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THE   CURE   SENTINEL
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Olare   and   Clare   County
Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24,  1928-
New Series Vol. 36, No. 18
FATHER
TENDERE
SONS
WEDNESDAY EVEN!
Rev. Hawkins of Mt. Pleasant, Gave Excellent Ad-
-e    dress at Annual Event
X at Congregational
Church
"^Ntv
"Boys need' the understanding
sympathy of the men who have courage and sense enough to recall their
own experiences and problems. All
this talk about the recklessness and
waywardness of the modern youth is
bunk. The world never saw finer
boys and girls than we have now and
this is the face of greater problems
than the young people of any age ever
had to face," This statement was
made by Rev. C. B. Hawkins, Presbyterian pastor of Mt Pleasant in an
address delivered at the annual
Father aud Son banquet in the Congregational church, Wednesday evening, which was attended by one.hundred and twenty men and boys.
Rev. HaWKins began his address by
illustrating how the, contacts of- life
have increased with the"marvelous
inventions, progress, and speed of this
age, so that boys of today live more
•" - in one year than the fathers lived in
,»-ten years. He referred to the days
oi? the pine forests and the different
i. i nfiethods of handling1 the logs during
Jrftne lumbering days as illustrative of
the care which must be taken by the
fathers in being sure that they are
well equipped for the task of educating and inspiring the youth. This was
very impressively illustrated by the-
spar method in which it was important that the roots of the tree and the
cable must be strong if the rough
ground could be cleared of the forests.
In similiar fashion, the ideals and
character of the man's life be -well
grounded if he is able to help the
youth to clear away the forests and
smooth out the rough places of his
life.
The speaker said that it was a great
blessing to discover early in life that
there is a relationship which exists
between men and boys. This relationship enters into our economic life,
for the youth of today are going to
pay for the mistakes of the present
generation. He said: "Who is going
to pay the national debt, -which we
Jfeave incurred. A debt so great that
"~^the interest is now a million dollars-
a day? It will be done by those who
are boys today, but who tomorrow
will occupy the places of responsibility and power in this great nation of
our."
The speaker stated that it was
most Important that the boy use wisdom in his selection of friends, and
the boy was fortunate who has learned that his father is his friend. He
urged the boys and men to catch the
vision of service, and instead of being
governed by the "mule law," which
calls for the doing only of what one
has to do, to be governed by the law
of loving and sympathetic service,
Which makes us do a little more than
we are expected to do.
Following the excellent dinner
which was served in a very capable
1 asid  efficient  manner  by  the  Li dies
Gfcild, Rev. H. B. Johnson introduced
rKVjl. Zemmer as toastmaster, who
handled the program and introduced
the speakers in a very delightful and
capable way. In his opening remarks,
Mr. Zemmer said that our entire
civilization is wovon around the
home, church and the school, and
functions of this character were
necessary in order to establish a closer relationship between the" men and
boys and help all to value the real
things of life, which are fellowship
and service
George White iu his toast to "Our
Lads" talked of the close relationship which should exist between the
father and son, saying that pyery dad
, should be a companion to his boy
and that every boy should be a real
pal and companion to his father. He
> emphasized the need of education as
a means to make a better generation.
Attorney Ross Thompson talked on
the subject: "Our Dads," Ho said:
"'vVfe are hero to honor the relation^
£|y$"that exists between fathers and
sons, and it'is fitting that this gathering should be held on the anniversary
of the birth of the man who is called
the father of his country." Mr. Thompson said: "I believe that he was called
the father of his country, instead of
the deliver or defender, because his
leadership, force of character and
Ideals was expressed in his conduct,
when the country was in its adolescence, which is the danger period
'' In tho life of a nation or youth. This
is th0 'time when a father's task Is
most important, when a sustaining
hand to guide Is needed. Character
■is the most important thing in a man's"
life, and' as Washington jjuided the
destiny of" the life of the nation, go
should a fathor guide and direct the
life of the lad through the danger
peR^pd of hip; life,"   „
COUNTY SUPERVISORS
ATTEND C. OF C.
MEETING MARCH 12TH
How to Make the  Lake State
More Attractive to be Discussed By Sec. Marston
and  Others
The members of the Clare County
Board of Supervisors will be invited
to attend the regular meeting of the
Clare Chamber of Commerce inarch
12th, when an educational program
in charge of the Bast Michigan Tourist Association will be ■ presented by
Secretary Thomas Marston, of Bay
City, and other well known representatives of the organization.
