PIONEERS OF SIMPLER GOVERNMENT

III. MR. GEORGE R. WOOTTEN, CITY MANAGER OF HICKORY, N. C., WHICH IS ONE OF SEVERAL SMALL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MODIFIED THE COMMISSION PLAN OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO PLACE THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE HANDS OF ONE MAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS AND MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF THE APPLICATION OF THE COOPERATIVE SYSTEM TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND FINANCE IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WHO HAS BEEN LARGELY INSTRUMENTAL IN CALLING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR A BETTER ORGANIZATION OF RURAL BANKING FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

THE NEW PRESIDENT OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, WHO WAS RECENTLY CHOSEN TO SUCCEED DR. JORDAN AFTER TWENTY-ONE YEARS' SERVICE IN THE UNIVERSITY AS PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY, DURING FOURTEEN YEARS OF WHICH HE HAS BEEN VICE-PRESIDENT

THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN CITIES

UPPER PICTURE; WICHITA, KANS., AS IT WAS IN 1908. LOWER PICTURE, THE SAME VIEW TO-DAY. THE POPULATION OF WICHITA INCREASED FROM 24,671 IN 1900 TO 52,450 IN 1910, A GROWTH OF 113 PER CENT. IN TEN YEARS