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PAGE TWO THE DAILY IOWAN, STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Thursday, July 10, 1919 THE DAILY IOWAN A morning paper published during the six weeks summer session on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays by The Daily Iowan Publishing company at 103 Iowa avenue, Iowa City Entered as second class matter, at the post office of Iowa City, Iowa Under the direction of department of journalism, Room 14, liberal arts building MILDRED E. WHITCOMB, in charge MEMBER IOWA COLLEGE PRESS Subscription Rate....50 cents the summer BOARD OF TRUSTEES C. H. Weller, chairman, E. M. McEwen, Mary Anderson, Marian Dyer EDITORIAL STAFF BETH WELLMAN Editor-in-chief Telephone, Black 1757; Office hours 1-5 Daily, Room 14, L.A. building Marian Dyer Managing Editor (Rest of staff to be anounced later) BUSINESS STAFF ROMOLA LATCHEM, Business Manager Telephone, 935; Office hours, Daily 9-12 103 Iowa Avenue FOR GREATER COMFORT Strangers in Iowa City passing down Clinton street past the University campus on one of these hot days which are prevalent now, might well wonder what sort of resort this is. To all appearance it is a public park where the weary may rest a moment from the labors of the day and enjoy the cool shode of the large trees dotting the campus. On the very hot days, especially at noon, men are seen lying stretched out full length on the grass, some fast asleep. Little groups gathered together for informal discussion where a degree of comfort may be maintained, dot the lawn. Nearly every window ledge which is in the shade is occupied during thhe noon hour by students resting and talking; and during the hours when school is in session, by students preparing their assignments or reading some book or paper. In the early hours of the evening, the steps leading to the library are lined with students who prefer to take their books out and do their studying in the cooler open air instead of inside the library. If a few benches could be provided for these people, it would add materially to the general comfort, and very likely to the amount of work accomplished. They would be inexpensive and need not spoil the looks of the campus. Inasmuch as the campus is already used to a large extent, there can be no objection on that score. The people who make a practice of sitting about the cam- advertisement Let a Daily Iowan Want Ad Do Your Work It will rent your room and find your lost articles for you.... Try One and See How It Works new column, article continued pus are for the most part not loungers; they are only seeking the best means of combining business and comfort. UNIVERSITY SALARIES Harvard's proposed $10,000,000 fund, the income to be devoted chiefly to increase of teachers' salaries, would have seemed gigantic a generation ago. Nowadays it is, if anything, too small to serve the purpose adequately. It is in line with the striving of other universities. Princeton hopes to be able to add perhaps a third to the average salaries now paid, and Yale is also trying to reach a better level. The Harvard increase would provide scarcely a 25 per cent raise. The matter is of great importance. In fact, it is necessary if our universities are to survive and maintain their vitality. It is impossible to secure the best men -- or any competent men at all -- unless something approximating a "living wage" is paid. The low level of pay has kept many out of the academic life, men who were peculiarly fitted for it and who also aspired to the career. We recall one instance, a score or so of years ago. A brilliant young man, one of those mathematical "freaks" who can swallow and digest the toughest morsels of the science of numbers and thrive on the diet, was offered a tutorship at one of the big universities. He wanted to take it. The life appealed to him, in every way, nor was he desirous of great wealth. But he also wanted to marry-- and the munificent salary of $1,000 a year, with a prospect of some day reaching almost as must as $3,000-- by the time he was old and bald and the father of a family-- didn't fit in with any workable scheme of things. So he went into an insurance company and within a very few years became its "boss" actuary, at salary of-- well, we'd be afraid to guess how many figures. He has since then "retired" and is doing some kind of scientific work, but the university lost the services of his best years and he always detested the routine of the work that paid him so well. The case is not unusual. A certain Harvard professor has been quoted to the effect that the teachers do not ask, or care for any such financial next column, article continued rewards as might come from "big business" or the professions. They do ask enough to feed, clothe and house themselves and their families with respectability. Perhaps as much as a good plumber can earn. Another factor is