Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-08
.DONS OF OXFORD
WORK NAVVIES
ON war SUPPLIES
DiunIfied Professors Jolly Well
Keep Steaming to Hasten
Munitions to Front "

OXFORD. England, Prominent in
Oxford's war wqE--s Sir William Os
Ter. the professor OF medicine. He is
in chase OF tha Pet Cross hospitals
in charge OF the Red Cross hospitals
Schools building. F ".."~... -. -: ..a
One OF the intern"s and liable
assistant Of Sir William Is ar. W c.
Dawson. a Rhodes scholar from New
York Citv, VIA vert to Serbia IN
Red Cross work for six months last
year He is now workn. On the oman
air sleeping quarters for wounded in
College Gardens =. ~. IT.. =.
Prof. Gilbert Mnrr2v Prof. ". J
Sollas. Prof + Y: EtSeworth and
Prof r. r. Marra't have engaged
themselves at a pearhv arsenal to take
the places Of the rega'ar ordnance
men. and lond TRUCKS and shift shells
for three ten hnIr days p week. ~.
There are 20 professors and 2I5
others. too cd or otherwise unfit for
military service wlio f9rm this vol.
unteer organization called, after one
of its founders coiiey'9 army. f II:
Real Navy His "Mete." ~ ..a--.-Ea q.
Gilbert Murray is \ nrivate in the
ranks and it's greet IT. see him." said
one Of his fellow dCnS' II.
He was paired of With corpora
ton road member. and rough one
too, to shift l76-naund cases of soan
to trucks for Calais and the. 'front.'"
BY the end of the day the nair got
quite ,ctummv. and when after each
trip to the truck with case % saar
the rond mender wo"'d s"-' "Sta"5y
o.
on, mate. and easy does it, nothing
pndaunted. the famous translator %
Euripides replied: Easy it is. mattel
"The don went on to tell me that
the professors. lawyers clerks and
others of sedentary habits had got
over their first handicap of tender
hands and aching backs and they now
do four tires as much as on e1ual
number of regulars in one Of Their ten
hon~ d"vs. .-s... :..s.....-
20. thew iollv we'll keen ,steaming
all the time" he said 3"Of course
they wouldn't be able To keep It ,uD
every day but they are enthusiastic
because they are volunteers then
too. Some of the old uns have had
sons ssilled at the trent. and when
they finish loading a car Of shells for
Calais they fie.,ro .hey're getting some
Of their own back" r.
1t is certainly proof that for the
moment in England marty politics are
laid Sside, when professors from H irf
Tory Oxford Play the part OF navvies
tn aid in the munitioh fork of Liberal
LLOYD George: brt ID is only one ex-
amplA OF the many at 9sford. where
war is making manual aaDofers of all
classes ~ t.%'
Harvest Potato Crop. .
Another is that of the wealthy lady
who lent piece of ground as a novel
way or giving work to the unemployed
and, at the same tire, furnishing o.
crop t,of potatoes. The sufiemployed
who Mere unified by age or physical
health for military service got busy
and planted potatoes. But by the time
the crop was ripe more. permanent
jobs, saeft vacant hss waf, had fallen
to their lot and the lady found her
self with crop of potatoes in the
ground. but no unemployed to get
them out.
She called for volunteers from her
friends at the university, and the re.
suit was that professors, tutors and
dignified masters OF colleges left their
libraries and went out to hoe spuds
while some of the debutantes busted
themselves with sorting the crop into
grades. ..-.s-s,,.
The crop was advertised for sale
Many of the dons who had dug the.
potatoes took personal interest, in
their ultimate destination. SO that the,
lady cleared more than 500 for the
military hospitals. 81. >z....:s- :.