New Britain herald., 1926-08-23
Always Keen Minded

Always Keen Minded
 Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 23 0P1 - pr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus Of Harvard, throughout his long life was an active parti- cipant in discussions of many sided nature and his views were eagerly sought on multitude of subjects. Often his announcements made him a target for bitter per- sonal attack.
 His attitudes were character ized by f1rmness and vigor but were by no means inelastic as was shown when after denouncing foot ball In 1906, "as a spectacle more brutalizing than prize fighting, cock fighting or bull fighting" he later saw Harvard play Carlisle and praised improvement under changed rules.
 Opposed Race Barrier
 When Harvard was considering race distinction Of candidates he declared, T am opposed to every form of racial discrimination in the universities of our heteroge- neous democracy"
 In the celebrated discussion lon religion of the future," he said, the fear of Hell has not proved effective 10 deter man from wrong doing, and Heaven has never been described in terms very attractive 10 the average man or woman"
 He aroused a storm in labor circles when he asserted that the "scab' Is "a good type of Ameri- can hero" and that democracy must profoundly distrust the labor union's too frequent effort to re- strict the efficiency and output of the individual workman" ,.
 His War Views
 During the war he maintained that hope of the world lies in complete cooperation between the British empire and the United Statesg' and he termed the con- fict the most terrible calamity that has ever befallen the human race"
 Puritans found little favor with him. They took the joy out of work and life" he once wrote, and predicted there woudl be no modification of the Volstead act in the wrong direction" President Eliot stirred up a veritable hor- nets nest when, on the same sub- ha f.NITIoo,yor G. familiar with the genealogies of the New England families that have come down from the 17th century knows that the commonest cause for the decline or extinction Of those families has been the abuses of intoxicating liquors by their young men,"
 His stand on the immigration question was summed up in a speech when he reminded his | hearers. We were all foreigners a little while ago."
 Views on Long Life
 Like many an other famous man ! who attained the years gracefully ! his view on longevity often had | been solicited.
 Exercise should be taken regu- larly, though always in modera- | tion," he advised. "One of the | chief objections l have to the con- petitive games so popular nowa- days is that they tend to over-ex- ercise the player, taxing his ner- f,,11 l not more than, overwork would tax 1t.
 T have always been more In favor of games on an individuals tic character"
 His own answer was a sound constitution never impaired by any serious disease or accident calm temperament eXpectant of good, the habit of taking daily exercise in open air, moderation in eating and a slight, and never steady or regular use of stimulants."
 He urged introduction into pub lie schools of Fundamental ethical teaching which conveys all the spiritual powers without interfering with characteristics of any church"
 What Is an American?
 In an essay on What Is an Amerlcan?" he held that blind obedience and implicit submission to the will of another do not com mend themselves to characteristic Americans. The discipline in which they believe is voluntary coopera- tion in the orderly and effective Durs1,it of common ends"