State College News
NEW
Esrant
YORK STATE COLLEGE FOR
‘TEACHERS
88 oF 1918
No. 20
ALBANY, N, Y.,
Manon, 20, 1919
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STUDENT ASSEMBLY
Mr, Hidley Lectures
ide of the series
dresses on the Meage Conter-
spoke
Be
1 relate
ing to the Near Eastern situation
ris into the danger of not know-
ing what he is talking about, espe:
cially heeanse of the Hood of pro-
by terial that has swept
over this cottry since the opening
of the documentary conflict now
waged American support of
ims, boundaries, economic op-
portunity, ete, So! fur the confer-
intained a silence about
ast that is disturbing,
particularly to those who want the
truth, but find it so distorted by
partisan argument
“The purpose of the Jugo-$
Commission to the United States
is not go much the truth about the
South Slavic peoples as what the
want and why they expect to re-
geive it at the final settlement,
The Ha a of Information
(Continued on pa
AMERICANIZATION
INSTITUTE
gal institute was, addressed
March 14, by Dr, Hutchin- |
fon of Siate College, and Miss Hare
Dow of New York,
rhe former lectured on “C
il
es. and blacks could re-
ceive naturalization papers and. that
this exchided Chinese and. Tudl
‘The latter, however, may hecome
zens of the United States by a special
treaty or act of Congress, or if he
eaves is tribe and depts civilized
Ie also took up the case with
cane same laws ap-
xcept that if she is the wife of
alion man, she cannot be natural=
continue the
subject next Saturday,
Miss Harriet Dow, Field Secretary
of the Yorkyille Neighborhood Asso-
ciation, lectured the latter portion of
the morning.
She presented the question of race
assimilation ina most. interesting
(Continued on page 3)
CHEMISTRY CLUB
There will be a regular meeting of
Chemistry club to-morrow afternoon,
March 21, 5 in room 250, The
is he “The
Maurice C,
Hathorn, '21, will speak on this sub-
ject. The talk will be illustrated by
lantern slides. Mr. Hathorn has in«
spected the tanning mills and the
glove factories in both Johnstown and
Gloversville, so the club will be fully
assured in listening to a speaker who
well posted on his subject,
Council Representing Dramatic and |
Fine Arts Departments
Will Be Discussed By Students
Durinie he assernbly on Friday
morning will be read. the resolutions
draw up by a committee of students
representing the dramaties and fine
art departments of the college, Miss
atterer will explain the proposed
plan of forming a council, composed
of six students elected hy the thre
upper classes. and of three faculty
hers appointed by President Brie
for the puirpose of bringing
the college prominent speakers
iperiistendin
sand recitals
and in other ways promoting greater
interest in the fields of interpretation,
In arder to do these things, the coun:
cil is to be allotted a suitable prop
tion of the student tax. fund,
hlanket Lax teket will admit one free
all plays, recitals and lectures, ‘The
members of the committee, George
Shinvone, '20, chairman, Ethel Me-
Kenna, 19, Harriet Poole, "19, Flor=
ence Stubbs, '20, Gertrude G
Esther Cramer,
ruc
Horner, Myska
cil, Miss. Futterer
have signed the resolutions.
their adoption hy the stude
day morning. nomini
members of the eau
1919-1920 will take place in the Jur,
sophomore and freshinn class: meet-
ings immediately following the
sembly,
SECOND FACULTY
SOCIAL EVENING
‘The second informal social eveninue
enjoyed by the faculty was held fast
Thurslay in the gymnasiom, | Pro-
gressive five hundred and bridge
cl caneing enjoyed the
latter part of the evening
WORD RECEIVED FROM
HARRY MASSON, Ex-'19
Horner recently received
‘ard from Private Harry Ma
19, together with a copy of t
and Stripes’
newspaper of the
Masson is in Comp of the Ariny
Service Corps, and is located at
Bourges, France, His detachment
has charge of a prison camp for Ger-
nan prisoners,
MATHEMATICS CLUB
Will Initiate Saturday
A special meeting of the Mathe-
natics club was héld Wednesday,
March 17, to discuss preparation fot
the initiation which will take place
Saturday evening, 7:30 p, m. in Foom
250,
MYSKANIA TO LAUNCH
CONTEST FOR NEW
ALMA MATER
Myskania has decided to launch
a contest for a new. alma mater.
