Show saud study i n s A state fifteen thousand copies of j dent wilsons reply to the pope s note have been distributed limong the high school students of new york city by order of the siper 04 D in the message is studley in the school classes as an example of good english composition and as an important historical document after the first shock of surprise at this announcement the intelligent citizen is likely to re remark mark why what a very sensible fhlug to do 10 1 if the presidents note is dofine a specimen of literature as miny critics have pronounced it wo we may saume that it la Is as worthy to be studied in our schools as speeches of patrick II 11 nry or daniel Weba tei ci ot 01 state pipers of washington jefferon JetT Jef femon erbon or lincoln of its historical signi fio flo jf ahnee ance there is no question it serves to clarify clarity a momentous period of the greatest war thero ever was careful study of it should enible boys and girls to under the war better to grasp its policies and pur poses mure more fully and therefore to make better americans of them as well as better scholars it is an excellent thing thin anell anyhow ow to keep young at ople from retting getting the notion into their heads that there Is no good liter literature aturo except what is found in musty text books boks and that the only lili hutor tor worthy of studying was written long oco ago the world today ii full of good literature the world toda is making history on a bagier acile thin an ani of our uld old his tor torrins lilis ever dreamed of the amei ic ici vi pf today w a more di dt berving of study and appreciation than it or any other countr ci er was A as before purt or collins courier |