Pullman herald. [volume], December 20, 1918, Image 6

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secretary Baker Urges Letters
With 'Home-touch" For the Boys
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| The eye? ef ths world ere npon eer soldiers overseas
{ today net nor* for what they have done than for what they ar*
now oalled upon to do. Before thea It* the tasks of helping
' to rehabilitate the devested lands of Frenoe and Belgium and
1 of making sure that the victory la Which they have so gloriously
! shared shall be a permanent ana.
This means that am may not expect soon to have them all
with us here -and to greet them faoe to faoe. The postponement of
their homecoming will ho often uppermost as wall ln their minds
as In ours. Thoy will yet meet and mist overcome many diffi
culties without either tho incentive or the excitement lent la
the past by the activities of war. They need our help and en
couragement now perhaps mare than at any other time since they
left home ln order that they may be inspired and strengthened
to maintain that fineness of character, manner and conduct which
has earned for them such universal respeot.
I bello7« that among .all the influences whloh may he
focused upon this objeot, tbe strongest and most far-reaching
is that which emanates from home letters, and 1 therefore urge
the mothers, fathers, wives and sisters of our soldiers over
seas to express themselves earnestly in their letters as their
share in seeing that tbe high standards whloh imerioa represent*
both here and abroad shall he constantly upheld.
Cordially yours,
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Newton D. Baker
Secretary of Van
«r.' "Raymond B. Poedlolc,
Chairman, Carnal sal en en Training Camp Activities.
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TURN THE ROYS' THOUGHTS
HOMEWARD, SAYS FOSDICK,
ASKING CO-OPERATION
Washington. — (Special.) — Just be
fore leaving for France to superin
tend the demobilization activities o)
those organizations which recentlj i
took part In the United War Work:
Campaign, Raymond B. Fosdlck j
Chairman of the Commission on Train ;
Ing Camp Activities, was interviewed I
with regard to the present situation o) i
our overseas forces.
"The problem presented by th« |
gradual demobilization of more than j
two million men three thousand milei j
from home Is one which will tax all
our social resources," said Mr. Fos
dick, "It ls above all a morale prob-1
lem, and It must be faced as such, with!
the full co-operation of families and j
friends here in this country, if it is to
be solved successfully. Every one who l
has a son, a brother, must help. j
"While the war was on our boye
were fully occupied; they were still i
filled with the spirit of adventure,
looking forward rather than back.!
Now, however, the fighting ls at an'
end. They are going to remain, most
of them, many months doing work
which will be neither exciting nor
particularly Interesting. They will get
lonesome, bored and terribly home
sick.
"The $170,000,000 raised In the re
cent United War Work drive Is to be
used precisely to bridge over this pc- j
riod by providing recreation and
amusement. But no amount of mere
money expended In such a way will be ]
enough. What these boys really want
Is not diversion, but human Interest i
end sympathy. These things express-1
ed In letters from home will warm |
their hearts and create a home at
mosphere around them, even while
they are i .sent from the family circle.
"Such letters may be a very neces
sary sheet anchor to windward in the
case of some boys. The thought of
some one waiting for them, counting
on them, will, more than anything i
else, make them hold back and think
twice before plunging into situations j
v.nlcn might mean harm and unhap
plness for them.
"We have raised the cleanest army
in the world. We have kept lt clean.
We hope to bring It back as clean and \
strong as lt was when It left us. But
while we believe our soldiers will
stand the present test—the hardest of
all in some ways—as bravely "and
successfully as they have stood every
other teeet of their manhood and en
durance, it ls our duty to give them
all the help we can.
"This, as I have said, can beet be
rendered by means of letters which
will begin now, at once, not only to
satisfy their home longings, but to
turn their thoughts from tasks already
accomplished to the long years of life
ahead of them."
HOME FOLKB MUST HELP.
Washington.—(Special.)—The War
Department Commission on Training
Camp Activities has hit upon an Im
portant and entirely new Idea ln the
"Letters-from-home" plan Just an
nounced.
Pull the boys through the most try
ing period of their service by writing
the right kind of letters, letters full of
. the home feeling, the mother feeling.
This appeal Is made to mothers, fn
? there, sisters and sweethearts by the
- War Department It ls hoped that mil
lions of Inspiring letters will be writ
ten the week of December 15. desig
nate as "Letters-from-home" week.
Pulpit and press are co-operating to
make a great success of the pi-*.
Suggestion for Mother's Letter.
Son of Mine:
They're sending you home to me at
I last. Through all these months of
waiting and longing I've been wearing
a star for you and holding my head
high and thinking wonderful thoughts
about you. I've watched you through
ocean mists and dreamed anxious
j dreams. Yes, and cried a little, too,
I but not when people could see.
And now you're coming home. Oh,
' it seems too good to be true. I've Just
j rend your letters again. They say so
much more than you ever thought
when you were writing them. Just
happenings—that's all most of the
things you wrote about were to you.
But to me they said you were facing
the biggest thing ln life, facing lt
bravely, as I should want my .son to
face lt. You were offering your body
and your soul for a thing bigger than
you or me or America.
When I wrote to you 1 tried to
write cheerful, encouraging letters,
because I did not want you to go Into
battle feeling that I was holding you
back from the big sacrifice. It's only
now, when the fighting Is over, that I
can let down a little and be Just your
mother, Just the woman who loves
you better than anything else In the
world and Is so glad to know you're
coming back to her that she doesn't
care who sees her cry.
