The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-12-30

This will bring the enrolment up to
1875. The highest enrolment hithcr-
to reached is i0i. The highest actual
attendance during the Fall Term was
forty per cent higher than any prev
ious attendance.
The College Department receives
only such students as bring II en-
entrance units Of credits from some
high school or academy. Students
entering for the first time should
bring certified statement from the
,principal of the high school or the
academy showing the hours Of work
done in each study passed and the
grade received for il.
J We have lost one of our strongest
friends in the death Of Alvin Dexter
Todd. He was one of these rare pub
.lc-spirited students who always
took hold and helped every good
cause. Even when he was absent
from here his counsel and his ad-
vice found its way into our ranks.
It is a pleasure TO publish in this
column the winning Grafton in the
oratorial contest. Arleigh Griffin
is the orator He will represent the
college at the intercollegiate ora
torical contest Of Kentucky.
Peace by Piece"
"NO matter how we may view the
contlagration which is taking place
in Europe today, we cannot get away
from the fact that universal peace
is the ideal toward which the human
race is slowly moving. World peace
is the natural status Of mankind.
The people Of the world are coming
more and more to realize their need
Of peaceful living. At present nine
tenths of the interests Of one nation
coincide with nine-tenths of those
of its neighbor.
Although the world is slowly NOV
ing toward the consummation Of
world peace, we cannot hope to
reach Utopia at a single bound. Uni
versal peace will not come at one
mastery stroke of the pen; but il
will come gradually or, as the popu-
lar saying is, a piece at time. II
we can advance the cause OF peace
one stage on the long journey which
lies between us and the ideal, we
have done well.
As we study the conditions OF the
present world, the question comes
to us, "Why have so many peace
plans failed?" From time immemor-
ial men have been making such
plans. So far they have all failed.
To-day the fields of Europe are GRIM
son with fraternal blood. Millions
of young men, the flower Of Europe's
civilization, are being led forth to
slaughter. Hundreds Of
happy homes are being forever de-
stroyed and the wall Of widows and
orphans rises to mingle with the aw-
full din of modern warfare. Billions
upon billions of dollars are being
wasted. The result is alb
solutely nothing but suffering, pow
erty and degradation. The question
comes home to us in accents ever
stronger, why WARP" Must the pag-
es Of history be forever stained with
the blood of our fellowmen?
There have been many causes as
cribed to the present conflict. Some
say that it is money; others that 1T
is a desire for territory; and still
others that il is a longing for COM
mercial and industrial expansion. To
every one who takes a sane view OF
the matter, it must appear that these
are not the real causes. The real
cause of this war and OF all wars is
a disposition in the breast OF every
man TO seek occasions for the exer-
else of instructive feelings. II is
this disposition rather than any in
exorable economic or physical fact
which is at the bottom Of all enmi-
ties between nations. In prehistoric
times men were compelled to fight
for existence. On every hand they
met enemies. Although we have
passed from that stage, the pugna-
cious instinct has persisted. 1t will
continue TO persist as long as il is
by being acted upon. No
matter what causes people may
ascribe TO war TO ease their con-
sciences, underneath il all the true
causes may always be found. II is
this true cause Of war which we
must suppress, if we are to have
lasting peace"