‘There has long been felt a need for
a new college song, written by col-
loge students, to be sung by col-
lege students,
‘The contest will close April 25th,
the Friday after Easter vacation,
This will give opportunity to
christen the new song on moving-
up day, Listen at chapel to-mor-
row, and watch next’ week's edi
torial for particulars of contest.
Meanwhile, think! Versify! Com-
pose!
STUDENT ASSEMBLY
TO-MORROW
The student assembly hour will he
‘occupied mostly hi class meetings
i h 21. ‘The. freshmen,
nid juniors will nominate
nF next
LAND ARMY BRANCH
MEETING
‘The Mbany County Branch of the
New York State Women's Taud
Army are planning for a very inter
sstiig meeting fn Chancellors! Hall on
the evening of Saturday, March 2
Miss Stevens, one of the ona
Secretaries, ai Mr
Secretary |
at Agata Society, |
Wwill give some of his moving pictures
of the Land Ar
© community singing "led by
vell, A large attendance and
interesting evening is antici-
Collece students and their
a
friends are welcome,
MOVING-UP DAY PLANS
John Becker, chairman of activi-
tics for moving-up day, announces
that plans are already _ being
formed. The program will follow,
in part, the program of last year, |
he morning will be occupied by |
the formal chapel exercises and by
class stunts. Tn the afternoon
athletics will take piace, and com-
the evening,
is will be given out
later,
THIRD CAMERA TALK
Professor Kirtland to Lecture
March 24
The third of the series of interest=
i ive talks on photog
for next Monday
the Chemistry roo
ia eetatve. Stee Kirtland
Will diseuss time exposiires, andthe
different. stages of developing and
printing.
‘Those who have had the priv
loge and ple: of seeing spect-
mens af Me, Rirtland's work along
these Tines, aid also those who
have not, will in all probability,
ind this lecture very entertaining,
It will he worth the while of all
the students who possibly ea
range it, to attend this talle for they
will he’ repaid 8
toning to
well acquainted with his subject.
Sojdta not forged
Chemistry Room,
PROFESSOR RISLEY
turday, Mi Profes-
sor Risley spoke before "ie ing
con of the City Cluh at the Hamp.
ton Hotel
opposition in
the United States to ir |
this were the only plan to be pre-
sented, it would be the patriotic
duty of every man and woman. to
support it without reservation, The
sacrifice of our boys, the crimson
stars and the gold stars in loyal
Alb ly for some safe
gard a ion of ruth-
“Dut this is not the last pos:
bility for a league, this now
fented. “Do wa, who unhesitating-
favor this plan, do so with the
dese to do a ‘big! thing rather
han a good and wise one?
IL plans for settlement resolve
themselves into three classes, the
impossible, the fairl ¢ and
the clearly acceg History
would class ywith the impossible a
repetition of the quadruple and
quintuple alliance of a hundred
ears ago, There is a hint of this
in the Teague, in so for as it pro-
vides for a majority of five states
in the executive council, Likewise,
the Hague tonference ‘has shown
bility to stop wars. ‘The
present plan differs from that in
providing for economic coercion,
aud a partial scheme for disarma:
ment and for military coercion,
"Senator Lodge has summed up
the criticisms fairly in stating that
the league draft is like the draft of
a preliminary committee, and that
it needs revision, with ‘clear and
sitive statement, Therefore the
league falls into the second cla
the fairly inadequate,
“Supporters of the league point
out to-day the analogy of the Sdope
tion of the federal Constitution and
(Continued on page 3)
Page Two
STATE COLLEGE NEWS,
March 20, 1919
THE STATE COLLEGE
NEWS
March 20, 1919 No. 20
guttblished, weekly, om, Thursdays,
tte college year, by the Stu:
jody of the New York State
for Teachers, at Albany,
The subscription rate is one dol-
lar anda hal per year, Advertising
rates may be had on application to
the Business. nianager.
Articles, manuscripts, etc, must be
in the hands of the Editor before
Saturday of the week preceding
publication.
