The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-03
THREE SONS--AND THE WAR
A Story BY
Harold Whitehead, Boston University,
Serving with the
American Council Of Education,
Washington, D. c.

has reached draft age and upon notice
| by the President. Upon stating in
his qucstiOnnaire that he is already
in the military service Of the United
States, he will be placed automaticnl
| ly by his local draft board in class 81.
as provided by the Sclcctive Service
regulations. The draft board will NOT
call him for induction 80 long as he
remains member Of the Students
Army Training Corps.
Opportunity win be given for the
enlisted student, who so elects to trans.
fer from army to navy, and vice versa,
and to be assigned TO active spr> ice
in one Of the various corps Of the army
upon recommendation Of the college
President and the proper military au
thority.
Regular uniforms, including hats
shoes and overcoats, will be furnished
all members of the Students Army
Training Corps by the government.
Should congress lower the age Of
liability to immediate military scr
vice, men Of the new ages not already
enlisted may find difficulty in enter
ing the service otherwise than through
the draft boards. In view of this
possibility, all men expecting to enlist
at all in the Students Army Train
ing Corps will do well to enter prompt.
ly."
Read It Three Times
I Mrs. Parsons read the news item
carefully three times. As she was fin.
ishing it for the third time her hus
band came in. One glance told him
| that each had read the important news
"But, my dear" Mrs. Parsons
smiled sadly, "the money-things cost
so much that we have little to spare. i"
'Cheer up, Mother" her husband
answered, 81 saw Mr.. Leighton. He
asked me if wanted to let Robert
do his duty and go to college so as
to fit himself to serve his country in
the future. OF course, l said YES and
he said. Then III gladly let him
work in our Office part time; you know
we have a branch office near the Uni
versity-he II make enough to pay his
way through if you n help him just as
much as you do now.
When Robert was told of the plans
for his future, he rcbeIled-it was the
natural thing for a red blooded Amer
lean boy to do. He wanted to fight.
"John s in the army, ism t heH I want
to kill Huns"
After a time, however, he saw that
| he served Uncle Sam better as a mem
Der of the Students Army Training
Corps than as a private in France.
Then a big thought occurred to him.
Gas a college student he would be a
soldier just as much as if he were fight
! ing in France right now. He would
wear Uncle Sam g uniform-fghtingH
Why, of course, he would be fighting as
hard a fight as his brother in France,
for John and he would both be doing
| the work that most helped their coun-
try. Besides, even if he enlisted in the
regular army he could not expect to see
actual fighting much sooner than
through the s. A. T. R.
And so it was that Robert saw his
duty, and did it.
1 Then Game Dick
Dick, the youngest, felt very blue.
For once he forgot to tease his mother
and for a whole week got into no mis-
chief.
! Mother" said Mr.. Parsons in a
worried tone, something's up. Dick
is too good; something is wrong with
the lad"
There was, and a day or so later
very rebellious Dick stood manfully
before his Father and said:
"Father, am going to work; I can
get job in the Hillside Mill and work
on war supplies. l can't be a slack
err; I've got to go and I m going"
$50, Dick, that 5 the trouble, is itH"
Eyes, Father"
"Well, Dick, if it s best for you to
go, IN not stand in the way, but prom
Use me you won do anything for u
week or so that l can look into it. "
Dick promised, and it was a long
week of waiting for him. Before the
week was out, however, Mr.. Parsons
asked Dick to 60 for walk with him.
Father and Son set off together and af-
ter few minutes Mr.. Parsons said:
Knew Who Baker Is
"Dick, who's the Secretary of
War;"
"Secretary Baker, of course" Dick
answered with surprise"
az suppose he d know as well as any
body what would help to win the war,
wouldn't heH"
"Sure, he would"
| "Well, Dick, Secretary Baker says
the most useful thing a high school
boy can do is to finish his course. "
Dick was silent at this.
"Do you know who's President,
DickH"
"stop your fooling, Father" Dick
laughed.
"Well, President Wilson says: Both
the present demands of the war emor-
gency and the prospective demands Of
the necessary readjustments inevitable
to follow emphasize the need of provid-
ing in full measure for the education
of all people. That includes you,
Dick, you know.
Again Dick made no reply.
"Who's the United States Commits
sioner of EducationY"
"Mr. Claxton, isn't heP'
And After the War
eyes. He says: 'Whcn the war is
over there will be made upon US such
demands for men and women of knowl-
edge as have never before come to any
country. There will be equal need for
much higher average Of intelligence
for citizenship than has ever been nee
essary until now. The world will have
to be rebuilt and American college men
and women must assume Il large part
! of the task You can't be college