The log cabin Democrat., 1907-07-04

| "A4Su NSN' n. S. hllIdl, WuO IS now endeavoring to locate the nor nal at Benton, had used when writing short description of Con- way while he was president of Hendrix College. When our Board of Trade, " said MT. Hurt, desired short time ago to issue a little folder setting forth the ad- vantages of Conway, nothing i'll the whole realm of literature could be found which so truthfully, so completely and yet in so few words described the natural advantages of our city," He then read the following:
 Conway is a thriving little city of 5000 inhabitants, situated on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Ry., 30 miles northwest of Little Rock, and only seven miles from the geo. graphical center of the state. Be- ing one mile south of the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, on the edge of small prairie, in an open grove of magnificent oaks, it is by nature one of the most beautiful and healthful towns in the state. It is seven miles from the Arkansas River. It is unusually we'll drain ed. Being south of the mountains, Conway is subject neither to rsgor- ous winters nor sudden climatic changes so injurious to delicate constitutions; yet its altitude pre- cludes malarial influences, and the fresh breezes from the prairie pre- vent the facilitating effects result ing from heat in places less favora- ply situated though ill higher alti- tudes.
 A few well-chosen remarks were then made by Hon. G. w. Dona- ghey, and the argument for Con- way was closed in a splendid ad- dress by Pres. s. Anderson of Hen drix College. While MT. Ander- son outlined a number of logical reasons for the location of the nor nal here, he emphasized the fact that there would be no lack of har- mony between the normal and the two denominational colleges al ready located here, but that, on the contrary, each would be of much benefit to the other. He was very earnest on this point and referred to the fact that the men who held the destinies of our col leges in their hands were among those who most ardently desired the normal located here.
 pr. Roses Address.
 MT. Donaghey, who acted as chairman of the meeting, then in- troduced Dr. Wycliffe Rose, who delivered the principal address of the afternoon. Dr. Rose is one of the South s most brilliant educa- tors, and although still a young man, he was for ten years dean of the Peabody Normal College at Nashville, resigning to take up his present work as secretary of the Peabody fund. Dr. Rose strongly believes that education should be directed along agricultural lines in the rural districts, his idea being that by making farm life more at tractive and profitable by intelli- gent and scientific training, the great mass of country boys may be kept from going to the cities from the tarms; and 1t was along this line that his address was mainly directed. Several utterances of Dr. Rose were construed as favOra- ble to Conway as location for the normal. He expressed gratifica- ton at the fine educational spirit manifested by our people, and said that this was worth more to such an institution than coal mines, waterworks or any such industries. I1C uSiu tuS AoPI oee>'iA o ~ audience for an hour and fifteen minutes and was frequently inter- rupted with applause.
 Hon. Harry l.. Ponder was then introduced as "the silver-tongued and silver haired orator of Walnut Ridge" He captivated the audi, ence with his irresistible wit and eloquence and won the admiration of everyone who heard him.
 State Superintendent J. J. Doyne, who was already known and admired by Conway audiences, was then introduced. Owing to the lateness of the hour, Prof. Doyne made only short address. He stated that the purpose ot the board was not to favor any certain locality, but to do the best possl- ble for the institution which they
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