The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-04
.MOORHEAO SPEAKS
BEFORE INSTITUTE
Formal Opening Of ceIored Social
Center Of keokuk Takes Place
Friday Evening At the
Building.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS


Year, and Musical Program 10
Furnished by Two
Members.
The second years. work Of the Peo-
ples' Institute was formally inaugu-
rated Friday evening. with an address
by Mayor Moorhead, a musical pro-
gram by Mrs. Daisy Ware Triplett, q
short talk by John f. Craig, member
OF the advisory committee, and an
outline of the plans for the coming
season by the Rev. John C. Sage, di-
rector of the institute. The assembly
hall of the institute was crowded for
the opening program, and following
the talks and music, refreshments
were served by the Woman's Council.
DR.. Sage, in his talk, recalled the
opening of the institute last February.
He spoke Of the statements made
then, that 1t could only be success
through the cooperation and work OF
the people for whom It was estab-
iished. The interes. shown last year
has shown that there Is no such word
as failure in the institute vocabulary.
DR.. Sage said, and has proved that the
colored people are going to make the
institute success.
Explains Work Of Center.
DR.. Sage explained the functions for
which the institute was established
and spoke then OF the program for the
winter work. There is splendid line!
UP OF entertainments and lectures for
the coming season, detailed announce
ment Of which was made last week in
The Gate City. Several of the classes
are ready for work and will commence
next week. The boys and mems gym
nasium class will begin Oct. II and
the girls and women's dancing class
will be ready for work In about six
weeks.
Reports from the secretary for the
attendance last year showed mem
bership Of 1S1 and . total attendance
from February 10 to June 10, of
2.464.
Preceding DR.. sage's announcements
Mrs. Daisy Ware Triplett sang Bob
olink." She was accompanied by her
sister, Miss Dora Ware. Miss. Ware
later played an instrumental number.
Mayor Moorhead Talks.
DR.. Sage introduced Mayor Moor
head to the assemblage and the mayor
spoke briefly on the topic, What
Shah Keokuk Be-" He told the mem
bers, it rested with them as to what
Keokuk should be, and urged thought
along these lines. The mayors speech
was as follows:
I have been aksed by the director
of your institute to discuss briefly this
evening the future of Keokuk. The
subject is an inspiring one, and re-
greet do not have the ability to 10 1t
justice. All of us have great faith
in the future of this city. We believe
1t will become. in time, one of the
great Industrial centers of the coun
try Now that the forces Of the mighty
have been harnessed and
put to work doing mans bidding. we
can point to material advantages in
the important matters of location and
power possessed by no other city in
the United States. These advantages,
we con fidently anticipate, will, II
rightly improved, make Keokuk the
center of an Industrial development
that will commend the attention Of the
world. But mere bigness is not
everything. Quality Is more important
than quantity. Better city of $1,000 !
Or 10000 good citizens than city of
$4,000 or 100000 Of poor or Indifferent
What Keokuk Is to be
in this vital particular rests wholly
with ourselves. 1t is for us to say
1t shall be beautiful, we'll
governed and healthy and prosperous
city or the reverse. Neither neighbor-
ing communities, the state nor the
United States can be depended upon
to do for us the things that make for
health, happiness, beauty, peace, order
and contentment. We must do these
things ourselves, and the manner in
which we do them will determine very
largely the measure of our success.
In my discussion this evening OF the
subject assigned me propose 20 dear
with it in an elementary way. shall
probably tell you many things that
many OF you already know, but 1t is
necessary that these be taken into
account because Of what is to follow
Besides it often happens that the
things that are within the common
Of almost everybody are
the very things that need most to be
pointed out and emphasized. Every
day contact and acquaintance with,
them has rendered us Indifferent to
them. It is only Vhen they are lifted
up above the dead level OF their sur
roundings that they receive the atten-
ton to which their Importance entities
them.