The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-03

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 pure and heaithful than the well water
 that has been consumed in the past.
 The Address of pr. Hamill-
 The address of Dr. Hamill to the | almuni this morning was an interest
 ing line of conclusions drawn by the 1 speaker after an eight months stay in
 the realm of Japan engaged in Chris
 tianizing work. He is the superinten- 1 dent of the training department of the
 Methodist Episcopal Sunday School. l For many years Dr. Hamill has been
 noted in all the South as a man of pro- l found thought and as gifted orator. | He overcame the difficulties of body
 this morning as it did mast night at
 the alumni banquet and swayed his 1 magnifcient audience by an array of
 new thruths about Japan and new pos-
 abilities of Nippo which gave a fine 1 opportunity for eloQuence. This op- l portunity the speaker met.
 pr. Hamill referred to Japan as the protege of the United States justifying the term by the recounting of instances where Japanese emulate the civiiisa- tion of this nation. The speaker said he had an opportunity to see what a | powerful coterie of diplomats there are | who surround the Mikado in his little i cabinet. They are the most talented counselors and the wisest observers the world can present today. Their shrewdness is stamped upon every move of importance that is made by the rival countries must keep their | eyes wide open.
 | The most of pr. Hamill's speech was devoted to successive outlines of the | methods of agriculture, the Japanese as man, the Japanese as a woman and as child. Also there was an interesting lecture in itself about the school system of the Japanese. Tne little brownies are so many sided that they make the most interesting study of any nationality perhaps on the face of the globe, according to the speaker.
 What attracted the attention of Dr. Hamill more than in any other eoun- culture in use by the brown Mon keys" This Is evidenced at first glance by remembering that on an area a little more than that of Cali fornia and containing upwards of fifty million inhabitants. enough products of the earth is raised for the support of the nation. Every farm there is a garden. The farms will average less than ten acres. They are the most beautiful farms ever seen by the speaker. Nature has so endowed them but the industry of the Japanese won derfully supplements the endowment
 In Japan. too. every force is utiI-
  ments is a distinguishing characteris- | tic of the Japanese nation. The speak | CT painted a beautiful picture of the typographical and geographical aspect of Japan. He described the grand stretch of the mountaina of Japan 1 some of them as high as sixteen thos- and feet, from whose awful heights, crawling through the perennial snows | the blessed rains percolate down into | the fertile but limited valleys, mak- | ing of the farms of Nippo the best 1 irrigated proprty in tn world. So in- | tnsively does the Japanese work his farm that he is not satisfied with the radish of the American dimensions but is chagrfned if he pulls from the row one of these vegetables less than half the length of mans body.
 Jap's Fighting Qualities.
 The speaker marvelled at what his- tory has told of the fighting qualities of the Jap. He made an Investigation and found that three factors go to &C., count for the endurance and fighting | qualities of this nationality. First, said the speaker, the Japanese has never ] been whipped, and this Is tremend- ous advantage. Second. he has a hap py way of not knowing when he is whipped. Third. the wonderful com polling power of Paganism which has made an impress upon the race of Nippo that will require generations to efEace. The Japanese under the dogma of Buddhism, believes that to see his | own blood overspreading the lotuses Of the soil is to safely translate him to the heaven of his religion.
 Speaking of the women of Japan, Dr. Hami1l made the humorous remark that they present some of the most exQuis- itely beautiful types that have ever | met his eye, adding that they dcn't ' wear any merry widows, either" He narrated some of the social functions of entertainment at which he was a guest and the courtly customs of the l women and men on the occasions of l society. Art is everywhere evident in the land of the Mikado. The best ex- planation of the cause of this prevail | ence of Japanese art is the supreme | love, yea, even worship of nature, by | the little brownie. After sixteen hours 1 of enervating work, the Japanese la 1 borer can be often seen vending his
 way homewards. and as he hears his | home plucks a glistening flower which he presses to his lips in genuine ador- ation. A tribute to the Japanese coolie
 was included in Dr. Hamilfs lecture
 The children of Japan, according to | pr. Hamill, are compelled to go to
 school from the time he Is years old
 until he is 12. They are given in many 1 of the public schools excellsnt courses in English. It is the universal desire 1 to acquire English in speech and writ ing. The advance that Is made by the | children, some of them mere tots, in | the knowledge of English, was almost
 past the understanding of the speaker 1 The complexities of the Japanese list | of language characters was used by l pr. Hamill as a feature for extremely l humorous and instructive remarks. The statistics of the Japanese show | ing tha terrible number of suicides In
 mat country are explained by the
 sneaker by telling of the fatalism of l the Japanese religion. They got as-
 surance seemingly in walking into VOL
 untary death at trivial disappointments. l The same is true of the women. Their
 nerve is superb and they can face im- 1 mediate disaster with greater sang 1 froid than any nationality the speaker
 has ever known.
 One of the grand conclusions of pr. l Hamiu was. that notwithstanding hIs
 belief that the naval and military
 forces of the United States united In a l fight for a righteous cause could whip
 any nation in the world, 1t would talk
 the marshaling of all our strength to
 meet the power of Japan even at this l iuncture There was no prediction of | war between Japan and the United 1 States. In truth. the address of the sneaker was pitched on the Idea that l there Is an interdependent relationship
 between this country and Japan in the Orient.
 pr. Hamill was introduced by B. B. | Joseph, Jr.. of Montgomery. who is prAsidant of the Alumni Association