The Washington herald., 1920-10-19
.REDISM BREWS
in UNIVERSITIES
Contrary to General Belief,
All Are Not Conservative
In College.
By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.
John Reed. the American Red"
who has been nearer to Lenine than
any of his fellow-Americsn rev.
olutIonists and whose death at Mos
COW is reported. was an intel
lectusl." Harvard University wss
his alma mater. and such gifts as
he had as writer were first recog-
nized and encouraged by one OF the
professors Of lite department or
literature who has never lost touch
with his radical pupil. Conservative
as most OF the American univer-
sities are they err who think that
radicslism is not existent in them.
both among teachers and students.
Visit the Universities Of Minnesota
and Wisconsin, as ] have recently,
and get behind the scenes and YOU
Will hnd whittier a respectfully sized
minority is tending. Had Lenine
won recognition from the United
States il was reported that Reed
was TO be the first diplomatic rep
resentstive Of the commUnistic gov
ernment sent 10 Washington. But
the State Department and now
typhus have blocked that scheme.
Helen Leary McCauIey. wife Of
Lieut.. Comdr. McCsUley. L. S. ".
now on duty in Chinese waters. is
the talk of Shanghai. BY processes
not disclosed she has overcome
hitherto unsurmOuntable obstacles.
and has won the right 70 practice
law. The victory probably Is due
TO her ability shown in the tests
finally imposed and also 10 the at
mosphere of liberalism that is in
fecting the Far East. At any rate
she has won where others have
failed and the new wemen" and
modern men" OF the city arc con-
tented. The tip OF the wedge is in
the log. Custom hereafter will
drive IL home. This American Portis
is a Texan and graduated at the
State university. She has taught
school since she graduated. both in
Mexico and in Honolulu. Recently
she has turned her intellectual
powers on law.
For many years one Of the most
powerful OF the Irish Democrats OF
Massachusetts has been DR.. John
W. CoUEhlin. Of Fall River. His
length Of service in the party coUn-
cils and his ability TO avoid gettin=
too deeply involved in the factiunsl
fights have contributed to his in
fiuence. He has not been ambitious
for public ONCE. preferring 10 make
and Unmake others. Grover Cleve-
land and Richard Olney found him
servicesble and reliable and now
President Wilson makes him an as
sistsnt Secretary Of the Treasury.
1t can hardly be described as rec
ognition OF the expert" and II will
not please Senator Walsh
Critics OF Senator Lodge are not
few in number in sachusetts
but they cannot prevent the State
turning 10 him on anniversaries OF
historic events and making him the
commemorative spokesman. Thus
in December he will be the orator
at the combined national and State
celebration OF the landing Of the
Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1920. The
poet will be LeBs ron Russell Briggs
former dean OF Hayward C0llege and
now president Of Radcliffe College.
a man OF letters as well as wise
educator. Considerable OF Henry Ca
bot Lodges authority in the Senate
and in the country at large grows
out Of his literary output, especially
in the field OF history. In the FIELD
Of practical politics he has had far
more influence than any Of The
States scholars in politics unless
il was John Quincy Adams But
in his day and generation he has
maintained a tradition early estab-
lished and kept alive by men like
Robert c. Winthrop. Edward Everett
and Charles Sumner. and there Is
no one now looming up in Mssss-
chusetts to take his place among
the younger men in public life.
Columbia University students who
were in the institution during the
days Of Frederick P. KeppeTs dean
ship Of the college have watched
with interest the successive changes
Of base Of the man since he left his
academic post during the war TO
serve the government as an As
sistsnt Secretary Of War, His next
post was with the American Red
Cross, in charge OF foreign opera
tions and now he is going TO Paris
. TO be the American administrative
commissioner OF the newly organ
lied International Chamber OF Com
merce. His is only one OF many
! cases indicating the competition
that international service is Great
ing for our higher educational in
stitutions. Mr.. Keppel. II he would
could be q college president tomor-
row. But like other men OF thr
academic world who served society
as administrators or investigator
during the war. he decides TO keep
. on with the new work and be
pioneer, rather than an imitstor.