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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
Miss Bertha Seilers returns from DeLand and Atlanta after three months. The Hayes family move to Embreeville for the summer. Clara Paxson visits Buck Hill Falls. Thomas Hall moves to Germantown. Wothers and Ladd change homes. new flag at Swarthmore Public School. Marriage of Booth and Winter noted. Pownall stores to rent. various domestic movements and society items.
The Finance Committee led by Private John W. Pittock adds a civilian auxiliary to secure contributions from nonmembers. The Reserves debuted at the Swarthmore Presbyterian church dedication and plan a service with Chaplain Dr. Tuttle next Sunday. Captain J. Kirk McCurdy, First Lieutenant M. D. Rowe, and Chaplain Rev. John E. Tuttle head a new roster with non commissioned officers named as Louis F. Skinner and Allan C. Wood.
The Friends Aid Society plans summer sewing for European war victims. English Friends’ relief work in France and Russia is praised. People are invited to sew at Whittier House on Fourth Day Sixth month sixth, at 10 A M, with a box luncheon.
Swarthmore Pennsylvania 1916 notice requires all males aged 21 to 30 to register at Borough Hall on June 5 between 7 AM and 9 PM. Prosecution and one year imprisonment follow noncompliance. about 250 eligible, with roughly 13 likely drawn for the first draft of 500,000. Advisory Committee offers private guidance in advance and on registration day.
A fine recital by Swarthmore School of Music primary and intermediate departments was held at the Woman's Club House on May 24. Participants in the afternoon program included Lena Liebeck and peers with Virginia Chaffee winning a prize pin and Jane Harper honorable mention. Evening selections featured Eleanor Jones and others with Jane Butterworth earning the senior prize and Trumbell Howard receiving a violin pin. The school lauded for its high standards and capable instructors.
The Reserves conducted a notable drill and business meeting last Tuesday evening with sixty men present. New Enfield rifles, identical to those used by the British army, were used for the first time and a start made on learning the manual of arms.
The document urges fellow citizens to oppose war on Christian and moral grounds. It argues that noble causes such as liberty justice and peace are not advanced by force and that true national honor rests on honesty self-control and mutual confidence between nations. The alternative to war is constructive goodwill.
The passage urges a worldwide shift from conflict to cooperation founded on organized national good will. It calls Americans to embody unflinching good will, courage, patriotism, and self sacrifice to replace war with peaceful leadership and humanitarian action.
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