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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23

boys and girls OF the state who have
ambitions to achieve something above
mere omule-driying." The realization
of the hopes of the friends OF the
university means tremendous for-
ward movement in providing vocation
al training OF practical and useful
kind for such of the youth as may
have an ambition to achieve some
thing more than the winning of high
school diploma. AS the Nashville
Tennessean well says: Properly en-
couraged and supported the UNIVERSE
ty of Tennessee should revolutionize
within very few years the rural life
of the state;" and more than that 1T
will revolutionize the social and polit-
ical standards that have hitherto en-
abled incompetent and selfish top
waters to dominate its official and
law making institutions. 1t will mean
better and more enlightened citizen
ship and by that remove one of the
most disheartening distractions that
have stood in the way of progress and
hampered development so long.
How it came about that this great
forward movement should have sue
ceeded without any attempt to hamper
the trustees with a lot of political "ifs"
and "ands," we do not know. and we
can all the more, for that reason, join
in the general rejoicing because at
last one pledge to the people has been
fulfilled. -Chattanooga Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

At last and through some sort of in
applicable lapse into reason" the leg.
dslature has undertaken to do some.
ching worth while for the University
Of Tennessee. The appropriation of
t1.o00,000, through a bond issue, for
the improvement and betterment of
ahe institution will be approved by the
psople all over the state. Too long
has this great institution been neglect
ed in the whirl Of petty politics, and
&C 10 source Of satisfaction that the
Influences that have been working TO-
the real and genuine uplift of the
state have finally been able to impress
the lawmakers with a sense of their
obligation to the youth of the state
and their responsibility for the failure
ef the agricultural interests of the
commonwealth to take rank with the
progressive institutions Of neighboring
states.
The faithful, earnest and unselfish
men and women who have been devot-
Ding themselves tirelessly In an effort
to keep the university somehow near
the efficiency they would have IL at.
tain, are entitled to congratulations
for that their zeal and fidelity to the
cause of higher and better education
are at last to be realized. This appro-
priation means that there has been
popular awakening to needs Of the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23

oy Mrs. H. o. Fulton, gave "Tbe Rut
terfiy' in charming voice, and the
quatrette of younge men from the o.,
.amOla Military Academy delighted
tne audience with several selections
Ai'er the lecture, Miss Leah sbarn'
gave The Wedding Day." by Greie.
:, Col. Hulvey is pleasing and de-.
isnttui speaker. and the lecture he
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23

gave showed study and deep thought
His wit and humor displayed insign!
into human character. He held the
attention Of, the audience and thrilled
them with his eloquence, and g'Ss
each hearer loftier aims and desires.
The Thursday Club served an ics
and salad course after the lecture
and a social half-hour was held.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23

clubs Of the city by Col. o. G. Hulvey
on Jon of Arc" in the Methodist
Sunday school rooms yesterday after
noon was one Of the finest that has
ever been delivered before Columbia
audience.
The rooms we're beautifully decorat-
ed in baskets of pink roses and quite
a large delegation was present from
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23
each club of the city.

Col Hulvey was introduced with a
few gracious and well chosen words
by Hon. ]. H. Dining.
The short musical program proceed
ing the lecture, in which Miss Irene
Williams, president Of the Music
Study Club. rendered a brilliant piano
solo. Mrs. Chas. Forgey. accompanied
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-23
COL. O. C. HULVEY
SPEAKS TO CLUBS

The lecture given through the iDvi-
ton of the Thursday Club to all the
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

