. 19 (UP) ~Americans who expected to get more for their dollars as a result of devaluation got a shock today when they went to the U, cafeteria for

of they National Resources Board and other de- mum. Other measures would in-|such thing as .fire-proof bed without a ladder. |of the safe by a few well-placed partment heads, as requested. clude fire-smothering equipment clothes, ol . | The. same investigating officers punches, they saiC,

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