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narne and adeÉofm ru L iter. rtWl îijiu * L lcation must reach the editor bY Tuesday noon to, isue appearance ln current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obtu- *aries, ntices of entertainnients -or other affaira where an admittance charge la publinhed, will be charged at regular advertlsing rates. This,. day was selected on which to ,hold. the annual observanice of Navy Day for two reasons; the first is'that on Octob)er 27, ,1775, memibers of Navy. Day thé Continental Cou-, Octo ber 27 ýgress .jntro duced the first Navy, bill hc called for" soine twelve ships fornîing the nuclu oyurNavtoday. l'he second reason was becauseit is the annîiversarNv. of thé hirth. of Theodore Roosevelt. wvho wvas born on October 27, 1858, ini Newv York Cit', It iW fitting and pro per that the inernory of Theodore Roosevelt, shouid i)e so honorcd. for Roosevelt, more than aniv one man inl the history of oôur couint-v, adopted, preached and pursuied an aggres- sve, Policy with respect to the l)uPildiflg and mnaintaining of a navy of a strength adequate to our .needs and position as, a great, m'oildd -rAs a rmeans to that end he contintally strove to bring the navy into doser contact m'ithi the people f romn whotn it sprung, 1)y whoni it was supi)orted and for whoit has existed. On Octob)er 19, 1924, Calvin Coolidge, stated : "Our Navy has always i>een inuch more than an arni of war-tinme de- fense. Ail the nioney t hat ias ever been spent on the Navy bas been returned to the country several timies over in direct stimulus to industriai developiient. We mnay-be very sure that in the f uture, as in, thepast, the Nav' s :services to industry and the arts of peace and science wiIl con - tinue comipletely to justify its mainte- nance in the highest efficiency." 1The Navy's errands of mnercy have saved more lives than all its guns have ever (dl ct roved, The wisdonm of the continued practice of the Villiage board in holding "informai" mneetings is open to serions question. That t here are certain phases of "Informal public business which miust Meetinlgs", and sbould be discussed privately )y the board i.s, adnîiitted. For instance,' it is often neces- sary to discus.s intituately the qualifica- tions and rCl)utations of conitractors bid- ding on. public projects, and to do this openiy might resuit in dainage suits, or other, litigation, or. give conipetitors an uinfair advantage. But that practically al of the business of the Village should be tran-sacted behind closed doors, and that: conducted in. open meetings be largely inere ratification, does îîot appear, to be .necessary. The l)ractice plot on'.ly deprives the pub- lic of knowledge as to how decisions are reached, but is likely to.inspire.an unwar- ranted lack of confidence in officiai1s, wvhich %vould be regrettable. Given only thé decision, without information as to. any or ail considerations bearing upon the in atter, 'the citizen has no means of deter- mining for hinliseif whether the decision, which mnight affect lis owïi interests. is a just one or not. The pr eet admninistration is carr ying the "iniformiai" meeting to léngthis neyer attemnpted by any previotis board. It has, fortunately, alinost wholly discontinuied the practice of recessing <tring regular meetings and repairing to the coxùmnittee roomn, there to remiaiin'ilu seclusion for l-ong periods. Memnbers of the officiai falniiiy declare that thé "iniformiai" mneet- ings are not secret, but openî to the public. Those whose business requires attendance at board sessions and whose éxî)eriences lhaveimade themn faniiiar with the routine, cannot fully coincide wvith this opinion. True, citizens. are at tinies requested to gave the Hoosiers enough nightmares to last the' rest of the year. Even that vaunted dry Hoosier humor failed to check the torrent of scoring that Northwestern released in the third period. 'Chambers suppiied the creaili of the jest in the fourth quarter by giving the bail a neat nudge with higs, big tQe to. send the soggy'oval tumbling between the 'cross-bars for three ýpoints from placement. But, what we wanta. stress. in. this gridiron. thesis . w ýhat we wanta stress is the' funda- mentais.of tbe gaine such as: (1) It must have, seemed aimost dry underneath the shower baths. after being, out in that rain ail afternoon; (2) parents should teach their children how to swiml becaus e the.littie ânes, too, might wish to go to a football gamc; (3) Dick Hanley was right when he invited the Boy- Scouts, to the gaie because > they were equipped by. iife-saving training to snatch hundreds of lives out of the wash; (4). one simply must> attend football gaines in order to be "in the% swim." Nowv for the wet-foot-notes of this leartied if Dick Hanley is at ahl superstitious, he'il wear that so'wester, rain-shedding outlfit at ail his football games. Especially during third quarter. Yep, rain or shine. You should have seen those two great sub- marine bauds. Indiana university's. drurn major kept cocky thnuigh drenched-a regular rooster in the rain. If he had carried bis bat upside down, he wouid have collected enough soft water for a year of shanipoos. The big bass hornis of the Northwestern band evidentiy did~ some taîl yawuing at the wattring heavens. Whien the musicians biew into the bass hiorns, it sounded like a' herd of gargling hip- popotarnuses. But the band realIy was good. at that. If 1. U. partisans hiad littie cause for shouting, at ieast their well-drilled band did ail the shoot- ing wbile .sigrialing for uew, marching formations. One began to, wouder: during. the second haîf whether some stray shots hadn't lodged their leaden burden in the moleskîn trousers, of the Indiana gridders., Especialiy when Leeper and Augustsou got to gailivantin' through. the line. Leeper, we suspect, had donned a suit of rub- ber îinderwear for protection against the rain. the strong right ami of the supplymng radio ncarings te vesàels. 4. The develop<net of officeefs and enlisted men moraliy, 'mentally and physically so as to make. notoniy good personnel for our flect, but, ployecl men of the village be utilized, thus serving the double purpose of protection to property and h;lping those who need work.-. It is a thonght worth considering. AWe've been reading the newspapers again.. Asurvey reveals that married men live longer tban bachelors. Which only goes to show once more that the good die young. --R. W. N.