Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-02
FACULTY RECEIVES
Augustana Welcomes New Stu
dents With Exercises in
the Chapel.
DR.. FOSS TELLS OF TRAVEL
Military DcspOtism of Germany One
of Things That Impressed Him
on World Tour.

The military policy of Germany IN
during times of peace was severely
scored last night by DR.. c. w. Foss
at the annual faculty reception TO the
lew STUDENTS OF Aususta.a college
d.: Foss recently returned home from
a trip TO the Orient and Europe, ana
his address last night was a cursory
review Of the various countries visited
On the trip. A military despOtism"
is the way Or. FOss characterized the
l.a.se~'s policy.
II was not Germany as the land of
the reformation. nor even as the great
factory of continental Europe tha.
Impressed met was Germany as q
military despOtism. 1t is the terrible
burden of war that rests owe" Germany
in times of peace that impresses one.
There are soldiers everywhere, ana
everywhere you are hampeTed by mill
cary restrictions The soldier is the
leader of society The relative stani-
ing of the soldier and the student is
illustrated by the fact that even the
universities suffer from the annoyance
VI tic IGSillIC L hiu i-OA ol-
tend single lecture at the University
of Berlin that was not disturbed by
soldiers outside There was almost
an incessant beating of drums and
marching of soldiers in the streets.
and sometimes the professors would
have. to discontinue their lectures en-
tirely because of the disturbance
Let Women Do Work.
You can scarcely realize until you
have witnessed the actual conditions
what it really means to Germany. IN
an agricultural district l saw force
of so persons at work in a field OF
the so workers. 60 were children and
women. many of them old and benz.
l asked the superintendent the reason
for this state of affairs. and he told me
that labor is so high that men could
not be employed. Where are the men?
They are called away from the useful
occupations of life to the most useless
that of soldiers.
AT the same time that these hun
dreds of thousands of men are with |
drawn from useful occupations. thu |
rest of the people must support them |
and their old mothers must do the |
hard. mental labor. Millions of dolla IS |
are paid out every year on the great |
army and navy. 1t can have only one |
result. the bankrupting of the nation, |
and all this because of foolish fears |
on the part of the kaiser 1t is a re- |
Election on Christian civilization. this
armed peace"
DR.. Foss did not attempt to give fuli
account of his travels last night, bur
merely outlined his trip and told of the
different places visited. They includ I'd
he island of Ceylon. India. Egypt, the
Holy Land, Constantinople. southe. n
Russia. Persia. Greece, Italy SwitZe--
and, Germany. Denmark. Sweden.
France. England, Ireland and home
again
when all things are taken into con
'ideration," said the speaker. there
S no country on the face of the earth |
hat can equal the United States. !
will go even one step farther by say
ng that in the United States there is
10 section of the country than can
equal the Mississippi valley. And |
light in the heart of this section i
coated our institution. Augustana col
ege. | consider this circumstance |
most fortunate and of great conse-
Iuence for the future, And now finally. |
n behalf OF the faculty. | wish to con
graduate you on choosing Augustana
is your alma mater, for | know that /
rou can obtain here as good and as
borough an education as you can in
my institution of its kind in the world.
gain | wish to congratulate YOU and
did you all a hearty welcome TO Angus
ana
DIR. AndreeD Also Heard.
DR.. Foss was given an ovation both
preceding and following his address.
oraciden+ An6reap was aIs1 acC0rdOd