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PAGE TWO  THE DAILY IOWAN STATE UNIVERSITY of IOWA  Saturday, April 26, 1919  THE DAILY IOWAN   A morning paper published for the period of the war four times a week---Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday----by the Daily Iowan Publishing company at 103 Iowa avenue, Iowa City   Member Iowa College Press   Entered as second class matter at the  post office of Iowa City, Iowa  Subscription Rate $2.00 per year   BOARD OF TRUSTEES  C. H. Weller, chairman, Gretchen Kane, secretary, E. M. McEwen, E. S. Smith, Alice E. Hinkley, M. Elizabeth Hendee, Mary Anderson   EDITORIAL STAFF  MILDRED E. WHITCOMB, Editor-in-chief Telephone, Black 1757; Office Hours---8-12; 1-6 daily, Room 14, L. A. Building   Rowena Wellman---Managing Editor  Associate Editor  Ralph E. Overholser  News Editor  Eileen Galvin  Exchange Editor  Nancy Lamb  Humorous Editor  M. Elizabeth Hendee  Sports Editor  Leon H. Brigham   BUSINESS STAFF  ROMOLA LATCHEM---Business manager  Edward Chamberlain---Advertising Mgr. Telephone 935; Office Hours---3-5 daily, 103 Iowa Ave   "I have never had a policy. I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day as each day came."---Lincoln.   Night Editor  Beth Wellman   

THE HIDDEN HAND  
Are we not prone to be blind to the riches of our own environment? As Russell Conway would have us believe in his lecture, "Acres of Diamonds," there are diamonds in our own backyards if we would encompass our visualization with insight. The statement is not only true of opportunity but of our association of people with whom we are daily coming in contact.  
   We are disposed to revere all things which are foreign to our own environment. We are anxious to lend our applause to deeds of valor far from home. We are anxious to honor those men with whom we are unacquainted. In short we neglect to admire and revere the great things with which we are daily associated. It is not so much a lack of appreciation as it is a smattering of indifference. We contemplate the great and awesome things in foreign factors of our life.
  The ability and appreciation of one of Iowa's livable men was forcibly acknowledged at the Drake relays when the Notre Dame coach requested the services of Jack Watson to administer treatment to one of his star track men. Other trainers had abandoned the hope of reviving a torn ligament before the morrow's race but "Jack" set to work and put the athlete in such excellent condition that he ran the lap in the fastest time of his career.
   Not long ago “Jack” was offered the position as trainer for Mitchell’s Chicago Cubs. The compensation was high but “Jack” in order to stay with the “Iowa boys” made his demands so severe that the Chicago club had to decline his services. These are only instances of respect which other schools and clubs of the middle west have paid to our humble trainer.
   Mr. Watson works quietly day in and day out with a responsibility which only his big family of protégés knows. Long after hours he doctors sprains, massages bruises, and tapes injuries with such care and precision that by morning the patient recovers as though by magic. His patient hands have won many a score and victory for Iowa. His is the hidden hand which retrieves defeat behind the curtains at the armory.
   Iowa will do well to admire the geniuses of its surroundings. It will do well to keep the genial and master trainer within its fold to mould and massage the athletes of Old Gold.

SPARE THAT PLACE
   Some persons, if they could get so near, would post circus bills and soap advertisements on the pearly gates of heaven. Thus far have modern business methods removed them from the sense of the fit and the aesthetic.
   The person who does not advertise these days is a back number, an idiot, and worthy of other epithets not considered complementary. To the business mind nothing seems [sacrilegious]. As a picture of Eva Tanguay would seem a bit inappropriate decorating the Gates Ajar so it seems that the pasting of a poster for forty colors and descriptions on the Old Capitol is a sort of sacrilege.
   The Old Capitol is our one historic spot. Around it are built up most of the traditions of the state and University. It is a sacred hall. To defile its stately columns and ancient walls with handbills is unworthy of University sons and daughters. When every building has its bulletin board and when the main entrance of the campus is a regular bulletin board alley no excuse exists for disfiguring this one building. All of us have been guilty of this. Why not keep it free and beautiful?

WHAT OTHERS THINK
   Editor Daily Iowan,
   My dear Madame:
   An editorial in the last Iowan entitled “Bolshevism or Anti-Militarism?” intimated that opposition to the R. O. T. C. is a result of anti-militarist propaganda. I feel as though the opposition is but slight and the success of the R. O. T. C. very pronounced. There are now over three hundred units and before the war there were less than one hundred. At Coe College the men have been fully equipped with Enfield rifles, complete infantry equipment and uniforms. Over 40,000 rounds of ammunition is on hand and the men will fire the course at the State Range next month. Exceptional interest is manifest. Cedar Rapids has applied for a junior unit for the high school. Marshalltown now has a unit. Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cleveland and twenty other cities have junior units, which are a huge success. In view of this the puny opposition offered by Cornell and Cedar Falls must be purely local and not the result of the insipid propaganda from Washington.
