Tire BEE: OMAHA. -FRIDAY. .MAT 13, 1921.
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1. Naw Union Passenfar Station.
2i Continual tmarovameat of tna Na
braska Hifhwayg, iaclualiaf; too pava
mant of Main Thoroughfares laadiaf
into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca.
3. A short, low-rata Waterway from tha
Corn Bait to tha Atlantic Ocaaa.
4. Homa Rula Chartar for Omaha, with
City Managar form of Gorarnmaat.
if. Need of Lower Freight Rates.
While Julius Kruttschnitt is pressing a plea
in avoidance on behalf of the railroads before the
senate's committee on interstate commerce, gov-,
crnors of western states, among them Governor
McKelvie, are wiring to the president information
as regards the crisis that, is approaching. It is
rot a local affair, nor one affecting a single line
of business, but the whole life of the country is
wrapped up in the situation. Farmers of Ne
braska, cattlemen of New Mexico, lumbermen of
the Pacific northwest, the great industrial centers
of the east, all are alike affected and all are look
ing to Washington for some relief.
In one portion of his plea Mr. Kruttschnitt
referred to the seemingly slight increase in freight
rates, compared to the advance in commodity
prices. This is deceptive, in that it does not
show the actual advance in freight tariffs. Texas
farmers have abandoned hope of marketing their
cabbage crop, because the cost of sending it to
market eats up all that is received when the
vegetable is sold. In Massachusetts cotton and
woolen mills, the leather industry,, and other
great enterprises are kept moving by use of
automobile trucks; everywhere the situation is
the same, and Mr. Kruttschnitt ask, that the
Panama canal be closed and the highways be al
lowed to fall into decay in order that slippers
be compelled to patronize the railroads. ,
Coal mines are idle, the building industry is
stagnant, and trade in general is at a standstill.
There will be no revival until the strangle hold
of freight rates is removed. Commodity prices,
are coming down; the retail trade is beginning
to reflect the situation at the factories; banks
arc lowering the discount rate, and generally the
outlook is one of encouragement, the controlling
factor being the almost prohibitive cost of ship
ping materials. An order from Washington es
iablishing a horizontal cut, immediately effective,
will cut the bonds that now hold business back.
The wage schedule can be adjusted later.
; Nicholas Murray Butler a Failure.
Here is occasion for astonishment. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia univerr
shy, a leader in world thought, prominent in all
public affairs, failed on a simple test. The Engi
neering society of the university took him on
for a trial, and he flunked, ingloriously.. What
was it? He merely was asked to differentiate
the odors of ten familiar substances, cloves,
sassafras, anise, citronella, wintergreen, carbolic
acid, lemon oil, bay rum, alcohol and turpentine.
Of these he recognized only bay rum..( This is
a more formidable inquisition than that pro
vided by Mr. Edison. The average man would
probably fail as did the distinguished scholar,
who says the sense of smell is not an intellectual,
attribute. Most of us are with odors as General
Grant was with music. We recognize two kinds,
one pleasant, the other not. Our way jri life
does not require a keen sense of smell to . get
about. We follow trails by sight or sound, and
not by odor. Things that are dangerous usually
send 'oft such exhalations as warn even the
bluntest of olfactory nerves, and beyond that
man has little use for his nose, and rarely regards
it save when he takes cold in the head..
Helping the World Cool Off.
Friends of the League of Nations are having
a great deal of fun over the instructions given
George Harvey, now ambassador to Great
Britain, to sit in the allied conferences as a
limited member of' the supreme council. This
i. an outgrowth of the Council of Four in which
Woodrow Wilson sat during his time in France,
but is not to be confused with the Council of
the League of Nations. General policies to guide
Italy, Frfnce and Britain in their international
moves are determined by this body.
