New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
IS "Sanine" the History
+. Of the Russian Debacle?
By VIM. ]. Black

tor as fellow-comrade, when AZ o.
hospital he was wont to treat them '.s !:
interiors. as
Goschienko, looking rather
noyed, then began. Ah-
Ladies and gentlemen. we arc ~.
urally ell desirous to widen our 40. a-
look and to broaden our views NJ S;ss
and, believing tina. the best mstha,
Of self-culture and Of self-devs,nvSa
ment lies in systematic course :,
reading and an interchange Of or;S VI
ions regarding the books e,d1 rem
we have decided to start this lit,is,
club" ''"e
Schafroff put on his glasses :,
slowly stood up. In his hand he heri'
small notebook.
II think" he began in his dry ~,
interesting voice, 81 think that on.
programme should be divided insa ss
two parts. For the purposes Of ~
tellectual development two element,
are undoubtedly necessary: the stuSs
Of life in its earliest stages and tn.
study Of life as it actually u.s." Ae
"Schafroff's getting quite eloquent. /.
cried Dubova.
said Schafroef, with a furtiye glar,.
at Dubova. 81 propose to bec;n aa.s ~;.s
The Origin Of the Family, s;ds "isn tn
size with Darwin's works. and IN ~ ~
erature we could take Tolstov. TcbsL
hof, Ibsen, Knut Hamsun' ''''A'
"Of course! SchafroR Forgets +,..
this is not Sunday school. Whss.
tumble, too! To!stoy and KIM.
Hamsun"- '1'
Schafroff adduced certain areu
ments in support of his programm.
yet in SO diffuse a way that no or.
could understand him. viz
NO" said Yourii, with emnhs,,
delighted to observe Sina Karsav;n.'
looking at him. "No, | don't aers.
with you" He then proceeded tn 90 .v
pound his own views on the subject
He Wanted to Play
First Fiddle
The burly Goschienko row gav. n.
views on the subject. He con,id.r.S
himself the cleverest, the most slo
quent, the most cultured OF them sIi.
moreover, in a little club like th;.
which he had organized, lie expectsd
to play, first fiddle. Yourils succs,s
annoyed him, and he felt bound tn o.
against him. Being ignorant of Syaro. ..
gitsch's opinions, he could not opnose
them en- bloc, but only fixed upon cor.
tam weak points in his argument with
which he stubborniy disagreed. ~"
lhereupon lengthy and apparently
lnterminable discussion ensued Tbs
folytechnlc student Ivanotf, and Now.
kof all began to argue at once. and
through clouds Of tobacco smoke hot
angry faces could be seen. while words
ana phrases were hopelessly blent in a
bewlldering chaos devoid at last Of ali
meaning. "''
Meanwhile the din grew greater and
it was evident that each nersou snu
thought himself more cultivated and and
intelligent than his neighbors and wss
trying to convert them. Matters a,
last became so unpleasant that the
most peaceable among them lost their
tempers.
If you judge like that" shouted
lourii, his eyes flashing. for he was
not anxious to yield in the presence of
Slna, though she could only hear his
voice, then We must go back to the
origin of all ideas ;"
What ought we, then, in your
opinion. to read" said the hostik
Goschienko.
What ought you to read? Why.
Confucius, the Gospels, Ecclesi-
astes. :"
The Psalms and the Apocrypha.r y
was the Polytechnic students mock
ing Interruptions
Goschienko laughed maliciously.
oblivious of the fact that he him.
self had never read one of these
works.
What did l say? If one
wishes to study life and to form
some definite conception of the mu-
tual relationship of man to man,
surely the best way is to get thor
ough knowledge of the titanic work
of those who, representing the bes;
models Of humanity, devoted their
lives to the solution Of the simplest
and most complex problems with re-
gard to human relationships"
"Then l don't agree with you," re-
torted Goschienko.
But l do,' cried Novikoff hotly