The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-17
Politics, People, Persiflage
Comment on Subjects in Which, You
May or May Not Be Interested. About
People You Know and Ought to Know

By BRYAN MACE

! The King OF the bolsheNtki is in town.
| He has no regard for other peoples
property, and appropriates anything he
! happens to fancy that belongs to others.
Although he has been in Pensacola less
than twenty-four hours, he has already
begun to indulge his destructive fancy.
! Boarding house keepers have turned him
into the street, refusing to give him
shelter, but Pensacola is a cosmopoli
tan city and no matter what views one
may hold, there are persons here who
will accept the teachings. therefore this
bolshevfk king has found cordial re-
ception here. His age is two years, and
( he is my son.
That editorial in Sundays Journal on
| the subject of The Spiritual Side Of
the State University has caused more
comment, favorable and urlfavorable,
| than anything that has appeared In The
Journal under it's present management.
This comment shows conclusively that
editorials, when dealing with subjects
| that the people are interested in. are
very generally read in the territory
Iwhere The journal circulates.
1t is very gratifying to have so many
readers go to the trouble Of calling US
|up on the phone and say that the edt-
torial was full of merit, and on the other
lhand we feel eonipIinfented when those
who disagree with The Journal are
friendly and straightforward enough
to call the office and express their opin-
ions.
| The strange thing to me is that any
one could find fault with the arguments
set forth in the editorial 1t was de-
lmocracy, straightforward honesty, and
asking that every student be given all
Of the facts about the different denoTni-
Cd
complete.
When the people begin to think in
ldependentIy; when they are able to
eliminate the truth from the unsound
teachings. then this prejudice in relig-
ious circles will come to an end. 1t is
a little learning that has always, and
ever will be, a dangerous thing.
The editorial of Sunday recalls an in
cident that occurred during the time ]
was secretary of the State Board of Con%
troll, which board has charge of the in
/ stitutions of higher learning. Some
mothers had gained the impression that
Dr. Bethany, professor of sociology and
! political economy at the Florida State
College for Women. was teaching eVoiu-
| ton, socialism and many other isms that
seemed to the fond mothers to be en-
tirely out of keeping with what they
sent their daughters to school to learn.
When the matter was brought to the
attention of the Board Of Control it was
a very greatly enlarged story. They
said DR. BelIan1y was teaching the stu
dents that there is no God, that either
science or the Bible was q lie, and that
he didn't believe science was guilty.
4 special meeting Of the board was
called TO make a compiete investigation.
THE members were incensed to think
| such a man was a member Of the fac
ulty. DR.. Conrad was called into the
meeting and asked about the profess
scr, and he readily said he felt that DR..
| Bellamy was a man consecTated to his
duty, and that he had found no oeea sion
flor complaint.
Then the board sent for DR.. Bellamy.
and without any warning as to why he
was being brought into conference with
the board. he was asked about what no
had been teaching. One member Of the
board asked him whether he taught
socialism, and he Immediately replied
that he did. and added that ne also
taught every other political doctrine
that his students would not be educated
unless they understood all Of the politi-
cal isns. you need not have any fear
from the educated women of the coun
try. It is only the partially educated
that cause trouble he said. OF course.
the board kept him.
Some very sincere and good men and
women cannot understand that other
people can entertain different views and
still be honest.
Pensacola is 20 have poultry show
i this fall, but sorne Of the niftiest chick
ems won't be on exhibition.