The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13

one who looks him frankly IN the
face. If you do these things and are
loyal to your church, your family and
4 70 the state as you are loyal to these
/ women who have given so much time
Ior your advancement, l have no
fears but that you will be prepared
Tor Whatever battles may come in
your way"
| In closing, Mr. Wills quoted the
tribute which President Wilson made
TO the nag in his recent speeches on
preparedness.
What the Missionary Does.
Junior Little had for subject, "Me-
chanical Science on Mission Fields"
He said:
ITO be missionary it needs some
thing more than the woman's idea
who wanted to 60 as foreign mis-
sionary and thought all she would
need to do was to put on a black silk
dress, raise her parasol and read the
Bible to the natives. 1t needs more
than that tell you. The mission
aries build roads, raise the sanitary
standards. build schools and hos
pitfalls and help to make commerce
possible. They teach the natives vari-
GUS mechanical arts which make liv-
ing easier, beside teaching them the
truths of the gospel. We must de-
Tide that to be a missionary one
must be smart as we'll as good
Chester Kruse spoke on Path
Makers in China"
Someone has said that the story
OF civilization is the story Of a road.
First 1t is only trail, then a path,
then a highway and finally a rail
way crosses the continent and the
steamship spans the sea and the
circle Of the globe is complete. The
greatest path makers are the mis-
sionaries; they have made possible
the beginning Of civilization in many
lands
He gave as instances the work of
Robert Morrison and Peter Parker in
China. The former translated the
Bible and dictionary into the Chi
nese and founded one of the first
colleges there; the latter established
medical work in China.
w. G. BIood's Talk
W. G. Blood had for subject "G1v-
ing and Gaining" In opening his
speech he asid:
with Charley Kennedy's lead pipe
cinch on congress I didn't suppose I'd
ever get chance to speak in a con-
gress. Giving and gaining believe
you boys know that this great prin-
be in life, that you can only gain
by giving Tomorrow we are to cele-
brate Lincoln's birthday. Concen-
trated in that man was the whole
tragedy of the civil war and he gave
himself-all that was in him, in per-
feet self sacrifice and he gained i'm
m ortality in the hearts Of his fellow
countrymen. You know from your
own experience that you only gain by
giving, in athletics you only gain by
giving your time in training: at
school you only advance by giving
your time to study; the real elo-
quence with which you have made
your speeches tonight are result of
the giving of time by the directors
and by yourself and at the same
time you are gaining the respect and
admiration Of US all. The state only
gains by what its citizens give and
one day you will be among the rep
resentative citizens Of Keokuk and
able to give much to your CITY," Mr.
Blood closed by reading Kipling's
famous poem eff"
NIL. 1uOuldS VI bdFSupOII WIZ |
came to the banquet as the guest of |
Rich, in the absence of his |
father c. M. Rich, was introduced |
and gave a delightful impromptu
speech in which he told several funny
stories and added his word of praise
of the work done in the congress.
Vaiedictory Of Members.
Leonard Matless closed the pro-
gram with the valedictory. He said
in part: "It is always hard to say
goodbye and it is particularly SO
when we have been in this congress
six years. We are the first class to
have completed the full six years"
He paid fitting tribute to the
three directors Of the congress and
gave short resume Of the six years.
Leonard was a charter member of
the congress and has held most of
the offices and has been one Of the
supporters of the work.
Miss Hornish then called the roll
Of graduates and as each boy came
forward he was presented with an
envelope in which was a personal
message for each.
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