The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-01
From the Lexington Herald.
WHOSE MEMORY SHOULD
KENTUCKY HONOR?


month or six weeks ago on the
unwilling of the statue of Frances
E. Willard, in the Hall of Stat
uary at Washington, we called
attention to the fact that Ken
lucky had not availed herself of
the right to place in that hall the
statues of two of her citizens.
After the House of Representa-
tives had moved from the old
room in which it had held it's SEES
sions to the new hall in which it
now holds its sessions, the old
hall was set apart as Hall of
Statuary. Each State of the
Union was given the right to place
therein the statues of two of it's
citizens who had achieved great
ness. Since that was done, now
nearly half century ago, nine
teen States have placed statues of
their sons in that hall, fourteen
States the two allowed. We pull
lished in the editorial on the I'M
yelling of the statue of Miss Will
lard a list of those States which
have placed statues of their sons
there, and the names of those
sons, and will republish that list
in Sundays issue.
Last week the Henderson Coun-
ty Medical Society determined to
present to the Legislature the
claim of DR.. Ephralm Mcdowell
to have his statue placed IN the
Capitol and requested the State
Medical Society and Medical
Journal to use their influence to
have him 30 honored. We are
glad to see the action taken by
the Henderson County Medical
Society. We hope other organiza-
tions will present the names of
those whom each organization
believes the most worthy of hav-
ing their statues placed in the
Hall of Statuary, so there will be
discussion of and a revival of
interest in the lives of Kentucky's
great sons.
Some four years ago The Herald
inaugurated a contest, offering
prizes to students in the Kentucky
colleges who named the twelve
greatest of Kentucky's dead sons.
That contest was decided by q
Jury of two hundred of the lead
| ing citizens of Kentucky, and
aroused wide interest, not only in
Kentucky, but in the other States
to which Kentuckians have gone
and in which they or their de-
scendants now reside. We do not
know what, if any, action the
Legislature to be elected this year
will take about placing statues
of two Kentuckians in che Hall of
Statuary. But a widespread dis
cussion of the merits of those who
for any reason may have claims
to he so honored, will aid in hav-
/ ing the two greatest of all dead
Kentuckians selected. The Her
aid will, to aid in arousing this
interest, give four prizes-one of
$40 in gold or in books, one of
$3.50 in gold or in books, one of
SIS and one of 2.50-to the stu
dents of a Kentucky college or
public school who name the two
Kentuckians who should he hon
ored by the Legislature; the only
requisite for any one to take part
in this contest is, that he or she
must be a bona fde student at a
Kentucky college or public school.
The decision will be by the vote
of the people of Kentucky who
take an interest in it. We hope
that every paper in the State will
publish a notice Of the contest,
and will ask their subscribers to
send to The H erald the names of
the two citizens whose statues
they think should be placed in
the Hall Of Statuary. The
contest logan Monday, March
the 9th, and close Saturday,
April Goth. All selections must
| be received at The Herald Office
by that time. Only one selection
from each student will be eonsid-
cred, and if there is more than
one correct selection, the one re-
ceived at The Herald Office first
will be awarded the first prize ;