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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
ENLIST AND GO TO COLLEGE

A plan has been prepared by the
War Department TO offer TO able
bodied rollege students over the
age of eighteen an opportunity 10
enlist in the military forces Of the
United States and TO obtain train
ing in the colleges which will pre-
pare them for the more exacting
forms Of military service.
The purpose Of the plan is 10
provide for the very important
needs Of the army for highly trained
men as officers, engineers, chemists,
doctors and administrators. The
importance of the need cannot be
too strongly emphasized. The plan
is an attempt TO mobilize and de-
velop the brain power Of the young
men Of the country for those SER
vices which demand special train
ing, and TO make that power avail
able in the war and in the peace
which will follow. It's object is TO
prevent the premature enlistment
for active service OF those men who
could, by extending the period OF
their college training, multiply
manifold their value 10 the country.
II the need arises for the services
Of these men in the fighting line,
the terms of their enlistment are
such that they can be called by the
President on a days notice, but il
will be the policy OF the Govern
ment to keep them in training until
their draft age is reached.
BY this plan, if il can be put into
effective execution, the supply OF
trained men will not be depleted
and the work Of the Government
in prosecuting the war, and in the
work which will follow. will be
greatly facilitated. Indeed, without
some such plan there is grave
danger that the number Of students
in our colleges will be greatly re-
duced and that the country will
greatly suffer, not only during the
war, but in the years TO come.
In order 10 make this plan ef-
fective, the State Council OF De-
Tense as a part Of the Nationwide
movement will organize a campaign
which will reach every town, every
college, and every secondary school,
and which will bring home TO our
young men and their parents the
fact that those who are qualified
10 60 10 college can serve their
country and themselves best by
doing so. They will thus become
enlisted men in the service Of the
country, but will be preparing
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
FRENCH IN BEREA THIS YEAR

The Secretary has told a great
many people. who have made in
quiries, that Berea College will give
two courses Of French this year,
You will not find French recorded
in the catalog, as it has not been
given in the past, because we have
not had enough students to demand
the work. nor enough teachers 10
instruct the few who did want IT,
This year, in keeping with the
spirit OF the times and the needs OF
our soldiers, we will offer French
as an elective study 10 students in
the College Department. Do not be
misguided by your failure 10 find
French recorded in the Catalog, for
il will be a regular study in the col
lege course.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
Academy Column
PARENTAL CARE OF STUDENTS

The Academy Department oil
Berea College offers every branch OF
instruction given by the best high
schools in our country and has many
other advantages. The one I wish
t. bring to your attention at this
time is the care Of its students. lr
discussing this subject, we wanl
il clearly understood il is not our
purpose 10 take young people who
have formed evil habits and by our
extra care to reform them. II your
son or daughter has become in
carrigible at home, do not send the
child to the Berea Academy. The
condition is known 10 us. Our
business is not 10 reform the bad
but TO protect and save the good
To protect and save the good, the
first step is 10 keep out those whose
habits do not conform with the
habits of those whose parents take
the best care of their children. You
do not permit your children TO as
sociate with mo account young
people Of your community; for the
same reason we do not permit the
mo account" 10 associate with us.
In packing apples for market you
keep out the rotten. Berea Academy
has the same demands.
We try TO give our Academy stu
dents the same care they would re-
ceive in the best regulated homes.
Every Academy student is assigned
to some teacher, who is the advisor
for that student in all matters. The
student is encouraged 10 go 10 his
advisor for any advice he would go
TO the most interested parent for.
This advisor is 10 take the place Of
the parent. Our girls are guided and
protected more carefully than can
be done in the home. Ask our stu
dents about this. The home COM
munity is not able TO give the guild
ance and protection TO its girls that
we are, because we can remove any
undesirable ones from our midst
and we can make and carry out
such regulations for the conduct OF
our young people that no community
can do. In the Academy, all Of our
boys and girls are in their own
rooms at 100 in the evenings. This
diminishes chance for mischief and
increases time for study. No stu
dent may be absent from class, or
even tardy. without appearing in
the Deans Office 10 explain the
cause and having this absence or
hardness recorded. Many other
forms OF our care might be men,
toned. We claim n care for our
students. and we do il. If you want
your child cared for, we invite him
or her to the Berea Academy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
Foundation Column
THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL rs
FUNDAMENTAL

