University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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A Nation At War Cont. out the purging and purifying intiuenccs of war nations must decline and fall and pass into obscurity? America is indeed engaged in a mighty conflict. But America is not at war because she professes a philosophy of national eminence to be secured at the cost of humanity. America does not hold the doctrine that nations rise supreme upon the down-trodden and persecuted, upon the dead bodies of outraged humanity, upon the writhing forms of agonized manhood, upon the prostrate forms of desecrated womanhood, upon the wasted remains of inno- cent childhood. America wages war today that the World ma forever be rid of this old philosophy of war and l)loodshed, of persecution and tyrannv, of the Divine right of kings. Today a great nation obsessed by victory and indemnity, nt) longer con- tent peacefully to establish her commerce, her institutions, or her language among the nations of the earth is running amuck. America is engaged in a world conflict to bring- this war-mad nation to her senses aiid to make the world safe for those free institutions which are the inalienable right of all mankind. The Author of Nature directs all His operations to the production of the greatest good and has made human virtue to consist in a disposition and conduct which tend to the common felicity of His creatures. Peace is no longer feasible or desirable when the freedom of the world is endangered by the existence of autocratic governments. We are at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and respon- sibility for wrong shall be observed among the nations and their governments as are observed among- the individuals of civilized states. To help achieve this noble purpose, to teach this great moral truth, America is at war. From the portals of M. S. C. our fellows have gone forth to this great conflict. Responsive to their country ' s call in this hour of world crisis, inspired by the precepts of liberty and democracy, breathing the free spirit of our noble land, they have gone forth in the cause of humanitv. May the Cod of ( )ur l -ithers gird their loins and strengthen their arms. May the Free S])irit ot America inspire ib.em. Mav X ' ictorv crown their cause; and thus insure to all the world eternal peace. G. J. S. 15

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A Nation At War oV ] ROM the port of Palos an intrepid mariner set out one day upon a precious voyage of discovery. And landing upon new-found shores he erected thereon ihe symbol of Christianity and took possession ) iji tjie name of Almighty God With the humble instrumentality of Columl)us did it please Providence to establish the theatre for those events by which a new dispen- sation of liberty with all its consequent blessings was to be communicated to man. Then came the persecuted from the Old World seeking a home in the freedom of America where they might worship according to the dictates of their conscience — heroic men willing to brave the dangers of the ocean and the hardships of new and untried shores : and heroic women rising above the weakness of their sex to strengthen the hearts and minds of their fathers and husbands, to establish upon this soil a government l:)y which these blessings should be secured to mankind. In everv act of her national life. America has unmistakably manifested the ennobling ideals and the heroic courage of her suffering champions, stand- ing before the world as the defender of Liberty, and assuring to the down- trodden and oppressed of all the earth alike, a haven from tyranny and perse- cution. In all efforts at World i ' eace .America has been foremost. In her conduct toward Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Phillippines, America has clearly established the legitimacy of her title to that leadership which belongs to the English-speaking race. Todav the world is roused l)y the din of arms, beholds legions of assas- sins treading over bleeding and suffering humanity, sees the locks of a vener- able father torn by savage hands, and feeble mothers clasping infants in their arms and imploring on their knees that they may be permitted to remain chaste. Today America, estal)lished in the name of Almighty God, her soil sanctified by the blood of heroic martyrs to the cause of Liberty, hallowed by the sacrifices of noble women, guaranteeing to all the nations freedom from intervention — today America is engaged in a World War. Has America, the land of peace, failed in her mission? Has America for- gotten the precepts of her fathers? Has America violated the great principles which she has so long professed? r)r has America yielded to that old ])hilosophy which declares that nations can live onl}- !)}• the sword; that with- 14

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Board of Trustees oYo SAMUEL MOOR SHOEMAKER Hon. Samuel M. Slioemaker was born in Baltimore, December 7. 1861. He received his early education at private schools in Baltimore and at the Military School in New Haven, Conn. He graduated from Princeton with the Class of 83. He has been fur- nishing milk for the Walker-Gordon Laboratories since 1896. He has been, at different times, a member of the AIar -land State Roads Commission, Secretary of Committee that drafted the State Aid to Roads Law, member Executive Committee American Guern- sey Cattle Club, member Maryland State Road Com- mission, and a member of the Executive Committee Certihed Milk Producers ' Association of America. For several years he has been President of the Mary- land Agricultural Society, and in 1916 he was made President of the Board of Education of Baltimore County. ROBERT GRAIN Hon. Robert Grain was born in Charles County, Maryland, November 12, 1865. Received his educa- tion from the local district school. Charlotte Hall Academy, St. John ' s College and studied law at the Iniversity of Maryland, graduating in 1886. Engaged in practice of law in Baltimore until October, 1916, when he moved his law office to Washington, D. C. Mr. Grain has been deeply interested in farming since his childhood, and around the home of his ancestors he has gathered together an estate of ten thousand acres, one of the largest farm properties in tiie East. He was appointed by Governor Harrington for the eight-year term as a member of the Board of Trus- tees of the State College of Agriculture. JOHN M. DENNIS Hon. John M. Dennis was born in Frederick City in the year 1866. He came to Baltimore in 1891 and entered the employ of Tate, Muller Co., of which company he was made President in 1910. He was made President of the Union Trust Co. in 1914. For years Air. Dennis has been known as one of the strong financial figures among the Baltimore finan- ciers. Besides being a banker, Mr. Dennis is a practical farmer. He is President of the Maryland State Dairymen ' s Association. In 1916 he was made a member of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State College. 16