Vol, 11
Board of Editors, 1918-1919
Editor-inechief,
Donald M. Tower, '19
Managing
Bernice S. Bronner, "19
Business Manager,
Caroline E, Lipes, "19
Assistant Business Manager,
Ellen Donalite, ’20.
Associate Editors,
Dorothy M. Bawner,, 20
Kenneth P. Holben, ‘20
Elsie Hanbury,
Bertha West,
EDITORIALS
THE FRESHMAN PARTY
‘The announcement that the fresh-
man cliss party has been called
off is causing dismay among: the
members of theo
there is much. tndign
the upperelassine
Iris tough luck, to say the least,
that "22 cannot have her chance to
show: off her talent and ability: in
al events. After a
able practice le
a ss
artyred frosh
o make
ening stiggestion that Junior Prom
and Senior Ball will come eventu-
ally is pretty flimsy solac
uppose the frosh fh
t pos
could a dozen more
Suppose they did miss
allege because of the
“flu” epidemic! All the more re
son for making up for lost time,
ses for sipper-tasina in
. Kirst there is the
of many such
fan anti-good-time
fanliton
policy, $ y, upper-classmen
want college traditions, have
worked hard for the establishment
of traditions. And. so few perm
nent ones have resulted that the loss
5 aire firmly. e
ditions, In fact they are probably
i formal initer-
ial is to be Held at the
with nb
liet at first, then umbounded. jos
” seemed to. ha
come at. last
“too goad tc
ing the freshy
the i
This is not merely a plea for
freshmen, Nor is it just_a bit of
dignation over one affair. It is
w case of “last straw.” In demo-
America it is hard to submit
to arbitrary rule without even rep-
resentation,
Is it democratic that a student
hody submit to such a policy? Rep-
resentation and the right of appeal
¢ granted (no, BELONG) to all
the governed, "Why are tiese privis
dL
in class party proved
j
Hae withheld from iis? Can we ;
a social commitice com=
posed of born faculty and students?
Ress. dissatisfaction would. resile
from rulings by a committee of this
type. The faculty: members of, the
committee need the student view:
point,, And students would certain-
ly profit by knowing the faculty
Viewpoint,
What on earth is the use of h
4g 4 student coune an ath-
etic couneil if they.
sent students, in
tainin ?
thot stilted, at leas
State C students
shown themselves true Americans,
Ii they act like true Americans the:
ust possess trite Atmerican spirits,
“No, taxation without representa
ly Ameriean max-
sed, this spirit
he basie prin-
n demoe
tion" was a
Leave
Novembe:
and a rea
Kee:
units,
‘a possibility
y ;
«the whole is made up of
y unit possesses the iden-
it common to the whole,
{American spirit of which we
ure justly proud,
We want representation! — We
want democracy! We want the
right of appeal! Will somebody
stiguest the way? It is a serious
sitnation, and demands attention,
WHO'S TO BLAME?
Who's to blame?
successful. basket-bi
has ever enjoyed (and it seemed as
though every one enjoyed i) we
are enduring the dullest spring
fe has ever had f
til to sce the “Profs” a
ames, clic
as any student? (ut
re no prospects for i
sue, tho plans for att
Km tennis
juist as lust
now, there
basket-b:
tournament, only a litile talk about
{ seems pecu-
who is
nd is amoying to on
interested in State
tice that th
schedule has not been played. It
sa foregone conclusion that in
order to have a successful varsity
we must give the serubs a
ice to | ame in these
class contests. did Curtin,
Polt, Nicholson, Lobdell, Cohen
and others learn the tirely
there is Tittle doubt thar without
their training in class games they
would have been w
Maroney
and the va
also, the chan
players who,
inouth, Union, R.
