The Washington herald., 1920-11-20
EDUCATOR GOES
TO JOURNALISM
New York Times Gets John
H. Finley, Who Has
Made His Mark.
ny GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.


So John IL Finley is leaving the
important post Of superintendent Of
education for the Empire Stfte 10.
Join the editorial and managing
stan OF the New York Timesi ] am
not surprised. Not that he is not
deeply interested in education or
that he has not left his mark or
the schools OF New York State But
he is primarily a man Of ietters. an
interpreter Of life and a mixer with
men to whom the inevitable routine
OF administration is more or less
irritating because so confning and
so inextricably woven about by red
tape. In his new post he can come
and go. write when inclination in
cites, and abstain when the mood |
repels. He can be a useful outsice
! man such as every newspaper should
have, sitting down at the feasts OF
the mighty, watching the processes
Of statecraft at tneir fountain head
interviewing-not for publications.
the men who really control In cd
ucation, art. politics and religion.
f: and at the same time quite able to
stand on the curbstone and hear
what John Smith is saying to stir
the passions Of the masses.
A Religious Ieonociast.
Rev John Haynes Holmes preschos
tomorrow in the Church Of Our
Father, and in the evening will dis
euss at the Open Forum the very
contemporaneous subject, The Col
lapse Of Civilization: Can Human
ity Be Saved?" Mr.. Holmes is a
theist who has found in New York
City Community Church which has
no creedal tests or barriers. lie
is one OF the most belIicosc "paci-
lists" of the country, and during
the recent war was at odds with
most Of his countrymen.
Massachusetts bred him. Harvard
University and the Harvard Divin-
ity School gave him his formal edu-
cation. Most of his clerical career
has been spent in the Unitarian
fold. He has the merit of candor.
says Just what he thinks. expresses
his thought fervently and in terms
OF imag nation as well Is reason.
and he gathers about him a devoted
following. II you like the newest
! sort Of social wine in the old bottles
Of homileticsI eloquencc, a quite un-
common combination by the way.
this is your chance.
A Woman ArehaeoIoefst.
One Of the most learned Of Ameri-
can woren. Zelia NuttsII. now in
Washington, has to her credit dis
coveries OF hgurines in the gravel
deposits Of the Valley region OF
Mexico. discoveries which are help
ing archaeologists 10 determine some
Of the many perplexing problems 81
chronology incident TO writing the
history Of racial evolution in that
land. Her description before the
Arts Club the other evening Of the
wealth Of newly discovered material
now awaiting suitable preservation
and study was supplemented by a
lfervent plea for cooper ative effort
with the Mexican Government by
the American Archaeological Insti-
tute. Mexico has not the experts
competent to carry on the work a.
IL should be done; and anything like
I INTERNATIONAL cooperation now "
! out of the question. War anImos-
tiles between scientists Of Europe
make such fraternity impossi bic.
Hearing this woman. who lie honor
airy professor in the museum OF ar
chseology at Mexico City and a spc-
cial assistant OF the Peabody Mu-
, scum OF American Archaeology and
Ethnology of Cambridge. Mass.
and who also is the honored member
Of so many societies Of Europe, l
was impressed, as a journalist, with
her~capscity to score beat.
, She seems to be able 20 go into
the archives OF the Department Of
the Indies at Seville and set man
uscripts shedding light on Mexican
history which mere man" cannot
Again. at her home in Coyoacan.
Mexico, she seems 10 have a back
, yard garden and small estate. the
: soil OF which blossoms with treas
ures Of ancient art when ticklcd
with a plow. She has but TO break
: a clod and out pops a carved head.
: turbanned in a way to remind a
British official seeing it, OF the ns b.
, tives of the Punjab.