Education: Professor of Evil

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"Evil is one of the oldest classics of human nature. It is usually taught by people morally illiterate and mentally corrupt, when it should be an important part of the education of youth, taught as a classic, carefully analyzed and defined with reference to preparing adolescent people for dealing intelligently rather than emotionally or weakly with instincts—not merely of the body but of the mind. . . .

"The sophisticated youngster proves that he is unsophisticated by his insistence that he is sophisticated. A young man who is really wicked takes an entirely different attitude. He pretends to the best of his ability that he is innocent, and to be actually found out is the last thing he wants to happen." Thus Mrs. Lundy Howard (Corra May) Harris, novelist (A Circuit Rider's Wife, My Book and Heart), last week appointed Professor of Evil at Rollins College, Florida.