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The New York herald., 1922-04-23
College Students Earnest,
Only 1OPer Cent. Fail in Work
: DEAN EDWARD ELLERY
OF Union College.

work. Here is a form OF extra cur
riculum activities that gets no public
ity and yet II is a most important part
OF undergraduate life. When talking
about the time wasting undergrad
yates why doesn't the university
president tell the public in the same
utterance about the students who
don't waste time?
know the college undergraduate Is
no saint-meaning by that he Is not
perfect. Who is? I know he is no
genius. But there never have been
many such. know there aren't many
Of him who rank high. But there
aren't many high ranking men in any
circle OF life.
Business Men Approve.
Where do the universities get their
graduate students? Where do enor-
nous business houses turn for their
intelligent officers and technical men?
Where do great banking institutions
recruit their ranks OF foreign and do
mestic service? What class OF young
men does the largest oil company OF
the world seek for high positions I'm its
home and foreign offices? Can IL be
that hard headed business men con-
tribute their millions that colleges may
turn out now-nothlngs"? Where
did the Government get its officer ma
terial when IL had to create an army
over night? why do our leading
medical colleges require a college de-
gree for admission and others at least
two years OF college training? Why
does tho American Bar Association
recommend similar action by the law
schools OF the country?
These questions and others like
them the public should ask the critic.
and since he appears to know so much
about the college boy the critic should
answer.
You are wrong. Mr.. Inventor. In
your Judgment OF tho undergraduate.
He may not be able TO answer your
questions about Timbuctoo. copra and
brachiopod. but he knows some things
very well--hc can help you invent a
new lamp and he'll get the product
on the market for you.
Your are wrong, Mr.. College Profess
sor Of the middle West in your judg-
mcnt of the college boy. lie Is no
great student of the classics. either
ancient or modern. But he recognizes
and appreciates and admircs your fine
scholarship. and some day he'll help
you materially in tho good work you
cre doing in keeping fine scholarship
alive.
Mr.. University President. the college
undergraduate Is not time wastcr.
He's a time user. fills every minute
with something. much Of II worth
while. lie is alive. intelligent. cou-
raxccus. progressive. trustworthy.
moral. In him Is the hope OF the race.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Hostile Policies Mark
Conference Called to
Diagnose EurOpe's Ills

forced and European trade won't re-
vive If that happens. Therefore Ger
many must be given more time to pay
and the payments must be modified.
International exchanges will never be
stabilized as long as the mark con-
tinues to fall. Therefore it is neces-
sary to strengthen the mark by finan-
cial arrangements. Peace cannot be
guaranteed in Europe as long as the
Red army remains in being and while
under intense pressure from Fance
Germany is tempted to a military al
lance with Russia.
Therefore for the sake of peace it
is necessary to demobilize the Red
army in return for peace pact with
Poland, diplomatic recognition OF Rus
sia and economic aid. This is per-
fectly simple. But 1t Is almost i'm
possible owing to the conservative
press Of England beating up prejudice
and bespattering Lloyd George with
the mud of Bolshevism and his own
colleag Churchill the
most dangerous among them-leagued
with his political adversaries in propa-
ganda for vote catching. 1t is frankly
impossible If Barthou. as Poincare's
man at Genoa, walks out of the con-
ference on the slightest pretext and
proclaims the Versailles treaty as the
last word of faith, hope and charity.
Russians Would Demobilixe.
Meanwhile the Russian delegates
themselves propose to demobilize the
Red army provided there is general
disarmament in Europe and their from
tiers are guaranteed against aggres-
sion. Poland, Esthonia and Latvia
have already made a separate COM
pact with Russia on those lines-Po-
land breaking away from French guild
ance for the first time. But Barthou
repudiates the French agreement at
Washington based on fear OF the Red
army. Red army or no Red army,
France will keep her own forces at full
strength as an irresistible argument
against German attempts to escape in
IDENTITIES. Behind the scenes at the
Genoa conference the neutral States
are talking to each other, making bar
gains, and proposing resolutions which
will tend to isolate France and COM
pei Poincare to ally himself with more
liberal ideas for European reconstruc-
ton.
Behind the scenes also the Russian
delegates are talking frankly with men
of other nations who are surprised to
find them human and fairly reason
able. They, too, are in trouble be-
cause they made lies and dare not tell
all the truth too quickly. They have
abandoned all but the last shreds and
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

