The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 15, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 5-
No. 6.
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prayer—
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W. L. MAYO
Night
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can.
the
w -•
the
caum*
tinet ion
nelvm
found
that
life
not
eloquent
a« the
up
*
mill*
uithmit
day**
M
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htubi Ir
pi*ywd
that I
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order
When
Mayo
whose
i la im la rd
It i» on
The | *
by friends.
I HAVE
MAYO
Ru
The W.
gram which
March 14 r __
highly appreciated,
present student
He grave some
magniminit.v <
Gained
Brecken-
had
T
He
It
ago
company
Often
I with
up
fut
This
It
hahifing
nr rath»n
J
pa
projnas
> rm»u*ia<
idWtftHr |
tH»p and
Ige.
old
the ■
to!
L.
Power—Rev.
Greenvill,
Benediction—Rev.
placing of flowen
1^,
Ik
**.
ha. i
It is ;
“ >
' faultless that
Aud-1
pro- word of mouth 1 learned
------’ this
envw* not
timi • but duas bl*
While Mr.
known President May,
he told
IMMS of the
er than hi.
SOMK IMPRESSIONS
GAINED OF W L
L. Mayo Memorial J ' *
annually oh achievements of
and saint of education,
the his life had been
were
came
thinking f*
sublimity of his
would claim for Mr. Mayo
not only the man aa he stands
planation of hi.
baa
Inta a
A man
US’
hat ar ter. at*
lump Park a burly
ha» gon. aoay t» the i
aa arvidmt of war has
!•<;
with y smile ami word* of hope
give. teat
J toiler
a life her
wait when
made!.
Murphy, before I
the de-
ge.—Louis F.
of W. L.
ridge. ,
Song, "Work for the
Corning."—Audience.
The Secret of His
E. L. Egger of
udgv
I ha I
without
’ The stage i
ed with four
flowers, i
After the
L. Mayo laid
floral offerings
in the locust
The following
ered :
Song, "My Old Kentucky Home.
men not in Texas only, but through-
out the Republic It is impossible
to feel sad and depressed standing
in the shadow and in the inspiration
of mi stupendous a success as »»•
Professor Maya
i*« mayo memorial edition
THE EAST _TEXAN
»lwnw*
M «'«dlr<v wf I hr
’idd that
hand-j turned awav frr.i hi.
^•e*l in the*
w*«tidMp *1**1 turn
cuu*» |
»4ir »!•*<« al a legend
rarvvd ta|M»n ««ur father |
.. ... M»eniM
his tireless energy and splendid' Napoleon’,
gemous, making brick without j
straw, (if by straw we men financial
lupportl working almost single!
landed and aldne, he won for him-!
• elf a place in the hearts of thou*,
more i
in J nisvratty ef|
.tan Mill brvs.
from
W. L. ’
written a. an explanation
a favorite theme. The
of this little heroic
tmpreaamn ef thti
Hu’ that impreMion mmle
t«»ld n»< bv
Mff the
at a
Ha tru*t«ra*« tried
pwbty
laid Mt far m by J.ff.ruee Mr
l< ealinitod to page I. third «M.)
For r----■
given all of his time, all of his en-
®n‘Ly’,aU of h“ brain- a11 of his won- ----------------«-wsnlp oi
iic £enlus’ ail, of hls m°ney, and our legacy than to anguish because
■ — -----1 power to the donor has passed away, rather
j on heroes and great men in general.
■ The generalities, however, can be
to our school hero,'
k
K
I
> ' I
home
purposes of
L«lan«l
attendant
Normal for the past four
Breckenridge has
’o personally so!
in his speech how the great- ‘
man reached much farth-1
personal acquaintances. |
and ihr<**
bwM thl 14.
Inrh’ h
aloft on shoulder*.
After l“ __
’' if a deed be truly great that is
■'I the result of a grnat purpaar.
the black race who had won dis-
Pel«-r Sims, who has been
the first in all
country to win a college
lie return, to his
ideals and
Washington, but I’cler is allowed
1 the crowd unnoticed us to celebrate the life of
------,;TW element of peraaml obligation
nay be lacking, but because the mall
achieved
ad in 1 ra-
ti me devoted
to interpiXing the
to pursue work t(, n,, wor](|.