and others in’ joining the Eastern
Intercollegiate Association. i
association stands second
the Intercollegiate
which included Yate, H
Princeton, and the biggest
sities in the country, “In
der to
prepare a team to Send to the an-
nual m
et, which is held at S
ist hold class contests
two years, Why. not
Bet part this year? We hay
good tennis players in col-
Tege, including Merghate who, won
the ‘city championship at Lincoln
Park last summer against the best
players in the Capitol Dist
have easy access to the courts in
Vashington Park, which are the
best in this part af the State, Tt
ring
docs not take players to
inake Up. & good tennis team, and |
State should boom this sport
riyone who has played baseball
agree that baseball players are
nok dee
horn, not made, You
velop a baseball aye
sketball pl
chall is a different type of
Hows who come from
Small towns do not play much
nd becatise of this State
will always find it hard to, develop
a winning baseball team, ‘There is
hot a mat in college this year who
inn he classed as even a third rate
college pitcher, pitcher on
a baseball teaun is the most impor-
cant player on the | t
isketball team made a reputation
of State College this year and the
sore, because
‘ire
hot getting a chance to show their
alent, Little Fit, and. Big: itz
hoth played on the baskethall team
for four years and both men
worked hard athletics
he allowed to leave
| their work gone
xcept int basketball?
the beginning, who is
‘To me tle blame seems
one the athletic conneil,
the athletic director and the stu
dent athletic. managers, Surely
there is enough agit
the students for these cont
for
Dut. why does not the
Tetie direetar or the atfiletic council
call a meeting of the student m
as to its desire or wish ou the sith.
ject?
Every. new propo:
pushed by those in
the fellows arc
ion must be
ack of it, IF
not interesteil, we
st make them interested hy do-
ing a little more than ont oven
share, Nothing is gained ior noth
ing and itis the ONLY thing that
is gained for nothing, \We must
CARRY ON!
MARTIN BARRY, ‘21
ABOUT Y,. W. ELECTIONS
Girls of Y, W., this article con
cerns you! As you all know elec
tions for next year are to be held
id it’s “up to you to pick
out @ capable and conge
het, Nest year is going t
big. year for, ¥. W.
ii planting. ilitgs
ried through ste-
inest When Miss
here she outlined a
r
"sup to ts to ci
kram next. yea
to do much on it now.
whet you are voting for the new
cabinei bers, put these ques-
tions continually’ to. yourself: “Ts
this girl fitted for this. position?
Vill’ she he the best leader?" Re-
member that you are choosing
xirls for big positions in. college
life. Don't elect a girl just be-
cause she is a girl friend of yours,
or a sorority sister, hut choose the
xirls in your estimation best quale
ilied foreach position, for the suc~
cess of Y, W, next year depends
on its eabine
ithe Editor of the State College
r
The “Biggest Blulfer" read the
well-meant’ attempt in the
issue of the "News" to shield
from ruinous publicity—for in the
ame of blu if ons is known as
a bluffer it is sad indeed and by the
ame token one ceases to be the
Biggest Bluffer.” One. achieves
a harmless distinction
damental opposition to that super=
fei to hluff, the recently
lected “Higgest_ [suffor" has are
markably worthy distinction, By
the lime the “Pedagogue” comes
out he will be branded as the one
person in college who is not the
“Diggest Blulfer'—for ihe were,
t would forever reniain
a sveret,
If, ow the other hand, you have
always had a sneaking cnvy of the
person who could buf and get
way With il, you may in future
s reach for your old 1919
lagoggiic” and point out to your
grandehildren the person whom
you knew to be skilled in that art,
fat least to a degree
The "
found
“Pet
* when he
is picture was to be in the
ee enought
good joke, He
that the fiewhy will
neeforth gaze on him with stern
As for Mosing a good position
because was considered a
ute his colleagues” he is
ling to take the chance of being
artyr to the cause, He ha
suspicion that even though merei-
lessly and permanently revealed by
printed word and picture ‘as. the
“Biggest Hutier” in the 1919 “Ped
agente.” this will not “e
thronsh hurt pride to conceal
from even his closest fr
2 IMGG
OMNICROM NU
Omicron Nu has pledged the fale
loving Juniors: | Ruth “Weir, Mit
dred Weller, Margery Rdgarton,
Emily: Hamilton,
1919
cnior class meeting on
ch 21, the Seniors will
Poet, _ historian,
These will
pro-
r
x ‘19's banner on
will be appointed,
Matters concerning the
breakfast will he considered.
