The Washington herald., 1920-09-13
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morris
Another Prodigy for Harvard.

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Frederick ssntee, a 13-yesr-old
boy living in wawallopeen, Pa. must
make up his mind to be featured"
in the Sunday supplements And %
must his parents At the age of 10
he will enter the Harvard Univer-
sity this autumn. Since he was
years old-this is the local his
torisn's version-he has spoken
several languages. He must now
join that, procession Of "prodigies''
at Harvard, Boris Sidis, Berle, jr,
and Wiener, jr.. all OF whom had
eclectic training in childhood and
were the product of a special par
entail system of education. Young
Santee's mother goes to Cambridge
to care for him, which is a wise
move. The in loco PARENTS theory
is not very loyalty supported BY
Haryard's authorities, though Presi-
dent Lowell is more inclined Ia
preach and practice il than Presi.
dent Eliot was. A good mother
handy will console the prodigy for
sorrows that he knows not of-now
John Mccormack Is Beoed.
Some understanding of the inten.
sity of the strife in Austrslis
caused by division of its popula-
tion on the Irish question may oC
gained when II is noted that JohT
Mccormack has given up his Ade'
laide dates and probably will return
home. He has been charged witt
being Sim Feiner and with fail
ure 10 include the British anthem
at his first concert given in Ade'
laide. Music hath charms, but Il
never Tended civil and racial strife
and, indeed, in times OF animosity
can be employed for the most pas
sionste ends. Mccormack when, al
home, certainly had kept clear o.
factional strife. He quite recently
acquired American citizenship and
had not been at all backward in let
ting it be known that he no longer
was a subject Of King George.
A Soldier Who Is styIist.
Running over the messages sen
on the second anniversary Of tn,
fight by the commanders of tn,
eight combat divisions OF the A f
F., that met the Germans at st
Mihiel you find most Of them without
any distinction Of expression. Tn,
grip OF the military order" styl,
is upon most OF the writers But tn,
leader Of the Forty-second Division
Douglass Macarthur. seems to know
that Caesar and Grant were not
afraid TO be stylists and afraid tc
/ mix color with their facts. SAID
Macarthur: The most vivid reCol.
lection that we Of the Rainbow Di.
vision have on St. Mihiel Day is oi
| those who went two years ago tc
their last charge. We cannot for,
get. Blue-lipped. smudged witt
sludge. chilled by the wind and
rain Of the foxhole. forming ErimIy
and without emotion in the murl
which the ground was throwing up
as heavy as that which the skie,
were letting down. they drov,
through to their objective-and [,
the judgment seat OF God We will
not say they have died. They haV,
but passed beyond the mists thai
blind US here-and come to the enc
Of the Rainbow"
Temperance Candidate for senate,
The Democratic candidate 70,
United States Senator in the rather
sharp tight now on in the State o,
Washington is George +. Cottcrfll
an engineer OF Seattle who ha,
been prominent in all Of the citv',
local reform movements. and wbs
has an international reputation 4,
a leader OF fraternal temperance or.
ganizatiOnS. His following amonr
the prohibitionists Of the State viii
make HIM the man to get thell
votes and he will have AnG-SaIoor
Leagues support ! we'll recall Cot.
terlIl as a precoCioUs lad in a New
Jersey high school He migrate
when a boy to the Western cosst
ana has attained degree Of infu.
ence that would have delighted hi,
English father, one OF the best prac
teal horticulturists OF his day. Al
belt a humble gardener
Student Rule in High srhooI>
In the Palmy days Of Amhers
College, under the presidency OF .Ju.
nus II. Seelye. 1t set up "studen
government and carried IL rurtb,,
than any college Of the period did
Inc theory is attractive and within
limitations il works. Just now tn,
revolutionary member Of the coIleg,
and university organism is the teach
eF. not the student. He il is tha'
talks Of Presidential autocrarv an,
.
dcmiC world. But the ferment o.
democracy is in the secondar,
schools If not in the colleges. snr
DR.. John l. Haney. the new princi
pal Of tho Central High School q
Philadelphia. recognizes the fact
He has worked out a scheme OF .
student council in two chamber
that will have for its duty as wei
as right the discussion and recon
mcndation or plans for school dis
clpline. rcadJusjmCnt OF curriculum
and all matters that seem vital {,
the students. These recommenda
tions in turn will go to the faculty
for consideration and adoption il ap.
proved. Incidentally it may be notec
that Dr. Haney quickly abolished
the faculty committee on discipline
the verdiCts of which came Ions
after the offenseS charged had beer
committed Or. Hsney is for sum,
mary justice.
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