Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-06
LAST OF TAPY
LECTURES HAD
fine MESSAGE
Address at First Baptist
Church On ''The Spirit Of
America" Touches Inter-
est of His Hearers.
(From Saturdays Daily Press)

NJ HlOHl DdCuludy bdlIy IcSNJ
4 Completing series of twelv
I. splendid lectures which began witt
a talk at the First Baptist churcl
last Sunday night, DR.. Geo H. Tap,
OF the University of Charlottesville
Ind, spoke for three quarters Of al
hour last night on the spirit o
America. : All OF these lecture
have been Of an unusual characte
from the standpoint of penetration
DR. Tapy has the rare gift of bein,
able to appeal to the higher intel
lect OF the most scholarly. and a
the same time choosing words ant
thoughts that can be appreciated b,
high school pupils His address las
night was Il gem in all respects
and the people OF Paragould ar.
coRgratulating themselves upon The
good fortune of having had the priv.
ilege OF listening to his discourses
In his address last night, DR.
Tapy said IN part:
Most OF our economic and in
dustrial troubles come from our ne.
cessity of having to aive together
Fifty years ago virtues were indi.
vidual. now they have become so
cial. When grandfather lived he
was sufficient unto himself alone
He built his own house, split his
own fuel produced his own food
raised his own sheep for clothing,
and made his own tools The com
munity was the neighborhood. Now
we depend upon factories for houses.
upon the gas company for fuel. up.
on railroads. and factories for our
needs Somewhat suddenly the
whole world has become Il neigh
borhood Then the family was the
organization. Now the whole world
is tied together in its work. Then
the Atlantic was Il barrier between
the Old and the New Worlds. Now
the Atlantic has become literally a
highway between Europe aud AM
erica. League OF Nations or
whatever happens in Europe we will
be in it. People easily adjust them
sefyys to each other in their work :;
but their manner of living, sympa-
thies, and feelings are older and
more stable.
"This adjustment in work but
failure of adjustment in sympathy
has brought tremendous problems.
1t has narrowed the individual by
the Introduction of the factory sys-
tenn, in which mans work is not
educativc as it used to be when ev-
cry man did complete piece Of
work. II has given us case, COM
fort, and prosperity, and thereby loss
of hardihood, initiative and charac-
ter II has made population urban
instead of rural and thereby brought
the increasing crime of cities. 1T
has broken up the family which was
once ali almost perfect social unit in
which each member could be a pro-
hucer, and has made it necessary
that mother, sisters, and brothers,
IL they continue to be producers
must get jobs in other institutions.
II has encouraged the growth of
large institutions outside of the
family-such as church, school. and
industry--and made possible the sur
render of individual initiative to
the institution. The new way is
with us TO stay. We will never
so back to the old. What is the
solution?
First, we must learn to be obe-
dient TO the will o fthe group. When
once school, church. state, or busi-
ness after free democratic discus
sions have decided by vote what
shall be done. minority and majori-
ty must act together. Somehow
freedom OF discussion in a democracy
must be permitted If freedom of
is wrong. it will not be long until
the man who is right will be de-
MED freedom OF expression we
may think and talk individually. hut
we must act together A democracy
has double problem in government
it mnst make the law and at the
same time respect and obey the
law.
second, we must serve the
group instead of serving ourselves.
NO one today can prosper by him
self alone The man who serves
the entire group best profits most
himself. AS a cancer which is not
in harmony with the body upon
which it feeds kills the body and
thereby commits suicide, so man
who fails 10 give days labor for
days wage robs the public and