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PRESENTATION DAY AT "LONDON UNIVERSITY.. MR. FISHER ON THE CHOICE OF A CALLING.
Fresentation Day of London Laiversity
THE SILENT HAID. WHY THE ZEPPELINS WERE NOT ATTACKED OVER LONDON,
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ROBERT DOLLAR ON U.S. SHIPPING.
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On the night of Uctober 18th, 1917, an analysis of the shipping situation, in this first year will long be remembered elesen German airships made an attack gives a diagram showing the percentage of American goods earried in American in its history. Owing to the war, the on England which has become known ships since the Republic was founded, from Annual observance has for a period beenThe Silent Raid." No guns were fired which we learn that in 1780 twenty-three abandoned Consequently those who at nor searchlights uncovered anywhere in and eight-tenths per cent of our trade rended to take their degrees and diplomas the London district. The enemy passed was carried in American ships, and that during the period of the preferential were the successful students of the three over in silence, and the anti-aircraft duties, the percentage rose in 1798 to 20 past years, grouped together in a single tences had to all appearance entirely per cent, and maintained about that inos. In the printed that the names ran failed in their duty. Yet in truch the gure until 1930, when it was 89 per cent. into thousands, and those attending per defences took action which was well quali Tae preferential duties consed in 1930 and 19 sonally, on May 9th, to file before the fed under the conditions to make the raid by 1940 the percentage fell to 25 per vice-chancellor (Sir Cooper Perry) and ineffectual.
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largely to the Civil War, fell to 35.8 by many hundreds.
1870; to 14 by Isso, and in the frat half of 1914 ap to the Great War, it was
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When the enemy feet of airships left Northern Germany, the German author The Vice-Chancellor, in his report for ties, robbed by the Navy of adequate the past year, stated that in the great tnents of deciding weather conditions,
As to conditions on the Pacific Oceat, war there had fallen 1,613 members and were convinced that the fine weather pre-only 0.9 per cent. officials of the university, and to thesevailing over their own territory extended had to be added about 200 others who. over the British Isles, It was intended we are told that in 1913 before, th Seamen's Bill had gotten in its deadly though not members of their body, were that, in the calm darkness of the night, wo Japanese vessels in the American NO 7, MOUNTAIN VIEW, THE PRAX. oficers or cadets of their contingent of nad in gentle winds, the enemy airships trade in the Pacific were 98.00 per cent. the Officers Training Corps. Of them he should pass over England from north to
YL. FISHER'S SPEECH-
would way, in the noble words of a col south at a great height (at least 20,000 and American vessels were 26.10 per cent.. league of a sister university: They feet) dropping tombs with cultured but after May 1st, 1917, Japanese vessels as the direct result of the action of the have et life against other things, and accuracy on the most densely populated were 0.50 per cent. and American vessels, found that other things were more worth area. while; they have weighed death in the All went well until they had crossed the Seamen's Bill, dropped to 1.07 per cent. Although it is well anderstood that the halance, and fanno death more tolerable cost of Britain, which they did at than the things they could not tolerate. Various points From Withernsea to Lize-war has lifted the scale of weathen's wages Hail, brothers, and farewail
top between 1.15 p.m. and. 5.40 p.m. among the foreign nations, it is pertinent Here. by a diabolic discourtesy of the to take notice of Mr. Dollar's figures for atearers which were weather Bends, they found, or rather they three of his own The presentation having been made, Mr. H. A. & Fisher, President of the tatt entirely different meteorological power was exactly the same and their entered, as they scarcely realised the operasing in 1914. Their indicated horse. Board of Education: said they met to conditions. Instead of peaceful wings, a tonnage nearly the same. One of these celebrate the resurgence of university life gate of from sixty to seventy miles an
was an American steamer employing ** in London after the Great War's inter-hour caught them. One ship, the L 41, men at 83,720 per month; another was a ruption. From that blow the whole world did manage, it is true, to pass nent Derby British steamer employing 30-man at the wits still reeling. and the Continent of and between Wolverhampton and Birm-cost for wages of $1,308 per month; and Europe, for the most part, was plunged ingnam, dropping bombs with humorous the third was a Japanese steamer employ- into a state of economic destitution up exactitude in entirely deserted areas. ing 36 men at a cost for wages of 877% rivalled since the end of the Thirty Years' The remainder, thrown completely out of per month. War. It was most satisfactory in the their calculations, were taken largely e`recmstances, that London, University where the wind desired. and other universities had never been O full of students as they were to-day. For The conditions in England were curious, the first time in our history a large pro-Entire calm reigned in the lower levels portion of the male students had cxperi- and on the ground. Heavy clouds covered enced the hardest discipline, the sterbeat the sky at a height of about six hundred schooling, that life could offer. The light feet, while at 20,000 feet a gale was blow, hearted aristocracy of the playgrounding. The acoustic conditions were strange was confronted by another aristocracyly misleading. Sounds from a great dis which had earned merit from the war. tanes often secued as though they were and had come back to pare itself for local, while noises within a mile or two the duties of civilian lie and was set of the listener bad all the characteristics junon serious business. That was a new of distance in origin.
