Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-12

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The meeting was transferred to
s.e CONGREGATIONAL church In the
afternoon and the church was we'll
filled. President w. w. Atwood Of
Clark University, Worcester, Mass.
| speak. Np0A w
IN most instructive talk on eco.
nom'c conditions Of the world. Presi-
oent Atwood showed how the schools
OF this country might help to solve
the problems which confront us to-
uay. me speaker first told OF the
remarkable economic change in the
Cnited States in the past $50 years,
ana OF the growth OF our population
ano extension OF our occupied terri
.uy IN the United States until at the
present time all our resources arc
appropriated. He asked that all fix
IT IN their minds that he did not
mean exhausted" but simply that
the nation has become settled so that
man may not move his fence with.
out encroaching upon the land Of his
neighbor.
AT the same time we have been ex-
pending In the lines of science until
we are now greater per capita users
or natural resources than ever before,
For this reason we must conserve our
national resources.
| Other nations have been doing the
same thing and the population of the
world has increased until there is no
available land to take care of the in
crease. Thus the countries must find
another solution for caring for their
increased population and increased
consumption of national resources.
Great Britain, Germany and America
have already started this in their
most crowded districts, by manufac-
turing articles which they may sell
to the raisers of the food supply.
President Atwood said that because
or the similarity Of the economic
problems In the various countries and
because of the rapid methods Of COM
munication today. the world has be-
come an economic unit and because
OF this the United States will be
between foreign nations.
The countries of Europe speaking
different languages, are suspicious of
each other and since the war this
feeling has not subsidized. They are
all IN bad straits financially and Ger
many and France are especially bad
Off. The speaker said that the people
or Germany are in actual want and
that they have no ambitio, to try and
better themselves. In fact, they are
in such condition that it would not
be sufficient to cancel their debts to
US
Mr.. Atwood has recently returned
from Europe where he has been
studying conditions and has talked
with. many public men. The general
sentiment is that America can bring
these countries back to economic
prosperity by four things: First, they
desire that we have an official repre-
sentative at all conferences for the
moral effect that such q representa-
tive would be. Second, they desire
that the United States look into their
condition and make them loans with
which to start the work of retrench
ing. Third, they and this applies es-
pecially to the French. desire that we
guarantee them freedom from in
vasion by other nations. Fourth.
they want us to enter the League of
Nations. The war is still on and
these people are building up nation
alistic tendencies and petty prides
that will retard their attainment of
economic prosperity by 100 years. If
we do nothing, but are content to
stand by and watch, we arc not doing
right; we should get into the league
while the plans are being formed as
sooner or later we will be drawn into
these affairs by our economic neces-
stiles.
Finally, he said that we should
stand out as an example of honorable
ideas which will prove to these ma =
tons that these ideas are after all
nothing but common sense and that
they are necessary to prosperity.
This we may do by forming this ma
! f;n,H ;pfo Of chi ri n11 Dnd
| which shall help them and prove that
war is not justifiable. This spiritual
Red Cross will best be formed
through the teachings of the class
! rooms.
Address BY President Chalmers
Immediately at the close of this
address, President James Chalmers
| of birmingham, Mass. was called to
the platform as he had but a limited
| time in which to speak. He announc-
ed that he would take for his subject
typography" for he felt that almost
any lesson might be taught by bio
graphy. If one wants to teach the
history of early colonial times they
may do so by teaching the life of
George Washington, if they want to
teach of the Civil war period they
may teach the biography of Abra-
ham Lincoln and if they want to
teach of later United States History
they should take the biography OF
Theodore Roosevelt.
He then announced that he would
teach three lessons from the bio
! graphy of Roosevelt: Health, in
telligence and spirituality. He told
of Roosevelt's fight for health, how
he made himself a strong healthy
man from q weak, puny, boy
through application to sports. He
spoke of his trials to make the foot
ball teams at his prep school and at
Harvard, and how when he could not
| do it. he went after tennis and box
ing with his whole bodily force. And
| this brought results as he later went
to Europe and climbed the Matter
! horn, receiving honorary appoint
! ment to the Alpine Club because OF
this exploit.
President Chalmers, telling OF his
personal acquaintanceship with this
| remarkable man, spoke of break
| fast in his honor which was held in
Boston upon the occasion OF his last
visit to New England. President
Chalmers was invited to this break
fast upon the request of Roosevelt,
| and when he arrived he found Is
present, all with the exception of him.
self, nationally known celebrities.
He remarked how Roosevelt CONVEX
sed with these men, each in his
chosen field and the remarkable
knowledge of all things that he pos
sessed. The speaker said that in his
opinion he had the greatest grasp of
all matters of any man that he
knows.
Finally, to tell of his spirituality,
which is shown by his love of fam