The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-11-24
THANKSGIVING
At THE SCH0o.' IS
Special Exercises Held Tod.E. I
Each Building 9
APPROPRIATE SERVICE,
Prominent Citizens Tell Of the Mean
Ing of Thanksgiving and Why
g We should Set Aside a Day
to Give Thanks for Our
Manifold BLESSINGS.

The program OF Thanksgiving
talks was carried out at the various
school buildings as announced yester-
day afternoon Prof. =. C. Brooks
made the talk at the high school al
the morning exercises this morning
DR.. Frank c. Brown spoke at the
Fuller school st the same hour Mr.
u. $. skinner, former principal Of the
North Durham school, spoke al. that
school at 1915, and Rev Carl Broth
spoke to the children Of the Edge
mont school at ii.3o. Rev. Sidney s.
Bost was the speaker at the More
head building. and the exercises there
began al i2s5.
Al all of the schools a song service
was rendered appropriate TO the
Thanksgiving season. The address OF
Professor Brooks al the high school,
though serious, throughout. was de-
llvefed with such vim that the atfen-
flon OF the children was held from
beginning TO end.
Professor Brooks began by saying
that the day which was 20 be eele-
bFated tomorrow was not only a
Christian and an American holiday.
but one that n at present and has
been for ages back. celebrated by all
people OF the earth. The Indians
celebrated the same day in, the feast
OF the new corn, which took plaee
soon after the crop vas gathered In.
and pns attended BY feasting and
dancing. All nations recognized that
Il IA the proper thing to give thanks
for the product OF their labors and
the haryests OF the fields for the past
year.
The speaker then made compari-
son or the many changes and I'm
pfuyeinents along all lines that the
present generation enjoys. which
previous generations we're deprived
OF. The differences In dress. In poll
flies. in occupations. In the manner Of
living and In the educational faeil-
flies, we're told OF. Modern develop
ment aud inventions nave made u
possible for thousands OF men 10
make llyings out of occupations that
IN tho days Of Washington were un-
known. Where there are hundreds
of occupations today. In Washing
TONS time there were less than q
dozen, End IN Caesars time ther were
only about -four way In which a man
might make his living. a.
Through all OF these changes there
have been underlying and fandamen-
lai principles that have kept the In
sdiyiduai members Of the different
generations In the right relations TO
themselves and 20 the generations
that came after them. This Is the
spirit OF reverence and justice.
Mr.. Brooks then told the story Of
Richard Arkwrieht. the inventor Of
the spinning frame. to show that II a
man grows he must take an interest
In things other than those Of tho
small circle N which he mOves. The
life of James Watts. the Inventor Of
tho steam engine. illustrated the
same point. Every man Is the center
Of number Of circles. his home,
neIghborhoou. business and commun-
ity circles. The man that makes no
luItinl move 70 get out OF the circle
that Immediately surrounds him
never serves the world 20 his fullest
ability. The man who do get out.
not only serve the generation and the
community. but exert an Influence
that IL felt the world over.