{"id":414,"date":"2018-03-04T19:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T19:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2018-03-04T19:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T19:06:37","slug":"dudley-hughes-speaks-at-clemson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"Dudley Hughes Speaks at Clemson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?attachment_id=415\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-415 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clemson-train-Event-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clemson-train-Event-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clemson-train-Event-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clemson-train-Event.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It was fun (and an honor) to get to speak at the 1ooth Anniversary Celebration of the Agricultural Education Program at Clemson University this weekend. Dr. Parr from Murray State University\u00a0played the role of Senator Hoke Smith and I was Representative Dudley Hughes (both from Georgia) and we were traveling by train from Atlanta to Washington, DC (circa 1917) with a quick stop in Calhoun, SC (which is now Clemson).\u00a0 On our train trip we discussed why the Smith-Hughes Act was needed, reviewed the provisions of our proposed legislation, and speculated what the future would be like if this legislation was not passed.\u00a0 The 200+ people in the audience got to eavesdrop on our conversation. Pictured below are photos of the real Smith and Hughes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?attachment_id=417\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-417 \" src=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/220px-DudleyMaysHughes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?attachment_id=416\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-416\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hoke-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was fun (and an honor) to get to speak at the 1ooth Anniversary Celebration of the Agricultural Education Program at Clemson University this weekend. Dr. Parr from Murray State University\u00a0played the role of Senator Hoke Smith and I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?p=414\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}