South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-19

me parting or the ways. Time
has arrived for a complete revision
Of standard ideals. The supreme
The epoch when the human family
as an entirety are attuned for a
complete transformation Of opin-
ions as regards their social. bust
ness and sports features ard fu-
lures. A general diverging and re-
vision of careers and ideas. Now
that the future peace with general
safety for the world is positively
assured against further ravages of
war, we must turn our eyes TO the
immediate future. The return Of
100000 men, our nations Drawn
and sinew, TO their home fires,
which have been kept burning with
the fuel of patriotism, will involve
many civic and political problems.
We will also have the problems of
business. society. ourdoOr sports
and recreations to solve. Big bust
ness, the products Of which
must be sold. is the prevailing slo-
gan. Financial figures of such ap-
palling magnitude have been in
Jected into the business world that
1t will be difficult for us to again
come back to earth. remaining con-
tented with normal conditions or
future worlds business. We must
not only teach our children to sa-
lutte and respect the flag-they
must be trained in the same school
to be loyal and brave in war: just,
honest and patriotic in time Of
peace, when submerged in the
swirl of prospective business su-
premacy.
Our social life needs complete
reorganization. Glass barriers here
tOfore constructed on fallacies AMI
built upon a foundation of sand,
made possible through diseased
iThaginations or unusual financial
success, must be rehabilitated or
reconstructed. Direct social inter-
course with close personal ac-
quaintance Of the dough boys" of
all branches Of the service in trench
and cantonment life, the intimate
mingling of We gentler sex in war.
charitable and club entertainment
work, coupled with necessity and
prevailing conditions has been the
great leveler of caste. not only in
America, but in all other nations.
Under no conditions should the tree
whose fruit is snobbery be permit
ted to again take root. Our social
soil must produce men and women
whose personal merits. accomplish
ments and success VIII be recos-
nized and awarded through individ-
ual preferment. Those who are dis
posed TO pin their star of destiny or
their present worth upon the sue
cess of some moth eaten ancestor.
whose claim TO charter member
ship in the Anticipated High brow
Club" was ability to successfully
traffic with the Indians, operate
primitive Hudson river ferry boat
or CHANGED to be a passenger on a
caravel. which, by accident, landed
at Plymouth Rock, will find it
forcibly demonstrated to them. ut
makes no difference what they
were, it's what you are today" This
will be the scales upon which our
future generations will be weighed.
There must also be a complete
revision of our prevailing sports;
they are for the most part shot to
pieces" Sport governing bodies
must formulate improved condi-
tons and ideas, which will induce
aggressive competition. They must
be promoted upon a broader and
better basis, with a general recoG-
milton of each other. All nations
since the commencement of the
worlds war have been keyed up to
the highest nerve tension. They are
now ready to relax, both mentally
and physically. outdoor sports are
the only solution or relief offered
10 tired mankind who are now
ready for an extended era OF sport
popularity. Men and women will
Lecome devotees of sports, who in
the past have permitted their
noses TO be held 10 the business
grind stones" Trapshooting will
unquestionably he declared the ma
jor sport for 1919. Four million
men are returning home, who have
been intensively trained under the
tuterage of Uncle Sam. TO shoot
and handle IRE arms. 1t is a logi
cal conclusion that our dough
boys will adopt the patriotic sport
with which they are now familiar.
This will be the popular recreation
for all classes. With personal ac-
counts Of the active and impressive
part taken by the ''sawed-off shot
gun" in the hands OF scatter gun
artists. when trained on the adj
vancing or retiring Huns" COM
pelling strategic retreats" storms
Of protests and finally the cry Of
''Kamerad," the general public will
appreciate the training Of men.
This alone can be acquired in the
sport of trapshooting as demon
strated by our dough boys when
performing their grim task in
trench warfare. Trapshooting must
be Americas major sport-a per-
petual preparedness diversion.
Answers TO Nimrods.