The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
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tHE regents of the University of
California arc reported to have
I decided to excise or delete certain
!. sculptures of the human form
Y%% divine that had been regarded
I in the way purpose of adorn-
: %X ment for the gateposts of that
/! institution The regents, wisely
~ no doubt decline to assign rca-
sons for this judgment and curious public is left to
conjecture whether the order is made on moral or on
climatic grounds. These doubts are promoted by
the precedent created in Boston in somewhat SINH
lar case, as related in the Herald:
II. as reported Macmonnics' bronze statue,
Bacchante, is TO be given loaned the Boston
Museum OF Fine Arts, after a sojourn in New
York the property of the late Mr.. Yerkcs il is
TO be hoped that those who opposed placing it in
the public library the grounds of its
unsuitabiity for its environment will not fail to
recognize its entire fitness for the galleries of the
museum VIII the country large also please
=" that the fight for its earlier rejection
not one grounded primarily the nudity of the
figure, but the suitability Of the statue for the
E. SITE objection that be reasonably
..... raised?
The distinction is we'll made. A statue should
at least be covered with a roof. This is the ire
ducible minimum of decency that commends itself
equally to Berkeley and Boston.
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING?
I find this entertaining paragraph in Chronicle
editorial on The Political Trend" in the direction of
socialism,;
The republican party stands for social order
and representative government. All other parties
factions, by whatever name usually called,
socialistic, and the avowed socialists alone
although an almost negligible number, know just
what they want and resolutely and vociferously
8 demand Il, the floating material which comprises
the democratic party and the minor factors of
. unrest attracted socialism and permit that
cult give character and direction to their effort
1t would be difficult to pack within the same
space an equal amount of misinformation and wrong
headed stupidity. The most distinctive doctrine of
the republican party is protection for home industry
and protective tariff is a very advanced form of
socialism The theory of protection is that we take
from one class part of the product of its labor to
give 1t to another class which is supposed to be in
greater need This is plain socialism and nothing
else It is not to be condemned for that reason
and may be good or bad, according to the way the
principle or rather the plan, is applied. The illus
tration demonstrates either that the Chronicle is
ignorant of the most elementary knowledge of the
subject or is attempting to conceal the facts for
partisan purposes.
WHAT DO THEY WANT?
Then we are told that "the avowed socialists
alone. although an almost negligible number know
lust what they want" What is it. then, that they
want? have spent some time and labor trying to
find ont. and | have never yet been able to dis
cover any "avowed socialist" who could formulate
an intelligible program guide to human conduct
and affairs Some time ago took occasion to write
something on this page about socialism and got
big bundle of letters in reply from "avowed social
that none of them agreed with any of the others
Some of them. of course were merely abusive and
stupd but the others all had private and individual
nlans for the regulation of all human affairs.
AN EASY WAY
One of the letter writers was, like most of the
socialists benevolent and well meaning man. ami
mated bv wide human sympathy. He was con-
WINGED that all our woes, our and hard
shps were due to the institution of money Abolish
money and hunger would be no more. 1t was as
if one should say abolish the scales and bread and
butter will grow the bushes"
WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN
Socialism in its infinite variety of forms invari-
ably breaks down at the same place or, rather from
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