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NORTH CAROLINA H CAkOLi VOLUME 3. APRIL 5, 1922 NUMBER 13 JANE ADDAMS SPEAKS ON AMERICAN INTERNA TIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Jane Addams, well known social welfare worker and author, spoke to an enthusiastic Greensboro audience in the West Market Street Methodist church Thursday night on "America's Responsibility to International Problems." Miss Addams gave her lecture from a background of knowledge in World Problems that she had gained from frequent trips to the European countries and from intensive study of her own nation. The fact that America has not entered the league has, according to the speaker, caused a great many of the reconstruction problems to be harder to solve than they would otherwise have been. When she attended meetings of the League in Geneva, she was often asked why the country that had done so much toward the establishment of world peace in other ways had failed to show interest in the organization. She mentioned eight specific plans which had failed because of the "non-participation" of the United States among which was the loan which had been proposed for one of the most destitute of the countries. The attitude toward the states is very different now from that of a few years ago in that the people of Europe feel that they are not exactly getting the things that a country in the position of this one should be expected to do much toward providing. Miss Addams commended the work of the Social Workers of the nation saying that they were doing a great work and giving "the kind of help that the world sorely needs." She spoke of the need on behalf of the European peoples of intellectual help. The schools there are not so numerous as they were before the war and the people, naturally, are finding it hard to get the type of education that they desire. Education, however, is destined to play one of the most important roles in future European civilization since all people are realizing that no country can be ideal and democratic unless the citizens are able to understand the laws under which they live. A humanitarian interest, she said, on the part of American people should make them realize that here they would find one of the most desirable channels of service in helping the people of the other countries to become reestablished on a firm intellectual footing and, thus, to regain their positions in world affairs. She cited several instances of the terrible conditions which now exist in different parts of Europe purely because of the dearth of the material necessities of life. Here, she explained the attitude of the starving people of Russia and other nations when they heard that the farmers of the United States were burning their corn. How could they do it, they would ask, when fuel is plentiful in America and the people over here cannot obtain enough to keep them alive? Also, there is much concern over "Just as every robin's song tells us that Spring is close by, in spite of ice and snow, and the sweet arbutus is a sort of John the Baptist to the June roses, and both show that the old earth will swing into the sunshine again, so the flowers of sacrifice which cover the meadows of our common and sordid life prove that God, the great life-giving principle is still at work and that even in the darkness we may put our trust in Him." the way that the citizens of the United States are keeping their raw materials. The same question was asked about the articles which would keep them warm as was so frequently asked about the food. To all of these Miss Addams said there was one answer which might be found in the fact that the people of this country had not yet realized their responsibility toward those of foreign countries. That, this is a great responsibility, she said, is certain and that the people should be awakened to the realization of it is very necessary. She paid a tribute to Wodorow Wilson when she said that there could be no need of saying a great deal in defense of the League of Nations (Continued on next page.)
Object Description
Title | North Carolina community progress, April 5, 1922 |
Date | 1922-04-05 |
Editor/creator | Lindeman, E.C. |
Subject headings |
North Carolina -- Periodicals Community development -- North Carolina -- Periodicals Education -- North Carolina -- Periodicals Social service -- North Carolina -- Periodicals Community development Education Social service North Carolina |
General topics |
Teachers UNCG |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The April 5, 1922, issue of North Carolina Community Progress, a publication of the North Carolina College for Women (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro). |
Type | Text |
Original format | Newsletters |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : North Carolina College for Women |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
Publication | North Carolina Community Progress |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | 1922-04-05-nccp |
Date digitized | 2016 |
Digital master format | Image/tiff |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries |
OCLC number | 965151717 |
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Title | Page 001 |
Full text | NORTH CAROLINA H CAkOLi VOLUME 3. APRIL 5, 1922 NUMBER 13 JANE ADDAMS SPEAKS ON AMERICAN INTERNA TIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Jane Addams, well known social welfare worker and author, spoke to an enthusiastic Greensboro audience in the West Market Street Methodist church Thursday night on "America's Responsibility to International Problems." Miss Addams gave her lecture from a background of knowledge in World Problems that she had gained from frequent trips to the European countries and from intensive study of her own nation. The fact that America has not entered the league has, according to the speaker, caused a great many of the reconstruction problems to be harder to solve than they would otherwise have been. When she attended meetings of the League in Geneva, she was often asked why the country that had done so much toward the establishment of world peace in other ways had failed to show interest in the organization. She mentioned eight specific plans which had failed because of the "non-participation" of the United States among which was the loan which had been proposed for one of the most destitute of the countries. The attitude toward the states is very different now from that of a few years ago in that the people of Europe feel that they are not exactly getting the things that a country in the position of this one should be expected to do much toward providing. Miss Addams commended the work of the Social Workers of the nation saying that they were doing a great work and giving "the kind of help that the world sorely needs." She spoke of the need on behalf of the European peoples of intellectual help. The schools there are not so numerous as they were before the war and the people, naturally, are finding it hard to get the type of education that they desire. Education, however, is destined to play one of the most important roles in future European civilization since all people are realizing that no country can be ideal and democratic unless the citizens are able to understand the laws under which they live. A humanitarian interest, she said, on the part of American people should make them realize that here they would find one of the most desirable channels of service in helping the people of the other countries to become reestablished on a firm intellectual footing and, thus, to regain their positions in world affairs. She cited several instances of the terrible conditions which now exist in different parts of Europe purely because of the dearth of the material necessities of life. Here, she explained the attitude of the starving people of Russia and other nations when they heard that the farmers of the United States were burning their corn. How could they do it, they would ask, when fuel is plentiful in America and the people over here cannot obtain enough to keep them alive? Also, there is much concern over "Just as every robin's song tells us that Spring is close by, in spite of ice and snow, and the sweet arbutus is a sort of John the Baptist to the June roses, and both show that the old earth will swing into the sunshine again, so the flowers of sacrifice which cover the meadows of our common and sordid life prove that God, the great life-giving principle is still at work and that even in the darkness we may put our trust in Him." the way that the citizens of the United States are keeping their raw materials. The same question was asked about the articles which would keep them warm as was so frequently asked about the food. To all of these Miss Addams said there was one answer which might be found in the fact that the people of this country had not yet realized their responsibility toward those of foreign countries. That, this is a great responsibility, she said, is certain and that the people should be awakened to the realization of it is very necessary. She paid a tribute to Wodorow Wilson when she said that there could be no need of saying a great deal in defense of the League of Nations (Continued on next page.) |