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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-13
BY SARrTA HENDERSON Editor, The California Daily, Uni- .G versity of California 4i
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 Written for NEA Service
 TodayS college generation faces the future with profound sense of futLiity and resignation. schooled an the arts of peace, graduating seniors are going into Q world which OfYers only the prospect oi war.
 As the margin narrows between declared and undeclared war, the question uppermost in everyone's mind is whether we form another generation which will be called upon to die In vain.
 7Conspicuously absent Is any sense of exhilaration ct being designated the "saviors of democracy" How ever, there is rather Q subdued ac- ceptance of the inevitable rather t han active rebellion among the graduates. The majority of stu- dents agree to the necessity Of ag- Eressive defense against total!tariari- ism.
 GOAL OR FAITH
 Throughout this past year the developments in national policy have been watched with an in- creasingly keen personal interest, and most consider the alternatives to thIs policy the greater of two evils. But still there Is nowhere to be found positive goal and g uni- flying faith.
 visions of . better world nre blurred by the immediate prospect of blodo and disaster, sacrifice and waste. Only negative incentives have been offered defense, re- trenchment of social gains, regi- mentation. Tho slogans of today bear the hollow ring of the f920's, and the result Is a foreboding Of l050'S postwar revelations.
 We were educated in c postwar era. We saw that once before an appeal to fight on a high plane of international morality was self- defeated by the emotions which war generates. We have learned the futility of war and we have been taufht to dlStrust force aS the antithesis of democracy.
 Coupled with the distrust of force, we were given weapon to put ln It's place for the settlement of disputes. It was the weapon of rationality and trained intelligence. Reliance upon the scientific method instead of flrepower to change so- cial conditions has been ingrained In us.
 But now the futility of even this technique Is being demonstrate ted to Us. For, in this time of the greatest crisis, men abandon the method of nationality as q fragile theory which will not bear the weight of emergency. Yet we are to fight to preserve the democratic method of persuasion by reason rather than persuasion by force. The college graduate may Do per- mitted some confusion.
 To wipe out tho disparity between the theory of our college education and tho actuality of the times could be our role in the future. We may yet strengthen the democrA- 2 tic technique to point where 1t cannot be threatened into irration- ality by the forces of totalitarian- Gn1.
 We, may profit by the mistakes of 6 world whose problems have been allowed to remain unsolved until their only resolution lies in screana- ing shells and hopeless minds. Our aim can be not only to defeat Hlt- Ter, but most important, to defeat the conditions which make c Hitler possible,
 Without c doubt, this years graduate may yet make his con- tribution to . peaceful world -- if ho lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-13

three runs to take the game. Gym
 bolic starred In the field and at bat for the olassmen, and sirica did . brilliant job of pitching. Roach caught for the winners. The Mal-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-13

leable battery was Steffaneli and Niziolek. Klonoski umpired.
 The heavy hitting Alembic team batted out 1922 win over the Bris- tol ten in the third game Of the evening. Dunn, Edmonds and Pe-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-13

trilas starred for the winners. Bott and Walsh were outstanding for the losers. Smey and Petrilas formed the winning battery, and Phelar and Harrison that of the losers. Pro- royost umpired,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-13
FACING THE FUTURE"
---"FAcINc THE FUTURE" FOURTH OF SIX ARTICLEs- California U. Editor Says
 War Makes Al Grads Feel Futile

Never has an American college elass eTnduated Into @ uncertain Q woFld as that of l041. To dls. cover what this class thinks Of its future and what it expects Co do about it, NEA s ervice and The Democrat asked six college editors to give thelr views in q Werieg os articles of which this is Che fourth.
Evening star., 1941-02-02

