The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-07-27
NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE ID GIVE
 ADDRESSES

NEW YORK, July 22-The greatest patriotic educational campaign this country has ever seen is being organ ized by the National Security League. It is campaign to arouse the people of the nation to realization of what the war means and what their patriotic duty is The first definite plans were laid at d meeting of prominent educators called by the Security League in this city early in May. Since then. college and uni versity presidents and professors university extension systems, Chau tauquas, writers, lawyers, editors, judges, politicians and business men in all parts of the country have en dorsed the idea and promised the Security League their fullest CO., operation in carrying it out.
 The Leagues plan is to organize through it's Committee of Patriotism Through Education, of which Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard University. is Chairman, a system of addresses on patriotic and war topics by means of which trained speakers will carry into every city, town and hamlet in every state in the Union the following message-The causes Of the war, the reasons for the en- i trance oc this country into the con : flict. what the United States must do to carry out it's part, and the knowledge that not only the exist ence of democracy in the abstract but also the very life of this nation itself depends upon victory over Germany. The Committee
 ! The members of the Security i Leagues Committee on Patriotism Through Education, who are assist ing Prof. Hart in carrying out this tremendous scheme are-Arthur E. Bestor, President of ChautauQua In stitution; Thomas F. Moran, Pro- lessor of History and Economics in
 Purdue University; Calvin w. Rice, ] Secretary of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: Henry J. Allen. editor of the Wichita (Kan.)
 ''Beacon;" S. Stanwood Menken President Of the National Security League: Dr. Smaller Mathews, Dean Of the Divinity School of Chicago University: Mrs. Philip North Moore, of St. Louis, President of the Ma tional Council of Women; and Dr.
 Robert M. McElroy, head of the De Princeton University.
 The campaign was formally launched at a Speakers Training Camp for Education in Patriotic Ser
 vice and a Conference of Organiza tions Engaged in Patriotic Education
 held at Chautauqua, N. Y., July End
 July 7th, under the auspices of the National Security League. The ob- feet of this gathering was to co-or.
 dinate the work to be done and de fine the methods to be adopted by the speakers who will engage iH the nation wide campaign.
 The conference was addressed by
 leaders of thought in every branch
 of activity effected by the war. The
 relation to the war of agriculture labor, business, finance, medicine military and naval needs, and every phase of endeavor was explained by
 men and women of ability, who clearly defined the subject matter
 to be used in the speakers addresses
 'rhe whole program was planned to
 actually train the speakers through presentation of iacts by persons Of
 recognized authority and thereby
 furnish texts for those who will en
 gage in the platform work
 25 States Represented
 Twenty-Five states were represent