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Show TEACHERS' SERVICE DIM II PRAISED Pr or J. H. Paul Takes i Witli League of Nations Critic. Record of Senator Lodge as Pfeace Treaty Wrecker Again Cited. Professor .1. TI. Paul of iho University or l." lali io jj 1 ies lo the critic! sin of Ids filund on the lc-apii: of nations made by H. ,J. Armstrong in a letter to Thu Tribune Trib-une I 'rofessot' Paul takes occasion to uphold the teach in:; profevion for t'.:o part it played in the war, and to reply to the ciia rjjo made by Mr. Armstrong; :hat professors are impracticable and i here fore not rjuali f ied to cope with t lie "roush affair's of life." Professor Paul' 3 reply follows: "In Saturday's issue, as If in answer to iny statement in Thursday's paper that finy amendments to the league covenant vill need to lie parsed upon in turn by r he cr islai I ve assemblies of all the leagued mi t ions, one signing; himself H. J. A mi strung, says: 'Next to ministers of the tfospel the most impractical people peo-ple on earth are professors in colleges.' This statement, even if it were true, is not ;m answer to any of the facta I presented. pre-sented. Amendment Passible. "Is it in answer lo my remark that 'if t'.ic Semite should first ratify, and thereby rnakR the league a real i ty, the covenant could be amended a few months, hence' ihst Mr. A rinst rons" makes this point: 'Not meaning' any diresuert to either fraternity fra-ternity . , . they don't have enough to .do with iho roi i Kb af'airs of life to keen their minds in hcalt by eondit ion.' Such ..'ussert ions, even if true, make no answer f y the far I a t ha t wrrc presented. "Or is it in answer to my proof that for twenty years .Senator Lodge has been the wreeker of pe:icc and good will treaties in the senate, that Mr. A rnistrong says : 'Wo see . . . the proposed league of na i ions tacked onto 1 he t reaty of peace. Put this besides being impractical, ,ift a. pflitician's trick.' F.ven if it were truo t ha I -I he president of the nation is rt u impraetica ;uid I rloky- politician, as 'Mr. Armstrong implies, that fact would jia vf nn possible bea"'ti-j upon whether or not Mi. Podge wreeked the reciprocity ?ren lies of Preside ni MrKlulev and the peace t real its -of President Taft. Hughes Ideas Adopted. "Am if in answer ' o my demonstration th:i t . six out of the seven amendments proposed to the league covenant by Charles F,. 1 1 us lies were su hstun t ialty adopted, Mr. A i nisi rong declares: 'These pacifist educators must see by now how infinitely better it would have been for us not to have granted Die Germans any armistice at. all. nut gone right on to Per If n.' Fven if Mr. Armstrong knows better than Fori) wii.'.i should have been done, docrf this re prima nd of the French general have any bearing upon the facta stated in my article'1 "To my dmousi ra Ho i that we must accept the present league covenant o-i.'efen o-i.'efen t the league al logether, or at least v el ud e our country f ro m entering It hilo our prestige is highest, Mr. rm-Mroiig rm-Mroiig replies i but America should not "i erne an enual partner with I hh sma Her and lowei- na : ions.' That is not I be question. My sole contention was that it. will be dishonest for any senator to vote now for amcndment.s ;i ud still pretend that he favors a league, since amendments at this tunc wll I' delay and probably defeat the who'e plan. Authorities Cited. "T was careful to ay tiiat Jbee con-elusions con-elusions were also the views of the national na-tional league for pea ee. hence M r. ,A nn-strong's nn-strong's objection tnat my conclusion could not be true, because it is Hie view of a professor, overlooks the point t ha t iViis view is the conclusion also of William FT. Taft. of former Atlurmv General Wiek-eivhant, Wiek-eivhant, nd f many (' hers eminent :n our nation in every form of great achievement, achieve-ment, whether in business or professional lines or in national arid world service. "The attempt to discredit the facts by &a ylng that t hey orlgi na le with 'm In latere' la-tere' and 'professors ami are therefore fa l-o and 'impractical' will pot ax-alt. for two' reasons: First, facts are stubborn 1 bines, no matter who discovers or declares de-clares them: second, neither ministers nor teachers, as a class, are either false or impractical. "So people have given our country bet-tep bet-tep service in this great emergency than have I he ministers. 