This program -is a part of the
educational campaign which is being
introduced throughout the- state by
the 'Greater Michigan organization
and is not for the purpose of raising
money, but to sell the resort arid recreation idea to the .citizens of the
state, so that they may co-operate
with the advertising agencies in making Michigan attractive^to the thousands of summer visitors who come
each year,    <•
At Ihe April meeting which will be
held the second Monday evening in
tlie month, Hon. A. C. Carton, of Lansing, is to deliver an address on the
subject: "Bringing the ocean 2000
miles inland.""
Music for the occasion was furnished by Messrs Ross Thompson, George
Boyd and Floyd Aldread, and Messrs
Norris Elden and George Boyd sang
a vocal duet. They were accompanied on the piano bf Ross Thompson.
Ernest Struggle for Superiority Won by Evart Five
Friday Evening.
Clare high lost to Bvart last Friday
evening on the latter's floor by a
score o'f '30 to 2G in a game which
was featured by long and freak shots
by tlie Evart boys, and inaccuracy in
shooting by the Clare team.
It was a rough contest, and Clare
being unaccumtomed to that type of
a game and playing on a short court
were unable to locate the basket, although they penetrated the Evart defense time and again. The Evart.
team were able to malke their shots
from almost any angle. On two different occasions, a forward threw the"'
ball backward over his head and the
ball went through the hoop.
Evart started the scoring and kept,
the lead throughout and -when Clare,
made a field goal, they would immediately sink One in from the center'
of the floor to keep the 'same lead,
so from the first quarter there was"
not much question of the result of
the contest
In the preliminary game between-
Hie reserve teams of, the two schools,
Clare won by the score Of 32 to 21, but
it took a three minute' over time1
period to decide the contest, which
was rough, hard fought and exciting
throughout.
CHARLES
DARWIN
VERSUS THE BIBLE
The court trial, Charles Darwin
verses the Bible, held at the Church
of God in their young people's meeting last Sunday evening at 6:30
o'clock was well attended considering
the cold and stormy night. ' This
trial with Charles Dprwin as the
complainant, and the Bible, as the
defendant, was well carried out. There
were seventeen characters represented and each one played their part
Wall.
The Bible was arraigned on four
counts: (1) Tho Creation, (2) Jonah
and the whale, (3) the inspiration of
(he Bible, and (4) the resurrection.
The attorney for the defense, Mrs. E.
S, Peterson, provided from, among
the young people witnesses to defend
all four points, and succeeded iu obtaining tho verdict of no cause for
action, and the co)nplainant, Charles
Darwin,. (Archie Csoveland) was required .to pay all court costs, which
in this case the judge said could be
settled by the complainant reading
one chapter from the Bible every day
for 365, days. '"   ,
In the afterservice there were six
yourig ladies bowed at the Altai" for
salvation. The pastor tells us that
this makes twenty who have cbnie 'to
tho Lord for salvation from sin do far
this year.      ' ■''■■-..,
One-who was there.
BAKE SALE
The Evangelical Ladies Aid society
will hold a - bake- sale dt Friz's Saturday, February 25th. ,
M1MM MERCER
NAMES COMMITTEE;
FOR WORTHY CAUSE
Survey of County Will be
Made to Learn of all Grip-
pled   Children
B. N. Mercer, the chairman of the(
Clare County Chapter of the Michigan
Society for Crippled Children, has announced the appointment of committees for ; every to\vnship in Clare
county and a survey will be made at
once for the purpose of securing a
complete ESt of all crippled children
in the county.
This survey*is to be completed by
April 1st, and a clinic will then be arranged in order to secure the history
of each case and . ascertain what
means will be best to. give aid to each
one of these unfortunates.
Mr. Mercer has taken a very active
interest in the work of relieving and
giving medical treatment to crippled
children gince coming to Clare and
he states that no effort .will be spared
to give t^e crippled children of the
county the benefit of the provisions
which have been made by the state
for their care and treatment.
Joseph Hoag, of Harrison, has been
appointed as the assistant chairman
in charge of the work in the upper
eight townships and the complete list
of committees is as follows:
Miss Eunice Bicknell, Clare.
Joseph  Hoag,  Harrison.
Ben Carpenter, Harrison.
Surrey, Samuel McGoogan, Mrs. G.
E. Lamb. •
Arthur, Lester Kiggins, Frank
Bates, Jesse Newman.
Franklin, Reginald Sharp, Wm. Miller.