The ambassadors' council, 'of which Hugh
Wallaee, United States ambassador to France,
has been made a member, meets at Paris, and
likewise forms no part of the machinery of the
League of Nations. It considers minor matters
which the allied council" of premiers is unable to
find time for, inasmuch as the latter meets only
at intervals and the former is always able to
convene
The reparations commission is the only one
""of the three bodies on which President Harding
has accepted membership that owes its existence
to the Treaty of Versailles. Roland W. Boyden,
who is called once more to represent America on
this board, made a noteworthy record for
straightforward conduct when he w as serving
there under direction of President Wilson. -He
withdrew last March by order of Mr. Wil
son, Jn order to leave President Harding free
to arrange his own international policy. It was
Mr. Boyden who, almost a year ago, warned the
allied nations not to look to America in those
matters in which it was possible for them to help
themselves. His frank statement at the inter
national financial conference in Brussels that
Europe could not expect an unceasing flow of
loans from the United States did much to bring
a return to sanity abroad. He is a prominent
financier of Boston, and fitted in every way for
his position.
None of these three delegate will act in
more than an unofficial capacity, being without
power to bind the American government to ac
cept or act upon any proposals. European
statesmen have been .growing a little too hot
under the collar of late, and to the extent that
Dye and the Democrats.
When the war broke out in 1914, America
suddenly awakened to the fact that this country
as well as most of the world was dependent on
Germany for certain basic as well as finished ma
terials. Among these were dyes, optical and
chemical glassware, some forms of scientific in
struments, and other needed articles in which
the Germans had specialized, and on which, by
means of government subventions and rebates,
they were able to make prices so low that com
petition in America was strangled. In order to
keep going in this country it was necessary to
not only set up plants, but to discover certain
processes and formulas for making the things
needed. A dyev industry has been established
here, as in England, and its product equals the
best the Germans ever turned out. The color
card contains the wonderful collection cf hues
needed for the textile industry, and in every wy
the business is going ahead.
But Germany is again in the manufacturing
business, and the chemical plants over there, no
longer needed for making munitions, are once
more turning out dyes, which must find a mar
ket. This country just now offers the most at
tractive field in the world for the dye maker..
Therefore the democrats in the senate violently
assail-the tariff measure, because it puts a duty
on dyes that will prevent the foreign competi
tion from- coming in here and destroying the
business born from the war. Our Senator Hitch
cock denounces it as "one of the most vicious
provisions ever adopted in a so-called protective
tariff measure."
, Terhaps that is true, when viewed from the
standpoint of the foreign manufacturer. But the
control and protection of the dye industry will
insure Americans that they will not again be at
the mercy of Germany or any other country as
regards needed chemicals in peace or war.
The City and the Jungle
More Danger on Streets Than
'Exists in Pathless Wilderness
Moonshiners Lose Prestige.
Certain events of a national character have
tended to strip the mystery and romance, from
the moonshiners of the southern mountains. In
an era in which knowledge of the art of manufacturing-
alcoholic liquor has tpread into so
many basements a critical nation questions why
men still continue to carry on their trade ill
those mountainous regions where revenue of
ficers are supposed to be thicker than juniper.
Apologists of another era used to point out
that the denizens of our southern highlands, hav
ing raised a corn crop, could not get it to mar
ket except in the concentrated form of whisky.
The grain was too bulky to be hauled through
the mountain passes, according to this explana
tion. High freight, rates might be offered as an
equally plausible excuse for middle western
private distilling.
Moonshining and bootlegging has become
now a sordid, unromantic business. Sympathy
of all who have- known what it is to have a still
or a blind pig operating in their neighborhood
will 'go out to the -law-abiding West Virginia
farmer who informed on bis industrious neigh
bors. It is, however, too late for the sympathy'
to be appreciated, for the, man has been killed.
But at. least public opinion has advanced far
enough to respect him and not to be confused
by the sneaking admiration that sometimes used
to be felt for the embattled moonshiners.
Where Does a Good Road Go?
Farmers along the Washington highway who
are striving to force the pavement of a three
mile gap through Nashville do not bear out the
contention of a correspondent in The Bee's Let
ter Box that it is only the automobile manufac
turers and the makers of road building material
who desire good roads. At the same time it must
be admitted that some' expensive highways have
been built without as much consideration for the
farmer as for tourists.