We may sometimes get insight in-1
to a person’s characted by studying!
his heroes. If a man be a real hero
worshiper he will often take on coL [
or from his hero. Sometimes a man
experiences incuriously through hi
hero the things that he yearns for in
his own life yet is incapable of [
Haunting the stacks of the Carnegie!
library in a certain city is r ---‘
who lx-eause of physical handicaps
| and limitations of personality has
never seen able to command more
attention from the public than a
pitying glance. Yet he is a devoted i
admirer of the little corporal. H*|
to feel himself the appointed.
’1 memory,
he goes about from day to day
tiently gathering every bit of
Than iixtag in
best
think
th.
tnd of
to hold
Would bld
Breckenridge has been in
■e at the Rug Texas State!
past four years. W>M.n Ju)jet
j Ju of hura>(i
r or 1
I tempt, to delve into the
able mysteries of that
; thing, death, we do not__
hat Shakespeare meant
caurn* it is not of him that __
He loses his identity in the
„.j creation*.
girls.
For the first year or two
Professor Mayo went away, we could
hardly speak of the anniversary
his death as a celebration,
poignancy of his loss T—‘ A _____ w ___________
-and the freshness of the loss was too may be as fortunate in preparation »
there for these services as was the one for I
; of yesterday.
is held r
was well attended
— Besides
*>»<iy there
many out-of-town people who
to witness the program and pay re-
"Peet to their great benefactor. The
most outstanding thing in th.. Mayo
program is deep sincerity
plainly shown by ev-
what h<r
BY MISS MURPHY
The following address was
by Miss Annie C.
the student body several days before
the memorial program. But because
it is appropriate and timely we
publish it. Miss Murphy brought'
out the point that her address
I - ____
j before he show* himself to be
I same shiftless, quarrelsome t rouble-
j maker that he was before be went
away The same boat that carried
Jump Pack to his home on the Tenn-
a man | River hrought home another of ^**1 that we are betler
irdirarw au li . ...
won
I slip through thr crowd
| while Jump Pack j*
dence that bear:* on the rreatne^N of
the “darkly •iftrd" ('ursiran I
have often felt when he drew him- '
hnd» unequaled by that of any other 1 w,t*» an attempt at dignity| B|ont. K u
‘rhool man of my entire acquaint-I °f hl* hern, that he was ew-
nf
—Audience.
Scripture readings
Rev. J. A. Roper.
Son, “Auld f^ang
ience.
Historical statement of
velopment of the CSilei
Benson.
Jnipressions I Have
Mayo.-—Leland
all. we may well question poiMMNl a personality
a work that command*
••at purpose. He lion and
•w commemorated of his memory
| who, as Dryden said of I'romweft, somotim
was great are fortune made him so.
Here is one conception nf a great
naan:
**1 Hhr the i
he must
l«> humau salat. I
boraasao th» xhMMter. are of rbwiv 1
h*t. Jump Park a bur’v aluflies,
nagto. ha» gwa. away to the army
and by aw axrideM af war has w«»>
•ll.liartaai al the front and ha. be. >
I decorated He return, home amal
the firing of flags and the rui.gralu
tntteas of hi. f.lhee townsmen, bu*
the eeebrallwi has hardly died swat'
- y|!m
■
- ■
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IS
in ea-
work that lives on
school and on. but the works in themselves
If you will not deem
it faint or feeble praise, aa a xum
mary of al! my impressions of th*
of Mr Ma) u and of his work, let
apply the fitting epithet. "HE
couplet PLAYED THE GAME,” and thia
after all is the quint essence and
final judgement of all that is good
ami ail
SONNET ON W. L. MAYO
In yon lom> grave there |i<.s a man
Who struggled mail) a tediou.- vear,
Thrmigli hours bright and hours dr.’ar,
To reap the harvest of a noble plan;
l’’nll glorion - was the rice he ran.
Whenever dis^uixunjH.knt scenr d >o near,
i.'7:L r.ar,
ita heart <i| daiintlrj. rotirage. -ai<l, “|
This Normal College shall forever be
A monument to hi.- beloved name;
And may we ever hear in mind that
Owe. as a tribute |<, hi- deal Ide- fam,..
