The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-01

ute befpre the apptaudlng audience
would allow him to proceed Finally
1 when he had bowed his acknowledge
ment of the compliment, the applause
ceased and he was given the most rapt
attention; for, as MI. Padgett charac
i teriZed them, bis words were words
of wisdom, and they were eloquently
spoken Mr.. CaTmack did not speak
exceeding fifteen minutes, but there
| was never more saIdlin so short time ;
and as he warmed to his subject he
held spell bound the nina and thought
of the young and old alike; and there
was but one regret, that he had not
been given more notice, and an hour
of time. Mr.. Carmack's speech was
words of cOngatulation to the old and
admonItlon to the, young, and every
sentence was an important truth well
told. Time snd space forbId that we
should synopslsIze any of. the speeches.
Congressman Padgett.
Congressman Padgett followed; he
was also given most complimentary
reception and the frequent rounds of
appaulse showed that he had his audi
ence en- rapports with him. He had
enjoyed the eloquent message of the
distinguished Senator, he said, but
there were some practical, maybe home
ly words that must be spoken, and he
wanted to speak a few OF them. And
with that he made very strong appeal
for cooperation by the parents with the
principals of the, school The school
must have 1t to do well and the Dovs
must have il to do well To-Day is
the beginning of this school, = he said
: Il hope its end will be In the centuries
yet TO come That 1t may reach its
highest purpose and attain the greatest
goou, let's all of us co operate and not
criticise. We should have that conf
deDce in these teachers that they will
train and treat our hoys right, that
they Will use all proper effort and !
means to develop them to their best
inter st, or else we should save expense
by keeping them at home.
Prof Hardy said be desired that the |
student body should make, first of all, |
the acquaintance Of the pastors OF Co |
ldmbia, and therefore called several!y |
upon the pastors to say word to the i,
boys. They all responded and most fe-
licitously: Messrs Tunnel, OF the Bap |
tist Church, inwiddie. of the South |
Columbia Methodist Church, Provine.
of the First Cumberland, Capers, of s..
Peters, and Cherry. of the First Meth
odist. Mr.. Barthell, of Nashville, one
of the trustees of the school. also
made short talk of congratuiation and
good wishes
Professor Hardy then announced that
the informal proceedings would con
clude with the benediction; that after
the benediction the students would
remain and sign the honor card,
which would be taken as an enroll
ment. Rev Mr.. Tunnel pronounced the
dismlssing the audience,
and the fun came watching the expires
sions of the boys as they read the caTds
which were handed them, which read
IS follows:
81 pledge my honor as a gentleman
that | will not be off the premises OF
my home or boarding place after dark
without the permission of the princi-
pals. =
Prof Hardy explained this fully. so
hat every boy would know and under
'tand what he was signing. The pledge
applied to the town boys rs well as the
boys who board on the campus; no boy
IAN leave his home at night without
)6fHllse1Ou vi THO HIluClpuio, II VIC
,annot be reached by phone and you
hink the circumstances Justify your
,oing, you go at your own risk; for
'our going must be reported to us the
GLOWING morning, and if we would
lot have given eur consent, then the pen
Ilty follows; and whatever the parent
pay think of this, we expect their CO.
operation OF else we would prefer that
hey should not enter their boy; for
their help we cannot control
i'm and unless we can control him
We cannot keep him; for one bad boy in
school ls like one rotten apple In
arrel, 1t will spoil all the rest.
This statement was greeted with APP
lause. Prof. Hardy thanked the audi
noe for the applause, and said: "The
ret time the clash comes i hope you
I'LL still applaud.
Two new men have been added to the
sculty. The faculty now CONSISTS OF
'rofs. Hardy and Edgerton, Principals,
'rofs Cody, (MathematicslL. J. Lewis.
I Sheffield, Ala. an alumni OF Cum
erlsnd University, Greek Louis Spen.
ar Daniel. Swedish Gymnasium and
chool of.Oratory), and Major Martin,