South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-19
The New York Times
of
July 10, 1921
COOLIDGE ASSAILS
COLLEGE RADICALS
Secs Need for More Attention in
Teaching Fundamentals
TO Students.
WOULD DEVELOP CHARACTER
says French Turned Back to Mon
archy When First Revolution
Proceeded too Far.
Secs Need for More Attention In
Teaching Fundamentals
TO Students.
WOULD DEVELOP CHARACTER
Saws French Turned Back to Mon
archy When First Revolution
Proceeded too Far.

More attention TO teaching fundamen-
tails to combat he influence or rauicai
prOpag andists who are seeking TO spread
their doctrines among the students OF
American colleges, is suggested by wee
President Calvin Coolidge in an article
In the August DelineatOr.
las this is written" Mr.. Coolidge
said, the attempt to open the coHeges
10 undirected radical influences is going
on The press reports 30 students or
ganizing such u movement at Harvard
There was a report in The New York
Herald Of April % Of a serious difficulty
at Valparaiso, Ind, which forced Presl-
dent HOdgdon 10 resign, and to say
1.-The university Is a hotbed OF Boil
shevism. communism and other cults,
and nothing we could do to thwart their
propaganda has been OF any avail De-
cause OF sinister inside Influences.
The same paper reports an article
written FOR the Yale News by h. u.
manager OF the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, in which he says;
q" Periodically, Yale is written to. Wis
tied and talked TO by men who present
ideas at variance with what have long
been regarded as sound economies. This
propaganda appeals 20 the sympathies
and exploits the credulity OF the young
or part of their hearers and readers. IL
taxes the patience and ofends the COM
mon sense of the older part
Again II must he said, Let the stu
dents hear all sides but undirected
they do not hear all sides. Education
is leading out What influence and
who Is 20 lead student thought
At a time when - many colleges are
going to the public with pleas for funds
10 increase their endowments. Mr. Cool
idge said that il was a pertinent cues
tion 10 ask what results they obtained
from these funds.
Are they missing the one true aim
OF all education, the development or
character" he asked. "In their scram-
BILE 10 teach cOmmercialism have they
forgotten TINT character does not come
from economic Development Sound eco
nomic development comes from sound
character and sound character alone"
Mr.. Coolidge said that men in many
countries had experimental many times
with radical theories in great and small
ways, and always with complete failure.
such theories are not new" he said
They are old Each failure has dem
Onstrated anew that without effort there
is no success.
"Of this the French Revolution is the
classic example AS a rebellion against
despOtism 10 was 10 be commended.
when II went beyond that and under
took 20 conhscate all government and
all religion, when there was no safety
for property or life, Il was foredOomed
a condition the people sought refuge in
an orderly monarchy. They turned
back.
The same thing will take place
from all appearances IL is taking place
in Russia. The theory Of the revolu-
tion. which overthrow government and
religion alike for a form OF cOmmu-
nism. has broken down. The people are
setting up authority. The rulers Of
Russia are beginning 20 recognize the
right Of life and property. They are
doing this In order 10 save their coun-
try from complete devastation. They
are turning back"