One day back in 1904, Gilbert
w. st. Clair of Alexandria, Va,
relief engineer for the Lynchburg-
Danville Line, brought "Old 81" into
the Monroe (Va) station. He got
out of the engine cab and turned
the throttle over to steve" Broadly
to take the train on to Danville.
Engineer Broadly was new on the
run and the curves were sharp.
On the way to Danville "Old 81"
left the rails and every one on the
train was killed-except a hobo.
Later the tragedy was immortallzed
in the ballad, THE Wreck of Old
ST."
Pulls Final Throttle.
After a half-century record OF
railroading without an accident
worth reporting" Mr.. st. Clair, still
on his old run between Alexandra
and Monroe, brought the Southern
Railways rorthbound New York
New Orleans passenger train into
Alexandria, station for the last
time Thursday and retired. The day
before when he began his last round
trip from Alexandria to Monroe a
crowd of so friends were on hand
for an informal send-off.
Mr.. st. Clair likes to recall high
lights of his railroad career, begun
with the iron horse of the 1905.
He will not forget the night when
the swollen Rivanna River covered
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Enoineer on Famous old 81
Retires to Virginia Farm

the track south of Barboursville.
Pulling a long string of freight cars,
he drove his engine on until the
water was so high that 1t put out
the locomotives fire. The train had
enough momentum to coast out OF
the deep waters. A new fire was
started and Engineer st. Clair car
ried on.
Another "close shave" came in
1928 when Mr.. st. Clair was driving
passenger train near Monroe. He
saw a derrick engine ahead of him.
Suddenly it disappeared from view.
He stopped the train and walked
up ahead. A bridge at Turner's
Greek had been washed out and the
derrick lay below in the creek.
Drove Wilson Train.
For over 20 years Mr.. st. Clair
has been driving some of the South
ern's crack flyers, and during the
World War he piloted President Will
sons train over the Alexandria
Monroe run on it's way South.
Long ago Mr.. st. Clair planned to
retire when he reached 10 and had
put so years of ,railroading behind
him.
Soon he will leave for the South
to spend the winter with friends in
Alabama and Florida. When spring
comes he will return to settle down
on q farm near Pohick Church to
do q "little huntin' and fishin'."
Evening star., 1941-02-02
| w. & M. to Give
|Course in Movie
| appreciation
Ry the Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Feb. l.
The College of William and Mary
will offer a course in the history
and appreciation of the motion pic
ture in the second semester of the
current school year with two hours
of lectures a week and two addi-
tional hours of picture projection,
Edwin c. Rust, head of the Depart
ment of Fine Arts, announced to-
day.
The Museum of Modern Art, the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences and the Williamsburg
Theater among other institutions
will cooperate with the college in
supplying materials. Films of his
torical significance, musical scores
for the silents and annotated pro-
grams for the entire series are being
furnished by the Museum of Mod
ern Art.
In charge of the course will be
Miss Meg German, William and
Mary faculty member.
Film and sound projection ma
chimes, the gift of President John
Stewart Bryan, have been installed
in the Fine Arts Building.
Among the films which will be
studied are D. w. Griffth's Birth
Of a Nation" Walt Disney's The
Skeleton Dance" Rudolph Valen-
tino in Monsieur Beaucaire," Sarah
Bernhardt in Queen Elizabeth,
and F. w. Murnau's Sunrise"
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Red Cross Ship Sails
Without AZ Tons Of
Food for France
Lack of Novicert
From British HuIts
Consignment to Leohy
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-The Red
Cross supply ship Cold Harbor sailed
this afternoon with 81 900, 900 relief
cargo for France and Spain-but
without a ALTON consignment of
food for Ambassador William Leahy
at Vichy, France.
The supplies for Ambassador
Leahy-canned beef, fruit, vegeta-
bles and cigars and cigarettes
delayed the sailing when it was
found no navicert for them had been
issued by the British government.
Ernest ]. Swift. Red Cross vice
chairman in charge of foreign op-
erations, explained the State De-
partment had asked the Red Cross
to take the supplies, but the request
for a navicert came too late. Ihe
Leahy consignment was unloaded
and probably will be sent by a later
ship to Spain.
The Cold Harbor, under charter
from the United States Lines, sailed
under Capt. Albert M. Moore with
a crew of 80 Americans, but no pas
sengerS. "
Its cargo included food, clothing
and medicine for children in unoc-
cupied France and for general
relief" in Spain, Swift said. Running
the blockade with British permis-
sion, the ship will go to Cadiz and
Barcelona. and Marseilles, France.
A special consignment of 240,O0O
doses of diphtheria toXoid serum was
put on the heavily laden ship last
night, the Red Cross officials said,
in answer to "last-minute cable
from Ambassador Alexander Wed
dell in SPAIN
Evening star., 1941-02-02
FoIIs Church Villagers
Present PIuy Today