Have the man who have lived and
worked simply to acquire great fer
tunes obtained peace Of mind. hsppi-
ness and honnr1 How many Of them
could answer "Yss"f
Has the country bean benefited BY
the course they have taksn1 A very
large majority Of our countrymen
would AHswer "No."
On ths whole. the individua1st1e
age has not been q success. either fer
the individual, or the community In
which be has lived, or the nation.
We are. beyond question. entering
on a period where the welfare Of the
community takes precedence ovsr the
interests of the individual and where
the liberty Of the individual win be
more and more Hrcunscabsd for the
benefit Of the community n a whole.
Mans activities VIII hereafter be
required to be not enly for himself
but for his fsllowmen.
To my mind there Il nothing In the
signs Of the times 20 certain a. this.
How the Rewards WIN Gene.
Our only dscorataon-ths almighty
dollars rsosdtns into the background.
The man Of s~xosptiouai ability. Of
nor than ordinary talent win here
after look for his rewards. for his
honorn, not In enc direction but Ia
two:-Frst-and foremost-in some
public work accomplished, and, Sec
ondarfly. In wealth acquired
In place Of having 1t said Of him a.
bis death that he left - many hundred
thousand dollars Il viii be said that he
rendered q certain amount Of pubhc
service and. Incidentally. LEFT a certain
mount Of money.
Such q goal will prove q far greater
satisfaction to him. hs win live n mere
rational worth while life and he viii
be doing his share to provide 4 bsttsr
country In which b Iva.
have two reasons for believing that
future conditions win be a. I have
briefly skstchsd them,
Frst because the wsrId k being
drawn together In enc centralized
community through he weadsrfai de-
v~siopmsas In science and the marvel
lous work Of the ;~nvsAtss.
Second. because h ~ country
especially ws are saes<dns upo 4 new
stage II a~svslspAsat wAscA calls
Loudly Tor nsa whs win render de-
Interested public ssEvie&
We face new conditions. and in
order - survive and succeed We will
require . diffsrsat spirit Of public
service. -
One reason why / an strongly for
universal military training II that it|
develops In the youth q SENSE u ali
around responsibility b hs country,
not saly In ttns Of va bSs IN time Of
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the goVsrnMsnt's Employ In the ran,
road business he b a. conscientious -
he would DO we're hs entering the gov
ernment's service IN time Of war.
II our ra1roads wer. to be takes
over and operated BY our governments
at this time. how many Of you think We
would duplicats osrmany's succsssf
Government ownership Of railroads
may be a. dasirabIs In this country a.
it h 10 Germany. but ~ must first
have public servants who VII at Isast
come somewhere near the standard Of
Germany's public servants In sfficisncy
and honesty.
Look at the spectacle We IN pro-
senting 70 the world at thk very NO
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

torily or permanently BY merely rails
ing a mans wages
1t Is Inevitable because 1t gives sta
biiity to business and because 1t IL as
advantageous to capital as to labor.
As a matter Of fact. when q working
man strikes 1t is not merely to obtain
an Increase In his wage: that 10 what
the paper tell us the trouble Is all
abont and that 10 what he asks for; but
way down underneath what he is really
striking for In q larger percentage of
the profits of the busineas
Hs may aot realize this, but, sub
consciously. thas 10 precisely what hs
II doing.
No mere increase In wages can ever
satisfactorily solve this problem II
can be solved snIy On the basis Of
lREVhsb
BY profit sharing Do not mean
bonus giving. meas actual profit
sharing pians based on the earnings
Of the business. with = fsr percentage
to capital and . fair percentage to
labor after ordinary wages and intsr-
est have been sarped.
Profit sharing can b done salts
factoray only whsa the business con-
Germ makes public tts transactions. %
that the laborer and the stockholdsr
can know a. much about the business
a. does the manager himself
In the adjustment Of difficulties be-
tween capital and labor ! am conf
dent that open books viii accomplish
much more thar opeu shops.
These changes are f~ar-rsachins and
fundamental What are va going to
do about III whst'is to be our men
tai attitudsi How are We going TO
handle these problsmsf
Can We approach them from the
same point Of view a. did our fathers.
whs lived In . strictly ndivtdualis4c
ags' Can We approach them from the
knowledge We have gained from law
books wAich we're written In the h.
Idividualist3e asss II We DO We VIII
- combating the mighty onward
rush Of new thought and new eondi-
ttonA provided h largs measure By
the scientist the educator. the nven-
tor.
What The Future Helds Forth.
What b the outlook IL . sad,
pessimisttc future tina unfoldsi Does
life hardly seem worth living under
the new conditions or Toes 1t hold out
an optimistic future, with finer op-
portunities and more worth while
goalsi
Let me see II ! can picture 1t as /
see H. First. just a glance into the
past
About the only goal we have had
has been the almighty dollar. The
first question asked when 9 man dies
Is. How much was be worth: ?" with
scarcely . thought as to how much
he did for his community or bis coun-
~.
But What has = ~ amounted to-
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freedom to q point where. in many
phases Of u life. 1t has amounted to
license to do almost anything that we
pleased or that brought profit or
fancied renown, regardless Of its effect
on ones fellowmen.
In the early days. when instantaneous
REORGANIZATION did not exist, when
education was meagrs and science IN
developed, what the individual did was
of comparatively small consequence. for
his deeds did not reach very far and
did not affect many peopls.
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Il DO
AS L
LIKE"
-IndiUidualisn

