9月14日 星期日 杭晨昙77° ,日中阴8° °
晨六点半起。九点半偕允敏、松至青年会,看学生救济会之图画晨览会,内有雷法章、周象贤、李培恩、余绍宋之字,及振公、潘天寿、林风眠多人之画,共有六房间之多。遇陈爱琴女士,知九月7-10号义卖共得九千三四百万元,而所售图画亦已超出八百余万元之多,但每张画虽不开价,售券自八十万至二百万元之巨。
出。至广播电台晤陈泽风不值,遂至罗苑,与沈思岩谈。缘去年夏,余自黔来杭与陈泽凤商妥,偕钢琴应用。余在美国时,思澄堂范牧师认该钢琴为其教友所有,欲取田,而广播电台亦来索取。余回后嘱舒鸿来商,拟以五百万元购买,但以广播电台同意为条件。校中移文电台,电台谓该台已经在中央登记,作为该台产业不能让给,如此则该琴即须还与广播电台矣。晤晓沧及李祁,知李曾发热数天。晤陈卓如、王文俊夫妇,王欲去华盛顿州立大学,已得350元之奖学金。但政府规定,需有考取自费生及官费生之资格者,始可以官价一万二千元兑美金一元,以一千二百元为限。但王未考取官费,故无法能兑此外汇,因之不能前往云。
十二点回。接骝先电,知明日在沪开中国委员会。但余以通告太迟,且十八须去京,故决计不往。午后睡一小时。阅Time magazine0五点偕松松赴游泳池。
Leonard oolf _ New Statesman and Nat10n _ Oct.18._ Review Reωon & Unrea‘son in Society by moπis Ginsberg and The Con庐rts of Unreason by Crawshay羽illiams。“Whereas our ancestor百at least believed that it was better to act rat10nally ratherthan irrat10nally , large number of people believe the opposite today。”It was not that19th century was reasonable & cìvilized , but it at least tried to be;the world of Hitler , mussolini & authoritarianismgenerally !ried no! !o be and succeededbeyond its own expectat10n。Fascism, Nazism& Communismmade opin10n & truth in politics a criminaI offense, and promoted emot10n primarily the emol10n of halred10be Ihe directing force of臼3the government & human development。