A plan to observe April 6th, the first anniversary of America's entry into the war, as "National Win the War Day" has been worked out by the National Committee of Patriotic Societies.

A statement sent out to the presidents of 50 National Patriotic Organizations, to Cabinet members and other Government officials and to college presidents, says: "At the beginning of our second year in the great war, it is fitting that we have a National consecration to the task remaining before us. Because of numerous workless days during the past winter, it is not advisable that the occasion should be made a holiday, be in every factory, store, mine, school and on every farm there should be a brief period during the day when everyone who is loyal to the flag should stand up and be counted. Flags should everywhere be unfurled. At 12 o'clock noon, factory whistles and church bells should send forth a volume of sound that will reach Berlin. Every band in the country will then play the "Star Spangled Banner," while people stand at attention. In the evening in the churches, halls and theatres, the people can gather for meetings of inspiration. Regiments of the National Army may parade in cities near the cantonments.

The "winter of our discontent," with its coalless days and congested railroads and other minor annoyances, is past. The spring, with its promise of abundant crops and increased industrial production, is here. Now is the time for America's Home Army to mobilize and thus bring courage to our boys in the trenches and cantonments, and depression to our enemies. Let Germany feel that this is a popular war in America. The effect of having the nation a unit in patriotic thought on this day cannot be over-estimated. It will bring renewed courage and hope to our brave allies.

In every college there should be special patriotic exercises, at which messages from students and alumni in the nation's service may be read, instruction as to how every college student can do his part to win the war can be given and a pledge of allegiance to the flag and to the cause of the war repeated by all. The colleges of America have responded nobly to the call to arms. On April 6th the faculties and students should let their brothers in the field know that they are with them in spirit and in effort. WILLIAM MATHER LEWIS.