with INSTRUMENTATION drawing
the world together In one centralized
community, the act Of the Individual
a affect q large number Of psopls:l
therefore, that form Of freedom which
is simply another expression for H.
csnss to do AZ one pleasess can NO
longer exist
When Manhattan was sparsely set
tied and most Of the people lived on
its southern end It would not have
mattored much had there been a case
OF smallpox at the north end. The pa
tent could havs dsas pretty much AZ
he pleased without endangering any
one else
But a case Of smallpox In the north
ern end Of Manhattan to-day must be
guaranteed Immediately to protect!
other people.
When l was 4 boy there was no So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to-
Animals, and had any one suggested
that q man could not whip his horse as
much as he pleased be would have been
ridiculed. Indeed, La those days the
idea that 4 man had not the right 10
beat his own child as he pleased was
given little attention.
When we we're all driving horses and
buggiss there was no speed nmdt and
a mar did not have to procure q
license to drive q horse. With the ad-
vent Of the automobile q license has
become q necessity. The public must
know that the man who operates an
automobile knows first how to operate
1t and. second. TO control It
Society 10 finding It necessary to take
away much Of what has hitherto been
called freedom Of the Individual" In
my Judgment this process u only In ita
infancy.
Relation 81 Capital and Labss.
The freedom Of the business man to
do as he pleases 10 now being seriously
challenged. and I most heartily agree
with what MI. John d. Rockefeller. Jr,
said recently at Cornell University to
the effect that one of the chief quail
fications for q manager Of q large bust
ness concern 70 rapidly coming h be
the human quality and ability b ad-
just differences between capitalist and
laborer and 70 understand their ssaa-
t1onship.
Until recent years little bread think
ing was given to this problem and dif-
f~erences were settled on the basis 81
might makes right.s An bhis u rap
idly changing and We are entering .
period Of new Industrial Relationships
In the long age the relationship ~
tween capital and labor was that u
owner and slave. then came the period
Of master and man. then the period Il
employer and employee. zach period
being a decided step forward
In my Judgment w are just low en-
tering period Of c~opartneruhtp.
where the tool user win " part ~
owner and vAsre capital ard laber vil
shere NOR eQuitably = ~ psofifl =
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

closely. We find it difficult to strike
cut along entirely new lines.
Thomas Jefferson, In his old age,
wrote a letter In which he said:-
Some men ascribe to the men Of the
preceding age a wisdom more than
hnanan, and suppose what they did TO
- beyond amendment. / knew that
ags LOT the Revolutionl well. ] be-
longsd to 1t and labored with It. It
deserved well Of lts country. 1t was
very like the present, but without the
Upsrisncs Of the present; and forty
years Of experience Il worth q CEN
tnry 1t book reading; and this they
would say themselves were they to
arise from the dead.
Great Changes Taking Place Rapidly.
The changes that occurred from the
close Of the Revolutionary War to JET
fersou's. old age made q deep impress
sson on his mind; Jet Is we look back
q them from this distance they seem
mfinitasimal when compared With the
changes that have taken place In the
world The last quarter Of q century and
ne tremendous changes taking place
now.
0soses WashinEton wal q representa-
I've Of the bsst type Of American q
snnfuzy a.d I half ago. He was =
po>star, = sel6ier ana : statesman, Jet
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ths susinsss - which they are jointly
gagged
This advance 10 Inevitable because of
ou educational system. which teaches
the ~workingman to think for himself.
1t Il inevitable because tntsrcommuni-
cation has told the workingman In one
community what the workingman In
other communities are striving for and
achieving.
1t Is Inevitable. because strikes and
Iockouts can never be settled satisfac-
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

