Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-21

would have wiped out lHe WiioiS
first American army or l,zoV'Voo
men. ,
Decidedly. war isn't what it used
to be. 1t is small wonder that
peace advocates are suggesting That
the grammar school historians pay
up Ben Franklin, Columbus, Henry
| Ford and other famous folk whose
! claims to fame do not rest on their
fighting abilities.
Farther along in the school sys-
TEN the student gets anu
| he may learn something OF now anu
why the people of a nation pay FOR
great social disturbances. He may
learn that wars of conquest are ar
| ranged by men in power and fought
and paid for by everyday cltizens'
But the little grammar school as
tory book, with its dashlng heroes
in uniform may have colored the
whole life of the boy by that time.
1t is in the colleges that youth
begins to form conscious opinions
about the ethics and necessity of
warfare. In this country there has
been no striking outburst of youth
since the war comparable to that
in Germany. The sense of repreS-
sion there was so strong that when
the chance came for greater free
dom the reaction was violent, and
the much talked of free youth
movement started.
Great Britain, like Germany, has
a free youth movement, in which
all those concerned call one another
comrade. But there the project is
on a smaller and less intense scale.
The members of the comrade cir
cles and guilds meet weekly for lee
lures, debates, and sports.
In this country the reaction OF
youth to the war has been still less
obvious. A study of colleges here
shows that students seem to be TAX
ing more serious interest in inter-
national questions. And some groups
of students are interested in the
various peace organizations.
What Colleges Arc Doing
The National Council for Reduc-
ton of Armaments wrote a letter
to colleges all over the country ask
ing each what it is doing to further
the cause of better international I'M
Outstanding. Out of 200 answers
Received only twenty-seven colleges
reported that they were not inter-
ested in the proposition. Most of
the others described classes in inter-
national relations, student groups
NtA1lO outl autollollo Wtlc dlStdoStb
or scholarships for foreign study..A
few said that they had no funds Tor
courses or scholarships but express
ed q hope that mean would be
found to give their students some
understanding of the economic. So
ciai, and political conditions of the
modern world.
International exchange of stu
dents, popular of late years, is be-
ing used to further understandings
between different countries. The
National Student Forum. an oryani-
zation of college students, is now
raising a Joan of SO, 900 among cole
lege boys and girls in order to bring
eight student leaders from Euro
pean universities to this country for
a year. These students will visit
the colleges of this country to ex-
change ideas and attend classes.
Leaders Of the young serious
thinkers say hat youth has come
into its own as a vital factor in The
progress of the world" They quote
Sir James Barrie's recent statement
that college students have more in
| common with the youth of other ma
tons than with the older genera
tons at home. This is encouraging
to the peace advocates. They hope
that the greater fraternalism OF
youth which has arisen since the
war. will not be forgotten when the
students become workers and set
tied heads of families.
The National Council for reduc-
ton of Armamepts and similar or
CARNATIONS in Europe are DEF "
mined that>the people shall not for
get the European War Eacn year
the anniversary of its outbreak is
being marked by "No-More-War''
demonstrations, and each year the
demonstrations spread to new coun-
tries. Last year 200 cities of Ger
many and France adopted the idea,
and this year ten nations If Europe
and seventeen states in this coun-
try are planning to remember the
war on July 20 and 80.
Over night, posters with NO
More-War" in staring letters will
spring up all over the cities and out
into the countryside. There will be
mass meetings and relay process
ions. In Washington, the President
will be bombarded with a steady
stream of messages from. people and
organizations who want to show
their enthusiasm for peace.
BY impressing their slogan each
year organizations hopo that the