https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/files/original/47fd311ddd9f5a06894da312861487c1.pdf 12b98c100fff1695543a20107c487c43 PDF Text Text CI r ,r)- Eastern Kentucky Review PU BL ISHED BI- MON THLY VOL. XII =======~==- NO. 2 --=- === ' Eastern l(e11tucli:.y State Normal School R ich m ond, K entuck y REVIEW OF SECOND TERM 1917-1918 Prepare d b y Faculty and Students Ea.tend aa second class matter, NoYember 20, 1906, at thi, Post Office a t Richmond, Kea tucky, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. �THE STAFF (Faculty Members) C. E . CALDWELL ...................................•...........·--··-·---···Manager, Student Papers CLARDY H. MOORE..................................- ·-··----································Editorials LELIA PATRIDGE.................................... •·--·-····_-··-···-···-·················Facult y Papers I. H. BOOTHE....................................••··•·················-··-·- - ·-·-················General Reporter VAN GREENLEAF........ ·····································--·-··-·- ·····················Soci ety Reporter MARY ESTELLE REID......•·······················-···---··-····--······························Exchanges BROWN E. TELFORD......................·•···-····- ·-···---···-··-·-········Chapel Exercises ANNA LEE DAVIS........ ····································-···--····-················ ........Wit and Humor F. C. GENTRY.... .................... ····················-·-··········- ···-·······-······· ......Business Editor Student Associates ELLA M . TRAMMELL............................................. - ·-···- - -···· ·······•·····Student Papers NANCY F. BOUDINOT .. .... ·························-· · · - - - -·············'·····•············Editori als MOLLIE CHAPMAN...........................·-············· MARY TAPHORN....................................- .••~···- - ·-· ·······Gen eral Reporter - - ·- ··················Society Reporter HULDA WILSO N ....................................·-····· _ _ _ _ ·-·····················Exchanges ALI CE PETTY ................................................•··-·····-···-·- --···-··-······ ···Chapel Exercises vV. E. ELI AS ............................... :..............••-·····- ···- - -·----·-·····vVit and H umor �A ST ATE M E N T FRO M P R ESIDENT COATES TO THE P R ESENT A N D FORMER ST U DE NTS OF EASTER N N ORM AL The wor ld is afire. Our coun tTy is at war with the greatest military power the world has ever seen, a power to which, for pu rposes of for eign conquest, Rome at the zenith of her power is not to be_ compared. Our President kept us out of this war the iast day, the last hour, t h e last minute, it could be done with national safety and self-respect. It is now our war; not France's, not England's, but ours. We do not propose to fight the battles of other nations, but our own. Lincoln said: "This country cannot exist hal f free and half s lave; it must either become all free or all slave." L ikewise, this world cannot exist h alf democratic and half autocratic; it must become all the one or the other. T h e world cannot be safe for democracy so long as powerful autocratic nations exist. The German military power knows this, and a little over three years ago started on its career of world conquest. In a time of profound peace, they let slip the dogs of war. They caught the world unawares. Brave little Belgium h eld their hordes u ntil France got in line; France bore their onslaught until England could get ready; a n d now England and France and Belgium, are holding the ba rbarian until the greatest democracy of them all- America-can come to the rescue-and America is coming. The German must and will be beaten. To do this, however, it will talrn the last ounce of power we possess. Unfortunately, just n ow large, numbers of the people in Kentucky, as well as other States, do not realize t h e seriousness of the moment. They do not seem t o appreciate the fact- for it is a fact- that the war may be l ost for democracy. They do not seem to understand that F rance and England may be crush ed before we can bring our power to bear, but the German knows it and made his calculations accordingly. These good and-patriotic people cannot see, or will not see, that if Germany can beat France and England b efore America can come to t he rescue, if sh e can add t h eir names to her own, she can sweep our navy aside as a toy and CONQUER AMERICA before we can get r eady, The world of democracy expects every Kentuckian to do his duty_ ��EDITORIALS CLARDY H. MOORE Throughout all ages tl!ere have r.1ways been three points of time acceptable and unquestioned by all peoples, invariable in their fixity and definite in their relations to all other times. These points have served to mark epochs in the lives of individuals and of nations and have measured the time of records now current on the pages of our histories, namely, "before the war," "during the war" and "after the war." Now that we a re within the grip of a mighty world struggle the "beforethe-war" period is of interest to us as a matter of history, as a basis upon which to build the findings of the new situation that is before us. Up to the present "befo' de wah" has meant to us all "before the Civil War," · ere long we are going to have to use that phrase by stating which war, because this present crisis promises to mean more to us in the line of preserving our liberty and unity than any contest this country has ever known. Today-the "Now" the great commander-in-chief of all time-looks us in the face and places us in the ranks according to our strength? Our ability? Our professions? No. At least not altogether,- for while we must n eeds be classified in our service there is a place for a ll- weak or strong- according to ability and in harmony with our professions if we but "profess" worthily. But there are two phases of this situation in which we find ourselves today. We begin b y assuming that we are all offering for service s omewhere, somehow. We hope that e very re ader of these lines "ha s already laid his a ll upon the altar of loyalty to God and country and is but casting about to know where the most useful NANCY F. BOUDINOT field of service lies. Then we believe you will find in the first phase of the situation- that of present service-a place to do something of material value r'ght while the tim.e is r ipe for the doing. Even those who work steadily on in the usual routine (?f life will find that much abused old "routine" suddenly in the limelight of special values. Chiefly because so very much now depends upon the maintenance of the "even tenor of our way" especially in the business world of our great masses through the open country. Disturbances in many ways we cannot avoid in the very nature of the case, and how well we all kno~ and how keenly we feel the fact t hat ever y home from the humblest to the greatest will have its own "during the war" history. · But it is going to take the steady pull of a strong-handed, truehearted populace here on the rich soil of our wonderful U. S. A. to keep "th e boat from rocking." And every person who sits steady and pulls a level oar gives something of 1eal service, and we say this much by way of encouragement to those who may feel that they ·are not helpful because apparently they are not in active service. Stop for a moment and t hink of the hundreds who have offered themselves, have donned the uniform and are now chafing in the halter of military routine and camp life impatient to be actually moving against the enemy bt;t must be held within the wise limits of regula tions. Just now YOU can do much more t han many of THEM. "Strike while the iron is hot." OBSERVE, CONSERVE, PRESERVE and DESERVE. This is your lot. ARE YOU PATRIOTIC ENOUGH TO BE GREAT IN DOING LITTLE �6 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. THINGS THAT GREAT MAY COME TO PASS? THINGS And now for the secon,i phase of t h e present situation- that which looks out of the present and into the future and involves largely that third point of time, "after the war." Look! What do YOU see? How mysterious , how boundless and how enticing. How dare you-how can you wait until then to get ready for what you must do then? The present outiook and the future contingencies lock in deadly combat. We can-we shall- we must prepare. The business world, the church, the school ; our country victorious demands our trained ability and our prepared lives to perform for it the transcendently patriotic service of continuity and perpetuity in its social fabric and its civil structure. At the b ~se of all this lies our schools, the great training stations of our next American populace, now as ever, more important than any ot h er institution within our line3 and fi nally coming to be recognized and emphasized as such. This war has sent the school stock market sl,yward because of its demand for trained people and the prospect for a greater demand in the future for trained efficients. On t h e other hand thousands are being taken out of the teaching f.9rce, leaving it commensurately weakened· and it must have r einforcements. P robably you have never t aught-where's the odds -our boys and men have never been soldiers and seamen before, either. As a duty to your country if you are a high sch ool or a college graduate-if you can get into training right now and pre p·are yourself to help keep up the great e ducational work of your country it is your duty to do it. If you are already in the work speak to your friends who are not but might be. Do what you can, while you can and the very best you can. . If you are within r each come to Eastern; we need you, want to help you and you can help us now and "after the war." OUR PEOPLE NEED AWAKENING. It is a distressing fact that many of the American peopie have never realized the seriousness of the conditions confronting us. This is t rue in bot h city and country, but e specially is it true of the latter, yet there are no German-Americans, I. '0l. W.'s or ot her disloyal and t reacherous e lements among our rural folk. In our own state the grandsires of our rural people fought with uns urpassed valor, the red men of the forests and the red coats of King George. Their fathers, too, a dded lustre to some of the most dazzling deeds of the Civil w·ar. Yet, in many cases, their d escendants are returning Hoover pledge cards unsigned, and are manife5ting little or no interest in the Y. M. C. A. or Red Cross campaigns. These people must be b rought face to face with the facts concerning this great world war. Once t h ey realize how dar k and portentous are the war clouds lowering over our beloved coun try, they will rise in its defense as one man. It is imperative that these latent forces be mobilized as rapidly as possible . H e re is a new call for leadership. There is a great dearth of leaders in rural communities, who shall assu me the responsibility for giving information to the people? We turn to the rural teacher as the one to undertake t his great service for America and humanity. Dem(!Cracy and freedom are fighting for their existence. These precious principles of government were secured through the lavish expenditure of the life-blood of ,countless thousands of many races and ages. These men �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. dared to fight and die t hat succeeding generations might enjoy the blessings of liberty. ·what real American's heart does not glow with pride when he reads of the sacrifices of t he starving, ragged but unconquered pa triots at Valley Forge? The stories of Nathan Hale and Sergeant Jasper will neYer die as long as men prize the right of thinking for themselves, for Nathan Hale and Sergeant J asper typify the spirit of all those dauntle ss pioneers who laid the foundations of our great democracy. Across the seas, the soil of every European nation h as been crimsoned by the life-blood of those who dared to put the rule of their own consciences above the pretended divine right of kings. So rapidly, however, had democracy spread over the world during the last century that many thought that t he deathkI)ell of autocracy had a lready tolled. But suddenly, like a shaft of lightning from th e clear s ky, grim a utocracy raised its ugly head and dared the liberty-loving people of the world to fight for their lives and their souls. The fight i s on to the death. There can be no compromise. Shall the fruits of t h e sacrifices of our brave forefath ers b e lost? The world is looking to America for the answer. The Kaiser i s mad with an insatiable desire to put the whole world under his iron heel. When we read the horrible accounts of the atrocities t his monster has had committed at his beh est, we cannot h elp wondering if the Dari, Ages have returned. Brave men, innocent women and children now lie at the bottom of the sea because the Teuton ha d no respect for the lives of humanity. Belgium, once the busiest and most thrifty of n ations, now lies a mournful ruin, through no fault of hers. Her d efenseless women, children and aged r eceive no mercy from their b arbarous and ruthless captors. H er fair daugh ter s are com- 7 pelled to live a life that is worse than ten thousand deaths. Her wrongs cry aloud for redress to every libertyloving nation in the world. International law, the rights of neutrals and all principlec; of humanity have been trodden underfoot by the Kaiser and his militaristic party. Treaties, solemnly made and sworn to, have become mere scraps of paper. If Germany wins, t he cause of liberty is lost. How terrible America's fate would be no one knows. There is no reason to b elieve that our fate would be any better than that of poor, outraged Belgium. The situation is critical.. Germany and her allies are not whipped-yet. There are many men who believe that it will take not less than six years to bring the war to a successful termination. Russia, once a mighty force, is entirely withdrawn from the Allies. It is more than likely that she will contribute s ubstantial aid to the Teutons. Italy is staggering, France is bleeding at every pore, England is feeling the strain. A.ll are looking to America to turn the tide for democracy and humanity. America must not only continue to feed herself, her soldiers and her allies, but she must contribute vast sums of money and large numbers of soldiers. It is not altogether proba ble that millions of our people will feel the pinch of hunger before the struggle is over. Certainly this will be the case, if every American does not b end t o the utmost his energies to produce and to SAVE food, fu el and money. Our fight is just, our cause is glori• ous. School teachers of K entucky, you can render no greater service to your country and to humanity t h an to spread the facts among the people, and t hus awaken them to a sense of the impending da nger to our country. L et us b e up and doing. �WIT AND HUMOR ANNA LEE DAVIS Craklins Squ eezed Dry . Motto: Little wit; less humor. Dago to woman whose lingerie ribbon daintily dangles down her back: "Watcha out. You loosa da sphagetti." Breaking the News Gently. Pat (detailed to do it) to Mrs. O'Flannigan, whose husband has just been killed: "Good morning' Widow O'Flannigan ! " Widow O'Flannigan : Begora and I'm no widow. Pat: Just you wait until you see what's coming up the hill. What put the chill in Chillicothe: The draft. Kind ma n to little girl w ho is weeping bitterly: "Little girl, what's th e matter. Is your father sick?" Little Girl: "Pa got so tough we h ad to kill him." Englishman, monocled and spatted, to New York "newsie:" Sonny, what time is it by your n ose. Newsie: Don't know, sir; mine is not running. Look at your own. Philosophy. Some people need cranking up every day: Others are self-starters. Miss Sullivan: Name three articles containing starch. Miss Boudinot: Two cuffs and a collar. Anonymous: I have four cans on my desk for teachers two days old; haven't any on e to fill them. W. E. EL.I AS Also Anonymous : No wonder. Look a t the crowd he has to pick from. · Callin' no names and meanin' no harm. Another Case of Misp l aced Phrases. One girl to another: And you know you're not supposed to give a soldier any alcoholic drink in uniform. Mama to son: Don't you want some of this corn on cob? Son: No. You haven't taken off t h e hastings. Teacher, endeavoring to teach oral grammar to class she had been drilling on principle parts of irregular verbs: Use the word drunk in a sentence. Gertrude, glibbly: I saw a drunk man going d·o wn the street. Th at Reminds Me Charles, who had been drilled on the terrible possibilities .of "catching something," to his father, on seeing a drunken man: Father, let's hurry by this man, it might be catching. ·Conservation-Very Light. Bill: Do you know that turning down the gas saves matches·r :Mary: No. I thought that turning down the gas frequently made match es. (NOTE-Turning off an electric light often causes sparking. Turning off a gas light causes an increase of pressure. An increase of pressure causes 'a lessening of the waste) . �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. Sayings ot Solomon: He that wisheth to rise with the sun should not. stay up late with the daughter. Mrs. Womans: I want to buy some talcum. Clerk: Mennens? Mrs. Womans: No. Vimmins. Negro to clerk: What kind of cream do you have today? Clerk: Colgates; Pompeian, et cetera. Negro: I'll take vanilly. The Angel of Wishes appeared to Iky and told him that h e could have his h eart's desire, on condition that his partner should have twice as much. Iky hesitated. Told the angel to r eturp. on the morrow. Angel, on the second day: You may have your wish, provided your partner has twice as much. Iky, all ready and eager: out one of my eyes. 9: Punch When shown :o a certain cell that contained an insane artist, visitors were cautioned by the warden to praise whatever th ey saw. A visitor staring at a blank canva~ began to praise it profusely. "Yes," said the insane one, "that is a picture of the Chil!lren ot Israel crossing the Red Sea. The Red Sea has rolled back, the Children or Israel have gone over, and Pharoh's army hasn't come up." Parting Advice. Smile Cause when you smile There's soon another smile And then there are miles and miles of smiles. And life's worth while Because you smile. • �FACULTY AND STUDENT PAPERS LELIA E. PATRIDGE