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Vaailla The January issue of the Lyceum magazine, orpn of the Redpath Lyceum bureau, contains an extremely interestintr article from the pen of Prof. Ira Hilton Jones, 1538 Forest avenue, Wilmette, noted chemist, who is director of the department of Scientific Research of the Redpath bureau. Accompanying Professor Jones' article, which bears the title, "The Chern· ist as Prophet," the editor pays a glowing tribute to this talented north shore ttenius, in part as follows : l....aa ·Ht.Jaf" .~~~~~~ .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~-~ll.!l!·llli .._ _. .. ~s!!ix!._!c~h~il~d~re~n!....!]th~e~s~o!!_n_!!~~i!_~~~ "Read the story of the new chemical, 'Hi-Jay,' non-poisonous and 60~ times as powerful a germicide as carbolic acid, told in another place in this magazine. Jones is the inventor. "We've been hearing much about his success on the lecture platform these recent years. He came to us out of the West. His father was Sheriff Jones of Kansas, with a history much like that of Buffalo· Bill. His mother was a Hilton of the 'Hoary Hiltons' of England. His great · grandmother was Rhoda Sprague, a Mayflower descendant. His wife was Blanche Pinkerton, an honor graduate of brake university and of the famous Pinkertons descended from Lord Calvert. Qf. their ANDWB MAICBnmM SUIU OftBCOAft ROAR , TO ORDER stepping aloN~~tbtr's \tQII, -lvinc _lee: tare demonstratio~s before. New Trier high school. . Their home 11 now 1538 Forest avenue, Wilmette, Ill. . "In addition to what ~Who's Who in America' and other such reference works have to say about him, it might be noted that this synthetizer in the laboratory has also been a great huorganizer. As a ten-year-old boy in Chicago he organized a protective association ; in cotlege he orga~ized a literary soeiety; in Harvard he helped reorganize the Borleston Chemacal club; in the Universt!l of Chicago be organized The Kent Chemical soci~ty; in Des Moines, The Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers; in Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Academy of Science and The Oklahoma Section of The American Chemical 5ociety; in South Dakota, The South Dakota Academy of Science, the South Dakota Section of The American Chemical society, and The Farmers' Club Movement of the Dakotas which later deve1oped into The American Farm Bureau. He held the first Rural Life conference, in Mitchell, South Dakota, and has held numerous offices in these associations." Scieatiata "To..--T...r' Anent his lecture work, Professor Jones has the following to say in the introductory paragraphs of his article, "The Chemist as Prophet": "Our good friend Parlette has asked me to tell the Lyceum readers what it is I talk about. He is not · the first person who has wondered that same thing. It is surprising to bear of a chemist for talking. The onegetting thing real that money has characterized chemists and given them this reputation is that they are almost universa11y tongue-tied. They appear to the public to have nothing to say, and surely can't say it. Any exception which I may be to this general rule must be attributed to the fact that in me meet two divergent lines of ancestrypreachers and scientists. I have hoped, at least, that the former was recessive, and the latter strain, dominant. Ia Role of Prophet "Seriously, the little I have done in my twelve years for Redpath has been in the nature of the work of the prophet who was interpreter as welf as seer. So I have attempted to interpret a scientific world to people whose preoccupation with the stern business of making a living in other fields bas kept them unfamiliar with the work of the scientist, who is so rapidly not only making the old world new, but read· justing our innermost ways of thinking and methods of life." Professor Jones' invention of "Hijay" has p_roved a boon to the Lyceum bureau. This germicide is now used as an effective preservative as applied to the great canvas tents used in Chautauqua work. The new germicide has been subjected to the severest tests possible, it is explained, and proved entirely satisfactory in preventing mildew and similar destructive agencies. I man N. U. Athletes Loom u Contenden at Ol,inpiad Northwestern university has a number of promising athletes who are conceded a chance to represent the United States at the Olympic games at Amsterdam next summer. Among the track men are Tiny Lewis, shot putter·· Bi~l Droegemueller, pole-vaulter, and E10ar Hermansen, ·sprinter. Wally Col~ath, intercollegiate diving champion, ·s. a strong contender for the swimmmg te~m. ~alph Lupton, central A. A. U. bghtwe1ght wrestling champ, is expected to make a strong bid for the team while Henry Zettleman confer~l!ce champion fencer, is another promISing candidate. av~ue, TIGBR -ROAR Mrs. Charles. T. Ripley, 631 Linden entertaaned twelve friends last F~y at a Valentine luncheon and bridge.