THIS WEEK'S OUTLOOK WEEKLY OUTLINE STUDY OF CURRENT HISTORY1 BY J. MADISON GATHANY SCARBOROUGH SCHOOL, SCARBOROUGH-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. Humanizing the Post Office Mr. Hays pronounces the American Post Office "the greatest of all businesses." What facts are there which tend to justify such a sweeping statement? Can you suggest to Mr. Hays some definite ways in which he might conduct with great profit to those under him a welfare department, a department which he is very desirous of establishing? Can you express in four or five sentences how Postmaster-General Hays believes the Post Office should be conducted? Is the Post Office the oldest of the ten Executive Departments? Which is the youngest of these Departments? What salary does each of the heads of these Departments receive? State very briefly what the chief duties of the heads of Executive Departments are. Give a brief sketch of the history of the United States Post Office. What improvements have been made in the postal service during the last fifty years? Define with accuracy the following expressions: Obsessed, in lieu of, commensurate, subterfuge, decency, morale, slogan. Japan What does the expression "militaristic nation" mean? Does possessing an army and a navy mean that a country is militaristic? Is there any actual proof that Japan is any more militaristic than Great Britain or the United States? One of the writers on another page of this issue of The Outlook refers to Japan as "the England of the Orient." Do you see any objection to Japan playing such a rôle in the Far East? If it is true, as different writers in this issue of The Outlook say, that there is "a growing antipathy in America, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere" toward Japan, that Japan "in vain scans the horizon for a sincere friend," and that army and navy expenditure in Japan is "isolating Japan from the rest of the civilized world," who and what are to blame for such a situation? Is it right that other nations should hold such attitudes towards Japan? What do you learn about current Japanese politics by reading the two articles found elsewhere in this issue on Japan? If you were asked to make a speech 1 These questions and comments are designed not only for the use of current events classes end clubs, debating societies, teachers of history nd English, and the like, but also for discusin the home and for suggestions to any er who desires to study current affairs as as to read about them The Editors. on the topic "Why War?" what points would you emphasize? Define these words: Insidious, anomalous, diplomats, reactionary, contiguous, vernacular press, plutocratic, allegations. Here are four books well worth reading: "An Introduction to the History of Japan," by Katsuro Hara (Putnams); "Modern Japan," by A. S. and S. W. Hershey (Bobbs, Merrill Co., Indianapolis); "Must We Fight Japan?" by Walter D. Pitkin (Century); "Why War?" by F. C. Howell (Scribners). Ambassador Harvey Makes a Speech On another page The Outlook reports that Ambassador Harvey said in London recently that "the present Government could not, without betrayal of its creators and masters, and will not, I can assure you, have anything whatsoever to do with the League, or any commission or committee appointed by it, or responsible to it, directly or indirectly, openly or furtively." Does this pronouncement by Ambassador Harvey accord with what President Harding and Secretary Hughes have said in this country about the League of Nations and America's relation to it? Does the above statement by Mr. Harvey please you? What are your reasons? In this same speech our Ambassador to the Court of St. James's said that "we sent them [our soldiers and sailors] solely to save the United States of America." In his speech to Congress, April 2, 1917, President Wilson told in the following words what America's ideals and purposes were in going into the war: "We are glad to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included; for the rights of nations great and small, and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way CONTRIBUTORS' GALLERY ILL H. HAYS, Postmaster-General of W the United States, was born in Sullivan, Indiana, in 1879. He was graduated from Wabash College in 1900. He was City Attorney of Sullivan from 1910 to 1913. As Chairman of the Republican National Committee he managed the campaign which resulted in Warren G. Harding's election to the Presidency. In the preparation of this article, The Outlook's plan was that Mr. Hays should speak to its readers by means of an interview; but he regarded the subject as of such importance that he wrote the article on "Humanizing the Post Office" himself. ENRY WALSWORTH KINNEY was also Hborn in 1879, but in Wailuku, Terri tory of Hawaii. He was graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1897 and did graduate work at the University of California. He has been a teacher, chemist, reporter, and editor. He was Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Territory of Hawaii from May 1, 1914, to April 1, 1919. He is now on the editorial staff of "The Trans-Pacific," of Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of "The Island of Hawaii." AWRENCE F. ABBOTT, President of The Outlook Company, was graduated from Amherst in 1881 and soon afterwards in California met Franklin K. Lane, of whom he writes in this issue. AROLD TROWBRIDGE PULSIFER, whose Hverses bear as title the words in which Franklin Knight Lane voiced his creed, is an editor of The Outlook. TÉPHANE LAUZANNE, editor of the of life and obedience." Why did Paris Matin," has frequently con America enter the World War? Was it solely to save the United States of America? Is Ambassador Harvey's view of why we entered the war your personal view? On another page The Outlook tells us that it is not only right but expedient that America and Great Britain should continue to live in the spirit of comity and enduring friendship. Why right? Why expedient? What, with reasons, is your opinion of those who hold to an ancient grudge against Great Britain? What do you think of what is written in the book entitled "A Straight Deal or the Ancient Grudge." by Owen Wister (Macmillan)? If you have not done so already, you certainly ought to read "The English-Speaking Peoples," by G. L. Beer (Macmillan), in which the author writes on the future relations and international obligations of all the English-speaking peoples. tributed to The Outlook. His most recent visit to the United States was in company with the French special ambassador, M. Viviani. His article in The Outlook for March 16, 1921, with a statement by Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France, was widely quoted. Jmissioner of Education of the State OHN HUSTON FINLEY became Com of New York and President of the University of the State of New York in 1913. He had previously been President of Knox College, Professor of Politics at Princeton, and President of the College of the City of New York. He has been Harvard exchange lecturer at the Sorbonne. He was born at Grand Ridge, Illinois, in 1863, and was educated at Knox College and Johns Hopkins. He is a Knight of the Legion of Honor, Chevalier of the Crown of Italy, and Knight of the Holy Sepulcher. Tarvia Tarvia Auto-truck Distributor OODLOT County was poor. Taxes were high and the roads-nothing but mud-holes. The schools were of the one-room, cross-roads variety with one weary teacher apiece. In the winter the children were unable to get to school regularly. In stormy weather Woodlot County was dead. The $200,000 bond proposal for new roads. was a bursting bomb in the calm of a peaceful night. Woodlot County awoke; but not all at once. 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