Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-27

Washington institutions in the University
Of Pennsylvania relay races today.
Georgetown is the only college that has
a four In competition. while Central
and Technical high schools are the scho-
lastic institutions wearing local colors-
All three teams appear to stand. at least.
a fair chance for first or second places.
Georgetown is to compete in the South
Atlantic championship relay. being sched-
uled to run against Hopkins st. Johns.
Virginia Military Institute and Georgia
Institute of Technology. The Blue and
Gray stands an excellent chance to trim,
those teams, though it has one weak run
ner among the four who are to carry Its
colors.
Some of the best high school quartets
in the east will be Centrafs opponents.
as it is scheduled to run In the race
America. Technicars nine is listed to
meet high schools from Pennsylvania
and New Jersey.
Mcnamara, Hough. Carpenter and
Gross form combination for Tech that
lis more capable than any that has rep:
resented the school in years. Central
also has a mighty competent four. In
fact. SO well do Centrafs men run that
three of the five to be taken on the trip
raced a dead heat in the trial events
Mclean, Conradis. Holden and either
Johnston or Defibaugh will make up
the team. 4
Bill Gates. one of Georgetown's twol
lstellar track lights. won the 440-yard
hurdles yesterday in the opening day
of the Penn races. Gates did the event
in 81 SIS seconds. which is pretty fair
time.
When one is inclined to feel down
in the mouth" about not getting meat
lat certain times. about a scarcity OF
sugar or about some other little incon-
venience caused by the war, he or she.
as the case may be. ought to read these
five verses, written by member OF an
American flying corps in training In
France:
Why srumble at mud and double-deckers!
At fatigue and Corned Willie hash?
And silent. have strobe great from the trssA.
And If some would insist to impress
That we're not 30 damned high on the shelf,
Well not point him ont as jnckass-
Each man bears stamp Tor himself
Why speak Of a picayune officer
Who didn't stick up in the past?
The bar misplaced will not last.
Why question his right to command US?
Why wrinkle in anger your brow:
II an army's thing democratic
Why in hell has the kaiser one now?
Why Erumble at your own discomforts:
What are you on this human tide:
interests nun0fe0
In a cause where millions have died?
Why look with !. a s on "selseted elected
Even, men may he found in nurseries-
Young heroes in triangled sleeves!
Why insist that dzin is q drudgery?
Why make out Of discipline a fuss?
Who wants to revert to the barbarian?
But, damn 1t, when you've got to. you must
Why worry and chafe at the waiting?
Five millions aren't made in q slam.
republic don't pamper war-horse-
difference 'tW1Xt
Why scor at our Army now making?
Twenty millions unfaltering she boasts;
And soon from across the Atlantic
She'll s tno Eu Ts assos S sens
Your nation and mine: By the way.
Well, why were you ever disheartened7
How'n hell did you get thataway?
A lot of poetry has been written about
this war-good poetry-but II anything
printed has breathed the actual spirit
of optimism as do these five verses,
then 1t has not been seen in Washing
ton. And this was not written by an
onlooker. seeking to impress people
with the spirit of optimism. but 1t came
from the pencil of one actually engaged
in the struggle, actually enduring the
hardships which come to every soldier.
populace, but for a little paper pub
lished for the sole edification Of the
men making up that one flying corps as
expressive of their sentiments The
paper Is printed Dy the 6edumOnI Fly.
ing Corps in France and was sent to
the writer by Stanley Cochrane, who
entered the training camp at Fort Myer
last summer after graduation from the
Crisield. Md, High School.
Two college base ball games are to
be played here today. Catholic Uni
versity meets Villanova in its biggest
game of the year, and Georgetown and
are to clash in their annual
diamond set-to. c. U. and Villanova
play at Brookland and Georgetown and
at Georgetown. The games
begin at 3 o'clock.