The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-06-20
LAST OF RADIO PROGRAMS
TO BE GIVEN ON MONDAY
Reception Monday Evening Bet
ter-Dr. McCOmas' Address

The last of a series of radio pro-
grams given under the auspices of a
number of business men of Oakland
and Mountain Lake Park to be pre-
sented over Station WMMN, Fair
mont, Monday, June "a, will contain a
number of local talent artists. The
address of the evening will be deliv-
cred by William R. Offutt, local at
torney, who will speak about Garrett
county.
Abel and Thomas Browning, we'll
known fiddlers of Garrett county, who
have broadcast from KDKA and
WCAE, Pittsburgh, Pa, will render
several selections and will be accom-
panied by John Browning with his
harp, and also by Frank Shank.
Mrs. James P. Treacy, Oakland, and
Miss Hasaleah Yutzy, Crellin, will
play piano solos and Miss Ruth Con-
ley will sing Robert Ford, of Crellin,
yodeler, will be on the program. The
Four Horsemen quartet, the Harmony
Boys and Wilmer Brown with his ac-
cordeon, will also be included in the
program, it was stated, and Miss Mary
Jane Offutt will sing.
Mondays program, known as Oak
land Hour, given between eight and
nine o'clock, was better received by
Oakland radio enthusiasts than the
two previous programs. They heard
DR.. H. W. McComas deliver an ad-
dress, string music by Ray Browning,
Joe Browning and Ray Cogley; yod-
cling chorus by Robert Ford, accom-
panied on the piano by Miss Hasaleah
Yutzy, of Crellin; piano selection by
Miss Helen Virginia Jones and solo
and reading by Mrs. D. Edward Of
futt, Of Oakland.
DR.. McComas' address follows:
"After passing through an electri-
cal storm coming here this evening
and confronting a door-knocker appa-
ratus would stir to its depths much
stronger heart and mind than mine.
However, at this time of the year,
with graduating exercises taking
place, new life budding everywhere,
we would naturally consider health
and education.
81 a mhere this evening because
am personally interested in your
health and your education. | am here
because a body of representative citi-
zens of Oakland requested me to make
this visit.
eve are all here in the interest of
health and service to our community.
Upon you depends the national well
fare.
81 wish to arouse your ambition in
the direction of health and education
Every day in New York public schools
thirty-two thousand children are alb
sent because of illness. Ninety-eight
inspectors are supposed to look after
one million three hundred thousand
There is one nurse to five thousand
children.
"Some day prosperous civilization
will realize that there is cash value in
intelligent children and will find ii
worth while to take care of them.
"There is no record of a man with
a six and half head ever making a
ripple on the intellectual sea.
"The object of education is that 3
man may benefit himself by serving
society.
"To benefit others, you must be
reasonably happy; there must be ami
nation through useful activity, good
cheer, kindness and health-health OF
mind and health of body. And to ben
eft society you must also have pa,
thence, persistency and a firm determ-
nation to do the right thing and tc
mind your own business so that 9th
ers, too, may mind theirs.
"Then all should be tinctured with
dash of discomfort with past achieve.
ments so you will constantly put forth
an effort to do more and better work
when what you have done in the
past looks large to you, you haven't
done much today.
"There you get the formula of ed
ucation, health and happiness thru
useful activity, animation, kindness
good cheer, patience, persistency, will,
lingness to give and take seasoned
with enough discomfort to prevent
smugness, which is the scum that
grows on every stagnant pool.
"Of course no school can fill this
prescription, no institution can sup
ply the ingredients, all that the schoo
can do is to supply the conditions sc
that these things can spring into be.
ing.
"Plants need the sunlight, mush.
rooms are different. Sunlight is the
best quality of the actinic ray.
"The old time academic college
that cultivated the cerebrum and gave
student his exercise in an indoor
gymnasium, or not at all, has ruined
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