A sen ire to humanity; a service that he
Showed to ii- when first to him we came
—BY JOHN .1. MIIJ.EIf.
hi» ho|M*< I41!, yv’
faltering tru»t
That G«wl la G«mI tbat
anti
i plan* work i
• twir
’bed when f«
w •h rid htdd •
f mm hi*
va. a rruai
the tives that enuae us to Celebrate the
life of a great man, it seems to me
that four desires predominate. First,
there is the sense of gratitude. We
men or women
or that we enjoy some privilege a
a result of the work of the individu-
al whom we commemorate and we
• ek this means of discharging what
w. feel to be a personal debt.
Again, sheer admiration may prompt
— — —■■! our hero.
There is a good deal of the less ,
’ us. It is only
sophisticated,
can no longer be stirr- ;
~f a great man.
l*ing to come in touch with
r and genuinely i
hero nowadays. It Was
Ige a few weeks ago to]
.hour in the company of
' and in that brief time I
Account of the heroe's
V>d character that I
^d into an enthusiastic
■ar mnr» of whfirn I I
rd before anil who has]
lave a century and a I
.trine is this worshiper’s'
—
Feat part of hi- own life
—i man and his
murmur- at
addresses
Breckenridj
attended the
more of the
grand patron
Learned that as
useful so his death
failure. That the
which his grave his
energy and -ultimately
•i his dying hours given
-- protection and con-
of the
haw u* feel *a«l »r
w< ar«* thinking nf him If hr eouhi
lava hi* way today, hr w**wM »ay
' Whrn, m>***ti*vm ,v»»u ai«* thinking •»!
think n«»i with «h»wnca#< haart
•>F fall*n r«tuntman< • . but
gladly and undrr«tan*hng»> •
t nth* I ha'•• Iriml la tea
tqg which I hawr ti
up bafor* yiM*.'* And hr
aa ba glad alway*.
Wf a’r lhvFwf«»*r, «•
al *<va»i««nt happy m
tii«w nf the life, character, and work
..f Profewmc Mays He m Mr.
*■ ’aAstnn* and Lincoln brlnng tn the
wwrM, l.»» and H.'n Hill twlng t»,
th* Knuth. Awn H*raa*nn belsnw tn
Texas, hut Prwfunnr May* bcdo.e-
tn us. That land and that tastitu .
tina whwh ha*c ant their bsroew are
one* indeed. He la oar boro aadi
• is win# bM wnadorfwl »»<i through
the melvwine atmosphere of tuns.we
taao« be »ih*rwue than happy
his section of the
diploma,
with the
a Booker
to
had not been in
t school for
thought, his
his life was in L
the guarantee of
tmuation assured by the seal
(treat state of Texas.
Two years later I came here to
school and here it was that my old
hEh"7. *ere retouch-d ami
wh ch h the “‘"^Phere
wh ch he had largely creatc<i anrf
laU],y Q“'tted, I learned as ac-
curately aH .,ccond hun<| info “
can ever be accurate of thv
I man that he was nn.l rn xceat
which h . , the things-
»hieh he had done. It was never nfy
'™""" -
• L. Mayo, consequently any
td <f the man has been gained from
ii hinS Wh° know anfl <uv-
him. and those whose lives had
been touched by his wonderful gen-
■us and personality. From them I
cce-ved the estimate which I shall
had fauh 6 r.U’ PertaP’ thv man
had faults a,,d J am persuaded that
he d.d, but what of that? None are
are human. There
arp, and there al
b“ ‘-coming 7hi
worid‘kX"^ that the
stand their works.
ffenius arises he makes his
the world and explains
utlcism does not make him
not unmake him. He may have
we think on the wonderful I
t • has left us. And we
of shall therefore, spend our time rath- j
-------. -- our allegiance
-----j us than f
he
world,
gaunt--
our
------, scene
" ^n Hamlet in hi* soliloquy at-
u n fathom-
inexpiicablr
our-
bc-
are
T«« every l«alor He ahwtr i« gveal
Wfb» b% a iifw Ke»t»i< t'we>uuA'*« fair
i* when a man'* life ha
h*ru the < *• r>nt« «lhmi .»( < **»rth) mt»rv lh«n « half •»
■deal wbwk am wish to prcpcluw, m nlxarmty ef Virginia *
uwwty that a mcmwMil '■•Icb.’Mtar .taMaUll bm.w
bM aa* permaneot „ .,.,.,1.^ ,hr
•MNb
Ih atlomHiHg to> anelyw the arn-
Leiand Br«*rkenridg*.
> •lr|H and dreamed that life M
beauty
I Woke and
duty.”
r» ag«>
at
' thiw
J ferrntial regard that he
; but ran nrvri comman«l
world.
i V4 h«»in shall We hold
| hero and eotnirate
Laatly. I*r«»fr*H»»r Mayo would not i hrati«*n* and memorial day<* \<»i
when | the rhanrv hern Making much anh*
over Mtrh a mw ha* about the u*m«*
•■fferl on youth a* reading llt»ral*u'
Alger «>turtr«. If a man n*e< **ut »tf'
mediae city fur an mutant and imine-
d'ately Mnkv hark again lh**r» lit I
hrdd ug fwt emula t
•»verl*«ah the fallow j
a g«md but mewn* I
In amt tiay *ut
wta al <me w h«* ha *.
i ka* I
if thin temtofwyJ nM!
■all of his superb heart
unselfish service for Texas boys and to the determined pursuit of the vis-
ions he held before us than to sad-
after ness because of his absence.
The service of yesterday was a
of very beautiful and happy one indeed,
the We trust that a* the-years go by, the
was too great program committee of the
' parvcplMii, with
Thvti that tracker nraraJ .way etui enbtraed,
•cut I hra*4 im Mui.. until tbe death ar M Iwe with the
•f hi. bcUved maatet Mat • nail Pl >• iMne he w»uM reveal
ftau* aver all aarth and ea.t f> sa>
Than, ihrnagh lb* praas and by
•>ur name,
won or k>»i
th* gMAir
have been, there
men
necessary that
to under-
a great
way in
himself,
and can
-J great
great faults and by ex-
celling upon them
nibble him
critics get
i pretty
was or-
the hu-
evil
ft
waters weet
muddy, bearing
. , , .....eJ and wrecks, the
‘ V and the •**>. ‘he incongrous
elements of human life and human
Di.. I c.,ntnvenc..s. Wh«, it -|Mf
u'r ,h‘‘ erlti« awav
Hhen it.subside, they come back and
begin to analyze it ami *«y. -it
wasn t much of a shower after all ”
. A genius is judged by what
I cc'-ate* ami brings into the
runs the whole
emotions before
in that wonderful balcony
defects and ;------- -
posing an.l dwelling
critics niay apparently
I u i“U “w“y- when the
J- W. Greep. I through, however, he remains
on grave much the same force that he •
pgmally. Kea! a
elemental force that enters
of man world both for good and
a'‘-' h’aves its Jastmg impression.
I like a new rivver of
I and bitter, clear and
on its bosom ships
- —J ugly, the
of human life
When it
critics
recent. In fact, even now 1’
seems almost to be an element cZ
sacrilege in speaking of the memorial
service as a celebration. Yet, when
we consider the true character of
'he man, the character of our serv-
ices, and the attitude of our hearts
on such occasions, we can truthfully
say that the event partakes more of
the character of a celebration than
of repeated funeral exercises.
To begin with. Professor Mayo' «*r across was!
was a man, the sunshine of whose . *’ L’ Mayo sPeelf'caily but
countenance beamed continually. He,
was not a pessimist. While serious . .. .
enough at all times, he was sad' ! v "giy “PPlled
neither in heart nor in* manner.; m * a>°-
Nothing pleased his own heart more Signifigence
than to know that his own boys and!—Annie C. Murphy.
girls were happy and progessing. He j
was not prone to see the world : worshipers in each of
through blue spectacles nor to take when we become
a gloomy outlook on people, things., blase, that we <
or situations. He was in fact a kigf by the life of
of apostle of good cheer and haj^, t''A'
ness to all who knew him. r ^cv * g sincerely
No man could have * e''''L* 1---- “
great inspirational
u. , W.thout a sublime c<.J
the r?’lrfl oL'tv^me of al W * A
believed in boys'll^ ^jr|?_ JS S. Blnnk<‘Il>lliji
those distant hopes, ideals
bitions which lured them on.
- >•!• Ma’-. a :■ ’n.- ggggkraMM«*
His belief was positive, his teacWnfcTiad n j
was positive, his inspiration was been .»
positive. It would be impossible for half. S
a person i f his character to be sad. enthusia.-^ .
gloomy, or gruchy long at a I
and it is impossible for us, who un-
dertake as best we can
the ideals he set before us, to be
otherwise than happy and confident
in our pursuit.