Along the shattered roads 30.S20 trees
have been replanted The telegraph
and telephone systems are as efficient
as before the war; there are even ten
post offices more than was the case
in 1918; railway communication is
similarly restored Not only are the
farms cultivated: their bestial is
again resuming it's former Importance.
There are II per cent. of cattle, 90
per cent. of horses, "A per cent. Of
sheep. AZ per cent. Of pigs. as COM
pared TO 1914.
Industry Leads Agriculture.
II anything, Industrial life is ahead
of agricultural. OF all the factories
destroyed "a per cent. are now again
In full operation, or would be We're
it possible to obtain the necessary
labor. Unfortunately. not only is II
actually lacking, but the operation Of
the eight hour day law seriously re-
dUces its output. Actually only 81 per
cent. of the pre-war workers are now
obtainable.
A similar state of things prevails In
the mines. Before the war the mining
districts covered $3.50 hectares, 1i3
pits being in operation and employing
34.044 miners, whose annual output
was 6,S13,761 tons. The production
has now again reached A per cent. of
the old total. while 30.694 miners are
employed. The mine owners reckon.
with characteristic optimism. that by
the end of next year the pre-war out
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

tatters OF Communism but must not
make concessions too quickly lest they
be disowned and overthrown by their
own political machine. They shrink
from an ultimatum brusquely ex-
pressed. They must educate their
party at Moscow and carry them fer
ward by degrees.
The Germans are listed to watch. In
their conference they cannot raise any
questions bearing on reparations. but
outside the conference they can talk
and talk and make clear to an i'm
partial mind that Germany cannot
bear all the war costs of all the Allies
any more than the victors could bear
Germany's.
French View Fixed.
The French delegates in the con-
ference raise their voices without stop.
Their point of view is fixed, unaltered
and unalterable. The peace OF Ver-
sailles must stand. They will not
abade the pressure on Germany. Rus
sia must 60 to the devil and stay
there. II necessary France will act
rope, supreme and invincible, to en-
force new penalties on Germany when
she avoids payment, as soon she must.
German weakness, not European pros
perity, is the first need in France and
the French people are not shedding
any tears because British trade is Ian
gushing. The appeal Of the Pope to
the nations of the world, in the opin-
ion Of France, is only one more proof
of the pro- Germanism of the Vatican.
'The best guaranty Of tranquility
said the Pope, Twill be found not in a
forest of bayonets. but in mutual con-
fidence and friendship"
Until the end of the world there can
be no confidence or friendship between
Germany and France, so at the Genoa
conference Barthou speaks with a for
est OF bayonets at his back and q CLINT
Is visible from afar in German eyes,
while the Russian representatives oner
disarmament and mass Red soldiers
closer to the frontier in case the offer
Is refused.
Is there not stuff for Shakespear-
can drama in all that clash Of pur-
pose? DO you not hear the laughter OF
the gods?
Yet out of all this conference, in
spite Of all those hostile views, there
will come, think. some great good
It is at least stock taking after the
war. Acts will be made known. Truth
will leak out. Men of all nations
staring each other in the eyes will see
there the reflection of fears which are
their own. Besides the chorus of the
press is a great audience, silent but
listening, of the worlds plain folk who
want plain settlement. Behind the
delegates of the nations there are the
nations. Behind the politicians there
are the peoples. Out of Genoa they
will learn the cause of their troubles
out OF that learning. soon or late
there will come new leadership and
new light.
| Copyright. 1929, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

