The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-16
DR.. Wallace ButteriCk to
the County Super
intendentS.
CONTINUED from Page Nine.)

sneciaI election, a tWo-thrds majority
of all voters registered at the last gen
eral election. | am something of poll
tician myself and | do not believe that at
any special election in any county of
the United States it would be possible
to Get out two-thirds of the voters regis.
tered at a general election.
..You can see, therefore. how import
ant it is that we shall ascertain precise
conditions in each of the several States
of the South as preliminary to the de-
volonment of our constructive program.
1T has been wiely nlae known
+hot we have $1,000000 al our dis
nosal. Much of our time in
the last few months has been
given to convincing people how small
sum of money 100000 is Some people
have asked us to donate 100000 from
this fund for a single object! and appli-
cations already received would exhaust
the capital stock of the United States
Steel Company! If our work is to be
truly constructive it must at first in
each State be limited to a few selected
points, where work of permanent value
can be begun. If we are able to demon
strate the value of such work. we have
assurances that more money will be
placed at our disposal, and that we shall
ultimately be able to aid in the deVel-
opment of a system of schools which
will furnish educational opportunities
for every child in these States.
"For these reasons, gentlemen, we come
to you for your cooperation and help
Together we shall be able to continue a
;al~ xx.i11 L nf To Cf-
ing blessing to all the people of North
Carolina.
'sLet us not forget the great object or
our work 1t is that of reaching the
children of our land. A few months ago
| attended an educational meeting in ole
of the cities of North Carolina and he-
fore the audience assembled l took my
seat in a remote corner of The great room,
inst a little discouraged because of the
opposition Of some people who ought %
have been our foremost allies, when as
| sat there a man stepped upon the great
platform and sitting down to the grand
piano struck q familiar chord. Soon /
heard the voice of a child singing and
then the voices OF other children until
there emerged from behind the piano a
little child followed by children many
until the stage was filled with their lit
tie forms and the hall with the music
of their voices. l then caught the words
of their song, March, march, march, see
the children, they are coming, and as
they sang the refrain over and over
again my heart was filled with hope and
enthusiasm, and before my enraptured
eyes there appeared the vision OF that
vast army of children, not an hundred as
on the stage, but thousands and millions
of this and succeeding generations, a
vast host of them, who shall take oGr
places when we are gone; and heard
and still hear them singing, March,
march, march, see the children they are
coming My brethren, we cannot nope
to succeed in this great work until be-
fore our eyes there is ever fixed TIE
vision of the children whom we serve.
Let us lay aside our prejudices, let us
forget small matters of detail over which
we may differ, and let us strike hands
for this great work of saving the chill
dren who are dearer to us than life it
self