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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM ANB SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY SEPT.-9,-1918.

service. There is among our people an intense desire and perhaps It would not be egotistical to say, a capacity, even a genius, to do reconstructive work. The position which has caused Friends colleges to take the -course they have taken Is that the most patriotic thing for a man or institution to do Is to find the place where the maximum contribution can be made and work in that place. With all this development back of this rrescnt generation of tho membership of the Society of Friends, which has produced in us a desire and capacity for this reconstructive work, manifestly it is not in the military end of this great struggle in the world where we can make our maximum contribution. Therefore, it is not in affording mili

tary instruction that our colleges can make their largest contribution, but in lines of work. To appreciate how greatly these corstructive lines are

needed In the world, one has only to consult the statements of President

WAR SECRETARY MAKES SECOND TRIP TOjRANCE War Industries Board Gives Out List of Essential Industries Governing Certificates WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker has arrived

safely in France, the war department announced Sunday night. He was accompanied by a party of war department officials. a trin. the second he

has made to Europe this year, was ; Wilson, Secretary Barker and many of made aboard a transport which car- j the leading generals in this war. who ried tho usual number of United thoroughly appreciate the work which States troons tne Red Cr039 and the Y- M- c- -A- and Before Secretary Baker left for Eu-j tho Friends' Reconstruction Unit are

rope he stated informally that when the personnel of his party became known the importance of the trip would be disclosed automatically. The object is acceleration and high power expansion in war munitions and men. It was known that Mr. Edward It. Stettinlus, former assistant secretary of war, and recently relieved of his duties In order to give his entire time to army work, in France, had preceded Secretary Baker abroad. Mr. Ctettlnlus is vested with extraordinary powers over supplies an dgeneral service behind the lines. Wayne County's Share of Automobile Tax Is $16 J 10

Wayne county's share of the automobile tax is $16,710. The total for the state Is $54,617. The apportionment is based on three things: One third of the total 'distributed among the 92 counties, one third distributed on the basis of 'the total mileage In each county and cne-thlrd distributed on the total amount of automobile license money jjairt In by each county. Richmond Man Wins State Poultry Prizes E. E. Cartwrlght, 3255 W. First street, has won aKaln on Single Comb Buff Leghorns at the Indiana State Fair. He has won every first prize but one. The poultry show was the largest in tho history of th(fair, with every space occupied in the poultry building. EDWARDS Continued From Page One. tral Collpge. Central City, Neb.: Pacific College, Newberg, Ore.; Penn College. Oskaloosa. la.; Whittier Col lege. Whittier Cal.; Wilmington College, Wilmington O. These colleges represent a constituency of more than 100,000 people, have "an attendance of approximately 3,000. and have properties valued approximately at $4,000,000 and endowments of $3,000,000. A complete statement of the reason for Friends' colleges taking the attitude they have would necessarily need to go back to the fundamennl reasons underlying the position .which tho Society of Friends has always taken with reference to war. Ever stn"o the beginning of the soclty, more than two hundred and fifty years ago, it has maintained a consistent testimony with reference to these things. Fundamentally this position has been csfnhiuwt unon a religious basis, uml

it is fortunate that this true, for the

in're logicauy ivn

doing in the war . devastated region

Many people do not know that the Friends' Reconstruction work is a branch of the Red Cross work, being attached to the Civilian Branch. Friends' Work In France The work which Friends have done In France has been of tremendous effect in establishing the morale of the French people. Our workers have gone into the devastated communities and have found the inhabitants desttute and despairing and have rehabilitated them materially and spiritually. This sort of work has put the heart Into the French people and has laid a foundation for international good will which will last for all time to come. With the world devastated as it is, it

is very apparent that not too much reconstructive work can possibly be provided for. That Friends do have a desire to do this kind of work is proved by the fact that American Friends contributed last year $600,000 to it, and when the present quota is filled, seven hundred and twenty-five of our young men will be serving there without compensation, and that we do have a capacity for it is evidenced by the testimonials of appreciation that come from every angle where Information is sought. We have been requested to establish a model farm for the purpose of teaching the French people agriculture. This we have done at our own expense. With the spirit and genius of our society, as has been outlined here, it would be a disaster from which we would not recuperate in a generation, for our colleges to depart from a thing which we are fitted to do, to engage In a thing for which we are not fitted. It would be a tragedy to take a fine chemist who has the ability to work

with effect and result in his chosen

Friends' colleges to establish military

training, knowing the situation. The advice given by these men -was that Friends' colleges should go straight

ahead with their college programs aa formerly, endeavoring to give the best education possible and emphasizing essentials of good citizenship, giving the most efficient physical training, and where possible, introducing special lines of trainift which would meet the needs of the present time. Proposed Program. The document prepared sets forth not only the position Friends' colleges were taking and the reasons for Buch and the request which we had to make of the War Department, but also a statement of what we proposed to do to render the largest service we could at this time. Under the auspices of the Society of Friends, all the colleges named above in this article will follow the following program:First, there shall be Instituted in an nur rniipees a hieh type of physi

cal education, which will be required of male students. This physical education will be of the sort that would be approved by the best athletic directors In the land. and. so far as its

influence upon the physical develop

ment and health of students is concerned, will be the equivalent of milltrv trainlne. In fact the oflly differ

ence between what we propose to do in these lines and that which will be

innA in those institutions wnere s. a

t n. la established will be the techni

cal military drill The regular inter-

rolleelate SDorta will go forward as

Ki!Bi This ia the desire of the War

Department, as it has been determined

that college athletics are a large iavtor in the training of men for service of the Government. Second, we propose to put in certain emergency courses in order to train men for special lines of service. Such courses have been proposed as First Aid, Shop Work, Wireless Telegraphy, Navigation, Automobile Mechanics, Conversational French, etc. Third, we propose to make such modifications of certain regular courses as will make them most contributory to special training of men for service for the Government. Fourth, a course in systems of Accounting will be offered. Also we are now in correspondence with the Civil Service Commission relative to establishing courses for women preparing for secretarial and statistical work. . It will thus be seen that in every phase of this whole question. Friends' colleges will be prepared to render the type of service desired by the Government except in the one item of actual technical military training. Those who understand the eituation agree that the managements of the Friends' colleges have arrived at the only conclusion possible. Action at Swarthmore. One of the leading men of the Society of Friends is Gilbert Bowles, of Tokyo, Japan. A few years ago the

Review of Reviews sent a representa-

w.Hn-lmix linata is

able and more vontionauy cuavii.i& i receive(j, and were advisea tnat me

line In the interests of the government Uive on a tour of the missionary sta

and put such a man into the trenches, and it would equally be mistake for Friends' colleges to depart from the training for reconstructive work and engage in military activities. Some two weeks ago a delegation of Friends, consisting of President William M. Comfort, of Haverford college, Haverford, Pa.. Dr. Rufus M. Jones, Professor of Philosophy in Haverford college, and Dr. Wilbur K. Thomas, acting executive secretary of the Friends' service committee, was appointed by the board of education of the Five Years meeting, to present the cause of the Friends' colleges to thewar department. Previous to this, a document had been prepared by President David M. Edwards of Earlham college, chairmen of the board of education of the Five Years meeting of Friends, setting forth the situation, which document was taken by this delegation and presented to those who were interviewed. Interviews were had with Dr. Keppel. third assistant secretary of war and Col. Rees, chairman of the committee on col

leges. 'Our men were very romidnj

than anv other.

Based on Principles. The motive back of the position which the Society of Friends ha3 taken has not been mere sentiment, has not been a mere convenience, has not

even been merely a pnuosopny, uul has been a powerful, moral lmperattvp- . i-i Our colleges have been founf.ed, maintained and endowed by people who believe in the fundamental principles of Quakerism, which fundamental principles are opposod to participation in military affairs. Consequently. It would be a breach of trust if our institutions at this time should depart from tho course which these principles have directed all through tho history of the Society. However. Quakerism has not been wholly negative, ns is sometimes popularly supposed. We have not stopped by saying that we could not en?ago In war We have-gone on and engaged in and devoted ourselves to constructive activities. . t The Socletv of Friends has been engaged in positive activities throughout

her entire history, uroiu nu, ert Barclay. William Penn. Elizabeth! Fry and all those who lived during the j

first century or our niswry. -- gaged entirely in social service work, much of It cf a reconstructive character. During the Franco- Prussian war, Ensllsh Friends did a work which was similar to the work being done today by both the English and American Friends. After the Civil War, Friends spent large sums of money and sent many men and women Into the South who engaged in reconstruction work. All these things go to show that we have dr eloped under a group of ideals and influences which has prepared us for a speciat Hue of reconstruction

