The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
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Maynard Lee Daggy, March 1G
1921

The following interesting Thumb
Nail Sketch appeared i'm n recent is
sue of THE l.yceum Magazine, pub
lished in Chicago. 1t was written by
the distinguished author AMI lecturer
Robert Parker Miles, former,y of the
editorial staff OF the New Yol'; EN-
ening Journal"
Il have known young man for
years with towering bl.w VINO
talks like a Greek essayist and yet the
boy on the front seat gaping with iii
terest"
little short. scout man, With q;
lantern jaw, a large mouth and thick
lips, forever chopping his " lords in a
precise. sharp, quick manner wh,re
every word is correct. whose every
sentence fully describes the Si.lat,On.
y successful lecturer and prtnrc oG
managers. a stickler for the order Cf
things "a sure guide for q chAutaUq!a
program.
have known him Is years His
diSnified, heavy. ponderous demeanor
at first rcpellcd me. I listened tp linn
i'm ordinary conversation b,u as /
gazod my wonder grew that one
young head should carry all he i;nrw
i'ut this 10y is Il man arDWn. fail
OF wisdom, eloquencc and great use.
ful experience: an educator NhO has
held tn" big PAGES in universiti' s, an
""ator who has inspired multi. 1des;
an entertainer who has held tu,
mirror up TO nature; n platform nlA4-
aSer who is the last word. You may
read the pag = OF "Who's VINO iu
America or the biographies OF
Great Americans. and his name is
written there. Maynard Lee Daggy
has vcritably grown into the Amcri
can lyccum business From the time
of his student days i'm o,d Pc PauW
University, when as president of tn,
Lyceum course. he introduced In,
talent until now. he himself, is the
talent of the first water: one of the
foremost OF the lecturers Of the Amer.
lean platform.
He has come 10y ii honestly: first Il
dreamer and then an adlnircr Of all
things lyceum: Thoroughly prepared
for his ambitious work: graduated
from law school. studied sociology al
the University Of Chicago. professor
o. Rh"toric of the universities OF
Washtrgton and Wisconsin. managcy
Of, and Joint owner of one Of the biz
iHceum bureaus of the far west. now
Il director Of the educational and pub
lic.ty work of one Of the new bu-
rcaus which chain the east 70 the
west, the north TO the south.
] met him i'm the shadow OF the
odd state capitol at Little Rock. tho
Cthcr day, busy, happy, quick of
speech aud tlc.t Of roJt--a dynamic
personality.
| was afraid man of such learn
ing and preparation might be too
big-browed for a popular lyceum aud
iCncc, but no. he can eat meat ana
black bread and give milk to the ba-
hi'S. The boys Worship him and ling
"r ou the rrout seat oi the Chautauqua
tent iu Vrapt attention. Dag-y looks
like boy himself. "a stout. stOcky fcl-
low with bright sharp eyes a wealth
cf hair, shaggy and beginning to turn
gray.
He says he sovcr forty but the
Gods are Kind 10 him and have given
him perpetual youth lie is happy
aud cheerful claiming that happiness
Is not merely physical dcmonstra-
iion but spiritual cmanation.' lie
thinks right and is therefore mental
right lie is sympathetic for H.
SAYS there ar no bad folks. Those
whom m"n cal bad arc people win,
Nav" great 'n"'@y ana Lsv it in th,
wrong way. while the so. good are
merely laZlnr-s ina Disguise lie docs
not know | ann writing this but | see
HIM with his head thrown back. eyes
'lr"ui. tn" puict ambitious step. a
busy h1Pp\ man who docs not craWl
Lis Way throu@h tho world but walks
with his feet lnmly planted on the
cH.th aud his h,ap aud h,aC 1n,oI,o,
the stars.
lie is an up-to-d1tc messenger for
every Audience. tie is alert to the
Challenge of the twentieth cen
tu'N.' "a uGau "t 'Aullo Saxon -ru aud
Tu" believer i'm tAr 'Gospc. of ihr
'oulICUp,acc''