The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-26
SOLONS ARE GUESTS OF CONWAY TODAY VISIT NORMAL SCHOOL
Legislators Express Delight at Re ceptiOn Here and Pledge Support
 for School.

| Sixty-three members of the senate
 and house and attaches of the legis-
 lature spent today as guests of the
 Conway Commercial Club, visiting
 the Arkansas State Normal School
 and other educational institutions
 and everyone of them apparently was
 delighted with the stay in this city.
 The visitors arrived on a special
 coach attached to the passenger train
 reaching here at $50 this morning
 and were met by a large delegation
 of members of the Commercial Club
 and representatives of the colleges,
 schools and churches of the city.
 That Conway in general and the
 State Normal School in particular
 produced favorable impression up-
 on the distinguished guests was evi-
 denced by the many words of com
 mendation and appreciation and that
 the urgent needs of the Normal
 were thoroughly impressed upon the
 members of the legislature was
 shown by their pledges that the school should receive all the support
 that is available under the present ! financial condition of the state. Immediately upon their arrival here the visitors were taken in au-
 tomobies to the Normal School where, after an hour devoted to get ting acquainted, the audience and the student body assembled in the Nor nal auditorium. Before beginning the exercises President J. J. Doyne requested that none except the stu dents occupy the seats in the audito- rum. By this it was strikingly shown that while only 188 individual seats are provided, these had to be occupied py more than 350 students now in actual attendance, thus re-
 ouiring that practically every indi- vidual seat be occupied by two stu dents.
 In a few graceful remarks, Presi- the visitors on behalf of the Normal. He called attention to the fact that the Normal had never asked of the Legislature an appropriation that had not been granted, had never incurred deficit and on the contrary had in variably turned back an unexpended balance into the treasury.
 Following a song by chorus of Normal girls, Dr. J. H. Reynolds of Hendrix College was called upon for Af hak kalf lNn Conway Commercial Club and the citizens. He was enthusiastic and eloquent in his description of the achievements of Conway along edu
 cational and religious lines and proudly declared that he was extend
 ing a welcome from the best city on earth.
 Miss Ruby farrell of Little Rock, who appears in recital at Central College this evening, was presented and gave a beautiful vocal solo, who so delighted the audience that she
 was compelled to respond an encore. Representative Lee Cazort of
 Johnson county, whose unanimous election as speaker of the house set
 new precedent in Arkansas politics,
 to the address of welcome. In brief but eloquent speech he referred in glowing terms to Conway and her educational institutions and on be-
 half of the legislature pledged that l the needs of the State Normal should
 be met to the extent of the states financial ability. Talks along similar
 lines were made by Representative Jo Johnson of Sebastian, Senator E. | H. Greenhouse of Washington, Sena- tor J. s. Utley Of Saline, Judge J. w. Humphreys, representative of Stone county, Dr. J. M. Coker, rep resentative of Marion county, Sena- tor A. J. Cabiness of Howard. Rep resentative Johnson insisted that Dr. H. B. Hardy, representative of Faulk
 ner county, who he declared was one of the most popular members of the
 lower house, be called upon for talk, but Dr. Hardy pleaded the late. ness of the hour as an excuse. Sen ator Greenhouse "rose to a point of privilege" to announce that on next
 Monday a bill would be introduced to place the revenues of the Univer- sity of Arkansas, the State Normal School and the four agricultural schools upon millage basis. e.. After series of rousing yells by
 the Normal student body, which were responded to by l5 "rahs" from the visitors, led by Grover Cleveland
 Read, the fog-horn voiced reading
 clerk of the house, the guests, to-
 gether with a number or Conway cit