The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-08-26
SCHOLAR
MAKES ANALYSIS
OF THE ENGLISH
WILLIAM FRiERSoN POINTS OUT
FAULTS AND VIRTUES OF
BRITISH COUSINS.
PUT ENGLAND ABOVE ALL THINGS
,,seiievesetbat Through Her Advance.
~ ment the. World VIII Be Helped
, Peace Treaty Unfair and Unjust
But Necessary. A.ts,s

William Frierson. former Maury
county hoy, graduate of the Columbia
Military Academy and now Rhodes
scholar to Oxford. England, who was
here this week, gives the following
interesting Impressions ,of the. Eng
lish with whom he has been intimate
ly associated In their native heath for
more than year. He says
THE English have a great deal OF
character but very little intelligence"
is the remark made by an American
Professor of Philosophy which strikes
us as hit caustic. The Englishman
has character, he has a great deal OF
It, but 1t must be admitted that he
has it at the expense of intelligence.
He is "a man OF principles. He
knows that many-of them are theOre-
/ ucallyfinnsOund, aor. AT least. tradi-
tienal principles. But hetacts upon
them with all the strength OF his be.
ing. - Ga /. fteB dlir
His cardinal belief ise that all men
are created UNEQUAL. and destined by
God, by King, and by Country to re-
main so. at e4
He is frank to admit that he does
not know what life is for or about,
but he has deep,rooted conviction
that athletics play Il very prominent
patr in the divine scheme of things.
HE Is foremost in subscribing to
the Ango-Saxone chivalric. conception
of woman, but It Is bad for him
to put himself ont for "a woman below
him in station To his feminine social
equals he acts with a diffidence which
is akin to dislike and might be mis-
taken for open hostility. It is N.Y.
sterya bow the race is perpetuated.
Perhaps the marriages are made In
Heaven t.t .f
He is stoical and will not admit
that physical discomf0rts disturb
him. He does not heat his buildings
in the winter nor does he have cleo
trio fans in the summer. He has his
aesthetic faculties, also. under strong
control and remains undisturbed even
at the sight of the loose wooden gar
ments of the women.
''He has the keenest appreciation
OF humor. But he has no sense OF
It, He likes broad humor, the broad
er the better. and London abounds
with comedies OF '"rhe Knight OF the,
Burning Pestle" order.
.'The Englishman is very sentiment.
al, slightly more so than Americans,
and he likes sentimental novels. He
is not philosophical nor is he cyni.
cal. But he is frightfully sane.
'UnOffically he does not blame
America for not signing the peace
treaty. He has. on the other hand.
a greater admiration for American
craftsmanship and he aenvies the
American moral position thus estab-
lished. a@ 49,
He believes The peace treaty to
be unfair and uifjhst.l even dishonest
But he beiieves1afe END ijhstifies the
means. The end he has in mind Is
a peaceful world order and he knows
tfdt the future of the world is direct
~ CONNECTED with the future of Eng
lands Help Ehgand, help the world.
He is inconsistent only when he
boasts OF a kind OF national disinter-
estedness and concern for the rights
and futures OF other countries which
his action belle. He distrusts the
nationalists Of other countries because
they cause trouble, and he does not
want trouble. But he trusts himself
and that is why he wants to hold the
whip hand" 49,