The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-05-03
Gov. Glenn Delivers a
Splendid Address.

His Theme---Large Crowd Pres
ent and the People Hear Him
GIadIy---Great Day for the Cause
of Education and Civic Virtue in
Vance County.
Tuesday, May LIST. will long be re-
membercd as IL great day III the his
tory of BOnavista Graded School at
BrarpOnd Indeed, it was Il great
dav for the cause OF education and
civic virtue III Vance county. The
occasion was the closing exercises of
the school. and the event which made
it of more than local interest was the
address of Gov. Glenn. There was Il
large attendance, people coming from
all over Vance and many from
Franklin county.
Gov. Glenn came down on the at
trrnOOn train from Raleigh. He was
met at the station by IL delegation
and escorted TO Mass 'nhurg Hotel.
Hon. james K. IO Ing, Insurance
Commissioner, accom-. panied him. \
dinner complimentary to the Cover
nor WAS given at the hotel by Mr.. ID.
Y. Cooper. TO this the trustees of
the Henderson Graded Schools, all of
the teachers, committeeman and Il
few immediate friends and family con
ncctiOns were invited. Covers were
laid for about 10 persons. Gov.
Glenn with Mrs. ID. Y. Cooper. Occn-
| pied seats at the head of the table,
and Mr.. Cooper, with Mrs. W. ID.
iIornrr, sat at the opposite end.
Mr.. and Mrs Massenburg were in
every way equal to the occasion and
did full credit tOthemselves and their
distinguished guests i'll the excellent
dinner spread. The menu was elab-
crate, the variety III good taste, the
service admirable. 1t was an infor-
NAL affair, more like II large family
group than il swell function, and
needless to say each one whose good
fortune it was to be Mr. Cooper )
guest enjoyed it to the fullest extent
Dinner over Prof Alderman moved
that Oh behalf OF the teachers Il vote
of hanks be extended to Mr. Cooper
for his generous hospitality, saying
that he did not believe such thing
WAS possible anywhere else outside of
Vance county, This was given with
u will, and Gov. Glenn thanked him
on behalf OF the whole State of North
Carolina. Mr.. Cooper modestlv ac
knOWlcd@ed his appreciation and said
the pleasure Was his, that he was
glad to be able to show in some
slight degree his interest i'll the cause
OF education and his high apprecil-
ton of the faithful and noble work
being done by the school teachers
not Onl " in Henderson but through
out Vance county.
Immediately after dinner the pro-
cessiOn formed and started for Bear
pond, where Gov. Glenn was to speak.
About 200 persons went on the train
the Others BY private conveyance.
All the carriages We're decorated with
small United States flags. Gov. q Tenn
occupied 4. 7. Barnes carriage ard
was accompanied by Mr. I'D. Y. Cooper,
Gen f. A. Macon, DR.. r. J. Gill and
Mr.. Barnes. They took the lead and
other carriages fOllowed-a long
string OF them. Many persons had
gone earlie", some in vehicles. Others
on wheels while Il few walked The
members of the Junior Order Of the
United American Workmen went out
i'll Il body and added much to the in
tercst and impresSivcncss OF the Oc-
casiOn.
Gov. Glenn was enthusiastically
welcomed and expressed his pleasure
at meeting the good people of that
community. Mr.. J. {. kittrell. Coun-
ty Superintendent of Public Schools,
was master of ceremonies and intro
duced Gov. Glenn. He showed him
self an apt and ready speaker and
was generously npplauded. His Gu
lOgies OF Vance and Ayeock and
Glenn were most fitting and timely
and before he concluded the keen
edge OF expectancy was doublv
sharpened by those who had not
heard the Governor. But swift lis
Mr.. kittrell had set the pace the
speaker of the day quickly caught
step and kept it up throughout his
excellent address.
When Gov. Glenn arose it was the
signal for fresh outbursts ofapplause
1t was Il splendid tribute paid him
their respect for the Governor. adj
miratiOn for the man and approval
and appreciation Of the good work
he Is doing-in the enthusiastic re-
CeptiOn accorded by these people.
Gov. Glenn address was laid upon
Il high plane. His theme was Phvsi-
cal, Mental and Moral Culture. and
he handled it as only man of force
and power, burning with desire to be
OF service to his fellowman. can. He
appealed the young men and Young
women, the boys and the girls, who
heard him to aspire to high and
noble ideals of life. to be strong.
courageous. sober, clean minded He
would have them cultivate their
physical powers-but mere physical
strength in itself is no better than
brute force. They must cultivate
their mental faculties as we'll But
and educated mind without charac-
ter is not enough. To physical beau
ty and cultivated mind must be
added moral culture to make the we'll
rounded man or woman. AbOve
physical or mental training charac-
ter is To be placed. And in the home
as we'll Us the school house character
Is 10 be formed. In the DAYS of youth
those habits and principles that are
TO affect the after life are formed
and right here the Governor gave
some good advice to parents in re-
gard to the proper training of their
children and knowing he kind OF lit
erature they read. Parents NAV be
particular about the associates OF
their sons or daughters. but too
often they pay little regard to the
company they keep III the books they
read.
But We cannot undertake to follow
the line of thought and argument of
Gov. Glenn. His speech was mag