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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
West Virginia's Trouble

In his testimony in the West Viz
ginia treason trial Governor Nor
gan made the extraordinary admis-
sion that private government,
whose army consists of the notorious
mime guards exists in his state.
and that though opposed to it he is
poWerless to end it.
If this condition exists it would
seem that the treason prosecution
should be against the organizers and
malntaincrs of this private govern
ment rather than against the citi-
Zens of the state who went on the
warpath to suppress it. 1t is some
thing new in Jurisprudence for it to
be rated reasonable offense to
insist by acts that the only kind Of
government is one publicly owned
and controlled
The platform on which the Gov
ernor was elected pledged the adop-
ton of measures to end the niue,
guard system. Why has the pledge
not been kept? Why. instead, are
there proceedings against the men,
bers of an expedition which bears
resemblance to a posse comitatus?
Il appears that the march toward
Mingo County did not occur until
after the Governor, acknowledging
essentially that private government
had been set up, had written that he
was poWerless to abolish it.
What West Virginia. with respect
to both its property interests and its
personal rights, apparently needs is
a re-estabhshment Of old Fashioned
American law, with government
solely in the hands of duly elected,
responsible public agents.
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The Russo-Gcrman Menace

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: For several years, in season
and out Of season, have preached the
old truth that no war which is inter
fered with and interrupted and not al
lowed TO be fought out to it's logical
conclusion ever results in peace 1t
has to be fought out later. Mr. Will
son interfered with the tghting-
through OF the German war He brought
about an jnconclusive peace. He es-
tablished an impossible gauge for
human affairs. All OF which has been
done many times before in TIL. world
and mas never been successful.
Had the German war been permitted
10 be fought out, the German army an
initiated, actual punishment for the
wrongs Germany had committed been
suffered by her-the entire outlook
would have been changed. 4 beaten
Germany could not have stricken
hand, with the Russian Socialists 1t
was infallibc that they would adhere
together unless thew were each rem
dered so power}ess that their adher-
ence would have been. to their own ap-
probation, so pitiablv weak in result
and 80 directly invocative of chastise-
ment that they would not have dreamed
Of INDUCING in it. Through that, sut
hcient time would have elapsed before
they could have respectively recruited
!,
to form other political, social and eco
nomic affiliations than with each other
Thereby the world would have earned
it. due period Of rcpose from war
But, a. matters stand. an inclusive
warm that the adversary was not
thoroughly defeated nor his militant
spirit crushed-being all that the
Allies were permitted to attain to. it
follows irdubitably that the CON
clusion of the war must be fought. and
that presently. Personally. am well
satisfied that this Russo German al
lance should have come into the open
at this particular conjuncturc The
warning is timely. prompt and should
be suflclent. Lloyd George ha,
brought it about whether he intended
to or not, Through his acts Russia
and Germany have been flung together;
to make common cause for common
need, against the rest of Europe.
Also France is now justified Of her
works before the world and the pro-
German and socalistc attacks on
Frances defensive policy are shown to
haye been either the blatant cry of the
stupid "humanitarians" or else the
venomous suggestions of the socialists.
In a sense, the 6ecks have been cleared
for action; which can now take place
in the open.
CHARLES STEWART DAWSON.
New York. April %, 1922
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Passion for the "Nem"

