The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-20
In the Linelight
BY George Berry Morris.

Senator France. of Maryland.
brings to the Senate much expert
knowledge and experience in medi-
cine. sanitation and social welfare
work. a body Of knowledge. by the
way. that is as much needed today
, some other kinds of an older politi-
cal and Congressional vintage. In.
diana Democrats are being asked by
DIR. Carleton L. McCulloch. OF In
dianapolis. to vote for him as the
party's candidate for governor in the
next election. He also is a physi-
clan. whose father--Rev. Oscar c.
McCulloch-for many years made In
diana a leading State in social re-
form and in scientific charity admin
stration by his personal and official
service. DIR. McCulloch. in his plat
form. calls for home rule and at
lacks the centralizing tendencies of
the hour. If elected governor he
will at least know the difference be-
tween a moron and a dipsomaniac,
the State to have political pap flow
ing out OF the treasury than to have
it's teachers well paid and its pub
lie institutions efficiently managed
by experts.
As the trial of the suspended So
cialist members of the New York
Assembly proceeds the issues and
the persons involved will become
more and more a matter of general
scrutiny, One OF the ousted five is
Charles Solomon, who was Meyer
London's secretary when the latter
was Congressman. He is credited
with being the member of the groun
who pens the documents that il is
sues from time to time. A Social
journalist of ability. he is credited
by his associates with much of the
traditional Solomonic wisdom.
Some day tie historian of educa-
ton in the United States will for
mally and satirically wonder why
it took Harvard University until
1920 to recognize adequately the
necessity. of making her depart
ment of education and pedagogjes as
important as her department of law
theology. philosophy and the sci
ences. 1t will not be found that
Prof. Paul T. Hanus. the head of the
department. has been Responsible
for its starvation to date, or thar
he has failed to preach the trutb
in high places. But the cold fact is
that Columbia University. and NOT
a few of the State universities of
the Middle West and far West. far
outclass Harvard in a field where
she should have been supreme.
Next autumn Il change is to come.
The general education board has
given 100000 to an endowment
fund for the depar tment The uni
versity will duplicate this amount
from its fund now being raised by
the alumni. and private donors will
give the other million. Better Nat,
than never: but the record to date
is inexplicable on any rational ba sis.
\ few teachers are born. not made ::
but most Of them need technique as
well as talent.
Cuba in 1913. in a time of good sense
and discretion. chose NJ. G. Menocal
as president. and for purposes of
maintaining friendly relations between
the young republic and the United
States 1t was a shrewd stroke. He
knew the larger nation and its psy-
chology: In part because he had
studied here. What he got for himst IL
he has often urged en- other Cuban
youth. and now, with eighty-five otner
Cuban graduates of Cornell Univer-
sity. N. Y..~he Is raising a large en-
dowment fund to establish a Cuban
professorship" at that institution.
where at the present time there are
twepty Of his fellow nationals" In
stitutions. like men. cast their bread
on the waters. and it returns to them
after many DAYS