Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-07-28

fru(rleide, proetrnls IN the paralysis
Of her commerce. her national idsos
shattered "a miserable wreck Of ~
eislwatt physique which bore 20
proudly aloft through ems Of World
rcaching consequence. And this
sinister fate j. the inevitable lot Of
every participating power, no matter
what the eventual outcome and hnal
reckoning for victory viii he dearly
purchased, and decades, yea centur-
ics, will ito. suffice for the restOra'
ton to former greatness and uni
versal prestige.
And does America glory in the
prostrntion Of her sister lands across
the sea! Can true brotherhood glont
over fate which mikes for little
less than national annihlations God
forbid! But kindly fate has spared
the birthplace of Liberty and Column
bia has indeed, ridden safe through
the storm. An Almighty Providence
has blessed America with chief ex-
ecniive who has stemmed the seeth-
ing whirlpool which fain would have
swept the nation into its relentless
vortex. Woodrow Wilson, the school
master president has stunned the
Seylla of a world war without falling
into the Charybdi- of national dis
honor. Indeed. America has not cs-
capped the scathing criticism OF al!
these factions absorbed in the BUSH
ness of systematized manslaughter.
Her scorners often would have sought
refuge behind the cloak of American
citizenship: but when the craze for
slaughter has subsidized and the mad
ness of human destruction has spent
itself TO sheer exhaustion, the now
frenzied contenders must needs re-
fleet with kindlicr attitude upon the
American ideal and discern the bene-
l.ceni resultant Of q neutrality which.
in truth. is neutral.
Accordingly. America opport,mi
Is for ereatncss-true American
ereatness--is now at hand. The god
of the nations has decrecd that or
country. hi storchouse of all that l.
noble~t IN national aspirations
ideals which have rlng true above the
din and smoke OF the strife--should
he confronted with an opportunity for
reaching service with which no
people has ever before been honored.
For when the days of the European
reconstruction shall fully come
America will come into her own as q
world teacher. Her public schools
her colleges. and her universities, viii
be thronged with the best element oi
every nation from among those who
escaped the crushing stride Of the
war god. To her educational center'
will fl,rk these survivors of the storh
of slaughter, seeking to catch the tru'
significance of the American spirit
that they may build, upon sure an'
deep-set foundation, a new national
ity like unto our own. To thes'
bleeding lands across the sea on
bene6cient influence must be extend
ed, and the American ideal will thel
its supreme mission to fructify an'
bless.
Opportunity has ever entailed
corresponding responsibility: "T'
whom much is given. much shall
be required" How scrupulously
then, should this American ideal b
nurtured. to the end that it may at
tain to its highest state Of perfection
since its mission shall be worldwide
"Perfection" is a word from the vo
caublary of idealism, but 1t ever al
lures and fascinates the loyal hear
with an honest desire for its mos
complete realization. 1t is indeed
the American ideal which inspire
unccasing zeal for the bringing in o
the day of an American reality whic
shall bless all the conditions of hu
mainly.
In this incompatible work, tendin
: unsrriasly tcward .hs-usAering IN u
a new age of Americanism, the posi-
ton Of the public school teacher