Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-17
ALUMNI ADDRESS IS
DELIVERED At ATHENS
Macon Editor Is Speaker Before
Student Body At University
Commencement There

ATHENS, June 17.-No time in
the history of the world has there
been such opportunity for service
and such an insistent call for men
who are capable of rendering SER
vice to their fe1low-men, and have
the will to do so, w. D. Anderson.
of Macon, declared, in the annual
| Alumni address prepared for deliv-
cry here today.
Never was the demand for lead
ership so urgent. While it is true
that men are thinking more, and
thinking more deeply today than
probable ever before, the every
day problems of life and business
are so pressing and SO absorbing
that we are glad to follow a true
leader when once we find him and
are certain of the clarity of his
vision and the integrity CT his pur-
pose.
ANY man, therefore, who can
penetrate the mist that befogs the
view of the masses rs they grapple
hand in hand with the stubborn
problems that confront them, whose
mental equipment enables him to
see ahead to better going and fails
to call a word of cheer aud en-
enlargement to those around MIN,
is recalcitrant to his plain duty and
mocks his opportunity for service"
That there is a spirit of pess.-
mism abroad in Georgia today, Mr..
Anderson declared, is undoubtedly
true. Go where you will, in almost
any crowd you find, "the talk of
hard times in Georgia will be
heard"
"God never. made pessimist. !"
he continued, Fhe is. either self
made or the son of Satan"
I suggest that on every occasion
you take the trouble to point out
that though the South's cotton
crop-formerly our money crop
has shrunken, we are still alive to
tell the tale, and Georgia is very
far from being a bankrupt State.
Formerly, and for a century, we
of the South were a debtor people,
and we have been forced to go
elsewhere to borrow our money, but
at this time there is plenty of mon
ey in Georgia belonging to Geor-
gians to finance any business con-
Quoted along intelligent liEec, on to
promote and finance any safe enter
prise which Georgians of brains
care to launch.
'Why not point out all these
things, if they mean anything at all
mean a more prosperous state, a
more Independent citizenry, anC
authorize the hope for greater hap.
piness not only for those who are
in the ruck and weIter of the mo.
ment, but as we'll for those who vii
come after US?
1t is not sufficient "for the men
of Old Georgia" to content them,
selves with awaking" their fellow
citizens to the truth of what we
have discussed" the speaker de-
clared," for we must locate the diff
ficulties in the way. 1t is in such
a realm of activity as this that the
call of leadership that is yours by
right is distinctly called into ser
vice."
"The tasks are so great" he de
clared in conclusion, the oppor-
tunities for service are so many
the call is so clear, that | do not
see how we can fail to hear and an.
swer."
Here at our own University, SUP.
ported by the State that is yours,
your feet have been unshacklet
that you may tread the path of pro
gress; your hands have been un-
manacled that you may work witt
The intelligence of the trained ar
fist, your tongue has been unlooseC
that you may preach the doctrine
of hope, and sound a call that viii
lift your fellow citizens either from
i
dependency or Indifference; you.
brain has been unfettered that vol
may sweep wide in a vision that is
without compass.
ltMhnt LII ..o.... ...-..- ~.