Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
GRACEFUL TRIBUTE
TO YOUTHFUL HERO
Headmaster of the Groton School
Eulogizes the Memory of
Quentin Roosevelt
By ENDICOTT PEABODY
Hesdmaster Of the Groton school

HeBdmaster OF the Groton school
The grief Of those who knew and loved
ouer,ir Rooeevor bas beer increased ~,
q '"'-io'" "'SdPpolh'neh"
For three days we have been buHyed un
hv the hone which we gained from messages
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had come down "ithln the lines OF the enemy
and had been taken prisoner there Notice
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pe''e" 'ot nope Inc ooN certainty u "e""'
The second disappointment comes from the
thought Of what he r,,yh, have done for his
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rms SATURDAY evening. wheh the TACT ot
his death has just been established We hnd
ourselves IN the MOOD or the TWO Young men
walking to Emnaus who. talking of their
friend VINO had been taken away from them,
declared We trusted that ii had been he
Whlch Shonld nave redeemed israel Not
mar Queh'in hooseEen was splrI'ual or
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mI su -. pTN e'a VI Itl' Hou!l ""'.n So
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= Ier,n.e' ,''"' 'ah'he d p'o,'il'',n' pa
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, nanu'cap "nlcn ne opIe lo' ~ se.e,a al Se"'s
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s usGu,a, , anu tuuui ing ,, TIE .a'.ip,'e
a. anu nui,I"k LIPS u" we vest '''s '"1'
''o'' saw eN"e"'' VI '"'9'
He was an eager and Intelligent reader,
familiar with many branches of literature.
When he was consigned to bed. as he used
TO be occasionally on account of his back,
he would appear at the inhrmary with an
armful OF booEs-standard works. or the
writings OF the real authors Of the day Inc
power of concentration faculty possessed
by many members of the Roosevelt family
which accounts for their enthusiasm and
ability to do things-was highly developed IN
Quentin. He took much interest in printing,
and spent many hours in the school press
acquiring skill which would have qualified
him without further preparation for the posi-
tion OF Journesman printer. IL was char
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suing on s'ooi oH tne slue VI e ri"'.e. ne
iiohotEpe ihacn'he "nich was ho'shs stamp stamp
ms out "s leue's, ""u DIS ne sa> . l''ilse,- .
up eo"pete'E " 'ne e'Jo! ''e", VI p, p, ~ '''l..e
vi soi''e o'ne, o.'te aut,'ol' ne nau a.. 90
open 10 'i'e S''sh'est >atla'ioi vi '"e eo'"lteN
appai" i"'us'
Socially he was a most agreeable COM
panion for persons of all ages, for he had
been much with his parents as their COM
as "si' dc "'tn ms , W Z, NJ, -.
me sense Vi iiu'iloi "aS heer a''u u,,t ms
GU ~ ''" y. Il n,s " ,,,a =, a.;
~ .ue.ta.! az - - ny 49, ~
many pc, sons anu a., a., Hinu, ., Wiz
nas h'ehu "no ulu nv lo' So, ~ =.
Nn.Se lo"ei VI pou' '.n' ""u ~, s
ly stirred by the war and that when the
I-nited States ,ntered in he should have
been allowed nv his father in snite of his
voutb 10 nrenare himself for the gallant
service of aviation Learning Quickly as a
man of intense concentration can learn. his
time of training was brief and he was sent
across the sea in the early summer of l9l I.
In France he was kept at one of the schools
as an instructor And then. when the drive
came, he was allowed to fulfil his dream and
go TO the front ior ac,'Ne service lhete ne
brought down ms ahtagohls' III one Oh ms
nrst actiohs' onortF ai'er ne was a''aoNeu
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1t is a striking instance this, of the diff
| ference between the two systems involved
in this world conflict. The kaiser's sons
are placed ex-ofiicio in command of grea'
bodies Of troops whether they be worthy of
their Offices or not. They remain in COM
parative safety. well behind the line of battle
They must be kept to rule over the nations
| which will be bequeathed to them to govern