The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-04
of Women's Clubs, wires her heartJ

| or WomenS CLUBS, wires her neafkL
approval -.
Authors Enthusiastic
No group of leaders of thought seems
to have responded more periodically
or wildly than the few authors who
were invited to express opinion. They
! deserve a page. The names include
Mrs. Edwin Markham. Agnes Repplier...
Mary Roberts Rinehart and others,
BY AGNES REPpLIER. IA
! Il am glad to indorse the resolu-.
! ton on federal training. When so
many malign Influences are at work,
| we should teach all young Americans
| the duty they owe to their country
and arouse in them disciplined demo-
| cratic patriotism that will save them
from the supreme selfishness of the
pacifst and the demagogue" =
BY HELEN A. CLARKE. -
Among great historical movements
| there Is not one Of more immediate and
| for-reaching importance than that in-
auguratef by the committee on federal
/ training. /
/ "The great good to human society
/ resulting from the war is that the ideal
of democracy has been acclaimed by
! The most progressive nations OF the
world as the inevitable ideal of an en-,
j lightened civilization. But an ideal
may be accepted with enthusiasm amid,
exciting scenes and yet remain vague
/ ~ defined In the minds OF the ma
/ jority of the people"
nv Ennfyh
The same energy and loyalty now.
exercised by our men in the trenches
/ should, in time of peace, be fused into
an Irresistible force for building up
the common veal of everybody
! "The federal training given our men
under the stress of the war-call proves
most effective in building up health.
energy, efficiency, character. Why
reserve this scientific and humanita-
/ rian training for the use of battle?
/ Why not knit our young people togeth-
or and enrich their lives by such train
! ing and teach them the glory of stand4
/ ing each for all and all for each In the
/ common cause of humanityT
BY MISS A55iE FARWELL BROWN
( Boston, Massachusetts.
"Training for Citizenship Is an inl
sp!ring phrase. 1t seems TO put a,
! value upon rights till now too east-,
/ taken for granted 1t emphasi sizes
| the necessity Of individual response
| bility. 1t implies manlier manhood,
! a more womanly womanhood. II gives
/ hopes for a rising generation of sound
/ er, more wholesome wiser and hap
| pier youth than we have hitherto al
| lowed to grow up with no one universal
| interest and ambition to draw them
! into the American unit
BY MRS. CARL VRooMAN OF
WASHINGTON.
Every citizen must pay his debt
of service 10 the nation. Unless he
| does the nation cannot achieve full ma
/ tional consciousness and the highest
! efficiency. Universal federal training
/ should prepare every citizen primarily
/ for peace. and, secoudarilv. for success
/ ful war In the event that war should
| he forced upon the nation" ,
| BY MISS ALICE GERSTEN5ERG,
! Secretary of Society of Midland
! Authors.
| Federal training would receive my
| Endorsement even il the world wer@
! still at peace. not Ia foster a destruc-,
| tive spirit of war. but to create and
| develop constructive ambition for
| that beauty of robust health and clar-
| ity Of vision which make NIL and
! woman worthy OF being the guardians
I Of rostorjty.'
BY MRS. TRUE WORTHY WHITE
OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Chairman Literature and Library Ex.
tension Department, General Feder-
2tcd Women's Clubs.
"Nur secondary education has result
81 IA parochial indiyidualism, type
ncotcd for pioneer life, The new citi-
zen~hip must be thoughtfully instruct
ed and trained for the art Of living to-
@ether in real equality. under the law.
only intensive. forward-looking, au-
thoritatiye training under federal d.
. rprfigu can do this