Is there not especially an eNaggera-
ton in the spirit called progressive"
which, in this country. is such a pro
ductive force and through which we
may inject new vigor into our spirits
and minds at need? The word new"
mas a sort Of magic prestige. have
often heard sung the virtues of sew
cral "entirely new systems of educa-
ton which would surely overturn all
present conceptions, and in the pro-
spectus Of certain progressive schools"
where these "neW methods" are put
into practice I took rather ironic and
satanic pleasure in pointing out many
phrases which came from certain
jean jacques Rousseau who wrote
about 1852
This passion for the "new' may lead,
In education. to hasty improyising, for
which the children. after all, will have
to pay and perhaps to suffer. Certain
ly | do not desire for you the rigidity
Of the French organization, where a
uCZen years are necessary TO introduce
the most harmless novelty. but some
times wonder whether we seek in this
country to derive from the good old
traditional methods, tested by time and
by results, all possible profit before
launching upon new adventures. Alas!
it is again the timid Frenchman speak
ing, the stayat-home Freedman, who
from time to time can produce a reyo-
luton, but who, in the interval trem
bles al the very idea Of change, Of the
unexpected and of the new.
Yes, he feels bit old fashioned
your Frenchman, in the midst OF the
thousand activities which fill the life
Of your colleges and schools. | have
| already told you all the good qualities
which I see in them, especially then
excellence for the development OF re
spon.bility and initiative among youn.
people. | pity the children OF France
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aggression" cannot be halted by
the league because it does not con-
stitute war and is authorized by the
same convention which created the
league. Viewed in this light the
aggression compact is not so
much an attempt to supplement
the league covenant as to break
down the reparation section of the
Versailles Treaty. 1t seeks to de
stroy the one genuine sanction be
hind the peace settlement with
Germany.
AS a mere declaration of non
aggressive intentions the new COM
pact is superhuous. As surrepti-
tlous amendment Of the treaty It
would be dishonest and vicious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
The Happy Ducks

From The Chapbook)
1HHE happy ducks, whose life tell.
They have brook where they can
SAIL
Which winds and winds, as on they fare.
Past treats few ducks can know else-
where.
Past garden walls deep-mossed and mel
And harboring tepid slugs they swallow
With JOY closed eyes, then on their heads
They stand in varied waterweeds-
White star-howered weed that sure mus.
taste
like comfits for a maids guest,
And long persuasive weed that flows
In ripples smooth TO stroke their toes:
Beneath bridge so tiny made
In size it seems designed to shade
Three sleepy ducks rather than be
Walked on by folk the size of me.
Then where two willow~rows contain
The stream in leaves, like lovers lsus.
Through which they vanish from my svas
In distant fields marked checker -wise
With dykes, just near enough to show
The banks are lowered through which
they go.
How dull the ducks must be, what foo.x.
That live in wards and az aona0t ronlsf
CAMILLA DOYLE,
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M. Carey Thomas

An unusual tribute to an unusual
personality is the NJ. Carey Thomas
prize, announcement Of which has
lately been made.
The prize is being established by
the alumn@ of Bryn Mawr in honor
Of the retiring president, and will
take the form of gift Of $4,000
awarded every few years to some
American woman who has achieved
eminence. No one kind Of eminencc
will be preferrcd-the degree Of dis
tinction, whether in science. art or
public life, will be the point consid-
cred, Miss Thomas herself and
Miss Marion Park, Bryn Mawr's
president-elect. arc among those who
will be asked TO serve as a Jury of
award.
Bryn Ma"r opened in 1885. From
that day to this NJ. Carey Thomas,
dean until 1894 and since then presi-
dent, has been the soul of the in
Stltution --- in fact, her name and
that of the college have seemed in
separable. The early years were
great adventure. Bryn Mawr flew
in the face of convention by starting
out with faculty composed largely
Of young men-a wild and danger
GUS experiment, it was thought. \
1irst-rate graduate school was estab-
lished; Woodrow Wilson, jacques
Loeb and Paul Shorcy were among
the professors of the early years.
There were resident and European
fellowships - prizes hitherto unob-
tainable by women anywhere.
Miss Thomas's ideas Of discipline
we're new and strange. Student
selfg government, the honor system
in examinations, chapel attendance
not compulsory -- all these notions
were highly unorthodox. The presi-
dent Of Yale, when he heard what
was under way. gave Miss Thomas
two years in which to close the COL
lege. But the college prospered.
And Miss Thomas did not become
more cautious as time went on. She
was keenly interested in the political
as well as the educational advance
ment of women. While the suffrage
club of Nassar was holding clandcs-
tine meetings off the campus suffrage
was the gospel at Bryn Mawr, and
Miss Thomas's enthusiastic espousal
Of the cause did much to strengthen
it among college women throughout
the country. The latest Bryn Mawr
experimenting Summer School for
Women Workers in Industry-is a
product Of the presidents invention.
The form of tribute chosen by the
alumna symbolizes Miss Thomas's
faith in the powers of women-pow-
ers which in many cases lie dormant
because of the lack Of public ap-
probation and public reward.
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lgencc, but gifted with an excellent
during few critical days. has. after
all, nearly "a much chance Of sue
ceedlng as-and often better chance
than-the active minded. original. ar
tlstlc young man, endowed with a less
mechanical and certain memory.
In come cases this tendency assumes
an extreme form before which my
French mind is absolutely stupened I
am thinking of the new type Of exam
nation adopted in some colleges "a
Large sheet on which are written a
hundred or more questions. The stu
dent is invited to read these questions
and to answer merely by putting a
plus y or minus & sign in the
margin, { y IF the statement is cor
rect; g II the statement is false;
at the top Of the examination a Sc
we're warning: DO not waste your time
wrrting.' That is TO say, if by chance
you have an idea, if you have the i'm
prudence to think TINT there arc state
ments which are neither absolutely dor
rect nor absolutely false; il, while TAX
ing an examination in the course on
contemporary civilization, you are not
ready to decide by CD or C-) whether
"the chicken has at the start the ad-
vantage over the human or whether
"all men are created equal in mental
ability" you will risk a complete fail
uro! Is there not there slight exag-
rpratjon'
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
Seniors Who Mean Business