that the Carnegie Fund will not continue pensioning retired teachers who may be appointed from now on, and has also raised the retirement age. Anyhow, they do not want future pensions, but a fair play in the present, --The Evening Sun, New York. WHAT OTHERS THINK To The Editor: While the blue blood in the thermometer keeps rising higher and the weather becomes more unbearable, I am wondering if the natural science auditorium on Friday and Saturday will not be a woeful place to sit and listen to the Devereux Players. Shakespearean plays are so much more beautiful and artistic when produced out of doors and in a natural setting and the mere thought of sitting two hours in as ill-ventilated and warm a place as the auditorium makes one lose zeal for the plays. The University campus is a poor place on which to produce plays because it is so small and has such a little shade for afternoon performances. But could not the spot in front of the liberal arts building be utilized? The building would shade the audience and Clinton street coudl be closed to traffic as it has been at previous outdoor plays. It seems to me that the decision to hold the plays in the auditorium will, in addition to bringing great discomfort to the actors and audience, affect the sale of tickets measurably. A number of persons have stated that they will not attend the plays, as much as they would desire to see them, if they are held indoors. They still have a memory of that hot night when Captain Perigord lectured and the shifting, restless, and sticky audience which bore him to the end. If it could be arranged. J.B. advertisement, illustrated CLIFFORD DEVEREUX AND HIS COMPANY WILL PLAY Shakespeare's-- "Taming of the Shrew" "Romeo and Juliet" Sheridan-- "The School for Scandal" NATURAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM Friday Evening July 11 Saturday, July 12 Afternoon and Evening COURSE TICKETS $1.50 PLUS WAR TAX On sale Tuesday, July 8 at the University Book Store and the General Library. Single admission 75c. next column Prof. Charles Cleveland Nutting, head of the department of zoology, is improveing steadily, according to the latest reports about him. advertisement H. A. STRUB & CO. SUMMER DRESS GOODS -- SILKS AND WASH GOODS SUMMER HOSIERY--SUMMER UNDERWEAR-- H. A. STRUB & CO. advertisement UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCHAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE
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PAGE TWO THE DAILY IOWAN, STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Thursday, July 10, 1919 THE DAILY IOWAN A morning paper published during the six weeks summer session on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays by The Daily Iowan Publishing company at 103 Iowa avenue, Iowa City Entered as second class matter, at the post office of Iowa City, Iowa Under the direction of department of journalism, Room 14, liberal arts building MILDRED E. WHITCOMB, in charge MEMBER IOWA COLLEGE PRESS Subscription Rate....50 cents the summer BOARD OF TRUSTEES C. H. Weller, chairman, E. M. McEwen, Mary Anderson, Marian Dyer EDITORIAL STAFF BETH WELLMAN Editor-in-chief Telephone, Black 1757; Office hours 1-5 Daily, Room 14, L.A. building Marian Dyer Managing Editor (Rest of staff to be anounced later) BUSINESS STAFF ROMOLA LATCHEM, Business Manager Telephone, 935; Office hours, Daily 9-12 103 Iowa Avenue FOR GREATER COMFORT Strangers in Iowa City passing down Clinton street past the University campus on one of these hot days which are prevalent now, might well wonder what sort of resort this is. To all appearance it is a public park where the weary may rest a moment from the labors of the day and enjoy the cool shode of the large trees dotting the campus. On the very hot days, especially at noon, men are seen lying stretched out full length on the grass, some fast asleep. Little groups gathered together for informal discussion where a degree of comfort may be maintained, dot the lawn. Nearly every window ledge which is in the shade is occupied during thhe noon hour by students resting and talking; and during the hours when school is in session, by students preparing their assignments or reading some book or paper. In the early hours of the evening, the steps leading to the library are lined with students who prefer to take their books out and do their studying in the cooler open air instead of inside the library. If a few benches could be provided for these people, it would add materially to the general comfort, and very likely to the amount of work accomplished. They would be inexpensive and need not spoil the looks of the campus. Inasmuch as the campus is already used to a large extent, there can be no objection on that score. The people who make a practice of sitting about the cam- advertisement Let a Daily Iowan Want Ad Do Your Work It will rent your room and find your lost