The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-10

Eleanor Roosevelt
PROPER SPIRIT

j. HIS GSGtliS w tl1C lie ORPO4 t6kA~
time to publish a letter which has
Just come, and which breathes the
spirit which must be ours. II is
signed by Margaret Rollo, and
comes from Lanarkshire, England:
"Dear Madame:
81 have been given the very great
honour Of writing you on behalf OF
the Women's Rural institute Of this
village to thank the women Of Amer
lea through you, for their most kind
and thoughtful gift of vegetable
seeds. / can assure you that this
gift, one of so many, has touched
the hearts of all the women of Brit
ain. These seeds have been put
into the ground with many kind
thoughts of American women and
Of good wishes for all Americans who
are standing shoulder to shoulder
with us in this gigantic struggle.
''Not many days ago, one OF our
lovliest old cities in the South
was badly 'blitzed' two nights in
succession. Many people lost ev-
erything. A member of my family
wrote and told me that she had been
working in rest center for 10 hours
a day, helping to feed and clothe the
homeless. She said: The garments
we gave out all came from America
and you have no idea of the COM
fort and cheer they gave!'
II have seen many of those gar
ments. for the house of one of my
friends in this village is the receiv-
ing center for the upper ward of
Lanarkshire. What struck me about
the garments was their CHEEKY col
ors and their look of warmth and
comfort. Do tell the women of the
United States how truly grateful we
are for their help and wonderful
generosity. -
SIN this prayer we are learning
what is of real and lasting value,
and I pray God we may never for
get. You would be amazed at the
courage and cheerfulness of people
who have undergone the most ter
rible experiences. We have one
dear little woman living in Rob-
ertson, who, in March, 1941, lost
everything except what is most
precious-her husband and two
small children. She comes down
here to help us occasionally and
she is like a tonic. Her parting
word is always 'cheerio.' It is a
privilege to help people with cour-
age. We are confident of victory
however long and hard the struggle
may be-"
FREEDOM IN EDUCATION
There was very interesting edi-
torial in one of the metropolitan
papers recently. It brought up the
much-discussed question Of public
schools in England. These schools,
which correspond to our most ex-
elusive boarding schools, are CIV
ing consideration to changes for the
future.
Some of our educators, who are
concerned about real freedom Of OPP
portunity in education, are also
thinking about what we should do.
There are colleges in this country in
several of the bigger cities where
tuition is free to the citizens of that
city. There are state universities
where tuition is free to the young
people of the state. Board and lodg-
ing is still a considerable expense,
however, so we have many young
people who give up obtaining col
lege education because financially it
is too much of burden.
That is why some of us have been
so much interested in the National
Youth administration grants to col
lege students as well as to graduate
students. / agree with the writer
of the editorial that: "A democracy
needs leaders, influential by talent
and by character. The wider the
basis of choice, the more success
full the democracy will be and the
more capable of resisting the vulgar
fuehrerprinzip' which now aff1icts
so great a part Of the world"
To do this, however, there will
have to be a system Of grants to
students who are worthy Of obtain
ing higher education, otherwise this
type of education is available only
to those whose families are able to
pay for it.
TRAVELLING THROUGH u. s.
One afternoon about IS Hi-Y stu
dents from the Northwest came in
to see what rooms are now open in
the White House. / talked to them
for few minutes.
These young boys are between Is
and IS and their trip is sponsored
by the Young Mems Christian as
sociation. A great many of them
had earned all or part of the money
which they had used for this trip.
imagine, as the war goes on, that
fewer and fewer trips will be pos
sible. Yet, am always glad to feel
that even a few young people can
take back to their communities the
impressions gained by seeing their