C. E . CALDWELL GOD AND NATURE. (By Dr. McDougle) . Chaotic mass, force unapplied, Unlighted space forlorn; A wondrous organizing actA universe is born. Bright stars shine out, fair planets whirl, Life stirs in every clod. Is this Spontaneous Genes is? Why not call it God ? A golden glimmer on the cloud, A flash of vivid light; A lightning of the vapory mists. T here's daybreak in the night. The songsters stir among the tr ees, And daisies startle in the sod. Is this but Electric Force ? Why not call it God? A bunch of leaves a nd strings and strawA n est secluded high; A fluff of f eathers animate And eggs warmed till they fly. A sear ch for food, growth, company, With song and chirp so odd. Is this only Insti nct? "Why not call it God? A helpless child in mother's a r ms growth and strength through youth -Until he comes to see the world And grasp its larger truth, ::He builds great cities, commerce, wealth,'This wondrous thinking clod. Shall we call this Gen ius ? Why not call it God? A ELLA M. TRAMMELL A word and look of sympathy F rom some sweet voice and face; Affection's touch of hands and lips Close draw their souls' embrace. A golden chain binds two in one Where'er their footsteps trod. Some h ave called this impulse Love, But Love's a name for God! T HE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. The traditional course of study which has so long prevailed in the American high school is now being vigorously attacked by a number of teacher s in the field of secondary education. These critics argue that the school has not kep: pace with in· dustrial, social a nd political progress in this country, and that a readjustment of the course of study is necess1ry, but they differ in regard to t he changes which should be made. Many reforms have been proposed which merit car eful investi_g atic,n and consideration. The particular subjects which have been attacked are Latin, Greek, Mathematics (as it is now taught), and the classics studied in English literature. David Swedden would select the subjects to be t aught on the basis of social utility, and asserts that in order to justify the position of the above-named subjects in the curriculum, they must prove t heir social utility in regard to physical well-being, vocational efficiency, social capacity or personal culture-the four large groups of social utilities. Charles Eliot emphasizes sen se t r a ining which shall cultivate accurate observation, a cquisition of skill and r easoning which results in precise �EASTE RN KENTUCKY REVIEW. statement and record. H e believes that the best me thod of developing the mind is by co-ordinating the "activities of the hand and brain." In his opinion our present education has failed to accomplish this. Abraham F lexner advocates what he calls "Content-education" as opposed to "formal discipline." He believes that the study of classical languages a ims to tra in general intellectual faculties merely as a dis :::iplina ry exer cise, u sing words as the instrument, and r ecommends in their place "content education," which "deals w ith specific experiences" and problems which are " keys to living subjects a nd s timuli to action." Columbia University has establishe d the " Lincoln school of Teachers' College," in accordance with his ideas and with Mr. Flexner as a m ember of the Administration Board. In the prospectus we r ead that "the Lincoln School is to be established for the purpose of contr ibuting by ex_periment to the development of a curriculum adapted to modern conditions." The curriculum will include modern languages, civics, history, literature and composition, the fine arts and music, science, and mathematics, physical tra ining, household and industrial arts; and presents "abundant opportun ity for the organization of proper training in a ll the fundamental lines of modern interest, activity and r esponsibilities. By means of su ch subjects an d- activities the Lincoln school hopes to discover whether an education based upon realit ies is not only consistent with high intellectual, social and spiritual ideals, but whether it Is not the most effective way of organizing the pupils' capacities and interest." It will be observed that the classical languages are entirely omitted. In this respect Mr. Flexner is less conservative than Mr. Eliot, who would include Latin in the 11 course of study, but would not require it. ../ ..._ . These criticisms and suggestions, whether m erited or not, are of value In compelling the s upporters of tr a ditional education to formulate definitely their a ims and give expression to them. This will result in keeping those aims before teach ers and· will largely do away with that teaching which is without purpose. Mo-r eover, problems have been brought before us which deserve attention. We sh all ,yatch the progress of this exper iment with keen interest a nd look for the development of a curriculum suited to the n eeds of the pupil in the modern school. A PECUL I AR ADV E N TU R E. By S. S. Myers. T he Smiths, wh o lived on the farm adjoining ours, sold their property and moved a hundred and fifty miles away to the southern part of the State. A few months later, during the followIng aut umn, the oldest son , a young man twent y-two or three years of age, returned to our neighborhood to attend to some business matter s and, upon his invitation, supplemented by considerable pleading on my part, my parents finally consented that I s hould accompany him on his return home. I was then a boy t welve year s old and, h aving been brought up in a backcountry district, never having been more than twenty miles from home, the somewhat roundabout journey by rail, stopping overnight on the way in a large city, the fir st I had ever visited, and finally . meeting m y form.er associates , the younger members of the Smith family in their new home, was something of a n event to me. At that a ge it is not to be expected that I had a very wide knowle dge of �12 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. the world. Nevertheless, I was quite familiar wit h a world in my own imagination created through r eading a cer tain class of fiction. Like most boys, I was fond of lit~rature relating to ghosts, goblins and witches, and tales of haunted houses. I was also much interested in Bunyan's "Pilg rim 's P rog ress," having read that book t hrough a number of times., But the encounters of Christian and Great heart with giants, goblins and fiends were, to me, real physical adventures. I did, not compr ehend their spiritual import. "Guliver's Travels" and " Robinson Crusoe" were also favorite works with me. So it will r eadily be seen that I was "well read" and in possession of a vast store of worldly knowledge ! When I made ready to return home at the expriration of the time allotted for my visit I found that there were two routes by which the return journey might be accomplished. One was the way we came, which necessitated a nine mile drive south to the nearest railway station, and the other was an eighteen mile trip north through the country to the town of 0-----, where I could get a train on another line that would land me at our nearest home station in much Jess time than would be required to make the trip back the way I came. I decided to take the latter route. My friends offered to procure some sort of transportation for me to C'----, but I prevailed upon them not to do so. A tramp of eighteen miles through what was, to me, an unknown country was an adventur e that appealed to me. Accordingly, on a beautiful October morning I set out on my journey expecting to walk to G----- that day, r emain there overnight and take a train for home the next morning. The first seven or eight miles of the mad I was following led through a prosperous farming country. Comfortable looking farm houses and commodious barns could- be seen on every h and, with here and there a church or school house by the wayside. After t hat, however, the landscape gradually became rough and broken with long stretches of woods and few signs of habitation. At noon I sat down by th'e roadside to rest and eat my lunch which my friends had prepared ·and which I had carried- along in IlllY satchel. This done, I again resumed my j ourney. I now made the discovery that each succeeding mile was longer than the preceding one, also that my satchel, the weight of which I scarcely noticed at the outse t, was becoming extremely heavy. Atfer a time I came to a place where the road forked. I had been told to follow the main road, but at this place it was difficult to determine which was the main road. One seemed to be as much traveled . as the other. At t h e junction of the two roads stood a post to which there had evidently, at one time, been two guideboards attached. Only one remained. The other was lying on the ground and vouchsafed the information that Ka rney's Mills were somewhere, twelve miles distant. The one on the post bore the following legend: To G---, 7½ Miles.tar But the finger indicating the direction pointed midway between the two roads. I knew that G----- lay to the north, and it seemed to me that t he road on the l eft led off too much toward the west, so I d ecided to follow the one on the right. I was gradually becoming possessed of a longing and ever-increasing desire to throw myself down by the roadside and rest indefinitely, but realizing that the afternoon was passing rapidly, while each mile was growin g longer, and �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. that I was still a long way from my journey's end, I tramped on as fast as my weary legs would carry me. Two miles fa•r ther· along I came to a crossroad where the guideboards informed me that the distance to Kearney's Mills was ten miles and to a- --- nine miles. It was quite evident that I had taken the wrong road and was traveling away from my destination. The finger pointing the way indicated the road leading to the left. I turned into that and trudged a seemingly endless number of miles and again came to a cross-road. At this place the post to which the guideboards were fastened was uprooted a nd lying in a fence corner. The distance to G---- was g iven as four and one-half miles, but the finger indicating the direction pointed toward the sky! There was no dwelling within sight, nor any one of whom I might inquire, so I was forced to depend upon my own judgment as to which •road to follow. It occurred to me that the cross-road here was the one I should have taken at the place where the road forke d instead of turning to the right, so I decided to follow i t now. During the afternoon the sky gradually became overcast and now it began to rain-not a downpour, just a soft, drizzly rain sufficient to make the clay road slippery and walking disagreeable. By this time my satchel had become so h eavy that I was cons tantly shifting it from one hand to the other and my feet seemed like lead. Eventually I came to a small fram~ house standing at the foot of a hill by the roadside. Seeing an elderly man sitting on the porch smoking a Jong, crooked sterned pipe, I inquire d: "Am I on the right road to G- -?" "Nien, ich connet fersthay," h e replied, shaking his head. By that I knew he was a German and could n ot speak or understand 13 English, which was not an uncommon t hing in that section of country at that time, so I pointed in the direction I was traveling and inquired : "Yah, yah," h e said nodding and pointing in the same direction, "G----." Then, pointing in the opposite direction , he· continued to nod and r epeated, "G----." I was puzzled. Turning about and pointing back along the road over which I had traveled, I again inquired: "G--- ?" "Yah, G----." Then, pointing in the opposite direction, he r epeated, "G----" and added something in German which I could not understand. It was quite apparent that I would not be likely to glean a ny useful information from the old German. I was morally certain that the town of Q---- could not lie in two directly opposite directions from the place where I was then standing, so I continued in the direction I had been going. A half hour later I a gain came to a cross-road. The roads here crossed at an angle forming the letter X. The guideboard informed me that the distance to G---- was five miles and the finger pointed along the road leading back to left. I was competely and overwhelmingly discouraged. Night was fast approaching and I knew that with a lowering sky and no moon it would be iten sely da rk and next to impossible to find my way over an unknown road. I realized that there was but one thing for me to do, and that was to seek lodging somewhere a long the way. With this in mind I turned into the road indicated and staggered on, carrying as much of the muddy road with me as would cling to my feet . There was no use trying to avoid it as the sides of the -r oad were about as badi as the middle. In fact, I had Jost all �14 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. interest in trying to find the least muddy spots. All feeling seemed to have deserted my weary body and I merely dragged myself along mechanically. The road I was following soon Jed down into a narrow valley, and I bad not gone far before I discovered a house. It stood in a small Jot between the main road and another that branched off up the hillside on the left. Seeing a man emerge from an outbuilding I hailed him and asked if I could get lodging there for the night. "No," he replied, "it would not be convenient for us to keep you overnight." "Do you know of any place near where I could stop? I am too near worn out to go much fart her and I don't want to stay out in the rain." "Well," said he, "I'll tell you what you might do-take that road up the hill, there, and stop at the first house you com.e to." . "Do you t hink they'll keep me overnight?"" "I wouldn't be at all surprised if they would," he replied, and I thought he said it as if my question amused him. "Is it far?" "No, just beyond the top of the hill, a short quarter of a mile." I followed his directions and, on reaching the top of the hill, discovered a two-story brick house a short distance ahead·. It was already quite dark, but I could see that the building stood in a large lawn inclosed by a hig h pailing fence. It fronted on the valley to my right, and I observed that a frame for an addition was erected at the rear. Enterin g the inclosure along a driveway, through an open gate, I approached a side entrance and knocked on the door. After knocking a second time the door was opened by a long, lank, seed·y-Jooking individual with a strikingly inquisitive countenance. "Can you keep me overnight here?'' I inquired. "'Vho sent .Ye here?" "The man that lives in that house at the foot of the hill." "M-bm- . Where'd ye come from?" I informed him whence I came and whither I was bound, and added that the reason I had failed t o reach my destination was because I bad walked several miles out of my way by taking the wrong road every time I had an opportunity to do so. "So ye want lodgin' an' breakfast?" "Yes, sir, and s up.per, too, if I can get it.'' "Uh- hub. Hev ye any money?" "Yes, sir," I replied, somewhat irritated by the question, "I expect to pay for what I get. I am not a beggar." "Ob, it's a ll right ," b e hastened to say. "It don't make no difference at all. " I always ax that of any one who comes here jist to stop overnight. Conte on in." On entering I found myself in a long room, or hall, perhaps fifteen feet wide a nd extending th e entire length of the building. Part. way a long, at one side was an old-fashioned Franklin coal stove in which there appeared to be a fire. Near the stove, winding a ball of yarn, sat an old woman who bore a striking r esemblance to a witch. At l east she looked as I imagined a witch would appear. Her gray hair was platte d into two braids that hung down over her shoulders, and she bad sharp fea~ tures, a Jong pointed chin and a nose that res embled an eagle's beak. By her side stood a small stand on which there was an oil lamp with a smoky chimney which served only to em- �EA.STERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. 