Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — State Council of Defense Sends Orator For Patriotic Meeting. [ARTICLE]

State Council of Defense Sends Orator For Patriotic Meeting.

Chairman of the County Council of Defense, Rensselaer, Ind My Dear Sir: "On July 14th President George R. Crose, of Depauw University, a man of brilliant oratorical attainments, superb scholarship, and eminent patriotism will address the public in general of your city and your community. He will bring to your people a message thrilling with truth and burning with a fervent desire to preserve democracy in the great crisis through which our country is now passing. I am asking you to provide a suitable place for the accommodation of your people on this occasion when they come to hear Dr. Grose. Please also arrange with your band and other musical organizations to be present and contribute to the program. Let business during Dr. Grose’s stay in your city be suspended and all the people do their part toward re-estab-lishing within, the minds and hearts of all the people the spirit of the men who made our country and the spirit of the men who defended our country in other crises of our national life. This is the very least service the State Council of Defense, under whose auspices Dr. Grose comes to you, Jias a right to expect from you as chairman of the County Council of Defense. lam asking you to give wide publicity through your newspapers and/ from the pulpits of your churches in Rensselaer and vicinity to this great patriotic gathering. The State Copncil of Defense feels that a service of inestimable value will be rendered the cause of our country by the coming to you of this splendid patriot. Respectfully, HORACE ELLIS, State Superintendent of Public In—s traction. —-——