This thought brings out one bad feature in
the .Townsend bilt under which a further ap
propriation of $100,000,000 for federal aid in road
construction would be made. This measure con
templates a system of cross country paved thor
oughfares, a proposal which is far from serving
the farrrler, whose main need is for a road de
signed to lead directly to market. National!
speedways, such as one running from New York
to San Francisco, and another from Chicago to
Jacksonville or New Orleans, will add little to
the utility afforded farmers to reach their ship
ping points.
This part of the bill which will shortly be
considered in the United States senate, to center
federal appropriations on a few interstate trunk
lines, ought fo be fought. For the rest, the bill
represents a praiseworthy- attempt to bring more
economar and efficiency into the laying out of
highways. The safeguards which it throws
about the expenditure of public funds are good,
but in sosar as it-would diminish the right of
each county to plan its local system of market
ing roads, it is based on a wrong theory.
There is apparently no dubt in Mr. Krutt
schnitt's mind whether the nation exists for .the
sake of the railroads or whether the railroads
exist for the sake of the natjon.
Green is said to. be the favorite color for
bathing suits, and the old query, "Do you see
anything green?" can henceforth be answered
by saying, "Just a little."
France announces that it will pay its debts,
which may be tafcen as notice to Germany and
Russia that it is going to collect from all its
debtors as well. '
There are no dollar-a-yea'r men in the pulpit,
although some of them do not get a great deal
more, according to the'figures given out by one
denomination.
No fear of Colonel Harvey forgetting his
animosity to the League of Nations, even though
he may sit in at the sessions of the supreme
council. -
It is to be hoped that Mr. Bryan did not
sully his mind by reading anything Darwin
wrote on evolution before condemning it.
Every parent who is without a' motor car en
joys reading criticisms of those who allow their
children to gad about in them.
Edison is deaf, so there is no chance of spring
ing his own questions on him.
Some marriages may be secret, but the di
vorces are usually public
v .. k A(From the New. York Times.)
" A guest of the Adventurers' Club of Chicago,
Carl Akeiey, told the members a day or two ago
that Chicago was too dangerous for him he
was going back to the jungle, 'where there was
quiet, security and peace ot mind. IVrhaps it
had not occurred to his hosts that, if a man
craved the thrill of hair-breadth escapes and con
stant familiarity with peril, there was no need
of quitting the streets and boulevards of their
city, destined, they believed, to be the center of
the universe. It was Mr. Akeiey 's conviction
that they were all adventurers, though they never
left the lake side. He declared to them that the
rush of Loop traffic, the swarming of high-powered
automobiles and the imminence of death at
the hands of "holdup" men, in spite of the orders
ot the chief of police to shoot to kill, had jangled
his nerves more than the hazards he had faced
in equatorial Africa and chance encounters with
hippopotami, rhmcs and trumpeting elephants.
So he wished himself back, and would soon be
on the way.
"You Vtill escape the thousand perils of the
cruel city," exclaimed Juvenal to a friend who
was about to take up his residence in the country.
It might have been in the darkest Apennines, or
in the wilds of Calabria, hut the city was not so
safe; and there were no juggernaut trolleys, no
swooping automobiles in those days not a' single
traffic policeman in Rome. The modern city
teems with perils, so much so that life is a con
tinuing risk; one's nerves are taut, the moment
one steps out of the house. The only difference
between cities nowadays is that some are more,
dangerous than others that is to say, some have
more lines of trolley cars, more motor trucks,
motorcycles, automobiles, fires, pestilences and
miscellaneous snares and pitfalls, animate and
inanimate, than other cities." Life is one hazard
after another. In 1920, as the Adventurers' club
must know, 559 persons were killed by automo
biles in Chicago, 25 per cent more than in the
preceding year. New York is, of course,' pre
eminent in this respect; its record for 1920 was
707. The late Gen. Joseph Wheeler declared that
the junction of Broad and Market streets. New
ark, had more terrors for him than the field of
San Juan. He crossed over twice in one after
noon and survived by a miracle. John Muir al
ways contended that the Sierras, with grizzly
bears and rattlesnakes for daily companions, were
safer than any city. His failure to induce Ralph
Waldo Emerson to camp out for one night filled
his soul with scorn for the philosopher, who in
sisted upon returning to the city.