15 phasize · the darkness and· gloomy barrenness of the place. Conducting me down to the stove, my host said: "Stay here an' I'll go an' see if I can find ye somethin' to eat." And with that he passed on down the room and vanished among the shadows at the farther end. The evening had become quite chilly, so I drew near to the stove and divi:ded my attention between trying to dry my wet clothes and watching the old woman, who did not seem to be aware of my presence. By her side was a basket filled with stockings which she was apparently trying to mend. :From the size of the basket it occurred to me that the family must be well supplied with that article of wearing apparel, but I was too weary to speculate upon it. I :(elt, however, that inasmuch as I had secured shelter there for the night I ought to try to make myself agreeable. So I finally ventured to remark: ''This is a disagreeable night, lighted by a broken lamp fastened to the wall. Pointing to a table by the opposite wall, my host said: "There's yer supper. I have som.e things to attend to an' I'll leave ye fer a spell, but'l! be back by the time ye git through." And 'Yith that he made his exit by way of an outside door. 1na/am. '' I took up my satchel, which I had brought with me to the kitchen, and was conducted back to the room I had first entered and across to a sort of an alcove on the right which I had not noticed befor e. I was surprised at this, as I thought I had observed everything about the place on my fi•r st entrance. But it occurred to me that, owing to · the dim light, I must have overlooked this alcove with its dark stairway. On arriving at the foot of the stairs my guide paused and said: "Now, jist go on up till ye come to the second· landing an' then follow the banister around to the right till ye come to a door." "Aren't you going along to show me the way?" "Naw, 'tisn't necessary fer me to climb the stai-rs. Ye can't miss the way." "Can't you let me have a light?" She looked up with a startled exp,ression and inquired: "Huh?" l r epeated my observation. "Oh, Lor', yes!" she replied. "There is nothing but sorrow an' trouble in t his world. Man that is born of woman is of few days an' full of trouble." "Yes'm," said I, feeling I was expected to say something and not knowing what else to reply. "He cometh forth as a flower an' is cut down. He fieeth as a shadow an' vanisheth an' where is he?" Not being able to vouchsafe any information on that point, I remained silent, and was relieved at this juncture by the a ppearance of my host, who invited me to follow him. I was conducted to the farther end of the room and through a narrow hallway to the kitchen, which was I approached the table. It was a rough piece of home-made furniture, destitute of covering and sadly in need of a bath. Upon it I found some dry crusts of bread in an unwashed tin pan, some black molasses in a similar receptacle a nd a tin cupful of water. I inspected the food and decided I was not hungry. Near by 'stood a kitch~ range in which there was the remains of a fire. I drew near to this and resumed my efforts at trying to dry my clothing. After a time my host r eturned and inquired: "Well, are ye ready fer up above?" "A- er-above what?" "U'P-stairs." �16 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. "Ye don't need no light. There's plenty o' light up there." I thought this r ather an unusual way of sending a fellow to be d in a strange house; nevertheless, taking hold of the banister, I began to ascend. I arrived at the first la nding and was groping my way to the n ext step when I was startled by what appeared to be a smot hered groan, coming from somewhere out of the darkness above me. I paused, undecided whether to vent ure farther or turn back. But realizing that my host wa~ still standing at the foot of the stairs waiting to hear me ascend, I decided to go on. On arriving at the head of the stairs I turned to the right, sti!l k eeping a finu bold on t he banister, a nd groped my way forward. Suddenly I came to a dead stop. My heart leaped into my throat and cold chills swept down my spinal column and up to the roots of my hair. It may h ave been that I heard a slight movement near by. At any r ate I suddenly became conscious of the fact that I was not alone. r fel t the presence of some one nea r me, although I could see nothing in the intense darkness. I was about to turn and beat a hasty r etreat down that stairway when a door opened in front of me and light shone out from within. There was a man standing at my side holding the door open. "Step in," said h e. I lost n o time in enter ing the lighted room and, as I did so, I heard the door close behind me and a bolt on the outside glide into place. Depos iting my satchel by the wall, near the door, I took a survey of my surroundings. I was in another long room or hall like the one below. It was lighted by two la mps su spende d from the ceiling perhaps twenty or twenty-five feet apart, toward either end. On my left, a few feet away, sat a group of queer looking old men, so earnestly engaged in conversation that they did not seem to notice my rather sudden entrance. After wait• ing a few moments I slowly appr oach· ed the group. The men kept right on talking and no one seemed aware of my presence. "An' there's that leetle Eyetalian woman," one of them was saying, "who ca.me here one night-jes' sich a night as this, about two years ago, an' died a day er two later-you mind about her, Efe, you an' me helped t o burry her." "Yes, I know who ye m ean," said the person addressed. "She was ruther a small woman with shar1> black eyes an' hair a s black as a r aven's wing." "Yes, that's what I was comin' to. Well, sir, I noticed today that h er hair has turned snow white! " "I was just going to remark 'bout that ol' man George," put in another. " H e died 'long 'bout this time'n the fall eight year s ago. Mebby 'twas a bit earlier'n this-may've been in September. Well, 'tanyrate he looks jist as n atural now's the day he was buried." I fell back a step or t wo and stared at the group in astonishment. Then, as I glanced about the place, dimly lighted, wit h dark shadows lurking in the distant corners, something seemed to lend a weird atmosphere to the scene that gave me a decidely uncanny feeling. At the oposite side of the room, seated on a bench by the wall, were two withered-looking old men. One had t wo wooden stumps, from his knees down, instead of legs, and the other had an iron hook pro• truding from his sleeve where his hand and wrist should have been. In front of the pair, with his back partly toward me, sat another old fellow. Not knowing what else to do, I ap- �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. proached this group and stood there for a few moments, but if they were aware of my presence they did not manifest it either by word or look. They were discussing "coffins" and "water-soaked graves.'' I moved away from there. Near the center of the room was a stove. Seated astride a chair, with his back to this and his arms folded and resting on the back of the chair, was a man who appeared to be fully a hundred years old. Approaching the stove, I said : "Good evening, sir." He paid no attention to my saluta, tion. I was becoming desperate. Moving n earer, I touched him on the shoulder and repeated: "Good evening, sir." He looked up, placed his hand behind his ear and inquired: "Hey?" "It's a disagreeable evening," I shouted. "Heh." "Are these people boarders here ?" I inquired, motioning toward the other occupants of the room. "Hey?" I repeated my question somewhat louder, close to his ear. "Naw, they're inhabitants." "Do they all belong to the family ?" "Which?" I repeated my quest ion. "What family?" "Wy-er-the family that lives here?" "There ain't no family livin' here." That was a poser to me-a condition of affairs I was unable to comprehend. "That your'n ?" he inquired, pointing to my satchel left standing n ear the door by which I had entered. "Yes, s ir." " Better t ake it away from there or it'll be missing when you come to look for't." 17 • I was becoming pretty thoroughly convinced, by this time, that both myself and satchel wourn be missing from that place without any unnecessary delay. I knew it would be useless to attempt to leave by way of the door through which I had entered, and that some ot her means of esca:oe must be found. I observed that along either side of the room were doors, eight or nine feet a.part, and, as no one- seemed to notice me or pay the slightest attention to my movemen ts, I took up my sat chel and started on a tour of investigation. Presently I came to a ·door standing open. It was directly opposite one of the hanging lamps and I could see int o a room which, at the moment, seemed unoccupied. Stepping inside I found myself in a na-r row apar tment, destitute of furniture save a cheap, narrow bed. At the farther end was a window witi.\out shade or curta in, and I observe d that t he light, coming through the door a nd transom behind m e was r eflected on the wet timbers of t he new frame on the outside. This ga-,e me an idea and I immediately acted upon it. Closing the door and bolting it I then, by the aid of the light t hat came t h rough the transom, m ade my way to the window, raised t he lower sash and propped it up with a stick u sed for that purpose which I found lying on the sill. Reaching my satchel t hrough t he window I balanced it carefully on a joist, a foot or two ·below, and crawled through after it. Clinging to the upright studding, I felt my way from one joist to another until I came to the corner of the frame. Then, shoving my wrist through the handle of my satchel, I climbed down the corner and finally r eached the ground. It was still raining a nd the night was intensely dark. Groping my way around . the building I succeeded in �nI EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. finding the gate through which I bad enter ed. It was now closed and securely fastened with a chain and padlock and I was compelled· to climb over it. I had observed that the main road continued on up the valley, a nd had thought that, on resuming my journey the next morning, I could go down the hill and directly across to the road and thus save fully a half mile walk. Notwithstanding the darkness of the night, I decided to take the n ear-cut now. Climbing over a rail fence I started down the hill. Although it was an open field, the ground was r ough, and it was necessary to advance cautiously owing to the fact that it was too dark to distinguish objects two feet away. For some distance the hill was quite steep, then it gradually became more level and presently I found myself up against a board fen ce. Climbing over this, I again started forward, but had taken scarcely a half dozen_ steps when I stumbled over a pile of muddy, loose earth and, in attempting to recover m yself, plunged feet foremost into a n excavation fully five feet deep with more than a foot of mud and water a t the bottom. I r ealized that I was in a ditch of some sort, but was unable to make out my surroundings. Shoving my· satchel over t he top I managed to climb out after it, but by the time the feat was accomplished, my hands, feet and clothing were thoroughly besmeared with mud. Regaining my satchel I now ad-vanced with extreme caution and managed to avoid a number of other -excavations that for a time obstructed :my way. Finally I came to another JJoard fence over which I climbed and, after wading th-r ough a swamp, :finally r eached the road. In my efforts to escape from that house I forgot my weariness. But now that I was safely away, I began to contemplate the long, dark, muddy journey ahead of me and my courage sank to zero. Consequently when, after groping my way a long the road a short distance, I came to a house well lighted, I decided to make another effort to secure lodging. Making my way into the yard, I a pproached the door and knocked. It was · opened by a tall man in a dressinggown. He had a n ewspaper in his hand and was wearing a skull cap, burnside whiskers and a sanctimonious expression. "Can you let me stop here overnight?" I inquired in rather a doleful tone of voice, I imagine. "Why-I-er-what's the matter with you?" he inquired, throwing the door wide open to get a better view of me. "How did you get so muddy?" " I came down through the fields from that house back yonder on the hill and fell into a muddy ditch." "What were you doing up there?" "Why-I was told that I could get lodging there, but when I found out what kind of a place it is I came away and while coming down through the fields to get back to the r oad I fell into a ditch because it was so dark I couldn't see. And I came ver y near fallin g into several others." "Oh-er- you did! Well, I declare! ,Vbere a re you from and where are you trying to go ?" I gave him the desired information, and stated why I had failed to r each my destination befor e night overtook me. "Well," said h e when I had finished, "why didnt' you remain at that house on the hill?" "Why-er-because it isn't a fit place to stop. The people up ther e are all crazy or:-or-something. They were talking a bout persons who are dead and buried; and telling how they look, just as if they were seeing them every day. And t hey wer e talking, �EASTERN KENTUCKY R EVIEW. too, about coffins and graves and such things." "Oh-ah-they were?" said he, with a peculiar grin. Then, after reflecting a moment, he added: "Yes, I see! Nevertheless, you should have stayed there. There was no need for you to come away." "Well," said I, somewhat nettled, "I would rather stay out in the woods and in the rain than stop overnight in such a dirty, filthy p lace as that!" "Now, look here, young man," said h e rather sharply, "I wou ld have you understand that that is not a dirty, filthy place. That is our county poorhouse and it is well kept and clean. I know what I am talking about as I am a member of the board and have direct oversight of the place." Seeing that I had unwittingly offende d the man, and judging from his manner that my request for lodging would be refu sed, I turned to ID.i)ve away. But, to my surprise, he hastened to say, very cordially : "Come in. You can stay with us tonight. \Ve will be g lad to accommodate you." He conducted me to a room upstairs and offered me a suit of his son's clothes to exchange fpr my muddy garments. But, as I bad an extra suit of my own in my satchel I put that on while he tool, my wet, muddy suit and shoes to the kitchen to be dried and. cleaned. In the meant ime his wife and daughter prepared a n excellent supper, to which I certainly did ample justice. \Vhile I was eating my host sat at the opposite s ide of the table and drew from me my entire history and that of my family, so far as I k n ew it. Finally he remarked, as if speaking to himself: "Those graves should have been filled up again at once a n d not left open like that." 19 "What graves?" I inquired, glancing at him with some alarm. "vVell," said he, hesitatingly, as he glanced at his wife, who was sitting near by and shaking her head at him, " you- you- ." Then he stopped. Seeing I had suspended oper ations and was looking squarely at him, he finally continued: "You see we have recently laid out a. new cemetery on ~nether part of the county far m , as we are compelled to use the old burying ground for other purposes. So today t h ey were moving the bodies from the olcl graveyard back to the new one. When the r ain came on this afternoon t hey stopped work, leaving r,pen som," of t:1e graves out of which t!te bodies had been removed. You came down that way and, instead of going around the old graveyard, as you might have clone in daylight, you climbed over the fence and came right through it, falling into one of the open graves. It is a miracle you did not break your neck." That night I dreamed that the old fellows in the poorhouse had decided to bur y me alive. In attemptin g to escape from them i climbed over a high paling fence and fell headlong into a deep chasm . Before striking the bottom, h owever, I awoke and discovered it was morning. TQe rain had ceased and the sun was s hin ing into my room. At breakfast my host informed me that he would have to d r ive in t') G - - - that morning to attend to some business and that I could r ide along with him in the buggy. On the way to town he exerted himself to impress upon my youthful, unsophisticated m ind that the W - - - county pcorhouse was a clean place, well kept, that the inmates were ,a mply provided w ith all the luxur ies of life and that it was a most delightful place to live. THE END. �20 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. SOM~ BRIEF OPINIONS CONCERNING THE GREAT WAR. The men of t h e faculty at Eastern w e re a s ked to write on the· above subject not more than two hundred words u s ing the follow ing outline : I. The s pecific acts of Germa ny that oc casioned the just enmity of the U nited States. II. Length of war. IJI. Future developments that in y our opinion w ill lead to peace. IV. Your ideas of just terms of peace. To the st u dents of Eastern-Let u s see how well you know your teachers. Can you discover any peculiar style that tells you t h e w riter of each of these small a r ticles. Any one gue ssing al! of them will b e e ntitled, wit h con sen t of the teacher, to c redit on Psychology V . Send in your lis t. As may be seen, some did n ot stay within the 200 word limit. No. 1. The military classes of Germany made an enemy of the United States by the committing of four overt acts, w hic h are as follows: (1) The sinking of the Lusitania, (2) effort to involve u s in a war with Mexico a nd J a pan, ( 3) The sending of German s pies throughout the United States to organize plots and destroy property, ( 4) Destruction of ou•r commerce by their ruthless U -boat plan. The war will likely cont in ue until January of 1920. Germa ny has not yet felt the force of our power. vVe will not be able to m ake her feel it t o its full extent before the s umme r of 1919. Then the K a iser wili fall a prey to the ravages of h is cancer and the common people will arise and kill the military lea ders and sue for peace, which will be concluded in J anuary of 1920. The terms of peace should be as follows: (1) Alsace-Lorain e should be given back to Francs uncoP.ditionally. (2) Belgium s hould be restored a s before the war, Germany paying damages for t he destructior. of all property. (3) Poland should be freed and paid for the destruction of her p roperty. ( 4) Roumania, Servia and Mon tenegro should be restor ed and should divide equally the t errit ory of Bulgaria among themselves far the reparation of their losses. (5) Turkey has no m ora l r ight to exist a3 a nation and should be divided up equally among the four nations that have borne the brunt of the war, namely, England, France, Italy and Russia. (6) The colonies of Germany should all be made independent republics. (7) A league of nations s hould be- formed which w ould insure the o penin g up of Gibralta r , the D r.rdanelles and the freedom of the seas. (8) Ge r many should pay for the slnking of every vessel with her U-boats during the war with interest to dat e (9 ) N o·r thern: Fra.nce should be restored and payme nt should be made by Ge rmany for the destruction o! all property in said territory. No. 2. The wanton violation of interna tional t r eaties r egarding the neutrality of Belgium, the sinking of the Lusitania, which caused· the loss of hundreds of valuable American lives and the indisc·r iminate and ruthlessness of her piratical submarine warfare, were acts which amply j ustified the Unite1l States in declaring war against Germany. But back of a ll this, that insatiate g r eed for power a nd ,vorld dominance, that egotistic spirit which developed Prussianism into an educated, scientific barba·r ism which has destroyed the peace of the world· and t hreaten e d the destruction of Christian ·civilization and huma n progress, mak lJS it i mperative that a ll �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. free peoples should join in crushing that hell-conceived monster known as German Kulture. That this will be accomplished there can be no doubt. Past history, which has demonstrated beyond question that lhe huma~ race exists for the purpose of evolutional development, and that when any one nation becomes a predominating power at t he expense and against the will of other nations, said development is arrested, inasmuch as it can only thrive through peaceful