Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-29

Volunteers! Spontaneous Combustion
OMAHA. April T.-To tthe Editor OF
The Bee:My oldest son has had his field
Of labor for a number Of years in Cen
tral America. He was mostly in Hon
duras and Guatemala. In thelrimany wars
he often happened into the firing line.
At such times hts services were much
In demand. His own work Is entirely in
the line Of peace. Business people wanted
him to be in their establishments. His
presence saved them fromithe maraudcrs
for even the looters have respect for
Uncle Sam. One of his boys In any busl-
ness saves the house.
At rebelllous outbreaks he often saw
gangs OF volunteers tse-ealled there COM
ing In to aid some ambitious malcontentt
They (many OF themb volunteered at the
point OF gun. The dilemma before them
was. Join the ranks or be shot" They
usually joined; but lest they should
change their minds on the way the pre-
caution was taken to tie their wrists
to long ropeAhaying trusted ones at
each end. In this way the volunteers
marched by squads to the place Of rendez-
vous. Fine. was 1t not?
A similar game is often played in less
dangerous line.s A pastor was to leave
church for another. didn't know the
man. knew some of his Pensioners who
told me the plan. The pastor himself
wrote the resolution to be presented. at
final reception TO be given to him He
was TO be surprised at that meeting with
q gold watch to be given by his admring
friends, All this was In the plan and to
guard against failure he himself wrote
out q list OF names. with amounts ex-
pected from each. He also appointed
trusty collectors. The thing worked.
Those In the secret were prudent The
rval author of the plan was known to
few. The dear man got his watch. Tho
resolutions expressed sincere regrets that
SO efficiently and faithful a man couldn't I
stay indefinitely, The dilemma before the
contributors was not: The ranks or a
bullet. But pay or be counted meanly
narrow" Their deeds were a spontaneous
outflow Of admiring love. II II hadn't
been so, we'd call 1t holdup Of very
mean kind.
Such parting resolutions are often de-
ceptive. | had very few pastorates. My
Mt was to stay long time. l never. but
once, allowed resolutions. had offlciated
there but briefly. The work was no sue
cess. AT my suggestion they passed reso-
lutions to mollify my feelings.
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Omsha's Educational Opportunity.
SPENCER, Neb!. April S.-To the Edi-
tor Of The Bee: As fellow martyr to
the ingratitude Of republics. allow me a
few words on the permanent Interests OF
Nebraska people.
Insofar as my candidacy for superin.
tendent stood for anything. 1t was a pro-
test against the wasted years OF school
life.
You remember the teachers voted to
meet again in Omaha They are much
more interested in the doing Of things
than the talking Of them. Farmers are
swarming to town to educate their chill
dren. Why not to Omaha?
Why not start q crusade for a high
school polytechnic in Omaha?
The machine shops. the smelter. pack
ing houses, etc. are object lessons.
/ think textiles. aluminium, carborun-
DUN. Portland cement and chemicals
could be produced commercially. but, Of
course, not profitably. in q great build
ing given up TO high school pupils.
BY attending the technical part of the
time and the regular literary school part
OF the time, such pupils would need
fewer high school buildings.
@. W. wHITEHoRN.