The Villagers of Falls Church will
present their entry in the WJSV
radio one-act play tournament at
1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The
Villagers have chosen as their We
hicle Holworthy Hall and Robert
Middlemass' The Valiant"
The play was a favorite on the
vaudeville stage several seasons ago,
with Bert Lytell playing the leading
role. The cast of the Villagers pres
entation will include Alonzo Allison
as James Dyke, Bernice Schultz as
Josephine Paris. Sidney Bassler as
Warden Holt, Bernard Schultz as
Father DAILY and Charles Immler
as the jailer.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Two Groups Protest
zoning Ordinance Change

Objection to a provision in the
proposed coming ordinances of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission which
would permit granting exceptions by
the Board of Appeals whenever 1t
sees fit, is voiced in a resolution
adopted jointly by the Sligo Park
Hills Citizens Association and the
Sligo Park Hills Garden Club.
The group opposed the clause on
the basis that it gives too much
power to the board and "practi-
cally nullifles" any regulations pro-
tecting the property owners.
A second measure was adopted
requesting the Board of County
Commissioners to specify annually
the two county newspapers In which
zoning notices are to be advertised.
At present the commissioners can
advertise the notices in any two
county papers, and they are often
overlooked by residents who would
be affected, it was pointed out.
The commission was commended
for its proposal to notify the ad-
jacent property owners and post
signs on property to be rezoned.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Bills
To Be Considered by
State Senate Grour
Study Of Measures
To Begin This Week
At Annapolis
BY the Associated Press.

