New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-26
PRAISES BERRY SCHOOL
pooseyeIt Commends Work Be-
ina Done for Founder.
TELLS OF HIS VISIT THERE
hundreds Gather at Meeting to
Arouse Interest in South
eru Institution.

:, numbers and enthusiasm can be taken
=. a criterion by which TO measure ma
ia, results the public meeting in the
,.,.rests OF the Berry School. at Mount
80 Ga. held last night in the grand
,.,,room Of the Hotel Aston, will act as a
sr,.,did inspiration to Miss Martha Berry,
~. head of the school, who Is affectionatc-
:, Known among the Georgian hills as
,,. sunday lady Of Postum Trot.' in
..,rvinr on the good work. The big ball
rcom was fairly we'll filled with those in
,,rssted in the practical education of the
Southern hishlanders-
rx.President Roosevelt, George ". Per
.;ns. DR.. Albert Shaw and Judge Moses
Wright. Of Rome, Ga. all spoke on he
,.lf Of Miss Berry's enterprise. They
raid high tribute &c the courage and
.n,iencv with which the Sunday lady
Of Postum Trot" had conducted the school
Spring the last ten years. starting with
few pupils in little old log cabin and
developing the institution 10 its present
magnitude with two hundred mountain
hoys and girls we'll housed and cared
70, in substantial buildings
Miss Berry gave ar interesting talk Of
her experiences in the work and the re-
sits which had been accomplished at the
school 4 series of steriopticon pictures
NJ the school buildings. the pupils and
N. hill Businesses in which the school Is
situated we're thrown on screen and ex-
NAMED by Miss Berry.
Fx.Presi6ent Roosevelt came IN In the
DARK while the pictures were being shown.
but he was quickly recognized on the plat
form. and an interruption of several minutes
ensuei. during which he was heartily APP
alsuded When his turn came 10 speak he
said in part
4 have come here because 7 feel that
Miss Berry has not only done q great work
FOR Georsia. hut has set a splendid exam
RE To- all of US throughout tho union.
believe that the state can and must do
much more than II has in many directions
but II never can supplsnt the best type Of
PERSONAL cndeavor. The highest type of
work is always done by the man or woma n
Who literally feels driven to do it because
II the very heart and soul within him. And
his is the spirit in which Miss Berry is
doing her work. II is the kind of work
that ought 10 be done in every state.
iht White House. She appeared there one
rornng when | was very busy with ap-
r1ntments with various Senator's and Con-
.Iessmen who were waiting TO see me. At
hrS ] couldn't quite place Miss Berry. but
shsn J did ! sent for her and wanted 10
hear her story right away. She insisted
tina, tho statesmen and politicians ought
Dot II wait. but ! told her they could wait
all right ! knew pretty we'll what each
one Of them would say. and they were
speaking for themselves and she was speak
ing for others"
Mr. Roosevelt described his visit 10 the
school shortly after ne returned from
frics. when he said he vas driven up 10
The buildings behind NIP" and Tuck"
known as the concert mules" at the school
because they had been purchased with the
proceeds Of benefit concert given there.
It was AZ inspiring sight TO see what
had been dome he said The BOYS that
are being helped TO help themselves are
the ve-v best type Of fun blooded Amer
iesns They come from just the same kind
ef cabins in which Andrew Jackson ana
'hrsham Lincoln were reared"
Tho eX-President said that II was the
duty # all good citizens 70 help the school
ira terie!ly. ard he made sn earnest plea
for contributions toward the work He said
that the school each year had twice as
many applicants as ii could accommodate.
snd it. vas the particular desire AZ this
time - Miss Berry and the other teachers
10 enlarge the girls department.
Nj Perkins outlined the work OF me
tschcc' ana reviewed what had been &C
sor1nlished so far He said II cost about
800 D. wear for each hoy, and while they
Were supposed TO contribute $50 toward
,osf sum they were seldom able to do il
Judge Wright said tho state approved SO
ihorouehlv OF the Berry school that the
legislature had passed a law 10 establish
nine such schools IN The mountain districts
modelled as nearly as possible after the
Pan sch