South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-29
AD-SELL LEAGUE
OPENS SEASON
Dr.. A. Pr. GammaCk and Or.
Stanley KrebS Entertain
With Facts and Wit.

Giving promise OF SUCCESSFUL SID
son. the Ad-Sell leagues first meet
ing this fall in the oliver hotel Fri
dav evening was well attended and
rousingly entertained by brilliant
speakers. music and "a good feed. -
The speakers. DR.. Stanley Krebs,
professor Of psychology at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and Capt.
A. p. +. Gammack. a South Bend
physician i'm Canadian war service,
held their audience interested for
four hours. Prof. Krebs spoke wit
tily. humOrously and CratOrically in
his inimitable fashion on Bouncing
the Blues Of the Business Brain,
outlining. with jest, tale and perora-
ton, the philosophy Of being good
natured. Capt. Gammack dealt with
war experiences and war conditions.
Pres't John De Haven presided, and
the members for past
performances and good attendance.
Officials and chairmen OF commit
tees were named as follows.
Board of Governors.
President. John +. DeHaven;
first vice president. +. c. Weir:
second vice president, John T. Earl:
third vice president, j. +. Quinn;
secretary, 5. A. Winchell; treasurer
Harold Herr.
Committees Chairmcn.
Program and speakers. Earl 5.
Dickens: educational. Fred L. sims;
music. George F. Hull; member
ship. y. :. Gingrich: Ad-Sell news,
O. :. Barrett; business survey, Hor-
ace W. Fox: get acquainted, Fred
w. Reed: vigilance, or better ad-
vertising. not chosen yet; on 10 SAN
Francisco. Arthur Barclay, Niles,
Mich: assistant 10 the treasurer,
Albert Macdonald, who is also
chairman of mid monthly luncheon
committees.
Bv virtue of previous office W.
X. Lamport, past president, be
comes a member Of the board of
governors.
Emphasizes Discipline.
Emphasis was laid upon the neces-
sitv for stern discipline by Capt
Gammack in his talk. which was
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questions and exhibiting relics. This
country so far is playing at war. he
startled his audience by declaring at
the beginning. 1T is no abstract
proposition but a positive danger
this country has to contend with,
and YOU leaders and representative
citizens Of the community are re-
sponsible for the lives OF the men
who have gone 10 the front to fight.
Do away with all foolish ideas Of
easy conquest. Discipline is the
thing that will carry this war 10 a
successful conclusion
In illustration. the speaker told of
the Australians, who are more like
Americans than even Canadians be-
cause they are so unamenable to
discipline" how i'm a certain battle
they were ordered 10 take two lines
of trenches and enthusiastically took
three. An English warship of the
coast II miles away. pursuing or
ders. dropped back mile and drop
ned shells into the third trench. kill
ing a thousand OF them.
In speaking Of personal eNper-
fences. he related adventures rum
ming the gamut. OF having an auto
mobile no 10 the carburetOr i'm water
get in TO a mud-hole and have 10 be
pulled out. 20 being on a ship when
il struck mine. killing 10 aboard.
being on a ship avoiding and chased
hv submarines. night trips at full
speed across the English channel i'm
absolute darkness. after unrestricted
warfare was declared. and the like.
Paws Tribute To British
Likewise. he told how the British
have developed the science of trench
warfare because they regarded with
enthusiasm as a sport and with facts
figures refuted charges that England
was not doing her share i'm the war.
scoring some of the Canadians who
make heroes OF themselves at the
cost OF verify and Justice" They
are keeping il secret now. but after
the war the world viii be amazed
10 hear the story Of what Briton's
navy has done"
Prof. Krebs was the first speaker
introduced and the volume of APP
pIause showed he is well known and
liked i'm south Bend and vicinity
Epigram and well-told story sand
wiched flows OF poetic language or
wittily undertoned classroom psy-
Geological and philosophical lectur-
ing.
When philosophy feasts. fun fasts
and facts flee but when fun feasts.
philosophy fasts and facts continue
their flight. so ] viii give YOU a
bushel OF fact and barrel of fun
and just touch of philosophy. 3"
promised the smiling orator. But
the whole speech. nevertheless.
seemed 10 some 10 he underlined
with philosophy joyous, brother
" philosophy tinged with religion.
He defined cheerfulness as neither
levity or mirth but the sunshine Of
the soul" and asserted it is a human
faculty 20 receive cheerfulness from
all directions-even the war"
some Krebs Epigrams.
Some OF the epigrams.
All intelligent persons should
cultivate cheerfulness because Ma
ture is cheerfulness. If YOU have the
eyes TO see.
"Cheerfuluess pays as a business
proposition.
IT you should look into a mirror