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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 the 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 Dryer, Mary E. Rice, Associate Editor _________ 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 announced later) _________ BUSINESS STAFF ROMOLA LATCHEM, Business Manager Telephone 935; Office hours, Daily 9-12 103 Iowa Avenue _________ WHAT IS WORTH WHILE? The actions of students are indeed paradoxical. They come here ostensibly for the purpose of securing a higher education, which is to include not only a more intimate knowledge of facts, but a deeper insight and a wider breadth of vision. Especially do we expect this to be true of the summer session students, many of whom are already superintendents, principals and teachers in the schools of the state. These people are mature enough in their judgement that they should be able to choose the things most worth while and most valuable to them. For this reason it is surprising to note how few elect to attend the weekly assemblies provided for their benefit by the summer session authorities. One would think they would regard these assemblies as worth at least the one-half or three-quarters of an hour which is devoted to them. It is not that they are too busy to take the time off, for the University is giving them this time from their regular class work and dividing it so that it will not fall too heavily on any particular period. If the summer session authorities deem these assemblies of sufficient importance to conduct them in this manner, the student ought not to begrudge the time spent for them. Although necessarily brief because of the limited space alloted to them, the talks are by persons who are more or less specialists in their field and who are able to summarize briefly the important ideas which they wish to present. These lectures include discussions of subjects which the student does not get in the ordinary course of classroom lectures. Even if one does not agree with the ideas promulgated, they may stimulate to thought. An endeavor is being made to secure speakers on subjects that are of vital interest to those who are going out to spread their ideas throughout the state. One out of every four students is not enough to be present at these meetings. Yesterday morning, the 260 or 300 there out of the 1,100 enrolled could not have been inspiring to the speaker. _________ WHAT OTHERS THINK THE DEVEREUX PLAYERS To the Editor: -- There have come to my attention numerous queries and conjectures as to the exact arrangements under which the Devereux Players came to the University, and it may not be considered out of place to give to the public the following statement: The Players came under the auspices of the senate committee on dramatic affairs of which the members are Miss Voss, Mr. Merry, and the undersigned. The company came entirely at its own risk under no guarantee, and on no percentage basis. The following is a statement of the receipts and expenditures. The total receipts (including war-tax) from course tickets and single admissions to the three plays was $576.98. The local expenses were as follows: Advertising in city papers and Iowan ... 41.95 Printing tickets and program, less ad on program ... 11.50 Delivering hand-bils ... 2.00 Boughs and lumber for stage .. 8.60 Rental and hauling of properties ... 1.50 Labor erecting stage ... 10.30 Labor on stage during plays ... 8.00 War-tax on all tickets (10 complimentary ... 53.48 = 137.33 This left a balance of $439.65 which amount was turned over to the manager of the company. Although this does not cover the expenses of the company for the two days, the management said that the players want nothing more than to return to Iowa City and to renew an acquaintance which was in all ways -- but one -- a very happy one. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. LAUER. _________ SOLDIERS' LETTERS Trieste, June 28, 1919 My Dear Dean Raymond: It occurred to me today that you might be interested in a letter from this much discussed part of the world. I came down here the first of June after discharged from the army in France and have been very busy with work and sight seeing ever since. You will notice by the letter-head that I am with the American Relief Administration, which is the mission headed by Mr. Hoover for the relief of the people in war devastated districts. I was not fortunate to get anything in the engineering line but in such times as these a fellow must do all kinds of work and be contented. I am perfectly willing to be a clerk for a month or two, in order to get some first hand information on the situation here and also do my little. Incidentally I am getting to see most of Italy which in itself is worth staying over here for. After two very interesting weeks in Paris, where I saw Krzi '17, I made the trip down here and came through the French and Italian Alps in daytime. They deserve all the praise they get. Was very sorry I couldn't come through Switzerland but it was not possible to obtain passports allowing me that privilege. I was very much surprised at the extensive hydro-electric development, there being some of the finest plants I have ever seen hidden away on some of the rushing mountain rivers. I stopped off in Turin for a day and another in Milan. The latter is a very prosperous looking place of about 750,000 and reminded me very much of an American city of that size. I got to see the famous cathedral and Victory Arch there. Very beautiful, both of them. I made a two day visit to Venice last week and fell in love with it. The buildings are very interesting not only from an architectural standpoint but also from an historical one. Every room in the Doges Palace has its story, the Bridge