Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-09
ident OF the University. Benediction, by
Rer. Andrew Preston Peabody, d. d.
Mr.. IOWEIJ'S ORATInS

and Difference to the opinions have dimin-
ished and are still diminishing among us.
the relish of antiquity should be more
pungent in America than anywhere else
1t Is merely sentimental relish, for ours
Is new country in more senses than one,
and like children when they are faneying
themselves this or that, we have to play
very hard in order to believe that we are
old, But we are like the game none the
worse, and multiply our anniversaries with
honest zeal, rs if we increased our .centu-
ries by the number'of events we could con-
gratulate on having happened hundred
years ago. There is something of instinct
in this, and it is a wholesome instinct if
it serves to quicken our consciousness.
Upon the conclusion of the literary exer-
ciSes the President, with Secretaries Bay
ard and Endicott, attended the banquet in
Memorial Hall. 1t is an interesting fact
that twenty-one years ago James Russell
Lowell delivered his remarkable eommem-
Grafton ode at Hayard and Col. Henry Lee
was Chief Marshal of the procession which
celebrated the close of the war. To-day
Mr.. Lowell was again the speaker and Col.
Lee the Marshal.
Cleveland visited President and Mrs.
Eliot at their home. The members of the
various associations, with their invited
guests, took up the line of march to
MEMORIAL HALL,
which was soon reached. The invited
guest were the first to enter and were Sa-
luted with song by the Anniversary
Chorus. President Cleveland entered the
hall and walked to his pldce by the side
of Judge DevenS No hall in New Eng
land, probably, ever held such an array of
men. The Presidents table
was surrounded with the faces of men
whose names are household words all over
America, and many of them such through
out the civilized world. President Cleve-
land sat with Secretary Bayard on his
right, and Governor Robinson on his left.
At the Presidents table were served the
following distinguished guests: Secre-
tary of War Endicott; Secretary OF Navy
Whitney; Secretary of Interior Lamar;
Hon, Robert C. Winthrop; United States
Senator Hoar. DR.. s. Wier Mitchell, Prof.
Rudolph Laueiani, OF the University Of
Rome, Hon. James Russell Lowell, DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr.. Francis Bark
man, DR.. John Shaw Billings, Prof James
B. Thayer, Alexander Agsssiz, George
William Curtis, Hon Charles Devens,
President Charles w. Eliot, President
Timothy Dwight, of Yale College,
DIR. Charles Taylor, of University of CAM
bridge England, President James B.
Angel; Rt. Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, of the
q Il H.. In
Gildersieeve, President Roswell d. Hitch
cock. President Ezekiel Gilman Robinson,
of Brown University; President James
McCosh. of the College.Of New Jersey; DR..
Mark Hopkins, Judge Walbridge A.
Field, Chief Justice Brigham, Justice
Collett, DIR. Frederick II. Hodge,
Prof. Edward 4. Park, John
Quincy Adams, Theodore Thomas, Presi-
dent Julius Fl. Seelye, of Amherst College;
President Geo. Williamson Smith of
Trinity College; President Geo. ID. b.
Pepper, Colby University; Hon. Oliver
Ames; Hon. 4. Z. Pillsbury; Hon. Jno
W. Dickinson, Rev. James De Norman
Dick, President Elmer II. Capen, of Tufts
College and DR.. GeO. L. Gray. Although
the time set for banquet was 2:3O it was
$50 o'clock before Judge DevenS, the
President of the day was enabled To call
the company to order When he finally
did so. there was !, 200 persons seated at
the long tables, and then all had not been
accommodated. While the dinner was in
progress,
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND
attended by Mrs. Endieott and the wife
of President Eliot, of Harvard, entered
one of the galleries with number Of other
invited guests, and was enthusiastically
received by those present. At the closing OF
the banquet the Alumni sang st. Martin s
in chorus. after which President Devens
arose and delivered an address Of intro
duction. At the conclusion Of Judge
Deyen's address the audience rose and led
bv the anniversary chorus, SaTg Fair
Havard" with great spirit. President
Eliot then followed President Deven's IN
a felicitiOuS speech in which he euloglzed
the qualities Ofthe Nations Chief, intro
dueed President Cleveland. who spoke as
follows:
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
''MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN
find myself to-day in q company to which
| am much unknown and when see the
alumni of the Oldest college in the land
surrounding, in their right OF SOnshIp, the
maternal board at which l am but an
invited guest, the reflection. that for me
there exists no alma mater, gives rise to q
feeling of regret, which is kindly temper
ed only by the cordiality Of your well
come and your reaSsuring kindness. II
the fact is recalled that only twelve
of nv twenty-One predecessors in office had
the advantage of \ collegiate, or uniNer-
sity education, proof is presented Of the
sense of our people rather than an argu-
ment against the supreme value OF the
best and most liberal education in high
public positions. There certainly can be
no sufficient reason for any space or dis
tance between the walks of the most
classical education and the way that leads
to political place. Any Discrimination
on the part of the most learned
and cultured of our citizens to mingle In
public affairs, and consequently abandon
ment of political activity TO those who
have but little regard for student and
scholar in politics, are not favorable
conditions under a government Such as
ours. and if they have existed TO dam
aging extent, very recent events appear to
indicate that the education and conServa-
ton of the land are TO be hereafter more
plainly.heard in the expressions OF popular
viii. Surely the splendid destiny which
awaits q patriotic effort in behalf OF our
country will be sooner reached, il the best
of our thinkers and educated men shall
deem it
A SOLEMN DUTY OF CITIZENSHIP
to actively and practically engage IN point
ical affairs. and if the force and power OF
their thought and learning shall he will
ingly or unwillingly acknowledged In
party management. If am TO speak OF
of the President of the United States, |
desire to mention rs the most pleasant and
Characteristic feature of Our system ol
government, the nearneSs Of the people 10
their President and other high officials.
A close view afforded our citizens
Of the acts and conduct OF
those to whom they have intruSted
their interests serves as regulator and
check upon temptation in office and Is q
constant reminder that diligence and
faithfulneSs are the measure IN public