The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-06
The Press Meeting and Excur.
sion.

last week a successful joint meet
ing Of the Louisiana and Missis-
sippi Press Associations was held
at Tulane Hall, New Orleans. A
number of fine papers and poems
were read during the sessions, and
on Wednesday night the annual
address was delivered by Hon. r.
II. Henry, of Jackson, Miss, and
President Caldwell, of the State
Normal School, and President
Alderman, of Tulane University,
made eloquent addresses on the
subject of "the education of all
the children We have room
for only a gem here and there.
Hon. John Dymond, in his paper
on good roads, told his hearers:
Ithecomes your duty to educate your people
up to the need of good roads and to the neces
sity for taxation to provide them. II you do
this and do it we'll you wont lose your leader
shir. You will get better roads and the people
will thank you for them. Urge the need OF
good roads, tell your people of what is doing
in good roads elsewhere; OF how Pennsylvania
has appropriated $4,000, 900 for good roads, and
Is nullQ1nk them everywhere.
Mr.. Henry said:
What should and should not be printed: Print
ali The news tit to he printed; print The truth,
without fear, favor or affection; print pure,
clean and wholesome matter; print fresh ideas,
progressive thoughts and reliable Information;
print the opinion of TIE editor, fearlessly ex-
pressed. Print nothing false. loud or ilnnod
est; print nothing mean, low or slanderous;
print nothing vile, malicious or blasphemous;
print nothing for which you are not willing t.
become responsible; print nothing personally
offensive. as paid matter or otherwise; print
nothing that you would be ashamed to read at
your own hreside. Print what you believe to
be right, regardless of consequences; print
nothing you know to be wrong under any cOn-
ditions. Lay down your policy, have opinions
| of your own, and the courage to maintain
them at any cost. Such course must com
| mend itself to the public ana he who pnrsnes
| 1t will have the sweet consciousness of having
been just to himself, his country and his God.
Prof. Caldwell said:
| When the people learn to tax themselves for
the benefit of their children there is no Deneft.
| there is no advantage that cannot be brought
within their reach. Tho newspaper people
| have better opportunity to advance the In
| terests of the schools than any other class OF
citizens. During the past few years there has
been important legislation in both States, but
| the men who have done most in the cause are
| the newspaper men,
Dr. Alderman, in his wonderful
address, electrified his hearers with
such utterances as these:
The dearest thing ON earth to Il man is his
child, and his chief aim is to see that that child
makes of himself force in the world, and IL he
/ does that he can lie down and die with some
| satisfaction. Every man believes in the edu.
| cation of his child and therefore it is good
| thing for every other child. An Ignorant man,
| an ignorant community or ignorant State
is slave to some more Intelligent Que.
The former industrial slavery
of the South was pointed out,
when all the dollars went across
the Potomac.
| The South is getting over that,
and is learning the trick of taking
a $13 bar of steel and making
| 81, 800 worth of razors.
| Dr.. Alderman said Massachu-
setts gives seven years schooling
of 200 days to each child. Other
Estates give about four years OF
1900 days. Louisiana and Missis
sippi do not give as much as four
years. The average earning OF
levery man, woman and child il
| Massachusetts is 33 cents o day
lover that of those Of any othel
Estate. 1t may be Il coincidence
but is not one that Il scientist
would overlook.
| If Massachusetts can make $3.50,
900, 900 a year out of such All in.
yestment. it Is worth attention
There ought to be good schoo
| in every neighborhood in Louis
lana and Mississippi, with a goot
school house and Il good teacher
"The patriot of common sense,
said DR.. Alderman in closing, emo
the occasional, the decorative, o
the merely emotional patriot, bu
the man who thinks of his owl
Echild and has thought for tn
child of the man out there in tn
woods, the man who is alway
striving for better schools, bette
roads, better and cleaner street
aud sidewalks and clean govern
ment, is the true patriot. He /
. the man who truly loves his coun
try, and wants to spend his life i
helping it to be a better country.
; The following officers were cleo
|, ted for the Louisiana Association
/ for the ensuing year:
President-Judge w. I. Ho'
land, Of Greensburg, st. Helen
parish.
First Vice President, Mrs. Mar
, e. Leake, of st. Francisville.
Second Vice President-Hon
w. e. Davis, Of Sabine Parish.
; For Secretary, L. E. Bentley
: of Donaldsonville, was reelected
j. G. Trimble, of Farmervill,
Union Parish, was reelected 9
, Treasurer.
The Association voted unanin
: ously to hold the next meeting
: Shreveport.
/ The visitors enjoyed a trolle
! : ride in the city on Tuesday and
: boat ride on the river on We
:, :, nesday, when they spent tw
7 hours very pleasantly viewing Il
: entire city front, the shippin
Chalmette, the great new d
y dock, etc.
j. On Thursday morning about
q ladies and gentlemen, membe
: of the two Associations, board'