Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-01

there is an institution now known to every
section of the country as the Berry Schools,
and eloquently called the greatest expression
of a single soul in America. 1t is an estate
of six thousand acres of rolling land, field
and forest, with mountains in the back
ground. Here are gathered some six hun
the South, who, but for the heroic devotion
of woman, would have had no chance in
life Little by little, through matchless
vision, and unshakable faith, she has equip
ped this place with great buildings for the
care and training of her adopted children,
surrounded herself with young men and
women inspired to God-like nobility of pur-
pose by her example, and is steadfastly
carrying for Immortality. Thousands
have come and gone from Mount Berry to
usefulness in the world Five hundred of
these boys of the mountains. and the farm
fought in the great war, and some gave
their lives. Sergeant York was Of the same
type as these Berry boys. The great truth
Of this work is, that these boys do not leave
the South. AS a rule they go back home
trained to victory circumstance of
birth and environment; for in their souls is
the great desire for service to their kind.
This school, recognized model for all
where students may pay by labor for their
training, should be a Mecca for the univer-
stiles, for we take it that nowhere in
America is manliness and the value of per-
sonal independence more beautifully taught;
and nowhere is found more striking exam
pie of the mastery Of soul and mind over
matter Here one sees great buildings
erected by boys, grounds laid out with keen
regard for beauty, and broad fields rich
with harvests wrested from the sun and the
soil by the unconquerable spirit of the
Southern boy.
Over the entrance to Mount Berry is an
arch bearing the inscription: "THE GATE
OF OPPORTUNITY" 1t tells the great
story Of the school, and of the devoted
woman who heads it. At the far end of tn,
farm one comes on another arch and the
inscription, "The Road Of Remembrance
This marks the beginning of a four-mil>
road leading back to the boys school, anu
was built in memory Of those who lost their
lives in the World war. In the building of
this road everyone, including the teachers,
contributed personal labor.
Great highways lead out of the North and
the West into the Southland and hther-
ward over these almost unbroken streams
Of travel are flowing. One of them crosses
the Potomac at Washington; others come
through Kentucky and Kansas. Wherever
they enter, the South should erect great
arches bearing the Berry legend, "The Gate
of Opportunity" They would. thrill the
public mind as invitations to the splendors
of our waiting fields and forests, our mex
haustible mines, great water powers:
to the land of the peach and melon. the
citrus and the snowy cotton; to balmv
breezes, and marvellous sunsets
But on the southern side of these arches.
let there be carved the other legend, "The
Road of Remembrance" that when our own
sons and daughters pass out, they may know
that with all their faults of judgment and
forgetfulness Of patriotism, we shall love
them still-we do dwell in the land of the
sun and the rose