Evening star., 1923-02-03
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Achievements and Famous
Natives Listed in Address
Before Geographic Society.
HOME OF RED CROSS
Franklin, Whitney, Morse, Howe,
Bell, Webster and Longfellow
Among Names Given.

what Massachusetts, and her native
sons have done to aid the progress
Of tho nation was described by Vice
President Coolidge to the National
Geographic Society in two lectures
yesterday. one in the afternoon and
the other at night. He was introduc-
cd at the evening lecture by Frederick
V. Coville, chairman committee on
research of the society. and at the
night session by Maj. Gen. y. w.
Creely, u S. A., retired, member of
the society's board of trustees.
Massachusetts, has been the loca-
ton of an enormous industrial de-
velopment," said Vice President
Coolidge. 1T is claimed that the first
agricultural show was held there.
Certainly It was the home of the
Baldwin apple and the Concord grape.
There the first railroad was built.
Four inventions, most important in
modern life, are represented by the
telephone, which Bell invented there,
Inc telegraph, the sewing machine
and the cotton gin of Morse, Howe
and Whitney, three of her native sons.
while incubation was first used there
by Boylston and the first practical
demonstration of the discovery of
ether was made in one of her hos
pitfalls. There. is the greatest fish
market, leather market, wool market
and the principal center for the pro-
uuction of textile machinery, boots
and shoes, cotton, wooden and worsted
goods, paper. and al government
bank note paper
In Learned Professions.
Jonathan Edwards preached there,
benjamin Franklin was born there.
1t has had such scientists as Agassiz
and Gray, such preachers as Chan
ming, Parker Brooks and Moody. In
literature it carries such names as
Emerson, Hawthorne. Holmes, Long
fellow, Lowell. Whittier. Everett,
Phillips and Julia Ward Howe. in
art, Sargent, Whistler, Stuart, Bull
inch, Copley and Hunt; among its
lawyers are story, Cushing, Shaw,
Fhoate, Webster and Parsons; among
its statesmen have been the AdamSeS.
Webster, Sumner, Wilson and Hoar.
IT has been the abiding place of
strong common sense. illustrated by
Samuel Adams, master of the town
meeting, and Jonathan Smith. the
farmer from Lanesboro, who, with
Adams. swung a hostile convention
to the ratification of the fedegal Con-
sritution.
Pioneers are represented by such
men as Gen. Rufus Putnam. who
planned the settlement of southern
chant of Chicago the five students of
Williams College who laid the founda-
tion Of American foreign missions at
the memorial haystack prayer meet
ing; Peter Parker, who established
rhe first hospital in China; Garrison.
the abolitionist: Clara Barton. who
founded the Red Cross Mary Lyon.
who led the way at Mount Holyoke to
higher education of women; Horace
Mann, who was foremost in the train
Ing of teachers for the public schools.
Religious and Civil Lead.
I'm 1880 the first general court ever
held on this side of the Atlantic ocea n
assembled at Boston. In 1857 the first
general council of churches was held
III Cam bridge. In 1911 q code CT laws
for the colony, known as the Massa-
chusetts body of liberties. was adopt
ed, forniddug bond slavery. In l643
the New England confederation was
formed. This was a league, and not
u federacy', but il distinctly shows the
rational tendency. In 1916 there was
convened church synod. which
adopted the Cambridge platform. In
accordance with its terms. the Con-
sregatioral churches of New England
were governed for long time. All
of these were expressions Of the
fundamental principles of govern
nent, not yet in the form Of finished
product, but sufficiently explicit TO
rank with the great charters of his
tory.
What an important influence the
churches and clergymen were in this
Early life is apparent wherever We
turn. To Robinson, who remained at
home, were joined others equally
prominent who led their fncks to
these shores. As Hooker. the early
clergyman of Cambridge. who, pass
ing on with his congregation to Hart
ford.. set the ineXtinsuishable mark of
freedom and local independence under
the representative system upon gov
ernment, so Shepard, who succeeded
to his pulpit and was one Of the COM
mittee of six magistrates and six
clergymen chosen TO establish the
college. set the same inextinguishabl e
mark on education