Evening journal., 1915-11-24

The following boost for Bellefonte
appeared in the printed program of
Me Keokue minstrel performance
given at Bellefonte on Monday evening
Tor the benefit Of the town hall fund
THE TOWN OF BELLEFONTE.
Incorporated A. ID. 1915.
I'VE would make town, II you
please. OF bellefonte. We have thought
much about it and we do not esteem
It an impossible vision by any means.
II there is any doubts about what
Bellefonte will be, the basis for their
donbts Is not in Bellefonte's environ
ment The basis for these doubts is.
moreover in tho minds and in the en-
lhusiasm of Bellefonte's people.
''Everything worth while the accom-
plishment of man first occurred in
the human intellect The thing is al
ways only the expression of the
Thought Great deeds are always the
reelection of great thoughts and great
Enthusiasm.
III Bellefonte people. any large
number, will determine or will that
Bellefonte will be a city. Il will
grow and expand. When we say this
We do not mean that Bellefonte will
be great merely because its people or
some of its people wish or can con-
vince themselves that they would be
pleased II il was great. We mean a
great deal more than that.
"Rhe foundation of what we call
civilization is formed OF stones made
by the homes OF the individual. These
homes, however are the product OF
The minds and the desires Of the indi-
viduals forming what we call society.
I'm other words civilization rests on
the virtues OF the civilized and these
virtues of the civilized find their
Expression and their permanence on
The homes OF the civilized
The town or the place Is as much
your home as is the house I'm which
you live. The greatest town or city or
place IS not the largest or most beau
HUI or the most wealthy. II Is the
place having the best people and
therefore the best homes.
Walt Whitman was not far from
The truth when he said that the great
est city was not the one having the
largest population and the greatest
docks and boulevards and the like
nut II was the city containing the
greatest men.
We in Belleionte have -a=magnih-
cent opportunity We are nearly all
CITY folk and we have had experience
IN the town; we not only have visions
'of what Bellefonte might be. but we
nave had experience in the mistakes
which we have seen in other places.
All towns and cities are fond OF
talking OF their advantages. We are
convinced that natural advantages arc
negligible and even dangerous II they
arc separated from spiritual advan-
'ages. There is no impossible environ
ment for the willing spirit.
bellefonte is located IN district
winch must grow Soon between VIII
funston yand Philadelphia viii he n
snaln oil towns, each vieing with the
=. we IN Belleionte will IL and have
50. there IS no prohibitive cause
"y heiefonte should not be the hest
~ mem. We have the location uo
'"e environment. and an we need
'ne conception and the will We
!" no are here and will stay here. have
responsibility and an Obligation
upon Us. The Bellefonte OF twenty
years irom now will be the Benefonte |
~ our conceptions and aspirations IF |
svuaF What city can or a town /
- -'', LOT does not come from the ont
''uc; u comes from the inside
Nnat an opportunity this is fo,
you ana me. Let us think for RelIo
.onle as we think for our own indi-
s'uual homes. Let us ASPIRE IN baro
~ oe',er and sweeter. Let ne ves,n
.net u radiate an influence ana ~
mosphere OF Justice and homo ,ipo
n a ana Bellefonte win glorifv Won