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During the war someone remarked that the world's three greatest men were Wilson, who had the right ideas and failed to apply them; Lenin, who had the wrong ideas and failed to apply them; and Lloyd George, who had no ideas and applied them vigorously. America's estimate of the Welsh Wizard has been generally higher than this opinion; but if there is truth in the paradox, it is easy to see which of the three has been most successful. Wilson has been repudiated; Lenin is an emblem of chaos; Lloyd George continues undisturbed at the head...
...world affairs by the undergraduates in English universities. The English people, he pointed out, are much better educated with respect to public service than we are. Here in America we often scorn the man who offers his services to the State through political office. The American system is wrong, because it provides no way to get a bad man out of office. In England an office-holder may be challenged and made to submit himself to a new election; in America the recall system is not at all general...
Plainly there is something wrong; the question is where? Before finding a remedy, it is first necessary to find the sore spot. In this case it may be one or all of three things. The attitude of the class towards German as a language may be hostile,--but that is not likely; or the attitude towards the courses in German may be wrong,--that is possible. The Requirements may be too strict either because the standard is too high, or the field too narrow,--that also is possible. Finally, the courses may be inadequate because of the great difficulty...
More than anything else the case calls for a re-adjustment. Whichever of these factors is out of true should be brought into line as rapidly as possible. Gauge the teaching and the Requirements accurately, and the attitude of the undergraduates, right or wrong, can be measured and weighed...
President Faunce of Brown University has a brand-new diagnosis of the conditions which are causing academic congestion. The trouble, in his opinion, is due not so much to the fact that too many men are going to college as that often the wrong kind of men are going. "The vast majority would profit far more by some other kind of education than that given in the traditional American college", he says...