The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-14
SPEAK ON PEACE
AND ARBITRATION
Earlham Entertains Second
Conference of IntercoIIegi-
ate Peace Association.
PROMINENT MEN ATTEND
DR.. RICHARD OF COLUMBIA AD-
vocATES ESTABLISHING MA
TIoNAL COLLEGES FOR PEACE
AND ARBITRATION.

The second annual conference OF
the intercollegiate Peace Association
which embraces colleges in the state
of Indiana and Ohio opened at Earl
ham college yesterday morning at
ten o'clock. There was in attendance
officials representative from the fol-
lowing schools: Goshen, Indiana Uni
versity, Dennison, Antioch, Whining
ton and Penn College, Iowa. Last
night representatives arrived from
Miami. Wittenberg and Moore's Hill.
The conference gives every indica-
tion of accomplishing the purpose for
which 1t was organized at Goshen
College, Indiana, last year
This idea Is to create in the colleges
the spirit of peace and arbitration as
opposed to war.
At that time 1t included only the
Mehnenite, Quaker and German Bap-
tist schools but this year invitations
were. sent to all the colleges of the
two states.
The Delegates welcomed.
President Kelly welcomed the dele
gates and speakers this morning fol-
lowing which William Dudley Foulke
ex-member of the Civil Service Com
mission spoke on Disadvantages of
Non Resistance" Mr. Fohlke who is
q personal friend Of President Roose-
welt and one of his advisers voiced
some of the Big Stick sentiments
which the following speakers took ex-
ception to.
DR.. Benz. f. Trueblood. secretary of
the American Peace Society of Boston
spoke on "A Century of Arbitration"
pointing out the advances made along
this line.
In the afternoon Prof. Ernest Rich
ard of Columbia University spoke on
"what College and University Men
Should Do to Promote Better Interna-
tional Feeling" The address was
significant In that DIR. Richards advo-
Gated establishing National Colleges
in the United States. France and
Germany for the purpose of teaching
nothing but peace and arbitration. He
also suggested plan of having trav-
cling professors who should teach
peace and arbitration. DIR. Richard
feels that a, better international feel
Ing can only be established by Gre
ating a spirit of peace In college men.
He. also suggested awarding prizes
for essays on peace topics.
Prize for Peace Essay.
A discussion followed DIR. Richards
address on How to Organize the
schools to promote the peace move.
ment." Valuable suggestions We're
made but no action will be taken until
this morning at a meeting of dele
gates.
President Kelly announced prize
OF $25 to be given for the best essay
written by an Earlham student on
Peace and Arbitration" The money
is given by Mary and Ellen Seabury
OF New Bedford, Mass.
At the meeting yesterday the mat
ter of generally observing a day to
be set apart for peace and arbitration
was discussed 1t was the consensus
OF opinion that MAY is should be OBJ
served appropriately for this purpose
as 1t is the date of the first peace tri-
bunal at the Hague.
Last Nights Session.
The speaker at last nights session
was DR.. Edwin D. Mead of Boston
who delivered one of the most schol.
arly and eloquent addresses ever
heard at Earlham. DIR. Mead took
for his subject, The United States
and the United World"
He spoke of the birth of the North,
West territory and how from the very
start II had taken a stand for free
dom In that II barred slavery from its
territory. He said freedom and
peace have always gone hand In hand
and especially was this true in the
history OF the United States" DIR
Mead spoke of the decided stand the
anti-slavery men had taken for peace
and how auspicious IL was. that the
present movement for the promulga
tion and advancement of the idea o.
peace In the colleges and universitie!
OF the country should be taken up IL
the old northwest territory, the dis
trict which had always stood for free
dom, hence peace.
He showed how from the first organ
ization OF peace societies in Americi
In 1913, they addressed themselves il
promoting and bringing about amonl
the nations OF the world, a polio,
which has since been such a blessing
20 the United States.