1925 CON GRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE 4063 TEXAS To be chief nwchini-sts, to ranTc 'lt•ith but after ensign Winnie Everitt to be postmaster at Shepherd, Tex., in place Stephen D. Thornton. Asa l\1. Gainer. of J. C. Fain. Office became third class April 1, 1924. Alfred Ward. William J. Brennan. Arbye L. Curtis to be postmaster at Big LaJie, Tex., in place Frank P. 1\loore. George Rahm. of ·w. M. Cutbirth. Office became third class Julr 1, 1924. To be chief carpenters, to mnk 1cith bu.t after ensign VIRGINIA. William ll. Buchanan. Benjamin l\leyer. Devon R. Raymer to be postmaster at Roda, Va., in place of Garrett P. Fitzmaurice. Daniel McLeod. H. S. Estill, resigned. William F. Leahy. Harold E. Landre. WEST VIRGINll To be chief pay clerk, to 'rank 'l·t:ith but after ensign Levi Gay to be postmaster at Eccles, W. Va., in place of l\lurray D. King. J . C. Lowry, jr., resigned. MARL\~ CORPS WISCONSIN To be second lieutenants Robert R. Porter to be postmaster at Wheeler, Wis., in place l\Iilo R. Carroll. Theodore n. Millard. of R. R. Porter. Incumbent's commission expired 1.\Iarcl.J. 2~, Floyd A. Stephenson. David K. Claude. ·1924. Homer L. Litzenberg, jr. Albert L. Gardner. · Louis A. Meininger to be po-stmaster at Waukesha, Wis., Wilburt S. Brown. James P. S. Devereux. in place of A. J. Dopp. Incumbent's commission expired June Samuel S. Ballentine. Robert C. Orrison. 5, 1924. PosTMASTERS John A. Dysland to be postmaster at Mount Horeb, Wis., in place of Alois Goebel. Incumbent's commission expired June COLORADO 5, 1924. Patrick H. Gallagher, Windsor. Edwin J. Pynn to be postmaster at Hartland, Wis., in place FLORIDA of E. J. Pynn. Incumbent's commission expired l\larch 22, Richard E . Damon, Jupiter. 1924. I\Iima Gurganious, Lacoochee. Ralph H. Tolford to be postmaster at Thorp, Wis., in place KANSAS of William Wagner, resigned. Clyde 0. Brown, jr., Centralia. CONFIRMATIONS KENTUCKY Zelrner R. Hill, Jamestown. EJJecut·i!IJe nominations confinned by the Senate Februa1·y 1~ (legislative day of Febnwt·y 17), 1925 KEW MEXICO CoraL. Vaughan, State College. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE NEW YORK William 1\1. Jardine to be Secretary of Agriculture. Morgan C. Harris, Newport. GOVERNOR OF ALASKA PENNSYLVANIA Ge01·ge Alexander Parks to be Governor of Alaska. Jeremiah H. Fetzer, Coopersburg. CoAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY William I\1. Kelvington, ~eadow Lands. To be aids PORTO RICO Riley Jacob Sipe. Philip Randall Hathorne. Josefina C. Silva, Hato Rey. Allen Ames Parker. John l\lahlon Neal. TE~NESSEE Samuel Barker Grenell. Homer W. Black, Bolivar. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY J Q.hn ID. Barnes, Ramer. To be comtnanders Florie W. ~andress, Signal Mountain. George W. Simpson. WISCONSIN Alexander M. Charlton. John I. Edwards, Hazel Green. To be Ueu.tenant commanders Hugh S. Caldwell, l..odi. Grace R. l\lorgan, Spring Green. George B. Wilson. Charles E. Rosendahl. To be lieu.Jenant cotmnaniler on the retired, Ust HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Richard E. Byrd, jr. WEDNESDAY, Februm•y 18, 1925 To be lieutenants Frank Stinchcomb. Earle C. Peterson. The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to order Robert S. Savin. Francis E . Matthews. by the Speaker. William E. Smith. Joseph W. McColl, jr. The Chaplain, Rev. J ames Shera l\lontgomery, D. D., offered Frederick Strohte. Ira D. Spoonemore. the following prayer : Frank Leghorn. Charles R. Hoffecker. Hea>enly Father, we would pray: Bless the' Lord 0 my Andrew l\f. Parks. Henry L. Blil·mann. soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Ha>e Claude Farmer. Arthur P . Spencer. mercy upon us 0 Lord, according to Thy loving kindness; Leon W. 1\iills. John S. Hawkins. according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out Frank W. Rasch. Charlie S. East. our transgressions. May we observe Thy precepts diligently, Edward G. Evans. Reuben F. Davis. and deeply realize that blessed are the undefiled in the way, Thomas ~,_ Hassell. William C. Betzer. who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they who John 0. Jenkins. keep Thy testimonies, who seek Thee with a whole heart. We To be Uetttenant (jnni<Jr grade) pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Jefferson D. Beard. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and r~O be assistant surgeon, ~l'ith the 1'U1lk Of lieutenant (ji~J'I,iOr appro>ed. • - g1·ade) ~' IFTIETH AKNlVERSARY OF GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS Carl l\1. Dumbauld. Mr. BYRNS of Tennessee. