The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

workers in settlements. workers for
public health, for the conservation OF
nature. for scientific Inventions. for
popular education, for solidarity In
labor, for emancipation OF women and
children and for scores Of other CIV
ilized objects. These. separately
banded together. constitute separate
armies Of social service. In each we
find at work the moral equivalents OF
war: scf-sacritice energized will, SOL
idarlty, courageous fighting devotion
to O cause deemed holy.
Here. then. in our mids. the mora,
equivalents Of war are actively at
work for social regeneration. But are
they effectual? What is wrong with
the working OF these equivalents that
they are unable to supplant their mon
strous pseudotypc that now ravages
all Europe?
They are armies OF social service,
yes: but they are not yet the army:
they are not coordlnated. harmonlzed:
they lack mutual relationship-sol
darity. But social service is one cause.
not many. II has many banners. but
only one valid fag--the flag Of broth
erhood.
But now we .a-~ speaking hgura-
lively. for actually these armies OF
peace have, with few exceptions, no
adequate symbols Of their service-no
banners uniforms. lighting hymns,
rhythmic marches. pageantry Of spir-
itual meanings made sensuous In
stead their officers meet IN drab COM
mittecs. their constituents read dry
pamphlets In separate homes or In
offices 20 me clicking OF typewriters,
or at best they gather chaoticaily to-
gether in a rented hall, listening to
drab coated takers from a platform
or waving drab handbills for rallying
banners.
Drab: that Is their disease
Their dreams are moro glorious than
the dreams Of war: their dreams are
incarnad,ne flushed with fighting an
gels but they clothe them--and they
s,ife them-in drab. That IL their
dire heritage from the Puritan.
Wars ministers are wiser. They
acknowledge the eternal pagan In
mankind and utilize IL. Even Crom-
well marched TO rhythmic drums. Sc
10 cope with war-the organizers OF
peace must acknowledge mans pagan
ism and exalt Il.
Such Ia tho basic appeal Of tho Sal
walton Army; and such. In subtler
| sense. is the secret OF the extraordt.
nary growth Of the Boy Scouts or.
grnizltior' and ofthe Camp Fire Girls
In the appeal Of each idealism adopt,
| it's special symbolism. Gen. Boo; n
Baden Powell. Thompson Seton
Luther Gul!ck-each in his own way
seeks 20 popularize William James.
The moral equivalents Of war. then
are Intellectual IN our prevailing 90.
ciety from two chief causes:
First, the fighting armies Of pea CO
are not properly organized; and sec.
| indy. their functions are no, prop.
erly symhollzed
To achieve these two great objects
! mutually related. may well become tn.
| function OF new profession 81 IN,
twentieth century-the profession o
| civic enginecrinC For the problem,
| involved are so large and various tina
their solution takes on the diCnit,
| and efficiency Of en- expert science
essentially related To that which hai
solved so grandlv problems like n
building OF the Panama Canal.
To achieve the fi-st oNicc. organiza
ton. will require the directive insigh
~ one who may aptlv be called IN,
/ political engineer: 20 achieve the sec
ond object symbolism. will requir,
the dramatic engineer.
IN his latest volume. The Harpi
ness OF Nations" James MacKav,
has contributed the constructive out
line Of "a beginning in political en-
ginecrinc. based on the clear reasons,
philosophy ~ his larger work. "Th.
Economy OF Happiness" In an or
SANITATION of society such as he Their,
suggests the armies Of peace Nigh
permanently establish the mora
equivalents Of war To our presen
time. when tho happiness Of nations
was never NOR" cruc'allv At stake
the rcasonings ~ his volume ar
deeply pertinent. As related 70 th'
article they apply Directly 20 IN,
| realization ~ tho first object ahov,
referred 10. organ .zation
Concerning the second object dra
! matte symbolism. 7 may perhaps ap
propriatclv close these suggestions h.
reference 10 recent practical ohserva
tion and experience Of nv own.
In May. IAl4 tho Pageant AM
Masque OF 81. LOUIS tthe Pagan
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