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

our honored guests tonig.. our best
fr1ends-our fathers and our motn.
ers"
He told some Of the things the
boys had learned and some Of the
things they had tried to accomplish
IN the congress. He closed by say
ing:
I'VE are going to be something,
too. Just look around and see if you
can't see future congressman, or
famous specialist, or successful
business man, and then ask yourself
the question, Hasn't it been worth
while?' and know you'll answer You
bet'.''
Mr.. Paul Dysart was to have re-
sponded to the toast Our Hosts"
Being Ill he was not able to be pres
ent, but sent the manuscript of his
speech which was read by Mr.. Charles
Dickinson. The speech was much en-
joyed and received frequent applause.
He said:
ITO paraphrase Abraham Lincoln,
God must have loved the boys, he
made so many of them Boys are
the greatest patriots in the world.
They know their country is the best
on earth and that it can lick all
creation. If the boys had their way
there would be a great standing army
and everyone of them would be in it.
there is no mollycoddle in a boys
idea Of preparedness. Boys in gen.
eral might be divided into the fol-
lowing class: Indian, gentlemen, guy,
rOughneck and sissies. Maybe in the
average boy there is little of all
these qualities, but in the heart of
every boy there are noble aspirations
and wish to do great things Much
is being said these days about pre-
paredness, and men differ in their
ideas as it applies to peace and war,
but there Is a preparedness about
which all men agree and it is in the
Of boys into lines of right
thinking and right living. This is the
preparation which Miss Hornish, Miss
Huiskamp and Montgomery are Civ
ing to you and l say all praise to
them for there is no greater work
The Boy Of Other Lands.
Charlie Morris was the next speak
er and he had for a subject Some
Foreign Boys" He quoted Robert
Louis Stevenson's very appropriate
lines on Travel in which the little
boy expresses wish to see the chill
the mode Of the life of boys in half
a dozen lands and did not give the
name of the country until the end Of
the description, thus keeping them
and guessing throughout
the speech which was well delivered
Warren Perdew had for a subject,
THE Pioneers" He said:
mot all men can he pioneers, 1t
takes strong man and brave
man. Daniel Boone is one of the
best known American pioneers, and
all the qualities needed for
blazing the trail for civilization To
be missionary pioneer requires all
the qualities needed by Daniel Boone,
but it requires something more. Rob-
ert Moffatt was one of the greatest
Of the missionary pioneers; he labor
ed for fifty-four ye,-s in China"
He made it ve:y clear that the |
belief that just any ody could b. |
was an erroneous one. |
This was one of the most pleasing |
speeches Of the evening.
Preparedness His Topic.
Mr. Ira w. Wills was then intro
iuced and spoke on Preparedness"
II draw the inference that the
preparation of which l am expected
% speak tonight has not to do with
armies and navies, but with the
for the battles wnicn
BOYS and men meet every day. That
he directors of this congress have
made study Of this preparedness
or life is in great evidence here to-
light. The way you boys speak make
he men present realize that a little
more preparation on their part
wouldn't have been a bad idea. If l
we're to advise you tonight on three
ines of preparedness l would say.
establish good habits, have pride and
self respect. Wild oats are not a
necessary preparation. When the
,11siness man wishes to employ a