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous con­ To be pay direotm·, 'With the 'rank ot captain sent to extend my remarks in the RECORD by inserting an address 1\IcGill R. Goldsborough. delivered by our. colleague from Louisiana, Hon. JAMES B. To be chief boatswains, to 1·ank with but after ensign AswELL, at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of George Pea­ William F. Ahrens. body College for Teachers at Nash\ille, Tenn. I ask unanimous Edwin J. Hill. consent to incorporate it in the RECORD in eight-point type. l\1r. SNELL. Mr. Speaker, I think it is prohibited by the To be chief gunrzers, to rank~ 1rith bnt after ensign Joint Committee on Printing. William H .' Moore. Walter J. Love. l\lr. BYRNS of Tennessee. If it is prohibited, I will with­ Edward J. Kreuger. Herman Vollmer. draw that part of my 1·equest. :j064 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 18 ~ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee asks unani­ England, had long been a resident in London, and yet he had the heart J mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD by inserting to feel and the intelligence to envisage the most important thing that ' an address delivered by Mr. AswELL of Louisiana, on the could be done for his native country. He saw that the place which l occasion mentioned. Is there objection? needed help and hope was the desolate and devastated South. He saw 1 There was no objection. that the rest of the country would go forward in prosperity and educa­ l\Ir. BYRNS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, the :fiftieth anniver­ tion, intelligence, and efficient culture, whereaB the South would lag sary of George Peabody College for teachers, which iR located behind unless promptly and liberally assisted. He chose to exert the at Nashville, Tenn., is being celebrated this week. Many dis­ benevolence of his friendly spirit and the power of his money to pre-­ tinguished persons and prominent speakers are in attendance,­ vent the calamity of letting one part of our country gre>w prosperous among them our colleague Hon. JAMEB B. AsWELL, of Louisiana. and educated while the other part would be doomed to an endless Doctor AswELL is an honored alumnus of the institution anti struggle of poverty recovering from the ravages of a civil war. He for years was a member and vice president of the board of saw that this condition could no more make a united cotmtry than the trustees, having resigned that position because his duties in situatie>n which made Lincoln declare that our country could not Congress prevented his attendance on its meetings. prosper, could not even exist, one-half free and one-half slave. Mr. He delivered to-day a most excellent address on the occasion Lincoln, the exemplar of our country's magnanimity and the preserver of this anniversary celebration, one which can be read with of our eternal unity, sought and secured the physical freedom of a pleasure and profit by everyone. The address is as follows : race, while Mr. Peabody, knowing no bounds of sections or of conti­ nents, sought and is securing the intellectual n·eedom of all his PEABODY COLLEGE IN THE LIFE OF THE NA.T IO::-< countrymen. In keeping with Mr. Peabody's high purpose and great wisdom, Pea­ The greatness of the name is 'further enhanced when we know that body College was wisely located. Nashville, for more than 50 years Mr. Peabody's conception came from his own inner purpose and not t he Mecca of thousands of students annually attracted . here seeking from outside or chance sugges-tion. He was seemingly r emote from the the advantages offered by special kinds of college and university train­ South. He was seemingly aloof from the United States. There seems ing, is the educational center, the- recognized "Athens of the South.'' to be no evidence that this momentous decision of his 'It .JS occasioned by , Peabody College is fortunately located. During 50 years the college any outside incident or connection. No one person and ru:> concrete has grown stronger, and day by day it will grow sb·onger still, IJy event suggested this act to his magnificent vision. Surely this a ct of being in Nashville and by having a share in the va ried educational patrioti m with its sequence of philanthropy must be ranked as an inspi- enterprises centered here. Nashville is, indeed, a city of light "set ration from on high and raises George Peabody among the supreme 1 upon an hill." Peabody College for teachers shines in this light as lovers of mankind, one whom pa-triots and educators should cannonize. the llarvard of the South. His gifts to the poor of London, his gifts to his native town in Mas­ The primary purpose of the Peabody fqnd was to orgn.nize and sachusett s and neighboring towns, his gifts to institutions of learning, develop schools and school systems, in towns, cities, und counties. and his st atements of the purposes underlying these gifts, entitl~ The P eabody men and women who have gone out from this inst itution him to rank in educational doctrine, not only with thinkers and' as teachers, principals, superintendents, and presidents of colleges theorists, like Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Quintllian, Comenius, and universities, recognizing that the need of the hour was for leader­ and the other great philanthropists, but to be placed alone in his ship, have been and are crusaders of a high order.