Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-04-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WHO'S NEWS
THIS WEEK..
BY lemuel F. Parton

"Just a Poor Historian"

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| NEW YORK.-In 1888, Am
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protested to Chancellor Hitler
against assaults on Americans
who failed to give the Nazi sa-
lutte. He made these represen-
tations quietly but emphatical-
ly. His protest was effective.
Being naturally calm and tactful,
it is quite certain that he will not
aggravate the present difficulty as
his government calls Germany to
account for press attacks on Amer
lea. But he is not spineless and
will not be merely messenger boy.
He has disproved the assumption
that an ambassador to major pow
er must be rich. "Just poor his
torian," he lives simply and rides
third class around Germany. He
says this is a much better way Of
understanding Germany and know
ing the people than attending state
banquets-which he abhors.
The Germans like him and even
forgive his belief in democracy,
which he bluntly expresses when
such expression seems pertinent.
His Doctors degree was obtained
at the University of Leipzig, and
one Of his best books was biog-
raphy of Thomas Jefferson, written
in German. They have forgiven
that, too.
Most of his thirty years as his
torian was spent at the University
of Chicago. When he was appointed
ambassador in June, 1888, he
smilingly expressed doubt about be-
ing a diplomat. ''The trouble is
that historian has to tell the
truth" he said. Two former am
bassadors to Germany, Bancroft
and White, were historians, but in
less troubled times. He has spoken
frankly, and has been only occa-
sionally vilified, as when Julius
Streicher, Germany's notorious
anti-Semite, slurred his family on
August 16, 1885.
A native Of North Carolina, he
keeps little cottage down in the
Blue Ridge mountains, and drives
around in worn little old car when
he comes home. He likes out of
doors and is usually sun-tanned. He
is medium, somewhat athletic in
stature, with look of keen aware
ness and competence, which softens
as he speaks-he is essentially
human
The failure of the League of Ma
tons he regards as one of the trag-
edies of mankind. He has long
been a torch bearer for the Will
sonian ideals, co-editor of "The
Works of Woodrow Wilson," with
Ray Stannard Baker. He is a for
mer president of the American His
torical association, highly disttn-
guished and authoritative in his pro-
fession. He is sixty-seven years old.
''Too Many Nice Boys"
MR.. TYLER BENNETT, presi-
~ dent of Williams, says his col
lege is getting too many mice
boys" It was in 1929 that Profess
sor Robert E. Rogers of M. I. T.
told his class that the thing to do
was to ''be snob and marry the
boss daughter"
In 1884, he took it all back. A
graduate might be a snob cum
laude, but he was running an ele-
vator just the same. Out in Min
nesota, college dean recently
urged students to take postgraduate
courses in refined speech, dress and
decorum. 1t must be hard for the
youngsters to decide what to be or
do.
DR.. bennett evidently doesn't sug-
gest "rowdy" as the alternative Of
"nice." What he seems to have in
mind is that Williams should draw
more from the main democratic
bloodstream, and not so much from
the blue-blood arteries. He thinks
the exclusive preparatory schools
are funneling too many students in
to Williams.
The Admiralty Speaks.
CIR SAMUEL HOARE, British
- first lord of admiralty, defends
his $500, 900, 900 naval plan and urges
the United States to build right
along with England-we are broth
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