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October 16, 1914. No. 42 
Ir 1s ReportTED that Clarence Weiner of the Class of 
1900, Harvard University, has added a codicil to his will 
by which Harvard becomes a beneficiary on condition 
that Professor Hugo P. Munsterberg be relieved from 
service at the University. It is evident that Mr. Weiner 
has taken strong objections to Mr. Munsterberg’s attitude 
toward the European conflict. There is no doubt but 
what many minds have been deceived by his connections 
and have made false deductions as to the attitude of 
Harvard to the war. Any misapprehensions that have 
arisen have been set to rest by ex-President Eliot’s vigorous 
denial of the righteousness of the German cause and his 
convincing defence of the Allies’ martial retaliation. No 
one can resent Clarence Weiner’s loyalty to his Alma 
Mater, as mistaken as he is in his way of showing his 
devotion. He sees Professor Munsterberg’s defence and 
dislikes it, but the method in which his resentment takes 
form is not agreeable to the democratic spirit of the new 
world. Weiner is using money to shut off liberty of 
speech and democracy of spirit in an institution of learn- 
ing. Harvard stands for Truth and the Truth cannot be 
bought. It cannot be muzzled by ten millions of dollars. 
To permit a money consideration to influence its spirit of 
personal freedom would be fatal and would harm Fair 
Harvard. Professor Munsterberg, from our point of view 
is in the wrong intellectually and ethically, but that does 
not permit anyone to brow-beat him into subjection, nor 
will it convince him of the real moral turpitude of the 
German government in this contest. It is evident that 
Weiner’s views are those of most Americans, but he -is 
committing a grave error in the step he has taken and has 
placed his Alma Mater in a compromising situation. He 
ought never to have made such a proposal to such an 
august body. The honorable thing for Mr. Weiner to do 
is make his will in favor of the University without the 
string. ‘Professor Munsterberg’s resignation, sent to 
President Lowell, Wednesday, probably will not be ac- 
cepted by the corporation. 
At THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Improvement So- 
ciety at the home of Mrs. Bradley the annual reports of 
the work done in Pride’s and Beverly Farms were read. 
Among the many interests of the Beverly Farms people 
there is a place for the work of the society and the good 
work of the past year should be continued into the com- 
ing year. 
THE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION of 
the City of Beverly under the direction of Mayor Herman 
A. MacDonald has been appreciated by the citizens of 
that city. 
Tue Fay oF ANTWERP is the final crushing blow to 
the Belgian Kingdom and affords Germany the commer- 
cial port it has so long desired. With one of the best 
harbors in the world and with lines of railroads radiating 
throughout all Europe, and with a way out to India 
through the Balkans the importance of the Suez Canal 
as an English possession is neutralized and Gibraltor no 
longer stands in the way of commercial progress to the 
Germans. If Antwerp can be held the Germans may 
well be content to forget that their plans against Paris 
have been frustrated. Professor Carver thinks that the 
war is won as Antwerp falls. If the Allies can be held 
where they are or even at the next long line of retreat 
Antwerp and the sea will be held and Germany will have 
a front on the west coast of Europe. But the war is 
not yet ended. If the Allies fight out their battles on the 
continent and win it is unreasonable to suppose that Ant- 
werp will be ceded by a victorious nation to Germany in 
the stipulations for peace. The fall of Antwerp is a 
serious loss to Belgium, it is disconcerting to the Allies 
as an armed force and is a menace to England. The war 
is not over, peace has not yet been declared. The fall of 
Antwerp threatens Holland, chushes Belgium, startles 
England, but it will arouse the world again to the serious- 
ness of the European situation. 
THE AUTUMN FOLIAGE is now in all its beauty, but 
walks in the woods are dangerous because of the open 
season on hunting. Pleasure seeking pedestrians in Bey- 
erly Farms and Manchester have been alarmed by the 
sound of fire arms and the whistling of bullets through 
the trees. Last year a resident was injured by a spent 
bullet, although no serious harm resulted. Owners of 
fire arms should beware of these dangers. Those hold- 
ing licenses to use fire arms must be careful and the 
police are taking extra precautions against arms fired 
by persons not holding a license. 
By THE DEATH OF GARDINER M. LANE Massachuestts 
has lost a good citizen of broad public spirit and sterling 
honesty. His faithful work for the many enterprises of 
the Red Cross society has made his name familiar through 
out the length and breadth of the land. In peace they 
have laid him away. His going is a loss to his family, 
the business world in which he moved, and to the public 
whom he so generously served. The world has been the 
richer for his life in it. 
Tue ITaLIANs OF BEVERLY AND Boston celebrated 
Columbus Day with devotion and some success, but the 
public in general had very little emotional feeling for the 
celebration of the day other than to seize an opportunity 
to gain a fall holiday. The business enterprises in Mass- 
achusetts were closed for the day and all the workers 
sought a holiday in the open air. It is quite evident that 
the need of a holiday in October was father to the thought 
of observing Columbus Day as a holiday. 
Tur ABANDONMENT OF THE Motor, as a means of 
recuperating the national treasury is just. Already the 
motorist is taxed and over-taxed. He is taxed for own- 
ing it, taxed for washing it, taxed for running it and the 
government was to tax him for buying or selling it. 
Can ANYONE EstIMATE the future of war if Tur- 
pinite, the deadly shells that break and petrify in place 
every living thing within four hundred yards, can be 
placed in the hands of armed forces? 
Tue Braves WIN, Football has the field. 
