Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
The New
Railroad
Earnings


The New there will lac results for
D,i,,o.J the railroads as agreeable TO tax
Earnings anise q earnns is 10 the own;
traffic is freed from obstruction. ;he volume will
be large that the income will rise great
nro M If
is supported without excessive increase Of rates
S5 ii" tnat r S York Tme "s'S ''" nope
American politics have So: the
Satan and stage for many ironGal perform o
'i'o the spectacle of an investigation
OF Sin by congressional committees Of
War Departments military preparations II is
pf the sources of sin. No matter what degree
Of ny 5s oF Gh ha the
chefe in the department for failure to accelerate
suppes for the NEW Anercan army t"rc ca on
b. no doubt H where the niIimaaG resp3nshity
na:ioT to arm speedily and effectively. Congress
t. the making Of those antccedent prcpara;ions
during peace which are indispensable in the
c.ntration of the national military resources
The New Republic.
Uncle sam following the ex.
' Hy Great Iiritan; France and l,aiy
the Camera au eompiGsf nie51ra hs0r , =
The work has been assg ned by the Secretary Of
actual recording Of events will be done by spc-
will consist of one motion picture operator, with
rank of sergeant. and an assistant. who must be
an EXPERT developer. and one stir" pilot ocra-
pher. who may be a sergeant or corporal. with
a developer assistant. The pictures taken by
these men will be carefully guarded until they
arrive ut the War Department, where an elab-
crate index system will keep record of every
fact in connection with their making To get
OK pert men for this work. not long ago :hc War
Department sent out a circular to the photogra-
ton asking them to enlist their cameras. lenses
and services in the war-January Film Fun.
Freedom: The abuse Of So
Too called academic freedom is
Muc,, Gravcr menace than ordinary
h"Hh abuse of free speech The So
Freedom cialistic or the anarchistic SOAP
box rantcr does not address :,
very influential class, but the ''intellcctual Boil
siicviki." as President Butler styles the pro-
fessors who abuse their academic freedom in
riicncc the pick of he country's youth each
o whom is destined TO tie q force in Immunity
life. The utteranccs of Professor Scott Nearing:
since being dropped from the faculty of tho
University of Pennsylvania, Ebundantly justify
the summary action taken by the trustees of that
institution. Columbia University, too. has had
similar trouble with professors who have abused
their academic freedom. Two professors had 10
be smssed. while two others have resigned
In his annual report President Butler points
out that man voluntarily limits his individual
freedom OF utterance when he connects himself
with AN institution OF learning which has earned
m nds of The people. stands for certain funda-
mental principles. Speaking an Individual
lie would gain no hearing, but as a member or
the faculty his utterances carry with them tho
ITO maintain ones connection with academic
society says President Butler, while at war
with its purposes or djsloyal to its traditions
and orga nization >is neither wise nor just" This
of our youth to academic Observation-Disclosures
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