Show 11 1 1 11 4 1 1 1 1114 l l 14 the anonymous letter by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK I 1 dean of men a ity nty of illinoia Illi noi 11 1 14 I 1 liae have never neer written nn an anonymous letter i ough I 1 can easily see the rd nd vantages of such a procedure one could so easily by this method cor correct social and civic chic errors jack up ones friends and all without belig bearg detected or cilar ariti el cleed zed or getting lot into trouble orally of any sort it would mould ne of course i the disguising of ones handwriting or possibly the borrowing of a n neighbors ts typewriter pearlier or stationery and tile the malling mailing of the epistle lit in some other post olace office than ones own but these details would he be easily managed by tiny ain resourceful person so tint that detection bould ile he difficult if not impossible and think of the advantages nd vantages I 1 how flow onsy easy it would ile he to prod the alie indifferent to correct the erring to toll tell some people we know frankly jut jurt what we tte think of them one could threaten neaten tl without the physical danger nor need one ile he part particular lell I 1 ar as to the language lie used I 1 have always vented to tell greene of lila ills grammatical errors lie Is a graduate of two colleges on und lias has a string of degrees after ills name hut but lie never neer gets onto his feet without saying sa ilna ahery every person should look 1001 utter their own business or if undone lias has anything ani tiling to say they should speak out and so on lie he seems deenis never neer to have learned that there Is 11 definite relation between pronouns pion nuns and antecedents an anonymous letter would to do tile work admirably I 1 asure am rollins ans ns telling tile me of certain goings on in ills his neighborhood scan dr ilous quite illegal in fact ile he would like to put the loial local authorities wise ise to things but in doing so it might involve bilm lit in some personal nl emler ras i lie might got ills name in the paper or be called ns its a witness or stir up it row with ills neighbors lie ile does not want vant to be the greeng nihed cause of getting some one into trouble ikeie Is where the anonymous letter conics in beautifully corrigan Is not doing ills his duty lie ho Is lying down on ills job if ones eyes ees do not decele deceive one lie Is actually not honest what wt could do the work ork better in such a case all and get a moral wanderer more quickly back bach upon the straight path of virtue than a good hot anonymous letter it Is personal IP safe and it might be effective efrer the or so it 11 good many people think we nil all get anonymous letters or at least those of us do who ho occupy any positions of public trust or influence sometimes in spite of the effort nt fit disguise it Is easy to determine tho the authors arid in every case it la Is tile the coward who ho writes altes such a letter the man who lio writes allies you sou anonymously la Is tile one wilo has not the backbone or the courage to stand before you ou face to face and sni say eliat lie thinks he 11 Is not willing milling to take alie responsibility of there are certain evils to be corrected certain which should he be called to the attention of officials certain facts will holcli ch lie might east ensley establish but lie he Is 13 afraid ile he Is interesting but he be does not disturb ninny many people for he be Is just a plain coward coard M 1930 western newspaper union |