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

world with praise and wonder. Our
little boys could say TO him that
the Oregon. the Iowa, the Indiana.
Texas, Massachusetts,, New York,
Brooklyn and others the pride and
glory OF the American Navy OF
twelve years ago. together with |
the cruisers and ships commanded
by Dewey at Manila, are each and
all obsolete in type and are now
fit for target practice fired from
ships OF more recent construction,
or the scrap piles of our navy yards.
Dreadnoughts. thrice the tonnage
and displacement. Of greater speed
and cost are the contribution OF
modern science and development
along these lines.
Our little boy could tell this
supposed person that Cuba is free;
that Porto Rico, the Philippines and
Hawaii are under the Flag and the
Republic; of the construction Of
the Panama Canal, the discovery Of
the North Pole, of population in
this country nearly double that
shown In the census figures Of the
ninth edition of Britannica; that
the waste places of the arid west
are being reclaimed. and that with
in a month from this date, the
Roosevelt Dam, 27s feet in heigth.
storing 5000, 100000 cubic feet of
water, is to fructify hitherto barren
and waste places. making them yield
crops with profit to the producer
and helping to provide food COM
forts for the world.
Silently. steadily, resltlessly the
new is moving; the old is disap-
pearing. The force behind all this
movement is scientific study and
the adaptation Of its lessons. No
man can foretell or set reasona-
Bile limit upon the advances of
human genius and knowledge in cor
quering and making subseryient TO
our uses the unknown and hidden
forces OF nature. Only therefore
the capable--they who contribute q
share TO the fund of knowledge and
who are efficient in employing it.
, can hope to be q factor in this on.
4 ward march Of development
We must take account and ac'
; knowledge the Importance of the
1 material things of life. The growth
) of population, which must be ad
- justed to peaceful industry; thu
/. vast stretches OF hitherto unproduc
/ tive lands that are yet TO be brough
J, under cultivation; the treasures o
n mines yet to be opened up and thu
e multiplied lines OF communication
= and distribution which must be new
! ly created. Education relating I,
d agriculture and the mechanical art
n is of first consequence to the Re
Il public. The domain Of nature
e that but partially known, the lar
S ger part being yet unknown, b
observation and experiment must b
made to yield new fields of discoy
n cry The farmer in pursuit of tn
. most ancient and honorable of a
. occupations, must be taught tina
a there is a science Of agriculture, {
/, be found In extended courses @
. botany, physiology biology, chemis
a try and entomology, and tha
"a through this knowledge old orchard
N may be reclaimed, barren fields ma
, be made fertile; that the product
- Of animal and vegetable industr
10 may be multiplied in quality an
\. of animal and vegetable industr
,r may be multiplied in quality an
"a quantity, and given increased con
10 mercial value.
"a We who are here tonight are d.
" scended from sturdy and grea
in pioneer ancestry. They came
r the forests of Kentucky not impel
II ed by the lust OF gold, but to ei
in tablish a Commonwealth of FIRE,
Ia men. They carried with them loN
"a of home, reverence for law,
deep sense of the rights of maj
q as man, and here, under such col
as victions, laid the foundation of OF
10 State. It is glory TO be able
NJ claim descent from these self-rel
40 ant, freedom loving, God-fearin
m men and women. Through the
N we inherit the glory of a moral an
IN religious tone, and a faith in the
= God, reliance upon Whom carrie
"A them through the perils of frol
In tier life. Undaunted and unafrai
>. through sacrifice and suffering, the
"a founded this great Commonwealth
Ia 1t is our duty TO remember, and I
% teach our children, that we haN
=, descended from patriots.
', am old enough to have know
/, personally the fathers and CRANE
NJ fathers of many of the students {
10 this school,
"A We are proud of this dear vale
"a of the Big Sandy and of the stron
II men who settled it and gave tyr