vieing and friendly intercourse of nation with nation and the trend of higher civilization toward the altruistic brotherhood of man, all point to this conclusion. The fact that Germany is deporting into France all Belgian children and other dependent ones within her military lines, and that she refuses to permit Russia to return one million German prisoners of war affected by tuber culosis and otherwise incapacitated, is unmistakable evidence that she is hard pressed to supply her 11rmy and civil population with the bare necessities of life. All this cannot be otherwise than depressing to the entire German nation and must eventually end in a military collapse. That collapse will com e with the first strong and sustained offensive on the part of the Allies. Such an offensive cannot be undertaken, however, until a powerful and well equipped American army is ready to take part in it. It is America, the· leading Republic of the world, that m ust ,., etermine the outcome of the conflict. It is America, that young giant springing out of the W est, that is destined: to crush the Hun's ambition and stay his hand in its attempt to Prussianize the world. Therefore I make bold to predict that this war will end within si>: montil!l after a we]] equipped America n army enters the conflict, and that 21 will take place within the year 1918. Then will come peace-a peace that will guarantee to every . nation, whether great or small, the right of opportunity to engage in the peaceful pursuit of happiness throngh hun:ii,!1 development. No. 3. I. The German invasion of Belgium, confessedly without the shadow of right, is the keynote to all her other acts: her avowed aims of world conquest; her rule in Belgium and north ern France, with no regard for property right, for man's life, for woman's honor, for childhood's flesh; the Lusitania murders; the bribe of Texas and the Southwest to Mexico; the plots on our own soil against our industries and our peaceful neighbors; the detailed plans_ to seize New York and make u s pay the European war bill; and finally the insolent order to keep our peaceful commercP. cit the sea. II. Barring some unforeseen revolution or collapse of the Central Power s, I do not see how the war can end short of the campaign of 1920. It may run two or three years beyond that. III. Events leading to peace, in order of probability, are: (1) a modern, efficient, non-partisan reorganization of our war machine, and a universal ,recognition that this ls the life and death struggle of our nation, more critcal even than the Revolution or the Civil War; (2) a decisive victory in France; (3) the reorganization and re-entry of Russia as our ally; ( 4) less probably, but possibly, the military collapse of ·Austria, revolution in Austria or Germany, and the withdrawal of Bulgaria or Turkey. IV. A just peace must be based upon two principles: (1) the right of nationalities to determine their own government and allegiance--whether Poles, Jugo-Slavs, Arabs or Arme- �22 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. nians, or detached groups like Danes in Schleswig-Holstein, . Alsatians, Italians in Austria and Rumanians in Hungary. This must override the generally wise policy of no forcible annexations. (2) The guarantee of all nations that the liberty of nations must be respected and aggression be punished. An essential of this guarantee is payment by Germany for actual damages done in Belgium, against whom she adntittedly had no grievance. Palestine, Mesopotamia and the African colonies of Germany should not be restored to her, to become the basis of -r enewed schemes of conquest, but should be put under internationa l commissions. No. 4. Our Enmity J ustified. -After the affair between Austria and Servia, when the armies of Russia, Germany and F ra nce were massed w'ithin their own borders, had there been no premeditated plan on the part of anyone, they w?uld have remained there; and, after glaring at one another a few days would have looked into the future and seeing its terrible possibilities would have shuddered and comprom ised. Germany alone made this happy t ermination impossible by rushing into Belgian territory, thus making war a necessity. Second. In all large libraries of the world there- is au autobiography of Bismarck. In this, he speaks of a trivial dispute between F'rance and Prussia just before the war of 1870, and of how Von Moltke, himself, and one other German statesman planned to goad France into war while u nprepared, foreseeing that such steps would unit!l all the German states into one great empire and also secure an indemnity to pay off expenses of prev ious war with · Austria. This act a lone justified all the n eutral world in lining up with France. Third . The- sinking of the Lusitania, thus wantonly destroying the lives of hundreds of innocent women and c hildren, was enough to make all doubting neutrals rise up with the Allies. Length of War. Could our newspapers be curbed in some of their unw ise statements; could there be more vVilsons and Hoovers and fewer Reeds and LaFollettes, we would spend our Thanksgiving in 1918 in celebrating a ~w orld peace. Developments Leading to Peace. War wiU not end in the trenches. Its closing hours will bring aerial warfare undreamed of, c hiefly over Germany, and one great naval battle in the North Sea, the largest in the history of the world. Peace T erms. First, the smaller n ations concerned should be allowed to choose their future. Second, France and Belgium should -receive full indemnity for devastations in present war and the former be given back Alsace and Lorraine and the one billion dollars stolen from her in the war of 1871; third, general disarmament of all nations, each to r etain a small a-rmy in proportion to wealth and p:>'1ulation, and a small navy in proportion to coast Jin e . No. 5. As to the first, I would say in general, on account of the aggressive, imperialistic, military spirit of Prussianism which is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of our government. In particular, because of the insidious and merciless attacks on our vessels and the ruthless and indiscriminate murder of our citizens. In answer to the second, it is conceded that the struggle will continue until this menace to free government is destroyed. How long it will take to accomplish. this is :>, matter of conjecture. There is a li.: nit to human �23 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. e ndurance and t he st-rongest giant must eventually give way. In my opinion Germany, including her allies, has reached her highest point of execution. The next stage will evidence her decline. On t he other hand, the Entente Allies, reinforced immensely by the United Stat es, will d evelop much gr eater power of executior!. 1'l18 coming spring and summer wili witn ess the fiercest conflict since the wa r began, and, in my opinion, before t he year ;>' over we shall see tlm beg inning of ~he end. But u ntil thl5 e nemy of democracy and humanity is en tirely crushed, every ou,:ce of America n sinew and ingenuity must be freely and patriotically laid upon t he 1J.!tar of sacrifice. I st.all combine the third and r.curti1 q a estions anc! predkt th at we silall have a lasting peace when all nations shall actually follow the Golden Rule, and res pect, from a s ense of right, the rights of others, from the least to t h e g reatest, when mankind everywhere s ha ll try t o J;n, up to t he principle contained in the fo llowing stanza: I live to hail that season by g ifted minds foretold ,Vhen m an shall live by reason ,.Ut d not al one by gold; 'When man to man united and all the wrong things r ighted The w hole world shall be lighted as E den was o f old. No. 6. T he United States declared war on Spa in for acts less a tr ocious than those Germany perpetrated. We were keyed up to a declaration of war by the cruelties of the Spaniards against the Cubans, even before the :Maine was blown up. The acts of Germany in B elgium. we·re, if possible , more cruel, more barbaric than t hose in Cuba. Hence, we might with all jus tice declare war on Germany, at l east after i:he Lusitania incident, and other s. The length of the war is not by any human means determinate. I think it will, without some unforeseen happening, last into 1919. On the other hand, th ere is a possibility of its ending in 1918. P eace from Germany's side will not come until every hope is Jost, -until the authorities are quite certain not oaiy t hat t hey cannot win, but that they are sur e to be beaten. And unconditional peace will come, if ever, when they are driven back . quite within t heir own confines and are helpless. Peace from t he Allies may wme wlte n Germany and Austria are forced back on their own territory a nd tb.Pir spirit of acquisition properly curbed. Terms of peace should be properly harsh for the Central Powers. Territor y that formerly belonged to any of the Allies should go back t o the old ow ners, a s Alsace-Lorraine to 'France. Cer tain territories should be allowed to become independent, as Pola nd. Proper protectorates should be established along the south so the Central Powers may never have outlet to t he l\'Iediterranean. T he Turks should be fixed so there would be no more Christian massacres. Russia should have no gain except, perhaps, freedom from the long-s uffered German invasion. Belgium should have enough indemnity to re-establish her homes and industries. There should be a large indemnity paid to the Allies to partly reimburse them. The amoun t might be a djusted to the $1,000,000,000 exacted by Germany from France in 1870. No. 7. Now is the supr eme momen t of all history. The power of the masters of Germany must be crushfld. They are striking at the very exis tence of democracy and liberty. German •r ulers have been able to upset the peace of the world only be• �- EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. cause of the fact that the German No. 9. people ws::re not allowed to sharE; the Germany, a nation of rapid rise, had comradeship of the other peo].)le of the world either in thought or pur• come into her "place in the smn'' po,·a. They were allowed to ha: 1 -, no through such act s of brigandage as: (1) Seizing Schleswig-Holstein from opinion of their own which m: gbt l.Je set up as :i rule of conduct fo• those Denmark in 1864; (2) Unscrupulous. trickery leading Austria into ruin in w:1v exercised aut!,ol'ity over them. The purposes of t he Central Powers the Seven Weeks' ,Var, 1866; (3) Bissirike s traigh t at the heart of every marcl,'s change of a peaceful· telething we hold dear; their m 0tt10ds :;f gram into a declaration of war-the warfare out rage every principla of Franco-Prussian W a r of 1870-in which. humanity .and honor; their intrigue Germany ripped Alsace-Lorraine from has corrupted the thought an<l spirit the bleeding side of France and imof our nation and people; their secret posed an indemnity of $1,000,000,000. Ge-r many is following "Old Fritz," diplomacy has sought to take away our territor y from us and disrupt our that highwayman known in history entire government. Our safety would as Frederick the Great, who started_ be at an end, our honor brought into Germa ny into territorial burglary by contempt, were we to permit their himself stealing Silesia from Austria. In all diplomacy of Europe since 1870 triumph. The peace we will finally make Germany has, with the single excep• must right all wrongs . It must de- tion of the Morocco affair, dictated; liver the lands and people of Belgium and Europe yielded in the inter est or and northern France from the P.rus- peace. Germa ny mistook this for cowardice; and she interpreted thesian control and menace and also rree the people of Austria-Hungary, Bal- failure of Europe to cope with her kans and Turkey from the alien mili• armaments to mean that they wereafraic, to r esist her until sh_e had tary and commercial autocracy. gained world-mastery. Our task now is to win the wa-r and Gt>rmany felt that the clock had nothing should turn us aside from it struck the glad hour. Her children · unt il it is accomplished. Every power and resource we possess must be de- had for years had their minds poison• voted to t hat purpose until it is eel with "How glorious it is to die for the Fatherland." She had toasted the achieved. day when her soldier s would strike "not only for territories that are toNo. 8, feed their children and grandchildren, but also for the conquering triumph I. The sinking of the Lusitania; invasion of Belgium; deception in the of the German genius." She preached U-boat nuisance; ambitions and plans and Germany believed that "There are races which are incapable of at• for world domination; lying. taining a h igh humanity. Such na• II. Six years. tions are destined to hew wood and III. Complete -defeat of Germany draw water for the dominant nations. on land, on sea and in the air. If t hey cannot fill this inferior office,. IV. President Wilson's ,recent they must perish." Ger many then statement of terms as the minimum. because of her "kultur" must do,minat~Also the destruction of all Germany's the earth, even though she must fol• submarines. low the bayonet through "scraps of: --------- �EASTERN KENTUCKY RE\:IEW. paper," and England, France, America and the others must perish! She, therefore, backed Austria in plunging like a bull with lowered horns at the red flag of Serbia. That act was bound to mean that Germany must crash into modern civilization and that for years Europe must be bathed in blood of the world's young manhood. Not even the sacredness of childhood and the purity of womanhood could stop their ruthless butchery. It is this Germany that we are fighting, to keep her plunder from American shores to cut the hands off our children, enslave our men and outrage our women. I am an optimist on the war's length. I think two years is a maximum, and that, if America can put the strength she should into the spring drive, 1918 will show the way to the end. Watch this year-the most awful one yet. Many things may bring peace: (1) Russia may come back against Germany and this would hasten victory; (2) Austria-Hungary may refuse to bear the burden longer and this would break the backbone of Mittel-Europe; (3) World Socialism might draw together for peace; ( 4) But the surest way to peace is f -r England and America to smash through the iron rim on the Western Front, by co-ordi;iation of all known engines of war. This will cause the German people to dethrone the Hohenzollern, after which peace can come in five minutes. I believe that just peace plans can be found in President Wilson's war aims. Belgium ought, however, to have a huge indemnity paid by Germany. Germany must grant to other states proportional representation with Prussia or must be dismembered. England ought unconditionally to keep the African colonies of Germany. Turkey ought forever to be driven out 25 of Europe and put on Turkish territory in Asia under the control of England, and Armenia ought to be put under the guarantee of the great Powers. A league of nations and an abatement of armaments must be insisted upon, for this peace must not be balanced on the point of a bayonet. FARM WOMEN. ( By Maud Miller.) It has been Gaid that the welfare of the n ation depends upon the farmer. It is more exact to say that it depends upon the welfare of the farmer's wife. If she suffers from overwork, lack of modern conveniences and loneliness, the farmer's work suffers in turn, and his worth to society for whom h e produces the raw material is impaired. While our farmers today are making three blades of alfalfa grow where one grew before, are building big and expensive barns, their homes have been neglected. We know that expense is not a consideration for beautiful homes-an ounce of taste will go further than a pound of money. William Morris has said "Art was not born in a palace, rath er she fell sick there." In recent years, much has been done for the farmer by both the State and National Governments, by banks, railways and other agencies, to the end that h e may realize from his land the maximum of profit with the minimum of labor. Outside agencies must also contribute to better the Jot of the farm woman, and it is to the government that we naturally look first for help. One of the most hopeful signs is an important measure already passed by Congre_ss, which provides for the extension of knowledge in agriculture and domestic science in the rural communities of the United States. Only �26 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. to t he extent that the farm w oman asks and demands, however, will her needs receive consideration with the passage of t his bill. Meanwhile many of the bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture are already occupied with work which is of direct b enefit to farm women. However, before conditions are remedied, t he farm woman h erself, must first become v itally alive to ever y movement w hich has for its object the uplift of the home or t he betterment of conditions surrounding community IHe,--:-a knowledge relating to domestic science, including household architecture, \Yith special attention to home san itation, a b etter understanding of the economic and hyg ienic value of foods, clothing a nd fuel, a more scientific ca re a i:id t raining of children, with a view to raising the general st andard of the health and morals of our people. The a gents in charge of canning club work among girls are probably in closer touch with farm homes t h an any other agricult ure workers. The argument about better diet makes no appeal, and often t he only way the teacher can get girls started is to induce them to try for a prize in some exhibit or fair. The next winter t hey have all t h eir attractive competitive canned products t o eat and are converted to the idea of repeating the experiment annually. Girls' P oult r y Clubs under the Bureau of Animal Husbandry are particularly successful. There are a lso other clubs for fa.rm boys and gir ls, such as corn, pig and potato clubs. The most widely known activity of t he Bureau of Chemistry an d probably t he most popular among women, is the enforcement· of t he Pure Food and Drugs act. Rural nursing, meanw hile, is receiYing an impetus. The American Red ,c ross Tow n and Country Nur sing