The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-27

the American Bankers Association at Briarcliff. New York, have been found inadequate t9 accommodate the nun. Der Of members Of that council. and
 Whereas, These mid-year meetings have been held in the East for num- Der of years. and it is but fair that the West participate in extending hospitality to the comcI, therefore. | be it
 Resolved That the president and secretary of the Arkansas Bankers Association be directed and empcw. cred to transmit to the Executive Council very earnest invitation O that body to hold its spring meet ing in 1918 at Hot Springs. Ark. where ample and suitable hotel accommoda- tons can be secured for the convent ence and comfort of the members. and most cordial welcome will await the council not only from the city. bnt rom the state of Arkansas and the en- tire West; and be it further
 Resolved. That MT. Geo. w. | Rogers. the Arkansas member of the Executive Council, be requested 10 use his best efforts and influence 10 SC. cure the acceptance cf hi, Invitation by the Executive Council"
 | Suggesting one way in which inter- est in Arkansas could be awakened all over the United States. and as | the one medium through which immi. grafton of a most desirable kind wan d result, Prof Perry C. Holden of Chi cago commissioner of agriculture for | the international Harvester Company. at the morning session of the Arkan. saS Bankers convention, requested that organization to offer prize of $5'OO0 in worldwide contest r the best paper on What Win Arkansas Be in 1950?"
 "A contest of this nature" said Pro lessor Holden, would attract inter. est the world over. 1t would bring people into Arkansas from every state in the Union. Then the committee could take the best of these essays. put them into book form, place them in our public schools for our boys and girls 10 read, and it would be an in. spiration to them to realize the pie tured prophecies for 1850"
 l Professor Holden entertained the delegates for over an hour. He ou- lined to them in the beginning Of his address the necessity for gne to love the work one is doing. He said three l things are at present a vital necessity for Arkansas. Diversification. immi- grafton and education. He made a plea to the bankers to initiate move ment 10 make the ten million idle acres in Arkansas productive. claim ing two thinss were necessary 10 make the state what 1t shou d be the fir of which Was uo-d lands and 1 the second a citizenship of sincere. earnest workers.
 "The man who takes peace of 1 God.giyen soil and turns it oyer to his children in poorer condition than when he received it is a criminal. '" said Professor n .lden. Give the 6oy n the farm the same opportunities for his business as you give the bov in the city who are studying for their profession. If there Is anyone on inc face Of the earth who ought to be , made 10 pass an eXaminat5n. if is : the farmer The doctcr must be de clared efficient before he is permitted 10 practice his pr fession. Yet the one business upon which all other in dustries and professions depend S given the leas; attention and pur into the hands of men who should be omminen.y qualified t7 get the best results
 "l suppose all lf you bankers visit your city and rua echo-Is every week. If you had a bunch of hogs 1 and turned them over to another fel- low on an adjacent lot or farm. you i would go -yor there quite often f, see how they were getting al ne. , wouldn't you9 Are your hogs more important to you than your boys and %irlSE You will take good care tc visit your Livestock. but you haven't been in your high sch ol or your , rural school once in six months"
 Professor Holden had series of maps and chart which he used in il ustratne his lecture, and he in terspersed his remarks with a series lcf simple experiments he claimed every boy on the farm should know.
 Another interesting feature on the , program was tho address of Mrs Ella Flaeg Yo"u- rmer superintendent, ot Chicago schools, who was gwen q rousing ovation Mrs Young said she would address the bankers on a sub ject that she had made study of Education" She reminded the bank CTS there were five and one half mil lions cf illterate persons in the United States and cal ed attention t5 the anti-illiteracy bin introduced re.