Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-02-05
n FRANK COLDER
:" TALKS IN CHAPEL
a.,,deut Body of Experiences
ie'' observations i'm Russian
Capital

:. Frank Colder OF the depart
=. - economics and History, who
nsD, ,or the past year been employed
'S' .sa United States government on
~ ,asaarch work in the govern
sSe," .rcbives of Russia at Petrograd
DsD' lining the early history OF the
SartOwest and Alaska spent several
S ,'rs at the College during the week
u' &C. examinations, en- route to
% Us.s D. C. Dr.. Colder spoke
sI he chapel period Friday morning
j. the students of the Econom-
:. and History Department Friday
afternoon.
=. Colder's first remarks were
.mowhat in the nature or para
=, ~ as he said that in basic spirit
~ Russian and American peoples
:. much alike. Russian society
s.wover unlike ours, is unfortunate
T. divided into classes, peasant, mar
'..rt and aristocratic, between
rhich there is little communication.
owing to political conditions in Rus
ia education automatically places a
man in the category of revolutionist.
A. consequence, educated people
.ro excluded from Russian court
functions, which are described as be-
inc most brilliant, and yet the most
stppid in Europe DR.. Colder de-
ccrbed the Russian professors as be-
ing better informed than American
professors, but not so efficient in
their specialtes. Russian students,
he said, are altogether too serious,
AZ they are, at the mature age of 20,
engaged in settling the great prob
lens of the universe, which have
been battling philosophers for ages.
All of Russian societyk, indeed, is
oyer-serious, for conventionality is so
strict that laughter might not be con-
sidered proper. The existence of a
more or less we'll defined servant
caste has served to render the giving
of aid to an equal improper, and so
to remove much of the pleasant
courtesy of every day life.
The Russian government, which,
since it is an autobratic government,
is supposed to be an efficient one,
DR.. Colder described as anarchistic,
since those higher in authority can
at all times dispense with the law.
The Russian police are characterized
as mere ignorant peasants, who re-
ceive only SIS month
Dr. Colder spoke at some length
concerning the present war. during
the first days of which he was in
Petrograd. The war, at once, he said,
stopped internal strife in Russia, and
at the same time completely changed
the outlook of Russia, which form
erly looked to Germany and Austria,
Dut must now look to England and
france. The public declaration of
war by the emperor, the tenseness in
Tue ar during mobilization, which
touched every family, were described
as being intensely dramatic. DR..
uoider said that the horrors of this
war as compared with others is
'no"h by the unusually large mum
Oer OIL soldiers who are going insane
oecause OF the horrible sights which
'hey witness daily. Russia. it was
Saiu' is not yet modified. but has
great forces yet to be poured into
'ne Held Prices Of food, the speaker
'"iu' nave gone up since the war
started yet are even now much lower
'nan IN the United States. In con-
DR.. Colder had a number of
'naes thrown on the screen, showing
PAINTINGS typical of Russian life, and
,t which have appeared since
'He beginning of the war.