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L IIIIIAI?Y C()MI The - ThrM BEREA PUBLISHING CO. dsn- IVWtU Ainu T aN Nwa f MARSHALL t VAUGHN. MID . MlinUIVT I iweoM the Happening, ef fBra College; Te be of later rmijtm at Bwwn. m r AM tf Mara, Iff. to an the Mountain Vol xxm. Five Centa Par Copy BEREA, MADISON COUNTT, KENTUCKY, WAT K, 1W2 On Dollar aa Fifty Canto Pa Ten V3 No. COLLEfrt Berea College Wednesday, Commencement Day has baan for many yenr a f ala occasion for Berea and naAy countiaa. Attandaneaa have baan variouely estimated from four thousand ta eight thousand peo pta. In tha old dayi before tha com ing of good roads and tha automo biles, Jolt wagons, horseback riding and walking war tha pravailing moda of pllgrlmaga from a thousand homee in a half dozen countiaa to this ahrina of learning. Today all tha methods of convey ance that wara ever need ars in vogue, aa wall aa tha most modern facilities. People coma en Jioraeback, in wag ens and In automobile. All receive the aame kind of treatment and en joy a common hospitality. What does it all meant It means that Be raa ia giving to tha world a practical demonstration of real democracy. Tha pedestrians, tha horseback ridera and tha motorists assemble on the campus of a great educational in atitation to meet friends and neigh bors, to enjoy the speeches, listen to tha music, and to have one whole day to forget tha worrlea and trou ble of either businesa or poverty. The grand parade will come first on Commencement morning. Every body knows about the parade. Every one ia aware of tha distance and tha time required to reach Berea by his particular moda of travel and ha I wares home in time to aee every thing. After the parade, tha pro gram ia tha Tabernacle will be rend ered in the order listed below. 11:30 a. m Demonstration by Voca tional graduatee. 9:30 a. m. Speeches by Normal and ' Academy graduatee. -10:45 a. m. Exercises in Main Chap 1 .1 k. rviu. Address by Dr. Frederick F. Shan- ;aoa, ar Chicago. Delivering or" diplomas and prise Bible. I M p. m--I-gncbeoti. Z .TO n m Roimtnn k ' ' iampua. music sna snort agar by old He re friends. f 5.00 p.m. Collere Altmni Ban quet (for grahtetily. Dr. Frederick F. Shannon, Pastor of Central Church. Chics ro. ia the successor of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaul- ua. who, until his death, was one of the greatest preacher in America. Dr. Shannon ia not among atrangera when he comes back to Kentucky, for ha, himself, cama from Eastern Kentucky, and knows it aa well as any living man. lie is not a Strang ar to Weat Virginia, aa ha waa pas tor in Loran, W. Va, for a number of years. Dr. Shannon ia an author of note, as wall aa an eminent clergyman. Tou should hear him in tha College Chapel on Commence ment Day at 11:30 a n. Beaidaa the . Commencement Day program, there ar speeches by die tlnguiahed Americans thru out Com mencement week, beginning with Sunday, June 11. Sunday morning will be graduates' hour,' tha sermon being delivered by President Wm. J. Hutchlns. Raymond Robins Coming At 7:30 p. m. the student body will be addressed .by Mr. Raymond Rob ins of Chicago. Mr. Robins haa had an amating career. Ha la consider ed on of th moat interesting, aa well a distinguished eitiiene, in America. Ha la a Reformiat, and a Progreasive. lie was one f tha founder of tha Progressiva Party, ana -n company with Col Roosevelt caused that party to make tha moat profound impression upon th Amor ican people than any party ver made during tha first year of its msiory. Mr. Kobina waa the Pro. greasiv candidate for th UniUd siatee senate in Illlnola. Ha waa permanent chairman of tha lat Fro- greaslv National Convention. Mr. Robins' political career ia very insig nificant compared with hia many other activitlea. He haa been a law yer, a goldminer in tha Klondike, and a religious worker ia Alaska, a member of tha ChicagoBoard of Ed ucation, (ndustral expert, and strike arbiter, but his greatest achievement was hia delay of tha Brsst-Litovsk Peace, and tha