Freeman, Merritt W, Finch. Edith
Burns.
Front, Mrs. Lillian Reynolds, Zola
Clark.
Garfield, Mrs. Maude Somerville,
Mrs. T. H. Brooks, Perl Tryon.
Grant, S. A. Dawson, Mrs. . Frank
Weaver, Milo Robinett, Wm. Henderson,
Greenwood, John Burnett, Anna
Bruce Ritter.
Hamilton, Mrs. Kate Bitler> Loretta
McfJuire.
Hatton, A. J. Freed. Henry Magnus.
Hayes, Chas. Spohn, Chas. H.
Craine.
Lincoln, Wm. H. Arnold, Lillian
Bilgreen, Frank Newsom.
Redding, Mrs. Margaret Tillottson,
Bert E. Switzer.
Sheridan, Paul Zimmerman, Robert
Cochran, Bert Rutter, Howard Cotton.
Summerfield, Henry Kufahl.
Winterfield, Nealie . Cook, Mrs.
Peter Cook.
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M. S. C. STOPS SAlE
OF LEGUME CULTURES
Increased Demand Forces College   To   Furnish   Product
Through Supervised Commercial Agency-
Rapid increase in the number of
cultures used for the inoculation of
legume seeds by Michigan farmers
has made a change necessary in the
Michigan State College -policy of
manufacture and sale of these cultures, according to a statement by the
bacteriological department at the college.
Expansion of the acreage of alfalfa
and sweet clover in Michigan has
been a contributory cause to the increased use of the cultures, and the
laboratory facilties available at the
college for the preparation of the cultures are now inadequate to supply
the demand.
This year tlie cultures Will be prepared by S. F. Edwards, in charge of
legume cultures for the college, at
his laboratory in Lansing. Mr. Edwards is a graduate of Michigan
State College and will work under the
supervision of the bacteriology department.
Princess Theatre
Sat, Feb. 25—Splitting the Breeze,
Tom Tyler. Tom in a dandy good
western action picture.
Sun.-Mon., Feb. 26-27—Shanghia*
Bound—Richard Dix. Dix is skipper
of a river freighter and is attacked
in the' Yangtse river by Chinese
pirates and has to fight. Well, you
know Dix can light.
Tues.-Wed.. Feb. 28-29—The Chaser,
Barry Langdon. Better than anything he has done before. As a
gloom dispeller Harry is surely the
chaser.
Thur.-Fri„ March 1-2—No Place to
Go—Mary Astor—Lloyd Hughes. A
Broadway-to-South-Sea comedy romance. Primitive romance for jazzy
night' clubbers, .  .
And serial; "Golden Stallion."
Mrs-.   Eva  Brown  is. -visiting  relatives in Scottville, for Several weeks.
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BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUBS COMING TO
FRONT IN MICHIGAN
Oyer Forty Thousand Members
To Assist In Giving Real
Farm Relief.
Most of our readers will be pleasantly astonished to learn that there
are over forty thousand members of
Boys' and Girls'.Clubs in Michigan.
The growth of this work has been
one of the splendid features of
educational work within the past few
years,
While the politicians are howling
for relief for the farmers, the boys
aiid girls are stepping in and showing
more interest than has ever been
shown in the problems of the.'farm
and home.
Every week we read of some activity in connection with Boys' and
Girls' Club work. We see where our
rural boys and girls have won lion,
ors in potato and poultry raising, In
canning and in bread making, and in
all of the other activities in Which the
clubs engage. •"
The important thing, however, is
not the financial return which boys
and girls may win from ttheir efforts.
It is not the honor which their
achievements have- brought Of
greater importance than these is the
simulated interest in the two fundamentals in America—the farm and
the home.
A farmer was reported as saying,
a few weeks ago, that he was not as
much interested in the production of
his fields or the price of his crops as
he was in the proper development
and education of his children.
The chief asset of the agricultural
industry is that it provides a home of
comfort and permanence, The farmer
must get more from his land than
what he may sell in town. He must
make on the farm a real home, a
home in which young people are progressive and happy, a home in which
the highest ideals, of all kinds must
prevail.
In these times it has been customary to belittle agricultural pursuits.
The farmer has been too often looked
upon as unfortunate in his choice of
activities. Too much of the present
talk conveys the impression that he
is a child of unfair circumstances and
low in the eepnomic scale; While the
politicians have talked about agriculture, the real fundamental importance of the industry has fallen into
the background.
