The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-03

actlng president, has been postponed
from next Monday, September 9, to the
following Monday, September 16, on
account Of the establishment at the
college in Manoa Valley of Stu
dent $ Army Training Corps Unit, and
on account of the delay in transporta-
ton for the returning members of the
| faculty, many of whom have been
spending the summer vacation in the
mainland.
This pOstponement, however, an
nounces the acting president, will not
! AFFECT the short course in sugar chemis-
try, which will begin tomorrow, as al
ready announced.
just what the Students Army Train
| ing Corps Unit, such as will be estab-
hshed here in Connection with the regu-
lar work of the College of Hawaii,
and what the aims and purposes of this
unit may be, the following story by
Prof. Harold Whitehead of the Boston
University, will explain:
War for Freedoms Cause
War! Like a rushing, living torch
that word lighted a divine fire in these
glorious United States on that never-to-
be-forgOtten April 6, 1917.
y,
from the quiet peace of the village
came mighty force-volunteers to
| fight for the most glorious heritage man
4 ever fought for-Freedom.
The demands were enormous, for the
task was gigantic, but the demands
\ were met with promptness and deadly
ehrnestness that heartened our cour-
\ ageous allies.
This war was no impersonal affair,
but something that touched every home
\ and every heart. An eager desire to
4 anticipate the call to duty thrilled
i millions of men and women.
What that duty actually was, many
people only vaguely understood. Our
Y government promptly recognized the
!, need for pointing out the duty to its
citizens, for it did not at once call
4 everyone to battle ION the tortured
\ fields of france with lhe greatest
scourge that ever cursed the world.
Story of the Three Sons
i In the small, busy, manufacturing
i town of Hammerville lived old man
Parsons with his wife and their three
sons-JOhn, the eldest, was twenty-four
years old; Robert, who would soon
graduate from high school, was going
on eighteen, while Dick-dear, mis-
ehievous Dick-was sixteen-three boys
whose manlness would cause a glow of
pride to any parents.
On that memorable April 9th, the or
derby routine of the Parsons household
was rudely shaken when Robert rush
led excitedly into the house and yelled:
"It's war; Dad! It's war, Mother!
Gee, now we III give the Hun something
to remember. I've just seen John;
he's going to enlist. 1t says we're
going to send millions of men to
France l hope II have to 60"
The Father looked with pride on
his son, but the Mother merely smiled
family and turned away so that the
others should not see the anguish in
her eyes. "Of course, if the boys had
to 90, she would be proud to have
them go-but her boys-John was a
man, but he was her boy "
John Marched Away
And so John marched away with
the loyal sons of Hammerville to do
his duty. But Robert and Dick felt
that they ought to do something they
wanted to do their duty, but what was
it,
Robert graduated from High School
and then Informed his Mother that he
must enlist.
at ism t as if I was a kid, Mother.
I m bigger and stronger than many
men. Just can t be n Stacker. You
see my point, don t Eou Mother"
But Mother didn t see his "point. -
She saw her son full of cagcrness
to do his duty as he conceived it, but
was it his duty to got Did he best
serve his country and his flag in that
wayf
She decided to find out what he
ought to do. If it was his duty to
| fight at oncc-well, she would do her
duty, and send him away with a smile
on her lips, even if :.
Training Corps Unit
The Students Army Training Corps:
The words stood out as if written in
letter of gold. Mrs. Parsons folded
the newspaper with trembling fingers
and moved to the window and read
the item. This is what she read:
-. The experience of France
and England has shown us the urgency
of training our young men, of encOur-
aging all who possibly can, even at
Sacrifice, to attend college or uni
versity so as to provide body of
trained leaders and specialists who,
both during and after the war, may
efficiently meet the Nation S needs
If we send all our young men to
France, we cripple our, future, for the
young men and women of today have
to guide the destinies of orr country
! in the strenuous fight for commercial
! development that will follow the war.
Moreover. the administration re
allies the value of college trained men
for officers more than eighty percent
of officers today are college men and
the colleges can not graduate men
quickly enough to meet the govern
mrnt's demands for officers
"TO make clear to the high school
graduates and those equally prepared
what is their duty, the war Department
has created the Students Army Train
ing Corps. In Few words, this is
what it means.
"A student enlisted in the Students
Army Training Corps is in military
service of the United States Because
he does not receive pay he is rIasscd
as on inactive service, but III Il ma
tlonal emergency the President may
call him at any time to active ser