Evening star., 1915-02-25
President Frost's Address.

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superficial surroundings of our life, but
| how few know America"
President Frost's Address.
| We have fed the Belgians and con-
sidered the troubles of great fighting
world, and tonight We are at home to
think of our own affairs" said President
Frost of Berea College.
| '1t is far cry from Woodrow Wilson
back to Daniel Boone. but If you Will
accompany me by a good train in five or
six hours we can make that transition.
ut is an edifying thing to see !he
| women in the remote cabins operating
their spinning wheels and making cloth
1t is a means of grace, and to restore
! those things as the proper occupa ton OF
people in that condition is contribution
| to art. or Ruskin was mistaken.
"And then. with the speech and the
arts there is the temper: Your great
grandfather was quarrelsome man; all
| our greatgrandfathers were. Peaceful
ness is modern. In the time of Queen
Elizabeth every gentleman wore sword
He did not expect the government to pro-
tect him: it was to lead him in fighting
the French and the Spanish. He was to
protect his own household and have his
sword ready with his good right arm
and he enjoyed using it,
"On one occasion noticed a man COM
ing along the road with his gun cooked
and his son right behind him with his
gun cooked. and the man said, Why,
President, Bud Coons is going to get me.
and if he gets me the boy will get him.
see?' And with pleasant smile he passed
on, expecting to be shot at any moment,
but knowing that there would be return
shot.
Make Excellent Soldiers.
That spirit is sometimes worth
something. Our assistant secretary of
war says the mountaineer makes the
best soldier, and the Secretary of the
Navy says he makes the best sailor,
and If we had serious trouble, Mr.
President, Appalachian America would
turn out its full body of men.
You have been told that these people
are three millions in number. There are
of them who will be cared for in the
ordinary march of events, and we have
100000 left, just many as there
were in the thirteen colonies when we
became nation. They are prolific.
and if you find family with less than
dozen children they will apologize
and explain that the chimney fell and
killed few.
Il have others to make my speeches
for me here tonight, but you recog-
niZe that this region needs special at
tention, and that is why Berea College
has a little group of her friends here
tonight. We have republished Poor
Richards Almanac" That is an old
it is still in use with the children of
the log cabins, and is just as much
appreciated now as when it was first
written
At this point pictures of individuals
and places in the locality described
were thrown upon the screen.
Pleads for Assistance.
You see," DR.. Frost continued, 1.-The
isolation. the deprivation and the sur
vivals that really make these people
our cotemporary ancestors. What shall
I ask for them? I have been working
for twenty years in a hand-to-mouth
way. doing enough to prove what can
be done. 7 ask every person in this
house to stand permanently as a cham
pion of this cause to enable Berea Col
lege to secure commensurate resources
SO that we will do for our own people
done for the colored race. Let us do
for our own race things as we'll plan
ned and as adequately carried out.
THE whole case of the mountaineer
is summoned up by the case of Lincoln.
who was one of them. People have
wondered how he became a great
American His mother had six books.
They were the Bible and Pilgrims
Progress, for religion; Aesop's Fables
and Robinson Crusoe for literature: a
history of the United States and the
Life Of Washington for politics. He
read those books; he learned them by
heart. as you can see in his state pa
pers to the very last. He Fletcherized
those books!
IT have never gone into one Of those
little plain log cabins in the noun
tains without strengthening my resolu-
tion to try to broaden their lives and
to persuade others to put the light of
opportunity into their humble hines
Mr.. Bonser's Address.
Mr.. Bonser. who is director of In
dustrial Arts, Teachers College, Co