The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-19
Mr.. DEPEW'S ADDRESS
At the Vanderbilt Commencement in
Nashville.
PRAISE TO THE YOUNG MEN
Institutions Of Learning In the
United States the Architects
OF the Declaration of
Independence.

Nashville, Tenn. June lS.-The event
Of the Vanderbilt commencement was
the address Of Chauncey NJ. Depew at
the Tabernacle tonight, delivered be-
fore an immense audience. On the plat
form was assembled the university
faculty and prominent citizens. and
the audience was a magnificent one.
Upon being introduced Mr.. Depew was
received with overwhelming applause.
and during his address was freely and
spontaneously greeted with cheers.
He said In part: Ladies and Gen.
tlemen: The nearest approach to the
complete realization of ideal pleasure
comes with commencement day for the
college man. To the alumni, coming
back from the cares and duties of
their distant homes, II recalls the best
days Of their lives. For the graduate
1t is the supreme moment Of his exist
ence. We. the veterans from Ameri-
can universities, cordially and enthusi-
astically welcome these young knights
to the order Of higher education. Pa
triotism in a republic has its best sup
port and strongest hopes in the col
leges. Wherever else liberty has been
crushed by the powers of tyranny, su-
perstition and bigotry, they have never
been able to extinguish its lights in the
halls of learning. The finest example
of the patriotic power of higher educa-
tion Is the German empire OF to-day,
which is the outgrowth OF the founding
of the University Of Berlin.
In -d al D.t
lumbia and William and Mary, insti-
tutions OF learning. were the architects
OF the declaration Of Independence
No one can measure what might have
been the effect in 1860 Of a university
SO years old at Washington. like that
of Berlin. with Its thousands of stu
dents and national inspiration. The
people had to become acquainted with
each other. The union and confederate
veterans shot sectionalism to pieces
with their cannon and their rifles
When they were convinced of each 9TH
ers' equal worth and valor they could
clasp hands over the graves of their
comrades In the utterance Of a COM
mon oath of loyalty to the nag which
was the common protector and COM
mon glory OF them all. The student
must remember that every period has
its problems to be solved. Anarchy. So
cialism, taxation. currency and the re-
lations of labor and capital are ques-
tions as difficult and requiring as much
patriotic consideration of the college
men of the country as any which have
agitated the nation since the forma-
tion of the government.
"a man can serve his country more
effectively in preaching and promoting
the building of good roads than In
spending his time in spouting cur
rency fallacies. II the educated men
of the country would perform their du-
ties in the primary school of the eau
Gus. we would never experience that
despotism of a machine which plum
ders. impartially, partisans and an
tagonists. The great opportunities Of
our country are In the South. The flood
of immigration for so years has sought
the West, Northwest and Pacific coast.
In the South we find, as nowhere else.
the original stock which fought at
Cowpens, Kings Mountain and York
town. The intelligent patriotism Of the
southern people in the last quarter Of
century has overcome difficulties
which seemed insurmountable.
"The young men of the South have
no call to tempt fortune in the crowd
ed cities ofsthe North and East. At
their own doors and within their own
states are their missions and their ca
reers. Be not deceived by the glitter
of wealth as the sole measure Of sue
cess in life. The moment that in your
chosen vocation you are sure OF an in
come beyond the requirements of mod
est living. you are a success. All the
rest Is accumulation"