=
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. 1.-The
Senate Committee on Roads and
Highways next week will consider
three Legislative Council bills to
zone State highways.
One of the measures would set
up far-reaching zoning regulations,
a second would permit the State
Roads Commission to term any new
highway parkway and grant it
broad powers to regulate means of
access to it and the third would
permit the commission to obtain
roadside lands through "gift, pur-
chase, condemnation, or otherwise. "
Protective Strips.
The zoning bill declared reason
able regulation" of developments,
structures, uses and means of access
along main highways "is essential
to protect the safety health and
convenience of highway users and
others, to prevent unnecessary con-
gestion, to preserve the traffic ca
pacity of the highways and to pre-
serve the investment of the State. "
The measure, applying to main
highways-those on which daily
traffic averages 2,500-vehicles-
would establish protective strips
on either side of the road. No
building or reconstruction would be
permitted in them except with COM
mission permission. Appeals to the
court from commission decisions
would be provided.
The commission could set up resi-
Dental and commercial zones, with
the power to regulate such factors
as minimum sizes of lots in sub
divisions to the fronting of struc-
lures on other roads instead of the
main highway.
Curb on BilIboards.
Billboards would be banned ex-
cept in commercial districts, but
there the commission could regu-
late the size and types of boards.
Buildings already existing along
the highways would not be made to
conform, but billboards and road
stand stands would have to con-
form. The bill would. become effec-
tive next June l.
The bills were introduced yester-
day by Senate President Arthur H.
Brice.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
CoIorfuI June Week
Gone As Annapolis
Speeds Up Graduation
Friday Will Be Only
Holiday When 400
Receive Diplomas
Nv the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Chill Feb
ruary winds off the Severn River
are blowing a little cloud of gloom
over Naval Academy midshipmen-
they face "kisSless June week"
June week"-graduation in Feb
ruary instead of June to provide
officers quickly for the growing Navy
started today. But it's a week
without"
Without a color girl, without a
dress parade, without a garden
party, without a ring dance, without
epaulets pinned on white uniforms
with kisses, without a plebes' rush
to Lovers Lane"
Partly, it's winter weather can
ceiling the traditional ceremonies,
partly because all but the graduat-
ing class will be studying, instead
of on holiday for a week.
Friday, graduation day, will be
the only holiday, with Secretary OF
the Navy Knox presenting diplomas
to nearly 400 midshipmen in indoor
ceremonies.
Seniors End Exams.
Senior classmen did stage their
mo more rivers" celebration today,
marking the end of examinations.
Seniors will have as many hops
and social functions as usual. In
stead of a garden party, Rear Ad-
miral Russell Wilson, who took
over command today as superin-
tendent, will hold a reception and
dance Tuesday.
The speed up in graduation was
accomplished by concentrated study
by shortening the cruise trip, and
cutting Christmas leave to Christ
mas Day only.
There will be no graduation in
June and the present juniors" prob
ably will be graduated in February
1912.
Of 400 in this years class, 384
will receive ensigns' commissions ir
the line. Twenty-three failed eye
tests and will be retested in a few
months, meanwhile helping to teach
the TOO Naval Reserves coming here
February IA to start their studies.
Three will be given honorable dis
charges due to physical defects, ane
26 others are becoming second lieu.
tenants in the Marine Corps.
Festivities Under Way.
Graduation week festivities begar
today with the presentation of five
naval paintings to the academy mu.
scum by the Friends of the Navy
organization. A senior class hor
was held tonight in Memorial Hall
Tomorrow at 10:45 am. the 40(
graduating class members will at.
tend baccalaureate services in the
Academy chapel. A concert In
Mahan Hall is scheduled for the
afternoon.
Meanwhile, Academy officials an
nounced the new regimental organ
ization, effective February Z, fol
February and March. Midshipmar
w. H. Mendenhall, Cleveland
Heights, Ohio, was named the five.
striper"- of the entire
Midshipman regiment.
His regimental stan will be com.
(see MTDDIEs, Page Bad
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Virginia Hastens
Organization Of
Protective Force
More Than Two-Thirds
Of 43 Companies Are
Already Forming
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. with
the mobilization of Virginia Ma
tional Guardsmen Monday for in
duction into Federal service, the
Virginia Protective Force will step
forward to supplement the civil
police in assuring the Old Dominion
adequate home protection.
More than two-thirds of the pro-
posed 43 companies in the v. P. F.
already are in the process of for
nation, and number have been
mustered in and others are expected
to follow in rapid order.
The approximately 5000 Guards
men, who will go to Fort Meade,
Md, for their years training, may
remain in their home armories for
about 10 days, but after that these
facilities will be available to the
protective force for training and
the storing of equipment. The 246th
Coast Artillery Regiment of the
National Guard went into training
last fall at Fort Story and Fort
Monroe.
Eight Battalions Planned.
The units of the v. P. F. will,
for the most part, be located in
communities with armory facilities.
When organization is complete, the
force will include eight battalions
of four companies each and three
battalions of three companies each.
Company strength will be 60 men.
Requisition has been made for
2,291 1917-model Enfield rifles which
will be the only equipment-Wlth
gun slings, bayonets and scabbards
furnished by the Federal Gov
ernment. The force will be uni
formed in blue-gray, cut on about
the same lines as the United States
Army uniforms; caps of the field
service type; garrison type, dark tan
shoes and black four -in-hand tie.
Brig. Gen. E. E. Goodwin of En-
poria is in command of the force,
which will have strength of about
one-half that of the Virginia Ma
tional Guard, or 2,700 men. Service
is entirely voluntary-and without
pay. Enhstments are for one year
for able-bodied men between the
ages of 18 and As, except that the
age restrictions do not apply to COM
missioned officers.
Plan to Coordinate Forces.
The prospective induction of the
National Guard has influenced many
State activities for months as prepa-
rations were pushed for effecting
organization of the protective force
and arranging a program for CO.
operation among the civil police au-
thorities. An Advisory Committee
to the State Defense Council drew
up plan of co-ordinating the civil
police forces in event of emergency
and this setup has been pledged
support by the State Associations
of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, as
well as individual counties and cities
Mai. H. B. Nicholas, superintend-
ent Of the State police, heads the
organization for utilizing the serv-
ices of the civil police, totaling about
1000 men.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Arlington Federation
To Award Stur Trophy

The Evening Star Trophy will be
awarded to- an individual or COM
mittee of the Arlington County
(Va) Civic Federation judged to
have performed most outstanding
civic service to the community dur
ing 1910, when the organization
meets at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
Lyon Park Community House.
A special committee, headed by
Walter Venske, was elected at the
January meeting to decide on the
recipient of the trophy. The award
is a sterling silver loving cup pre-
sented to the federation two years
ago to be awarded annually.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
British Reject Pleas
Of karyIanders for
Tobacco Navicens
Fear Coreoes for France
Might Find Their Way
Into Germany
By JOHN ID. LEONARD.