Eleazar Wheelock, who started
Dartmouth College in a log cabin
eighteen feet square, with twoscore
Of Indians for his student body,
would be interested in the voca-
tlonal plans of members of the
present senior class. Most of the
men about to be graduated intend
to use their training at Wheelock's
school for the savages as step
ping stone to business careers. It is
the same in ali the colleges. AS Pres
ident Rea Of the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn has pointed out in connection
With railroading, they are college
men who as rule are making good
in trade, finance and industry.
Law and medicine still hold their
own in Hanover, as elsewhere; there
is no lack Of good material for these
professions. There will be fifteen
chances of Rufus Choate, if not
Of Daniel Webster. to every one
of Henry Ward Beecher The
ministry is not attracting a great
number of college graduates. Only
five Of the Dartmouth seniors will
enter the pulpit. Yet a primary
purpose of New England college
founders was to bring up preachers
A sponsor Of Harvard wrote: Zone
of the things we longed for was to
advance Learning and perpetuate it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
Nothing in Excess

Without speaking Of athletics, how
many things there are to take their
time and thought outside Of the plain
business Of learning! Hours wasted,
energy consumed, concentration rem
dered impossible on the very subject of
their studies the illusion sometimes
That they are men more than they
really area too natural temptation to
think that studies can wait for other
more important and more interesting
activties-these are some Of the
things which please me less than the
excellent institutions or practices
which NAV be their cause ! should
like to see the old maxim--ne quid
minis nothing in excess engraved
in all places where "outside activities"
are performed-everywhere, except on
the walls Of libraries, where it is not
necessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
Song Of Praise for Not Being
Poet
HENRY BELLAAI

IRON Tho Neo FeD45..c)
HAVE heard fountains singing in he
grass;
] have seen rainbows thrilling TO the
sun;
have felt south winds dancing as they
All Joy is one
| have touched heaven radiance with
have drunk earths brown vintage win
a tree
have plucked splendors where he
lightnings are
Beauty is free,
have chased angels on sea gull.
wing;
l have learned laughter from The spin
ing spheres;
Yet I. who am no poet, need not sing
Or care who hears'
All. happy is the owner Of the sky
Who is not exiled by the flaming sword
To seek the phrase that paints i iii
he die
Slav OF the Word
ANNE OHARE MCCORMICK.
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to Posterity; dreadng to leave an
illiterate Ministry to the churches
when our present Ministers shall lie
in the dust
1t is easy for boy to make up
Lis mind what he doesn't want to
10, but harder to decide what he is
best fitted for. In Dartmouth 20 are
siXty-three men still on the fence.
"Tho advantage Of college cdu-
cation" nobody nowadays questions,
but it's not the simplest problem to
translate it into something specific
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
A Week of Verse
Spring Song
fhNor fsaioh
FROM The Fycco,1,,. ,

