Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-27

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2. Education of the people at large !
to the necessity of safeguarding Amer /,
lean resources. From the beginning, |,
he said, we have been taught that the /
natural resources of this continent are
|inexhaustlble, and now that science
has taught a few of us differently we
must employ educational agencies to
change this traditional view so long
held by Americans.
3. Legislation that will reflect the
settled will of citizenship educated
in the findings of Investigators. 1t
should be criminal matter for any
citizen to exploit for his present per-
sonal gain the resources which belong
to the permanent general good.
4. Organization to extend and deep
en- the working intelligence of these
Informed people until It shows results
in more advanced power and skill. The
real wealth of the nation Is not In
iron or wood or coal, but in the intel
ligence of the people. This alone is
the source of initiative, the lack OF
which has heretofore handicapped the
Southern states. Only initiative is re-
quired to enable the South to manufac-
| ture it's own raw material and thereby
guarantee to the district producing 1t
the real value of any finished product.
skill is our new IDEAL" he said,
land skill is one of the fruits Of organ
lied intelligence and proper education.
Let us hope that the time will never
come when Texas schools will fail to
supply the real wants of society in
skill and power over the nature which
sustains our life"
Concluding, he pointed out that the
result of the present back-to-the-farm
movement depends very largely upon
the farm environment that will con,
duce to comfort and contentment. Here
woman must lead the way, and there
fore it is Just as important to develop
through right education the skill OF
the cooks and homemakers as that OF
the men who SOW and reap.
"The Value of Attractiveness in
Town and Country" was Editor Dealy's
subject. and his address treated broad
Ily the reasons underlying the move
ment for civic Improvement Every
man who wears necktie," said he,
, "confesses the power Of attractiveness.
How many farm houses are blots on
the beautiful nature which surrounds
them, may be observed through the
window of any railway train. Houses
are implanted, outbuildings dilapidated
and fences unkempt. This lack OF at
: Effectiveness always gives us an I'M
preston of slovenliness and dlscon
tent.
!. Exactly the same thing is true OF
towns. Only the attractive house anc
: the attractive town can create tina
i impression of industry and comfor
: which. in the case of the town, is Sc
i necessary to desirable growth ant
0 prosperity. Seattle, Los Angeles, DE
:. troit and Buffalo are only few or th'
: cities to know that their beauty II
) their chief asset.
e "Attractiveness is also just as es
: sential to maintain the self-respect o
a town as it is to maintain the sell
0 respect of man. Patriotism is oni.
this larger self-respect."
): Mr.. Dealy then outlined an IDEA
d Texas town, giving pointed advice II
: the matter of public buildings, such a
t. the courthouse, the town hall, the pub
S lie school and the railway station
S which he called "the front door o
n town. He concluded: mo large eS
l. penditure of money is necessary Z
s carry out these suggestions. After all
the problem is merely another brancl
of the conservation movement whicl
has been discussed so often durln
!, this congress: 1t is no more than Tn
!. separate problem of minimizing waste
, error and carelessness in the publ
.. property of the citizens i,
!. Another advanced movement loof
ing in the same direction was treate
O by A. s. Blankenship, who is an e.
i tension lecturer from the state un
v versity. With all the enthusiasm tina
:. youth and that intimate acquaintanc
q with the conditions he desires
q change can give, he advocated maxim
~ the rural schoolhouse the social cente
y of farming or village communities
n nointing out that music, the stereopt
:. con and a library are cheaply access
: BILE to such groups, il they VIII onl
u co-operate together to organize cl
: culating system. There is nothing &c
20 this movement to overcome but Il
" ertia. The social center movement
= the country does not have to COMBS
poolrooms, moving picture shows an
n the cheap theater. He added war
ing. however, that no social ehth
N siasm should make the farmers forge
% that their school building Is primaril
% devoted to teaching and should alwal
o. be equipped, not as church OF Gu
g but as a schoolroom.
q. The length of these addresses 10
ID bade general discussion until the co
!. gress came to the point OF electir
n. next years officers. Then, with
q. burst of informal expression ana me
,, riment. the delegates unanimously l
= sisted that the present officers shou
,s continue to perform the same duti'
70 which have, in some cases, been ther
for many years. They are: PresldeI
o. e. w. Kirkpatrick, of Mckinney; v.
h. president, e. w. Knox, OF san "A
tonic; and secretary-treasurer, T. '
Larkin, of Beaumont.
The following affiliated orgahlz
lions announced their appointees
SIS the executive committee of the &c
~ eral congress, as follows:
Is State Horticultural Society,
" Faulkner, of Waco.
a Texas Swine Breeders Associate
eu H. r, Singleton, OF Mckinney.
ne Texas Dairymen's Association, b.
re Frasher, of Cleburne.
Isl Texas Nurserymen's Association,
81 R. Mayhew, of Waxahachie.
Oh State School Trustees Assoclatlc
On Fl. C. Simon, of Beaumont; Texas =