The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-02


their daughters would not dance. But
YOU cannot have your way, for girl
Will dance it's as natural as breath
ing. Therefore, the thing to do Is to
see that they are provided with
places TO dance which have your ap.
proyal.
Begin right now In Ardmorc to
think Of creating Il great rccrcational
center. And when you have done
that by all means supervise your
public play. A play centcr without
supervision is not much; l have even
advised the abandonment Of center
II it could not have a play leader"
Here Mr., Albert told the story Of
the rccroations Of Minneapolis. the
skating surlaces, the popular con-
ccrts, the Fairgrounds all over the
city.
"Forty years ago" h. said, MIN
nearolis had a population of only
SS,OOO-not much more than Ardmoro
has today. Now Minneapolis is a
city Of half n million, and growing by
| leaps You al know Mlnncapol
il is the most famous city in the
| northwest. Let me whisper some
thing to you. The first city in Okla.
homa which catches the vision which
built Minneapolis. will become the
mcst famous city in the great south.
west. Shall it be Ardmorc?"
What Makes a Great City?
"One Of the most poignant things
that has been said" Mr.. Albert be-
gan, is that this is q critical night
for Ardmore. The spirit of the wei
fare Of the community finds express.
sion in only 10 cities outside Of the
English speaking world. Those twelve
are in Switzerland. only in tnr new
or countries of the English speaking
world is this most throbbincly felt;
! in Canada, in our own beloved Unit
cd States, and others. where the
| urge Of new life, graphing with the
problems Of democracy has been most
keenly developed"
Mr.. Albert pointed out the essen
tials in the creation of the spirit
which makes greater and finer. Tho
tightcst and meancst city in the
world Is the one that is safest against
| alien blood" he declared. "If Ardmorc
had Polaks and Italians. SlovakS and
Czechs. the Let's and Greeks, fight.
ing for an education, you would have
TO build moro high schools.
4 Civic Conscience
There must he personal devotion
N,sttl nj, I,
to have great churches within which
we moy worship. But we must have
civic EXPRESSION Of this worship.
Many cities have been wrecked by
lack Of building vision. am glad
to be told that you have begun to
develop a building vision for Ard.
more nothing could b. wiser nor
could the timc be more opportune.
Somebody will say we want more
factories Now factories are built for
only one purpose. If factories cln
make money in Ardmorc. a Chinese
wall cannot keep them out. If thcy
cannot make money, all the efforts
Of the Chamber Of Commerce TO bring
them here ana keep them will avail
naught.
eve need new spiritual under.
standing among men. once Il man
Of my acquaintance showed me 4
grain of wheat. II was carefully pre-
served between plates Of glass When
] saw it. It was small and musty 1t
would not have been rockoncd first.
| class wheat by any Oklahoma farm
cr. Why did ms friend care for that
grain of wheat so carefully? Why
did he not plant 1t and raise grain
from It? Because II came from the
pyramids. Who put It there? The
pyramids emphasize the survival val
ue OF spirit. Nobody knows OF a
certainty who builded the pyramids,
but anyone can find in his library
book in which he may learn that
It was Moses who wrote down the
ten commandments. We 40 not
know who erected the pyramids,
treat tangible things which have en-.
durcd for ages, but we do know
who transmitted to MS the great code.
that illustrates the survival value Of
| spirit.
Kindliness and Faith
"kindllness Is another import, nj
quality in tho development Of cities.