The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-03-31

big crowd of 'em down there. One of
our students enlisted today. and
they're givin' him a send-off. Listen
10 EN-. how they do cheer. He's the
first one to 60"
She went back to her room, SILVER
ing, and spent the next day in bed
with an aching head. She rose in the
evening. however-a handful had been
slid under her door at five O'Clock, call
ing MASS Meeting" of the univer-
sity at eight, and she felt 1t her duty
TO go: but when she got to the great
hall she found a seat in the dimmest
corner. farthest from the rostrum.
The president of the university ad-
dressed the tumultuous many hundreds
before him, for tumultuous they We're
until he quieted them. He talked to
them soberly of patriotism, and called
upon them for "deliberation and lit
tie patience" There was danger of a
stampede. he said. and he and the rest
of the faculty were in measure re-
sponsible to their fathers and mothers
for them.
you must keep your heads" he
said. God knows, do not seek to
judge your duty In this gravest mo-
ment of your lives, nor assume TO tell
you what you must or must not do
But by hurrying into service now, with
out careful thought or consideration,
you may impair the extent of your
possible usefulness to the very cause
you are so anxious to serve Hundreds
of you are taking technical courses
which should be completed-at least
to the end of the term In June In
structors from the United States army
are already on the way here, and mill
tary training will be begun at once
for all who are physically eligible and
of acceptable age. A special course
will be given in preparation for flying.
and those who wish to become aviators
may enroll themselves for the course
at once.
81 speak to you in crisis of the
university's life, as well as that of the
nation. and the warning l utter has
been made necessary by what took
place yesterday and today. Yesterday
morning, student In the junior class
enlisted as a private In the United
States regular army Far be it from
me to deplore his course in SO doing !;
he spoke to me about it, and In such a
way that ! felt l had no right to dis
suade him. | told him that 1t would
be preferable for college men to wait
| until they could go as officers, and.
aside from the fact of a greater pres
tige, | urged that men of education
could perhaps be more useful In that
capacity He replied that If he We're
useful enough as private commits
sion might In time come his way, and
as say, did not feel at liberty to at
tempt discussion. He left to Join a
regiment to which he had been as
signed and many of you were at the
station to bid him farewell
But enthusiasm may be too con-
taglous; even great and inspiring
motive may work for harm. and the
university must not become a desert
In the twenty-four hours since that
'2' 'Nhi W Jun TIC dTlIIN iuSI
night, one hundred and eleven of our
young men students have left our
walls; eightyfour of them went off TO.
gether at three o'clock TO catch an
east-bound train at the junction and
enlist for the navy at Newport. We
are, l say, In danger of a stampede"
He spoke on, but Dora was not lis.
tening; she had become obsessed nv
an idea which seemed to be carving
her to the border of tragedy. When
the crowd poured forth from the build.
ing she went with IL mechanically.
and paused in the dark outside, She
spoke to girl whom she did not
know.
Il beg your pardon"
"Yes?"
Il wanted 10 ask. Do You know
VINO was the student Doctor Crows
spoke or ! mean the one that was
the FIRST to enlist, and that they were
cheering last night when he went AWAY
10 De private In the United States
army. Did you happen to hear his
nameT'
Yes, he was d junior"
who was it?"
Ramsey Mlholland."