Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-13
VIOLETTE STIRS
KIWANIANS With.
HIS ELOQUENCE

DR.. E. E. Violette. world known
evangelist and student Cf 1nterna-
tional affairs, delivered ar. address
on Possibilities OF Decline OF
Civilization" and the Cotton Blossom
singers from Piney Ridge, Miss sang
number OF selections yesterday at
noon at what has been declared the
best Kiwanis luncheon program ever
staged in this city.
The Cotton Blossom singers are
colored girls from a school in the
old south. They sing with certain
style of tone and expression that
cannot be initiated and these girls
have remarkably beautiful voices.
Their appearance before. the Kiwan-
ians proved a delight 10 the club
membership. They sang RELIGIOUS
songs characteristics OF the camp
meetings held by evangeltsts among
the negroes. i5'a u
These girls are touring the country
to raise funds forg the .'furtherance
of education in their school which is
supported through the labors OF the
students themselves. One of the girls
told something Of the work OF the
school in educating the colored neople
of the old south and each OF the
singers told of herr own work at
the school and OF the grade each
has attained
Dr. Violette, who has been SLIGHTLY
ill, did not appear at the luncheon
Ioio od
He was introduced bv Rev. Tolbert
F. Weaver OF the First Christian
church, at which the speaker is hold
ing revival services. Rev. weaver was
chairman OF the luncheon.
Violette spoke but very few
minutes. He crowded. into those few
minutes food for THOUGHT for years
to come. His address was on Amer
icanization and the trend Of the
times. He quoted H. G.. Wells, that
prolific Englishman whose history
and philosophy has attracted such
attention throughout the thinking
world. Violette related that he had
conVersed with Wells some years ago
and told OF what thev had said.
Violette said that Wells had main
tanned that the civilization OF the
world is about to degenerate. He
explained some OF the international
phases which caused Wells to make
this statement and then he warned
his audience that while he did not
altogether believe with Wells he did
believe that things were in a grave
state. He quoted Wells as saying
that in America the people think
that we have a government"
Violette quoted figures ne said
were from the department OF labor.
He charged that 100000 orientals are
smuggled into this country every year.
He stated as a fact that in one
Chinese tong in this country there
are 2,50OOOO members all OF whom
are pledged never to accept citizen
ship and are pledged to oppose gov
ernment.
Violette asserted that in many
states people are permitted to vote
who cannot read or write and who
often do not even speak the English
language He declared that aliens
are permitted to vote in many states.
He quoted figures to show that out
Iof a population of 117000000 people
in the United States there are
IS, 900 900 who do not talk English.
Violette explained that his personal
view was that no one who cannot
read and understand the language
OF. such things as Washington's fare
well address and Llncoln's Gettys-
burg address should be allowed to
vote
He mentioned the remarkable situa-
ton in politics which gave Warren
C.. Harding an Overwhelming major
1ty i'll the east, particularly New York
state, and then gave Al Smith the
same thing, bringing out this fact TO
show that the claim that aliens vote
without thought Of creed in New
York state as well as elsewhere and
indicating that there may be some
ground for the statement OF Wells
that "we think we have a govern
ment."
Violette went on, There is much
to indicate that the average American
is sound asleep. The greatest task
of all time is that which confronts
America today, namely the American
1EdGlOn OF Cn0 peoples now W1CIllL
our borders. We must come to
realize that the enemy OF the free
school is a personal enemy OF all
OF us and that there is not room
in this country for both of us. II
II had my way I would abolish the
foreign press from one end OF the
country to the other at one blow,
not with the idea OF working a hard
ship on the foreign element but with
the firm purpose OF making them
better Americans"
The speaker dwelt on the ract that
there are vast communities OF people
in this country who speak a foreign
tongue, have their foreign institu-
tions and live exactly as they did
in their native land, within the big
cities of America.
The officers and directors OF XII
wants will meet on Tuesday at noon
at Hart's cafe. Plans were started
yesterday for the entertainment at
the regular luncheon of the Episcopal
clergy who will be mere for their
annual conference on January "a, 25
and 26.
Guests at the luncheon were Mrs.
John B. Crowell, MRS. Guy Crouch,
A. B. Prescott, H. b. johnson, Mrs.
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