New Britain herald., 1917-09-11
NO USE.

There are those who firmly be-
lieve that Milwaukee is not a part of
the Union; that 1t is in no sense an
American city in a sovereign state
This, perhaps, because Wisconsin is
the state from whence halls Bob
La Toilette, he of the curly locks
and the f1libuster attitude, and Mil
waukee is the home town of so many
breweries.
1t Is true Milwaukee is the home of
a brew proclaimed to have made the
city famous; but that was in the long
long ago. Milwaukee is now famous
as the greatest center of German
born population in the United States,
and, as such, is having a hard time
living down it's present-day reputa-
ton. Yet, and we state this advised
ly, there are no more loyal Americans
to be found anywhere than in Mil
waukee. Even If some of them do
wear German cognomens.
AS evidence that Milwaukee is all
that any good American should want
it to be, we point out the fact that
1t is the possessor of at least one good
American newspaper. 1t may have
others that are off color, and prob
ably are; but it has the "Journap'
which suggests that Somebody needs
to send a special messenger to GER
tain American college professors to
tell them we are at war with Ger
many. A snail will be too slow and
will not reach them in time
AS we are living within the shadow
of one of Americas greatest colleges,
If not the greatest,-we should delve
further into this contention Of the
Milwaukee editor. And having done
so, we find: That estimable gentleman
one day last week walked down Grand
avenue and. stopping at his favorite
newsstand, glanced at a rack contain
ing the usual array of magazines. Pur-
chasing quarterly publication devot-
ed to the study of modern languages,
our scribe fastened to his office for an
hours pleasant reading. Once there,
what did he discover? He learned,
after a careful scanning, that the mag
azine in question contained the follow
| ing six enlightening articles: The Sec
| ond Nuns Prologue, Alanus and Mo-
rabius, Walter Map and Ser Giovanni,
| Verses on Nine Worthless, Dane Hew,
Munk of Leicestre, Drydens Tempest
| as a Source Of Bodmer's Noah, and
Lorenzo de- Medici and Boethius.
| AS they were wont to say about
certain German band, Der ISIS no
| odther." so with this magazine. There
| were no other articles but these six
propaeudeutical pandects Then, say
eth out patriotic Milwaukeean, These
six articles have taken months of work
on the part of these well-known pro-
fessors-taken it, too, at a time when
Belgian children have been starving,
when the government has needed cleri-
| cal aid when grain fields have de-
manded cultivation, and when the ma
ton has never been in greater need Of
| counsel from trained minds. Maybe
! these articles are worth more than
the dollars that might have been
earned in the wheat and corn fields
! and given to needy causes, and may be
they are more valuable than the ma =
ture counsel which these learned mel
might have given had they devoted
their energy to the cause of the nation
rather than to professional advance
ment but the lay mind, those of us
who are living through the present
crlsis-whose lives are not absorbed
in the language riddles of the four
teenth century--we can't see it that
way. For years college men have been
under criticism as being out of touch
with life, and the present number OF
this magazine seems to justify this
criticism"
Oh, Brother Editor, why so harsh
We admire your Alnericanism.- your
practical Americanism; but do you not
know that these six college professors
who wrote the six articles in question
were probably not even paid for their
labors? And that if they directed their
thoughts to the channels you suggest
their efforts would be equally fruit
less? There is no need then of send
ing a special messenger to certain
> l COLLEGE professors to tell them we ara