The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

which can ind out more within
given time as TO the meaning Of
natural and social phenomena which
they see. Mr.. Bryce has reported
his findings 70 a large. but. never.
theless, limited world OF readers
compared with the vast. number OF
, people TO whom Carpenters letters
have come year after year.
Sir George Paish. who Is en- -ogta
TO this country to tell US face 20
face OF the economic condition o,
Europe. will speak with the high
est authority. He is known inter
nationally as an economist and OK
pert fnancier. who finds in Journals
mat he controls a way OF shaping
opinion in Great Britain and on the
Continent. OF late considerable o,
his opinion has been Cabled TO this
country. for II has been so pessi-
mistically honest in its import that
its jeremiad quality has made IL
good news" Sir George Is ardent
for an international credit structure
that viii underwrite Western civili-
zation; and when he arrives in New
I York he will find more American
experts agreeing with him than he
would have a month ago.
Horatio w. Parker, Yale T-niyer-
sity's professor OF the theory OF rnu-
sic and a composer OF note has died
prematurely. In the field Of comuo-
sition OF ecclesiastical and sacred
music his permanent fame will rest
proof OF which is seen in its use
abroad today. whereas the operas
Mona and "Fairyland." whics
\ brought him temporary home fam
and large prize-money. nre not like
ly to have frequent repetition even
here. The United States has vet TO
produce an oratorio by a native bet
ter than Parker's "Hora NoviSsimR 90
Educated for his profession in New
| England and in Germany. for a long
time one OF the best-known organ
lists OF the country. in 1894 Yale Unit
versity forsook its Puritan ways and
became willing TO teach music az
well as geometry, calling Parker &c
show IL how. He has done the piO-
neer work well. and has not linn
I tied his influence as an educator
| to Yale, for his text books have
been prepared for the popular
schools OF the people as well as for
college and university men.
DR.. John F. Goucher. OF Baltimore.
who has just received the Imperial
| Decoration OF the Third Class. Order
Of the Rising. Sun, from the japanese
government. has recently been get
ting high academic recognition fror
the university men OF Japan. The eN.
PLANTATION r. not difficult. Long before
he was identified with Baltimore's III,
as an educator and citizen he hac
served honorably and effectively as
an educator and missionary pioneer
in japan. doing the work for his de-
nomination In that land that Deforest.
Greene and Griffis had done for the
CongregratIonalists. and advising the
government on issues arising from
time 70 time where Cancellation OF the
Western powers was involved. Sec
ondly, while resident in Baltimore, Dr.
Goucher's ties with japanese stu
dents at Johns Hopkins University
have been close. He has been a cor.
dial host and steadfast friend. wher
men cast such bread upon such waters
IL often comes back later in the form
OF pound-cake.
Henry watterson's discursive auto
biography with its Characteristic dog
matisms and whims f. now runninI
the gauntlet OF reviewers. Like thu
lAmented Cecil Chesterton IN his has
lily written bot suggestively phrased
history OF the United States. ''Msrse
Henry" calls for q complete recon-
struction In the popular mind OF the
personality and political worth Of An
drew jackson. According to both the
British conservative individualist and
the Kentucky conservative democrat
jackson needs 10 be rated much
higher than he has been. There are
chances for such q reappraisal TO be-
gin at the coming dinner OF the DEM
ocratic leaders OF the nation on Jack
son Day.
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