Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-16
Mass Meeting Will be Held
in City Hall at s O'clock
This Evening.
SPEAKS o NEW
DEMOC IDEALS
Minneapolis Man Represents
Movement for Applying
Religion to Administration

f. W. Graham, a nationally recog-
nized specialist in the organization of
religious work among college students.
will deliver an address on 1.-THE Life
of the Soldier" at a public mass meet
ing in the city hall auditorium It 8
o'clock tonight.
Mr.. Graham who has been doing
much active Y. NJ. c. A. work at the
University of Minnesota, has had un-
life at the officers training camp at
Fort Smelling. and has also received
much interesting tirst-hand informa-
ton from one of his brothers who re-
Gently died in action on the battle
fields of France. "
1T is very peculiar to observe" Mr..
Graham said in I'm interview this
morning. that the soldiers, like al
most everybody else, have ceased
thinking about the future. | always
have the impression, when mingling
Fort Smelling. that they have made
up their mind they are in for some
months or years of fighting. And
there everything stops. They make no
attempts to speculate upon life after
the war is over. Not that the val APP
pears to be the 'dead-line' in the sense
that it breaks off hopes for the flu
ture. But it does seem to check all
thoughts concerning what will happen
later on"
Spoke at University Today. o
This forenoon Mr.. Graham address,
ed an audience of students at the Uni
versity of North Dakota, discussing
The Present World Civilization" in
'ment of which he is a representative.
Discussing this movement, Mr..
Graham said in the interview today:
1T is our aim to arouse the college
students of America, and through
them bring pressure upon the nation
with the expected result that the
principles of Jesus Christ he applied
to the government. the democracy,
the diplomacy of the future. At this
hundred thousand young men and
women among the students of Ameri-
ca Upon the basis of what we call the
Mortified Program'-a schedule of
activity adopted at the Christian stu
dent association at Mortified, Mass,
last February"
Tic New Spirit.
Asked for his views regarding the
influence of the world war upon the
future of the Christian church, Mr..
Graham said:
THE problem is being widely and
actively discussed now by many men
who have given it very close atten-
ton. But it is, of course. impossible
to make any accurate predictions at
this time. 1 may say, however. that 1
think one result of the war will be
the fastening Of the movement which
aims at breaking down the denomina-
tional bars in the church. and that re-
ligious unity will become an accom-
nlished fact one than if the war
had not been fought"
In response to an inquiry as to
whether he thought a corresponding
movement might be seen in the field
of nationalism, Mr.. Graham said:
ut is probable. You see. when the
men of all nations meet on the west
ern front, they forget for the moment
that they represent many countries.
They live together, they fight togeth-
err, they may die together for the great
common cause, and these facts i'm
press upon their minds that they are
members of the human ace in a gen
eral They may be apt to forget
hat they for the time being repre-
sent a certain country, and from this
elemental feeling will perhaps gener-
ate a sweeping movement of a new
internationalism."
Moral Influence Strong.
Discussing the possibility of apply
ing moral standards to the govern
ment policy of modern countries, Mr..
Graham referred to a sentence APP
pearing in a report from Colonel NJ.
A. House, who spent some time in
Europe as the personal representative
of President Wilson. Col. House had
reported to the president as one of
the results of his observations hat he
was certain the war was to be won
by moral force
I'm fact Mr.. Graham said, this
idea is gradually becoming prevalent
among those who give the subject any
thought, and in order to further pro-
mote it we are attempting to interest
the student bodies of America and en-
list them for exactly this service. l
feel that the principles, laid down by
Jesus Christ as fundamental, can be
incorporated in the platform Of new
American democracy, new interna-
tional democracy. Furthermore, l am
convinced that only by recognizine
this fact a the world make any
further advance
Concluding the interview. Mr.. Ora
ham said that the time for meeting
the new requirements will come inn
mediately upon the close of the war,
but hat they cannot be effectively
met if preparations are not started
now 80 that all details of the plans
can be discussed from as many view.
points as possible.