The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16

NaturalneSS
marks ct als.)
This acrostic, composed at Lincoln
A.; dale Agricultural School. Lincolndale,
| N. Y, during the celebration of the
| holiday dedicated to it's patron, owes
its authorship to Hon. Marcus M.
| Marks and several hundred youthful
| collaborators. Mr.. Marks, president
| of the borough of Manhattan, was
| on the program as the speaker of the
! day However. when introduced he
| withdrew from the general audience
| to the boys and confessed ia them
| that he had not prepared his '1esson"
but suggested very adroitlX that they
! could help him with his speech. DR..
Quinlan of New York city, who is one
| of the very generous supporters OF
| this school, voiced the sentiments Of
the visitors when he stated that he
had never heard an address to chill
dren quite so delightful as the one
given by Mr.. Marks.
| It might seem that all the charac-
teristics above noted might f1ttingly
! be urged by Mr.. Marks upon institu-
| ton children; however, after listen
| ing to the speakers of the day the
| conclusion was that Lncolndale Gull
| tivates even this difficult art. One
could easily picture the youthful con-
J testants as future debaters, not of
slavery and states rights but possibly
! of minimum wage or rights Of neu-
trails, or any of the great questions
| that will be uppermost a few years
hence. The GRAFTON on TRUE Pa
| tr1otisn1'' for the delivery of which the
! first prize was given is quoted at
length below. The speaker of the
day referring to the program noted
| the absence of the authors name, but
said he was very glad to inform the
audience that the author was with
them in the person of one of the
Brothers. If such a mastery concep-
ton of the virtue of patriotism could
have been brought home to a sufficient
number of the subjects of the warning
rulers of Europe the present world
war never would have begun.
Lncolndale is so well known it is
hardly necessary to state that it is
an institution conducted by the Chris
tan Brothers of the Cath Ole Church
who serve entirely without salary and
for the full length of their lives. These
brothers, as DR.. Curtis in his remarks
very aptIy observed as a requisite
in order to make better farmers, first
make better boys. Lincolndale
molds primarily the heart of the boy,
and secondari1y his mind and his
hands. With its moral and religious
training it teaches him personal clean
illness, politeness and all that goes to
make up a, manly boy. (This is fully
evident upon reading list of prizes
for neatness, department, etc, etc.)
The Christian Brothers give the boy
a solid foundation based on the old
fashioned theory of the three RS, but
beside inculcate a love of the beauti-
full in nature and cultivate musical
expression. sCAgain was the evidence
presented in the artistic part songs.
Never was the Old Oaken Bucket
more tremendously lifted in song
| than by the heart-entwining notes of
the tiny juniors). In addition to all
| this, the prospective farmers are given
| a scientific course in the various
| branches of agriculture, having with
| them at various times lecturers from
| Cornell and other Institutions; thus
| colndale diploma is not thrown upon
| the world with an apology for his
presence, but he goes out with the full
! knowledge that any man who hires
him is glad of his service and will
have to pay him in good coin of the
realm for the current value of such
service.
At the end Of the program the
prizes for the year were distributed
The Reverend Director announced two
new prizes sand at this juno~--se was
met the answer to any doubt concern
| ing the sentiments of the boys toward
| their institu1on,-both prizes comm 8
! from boys who had previously left
| Lincolndale. Upon the naming of the
! DriscoH prize, Mr.. Drisco1l was re-
! quested to come forward and take a
seat on the platform with the trustees.
From all appearances, except his
| youth, Mr.. Drisco1l might have been
a lifelong benefactor of the school.
At the completion of the prize Civ
| ing the Director suggested it would be
a pleasure to hear from DR.. Hastings
Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation.
| to the invitation and told of the pleas
ure he had had for so many years in
being associated with Mr.. Thomas
Mu1ry and other friends of Lincoln
dale. DR.. Hart is evidently an ardent
adnnirer of the Christian Brothers and
| their system of training. He touch
| ed on the reconStructive spirit that
| is inculcated at Lncolndale that
teaches a boy to remake and rebuild
out of whatever materials may be at
hand. This constructive spirit and the
| beautiful music which DR.. Hart said
| indicated the art of the Brother that
teaches, seemed to impress him most
strongly. He also commented on the
| ideal system of small dining rooms
and admired the individual dress of
| each boy. DR.. Hart referred most
| feelingly to Brother Barnabas who es-
| tablished Lincolndale but who, accord
| ing to long esta blished rules of the
| Christian Brothers could not be re-
elected to Lincofnda1e after two sue
| cessiVe terms of administration.
Brother Barnabas is always held in
| grateful remembrance and unstinted
| admiration by anyone who knows of
| Lineo1ndale. DR.. Hart needed only to
mention his name to hear the hearty
app1au use of both the boys and the Wis
! itors.
Upon leaving the hall the guests
| were invited to take a sleigh ride to
| the dairy and inspect the process of
| oil ais
tering, feeding and washing of the
cows, also the weighing, and entering
of the individual product of each COW,
followed by the separating, washing
and sterilizing processes of milk, i'm
plements, etc.
Tn VII Of tho rreSenf-Hau fioT