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Show i r. Lpc McClunjr, "who entered upon bis duties as United States treasurer on Ii.lho first Any of November, is a youue man of croat promise, but his most ; noteworthy claim to fame, from a puro-hy puro-hy popular viewpoint, is tho invention ' of the football liair. It wis he, in fact, 'who first wore il. Ttfany remarkable achievements in 'this world aro bronchi about by accident, acci-dent, and so it was in this instance. At about the time -when tho new treasurer treas-urer was an undercradnntc in Yale col lege, the game of football, in which he earned such creat distinction, began to tend toward "mass plays" which often nade is necessary for players to throw hetnselves into tho rush line head forc-nost. forc-nost. Sometimes tho impact was pretty ievcrc; and it struck McOlunc as a ;bod idea to grow his hair long on he top of his head, in order that it night serve as a cushion. Others imi-atcd imi-atcd him, and thus-what came to be :nowu as "football hair"- took its tart though the development -of long ocks around tho enr.was a later stage ' iof the fashion, meant to invite the at-' at-' attention of the gallery. jS M-Hung was the most famous foot-Wshnll foot-Wshnll player that ever camo out of Yale. IHTjIe got his training at the Kvetor jfSnondcniy, in New Humps-hire, where jjftltc was easil' the leader of the school, fnot only distinguishing himself at basc-ball basc-ball and football, but also winning (ho Hqhampionship of tho academy at lawn IJieiinis. Later on, he was captain of Sonc of the most successful football Isteains in the history of Yale. Tie also wplayed on tho Yale baseball team, and flin his senior year was elected captain Aof it also. The football team included iTtlie great IlefiVlfinger and some other s&lar players, but its efficiency on the Sfiold was due elite. !y to iMcCluug's abil- iity as a leader. He had a wonderful 'sffactiKv for organizing and developing ticam work bringing out all there was Sin every man. flj Oao of his classmates said, the other ffilay; "He played halfback, and was aonc of the iuot difficult men to tackle iflliat J ever saw, wriggling through the W line xn a marvelous w.iw Uut his great - , 'est feat was ruuuing in the open field I ; thanks mainly to his roinurkable i'ncul-3 i'ncul-3 ! ty for quick dodging. He had the trick ff 3 of suddenly increasing his speed just 'inn his opponent was about to tackle 'it iliitn, and also a way of swinging his ? j body to one side .iusl. out of reach. X Jiliave seen many a man land on his a I face when he thought he had him sure, I ; or just barel.y touch him with the end I ! cf his fingers. In recent years Tad I woncs came nearer MeClung in Ibis sort 9 5f cleverness than any oil'1 else 1 have sever known, bill he did not equal him.;' 0 ' O O it 1 Tn his senior year at Yale MeClung was just about as fine a spci-imcn of X mrotitliful manhood, physically speaking, E ns could be found, lie was graduated jj tyfi 1002, and is not yet forty years of I vfit'c Hardly necessary is it to say that P y'-' 's c '"Q1I'1gcst- treasurer t hat t;nolo l! ' & " " Sam has ever had. Ho is a bacholor. a man of some private fortune, very handsome, and quit as popular nowadays nowa-days as 'when, he was in college. r. The- new treasurer is from Tennessee, and was born in Knoxvillc, his family being, one of the oldest, and most prominent prom-inent in that city. He is a 4 illy sort of man. and everybody likes him. At Yale, he was chairman of the junior promenade committee which may be said to be the greatest purely social distinction dis-tinction attainable in tho university. Incidentally, he secured the much-valued prizn of election to the Skull aud Bones Society, of winch President Taft. - : j is a member. j After graduation from college. Me flung entered the service' of tho St. lJaul & Duluth railroad. Five years later he was appointed assistant to tho second vico president, with headquarters headquart-ers in Washington; and in March, )02, he became assistant freight traffic, malinger of the Southern railroad, at Louisville. This osifcion ho resigned in December, I HOI. to become treasurer ot lalo university. During four vears or his service with the St.. Paul" railroad rail-road ho had worked in tho accounting department, thus acquiring a prclfv thorough knowlodge of business fi nance. TTe was able to turn it to profitable profit-able account at Yale, whoro ho reorganized reor-ganized the financial system from top to bottom, placing the whole establishment establish-ment on a solid basis. His work has contributed immensely to tho welfare and progress of the 'university during the last few years. ( ii i About two vears ago MeClung traveled trav-eled evtousivel.y in South America, and since then has given many lectures on that part of tho world. His appointment ap-pointment aa treasurer of the