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to cool; public investigation to bring to bear the force of the moral
opinion of the world upon the merits of the disputes, discussion, conciliation,
arbitration and decision by the World Court. A l l these are civilization's
w a y s of settling disputes and fifty-five of the sixty-four nations in the
world are trying to persuade the other nations, including our own, to
substitute them for war, which is the savage way, inherited f r o m savage
times and savage men. A l l the nations which were our allies in the World
War. all the nations of any consequence in the world which are not in
ruins, save only the United States, are united in this effort. I t is of much
significance that during the past five years of unprecedented turmoil, with
the exception of the Greco-Turkish war which arose before the League
was in working order, peace has been maintained in Europe without a ship
o r a soldier being moved or a shot being fired in execution, or in defense of
va n policy or decision of the League of Nations..

Because the members nations believe that the League cannot fully
achieve its great purpose without the United States they would receive
our government on almost any reasonable terms— very certainly with a
reservation such that there would be no moral or legal obligation upoti
us to share in any war outside the three Americas. And yet we hold aloof
from the greatest effort of all time to organize the world for peace although
our risk in joining the League would be less than that of any other nation
and our loss would be greater in another world war.

Germany and Turkey will join the League probably within a year and
then the only considerable nations outside of it will be Russia and the
United States,—and we are not upon speaking terms with Russia. I t
would be difficult to be proud of such a place in the family of nations.

A K E Quarterly.

A Fraternity Efficiency Scale

100 per cent I did. 40 per cent what is it? Psi.
90 per cent I will. 30 per cent I think I could.
80 per cent I can. 20 per cent I don't know how.

70 per cent I think I can. 10 per cent I can't.
60 per cent I might. 0 per cent I won't.
50 per cent I think I might. —The Shield of Phi Kappa