Higher education is important and
everyone should be advised 10 go
higher in his education, but we
must all remember that the foun-
dalton education is the basis OF all
higher education. A man can
never be a college graduate until
he has finished the foundation work.
A man can never hold any high
position in life where education Is
a necessary step unless he has taken
a course in a school like the Foun-
dalton School at Berea.
Remember, boys and girls, that
the great majority Of people in
America never get more than an
eighth grade education. IL is sad
that they have not gone farther in
school, but many OF them have been
able 10 do great things with no more
equipment than the grades.
II is a mistake TO say, "Oh, have
waited too long before starting 10
school, and I will never have q
chance TO go thru college: there
fore, will stay at home and not
take any course in school" II you
are planning 20 be a farmer and
have not completed the eighth
grade, come % Berea and learn how
10 keep accounts, how 10 estimate
the cost OF feeding hogs and cattle,
how TO enjoy poetry and history,
bow TO sing hymns at sight, in fact.
how TO do many things that will
make you happy and valuable
citizen in your community.
But I am too old" you will say.
Never too old. Some Of the great
scholars Of the world began 20
study very hard subjects when the"
were old men. Men have begun the
study OF Greek when they were past
seventy; others have taken college
degrees when they were eighty. In
fact, we have had Congressman and
other statesmen who learned to read
after they were twenty-one years
Of age. II is a mistake that a person
cannot learn anything after he IL
grown. Your mind is more mature.
your thinking more correct after
you have had some experience in
life than before.
Then. you will not be alone in the
Foundation School. for there will
he hundreds Of other young men and
young women near your age: some
will be older, some younger. Our
Foundation School has always been
very happy family. Professor
Edwards loves his boys and girls,
and all OF them regret leaving his
department even when they gradu-
ate.
n you have not finished the
eighth grade, there is a place for
you in Berea in the Foundation
School.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
CHERRY WORDS FROM TWO
BEREA STUDENTS

"TrigOnomotry occupies good
deal OF my already over-crowded
time. while European history is a
side issue. am studying hard on
wireless and in my sleep I can hear
dots and dashes chasing one another
in an unending procession. Fifteen
minutes a day for absolute freedom
would be considered G0dsend. It's
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
KENTUCKY AND BEREA REUNION
IN ABERDEEN. MISSISSIPPI

Through the courtesy OF Mr.. and
Mrs. X. NJ. Wishart and other bust
ness citizens OF Aberdeen, a great
picnic was given in honor OF the
newcomers OF this and the sur
rounding vicinity. II was per-
feet day, and more than fifteen hun
dred people were out There was q
splendid program and a great abun-
dance Of good things TO eat.
Had you been here today. you
would have thought new Berea had
sprung into existence. There were
more than a hundred Berea faces
present II was indeed like old
times 10 see them and exchange
greetings. They were a happy, sun
burned, hardy looking bunch. most
ly from farms near here. A large
number OF the great crowd which
gathered here were Kentuckians.
When the band played MY Old
Kentucky Home" you should have
seen the demonstration. We love
our old Kentucky home, but be-
lieve me, IL we get few more good
kentuckians down here, il will not
seem so far away" after all.
| was about 10 forget one OF the
interesting incidents Of the day. A
prize was offered for the finest baby
on the ground, and this youngster
happened 10 be Kentuckian. How
ever, this fact was not announced
at first, but J. X. Baker, who could
not have any Kentucky honors with
held, made his way TO the front, and
announced that the bouncing baby
was a kentuckian. Then the Ken
tuckians yelled again. Also the
prize for the best pie was awarded
to Mrs. o. d. Henderson, one OF our
Berea neighbors.
This is truly wonderful country
and people from all sections OF the
country are being attracted by the
opportunities which the farming
lands offer. Almost in sight OF
Aberdeen is one Of the largest hog
ranches in the world, and on tho
other side Of the town is a flne
dairy and stock farm. Our winters
are short and temperate, and tho
growing season long, this making
stock raising, dairying and farming
in general profitable. Four or five
crops Of alfalfa may be cut here in
one season. Corn is now har,l
enough for bread.
| have gotten Off my subject to
tell you about the country here. II
is needless TO say that this was a
great day for us, thanks 20 our
friends in Aberdeen, who made 10
possible. IL was further voted that
we have these meetings annually.
II will be something to be lookei
forward 10 for another year and
here's hoping that we see more
familiar sunburned faces at our
next annual picnic.
With best Of good wishes 10 you
all, | am ever.
Faithfully yours.
|. II. Long.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08

