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in Military Activities "Why, hello, Albert. When did you get back from France?" "I just arrived today, Vivian." "Did you see any one over there from Osawatomie?" "I surely did. I saw the Class of 1918. they are all in active service for the Government. Come into Howard's and I'll tell you about them. "You know they were always good leaders. The first one I saw was Maurice Salisbury. You know he was always a good class leader and he proved to be just as good in military affairs. He started in as a private and at the time of our meeting he was first lieutenant in one of our armies. "The next day I went to the aviators' camp and who should I see but Ermyl Arbogast. She was training the French women the art of running the aeroplane. She was known as a second "Ruth Law" in the art of riding in the air. "I then saw a Red Cross hospital not far from the aviators' school. I knew I would find some of them there. I was met at the door by a trim little nurse, whom I recognized to be Frances Harvey. I told her I wanted to see the head doctor. She ushered me into an office at the end of the hall. I was much surprised to see the occupant of this office was Glenn Nelson. He informed me that his main staff of nurses were young ladies from the Class of 1918. They were: Pearl McCaskey, Lulu Durrant, Ermine Arner, Amy Fry, Mayme Stroud and Doris Mattingly. He told me he thought I might be interested to see one his brace little patients. I was then taken into a room whose occupant was Hazel Arbogast. I was told that she was called Joan of arc. She had led a French and American Army in a successful battle against Germany. She won a victory but was badly wounded. "The next day I came to a machine gun demonstration. As I came nearer the machine I thought I knew the inventor and it was Evan Phares. He had invented a gun that would do more damage at a smaller cost than any of the preceding guns. "I had heard so much about the schools established by the social settlement workers of America. I wanted to visit one of them. My guide directed me to one for teaching injured French children Various occupations. I was much astonished to find Mabel Callahan the principal. "I was told that one of the class had just completed a successful invention to be used in the destruction of the submarines. I had the surprise of my life to find that Edward Emmart had made the machine and had been awarded a gold medal for his success. "My trip was about ended and I had not yet been to any of the soldier musicales. I found there was to be one at the Y.M.C.A. auditorium. the entertainers were the Black and Gold Opera Company, all from the Class of 1918. They were: Harold Allen, Virgil Beck, Marguerite Roseberry, Margaret Kelley and Ruhama Tyrrell. Harold had organized the company just after their arrival in France. "I was soon to return home and I thought I had better send a message when they were to expect me. Much to my surprise, I found Paul Vohs and Albert Wolf were Trans Atlantic Cablegram operators. "The next day the fighting had come to a quiet point. I ventured out on the field. I wanted to visit a field hospital. I found Helen Bates its head nurse. I was astonished to find her in such a noisy place, but she said she enjoyed the work and never noticed the noise. "I next visited the last two but the liveliest two members of the class. It was on the last day of my visit and I went down to the harbor. Here I found Lisle chambers and Rollie Pierce. They told me they were Captains on the battleship "Crimson and White", and they had just come into the harbor. this ended my eventful visit with the class of the "Black and Gold". H.B. |
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