articles for you.... Try One and See How It Works new column, article continued pus are for the most part not loungers; they are only seeking the best means of combining business and comfort. UNIVERSITY SALARIES Harvard's proposed $10,000,000 fund, the income to be devoted chiefly to increase of teachers' salaries, would have seemed gigantic a generation ago. Nowadays it is, if anything, too small to serve the purpose adequately. It is in line with the striving of other universities. Princeton hopes to be able to add perhaps a third to the average salaries now paid, and Yale is also trying to reach a better level. The Harvard increase would provide scarcely a 25 per cent raise. The matter is of great importance. In fact, it is necessary if our universities are to survive and maintain their vitality. It is impossible to secure the best men -- or any competent men at all -- unless something approximating a "living wage" is paid. The low level of pay has kept many out of the academic life, men who were peculiarly fitted for it and who also aspired to the career. We recall one instance, a score or so of years ago. A brilliant young man, one of those mathematical "freaks" who can swallow and digest the toughest morsels of the science of numbers and thrive on the diet, was offered a tutorship at one of the big universities. He wanted to take it. The life appealed to him, in every way, nor was he desirous of great wealth. But he also wanted to marry-- and the munificent salary of $1,000 a year, with a prospect of some day reaching almost as must as $3,000-- by the time he was old and bald and the father of a family-- didn't fit in with any workable scheme of things. So he went into an insurance company and within a very few years became its "boss" actuary, at salary of-- well, we'd be afraid to guess how many figures. He has since then "retired" and is doing some kind of scientific work, but the university lost the services of his best years and he always detested the routine of the work that paid him so well. The case is not unusual. A certain Harvard professor has been quoted to the effect that the teachers do not ask, or care for any such financial next column, article continued rewards as might come from "big business" or the professions. They do ask enough to feed, clothe and house themselves and their families with respectability. Perhaps as much as a good plumber can earn. Another factor is that the Carnegie Fund will not continue pensioning retired teachers who may be appointed from now on, and has also raised the retirement age. Anyhow, they do not want future pensions, but a fair play in the present, --The Evening Sun, New York. WHAT OTHERS THINK To The Editor: While the blue blood in the thermometer keeps rising higher and the weather becomes more unbearable, I am wondering if the natural science auditorium on Friday and Saturday will not be a woeful place to sit and listen to the Devereux Players. Shakespearean plays are so much more beautiful and artistic when produced out of doors and in a natural setting and the mere thought of sitting two hours in as ill-ventilated and warm a place as the auditorium makes one lose zeal for the plays. The University campus is a poor place on which to produce plays because it is so small and has such a little shade for afternoon performances. But could not the spot in front of the liberal arts building be utilized? The building would shade the audience and Clinton street coudl be closed to traffic as it has been at previous outdoor plays. It seems to me that the decision to hold the plays in the auditorium will, in addition to bringing great discomfort to the actors and audience, affect the sale of tickets measurably. A number of persons have stated that they will not attend the plays, as much as they would desire to see them, if they are held indoors. They still have a memory of that hot night when Captain Perigord lectured and the shifting, restless, and sticky audience which bore him to the end. If it could be arranged. J.B. advertisement, illustrated CLIFFORD DEVEREUX AND HIS COMPANY WILL PLAY Shakespeare's-- "Taming of the Shrew" "Romeo and Juliet" Sheridan-- "The School for Scandal" NATURAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM Friday Evening July 11 Saturday, July 12 Afternoon and Evening COURSE TICKETS $1.50 PLUS WAR TAX On sale Tuesday, July 8 at the University Book Store and the General Library. Single admission 75c. next column Prof. Charles Cleveland Nutting, head of the department of zoology, is improveing steadily, according to the latest reports about him. advertisement H. A. STRUB & CO. SUMMER DRESS GOODS -- SILKS AND WASH GOODS SUMMER HOSIERY--SUMMER UNDERWEAR-- H. A. STRUB & CO. advertisement UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCHAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE
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