Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-09

Armistice Day was fittlngly COM
memorated by the local high school
at h assembly exercises held i n the
school auditorium yesterday after
noon. The exercises which were in
charge of the history department of
the school were very appropriate for
the occasion. The students were
given sheets of paper on which were
printed the old war songs such as
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your
Old Kit Bag" There's a Long, Long
Trail" Keep the Home Fires Burn
inc" and "Over There"
The program was opened up by
the singing of these songs by the
entire school. The enthusiasm and
vigor with which the songs were
sung brought back to mind the
lays of 1918, when the air was full
OF And we won't came back till it's
over oVer there" The singing led
by Miss Fulton of the faculty, played
an important factor in the exercises
to give the enthusiasm which ex-
listed five years ago.
The communicating of the ma
TONS dead was impressed upon the
audience by the rendition of the
poem I'm Flanders Field" which
was given by Miss Sylvia Vogel. Miss
Vogel thrilled the audience by her
usual impressive manner of poetry
presentation,
Mrs. Lester White, the local art
list of the violin appeared before the
school and entertained the students
with a few classical selections. Mrs.
White has played for the local high
school students for several consecu-
tive years. So greatly was the audi
ence moved by the mastery of the
violin by Mrs. White hat encore af-
ter encore was given. Mrs. White
has never failed to receive the APP
probation of the students for her
appearance at the school.
The students had the pleasure of
listening to Ronald Kleckner, the
head of the County American Legion
who was the principal speaker of
the afternoon. Mr.. Kleckner who
has not only the information of in
ternational problems but aso the ex-
perierce of trench warfare made a
speech symbolic and significant of
"Armistice Day." The speaker ex-
pounded to the audience the mean
ing OF the armistice and with what
price the armistice was secured, The
ex-doughboy showed how previous
to the United States entry into the
Word War. the allies prevented the
German hordes from getting victory
but nevertheless the allies them
selves could not get that victory.
AS soon as the American Expedi-
tionary Forces went into play the
tide changed.
Mr.. Kleckner related one of the
stories he had heard in regard to the
battlefield on which he happened to
be. There were two brothers." the
SannIyn4 faI1 It, Il
fought side by side in the great war.
n boys had gone over the top
charged the enemy trenches but
were repulsed by the terrific she'll
fire which the American troopers
had to face. When the boys had
been compelled to retreat back to
their trenches, n of the brothers
noticed that the other was missing.
He began to leave the trench when
one of the officers upon seeing the
attempt prevented the brother from
doing SO. The officer told of the fu-
tility of going into Nc Mans Land
However, the brother when unseen
climbed out of the trench and dis
appeared. Several hours later he
was seen crawling back, dragging his
dead brother with him. The officer
who had admonished the hero be-
fore, approached and said, L told
you it would be useless The broth
er hastily replied: But he was alive
when l got there and he said L knew
you would come"
AT this point the speaker turned
to the problem of Europe and stat
ed that Europe will Don say to Am
erica, 81 knew vol would come"
Another feature of the talk of Mr..
Kleckner was the fact that the war
was "a war to end war;" This was
a famous cry, lover There during
the great crisis. This the speaker
said is not any more true today than
the other famous cry, ITO promote
peace and brotherhood" More of
these peaceful characteristics are
needed by the world at large. Mr..
Kleckner then involved the matter
of disarmament. Though he ex-
pressed his desire for preparation
for war, on a small scale, he be-
lieved that in order to prevent war
nations must not continually keep
preparing for war.
Vivid pictures were painted by the
words of the speaker of the devas-
tated regions of France and of the
havoc wrought by the great deadly
war machine.
After Mr.. Kleckner had finished
his talk Mr.. Bartlett, the head of the
history department, and chairman of
the exercises brought out some of
the points that Mr.. Kleckner had
covered. In the early part of the
exercises Mr.. Bartlett mentioned the
fact that five years ago Thursday,
the false alarm of the signing of the
armistice was given.
The singing of 1.-THE Star S%pangled
Banner" closed the Armistice Day
celebration.