Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-28
FIRST 5 SUMMER En-
COlWOCATlON
I HELD AT "U''
Dr. George r Davies Dis.
cusses War Savings Idea
in Detail.

North Dakota was held this morning
IN Woodwork auditorium at 11:45.
The assemblies will be held regularly
sach week on Friday morning, with
the. exception of next week when the
assembly will be held on Tuesday
morning, there being no school on
Friday of next week because of the
vacation for the Fourth Of July.
DR.. A. j. Ladd. director of the
summer session, presided over his
mornings assembly. Community sing
Ing was conducted under the direc-
tion OF Anna Holohan, instructor IN
French. DR.. Ladd made several Inn
portant announcements among which
was included the statement that Miss
bly, next Tuesday. and will at that
time give an illustrated lecture on
what Women Are Doing in h
War" Lantern slides will be used
showing the participation Of women
in war activities in America and
lover There" Miss Starkweather
will speak or the work of the y. w.
c. A.. in the present war and will dis
euss the Y. W. c. A. as a profession
al secretaries of the Y. w. c.. A. n
will hold conferences with the wom-
en- Of the summer session all day
Dr.. Ladd also announced that
Nella kingsbury will be available for
private instruction in expression.
Many teachers in attendance at the
summer session have been asking Tor
an opportunity Of this kind. Miss
Kinesbury is in charge of the Depart
ment of Expression at Wesley college,
and is an expert in her line.
"War Savings Idea"
4 D r George r. Davies of the de-
partments OF history and sociology OF
the University, Of North Dakota gave
the address this morning. taking as
his subject 1.-THE War Savings Idea
DIR, Davies gave an excellent EXPOSE
tion of the plan Of the war savings
stamps, and explained just exactly
how the stamps may be purchased
and where. The meaning Of the
whole movement DR.. Davies explained
1t length. Briefly stated his argu'
ment was as follows:
"a modern war such as this ie
fought not only by the army in field
but also by the entire nation using all
may be classified under two genera
heads: % Capital, including al
material goods, and (2) Human labor
including all services which are used
In n way in the production Of
goods.
...The meaning Of the plan Of the fin
ancters in. charge Of the savings
stamp campaign has something NOR
! IN It than the raising Of two million
sEthe virtue of thrift, nationally and in
dividually. The war savings stamI
campaign is a campaign in nationa
education along the lines of thrift anG
economy. We r sometimes spoken
Of az a nation very loose in matter
az economy. We waste prodtgally
The government is now teaching tn
simple principles of thrift.
Saving Is Spending.
There is in reality no such thini
q saving: saving is only another wa!
Of spending. The money one deposit
In the bank does not lie there unit
he draws it put again. u although
one keeps the controlling right owe
II. 1t Is working to produce. Thrift
then, means the direction Of the ma
chinery Of the nations industries, ar
every penny spends Is a vote as I.
how the resources of the country shall
for unnecessary things and for lux
uries it Is throwing away the re
sources Of the nation. Ordinar.
spending for necessary things such a
food. clothing, shelter, education an
recreation. is really an investment !
that this expenditure makes for tn
betterment of the individual and h:
consequent increased labor power.
Every person must make the wa
his own responsibility. The force Q
the blow that is dealt the enemies q
democracy will depend upon the s
total of the weight that each perso
puts into it. Any waster is a slacke
In that he Is wasting the nations re
sources and In SO much h%indering til
winning Of the war.
THE power that comes from organ
lied thrift will extend far beyond tt
present generation. When German
let loose on the world that remarks
bic. social machine in 1914. she star
edNsnmething she herself was ne
-aware of. She failed to realize thu
in this Ease the reaction would be ia
greater than the action. She though
she was safe in striking when she di
at a time when the cause Of demot
racy had come to be treated hal
wealth was centering among an effet
,a~ristocracy. She had perfected a ms
chine for autocratic rule. She force
democracy to organize her force
more closely and to perfect a ms
chinery that will show its eficiene
long after the war is won.
we must add to our idea Of liber1
the idea Of obedience to our chose
leaders. Democracy in the future wi
be. a4realization Of the ideals that '
have preached on Sunday and 70
gotten during the, week. We wi
never go back to the old incomplete,
Ways Of doing things which we h;
before the war awakened us to o,
SHORTCOMINGS.
s "Onr task now Is to beat the Kaise