'on t rary to popular superstition, also, most of them are very practical. Thev know both how to give and bow to follow sound advice. Some of them make ends meet on salaries that would result in starvation to many of the so-called 'practical' people. The pa-triotim pa-triotim of the ministers in tho'cr'-at war is well known and fully appreciated. Teachers Defended. "In answer to Mr. Armstrong's arraignment arraign-ment of the teaching profession In charging charg-ing 'so large a proportion of 1 he educators' educa-tors' with being pacifist s and with 'ob-structing 'ob-structing the government's war measures.' meas-ures.' I challenge hi m to name, in bis own school district in this city, or In this county, or in the whole state of Fiah, iiiiv member of the regular teaching profession pro-fession that did any such thing as be slanderously alleges. Fxaeily lo the contrary, con-trary, it w.as to the s' bools -and colleges, ehPeeially to leachers. that the government govern-ment applied f'ir most of the big Jolvs that it undertook in i be war; anil it was nut d isapnoi ntej. 1 ", pry eol lege became a trawling earn p. alniist every professor a worker loi American ideals, every school a h've of tndusYy, with the teachers and students working for the government as probably no other class or profession worked. This was the record of L'tah and of the nation as a whole. Record Above Average. "It i true that a few teachers of German Ger-man and two or thre radical socialists. In a few far off colleges, played the fool and showed their foolish independence by tillering til-lering extreme views; but, there were fewer teachers who did Lib-:. venture to believe, than any o:h"r class of people whatsoever. If von doubt this, go lo the war prison and find out bow ninny teachers teach-ers are interned there none at all; compare com-pare that fact with the number of 'prae-i 'prae-i JeM' -people -who arc in jail for sedition, and yon may acknowledge the patriotism of the tenching profession. "Put 1 go f uri her. a nd though I know a'isolmelv not hing of him. 1 accept the challenge that Mi. A rn; rong lays down for me ii and f 'r tile teac h big profession ; for that challenge did not originate with my erili'-. fc.,..' pa hae reiterated I Hie i ii fa n i ii un I i ;m 1 a u'.i i nst professors' t ili some people e beep misled ,y p. Jf :s perfc-llv leg; i inia ' -, in l be oys of certain cer-tain pi- 'itieians, to t''1' to discredit an argument ar-gument or a fac hy alleging ;bat the author au-thor of i: Is "i m irae ;c;t' or unpaLriutie, or e 'professor. ' Demonstrali'.-uesled. "To rehire i he' V 'lie, since my opponent oppon-ent claims that Ibe war haswhown educators educa-tors to iie unpalriotl" and impractic.il, hereby invite mv erili-' to a comparison of loya I; y a nd work, during t he w;i r period, lo be laid privately hv both of us before a commitlee of I he Commercial or Itotnry 'bib, or any other responsible organ Ua-lion. Ua-lion. to asci-i-ialn: "First . w nidi of us. according to his o. (port i.jii Me did tin- mo-i for the nation a f. war. in way of pali iollc service. Second, Sec-ond, which ,,f x,H w'.ia ii, ore 'practical' In beip.ng lo win Me w.-.r-i. c, which de-v. de-v. ot e i tin; la rger pro;. or: Ion of Ids total Income and his services to the nation' cause, after allovlng, as a maxlmuiiV so much for each member of the family in way of maintenance and so much time for his work or business. "t offer to leave ;he publication of the comparison to the discretion of the bodv that hears the evidence, and I trust that modesty will not restrain Mr. A rnistrong from proving his superior 'praetica V pa-i pa-i not I.-, ir. and 'common sens.-;' over that of a mere representative of the teaching profession, who is at best .lust an average specimen. Publicly, I shah take pleasure In demonst ra ting, at any time, the pa-triotism. pa-triotism. common sense and pracU'al ability of the member.1; of the tca"hin;; profession as a whole." |