! When a great inventor, himself not
college man, says in effect that the
undergraduate does not know anything,
the college officer forgives him on the
ground that the great inventor errs In
an unfamiliar field. Error is normal
when something new is being tried.
But when n college professor says tho
same thing and the president OF a
great university adds to 1t that the
undergraduate is a time wasting and
spineless club man 1t is high time that
0. host OF college officers arise and re-
| fute the criticisms. The occasional
undergraduate may be what these men
say he Is. but the great majority OF
him is something totally different
| is, in fact. quite admirable. have been
| teaching boys for thirty-two years,
college boys nineteen OF the thirty
| two. and ! do not recognize the por-
trait these unjust critics present TO
the public.
When a dean OF students reports
that 30 per cent. OF a student body
numbering 639 boys have met the re-
quirements of their various courses In
crcditable way (and these require
ments arc higher now, TO my per-
sonal knowledge. than they have been
in eighteen years., should the failure
OF 10 per cent. 90 meet the standard
be assumed to be typical of the whole? !?
Why emphasize IL at all?
who would judge a. man. an inst-
| tuition, a country or race by few
acts or cases or individuals?
Only small Per Cent. Lazy.
There arc in any group OF under
graduates some who are inadequately
prepared. mentally i'll adapted TO the
college environment. who are unin-
terested, indifferent, lazy. 1t would
hardly be normal community. hui
manly speaking. If such were not the
case. But l ask the public, before Il
accept the critics statement that
these fairly represent the college
world, TO go into the college library,
the many college laboratories, the pro-
fessor's home outside schedule hours.
and note the number Of students who
are doing extra work; not "makc-up"
work. required OF them to get or keep
certain standing. but work that Is
done because the student is Interested
and nthusiastic--wants to do more
than is required of him. Union has
such groups and in this respect Union
is no exception.
Union College has many undergrad
uate organizations OF an entirely ~
tclIectual character--its English Club,
it's Classical Club, its Engineering So
ciety. it's Radio Club. its Chemical
Society. These organizations are Of
ficercd by undergraduates and for the
most part their programs arc given by
undergraduates. II Is intellectual
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

ister OF INDUSTRIAL hecOnStruct1on, on
November is. 1918. only five days af-
ter the armistice, and they We're laid
down by him fortnight later when,
on December /, he addressed a meet
ing Of manufacturers at Roubaix.
Agriculture In Restricted.
Industry was, as matter of fact,
the easiest branch Of the problem to
be organized; having, indeed. had SUM-
cient experience during the war; Agri-
culture was slower and more difficult.
The farmer has at all times been an
individualist and a conservative, living
by himself and for himself and mis-
trusting new tangled ways that were
unfamiliar to his grandfather. Before
he could be properly modified for re-
construction he had very much to
learn in the way Of new methods, the
suppression Of old prejudices, the
Of property and the like. How sue
cessfully 1t was done is shown by the
fact that crops were already harvested
before the end of 1919; by 1920 there
was no more need to import cereals
into the former war desert districts;
by 1921 the east and north were again
exporting agricultural produce to the
other parts of France more fortunate
but less fertile.
Industry and agriculture were the
cruces Of the problem, commerce was
care OF itself. 1t had the amplest ex-
cuses for high prices In the general
disorganization Of transport and what
not. High prices accordingly it OBJ
tanned and from them all the capital 1t
required. So 1t was with private prop
erty; it's ruin-or temporary ruin
affected The, general prosperity to a
very much smaller degree. It was pos
sible then to concentrate the work of
reconstruction, after the general pub
lie facilities, upon farms and factories
and dwellings for the workers.
Damage Claims a Problem.
or the innumerable misunderstand-
ings and disputes which inevitably
arose the greater part came from the
assessment of claims for damages. A
man who has had his house or farm
or factory destroyed is likely to re-
gard the damage with wide eyes-it
means so very much more to him than
any one else can understand. So that,
in all honesty, when he is asked to
assess his losses he sets them down
at figure altogether exaggerated to
those less personally interested. Thus
in the Aisne Department the first es-
innate Of damage sustained was placed
as high as SO billions Of francs. Sub
sequent revaluations had\by 1921 re-
duced this figure to 6h billions In
1914 values. But in spite Of this very
potent source OF disagreement quite
outstanding progress has been made
in the considering and deciding OF
these claims Thus in the Nord De-
partment l,024,000 claims were sub
mitted for q total amount of 11,27O
millions. BY December 81, 1920, 220.-
900 OF these had been considered and
in most cases settlement reached
By the following June the figure had
risen to $4,000. And as the more in
tricate cases are cleared out of the
way this pace is increasing, so that
the Prefect OF the department has
publicly expressed his hope that all
may have been considered by the end
OF the present year, though this seems
rather a case of the wish being father
to the thought.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