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Another question of importance re- ferred to by Mr. Dollar is that of the easurement of ships, regarding which he claims that there should be a change in laws. He takes the standard steamers of 8.900 tons deadweight, of the kiad which is being built in such numbers for the Shipping Board, and compares them with his own steamer, the Robert Dollar, of which those ships are duplicates. The Robert Dollar, according to British men. Rarement is of 3,420 net tons, but Ame rican ships of this size. he tells us, run on average of 4,980 net tons- difference The height at which the attacking-air-of sea tons. Now since all port charges, ships flow served to conceal them from pilotage, drydocking, etc., are charged en sight, especially in view of the prevailing the net tonnage, the American ship in After the Napoleonic wars, many of the clouds. It also prevented observers on the foreign trade pays 25 per cent, more than young men who had taken part in the ground from hearing their engines with the ships of any other nation. great and and brilliant adventures fr any clarity. These were the advantages. Then, there is the matter of yearly pon their return home that they waro On the other hand, the rarity of the at-inspections. Under American regulations, exchanging an epic poem for a humdrum mosphère. and the intense cold of the when these are made the ship must be free tract in prose, It might be because. upper stratas of the air numbed the facul of cargo and the boilers filled with cold after all, the more poignant memories of ties of the crews, and made it impossible water; therefore, during inspection, all war would have been softened by, time- for proper attention to be given to navi- handling of cargo must be suspended. that our young men now returning from gation, and added to the difficulties of with British ships there is no interfer. the battle zone would bring similar pro- keeping the enginen running with efficience with work, since the inspection is BRITISH ASSISTANT for Merchant's" fessions. We spoke about the hard realiency. Hepco in several cases the engines done piece-real and in such a way that tien of war, yet sometimes he wondered if stopped and immediately froze solid, thus the leading and unloading can go on. to the fighter himself they had the true converting the airship from a dirigible the inspection cannot be completed, the reality when he was actually engaged in machine to a free balloon drifting with vessel is allowed to proceed to the next
thwind. battle. Was it the sound abscene around him, or the abiding: memories of the sounds and sights of hame that or cupied his mind?
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In addition the enemy experienced port, where it is finished. Boiler inspec trouble, in finding their positions over as bydrostatic pressure one and a ball times FRENCH LESSONS country, and it is doubtful if the com- mander of the ship which dropped a bombe applice, once a year; this, air. Dollar time working steam pressure, which must It was the function of the university tonear Swan and Edgar's had the vagues tells us, wrecks the boners and pipes and uphold the great tradition of humano idea that he was over London. letters to which English men and women altitudes made it impossible to use acro
The low clouds and the gale at high portens the life of the boilers. were born. We had & great literature, planes adequately in the defence of Lon-no more explosions on foreign ships than one of the richest in the world, and it was a duty to realise the glory of that in-don. and those in commaad of the de- fences then apparently made-with wis heritance. An advantage of university dom-the decision to refrain from action life was that it afforded the first oppor with guns sad searchlights, in view of the erosi 12 it be true, as decretary sunity which most young people received fact that the enemy ships bad lost their neutic says, that aericans ou more. of coming into contact with real learning way, and that defensive menres would and better work than any others, way, on and with the processes of discovering new at once reveal the lie of the Iand to them. 10,000 on deadweight American scale- truth. They were brought into the work In the result, the decision was entirely er, does it take 30 per cent more men 10 shop of knowledge itsell, and experienced justified, though Londoners were at a loss engine-room than on "a similar-sized something of the exhilaration of die to know why their beloved guns, had retainer of any other nation? covery. In schools, where for the most mained silent throughout the night,
Then there is that clause or the beaten's pare the scholar was ted upon books,
HOW MULUS WON.
