Friday, December 12, 1941.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
' Hamilton, N. Y— (AGP)— The
United States is changing from a
deftnocracy into a moronocarcy, ac
cording to Dr. George H. Bsta-
brooks, Colgate univerisity professor.
The professor views with alarm
the fact that the birthrate of mor
ons in America is two and a half
times greater than that of citizens
in the “above average intelligence’'
group.
Dr. Estabrooks is even more pes
simistic about man in general, his
prediction being that
The “ Y ” Baby Contest, which
was held on Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday of this week, provided
many laughs for all who saw it.
Baby pictures of both students and
faculty members were on display in
the basement of Bitting. Ten cents
, ’ for admission and one cent for each,
prciicuon uemg .uat the human charged. LeUa Johnston
race will end in extinction in irom °
WELDON, JOHNSTON,
BEST, WIN “Y”
BABY CONTEST
race win ena in extinc ion in .rum
one to 10,000 years unless it takes
steps to correct differential birth
rate and “the fatal effects of mod
ern medicine.
n medicine. wgre the outstanding faculty babies.
The moron is inheriting the earth
and the power of man s physical ^
machine is being lowered contin- — Best were about
ually through weaknesses passed on
by individuals kept alive by the
doctor’s magic,” he said. “To cap
the climax, man has persuaded him
self that he alone in nature’s mil
lions of species is not subject to na
ture’s laws. This flat contradiction
of the laws of heredity is the insan
ity of sanity and from nature’s
viewpoint, the unpardonable sin.”
QUOTABLE QUOTES
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
“It was often alleged, in the
years of disillusionment that fol
lowed Versailles, that ‘propaganda’
played a major role in persuading
Americans to fight in 1917. There
was active propaganda in the
United States from 1914 to 1917
far more, indeed, than there is at
the present time. British and Ger
mans carried on an unremitting
campaign to influence opinion, main
taining elaborate orgaizations who
spent large sums of money. Yet, in
restrospect, we can see that propa
ganda played an insignificant role
in the decision of April, 1917. The
determining factors were both more
fundamental and more realistic than
the propagandist realizer. The fun
damental factors, then, as now, were
American kinship with England and
affection for France, and American
suspicion of Germany; the realistic
factors, then, as now, were the overt
acts of which Americans read, day
after doy, in their newspapers. The
moral of the invasion of Belgium,
the sinking of the Lusitania, the un
restricted submarine warfare, the
treaty of Brest-Litovsk, did not
need to be emphasized by propagan
da — no more, indeed, than does the
moral of the invasion of the Low
Countries, the bombing of Bottcr-
dam, or unrestricted submarine and
aerial warfare today.” Henry
Steele Commanger, professor of his-
nteeie vjomunvugui, partly
tory, Columbia university, minimizes answe
the importance of propaganda as ‘
factor leading to U. S. entry into the
war.
Said the artist: “I’ll gi'e you $5
if you’ll lot me paint you.”
The old man shifted his tobacco
from one cheek to the other.
“It’s easy money,” said the ar*
tist. _
“Thar ain’t no question nout
that,” the man replied. “I was
jos’ awonderin’ how I’d git the
paint off afterwards!”
voted cutest, and Lib Weldon was
voted funniest.
Mrs. Downs and Dr. McEwen
the only babies that time did not
change. If a prize had been given
for the fattest, certainly Jo Gerson
would have won. lleece Thomas
minus the curly hair caused quite a
sensation. After having seen the
baby contest one was prone to re
mark, “My how you have chang
ed!”
NAZIS URGED JAP
ATTACK FRAZER SAYS
By Carrie Donnell
Keener C. Frazier, professor of
government at the University of
the Southern Council of Interna
tional Affairs at Salem college yes
terday voic(?tl this ominous proph
ecy; “The war won’t end tonight,
not tomorrow, nor the day after It
will oiily end in the final destruction
of the menace in the Pacific. We
must forget the stupid fact, that we
in the United States, can remain iso
lated and neutral.”
Frazi*r briefly outlined .Japan’s
attitude for the past 90 years. He
said that while Japan was making
peace treaties, she wa~s deliberately
marching into other countries. She
has been marching straight on to
“this act of unparalled treachery,”
he said.
After the speech, Salem students
rushed eagerly upon the stage to ask
questions.
Completely surprisedf Not com
pletely. Japan has done this before.
But there isn’t one act comparable
to this one.”
One student had a brother leaving
for the Philippines on December 30.
“Do you think he will get there?”
she asked. “I think he will,” Frazer
replied.