w no IS this that cometh with dyed
garments, leaving CLEANS
of purple on the hills and in the streams.
Deep chalces?
ms that is glorious in apparel uea,,;,,x
dreams
OF far kings palaces,
Co. set Waterman; Jet him noz, decla..
Who rdeth on the air!
mere grew 3 nnurmur when the nigh.
vas late.
" 70" who are the Lords rerncnbrancers
And stand upon the gate.
What banner stirs?
Who has considered now the arcions
days,
AND come upon our darkened vavs
with CLINT Of gold maid by great
Artificers?
What mighty restoration hath
Set these fair colors on the barron 7,..r
III
Now get you up into the mountain you
that bring
Good tidings; lift your voice and sfry
You that have seen
His arm revealed
By every Hill and field,
whose planting this hath been.
sing for acceptable the year reeurnesa,
And His salvation as lamp thss
buruetb
Makes the waste places plain.
Sing for again,
BY trees regenerate and on hallowed
grass,
Inc ransomed Of the Lord shall pass.
ANNE GOODWIN WINsrOW.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
Marsh Pools

(Front Poct,y)
A ND now know
Where are those stars
That slip like jewels
Between the nights
Most jealous fingers
At dusk I found them.
Where the marsh had hidden them.
In D. silver pocket
OF her gray-green gown!
FRANCES DICKINSON PINDER-
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who do not enjoy these privileges.
But ! cannot help thinking that here
we have not only the necessary but
the supcrhuous. 1t seems to me that
the outside activitics'' arc multiplied
for the students and school pupils to
an unreasonable extent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30
A Long Emergency

(Fron, The Indianapolis NeusJ
Some people are beginning to wonder
how many extensions of the emergency
immigration law it will take to make
it regular immigration law.
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A Large Order
fFron The Boston Herol

