The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-23
TO CARE FOR
THE SOLDIERS
THIS SUMMER
PRESIDENT LINDLEY STATES
ATTITUDE OF UNIVERSITY
ON IMPORTANT MATTER
MUST HAVE AMUSEMENT
CITIZENS MUST JOIN WITH UNI
VERSITY IN PROVIDING
ENTERTAINMENT
MUST HAVE AMUSEMENT

The question of providing enter
tainment for the soldiers who will
be in Moscow this summer is an i'm
portant one and should have the
consideration and cooperation Of peo-
pie Of Moscow. Some misunder-
standing has resulted from the talk
Of Miss French at the chamber of
commerce meeting Last Tuesday,
some people thinking that it is the
desire of the university people to
treat these soldiers in a different way
from others who come here for study.
This is far from the case. Some
over sensitive people believed Miss
French's talk was a reflection on the
soldiers as a class. Nothing was
further from her thoughts. The uni
versity has asked to have these sol
diers sent here and it is the desire
Of President Lindley and every one
connected with the university to make
their stay here SO pleasant and profi-
table that larger contingents will be
sent here later. President Lindley
said:
eve have no desire or intention of
treating these men as Sunday school
children but on the contrary wish to
treat them as men and provide suit
able amusements for them. We
close the saloons and we close the
pool rooms and provide nothing to
take their places. If were to ask
the people of Moscow for $4,000
to provide suitable amusements for
the young men, some one would fall
dead, yet we have taken away from
Moscow many times that much in
closing these places. No one wants
a wide open town here. Seattle tried
that and we know what General
Greene did to Seattle. What we
want to do is to provide healthful,
clean amusements for these men.
They will work hard all day and their
evenings and Sundays will be their
OWll dllu ClCy nave SOIIIC PldSO
of entertainment At present the
only entertainment places in Moscow
are the dances and the motion picture
shows. We ought to secure the very
best pictures possible for these men
while they are here.
''What we want to do is to estab-
lish the same standards as Camp
Lewis, the cleanest camp in the Uni
ted States. Few towns are as clean
as Camp Lewis, and it is
our desire to have the same conditions
here. Camp Lewis is under rigid
control Clean and health
full amusements are provided there
and the men can find all the recre-
alton and entertainment they want
within the camp. If man goes out
side Of these he is thrown into the
guard house. Camp Lewis has the IS
best morale Of any camp in the
United States and few communities
IAN equal it. We want to pattern after
u III IHcS0 ICSpeCIS. 4,
This is the concensus of opinion
among our people. There is no de- .
sire to have wide open town. The .
saloon with it's kindred abuses has
,een banished from Moscow forever
md there are few, indeed, who would
lave them return. 1t is every ones .
lesire to keep the town clean and
o make Moscow a model town for
chools and for training place for
oldiers who are to be the specialists i.
f the army. President Lindleys at .
itude on this question will meet with /.
he hearty cooperation of the best /,
lass of citizens in Moscow and Latah !.
ounty. ;,