The Washington herald., 1920-03-29
In the Linelight
BY George Perry Morris.

\ Caleb T. Winchester. of Wesleyan
University, is dead. Did you ever
hear him teach English literature
to undergraduates or lecture on the
authors and the books he loved? II
not you missed a chance to come In
touch with . mind that had fructi-
Tying power; that made men love
literature for literature's and not
for phflology's sake. Some such
power Edward Claiming must have
had In the days of Harvard's great
est glory. Likewise Hiram corson.
at Cornell; Gummere at Haverford.
and Woodberry at Columbia Univer-
sity. They tried to WOO Winchester
away. with q large salary, to the
university OF Chicago. but he pre-
ferred to stay where he had won
his reputation. Old Middletown,
with Its rustic charm and good So
ciety and quiet ways and a small
group of students, lured him most.
HIS funeral may not be magnificent
In It's ritual, but II will be a draw
back to host Of reyerent men.
The University of Cincinnati is
one of a half dozen leading institu-
tions Of its grade now looking
for president. The equal Of Presi-
dent Dabney. who is retiring. 1t will
be hard to find. Former President
Taft Is being urged on the trustees
as a suitable leader for the near fu-
ture. Whether he and his wife will
revert to the Ohio town after haviag
enjoyed the fascinations of Wash
ington and New Haven remains TO
be seen. Besides Mr.. Taft has got
the travel germ In him. When You
have once toured the country year
after year, spoken to hundreds of
thousands of people, usually been
praised for what you have said. then
the notion of settling down to
wrestling with faculty, trustees, cit
izens, and-occasionally-the pupils.
Is not as alluring as II would have
been had you been less of a circuit
traveller.
A quite normal instinct and desire
is leading the descendants and kins-
folk of James G. Blaine to take mis-
remains to Augusta and thus let
Maine have within her domain the
remains of one of her most eminent
sons. The State, as such, will do its
part to make the entombment a dig
nified. symbolic affair. Mention of
the name and fame of Blaine recalls
his contemporaries, a group that
Maine does not duplicate today and
may never again rival.
II you have a chance to hear
Fd II oil fro
seize Ii. Born in India, educated
in the United States, a pioneer in
starting the New Yale" in China,
he is now one of the most infiu-
ential Americans in the republic
and physician and educator Of
eminence. China is Yale's and
Japan is Haryard's special ground
for alumni representation in edu-
cation. missionary propaganda and
commercial expansion; but Yale is
forging ahead. IL for no other rea-
son than Japan is steadily exclud-
ing her foreign advisers and help
ers, while in China the door is
still open, especially TO Americans.
Edith wynne Mathison, it will
be recalled. first made her appear
ance in this country in a company
of players headed by Ben Greet.
who for several years toured the
land with his aids rendering iror-
ality plays and classic English and
Greek plays. He has not been with
us of late, finding at last some
thing like adequate recognition IN
England. The latest evidence of
which is a subsidy from the Lon
doun County Council that will make
il possible for him to go from
theater to theater In the suburban
area and play Shakespeare to
the school children.