The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-06-19
GOING BACK 70 HIS YOUTH
Chauncey Depew Talks of Old
College Days
THE MEASURE OF TIME
Graduates of Vanderbilt Listen to
Golden Advice
J
the Famous After Dinner Speaker
in a College

Associated Press Special Wire.
NASHVILLE. June 1S.-The event of
Vanderbilt commencement was the adj
dress OF Chauncey NJ. Depewl at the tab
ernacle tonight, delivered before an i'm
mense audience. The address was to
have been delivered at the Vendome
theatei, the largest in the. city, but its ca
pacity was not equal to the demand for
seats and the tabernacle was selected.
On the platform was assembled the uni
versity faculty and prominent citizens.
and the audience was magnificent one.
Upon being introduced MIR. Depew was
received with great applause, and during
his address was freely and spontaneously
greeted with cheers.
Mr.. Depew in part. said:
= Ladies and Gentlemen: The nearest
approach to the complete realization OF
ideal pleasure comes with commencement
day for the college man. 10 the alumni
coming back from the cares and duties of
their distant homes, it recalls the best
days OF their lives. For the graduate it
is the supreme moment of his existence.
We. the veterans from American univer-
stiles, cordially and enthusiastically well
come these young knights TO the order OF
higher education.
'PatroUsm in republic has its best
support and strongest hope in the colleges
wherever else liberty has been crushed
by the powers of tyranny. superstition
and bigorry, they have never been able
to exunguish Its light in the halls Of
learning.
The finest example of the patriotic
power of higher education is the Ger
man empire of today, which is the out
growth OF the founding OF the University
of Berlin.
Harvard and Yale, Princeton, Co.
lumbia and William and Mary, institu-
Of len
the declaration OF independence.
mo one can measure what might have
been the effect i'll 1860 of q university fifty
years old at Washington, like that of
Berlin, with its thousands of students and
national inspiration. The people had to
become acquainted with each other. The
union and confederate veterans shot Sec
tionalism to pieces with their cannon
and their rifles. When they were con-
WINGED of each others equal worth and
valor. they could clasp hand SO over the
graves of their comrades IN the utterance
of common oath of loyalty to the flag
which was the common protector and the
common glory of them all. The student
must remem Der that every period has Its
problems to be solved. Anarchy, So
cialism, taxation, currency and the rela-
tons of labor and capital are questions
as different and requiring as much pa
triotic consideration of the college men
OF the country as any which have agitated
the nation since the formation of the
government.
"a man can serve his country more
effectively in preaching and promoting
the building of good roads than in spend
ing his time in srouting currency fallacy.
"If the educated men OF the country
would perform their duties in the primary
school of the caucus we would never ex-
Ierience that despotism of a machine
which plumbers impartially partisans and
antagonists.
the great opportunities OF our country
are in the south. The flood of immigra-
ton for fifty 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 Yorktown. The intelligent patriotism
of the southern people in the last quarter
of a century has overcome difficulties
which seemed insurmountable. The
young men of the south have no call to
tempt fortune in the crowded cities of
the north and east. At their own doors
and within their own states are their
| missions and their careers.
''Be not deceived by the glitter OF
wealth as the sole measure of success in
life. The moment that In your chosen
vocation you are sure OF an income be-
You'd the requirements of modest living
, you are success. III the rest is accumu-
latiye."