Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-15

| where he had spent the best part of his
| life. He was proud to see it grow in its
| beauty and in its development, calling to-
| gether here the representatives of all the
| people and the highest calling of official life.
| He knew the A B c of that life; he knew
| the foundation of the principle which was
| to make mis- country great, and his expe-
| rience In public life made him appreciate
| perhaps more than any other man the value
| of an institution like this.
| That corner tone has berfeath 1t a foun-
| dation more enduring than granite-it is
| morality-and that was the foundation of
MCkinIeys life. Upon this subject l cannot
! speak as l would, my friends. The memo
| ries which come to me on an occasion like
| this are too painful to dwell
our martyred President is here today In
| spirit, and if that sacrifice were needed
| that we might search our hearts to learn
| wherein We could do higher and nobler
| deeds-if that example were necessary to
| inspire the young men of this country to
| broader and more liberal and higher mo-
| tives of social and governmental life, then
| indeed His will, not ours, be done"
| At the conclusion of his remarks, the
| senator was loudly applauded and was
warmly congratulated by Secretary Hay
| and President Roosevelt and all within
| reach.
| Commissioner Macfarland's Address.
The presiding officer then introduced Com
missioner Macfarland. who spoke as fol-
lows:
"A world man. under whose leadership the
United States became a world power, Will
lam Mckinley will be associated forever
with the national capital. This was his Of
fetal residence for a quarter of century.
Here he did his greatest work as a leader
and commander of the people in the expan-
sion of the republic, and the extension of It's
Influence, through the war Of liberation.
Here he entered, unknown, upon his ma
tional career, and hence he was carried,
amid the unparalleled mourning of the civil
lied world, to his last sleep, after his SER
vice had become international, and his fame
had become immortal. Memorials in his
honor are appropriate here. And none can
be more appropriate than a college for the
study Of government in this American Uni
versty. Upon these heights, looking down
to the Capitol and the White House, where
Mckinley spoke and wrought, and across to
Arlington, where glory guards forever his
comrades of two wars, we do well to raise
this monument to his memory. That scene
OF beauty and peace before us contains the
capital, which he loved. From this very
point he has looked upon 1t, doubtless with
that desire for it's development and en-
bellishment which he so often expressed
and with the thought, seeing below him
the Potomac, Of that Memorial bridge which
he said should connect the city of the liv-
Ing with the city of the dead, and the Dis
| trict of Columbia with Virginia. as a mon.
ument to American Patriotism and as a
81 mbol of the ties binding together our
country, which has never been divided.
Not College Graduate
Mckinley, like Washington and Lincoln.
was not a college graduate, but that fact
made him the more appreciative, perhaps,
OF the advantages of collegiate education
certainly, he took a deep personal interest
IN the colleges and universities of the coun-
try and accepted willingly their honorary
degrees He took thought for all the in
stitutions Of the higher learning which are
making this university center. But most
naturally he had a special and personal re-
gard for the American University and gave
Its interests particular attention. He lent
his name and his influence to its upbuild-
Ing We cannot doubt that he would an
prove its purpose to preserve that name
and influence in this building, as an oppor-
tunity and an inspirati to the youth of
the country.
William Mckinley took his higher edu-
cation on the battlefield. practicing the les
sons of patriotism which had come down
from revolutionary ancestors and setting
that example of good citizenship to the
young men Of America, which became more
prominent, but not more luminous and
commanding, as he steadily climbed the
path of duty, until 1t became the way of
glory. No other name in our history stands
more plainly for service and sacrifice. No
vered. The life, the death of no other man
mas more power upon the lives of men, To
work in the college of government raised
to the honor of that great master of gov
Out of this college may go the governors
of our future, not only for the home states
but for the distant islands Of the sea which
Mckinley brought under the beneficence of
our fag-each man equipped with McKin-
ley's principles and inspired by McKinley's
patriotism"
Remarkable Collocation of Names.
DR.. Bristol once President McKin,ev's
pastor, in his opening remarks paid a trib-
Ute to Ohio and oil
late President He said
we read on this program of exercises
remarkable collocation Of names-McKinIey,
Ohio, American These names represent the
ideal patriot, the ideal commonwealth the
ideal nation. Well may the college of gov
eminent of the American University bear
the name OF a state which has furnished so
many brave soldiers and distinguished een
erals to maintain the Union of this rennh
lie; so many intelligent and manly toilers fo
build up her prosperity, and SO MANY wise
and patriotic statesmen to construct her
laws, fashion her institutions and deter
mine her destiny among the world powers
of civilization: And well may Ohio, that
state OF enViabie distinction as the mother
OF great men. be represented by the name
Mckinley, which in the spiendors of its
fame reflects immortal glory upon Ohio,
upon Americanism and upon our common
humanity. From the beginning the genius
| Of Americanism has insisted upon the intel
IlBence or democracy and the democracy Of
| Intelligence Law-protected liberty is pos
sible only with educated liberty. A free
people must not long remain ignorant, for
| an ignorant people cannot long remain free.
Division Into Classes
with the best publicists and educators
Of the so-called classic times society was
| divided into two classes. the governed and
| the governors, and according to even the
Aristotelian idea, the only class that needs
or that should have an education was the
class that were destined to govern the other
! class. One idea was accentuated, however
| and that was the idea that whether govern
| tocracies all rulers and governors must be
! educated. When sovereignty is lodged in
! the many. when the people rule, is 1t not
Gated? If hereditary princes and kings. and
| II even despots and tyrants must be trained
/ In the science and art of government, must
| not free men, self-governing people as
necessarily, yea, more necessarily, be edu-