Show HH t 1 I M HH l HM I 1 I 1 H at 1 1 the anonymous S letter by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK dean of men uni venity ity of T A illinois Illi noi r hl l all ll hilll Hll ll I l 1 l l 1111 1 1 1 1 I 1 have never written an anonymous letter though ican I 1 can easily see the advantages of such a procedure one C could u so 0 aas ensley Y by Y lails method correct social find civic errors jack up ones friends and nil all without being v detected or criticized or getting into trouble of any sort it would no necessitate of course the disguising of ones handwriting or possibly the bhe bor rowing rawln of a neighbors typewriter or stationery and the ina mailing flIng of the epistle in some other post office than lian ones own but these details would be easily managed by any resourceful person so that detection would be difficult it if not impossible and think of the advant advantages agest 1 how easy it would be to prod the indifferent to correct the tha erring to tell some peo people we know frankly just what we think of them one could threaten without the tha slightest physical danger nor need one be particular as to the language he 16 used I 1 have always wanted to tell oreene greene of ills his grammatical errors he Is a graduate of two colle college gestand sand has a string of degrees after his name came but he never gets onto hla his feet without saying every person should look after their own business or it if anyone has anything to say they should speak out uva and so on ile he stems seems never to have learned that there la Is a deff definite nite relation between pronouns and antecedents an anonymous ilet ter would d do 0 the work admirably 1 I 1 am sure 1101 rollina libs was telling me of certain goings on in his neighborhood scandalous quite illegal la in fact he would like to put the local authorities alisi to things but in doing so it i volvo volve him in some personal embarrassment ras he might get ids hla name lo in the paper or be called a a witness or stir up a row with his bis neighbors he does not want to be the recognized cause of getting some one into trouble here Is where the anonymous letter comes in n beautifully corrigan Is not doing his duty he Is lying down on his job if ones eyes do not deceive one lie be la Is actually not honest what could do the work better in such a case and get a moral wanderer more quickly back apon the straight path of virtue virtee than a good hot anonymous letter it la Is personally onal safe and it might be effective i or so a good many people we all get anonymous I 1 letters etters least those of us do who occupy any positions of public brustor trustor tru trust stor or influence sometimes in spite of the effort at disguise it Is easy to determine the authors and in every case it la Is the coward who writes such a letter the man who writes you anonymously Is the one who has riot not the backbone or the courage to stand before you face fac e to face and say what lie he thinks he Is not willing to take the responsibility of citizenship there are certain evils to be corrected cermath cert alfi irregularities which should be called to the attention of certain facts which he be might easily but be to ta afraid lie ile Is interesting but he does not disturb many people for he Is just a plain coward M el WO 1930 wern untone |