The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-09-06

SCHOOL OPENING
WAS AUSP|CIOUS,

The High School and City School
had what seemed to be most au.
spicious opening last Tuesday morn
ing in the presence Of the student
body, the teachers and many visi-
tors composed of patrons and repre-
sentative business and professional
men.
The opening announcement was
made by Superintendent j. 0.
Brown, followed by scriptual les
son by Rev. P. D. T. Roberts and
prayer by Rev. j. 7. Stricklin.
The first speaker was Judge T. A.
Lancaster, president of the school
board, and we can say for the Judge
that ne never made a better or more
practical talk. He tried to impress
on the children the value of effici-
ency in life, the absolute necessity
of studying to know and to retain
and not merely to get BY" He re-
ferred to the law and medical stu
dents who use devious ways to
merely pass their examinations
without really securing the informa-
ton to make a success Of their pro.
fessions. Such men are bound to
fall down later in life. Further the
Judge said Nobody does work well
who does not love that work. You
can not trust and depend upon an
unwilling worker"
County Superintendent O. E.
Holmes said that the occasion in
spired him to dedicate anew his life
to the cause Of education. He re-
minded the boys and Girls. that
President Wilson had said that the
1Clso0ls = tIIIJ 0llElfy afe NE thifd
line trenches inthe battle front Of
the great war for world freedom in
which we are engaged, and added
that we cannot afford to neglect the
schools, as has, unfortunately been
done to some extent. 10 England and
France, since the great war began.
The motto Of this country must be
Keep the standard up"
County Judge L. B. johnson did
not intend to make speech-but
made a good one. The Judge used
to be teacher and said that it was
always a delight to him to come in
to the presence of school boys and
girls. Judge johnson explained
that when a pupil deceives his or
her teacher, in the long-run the pu-
pll is cheated, for the school is the
training camp for the responsibilities
and activities of life and that the
habits formed during school days
follow one all the days of life. He
told the old stories of scattering
mustard seed in the forest and driv-
ing the post full of nails-and his
points were fine. The mustard seeds
cannot be picked up and, while the
nails can be withdrawn from the
post, the scars will remain
America was sung by the as
sembIed crowd and attention called
by Superintendent Brown to the
fact that the Lexington Schools ser
vice flag contains already fifty
seven stars, nine of whom had be-
come commissioned officers.
The next speaker was Lieutenant
Hubert Denison, visitor, formerly
a pupil and teacher in the school.
Lieut.. DeDison said it is really a pity
and often becomes tragedy that
children cannot estimate the value
of early opportunity-for lost op-
portunities cannot be regained. He
said that being able to see and do
we'll the little things of life is of the
greatest value, for the big things
will solve themselves. The little
things are the analysis of the big
things and nothing in the world
can be solved without proper analy-
sis. He referred to the importance
of a little thing in army life, in the
fact that forgetting to fasten his
collar button caused him to spend
in camp two days that he was very