The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-05
LET MONEY MAKE
WAR I'M QSSlRLE
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the opinions brought out at that con-
ference ought to be carried by nm or
ganized effort into all the colleges and
universities of the land
/ Some such comprehensive plan may
we'll contribute to the great cause OF
universal arbitration. Either by means
of funds already established, or upon
foundations yet to be created. scholar
~. inspfrational men and women must
be sent into our colleges to teach our
future moulders of opinion the Grim
inal wastes of war and the reasonable
ness of universal arbitration. The cold
facts now condemn war beyond the
need of further words We all agree
that war is an anachronism in our
modern world, that 1t is atavistic and
brutal; that the mere preparation for
war is milestone around the neck of
civilization. But war does not cease.
Nor do we expect war to disappear
until 1t is banished BY the enlightened
sentiment OF the nations. We should
then lose no time in sowing tho seeds
of peace in our seminaries for youth
In the college period hope Is n flood
tide. ideals are forming that will dom
mate life. the ties of fellowship and
brotherhood are sweetest. 1t is the
dream time. and yet the time when i'm
pulses harden into life purposes At
such time let the peace advocate
come, not himself n sentimentalist
though he must have caught vision
of the age when men shall beat their
swords into piowshares. their spears
into pruning hooks. and shall learn
war no more"
This process Is unending. and each
year the college sends forth new
generation Of its sons and daughters
imhued with the ideals of the place
All Illustrations fail to convey an ade-
quate conception of the possibilities OF
college for disseminating ideas 4
true college Is a focus OF radiant ener.
ey. an alchemist's laboratory where
baser metals undergo transmuta lion,
n ga den by the sea. whence gentle
winds and rowing tides carry e,-r bet .
ter seeds to fructify distant lands.
Organized lovers OF peace have all
ready Knocked at a few college doors.
but we have not vet been in position
10 make the most OF the opportunities
Afforded by American or other colleges
The sword of Theseus is TO him vino
can WELD It, Many national and in
'cInat onai societies have already
gained hearing in college halls. and
are using their vast opportnnItios !,
mold world sentiment and train tho
leaders of a new day Tie .nternn-
tionai Y. NJ c. y. recruits Its forces
from the college. The student voIun
tcer movement, which has sent lis am.
bassadors of peace into the remotcs,
parts of the earth. has drawn ne Coz,
| reiaries and organizers from The col
irses, nc great foreign mission So
e,eties Or the various churches. with
their wide outlook and their statns-
! manlike grasp of the future NOT n,,l,
seek their missionaries chiefly anon
coiieRe graduates, but they have re-
Gently employed their abIcst spa,k
ers TO go as travelling lecturers from
! eoiieSe to college In order tbnt ,,e
needs OF less aivantagcd peoples ma
oc presented to young men ana wono /,
"oou' 20 choose their vocations sev-
! ~, ia uonai sunday school board.
na We YET more recently undertaken ,
similar task, and their we'll en,,nno.
lecturers are finding ready hcarInr i,
poth INC denominational and Tho r. =.
su pportcd colleges of Amerirn ~
Why should not the colIego ~,
iorum In which shall be discussed ~,
causes which appcal 20 tho higher son .
..nehts o. men? The colleges scel,
iiioie ana more TO carry knowledge and
si si,ilatlon 70 an he people WHY
! should not the leaders Of great non,,.
lar causes plead before the choice
youth gathered in the halls or o,r
american colleges? 1t may VOL 10
mat travelling professors shall no
come iar more common than they nro
To-Day, and that the local faculty shoII
be supplemented by experts sent on
py great contral boards. The General
.oucation Board and the Carnegie
!! foundation hive nightly strcngtbennd
me colleges In special ways. and tho
iacts Just cited show n growing ten
hency TO reinforce the local faculties
OF our American colleges.
Such reinforcement is needed. ana
/ II offered IN the right way Will he
welcomed. College faculties are over
worked. and for very lack Of strenrth
fall short OF their ideals, Tho best
minds of the nation should he enlisted
In their support. not In nimless or
dcsultory fashion. or to promote
ephemcral fads, but in behalf OF re.
ligious. social and economic movements
such ms we here represent mn
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