South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-23
D. A. R. AIDS SOUTH
SCHOOL FOR POOR
D OF MOUNTAINEERS
Dedicate Building to Pictur-
esque University, Hope
of Many Thousands.


tiers 81 the American Revolur6u
opening here Ias week was the pres
entatou a. building to the Lincoln
Memorial University AT Cumberland
cap Tenn. an institution dedicated
t0 the Great EmancipatOr who in
spircd its founding
The paLh0s or he struggles Of the
mountain boys and glris who are lts|
Students and The J. cturesquc back
ground Of their primitive homes wa
extremely interesting TO the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution for
several reasons.
the neVest and one Of the most
imposing buildings on the campus
OF the institution is the Tennessee
j. A. r. hall a dormitory for boys.
erected during the past year BY the
Tennessee Daughters. Five Of the
national officers OF the u. a. r. are
members OF the WOman's Advisory
Board OF the school
Located almost on the tri-State
lire or Virginia. Kentucky and Ten
.uessee. near the historic little tOwr
- Cumberland Gap. where one Of
The famous battles OF the Civil War
was fought. and lying N the midst of
- little valley surrounded by males
tic mountains. Lincoln Memorial
University enjoys one OF the most
picturesque settings OF any school I'm
Tho Southland
Region Rich in History.
The region is rich I'm pioneer his.
tory, ard among the several land
marks OF interest near the school As
the Boone trail marker placed by
the Tennessee, North Carolina, Vir-
GINA and Kentucky Daughters OF
the American Revolution
Beginning in the basement rooms
Of an old church in Cumberland Gap.
the school has grown 10 a campus
and farm OF more than $50 acres
and a forest tract CT several thous-
and acres. with number OF beauti-
ful buildings. and today IL boasts Of
an enrolment OF $50 students.
More than 20 per cent Of the stu
dent body or the university depend
entirely or partly upon the work
they 90 TO pay for their board and
books TMrsting for the education ar
which their fOrefathers sneered and
for the knowledge Of accomplishing
daily tasks by modern-d methods
instead Of the primitive ways which
still are IN vogue among the litter
ate mOuntaiGeers. many Of the
mountain boys and girls forsake
their ram shackle homes. walk for
miles carrying their little all" tied
~ i'm a handkerchief or I'm the old
shioned telescope" and present
themselves at the school without a
have come"
Has Bib Curriculum
al the regular subjects from kin
derEarten through college courses
ere taught, and I'm addition the
school provides training i'm carpen-
try, engineering. dairying, horticul-
ture. farming. forestry, cooking.
canning. spinning sewing. laundry
poultry raising. gardening music
and art Not only are the students
taught these trades. but they are
paid by the hour for the work they
10 in these lines. and when they
leave school their minds are trained
to think and their hands accustomed
To doing as producers. home makers
and patriotic citizens.
There are today more than three
million illiterate persons IN ths
mountain fastness OF the APP
ptlachian region who have never
come. under the influence OF present
day civilization. who are un-Ameri-
,auized because they have been de
MED the advantages Of education. /
and who therefore are susceptible
targets for the Bolshevistic propa-
Elnda which Is being dissem inated /
throughout the world according 10
Dr a. r. Wlnship. editor of the Bos-
ton Journal OF Education
Declaring that education is the
only means by which Bolshevism
can be exterminat ed, DR. winship
recently asserted that nowhere in
america viii a little EFFORT show
ch results as among these noun
Nineers.'
Noble Illlterates'
But. h added. these people
can never be reached from without
they must be reached by the lead
crslip Of the kinsfolk. The only
salvation for the noble nHterates of
ttre three million mountaineers I
comes from the influence or the sons \
and daughters who have gotten their
Vision from attendance upon the in
s,itutions within their border
II Is history chat the loyalty OF
the L1en OF this section IN the crit!-
cal hour OF the Civil War saved the .
Mon and that their sons. standing
as a bulwark against the enemy. &C /.
Cuusplished the great achievement OF
the World War. for 81 was the T1hr-
teth Division. composed largely Of
mountain boys from this very sec +.
ton that broke the Hfndenburg line. /.
Education is the only means OF \
slcadying these millions OF noun
tIiueers when the hurricane Of Boil n
shevism threatens 20 wreck the 10y n
atty Of the men who saved the Union /.
in the sixties and broke the linden I
burg line IN 1918"
The education OF the people OF the
southern mountains. IN the opinion \
lof Dr. W1nship. has ceased 20 be a n
local problem ard has become the \
duty OF the nation. and his belief Is
Iconcurred in by Secretary OF the In
Terror Albert B. Fall. who recently N
accepted a position on the National N
J Board OF Advisers for Lincoln N
Memorial Uuiverzity.
- Education Is Antidote."
Education Is the antidote FOR \
TBolshey1sm and n AFFORDED 20 the n
iznountaineers Of the Southern APP II
palach.ans Will prevent their ever
bringing 20 pass a situation such 20
the country Is facing IN the present III
coal strike" Seo'y Fail told repre- II
sentatives OF the university when no