Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-23

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ALICE NJ BEf,kETT.-E.ver since
Maurice Maeterlinck estonished the lit
erary world With his vague, fanclfui
yet lovely dramas, and earned for him
self the title of the Belgian Shakes
peare. ne has heen an enigma To schol
ars TO be sure. critics seem 10 hole
definite opinions individually, but theiI
views in no wise agree. Is he a poe
or "A philosopher? Has he merely
phrased in exquisite language the prob
lens of existence. OF has ne calmly
thought life's problem through That
Maetcrlinck is "A poet, there is no doubt
Every page he has penned is poetry
simple senueus. and passionate, match
less tor it's beauty and harmony Oh
rhythm There is one thing in the doc
trine OF Maeterlinck that we cannot
take into our lives. and that is MS
atheism. Yet his doubt Is sincere. and
we have no right to judge. II may be-
Iieve," he SAYS, that there is no God
that in the economy of this world With
out limit, my existence counts for as
little as the evanescent hue of a flower
I shall be happier than you, If my
doubt is great and noble. and more
earnest than your faith.
HAROLD c. MORSE.-Of all the
nations the United States should
be interested in maintaining vital
and efficient educational system.
No other nation is so varying in IT'S
population. with people of such III
vergent standards. No other nation
is finding it's earliest traditions so I'M
dermined by foreign thought and feel
ing. The present system of educa %
ton is not uniform, and for that rca-
son is not fair TO the several states.
Many western states have grown stronS
because of able and educated men
that have come to them out of the MS
tricts of New York and New England,
large part of the funds devoted to
education in New England has gone
for the education of men whose ser
vice in return has been given
to states well without the Dor
der of New England. our CEN
trail government spends 70 per cent
of it's income upon the army and navy.
Vast sums are spent in conserving our
national resources, and appropriations
have been made for The retaining
ana ueNeiODHttHt OIL Jul NdGtt iNi'
Towards conserving the intellect ana
health of the people, towards develop
ing the nations brains. its greatest
asset, the United States is doing prac-
tieaIly nothing. The United States
government has already committed IT.
self in part to the policy of national
co operation in education. To many
of the newer states it has not only
made grants of land for educational
purposes. but has specified that money
should be used for this purpose ana
no other. If this line of national as
sistance is so successful why should
it not be extended to the grade and
secondary schools?
DELLA X. FARNUM.-Ch
| is the perpetuation of life. The
Christian church is an instrument iof
carving out the two-fold purpose oil
that life Feeling and doing have been
linequally emphasized. All branches
! of the church. however. have retained
| the common aim. In its early period
| the history of the church was that Oh
simple good works. The disciples
taught and healed. In the middle ages
asceticism grew up, its highest ideai
seclusion: in the later times, ortho-
doxy, not emphasizing love for God toe
much, but ignoring love for man. =
reaction. MISUNDERSTANDING, over-em-
| phasized love for man, and ignored
| love for God. out of this grew ma
terialism breaking away from ths
! church. and in both city and country
| falling into hopelessness and animal
| ism. Out from all this come the pres
/, ent condition of unrest, both with'i
and without the church. Men distrus