The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-09-10
FORMAL OPENING
EXERCISES HELD At
MILITARY ACADEMY
ADDRESSES MADE BY LOCAL MIN
IsTERs AND BY THE
PRINCIPALS.
PATRONS AM FRIENDS PRESENT
Enrolment The Largest IN H'st0'y
OF The sehooI-AIl The Rooms
Are Taken-.Many Day Pupils
Also.

ency of the weather to be present, the
formal opening exercises Of Columbia
Military Academy were held "Wednesday
morning in the Academy Chapel The
opening was the fifth in the schools
history and was noteworthy in being
the most suspicious, the enrolment
being larger, and the outlook in eV-
cry way brighter.
The exercises consisted of address
es nv local ministers, short talks be-
ing made by Rev. A. G. Dinwiddle,
Rev. George H. Mack and Rev. Wal
ter Branham Capers, and by
Colonies Hardy and Edgerton, princi
pals. Following the exercises the de-
tails of matriculation were attended
to.
II was shortly after II O'Clock when
the blare of bugle sounded as the
signal for the entry of this years stu
dent body into the chapel:|The cadets
presented a splendid appearance as
they hurried in eager haste to their
desks Present were about one hundred
and sixty bright-eyed boys, some OF
them small many of them nearly OF
mans statue. Seated upon the ros-
trum were the members of the faculty,
Col. Hardy, Col Edgerton, Capt. Coz
Capt. Stone, Capt. Ragsdale, MAJOR
Newman and Capt. Klutts, and the
local ministers.
Colonel Hardy opened the exercises
by reading the 103rd Psalm, comment
ing on it's passages as he read. Col.
Hardy emphasized, the advantages
that come to the boy who is able 10
attend school. He related pathetic
incident, by way of illustration, OF
bov but fifteen years of age who had
longed to prepare himself by study
Int who was anchored to life OF toll
by the fact that he was the sole sup
mort of a widowed mother. He de-
clared that every student present was
a
splendid advantages and great oppor-
tunities. Commenting upon the tact
that many boys on entering school be-
came homesick, Col. Hardy appealed
to them to brace up and overcome tnis
feeling" Inconsistencies has never
killed living boy" he said. 1T VIII
not kill you. l love and admire the
boy who loves him parents and VINO
feels regret at being separated from
them. This is manly. But the un-.
manly thing is for boy to surrender
to his feelings. We once had a Doy
here who gave up and after being In
school for few days went back 10
his home. That boy is now working
for fifteen dollars month, smoking
cigarettes while on the street, and
drifting down to nothing Gel
Hardy prescribed two cures for home
sickness-to read the Bible and TO
work.
Col. Hardy then introduced Rev.
George H. Mack, who delivered the
invocation.
Following the prayer Rev. A. &.
Dinwiddie was introduced by Col.
Hardy as 1.-The sunshineist elderly gen
tleman it has ever been my pleasure
to know"
DIR. Dinwiddie as preclude to MS
remarks. which were extemporaneous,
referred to Col. Hardy as "a bright
man who has a habit of keeping quiet
and looking WISE" After few pleas
entries of a personal kind, he related
an anecdote for the benefit OF the pu'
nils" Once a long time ago in the stage
coachage a man from the rural dis
tricts came to Gallatin, Tenn, for the
purpose of taking the stage coach to
Louisville. When he stepped to the
window of the ticket office and asked
for a ticket the genial clerk asked
what kind do you want, first class
second class or third class Much
DeWlluSTSu ING BSAt'SA p"7 -
ticket and it was not until he reached
the first steep hill that he found the
EXPLANATION. Then the driver sans
ont, First class passengers keel
their seats, second class passengers
get out and walk, third class passen
gers get out and push" DR.. Dinwio
die appealed to the boys to become
nushers In conclusion he extended
them a warm welcome to attend tn
First Methodist church of which he i
pastor, after having read to then
some modern newspaper beatitudes.
Rev. George H. Mack was next In
troduced. He apologized TO- tn
brevity OF his coming talk by relatihI
the story of the man who had tw'
Iannbters and who didn't permit thei