Professor Hamilton's Diary: May 3, 1935

Still taking the baby to the ear doctor; Jane Addams honored with peace broadcast

Today Professor Hamilton once more took his toddler daugher Mary Elizabeth to the doctor to have the dressing on her ear changed. He taught an afternoon class at Albright College and that evening taught an extension class, which I believe was an adult education program.

The Reading Times had a short article about the winners of the Junior-Senior Oratorical Contest that the professor had presided over the day before. You recall he said there was “an interesting series of talks.” The subjects, according to the news article, were “Which Road?”, “The Price of Peace,” “A Defense of Democracy,” and “What is This Economic Motive?”

Peace was on many people’s minds as Germany ignored restrictions on its military build-up under the Treaty of Versailles, England announced the enlargement of its airforce, Japan made deeper inroads into China, the U.S. expanded its Navy, and France and Russia signed a mutual support pact. Representatives of several of these countries gave speeches for peace today in honor of social worker and children’s advocate Jane Addams. Paid subscribers can read on about this first-of-its-kind broadcast and the woman who inspired it.

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The photo of Addams, taken in April 1935, is from the National Archives, accessed through Wikimedia Commons.