peace. He b much mors apt 70 be q
faithful. conscisntious servant thar II
be had not had military training. He
enters public service In time Of peace
In mors nearly the same spirit that be
would enter military service IN dine Of
war-namely. from i sense Of patriotic
duty and a desire 10 serve his country
and his fellowmen.
In recent years we havs been hearing
a great deal about government owner
ship Of our railroads. We are told that
In Germany the railroads are owned by
the government and that their opera
ton ls most successful This 10 true.
but In Germany conditions are vastly
different
The military training Of the youth. In
fact. the entire trend OF education IN
Germany Is to impress upon the young
men Of that land that they owe service
to their country. When ! mar enters
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

ment In our pork barrel Ieg1slationi
Could we afford to have our railroads.
operated BY the same type Of pubic
~servantsf
II u government Ii to endure. r
we are to take cur proper place among
the nations Of the world In the new civ
ilization. the man Of the future must
live not for himself alone but Tor
others.
Consideration for one another ~
speedily becoming a social. Industrial
and economic necessity.
Capitalization is the order Of the day
The telegraph. the telephone. the auto
mobile and the airship are the causes.
They have wiped out not only cid prec-
edents and customs but State and M
tional lines M well.
A man living In Boston who wishes
to talk to a man HviAg IN San Fran
csco simply rings q bell, puts q Little
instrument TO his ear and proceeds to
talk. There ID hardly a miracle In the
BThls more wonderful than this.
The dectrins sf State rightss :
being rapidly demolished The "a
ten 10 being sbhgs1 to assume many
Of the funet1sns Of government hers-
tofors psrfsrnsd BY the State. ana
this tendency II growing.
The stats. viewed as an individual
with the right to Do ~ 1t plsasss with
In itself. without regard for ether
States, can no longer be tolerated
Only the nation can act In matters
that affect intsrstats relations. and
with MISREPRESENTATION and trans
portaties developed to their present
stage q considerabis percentage Of .
States activities ara Interstate u
their effects and consequences.
The World Il Drawing Tsgsthsr.
We must therefore take on 4 new
nationalist The world has bssn
drawn very closely together By he
cable and the trAnsatiantic liner, but
u l. ca the verge q being drawn n
finitsly mere closely together b. the
wireless the airsAir asA the subma-
rlns tslephsnA
When these are practical everyday
instruments Of Observation-Disclosures
and transportataea tAs social prac-
t5ces and the Industrial mskho6s a.
one natiea win quickly and seriously
affect all other nations. This VIII ~
quirs the yielding BY nations u csr-
tin Of tAsir indivtaualistdc rights md
prerogat1ves in order ts safeguard and
benefit the world ~ q whole.
This opens up Q great new vista
Il presents problems that are -
tenssly Interesting end Of far-reach-
ing Importance.
The period that ID upon N Offers
large opportunities for indisifunT
thought. Initiative and action, for CO.
structive work and for eonsfruerV
craftsmanship.
The mighty changes taking place q
Europe tell us With unmistakn1<r
voice that the reconstruction period r.
at hand The man OF the fufu<@
must realize II. He must be ready r.
.4MIU
He must have sufficient vision. iuto
Hgence and courage to cast aside NJ
methods and precedents OF ! by&oeo
6 He must let the dead pat 6G@|
Its dead. he mnss not lock hecf
the ssttins but forward = ~
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

A RECENT public hearing
on certain proposed food
legislation which Mr.. Perkins fav-
ored and which recognized the
necessity Of cooperation some one
remarked that the legislation was
. violation Of the principle Of
individua1ism- 6
Mr.. Perkins rstorted, @Indiyid-
ualism Ia as dead a. q smAlt-"
Mr.. Perkins reasons for his be-
lief are outlined In the following
article
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21