Association, which aims to supply to t he county district a corps of nurses especially trained in rura l nursing. What promises to be an especially us eful service is that of the rural architect, whose work is to design rooms, buildings and e quipment for the interior of the farm home. Supplementary plans are r eady, s howing basement laundries, the r ight place to install mechanical equipment, such as the washing machine, the electric ironer, a heating plant. F'or the conservation of the housewife', str ength, there are many sp1all details that savo steps, such, for inst ance, as a cubboard over the sink, in w hich dishes can be placed as fast as they are wiped, to save a second h andlin g. Giving up the family "parlor" in favor of a living and dining r oom, with the ta ble end but six feet from t he kitchen, so that setting a meal is easy; placing fuel boxes so that t hey can be filled from the outside and the coal carried the shortest possible d istance; arranging t he plumbing in such a way as to avoid lifting heavy buckets of water, inst alling a lau ndry chute, and enclosing a boiler so that its heat may be u ti lized for drying wet garments and warming the room in winter- all such devices for lessening useless labor may be found in the plans. Every mother and housewife should send for a list of "Free and Available Publications of the United States Department of Agricult ure of Interest to Farm Women." F rom it can be chosen the special literature that a pplies to her needs. It is obvious that the libr ary is another factor that can aid greatly in the popula r movement for rural home education. Public libraries have, as a matter of course, included books on housekeeping and housekeeping magazines in their collections. The library may r ender special service in t his field b y briµgi ng together its hou,-;ekeeping books in an open r eference �' f EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. sedion, where they may be readily consulted by the housekeeper. This world war has shown how true it is that one of us may be vitally af. fected by what-another does, how true it is that few- people today can live their own lives, but rather are units in a great, organized, interrelated so• ciety. Start a larger or significant force operating in one place in our society, and its consequences are felt literally to the ends of the earth. L et the farmers' wives of the twentieth century start the movement for effi. ciency in the fine art of home-making, let them start it so significantly that it shall reach the lives of future generations. One might wis h there were some different word than art to express this quality, for art always seems to scientific people an· unpractical thing, But beauty was born of utility, long, long ago. Art marks the eternal distinction between drudgery and work. To have art in the home, it is neces• sary that home-makers be taught that appreciation of what is fitting and beautiful, which we call good taste. The training in this power should undoubtedly begin in t he • schools; for the home-makers of tomorrow are in the pubiic schools of today; teach these home-makers to further glorify their worl, by accomplishing what Murillo suggested in that old picture of a Spanish kitchen, where white• robed a,ngels are represented in the act of washing pots and kettles, in such a fascinating way as to make it seem like a naturally angelic occupationdo for it what Millet did when he showed that labor was not a curse but a necessary and beautiful part of the divinely ordered scheme of the universe. To his eyes t he peasants of Barbizon, working in the fields, sowing and planting, tending their flocks, baking and churning, feeding their chickens and their children, were 27 links in the great nature rhythms, which swing t he old world in her orbit from seed time to harvest, day to ni&ht, season to season. LIFE IN THE SOUTH. (Wm. Richie (Senior), 1914-15.) The above title may not be quite so suggestive as the title of the usual composition because it is the intention of the writer to touch on many points relative to his experiences in the South. "When I was younger by about two years I was as some of the readers of this article know attending school at Eastern. At that time it was common among the students to either go or to want to go South to teach. As usual I was carried along by the current. But with me going South was for the most part a dream. In fact, as is the case with many young teachers, school teaching anywhere was a dream. But be the dream as it may, I was s uddenly notified that I had been chosen assistant Educational Director of the Y. M. C. A. Schools in .Jacksonville, Florida, a place very much in the South. My going to Florida amounted to an adventure, for I had had no previous warning that I would be located there and knew nothing about the land or the people. However, after a short vacation spent in preparing for work, I embarked on my journey to the South. On my way I stopped at Eastern, intending to spend a few days at the Dear Old Place but I found that My Old School did not hold the charms that s h e formerly held. There were the same teachers and buildings, but every one stared at me in amazement, wondering why I was there. Nothing seemed as it was before I graduated. Eastern had done her best for me and now she command ed me to do my best �28 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. for her. I felt like a sinner in a congregation of the righteous. I made haste to leave and entered Florida one week before I had planned to do so. It was dark when my train left Knoxville, T enn. Day <'iawned when we were in southern Georgia. Natureally I was anxious to see how the Far South would look and was gazing out at the first light. I was perceptibly d isappointed at the aspect before me. The most of my information about the country was gained from persons who were interested in selling some of this very land. I had hoped to see a most fertile country covered with tall cotton plants and ga rdens. But to my surprise I only saw what I c·a ned a wilderness. A few cotton fields were in evidence, but t hese were not equal to the cotton my mother had in Kentucky. A large portion of the time the train was wading swamps. I saw a few houses and most of these were pretenders. Naturally enough I began to wish that I could be an engineer for about twenty-four hours. I had it in my head that I would go back home. I soon found myself in the depot at "Jax., Fla ., as they call it. I was perplexed when I found t hat the Y. M. C. A. had sent no one to meet me. Such being the case I decided that I would proceed to a r espectable hotel and go through some kind of cleaning process before presenting my person to my employers, for there had been. times when I presented a more immaculate appearance than I did thenat the end of a twenty-four hours' ride. On reaching the street I was completely overwhelmed by hotel solicitors, who robbed me of my baggage in broad daylight . A hotel is an easy thing to find in Florida, and needless to say, the proprietors usually manage to secure their share of your cash. I was in no mood to be introduced to Florida. Homesickness and timidity conspired against me and caused me to have more trouble than I ever should have had in such a lovely place. Besides the above-named visitations ·1 was at first disappointed. in the work I was to do . . I had hoped to have mature minds to instruct, but instead I found a number of rebellious boys at my disposal, who, boylike, immediately set about trying me out. They tried me for two years and would have tried me longer h ad I consented. The faculty of the school in which I taught consisted of five men. It was a school for boys, only, and only men teachers were employed. About one, of these functionaries I wish to slightly inform the reader. He was a Washington & Lee man, who could do· no mathematics, not even Ray's Third Part. His ancestry, according to his own statement, was English Blueblood, a fact which he seldom forgot. His immediate father had been a lieutenant in the navy and· had on n umerous occasions visited the emperors of China a~d Japan. I was apprized of all this on our first meeting. As h e spoke I observed that he made no use of the letter R. As far as he was · concerned we could dispense with that letter entirely. He was a native of Washington, D. C. I asked him if they had nat ural gas up there a nd he answered in the affirmative. Then I asked him whether or not he was a specimen and, English that h e was, he could not see the point. He always carried his money in his jeans and once when we were out late some negroes began to make ugly signs at us. I informed him of as much and asked him if he h ad any money with him. He replied that he had 200 dollars on his person. H e was quite frantic and threatened - to give the Masonic cry of despair, whatever that is. Althoug~ he was annoying to me, we maintained a semblance of friend- �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. ship for three months, when he was persuaded by the principal to resign his place. There is your blueblood! On departing he said he wanted to "set 'em up" to me because he cons idered me his only friend in Florida. '\¥e went to a restaurant where I had reason to believe that I would be treated to a hearty supper, but instead, two cups of cocoa with whipped cream were ordered. The waiter gave us our checks, which called for 20 cents total. My friend protested hotly against such exorbitant prices but finally paid the 20 cents. He went away and I subsequently heard of his b eing forced to resign another pla ce. My first adventure in the realm of social life was peculiar t o me, but was characteristic of the South. I took it t hat one would find the most accepta ble society at church, and I was righ t. But even in the church we find the conservative and the liberal. The first female that I "carried out," as they say down there, was decidedly a liberal. At least I considered her so. Needless to say I made a date to go to the show with her; a moving picture show, as I understood it. _ The price of the movie was 10 cents and car fare could not have been more than 20 cents. I was a teetotaler and felt that she alone would not .exceed fifty cents in the line of drinks. According to my way of figuring it we cou!d not with the widest latitude spend more than $1.50. In order to be prepared for the worst I took double what I considered enough. When I returned I had only 5 cents left and had been afraid that I was n ot going to have enough money to take her home. I soon learned that the girls of the South don't entertain boys; the boys entertain them. A young man is expected to spend fully three-fourths of his salary on his sweetheart, and if he HAS a sweetheart, he usually does so. I know boys who have bought diamonds for their loved ones who could not really afford a piece of beer bottle in a copper band. Young and agel alike enjoy life. They are all epicurean 3 . It is little wonder that Florida is crowded with tourists. One could not find mor e congenial people among the planets. Every ll'loridian has a profession, that of being pleasant. You can meet one on the sidewalk and deliberat ely run over him. He will then get up and beg to b e excused. Very often t h ey pick you up on the walk and carry you to town in their machines.. In Florida a man is kind to you even if he is your employer. Florida is cosmopolitan in the sense that its inhabitants all came from other states. The most familiar quesquestion next to "How are you?" is "Where are you from?" Men from every state in the Union and in ev ery rank are found in that state. It is especially_ attractive t o tramps because the clemency of the weather is always favorable to their sleeping in the parks. Snowbirds, as the Northerners are called, are quite numerous, especially in the winter, and often gather in the parks to cast small coins into the pools of water to see the little coons d ive for them. The soil is sandy and needs much fertilizer preparatory to farming. The forests are exquisitely beautiful. There must be no more beautiful river than the St. Johns. A ride up that stream is n ever to be forgotten. Its banks are completely covered with verdure. Long wisps of Spanish moss r eaching a lmost to the ground suspend from the limbs of every tree. Aligators, crabs and blacksnakes are in evidence. I saw one b lacksnake seven feet long. For the greater part of the year the waters of the rivers are warm so that if one has not enough �30 EASTERN K ENTUCKY REVI EW. clothing to dress for the theater he can at least go swimming. St. Augustine is an interesting place. Outside of its histo!·ical importance, the town has many other attractions. In this town I saw an aligator farm with 5,000 "gators" on it. I also saw an ostrich far m with a host of the birds on it. One of the most int eresting things in connection wit h the ostrich is its strength. I saw a fifteenyear-old negro boy ride one as far as fifty yards. An ostrich is not particular as to what he eats. I gave one a large wad of paper and kept track of it as far as the craw, which was about a yard. The scene reminded me of a blacksnake swallowing a pumpkin. Other things of interest are an old Spanish fort, a lighthouse and an orange grove, where one can see the fruit in every stage up to maturity. There is more to be said about Florida than I can here say. I am now in Kentucky_ a s is evident, bu t with Providence favorable, I am going back. A person in the teaching profession must be examined before he is permitted to teach. A certificate from no school or state is honored. F lorida is a good state to teach in and the teacher holds his job as long as h e makes good. M ISS M IN N IE B U RC HETT Stud e nt at E astern, 1916-17, H as an E xciting T rip Over the Mountai ns to L ouisvi ll e. (Fron Courier-Journal,) From Sandy Hook, Ky., to Louisville is a very tiresome journey when the weather is normal. But imagine a pretty girl, about 20 years old, making the trip on a bobsled in the !rind of weather that Louisville has experienced for the past few days. This was accomplished by a party, of which Miss Minnie Burch ett, a school teacher of Sandy Hook, was a m ember. She a r rived yesterday m ornin g, none the worse for her exper ience. Miss Burchett, in relating her experience last night, said: "The fir st thing we did was to get the bobsled out and fit it up for the journey. B efore starting nearly everybody in town came to advise us not to start, telling us we would be sure to· lose our way. It was snowing hard and rain d id not look improbable. We traveled a.t a fairly good clip until we ca.me to Redwine. This is a small mining and lumbering town and about the only things in it arn a few buildings and the well-known spring. "Redwine is the last place one meets when traveling towar d the rnot1ntain as we were. The mountain is known as Redwine Hill and when the weather is good is not very dangerous, but the weather we were having at the time we started for t h e mountain made it look as if we wer e to have a very exciting journey. We started up the hill and after going half way had to stop. The horses were sliding and wind ·was blowing snow in our faces. As luck would have it, we st opped near an old buggy. As necessity is the mother of invention, we went over to look at the buggy and see if in some way we could form shelter for the sled. One of the member s of our par ty suggest ed that we make curtains for the sled. Th is was hastily done and was a great relief. Snow was so thick in the roads that runner s of our sled stuck and th is made it harder on the horses that were blowing and sweating from their pull. * * * T i ed T rees t o Runners. "This was another hardship for us for we all knew if the horses broke down we would be lost on the mountain. Another of our party suggested that we fashion larger runners for �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. our sled. This was done with the aid of an ax that we carried with us. He chopped down about eight small trees and secured some wire with which h e fastened the saplings to the runners of our sled. This took a great deal of the strain from the horses as the run·ners, instead of sinking t hrough the snow, coasted smoothly above. "Before very long we were on our way down the mountains. This was probably the most dangerous part of the journey. The horses tried with all their power to hold their burden from slipping, but without avail. Seeing that riaing might prove disastrous, I suggested that we walk. Most of t he party were against this, pointing out that I was a girl and might get hurt. Imagine that ! I promptly told them that I could take care of myself and to pile out of the sled and start walking. Down the hill we started, sliding about two feet for every one we walked, and the poor horses politely sat down and coasted. In about half an hour we arrived at the foot of the mountain. I asked what time it was and on being informed found that we had been three hours corning over the mountain. "Our next stop was to be Morehead, which was not very far, but in journeying there we ha d some very bad roads to travel. Large drifts had been formed by the wind sweeping around the mountain, and we ha d about three creeks to cross. , Ve were going along well until we struck our first creek. Our horses were "rough shod," but even this did not seem to help t hem w h en they struck the ice. They skid ded and f ell several times. We managed to get them up by putting a blanket under their feet so they would have a "foot hold." Seeing t hat t h e horses could not make very good time over the slippery ice I again suggested t h at we get out and walk. I managed to make them un- 31 derstand that I was able to walk a few miles and insisted on getting out. This made it m uch '3asier on the horses, and we proceeded at a fast walk. On reaching the other creeks we repeated the performance and got to Morehead in time to catch the train_ for Louisville. "Let me explain what sort of a train this is. It is a one-coach train. and is very, very slow . I recall now when I was boarding the train the conductor said , 'Yo,1 better take the upper side, because we might leave the rail at any time, and you will h ave a better chance by being high.' I looked around the train, discovered that