   In every crisis when military action was needed we had to wait on military legislation. Ten months after we entered this war we held less than one per cent of the Western front, and when the armistice was signed we held but twenty-one per cent. A year after we entered the war we did not have a plane of our own in action and when the fighting stopped we were still using French heavy artillery. This state of helplessness was brought about by such nin com poops as are now asking us to revert to our pre-war status and it is hoped that no college man will be so short-sighted as to subscribe to their insane propaganda. One Brent Dow Allison was enough. The men who are now opposing military training are invariably the men who did the least for this country in its hour of need and may their numbers decrease. It may be that we cannot prepare for the next war in safety behind our allies’ lines.
   Even though we should never have another war military training justifies itself. Four fifthsof the Twelfth Division claimed to have benefited from military training and favored its universal application.
   Very truly yours, CAUT. ROBERT J. SHAW, Coe College, Commandant.

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PAGE TWO THE DAILY IOWAN STATE UNIVERSITY of IOWA Saturday, April 26, 1919 THE DAILY IOWAN A morning paper published for the period of the war four times a week---Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday----by the Daily Iowan Publishing company at 103 Iowa avenue, Iowa City Member Iowa College Press Entered as second class matter at the post office of Iowa City, Iowa Subscription Rate $2.00 per year BOARD OF TRUSTEES C. H. Weller, chairman, Gretchen Kane, secretary, E. M. McEwen, E. S. Smith, Alice E. Hinkley, M. Elizabeth Hendee, Mary Anderson EDITORIAL STAFF MILDRED E. WHITCOMB, Editor-in-chief Telephone, Black 1757; Office Hours---8-12; 1-6 daily, Room 14, L. A. Building Rowena Wellman---Managing Editor Associate Editor Ralph E. Overholser News Editor Eileen Galvin Exchange Editor Nancy Lamb Humorous Editor M. Elizabeth Hendee Sports Editor Leon H. Brigham BUSINESS STAFF ROMOLA LATCHEM---Business manager Edward Chamberlain---Advertising Mgr. Telephone 935; Office Hours---3-5 daily, 103 Iowa Ave "I have never had a policy. I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day as each day came."---Lincoln. Night Editor Beth Wellman THE HIDDEN HAND Are we not prone to be blind to the riches of our own environment? As Russell Conway would have us believe in his lecture, "Acres of Diamonds," there are diamonds in our own backyards if we would encompass our visualization with insight. The statement is not only true of opportunity but of our association of people with whom we are daily coming in contact. We are disposed to revere all things which are foreign to our own environment. We are anxious to lend our applause to deeds of valor far from home. We are anxious to honor those men with whom we are unacquainted. In short we neglect to admire and revere the great things with which we are daily associated. It is not so much a lack of appreciation as it is a smattering of indifference. We contemplate the great and awesome things in foreign factors of our life. The ability and appreciation of one of Iowa's livable men was forcibly acknowledged at the Drake relays when the Notre Dame coach requested the services of Jack Watson to administer treatment to one of his star track men. Other trainers had abandoned the hope of reviving a torn ligament before the morrow's race but "Jack" set to work and put the athlete in such excellent condition that he ran the lap in the fastest time of his career. Not long ago “Jack” was offered the position as trainer for Mitchell’s Chicago Cubs. The compensation was high but “Jack” in order to stay with the “Iowa boys” made his demands so severe that the Chicago club had to decline his services. These are only instances of respect which other schools and clubs of the middle west have paid to our humble trainer. Mr. Watson works quietly day in and day out with a responsibility which only his big family of protégés knows. Long after hours he doctors sprains, massages bruises, and tapes injuries with such care and precision that by morning the patient recovers as though by magic. His patient hands have won many a score and victory for Iowa. His is the hidden hand which retrieves defeat behind the curtains at the armory. Iowa will do well to admire the geniuses of its surroundings. It will do well to keep the genial and master trainer within its fold to mould and massage the athletes of Old Gold. SPARE THAT PLACE Some persons, if they could get so near, would post circus bills and soap advertisements on the pearly gates of heaven. Thus far have modern business methods removed them from the sense of the fit and the aesthetic. The person who does not advertise these days is a back number, an idiot, and worthy of other epithets not considered complementary. To the business mind nothing seems [sacrilegious]. As a picture of Eva Tanguay would seem a bit inappropriate decorating the Gates Ajar so it seems that the pasting of a poster