fFrom The Boston Herold)
About the biggest job at present
on the Atlantic seaboard is the max
ing Of New York safe for New
Workers.
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y.s tsa puroha,c merchandise advertised In The
.,,nuNc VITA absolute Ssfet-tor il d,ssstsfac-
Z. -,suI;s IN any case THE TRIBUNE euarsn-
~ IA oay .oar money hack Hpon request Mo red
- Nc 1Iibbluq We refund promptly Il the
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apparently matters not that each one
Of tho terms TO be added is totally diff
ieront from the others. The essential
thing is that the numerical require
mcnt be satisfied
OF course, this is not true every
whore, of every college and every
SCHOOL, but it is certainly the impress
sion that the French visitor. in his
rapid and superficial observation. re
ceives and takes away. 1t seems to him,
Furthermore, that there is a somewhat
excessive faith in marks and grades,
averages and Standards The pupil
seems infinitely more preoccupicd with
the mark obtained than with tho real
value of his work so far as | have
been able to Judge, in all your schools
written work is marked rather than
corrected for the reason that it is only
the mark which is really important.
Hence there is tendency to Judge the
value Of a pupil less by his effort, by
the real activity Of his mind by the
personality which his work reveals,
than by the conformity Of his work to
.tc,st 81 ,orl Il
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The foUo'cing paragraphs arc tndtr
from a recent itctiuc ut Sanders The
nfer. Cambridge, pNbllshod in "Thc Hor-
rord Alumni Bulctm.' The author IS
assistant professor OF French literature
at Harvard.
Organization" and "cffic}cncy"-
these two words dazzle at first The
French teacher. accustomed to this sort
of laisser-fairc and Of casy-goinc ways,
which during the war were at the
same time the amusement and the
anger of your officers and Of YOUR sol
dicrs, notices quickly here that your
machinery works with perfection that
he had never known nor imagined But
ne cannot escape the impression that
the machine itself sometimes assumes
an importance somewhat too great and
that something Of the automatic and
Of tho mechanical enters into the whole
Of education. "Systom," "cf1icicncy' arc
words at the same time admirable and
dangerous - admirable because they
signify organization Of human activity
tor the greatest OUTPUT: dangerous be
cause they risk arouenc among some
a blind faith in what arc in reality
nothing but external signs.
Tests. Test, Tests
Of that in different domains feel
1t in the almost limitlcss confidence
that is willingly given to anything that,
IN pedagogical methods, has scientific
appearance and swing. Tests, statistics.
charts. standards Of different kinds, are
the fashion. perhaps to pass, like all
fas HONS. Intelligence tests, psycholoci-
cal tests OF all descriptions arc not
only subjects of experiment. in the
laboratory, but daily practice in the
schools-at times q Procrustean bed on
which must lie these young beings who
deserve a better lot
am far from desiring to deny the
value Of such efforts, but once again !
feel timd, ! ask myself If all these
methods, all these experiments, have
advanced far enough beyond the stage
Of cropping about and of laboratory
research to Justify the prepondcranr
role which they seem to play in our
schools. And | thank fate for having
passed the age when they make us go
through all sorts of trials and tests
for having come before the day when
each lecturer will have to undergo
"mental test" before he is allowed to
speak.
receive a similar impression from
the tremendous role played here,
through out your system, by numerical
figures. expressions Of quantity and all
sorts Of mathematical values. A de-
gree means so many courses, a certain
amount Of credits, definite number
Of "hours' devoted to such and such
subject Doubtless in practical life, in
commercial life, one would not wish to
add up in the same column four sheep
five locomotives and two umbrellas;
one would be rather cmbarra ssed to
define the total thus obtained. In
education it appears that we do not
suffer from any such cmbarrassment;
| so much history, Slavic, music English,
| German, astronomy, social ethics,
geometry, military science and psychol-
ogy-provded that the desired total be
attained makes an excellent addition
whose result is labeled A. B. And it
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The Teachers Dilemma


In some cases tho situation seems to
be even more undesirable; ii is not
only the pupil who is Judged only on
the basis of "marks"-~t is also tho
teacher. The value of the class will be
determined according to the average Of
the marks obtained; the value of the
school according TO the general aver
age. Unfortunate is the teacher who
age and tho high standing of the school
TO be lowered at the same time by
giving too great a proportion Of severe
marks, even though they may be mer-
two criticisms: bad teaching or bad
markng-and he will indeed need cour-
age to suggest that poor scholarship"
on the part of the pupils may be re-
sponsible for the situation.
This state Of afairs-which perhaps
define poorly or Judge too harshly--
seems to result frequently in ar ex-
cessivc indulgence for the pupils work.
ana IHtle III u NtitdlH iliuoioi CoiCel IL
ing his personal worth, in a rather ex-
cessive optimism as to the results OBJ
tanned. have been told that "a"
means "perfect'; but | have the i'm
preston that this high mark is some
times given to things which are not
quite perfect. At least, plead guilty
for have given "a" myself under these
very conditions!
Must one attribute to this same ten
dency toward excessive organization, to
this same faith in mechanical and ex-
terror means, the fact tht mny exam
nations, for almost all the degrees
are conducted in a manner which at
first disturbs our French habits, mar
row traditions and peculiarities We
have been accustomed to answering q 8
students, and to giving, as professors,
questions in which pure memory played
only secondary role. and in which
personal intelligence, insight, skill in
discussion, composition and exposition
were the essential factors Of success
1t seems to me on the contrary that
here, in the majority of cases, the
memory and still more the rapid func.
tionng of the memory form the prn-
cpa object sought. The proportion OF
correct and incorrect answers decides
the mark" A boy of almost no intel
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o 20 set Waterman; let him nov declare
Who ridett on the air,