Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10
RICHEST UNDEvELOPED
RESOURCES OF SOUTH
DR.. J. A. Morehead So Denominates
the Boys and Girls in Talk
at Lincoln Celebration.

CUMBERLAND GAP. Tenn, January
10.-The general movement for south
ern educational efficiency must go on.
declared DIR. ]. A. Morehead. president
of Roanoke College, of Salem, Va. in
| an address at the opening here today
of a celebration of the twentieth ami
sity. He spoke of boys and girls as the
richest undeve1oped resources of the
south and said:
TN recent years the realization of
the value of this human material to our
great country, if properly developed.
has led to exceptional activity by in
dividual philanthropists, by the nation
and by the southern states themselves
to promote the cause of liberal and gen.
eral popular education in the south. The
primary schools have been improved,
high school systems have been devel-
oped and the means of technical college
and university training has been mar
veIously increased during the past ten
years in all the southern states.
Beginning Is Encouraging.
1.-The work has by no means been COM
pleted, but a very encouraging begin
ming has been made in the direction of
good standards, well proven methods
and adequate resources for efficient
educational work and universal educa
tional opportunity.
However, because the development
of school in community under the
laws Of most states depends to a con.
siderable extent upon the initiative Of
the people there. and because many
sections of the south have suffered pc
culiar poverty, educational progress
ticularly true OF wide districts of the
Appalachian district of this southern
part of the North American republic.
These people of the mountains have
and economic development. They have
escaped the blight OF the dissipating
influences of the civilization of the
great centers of population, but they
have missed their currents of inspira-
tior. training and culture.
Mountain People Isolated.
Many Of the mountain people have
thus been isolated. lying fal1ow as it
were, vigorous in mind and body, wait
ing for inspiration and strength
through the open sesame of education.
Is not this vigorous original American
people truly the richest undeveloped
resource Of the south? Are not lead
ELS of industry. physicians. jurists.
preachers. statesmen, soldiers. authors
and other works for the common good
awaiting discovery in this undeveloped
territory Ct our human kind? Abra-
ham Lincoln. Admiral Robley d. Evans
and many others furnish the answer to
these startling questions
Founded by Gen. o. o. Howard.
fol ITvix
stitution of learning founded by Cen
o. o. Howard for the especial benefit of
boys and girls in the mountain sections
Of upper east Tennessee, southwestern
Virginia and southeastern Kentucky
Nearly hundred speakers. includ-
ing the presidents of many southern
universities, governors of several states
and other distinguished public men, are
on the program for the celebration
which will consist almost entirely of
speechmaking. covering every phase of
Lincoln's life and work.
DR.. George A. Hubbel1. president of
the university. presided today. Presi-
dents Barker of the University of Ken
lucky. Adams OF Georgetown College
and Acheson of the Pennsylvania Col
lege for Women will be speakers at the
afternoon session.
Symposium of Addresses.
| Tomorrow afternoon the feature of
the celebration will be symposium
| of five-minute addresses modelled after
the brevity of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress. Joseph G. Cannon, former
| Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. will preside. and other congress-
| men from many states will be heard
| or their addresses read in praise of
Lincoln.
| At the Monday evening session, con-
| GLIDING the celebration. Jacob NJ Dick
inson. former Secretary of War, will
| preside and deliver an address on Lin
| coin and the New South"
Among the names of speakers on the
program. in addition to those mention
| ed. are: Senators owen of Oklahoma,
Shields of Tennessee, Watson of In
| diana and Norris of Nebraska: Cows
Cox Of Ohio, Mccall of Massachusetts,
| Rye of Tennessee and Stuart of Vir-
ginia; Gen. Coleman du Pont of Della
ware, Leslie NJ. Shaw, Mayor William
NJ. Thompson of Chicago, Ambassador
| Koo of China, S. S. Mcclure of New
York and more than a score of con-
gressmen.
| Personnel of Washington Party.
| On the train leaving from Washing
ton this afternoon, the following per-
sons are scheduled to leave: Represent
atives Jacob Meeker. F. C. Hicks, J. A.
Frear, Albert Johnson, Thomas Gallag-
her. Joseph Howell. Sydney Mudd, T.
H. Caraway, J. T. McDermot, J. C. Nc
tI.aughlin c.. N. Macarthur q r Slam