"No Sportsman"

Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to or corrective of news previously published in TIME.

Why do you call my great countryman, the ace of all aces, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, a "sportsman"? [Nov. 30 issue P. 14.] That English term of praise befits him ill. He was a true German. In his person he epitomized unflinching might. He was no weak "sportsman. You English and American only call him one in order that as the "nations of sportsmen" you may seem to imply that he was one of you and share his glory.

KARL BUSCH

Madison, Wis.

Ontario Tenor

Sirs: In TIME of Nov. 23, p. 21. col. 3, you say "fervently wooed by Edward Johnson, U. S. tenor."

Edward Johnson is not a U. S. tenor. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, and trained in Italy.

When will Americans become conscious that the nation to the north of them is something more than a setting for absurd half-breed plays, a hunting wilderness or a place to get a drink?

Close and accurate understanding between the United States and Canada and therefore between the United States and British Empire is the most important factor in the maintenance of white civiliza-H. L. WEIR

Vancouver, B. C.

"Wonderful Man"

Sirs: Always in referring to Mr. Coohdge, as on your opening page, issue of Nov. 30, please do so as "President" Calvin Coolidge-- a little more dignity for the wonderfulman-- a little more dignity for your own TIME. It is a very fine paper, hard to get along without, and many of my directors feel likewise. Please. C. M. HIGGINS New York, N. Y.

Subscriber Higgins' point is well taken. Hereafter Calvin Coolidge will be referred to always as "President," never as "Mr."-- ED.

Furniture

Sirs: .. .but don't speak of "early U. S. furnishings" (p. 5, Nov. 30 issue, Mrs. Coolidge in the Metropolitan Museum). It is "early American furniture," for it was here long before the colonies were U S. There is a difference. "Early American" relates to the settlers and their houses and furniture. ELIZABETH B. POOL

Brooklyn, N. Y.

There is no refuting Original Subscriber Pool.

In deference to its Latin American friends (who dislike seeing the term "American" appropriated by the United States), TIME employs a "checker" whose special function it is to cross out "American" wherever it is improperly used and to insert "U.S." In editing "early American furnishings" into "early U. S. furnishings," this person permitted his zeal to overbalance his good sense.-- ED.

Wants a Chance

Sirs: I view with covetous alarm the 18 cash prizes which you have recently offered to "boys and girls under 19" who are to write and tell you "why TIME is as important for boys and girls as it is for fully grown men and women." You say to these "children," in addition, "Unless your father is a very great man indeed, he doesn't often make $100 in half an hour!"

Now that is just my trouble. Never in my life have I earned $16.66666666666666 per minute. But why shouldn't you give me a chance to? Why leave me at the mercy of my female child, aged eleven, who may win your $100 prize and look down upon my grey hairs in scorn -- when they become grey. Should I not have a chance to write and tell you why TIME is just as important to fully grown men and women as to boys and girls?

My Sarah, to be sure, finds TIME invaluable in keeping her near the head of her current events class ; but my wife and I find it equally indispensable in dazzling our friends into thinking us well informed. R. MIDDLETON MACMURRAY Atlanta, Ga. Subscriber MacMurray's proposal has been taken under advisement.--ED.

Shovel

Sirs:

What do you mean by inflicting upon a general audience four columns of sectarian slush (pp. 20-21, Nov. 16) ? If sect barons fight among themselves about matters connected with politics or ethics or immaculate conceptions, such rot may perhaps be called legitimate news when stated in your own finely compressed style. But descriptive matter about "elevating the bun," bell ringing, genuflections, etc., in a journal like yours is STEALING THE SPACE YOUR SUBSCRIBERS ARE ENTITLED TO.

Another STEAL--that column of yours (in the Nov. 16 issue, p. 36) about an alleged quid pro quo in some fool-college paper. Looks as if you were editing TIME with a shovel. Only the last two lines of your story were worth printing.

HENRY W. FISHER

Orlando, Fla.

Through

In looking over your issue of Nov. 30, I see that in spite of correct information given you, you still fail to list Craig's Wife among the most important of the "serious" plays "in the light of metropolitan criticism."

This confirms the estimate of feeble and inaccurate" in describing your dramatic assistant or whoever compiles this misleading column, and I can only say that I shall throw TIME in the waste basket hereafter.

I am an orginal subscriber, and have induced many to buy and read what appeared to me to be the best publication of its kind in existence. But if TIME is going to list for approval all the vulgar, coarse and salacious shows in New York City for the guidance of its respectable clientele, then it isn't fit for myself and my friends to read.

I am sorry my former admiration for TIME induced me to subscribe for two years. I am through with it.

B. S. M.

New York, N. Y.

Possibly B. S. M. has failed to note that Craig's Wife was listed in the Nov. 9, Nov. 16 and Dec. 7 issues of TIME as a "best play."--ED.

Tulane

Sirs:

Among the other interesting columns in your magazine, to which I look forward with eagerness every week, is that devoted to football, as your novel chronicling of the exploits of various teams has a particular charm.

I am curious to know, however, why no mention has ever been made of Tulane, as I believe no one can doubt that recognition is due a University whose team tied Missouri, the winner of the Missouri Valley Conference, by a score of 6--6, defeated Northwestern by a score of 18--7, and won all of its eight other games, several of which were against leading teams of the South. In addition, this team, among other stars, boasted "Peggy" Flournoy, who was picked by 29 out of 30 southern sporting writers for All-Southern Back, and has already been mentioned among some of the All-American selections. This player led the entire country in the number of touchdowns made and points scored.

Louis S. GOLDSTEIN

New Orleans, La.

All thanks to Subscriber Goldstein for giving the 1925 record of the able Tulane eleven.--ED.

Cramer Flayed

Sirs: I wish to advise you that your estimate on the University of Pittsburgh football team as it appeared against W. & J., was quite correct in spite of what Mr. John S. Cramer has written you.

Had Mr. Cramer read the local papers, he would have seen that the sport writers here agreed with you that the Pitt team "had been badly outplayed all afternnoon by W. & J." No other estimate would be possible were one to compare the records of first-downs.

Of course, all loyal Pittsburghers like "praiseworthy accomplishments": but, I think, they like truth even more. That the day's result was a fluke was evident to any one who saw Pitt "stumble" over the goal line after a fumble in a perfect sea of mud.

Mr. Cramer expressed his opinion: I do not think it coincides with the majority opinion of unprejudiced persons here. In closing, I may add that I have played and know football; also, that I never went to W. & J.

B. V. IMBRIE Pittsburgh, Pa.

Bigots Flayed

Sirs:

It is because of the fact that John A. Totman and Norman P. Dare "cannot," in the interest of sound journalism, subscribe to or recommend TIME for subscription" (Nov. 30 issue), that I feel not only willing but anxious to recommend your journal.

It has been said that some people's heads serve only as a knot to keep their backbone from unraveling. The author of that statement certainly said a mouthful. TIME absolutely made no attack upon the priests' convention as was charged by the two gentlemen from Connecticut. I have always found that TIME assumes an impartial attitude entirely lacking in personal opinions and prejudices. The purpose of TIME is to present facts, and you have done this in a manner highly deserving of praise.

W. W. WILSON

Waseca, Minn.