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Wilson Was SecondITEMS^CNTERESTfrom NEWSPAPERSjg* KIDNAPED FROM CLASS, IS PRESENTED WITH GOLDEN RULE MEDAL THIS MORNINGKidnaped by a huge crowd of studentsjust as he concluded his work in the pit class at 11:15 this morning, B. J. Palmer, or just !$* as he is always called, was carried to the large open space outdoors which adjoins the new Classroom Building at The Palmer School and there, amidst deafening shouts and waving of hats, handkerchiefs and books, was presented with the Napoleon Hill Golden Rule Medal.This is the first time since the precept was handed down from the Mount that a gold medal or any other emblem has been given an individual for practicing the Golden Rule, which means “Service to Mankind,” and that it should be awarded a Davenport man is not only an honor to the individual himself but to the city as well, and to the science of which he is the leading exponent.A small platform had been hastily erected and draped with bunting and here ^ w'as hoisted on the shoulders of several students. Thousands of students filled the open space and thronged the street. All efforts to get the crowd to “stand back” were ineffectual and for once B. J. Palmer’s admiring disciples failed to respond to his request that they move back so that those outside might come in. When the noise had somewhat subsided, the medal was presented, Mrs. Robert K. Williams, wife of the former editor of the school publications, and herself a student at the school, making the presentation speech. She presented the medal, she said, in the absence of Napoleon Hill, to the man who, in the opinion of 150,000 voters, had rendered the greatest service to humanity.The decision to award the medal to B. J. Palmer was based largely on the number of votes which he received in the contest carried on through the efforts of Napoleon Hill. He led the other three chief candidates by more than 150,000 votes, many of which came from foreign countries, Japan, Italy, England, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.Woodrow Wilson ran second to B. J. Palmer and then followed Harriet Luelia McCuIlom, noted lecturer on Applied Psychology. The medal was designed by the well known sculptor, Adolph Wolff. On one side are the words: “The Greatest Among Ye Shall Be Servant of All,” and on the reverse side, “B.J.P. of Davenport for Serving the World Through Chiropractic.”B. J. Palmer’s popularity was due to the spread of Chiropractic, which was discovered by his father, D. D. Palmer, and developed by himself. Doctors of Chiropractic and their patients from all over America and from many foreign countries literally bombarded the editor of Napoleon Hill’s Magazine with telegrams, letters and special petitions requesting that B. J. Palmer be awarded the first medal, which convinced the committee that he was the popular choice. This is the first medal ever offered for service to the world based on the Golden Rule. A similar medal will be awarded periodically as a means of directing the attention of the world to the possibilities available to all who apply the Golden Rule in their business and professional dealings. The plan was originated by “Golden Rule Hill,” who began his career in the coal mines of West Virginia and who gives the Golden Rule credit for his rapid rise to an influential position in American journalism. — (The Davenport. Democrat, May 31, 1922.)© ©SMALLPOX INCREASEDSince the winter number of the Metro-
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Davenport Fountain Head News
Davenport, Iowa, US
Tue, Jun 10, 1913
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