Show coti BUILDING AS SOLDIER soldiers memorials in the theodral ther orm orral of community buildings dedica dedicated to civic and social uses and wherever possible built with bonds of 0 the fifth liberty loan are urged budit by the bureau ot of education atlon department ot of the iii brior in a circular sent to every school community in ill the united states A number of communities have already concluded that in constant use ue as 18 a reminder of 0 the sacr sacrifice itice made by tile the soldiers and jailers jailors jai lors of the great war Is more appropriate and enduring than the conventional graveyard grave yard monument t there is a growing conviction chyl say ur or henry B E jackson author of the bureaus circular that the alven lional stone shaft placed in a grive yard among the dead Is divot a fitting memorial to those who died lot tree dom the suggestion juuls ho hoth th in france and america that these memorials take the forn form of if community buildings d dedicated edi catel to civic and social uses is obviously bously wi wise seland and ought to meet universal approval on the walls ot of such a building should hang a bronze tablet containing the names of each martyrs to liberty this type of memorial will guarantee that no boy who gavenis gave his life for justice and freedom willbe forgotten the number of american lives lost in this war Is very small in comparison to those lost in inthe civil war if a community lost only three or four it might not thinkie thin think kit it worth while to build a monument but a community building is needed entirely apart from its memorial purpose the chief advantage of this type of memorial however is not that it is economical but that it keeps green ari an inspiring memory and it seeks to put into operation through its civic and soc ial activities the ideals for which our boys fought in france spuds funds for this purpose could be raised more easily it if they were raised in the form of liberty vi bonds during the fifth loan which is ii to como come in the spring the bonds ian can be used as money when heu the time lime comes to build thus a community can serve itself while at the ille sami same time tt it la Is rendering a national service by this method more I 1 money for thea government could be calvd lalaew than by any other not only would many in individuals divi duals gladly c an extra I 1 bond or two tor for the benefit of their local community but many who are unable to do this could pool their small gifts and contribute to it a bond likewise entertainments and social activities can be utilized to raise money for the same purpose opportunity should be given for as many as pus possible sible to have a part in fa the enterprise ter prise for men to contribute outright a few liberty binds to a d local community cause will help to 1 el the delusion that a man mad is doing anything espe especially cialli gener generous ug when he puts his money lato into U an 1 investment which offers the best security in the world and a fali fair rate ot of interest to couple the fifth loan lmh with free gifts and soldiers demor memorials bafs will make make it in a real sense a victory loan it will be much more than th tins is it will frill be a reconstruction loan wherever possible this community memorial building ought to be the public schoolhouse school house in order to prevent needless waste through da duplication it Is the logical community 7 center it is nonpartisan non partisan n nonsectarian 0 1 and nonexclusive non exclusive it 43 is owned and operated ly by all A 11 the people and therefore furnishes a platform on which all can meet on terms ot of self the sch schoolhouse could be remodeled or enlarged or br replaced rip liLe by a new one it Is the natural capitol and clubhouse of oe every community in rural districts small schools should 0 of course ba consolidated in order to ell elli pinate a waste and secure a comma community 1 1 aty large enough to support the kind ot of building here proposed the schoolhouse ought tv tb be used for this purpose wherever possible it II in any place the school are unprogressive and tin unawake awake to their opportunity then the it an independent building ought 0 to o be e erected institutions are made for the people not the people tor institutions let lei us use whatever means a are e available for our purpose but B t there Js Is no need for any community ni t Y to t 0 submit ua L it to t 0 a backward looking board of sc booi directors the schools belong to the people and it is their privilege to compel school officials t to 0 tie their public servants and execute ili their f air will in his foreword to the bureaus circular commissioner claxton states th that a t the bureau of education edue ploll will il gladly loin join with okliar other aceti agencies cies in stimulating the erection or of memorials of this kind t to Ainer cao call soldiers and sailors q |