Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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as the second would be if peace were possible without a League, would result in no agreement at all. The League is possible, only because it is indispensible. No one of the opposers of the League has yet offered a substitute for it that can enforce peace. They never seem to think of that problem, all that opposers think of. is to let us go on in the same old rut. year in and year out. never getting the chance to better ourselves, for it is not possible to advance in civilization when the coun- tries of the w r orld are always in a turmoil. Furthermore Labor, one of the big features of any nation today, demands a League of Nations which will give us everlasting Peace. Deep down in the soul of the sturdy sons of toil, there is not alone the passionate longing for a lasting peace among men. but the stern determination that as they fought this war to make the world safe for democracy, they are determined to fight to make the future safe against war. JAMES E. MOSCHELL Granite Hi li School Baccalaureate Service N1EDRINGHAUS MEMORIAL M. E. CHCRCH Sunday May 25th, 1919. Eight P. M. Mae Riley: “What sweet delight a quiet life affords.” Page Twenty-four

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CLASS ORATION, A League of Nations. The first thing I want to show you, is how a League of Nations would help the world. I will begin by drawing a picture of a battle field “over there.” The boys are standing knee deep in mud and water, their clothes, hands and faces are covered with blood and grime of the battle field, shrapnel is bursting overhead and spreading its death dealing havoc in the trenches, bullets shriek over- head, and now and then find their mark. Now and then can be heard the tattoo of a machine gun mingled with the groans of the wounded and dying, the smoke of battle clears away for a few seconds and the bodies of the dead and dying can be seen lying out there in that great no mans land. Maybe one of those poor fellows lying out there is your father or your brother, or your sweetheart. This is just what the League of Nations wants to prevent, instead of having to make the manhood of the country lay down their lives, for their country, as a sacrifice to the god of War, the league would have a board of arbitration settle all disputes and yet hold up the honor of the countries involved. This board would be appointed by the nations of the League, and all investigations made by them would be reported to the different nations by means of the press. Never before in the history of the world has there been a better co-operation between the great nations of the world than there is now, all the big nations are now bound together in that great brotherhood of mankind, for the purpose of free- ing the world from the clutches of that barbarian known as War. Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot, now is the time to weld together this great divided world into one of united peace and happiness. The Monroe Doctrine of the United States, which has been the foundation of the opposers of the League, is safe, England stands behind us as do most of the Allies, in saying that we shall have the Rights, set forth in the Monroe Doc- trine, safe and sound. The opposers of the League go still further, and say, there must be no entangling alliances, but that the U. S. must remain aloft as she hitherto has done. Those people desire for us to go on until the end of time, using butchery and throat cutting to settle all our disputes. Some of our radical senators proposed that the treaty and the League of Nations constitution should be drawn up at Paris and then brought to the United States for ratification by the Senate. This plan is objectionable, first, because a League of at least the Allies must be established in the treaty in order to effect its enforcement, and the preservation of peace established. It is objectionable, in the second place, because it is entirely certain that an academic conference such Phyllis Nicodemus: “A little lively miss.! ' Page Twenty-three

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“GKEEX STOCKINGS.” A Comedy in Three Acts. — Presented By — THE SENIOR CLASS OF ’19. The Situation of the play is as follows: According to an old English custom, an unmarried elder sister must wear green stockings at the wedding of a younger sister. Celia, the eldest of four sisters, has already worn them twice and to prevent her having to wear them again when Phyllis, her youngest sister marries, her family and friends plan to marry her off to Admiral Grice, who is quite aged. Celia learning of the plans informs them of her engagement an imaginary one. to a fictitious army officer — a Colonel Smith to whom she writes a love letter which, unfortunately, is sent. Eight months later Celia, not wishing to play the game any longer sends a notice of the death of Col. Smith to the London Times. The family is quite alarmed by the news of the death but are relieved by the heroic way in which Celia seems to accept it. Both Steele and Raleigh, two acquaintances who heretofore had thot Celia unworthy of their atten- tions, now are all devotion and sympathy. The real Col. Smith, home on a furlough, sees his own death notice in the London Times. Having received Celia ' s love letter eight months previous, he suspects her of being the inventor of his death notice, and. in the guise of Colonel Vavasour and posing as an old friend of Col. Smith ' s he calls on Celia. The situation becomes very trying for her so she plans for him to leave on the midnight train, but her plans are disarranged by her father ' s insisting upon Vavasour’s staying until morning. Celia now suspects that Vavasour is Col. Smith and plans to leave on the midnight train herself. After a great deal of confusion, and preparation she misses the train. However, she learns that Vavasour has fal- len in love with her. as has also Raleigh, so she does not have to wear green stockings a third time. Kathleen Rader: A brilliant mind and a happy disposition make many friends.” Page Twenty-five