or the British regime, TO listen to the
most seditious talk about 1t and then
to sit with Governors of provinces and
with the Ministers of State and get
their angle Of vision. In Allipore Jail
in Calcutta l enjoyed nearly two hours
confidential talk with G. A. Das, the
great Bengal leader Of the extremists
and not long afterward I sat in the
legislative council, watching the law
makers for forty millions of people at
their work.
I'm Delhi listened for two weeks to
the debates in the legislative Assem-
bly, and held converse with members
of every faction in 1t. I talked with
rajahs and maharajahs and went with
collectors and subdivisional officers
into villages, and there, through the
local officer, asked questions of the
assembled villagers. Into courts high
and low, into offices OF collectors and
commissioners. wherever government
touched the people, there / pried, in
the Eope that I might learn for my
self the facts in the strangely COM
plex problem of Indian politics.
Masses of India Stirred.
"Of India, the great continent, with
its many races, religions, castles, with
its varied climates, soils and products.
lifetime does not suffice to gain full
ness of knowledge, but If there Is
value In survey of a moment when
political agitation had touched the
masses sof Indian people for perhaps
tie first time in their long history, 1t
may not be overbold to assume that
results were worth while,' he said.
Prof. Van Tyne believes it would be
unfair to himself. and to both the
Indians and the British to give his
judgment on what he saw in his study
OF India, except through magazine
articles, where details of his survey
may be given in all their complete
ness, and where ramifications of each
subject may be gone into rather ex-
haustively.
Believes I'm Sincerity OF sMahatma,
OF Gandhi. TIE great non-coopera-
tive. non-violence leader who was re-
Gently jailed for his anti-British ac-
tivities. he said: II met and talked
with Candhi many times. He is a
man whom I believe to be profoundly
sincere in his every act and spoken
word. but his idealism makes 1t very
difficult for the Government to deal
with Kim"
Gandhi was arrested after Prof.
Van Tyne had sailed away from India.
But the arrest was anticipated, and
the possible results OF such action on
the part of the empire had been freely
and openly discussed throughout India
for weeks before Gandhi was taken.
There were men in India then who
thought that Gan5hi's arrest would
mean an immediate uprising in India.
but there were others who were
equally positive that if he were ar
rested and their leader gone his fol-
lowers would shortly collapse" Prof.
Van Tyne said, and he commented
upon the fact that the world outside
india has not yet learned what ac-
tually followed i'm the wake of the
great leaders arrest
ut is but natural that strict CEN
sorship would be maintained regard
ing any news deemed undesirable. but
by this time. even granted tho severe
censorship. IL would seem that some
news would have gotten through In
some way and found itself into the
newspapers OF the world. IT is all a
closed book, so far as I have been able
to learn"
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Gandhi's Thorough Sincerity
Is Cause of Trouble in India,
Says Professor at Michigan
Special Dispatch to THE New YonK HmALp.
ANN AnpoR Mich Anril %.

