Evening star., 1925-06-07
Capital Sideligghts
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


drive TO reawaken the spirit of Ameri-
can patriotism through rededication
to the principles laid down by the
fathers in our fundamental document,
the Constitution
The American Bar Association, TAX
ing as their patron saint the worlds
foremost jurist. Chief Justice John
Marshall, and who. in the words Of his
biographer, Albert J. Beveridge, cling
to the Constitution of the United
States as the rock of our salvation,
and who revere the name of Marshall
as its creative and constructive inter-
prefer" has declared its opinion to be
that the American people are losing
sight of the benefits that have arisen
eral Government and the retention OF
rights by the States and by the people
as declared in our Bill of Rights
1t is believed that the spirit of our
Constitution has been largely RESPONSE
BILE for the development Of American
character and that the destruction Of
this spirit will make for a different
character that will not be based upon
individual responsibility arising out
of individual liberty regulated by law.
1t is believed that the American people
are drifting slowly to socialiZing
through centraliZing and that they are
permitting this without due considera-
ton of the harm that will arise there
from.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers of the United States, CO.
operating with the American Bar AS
sociation. has INDUCED another great
industrial agency the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co, to broad
cast a series of addresses on "Ameri-
can Citizenship" through their con-
nected-up system that covers practi-
cally the entire United States. This
| series began last Tuesday night with
an address by John W. Davis, recently
Ambassador to the Court of St James
and later Democratic candidate for
the presidency. Other distinguished
public men. such as Charles E.
Hughes, Elihu Root. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Bishop Cook of the Episcopal
Church, Bishop Wilson of the Metho-
dist Church and a cardinal of the
Roman Catholic Church. will speak on
Tuesday nights until the Nationwide
drive ends July Z.
This is one of the most notable
series of speeches ever made in this
country and it is the first time that
such a series on the fundamental
spirit of our Government has been
made direct to all the people of the
country.
Many great national associations,
such as the American Bar Association
and the National Association of Manu-
facturers, have urged all their mem
bers to 'listen-in' on these whole
some. patriotic talks.
Let your ina gination pick your
future" DIR. ii. Foster Balm. who has
just resigned as director of the United
States Bureau of Mines to become
NJ Of Of he
ling and Metallurgical Institute, advises
the youth Of the land Just coming
from college with no very definite and
positive vision Of their own future A
mere suggestion of the infinite DOS
sibilities that lie before each one of
them, he believes with a belief based
on his own experiences. will salvage
| many a life from the routine rut of
environment and inspire the youth to
climb TO enviable heights from which
he gets larger view of life.
Some years ago while travelling TO
South Africa, DR.. Balm noticed on the
ship French quotation. of which the
translation is "All the years of ones
life are dependent upon one day." He
recalled that Autumn day, back in the
sos, when, in the dismal chemical
laboratory of the old college building,
Prof. H, answering some expires
| sion of interest regarding chemistry
| made by young Balm, then a fresh
man. suggested casually, why not be
a chemist?'
1T opened up new field to me-"
DR.. Balm said. MY thoughts before.
| responding to environment. had al
ways run to commerce, and to be a
chief clerk at SIS a month, in a retail
| hardware store seemed a quite sum
cient ambition. To be scientist of
| any sort was unthinkable Scientists
were born, L thought, not made; and
| no scientist had ever as far as i
| knew, been born in any circle that /
| touched. The professors in our small
| college were a class apart. I felt
| privileged to know but not to emulate
| them.
And so. when that casual remar
dropped into my life, It set new
| thoughts racing through my brain and
awakened unsupported ambitions.
played with the idea, ate with it and
slept with IT and day-dreamed over 1t
and L resolved-that L should be
| scientist"
Biology was his ambition and re.
mafned so through college wears
| Then. when he had run into hind
alley. came another significant day.
/ when Prof. M explained how il
was possible for him to 60 to
| Johns Hopkins. TT seemed too good
| 10 be true. and there were anxious
days of planning and speculating be-
fore l was actually on the road" DR..
Balm recalled. IT travelled over the
c. o. from Cincinnati. I carried
| lunch IN q paper bundle and slept
! as much as I could, in a crowded
day coach. There was little time,
though, for sleep, since for the first
time In my life 1 was going south
or the Ohio and east of the Allegbe-
MES. For the first time / was getting
out or the great prairie country in
winch L was born and over which L
mad Travelled as a boy" Since then
DR.. Balm has travelled all over the
world and is as well, If not better.
known in China, Russia and Africa as
In this country. He has investigated
the mineral deposits and other natural
| resources OF all the great countries in
the world
| Johns Hopkins and the men met
there profoundly Influenced my life
| 80 the day that sent me there was
truly significant" says Dr. Balm.
| Ihere was another day Of fate. when
ne received a telegram from Wash
ington offering him the Job of making
a reconnaissance survey of the Joplin
| district. He worked hard at that
through hot, sticky Summer In a.
country where insect pests were more
numerous than the bullets from ma
chine guns in Flanders. Late In the
Fan came another gala day, a fine
Autumn day just before Thanksgiyinr
when he realized Sumrner-long ambj.
tion by travelling from ST. Louis to
Chicago on the Alton Limited. All
that long. hard Summer in the
crowded. dirty hotel lobby had hung a
magnificent colored visualization of
the famous Red Train" and Balm,
1 condemned to lncal fraiuht. ana