... Of course, it would be vain to attempt to
convince the urban dweller that there is nothing
much to fear in the jungle, and that life there is
all relaxation and ease. It must be admitted
that risks are met with, besides sleeping sickness.
C. G. Schillings in his "In Wildest Africa" con
fesses there are occasions for "cold feet:"
1 myself am conscious of a steadily increas
ing distaste for face-to-face encounters with
rhinoceroses, and with elephants still more.
There are, indeed, other denizens of the East
African jungle -whose defensive and offensive
; capabilities it would be no less a mistake to
underestimate. . . : To be chased by an
African elephant is as exciting a sensation as a
man could wish for. ,
Mr. Schillings adds that he has been pursued
by an entire herd. Sometimes in nightmares he
lives over his "close calls" and wakes in a cold
sweat. But it is only when one stirs up the
animals that the jungle folks become inhospita
ble. Besides, they are getting killed off very
rapidly. There can be no doubt that if a man
minds his own business the jungle is safer than
the city.
Mr. Bok's Error
Edward ; W." Bok autobiographically wastes
his sympathy for those men in business who con
tinue the habit of hard work until they-drop out
of the game. He is sorry, very sorry, in his in
dividual way, that men should be so foolish, and
so inconsiderate. He finds the man of years who
clings to his life job a selfish man. The old
bandit is robbing the young generation! To this
doctor of destinies the grim hanging on of men
to labor after a certain age is all wrong, very
wrong. They should, be "lifting, their eyes and
.hearts to the infinities of art and contemplation."
Well, Mr. Bok is a preacher by habit, and
preachers must find texts. But he is wrong. The
pace that really kills men is the slow one, and
so long as a man is vital he should work, and he
will love his work, and while he is able to pro
duce work he is robbing no one. On the con
trary, he is enriching his own life and contribut
ing to the good of the world.
There is Mr. Depew still wondering, at 87,
whether he is going to be a success in life. There
is Mr. Gompers just beginning a real career by
marrying at 71. Mr. Edison would be ashamed
to work less than eighteen hours a day, and it
has been a long, long time since he cast his first
ballot.
As a matter of fact, the busy, hard working
men are the only men who really live, and they
usually rive long because they do work hard.
"The pace that really kills is the crawl," writes
Dr. Woods Hutchinson. He's right. The lotus
land would be no place for real men. The placid,
plodding, "retired" individual, even with lifted
"eye and heart fixed on the infinities of art and
contemplation," is a candidate for early extin
guishment from mortal affairs. Mr. Bok is a
nice, pleasant, pink tea sort of a philosopher, but
his .conclusions are refuted by the lives of mul
titudes of men whose vigor and success continue
unabated despite hard work, whlth, after all, is
the only enduring panacea for those who would
be. healthy and happy. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bergdoll Blunder. . '
The main trouble seems to be that the army,
from the adjutant general to the Bergdoll guard,
failed to sense the state of public feeling toward
Bergdoll. He was a particuarly offensive draft
dodger, using his money and ingenuity not only
in running from the government authorities, but
also in outwitting them to their great humiliation.
He represented in a way the case of the country
against those who refused to serve it in a crisis.
The army seemed to have been awed by his
wealth and perhaps influenced by the standing
of his. counsel, ind it committed a series of blun
ders for which it must answer , in harsh, criticism
and lowered prestige, if not -in appropriate pun
ishment for those " directly 1 responsible. In
dianapolis News. .
Our Obligations.
A moral obligation rests on us not to coun
tenance a policy which means, that the well
roofed German shall live comfortably while his
victim, the unroofed Frenchman, is exposed to
the fury of the elements; a financial interest con
cerns us. for Germany's payment of her debt will
nable Europe to discharge her debt to us; a po
litical consideration weighs with us, for if Ger
many successfully avoids" the consequences of
her great raid we may expect a raid to be made
against us. New , York Tribune.
