The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
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 that we have not given our country boys and girls an adequate education?
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 Do you realize that for nearly forty years the south has been almost a cipher in the councils of the democratic party because the southern youth has not been given an adequate education? And do you realize from the summing up of this case that the democratic party has simply been party to the opposition and many times held up to the scorn of man just be- cause the youth of the south has not been adequately educated? Do you realize that the democratic party has always recruit ed It's leaders from the south and the reason of it's weakness now is because of the fact that the southern youth Is not being given an adequate education?
 Do you realize that in New York, Chicago and other parts of this country. where southern boys have had a chance to get an adequate education with youthf from other sections, that they have main tained a leadership?
 DO you realize that at the time of the great revolution the country looked to the south for It's leaders2 Do you realize that the men who framed and signed the declaration of independence were mostly from the south? Do you realize that they looked to the south for their statesmen to guide them and to frame that great instrument? Do you realize that they then looked to the south for their chief executive and their chief justice?
 Do you realize that when the Barbary pirates scourged the seas and the En- ropean nations made them stop it re- mained for a southern president in the name of freedom sent ships through the straits of Gibraltar Into the Mediterran- can sea to wipe them out? And do you remember that 1t was a southern man -atI F., one cent for tribute? Do you realize that the call today Is exactly for the leadership as in the days of old and that we have none to send out, as we have not educated our youth?
 Sea of Life.
 "lt seems to me that as we navigate this sea of life each one of us Is a ship and that we should map out our course so as not to allow the winds and the waves to buffet or chance to hurl us as a derelict. We should have the sail and the rudder and the compass and take for a definite port.
 'I believe that we have two great op- portunities in our life. l will not elabo- rate the first one. but 1t Is very important. Each one should make of himself or herself the finest specimen of man or woman physically intellectually and spir- itualy. The second one I would impress upon your mind today. Don't let your life drift about and simply make a light imprint on the sands, but grasp every op- portunity and aim at those things which are permanent and to your good. I would try to enlarge the circle of my influence and try to help out every one in that circle as much al possible.
 T think I can say without any suc- cessful chance of contradiction that you can make no mistake in contributing to this school at Camp Hill. Fifty dollars and what is 1t with n soul to be ben ited? Prof. Ward. don't turn any more boys or girls away Take them In and let the people of Birmingham know how much you need to keep them there, and bear In mind that at any time I can help you in my feeble way that you can command me to the limit of my power" Samuel C. Lancaster of the good roads division of the department of agriculture, who has accompanied Capt. Hobson on his tour through the Sixth district, made a short talk and was followed by Judge Feagin who made an impassioned appeal for the education of the country boys and girls.