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Show L f . UNIVERSITY DOHG ID Soldier Students and Others Join in Merry Observance of Anniversary. Bpeelal to The Tribune. PROVO, Nov. 11. Tho celebration of Armisttco day at tho Brigham Young university was given over to the 6oldier (students, and the boys in khaki demonstrated demon-strated to the full that their genius was not confined solely to trench digging and rifle firing. There wp.s scintillating wit, keen-edged keen-edged satire and oratory of no mean order in the speeches, and tho singing was rich, full and soldierly In quality. College hall was handsomely decorated with the flags of the allies and the colors of tho school. On the rostrum was seated a company of soldier boys. Guy Hearst acted as master of ceremonies. In his Introductory speech ho stated it was the purpose of the program to recreate recre-ate the atmosphere of army life. Frivate E. L. Wilkinson told of the first impressions of a "rookie" in humorous hu-morous alliteration. Red tape, rumors, regulations, routine of rising and retiring, and other "r's" were dolefully referred to. Tho life of a rookie, he said in closing, clos-ing, was the life of a dog; he slept in a puppy tent, wore a dog collar and was called by a whistle. 'Bill" Sielck related some of the experiences ex-periences of "non-com" officers and "buck" privates "down In tho hole" in going over. Lieutenant Ross Bean told of the Joy of room and fresh air on arriving in France, and of other experiences across the water. tt , cthArUn'a tpmA W39 foil- lets'," not" too luxurious to be conducive to slumber. , Speaking of trenches. Sterling Bean gave the novel view that shovels played a greater part in winning the war than rifles. , . , George S. Ballif. in a splendid burst of oratory, told of the glories of Argonne battle. The smile on Pershing's face, the pounding and roaring of the big guns, the vain efforts of the sun to shine through the battle smoke, the 'lump-off" 'lump-off" at 5:30 in the morning, the onslaught on-slaught on the German trenches, the wall of German machine guns, the digging In, and dually" the supreme sacrifice of the bovs that fell to rise no more, were described de-scribed with the fervor of a participant in the great events. ', .v. Kels Anderson discussed the eleventh, month the eleventh day and the eleventh elev-enth boor. Although it was known nours before the signing of the armistice that it would be signed, the fighting continued contin-ued until the eleventh hour. There were some, he said, who lost their lives In the last few minutes. , Louis Crandall spoke feelingly of the fifteen soldier boys from the B. T. u. who had made the supreme sacrifice. Ke-treat Ke-treat and taps were sounded to their memory. ' , , , Chaplain C. S. Smith spoke briefly of the significance of the armistice to the soldiers. , n "Waiting" was LeRoy Cox's theme. He told of the long, weary days of the watch on the Rhine, and referred satirically to the officers who had never seen service. ori riifir'nlir.ff the war-tried veterans in Germany. . .. , The chorus singing, under direction ot i Professor C W- Whittaker, which interspersed inter-spersed the speeches, was a most enjoyable enjoy-able feature of the program. The songs we-e patriotic in character; in the mam. brt a number were humorous and created cre-ated an atmosphere of army camp lite. the music bv the B. T. D. band, under th-' d'rection of Professor Robert Sauer, als' added life to the occasion. Tbe presence of Chaplain C. S. Smith wart a pleasure much appreciated by both the (audience and his comrades. |