a great life and I'm glad I'm here"
Raymon +. Johnson,
Co. o, Radio School,
Camp Perry, 9TH Reg.
Great Lakes, III.
give my best regards 10 all who
want 10 know about me. ! like the
army fine because | am doing my
part for my country"
Or. J. NJ. LOgsdon,
Infrmary, end Reg,
1859 Depot Brigade,
Camp Taylor, Ky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08

Silence is the element In which
great things fashion themselves to-
gether; that at length they may
emerge, Uniformed and majestic, into
the daylight Of Life, which they are
thenceforth 10 rule.-Carlyle.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
Louisville, Ky, August 8, 10,

Louisville, Ky, August 8, 1918
Editor Of The Citizen,
Dear SIR We have sew
eral Berea boys here in camp, and
Of course We are a happy lot. with
Prof Knight, one Of our live wire
Army Y.MC.A. workers, TO chat
with us. ! have visited Prof Knight
at his Y. NJ. C. A., No. 1852, several
times. and he seems 20 be enjoying
his work fine.
My correct address is:
Sgt Sol Frazier,
59th CO., iith Bn., i59 d. b.,
Military Police, Camp Taylor
Louisville, Ky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08
City Of Restaurants.

More than S7O0OOO.OOO are invested
In the restaurant business In New
York city giving employment TO ap-
proXimately half n million persons.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-08-08

themselves as trained men 10 take
part most effectively in the work Of
either war or peace.
Very truly yours,
w. ID. Cochran.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-24

well, Penvance Is an old farmhouse
in Cornwall. It's half way between St.
Enodoc and Bedruthan Steps, about five
miles from the coast. 1t belonged to Sir
Basil and there he used to go sometimes
to paint, sometimes to play golf at st.
Enodoc, but he always roughed it there
He kept no servants. He called the farm
the antidote for luxury"
'-And where was the wood where the
skeleton was found?'
'Just at the end of the back garden.
1t was a thick covert. about FIVE or six
acres of it,
Growing wild?"
Absolutely. No one ever tended It.
The underground was very thick. 1t was
not on the road to anywhere, and
should say that from years end to years
END no villager ever entered it,
THAT would account for the body hav-
ing been undiscovered all these years.
Eyes. II the big storm had not up
rooted the old oak we might have been
spared all this misery" and her voice
trembled periloQsly.
"Cone. come, Lady Tremayne," said
Gale kindly, I'VE cannot go back to the
might have been We have to do our
best with things they are. Your hus-
Grange to Penvance on Friday. arriving
there about dinner time. and then going
up to call on the vicar In the evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-24

In the car and communicated with the
coast guard The Padstow nfeboat came
round and searched, but it was no good
They never found the body.
And there is no one who saw them
in the car. or together that morning at
all. is there. Mr.. Maugan?'
IT have been making inquiries far and
wide" said the solicitor, and have found
two villagers who say they saw them in
the car, but I don't know how they will
stand cross-examination.'
Gale sat q moment deep in thought.
Lady Tremayne watched him and prayed.
Everything now seemed SO out of keep
ing with her wen-ordered existence of
happiness and prosperity. And yet
through 1t all she felt that strange con-
fidence in this granite-faced man whose
eloquence was a byword even among
the cottages of England Lady Ire
moyne." he said gently. IT believe your
husband is innocent No, no. don't give
way. You have been very brave. You
will need all your courage, and remem-
Der your husband wants you We have
= dificuit task. very. The prosecution
has to prove the skeleton was the body
OF Sir Basil. cannot hide from you that
the evidence at present looks very
strong If they prove that. then the
story of the drowning, which has been
believed all these years. goes by the
board and very grave suspicion indeed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-24
HARRINGTON GALE, LAWYER DETECTIVE


