22 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING 
SPEAKER FROM ASSOCIATION TO 
ABOLISH WAR IS FOR PEACE 
at Any ‘Cost. 
MANCHESTER has heard many 
sides of the preparedness ques- 
tion presented during the past winter, 
but until Wednesday evening it had 
yet to hear a “peace at any price” 
advocate. Rev. Wilbur K. Thomas 
of Roxbury, who spoke to the mem- 
bers of the Parent-Teacher associa- 
tion in Price school hall, Manchester, 
on Wednesday, presented some phases 
of “preparedness” seldom discussed 
these days. In his introductory re- 
marks Mr. Thomas said that he was 
“not neutral on the question of peace.” 
He explained that the views he ex- 
pressed were his own convictions and 
that he was perfectly willing to have 
others differ with him. 
Mr. Thomas said there was a uni- 
versal demand for peace after seeing 
the horrors of war. ‘We all look 
forward to the day when there will be 
no more wars, when there will be a 
parliament of peace, a federation of 
the world.” He said practically all 
the newspapers and magazines in the 
country were advocating prepared- 
ness and the advocates varied frora 
those who believed in moderate pre- 
paredness for defense to those who 
wanted our forces strong enough to 
withstand the combined attack of two 
or three countries. 
“Usually the man who shouts loud- 
est for preparedness wants to send 
someone else’s boy,” he said. “How 
many of those, who will march in the 
preparedness parade in Boston on 
May 27, will end up at the recruiting 
station? I believe the way to the 
peace of the world is not through 
preparedness, but through disarma- 
ment and the substitution of construc- 
tive service. Wars may be avoided 
by cultivating a spirit of friendliness 
among nations.” 
All of the European nations were 
prepared at the outbreak of the war, 
and had been for years, yet that did 
not prevent war, he said. Going over 
the history of the great nations, Mr. 
Thomas said that each in her day was 
prepared in a military way and that 
to this was largely due the downfall 
of each. “What reason have we to 
believe that we shall exist as a nation 
1000 years from now unless we 
change our course of action?’ he 
asked. 
He said that preparedness caused 
the war with Spain. Politicians 
would use the military power on some 
pretext for agression if we were pre- 
pared. “Civilized men should reason 
and not fight,’ continued Mr. 
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Che Orvran 
The Ocean old, 
Centuries old, 
Strong as youth, and as uncontrol- 
led, 
Paces restless to and fro, 
Up and down the sands of gold. 
His beating heart is not at rest; 
And far and wide, 
With ceaseless flow, 
His beard of snow 
Heaves with the heaving . 
breast. 
of his 
—Longfellow. 
SH ——TS 2 
Thomas. ‘My boy is worth more to 
me than Hearst’s oil wells in Mexico.” 
He said that the Mexican agitation 
was due to the Hearst papers. 
“The price of one battleship would 
build 1oco churches, buy 5000 farms, 
or send 40,000 men and women to 
college for a year. Preparedness 
must be regarded as a source of irri- 
tation and be removed. We must sub- 
stitute constructive service. We have 
stripped the Mexicans of their land 
and our financiers have stripped them 
of their property. One thousand 
school teachers would do more to cul- 
tivate good will than would 100,000 
soldiers to kill. 
“T know our shores are defenseless, 
I know our army is inadequate for 
defense. You could put our standing 
army in the Yale stadium. I will not 
say that we would not be devastated 
if we are not prepared. We may be 
destroyed as a nation, but the loss 
will not be so great and in the end we 
will get peace. To me the Red in our 
flag stands for the mistakes 
bloodshed of the past, White for the 
purity and peace we strive for, and 
Blue the hope of Heaven.” 
Before and after the address of 
Mr. Thomas the pupils of the 8th 
gerade sang._ The first selection was 
“Strew Fairest Flowers,” and the cot- 
cluding numbers were “Oars are 
Plashing Lightly” and Soldiers of 
Peace.” Misses Lila McEachern and 
Janet Height were the pianists. 
Misses Mary Knight and Janet 
Height sang a duet and the soloists 
were Misses Mary Knight and Myrtle 
Lethbridge. 
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BROTHERHOOD CONCERT 
LAFAYETTE QUuARTET OF Boston 
MakEs Its SECOND APPEARANCE 
IN MANCHESTER. 
HE annual concert of the Brother- 
hood was held in Town hall, Man- 
chester, Wednesday evening. There 
was a good attendance in spite of 
other gatherings on the same evening. 
The Lafayette quartet of Boston 
made its second appearance in Man- 
chester this season and gave a very 
fine entertainment. Mrs. Wilmer 
Dearborn Carter, the reader, was not 
with the quartet on the occasion of 
their former appearance at the Bapt- 
ist church at the guest night of the 
Friendship Circle, but is a valuable 
addition to the company of entertain- 
ers. The quartet is composed of 
Frank Craigie, Roy L. Patch, John 
Blum and Charles Brown. Mrs. A. 
Wachendorf Lewis was the accom- 
panist. The program follows: 
Quartet, ‘‘Lo, the Sun,’’ 
‘“Weigh the Anchor’’ 
Reading, ‘‘Americanizing of Andre 
Franeois’’ 
Scott 
Mrs. Carter 
Tenor solo, ‘‘The Spirit Flow- 
er,” Campbell 
Roy L. Patch 
Quartet, ‘‘On the Sea,’’ 
‘“Miss Capiline’’ 
Reading, ‘‘The Sign of the Cross’? 
Mrs. Carter 
’*Cello solo, ‘‘Berceuse,’’ 
John Blum 
Quartet, ‘‘The Indian’s Bride,’’ 
‘¢Elfman’’ 
Reading, ‘‘At the Movies,’’ 
Mrs. Carter 
Bass solo, ‘‘I fear no perils of the 
deep’’ 
Buek 
From Josslyn 
Reed 
Gibson 
Arrange‘ 
Charles Brown 
Quartet, ‘‘Good Night,’’ 
Buek 
LirtLE Mork VARIETY IN BAND Con- 
CERT PROGRAMS SUGGESTED. 
Editor North Shore Breeze: 
For several summers we have been 
listening to very enjoyable concerts 
here in Manchester by a band from a 
neighboring city. These concerts 
have not only attracted nearly all of 
our townspeople, but many from sur- 
rounding towns. There is only one 
thing to be said about these concerts 
—they are getting monotonous. We 
hear the same pieces year after year. 
In fact sometimes we even hear the 
same number two or three times in a 
season. Could it not be suggested to 
the leader that a little wider variety 
in numbers would be appreciated? Or 
why can we not have some “Request” 
numbers so that the music loving 
townspeople could express their 
wishes ? 
Hoping that some benefit can be 
derived from this suggestion before 
the programs are arranged, I am, 
“A MANCHESTER Music-Lover,” 
May 19, 1916. 
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