Show THE PRESIDENT AS A DEFINER No one can find the Presidents della Itlon of n sociologist In the dictionaries diction-aries of the English language yet It Is possible that the future edItions of the dictionaries may contain It and properly prop-erly credit It to Theodore Roosovelt Both TVebBters and the Century say that a sociologist Is one who treats of oi devotes himself to the study of sociology and that Is quoted bodily from the works of John Stuart Mill Obviously President Roosevelt could not use such a definition for tho en lightenment of the American people since they would at onco be asking What Is sociology Now coqloloffy IB all sorts of things and Mr Rooqtvclt had no lime to explain and quote from Mill and Herbert Spencer Go like 0 practical statesman he made up his own definition and announced that a sociologist Is a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions questons and has practically applied his knowledge knowl-edge I la very likely that he had Mr Clark tho chief of the Order of Railroad Conductors In mind when he formed the definition and added the last part of It In order to let him In on the ground floor of the great sociologic socloJogc al science But whether or not It was made to fit Mr Clark the definition goes as the boys say and the coun try now known Just what to expect when more sociologists are callud for to Republican help settle the labor wars Springfloh |