The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-13
FITTING CLIMAX TO
SUCCESSFUL WEEK
Celebration of Father and Son Day
BY Banquet at the Y. NJ. C. A.

Thursday night at the Y. M. G. A. when
covers We're laid for III fathers and
sons, and every place was filled. En-
thusiasm and good cheer reigned from
the time the boys began to file into
1.-THE lobby of the association with their
Dads" until the last man and boy
departed at a late hour for their
homes
i When the gong sounded and the
men and boys filed into the big GYM
nasium tables filled with the very best
OF eats prepared by the ladies awaited
them, and every one present declared
It one of the best banquets they had
attended for a long time.
The program for the evening was
carried out to the letter and every
speaker acquitted himself well. There
was not duh moment during the en-
] tire evening and the ladies who SO
ably assisted and prepared the dinner
seemed to have just as good time as
those whom they were serving. A
bevy of young girls were present to
assist in serving when all We're seat
ed, and much of the dispatch with
! which the dinner was served was due
to their energy.
! Lee Bell was on hand with his photo
! making apparatus and just before the
Invocation a flash light picture was
made of the assembled body. The gym
nasium had been beautifully decorated
with autumn bowers and hanging
moss, while dozens of potted plants
and ferns We're banked about the room
| Bhe tables were all beautifully dec
| Grated with cut flowers and presented
beautiful sight
VIM. Fisher was POSTMASTER and in
most fitting words paid tribute to the
Father and Son movement and to the
place it held in the hearts and minds
i of the men of the country
J. p. Moore, general secretary of the
/ association, was the first speaker, and
he outlined the early organization of
the Father and Son movement. He
stated that the first meeting was. held
in Providence, r. / on May 26, 1909
and that to B. NJ Russell belonged the
honor Of having originated the idea
The movement has grown from this
one meeting until the National Fa-
Their and Son Week is being observed
over the entire United States and in
many of the foreign countries.
Fred w Marsh spoke on the Boy
in the Home" His talk was along the
line of the necessity of the boy in the
home playing the game of life on a
square basis. He said he was not GO
ing to tell the boys what he should dc
so much as he was to try to show them
that the biggest thing a boy could do
was to try to live UP to the high stand
ards and ideals of life.
Prof. A. S. Edwards spoke at length
on the boy in the Schools" He re-
lated many Of the experiences he has
in his work as superintendent OF
schools, and drew comparisons Of many
of the schools he has visited during
his time as superintendent.
The only boy speaker of the evening
was Fronts sheriff.. He opened his
speech by apologizing for the absence
of his father, whom he said had to be
out OF the city Fronts said that every
boy should make a confidant of his
father, but that first the father hae
to win that confidence. and good way
was to take the boy out with him and
on his hunting and fishing trips. he
said also that every boy should be |
better than his father. for the reason I
that the boy had the advantages Of I
his fathers many and varied exper-
fences. and that the boy was trying
to tread in the footsteps Of his father
and for this reason it was all impor- +
tant that the fathers walk right
r. Pope Reese was to have spoken /
on the subject "our Boys but on ac-
count of illness in his home he was
prevented from being present and pr i
Tappey, to whom q call has been eX-
tended to become the pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, and Whe
was present was called upon to talk
on this subject. DR.. Tappey stated
that it was very appropriate that ne
should be called upon to speak on our
Boys" as he did not have any boys I
and of course, he knew all about how
they should be raised, and gave most
talk on boy life
II. B. Banks, athletic coach Of the 4
pensacola High school, spoke on the H
very appropriate subject Team
work" Mr.. Banks said it was most
natural that he should center what nc
said around football. He said It was
not the boy or man who carried me
ball over for the touchdown, but =
was the other ten men who were De
hind or in front Of him that made i
possible. That no one man could wiz
the game. but the only thing that coule
make a winning team was team work
and that every man had to forget him
self and play for the team. He also
made it clear that you had 70 ne
good loser. as well as a good winner.
Chaplain w w. Edel, speaking on
the subject Who Shall be the Father
to Ny Som, directed his talk to the
fathers who We're present, and made
q strong appeal for them to be the
men that their boys believed them c
be, or that their boys should believe
them to be.
He said some one was going to lead
ana direct the boy and that it was en-
upon the man who was SC
fortunate as to be the father of a boy
10 see to it that he gave that boy tbs
life that would be worthy Of the name