Holds Nazis Responsible
“Do you think that Gcmnany is
responsible for Japan’s
HAPPY NEW YEAR
The composition class which
instigated the idea of a literary
magazine for Salem reports that
their enthusiasm has been caught
and reflected by almost the en
tire student body and faculty fo
the college. This reflected en
thusiasm in the tangible form of
practically one-hundred per cent
subscription makes possible the
realization of the magazine.
The sister publications, “Sights
and Insights,,” and “the Sale-
mite, ” wish ^alem’s newcomer
a happy and successful New
Year! May all hte hopes for
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BOOKS ABOUT WAR
In this day and time, with every
thing uncertain, and all of Europe
in war, the younger people, as well
as the older ones, are reading more
and more on subjects about these
countries in conflict, and the rea
sons for such. The Library, this
week, presents several books con
cerning these countries and the
problems that lead up the present
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Without delay, the answer came.
“Yes, partly responsible. We de
clared war on Germany with the
passing of the lease-lend bill. Sat
urday night we wwe as far away
from war with Germany as we had
been in a long time, though.”
“What about the attack on the
West Coast?” the group wanted to
know.
“Well, the technique will bo to
draw the attacks away from Ma
nila.”
“What about the bombing of the
Panama Canalf Do you suppose
they will attempt that?” someone
asked.
“AH I can say is that we have
an excellent man in command of the
Canal Zone,” Frazer replied.
Again the students asked a ques
tion. “What about the court-mar
tial charge on the commander of the
Pacific forces?”
“You need not worry about the
court-martial,” was the an.swer.
‘ ‘ The government will only do so to
appease the American people.”
Evidence of U. S. Unity |
“The voting in Congress? Well,
the vote in Congress gives evidence
of the United States’ unity. Miss
Rankin’s vote is not to be consider
ed. She is very nice, but not very
wise. ’ ’
The college students, aroused by
the international crisis which de
veloped on Sunday, had eagerly an
ticipated Frazer’s visit. Delayed in
Greensboro bv a slight accident,
Frazer appeared just as the students
were to be dismissed from chapel,
and he was warmly welcomed by the
assembled group.
Father: When you finally gave
Draftetf a dance, did he respond
with alacrity?
Sally: Did he! Why he was on my
feet In an instant!
WAR AND PEACE IN SOVIET
DIPLOMACY
T. A. Taracuzio is a Russ
ian scholar now connected with the
Harvard Law School. This book is
about Moscow’s foreign policy set
against the background of the rapid
ly changing international scene and
that of the even more unpredictable
vagaries in Itussian interpretation
of Marxian theory.
Sammy was not prone to overex-
ertion in the classroom. Therefore
his mother was both surprised and
pleased when he came home with the
announcement, “I got a hundred
this morning.”
“That’s lovely dear,” she said as
she kissed the boy tendi^rly.
VV'liat was in it?” she asked.
“Fifty in reading and fifty in
spelling.”
BRITAIN SPEAKS
J. B. I’riestly
Thirty nine essays on England in
the present war based upon the
author’s radio broadcasts from Lon
don between May 30th and Septem
ber 24th, 1940. Many of the talks
were written while bonmbs were
falling in the vicinity.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Felix Riesenberg
This is a history of the Pacific
ocean from the days of Balboa and
Magellon to the airplane flight of
Eddie Musick.
THE CARRIBBEAN
W. A. Roberts
A history, popular in tone, of the
discovery, conquest, settlement and
developm(mt of the islands and
lands bordering on the Caribbean
from the time of Columbus to June
1940.
BEHIND THE NAZI FRONT
J. M. Raleigh
The author, an American news
pap('rman, arrived in Germany
shortly before the war began, and
roniuined there for the greater part
of the fist yrtir as assistant to the
Berlin correspondent of the Chica
go Tribune and also as a commen
tator for X. B. C. His book is an
eyewitness account of Berlin in
wartime, and of trips to Poland and
Czechoslovikia.
HAWAII, RESTLESS RAMPART
Joseph Barber
A sound, readable, entertaining
yet reliable picture of an American
ov.erseas possession that will cer
tainly bo more and more in the
news if storm clouds continue to
thicken over the restless Pacific.
FRANCE SPEAKING
Robert de Saint Jean
Picturesque in style and excel
lently translated, it gives a valuable
picture of the steps in the down
fall of France. It has much immedi
ate importance to the United States.
NIOHT OVER EUROPE
F. L. Schuman
The study of world diplomatic
evtmts is revealed here. The author
believes there is a strong trend to
ward world unification and that the
Fascist powers will bring this about
in their own way unless the d^^
mocraciea unite with Russia to stnji
them. As an alternative, ho en
visages a war which will iiiv.jlve
every nation on earth.
The kind of folks we’d like to
help never have to ask for it.
Watch for the Little Red
Man.
Wishing Yop
A
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And A
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