of Sighs is replete with them, and almost every stone in St. Marco church has a history. There is also the Rialto, the Campanile which collapsed in 1902, the clock tower, the Winged Lion, the gondolas and goodness knows how many other things that are to be found on in Venice. Paris is the only city I've visited which has interested me more, but I haven't seen Rome yet. I want to go down there next week and think I will make it. You may be thinking I am not doing much work but I do all this running around week ends. Trieste is no place to spend Sunday in when a fellow is here the rest of the week. I am not surprised that this part of the world causes so much trouble. Trieste and Fiume, about 80 kilos from here are the two important ports on the Adriatic and naturally quite an asset to the country which rules them. The people themselves are from all races and nations in this part of the globe, Italians, Austrians, Slavs, Serbs, and four or five I can't spell. Seven different languages are in current use with German and Italian predominating. Either one is spoken by all the inhabitants with equal fluency. Part of them are friendly and part of them not but we never know which. There are thousands of Italian troops here in the army of occupation. Living is very high although it doesn't affect us as much as it does the natives. Our salaries are based on the dollar for which we are able to get 8:55 lire but these people are paid in lire direct. The restaurants charge from ten to fifteen lire for a very ordinary meal. There seems to be plenty of food, however, if one is willing to pay for it. Bolshevism has not struck here as yet although rumors are constantly floating around that it is imminent. It is imposible to get a very dependable opinion without being able to understand the language, but I don't think it will break out here. We have just received the news over the wire that peace has been signed today. Some people think that there will be trouble between the Italians and the Slavs over the disposition of (continued on page 4) _________ UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies ************* WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE _________ H.A. STRUB & CO. ________________________ SUMMER DRESS GOODS-SILKS AND WASH GOODS SUMMER HOSIERY - SUMMER UNDERWEAR - _______________________ H.A. STRUB & CO. _________ 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 _________ A SERVICE MESSAGE YOUR FRIEND IN TOWN Make this bank your friend in town. Whenever you are too busy to come to the bank in person mail your deposits to us, or call up on the phone. We are always glad to be of any service to our farmers, and count it a privilege to offer you the advantages of such a service. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IOWA CITY, IOWA MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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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 the 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 Dryer, Mary E. Rice, Associate Editor _________ 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 announced later) _________ BUSINESS STAFF ROMOLA LATCHEM, Business Manager Telephone 935; Office hours, Daily 9-12 103 Iowa Avenue _________ WHAT IS WORTH WHILE? The actions of students are indeed paradoxical. They come here ostensibly for the purpose of securing a higher education, which is to include not only a more intimate knowledge of facts, but a deeper insight and a wider breadth of vision. Especially do we expect this to be true of the summer session students, many of whom are already superintendents, principals and teachers in the schools of the state. These people are mature enough in their judgement that they should be able to choose the things most worth while and most valuable to them. For this reason it is surprising to note how few elect to attend the weekly assemblies provided for their benefit by the summer session authorities. One would think they would regard these assemblies as worth at least the one-half or three-quarters of an hour which is devoted to them. It is not that they are too busy to take the time off, for the University is giving them this time from their regular class work and dividing it so that it will not fall too heavily on any particular period. If the summer session authorities deem these assemblies of sufficient importance to conduct them in this manner, the student ought not to begrudge the time spent for them. Although necessarily brief because of the limited space alloted to them, the talks are by persons who are more or less specialists in their field and who are able to summarize briefly the important ideas which they wish to present. These lectures include discussions of subjects which the student does not get in the ordinary course of classroom lectures. Even if one does not agree with the ideas promulgated, they may stimulate to thought. An endeavor is being made to secure speakers on subjects that are of vital interest to those who are going out to spread their ideas throughout the state. One out of every four students is not enough to be present at these meetings. Yesterday morning, the 260 or 300 there out of the 1,100 enrolled could not have been inspiring to the speaker. _________ WHAT OTHERS THINK THE DEVEREUX PLAYERS To the Editor: -- There have come to my attention numerous queries and conjectures as to the exact arrangements under which the Devereux Players came to the University, and it may not be considered out of place to give to the public the following statement: The Players came under the auspices of the senate committee on dramatic affairs of which the members are Miss Voss, Mr. Merry, and the undersigned. The company came entirely at its own risk under no guarantee, and on no percentage basis. The following is a statement of the receipts and expenditures. The total receipts (including war-tax) from course tickets and single admissions to the three plays was $576.98. The local expenses were as follows: Advertising in city papers and Iowan ... 