The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-15
|" Enemies Of inc Republic"

N EcENTLY Mir. Calvin Coolidge. TX Vice President of the United SS States, contributed to a we'll known periodical an article entitled, Enemies of the Republic" which. coming from a man of his erudition and considering his close proximity | to all big affairs, gives flood for | thought" to others of us who are more remote from the center of big things.
 Truly, after all that the past few years have brought to suffering hu- manity, when mothers have had their very hearts torn out by the loss and distigurement of their beautiful and beloved sons; when war with it's ray ages and peace with it's myriads of Lilliputian threads hold down pro- gress and menace the world with | even worse conditions than those that existed during the war days-truly as I started out to say, it seems un- necessary to mention patriotism to women, since it is a glorious tradi- ton that from the lips of mothers children first hear of their duty to and their love of country, second only to their duty to and their love of God.
 | But Mir. Coolidge's article contains some startling statements which he could not possibly make with his standing and relation to his dearly beloved America without good req | son.
 He admits that the evidence he presents is 'circumstantiarT, yet he q sserts that 1t is of considerable strength, namely, that "our women l Lnfx. A. : s.If fan tu of adroit attacks by radical propa- gandists, to an extent in some col leges of an element of radicalsm de- cidedly hostile to America's form of government to the established per sonal right to hold property and to | the long recognized sanctions of civ | iiized society"
 l Mir. Coolidge quotes generously from various college papers, and his article bristles with information quite interesting and at times start ling. He believes, however, firmly and this he states in no uncertain terms--that the "heart of the wom- ems colleges is perfectly sound" but l that the faculties permit the. frank expressions of radicalism simply as an academic right of freedom of thought.
 This is quite an inadequate "re- sumo" of MT. Coolidge's article which sounds a note that says there may be something in 1t or that there may not be; at any rate, the dan ger" signal Is out on the question. and while MT. Coolidge does not state his facts in his story apparently In criticism, but more lin warning, he certainly does stir up something" to say the t-of it.
 MT. Coolidge doesn't believe that l there Is, any harm done, and says that there could possibly be no ob- l iection to the study of radical thought" if it Is pursued under com retent direction. What he objects to Is the breaking away from the old faiths, for when one of these goes he says the rest are likely to follow
 It would appear that the article was prompted by the fact that at most colleges "radicalism" is fos- tered by the formation of clubs, os- l tensibly for the study of radical lit erature, and the hearing of radical lectures; and 1t Is said that there i are many of the colleges in America which admit such conditions. such colleges being colleges for women or 1 colleges where women are admitted. MT. Coolidge stresses in his article l the fact that for fostering strong anu loyal opinions dependence is largely placed upon the home, the press, the l pulpit and the school. And with the l increase in women's colleges and with equal suffrage in effect, wom- ans influence is becoming stronger than ever and the instruction she re- ceives at school, and later at col llege, is very important matter.
 
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