Moving-Up
Senior
H. E. SENIORS ARE
ENTERTAINED
organ ree
Stevens
Church,
dia
ptist
y evening, March
15. Previous to the recital the Hall
Frear and her
daughter,
After the ts
turned to the Hall for dancing and
recital the
refreshni
nts,
G.A,A.
There will be a Gym_ frolic on
March 28 under the auspices of the
Girls" Athletic Association
committee in charge
Katherine Met Isic) Han-
bury, Sarah Adrians, Gladys Gor-
ham, Mary Grahn, Mary Walsh,
t them all in that mud!
How srt they ever get clean?”
“Huh! t do you suppose
er
you look at it. Tf you have w fun-
ma Cae for?"—Tiger
\
STATE COLLEGE NEW!
ch 20, 1919
Page Three
HOME ECONOMICS
NOTES
‘The Juniors and Seniors of the
departinent listened to a lecture on
rural school lunches, y
amey Hl. MeNeal,” head of the
Junior Extension work in Cornell
Miss MeNeal emphasized the ime
ortance of the Junior work in the
seliools, In their support for the
Senior extension, she showed them
to be invaluable, indeed, — Often
the Senior workers engawe them-
selves in the Junior work as a
necessary prelininary: to their own
extension work, — Miss MeN
pointed out that elahy
ment was HOt absolite
for successful iuuehes, QVidh a tine
ited amount of utensils, an’ inex=
pensive hot hunch can he prep
which is invaluable to the se
children with regard to their
health and the standard uf work
done by them, Asa tinal proof of
the importance of Junior exten
sion work in general, Miss MeNeal
showell several samples of the
work done hy the
save ont pamphlets describing the
Work, ils seope, methods for carry
ing out the work already: planned,
and ideas for enlargement
Marion Curtis, "TH, has accepted
a, position as assistant dietitian in
Crousesteving Hospital, Syractiss
Miss Curtis eaves to take ope her
work immediately, The present
heal dietitiny js Margaret Urown,
a graduate of SC. Pe an 117.
Mildred Masehisiss, "19,0 hay
vomtraet ty Leach Home
at Islip,
with a salary: of $90
uti, "18, Weld this
Dorothy. Ihichelle
teach next year in
for girls i Chevy
land, for 3 eompensiat
The girls at the Practice House
are: Dorothy Hacheller, Mary
Ani Hardenbergh, Katherine Pol
lock, Satie Winne and Nellie
Nerthrip,
NEWMAN CLUB
Newanan Chil will receiyy
Communion in a hedy: at St
rick's church next Sunday, i
23, ut 9:00 v'elock, “Miter the Mass
the entire club will come over to
feteria where bred
vei, It is expecte
Iniudred members
The committee
t Flynn, cha
tian, Eugenia Smith, Margaret
Vanjgura and Helen Hayes
AMERICANIZATION
INSTITUTE
d from paye 1)
manner and carried her audience with
her, § HF hat ch
needed
in the ce
Some experiments had
formed, but there had he
plosions,
samy children go
out into the world, — They come in
contact with American influence, but
she goes to the foreign store in her
neighborhood, to the
e becomes ‘stagnant, Th
is worse on her family. Fler children
look on her as a mere piece of fur-
nittre, There is no sound life in the
home and that's where real assimila-
tion must begin.”
The other lecturer next week will
be Dr. Walker of State College,
LECTURE BY
CONSERVATION EXPERT
Sever students
lecture given by: Mr.
