The Catholic bulletin., 1921-08-27

the country by the Hon. Calvin Cool
idge, vice president of the United
States, in the opening number of a
series Of articles on the Enemies of
the Republic" which appeared in the
June Delineator.
Mr.. Coolidge declares that if the
American Republic is to endure the
American Republic must be taught. If
Democracy is to survive, the people
must think democracy"
For the fostering of sound and loyal
opinions, he emphasized the fact that
we must depend upon the home, the
press, the pulpit and the schools.
Especially, says he, must we depend
Upon the higher institutions of learn
ing, the college and university, for
there teachers are educated and there
opinions are formed"
Stressing the mighty influence of
women, he says, with the great in
crease of colleges for women and those
who attend them, with the teaching of
the nation so largely intrusted to
women, with the greatly augmented
power conferred by equal suffrage,
and with the predominance of the
mother in the home, the instructions
given and the opinions prevailing in
women colleges, will more than ever
create a mighty influence in the de-
termination Of Americas future.
Mothers feel more keenly than all
others that they have given hostages
to the future. They know that they
are wrapped up in the welfare Of
posterity. If that influence fails there
is no influence for good that can sue
ceed."
Mr.. Coolidge commenting on "the
radical socialistic spirit that is becom-
ing so marked in many colleges" says
hat there is no doubt that the heart
If our women colleges is sound. But
le does not hesitate to declare that
hey are now ministering to new ele-
nent that exhibits morbid tendencies.
There is evidence, he says, which Is
;ircumstantial, but of considerable
strength, that they are the objects of
'adroit attacks of radical propagan-
lists to an extent creative in some col
eges of an element of radicalism de-
cidedly hostile to our American form
Of government, to the established
personal right to hold property, and to
The long recognized sanctions of civiliz-
ed society,""
Taking up the big secular colleges
for women, Vassar, Radcliffe, Smith,
Wellesley, etc, Mr.. Coolidge reviews
he college publications, the lectures
given, the intercollegiate Socialistic
Clubs that have been formed and
which number their adherents by the
thousands; he sounds the warning
that radical principles are gaining
ground with the faculties, but more
extensively with the students, that ''it
IS not merely question of economics,
If larger humanitarianism, express
ed in a profounder realization of
brotherhood of man, it is the breaking
away from the old faiths. And when
one of these goes," says Mr.. Coolidge,
the rest are likely to follow" He
says that Radcliffe College in May
1921, was called "a Hotbed of Bolshe-
vism." The Smith College Weekly of
December 10 in an article on Soviet
| Russia" declared it to be Paradise
On Earth" At Wellesley there is large
Club for the Study of Socialism, and
he woman professor of Philosophy,
who voted for Debs in the recent cleo
ton, is reported as saying: "It is
not necessary for us to part with our
dag, as long as it stands for nothing
| wholly and separately American, and
as long as it represents the highest
spiritual ideals of truth, righteousness
and brotherhood" Evidently, adds Mr.
Coolidge, 'the creed of international
ISM"
The wellesley College Magazine" j"
he says, contained an editorial saying,
Those who believe that the World
War is Socialism's baptism of fire, are
the true seers. Already the flames
have melted Russia's shackles, and
from the dying embers of the Inter.
national the Bolsheviki have kindled
a new democracy and are brandishing
it aloft to the world"
Vice-President Coolidge finds the In
tercollegiate Socialistic Society firmly
established in the women colleges,
and their organ "The Socialist Re-
view" reveals a pro-Bolshevik leaning.
The editorial policy is radically defin-
ed by Miss Scudder, Professor of Eng
lish literature at Wellesley. She
writes: Every radical view which
can be defined as Socialism is to find
free outlet in these pages. Here, peo-
pie who derive their faith in frater-
nal world from Jesus Christ, shall
speak their minds with comrades who
hold the Christian creeds to be enc
mics of progress and organized
Christianity a vicious instrument of
exploitation" Professor Bohn. in a
lecture before the intercollegiate
Society of Socialists said IF the gov
ernment makes you suffer these dread
full things, then l say To Il
with the government And the wom-
en- applauded.
Miss Freda Kirchey, of Barnard Col
lege, who is now the Secretary of the
executive committee of the Intercolle-
giate Society, recently made hit,
says Mr. Coolidge, when she declared
that "You can't go through Barnard
without knowing the principles of So
cialism. And the time will come when
we will not only know Socialism, but