The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
IMMENSE CROWD
ATTENDS LAYING
OF CORNER Stone
DEDICATION OF NEW SCHOOL AT
CULLEokA PROVES TO BE
NOTABLE EVENT.
BOUNTEOUS DINNER IS SERVED
Interesting Program of Addresses and
Music Proceeds the Formal Placing
of Stone--Miss Mary Graham Off
ciates..
(From Mondays Daily Herald }

(From Mondays Daily Herald)
In the presence of an immense
crowd, one of the largest that has as
sembled at Culleoka in years, the cor
ner stone of the new $4,000 school
building was laid Saturday. An ex-
ceptionally fine program was rendered
and the people manifested the closest
interest in every detail of it, Not only
were nearly all of the people of that
community present but citizens from
every portion Of the county, several
members of the county board of educa.
ton and a number from Columbia
were in the immense audience.
| The large auditorium of the Meth
odist church, in which the morning
exercises were held, was inadequate
for the crowd Although it was filled
| to the limit many were unable to get
in and goodly portion of the crowd
remained OF the outside. The smooth
ness with which every detail of the oc-
casion was carried out, reflected the
| highest credit on Prof Galloway, the
| principal of the school and the SPLEEN
did committees that co-operated with
him. Nothing had been left undone
| to make the occasion that notable
| event that it should have been in the
| history of the people of Culleoka
After the morning exercises the
| crowd adjourned to the school grounds
where such dinner was served as one
seldom sees in these days. 1t was
vivid reminder of the long ago when
hospitality was unbounded. The long
| able of wire upon which the dinner
| was spread presented picture that
would have delighted the most fastid-
ious epicure and proved source of
intending joy to the most pronounced
gourmond. There was everything that
goes with an old fashioned dinner in
very much larger crowd could have
oeen fed without exhausting the sup
ply. 1t was elegantly prepared and
most expeditiously served.
The exercises of the day cornmenc-
ed at II O'Clock with the old corona
ton hymn An eloquent invocation
was offered by Rev. w. o. Largen,
pastor of the Methodist church.
Miss Annie Grace O,Callaghan sang
most beautifully, the Bells of st. Ma.
rvs" being accompanied by Mrs. Har-
we'll Bennette Park. The opening adj
dress was delivered by j. l. Finney, ed
itor of The Herald, who presided. His
address has heretofore been published
in these columns.
The principal address of the day
was made by Former State Superin-
tendent R. l.. Jones, of Murfreesboro.
His address was an eloquent and logi-
cal appeal for the public school. He
paid fine tribute to the spirit and de-
votion of the people of Culleoka that
had made their great building posi-
BILE. He traced briefly the progress of
public education in Tennessee, and
declared that although we had yet a
long way to go to attain the standards
all desired, great progress had been
made and was being made. He de-
clared that the hope of democracy
was in the education of the masses of
the citizens. He said that the intelli-
gence of community, was not that of
few outstanding and especially en-
dowed individuals but that of the gen.
, eral average of the citizens Of the
community. In the course of his adj
dresh Prof Jones paid deserved trib-
ute to County Superintendent Graham,
declaring that no county in Tennessee
had better and few had as good pub
lie school superintendent as that Off
cial in Maury county. This statement
was greeted with vigorous applause.
His address was repeatedly inter-
rupted with applause.
At the conclusion of Prof. Jones adj
drewss Bailey Richardson with cornet
and Carroll Evins with violin render
ed a selection Adjournment was
then taken to the school grounds.
Upon re-assembling in the grove at
the school yard the school children
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