State Conservation
Saturday ch 15,
tion Building, Mhistrations were
ised, showing the work of t
Conservation Commission in Ne
neluding pictures
s. fish, anda film ex:
bitin ametods used. in
\dirondack forest tires:
PROFESSOR, RISLEY, SPEAKS
FORE CITY CLUB
(eaniunel teas page 1)
i
tie trate sith tie anlogy Hes tn
thiss tliat the. Censtinition was
adopted only after full debate, dur
ing which “those who were” dis
finetly in favor of at coercive plan
Of some sort secured the adoption
Wil the promise of amendment,
whieh Madison Inistened to earry
Out ie the house, with the resulting
first ten amendments, whieh se-
cured the clear suetement, missing
in the presented deaft, of the reve:
huiimary: principles for whieh men
hae detated and fought for amore
than thirty years. ‘These prineiples
tot the mate iatts of gna were
Aine inal contvibution ta
the thewey a Ae state
Hy shold
this present tea
He the nation witht the am
int inst 1
uator it th
the American position i
mnaker of the leagne has been so
winphasized, As the first result,
the Frenel papers are calling on
the United States to do thei part
in restoring Europe. Tt has heen
stiayested that the “United States
fhe the mandatory of C
santinaple, un of Arment. or of
Palestine,’ "1 phinned to,
throw us. inter thie “hell ole” of
Kurope, to pit as in the position of
tempting: to settle the hitherto
impossible eastern question, No
nation can solve this without kno
Jove of conditions, any more thaw
the negra question or the Lrish
question can he solved from a dis-
tanee
fk comes to military: settle
and we are told there have
heen twelve wars in Europe. since
the armistice—whose hoy: will we
nd? Bring the question
I
‘oursel
who. comes
d
st of all in the
Jno one saw
rine was pre=
served int the league till its most
es pointed it out, and
the ligh
ing this doctrine ought to he ine
chided. [tis peculiar th
class of extremists has disappeared
ho a short time ago were holding
that the Monroe Doctrine is obso-
lete, a forgotten shibboleth, w will
of the wisp,"
“L hope you have had good Inek
lishing. How many) have you
When T get another, I'll have
one,
NEW YORK STATE COL.
LEGE FOR TEACHERS
OFFICIAL CALENDAR
FRIDAY, March 21;
9:00 a, m., Student Assem-
bly, Auditorium,
410 B, mi Chemistry Club,
003
3:00 p. m,, College Dancing
Class, Gymnasium,
7:30 p. my Mathematics
Stub Initiation, “Room
MONDAY, March 24:
x Music Club,
ined their
District at
wenings About
who is
Jotnstiwn, Spent last
Nh
117, has ae,
teyeher of
Houghkeupsie
Mary Kinselle, 18, visited the
Hanse last week’
PSI GAMMA
Lieutenant W, G, Stephens of
Hetershurig Kentucky, wis the
guest of Dorothy 10 Howell on
rel 15
th has
Silkworth, at the) Psi
i House
Weche, whe has heen visit
Kiuughter, Miss Dorothy
ly returned to her
home in Fredonia,
MUSIC CLUB
Music Chub will hold its nest
meeting on Monday, Mareh 24, at
340 in the auditurivi, Important
business will he brought before the
and plans f Music
Huh try wil
sted to he pres
Yollowing. peogratn’ will
Whish,
s Nolan,
A PROMI TO 1921
They were dancing at their 8
They were dancing Tight aud ga
nid the | Freshmen
For the stirring call to war:
Then the cheese added tw their
As the to dance atoms;
Anis ved that Sophomore
Singing then this glorious song
ciorus
So this song you're learning,
Whi the
For th
Keep your courage shining,
He in haste not burning,
cain sure ‘nut
ay
With ubolbates’
“Keep the
Home Fires Burning.") 22,
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STAT!
COLLEGE NEWS,
March 20, 1919
STUDENT ASSEMBLY
was orK
prea all” iaoatteant
tion, but to produce
prove tha
quments to
Ttaly's claims are those
Of redemption—of history—and not
"The Truth about
just appeared. in
th have opened head-
in Berne, Switzerland, for
their campaign of ' publicity.
“Te ig clear from the ma
get evidence and counter-evidence
f the grand jury of
jon ind from
rope’s expression of faith in Amer-
i honesty, and from the part we
professed to play in the Great War,
not avoid the duty of know-
ini something about this plague
spot of F Here are a few of
the problems and difficulties, the
settlement of which may contain
the germ for a futtire war and pro
vide Germany with an opening for
menacing the treaty of Versailles:
1 Jugo-Slav quarrel, Rt
chi over the
Banat of emesvar, the relation of
is and Czechs, the
man boundary (ie Grates:
Hien controversy. ‘regarding Al-
and the Dodecanese, and the
passing of Turkey.
