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Show Denton Moulton Writes Of Experiences In United States Marines By MABEL JARVIS That the Dixie junior college has a way of holding the spotlight with those who have been even temporarily enrolled is again evidenced evi-denced in a letter by Denton Moulton of Delta, now with the U. S. Marines at Camp Samuel Nichols, Tutvila, American Samoa. Denton really wanted to stay on with school, but it is known to your correspondent that he had contributed his entire summer earnings to his mother, because of his father's illness and the expected ex-pected arrival of a new baby at j home. And somehow, he just couldn't pick up with expenses i and- go on with school, so he joined the Marines. His letter j written Oct. 12 arrived Dec. 5th, and reads in part: In Marines 10 Months "I've been a Marine now for 10 months. Whether I like it or not doesn't matter, but I do think lots of the old Dixie college and all of the swell people in St. George. And I wonder who married mar-ried who last spring and who's doing what this fall?" Then he asks if Maurine Whipple Whip-ple completed her book and what about it. (He heard a part of the book whle she was proofreading proof-reading it aloud to friends). He asks also about different students whom he met at the college and expresses appreciation for those who assisted him in trying to attend at-tend the institution, then describes American Samoa. "Maybe you'd like some firsthand first-hand information on this place. It's very hot, lies just south of the equator, is of volcanic formation form-ation and is only a few million years old. No snake or any wild life is found here except bugs and birds, and there's 190 inches of rainfall per year. The people are Polynesian and resemble Hawaiians and American Indians in habits and looks, only are not so advanced. Only 50 years ago they had a cannibal feast in the village of "Ana", and "stewed" 13 Frenchmen. The Island Is-land itself is only a rock sticking stick-ing almost as high as it is wide out of the ocean. "Robert Louis Stevenson died and is buried in British Samoa, only -10 miles from here. "Most of the Island is governed by village chiefs and high talking chiefs. However, the Island has one special high chief and high talking chief, and in turn each family has a chief, usually the father, and a talking chief, (one best suited to the job). Their titles up to a few years ago were inherited, but now they have elections, and a few fights with the Royal family with bush knives, about three feet long. "I guess all of the people are Christians, mostly of the London Missionary society. However, there is one clean village with lawns and trees. It is all Mormon. Mor-mon. They own the only cattle and horses here". Unquestionably, when Denton completes his Marine service, especially es-pecially with the turn of world affairs are taking, he will learn of other parts of the country and increase his knowledge of lands. people and their customs of lrv- ing, but he'd like right now to he back at the Dixie junior college I judging by the tone of his letter. Just now the U. S. needs the Marines Mar-ines as it never has before aai g this boy is doing his bit. as nr.T L others will have need of doag bt- S' fore the country generally rijrj i itself again. Ana letters sijch as this should induce other boys ar.i girls to appreciate their oraor- a tunities as students of the Dxe " and other institutions and rriks good ue of them. |