war department did not expect

the

tlons of the world so that he might make an estimate of the value of missionary work. Upon his return he was asked who was the most influential men he met, and without hesitation he replied, Gilbert Bowles, of Tokyo, Japan. In the August number of the Review of Reviews, for the year 1912, there appeared an article in which this correspondent of the Review of Reviews made - a statement concerning Gilbert Bowles, which shows the calibre of the man and gives an estimate of the work he is doing. In that article it was stated that Gilbert Bowles was the largest single factor for the maintenance of amicable relationships between the United States and Japan that was in existence. Gilbert Bowles has recently been on a furlough in the United States ,but has returned to his work

in Tokyo. On the eve of his departure, learning that the Friends colleges had taken the position which is set forth in this statement, he wrote to the president of one of colleges as follows: "This note is written to give my unqualified support to those who believe that the only course cf Friends' col

leges to take is to steadily uphold the principles for which they have always stood." "to far as I now see,

I would have no more vital Interest in

Penn College (Mr. Bowles Alma Mater) with military training than I would have in the state institutions." In response to a petition to the undergraduates of Swarthmore College asking for military training, the follow reply was made: "Your - petition, asking that the Board of Manager establish a course in military training as a part of the college curriculum, has received most careful consideration. Your eagerness to serve your country in this hour of its dire necessity has our deep sympathy. "The Society of Friends has always

stood loyally behind the Government

in every consistent way, and true to this tradition Swarthmore is patriot

ically doing so today in a very large way; through members of her Board, her Faculty, her Alumni and her undergraduates. i Breach of Trust. "Though not strictly a sectarian institution, Swarthmore is a Frends' college, founded by that Society which, for more than 250 years, has consistently testified against war as a method of settling national or international disputes. Its campus, every building upon it, and quite three-fourths of its endowment of $2,000,000, have been contributed by those in sympathy with that testimony. In vew of these facts the board feels that the intro

duction of a course in military training would constitute a breach of trust. It further feels that it would be unwise now for this Institution to depart from fundamental principles of this society toward asseptance of which the board believes the thought of the civilized world is moving. "As this war continues the call for men of advanced technical training and administrative capacity becomes each day more and more pressing, and after peace is declared, and during the long years of reconstruction, there will be even greater necessity for col

lege trained men. The board believes that Swarthmore can best serve our country by exerting all its power in aiding young men to attain greater proficiency in work which it is qualified to teach and which is vital in this

crisis. "The board cannot, therefore, see its way clear to grant this petition, but in taking this action it does not seek to close the way for those who feel called to military training. Reiterating the pronouncement heretofore made by is executive committee, it bids Godspeed to all in the path of their conscientious convictions. "On behalf and by direction of the boars of manager, "HTTY LIPPINCOTT Miller. Secretary. All these considerations point to the fact that Friends colleges have taken the only possible course. There is one further reason, however, which although important, seems unworthy to be mentioned in the presence of the reasons which have been set forth, namely, the economic. At first thought it would be supposed that Friends' colleges would lose much more by failing to adopt military training than to do so, but in view of

the fact that those from wnom ws have in the past received support and those from whom we may expect in

the future to receive support, would be alienated if military training had been adopted, it is easily seen that even on the economic basis the right

course has been pursued. Again, it is permitted one to conclude that by the end of the present year all colleges will be very similar as to the matter of attendance of men. It is manifestly the intention of the War Department to call the men from 18 to 21 to the colors in rapid succession. Doubtless the 20 year old men may be called by the first of January, the 19 year old men two or three months later, while the 18 year old men may possibly be allowed to remain in college. Should Get Into College.

Again, it is natural to suppose that in those colleges where military training is established, the attention of the men will be so engrossed with the military training that very little will be accomplished in an educational

way. -The shortness of the time until they shall be called warrants one in expecting, and it should be so, that the War Department will insist on training them, and the fact that S. A. T. C's are wholly separated from the college management and entirely under the direction of the War Depart

ment, is an additional proof that the military training will, to say the least, not be neglected. Young men between the ages of 18 and 21, esDecially the 19 and 20 year old men,

may not -expect to go very much further in their education until this war

is over. However, in the face of these facts, the thing for every young man to do is to get into college. It is better to meet these things in the straight line of duty than to try to side-step. The War Department is desirous that men should enter college, and it is the patriotic duty for every young man to do so.

Realizing that the reasons under

lying the action which Friends' colleges have taken are, some of them more or less elusive and difficult to

understand, and yet trusting that our

friends will have a charitable mind

toward us, and again affirming our belief that we have done the only pat

riotic thing for' us to do, namely, to find the. place where we can make our maximum contribution, we submit the case tothe consideration of

those interested.

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