The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-11
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to the race problem, which he regards
as insoluble, but rather to indicate
what 1t involves. With this end in
view he takes up the results of the
latest Investigations in social psychol-
ogy. The analysis of the processes by
which the Individual lives himself into
the life of the group and at the same
time attains mental and moral matur-
ity is followed by an examination of
race traits with special reference to
the negro to determine how far they
influence the process of becoming So
cial and solid with ones fellows. The
facts thus gained are utilized to en-
plain the imperfect way in which the
negro has assimilated the civilization
of the whites and why the color line
appears universally where whites and
blacks are brought together in large
numbers. Because of the probable
persistence Of the color line the al
thor believes it to be the immediate
duty Of the negro community to Gre
ate within it's own limits social tradi-
tions and habits which will enable it
to develop the type Of citizen demand
ed by American democracy. The vol
ume. closes with a restatement of the
meaning of democracy on the basis OF
the conclusions reached in the earlier
| discussions.
| "rlClTS OF JOnn MaSe1eIO ldLCSk
book. The Tragedy of Pompey the
| Great. The Minneapolis Journal calls
| particular attention to the present day
significance of Pompey as portrayed by
| Street. "Maseield," the critic says
has produced an ethical portrait of the
great triumvir. While being none the
less a Roman of the first century B. c.,
the Pompey here made to live and talk
is a blood-brother to us all. Change
the name and a few of the idiosyn-
~crasies Of the time in which he lived,
and the man might be imagined as
campaigning for the presidency of the
United States. Indeed, there is not a
little of Lincoln in the man; or, rather,
that eternal ethical principle which has
given a profound meaning to the name
Of Lincoln. It will be noted that the
Pompey of Masefeld is hardly recog-
nizable as the Pompey of convention;
but 1t must be remembered that history
is prone to emphasize those external
facts by which contemporaries knew a
man; where as 1t is the business of the
dramatic poet to realize the man as he
was in his own consciousness. It seems
reasonable to suppose that Masef1eld
has done this; and the result Is a noble
piece of literature"
"Mr. Worcester's book should be read
carefully by every citizen who is in
terested in the Philippine question, be-
cause the testimony presented Is offer
ed by a. man who knows the Filipinos
and is friendly to them" This COM
ment on Dean Worcester's The Philip
pines, Past and Present taken from the
Providence Journals review of that
work fairly sums up the opinion that
has been passed on it by critics from
coast to coast. at is a book" adds the
Boston Globe, "of real value n de-
serves to be widely read" while the
New York Tribune remarks that
"thoughtful and unbiased readers will
credit the author with having rendered
a national service of no slight proper
tions in his presentation of facts con.
corning our insular possessions in the
Asian seas"
1.-The Salisbury family" says the New
York Post, writing of the latest crea-
tions of Mrs. Norris in The Treasure