New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
A MELTING POT.

In the reading room, or the cosey httle
basement restaurant you are likely 10
encounter black-eyed shirtwaist makers
of vehement and amazing vocaDulaTles'
men who write hot stuff for the ieadlns
magazines, artists Of repute. who aVolu
the negligee tradition; university pro-
fessors, trades unionists, poets, agltators
and miscellaneous celebrities.
In fact, II is the headquarters for all
the nonconformists in the United states
meaning thereby the restless and progress
siye spirits In every domain OF thought
Sooner or later every nonconiornlst
crosses the threshold Of this institution.
The visitors come 10 receive or TO give
information, TO exchange views or acquire
a little uplift. Sometimes they are on the
romantic errand Of picking out hie
mariner Of the noncOnformlst type SO
attractively portrayed by George Bernard
shaw and so difficult TO find In small
Missouri town. The successes and failures
NJ these romantic seekers would make
story in themselves. Writers and artists
baya also found here the models for their
creations. and sometimes those looking
Cor material" have been turned into
material" by their prospective victims
AS an educational centre, the Kama
School is one Of the most useful iniu-
ences In New York, according 10 FRO
fessor F. w Giddings, Of Columbia Chl-
versity. who has devoted good zeal OF
his spare time 20 class work al the WORK
ingmen's college. Beside Professor CID
dines's instruction in sociology, the school
has had the benefit Of classes in history
nv Professor Charles A. Beard and Of bio
logical lectures by Professor Charles u.
crampton, both OF Columbia. Professor
Beard was formerly connected with Rus
kin College, at oxford, and when he came
over here he helped to shape the Rand
School on somewhat similar lines.
A FoRMIDABL LIST.
Other members Of the teaching staff
have been Robert w. Bruere. Morris Hill
quit, John Spargo George r. kirkpatrick,
Never London and Charlotte Perkins Gil
man. Recent additions TO the faculty are
DR.. Helen NJ Summer, former Instructor
in the University of Wisconsin and col
laborator with Professors Commons and
Ely on the encyclopedia Industrial His
tory Of the United States" and Mrs. Meta
L.. Stern, who IS the translator Of Bebels
classic work entitled Woman"
The list OF occasional lecturers at the
school is both interesting and imposing
II includes Professor Lester r. Ward, OF
Brown University; Professor Vida Scud-
der. Of Wellesley; Professors Robinson
ard slosson Of Columbia; Professor
Charles Zeublin, DR.. Alfred T. Zirnmern,
OF oxford: Dr. Albert Suedekum. Of Ger
many; Mrs Frederic c. Howe, Mrs. Flor
ence Kelley Keir Hardie, NJ. p. Reginald
Wright Kaufman, A. II. Simons and
Jack London. II any workingman can
listen 70 this array Of talent and fail to
get uplifted and educated, 1t would seem
a waste Of time for him 10 make any fur
Their attempt at culture
It may be surmlsed that there are some
socialists connected with the Rand School.
Well you know the Socialists have lat
terly penetrated into the regular colleges
ana IL IS not strange they should perVade
a workingnen's college. They naturally
flock 20 a centre OF nonconformity You
can't keep them out anyhow. II is bet
ter 10 let them in and broaden their
minds with sociology and biology and all
those helpful subjects. And maybe they
will be benefited by meeting here such
conservative writer's as Eugene Wood,