for forty colors and descriptions on the Old Capitol is a sort of sacrilege. The Old Capitol is our one historic spot. Around it are built up most of the traditions of the state and University. It is a sacred hall. To defile its stately columns and ancient walls with handbills is unworthy of University sons and daughters. When every building has its bulletin board and when the main entrance of the campus is a regular bulletin board alley no excuse exists for disfiguring this one building. All of us have been guilty of this. Why not keep it free and beautiful? WHAT OTHERS THINK Editor Daily Iowan, My dear Madame: An editorial in the last Iowan entitled “Bolshevism or Anti-Militarism?” intimated that opposition to the R. O. T. C. is a result of anti-militarist propaganda. I feel as though the opposition is but slight and the success of the R. O. T. C. very pronounced. There are now over three hundred units and before the war there were less than one hundred. At Coe College the men have been fully equipped with Enfield rifles, complete infantry equipment and uniforms. Over 40,000 rounds of ammunition is on hand and the men will fire the course at the State Range next month. Exceptional interest is manifest. Cedar Rapids has applied for a junior unit for the high school. Marshalltown now has a unit. Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cleveland and twenty other cities have junior units, which are a huge success. In view of this the puny opposition offered by Cornell and Cedar Falls must be purely local and not the result of the insipid propaganda from Washington. In every crisis when military action was needed we had to wait on military legislation. Ten months after we entered this war we held less than one per cent of the Western front, and when the armistice was signed we held but twenty-one per cent. A year after we entered the war we did not have a plane of our own in action and when the fighting stopped we were still using French heavy artillery. This state of helplessness was brought about by such nin com poops as are now asking us to revert to our pre-war status and it is hoped that no college man will be so short-sighted as to subscribe to their insane propaganda. One Brent Dow Allison was enough. The men who are now opposing military training are invariably the men who did the least for this country in its hour of need and may their numbers decrease. It may be that we cannot prepare for the next war in safety behind our allies’ lines. Even though we should never have another war military training justifies itself. Four fifthsof the Twelfth Division claimed to have benefited from military training and favored its universal application. Very truly yours, CAUT. ROBERT J. SHAW, Coe College, Commandant. [advertisement] [hand drawing of man eating breakfast & tube of KLENZO DENTAL CRÈME Rexall PRODUCT 25c “Why Do I Use Klenzo? Because it makes my breakfast taste better!” Countless little taste-nerves have been cleansed of the stale secretions which make the mouth hot and sticky. Take home a tube today. KLENZO DENTAL CRÈME HENRY LOUIS The Rexall Store 124 E. COLLEGE [advertisement] University Men who are not afraid of work can earn $500.00 or more with us this summer. For an interview Phone 477. [advertisement] SABINS' EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE Founded 1893 A.M.M. DORNON, Manager The most widely patronized, because the most reliable Teachers Agency in the Middle West. Territory form Mississippi River to Pacific Coast. FLYNN BUILDING DES MOINES, IOWA [advertisement] We Will Launder Your Negligee Shirts in a way that makes them look much better than is possible when they are sent elsewhere. You will find that we wash them thoroughly, but so carefully that the colors stay bright. Don’t mail your laundry home. All you have to do is phone 294. New Process Laundry “The Pride of Iowa City” PHONE 294 [advertisement] DAINTY LUNCHES between or after classes. Drop into WHITING’S PHARMACY On Dubuque St. [advertisement] BANNER DAIRY LUNCH Offers you Wholesome Meals at Reasonable Prices 11 South Dubuque Street [advertisement] Drink Coca-Cola DELICIOUS and REFRESHING COCA-COLA is a perfect answer to thirst that no imitation can satisfy. Coca-Cola quality, recorded in the public taste, is what holds it above imitations. Demand the genuine by full name—nicknames encourage substitution. THE COCA-COLA CO. ATLANTA, GA. Sold Everywhere [advertisement] UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCHAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE [advertisement] A SERVICE MESSAGE A Check Book—An Asset A check book imprinted with the name of this bank is one of the best investments any S.U.I. man or women can make. It stands for insurance against loss of money or mistakes in paying bills. It saves time and reduces the temptation to spend thoughtlessly. A check [books] puts you on the preferred list of people whom the bank, its officers and staff make it their especial business to aid in legitimate ways. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IOWA CITY, IOWA [emblem] MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM