The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-06-19
.AMOUTHFUL.OF
COMMONSENSE
DR.. Frank B. Pearson Tells Us
to Talk Less and Cultivate
More Brains

lllOSl llOlSt, that lllOSC WIN
turn down the big things IN
life will always live in small
world, and that a girl had bet
ter live and die an old maid
than to be chained to a man
with unclean blood, are out
standing remarks in the lecture
of DR.. Frank B. Pearson, eX-
Commissioner of Education
of Ohio, who addressed the
Chautauqua audience here
Wednesday afternoon.
In his famous lecture on World
Building" DIR. Pearson says that
we are all possessed with a God
given mind. and that we should use
it for expansion. If we turn down
the big things in life for the little
things, we will live in a small
world. Our world is what we make
it. Reading the right sort of books,
listening to the right kind of music
will make it a larger and better
one. Do not 20 around with your
eyes on the ground, but look up and
face the world, to get ahead. BE
something TO make this q better
place for others.
Each of us must decide for our
selves how we will build our world
Are we going to be jazz babies, or
someone who is a help to others
Jazz people ask for jazz records
and when we are i'll music store,
we can Judge others by the music
they buy. Some people say that
classical music is too 'highbrOw' for
them. Do you know why? 1t Is
simply because their minds are not
large enough for them to under
stand it, and they should be asham'
ed to admit the fact; but some OF
them haven't sense enough to know
it and 90 around Dragging of their
ignorance.
"Bobbed hair has been criticized,
but bobbed hair is far more prefer
.tsle to bobbed brains, heaven help
the one who has both. The same
way with dancing; we much prefer
nimble heels to 'nimble brains. Biz
people never criticize, they are toe
busy doing things to help the world
grow larger. The little ones who
do nothing else, criticize.
Beware of The Rotters
Ignorant people make the most
noise. Go into any pool room ana
the ones making the most noise
will be the most useless and Isnor'
mt ones iii the crowd. The same
Is true of any place. People VINO
rattle the most are always the
cbeapest. Avoid them, they can
do YOU no good. Some folks rat
tie all day, and do not utter one
sentence that would help fellow
along the path of life.
Avoid the persons who spend
all their money to make Il snow
they think they are doing some
thing brave, but if they could only
500 themselves as others see them
they would soon realize the big mis-
take they are making And II
everyone tried to make show on
what they have. civilization would
soon be wrecked. People are like
potatoes. their tops begin to die
when they quit growing.
"A thing of vital Importance to
civilized folk is clean living. Peo'
ple have their hogs and cattle test
cd to see if they are pure STOCK
Rut what of their children: They
TOO should be tested to see If they
have pure, clean blood.
Before any girl should marry
she should demand of her flance'
a doctors certificate, saying that
he had been examined and had
pure blood. Their children should
not be made to suffer for the SINS
of their grandparents. A girl had
better live and die an old mald
than be chained to q man VINO mas
unclean blood.
North Carolina leads the states
i'm trying to make people live a
clean life. But it has not been
carried far enough. Everyone, be-
for marrying, should be compelled
to have doctors certificate, testl'
fyins that their blood was pure, ana
free from any venereal disease. BY
doing this we safeguard the coming
generations, and make this a better
world to live in