Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-12-23
LOUIS JACOBS
SENDS LETTER
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back to their work and their former
education stopped any place from the
sixth grade to the first year high
school They all learn easily and you
have no such work as discipline in
this school. Most of it is individual in
structiOn. I have charge Of all the
courses planned and worked on inter
view the men and make out the forms
and am responsible for the mems pro-
gress. I have about all | can do as
they all come to me from morning to
night to settle their difficulties with
their compensation and other govern
ment things. l wire, write letters and
when I go to town get many things
for them find them very fine men e
very courteous and easy to get along
with inspite Of the nervous conditions
of many who are very easy to become
unable to do for themselves because
of nerve trouble or paralysis. This
is really great work and it is wonder
full to feel that you can help bring
back to normal the great wash of this
most horrible war. It stirs your soul
to do more and bigger things and l
feel how helpless l am and how little
I am doing with my faculties. But
am trying hard and hoping each day
will make me better. The boys all
seem so pleased and are SO anxious to
do for one. I eat in the general din
ing room and one table is in our
room as their dining room has been
filed.
often to Seattle
I often go into Seattle to do bust
ness with the district office and to
buy things for the school and when
there I have the chance to see the
friends I know. I don't know how
many Baraboo folks there so if any
can send me their addresses I should
be very much pleased. called on
Ernest Savage, former Baraboo boy
who graduated in 1912 from our high
school, and was formerly an employe
on your paper. He is married and
has fine home and is doing we'll I
also called on Munson Jones. He
left Baraboo about Is years ago and
his folks ran millinery establish
ment in BarabOO.
I live in the boys dormitory with
the other employees of the public
health department and have a single
room and all the steam heat and light
l want. I can come and go as l
please. We have a fine shower room
and a swimming tank 40 feet long We
surely have a fine time. I find all the
people connected with the place fine
to deal with and they all treat me we'll
| like the doctors and all of them. I
cannot say, that I like the west like
I did the east but we are all getting
along nicely I should not have miss
ed the chance to do for these boys for
anything
The Federal Board is fine to deal
with and one meets fine people with it
and most all folks are anxious to help
you to do for these boys. I find that
this position is one that will get me
into many places where the one I
had in Washington, D. c. could never.
l have done little yet to what can be
done and it means so much to these
men to have some one take an interest
in them, do for them and gain their
condolences. I hope that I can meas
ure up to what [ am striving for and
trust that I shall as it is so needed in
these men who are the back wash of
the great struggle. 1t is the man who
came back this way rather then the
man who never came back that we
should sympathize with.
I trust that all my former friends
in Baraboo are doing we'll and wish
to be remembered to them
LOUIS WEIGH JACOBS
Educational Director.
Tacoma Wash