The Green Forest tribune., 1909-09-10
PUBLIC SCHOOL RALLY
Excellent Address Delivered
 by County Examiner Bunch

NAOoi OlCots WAlO AAloOCo AASoi ing the address of County Ex- aminer J. c. Bunch at the Bap- tist church on last Friday night, missed a great deal, for it was a talk well calculated to inspire de. termination and action in any boy or girl, be their condition in life what it may.
 Mr. Bunch's talk was directed altogether to the school children. He told them the simple stories of the lives of several of our great men, following them through childhood and early training. He found that none of them had accomplished more during early lives than is pos- sible with the average boy of this country.
 In the childhood of Washing ton he found but little that was out of the ordinary, except that he was obedient to his parents and teachers, courteous, honest and determined in his purpose to do something. The same natur- al elements that made Wash ington are possessed by practi- cally every boy today. Tn @ same may be ssid of every other man who has attained great sue- cess. It all depends upon the laying of the foundation what character of structure is going to be built.
 In his illustrations of how suo- cess may be attained by the most humble Mir. Bunch cited several instances where youngsters of Carroll county have came up from the "sticks" to attain great success, among whom he melton ed William Doxey, who not long since graduated from the Naval Academy st Annapolis, Md, and who now holds 8 prominent posi- tion in the Navy; Dr. J. A. Worthington, who went from Green Forest to attain fame as Q physician and surgeon in the service of the United States, be- ing now on one of our great Man. of- Wars; Miss Emma Simmons, 8 poor country girl, whose edu- cation was started in a country district near Berryville, whose determination has led her to l gradaute from one of the great est educational institutions of America, and who is now tour ing the old world at the expense of the University of Michigan, by which great school she is em = ployed as . teacher. He could have given many more.
 Taking it all in all, Mir. Bun- chs lecture was really one of great merit and it is to be regret. ted that there were but few of our boys and girls present to hear him. He spoke for more than an hour, holding rapt atten . tion throughout.
 Following Mir. Bunch, Mir. Bur- ney made short talk express- ing profound appreciation on the part of the people of Green Forest for the splendid address delivered, deploring the fact that the attendance upon such an im- lportant occasion should have been so small.
 | Mr. Burney had hoped that there would not only be present g. representative crowd the chil- dren, but that many patrons would be on hand to hear some matters of much importance to tue school discussed. He said there were many things of vital importance that he as principal of the school desired to discuss. It l has been eight years since he left
 the Green Foreet school and he comes back almost total stran- ger to many things. The pupils are all now to him. He knows not how to classify them. He expects to make mistakes and he desired to get in touch with the parents, but an earn est effort had failed to get only g few oi those he knew to be loyal to come out.
 Hc said the coming term of school may be 8 failure. It de- pends upon the cooperation ac- l corded hx thA natrons. If fha,r