The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-05-04

speech. It's big class. you know.
over two hundred, under Dean Burney.
He's a great lecturer. but he's q pacifist
the only one on the faculty--snd a
friend Of Dora's. They say he encour-
aged her to make this break and led
the subject around so she could do II,
and then called on her for an opinion,
as the highest stand student In the
class. She got cup and claimed there
wasn't any such thing as a legitimate
cnuse for war, either legally or moral
ly, and said II was a sign Of weakness
In nation for II 10 believe that II did
have cause for war.
swell. It was too much for that lit.
tie. spunky Joe Stansbury, and he
jumped up and argued with her. lie
made her admit all the Germans have
done to us, the sea murders and the
land murders, the blowing up Of fac
tories, the propaganda. the strikes,
trying TO turn the United States into a
German settlement, trying to get
japan and Mexico to make war on us,
and all the rest. He even made her
admit there was proof they mean To
conquer us when they get through with
the others, and that they've set out to
rule the world for their own benefit,
and make whoever else they kindly
allow To live, work for them.
"She said II might be true. but since
nothing at all could he a right cause
for war, then all this couldn't be
cause for war. or course she had her
regular pacihst logic working; she
said that since war Is the worst thing
there IL, why. all other evils were
lesser. and lesser evil can't he a just
cause for greater. She got terribly
excited, they say. but kept right on.
anyway. She said war was murder
and there couldn't be any other way to
look at IL; and she'd heard there was
already talk in the university Of stu
dents thinking about enlisting. and
whoever did such thing was virtual
ly enlisting to return murder for muir
der. Then Joe Stansbury asked her II
she meant that she'd feel toward any
student that enlisted the way she
would toward murderer. and she
said, yes, she'd have horror Of any
student that enlisted.
well. that broke up the class; Joe
turned from her to the platform and
told old Burney that he was RESPONSE
HE for allowing such talk In his lecture
room. and Joe said 80 far as he was
concerned, he resigned from Burney's
classes right there. That started II,
and practically the whole class got up
and walked out with Joe. They said
Burney streaked on home. and Dora
was left alone In there. with her head
down on her desk-and ! guess she
certainly deserves IT, A good many
have already stopped speaking to her"
Ramsey ndgeted with a pen on the
table by which he sat. well. I donr
know, ne said. slowly: II don't know
" they ought TO do that exactly"
why oughtn't theyr Fred demand
ed Sharply
wen, II looks to me as II she was
only nghtin for her principles. She
believes In EN-, The more II costs
person 10 STICK To their principles
why the more I believe the person
must nave something pretty nne about
EN- likely.
Yes! said the hot-headed Fred.
ihat may be IN ordinary times nut
nor "hen persons principles are la
o'e I" pt'ray ,he'r country we won
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more ao'hir"d anu looked up 10 She
nau 'h' whore Sn"" hu, now since
shes JUST 'he same as calien any stu
ueh' murderer Ut ne ehiists 10 nsht
Tor MS country ana nag-weii' now
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she Keeps on she u nave even less
lie paused IN MS walking Ia ana FRO
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