To farm properly requires" more
scientific work than to conduct a
business. To succeed at farming requires more character and more ability than to succeed in the ordinary
business. Farming is an art, a
science. It is more than an occupation, it is a life work.
To stimulate the interest of young
people in the farm and in the farm,
home is the highest type of Work that
can be done, and it is in striking contrast to so much that is offered for
the relief of'agriculture.
M. P. A. TO MEET AT
VAN ETTAN LAKE
(By E. M. T. Service)
The Michigan Press Association,
whose membership includes publishers of weekly and semi-weekly newspapers in the state, has accepted an
invitation to hold its annual summer
outing at Van Ettan Lake Lodge next
June.   |
This will be the second meeting of
the editors and publishers in East
Michigan, the first meeting having
been held last June at Houghton
Lake.
The publishers hold a three-day session, during which they discuss business, and indulge in their annual dinner and a program of outdoor spqrts
competitions.
Any city, town or resort which is
fortunate enough to secure for itself
the privilege of entertaining the publishers ihas reason to felicitate itself.
There is the satisfaction, pleasing td
every host, of entertaining an exceptionally appreciative group, 'and in
addition the presence of the editors
results in a great amount, of desirable
publicity for the community.
Van Ettan Lake is an Ideal place
for a meeting of this kisd because of,
the peculiar appeals of the section,
Which includes the federal flying
fields at Oscoda, the Michigan National ^Forest, the Au Sable River, Lake
Huron, a number of inland lakes/ etc.
REV. 1EYHEW-ATTRACTS
INTEREST AT CENTER CHURCH
Rev. EUhu Mayhew of Shepherd
who is assisting the pastor in meetings at the Center Church, Rosebush,
is bringing powerful messages .each
night. He Is bringing messages that
save, and those who • hear ' him Ave
anxious to come again1 and again, The
service begins at 7 slow time' with a
song service which is" inspiring and
heartwarming.
1 Tlie public is • cordially invited'' to
enjoy these services. /••■--
BASKET BALL SEASON
CL0SEST0NIGHTWITH
GAME AT ST. LOUIS
Defeat of Sacred Heart Credits Locals With Eleven
Out of Thirteen Games.
In the last home game of the season, Clare won from the Sacred Heart
Academy, of Mt, Pleasant, Tuesday
night, by the score of thirty-eight to
eight, and while the visitors were outclassed and outpointed by the Aldread
men, It was an interesting game to
Watch and the great crowd of fans
Ivho filled the bleachers ' had their
moneys worth.     ■..     [
The, Clare boys went better than
they \have for some time, although in
this game they missed many shots
that looked easy and they should have
made., However; they did show some
real form in team work, and passed
the ball rapidly and! with accuracy.
The outstanding features of this
year's team has been the unselfishness of the players who did not seem
to care who put the ball through the
hoop, preferring to have a team rather
than individual stars and high point
players.0
Clare began the scoring early in
the game an'd the first quarter ended
with the count 9 to 1, the visitors having to be content wjith their single
point made from a free throw, and tho
half ended with Clare 20 and Sacred
Heart 6.
Coach Aldread substituted Stanley
and Nivison for Grover and Hearns
airing part of the game, and Sharpc-
for Johnson in part of the third and
last quarter, and in this way the sub
stitutions had an opportunity to wor*
in with the team in a regular garni;.
During' ^the last half of the game
the visitors were allowed only tw",
points, while Clare made IS, and IS
of these were made in the last four
minutes of play.
The preliminary game between th£
reserves of the two schools resulted
in a victory for Clare by the score ot
20 to 10.
Clare has had a remarkable season'
with only two defeats out of thirteen
games played, and the last scheduled
game is with St. Louis tonight. Clare
won from ibis team earlier in the season by the score of 32 to 12, and they
should, be able -to take this last game.
0!I YE WOMEN
The Auxiliary meets next Wednesday, February 29, with Mrs. Fred
Doherty.
Each lady starts some new work.
Also  arrange for the  entertainment.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
PROGRAM MUCH ENJOYED
Kindergarten   and   First   Six
Grades Give Appropriate Exercises Wednesday Afternoon.
In honor of the birthday of George
Washington, the kindergarten and
first six grades of our city schools
held appropriate exercises in the
auditorium Wednesday afternoon and
which was much enjoyed by many
parents and guardians of the children.
Following we print the program as
rendered: *
How Fred Earned a Flag, Second
Grade. t  '
Recitation, Our First Flag.
