Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-06-22
BRED IN PATRIOTISM
College Men Have Strong Love
Of County,
DtptW AT NASHVILLE, TENN
iiNered Mastery speech at the Com.
iheneement Exercises of Van.
derbiIt University.

Nashville, June 1S.-The event of tn,
Vanderbilt university commencement
was the address of Chancey NJ. DepeN
at the tabernacle tonight, delivered be
tore an immense audience. On the plat
form was assembled the united facl1ltv
ana prominent citizens and the audi
ehce was magnificent one. J7pon he
| ing introduced Mr.. Depew was received
| "lth overwhelming applause and dur
| Ing his address was freely and sp0nta-
I neously greeted With cheers, He said
| in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen.-Th nearest
approach to the complete realization of
l0eal pleasure comes with commence
| meht Gay for the college man. To The
alumni coming back from the cares
ana duties OF their distant homes. if re-
calIs the best days of their lives. For'rhe
Sfadua te it is the supreme moment of
inns existence. We, the veterans from
American colleges. cordially and en-
Enthusiastically welcome these volIno
knights to the order Of the higher ed,-
caupn Patriotism in a republic has its
best support and strongest hope i'm the
colleges. Where else liberty has been
crushed by the power of tyranny. suDer-
sutton and bigotry, they have never
peen able to eXtinguish its light in the
Aalls OF learning. The finest example
Oh lhe patriotic part of higher education
IS the German empire of today. which
is the. outgrowth of the founding of
ITS university Of Berlin Harvard ana
Aale, Princeton, Columbia and Williams |
and Mary, institutions of Ie9r1ino /
We're the architects of the Declaration |
of Independence
NO one can measure what might have |
been the effect in 1860 of a university
81 years old at Washington, like that |
OF Berlin with its thousands of students
ana national inspiration The peop1e
had 70 become acquainted With each
other. The union and confederate vet
Grams shot sectionalism to pieces with
lheif cannon and their rifles When
they We're convinced OF each others
equal worth and valor they could ciaqr
lahds over the graves of their com
AIDES in the utterance of common
'ath Of loyalty to the flag which was
he common protector and common
glory of them all
"fhe student must remember that
very period has its problems to No
oiNed Anarchy, socialism. taxation
and relations of labor ana
apltal are questions as difficult. ana ,
equiflh3 patriot condition of know
edSe OF men, as have agitated the ma
ION since the formation of the govern
2eat. man can serve his country
lofe effectively in preaching and pro- y
lotln2 the building of good roads than
4 spending his time in sp0uting cur
ancE fallacies. If the educa tional men r
| the country would perform their du- Q
eS III the primary school of the cauc7Is 8
e would never experience that des- il
otlsm OF machine which plumbers t
npafuaIly partsans and ANTAGONISTS
In" great opportunities of our c0un q q
y are in the south. The flood of i'm "
llgration for so years has sought the v
est, northwest and Pacific coast. I'm @
le south we find, as nowhere else. the "
1slnal stock which fought at Cow Il
ms Kings Mountain and Yorktown. So
he intelligent patriot is here. The
'uthe1n people in the last quarter Of -
century has overcome difficulties i,
hich seemed insurmountabIe. Young
Ell Of the south have no call to tenpt II
rtune At their own doors and within
elf own states are their missions and II
cir careers. BE not deceived by the
litter OF wealth as the sole measure
success in life. The moment that in -.
'ur chosen vocation you are sure of f.
| income beyond the requirements Of nc
modest living, You are a success. All ne
q rest is accumulation. +" lie