The record-union., 1896-10-23
PATRIOTIC WORDS BY
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Addressed to Students Who Are Attending
Princeton College.
Advised to Preserve the Honor Of tho
Nation.
The Chief Executive Warns the Young
lien to Uphold the Integrity of the
Land, and Indirectly AssaiIs the
Doctrines Which Are Preached by
Candidate Bryan.

PRINCETON On. j., Oct. 22.-The
third day of the sesqui-c cele-
bration Of Princeton College is the
actual one hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of it's founding, and the exer-
cises were appropriate.
The guests who have been on the
ground during the week are largely in
creased by arrivals last night and this
morning. After the usual academic
procession the participants gathered in
Alexander Hall, the alumni wearing
their black silken gowns with hoods OF
orange. President Patton opened the
exercises with an address and was fol-
lowed by President Cleveland.
Patton said: From this moment
what has heretofore been known as the
College of New Jersey will be known in
future as Princeton University. The
gift of 5000. 600 for a library is an
nCunced, the name of the donor being
still withheld. Another gift of $25O,OOO
for a purpose not specified is also ac-
knOwledged from an unknown source.
The total amount obtained up to the
present is 81 ,353 ,O0O''
Next came the principal event oI the
day, the address by the President of
the United States. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle
men: AS those in different occupations
and with different training each see
most plainlyin the same landscape view
those features which are most nearly
related to their several habitual en-.
vironments, SO in our contemplation of
a N or n Cin oh ;,-l Il
ual especially observes and appreci-
ates, in the light his mode of thought
supplies, such of it's features and Incl
dents as are most in harmony with his
mental situation.
To-day while all of us warmly share
the general enthusiasm and felicitation
which pervade this assemblage, / am
sure its various suggestions and mean
ingS assume prominence in our respect
i've fields of mental vision dependent
upon their relation to our experience
and condition. Those charged with the
management and direction of the edu-
cational advantages of this noble in
stitution most plainly see, with we'll
earned satisfaction, the proofs Of it's
growth and usefulness and its en-
hanced opportunities for doing good
The graduate of Princeton sees the first
evidence of the greater glory and pres
tige that have come to his alma mater
and the added honor thence reflected
upon him. while those still within her
student halls see most prominently the
promise of increased dignity which
awaits their graduation from Princeton
University.
But there are others here, not of
family Princeton, who see, with inter-
est, not to be outdone, signs of her tri-
umphs on the fields Of higher educa-
ton, and the part she has taken during
her long and glorious career in the
elevation and betterment of q great
people.
Among these / take an humble
place, and as l yield to the Influences
Of this occasion / cannot resist the
| train Of thought which especially re-
| minds me of the promise of national
safety and the guaranty of the per-
| manence of our free institutions which
may, and ought. to radiate from the
universities and colleges scattered
throughout our land.
Obviously a government resting up
on the will and universal suffrage of
the people has no anchorage except in
the peoples intelligence. While the ad-
Vantages Of a collegiate education are
by no means necessary to good citizen
snip, yet the college graduate, found
everywhere, cannot smother his oppor-
tunities to teach his fellow-country-
men and influence them for good, nor
hide his talents in napkin without
| recreancy to his trust
In nation like ours, charged with
| the care of numerous and widely va
| ried interests, the spirit of conserva-
tism and tolerance is absolutely essen
| tial Collegiate training, the study of
! the principles, unvexed by distracting
anu misleading influences and the cor
| rect apprehension of theories upon
which our Republic is established
ought to constitute to the college grad
tate a constant monitor, warning
against popular rashness and excess.
The character of our institutions
and our national self-interest require
that a feeling of sincere brotherhood
| and disposition to unite in mutual
endeavor should pervade our people.
| Our scheme of government in it's be-
ginning was based upon this sentiment,
and it's interruption has never failed
and can never fail to grievously men
ace our national health. Who can bet
ter caution against passion and bitter
ness than those who know by thought
| and study their baneful consequences.
and who are themselves within the no.
/ BILE brotherhood of the higher educa-
ton?
There are natural laws and economic
| truths which command implicit obedf-
ence and which should unalterably fix
the bounds of wholesale popular dis
cussion and the limits of political strife.
The knowledge gained in our uniyersi-
ties and colleges would be sadly deficient
if it's beneficiaries were unable to recog-
niZe and point out to their fellow -citi-
zens these truths and natural laws and
| to teach the mischievous futility of
| their non observance or attempted yio-
lation. The activity Of our people and
their restless desire to gather to them
selves especial benfits and advantages
lead to the growth Of an unconfessed