prevention of ship ment of raw materials from Ruaala to Germany during the war after tha Ruaaian army broke down. Mr. Rob. ins is an eloquent epeaker, and Be raa la to be congratulated upon hav ing l)lm from Sunday until Wednee day. ,. Two other speaker of th Com a.ancement weak are Bar. Etmar Commencement Jn. 14, 1922 Gabbard, Trustee of Berea College, and also a graduate and Mr. Has kiah Washburn. Mr. Gabbard comet from Owsley county, Kentucky, and know th heart of th mountain people. Wa have had Mr. Gabbard before and ar glad to welcome him again. Mr. Washburn waa for many years a student of Beraa, but left to enter the Theological Seminary before his graduation. Mr. Washburn for nin years haa been missionary in Af rica. Hia work and feats in dealing with th Africans sound like a fairy tale. Ha ia Pastor of the largest Mission Church in th world, and haa turned entire tribes from darkness to the light of Christianity. Some of hia earapea from pestilence and savagry rival the experience of Liv ingston. Mr. Washburn will be on of th speakera at the Tuesday night n meeting. Commencement Week is full of at tractions. Come and enjoy them. MADISON COUNTT PROMPTS MEETING TO DISCUSS RIGHTS OF TAX COMMISSION Meeting Called by Deak of Fayette At the instigation of Madison county, Judge Doak, County Judge of Fayette county, called a meeting of the County Judgea of the Blue Grass whose aaaessmenta had been rejected by the State Ta Commia sion, to consider the question cf the State Tax Commriaaion's right to ar bitrarily force the County Board of Equalization to raise tha assessment of a county, and tha Commission's right to re -assess any county. The meeting area called by County Judge Doak, of Fayette county, in hia office at Lexington, Ky., on May 17th, at 1 o'clock p. m, with Fayette, Madison, Boyle, Garrard, Clark, Shel by and Scott countiee present, and after a general discussion of tha sit- uation. Judge Goodlne, of Madia county, auggested that the meeting he organised and put in nomination J I ire Doak, of Fayette county, as chairman, which .waa promptly sec onded, assuming tha chair tempo rari ly, Judge Goodlo put the vote and Judge Doak waa unanimously elected. Judge Doak then Uking the chair, J. P. Chenault, County Attorney of Madison county, waa elected sec re tary, after being nominated by Judge Ward, of Scott county. The aenae of the meeting was: First: That the County Judge has no right under the law to re-aasemble a County Board of Equalisation. Second: That the County Board's action ia final, except on appeal to the Courts. Third: That the law giving tha Stat Tax Commission the right to re -assess a county violate two sec tiona of the Constitution. Fourth: That tha County Board la a Board of Equalisation and haa no right to raise or lower any as sessment except where the evidence shows beyond a reasonable doubt that the asaeasment ia too low. Fifth: That th public Interest of both the County and State demand a apeedy and final determination of thia qusetion. Sixth: That all the counties take concerted action in thia matter. Wherefore Judge Doak waa ap pointed a committee of one to em ploy Council and determine the prop er mode of procedure and to confer with the State Tax Commission on the matter of getting thia queatioa before th Court of Appeals as promptly aa possible. A number of other countiea were unable to b present but signified their desire to cooperate with ua. Diahonest Coal Man Hit Chicago Advice to "put the dia honest coal merchants out of buaineaa or put him In Jail" waa cheered at tha atalon of Ilia National Retail Ooul Merchants' Association. Hospital la Dedicate' Rlielws, Franc Th America memorial Hospital for Children, the gift of women sud children of the United States, waa dedicated by My roa T. Herrick, American ambassador, lo the presence of a distinguished gathering. The hospital, which waa founded by the America Puod for French Wounded, waa given, aa the ambassador told the dtisens of Reeling, "I the bop tial yati al ways will reiueuiuer yon comrade from acrvaa the aea." Nation'o Unlcnoum Hero .... 