Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1926, Page 16

16 fifllRMAN DEFENDS - SCHOOL TEXT BOCK ‘shuthor Takes Exceptrons to ZACol. Dickson’s Criticism of '* World War Data. Forman, 3600 Albemarle eral text books of I —— xnreet author of se 4 American history, which have come # finder the fire of Lieut. Col. Thomas %3. Dickson, retired, because of their "hl'x(mflnl of An n troop opera- 4 tions in the World War, said today that he was unable to find any basis T4n the criticisms which would warrant § changes in his statements. i The school text book, Mr. Forman »gaid, not only must tell a long story *Priefly, without omitting essential facts, but must be well balanced, iv- te events only the relative ranted hy their importance relation to the whole subject. Cites Other School Histories. He pointed out that the principal #authors of high school history texts, J probably without Intentional compari- Lgon, give exactly the same spac £3vithin one or two lines, to the opera: # tions of the American expeditionary force. i As for the space given the Civil 1“ ar, he said that war has far more signif in the life of the Ameri gan Nation than the World War, £which, in his oninion, hardly scratched Jthe surface of American life, and hennn deserves fuller treatment “orman, with other historians, es the four German drives of #1918 as failures. Lieut. Col. Di {insists that they were succes: ,q.um thev ed certain objecti ‘Th were considered were ,nu(‘\ewru] at the time would have run “the risk of being mobbed. The pre- Zdise opinion of military experts re- amains for the future. ¥ Cites Customary Procedure. +4, The author pointed out that it long 4Ras been the custom to designate cer- in battles by place names either in Sthe field of operations or nearby, such Zas Bunker Hill or Bull Run. The same fwould apply to Chateau Thierry, he ‘suid, although American troops may ot actually have fought inside the wn. This town was the prominent nflb!e(‘( in the battle terrain. In the same way the Meuse River rations have been grouped under 1xne name “Argonne,” although not all the fighting, he says, took place in “the Argonne forest. 41 Writer for Quatc: «, Mr. Forman said: *¥or more than & quarter of a century I have been Awriting texts in American history and in civics, and my books have been “used in all parts of the country in ithousands of schools and by millions Jof pupils. but never before has it been sdharged in a public way. nor in a aprivate way, either, so far as I know, t- my treatment of subjects is not I, fair and truthful. Indeed, so far T know, this is the first time that y public attack of any kind has n made against my books. Still, I “fnow very well they are not perfect, d I am always ready to clean them “f any errors or misconceptions to -which my attention may be called.” *POISON FATAL TO YOUTH. iBailed to Pass West Point Test “. and Had Been Disciplined. £ NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind., De- fcember 17 (#).—Having failed to pass hysical examinations for entrance jto the United States Military Acad- ‘emy and having been disciplined by iManchester College authorities, Jo- jeeph Tillman, 19-year-old student, ::;k poison Monday. He died last i % | Authorities at the school said he disciplined for paying too close mttention to a girl student from Chi- wcago who had subsequently returned %0 her home. LOW knock at the door of Senator and Mrs. Clement Clay. It is opened to a tall figure wrapped in a storm which the snow - flakes lay thickly. . Quickly the eyes, which™ alone were unmuffled, search the room. The mysterious visitor throws off his cloak re- vealing the unceremo- nious and unexpected. President Pierce. o “Lock that door, Clay, and don’t let a soul know I'm-here. . . I get so tired of the shackles of Presidential -life. 1 long for quiet— cloak on A Difference The pastor of our village kirk must walk with wary feet; the dictionary he should search for soothing words and sweet; for we who fill the padded pews in somnolent content won'’t let our clergyman_abuse or roast us, worth a cent. We are the pillars of the kirk, its income we coilect; the man would soon be out of work who showed us no respect. If he by chance should take a stand that jars an elder’s corn, we send a red-hot rep- rimand upon the Monday morn. He's free to lift the scurvy hides of sinners far away, to scourge the enemy that rides through Greenland or Catha but he must overlook the guile, ho ever deep or great, of those who bear along the aisle the contribution plate. Now comes a strange evangelist, to work the sawdust trall, to give Old Ned a painful twist and gather up the kale. He is a man of spreading fame and wonders he performs: the wickad quit their sinful game and come to him in swarms. He seems to know us all by heart and our besetting sins, and as he rends our works apart the congregation grins. And we applaud at every hit and whisper low, “By Heck! That's where old Deacon Josh Dewitt gets jolted in the neck. It does relieve one's brooding care to note such goodly whacks! Now Johnson gets the cleaver where the chicken got the ax!" The strange evangelist de- parts and we old ways resume; the pastor tries, by fits and starts, to break the ancient gloom, by trying the methods bold the visitor dis ved, but at each effort he is told his trust he has betrayed. ‘“We have vou here to preach the Word,” we tel! him, shocked and dazed; “we'll send out for some other bird when we want thunder raised.” WALT MASON. (Covyrisht. 1020, TWO MURDERERS PUT TO DEATH IN KENTUCKY Negro Calls for Religious Song. White Man Prefers Jazz Be- fore Execution. 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Jalifornia Barbers Collected Vast Sum for Cuts, Bobs and Shaves. SACRAMENTO, Calif., December 17 (P).—California’s crop of hair is by far the most costly crop harvested in the State. Assurance to this ef- fect is contained in a statistical re- port by John Kersch, president of the State Master Barbers’ Association, who forecasts the 1926 crop at $118,. 000,000 for hair cuts, bobs and shaves, or almost $40,000,000 more than the value of the California orange crop last year. The orange was the most valuable of all the fleld and orchard crops of the State. _——— Great Britain has only 650,000 auto- mobliles. IN ROBBERY TRIAL Postal Inspectors Declare They Could Get Little Evi- dence From Her. at $6 each. The gai By the Associated Press. CHEYE! . Wyo., December 17.— Edna Nagley, one of the seven de- fendants on trial here for the robbery of a Union Pacific mail train of $320,- 000 in bonds and currency near Rock Springs, Wyo., August 13, has upset th> (heory that it is the woman who talks. Jack Madigan, former railway pos- tal clerk and an alieged “inside’ man, testified yesterday he had made his written confession after a post office inspector had told him a woman “had got drupk and spilled the beans."” In\]w(gur\ testifying Wednesday and sterday said, however, they had been “able to obtain little from the woman defendant which would connect her with the hold-up. Defense attorneys are making & hard fight to clear the woman and Paul Sourlos through cross-examina- tion of inspectors, who so far have produced little direct evidence to con- nect the two with ocnspiracy or ac- tual participation in the robbery. A five-gallon keg, which John Gale, special agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, sald he found in a chicken house 14 miles south of Salt Lake, filled with currency, Treasury certifi- cates and bonds taken in the hold-up, was introduced as an exhibit. 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