he conference will need first to
ognize the facts as they are,
ettlement that ignores them
bound to be a cause for war, Hise
tory teaches that an imposed peace
ew and vexing
nee conferences of the
nth century are persistent
reminders that an arrangement dis-
actical
in blind
Arap to’ principles “and. theo-
ries or from the pressure of m
terial interest is a powder magazine
that is ready for a new spark, Self-
determination, so far as it leaves
with the peoples concerned. the
marking out of new boundary lines,
will transmit to the future disquiet.
ing controve
self-determinat
establishing an
and promoting the common wel-
fare and security appears now to be
the least hazardous,
"I speak of an anti-German bar-
rier because the new Germany aris-
ing out of the flame of war is the
Germany of old, unrepentant, ready
to plot, intrigue, and form’ secret
alliances with the discontented and
dissatisfied new states. T speak of
conditional self-determination in
the sense of full liberty of judg-
ment in domestic matters. consi
tent with the common welfare, of
giving a hei
securing ade
ation by means of an expert com-
of conditest,
i 3
Mag:
mission to be named to study the |
facts from every angle, and, then,
after a careful, impartial consider-
ation of race, geography, natural
resources, and commercial outlets,
of proceeding from the evidence to
a decision, In fact the most satis-
factory. boundary ever
tween Serbia and Bulgari
recommended by a commission of
sent by the Congress of
Berlin i in 1878 to study the problem,
“But the congress discarded the
information and erected a militar:
and stragetie frontier against Bul-
garia, By. side-stepping the prac-
Heal situation the Conssoss of Bae
lin brought forth not a settlement,
but a scrap of paper—to be torn up.
“A procedure that takes into
consideration the facts as they are,
makes sure that the evidence is all
in, and arrives at an impartial ad-
justment with a clear vision of
what the future should mean, is a
tremendous break with the past,
Suicli a procedure, therefore, ‘gives
the situation a complete hearing in
the court of open diplomacy,
“Nothing will so adequately fore-
a Fecritdescence of the con-
fusion and. hatred and rivalry
hich provided capital for Pa
German intrigite fi the decade he-
fo
1914, If selfish
row favoritism enter for
into the making of a
Bast, the result
crime against civ
of paper th
eace for the
will
be a
thie to tear ip :
Finally, the new concert of
powers or league of nati
whatever form or name the new
international order takes—will have
to exercise a supervision over the
Arrangement, will need to aid the
new. states (0 prepare themselves
for that form of free. government
which Abraham Lincoln defined in
Wi government
by
checks and
opinions. and
"the only tre sovere!
people: whoever
ity Ny to
archy or despot-
"Unanimity. is Impossible, rule
of the minority as a permanent
arrangement is inadmissible, reject-
ing the majority principle, anarchy
or,despotiom if let.
Taving noticed the dangers ine
volvo Wy minbing weactetne and
having pointed to a icethos of pro-
cedure, Twill sum up the reasons
for hope and optimism in respect
to the East as 1 sce them
Trust in the United States} an im.
partial intelligent judgment reached
By the procedure outlined above;
permanent commission of experts
to study and give advice regarding
after-peace problems; a conviction
that the American people play fair
and that, whatever the new inter.
national structure, if the United
States of America is one of the con-
tracting builders of it, it will be a
safe place for everybody, every
nation to live In; the development
of that kind of free government
Lincoln so perfectly defined,
the formation ofa
intral Enrol
nies
lova-
w United
es of the Balkans vith Ru-
mania or Greece as a nucleus
(though, these proposed groups
Tack racial and linguistic bases for
unity, yet the Kind of free govern.
f
nd of
a new inter
‘principles of majority
rument, on-intervention, arbi-
tration, open door, and open dip-
lomacy.
"Assuredly it is with a sense of
pride that we can watch the actual
transit of the ideals of the New
World moving out across the At-
lantic to aid in redressing the
balance of the Old.”
“Of course, you have studied the
Baconian theory?’
said Mr. Stormington
"T don't believe that tak-
ing Shakespeare's name off the
program and putting Bacon's on
would kel
‘Gosh!
Isn't it rain-
ing!"
Pansie—‘Never mind, boysie;
take father’s umbrella, then per-
haps he won't so much mind your
coming hack.”
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