Song, Mount Vernon Bells, Fifth
Sixth Grades.
Play—"Why Washington Did not
Become a Sailor," Third Grade.
Soldier Boys, Exercise, Kindergarten. '
•Song, "There Are Many Flags in
Many Lands," Fourth Grade.
Exercise for Washington's Birthday, Fifth Grade.
Flag Drill, First Grade.
Song, -George Washington, Third
Grade.
Poem, Like George Washington.
Dialogue, Sixth Grade.
, First Grade song.
Flag Drill, Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Star Spangled Banner,
BABE CALLED BEYOND
The five months old baby of Mr.
and Mrs, Frank Thompson, of Sheridan township, ansVored-the-call of
"Suffer little children to come unto"
Me," Monday afternoon, following an
illness of most of its life's duration.
Rosa Lea will be greatly missed in
their family 'circle of three boys,and
two girls who became so attached to
her through her suffering.
Service were held from the' homo
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. Frank Bate's and tho little form
hud to rest in Cherry Grove.
' Rexall Birthday nale now going on
at Anderson's—-adv.    .
LEG BROKEN NEARLY
A YEAR, X-RAY JUST
REVEALS THE FACT
Bennington Lad  Suffered fracture Last Spring.     Uncle
Also Hurt.
Donald Hudson, 12-years-Qld son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hudson of Bennington, sustained a fracture of one
leg just below the knee nearly a year
dgo, but it has just been discovered.
Today the leg was placed in a cast
at Memorial hospital.
The boy was hurt while driving a
team pulling stumps last spring," A
whiffletree broke and flew back
striking him,on the leg, It was feared then that the leg might be broken
and he was brought to Memorial hospital and an X-Ray picture taken, but
it did not revel the fracture. Since
then the boy has complained frequently and at times was hardly able
to walk.
Monday night the boy's uncle, William Hudson, Bennington postmaster,
stumbled and fell when he ran out
of his store to investigate the noise
of the explosion of the acetyline gas
plant at the residence of Mrs. Mary
Waugh, and, Injured himself. The
following day, Robert Hudson brought
both his son and his brother to the
hospital.
An X-Ray picture revealed the
fracture in the boy's leg, and today,
it was discovered that William Hudson had a broken shoulder.
The above clipping was taken from
the Owosso Argus and both are well
known here. Mr. Hudson was in the
hospital for two and one-half years
suffering injuries caused by a tractor.
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REPORT OF STATE
MEETAT_LA1IG
Walter A. Larman Post has
Drive on for Increased
Membership
At a meeting of Walter A. Larman
post, American Legion, which was
leld in the office of the commander,
Prosecuting Attorney, T. Carl Hol-
'irook, Monday evening, the report of
the State Adjutant's meeting at Lansing was given by Leo Oden, the
adjutant of the local post.
The report was an excellent one,
and it was very gratifying to learn
Of the progress, which the American
Legion is making, and the increasing
interest which ex-service men
throughout the state are taking ins
their organization.
Walter A. Larman post has made, a
fine record with fifty-two paid-up
members for 1928 and isTaow the third
post in the tenth district in percentage bf increase in membership,
with one hundred and thirty-eight
percent, and is lead only by Petoskey
xnd Alpena, that has one hundred and
-seventy and one hundred and fifty-
five percent, respectively.
At the meeting it was decided to
institute a. membership campaign at
once "with the objective being two
hundred percent increase by March
first. Committees wei'e appointed and
the report of the drive for mombnrs
will bo given at a banquet which will
be served at Harrison sometime during the month of March.
ASSOCIATES FETE
GEORGE H. PHELPS
THURSDAY EVENING
A dinner in honor of George H.
Phelps, for several 'years a resident
of Clare and founder of the Phelps
Cafeteria, was served Thursday evening of last week by Mrs. Nora
Barnes, the present owner of the
restaurant. ^
Fifty-one of the friends and business associates were present as a
testimonial of, the respect and high
esteem in which Mr. Phelps is held
in the business and social circles of
Clare,
Although the dinner was planned
hurriedly and Mrs. Barnes was given
only three hours notice, a excellent
repast was served. The guest of honor had returned to the city to move
his household goods to Greenville
where he has purchased the Baker
Jewelry store, Mr. Phelps bas been
prominent in the Chamber of Commerce and other community work and
will be greatly missed in our midst.
