The Washington herald., 1920-03-30
In the LineIight
BY George Perry Morris.

Rev. G. Campbell Morgan. the
English preacher and evangelist,
who has large following IN thfs
country. speaking In Atlanta. Ca,
last week, said that any British
journalist--he referred to Horatio
Bottomley-who said that there
are millions Of people In Great
Britain who hate the United States"
was guilty OF "a damnable lie out
Of hell" He then proceeded 20 add
that any American journalist who
said the same thing about Amer
leans hating Brftons was equally
guilty. Mr.. Morgan's faith 10 Of the
orthodox sort. and his vocabulary -
equally Biblical and minatory.
Delaware's State college at New
ark will lose President 8. c. Mitchell
at the close of this academic year.
He goes back to Richmond College.
Richmond. Va, where he formerly
taught. and there he will take up
instruction in history and political
science. These reversions to teach
ing from administering are not un-
usual Nichols, of Dartmouth, pre-
ferred Yaie's laboratories for physi-
cal research and his old job Of being
q professor, after he had summered
and wintered in Hanover for a
while; and Scott, of Rutgers, found
that II was more congenial to teach
history again than to rule the
divided faculty of the ancient seat
of learning "On the Banks Of the
Old Raritan." The most deluded
man in the American world today Is
the civilian who thinks that IL Is a
sinecure to be a college president
and play the dual role of being an
idealogue scholar and realist fund
beggar and faculty arbiter.
The death of w. T. smedley at
the age of 81 years closes the ca
reer of one Of the best nlustra-
tors of books and magazines that
we have had In this country. He
first got his recognition from the
Harpers in the days when Charles
Parsons was at the head of that
firms art department.. and he was
one of a group that gave to the
FIRMS then prosperous publications
q distinction that rival firms envied
Not the least of his services was
the making Of Picturesque Can
ada" for these employers, who ear
lier had coined money out Of Pic
turesque America" and "Pictu-
rescue Europe" for which most of
the drawings were done by Harry
Fem.
The relation OF poetry to religion
Is so intimate that the wonder Is
that the church as an institution
does not do more to recognize the
poet formally as an ally. Old st.
Marks in the Bouwerle, N. Y. City.
has rector now who Is a man of
letters and promoter of interest in
literature as well. as In religion.
When he was connected with the
University Of the Scath at Sewsnee.
Tennessee, William Norman Guthrie
proved his worth as a maker and
interpreter Of literature. Thrice a
year. in his New York parish, he
brings poets before his congrega-
ton and let's them read their own
works. This year at Eastertide he
will have Edwin Markham. Angela
Morgan. Marguerite Wilkinson and
others not so we'll known
Chicago's Historical Society, for
a comparatively small sum be-
comes the possessor of the c. F.
Gunther collection of manuscripts,
historical relics and documents
which expert collectors had apprais-
ed as worth more than $500, 900.
With money made from manufac-
turing candy and confections, Mr..
Gunther. who was one of the Ger
mans Of the city with liberal tra-
ditions, had steadily accumulated
his treasures. Some he got while
travelling widely about the world;
others he got from dealers. Tie
point of the ,congratulation Is that
the collection is not to be scat
tered. and that Chicago keeps II.
In material having to do with
Washington and Lincoln there are
few collections equaili1g ii.