'I I II The reatlng plaea ef Ameriea'a be n ef th moat famous spots in r Uizsssl w i xaaaaaa-- e- fTt iw u, .a.wf:M4 twa i 'I i . 1 Xa;am-a j ji.:tr.-ic .nwaiCKnnls-saB! I I l 4 ( ;l 1 mmj l I "I i I iiiSISii mill i hi I ' I I . , -i '-f'ir?r.:-i--nr V ST t' '. yfcr.'M .-:t ',-:-.i't i TbT I 5 b; jT '' ??f- )V V' fill yj ill'' ( , ... . L -'fi1iVi.i,iii.,iiiiiii- -i t i rr " "T m"1 ' ' '''"-t''tit-fr'.-'iMiVi wif,,. Ve wh&Pl 'tiudr IN MEMORIAM Brtmk nt th swttt ripest Of Ike kravt sul$ whi Hi beutmlh thit tarih Wh battU4fr Ike land that gmvt them tirth, Whe marckti away with tang In th triumphant throng That turgid alang with ntvir-tiring fact T bnak the tends af a btnighttd race Break net the twett ripest, Shid net a single tear Fer these whe fill while fighting for the right. Per these whe saw the gleam ef Frit Jem's light. And skid thiir loyal blood With the great brotherhood . That bravely marthid te meet a gallant fee And bared thtir besoms te the fatal blow Shed not a single tear. Lay just a wreath ef towers On this grave ef hallowed memory. Above this soul that bled for Liberty, And with a grateful heart Before thou dost depart Speak words ef kindness e'er this noble sen And tell haw Freedom by his death was wen Lay just a wnath of flowers, . J'hiir fame be evermore.' Our flag still floats in Freedom's balmy air, And Liberty rejoices everywhere O'er our dear native land Because this loyal band Went forth and fell that millions might be free, IVent forth and fell for Right and Liberty. Their fame be evermore! Berea, Ky. Call Ceal Cewfern Waahlngton AdmiaiatraUon olaaa for fcolduif down eoft-eoal nrirwa war carried a ateo further, whea Hecrelary Hoover issued a general call for a conference of all ta oo. era tors whose minee are atUI produc ing. The conference la to b conduce- ed ia Waaalogtva atay. 31. 222 4fSTi''r IS'"", '?a?Huw11'. "Unknown SoMlee" In Waahlngten, which la destined In yea re the Unite Statse. John F. Smith, ootaliet Te Be In Raeo Nw York. Th Socialist party wlU enter can did at aa for Cooaroaa la every district this fall and wUI conduct a vlgoroua campaign I tit Western, Southern a ad Kaatem atate. th Ne ttoosJ Ksacvtsv Commute aaooacJ after a aaeetbas. A CnagriaailaaaJ plat form aum wjjL.aaavwca4, ZZZZ . e eome t REVOLUTION IN BULGARIA King Reported to Have Fled When Premier Proclaims Republie In Midst of Civil War Vienna. ConfHcting reporta of Bulgarian revolution have reached here. Dtspatchee from Belgrade say that King Boris haa fl 3d to Varna and that Premier 8tamboullaky, who rep reaeota the peaaam and agrarians, baa proclaimed a republic. A atate of dril war, It la reported further, exists, and 1ft of General W ran gel's officers hav bean expeeled. Agram advlcea, however, declare that a train from 8oa arrived at Belgrade and those aboard reported comparative quiet, General Alexandrovharlng la sued a counter proclamalio nat Sana calling upon the populace to remain loyal to the King. Tcnitcnenn and Htambolulafcy, ac cording to an Aaram nuner. reached an agreement at Genoa that if tha Bulgar ian premier would expel Wrangel'a traopa from Bulgaria he would have tha support or tne Bulgarian Communist element. A dispatch to the Frele Praase from Sofia aaya that an attempt to carry out expulsion of the troops precipitated trouble. SEEKS INDIANA COAL PARLEY Operators' Official Proposes Confer ence to Miners' Leader to Settle Dispute. Terr Haute, lnd Msy 22. Indiana coal operators, through P. H. Henna, secretsry-treasurer of the Indiana Bl tuuiluous Coal Uperatora' association, baa aeat letter to John lietuiler, lireMident of Dlmrlct No. 11, ufferlng to meet the Indiuu minora in a con ference to aettle the coal atrlke. Point ing out that a similar offer waa made March 18. Mr. Penna aaya that the purpose of hia communication is to re new th proposition "that we meet lu Joint conference of operators snd ailuera of Imllaua at aa early a date as convenient to arrange aa equitable scale of wages