The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-05-08

the Libraries in camps and canton
ments
This is a war of mechanism and |
exact science" he said. 1T is a waF
of engineering, of chemistry, Of
physics of dynamics, of hygiene !
down to the minutest values.
you might suppose this to concern
only the officers. That would be your
mistake; branches of it may concern
even the privates; and if they don't
concer nthem as part of their military
duties they are found to interest them
as individuals, with an avid curiosity
to learn all about the mechanism
which they are helping to operate.
Such a curiosity may not be charac-
terstic of the ranks in the army OF
any other government 1t is tortu-
nately characteristic Of the army OF
the United States.
Bible and Early Education.
That certain books Of the Bible may
have been written for the purpose Of
teaching a certain lesson as a whole
rather than to create a fish large
enough to swallow Jonah or cause a
great vine to grow in a night, was
suggested here to Dean James Ralph
Jewell of the University of Arkansas.
president of the Arkansas Teachers
Association and an officer of the Ma
tional Education Association
Dean Jewell made his obseryatio us
in an address on The Bible ana
Early Education before the Litera
ture Conference of the Education De-
partment OF the biennial convention OF
the General Federation of Women $
Clubs here.
After reviewing the history Of edu-
cation to show the swing of it's ten
denotes from and back to religion. he
declared the Bible is assuming an i'm r.
portant role in modern education and
that the belief is well-nigh universal
and that it is the one standard in re-
ligion. There. he said, its authority
is unquestioned.
War Community Service.
No phase of the war work the wo
men are doing has attracted more uni
yersal favor than the work OF the
New York War Camp Community Ser
vice, Mrs. James Madison Bass
spoke at conference here on the
subject and outlined how this de-
partment was taking care of the sol
diers about New York and looKng 10
their entertainment There is a home
for the boys known as Unit No s,
where they may have a clean bed for
% cents, and where they are taken
in tow by women who introduce them
to proper young girls, under chaper-
onage, and they are made to enjoy the
period they spend in New York pri )r
to being sent overseas.
New York IS the great leave taking
place said Mrs. Bass. Thousands
Of enlisted men are on our streets
daily. At one recent sunday night
dance. 1881 of our soldiers and sail
ors were registered During one
week 10000 boys passed through the
offices of unit No 3. When they are
under overseas orders they come to
us and tell us goodbye We get
their little condolences. N I come
back / shall surely see you again.
if not, you have made very happy
these last few days. / am Clad and
proud to fight for my country These
splendid manly boys 90 forth. always
smiling always eager and anxious to
cross the pond
I'VE are trying to reach every boy
before he becomes lonely and home
sick in this great city, and meets the
wrong people, who take him into
wrong places We are trying to give
him a hearty handshake, and a smile
Of welcome.
IF your boy has gone over. per
haps we have shaken his hand and
told him goodbye. We are trying to
safeguard these boys and are plead
ing with you, mothers. wives, sisters,
sweethearts, neighbors and friends, to
do your everlasting utmost to help
us in the work.
The Washington Report.
Every mother of a soldier in the
United States may have the doors OF
other American homes opened to her
son, wherever he may be in training,
If she will but write to the War Camp
Community Service in the city near
est his station. | bring an invitation
for her to do so"
Such was the message brought to
the Federation of WOmen's Clubs. by|
Mrs William Atherton DuPuy. Wash
ington representative for the War
Camp Community Service.
There are now nearly two hundred
training camps and in the community
surrounding each of them is a branch
OF this national organization the mis-
sion Of which is to look after the
pleasure and well being of soldiers
who are on leave outside the camps
They try to keep the man in uniform
clean and fit and happy that he may
be better soldier and better citl-
zen when the war is over. To this
end they provide him with wholesome
and associates. They
have organized each community that