he did not know as much about science
as q young schoolboy of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the scien-
list of our time, but the gap between
the nan Of the Edison type and Wash
ington L. probably greater than the gap
between Washington and the man
whose bones were recently discovered
near Trenton. n. J.. said to have lived
120,Ooo years ago.
The advances In science, intsrcom-
munica ticn and In universal educa-
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tion-thess three sreat factors account
for the stupendous progress this coun-
try has made In the last twenty-five
years
They have swept away aid prece-
dents, old customs. and they viii even
tually sweep away many of the laws
now ON our statute books
The nan of to-day who dcss net
fully comprehend all this 10 doomed to
be somewhat Of q failure. while the
man who does comprehend 1t will have
taken a long stride toward succsss.
1t Is not many years sincs was q
lad, n yct at thst time there was no.
such thing a. q telephone. The tsle-
graph was In very meagre use, fast ex-
press trains did not exist 1t took
several weeks to cross the ocean. and
the only flying machine we knew about
wa the thuSu dotfueu on8 pOSSessoO
by Darius Green.
Catering . New World.
When Abraham Lincoln was Pres4-
dent 1t took four days or more for q
letter to travel from his bone In Iln-
inois to- New York. 1t took him several
days to 60 from his home to Washing
ton to be i~naugurated- And yet only q
few weeks & q young woman, un-
aided and alone, travelled in a flying
machine from Chicago to New York in
eight hours and fifty minutes.
We are just entering a new electrical
world. where everything is done. as it
were. on the instant
Our fathers had none Of the modern
machinery with which social and busi-
ness intercourse Is now carried on.
Their sons are wrestling with the prob
lem Of how to use these new methods
Of INSTRUMENTATION and stin adhere
to the lava. the ~precedents and the
book learning Of their fathers.
This 70 OUR great problem. 1t d q
difficult. complicated problem and u
causing a struggle Of titanic proper
Toms struggle to throw off In q
night. as It were. the precedents Of an
cid world for the realities Of q new.
Precedent makes towards Of as all.
But the educator, the scientist and the
tnvsntor have left Us no choice. We
must adjust our thought and action to
new conditions.
The Day Of Individualism Gone.
The changes Of the last twenty-five
years socially, industrially and econom-
tcally have beer great yet believe
they are infinitesimal compared 70 the
changes that are coming.
/ believe these changes are geing 10
deal most largely with the relation
ship of man to man.
In this country we have been living
in an age Of the utmost freedom 10 the
individual. 1t has been the individual
hstic period. when the order Of the day
has seemed to be every fellow for him
sslf and the devil take the hfndmost."
W. have glorisd II tho freedom Or
khs individual ard have practzssd 80
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The changes Of the last
twenty-five years socially, in.
! dustrially and economically
! have been very great, yet
! believe they are infinitesimal
! compared to the changes that
are coming. Precedent makes
! towards of IN all. But the
educator, the scientist and
the inventor have left M no
choice. We must adjust our
, thought and action to new
! conditions.
, GEORGE w. PERKINS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-09-21
WHY
.IND|V|DUAL|sM
IS AS
DEAD AS A
SMELT

w. Perkins,
Chairman Of the New
York City Committee
on Food Supply, Finds
That Science and In
vention Are Forcing
r e t airy
C. a n G e $ in h e
Worlds Industrial Re
lations, Whether We
Like It or Not
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11
REPAR|NCFOR
 FRONTIER DAYS

Prescott is making every preparation for the holding of the largest celebra ! ton Tn its history. This years From tier Days celebration will teem with activity. No small amount of pratriot- ism will be instilled throughout the four-days program, July 2-3-4-5. Daily. contestants are arriving from every part of the country, and the Frontier Days grounds already present q lively scene.
 More than s6,OOO in cash prizes will be hung up for rhe sports of the noun tains and plains, aside from the two feature events; S2,00U for the world S championship calf tying contest, and $1,000 for the worlds championship broncho busting contest.
 One of the real features of this years celebration will be that of the calf tying contest. First prize, $750: sec ond $500; third, $23O; fourth S125: fifth, S75; sixth, $50. \The above prizes will be awarded at the end of the con test. In addition. the following moneys will be awarded: July ,, $1O0 July 3. s1GO; July 1, $50. Day money to the extent above named will be awarded. S25 each to the fastest men, during the first three days contests. The entrance fee in this event will be $25, with six teen chances to win it back One half of the ropers will rope the first day one-half on the second day and from these not more than fifty having the highest time will be chosen by the judges to rope in the semi-finals and from these not more than thirty will be chosen to rope in the finals.
 This is not a tying contest forbidden by the state law. No calf will be thrown by means of horse and rope. Contest ants will rope calves having a forty foot start. Calf will be stopped by means of the rope, but. not thrown. Contestants must throw calves by hand without use of horse or rope. If calf should fall before contestant gets to it, it must be let up and then thrown by hand. This roping will be Catch as Catch Can"