41.95 Printing tickets and program, less ad on program ... 11.50 Delivering hand-bils ... 2.00 Boughs and lumber for stage .. 8.60 Rental and hauling of properties ... 1.50 Labor erecting stage ... 10.30 Labor on stage during plays ... 8.00 War-tax on all tickets (10 complimentary ... 53.48 = 137.33 This left a balance of $439.65 which amount was turned over to the manager of the company. Although this does not cover the expenses of the company for the two days, the management said that the players want nothing more than to return to Iowa City and to renew an acquaintance which was in all ways -- but one -- a very happy one. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. LAUER. _________ SOLDIERS' LETTERS Trieste, June 28, 1919 My Dear Dean Raymond: It occurred to me today that you might be interested in a letter from this much discussed part of the world. I came down here the first of June after discharged from the army in France and have been very busy with work and sight seeing ever since. You will notice by the letter-head that I am with the American Relief Administration, which is the mission headed by Mr. Hoover for the relief of the people in war devastated districts. I was not fortunate to get anything in the engineering line but in such times as these a fellow must do all kinds of work and be contented. I am perfectly willing to be a clerk for a month or two, in order to get some first hand information on the situation here and also do my little. Incidentally I am getting to see most of Italy which in itself is worth staying over here for. After two very interesting weeks in Paris, where I saw Krzi '17, I made the trip down here and came through the French and Italian Alps in daytime. They deserve all the praise they get. Was very sorry I couldn't come through Switzerland but it was not possible to obtain passports allowing me that privilege. I was very much surprised at the extensive hydro-electric development, there being some of the finest plants I have ever seen hidden away on some of the rushing mountain rivers. I stopped off in Turin for a day and another in Milan. The latter is a very prosperous looking place of about 750,000 and reminded me very much of an American city of that size. I got to see the famous cathedral and Victory Arch there. Very beautiful, both of them. I made a two day visit to Venice last week and fell in love with it. The buildings are very interesting not only from an architectural standpoint but also from an historical one. Every room in the Doges Palace has its story, the Bridge of Sighs is replete with them, and almost every stone in St. Marco church has a history. There is also the Rialto, the Campanile which collapsed in 1902, the clock tower, the Winged Lion, the gondolas and goodness knows how many other things that are to be found on in Venice. Paris is the only city I've visited which has interested me more, but I haven't seen Rome yet. I want to go down there next week and think I will make it. You may be thinking I am not doing much work but I do all this running around week ends. Trieste is no place to spend Sunday in when a fellow is here the rest of the week. I am not surprised that this part of the world causes so much trouble. Trieste and Fiume, about 80 kilos from here are the two important ports on the Adriatic and naturally quite an asset to the country which rules them. The people themselves are from all races and nations in this part of the globe, Italians, Austrians, Slavs, Serbs, and four or five I can't spell. Seven different languages are in current use with German and Italian predominating. Either one is spoken by all the inhabitants with equal fluency. Part of them are friendly and part of them not but we never know which. There are thousands of Italian troops here in the army of occupation. Living is very high although it doesn't affect us as much as it does the natives. Our salaries are based on the dollar for which we are able to get 8:55 lire but these people are paid in lire direct. The restaurants charge from ten to fifteen lire for a very ordinary meal. There seems to be plenty of food, however, if one is willing to pay for it. Bolshevism has not struck here as yet although rumors are constantly floating around that it is imminent. It is imposible to get a very dependable opinion without being able to understand the language, but I don't think it will break out here. We have just received the news over the wire that peace has been signed today. Some people think that there will be trouble between the Italians and the Slavs over the disposition of (continued on page 4) _________ UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies ************* WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE _________ H.A. STRUB & CO. ________________________ SUMMER DRESS GOODS-SILKS AND WASH GOODS SUMMER HOSIERY - SUMMER UNDERWEAR - _______________________ H.A. STRUB & CO. _________ 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 _________ A SERVICE MESSAGE YOUR FRIEND IN TOWN Make this bank your friend in town. Whenever you are too busy to come to the bank in person mail your deposits to us, or call up on the phone. We are always glad to be of any service to our farmers, and count it a privilege to offer you the advantages of such a service. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IOWA CITY, IOWA MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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