The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-02-24

K. \. c. STUDENTS
Listened to Fine Addresses
Friday Evening.
The Court House Was Packed TO
Hear HIsssTs. HsgeT, Woods,
and Others.

The rally OF the students OF the
Kentucky Normal College which was
held al the Court House on FRI
day night last was a splendid event
and will long be remembered by
all who attended. Our people be-
Ran TO assemble at an early hour
and BY seven o'clock, the beginning
hour. the oapacious court room was
hacked 10 the limit. The attend
ance Of Louisa people alone was
sufficient To fill the house COM
fortably. and by the time the X.
N. c. students arrived II looked i'm.
possible to crowd another human
being into the room Every foot
OF seating and standing space was
filled. and many were compelled TO
leave without obtaining entrance,
II was great audience, one suffi-
Client to inspire and put speaker
on his mettle
Prof. y NJ. Kennison, Of the fac
ulty, opened the exercises with
prayer and was followed by Judge
+. S. Thompson, who made cley-
er speech OF welcome. II is doubt
ful II Just such another speech OF
welcome was ever made, unless
Judge Thompson made II, and he
says he never made one before. II
was semi-serious, semi-humorous
address, reminiscent along some
lines, but replete with good advice,
mingled with historical and scriptur.
~ Illustrations, all made In style
which delighted his large and at
tentiye audience,
Mr.. w. d. o'Neal had been ask
ed TO Introduce the next speaker
Mr.. John F. Hager. OF Ashland, and
II was done in very pleasing and
effective way. Mr.. o'Neal made
numerous aud apt illusions to Mr
Hagers life from boyhood TO the
present. telling OF what he had
achieved through application, deter
mInatlon and strength OF character;
how he had risen by his own efforts
from the cabin and the pilot house
OF Big Sandy steamboat to his
present enyiable position in the
courts OF the land, being q power IN
these courts, felt at home, in the
Capitol and IN the Supreme Court
OF the land. Mr.. 0Neal told the
young men that they could ant
should profit by this example o.
what boy could do If he lived
right and tried,
On page seven OF this issue o.
the News win be found all OF Mr.
Hager's splendid address for whiel
we could possibly find room. W,
very much regret that because o
limited space single word shoult
be left out OF the News. II was al
address full OF profound thought, o
noble sentiment. of useful lesson
lofty incentive, Of practical advice
all couched In chaste and correc
English and expressed forcibly an'
eloquently. The address was /
classic. and the News is glad tha
Mr.. Hager may some day give II L
the public in pamphlet form an,
IN It's entirety. II was listened :,
with profound attention and wa
we'll received. many expressing tn
opinion that It was the best ad
dress they had ever heard on a sim
liar occasion.
Another Ashland man, born ant
reared In Lawrence. and at on,
time a worthy citizen Of Louisa, Mr.
John w. Woods, had come to ou
town in answer to an invitation I,
address the students OF the col
lege and the people among whom
he had lived and who loved ant
respected him. After an appropriate
and wel spoken introduction b
MIR. F. II. Yates, Mr.. Woods address
ed the large assemblage. He wa
glad to come, he said, for yarlou
reasons He was to speak to hi
own people, in the town which ha
been his home, and for school ii
which he was deeply interested. Tn
lessons he sought to teach on thi
occasion were of the most practica
sort. drawn from his own experlenc
Along one line Mr.. Woods was es
pecially strong and forceful. an
!. was this: To find the subject 70
like, and follow H. In othe
words, waste no time in studies 0