-   CLARE TAXPAYERS
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Beginning this weitk Thursday, I
will be at the Citizens State Bank to
receive city taxes> every afternoon
except Sunday, until Wednesday, Feb-!
ruary 29th inclusive. J-Iope all who
have not paid as. yet will endeavor
to do 'so on one of these days.
'Mrs,-Vera B. Peterson,
Deputy Treasurer.
CLARE STUDY CLUB
HOLD MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER BANQUET
Mrs. Hurd Gives Address
. of Evening, Uses "Queen
of Progess" as Her
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JLopic.
Seldom • if .ever has the main din- -"
ing room of the Hotel Doherty pre-   .
sented a more   pleasing   sight   than.
Monday   night   when   mothers   anci
daughters of the Clare Study ,Club to
the number of 75 gathered for:.their'
annual banquet
The several tables were decorated
with beautiful bouquets of red carnations iii blu'e yases and blue candles in silver holders. The favors
were red and white baskets filled
with candies, and completed the color-
scheme of red, white and blue.
Mrs. Helen Lucille Bicknell in her
very capable way   presided   at   the
piano for the opening march and also.*-,
for  all   the  musical  numbers  which
followed,
Mrs. H. B. Johnson asked divine
blessing before the guests partook of
a most delicious chicken dinner. Between the several courses appropriate
songs were sung, led by Mrs. Mulder.
The words to these songs while sung •
to old familiar tunes were composed
especially for Mothers and Daughters,
and added greatly to the impressive-
ness of the evening*
Mrs, Beitfah Caple as President of
the Club introduced the toastmaster
of the evening, Mrs. Ruth HachmUth.
Each number on the program was
presented in a very pleasing manner
and clever stories told on the speakers. She first called on Mrs. Eva
McAllister who sang, "Mother Mine".
Mrs. McAllister was at her best in
rendering this beautiful solo.
Mrs. Ada Hochstetler responded to
the toast "Our Daughters". She opened her toast by quoting the following
lines "We hope for you, we pray for
you, in you shall all our dreams come
true." We love you for what you are,
but we love you yet more for what
you are going to be. We love you
not so much for your realities as for
your ideals.
Miss Frances Jackson, representing
the daughter who is away at school
sang "Morning" and responded to an
encore by singing "Rairt." Both of
these numbers were very much enjoyed.
One of our Junior girls, Miss Louise
Mulder gave the toast "Our Mothers." ,
Louise paid tribute to the mothers by
the following lines "Youth fades, love
droops, tlie, leaves of friendship fall,
A Mother's sacred hope^oil.tlines them
all".   Slie spoke of the Seven Ages of
childhood, and decided that a Mother
was an absolute necessity during all .
these ages.   She closed her toast with t
these lines "To- the   one    who   loves '
when fortunes bright but more when
the, sky's   o'er-cast,   whose  heart reveals, yet more conceals, Our Mother, first and last,
Eunice Bicknell gave a very clever
pianologue "Why" and responded to*
an encore.
The address of the evening was given by Mrs. Helen Hurd.    •
She had chosen as her topic: '
"The Queen of Progress," and told
the striking story o? the famous .banquet Fc.s.ne when ihe celebrated Dr.
Rausclic-ubusch—-writer, lecturer, TJnl-
versdty professor, r.nd greatest author^
ity in America on social science, was
as-ked the pointed question-: "What
do you consider the greatest aid to
progress?" and startled everybody
with the reply—"Death!" Mrs. Hurd
showed how death can be an aid to
progress, only a3 succeeding forms
are superior to those now present.
Otherwise, we have involution instead
of evolution, degeneration instead of
advance and progress. Everything
depends upon the character, s.ad
training, of our youth. They may, by
supplanting this ,generation, bring
higher standards and achievements,
or they may drag present standards
i:i the dust, lower our moral average
and give us, not advance, but retrogression and moral decay.
She then showed how, more than
any other factor, the home, as an institution, more than the church, the
school, or the state, tends to determine character. To "mould" it, if
only a passive' yielding to Influences,
Standards, and "atmosphere"; or to
train and fashion character, if an, active , programme of cultural development and careful oversight. The
church*4 for spiritual culture; the
school for mental training; the state
for civil protection and security. But
the home, first of all. for training
and developing character and inculcat*
ing ideals, has an opportunity for
greater than either church or school.
Third—The speaker showed Iioav
the mother," in the home, has the
supreme influence and opportunity
there. No other member of the family begins to have the influence and
power, in 'training and character de*
yolopment,- that the- mother has and.
eo—ia last analysis, the greatest in-
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