Bilt which states that 75 per cent. of the 1.8. instinct for discovery was often Of the eleven ships which left Germany crew 10 caca department skalk under- |planted:" in was the function of the uni-seven returned to Germany at points far stund any order the oüicers may give.
It versity to quicken and bring it into life removed from their proper stations, and is intended to prevent carrying Chinese again. The appetite for trupa was widely four were destroyed or surrendered. One on the ships to meet the competition of duso. Far tever people than was of these was hit by shell fire and destroy the Japanese; but we are reminded that generally, "imagined were spending their fed while attempting to cross the Allied tee Japanese are free to carry Japanese lives an the pursuit of truth, and tarlines near Nancy, one surrendered near crews und Japanese crncers, with the re- fewer than those strong enouga io resist the Swiss frontier, another surrendered suit that to-day Japan nas full control.of all the sweet vanities of authorsAID and some fifty miles north of Toalon, and the the commerce of the Pacine Ocean. all the attractions. of appreciation. Lufourth drifted into the Mediterranean, As regards the clause in the Seamen's university, ze was acquired tre babit where it sank, appropriately without Bit providing that the seaman can de- exact and carctul thinking-a correctve trace."
mand-ball of toe wages ne bas earned Some ill-informed criticism was direct every part he goes to, Mr. Doliar to the slipsnor ways of thought when were encouraged 10
every democratic ed against the Britisk anti-aircraft de tells us that it has done great harm to
fences because, though they failed to American ships, for the reason that it is Bleeping Accommodation-33" Cables and May say a word" (Mr. Fisher destroy any enemy ships on this occasion, a temptation to the men to drink heavily 10 Beds in Dormitoris.
four came to grief in France. From this while in these foreign porta. lf all the continued) “to those who have received a
All men of the Mercantile Marine, HM- degree and are considering what career it was argued that French methods in world were going to be dry after July 1st,ary and Army are welcome to use the to adopt? You will be tempted to take the British. Yet, in truth, the wind was existing conditions, it is a most serious these matters were superior to those of this regulation might stand; but under advice from old people. They sue the real victor, siner it so far deflected handicap to the efficiency of our vessels. under disability when giving advice to these aircraft from their course that they the young. They are apt to err on the bad perforce to surrender or be shot plea for private as against government Finally, Mr. Dollar puts in a strong prudential side, to advise against any down from very low altitudes. Their fuel ownership, and we are glad to note that thing risky. I am going to give a ploce was almost exhausted, and their lift was
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of advice to graduates of the university reduced to a very great degree. It must Mr Hurley is in thorough agreement as a whole which 1 might hesitate to give not be forgotten that three of these ships with him on this point. Fortunately, the to any candidate for advice who came to were Aying devious courses over France Present Government seems to be under- me singly. My advice is this: adopt the for over ten hours in broad daylight, and, going a change of heart on the subject of calling which in your own view is likely lame ducks though they were, our allies Government ownership, driven thereto by to contribute most effectively to the forma did not succeed in destroying them. It the cold logic of facta-Scientific Ameri- tion of your own character. Risk every may safely be said that no crichy airship an thing for that. Do not be tampied by could fly over English territory in day the snug little post, the safe little income; light even for one hour without being do not lay too much stress on the pru destroyed-Daily Expremi dential advice given by your elders. Remember that your greatest capital in life is your mind and your charactor. out every year the cream of youth, carn- Keep your mind alive, keep moving up est, trained, and filled, with civic ideal, broad lines. The career which is most who will be able to carry a large and likely to develop upon wide and generous levated view of life into the ordinary lines is the career which appeals not business with which they are concerned.” only to the head, but to the heart-a career (Cheern)
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RECOVERY AFTER WAR. "The British Empire has great respon..
Sir Edward Bask, Chairman of Con- sibilities. We have difficulty in finding vocation, said that the university was the men and women to fill many respon recovering from the effects of the war sble posts which are now open. The war with a rapidity that astonished them and the peace which succeeds the war. There were upwards of 3,000 candidates have not diminished on the contrary for the matriculation examination next they have increased the responsibilities month. Such a record they had never of our Empire. It is one of the functions known before, and it was evidence of the of a great university like this to tur increased popularity of London Univer-
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