The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-18
Editorial and Magazine Page of

series prepared by the Guaranty Trust com
pany Of New York upon plans FOR reconstruc-
lion after the war, deals broadly with the subject
OF Changing Economic Viewpoints as momcu-
tous IN their immediate importance as are the rev.
olutions which the necessities of war have forced
upon all peoples IN the conduct ct their internal
and international affairs.
This paper review the broadened outlook Of
the individual man and woman as a result of the
war aud the conditions it has produced, the awak-
cniug OF the understanding of international as well
rs OF interstate and i-ntcr.community interdepcn-
dencc and the passing of the struggle for economic
self sufficiency and proceeds 10 q discussion of the
new spirit of inquiry which is abroad in the
world.
mo sooner had war opened The eyes of men
10 the existence of, and their necessary, intimate
relation 10 the world a. a whole, y says this vaiu-
able paper. than there was rckindlcd in every pco-
pie ON this earth such a desire for knowledge as
mankind has not experienced since the close of tho
Middle Ages. The spirit If inquiry is abroad. In
quest Of truth, old and young, men and women. are
alert today as they have not been in centuries Peo-
pie want TO know things. The impaticncc with see
ret negotiations and treaties is bur a symptom of
what Is Transporting in the minds of men with re.
Spcct to all other relationships. whether of politics
or economies. Institutions of all kinds are being
challenged TO demonstrate their usefulness, in the
light Of what this war has shown to be essential, not
for the preservation of one nation or one class.
either within a nation or composing parts Of many
nations, but for the preservation of all mankind aud
the promotion of equal rights everywhere. g o
There is every indication that this question.
ing attitude, So marked even under the stress of
war, will develop greatly during the rcconstruc-
ton pciI0d. The world has suffered too much TO
take anything for granted any more. and every
arrangement for The future Is going 10 he inquired
INTO by men who will be- better informed than
they were four years ago. Poli'ical chicanery and
economic quackeIy are going TO have the most try
ing time OF their respective and concurrent careers.
The demagoguc with his smattcring of terms and
ms ignorance of content is 10 he challenged i'm the
same spirit as the Self-Satisfied and obtuSe reac.
tionary. Both OF them have missed the meaning
of our time. Both will go down before the iudg.
mcnt of sane and enlightened public opinion.
"A great revolution in education seems immi.
nent as the counterpart of this spirit of inquiry.
Millions of men organized into fighting machines
nave required the services IN the field and AT home
OF other millions who were trained 10 do certain
things and whose exact knowledge of matters per
tanning 10 those tasks has been essential 10 military
efficiency. The supply has been
something far d T""cnt. Through the examinations
incidental TO military service there has been dis
closed not only n lack of men with technical educa.
ton hut also an amazing number of men who can
neither read nor write and whose fitness for life
does not extend beyond their physical strength.
Through the disruption of their working forces and
the absence of a free labOr-markct employers have
come Ia realize how scarce are men and women who
nave either special training or general knowledge.
Now II is not such a significant thing that this
IS the fact as II II that AN increasingly large number
OF people M every country are beginning 10 lac
startled by II. As a result we see the need of edu-
cation being emphasized in the plans of every