The Washington herald., 1920-09-10
In the Limelight
BY George Perry Morris.
A Teseher Who Was Not n res..,.

A Tescher Who Was Not a r~Ssnt,
Yale men who studied Greek in
the '7e's and SOS at Yale with the
late Bernadotte Perrin as teacher
are contrasting his humsnistic and
Inspiring methods with those Of an
other member Of the Greek depart
ment. The latter made a lesson in
the odyssey a rigorous Ierson in
psrsinE. Never a word from him
about the manners and customs Of
the Greeks, never an alIusSon TO
poetic beauty or felicitous phrase.
In P-s eyes a student was an
object Of suspicion. to be caught
and punished IL possible" On the
/ other hand. Perrin, so says Phili6
Hale. was liberal and sympa tase1s
and made the student his 60 i
/ The stupidest felt encoura ge thS
LATEST was stimulated. Wssn they
read the "oedipus Rex" Of sc=SSroi.s
with him they recognized the mar
| vellous ingenuity shown in the con
E'rpctlon OF the plot. the art dis-
'er The sublime Tragedy
~-"- q task in grammar.
We remember him as a teacher who
I Greek literature" One likes TO
speculate on the share that this
sort OF teaching had on Hale, who.
when he writes musical and dra-
matte criticism does Il with stylistic
ri h a
ground that is prior TO Bernard
I Shaw and George Cohan.
Admiral knapp to HsytI.
Orders recalling TO active duty
! Rear Admiral Henry Knapp. retired,
and sending him to Hsyti TO be SEN
J ior naval representative. stir specu-
/ lstion as to their motive. Some
rather specific and damaging
I charges Gf trUe) have recently
| been brought against the methods
and principles Of our government Of
/ that island. The reputation OF the
navy Is involved. Possibly this
1 commission has some relation to
/ the situation. Admiral Knapp has
/ wisdom born OF a long experience.
II is admitted that he has been as
/ signed for special and temporary
task" He will be inclined to get at
the bottom OF the truth OF the
charges. and refUte them IL they are
refutsble; and his report will have
weight with the public, IL published
senator Harding and Birth Control.
II it be true that the advocates Of
a law coming before Congress at the
/ next session legslizing circulation
OF literature favoring birth control
have reason to count in advance on
the support Of Senator Harding.
then he stands before the public as
radical on one point. and he can
reckon on rather sharp attack from
some Of the most conservative re-
ligious and humanitarian orEanizs-
tions OF the country. 1t also is in
teresting TO find that the Senate
committee which has authority in
the premises is planning to report
favorably on such legislation The
Voluntary ParenthOod League,
which is responsible for these re-
ports. has its headquarters IN New
York City. and ii has shrewdly ad-
justed its latest propaEs nda litera-
turc to conditions OF home life. in
come etc. now prevalent conditions
which work against large families,
even in the middle class stratum Of
society.
Hon. Peter +. league.
Representative will be interested
in the victory won in the Demo-
cratic primary by Hon. Peter r.
league OF the Massachusetts, sixth
district. In his first fight for Con
gress he finally bowled out the cele-
brate6 John +. Fitzgerald. Boston's
former invincible mayor, and now
he has shown that he is more pow
erful than the notorious Martin
Lomasney. the city boss. who has
been attacking him for not being
a sufficiently bold Sim Feiner and
enemy Of Great Britain and all its
works. league IS a product OF the
schools OF Charlestown: he has
worked up through all the grades
OF the political machine and has held
municipal office: and he is Injured tn
the rough and tumble tactics that
success COmpels il Eoston's contem-
porary politics The independence
he has shown in this latest fight is
TO his credit. His victory may mark
the turning point in the career of
LomRsncy. as robust and iron -han nd
ed political boss as Boston ever
has known. who has played the lone
hand himself when occasion re-
quires. Now he has begun to find
that his example has been eduCa-
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