Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-06

though sorrow and suffering may
be cruel masters, they are wonderful
teachers; they prepare us to UNDER
stand the deepest mysteries and to
make US strong for the greatest
tasks"
"Mothers Of Men,"
Ruth Baughman delivered an ora
ton on 1.-THE Mothers Of Men, en-
pflasizing the fact that the greatest
battles of wars are fought in the
souls of mothers whose sons are taxi
ing part in h struggle of the far
flung battlefields. The courage n
fortltude Of mothers whose boys fight
for liberty and other high ideals were
eulogized, and the part Of American
mothers in the present gigantic con-
flict was described with considerable
feeling and understanding: 1T is our
war, our suffering. our sacrifice. To
the mothers Of America comes the
same demand that has come to the
mothers of Enrope-to the mothers
Of all history"
The sacrnlce Of mothers was de-
scribed} in the following words:
ut matters not how much we
think We are doing for our country.
We should be ashamed to mention
anything hat we are doing. for all
gifts, all sacrifices. pale into insig-
nificence beside he supreme sacri-
lice or the mOtnerS.
Phyllis Sherman's Grafton.
A perspective Of the events which
will follow when the smoke has
drifted from the battlefields, was
opened in Phyllis Sherman's grafton,
1.-The Task of a Man" Immigration,
labor. poverty. unemployment and
other sociological issues were dis
cussed in the light Of the post bellum
period, and a timely warning was is
sued that there are certain problems
to be solved after the war, not merely
national, but universal which will re-
quire the steady attention Of man.
hood. the inspired work, and love Of
humanity and progress.
One Of the chief tasks of the pres
ent was said to be T save war
babes from growing into men and
women filled with hate and revenge.
direct causes of another great war"
said, their environment must be
changed. This is the glorious part Of
the ask for Americas wealthy citi-
zens who. by throwing open their
homes to these little waits Inc sur
rounding them with love, not shame.
can help with a mighty stride, the
worlds steady march toward the
brotherhood of man."
Another View Of the Future.
The transition now going on in
American views OF life was the SUBJ
ject of Leah Stiles Grafton on The
New -Americanism," in which prog
ress in the direction Of higher ideals
already made was reviewed. but at
tention was called to the fact that the
development Of the new American
spirit really is but recently begun.
Let us sacrifice our Stubbornness,
our egotistic nature and join u eff
forts to rid the world Of militaristic
Prussianism," Miss Stiles said. I'VE
have done much for humanity. we
have protected the smaller nations
from the oppression Of larger anta9-
onistic nations, but we have yet to
unite wholly with our allies to crush
militarism. Let us as American citi-
zens live lives which shall not be .
mockery to the faith which other
men have placed in us. Let us be q
part Of the New Americanism."
q. S. and Democracy.
A similar thought was evident in
the Grafton by Herman Mackof's
Grafton on "America's Contribution
to Democracy" in which the United
| States was described as having been
"the guiding torch of liberty"
Willingness to sacrifice: unselfish-
ness; intense love Of liberty were
enumerated as some of the American
contributions to the universal prin-
ciple of democracy, and brief in
stances were mentioned in illustration