The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-03
Report of the Intercollegiate
Socialist society.

The report of the work of the Inter
collegiate Socialist society for the col
lege season, 1928, just compiled by
Harry w. Ladder, the organizing sec
rotary, indicates a splendid progress
in all lines of activity. The number
of undergraduate chapters for the
study of socialism in the colleges in.
creased during the year from 40 to
"a, and alumni chapters from to II,
while most of the already existing
chapters were greatly strengthened
While the net increase of college chap
tiers was IS, some % college chapters
were formed all told.
Thirteen, or more than one-half of
those added, were in the Middle West,
Three were formed among the Ohio
colleges, and three in Indiana. Four
were added in the Middle Atlantic
states, three in the New England
states, two in the South and one on
the Pacific coast. The colleges or
ganized since last November are:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Simmons and the American Interna-
tional College in New England, Adel-
phi, Cooper Union, Pennsylvania State
and Neutrality-suspicious. in the Mid
die Atlantic states; University of In
diana, Valparaiso, Purdue, Miami, Gin
cinnati Denison, University of Illinois,
Colorado, Hamline, Kansas State Agri-
cultural in the Middle West; George
Washington and the University of
North Carolina in the South and South
ern California Law School on the Pa
cific coast.
The total number of chapters now
in existence are distributed as follows:
Middle West, %; Middle Atlantic
states, 81; New England states, 10;
Pacific coast, 8; South, 3; Canada, 1.
New alumni chapters sprang up in
Chicago Cleveland, Columbus, Los
Angeles, Mssoula, Pittsburg and St.
Louis.
The society published for the first
time it's own magazine, the Intercol-
legiate Socialist, which gives promise
of being of splendid assistance to the
movement in the colleges and else
where, it distributed some $4,000
on socialism to interested
collegians, and it arranged directly
and indirectly some hundreds of lee
lures on socialism in our colleges. The
secretary alone visited
more than thirty colleges and spoke
before some 1000 students in college
halls.
Ex-Congressman Victor L. Berger
conducted a tour of the colleges in
New England and addressed many
hundreds of attentive students and
members of the faculty wherever he
went. Alexander Irvine and Bouck
White made similar tours, while many
other Well-knoWn men and women in
the socialist movement, including Mrs
Florence Kelley, Emil Seidel, DR.. Al
gernon Crapsey, Prof. Ellen Hayes,
Prof. Thos. c. Hall, George R. Kirk
patrick, DR.. John c. Kennedy, James
Maurer, VIM. English Walling, DR.
Pessie w. Haghan, Max Hayes, Rose
Pastor Stokes and a host of others;
spoke before the graduate and under
graduate chaDtprs.
A more intimate relation than ever
before was established between the
University socialists in this country
and those Of Great Britain, and further
efforts to coordinate the work of the
society in the colleges Of the various
European countries are being made.
A most encouraging feature of the
years work has been the assistance
given by the economic professors in
many Of the colleges, and by student
organizations. On the other hand the
National Association of Manufacturers
has expressed no slight degree of
alarm at the growth OF the movement
In order more effectively 10 reach