Perhaps for some of the boys who
have stood with you so finely through
these trials the fighting is not yet all
over. The fighting I mean Is that be
tween a man and himself, and for
many of them this will be the hardest
battle of all. During the long days
and evenings of waiting before they
can start for home thoughts will creep
Into their minds which will be hard to
resist. There will be times after all
these months of action when the long
ing for change and for the companion
ship of women may lead them Into as
sociations which will spoil their home
coming and cause them shame and hu
miliation, and even perhaps make
them unfit to receive the love that
awaits them here.
You, dearest boy, are Just as human
as your comrades, and feelings like
: these may come to you too. I don't
1 ask you to crush them. They are nat
ural, and they only prove that war has
; failed to dry up the well spring of
your emotions. I ask you only to rec
i ognize them when they come and to
control them with the fine strength
■ you have gained while fighting for the
ideals and principles of America. Just
j remember that many Joyous years of
life are ahead of you and that the risk
1 of spoiling them and the love that will
fill them Is too tremendous to run for
■ a short hour of seeming pleasure.
Many of the boys who will come
j home with you have no mothers to
| write to them. Some of them may
I think that no one cares what they do.
i But somebody does care. America
| cares. And the girls they will marry
some day care.- And, oh, the difference
I lt will make ln their lives if they will
j Just remember that there Is always
i somebody, always I
Help them to remember. Help them
; to come home clean and fine. Don't
; let them spoil everything now. They
i have been so splendid. If you think
I this letter will help them give It to
them. If they have no mothers let me
be their mother until they have come
back and taken the high places that
i await them here. Tell them to write
j to me. How 1 should treasure their
< letters I
And, of course, you will write to me.
Just Bay that you understand—that
t you know why I have written this let
ter. Then I can wait months—yes,
even years—knowing that you will
come home to me as fine and clean as
you were when I sent you away te
camp So long ago. Y.i i i llh:|t
BUSBY WRITES OF
PITTSBURG TEAM
Sees Pittsburg University Defeat the
Georgia Tech. Team
P. Marion Busby, graduate in his
tory and economics, 18, former ed
itor of The Evergreen and a thorough
football critic, describes in the letter
printed below tie- game between the
Pittsburg University and Georgia
Tech.:
i saw Doc Bohler and Jerry Nls
sen at the Georgia Tech-Plttaburg
game. Doc mid I both looked like
■no* replicas of the Crown Prince
or Cassltis— both had had the flu,
and showed it. a
But what you want to find out, 1
Know. Is what about Pitt? What
about Georgia Tech?
There is less to tell of the latter,
so I'll say ii first. They are big,
rangy fellows for the most part, who
have some how appeared In the
wrong generation of northern foot
ball. They are O. K. down south,
where most movements are funeral.
Hut when they try that "field and
stream" stuff on a real combat crew
there is nothing doing. They were
poorly coached and were frightened,
like kids from a small high school.
They wore white socks and big gold
en jerseys, hence the "Golden Tor
nado." However, the "do" had
somehow slipped out of "tornado."
And, shades of ancient Troy! they
wore tan leather shin guards—some
of them both fore and aft. When I
saw those great hulks lumbering on
to the field with the for-years-unsal
able stork of Spaldings, 1 began esti
mating Pit! touchdowns.
Pitt is good—good material and,
of course, oozing with the best foot
ball. Tech was helpless against her
line. Her guards and tackles are
great, though no better than what
you've seen only in 1917 at XV. S. C.
I've seen better ends than Pitt's.
Davis, frosh and a prep school
graduate at Kiski, is about like
Conn, the speed boy at 0. A. C. in
1916. Davis is not so rugged as
Conn, however; is not the kicker nor
defensive player. Easterday is a
half of the Dick Hanley type, no bet
ter, save for his ability to take for
ward passes from back over his head
while running. (Ed note: Dick is
said to have developed great skill in
this trick during the present season
with the marines.) I've never seen
his equal at it, unless among Harp
er's Notre Dame team of 1913.
Gougler Is a good plugging half,
nothing sensational. He is a bear
at defense and at Interference.
The great McLaren is, in my esti
mation, overrated. Carl Dietz should
write a book on -"How to Play Full
back" and present It to the ail-
American McLaren. Tho latter is
big and stout, tough and willing; but
the head, and speed, the ability to
sense plays and stop them, to form
Interferenco and back up the line,
are not in the same class with Red
Dicta's brand.
Guyon, the Indian, did a lot better
job of backing up the line. Guyon
was a moose at defense but of little
value carrying the ball. Little Flow.
ers is a high (lass back, however,
both on offense and defense.
Big Ralph Boone Is a better man
than McLaren. Bangs has no equal
on either of these teams as a real
ground gainer from scrimmage.
Dietz is better than any I've seen,
/im has no match here. And, save
for a new wrinkle or two, like Pitt's
forward pass from a double pass or
criss-cross to the half who shoots
through and on the opposite side of
the line, XV. S. C. has had a brand of
football second to none.
See what happened in the Dobie-
Qreal Lakes game? I've seen several
articles about it. Seems as if sev
eral have wondered whether Doble's
psychology or Dobte cunning was re
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