United States came to him as a grout surprise. As treasurer of Yale, ho was one of tho committees which received Presi- HOW THE NEW U. S. TREASURER INVENTED FOOTBALL HATR YOUNG MAN I FROM YALE PUT IN CHARGE OF. UNCLE SAM'S MONEY - INTERESTING I TRAITS OF LEE M CLUNG, WHO WAS FOREMOST ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. H (By BENE BAOHE.) - dent Taft on a recent occasion when the latter p.iid a visit to New Haven; and, for the further reason that both were members of Skull and Bones, the two men were thrown together somewhat. some-what. Mr. Tuft could not help hearing hear-ing something of what Mr. MeClung had done for Yale in the wn' of managing man-aging and reorganizing its finances, and thus undoubtedly tho idea suggested sug-gested itself that the former football playor might make a good treasurer of tho United Stalos. ... It is the business of tho United Slates treasurer to take charge of all moneys belonging to tho government. He receives and disburses all funds. The part of the treasury departnieul of which he is chief is, as might bo supposed, sup-posed, a -very extensive business establishment es-tablishment ih itself, so that tho management man-agement of it. is a problem of no small complexity. The treasurer has charge of the bureau of engraving, whore all the paper money is printed: tho redemption re-demption of all currency is under his control; ho attends to nil dealings with the national banks all ovor tho country, coun-try, and all the sub-treasuries look to him for orders. V Mr. MeClung 's work is mainly admin istrativc routine. Up has a multitude : 1 of things to look after, in order to bt sure that the machinery, of the -de-partniont works smoothly. .Front tiina to time the secretary of the treasury calls him into consultation on business matters of one kind or another. All important questions relating to tho management of affairs under him are reforrcd to him for decision. Ho signs all warrants for money that is to bo placed to the erodi' of disbursing ofli-ucrs ofli-ucrs hundreds of these every day aa well as all tolegrarm; relating to tho business of the treasurers office. Theso latter, by the. way, aro always written a u secret cipher, mniuly to save ex-oi'iipo. ex-oi'iipo. So far as known," nobodv cvr tried to steal the codr. . At tho jircscnt time Mr. MeClung has under his immediate charge, in tho aults of tho treasury department, 150,000.000 in coined-and paper inon-;. inon-;. Of Him amount. $(0ij,0()(),00i) iu liver doII.-u; are stoivd in a single uigc box otghty-nino feet long, lifl -no feet wide, and twelve feet high. fins box is always exhibited as an ob-: ob-: of great cun'coity -.0 s.ti.irsgcrs wh'i '"sit the treasury. The riliovt-mcn-tiom-d sum. hmvovrr, bv no menus re-presents re-presents all of tho cash under tho 1 ' hartro of tiie treasurer. TI?1 has now $231,000,000 in the Ts'.-.v York sub- roa6urv, and there are seven other sub- rasunes. in St. Tioui.-:. New OrleauK, Chicneo. Doston. CintinuaM, H!tltimor imi l?Iiiladrlnhia. in -ai:h of which nimeuw! stores of rohl. h;ilyer nnd pa- er iiofs aiiil ccrtilicatcs art; stoivd. Tho last thiny dune to anv nice" of j.aprr money, before it is issued h thu goveruni'.-nt. is to nrint on it tho t"al of tiio treasury. This i douo i:t t'.io office of the treasurer. -lis name K- nut i" the right -hand lower corner 01' 1 1- irit'! n- fort.ificatc for whicu punii'-i lit e Mf.'Iinij; has already furuishf'd .1 simple ol' his signutsire to th" bur-au of iMtgravin'.', ati n copy. In thu dav : of the (Jivil war a trvasnrcr of tl I oiled States j"rstnAis H. Spinner, imi-dcrtook imi-dcrtook to sign all of tho paper mum-. -with his own hand. Later on he en -ployed a docn clerks to help him sicru, but the Avork oroved .0 ardtiou?: thai '!' v.as abandoned fiftcr a few wopks. aud since then tho sirr. manual nf the trea urer has always lu en printed from th" niL'iaved i;Iat-. Without it, tho paper I c-.-.rrcac-y is valueless. The treasurer is not appointed for nry definito period. Ho 'remaiu-.; iu onicc until he resigns or is romovd If any of the moneys in discharge ai" lost, by theft or otherwise, he must make th amount good. Thus., if .'. clerk in the redemption division should steal $!,U00, M'r. Mcf'Jiing would havo to pay it out of his pocket. Such tilings have happened occasionally; bu', as a rule, congress hns helped the ii nocent treasurer out by passing a bill for his "relief." All of this responsi-bilily responsi-bilily is undorlaken for a salary whi.M: until recently was only $6,000 a year, iM T.ast winter." however, congress, whilo engaged iu lifting the pay incut of lln cabinet and a few other important of-llcials, of-llcials, added $2,000 to that of the treasurer. Thus Mr. MeClung will draw iS,000 par annum a fair 13- satisfac-tory satisfac-tory income for a joung man still iu his" thirties, with no family to support. |