Evening star., 1918-01-27

spring OF 1916 VIII remember how a
few boat lengths from the finish the
and in an instant Harvard shot into
the 1ead-for an instant A mishap on
the starboard side had thrown the boat
down to port. 1t seemed too late to
recover. But behind Capt. Cochran
sat one who did not know the meaning
of too late: though laboring with q
blade buried deep by the loss Of the
boats equilibrium, he caught up his
captains squirt and passed it on; in five
strokes the crew had cut down Har-
wards slight lead. five more and they
crossed the line winners by the margin
of foot or two. The man at No. z
was PAUL. If skill! and perfect physical
condition could have prevented the ac-
cident that swept him to his death in
France. l can think of no one with a
finer equipment In this respect than
PAUL.
His membership in the crew was the
reward of persistence. Deprived of a
seat in his freshman boat by an un-
timely Illness. and again in his soph-
omore year losing his chance on ac-
count of minor disab bilfty, he stuck to
stroke at Princeton-ln one Of the best
crews we ever turned out but
he gave himself and all he had learned
to be and hoped to become. with pure
devotion. perfect loyalty and high re-
solve. to his country's service; such q
gift as his is fresh challenge to us all
to keep the cause for which he died as
clean, as high, as generous as the life
he SO gladly gave for it,
Yesterday letter came to the writer
from Happy" Mess, former MARYLAND
State catcher. Mess is in the aviation
service at Waco, Tex. Here is what he
has to say:
Was surely glad to hear from Won
and to learn that everything is ali right
college T ey1,
hopkins again Thanksgiving day. be-
cause you know they broke my leg over
tnere on Homewood Field in 1918. Am
also more than glad to hear that so
many or the fellows are in the Army.
SO Rat Royer (Royer is the former
western High youngster who went tn
state and played base ball there ON the
same team with Mess) is in this game.
100, Is ne? Drop me line and tell me
where he is located. 1 want to write
to him. ~ write
y, vel vel to tell you something about
.lsseII: my III l made my solo fight today
hattes sot t, os well. In fact, think l did
with me. You start alone and have TO
depend on yourself and You lust do II
mats all. Most all the fellows after
their solo come in with all kinds of
stories about their thrills. Guess tho
majority of us are so carried ava viii, i'll
II When we first go up without tbe in
structor that maginat ton runs riot
guess the matter-of-fact drilling and
hard discipline l got in foot ball took
all the thrills out of me, because 7 cot
very few of them. Once, on nv third
trip around the field, got into a little
snde slip on one of the banks. but
II d1d not bother me much.
am very anxious to get at that
stage OF the game where a fellow can
pun something, and. believe me. I'm
going to try all the stunts I'm allowed
to. 1t is against the rules here to do
any stunt flying, as that is done in the
advanced school abroad. There are no
advanced schools here, the one at Aus
TIN having been turned into a primary.
Some awful hard boning under the
midnight oil has been getting me by |
I think this is going to be wonderful
for US fellows-that is for the fellows
who survive the war. No better train
ing could be had anywhere incidental |
ly. there are going to be fine openings
In aviation work after the war. Two
fellows fell yesterday between the |
targets: one probably will |
die. Five fellows were shooting at the
targets with machine guns at the time. |
Fats Reardon of Alexandria is here.
but we do not see great deal of each
other.
'Well, Curley. the wind Is dying down
now and have to get ready to fiy. Will
see you when I get through. as 1 shall |
come home during my fifteen days
eaYe.JWhich Ia Rrauted at that TINA"