Professor Mayo reaped great sue
cess in the truest sense of the word.
He never amassed a great fortune,
nor did he strive for great political
or social power, but if to live for-
ever in reverent memory in the
hearts of thousand* is any gauge of
success, then Professor Mayo was
successful far beyond his fellows.
While he doubtle-s failed to achieve
much of that upon which his heart
was set, judging by our standards,
his achievement was little short of
the miraculous. Beginning with
nothing except his indominatable will j
and
brick
most <
Memorial |
and reverence
ery speaker.
W« bear great orations, real great
' u ogies, and hsten to simple testi-
monials of the great character of
.. Mayo, and in every line of
praise we never hear a single note
of shame or incincerity. Those who
U M“y° and hi8 work
that his great personality and his I
great heritage are not be passer! over
reverence and sincerity.
ii. . - wag beautifully decorat-
large pedestals' of
spelling the word M-A-Y-O.
J program the friends of
many beautiful
on the simple grave I
Krove.
program was renrf- 1
or
our
rewpt^rt join in
Self ghirifiri
a m<ativ«* m prat Ain
/hern that belung* to «»ur natnoi
our locality, one in whom
p**uu»naivv inteii’Mt, ur
that honor n*
l anti our eg<» (
• *<mmemoratiH|
i time* we rhte
I hr mii>H'tevh»u
• he life of a •
•he youth of <
•he IM|HWaoiVi
«i<»wn fr«»m »
worthy oleah <
I hU fathering
in the fMfnm*
rattle* ami
an*I i<
I* • mean* af
•Haro
Men lit lai* ui
*‘tfh< mas I
**If they are
of a«U'e»t»>’
iv oyo* to the paat. Ih«*y
’'Mil the
y vhrftta
COMMBKCX, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1922
MM1L CElfMUM:
BY PM3 R. B. BINNION. , when we think on the wonderful I I
•* ive years have come and gone legacy he
since the distinguished subject of,-*■—?!.— ^uu
this article passed out of this life, er in the renewal of c J
. “ <*“a’l°1r.of “ century> he had to those ideals he set before_______
to sorrow because of his absence
I- rather to celebrate the ownership of
to »|>rak of hi« hero, that he
ancr. and I have known many school ( Rerirr. ng through the worship
a sensr of power and de-1
longs for!
I ears ago in a country
house at commencement time. I re-
cited the oration, taken front the
East Texan, which Prof. W L Mayo
| had written a< an explanation nf ’ iifi
I this, hl* favorite theme. The sub- m»
I ''••IMT
guv** me my firM
K’mmI nmn
m«»rr vivid by the
ma ul«| student •
», wh«>m if |
many <»f ym* would i
ber about the petM>na^m»r><>
•lid ri’('fB\ inf tht
ia« <«• nynn m> mlttd
r**m*iwkMtr il if it *er» t»ttiv
I ••> fascinated by ihr
* Mltflv hahdrd
of *li*c«H4ratfvm
a man,
whdod and buildrd H
firwl rank I
w«hhuim wa« «
•cbotki Itevau*1
*f poverty I wa* (add that
Ma*., himwlf wa. furntebtag
»f km* and gut. with th. _
wkwh MMU M fm them
rotram in Mho»l Mark m ike
wnre nt my ,,.l,..lu.,B ,h„ ,
Ihr plat of Ilf*- a-
arol a« te.l in hl. time
(■rumple .nt when
.nd be wa* hidden
from m»r ii»». the pint ef a lif. had
been dim loro** a life of wrv ice Hu
idgulating prineipte m lif. waa Sw
fwlnew. and -hun* good Hu life
wa« net far himself b«k for ethers,
Mr i (twee whom he lexed amb thv groui
,ro« xrorb ef hi. Hfe *M te show
money tdeaaur. ran be reny.rted
tej tush!i ex.rvts. af the anal
ef broad and liberal rated,
drplh of th«o«ht and IrrlWSM of
'.ulUi shara
ho wa* a who!
b~4 gt life and
meaning
As he turned Ha (rage* he found eb-
_ K’unlinued an pogo 1)
Following are
Mr. Benson and ATr.
Mr. Benson has
school and is now a student in
‘ h ire He gave some facts
show the magniminity of w
Mayo’s work.
Historical statement of
velopment of the College.
Bennon.
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