Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-02
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W. c. Y. U.
 The ladies of the W. c. T U. held meeting yesterday afternoon in the High School auditorium and presented the High School with a handsome pie ture of Frances B. Willard, the not ed founder of the w. c. T. U. Mrs. Sidney J. Hunt made the presentation speech, which was a beautifully word ed paper dealing with the remarkable life of the w. c. T. U. heroine. Miss Florence Dewoody read paper on the juvenile court, which was of special interest to the ladies present Prin- cipal J. R. Allen responded to Mrs. Hunts speech thanking the ladies for the splendid picture. His talk was full of enthusiasm and interest as s always his conversation when speak ing of the High School or building it up. He paid a tribute to the illus trious founder of the w. G. T. U, say ing her life was worth studying by every body and girl in the High School. It was announced that the w. c. T. U. would put on an oratorical contest soon and they will endeavor to interest many High School boys and girls in it by offering medals.
 At the close of the ceremonies the w. c. T. U. received the new members who came in at the last conventioll and there were several present upon whom the white ribbon was pinned bv the president In presenting the pie ture to the school Mrs. Hunt said:
 Teachers and Pupils of the Pine Bluff
 High School:
 Under the direction and by the an- thority of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union the great honor has been conferred upon me of pre- senting to the Pine Bluff High School the portrait of the founder of the Worlds Womans Christian Temper ance Union. Throughout the entire civilized world wherever the English language is spoken there is name familiar to every household, to every community and to every Christian &. father and mother. The question has often been asked in the past as in tue present, "What is there in name?' When we hear the name of Caesar, Alexander the Great or Napoleon, we think of war with its sorrow, desola- tion and pesti1ence. When we hear the name of Lafayette, Washington When we hear the name of Lincoln, we think of freedom. When we hear the name of General Grant, our minds revert to when he refused to accept the sword of General Lee and said "Let us have peace." When we hear the name of our great men, some gone 70 that farther shore from whence no traveller ever returns, some remaining with us living life of activity, we are forcibly reminded of events that buried in the past and are being re- enacted in the present. When we hear the name of Madame Curie, we think of radium, the greatest discovery since the world began. The name of Marconi suggests the wireless telc- graph system. The name of Ediso reminds us that his brilliant mind has made day possible when the sun has gone to sleep in the West. The name of Cleveland suggests the settlement of the Venezuelan question; the name of Roosevelt, while it suggests many other things, also reminds us that he stands as the Peacemaker. since he settled the great Russian Japanese war, and he Is also emine nt because the Nobel Peace Prize was bstowed upon him. The name of Thomes Jefferson recalls the Declara- ton os Independence: tns rsms nf Monroe brings to rind the famors . Monroe Doctrine; the name of Edwin Markham makes us think of the Man with the Hoe, and 80 for time inde- finite l might go on enumerating great names, both of men and wo- men, and demonstrate that after all that there must be something in |. name. If this be true of those I have mentioned, what then does the name