sleeping quarters were better 011. the lower side· than they were on the upper, went in a berth on the lower side and was soon asleep. We left Morehead about forty minutes late" which is not unusual for that train, and our fi rst stop was at t h e familiar spring. The conductor got out as usual and filled a jug with water for the pass engers. , Ve then started orr our way a s soon as the engine took water; you know that this train did not take water as your t rains do. T hey have a hose lying near the spring and in some manner get the water to the engine. I think they call it a siphon system. ",Ve were at last on our way to· Louisville, with no probable stops ahead of us. The journey from Morehead t o Louisville tired m e more than the climb over the mountain. We had to stay inside all t he time, it was. snowing so, and could not get a b reath of f resh air. I was awfully glad to hear the conductor shout 'All out for Louisville,' and was the first one off t he train. I looked at the clock in the station and discovered t hat we were four hours late.'' Miss Burchett said she was glad to be here in time to attend the ,Council of National Defense. �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. MAMMOT H CAV E. ( By B ennie Webb. ) It was a very hot day and we were tired and restless as we had been trav,eling since early morning. To be s ure, we were not disappointed i n our trip, but we only wished for a r est a nd a .change of scenery. At length, our train pulletYout of the _great station, and it was only a short time until we were seemingly lost -among the mountains, which were very n igh and rugged. For a goodly portion of the way we found ourselves traveling at a very rapid rate, eit h er through some narrow passageway or over some high (restle, many feet above the narrow valley. Here and there a small town, tucked .away among the mountains, formed one of the most picturesque scenes of our entire trip. For three or four hours this scenery continued and at last we got off at one of these little villages. Soon we became fascinated l)y the wild b eauty of its scenery and the hospitality of its inhabitants. Before we had h ad time to stay h alf long -enough, amid such delightful surroundings, we saw a funny little train pulling in at the nearby station. T hen we realized it was quite time to bid farewell to this peaceful hamlet and re·s ume our journey. This t rain consisted of a tiny engine -and one small coach and was called the "Dummy". For years it has b een -puffing its way t hrough t his w ild and -almost uninhabited territory, u p hill -and down, and across t he l evel , carrying with it tom;sts from all par ts of t he wor ld. This woodland ride cont in ued for nine miles, at the end of which the "Dummy" stopped, a nd t he conductor, -engineer, brakesman and baggageman, for he was all in one, shouted, "All o ff." If some bewildered soul should ask if we had had a breakdown, or what was the trouble, t his all-important man wou!J smile and very graciously reply that there was no trouble, we had ha d no breakdown , but t hat it was 'most time for supper and we had better go to tbe hotel. Th en we were most amazed, for the re we were, landed in the middle of an open field with no h otel in sight. One of the dear ladies approach ed t his individual and very timidly asked where a n d how to get to t he hotel. Again he smiled that warm little smile of his and said : "l\'Iadam, just follow that path and it will take you r ight to -it." ·with these parting instructions he swung into his engine and quickly disappea.red behind some friendly thicket. Then we were left to pursue the rest of our journey alone, which was not so bad as we had expected. Soon we came t o the e nd of thi s somewhat neglected path , and wer e very much gr atified to find that we h ad reached the hotel. -The hotel was nothing more t h an a n immense log house with a n umber of smaller ones clustered a bout it, but so i nviting to the weary traveler . Everyth ing wa s so quaint and h omelike that one felt as though he would like to stay forever. But there was no time to spare, so we were usher ed immediately into the old-fashioned dining room, where we enjoyed a ll the h ospitality of a Southern country home. Here, again, we were inclined t o linger a bit, but a glance at the telltale clock told us it was quite time t o pre pare for our "trip." A few minut es later we found ourselves t ra vellng silently down t he vineclad walk. Suddenly, a great yawning gap presented itself to view. H ere we stood amazed before the vast iron gate which t h e guide unlocked, and we filed past him into t h e great sub- �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. terre.a nean chamber which has made Kentucky famous. After walking a little distance we ·c ame to the great saltpeter vats, just as t hey had bee:::i left nearly a century ago. Even the prints of the pat ient oxen's feet may be seen imbedded in the hard sand. These, with many others, are signs of the great work which was carried on amid such dense gloom and obscurity. In walking down one of the broad -a venues our attention was attracted by a huge rock. This, the guide told us, was composed of limestone, and because of its size and shape was called the "Giant's Coffin." Further down the great stone :avenue was the "Star Chamber," which, perhaps, is the most b eautiful of its kind in the entire cave. Next came the "Bridal Chamber," in which fo urteen marriage ceremonies have been performed. The guide said this was the objection, since it was too much like running matrimony into the ground. Immediately after came the "Hornets' Nest," which we were told always followed. At l ength we. came to a broad avenue, which we descended for some distance, and finally found ourselves ready for a ride on "~ho River," which is three hundred feet below the surface. For a short time we went un(ler a narrow archway, which gradually grew higher and wider, and lastly came to the great domes. Here the guide sang, and the echo came back much sweater and softer than any cathedral chimes. But all too soon we were forced to turn back, as only a small portion of the course is accessible to visitors. But nothing could have been more delightful than this underground waterway, and nowhere can it be duplicated. After leaving the river we crossed 33 many celebrated passages and at length came to the famous "corkscrew," the only means of entrance · being a narrow ladder some · fifteen or twenty feet high. Here we found • ourselves in a rocky pass, often so narrow that it was with difficulty we completed its course. The pass leads to the more remote portions of the cave. At the further side we descended a steep hill into the broad avenue which leads to the upper world; with slow and regretful step, we left this land of peaceful darkness only to assume again the cares and trials of the busy world. ATHLETICS. Athletics have again been reorganized at Eastern after a lapse of several terms. Last year's splendid normal basketball team, which was the result of four years' hard practice and coaching, has disbanded and not a member remains on the campus. However, the majority of those boys are now playing the war game · for Uncle Sam and the skill they have acquired in basketball and baseball may prove quite a boon to them in tossing bombs into the German trenches. The war has brought us face to face with one sad fact, that the schools have been neglecting physical e ducation. Thousands of young men have been examined and found unfit for service. It is the duty of every student at Eastern to participate in athletics and follow a systematic form of physical education t hat in teaching he may train and develop the child both mentally and physically. Basketball has been the chief attraction at the "gym" for the last few weeks. In the Normal School it is planned to organize a league of teams to furnish frequent inter-class games. So far two teams have been organized and a re working nicely. A is �34 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. composed of Liles and Cyrus, forwards ; Carnes, cente r; Laughlin and Elliott, guards. B is made up of Gray and Dooley, forwards; Bacl,, center; • Smith and Mullins, guards. Sever al games have been played with honors a bout even. Indoor baseball is played as a r esting game between ha lves of the basketball games. All members are new material for basketball and have hard work before them to l earn t he fine points of the game. The men's faculty basketball team composed of Keith, Pullen, Grinstead , Gentry, Moore and :i\'Iiller, a re out with blood in their eyes a nd expect to clean up with everything on the campus. The Model School boasts a h igh school team with two years' experience. H this team will take advantage of the superior opportunities w hich it has for practice with the older members of the Normal teams, it should develop into one of the best high school teams in this section of the state. The members of the team should follow the example set b y Capt. Clark, who plays like a tige r, both on offence and d efence. The scores of the gam es played are a s follows : l\Iodel High School 12, Caldweil H. S. 6; :\1odel H . S. 13; Caldwell H. S. 12; Model H. S. 15; Clark Co H. S. 14. The High School Freshmen t eam and t he Eighth Grade team have had one match game; scor e: Fresh men 14, Eighth Grade 9. The Seven t h Grade team is a wellworking organization and has played two games wit h scores as follows: Model Seventh Grade 8, Caldwell Seventh Grade 5; Mod el Seventh Grade 9, Ca ldwell Seventh Grade 6. C. F. MILLER. �GENERAL NEWS J. H . BOOTHE .NORMAL LYCEUM COURSE. Miss H ettie Jane Dunaway gives general satisfaction. 'The Normal community and townspeople were greatly pleased with the second number of the Lyceum Course which was hel(t at the chapel Monday evening, December 17, 1917. The num• ber was rendered by Miss Hettie Dun• away in "Just Plain Judy," an a daptation from "Daddy Long Legs." Notwithstanding the very cold weather a large and appreciative crowd greeted her and h eartily enjoyed the occasion. 'She firs t appe~red on the stage in t he costume of a little orphan girl, who had just learned from the matron of t_he orphanage that she was to be -sent to an Eastern college to be educated. Her beneficiary was to be kept away from her, and Judy in r eturn for t he educational advantage was to write to h er benefactor a weekly let• ter telling of h er progress in school. Sh e next appeared as a b ashful school girl, then as one of the leaders of h er -class in athletics; after this she came out in a beautiful traveling suit to accompany two of h er schoolmates home for a Christmas holiday. She n ext appear ed in h er graduating costume, and in this she showe d decided ability in expressing the more tender emo• ·tions. All of the costumes u sed by Miss Dunaway throughout the impersonation were beautiful and appropri-ate, and while she made chan ges th e -audience w as very delightfully entertained by sweet music made by Miss Alice ·Fortin, Miss Dnuaway's musical -dir~ctor, who is an artist at the piano. .All were delighted with the p erform• MOLLIE CHAPMAN ance a nd wish for Miss Dunaway another visit to Richmond. The most of the faculty and quite a number of the students a ttended the Eastern Kent ucky Ed. Association h eld at Lexington, Nov. 30 a nd Dec, 1. All were delighted with the trip and report an enjoyable, profiitable time. Pres. Coates and Miss Hurst represented the Normal at the Tenth Congressiona l District Association held at Williamsburg, the last of Novell),ber and the first of December. Pres. <Coates made a very strong educational and patriotic address before the meeting. Miss Hurst gave some of h er splendid r eadings, which were greatly enjoyed. Prof. K eith attended the Tenth International Purity Congress, held at Louisville, November 8-14, 1917. He went as a delegate from the First Presby~erian church, and a lso as a representative of the Nor mal. This is a world-wide congress, whose specific purpose is t9 elevate the moral standard of the entire world. Over a thousand delegates were expected to attend but, on account of the world crisis, some were unable to b e present. As an echo to this meeting a union service of t he various churches was held at the First Baptist Church Sunday evening, December 17. It was a ddressed by Prof. Keith in his unique and impressive style. His message was graciously received by a large and appre_ciative audience and the effort will b ear fruit in days to come. It was pronounced one of the best and most timely addresses hea rd in Richmond for a long time . During the "drive" for · war funds �36 EAST ERN KENT UCKY REVIEW. for the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., our "Nor mal F a mily" did its bit, raising more tha n $700.00. Some of our st udents went to t he limi t in makin g patriotic sacrifices. Prof. Smith went to Rockcastle county to supe rintend the raising of the funds a llotted to t hat county. He repor ted great in terest and much success. The Music Festival which w ill take pla ce a t E astern this year on Ma y 9-10, will be th e greatest mus ical event ever h eld in this section of the state. A number of truly great artists, both vocal and instrumental, have b een se• cured for th e occasion. The chorus, which c onsists of the b est vocal talent among the students and singers of the city, will be r einforced by some e xcellent talent from outside and supported by a full orchestra. Among the solo artists who will t ake part perhaps none is more widely known than Mr. Alfred D. Shaw, the not ed New York tenor. Mr. Shaw was one of the solosits in the Cincinnati May F estival r ecently, and was highly c ommended by t he press and m usic critics of th at c ity. Mrs. Ra ndolph P. H u!!, who will be h eard in two of t he concerts, is one of th e best known and most popula r contra lto soloists of the middle West. She is a daughter of Professor J. H . Lesley, whose name was a household word in every musica l h ome a quarter of a century a go, h e being th e auth or of a number of singing class books and a grea t deal of church and Sunday school music. An editorial in the Toledo, Ohio, T imes, speaking of Mrs. Hull's singing, s ays : "In Mrs. Hull, Toledo h as a contralto of r a re ability * * * One is impresse d with the v elvety qua lity of h er voice and its unusua l range." Mr . J a mes Stephen Martin , the w ell known music critic of P ittsburg, Pa., says : " Her singing is marked by intelligence an d a uthority. These qua lities, a dde d to a splendid persona lity, make h er a very attractive concert a nd r e cital singer." ) fr. Dona ld MacDowell, of the Cincinnati College of Music, who has been secured as ba ritone soloist, is well known in t he Lyceum and Chatauqua fields as an artist of .r a r e ability. Hissinging is a principal feature of every p rogr am on which h e appear s. Miss Cynt hia Davison, who sang th e soprano r ole so acceptably in Joan of Arc last year .and who is now a student in t he Louisville Conservatory of Music a nd soprano soloist in the Broadway E piscopal church of that city, bas been secured again as soprano for this occasion . Mr . George Leo Wilkins, the famous violinist, formerly of )feadville, P a., now located in Louisville, has b een s ecured as violin soloist a nd also to lead in the stringed section of the orch est ra. Mr. Wilkins has aptly b een called· "The Wizzard of the Violin." His marvelous technique, wh ich is merely the r esult of persistent and untirin g work, e xcites wonder and a dmiration. Rev. Dr. Horner, the p opular Ba ptist preacher and evangelist, says: "It is not because Mr. Wilkins paid one thousand dollars for his violin t hat ma kes it a remarkab le instrument, but b ecaus e of the fact t ha t in his ha nds it is a n instrument tha t pra ises God." The festiva l will b egin on Thursday evening, May 9th, with a miscellaneous ·progra m by the chorus, orch estra and soloists. On Friday afternoon an unusually a ttractive pr ogram will b e given by a chorus of children from the Model School a nd t h e Nor mal Glee Club. On Friday evening, Cowen's masterpie ce, "The Rose Maiden," will b e rendered by the chorus, or ch estra a nd soloists. �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. SALLIE ANN. (By M a ude Gibso n.) Men and women from all over Eastern Kentucky who have attended school here and boarded at Memorial hall, will regret to learn of the death of "Sallie Ann," the kind old color ed woman who made biscuits and lightrolls which were beyond criticism, according to the tenets of dellicatessen art. "Sallie Ann" was a faithful, h ardworking negress of the "old-time" type. She bore her burden in the heat of the day (and a long, hard day it proved to be) and lived the best she could, according to th~ ligb.i: that was within her. When we think of the ser vice she has rendered hundreds of students in the years that are gone, we appreciate t he truth that with her one useful talent she has "done well," and wherever her spirit finds rest out in the great beyond it is in the care of the Master, Who knows and understands. Eastern faculty members and students who attended Eastern Kentucky Educational Association, at Lexington, on the last day of November and first day of December, are loud in their expressions of praise and commendation. Miss Ora Adams and her h elpers succeeded in making the association a r eal pleasure as well as a real benefit . 31 The opening address by Miss Adams in her usual charming, witty style which makes every one feel at peace with his n eighbor, was responded to by Mr s. Sylvia Russel. Then followed a number of short speeches in happy vein, J:,y J. W. Ireland, B. F. Gabby, J. ,v. Bradner, J. P. Brouse and others. Among the lecturers from a distance· were Dr. William Arch i\IcKeevP.r, of Kansas, the friend of boys and a uthor of "Cigarette Smoking Boy," who was n o disappointment to his hearers. He has a wholesome, genial manner, which strikes straight to the heart and convinces one of his friendsl.ip and sincerity. Mrs. Francis Gibson Richard, of Miami University, Ohio, 1,r,mght a splendid message in the way of "The Psychology of Literature in the Grades." Mrs. Richard is a graceful, gifted speaker and knows literature. Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of the University of Indiana, made an address on "The Trap" which has seldom been surpassed in any educational meeting in the state. May we h ear him frequently in the days to come. Dr. F. L. McVey, of State University, in his first address before a Kentucky educational association, made a splendid impression by his power and earnestness. On Saturday the election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Nannie G. Faulconer; vice president, R. I. Cord; secretary and t reasurer, W. 0. Hopper. �SOCIETY NOTES ~---~ =-~--=~-==-..:========~~====~~ VAN GREENLEAF Y. W. C. A. BIRTHDAY PARTIES. On Wednesday evening, Dec. 19 the Y. W. C. A. of the Eastern Normal School gave the second of the series of Birthday Parties, which were started in October as regular monthly entertainments. This party was to celebrate the birthdays coming in November and December and was <:onverted into a real h ome-like Ch ristmas party. The parlor was decorated in the red and green of the holiday season, a bright fire blazed in the large fire place, the girls grouped about in animated parties chatting gaily of home and loved ones soon to be theirs. In one corner was a most inviting-looking Christmas tree decorated with burning candles and brilliant tinsel, while all th-r ough its branches were hung gifts for the various members of the Cabinet, those on the program and President Coates, who, with Mrs. Coates, brough t into the midst a greater spirit of delight. At seven-thirty the following program was given: Reading (to music)- "0, Little Town of Bethlehem"-Miss Verna Engle. Living a nd Reading-Christmas Christmas Giving- Miss Priscilla Dun can . Piano Solo-"La Cascade" by Bendel - Miss Mary Sudduth. Reading-A Christmas Song-SongLittle Miss Lynn Evans. Story-"The Quilt of Happiness" by Kate Douglas Wiggin-Miss Ethel Hillman . After the program every one wrote letters to Santa Claus. Many of these MARY TAPHORN were read aloud and thoroughly enjoyed, then they were sent up the big chimney straight to Old Saint Nick. who m ust have received them promptly, for in a surprisingly short time the bell rang and in he sprang-ri~ht into the group of surprised "grownups," who possibly thought that he had forsaken them for the more faithful little folks. This splendid impersonation was sucessfully carried ou•, i.,y Miss Linnie McDonald and the giving out of the presents occasioned much merriment. At last Sauta asked a ll the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet members and Dean Roberts to come forward and in an impressive manner said, "Fee, fie, foe, fum, all chew chewing gum," >1nd presented each with a small square labeled "Kiss Me Gum," but upon opening they proved to be handsome gold Y. W. C: A. pins presented by the Y. W. C. A. prPsid ent, Miss Pluma Cobb. Refreshments were served at close of the evening and everyone seemed to be thoroughly en thused with the spirit of Christmas. It was indeed an evening of frolic and good cheer and once more stamps the Y. W. C. A. as the fountain of the "sure-enough" good times at Eastern. IMPRESSIVE PATR IOTISM E ASTER N . AT Some time during the early fa ll while in Lexington attending a conference of the Y. V{. workers, Miss Pluma Cobb, the local pr esident, secured a copy of a prayer for the soldiers and sailors of our country. Deciding to use it as a daily prayer for �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. our boys, it was finally placed in the hands of Dr. S. S. Myers, Director of Music at Eastern, who rearranged the words and set the whole to music. It has long been the custom in the Sullivan Hall dining room to use a stanza · of some appropriate song in giving thanks before each meal and now in place of the usual song at the midday meal, this great body of young women and young men join their sympathies in song which breathes the prayer of every heart in these hours of searching trial. A more impressive ceremony is rarely witnessed. The words of the song follow and may be easily adapted to Sunday school or school use anywhere. Our Father, we commend them to Thy loving care, Our brave boys now serving their country so fair; Encompassed with peril by day and by night, Courageous they battle for freedom and right. O, give to those brave hearts the comforting sense That Thou art indeed their strong shield and defense. Give strength to their arms through the might of Thy word, We ask in the name of Christ Jesus, Our Lord. Amen. of the refreshments, which were served at the close of the evening. The members of the Faculty Club, were the guests of President and Mrs. Coates for the December meeting. The progr-am consisted of readings given by Miss Patridge and Miss Hurst and of some piano solos by M!iss Mabel Ruth Coates. Delightful re-freshments were then served and the club adjourned lobking forward with pleasure to the next meeting. FACULTY CLUB. Among the week-end guests a t Thanksgiving were Dorothy Stephens,. who was visiting Carol Sanford; Miss Mildred Chalkley, guest of her sister, Lillian; Margaret Neff, who was Mliss Everett's guest. l\f'iss Marshall · had her sister and little niece with her_ Miss Ruth Crawford. had as her guest her sister, Martha. Miss Anna B. Carrol was the guest of her sister, Jane. The Normal Faculty Club met in November at Memorial Hall with Dr. and Mrs. Bruner and Mrs. Deane as hosts. After spending some time in informal conversation, the guests enjoyed very much some stories told by the hosts. Charades and a guessing game added to the pleasure of the evening. Although the members had been threatened with "hard-tack'• and water, these formed a very small pa-rt A VISIT -FROM OUR SOLDIER BOYS We had the pleasure of having with us for a few days during Thanksgiving holidays George Hembre, George Smith and Ellis Vickery, all lieutenants in the United States regular army. They were very cordially welcomed home to Eastern and a reception was given in their honor by the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W-. C. A. on Wednesday evening, November 28. We are proud of our boys· and wish them God speed in the noble work in which they are engaged. Many of the faculty and students spent a very enjoyable and profitable time attending the educational meeting held in Lexington, Novemberthirtieth and December first. A few weeks before Christmas the Carpediem Society had a very enjoy- I �40 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. able and "homelike" little social in the play room. During the evening some played games and others ga thered around the big open grate fire and popped corn. We then enjoye d ourselves by feasting on la rge rosy .apples and pop corn. The Cynthian Society had their term social in the Home Economics cottage and it was enjoyed by all who attended. The custom of the s chool was a little changed this term and instead of the faculty entertaining the students at a reception, the students entertained the faculty. The reception was held in the gym-:nasium. The first half hour was more / ' or less informal, followed by a splendid program, which consisted of a vocal solo by Miss Nancy Boudinot, r eading by Miss Hillman, song, "Silent Night," by a boys ' quartet (Messrs. Brown, Carnes, Lyles and Laughlin), a recitation by M)iss Priscilla Duncan and a piano solo by Miss Huldah Wilson. The n ext hour was spent in the rhythmic games, afte r which refreshments were served. The s chool r egrets that Miss Ruth Pinkston has left. We all sympathize with our fellow student, Mr. W. E. Elias, in the accident which he had and hope that he may be able to -r esume his work with us again very soon. �EXCHANGES MARY ESTELLE REID To the Exchange Editors of the school papers: Dear Friends: Since everyone is talking about the war, planning for the war and thinking about little else except the war, why not have a "Patrio'tic Exchange Column?" Several little things in different magazines have attracted our attention and we have published them here this month hoping that they may have a similar interest for you-since we are all so vitally interested in the world conflict in which our nation is now engaged. Sincerely yours, THE EDITORS. No doubt many of us have wondered how, after so many centuries of oppression, the Russian people should rebel against their tyrannical Czar. Professor Edward Elsworth Ross, who is in Russia, has written an article entitled, "The Roots of the Russian Revolution," in which he has made clear for us the whole situation. He shows us how the people struggled long and fiercely but unconquerably, for that which was by all the laws of God and man, their own, the right to govern themselves. This is a very interesting article; read it, you will enjoy it. The Century, Decembe·r , 1917. An extract from "The Imperial Pian in German Schooling" by Winthrope Talbot. * "During the last eighteen months the world has seen the effectiveness of the German schooling in its mdlitaristic aspect. The thousands of alert official minds, wonderfully HULDAH WILSON trained in the minutiae of administration, have directed with something approaching perfection the labors of a conscripted army trained in implicit and unthinking obedience. * * * "We have seen Germany grow in might and material wealth, by maintaining a high degree of class distinction, offering great rewards to the privileged, and fostering docility and a low level of schooling and wage among the masses. "In a democratic age, German schooling of the few at the expense of the many has -resulted ip foreign suspicion and aloofness to everything Teutonic. In Germany it is arousing class against class, capital against labor, ruled against rulers, illiterate against literate, exploited against pro~ moters. "German schooling has proved antagonistic to co-operation, a1ti1ough demanding unity of action through mass obedience. It has failed to foster real co-operation, for co-operation is a method by which persons of their own volition may work together harmoniously. "The so-called socialism in Germany is a mold into which all the people fit because directed what to think and be. If German socialism is an autocratic or paternal organization of society, made possible only through German schooling for preparedness, and makes obligatory all the welfare features of society which foster paternalism and dependency, then American democracy is impelled to reject utterly this type of preparedness and the kind of schooling which so results. "The world is watching the outcome of the present struggle with the �42 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. mor e inter est because i t is the test of th e validity of th e German system of national schooling." "If the Kaiser is so a nxiou~ for terr itorial gains, per haps the English would be willin g to gi:ve h im St. H elena." " SACRIFICE." "Any man who Isn't willing to make sacrifice at a time like this-wh o isn't willing to back our government and our soldiers to the fullest extent of his ability-who isn't glad to become a member of the Red Cross and send his dollar on its errand of mercy to suffer ing, wounded men-such a man has no right to live on American soil. He ought t o be living in the hellblasted districts of northern France, where German Kultur finds its fullest expression. H e ought to be living in those districts wher e on the writhing, naked bodies of the young and old alike Ger man Kultur is inflicting the most foul and diabolical tortures ever known in the history of the universe. Join the Red Cr-oss. AMERICA, 0 AMERICA ! The sons of Britain wear the un iform of the king, T he sons of France, the republic's uniform; T.he sons of Russia, now th e sons of light, Wear the un iform of Russia free. In all the Allied World Wher e soldier-patriots ar e Each wears the uniform of his dear land. But , 0 America! Your sons march down your avenues, Embarking for st range shores, To fight i n other lands F or peoples not their own, With a look in their eyes n o army ever ha d before, With a love in their hearts no army ever felt before, Wearin g the uniform of world-democr acy. T hat is why I love you; That is why I am ready to give my all t o you, 0 my America! ROSE P ASTOR ST OKES. A fitting t ribute to Mr. ,vilson as P r esident of the United States and as a Man of Letters appears in the Literary Digest for December 29, 1917. "A President and a Man of Letters are supposed to be contradictory ideals, but President Wilson has shown how they may be combined in one man with n o disparagement to eith er ideal. "A specimen of the P resident's eloquen ce may be found in the peror ation of h is speech to Congr ess recommending the declaration of wa-r on Germany. It is as follows : " 'It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fear;u1 thing te lead this great, peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastr ou s of a ll wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have already carried near est our hearts-for· democracy, for t he right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small n ations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nation s and make t h e world itself a t last free. To such a task we �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she ca n do no other. "'WOODROW WILSON.' "No one can rise from a perusal of the great mass of Mr. Wilson's writings without an almost oppressive -sense of his unremitting and str enuous industry. From his senior year in college to the present day he has borne the anxieties and responsibilities of authorship. The work has been done with extreme conscientiousness in r egard to accuracy and clearness of thinking and with sedulous care for justness and beauty of -expression. It might well crown a life with honor.· And when we remember the thousands of his college lectures and the hundreds of his miscellane·ous addreses, which have found no record in print; when we r ecall t he labors of university administration which crowded upon him in middle ·life; when we consider the spectacle of his calm, prompt, orderly and en•ergetic performance of public duty fn these late years, our admiration for the literary, artistic is enhanced by -our profound respect for the man." GERMANY LAUGHS NO MORE. "The steady swing of public opinion in neutral countries against the Ger.nan cause--which is apparent even where there was a distinct pro-German feeling at the beginning of the war-is at last causing apprehension in the Fatherland, says the London ·"Times." It remarks: "Germany affected to laugh as one l>y one the neutral states which are 43 not great military powers, fell off from her in horror of her crimes. She laughs no more. It is not indeed the moral condemnation of so many peoples which disturbs her seared and hardened conscience. At that she can still scoff. But she is finding that the raw materials for her industries in war and in peace together with n o small share of her food supplies are under the control of those who are her declared enemies or who r efuse to continue .diplomatic r elations with her. She is perceiving what this may me~n for her."-Literary Digest. A GODSPEED. By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. God speed Old Glory when she takes the road to France! Thru the t hunde ring of the legions where the bugles play advance. God speak: "The fight is mine. Carry you my conquering lance." God speed Old Glory on! God send Old Glory first and foremost in the fight; Fling her far, 0 God of battles, in the van, for the right. Lift our hearts up to our freedom's flag of red-and-blue-and-white. God fling Old Glory far! God guard Old Glory clean thru battle grime and sweat! Consecrate the men who serve her so none may e'er forget How the honor of the colors lies within his keeping yet. God guard Old Glory clean! God bring Old Glory home in honor, might and pride! Battle-black and bullet-slashed and stripes streaming wide, Gorgeous with the memories of men who justly diedGod bring Old Glory home: �CHAPEL EXERCISES B ROW N E. TELFOR D O:ie of the most interesting and unique programs which has been presented at the chapel hour in the past few months was the lecture on Indian · life given on November 2nd by Chfof Red Fox, an Indian of the Sioux tribe. The entire Model School came over to hear the lecture and many of the children had the pleasure of seeing a real live Indian in native dress for the first time. Chief Red Fox was educated at Carlisle University, Pennsylvania. From there he went to An• napolis and is now an ensign in the United States navy. He talked on nearly every phase of Indian life both past and present, danced the war dance, sang several Indian songs and much to the delight of the small boys from Model School gave an Indian wa-r whoop. Chief Red Fox is a true patriot and in the course of his lecture paid several glowing tributes to the "Stars and Stripes." When he had finishe d his talk many questions were asked about Indian life and customs, which he answered from the platfo,rm and every one present went back to their work able to study the Indian in American history with a more sympathetic understanding thar: ever before. On November 4th, Dr. McDougle gave us a most interesting talk on "The Fine Art of Forgetting." Novembe r 7. This morning we were greatly fa. vored with a vocal duet, "Welcome, · Sweet Sp,ringtime," by two High School girls, E lizabeth Sallee and Ruth Barnes. Mary L. Covington then played a pian o solo. ALICE PETTY Thursday, November 8, President Coates led devotional exercises. · MissNorma Guinchigiliani's piano solo was. greatly enjoyed by all present. President Coates was so favorably impressed by the playing that he made· a talk on the value of Literature, Art,. and Music. Friday, November 9. The devotional exercises were led by President Coates, after which Prof. Smith delivered a splendid address on "The Part That the Y. M. C. A. is playing in this War," or, "Opportunity fo.r Service." ·saturday, November 10: The devotional exercises were led by the Y. M. C. A. secretary. Among the many • other good things in store for us this. morning was an address by the Dean of Women of Berea College on "The Condition of the Countries Across theSea." She told of the condition of a Belgian village after it had been ravished by the Germans. Her story and the picture which it formed were very touching. She said that the only way to save our boys morally and spiritu• ally while in the camps and trenches was through the work of the Y. M. C. A. Miss Smith, a Y. M. C'. A. secretary, gave a splendid talk on "The Part the Girls Must Play in H elping Keep the Standard of Manhood High." In J rder to play this part, they must keep the standards of womanhood high. Mr. Johnson, a secretary of Y. M. C. A. of State University, made the �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. last talk on the program on " How the Y. Ml. C. A. Is Divided" and the "Work of Each Division ." On Tuesday, November 13th, the Washingtonian Literary Society had charge of chapel exercises and after the devotional gave the following interesting program. from the works of Mrs. Alice H egan Rice: Life of Alice H egan Rice-M.iss Richardson. Mrs. Rice's Literary Career-Miss Miller. Mrs. Wigg's Philosophy of LifeMiss Montgomery. The Annexation of Cuba (from "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch")Mr. Kennedy. The Cabbage Patch Settlement_:___Miss Hawkins. Review of M)rs. Rice's latest novel, "Calvary Alley"-Miss Crossfield. Wednesday morning, November 14, we had two lovely musical numners given by the Girls' Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Myers. Joys of Sprlng ................................Seibel Row Us Swiftly ........................Campana Thursday morning, November 15th, Mrs. Hume had a beautiful display of work from her classes in handwork. The students had been taught to utilize the native products and there were many useful articles such as table ma.ts, n apkin rings and baskets made of corn shucks. Other baskets, lamp shades a nd various kinds of bags were made of raffia, and there were also a variety of knitted and crocheted articles. A beautiful quiltMrs. Hume's own work-attracted much attention. Mrs. Hume g;i,ve a talk on the value of skill in handwork to the people of our Kentucky Mountains. 