The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-08
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 south as a journalist, author and editor of the Progressive Farmer, delivered a brilliant address, in which he pleaded for
 an enrichment of our rural life and de- | clared that this could only come through
 the education of the masses.
 PAISES SOLONS' WORK He praised the constructive work in the cause of education which was ef- fected in the last legislature in Alabama, | and declared that it was the best and
 most progressive legislation that any leg
 islature of southern state has adopted in the last 50 years. The consummation for good will come, he declared, when the people of the state vote for the ! amendment for local taxation for educa- | tional purposes.
 Extracts from the address by MT. Poe follow:
 "We people in the southern states haven't the foundation for rural civil ization and until a foundation broad enough and deep enough has been built through the education of the great masses we cannot expect our rural life to be what it should.
 We must get away from the aristo- cratic idea of education for few. We
 must have education for all. No man
 can do his best until every other man is educated to do his best. We need and must have the highest possible education
 for everybody.
 Land values reflect the intelligence of the average population just as increased efficiency will increase the value of the land. The two are inseparable. The southern states have suffered not only for failure to develop leadership, but still more through our inability to hold those leaders.
 LOSE OUR LEADERS "Of the tota! number of men who have attained sufficient rank of prominence to be listed in who's who and are south erners by birth, we find that over 50 per cent have moved to other states and this is due to a lack of appreciation of their services because of a lack of education. We have heard the statement that we have to have the educated man to per- form certain manual duties. I say that there is no task or work under heaven which an educated man cannot accom- plish more quickly and more cheaply than an untrained laborer. A man who performs manual labor only is paid only for that, for the support of the muscle, while the man who works with the mus
 cle and the brain is paid for the services of his muscles and for the comforts and conveniences which intelligence demands. we are all contributing toward funds to send missionaries to foreign countries, among which is Japan. On recent tour I visited the National Educational asso- citation headquarters in Tokio and in- quired as to the length of school terms. was astonished to learn that all schools were kept open 10 months in the year, the rural schools as well as the schools in the city. In so-called heather Japan, the average attendance is 9S per cent of
 the children of school age, and this has
 been accomplished through laws for com-
 pulsory education. In our country com
 pulsory education is opposed because we
 say 1t interferes with our personal liber-
 ties. So our young men must compete not only with all christendpm but also with a better educated heathendom. "You have heard the story of the man who hunted a bear with pop gun be- cause a rifle was too expensive. Some tombstone would be more expensive to his friends than the rifle would have been to him. The tombstone of neglect has cost more than the rifle of education. we have got to develop along all lines We must have new, real and vital rural culture, and I want Alabama to lead in this stupendous task and show how great a state may be-"
 Following MT. Poes address, Dr. Thach presented diplomas and honors to the following graduates:
 l After listening to the inspiring address l of Clarence Poe of Raleigh, N. C., and | to the vpration of James w. Andrews class orator, 157 students were awarded ! diplomas, the presentation being made | by President Charles c. Thach. l Following is a list of the graduates Those listed under the word graduates | receive the degree B. s. and others the 1 degrees under which their names appear ! Graduates with honor include those stu dents who made averages of 90, while | those listed under graduates with highest l honors,' averaged 90.
 1 Graduates-John Dunklin Ascraft, Johr Tonice Belue, Wyly McGehee Billing, Her man West Bingham, James Rosby Brown Joseph Davenport Browne, Jr Walter Frederick Bulla, James William Burgin Robert Emmett Cammack, John IIosmel 1 Campbell, Robert Ezekiel Campbell, Ken
 meth Gladstone Caughman. Thomas Will | liam Cnft George Roy Corcoran, William Davis Crawford, Samuel Neil Crosby Richard Henry Cunningham, Berrier l Walker Davis, William Reese Dillard Vernon James Douglass, David Merrick l Dowdell, Perry Jackson Edwards, Harry Gordon Farris, John Wilbur Freeman Jr., Roland Macon Fricke, Edward Samue o~.o~~~ | Barnett, bride-elect, and her wedding party with luncheon at the Country | club.
 1 The guests of Miss Oden were Miss Barnett, Miss Janet Ebersole, Miss Cath
 crime Carey, Miss Gladys Allison, Miss
 Margaret Moore, Miss Annie Moore Pro- vost, Mrs. Harold Bissell, Miss Anita l Eustis.
 Miss Esther Kelly, daughter of Dr. How | ard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, will arrive | in Birmingham Thursday evening for a l visit of several weeks to her friends, Mrs | Wilmer Brown and Mr. Wilmer Gayle