Evening star., 1938-11-20
Association Of Deans
Told Democracy
Is State Of Mind
Sir WiIImott Lewis
Addresses Educators
At Cathedral

At Cathedral
Democracy is not system of gov
ernment but a state of mind which
recognizes the essential dignity of
the rights of others, Sir Willmott
Lewis, Washington correspondent of
the London Times, told a group of
deans and advisers to girls yester-
day at the annual meeting of the
Regional Association of Deans in
the National Cathedral School for
Girls.
In an exhaustive study of de-
mocracy the English journalist
traced the essence of the political
form of government that started
with the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence back to the coming of Chris
tianity and said its twofold nature
was summed up in the striking
declarations of Christ, MY king
dom is not of this world and
Render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesars and to God the
things that are Gods"
Looking back over history" Sir
Willmott said, I'VE see heavlng up
above the general level certain peaks
which represent great changes
and these are, first, the coming Of
Christianity; second. the coming Of
democracy and nationalism, and.
third. the conquest of man over the
forces of nature, or what might be
called scientific revolution
Influence Traced.
The speaker then traced the in
f1uence of these three forces on
current life, especially as life effects
various forms of government in the
world-democracy, Communism, Fas-
cism and Nazism. He implored his
hearers. teachers in girls schools
in Delaware, Maryland. Virginia
and the District, to hand on the
heritage of democracy to those they
instruct
Earlier in the day Howard M
Bell of the American Youth Com
mission of the American Council on
Education, deplored the present plea
for more monuments, more memor-
ials, more yacht basins and more
polo grounds" when the Nation is
confronted with a youth prob
lem, approximately 100000 young
men and women in need of econom-
ic adjustment.
Mr.. Bell, who recently published
a survey of the youth problem as II
affects the State of Maryland in
the book, Youth Tell Their Story
said that 40 per cent of those inter-
viewed had failed to complete the
eighth grade. 10 per cent went be-
yond high school and only 3l2 per
cent completed college courses. What
they all needed. he learned. was
guidance-and the best guidance
came from parents and school teach.
ers: yet many of them were some
what lukeWarm as to the economic
value of school. he said.
Since there are $4,000 recOgnlz-
able occupations in American in
dustry," the speaker said "it is seer
at once that the idea of the per
feet niche'-the idea there is q
perfect niche to which the indi-
vidual must adjust himself-iS an
illusion" He told then of the ter
rife problems that confront the
young men and women of today
who, coming out of schools, high
schools and colleges, find themselves
unable to find places in the eco
nomic set-up of the Nation. This
he advanced is something that de-
| serves the consideration of all think
ing persons.
School Leaders Present.
The meeting was presided ovel
by Dean Emily H. Dutton of Sweet
Briar College.
Amongst outstanding educators
present were Dean Leslie Blanchard
Hollins College; Dean Dorothy
Stimson. Goucher College,; Dean
Sallie Payne Mangan, Randolph Ma
con College: Dean Elizabeth Poole
Mary Baldwin College: Dean Adele
Stamp, University of Maryland;
Dean Mary Louise Brown. Amer
lean University: Dean Winnie Bar
rows, George Washington Univer-
sity; Dean Marjory Colder. Univer-
sity of Delaware. and Dean Ruth
Perry of Hood College.
Hostess at National Cathedral
School for girls we're Miss Mabel
Turner, Miss Bertha A. Morgan and
Miss Louise Maddrey, assistant tc
the dean at Hollins College.
Officers are Dean Dutton, presi-
dent: Ruth E. Perry, vice president:
Estelle S. Phillips, secretary, and
Frances S. Jennings, acting treas
urer. Regional vice presidents are:
For Maryland, Miss Eleanor Dill
worth. Friends School, Baltimore;
Virginia, Miss Louise Maddrey, Hol-
Inns College, Hollins. Va; Delaware
Miss Caroline Fitzwater; Whining
ton DelO High School, and, Dis
trict of Columbia, Miss Helen C
Hastings of Mount Vernon Sem
mary.