Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
Many Prominent Men to AS
scmbIe at Institution at
Cumberland Gap.
UNIVERSITY IS NOW
TWENTY YEARS OLD
Has About 700 Boys and Girls,
the Majority of Them Work
ing Way Through.
ZIG ENDOWMENT Is WANTED
People in Cabins in Surrounding
Mountains still Living i'm
ByEOnc Age.


ctMni:Ht.\Nr GAP. TENN. Feb
ruary :. The greatest celebration OF
idnc"!n's birthday IL the United states
Wis year VIII take place hero in the
midst Of tn" rugged >ppa!achians the
on'ancipato" hu"w as a boy.
The m"uta'm folk of Cumberland
Gar whorc N:rvirin Kentucky and
Tennessee" meet. arc Going to lead the
country il hun"rin@ his memory with
e three day Lincoln Congress. under
tho ausriccs ot Lincoln Memorial Uni
vorsity
Tho occasion will mark tho twentieth
anniversary OF tho institution. and
hundreds "r notable mon and women
will gather amid tho giant hills that
ouce heard tho fcrvid speeches OF
Henry CLAY. Of Caihorn and Andrew
Jackson. Governors. Senators. cduca-
tors. preachers. leaders in commerce
AMI in science will assemble 10 take
now thought or the lessons Of Lin
colu's life.
I; is safe 10 say that TO many Who
make tho pilgrimage 20 Cumberland
Cap the eXpc"icnc" will he like tern
ing back the pages OF American his.
tory I" that chapter in aute-hellum
days. during which III" great enamel
pator VAS much like the typical noun
tain youth Of to-day.
The cabins that still dot tho noun
tain sides have their l.ncolns and
lianks"s To this day. aud while all the
world about them has been stridinE
forward away from rs,'I-splitting ana
mulc-driv'ns. from candles aud home
spun they have not kept the pace
They are isolated. apart from the
world. and though race whose an
ccstry can he traced back in unbroken
lines /" Colonial times. they know less
90 the convrnicnces OF modern civi!iza-
ton than the immigrants from Europe
"r tho negroes OF the South.
I'EOIn.I: STILL. LIVE
IN \ H,GoNE AGE
They still, live, as ii We're. in a by
gone age. Their customs. their speech,
their nanncrsmS are those Of an era
before Daniel Boone explored his way
westward. and their outlook on life
i. little changed from the days OF Lin
coins boyhoud.
To-day in this region. many no more
fortunately situated than Lincoln, are
cmulating his example. These noun
tain boys--cmbryo Lincolns-form the
yudent body of Lincoln Memorial Cn,-
versity at Cumberland Gap, where
tine great Lincoln birthday celebration
will be held.
Leaders in American affairs viii! be
brought face to face with a unique
cuicaNor that Of cnliShtcning a pco-
pie whose forcfathc"S We're here be-
fore the Constitution WAS written, be-
fore Cornwallis surrendered Mt York
town. ycs. before Washington was
born. Lincoln Memorial University is
Am.ricanizir. Amcric,ns of 1i,co,,.s
Kind.
In announcing tho plans for the cole
hration. pr. John Wesley Hill. newly
elected chancellor. exnlainod that the
occasion would he Tho spcninr run In
"A campaign for = 81 600. 600 endowment
II is MANNED 10 a.n,,in, the sn,ir.
country vim Tho nnrnosc ~ MAXIM.
i've iu.t;i,.iinu tb. .,rc,-,s, ncuoria1
10 Lincoln T., Tin, ipnd
''",",". - - h'"aEd. "f vermont
founded the c"''"%'. u" caught his
inspiration from lht ns OF Lincoln.
In the course az the civil War. while
'"e} "efe IN '""ierHn'e at the White
't"uSr' IN" INeS'ent indicated Cumber-
.Ahj cap -" the mrp hanging on the
wal. and smoke in ieTEcrt tones OF his
&f"rii"n 10" u" mountainous who
H"u' i"Ai ''Si"n thctE nome.
General Howard never forgot. and
"hc' pa " later campaign he found
himself commanding troops in that VII
'm't' he hnG reason 10 know that
'ihc"ln. Judgment was wei! founded.
I"ne!Ii Howard lahorcd ardently 10
'nl'd M re u"iversiiy. and was en-
~ 'h'S ""Hk I" INC DAY OF hts