TO DEVELOP NATIONAL SPIRIT

William Roscoe Thayer '84, of Cambridge, and George von L. Meyer '79 will be among the principal speakers at the Congress of Constructive Patriotism, which is to be held by the National Security League in Washington on January 25, 26 and 27. The subject of their addresses will be "America's Position as a World Power." A letter on "Constructive Patriotism," by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt '80 will be read. Elihu Root, LL.D., '07, will speak on "America's Present," and Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, and Frederick Winsor '93, headmaster of Middlesex School, will address the Congress on "Preparedness." The one hundred thousand members of the league will be represented and delegates appointed by 11 governors and 49 mayors will be in attendance.

The purpose of the Congress is to develop an efficient national spirit and to investigate means of adopting national policies which will bring about thorough preparedness for this country. It is expected that a resolution favoring the adoption of universal military training will be adopted as one of the most definite steps of the organization. The points to be considered by the committees are as follows: To consider the methods of maintaining America's position as a world power; to aid Americanization; to advance national efficiency, with especial reference to the budget system for governmental financing; to unify the efforts of defence organizations to secure universal military training and service; to establish women's part in the program for constructive patriotism; to consider the advisability of the league establishing a university extension system on national topics, including a nation-wide lecture program to present in a conservative and impartial manner the questions considered at the Congress.

The league, which is non-partisan and non-political in organization, has representation in every state