Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
LEGION MEN DENOUlVC THINGS II
UNAMERICAN; URGE HIGHER TONEIF
IN BOOKS ON NATIONS HEROES

and to be able to do the fine things
for the community that are planned
lit would be necessary for every mem
ber to boost the legion and secure new
members to the end that the. entire
community will finally understand
what the legion aims and ideals are.
G. c. Hinton made an eloquent plea
for community services Hinton out
lined the various things that he con-
siders the best community service. He
said that many attempts were made
to- start things in ca community which
might be good but for which there,
was no demand He brought out that
such movements fail and that the
movements which succeed and which
do good are those which are popular
and are needed.
Hinton said that many times an
organization in wishing to do COM
munity service attempted something
too big and were unable to succeed.
He urged that smaller things be taken
up. One suggestion was that arrange
mer1ts be made through the legion for
the holding of concerts in the city
park during the summer months. He
reminded the gathering that the 25th
infantry has one of the best bands in
the service and that the policy OF the
army is to cooperate with the COM
Ilnunities near army posts.
George A. Bergfield, principal OF
the grammar school, delivered, per-
! haps, the most eloquent address OF
the evening He Jalked on American
ization. He said that in the schools
he had found that there were chill
dren. born in this country and owing
allegiance to. the American flag who
! still had interests and were attracted
toward the country from which their
| parents came He deplored this and
urged that the legion do everything
| il. it's power to combat this foreign
| interest in children who are! TO grow
| up and become active eeitizenSi OF the
Urited States gIb5z 1902 19mgol Da
Chairman H. H Beck brought up
"a discussion which was participated IN
| by a large number when he spoke on
| George washington. Beck told OF
/ the, self sacrifice of the great war
rior-statesman and of his strategy In
/ battles He said that he is to give
the same address before Boy Scout
troop soon and wished to get the
opinion of his fellow legionnaires on
the subject.
i other members then brought up the
/ fact that in the past few years there
has been a tendency to behttle the
great men of this country and to
publish their weaknesses before the
world. % On this matter the general
opinion ofaIthe numbers who spoke
1 was that such things were to be
guarded. AGAINST The words OF Com
mander Napier sounded the keynote
of the sentiment expressed when he
said, ''In nv estimation the meanest
man on earth is he who breaks the
idol of child"
While some we're of the OPINION
i that these tales Of the weaknesses OF
great men served to show that they
we're human and, like other people,
| the thought that some writer's nave
even gone into the ancestry OF some
of the nations statesmen to find tault
was bitterly denounced by more than
! one speaker At the same time stress
was laid on the idea that to snow
in history that Some of these men
came from lowly beginnings and rose
to great heights was good in that IL
would inspire others to fight hanol-
1 caps.
So great was the interest in the
discussion that while 1t was continued
until almost midnight not member
left the hall and men rose and spoke