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Pape Six 1 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, April 30, 1953 JEFFERSON GROWING IN ESTEEM AS IDEAS TAKE FULLER MEANING (Feature Article By H. D. Crawford) Washington. — Thoma* Jefferson was born on' April 13, 1943. Every year hundreds of thousands of people who visit Wajshington’s famous cher-. ry blossoms felong the Tidal Basin in early April see in the midst of these magnificent blossoms the white mar ble, Pamheon-like Jefferson Mem orial commemorating the man who wrote the Declaration of Independ ence, who was our first secretary of state, and who, as third President, was the first to be inaugurated at Washington. Every year the impact of Jeffer son's ideas becomes more evident as we recognize them as pillars of our American system. This year the birth anniversary of the great statesman has special significance. He was born 210 years ago. Just 150 years ago this April, President Jefferson’s representatives in Paris purchased the Louisiana Territory. On Jefferson’s 20Qth birth day, 10 years ago, President Frank lin D. Roosevelt turned from th? arduous affairs of World War II Jong enough to go to the Tidal Basin and dedicate the Jefferson Memorial. - \Vords Still Applicable When President Roosevelt spoke of Jetferson a decade ago, America and its allies were fighting the tyranny of the dermany-Italian-Japanese Axis; today the free world is con fronted by the tyranny of a Russian- s-ponsored Communist plot of world conquest. Roosevelt’s words regard ing Jefferson are as applicable today: •‘Thomas Jefferson believed, as we believe, in man. He believed, as we believe, that men are capable of their own government, and thaLnb king, no tyrant, no dictator can govern for them as wisely as they can govern L tor themselves.' President Roosevelt ended his ded icatory address by quoting words from Jefferson which he said “speak Jefferson’s noblest and most urgent meaning,’’ and he said he was proud to understand and share them; “I have sworn upon the altar ‘of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.*" Liked Design The Jefferson Memorial is fash ioned architecturally after the Pan theon in Rome. Jefferson admired this design. He worked it, into the dome he-designed for the University of Virginia. He also used it in the de sign of his own home, Monticello, outside Charlottesville, Va: Whenever you climb the marble steps and enter the big, circular- domed memorial, you see people standing and silently reading the marble wall-panel inscriptions that preserve highlights of Jefferson’s philosophy. There you see the inspiring ex tracts from the Declaration of Inde pendence, words f&m Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Free- aom, his views on public education, and his ideas on progress in the hu man mind and in government. In these days of renewed attempts to curb the human mind—whether by congressional investigations of education and religion or by outright t-uppression by government officials of information that should rightfully be made public—we might well look anew at some of Jefferson’s ideas Carved into the marble panels of the Memorial you find these words: "No man shall be compelled to fre quent or support any religious wor ship or ministry or shall otherwise .suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief. But all men- shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in mat ters of religion. “I aim not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the prqgl-ess of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must ad vance also to keep pace with the times. We nugbt as man to wear still the coat which fit ted him when a boy as civilized so ciety to remain ever under the reg^ ime of their barbarous ancestors. 19-Foot Statue 'The heroic 19-foot bronze statue of Jefferson stands peacefully on its pedestal in the center of the memor ial, facing across the Tidal. Basin toward the White House. From the memorial’s front entrance you can see the Lincoln National Capitol. The white marble memorial, with its great fluted columns, nestles along the Tidal Basin flanked with flowering cherry trees. It is one of the most elegant and inspiring struc tures in Washington. Every year it grows In popularity and respect—just as the man it com memorates continues to grow in es teem as the American people learn more about the author of these meaningful words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with cer tain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pur suit of Happiness.” Boys City Will Build New Fireproof Dormitory ♦—- Laurens, April 20.—Wednesday, April 22, was a big day for Boys City, a Negro educational and rehab ilitation institution in the upper part of Laurens County. On that day, according ‘to Dr. W. M. Ratliff, head of the institution, ground will be broken for the foun dation of the first fireproof build- ing. —Dr. R. F Poole president'of Clem- Wilson of Laurens, Sen. P. Bradley Morroh of Spartanburg, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Gray of Laurens, Maj. Arthur Lee of G.reenwood,.$L£v and Mrs. Ty ler Macdonald of Laurens, Mrs. J. E. Wilson of Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Waller Montgomery of Spartanburg and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. F. Simpson of Greenville. The school now has 65 boys under its care, Dr. Ratliff said, with 26 of them boarding students. Thirty-four of its former students are serving in the armed forces, some of them are in college and four of them have graduated. son college, is to make the address. Federal Judge Geo. Bell Timmerman has Wen invited to turn the first spade of earth. Many leading citizens from many sections-o^-the-state who have renderd financial and moral support have accepted invitations to be present. ‘Hte new building will be a, 16- room concrete block and brick dor mitory 60-feet wide by 75-feet long to- -cost —approximately $25,000 of which about one-half is already on hand. Thfe money, Dr. Ratliff said, was contributed , by public spirited benefactors throughout the state. It is to be erected on the institu tion’s &40 acre farm in the Pine Hill section on the border of Laurens and Greenville counties. All the land, he said, was donated by private individ uals and firms, including Mrs. Ben Montgomery of Spartanburg, Brown Lumber Co. of Walhalla and Mc Neill Bros, of Greenville. , The institution has another farm of 244 acres in the Shiloh commun ity, where it has conducted a farm and school for Negro boys since 1946. A picnic dinner will be served on the grounds of the school, beginning at noon for whites and 2 p. m. for Negroes. In addition to Dr. Poole, Judge Timmerman and Mrs. 'Ben Mont gomery, other leading citizens with their wives invited for the occasion include Mayor Kenneth Cass of Greenville, Mayor William C, John ston of Anderson, Mayor Brooks Usher of Bennettsville, Sen. R. T. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” FOOD... 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