made up my mind eventually to &C
cept him liked him and he could
give me a home and freedom from anx-
iety. I had come to need that more
than lover She added the last words
apologetically.
But felt must see Arthur first and
bid him a real goodbye"
"Was he coming down for the vaca-
| tion?"
Yes. the first Monday in August Basil
had spoken to me again just before the
end of July and I asked for a fortnight
to think it over-really to see Arthur be-
| fore became Basi1's fancee."
did you give Sir Basil any date for
your answer"
THE second Monday in August"
Gale turned to row of calendars be-
hind him and turned up the year.
THAT is to say Arthur came down on
Monday the 4th and your answer was due
to Sir Basil on Monday the 18th"
She nodded.
you told Arthur during that week7'
Yes. on Thursday. We had terri
Bile scene, but 1 was firm.
And on Friday the Sth Arthur and Sir
Basil go away together in a car and Sir
Basil Is never seen again.
"Ah; but you know how he died.
IT am coming to that in minute, but
Sir Basil disappears and as a result Ar
thur succeeds to the baronetcy and the
estates. anAyo marry him within twelve
months
Gale turned and consulted some notes.
They were Danver's boiling down" of
the big brief delivered by the solicitors.
They at any rate contained nothing
Irrelevant
Now. Lady Tremayne." continued
Gale, IT come to the next point. and
you must forgive me IL I am plain even
to the verge of bluntness. But there will
be no rnincing of matters at the Assizes."
60 on, please. I quite understand"
He was beginning to admire her pluck.
THE question which we have to meet
is this: What in fact did happen to
Sir Basil Wilkinson between the even
ing of August Sth and the morning of
Saturday, August 9Th, 1eo47 Was he
drowned while bathing with your hus-
band or Is he the man whose skeleton
has been found in the woods by that
Cornish cottage under circumstances
casting the gravest suspicion of murder
upon your husband?"
She shrank from the horror of the
word. The savage nakedness OF the truth
shocked her, but Gale went on unmoved.
First of ALL" he continued, IT want
to get the geography of the case clear.
AS I understand it. Sir Basil's family
place was the Grange. Where exactly
is that7"
About ten miles northeast of saltash
on the lamar. That's the river you
know, that divides Devon from Corn
wall"
Very we'll Now how did Sir Basil
and Arthur get along together those few
days they were down there together at
tho Granger"
"Oh. Basil only turned up the night OF
the It'll, the day before they went to Pen
vance. He said he'd been up to town for
his teeth. / dared him to tell me the
name of the dentist and he couldn't
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y inscription on TT"

