The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-07
PEACE MOVEMENT IS
SHOWING BIG GAINS
Mrs. Fannie Andrews Makes
Interesting Report for
American Peace League.

That new movement, started by the
history committee OF the American
School Peace league to teach the school
children on a different plan than hereto
fore used, has gained rapid headway dur
ing the last year. is stated In the annual
report of the national secretary Of the
league Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews Of
Boston. Under the leadership OF Wilbur
F. Cordy, chairman, the committee mas
held two meetings this year. one at Phil
adelphia, February "a. and another May
10 and 90 in New York city. In line
with the other plans OF the league to pro
mote International peace, this movement
endeavors to have less knowledge OF war
and more knowledge OF the people OF the
and moral advancement The complete re-
port Of the secretary will be read al the
annual meeting of the American school
Peace league to be held Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock in the tabernacle.
Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews arrived from
Boston yesterday and immediately started
her work by opening headquarters in the
Hotel Utah, With her she brought tons
OF peace literature, which will be distrib-
uted to visitors, and Mrs. Andrews ex-
tends a cordial invitation TO all to visit
read ner annual report until Thursday
she last night gave The Tribune a copy
for advance publication.
THE observance Of Peace day this year
surpassed that of last and gives promise
of continued increase in the number
OF schools which are adding Peace LAY 10
their list of special days to be observed, >
says the report "The secretary OF The
league compiled the second Peace Cay
bulletin at the request of the United
states commissioner of educa tlon, Count
ing the bulletins distributed by the Unit
ed States bureau OF education, the Ameri-
can School Peace league, The New York
Peace society the World Peace founda
ton and private citizens interested in
the movement. about Cd, 900 were 6iStrib
uted this year"
Since the. last annual meeting, FIVE
more states-Rhode Island, Kansas,
Utah. Oregon and Connectcut-have or
organized nineteen high school branches,
says the report,
The oratorical contest. which is the
feature OF the meeting Thursday after
noon will be the fourth of its kind which
has been held. Four Utah academic stu
dents-Charles Stewart. Collegiate insti
tute. Salt Lake James White. Salt Lake
high school; Miss Algle Eggertson. Brig,
ham Young university at Provo and
Frank B. Smith Of Ogden high school
VIII contest for the gold medal offered
by the league. The subject VIII be, Re
solved, That all International disputes
should be settled by arbitration" The
first OF these high school oratorical con-
tests was held in 1910 at Boston, repre-,
academies taking part. The William
Howard Taft debate medal was given.
The contest was held in San Francisco
in 1911. and last year in Chicago This
year is the first time that the schools OF
an entire state have been represented.
The vice presidents and counselors OF
the league are especially well represented
at the convention, about half OF them
being present The vice presidents who
have already arrived are. Philander c.
Claxton. Washington, d, c., ]. II. Baker,
Boulder, Colo, Fl, T. Fairchild, Durham.
y. H.; James NJ Greenwood, Kansas
City: DR., s, C. Mitchell Columbia S
c.; Miss Ellen C. Sabin, Milwaukee: 10
seph Swain. Swartbmore. Pa: E. c. War
riner. Saginaw, Mich. Frank b. Cooper,
Seattle. and Lawton B. Evans, Au-
gusta, Ga.