Special Dispotch to TIE NEW YoRK HmALp.
ANN ARBoR. Mich, April %.
Prof. Claude II. Van Tyne, head of
the department Of history at the Uni
versity OF Michigan. has returned from
India, where he went in November upon
the invitation of the Indian Govern
ment to make a study of India's re-
Gently created native legislative AS
sembly. The invitation came to Prof.
Van Tyne through Alexander Freder-
ick Whyte, former member Of the Brit
ish Parliament, who is now, as he was
at the time he extended the invitation,
president Of the Legislative Assembly
of India.
1t was in fulfillment of Mr.. Whyte's
desire that some American historian
or political scientist might study on
the spot the development of the new
system that the invitation was ex-
tended to Prof. Van Tyne. Mr.. Whyte
felt that 1t would be not only of great
value to the British to have the candid
comment OF genuine political student
on the situation, but at the same time
it would serve to inform the American
public as to how far India has gone in
the direction OF self-government.
'Fine Opportunity for study
This unique situation in India,
without a parallel in the history of the
world; the opportunity to study that
new creation by the British Govern
ment of the Indian Legislative Assem-
bly,, together with the promise OF a
friend that every door in India would
be open to me. tempted me to go and
study the situation for myself, and /
am very glad that did so," said Prof.
Van Tyne. an hour after his return to
his home.
He had spent four months in Delhi,
the new capital of India, and he had
found, as he was promised. that every
Indian door at which he knocked was
opened to him and that people with
all views of the situation talked freely
with him, their excuse for doing SO
being that he was an American and
all types in India seemingly wanted
America to know the Indian situation
as IL really exists.
But even now that he Is back from
the quest. and even though he admits
that he is we'll satisfied with the sur
vey he made, Prof. Van Tyne will not
talk freely of the Indian situation,
though he did declare his belief In the
Government of India act. which he
was called to India to study.
while this act Is unsatisfactory to
the radicals, It seems to an outside OBJ
server to contain a possible solution
OF the problem of giving India self
government" he said But very
shortly, through the Atlantic Monthly,
Prof. Van Tyne will give at length his
Impressions OF the India he studied
under the excellent opportunities ex-
isting for him and OF the conditions
obtaining there.
Met Gandhi ana Reading.
The Indian Legislative Assembly he
calls IN parliament in embryo" While
there he was given opportunity to talk
with representatives of all points OF
view. from "Mahatma" Gandhi. whom
he calls the greatest of Indian lead
ers,' to Lord Reading. the viceroy Of
India. In describing his unique posi-
tion there he said:
1T was my privilege to sit at the
council table with the bittcrest enemies
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
ny LAURENCE HILLS.

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1922, By THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. April 22. !
The question Is often asked. What
exactly is the present condition Of
devastated France? It is by no
means an easy question to answer,
even for those who have been there
to study the question for themselves.
The visitor to the still dreary wastes
round Thiepval or La Boiselle in the
Somme country, might well believe
that nothing at all has been done.
On the other hand, If he inspected the
progress that has been made in some
Of the factory districts of the Nord,
for instance, and saw the busy hives
of industry where so recently was
nothing but chaos. he might equally
we'll believe nothing was left to do.
Actually. OF course, neither impression
is correct; to get anywhere near the
truth We have to accept the evidence
of the much abused statistics.
That very much as been done-and
very much remains to do--is the first
thing the statistics show us. How
much we may realize by considering
the official reports on any of the most
shattered districts-that round Pc
rome for instance. When the armis-
tice came. in November. 1913, there
was chaos and nothing else. Here are
two sets of figures dealing with the
district, the first showing the progress
made to July 1, 1920, the second to
October 1, 1921.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Marshall are
receiving congratulations upon the
arrival of fine baby boy. Mrs. Mar
shall is at the Beebe Hospital.
Mrs. Robert j. Walton, Jr., enter
tanned the Bridge Club last week at
her home. Miss Theodocia Marshall
won the first prize and Mrs. Ethel
Marshall won the second.
Charles D. Beebe and wife were
called to Wilmington suddenly on ac-
count of the illness of Mrs. Beebe's
mother.
B. G. Pratt, of New York City, was
a town visitor during the week. Mr..
Pratt is interested in apple raising in
Sussex county.
Handy M. Long who is employed in
fredericksburg, Mr., spent the weekend
with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Primrose, of
indianapolis, Ind, are visiting Captain
and Mrs. Clinton Long here.
Miss Ruth Pierce is visiting in Will
mington, Philadelphia and Ocean
Gates, N. J.
Napoleon B. Register who has been
spending few days in Philadelphia
has returned.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-03
MILLVILLE

Mrs. Henry Culley and daughter, EN-
lily, who have been spending some time
with Mrs. Culley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Dale, returned to their home in
Newark.
Mrs Clara West and aunt, Mrs. Clara
Williams, spent one day last week in
Milford.
Master Charles Steele and Miss Helen
Lezites have been on the sick list.
George Torbert who has been spend
ing some time in Dover with his uncle
William Torbert, has returned to the
home of his sister, Mrs. Clinton Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Tunnel of
Georgetown were in town on Friday.
George H. Townsend is having a Willys
light plant installed in his home.
There will be basketball game Friday
evening, February 8. Lord Baltimore high
school against Milton high school on the
formers floor Admission Csc.