The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-30
SMALL MINORITY
,.,nopt stase lhTars
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DR.F.H. GID0INGS
Forum Speaker Believes PROCESS
Depends on Thinkers
NEED MORE COOPERATION
Less Extravaganza by Employer
Who Maintains Wage Cuts
Is Necessary
FKE MR


Or. Franklin II. Giddings professor
socio ogy and history OF ciYili5ar
tion In Columbia University, was the
Forum speaker last evening. A splen-
did AID ence practically filed tho
aud to,ium OF the Baptist church. and
was greatly interested In the address
upon Democracy and War" AS In
the o,her Forum meetings most Of
the people remained throuGh the
question and discussion period.
Dr. Gddings began by asking IL
these uew experiments Of man 90
ho, Gully begun are to yield us peace
or give us war. We are not as hope
ful nov az We were about recon.
,truction. We are going through D
per Od OF disillusloning. Many ara
skeptiCa AS to certain proposals.. We
may De- sure there Is no alchemy TO
secure golden conduct from leaden
human nature.
There is no assurance that mera
good intentions will give us peece.
Most wars do not grow out OF "cusssd-
ness but out OF misunderstanqings
and liability 10 get next to your
neI bcr There is no way OF pre-
venting var except through mind.
ability TO understand, wisdom. Only
as ee know more shall we solve these
problems These tangled affairs
must be looked into not by persons
Who want TO see what is right. by
scatmenta'ists and theorists, but by
PERSONS who have the diligence to
understand what is right. r Righteous
ness IS not a simple matter at all.
Dr. Giddings then raised tho qpe%
ON as to how competent a,e C-f
maTies OF the people 70 deal WI
these matters Of war and peace.
The intelligence test of the milliol
and a half who we're drafted into the
army representing fairly ali sections
OF i1o country throws a flood Of light
upon this matter We ehou d remem.
Der this was not an educational test
but one of intelligence or 'gumption-"
'It revealed native brain power.
These are gnifcant figures. For.
tyuine per cent Of the drat,l men
were o trlfle over 19 years 10 montal
age Only % per cont were VI su.
perior Intelligence. AZ to the grade
If q good civil engineer or good
pract toner Of medicine or good all
round lawyer-how many could
qua 'ify9 On Y per cent were intel-
.igeut enough for that sort Of thing.
Dr. Gidd ngs held that 1t was per
! fccty certain If We are to laye sue
cessfll democracy the great masses
| Il the people have got to tako guid.
ance and direction from capable
small minority. The shaping up of
, .hings must be effected by persons
who have brains. intelligence, clever
ness the best sense of the word.
Retormers have got to get cobwebs
1ut Of their brains Recent elections
in New York CITY and Boston t-low
! this
I In respect 10 the industrial situa-
ion cutting wages may be neceS-
sary. but at tho same time employers
nave got to dock their personal eX-
penses. There was never time
when there was more osirutatious
luxury than the present on tho part
af numbers Of tho rit;l and the ON
)loying class. This Is not consistent
with talk about reducing wages.
Good feeling cant be put over by
philanthropy. by providing welfare
institutions. or by the adoption OF
any palhatives. There ore 60 or 10
millions Of people that must be con-
vlnced they are being played tsir
with
1t was Or. Giddng's opinion that
men cf great ability IN industry and
2uancc wore for the most part hon
est and honorable and they should
have support LOYALTY and good viii
from the people But so many times
heso leaders fail In tact, They must
70 lust. They must take their share
f the losses setting an example IN
/ economy. They must convince tho
workers they are telling the 'rut5-
! They must have real sym qthy for
,hei, fellow men. not a m1a1fac
ured. drummed up eympathy
pr. GiddmEs. as other epealSers
The Forum course, believes that tho
way put all troubles industrial, In
| ternational Is throus'' conference and
mutual understanding But II we ara
10 approximate war'ess world wH
must strengthen the brain power and
improve tho character Of democracy.
Or. Emauuol stornhoim Of Boston
viii be the Forum speaker y sun
day evening al the meeting N III
the Second Congtegat- nal church.