The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-06-07
K. OF c. LAW CLASS
MEN AT KELLY FIELD, TEXAS,
RECEIVE LOMAS-SPANISH
uASSES-OPlNION OF A JEW
ON x. OF c. WORK.

The success of the Knights of Co.
lumbus War Activities in it's educa-
tiOnal program is manifest in the fact
that early in March the third course
in commercial, real estate and bus
mess law came to a close with COM
mencement exercises at K. of c. Field
Station No. 2, Kelly Field, Tex. The
class was under the instruction of Guy
c. Crapple, educational director,
Southern Department.
Colonel Bruce B. Butler, command
ing officer of the flying department,
after short address, presented the
certificates to fourteen officers and
nineteen enlisted men. The second
class was composed Of twelve officers
and fortynine enlisted men. Thirty
seven soldiers were awarded diplomas
in January.
The X. of c. also conduct at this
camp course of practical Spanish
and French classes under the instruc-
ton of Paul Verzosa, B. A., M. A,
of ST. Francis Xavier College, Manila,
P. l., and Fordham University, New
York City.
Guy C. Crapple, after short visit
home, will conduct a postgraduate
course in international law and a
study of the League of Nations. Mr..
Crapple is a Northwestern University
graduate and has been connected with
the K. of C. war activities for over
a year.
! Perhaps the clearest conception of
what is being done by the educational
division in the Southern Department
might be taken from a letter written
to Mr.. Crapple by private in the Fly
ing School Detachment, Squadron |,
at Kelly Field The letter follows:
Having heard that you are about
to leave the Field, | feel impelled to
tell you something of my appreciation
for the K of G.. and of the great work
you, as it's Educational Director, have
done at Kelly.
Upon first entering the service, l.
as Jew, was somewhat prejudiced
against the Catholics. Although there
may have been more or less reason
for this, none of it was personal, as
was acquainted with very few Cath
olics, and intimate with none.
Life in the Army changed all that
Contact with fellows of every shade
of religious belief showed me that in
spite of them they were pretty human
after all, and that at bottom there is
very little difference between any OF
us. A fellow with whom I have been
cumming for a long time is devout
Catholic, and we enjoy each others
company none the less because of our
differing beliefs.
CAS- a rocky, was somewhat chary
of entering the K. of c. building, in
spite of the big Welcome sign over
the door. However, when l once
overcame my diffidence l was sur.
prised and delighted with the whole
some good fellowship pervading the
place, and the eagerness of the secre'
taries to be of genuine help to the
fellows.
when you started your law class
realizing how necessary knowledge
of the law is in civil life, | made haste
to join on the opening night. | must
say that learning law under your di
rection is not, as with others, dry
dust and 'bore-you-stiff' affair. You
have the happy faculty of injecting a
breezy spiciness into your teaching
and while it makes the study of law
absorbing as the perusal of a popular
novel, it permits the subject to lose
none of it's value thereby. | am sure
that your other students feel likewise
and that they have all profited by
your instruction"
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