The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-06

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He then introduced r. II. Wilson, state
superintendent of public instruction.
Superintendent Wilson's Address.
During all my service a. a sChoo,
man, and throughout my travels over
| Oklahoma, it has been my pleasure
! to attend large number OF school
| festivals of this nature Mr. Wilson
said but never before have | seen
such a wonderfully successful demon
stration as ! have Witnessed hereto
day. But it is easy 10 understand its
success, when We take into considera-
tion the type Of citizens and educators
which make Ardmore their home
Never before in the history of the
United States has the work of the pub
lie schools been as important as it is
now, and the hearty spirit Of patriot
ism which peryades the atmosphere
here today makes my heart swell with
pride.
Hundreds Of years ago our fore
fathers came here to establish a gov.
ernment where they might Worship
God as they pleased and where they
might live without fear Of persecu-
ton And | want to see built in this
country an educational system which
will teach our children to be good citi-
zens and good soldiers when they are
needed for such duties
Duty is the greatest word in the
English language, according to the
statement Of the hero Of the south
Robert +. Lee, and want our boys
and girls trained to do their duty al.
ways"
He then urged each to "do his bit, "
appealing to everyone to find some
thing which he might do, and encour
aged the work OF the Red Cross So
ciety, saying it was one Of the noblest
organizations that ever existed any
where This Is a time when every
one must do his duty" he continued
'Im proud Of Ardmore I'm proud
OF you children, and of the work you
are doing, and you are to be congratu
lated upon having with you such teach
ers as those who have trained You Sc
well as to make today's pageant Sc
successful. And the teachers are tC
be congratulated upon having behinC
them such a body of citizens as those
whose spirit is so well manifested here
today"
? To Civil War Veterans.
He then spoke of the Civil war vet
erans who had taken part in the par
ade. There Is no longer any nort'l,
there is no south" he said I'VE are
united to fight a common enemy. tn,
d kaiser Of Germany Every true Amer
can is against the kaiser, and vel
, get him. think it is most fortunat,
that we entered this world war afte
the Russian revolution, and that ",
have not allied ourselves with In,
imperial Russian government, but wit,
the republic Of Russia We are toda,
allied with the democracy of the world
and we'll all rally together under Oh
Glory; we'll see it wave over tn,
bloody battefelds Of France, and fin
ally will live to see II victorious owe
the kaiser | had rather, by far, b
[, the young Texan who pinned Old Glor,
to his bayonet several days ago. AM
charged over the bloodsoaked groun,
at Vimy ridge, than to have been TN
= kaiser of Germany at the same time.
Mr., Wilson then honored Miss Mar
= Nell Brown, pupil of Miss Hardin n
: the Washington school. He told u
the recent state educational contest
, held at Saltwater, in which school pit
pills from all parts of Oklahoma wer
4 entered, and concluded with the ar
: nouncement that little Miss Brown ha
= been awarded second honors in tn
penmanship contest. the only entran
n in any of the contests from cit
= school to win prize. He then hande
her a ten-dollar gold piece.
"lf people in all parts of this stat
realized what this meeting here toda
, would have been, Ardmore would hay
= been unable to hold the crowd of vi
~ itors which would have swarmed Z
/. the city" Mr.. Wilson said in conclu
I. ion.
Mrs Robert Gardenhire then san
o THE MarselIaise," national hymn
= France.
I. Mayors Commentator.
70. Mayor W. X. Roberts was the ue'
II speaker on the program
n. Without doubt this is the create
N day that Ardmore has ever cXperien
i ed he said, "a day that will ling,
e forever In the memory OF every mn
and woman, boy and girl. We ha,
II. gathered here to show our loyalty
r. our nation, our city, our schools an
ourselves
But II is day of combined ioy an
Z. sorrow, Of pleasure and sadness. "
10 older folks, looking out over the ch
ID dren's bright happy faces realize th
al our day is waning. and that these ch
=. dren soon will he called to take OF
ir places in the onward march of q
nj world
al And It Is up TO us To- see that Oh,
are reared properly. that they are
m trained that they will be able 10 be-
A. well the burdens we will leave to the,
fl We have right here In Ardmore d
N best free schools in the state. and "
have the right kind of people to ba,
the school system. and uphold Il
p" work OF our educational leaders.
1T gave me the greatest pleasu
to issue the proclamation calling f
this celebration, but never thour
that It would bring out such demo
stration as that which have witne.
ed today Such an occasion teaches o