No Victorian Dotage.
The prudes of both sexes can howl until red
in the face, but it is a safe bet that American
women never will be lured back to the slavery
of Victorian primness and dowdiness. Detroit
Free Press.
,r . ' Ever Deceitful
Germany is declared to have more prosperity
than she cares to admit, but, if she thinks she
can deceive the allies by playing possum, she is
going to get a rude jolt. Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Texas Steer.
The skeleton of a monster with tusks twelve
feet loig has been dug up in Texas., Maybe it
is Joe Bailey who has been agjiin exhumed.
Los Angeles Tunes.
How to .Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Queatioaa cancarninc hygiene, sanita
lien and prevention of disease, auk
mttUa1 ta Or. Evauta by readers (
' Tha Baa. will ka anewered pcraonally,
aukjact to proper limitation, waare a
etaaapea addressed envelop la an-
claaad. Dr. Evana will aot maka
diaiaoaia or praacrika for individual
diaaaaaa. Address lattara in cara ef
Tha. Bao.
Copyright, 1921. by Dr. W. A. Erani.
1 TOO MUCH OF A GOOD
, THING.
The Chicago Demonstrators' as
sociation is against prohibition,
complaining 'that under prohibition
it is not able to- get bodies enough
for dissecting purposes. In conse
quence the medical schools are find
ing it difficult to teach properly hu
man anatomy. Before many years
physicians way not know, anatomy
as. well as they should.
Under the old dispensation a man
would get . drunk on pay day, lay
around on the floor of a saloon or
sit around a"" hot stove,' contract
pneumonia, he carried away to a
hospital, and die friendless and
alone. Xobody would claim his
body and the dissecting room got it.
'ow that whisky is hard to get the
hospitals receive very few Saturday
night drunk-pneumonia cases. A
Saturday night drunk -pneumonia
case had about as much chance to
get well as a snowball not to melt,
and so on. ..The good of society de
mands that its doctors know an
atonfy. Who will volunteer?
For 20 years students graduat
ing in medicine in Chicago have not
seen a case of smallpox. The Detroit
health department" says that city has
40 times as much smallpox as New
York City does. Medical students
graduating in Xew York City get no
chance to see smaalpox. In-fact, the
statement Is true of medical stu
dents in every section of the country.
Xot one physician in 20 now prac
ticing medicine has had experience
with smallpox or can recognize a
case in the early stages if it Is at
all out of the ordinary.
Recently a physician who had
been attending a woman with an
acute skin disease was not able to
make a diagnosis of her case as
smallpox until he became sick him
self with an eruption diagnosed as
smallpox, for which he was taken
to the smallpox hospital in an am
bulance. When he got in the-ambulance
there sat his patient. They
spent their time while riding to the
hospital discussing the diagnosis of
smallpox. 1
Smallpox is a very important dis
ease. Early and accurate diagnosis
is essential. What are we going to
do about it? " '.,
In Chicago typhoid fever has be
come an infrequent disease. The
same is true of nearly all the large
cities. Few students now studying
medicine get to see a single case of
tvphoid fever. There is still con
siderable typhoid in the smaller
cities and in the country. It will be
a, quarter -ot a century more before
the disease will come, well under
control Jn these districts. In the
meantime it is necessary for the
public welfare that physicians he
able to make an early diagnosis in
case of typhoid. Tn no other way
can those about be properly protected.
In the great. Salem CO.") epidemlo
of 1020 the diarrhoeas which pre
vailed for weeks should have been
recognized as forerunners of typhoid
and many of them as typhoid. Such
recognition followed by prompt ac
tion would have saved lives and
money and spared much illness.
Malaria is becoming so scarce
that many physicians do not know
it when they meet it. In the mos
quito season a case of malaria that
goes undiagnosed and untreated for
a considerable time may cause such
sickness.
Few physicians Tcnow leprosy
when they sse it.. Students in train
ing never get to see a case of lepro
sy. Tjike the man who was selling
a certain not popular brand of snuff,
'I am asking questiohs, not answer
ing them." I know this the com
munity cannot afford to have poorly
trained physicians.
