The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-01

that the boy who registers 251 dosen't
get in unless some other boy fails to
show UP or is expelled. The latter
is by far the best chance the late ap-
plicant has for getting his place, for
"Old Sawney" is not at all bashful
about expulsion. 1t is his rule never
tosexpel boy who has the making OF
a man in him, but as soon as a boy
shows he hasn't the making of man
in him, out he goes. If he is mischiev-
GUS he is whipped. If he is a liar and
does things on the sly, he is ex-
PEELED. The boy who lies, and who
does things on the sly isn't of the cali
bre that appeals to "Old Sawney."
His business is making men.
Character Is Prime Requisite.
"Old Sawney" believes a man must
first of all have character. The edu-
cation of mans brain, to him, is
simply an attribute to the education
of character. To him a man means
a man who will do things the best he
knows how and who will stand for
the truth first, last and all the time
Therefore, he reasons, you must de-
velop first the character, later the in
tellect. And so, whenever there is
something he has to talk about at
the opening of the school at chapel
exercises every morning, he talks
about 1t and talks as long as he
pleases. If there are several subjects
he wants to talk about, he talks
about them all. Time is a matter of
small Importance to him as long as
he is drilling into the mind of the
youngsters before him the principles
he considers essential to American
manhood. He has been known to start
talking at eight o'clock and talk up
to the noon hour or even later. And
although the variety of subjects he
has talked on during the last forty
years has been large, he always man
ages to work in that one sentence:
Boys, don't do anything on the sly"
In these talks to the boys, "Old
Sawney" has put great emphasis upon
a boys living out his own ideals He
believes the boy who will think out
for himself a line of conduct, will
not go far astray. His philosophy on
this point may be summed up in one
word, self expression" He believes
the object of creation is to develop
Unique personality; that each is to
give an individual account of himself
at the Great Judgment, and he must
have the courage of his own convic-
lions and express himself. The foes
of man of this sort, "Old Sawney"
thinks, never can charge that he is
a cog in any machine.
webb Boys" Made Him Senator.
But Senator Webb's philosophy is
not limited to that one idea. He loves
to talk about the progress of the hui
man race, the wonderful development
of the world and especially of Amer
lea, and he likes discussions of the
largeness and smallness of the ter
restrial globe.
He was talking to a small group
of friends in Washington about his
travels. He told of being, some years
ago, in little mountain inn far up in
the Alps.
when I got there" he said, 81
looked over the register of the inn, to
see if l could find one familiar name.
searched it for days back, but there
was not single name I recognized
1 thought, here is nook in the world
where no one knows me and | know
no one,' and retired early.
Next morning 1 again looked over
the register, to see If, among the later
arrivals, there might be one whom l
had known. 1 found no one, but much
to my surprise, under the William R.
Webb, Bellbuckle, Tenn which l had
placed SO boldly on the register the
night before, there was written, in an
other hand, the words, old Sawney.
So you see, boys, the world isn't such
a big place after ALL"
Senator Webb was born in Per
son county, N. c., in 1912. He was
II years old when his boys" elected
him to the short term in the United
States senate. His maternal grand
father, Richard Stanford, who for
many years represented the metropol-
itan district of North Carolina in the
United States senate, was chairman
of the house finance committee, which
had charge of starting the first United
States mint. Senator Stanford was
known as the Daddy of Dollars"
One of Eleven Children.
William R. Webb was one of eleven