Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-06-07

| the nation. The vast natural resources
/ of the southeast when in command
of forward-looking, eager intelligence
| men, will produce a wealth and pros
perity the like of which this area has
never dreamed, Our Southland has
risen from a war-ridden country to
the proud rank which she so nobly
holds today, but this is but the be-
ginning.
1.-THE surface has not been scratch
cd and the future will witness devel
opments so great as to dwarf the
might.est accomplishments that we
h aveseen up to this time. There is
only one thing that can arrest this
forward march and that is for u.s. the
people of the South, and especially
you young men of the South to shirlk
our responsibilities and to deny our
selves orr rightful heritage from this
rich SOIL
Mr.. Powell, long an authority on
the industrial | development of the
great territory served by his Line, the
states of Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Flor
ida, and through whose efforts some
40 new industries of a permanent
nature have been established along
the Seaboard over the past three
years, stated that industrial develop
ment in the South has come to stay
There is no limit to the expansion
which is possible here. I firmly be-
lieve that in the young men of the
South there are no limitations and in
their care, a newer and more glor
ious day is awaiting our Southland.
That conviction is strengthened as
look into your faces this evening-fOr
can see written there character and
determination and ability. 1 see in
your faces the promise of fulfillmert
of our most glorious dreams and the
attainment of our most vaulted am
,itions."
No one can expect a job seeking
the applicant and everyone must make
a contri- ution in relation to what he
receives. Everyone must contribute
vastly more than he is paid, Mr..
Powell said. He added that today
competition in the business world is
probably keener than it has ever been,
but that this condition should spur
every one on to greater heights.
without competition progress would
be retarded. It is the new ideas, the
new inventions, and the new dis
cOveries which stimulate business and
make possible worthwhile accomplish.
ments. You may be confronted with
discouragements in your endeavor to
secure employment but discourage
ments will probably be one of the best
things chat could confront you to
| develop what / say to you is essen
tial to your SUGGESTIVE quality that
does not permit encouragement to
lessen your determination to succeed"
Mr.. Powell mentioned that the Sea-
board Railway has long recognized
the character and quality of the ma
tcrial produced by the State College,
FIis Railway has twenty-four alumni
| on the Seaboard Staffs. AS for bust
| ness in general, be said that they can
all De improved but reforms cannot
/, be- made overnight. Nothing changes
| viewpoints more rapidly than expert
encc and nothing sobers men more
quickly than responsibility. II do not
suggest that your enthusiasm be dull
ed because your employer is not will
ing 10 accept your views without prac-
teal demonstration. We are living in
Gle of the most complex eras that
the world has ever seen. In tOdayS
civilization there is no room for bit
ter animosities, no place for hatred
and strife. We are all in the same
toat-seeking the same destination
reasonable degree of security and
the right to work for those things
which mean to us happiness and con-
| tentjnent."
In conclusion, Mr.. Powell urged
that the graduates fix upon an OBJ
jective and then let nothing swerve
| them from their effort to realize it.
According to the speaker, there is no