Probably Ear Trouble.
C. A. writes: "1. This is my third
attempt- at writing you, but have
never received an answer, although
I am a, subscriber to the paper.
"2. For- the' last two months I
have a strange noise in the left ear
just as though a strong wind was
blowing. Would you kindly give me
your opinion of what this is and can
it bo cured? Would you advise me
what to do? I have no pain. I am
a. married woman, 33 years old. Is
it necessary to see an ear specialist,
as I understand they are very ex
pensive?" .
REPLY.
1. The heading of the column
very definitely says that no replies
are promised, except to tfeose who
send stamps and whose questions
are- within our field.
2. Xoises in the ear mean disease
of the ear or the tubes leading to it
or its nerves. Pain does not usual
ly accompany head noises. The only
treatment that avails is treatment
of the ears or some nearby related
structure. Even that is often un
satisfactory. v .
At the Sign of the Spiders.
F. S. Z. writes: "I live in a spi
dery house and am for all the world
like little Miss Muffet in my antipa
thy for .spiders, never having been
able to outgrow my fear of them.
They are mostly drab color, but
some have a bright yellow spot on
their backs. How virulent is the
poison if one should bite me? What
remedy should be applied, and is
there anything which Will induce
them to seek other quarters?"
REPLY.
Xo North American spider packs
a dose of paison that needs to be
feared. Possibly the hour glass spi
der has k fairly dangerous dose of
poison. In addition, spiders are not
at all aggressive. On the other hand,
they prey on flies as well as some
poisonous biting household Insects,
If bitten apply ammonia water. As
a rule, spiders leave if their, webs
are persistently brushed away. Sul
phur fumigation is effective against
them. i
OX
For Hardened Liver.
C. T. writes: "1. What causes
hardening of the liver? 2. Is there
an cure for it? 3. What kind of
focrd is good for that trouble?"
REPLY.
1. Heavy drinking generally is
given as the cuase.
2. Treatment is not satisfactory.
3.1 Diet is not of major conse
quence in the cause or cure of cir
rhosis of the liver.
Answer is "Xo."
M. M. writes: "Is scrofula al
ways accompanied by an eruption of
the skin? If so, what is the nature
of the eruption? Does it appear in
the form of a pimple or blister?"
REPLY.
, No.
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Might Worry Less.
Miss M. writes: "What do you
think of a jumping Jn the right eye?"
REPLY.
I Judge the twitching is in your
eyelid. The symptom comes from
fatigue. If your glasses fit and you
have no eyestrain you may need to
slow up somewhat. Maybe you need
i to alow up on worry.
Almost to Niagara.
Omaha--, May 10. To the Editor
ot The Bee: We are traveling to
ward a wider and tnore severe de
pression in economic readjustment.
It is n8w the time of the year when
big things ought to be booming. But
millions are jobless. The past com
paratively prosperous years have
qnabled some of these men and wo
men to save a little money, so thoy
are still able to exist without flying
in the teeth of the law. But now it
is nearly summer, and millions are
irtle. What will be the outcome
about next winter?
This depression may continue for a
while without serious consequences
but matters will come to a climax,
and I am inclined to think that that
climax will be no humorous proposi
tion. It is well known what is the mat
ter. Capital has revealed the cards
it is playing, and there is no excuse.
We are face to face with the dicta
torship of autocracy and it seems to
be frankly assupied that labor will
bow Its head under the iron heel
and ht crushed.
Nothing of the sort is apt to hap
pen. The workers are human and
it is doubtful if they can be crushed
into serfs and lose their attained
rights in society.
The ruling powers are heading us
toward Niagara, and -ve are already
in the rapids.
I am not writing as an anarchist,
nor as a destroyer of home or so
ciety or law, but as an American
citizen, who believes in our early
liberties. CLAREXCE SJOBLOM.
. Where Edfcon Is Wrong.
. Omaha, May 10. To the Editor
of The Bee: Your reference in The
Omaha Dnilv Bee of Mny 10 to Mr.
