The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-21
SENATOR KELLER
ON CENTENNIAL
OF ILLINOIS BIRTH
Wants Every County of the IOl in
State to Organize Asso-
citation.
ALEXANDER. COUNTY WILL
BEGIN WORK AT ONCE
Excellent Program Given at High
School Yesterday Attended
by Many Teachers.
ALEXANDER. COUNTY WILL
BEGIN WORK AT ONCE

The pupils Of the Cairo pu5li
schools enjoyed vacation VIII /
the teachers of the city ana III
country schools rot only were in
lstructed but highly entertained a
the enc day session Of tho AleXan
der County Teachers Institute, yes
terday, i'll the Assembly Room a
the High School, by a program o
excellence, which incllded music y,
4 dCub'c Quartcttc OF young lad,
Pupils, and talks by County Sunt
Fanny p. Hacker. City Supt. T. c
Clendeacn, Mrs. W. n. Butler, Er
). b. Cary, Miss Margaret Wilson,
Rev. Alfred NJ. Eclls all of this city;
and State Senator Kent e. Keller OF
Ava, Ill.
Senator Keller is member of the
llliaois Centennial Commission. For
tho pure love # the work and yiti.-
out cm0lumcnt, the senator is de-
voting nearly one third of his time
to working up interest in the organ .
jZation OF Centennial associations in
every ono of the l0t counties of
this great state.
Tho senator is an excellent
speaker. lie has a distinguished ap-
pearante, a deep, rich and pleasing
voice and is so Interested in his sub
iect that he al once njects the same
enthusiasm into his listeners,
At the conclusion of his speech
former State Senator Walter War
der, who was listener. was called
upon by the County Superintendent
to give his views along the line of
the organization of a County asso-
citation to JON with all the other
counties that will surely fall in line
TO make tho Centennial the biggesS
affair Of the kind over held in the
United States. After MIR. Wardcr
nal spoken Mrs. Hacker, the county
superintendent Immediately arose to
the occasion, and as a result the fol-
lowing committee was named to
perfect such an organization. The
committee selected is composed OF
Walter Wardcr, 7. c. Clendeneu.
Jonn NJ. Lansden, Mrs. Fanny J.. 1
Hacker and Miss Margaret Wiser
The organization will be the second
one of the kind in the state, the
first was effected at Greenyille Il few
days aso and the third will be o.
ganizca at DuQuoin to-day, where
Senator Keller will address big
In order to give the general pub !
Tic an idea Of what has been done
ana what will be done to make tho |
Centennial 9 big success Senator
kcllcr's address is here given in |
part: M
The last legislature provided for |
-ha Illinois Centennial Commission |
This commission is charged with !
.ho duty of preparing for the ctl2- |!
1ration of the llundredth Anniyer- !
'ary OF the Admission of Illinois !
nto the Union in 1918.
The State Wide Celebration COM
nittce OF which | have the honor |
IF beinG chairman, was appointed !
)y the commission from its own
members for the purpose of interest,"
ne every county and every locality
II its own history, aud to lead by |
his means naturally to the Great
Celebration by the whole state m |
1918.
illinois history is too little known |
o even the best informed amonH |
is. Every child must know the |
history of his state. We begin by |
ceklng to interest the press, Che
eachers, the clergymen of all de- |
nominations. We shall by no I
means stop there We want tho ca
'peration of every professional man. !
BUSINESS man, farmer, laborer and
ofeis every man who travels by day
T night, and helps to or shares in
ur prosperity. We want every
iotner in the land to teacn her
hildren what it means to he ri,i.
en- OF this great state. No man can
ope TO help guide the DESTINY of
tate wisely or we'll unless ne knows
1tlmately its hiStarv an1