14 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEThi' pale i. conducted by the NewJersey State CommitWe of the YOURIPeople'. Soci, lil t Leal'll!:. Addressall torrnpondenec to State Secretary.LoW. Cohen, 10 Twelfth Ave.,Paterson. !i' J.----ST AT E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEGeneral Or, anizer-Assistant Orp nizer-Ben. H inchon,100 Union St, Trenton.Secretary-Louis Cohen. 10 TwelfthAvenue, Paterson.Financial Secretary-Treasurer-JeanneUeHeller, .519 BetiCn Street,Newark.Educational Director-Solomon E ffrein, 524 Henry St .• South Amboy.A Word of PraiseIn full recognition of the worthyendeavor of the Rand Sc hool of NewYork to pun'hast a large and suitablebuilding to be 11tilizcd exclusivelyby the labor and progressive1lI0Vl"nH:nU in t he interest of worldwidept'BCt' and (Iemo
10 T H E YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEProgress of Socialist Thought Amongthe CollegesA Review of the Work of the Inttr~collegiate -Socialist Society duringthe college year 1916-17In no yur in the 'history of theIntercoU'cgiate Socialist Society hasthe Society been more successful illcarrying il, musage of Socialism tothe college world than during thecollege year 1916-17. just cnding.From November. 1916, to April, <strong>1917</strong>,lUore than 42,000 students in 93 collegeslistened to that message as expoundedby Harry W. Laidler. J ohnSpargo. Rose Pastor Stoku and IrwinTucker.Hcginning with January. <strong>1917</strong>, theSocitty established an office in Chicago,with Irwin Tucker, formerlymanaging editor o f the ChristianSodalist, as Middle Western o rganiZN.Mr. Tucker visited during theSpring numerous coll eges in IliinOi!,'Visconsin and Missouri, organizingand strengthening underg raduate alldalumni chapters. The reception accordedhim in many . of the collegeswas most cordia l.Garner L. Harding, author of"Present Day China" gaxe nearly twoweeks in January to the work of the1. S. S. in the colh:ges of Ma ssachusettsand Connecticut. Mr. HardingdevOted his talks chietly to an inier_esting discussion of "Sociali sm andSocial I{eform in the O rient."Morri.s Hillquit also spoke thisSilring bdore an exceptionally largeand interested gathering at the Collegeof the Ci ty o f New Yo rk. OLlthis occasion more than 600 studentscrowded the hall, while a simil::arnumlu~ r found it impossible to gainaccess.It was fou nd by the lecturers thatth e international crises had had theeffect, in many instances, of stirringthe students out of their pro\';ncialattitude of mind .•The drift in Europe toward StateSocialism; the Russian Re\'olutionand the other democratic lIlo\'ementsled hy European <strong>Socialists</strong>; thesteadily increasing cost of li"ing . inthis country; and the growing realizationof the economic causes of modernwarfare have made the studentsmore keenly alive than e\'er before tothe challenge prutnted by Socialism.Among the. most active of the Society'sChapten this year are thosein the Collele of the City of NewYork. Ya l~. Vassar. the Unh'rrsity ofIllinois. llarnard, n~rkeley Di\.initySchool. Oberlin, Valpariso; whilethose at Columbia. Radcliffe, theUni\'ersity of Pittsburgh. Harvanl,Indiana. Howard, Heed, Wisconsin.Ca rneg ie Institute of Technology.and others ha\'e done much eff('cth'ework.Among the ::alumni chapters. theN. Y. AluLLlni. with more than 300members. has continued thc mos t active.Its semi-monthly e"ening meet_ings and Salurd::ay afternoon "cameraderies"h::a\'e pro\'ed most stimulat.ing. The Chi cago and St. Loui:!Chapters l, a\'c been rece ntly reorg::al1-ized by Mr. Tucker and promise anacti\·c seallon next yea r.The Quarterly of the Society-TheIntercollegiate Soc ialist (SOC. a year,15c. a copy), has been steadily growingin interest and "alue. TheSymposium o n "<strong>Socialists</strong> •. and theProblems of 'Var," appearing in theApril-Hay issue of the magazine, andcontributed to by twenty-sevenprominent <strong>Socialists</strong> and radicals, ha~attracted wide attention.The Society's research work hasbec-n going steadily fo rward. The I.S. S. ha s published during th e yeartwo ('xcellent supplements in connectionwith T he IntercoUegiate Socialist,• olle gi\'ing a. splendid sun 'ey of"Municipal Ownership in the UnitedSt::atcs" by Evans Clark. of Prince ·tOn. and one. a comprchensi\'e ideaof the extent o f "Cooperation in theUnited States" by Cheves West Perky,of the Coopehativc League ofAmerica. "Stale Socialism-Pro andCon." a sourCe book on public ownershipin various countries. edited byWm. English Walling. Harry \Y.Laidler and o thc-rs is about to issuefrom the press.The Society is now completing it,program for in Autumn Confc-rencewhich will this year be held in Bellport,N. Y .. a beautifu l spot on thesouthern coast of Long Island, (romSeptember 18th to 24th.The genera l subject of the con_ference is .. Problems of DemocraticReadjustment during and after th e\Var." Peace proposals. universalservice, freedom of speech and of thepreIS, maintenance of labor standardsand socialization of railroads,•fo od supply. etc .• will be di scussed.The mornings and e,fenings will begiven over to addresses and discus_sion and the afternoons to rtcreation-walking, swimming, boating, etc.An exceptionally interesting groupof speakers promise to be present.All desiring further informationconcerning the COnference should addressthe I. S. S., 70 Fifth Avenue, N.Y. City.An important departure in thework of the 1. S. S. during the comingyear will be a more definnite attemptthan h::as been made heretoforeto schedule its lecturers beforehigh school audiences. whereversuch scheduling does not interferewith lectures in the colleges. Thelectures of a number of the 1. S. S.speakers this year in high schoolauditoriums before the student bodyhave met with a most co rdial re,IlOllse. No endeavor, howe'·er. wi llbe made to organize the high schoolstudents into 1. S. S. Chapters.The Society hopes also to pr"scCUte its Research \Vork evenvigorously than ill the past.Diet and DiseaseDr. A_'Vily do YOIL always lIlah·slIch pa rticular inquiries as to whatYOllr Il3tients cal? Does thai a5S;styou in your diagnosis?Dr. B-Not that, but it enables 1lIC'to ascertain the ir social position andarrange illY fees accordingly.T he Ncw York Evcllillg SU/l ina recent issue said, "Democracy is.all right so long as you keep itaway from the lower classes."This, doubt less, explains thelatest attempts to crush democracyamong the lower classes inthe United States by suppressingtheir newspapers and magazine:'.b reaking up their meetings ;tndparades. hold ing up their petitions.to congress, and in various otherways curtailing the rights of theminority.Perhaps when we are fighting" to make the world safe fo r democracy"it is this .~o rt of democracythat is meant-democracythat is not fo r the lo wer classes.but democracy exclusively of, b)~and for the upper classes.LEAGUE-DIRECTORY"'~ -f't--CUcIo - __ No. 4, LIacoIa 1_ Hall. ... lue 11_ _... lido -.oj 10. ~1301 _ It.,JIroo'" -~.~.,.. •• Y.NATIONAL OFFICEWID. P. Knuo, as W. _ .~.ChIcqo, DLOhioY. P. I. 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