THIS WEEK'S OUTLOOK A WEEKLY OUTLINE STUDY OF CURRENT HISTORY' BY J. MADISON GATHANY SCARBOROUGH SCHOOL, SCARBOROUGH-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. What the Pilgrim Fathers Left S Behind Them IR ARTHUR SHIPLEY tells us on another page that " we are pretty well informed as to what the Pilgrim Fathers found on their arrival" on this side of the Atlantic. What would you tell a young person that the Pilgrims found on their arrival here? Sir Arthur also tells us that "much that they left behind them was bad," and mentions what, in his opinion, some of those bad things were. Can you prove that the things he mentions were bad? What specific illustrations can you give in your proof? What are the main facts about the rise of the Puritans in England? There is difference of opinion as to the origin of the name Puritan. What is its origin? What distinctions should be kept in mind in referring to Independents, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Puritans in English history in the time of Queen Elizabeth? A noted American historian tells us that "the Pilgrims were not subjected to active persecution in England from Church or State." This view is contrary to popular belief. Is the historian right? What is the difference between Puritans and Separatists? Between these two terms and the term Pilgrims? Is it worth while to make these distinctions? How did the Anglican Church differ in belief from the Catholic Church in the time of Elizabeth? In the time of James I? Sir Arthur tells us on page 464 that "all these activities would have left the Pilgrim Fathers unmoved, for they were beyond the sphere of their vision." What are "these activities to which he refers? Does this comment of his characterize the Pilgrim Fathers unjustly? Was the Pilgrim colony in America an economic success? Did poverty and hardship continue at Plymouth as long as is frequently implied? What was the attitude of other Protestant sects in New England toward the Pilgrim Church? Define the following terms: Litany, the Stadtholder, antinomies, the Moluccas, inveterate, theocracy, litterateurs, anatomists. It would be difficult to make a thorough and valuable study of the Pilgrims without reading "The Pilgrims and Their Story," by R. G. Usher (Macmillan); "The Pilgrim Republic," by J. G. Goodwin (Houghton Mifflin); "The Argonauts of Faith," by Basil Matthews (Doran). Is Flying Dangerous? What reasons do you know of why flying is considered dangerous? Has Mr. Driggs succeeded in convincing you that flying is not dangerous? What are your reasons? Mr. Driggs quotes Lieutenant Plumb as saying: "On one occasion the plane was 1These questions and comments are designed not ouly for the use of current events classes and clubs, debating societies, teachers of history and English. and the like, but also for discussion in the home and for suggestion to any reader who desires to study current affairs as well as to read about them. -THE EDITORS. thrown into a position literally a bank beyond the vertical" (page 461). Can you explain in words and illustrate by diagram the meaning of this sentence? How many kinds of aircraft are there? Can you explain how they differ? Why does an airplane fly? Make this clear to those who may know nothing about the answer to the question. What are your reasons for believing that the United States Government should or should not spend money in the development of aircraft? Do you think the aviator is apt to become as important a factor in human progress as the navigator has been? What are your ideas as to the business possibilities of the airplane? Make clear the meaning of the following aeronautic terms: aerofoil, aircraft, airplane, airship, anemometer, appendix, bridle, dope, empennage, fuselage, glider, hangar, lobes, nacelle, stabilizer, stato What do you expect of our next Senate? Of what educational value has this political campaign been to you? Note two references in the editorial entitled "The Election of Mr. Harding." The first is to one-man power. Was this power shown in the sending of unofficial agents abroad? Or in the President's course regarding Americans in Mexico? Or in his absorption of war powers? Or in his recent refusal to carry out the terms of a bill he had signed? As to the extravagant war expenditures, do you or do you not defend waste after war has come? In particular, how far is the Administration responsible for avoidable waste and how far does blame attach to the people who did not make it plain that there must be preparedness? Is the idealism mentioned in the editorial always to be measured by such facts as the Selective Service Law, the transportation of troops without the loss of life, the efficient waging of war abroad? Or by such facts as our present taxation system, the Government's action in the sugar situation, the decline in Government bonds? Accurate Payrolls THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TIME RECORDERS CONTRIBUTORS' Lauthor of "1s Flying Dangerous?" AURENCE LA TOURETTE DRIGGS, needs no introduction to Outlook readers. He will be remembered, among other things, for the remarkable stories of Arnold Adair which The Outlook published during the war. By the way, there are other Arnold Adair stories in prospect, in which Mr. Driggs introduces his hero as an aviator in time of peace. Those who have met Arnold Adair in his previous career will doubtless guess that his new adventures are not wholly without those thrills which we have all come to associate with his vigorous personality. RICHARD WELLING, who served as an officer in the Navy during the war and who now holds a commission as lieutenant in the Fleet Naval Reserve, recounts a daring experiment (or so it would seem to those accustomed to the old type of military discipline) which he attempted in an effort to build up the esprit de corps of his men and to achieve a state of something more than passive obedience in the camp which he commanded. His story is one which ought to interest ex-service men, but its appeal is not limited to those of naval and military experience. 'DWARD L. DAVISON, an undergrad ED uate of St. John's College, Cambridge, whose poem "The Sunken City" appears in this issue, is one of the more outstanding of the younger English poets who have become prominent by his post-war writings. Mr. Davison is editor of the "Cambridge Review," the oldest university journal in England. He has also taken a prominent part in the Union, the great debating society of the University. Poems of his have appeared in the London "Mercury,' Country Life," and other wellknown English journals. Mr. Davison is the editor of an anthology of poetry written by Cambridge students who served in the army or navy during the war. This anthology is in the press. Two more poems by Mr. Davison will appear in later issues. 99 66 SIR ARTHUR EVERETT SHIPLEY, whose interpretation of the Pilgrim Fathers from a European point of view appears in this issue, is Deputy ViceChancellor of the University of Cambridge and is Master of the venerable Christ's College of that great University. Our readers will remember that on a previous visit to this country as one of the British Commissioners of Education in war time, Sir Arthur contributed to these pages four or five articles on the relation of American students in the war to English universities. It may not be out of place to add that Sir Arthur is primarily a scientist, a Fellow of the Royal Society. 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