Evening star., 1928-03-25
Capital Sidelights

which the other assailS. With thi
background. It was surprising a. fine
that the Republican leader, s:spre
sentative Tilson Of Connecticut, has
given nationwide publicity to a speech
made by the minority leader, Repre-
sentative Garrett of Tennessee-not or
party politics. but on subject usually
far removed from that theater of strife
THE Bible"
Summarizing some of the things tha
can be found in the Bible to light anc
guide the ways of all men, Mr.. Garrett
said:
"The historian finds there the only
authentic account we have of the crea-
tion of the earth and the beginning o.
man, told with sublime simplicity Of
style and language which is at once
the delight and the despair Of the
poetic soul.
"The scientist finds there principles
and practices that bear the indeliblt
stamp Of genius.
THE metaphysician finds there phil.
osophical questions philosophieally con.
sidered.
THE moralist finds there a code
beside which the Ethics of Aristotle,
the Morals of Seneca, the Memorabilia
OF Xenophon' and the 'Off1ces of Cicero
are meager indeed.
"The statesman will find there thu
story of the formation and organization
of society, will learn how society Was
generated and communities established
and thus be able to begin at the very
foundation to study the theories Of The
social compact. He can find the story
OF the formation of the first republic
in the history of the Jewish common.
wealth and observe in it's fulIness the
earliest recorded story of synthetic
craftsmanship.
THE soldier may study strategic
military movements and plans and flnc
them not unworthy of emulation Il
is said that the plan of Joshua's cam.
paign in battling for the promised lane
stamps him as one of the greatest mill.
tary leaders in history.
THE lawyer will find therein the old.
est code of laws of which we have AM
information. He will find. too, tha
there Is not in the civilized world 6
single principle of law which is abhor
rent to the teachings of Christianity
1t Is the basis of the whole system o.
common law"
Well merited tribute is paid to thu
disabled emergency officers of tn,
World War. those who led the citizer
soldiery in the bitterest conflicts, by Rep.
resentative Roy q. Fitzgerald of Ohio
who has been pushing through tht
legislation, now in conference between
the two houses, to retire these officer
for their wounds and disabilities.
Representative Fitzgerald calls at
tention that nine classes of officer'
fought in the World War. These wer,
the regular officers Of the Army, Nav
and Marine Corps; the provisional Off
GERS of the Army, Navy and Marin,
Corps, and the emergency officers O.
the Navy, Marine Corps and the Army
The first eight classes have been re
tired by the Congress for their wounds
In reply TO the question Who arr
these disabled officers?" Representa-
tive Fitzgerald puts into the officia
record the following glowing descrip
ton:
They were the platoon command
ers, the company and battalion com
manders, who led their men in tn,
most desperate fighting the Nation ha.
ever known--led them against rife anC
artillery fire, machine guns, fame pro.
Jectors and poison gas-led them through
barbed wire and trench and forest
through mud and blood, in a mannel
which stirred the wonder and admira-
ton of the worid--l0 years ago.
These were the officers whose motto
was Come on boySl' not Go on. men!
They took their leadership seriously
did these emergency officers; were SC
determined TO set an example TO their
men that the British and French re.
peatedly warned them against their un.
necessary exposure TO danger. for they
were marked men, marked down bS
the enemy as q special target foi
Sntpers and SharpShooters.
Chateau -Thierry Belleau Wood. St
Mihiel and the Meuse-ATgonne abound,
ed In their deeds of sacrifice and hero.
ism. But the results tell the tale. ThC
battle deaths among these ofieers ol
the Infantry and machine gun outfit:
were So per cent higher than those oi
the men who served under them. TIVE
thousand Of them were killed in action
Three thousand of them nov survive
disabled permanently. more than 81
per cent"
To all those particularly interested In
school conditions today. whether with
respect TO palatial edifiees, or the salary
question, or the subject Of phonetic OF
complicated spelling. OF heating anc
ventilation. or bullying and horseplay
1t will be interesting 70 take a backward
glance with Representative Bulwinklt
or North Carolina over period of four
score years
This hero of the World War who now
ably represents one of the greatest dis
tricts in the Tar Heel" State has q
copy OF q contract between teacher
and school committeeman used In q
school district in CASTOR County, N. c.
| IN laAH. which is In part as follows:
Ar l. The said Charles L. Thomi-
son doath bind himself To teach BY
the month at thirteen dollars per month
the afore said Thomson doath bind
himself to teach all branches required
by the school acts TO be taught in com
mon schools.
Ar. 2.-The said Enoch McNaiy
| Francis Battle IL Alexander Wear
doath bind them selves 20 pay 10 the
said Charles l., Thomson the sum OF
thirteen dollars per month BY giving
him an order on the cheareman ol
common schools.
Ar. ;, The teacher has the priye.
lege Of closing the school az the end OF
any one month or the committee may
olosse at the end OF any month as they
see proper,
Ar. School 10 commence in the
morning at the sun one hour Il ahall
high one hour at intermision and eloase
one hour by sun set
AR. B, All scholars coming 10 this
school over fifteen years oald who
| uanaaress the rules OF said school shall
be expelled by teacher s. committee.
AR, q, None OF the large Scholars
shall exclude the smaller scholars from
the benefit of the fire righting benches
or any other privilege belonging 10
them In said school.
Ar, Z, THAR shall be no swareins.
fastling nor tale bareing during said
school