Edison's ('Scholarship Test" and his
assertion that college graduates are
"amazingly ignorant" prompt
these few lines from one of
the "amazingly ignorant." In the
first place, I submit that if college
graduates as a class are "amazingly
ignorant) then those who have not
had tha advantages of college train
ing are more so. Generally speak
ing, the university man reads more,
studies more, because by training
and association he has acquired a
greater desire for broader learning.
That, however, is not tho issue.
Mr. Edison argues from a wrong
hypothesis. The purpose of the col
lege is not to graduate walking en
cyclopedias. It fails in its mission
if its curriculum but seeks to cram
its students with voluminous facts
and figures coldly intellectual and
unemotional. The true purpose of
college education is to give ite re
cipient mental training, to develop
within him to its highest possibility
his human nature, to implant in him
high ideals and ambitions that he
may the better "attain success in life.
It is true that technical educa-
Wor king' Women as
V Students
(Prom the Baltimore American.)
Bryn ' Mawr college is to try a
summer school experiment 'this year
that will be a novelty in this coun
try, although somewhat similar ven
tures have proved successful in Eng
land. It-is of unusual interest, and,
if it works well, may prove to be
of great value, not merely to those
who will benefit directly but to in
dustry at large.- '
This summer school, to be held
for twb months beginning June 15,
is to recruit its students from the
ranks of women workers in fac
tories, stores and other industries
from all parts of the country. Can
didates as young as 18 years will be
admitted if they show sufficient
qualification, but it is expected that
most students will be older women
up to about 35 years. The primary
purpose is stated to be the develop
ment along "broad and construe
tive lines of young women of charac
ter and ability who have shown-a
natural aptitude . for leadership ' so
that they may exercise an increasing
influence in the social and industrial
world."
Therein lies the signal value of
such a school: it recognizes that the
primary need of labor is' better,
more enlightened, more fully
equipped leadership. Such educa
tion offers the best answer possible.
to Ideas . based . upon inadequate
knowledge of elemental facts.
But it is also significant that the
college in giving this opportunity is
assuming no - attitude of grand
motherly superiority or dictatorial
authority. Its attitude is rather that
of the- elder or mre fortunate sis
ter who is willing to help. The
school -is to be under ajolnt con
trol, "representing on the one. hand
the college and on the other a com
mittee of the women workers them
selves. And the courses of instruc
tion are those actually requested by
the students themselves. The se
lection thus made is striking. Eng
lish and literature head the list, fol
lowed by economics, history, ele
mentary law, physiology and hy
giene, the "origin and evolution of
the earth ' and of life," psychology
and "appreciation of art." Such a
choice, made . by. more or less ma
ture . young . women without class
predisposition, is in itself a fine
testimonial of faith in the practical
value ' of cultural education.
Tha - f British prototype of this
school was founded at Ruskin col
lege; 'Oxford, in 1899 on a small
scale-v If the idea works well at
Bryn ' .Mawr, there is no obvious
reason why other college and uni
versity "plants" should not be put
to the same uses in summer. The
experiment will be worth watching.
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tion trains the individual in -the de
tails of the arts and sciences that
underlie the practice ot the traclen
or professions. Yet tho lawyer, for
example, recognizes that the law
sihool performs its greatest func
tion, not in causing the student to
Irani and retain in memory the de
tailed holdings of voluminous court
decisions; but ratcr in giving him
that mental training which" enables
him to recognize the' legal principle
involved in a given statement of
facts aitd tells Jiim where to look to
find tho court decisions on the sub
ject. True it is that many men have
succeeded in life without the train
ing higher education affords. But
I submit that in 99 cases out of 100
those same men, equipped with a
proper college training, would have
attained even greater success.
The intimate knowledge of the
details of all subjects, of every art
and science is much to be desired.
But in this day of specialization it
is impossible. Because the college
graduate has not accomplished the
impossible he is not "aniazlnly ig
norant." When Mr. Edison makes
such a. statement unqualifiedly he
fails absolutely lo realize the founda
tion purpose of collegiate training.
CLEMENT L. WALDROX.
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