HAS It any Inscription on itf'
Eyes, on the inside is "A. T..
ibid you subsequently search the pris-
oner's house?"
eyes and found another cuff Ink there
in an old jewel box. the pair to the
one found in the grave. It also bore
the Inscription "A t.
The court rose Tor the day and every
one went away with a heavy heart
Next day showed no dirninution of pub
lie interest The police inspector was
back in the box for Gale to cross-examine.
Gale had just risen to his feet when a
note was handed to him by the usher.
He tore 1t open hastily and read 1t.
at have no questions to put to this wit
ness" he remarked quietly and resumed
his seat Newspapers talk from time to
time about sensations IN court. But even
the reporters that day felt at loss
to describe the thrill that followed Gales
calm announcement. The excitement was
intense. Many had come there solely to
hear the great man cross-examine, and
to listen to an impassioned appeal to the
jury, Was the mighty advocate Ill or
could he be throwing up the sponge
The tone in which Gale had spoken did
not suggest defeat. Lazy Tremayne
looked at him in amazed wonder. For
the hundredth part of a second he met
her amazed glance, gave the ghost of
a nod and smile and hope was born amid
the darkness. She felt as IL she would
suffocate. The Counsel for the Crown
called his next witness. the farm laboTer
who had originally discovered the skele-
ton. By this time the excitement was at
fever heat. Was Gale going to cross
examine or was the evidence of this wit
ness also to be accepted without demur?
During the examination in chief Gale
turned to Danvers and handed him the
note he had received Danvers was seen
to scribble something on piece Of la
per. He folded 1t up carefully and di-
rected the usher to convey II to Lady
Tremayne. She went deadly pale and
the kindly usher fetched her a glass Of
water. The Judge noticed her pallor and
ordered another window to be opened
'I have no questions to ask this wit
ness" Gales mellow voice reached the
farthest corner of the Court. Counsel
for the prosecution bent down and muir
INJURED to his junior, What in Heavens
name has Gale got up his sleeve?" Then
he turned over the last page of his brief
and called his next witness. BY luncheon
the case for the prosecution was finished
and each witness had given his testimony
and departed from the box Without one
word OF cross-examination by the brilliant
advocate. SO many there had come miles
to hear.
BY two o'clock the Judge resumed his
seat. Every one in court craned for
ward as Gale rose Now at any rate
sci for the defense always makes an
opening speech to the jury in which he
deals with the evidence adduced by the
prosecution, belittles it SO far as he can
and then outlines the story of the pri-
soner and the proofs he proposes to ad-
duce in support of it But Gale had
another surprise in store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-24
In which for the defense analyses marriage and
va point of difference pted against double Identification in
a 10-yearod skeleton

So there Is no doubt whatever as to their
both having been at the farm that night
Sho nodded.
Then, according to your husband
story, about seven o'clock in the morning
they motored down to Bedruthan Steps
to battle. What sort of place Is it7"
They had no business to battle there
at ALL But they always did. It's danger
GUS But I suppose familiarity breeds
contempt"
And what makes It SO dangerous7'
The undertow. Whenever there Is q
storm in the Atlantic, what Is known as
the ground swell comes on, which means
big sucking drag outward as each wave
recedes."
But are there no boats ebout7''
There's not boat for. miles. There's
no anchorage
81 see. And is it deserted spotr'
VERY at that time OF day"
Gale turned to his shelf full Of guide
books and pulled out Baddeley's North
Cornwall.
"Ah, here It is" he said. st see, see.
They went down to battle. Your husband
came ashore and was dressing. Suddenly
he heard q call and saw Sir Basil in Diff
fculties He dashed into the water as
he was, making his way out. Sir Basil
disappeared He dived and failed to md
the BODY
"Oh, yes" she said earnestly. Arthur
did everything Re could. There was not
a soul in sight He dived and dived and
was so exhausted that he nearly drowned
himself. He was SO done up when he
reached the shore that he had to lie down
for half an hour before he could move"
And then?"
'Then he went UP the cliff. started on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-24

Call Mr.. West"
Mr.. West stepped into the box. Not
a soul in court knew him.
You are dentist. I Think said Gale.
practising in London
Yes"
Have you at any time seen an ad-
vertisement In the papers asking any
dentist who had ever attended on Sir
Basil to communicate with his solicitors7"
mo. or certainly should have written
1 have only just recovered from a long
and serious Illness"
Yesterday a gentleman from Mr.. Maui
gan's Office in London communicated
with you on the telephone?"
He did,
And in consequence of that CONVERSE
ton you are here today?"
1T came down by the midnight train"
WAS Sir Basil Wilkinson ever a pa
tent of yours?"
Yes. from May to July. 1904"
What did you do for him.
He complained of considerable pain.
He had naturally a wonderful set of
teeth. and up to that time none Of them
had ever been extracted OF filed. This
careless. found it necessary to extract
three teeth on the left upper jaw and one
on the right upper jaw. I subsequently
put in gold bridge with false teeth to
take tie places of the old ones"
Did you take a model of Sir Basfl's
mouth in order to effect this?"
Certainly; 1t would be impossible to
effect ones object otherwise
Have you the model here?"
yes, I brought 1t with me last night
to London and have with me not only