The Little River news., 1916-01-26
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LARGE CROWD
 SCHOOL RALLY
Dedication Rally Draws Large Crowd
 to School Auditorium Friday Night; Many Addresses.

{ The School Rally, or dedication Re- CeItion at the new school building Friday night drew large crowd. It was the first time that any public ex- ercise had been held in the spiendId new auditorium, and the first time that the general public had inspeu;ed A> the interior of the new building since it's completion The new stage cur tains were in place and were rolled down one by one for the inspection Of the audience. AS the beautifully painted scenes were shown they brought forth rounds of applause. The curtains were the production of genu- inc artists and representatives Of noted Kansas City scenic painting company. One production of for est, so close at hand and so faithful to nature, caused one tc begin to search the tree tops for squirrels. On park scene a marble stairway was sc real that it seemed as if one may turn and climb it.
 Superintendent D. F. Holmes acted as master of ceremonies and introduc- ed those who participated in the pro gram. Mrs Mayo Robertson presided at the piano while the audience sang America" The invocation was led : by the Rev. J. E. Brown. Mesdames ! C. A. Bishop and Roy Goolsby most 1 beautifully sang duet.
 ] Judge J. T. Bowling made the open ing address OH Citizenship" His was eloquent and scholarly effort. He illustrated the development of citizen ship from the primitive man up to what it means today. He showed the necessity of the public school as q training place for citizenship and the 9impossibiflty of an independent gov ernment without an educated citizen ship.
 Misses Clever Sanderson and Helen Moore treated the audience with a i beautiful instrumental duet, after 1. which w. L. Perkins talked on the 1 nuties of Patron. MT. Perkins talk l was practical and to the point and was one of the best talks made. He paid a high tribute to the Ashdown Im- provement Club and the work they were doing for the town.
 Miss Juilett Corbett gave becmti- full rendition of the Venitian Sunset on the piano.
 Hon. A. D. DuLaney in an address ! told of the wonderful strides made in educ ucational facilities in this section ot the state. and especially Little Rive. county in the last decade. Where we had little log and bcX school houses over the country we now have modern brick buildings at Ashdown, Foreman. Ogden. Arkinda, Allene, Winthrop and beautiful frame buildings at W''ton, Jones School House, and other places all over the county.
 Mrs. J. T. Bowling, representing the AshdeCNn Improvement Club. told of numerous things that the Club hoped to do for the school. Among the things were assisting in accommodating a library, hanging pictures on the walls. helping in domestic science. looking after the health, beautifyini; the grounds. etc. In connection with the improvement of the grounds she discussed the need of stock law and presented some forceable argument in its favor. She said the clubs favored compulsory education and county su- perintendency, and added that when they were given the ballot that they would vote for it.
 Seth c. Reynolds ca account of the 1 lateness of the hour did not deliver the address intended. but made short and appropriate talk on the new school building and the efforts put forth by the school board for it's con- structiem.
 Mrs. Cathey of Memphis was present and sang Annie Laurie and Dixie to the great delight of the audiences.
 After the program was completed the ladies served refreshments in the basement The entire building was lighted up and all who desired were permitted to go through the. various rooms on tour of inspection / SnnDM ln TCyVEr