South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-17

Angeles before ne resigned his mil
pit 20 go over there" in the SER
vice Of the Red Cross SMOKE vss-
terday afternoon To- the st Joseph
county teachers Rev. Benson was
formerly pacifst. he did NOT be-
lieve in war. lie said there would
never he another war War came
nevertheless and when the tine
came. Rev. Benson crossed the seas
that he might helm 10 save the lives
or Wounded and dving nen.
As student ~ Princeton he was
greatly Influenced bv woodrow VII
son Vet when the president urged
the ration tn nreuare and declared
war. Rev henson beld peace meet
ines and denounced military pre-
Daredre.e Eur at la-t no went to
war and there ha saw what the
f Germans had done 10 northern
I France how they, laid waste the
country and murdered the people
I.a saw devastated HelriIm around
I,ouyain. Liege Namur and Charlie
r:i and was captured AS q spv bv
The Germans and WIS tried I'm the
identical room and bv the same
body of mon who tried Edith ca
|veu Hv streak of luck he es-
caDed
Rev Eersou Was a student under
Pras't wilson when ne was at
PRINCETON AMI no ssva ,raa+ trfb
ute To him for his patience and his
wisdom.
soul. Drilled ont of Men.
~. -.r.. - f--,,-l 80 .1 ~
etrosltv of the German war scheme
and of the precision and exactness
with which the thius has been
planned out for years past.
.Thev have been drilled and
drilled i'm uflitarfsr1 until their very
lives and souIs have beep driven
.out of them Fl" said Rev. BENSON
-ror 3res tbev have beeD i'm the
oroca-- of Iearuina tbat ANYTHING
-bat WAS necessary ar convenient IN
|fba coDye,fa,co Of their niIirar,-
success was right
pev Ra,-o, like an of tho M
rrforir sneakers who have anpeared
or tho Institute nroo,ar, snote of
-bc rrast dabt maj we owe C;raat
erifain and France Ito smoke of
rho months and months mat the
Rri+ieb navy has stood between the
Geruan .mad-doe" Of the seas and
the United States and Of the army
80 ,l,. L,ro,ob t,,t hos fors,bt ,.rd
died ON the battIeneIds of France
TO keen the German army from
.or,ir.- across rb. seas 20 tbis conn
rrv 10 ruin everything
60, pchind Covc,.nmcpt
Tie urged that the people get be-
hind the vo,arruenr "a hundred
r,flli,... etro1,- md hack II i'm every
hing ,,ona,. conservation and nro-
.li,rtfon or foods
prof lanes r IIosic Of the chi
raro Normal COLLEGE smoke a sec
ond time i'm The afternoon His sub
3D.. ..soci.,1i.,i,,,- ~ tho
school prof Hosfc believes that
t,sre will ba berrar school svs-
tom when the time comes that
-.b,o1 vrorI, shall moi be so mucb
a matter Of lessons and text books
and mental and pbvsica1 discipline
a- II viii 1e "a matter of co-oper3-
rior p9rticipation and team work
am the mart of nupils with their
teacher. He urges that AN teach
are know sometime of the history
of every subject that is taught i'm
tbafr resnectiya grades and that
the class work take ON more per
.o,,r .r1 Friendly attitude rather
rrar The nroddine disheartening
fashion which has been the case i'm
the American puhlic school system
Cor wears past.
SNEAK. on Reading.
prof lanes F. Hosfc. head of the
EncIisb dopartment Of the Chica-
30 No-mar college. spoke saturday
.nornirc ON THE Technique OF ST.
ler+ Readirr
..-rba old school which has taught
resdina ina the plodding letter-bv-
l.tt.. and word -r,--y-ord fashion
r-u-t mass .. asserts Prof. Hosic.
..r,c tbere must come into the new
...t,,l -bo hind of ta,cbino Of read
fD. tbst makes pupiIs from the ear
last g-.Jes tbiDL abo1t what they
are reading Not one pupil i'm