The Vagabond

1918--.

"A peace in any other spirit (than that of Christian forgiveness) will be no peace at all but the curse of the future. . . ."

Thus wrote a slight, earnest university professor in a letter to the Philadelphia Public Ledger one month before the Armistice was signed. Mild as he seemed to his students, throughout the war he had held fast to his convictions and finally in October 1918 he had felt moved to protest publicly his indignation "as a Christian and an American" against the "orgy of hate" indulged in by the press and the people upon the receipt of peace overtures from the enemy.

Once this man dared to stand out against the avenging tide of public opinion that was demanding a knockout blow against the Germans, the wrath of the righteous was aroused. According to the New York Times, "both the board of managers of the college and prominent alumni" repudiated his stand and he was asked to resign along with a grant of leave of absence for the rest of the year. 1940--

Professor Henry Joel Cadbury will uphold the affirmative in the debate "Is Pacifism the Practical Way to Peace?" in the Lowell House Common Room tonight at 7:30 o'clock.