45- Dr. E. B. Barnes, of the Christian Church, conducted our devotional exercises on November 27th, and gave us a lecture on "Humor." This was one of the popular lectures which Dr. Barnes delivered on his Chautauqua tour last summer and we were quitefortunate in having the opoprtunity of hearing it. On the morning o.f November 28th, we had the unexpected pleasure of having with us two of our form.er Eastern students, Lieutenants Hembree and Smith, who bad just r eceived the ir commis sions in the United States army. Fresh from the officers' training camps, their experiences were most interesting and brought sin cere applause. December 5th. The devotional exercises were led by Dr. Joplin, StateSecreta:ry of the Interdenominational Sunday School Asociation. His scripture for the morning was Psalm 113. After this we had a splendid talk by Dr. Myers. December 6th. Many outsiders visit our chapel and a dd greatly to the pro.g rams. To our delight, Mrs. T. D. Chenault gave us a vocal solo entitled, "Let Miss Lundy Pass." Mr. Carnahan, a partner in the firm of Lyon & Carnahan, publishers, of Chicago, gavea short, interesting talk. Dr. Chandler gave a good spiritual lesson on John 3: 1-2. December 7th. Miss Hunt, of Frank-· fort, Ky., made an interesting talk. Mliss Hunt is a Red Cross nurse, who was sent to Germany at the beginning of the war. She worked there until the United States entered the war. She then returned to Ame·rica and is now preparing to return to France with one of the United States hospital units. She gave an account of some- �46 E ASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. of her experiences in the war zone and also spoke on "How the School Teacher Can Help Make Better Citizens." December 8th. We had with us a number of visitors from among the delegates who were attending the annual conference of the Older Boys' Association of Kentucky, which was in session in Richmond. W e had brief greetings from several leaders of delegations, and then a talk on "Scouting, a Supplement to the Education of the School Room," by Mr. L. B. Barclay, Scout E ducational Comm issioner, New York City. On December 14th, President Coates told of a recent trip to Louisville. He brought greetings from Lieutenant Vickery, a former student of E. K. S. N. In his talk he emphasized the fact t hat the great work of the school teacher of today is to make of the boys and girls thorough teachers, m en a nd women who will be ready to serve t heir country when they are needed. Ou December 14th, one of Miss Hurst's expression classes gave. a most attractive Christmas entertainment. A small Christmas t-ree occupied the centl'Jr of the stage 'a nd around this the 'members of the class grouped t h emselves in the attitude of Christmas toys. Ther e were dolls of many kinds, a jack-in-the-box, a music box and others and they were having a mos t sociable frolic together when Santa Claus himself stepped in and · stopped their -r evel. After t his Miss ,ll/ilson and Miss Pates each contributed a good Christmas story. December 19th was Red Cross day a t E. K. S. N. The program opened with a song by entire school. The devotional exercise was conducted by Dr. Telford. Miss L ucia Burnam, the Vice President, made a splendid speech. She told .something of her life abroad at the Univer sity of Grenoble, France . Sl~e told of her correspondence with a friend ther e, who told her of the misery and grief of tlrn French people. Miss Burnam said t hat one way to help this cond ition was by joining t he Red Cross and helping our boys win this war and t hus do away with such cruel suffering. The talk by Dr. Bruner on the seriousness of the war added greatly to the program. At the close of h is talk he introduced his old school mate from Georgetown, Dr. Dudley, of Chicago. In Dr. Dudley's a ddress he told of the great difference between the benign and kind spirit of our American leade r, the President, and the harsh, cruel spirit of the Kaiser. H e told what kind of an enemy our boys h ad to contend with. He spoke of how the wa•r r eally was started in 1892, when in the Potsdam capital, the German Kaiser in response to a toast, sai d that his people's ultimate goal was t he Germanization of the world and said that with his mailed fist they would have a world-wide German Empire. He made several references to the statements of different Ger• mans man y yea-r s ago concerning what they expected t o do in this war. His address was one of the finest t hat has been delivere d in chapel. On December 20th, a Christmas program was r endered as follows: Opening Song-"Silent Night," by School. Devotiona l Exercise led by Dr. T elford. \ A piano solo, Schuman's "Novellette," by Mrs. McGaughey. A Christmas T a lk-Dr . Telford. �WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW F. C. GENTRY THIRD TERM. Prospects are very bright indeed fo.r an increased enrollment in the Normal School during the Third Term, which opens January 28. Befor e the present issue of the Review is distributed the term will have opened and information concerning the attendance and type of work done can be had by addr essing the Business Office. Students who are interested in knowing if old friends and acquaintances are in school are earnestly invited to write us for such information. -High School Graduates. The percentage of High School graduates enrolled at Eastern is rapidly increasing. A graduate of an accredited four-year high school can obtain our Elementary Certificate within three terms, one of which may be a Summer Te,r m. If Summer Terms alone are attended four terms' work is required. It is possible for a strong student, who has had only two years of good high school work to do this. Special and definite information will be mailed to any one interested. Hoover's Message and Eastern's Reply . "We need help of all college women stimulating conservation throughout the country. It is imperative, to secur e t he largest possible number of well informed people to assist tn presenting the food situation and methods which the Food Administr ation is devising to meet them. Are all your women students r eceiving instruction insuring intelligent co-operation with the Food Administration? Are you offering emergency courses which will T. J. COATES enable some or all women graduates this year to be of special service?, Would you welcome outlines and suggestions?" To this telegram President Coates.• sent the following reply: "We welcome outlin es and suggestions. Planning courses to meet emergency; all women this morning volunteered to take the courses." Eastern Observes Food Administration Orde·rs. Miss Anna Lee Davis of our Home Economics Department is serving in the oa1>acity of Dietist a t Sullivan Hall a,ud, with Mrs. M,. A. Lynn, Housekeeper, is responsible to the management for the observauce of the. food regulations and for serving balanced meals. Student Body Anxious to Co-opera t ein Saving Fu el. A suggestion was all that was n ecessary to get our students to ecouomize · in heat and light. No radiators are left with heat turned on wheu a student leaves his room. All lights .a re turned off when not, actually needed. Every student on the campus appreciates his position at this time and has entered upon his work with a g-r im determination to be or· the greatest service possible to the Eastern District. A •DECLARATION OF POLICY REGARD TO ATHLET ICS. IN Report of the Committee on Athletics,. Ado pted by the Faculty. 1. The major purpose of physical education should be the correction of �-48 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. the child physically where h e is defi•Cient and the building up of his physi-cal structure into that of a healthy animal fit to express the purposes -and emotions of man. 2. It should include the socialization of the child; · which involves such values as the sportsmanlike love of fair play, courtesy, r ecognition of ex-cellence in an opponent, courage, poise, the power to meet an emergency, loyalty to the team, the devel-0pment of the group mind, and the habit of putting the last ounce of en· ergy into one's work. 3. The special fun ction of physical education in a normal school is to give tlte pupils such skill in available games and physical exer cises as will enable them to di·r ect such activities successfully in their own schools; and t o correlate such training with those professional courses in which the values of physical education a re studied. 4. Physical education should furnish h ealthful recreation out of which an a ppreciation of the beauty of physical health and cleanliness may a•r ise. 6. The general content of physical education courses sh all include · calisthenics, gymnastics, rhythmic plays, folk dances, competitive games, the elements of formation and manipulation of gr oups: such as postur e, facing, wheeling and marching; and scouting for boys and girls. _ 6. Before any student of the school shall be eligible to participate in any interscholastic game of any kind he shall have first complied with the ;following Eligibility Rules: a. H e must submit to a physical examination by a competent physician, and shall return to the r espective head of the department of physical education for m.en or for women a cer tificate from such phisician, specifically approving his participation in the kind of game in question. b. He must train for condition conscientiously under direction of the coach, and must agree to abstain from the use of tea, coffee, alcoholic drinks a nd tobacco in any form. c. He must present to the coach a statement signed by at least three members of the Faculty that h e has r eceived in the curr ent or preceding ter m a scholarship standing of C or· higher. 7. We recommend that as soon as practicable every student in the school be required to undergo a physical examination at the expense of the school which shall be made the basis of his athletic treatment. 8. The policy of the school in regard to athletics shall extend to the Training School. 9. All games played in the school shall be under rules as published in the Spaulding year-books. 10. T he following shall be the special policy of the school In r egard to Games for Women : a. Members of the Normal School Community shall be a dmitted as spec• tators of women's gam.e s except when the President a t his discretion shall direct that su ch games be witnessed by women only. b. The general public shall be admitted only at such times and under s uch conditions as the President sha ll prescribe. c. All games in which t he rules as currently followed differ for the sexes shall be played by women according to women's rules, except with the ap~roval of the director of physical ed• u cation for women in the school or department involved, who shall b e guided in such decision primarily by scientific knowledge as to the physical �EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. effect of such games upon women, with due regard to the a ge and physical condition of the women involved in the game. 49 WREN JONES GRINSTEAD, Chairman, Committee on Athletics. CHAS. A. KEITH, Secretary. CALENDAR. T,hird Term. Enrollment of s tudents............................Monday, January 28. Class w ork begins....................................Tuesday, January 29. Third term clos es....................~..................Friday, April 5. Fourth Term. Enrollment of students............................Monday, April 8. Class work begins......................................Tuesday, April 9. Fourth term closes ....................................Friday, June 14. ...... .... Commencement Week. Annual Sermon .......................................... Sunday, June 9, 7 p. m. Class a nd F ield Day................................ Monday, June 10, 8 a. m. High School Junior and Senior Re• ' ception .................................................. Monday, June 10, 8 p. m. Presentation of Elementary Certifi· cates ......................................................Tuesday, June 11, 9:45 a. m. Commencement Play ..............................Tuesday, June 11, 8 p. m. Presenta tion of Intermediate ·Certifi• cates ......................................................Wednesday, June 12, 9:45 a. m. High School Commencement.................. Wednesday, June 12, 8 p. m . Last ChapeI E xercises conducted by Senior Class ......................................Thursday, June 13, 9:45 a. m. President's Reception ............................Thursday, June 13, 8 to 11 p. m. Annual Commencement Exercises........Friday, June 14, 10 a. m. Annual Alumni Business Meeting........Friday, June 14, 4 p. m. Alumni Reception and Banquet............Friday, June 14, 8 p. m. Sum.mer School. Enrollment of s tudents ............................Monday, June 17. Class work begins ......................................Tuesday, June 18. Summer term closes ......................... ,......Friday, July 26. Expenses. Incidental Fee ............................................ $2.00 R.oom rent, .75 to $1.00............................ 7.50 to 10.00 Board ............................................................ 25.00 Deposit ........................................................ 3.00 $37.50 to $40.00 Total ................................................. ,....-. - - - - - - .;, �50 EASTERN KENTUCKY REVIEW. The expenses as listed are the actual charges, except books. The three dollar deposit will be refunded _at the termination of the student's residence on the campus. Add to the actual charges an amount to pay such incidentals as you know will be necessary, and you will have a sufficient. sum to carry you through each term. THINK RIGHT-DO RIGHT. What have you done during the past six months to improve yourself? Surely you are advancing in your chosen profession. vVe once hea'l·d of a man more t han ninety years old who suddenly "struck it rich." The first thing he did after counting his money was to say, "Now I'll set out anot11er orchard." What will you do? "lf you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't. I I If you'd like to win, but you think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost For out of the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will, 1t's all in tile state of mind. If you think you are outclassed, you are; You've got to think high to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man; But soon or late the man who wins, Is the one who thinks he can." Where Do You Stand? Life's battles are hard to face, the strong survive, the weak perish in the strugle for supremacy in a chosen field. :Forget your immediate troubles, your misfortunes, "put Paris green on your worry bugs. Blow flea powder on your fear insects. Deposit a few poison biscuits where your remorserats can get them. Kill off everything that holds you back. Fumigate your whole darn frame. Clean house. Start fresh. Think and think a lot of yourself (If you dont' deserve this. self-respect buy a lot more poison)." Think of This:- "He was eighty years oE age that day ~ He had lived the allotted span; He had carried burdens hard to bear; He was every inch a man; 'Twas on this birthday that he said, 'The things that never h appened ·were the biggest of them all.'" Will You Do This? "Hast thou found some precious. treasure? PASS IT ON. Hast thou some peculiar pleasure ? PASS IT ON. For the heart grows rich in giving, Loving is the truest living, Letting go is twice possessing, iNouldst thou double every blessing?" PASS IT ON." There was once a man who tried earnestly to lift a huge rock out of a mountain path, but, because he had simple earnestness only for his power, he failed. Then the man threw himself down and died. But a second traveler came that way and cut a lever and put his strength upon the instrument and heaved the •rock to destruction. You must prepare especially for the problems which confront you. Overcome them . . Remember the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School is a State Institution, maintained for the benefit of the teachers and prospective teachers of the Eastern District. �" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University Serials Description An account of the resource This subseries includes any regular publication of any department or office on campus. This could be a monthly or quarterly newsletter, a magazine or a journal. Some of these publications are not about Eastern, but they were published by an office on campus and so are included. 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