The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-23
TALKED OF WASHINGTON.
President Mckinley Addresses Uni-
versity Students.
THE GREAT BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
Free schools the necessary suppIc-
mcnf of Free Mcn-Cherish the
Public Credit and De just.
The GREAT BENEFITS OF EDUCATION

I ing. He did not leave the house TIL 70
minutes before II o'clock when. In compan
with Mr. Harrison. he was driven TO tn
Academy OF Musc where the Washingto
birthday commemorative exercises Of tn
/ University of Pennsylvania were held. Owe
, 1000 students assembled on the universit
campus this morning and marched fou
abreast to the Academy of Music. Tn
route was arranged so that the procession
should pass Mr.. Harrison's home and tn
students gave cheering welcome TO TN
n president The Chief magistrate. when tn
head OF the long column reached the house
appeared at the door. There. with baret
head, he smilinglY bowed TO the hundreds
of undergo aduates in response TO theli
hearty college greeting. The column
marched in classes and as each class reach
ed the house its members shouted the
college cry Of Penn SYLVIA MIA, Penn syl-
va nta. ending with THE President, the
President, the President. The prestdents
face lighted up and betokened extreme
pleasure. Reaching the Academy the STU
dents marched inside and took seats re-
| served Tor them. Admission to the Academy
was By card and the audience was made
| up almost wholly OF those from the ,ini-
! yersity, very little room being left for
| others. The Academy of Music. where the
| ceremonies were held was beautifully dec
Grated. After the university boys had again
giyen the varsity cheer. winding up with
the president s,name, Provost G. 9. Harri-
son stepped to the front OF the stage and
| introduced the president in a brief address
| The president replied as follows
MIR. Provost, Officers and Students of the
| University OF Pennsylvania. Ladies and
| Gentlemen:
| 10 s1ol,r ~. .~r
our country the birthday of great patriot.
who assured the beginning of great ma
! ton.
| Washington had neither precedent or
predecessor TO help him. He welded the
scattered, and at times antagonistic,c colonies
into an indestructble union and inculcated
the lessons of mutual forbearance and fra
ternity which have ceinented the States
into still closer bonds of interest and SYM
patty.
From the hour when Washington declared
in his Virginia home that he would raise
a thousand men and equip them at his own
expense to march to the defense of Boston
he became the masterful spirit of the con-
tinenta. army and the mlghtisst single
factor in the continents str, ggle for liberty
and independence.
Not alone in days of thanksgiving or In |
times OF trial should we as people remem-
Der and follow the example set by the /
ton should we forget the great moral ana |
religious principles which they enunciated |
and defended as their most precious hertz |
age.
IN times OF great activity in industrial |
ana commercial strife and of perplexing
simple faith in Almighty God as recognize
ed In the name OF the American peple Ly |
Washington and the first congress.
But II timely lesson is to be drawn
from tho opinions of Washington on his
assuming the office of president, so also
Is much Practical benefit to be derived
from the present applications OF portions
of his farewell address, document in
Whicn Washington laid down principles
whieh appeared to him "alI important 10
ple'' hNV
In That address Washington contends in
part one, Tor the promotion of institutions
OIL learning, two for chershng the public
Credlt' three for the observance of good
iaith ana justice toward all nations One
hundred years ago free schools were liz
tie known in the United States: hut tho
free public schools, open alike to the chill
uren or the rich and poor and supported !,
ny me state awaited creation and develop /,
meht' The seed planted by the fathers
soon bore fruit Free schools were the 9
necessary supplement of free men. The :
wise ana liberal provisions for public in
strnction by the fathers. second onIv In
eHect TO their struggle for the independ- I
enee ana creation OF the Union, We're des- i,
tined at no distant day to produce tho y
most wonderful results.
Az the country has grown education !.
iostered ny The State has kept pace with .
~, iuch as are the collegiate endowinents | =
or the old world, none of them exce, in !.
hlunihcence the gifts to educational insti- !,
o ond py .he people or the United States i
=. uheir government in conformity :
70 the influence which sound learning
ana no religion and manners, on govern
ment, liberty and laws"
Adams and Madison, Jefferson and Ham ] /,
lton, Sherman and TrumbuIl, Hancock !,
Jay Marshall, the Clintons and many :.
'.hers OF our early statesmen were scarcelv v
ess earnest and eloquent than Washineton |
himself In pleading the cause of sound
lnu iinerai education for the people Nor '
,oes this seem surprising when we reflect | O
sae 'ne truest aims. wurthiest ambition NJ | r.
'ducanon is not finished scholarship for n
ne favored Few. but the development NJ /. | n
lasu stanaard OF citizenship among the Lii
many ! have had peculiar Satisfaction IN
he fast that Washington in these oar,w
'ays, wnen engrossed with mighty gov. |
'Ihmentl problems. did moi forget b,s q
FOR the education OF Tho g
cope, ana left in his will a bequest Ia RI
'e aeaicated TO free public instruction. n
as,n'us pe,1er tells the value he placed hi
p I'm knowledge as an essential 10 the N
aghest and best citizenship How price A
'ss = liberal education. In itself what II
!. sich endowment. 1t is not impaired by a,
ge. out It's value is increased with usc ~
20 one can employ it but its rirhtfui
N, ne alone can know its worth and
10y o,,r Us reward 1t can not be Inherited
purchased. II must be acquired bv In
ividual effort. 1t can be secured only ~
observance and self-denial. But Il Is
e ee a as the ar we breathe Neither race de
irnest seeker from its possession II ~ ~ ~
y ~ exclusive but inclusive in the broadest n
~ Ms, psst sense. II is within the reach Of Di
'o, who reaily want It and are brave f.
iougn To- struggle for 1t. The earnest M
"a ians ana the worthy poor are equal and w
'e e.. rivals IN It's pursuit, and neither
] s arw , from any Of the sacrifices nee
~, Tor its acquisition The kew Ia Ire
y, Is not the bright allurements Of RANK o. o.,
ork and study. % tei
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