The Washington herald., 1920-05-22
In the linelight
BY Ceorle Perry Morris.


Amherst College, following a
laudable custom, brings over from
England each year a reputable
scholar and humanist who lives
with the students, lectures on tech
nical subjects. and informs them
and the members OF the faculty as
to developments in the Intellectual
and social life of England. This
year the visitor has been r. ID.
Tawney of Oxford University, who
was a member of the British Coal
Industry Commission and a writer
on economic subjects. Boston has
given him a hearty welcome as a
speaker before its many civic and
educational organizations, and now
he is making q similar tour of New
Hork's dining clubs.
The difference between Bahmsn
Pestonji Waida and other repre-
sentatives OF the occult faiths of
India who have come to this coun-
try from time to time il not SO
much In any variation in the mes
sage delivered as in the attitude of
the man toward concrete social
problems OF his time. Very often.
IL not usually, these exponents OF
characterization. have had too at
! tenuated a gospel for the average
American. when asked for cre-
! dentials as to actual service 10 suf-
tering mankind they have not been
able to produce them. They have
seemed TO live an inverted. intens-
i've supermundane life. This In
dian Is a civic reformer. He is a
leader of the Labor party. ne
nights for Indian home rule He
consorts with British officials in In
dta or in Great Britain who happen
to be sympathetic. He edits news
papers and controls propaganda
campaigns. He shares in the deIib-
erations Of international labor con-
ferences. as for instance the one
held in Washington last November.
Just because he is both practical
and occult, politically as well as
spiritually minded. he will get a
hearing here that other men of his
school of thought will.
/ Georgia has a banker. by name
NJ. B. WeIlborn. governor or ~.
Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta,
who actually dares to say that the
banks OF that area should quit max
ing loans to facilitate purchase Of
pleasure automobiles. II requires
nerve. but he seems to have il.
! Other men who know" have want
ed to act similarly but have not
dared TO. He has cast down the
gauntlet Public oficiaIs now have
to dodge the missiles Of SO many
special interests" IL they. happen
to think and act in terms 4f public
welfare that IL is cheers one TO see
q Federal Official who SAYS what he
believes. be the consequences whay
they may.
Maj. Charles J. Glidden, L. s A
is in London organizing the aerial
Derby around the world. He comes
back to the British capital after a
/ tour OF the globe arranging the
night to be held under the auspices
OF the Aero Club of America. In
FORMED as to what is being done
by many nations and groups Of
nationals he does not hesitate to saw
that before this year closes aerial
lines will be operating from Yoko-
hama TO Singapore and all over
India from Burma to CeyIon. Ion-
1 don is to become the center of a
I worlds bureau of aeronauticaI
commissioners from sixty countries
Thus does this ardent sporting I'm
! lternationalfSt" run on as he talks
to London interviewer: and those
OF us who knew him back in the
3 SOs as one of Massachusetts, few
ardent experimenters with balloon
ing and who remember the ardor
with which he welcomed Grahame-
I white and his aeroplane. the first to
ny IN Boston. are not at all sur
prised at the way GIidden has spent
ne gets a passion for doing some
thing he does it to the limit.
Julian Street has heen the official
ly conducted journalist Of the Van
derlip party in Japan: and those
readers of this genial. acute OBJ
server Of contemporary life who
nave liked his comments upon Amer
tcan cities and sections Of the popu-
lation will expect him to turn out
copy that will be readable. TO
say the least. II at the same time
he is candid. and he inclines to be
so usually. he may repeat his Butte.
Montana. experience. II is still un-
wise for him TO go to that city.
However. the Nanderlip party went
t" japan to "sslve" ruffled feelings.
and Julian may have TO be good"
/
Yale University is taking from,
Delaware State College at Newark
DR.. Kent Roberts Greenfield. who is
to teach European history at the
Connecticut institution. Western
Maryland College and Johns Hon
kins University trained him. His
rather was a Methodist preacher
wen known in Maryland From a
pedagogical standpoint the interest
OF his appointment is partly in the
proof ii gives that Yale is reaching
out for her new teachers. and is
living a less self-centered life.
b. Thomas Pest. who is to be d.
rector OF the department of public
health and superintendent Of rec
reatton of the New York New Hay-
en- and Hartford Railroad. with his
headquarters at New Haven. proved
his capacity for such work in
France as Y. NJ C worker with
the First Division. Newark. n J..
was his base of operations prior TO
the war when he controlled the phy-
sicsl education section Of the local
Y. NJ. c. A. The point to be noted
is that he now transfers from a re-
ligious organization to a transpor-
tation line. The New Haven road
has come to see that the service ~
gets from it's labor Is conditioned bv
their physical condition and their
chances for recreation.
A COUPLE OF VIEWS.