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

pnlll many VI Nho bbou Nhihb' Nv
said.-Ed.)
come not as stranger, but as
one OF you--a loyal and devoted
son OF Big Sandy,
In the month OF February. 1868,
therefore forty-three years ago, |
became pupil OF the Masonic
Academy here In Louisa, and, dur
ing ali the lapse OF years since those
happy. care-free days Of boyhood
have never ceased gratefully to
remember the guidance and
instruction OF one who has
lived and wrought among
you for more than forty years, en-
poying his grea. talents OF voice aud
pen 10 promote and advance the In
forests Of the community he loves
80 we'll and has served so faithful
~. IL Is natural, therefore, to find
DR. wroten actively supporting this
institution OF learning. which | am
sure he hopes may be perpetuated
upon more enduring foundation
than was the school he established
IN this community and which en-
poyed the labors and aspirations OF
his young manhood In the old time
referred TO this community was a
paradise for simplicity, a simple life
but comfortable and full OF sweet
ness.
II Is expected and natural that
you are. as you ought TO be, proud
that this Institution OF learning has
been established here in Louisa
and mistake the quality Of your
citizenship II you shall be found
No in zeal in supporting the
baud OF worthy men and women VIII
have planned this splendid enter
prise and stand committed to Ia
growth and success. The organiEa
ton o; This school was h,npl
thought There was bIth necrsei
~ and demand that systen o
cdacatiOn ut reasonable cost adapt
to the needs OF the tenCners an,
I Aer young men and women of tn
.SanS Valley should be established
conveniently near their homes,an,
better town or community 70
these requirements could not b.
found than right here in Louisa,
am reminded that today |
\ five days after the anniversary o
the birth OF Abraham Lincoln. an,
~ five days before the anniversary O
the birth OF George washingto
the two emlnently great Americans
No academy welcomed either TO II
shades. and no college crowned q
Their with It's honors. To read, t
wr'te and TO cipher we're their sol
degrees In knowledge. Great a
these two men were, who shall sa
how much and how often they n
GREETED the circumstances SURROUND
ing their youth. depriying them {
the privileges and benefits of a
education7 They and others onl
less great. have amply testified I
their sense OF personal loss the Sci
ious handicap suffered from lack {
educational training which woul
have given added power in the
upward struggle toward the topmoi
pinnacle OF human fame, The |
braries OF Andrew Carnegie, II
Institute founded by Peter Coope
and the ample donations OF funC
by Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Johr
Hopkins, Leland Stanford, an
other self-made sons of America Il
ward the endowment and support I
educational institutions, are b,
30 many tokens OF their appreciate
of the benefits of an education The
contributions are TO be taken I
signifying the desire OF each tht
the growing youth of our land ms
be spared the misfortune OF beir
denied the advantages OF education
al training. the loss OF which
their own lives furnished the moti'
and inspiration for these benefa
lions 10 the cause OF education.
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