Show l Art Versus Business I ITHE It THE THE t HE campaign now under way looking to the creation of a 1 comparatively immense fund with which to insure the enlargement enlarge enlarge- ment t and continuation of one othe of the well-known well universities of the i attracts attention to the relatively small contribution o of f T j I ti tia a to the arts and sciences which are in reality the sign tt pointing the way to a higher civilization lt lis is true that as a nation America still is young and the theton s tian stian n ton n might be made that it has has' plenty of time in which to 3 ij P those things thing which tend to lift the world to a high higher r plane 9 bought and action a As a parry to this possible suggestion it might be declared f within its comparatively brief existence this country has bee bethe be- be e the leading manufacturing financial mining farming and nd 1 Around business nation of the world j f I It It has developed an invent inventive ve geni genius s wh which ch has gi given en humanity onic oatle Wpc of the most useful things in existence including the railroad Steamship the sewing machine the cotton gin the telegraph t i t telephone fel phone the submarine and the airship It has developed an manufactured an inconceivable number of saving labor-saving devices machinery of all kinds by means of which toil not only has seen n lessened but the output increased many fold Also it has hast t developed into a bread basket for that portion of the world most sadly s afflicted by the great war Most certainly America has made its impress upon the minds of all of-all all civilized peoples but this impress has been in the nature of ofa ofa a 3 trademark and the almighty dollar Through it all and even now we are dependent to a great extent upon Germany and Austria for our music upon Italy for our sculpture upon France for our paintings upon England for our our literature True we have developed these to some extent but in view of the immense material progress America has made the few steps we have taken in the arts and sciences really are insignificant Surely we can devote some of the proceeds of our prosperity to laying the foundation for a higher civilization |