Appeals by loose-leaf tobacco in
tereSts Of Southern Maryland for
navicerts to allow laase-leaf ship
ments to pass through the British
blockade into France have been
turned down by British authorities
here because such shipments might
be vital contribution to the eco
nomic position of the enemy"
Recently the British Embassy re-
ceived indirect requests for the per-
mits from loose-leaf producers, some
of whom applied for them through
the British consulate in Baltimore.
According to one well-informed
Southern Maryland tobacco man.
producers have been advised that if
their tobacco can be shipped to
France, French interests have funds
available for and would like to buy
tobacco on the Southern Maryland
loose-leaf markets when they open
next May.
Former Purchases Cited.
He pointed out that for a number
OF years French interests purchased
large quantities of the Southern
Maryland crop. He added the
French government monopoly even
had a direct representative buying
tobacco on the loose-leaf markets
prior to the outbreak of the war.
According to Agriculture Depart
ment reports, exports of Maryland
leaf have decreased to a nominal
level with no exports being reported
for several months. In the past. ac-
cording to the Agriculture Depart
ment, almost all Maryland exports
went to continental Europe and
these markets have been entirely
cut OF by the war. Normally about
one-flfth of the Maryland crop is
exported, according to the depart
ment's reports.
British authorities take the view
that no navicertS can be issued fol-
any commercial shipments into
either occupied or unoccupied French
territory, both of which are con.
sidered as under enemy control
so far as issuance of navicerts is
concerned.
Vital Economic Commodity.
Moreover, it is felt that tobacco
Is TO be considered a vital economic
commodity. 1t is feared that to-
bacco shipped to France might ulti-
mately find its way into Germany.
Declaring they do not blame the
British for their attitude, the to.
bacco men say that entry of French
interests on the Southern Maryland
loose leaf markets would be a great
boon to prices. They estimate that
the top" tobacco price would mount
to IS or so cents q pound if the
French were able to buy on the
markets.
Prior to the outbreak of wa,
Switzerland, Holland and France
were the chief purchasers of Mary
land tobacco. Last year was the
second season for intensified auc-
tion sales of tobacco in Southern
Maryland and according to the
Agriculture Department about SC
per cent of the entire crop was sold
at the six warehouses at La Plata
Waldorf, Upper Marlboro and
Hushesville as compared with less
than Is per cent the year before.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Grace Church Auxiliary
To Install Officers

Officers of the Woman's Auxiliary
of Grace Church, Woodside, Md,
have been installed as follows.
President, Mrs. Marshall Lehman;
vice president, Mrs. L. M. Christie;
recording secretary, Mrs. Florence
Lincoln; treasurer, Mrs. John j.
Turner; corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Leo zeissler, and supply secre-
tary, Mrs. L. M. Christie.
Devotional chairman, Mrs. Maude
Harmon; Christian social relations
and Church PERIODICAL Club, Miss
Alice Jones; educational secretary,
Mrs. Marshall Lehman; united
thank offering, Mrs. A. B. Clarke;
advance work program, Mrs. George
Milne, and magazines, Mrs. Paul
Fonda.
Evening star., 1941-02-02
Milk Producers to Hold
Bunauet Tomorrow

The Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association, whose COWS
supply most of the milk for WASH
ington, will hold their annual ban
quet tomorrow at the Willard Ho-
tel at noon. They always have
their banquet in the middle of the
day in order to get back to their
farms by nightfall.
DR.. H. c. Byrd, president of the
University of Maryland, will act as
POSTMASTER After the meal a pro-
gram of entertainment will be pre-
sented.
The association plans to hold its
annual directors meeting at 10 am.
tomorrow at the headquarters in
Silver Spring.