for work in and around the mtuee of our ststa, to th end that tululng may be resumed, public Incoa ven twice resulting from seven weeks of idleueaa relieved and th poverty and dUtraaa qCsuauy.fainil! ended." u w World News By. J. R. Wabertaon. Prof Hiatery and Political Sd Berea Collet The return of Llord Georae ta England reveals the fact that he haa not lost his prestige or hia popularity by the defeat of his plana at the Ge noa Conference. With the exception of some of tho newspapers which regularly oppose him, the premier Is given credit for a plucky fight to bring about a better condition of thlnga In Europe and to put thru a program of peace. In aoita of th failure of his efforta Lloyd George givea credit to all the nations for an honest and genuine desire for peace. He doea not even deny to Russia, Germany or France such a desire, tho it doea not seem to be apparent at timea. The ability of an Eno-lish statesman to look on the better and more hopeful aide of affaire ia a sign of fitness for leadershin at a timn when thinga iook confused and tan gled to an onlooker. Considerable pressure is likely to be brought to bear to secure the at tendance of tha U. S. in the Confer ence at the Hague. In spite of Sec retary Hughes' prompt avowal of our purpose not to be- there a possible way was left open in the assertion that the U. S. was not averse to ait ting with a body of specialists, even though they were dealing with Eu ropean affairs. More recently Vice President Coolidire. in an address be fore the Presbyterian General Assem bly at Des Moines, Ia., set forth th necessity of the U. S. taking a more active part in world affaire, since m have already broken away from iso lation. A last indication of a change in eentiment ia a olan bv Borah for an international association centering around an International court The question of tho independence of the Philippine Islands ia again brought forcibly to public' attention ' by the coming of a Commission for the Island, representing the legisla tive body of the Islands, to aak for independence. The Harding admin istration ia opposed to auch indepen dence, aa is General Leonard Wood, who made a report to that effect and ia now acting aa Governor of the Is- -lands. The viaitinar commission is a large one and they baa their hope on the belief that th Filipino an now able to govern themaelvea, and have practically been doing so for several year. Th Wilson adminia tration gave encouragement "to th independence movement. Victor Emanuel, the king of Italy, haa juat mad visit to Trieste, th aeaport at the head of the Adriatic which waa secured from Austria in the late war. The desire to secure thia port as well aa the little piece of territory called the Trentino, up in the mountain section of Italy, near the Alpa, was the leading cause for attaching Italv to the omiin n nation opposing Germany and Aus tria, bow piacea are largely inhab ited by Italiana but were placed on der the rule of Auatria by the Euro pean powers early in the Nineteenth Century. Italy always considered them aa "Italia irredenta n Tr.l. unredeemed. Tt remain a rather noticable fact that thus far the United State is the only nation that haa ratified the Treaties and Reaolutiona !. ... t Washington, as a whole. Some of the other nationa concerned have rat ified the agreement in part. It waa generally supposed that cauaes for delay would not be aa rreat In countries aa in the United States. On explanation which ia being given ia the hesitation of th nation to act Until tha Confaiwnca rL- L.J met Delay ia objectionable, aa In ternational affairs change quickly at tlmea and the proper conditions for action diaappear. WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIRS Th many friend of Mr. Lawson Hockaday wer grieved to hear of nia aeatn Monday at th Robinson Hospital. Mr. Hockaday was a eon of th late Dr. Hockaday, of Silver Creek, It 1 aaid of him that h waa poa aesaed of oo of th finest type of human sympathy and enduring cour tesy eve knew. ii -J i i -L 1