The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-25
"BUILDING A MAN"


dress to the BPtneSOu bOys
After the conclusion of the annual
meeting the members of the society adj
journed to the stand near the center of
the grounds where they were Joined by
number of the friends and visitors. The
Bethesda boys in charge of Supt. Chap
lin and Principal MeClory, were marched
to seats in front of the speakers stand.
Behind the boys were ranged the several
hundred visitors, many of them being
ladies' and children.
The invocation was pronounced by Rev.
j. Y. Fair, who, in a few well chosen
words, invoked the blessing of Almighty
God upon the institution, and particularly
upon the children who were its charges.
President Estin then introduced Mr. w.
B. StubbS as the orator of the occasion.
Mr.. Stubs expressed his sense of appre-
citation of the great honor which had been
conferred upon hifn. and then requested
that Mrs Alderman sing Scatter Seeds
of Kindness" This request was complied
with, and the song was beautifully sung.
The subject of Mr.. Stubs address was
Building a Man." and was especially APP
propriate to the occasion, and the audi
ence to which it was addressed. The
speaker was very successful in securing
and holding the attention of the boys
which ne did by appealing to them direct
ly upon questions of special interest to
them. and by asking them questions which
| the boys readily answered
"How many boys here wish to be a
MANI" was Mr.. Stubbs' first inquiry. "All
who do, hold up your hands" Every
boys hand went up a once.
Boys, 4 man is a great thing" said
Mr. Stubs "A true man is a greater
thing, and Cody man the greatest thing
in the world But, boys, man is made
not born I wish 10 talk to you to-day
about building a man.
I'm order to build anything the first
| thing needed is desire for the thing; a
man wants a house before he builds It,.
| You boys say you wish to be men, and I
am sure all these Union Society folks de-
| sire you 10 be noble men, and so we all
agree upon the first thing. The world
needs such men and places are waiting for
them on the farm, in the store. in the Of
fee, al the bar, in the pulpit, every
where there is demand for men. Boys,
| don't fool yourselves with the idea that
you can't get a place, for If you are
worthy TO fill place, the place will find
| you.
1.-THE next thing necessary to a build
ing is the material, and of this we have
an abundance-boys. What are houses
made of?-lumber; bricks. What is cloth
made of?-cohon; wool. What are men
made of?-boys. Each one of you has
| the second thing necessary to make a
man, and II you have the demand or de-
| sire and the material, it's your fault If
| you don't build man. If a man wants
| a house and has material to build house,
whose fault Is it If he don't get house
| Either he don't know how 90 build II or
| he won't work. Boys are you willing to
work to be men? Somebody has said:
"a boy will eat and boy will drink,
And n boy will play all day.
| But a boy won't work and a boy won't
think,
For a, boy amt built that way
'I think that is Islander on boy, and
he should have said;
"a boy must eat and a boy must drink,
| And a boy must play each day;
| And a boy will work and a boy will think,
For a boy is built that way
Now, boys, if you are built that way
and wish to be men, l am here to-day
| for the one purpose of trying to help you.
1.-THE next thing we must have Is a
pattern or plan, and each boy will have
10 choose his own plan. can't do 1t for
you, nor can your teacher or these good
men Of the Union Society. You, each Of
you must choose his own plan and you
! can't escape this choice; to fail to choose
means to have no plan and that means
failure. Your plan must be a good one
or a bad one-whlch, you must decide.
In the garden of life there grows two flow
ers our souls to prove,
The passionate rose OF self and the spot
less lily of Love: