kissed the hand in his own. "Please forget it all, mother," he
whispered. "It's never going to be that way again. I found out over
there--I knew what it was not to have anyone to tell things to--and
now, why you've got to listen to me all the rest of your life,
mother."

Angelo Patri, the new York schoolmaster who has been so successful in
instilling ideals into the child mind has addressed himself to the
children of today, they who will be the parents of tomorrow. His words
are:

"Man has labored through the ages that you might be born free. Man
has fought that you might live in peace. He has studied that you
might have learning. He has left you the heritage of the ages that
you might carry on.

"Ahead are the children of the next generation. It's on, on, you
must be going. You, too, are torch-bearers of liberty. You, too,
must take your place in the search for freedom, the quest for the
Holy Grail. 'Twas for this you, the children of America were born,
were educated. Fulfill your destiny."

Morale and propaganda received more attention in the late war than they
ever did in any previous conflict. Before the end of the struggle the
subject of morale was taken up and set apart as one of the highly
specialized branches of the service. The specialists were designated as
morale officers. They had many problems to meet and much smoothing over
to do. In the army, an Americanism very soon attached to them and they
became known as "fixers."

With respect to the Negro, the section of the War Department presided
over by Emmett J. Scott was organized and conducted largely for purposes
of morale and propaganda. Much of the work was connected with good
American propaganda to counteract dangerous German propaganda.

It is now a known fact that the foe tried to lure the Negro from his
allegiance by lies and false promises even after he had gone into the
trenches. This has been attested to publicly by Dr. Robert R. Moton, the
head of Tuskegee Institute, who went abroad at the invitation of
President Wilson and Secretary Baker to ascertain the spirit of the
Negro soldiers there.

Dr. Moton was told of the German propaganda and the brazen attempts made
on members of the 92nd Division near Metz. He gave the following as a
sample:

"To the colored soldiers of the United States Army.

"Hello, boys, what are you doing over there? Fighting the Germans?