The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23


Have Been Kept-spcaker Also - the
Dedication Of q New High school
-Entert aimed by Charles Enor, smith.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ?2.-Iiearty enthusi-
asm greeted President Roosevelt in this
city to-day. The President came h re
chiefly to attend the anniversary of the
founding OF the Union League. wner" he
spoke az length this evening at a banquet.
He put in a full day. however. He spoke
shortly after his arrival at the dedication
OF the new Central High School for b W..
where he was cheered vociferously by the
students outside the building and the
great throng Of guests inside He spoke
to rs boys from fire escape and great
crowd Of citizens, assembled in the street,
also listened to MIN.
From the High School building the Presi-
dent went TO the home Of former Post
master General Charles Emory Smith,
where he and other speakers at to-nights
banquet were entertained at luncheon.
Later there was a reception at the home
Of +. 7. Stotesbury.
The President arrived here on the train
which was the same as that on which he
made his hunting trip To Mississippi. ex-
cept that one car had been added for the
convenience of the members OF the Cabinet
and others who accompanied him. His
party consisted of Secretaries Root. Shaw,
Hitchcock and Postmaster-G General Payne.
and Senator Lodge. Secretary Cortelyou
and Assistant Secretary Loeb were also OF
the party. The train reached Philadelphia
at little before noon. j. c Darlington ana
a committee escorted the President, guarded
by the City Troop. in its most gorgeous
uniform. to- the new Central, High School
building The President spoke in the man
hall OF the new building. The President
said.
Mr.. Grammar, LADIES ASp GfSTLEMES:
j am inhae<d glad to be here. As came up
the stairs and through the corridors | felt
as II 1 was at a football game. Applause
and laughterl ] am thoroughly convinced
that the pupils of the High school are taught
not only how to work hard. but also how
to play hard. Applause 1t is good
thing TO know both lessons-when YOU do
work to work hard and when you Go play
to play hard. too. Applause
I am glad to have the chance of being
present az the formal dedication Of thi- now
building, q building which in IT. manage
rnent stands in line Of success OF series OF
buildings, themselves typifyine in no small
degree the extraordinary development Of
the public scfool system in the United
states. i + .ome siSty-iour year ago, asG that
man OF great emipenCe. alike IN the work
81 peds eogv and in other positions, nr
.cSoo th' tis Mh Of the a
had begun and was In the process OF Its first
development
upon the public schools including the night
schools there are some 10 c0o pupils and over
200 teachers, and the deyelopm"ni OF high
IL In riFaav IA h.lf
fury has been literally phenomenal in it,
character Nothing like our present system
Of Fst9 p pnST in for tho
people 'by The representatives OF the people
existed.
II is, OF course, q mere truism 10 say, that
the stability and the future welfare OF our
institutions of government depends uron
the grade Of S,Isn'hiP },s,nsd oat nd rom
body OF public servants, no body OF, ind-
Ndunls associated in privat" life. Is better
worth The and respect OF ran AL Tb no
body composed of the teachers in the public
schools throughout the length and breadth
Of ths HnGn They have Sng TO 1'a ad T, tn
turn ont something Ike finished produc-
ton think all Of Us, who aIo endeayor to
homes appreciate the burden and the re,pon-
sibility. lLauGhter
Doubtless many OF you remember tho dis
tinction drawn by Ruskln between the two
kinds Of work. the work don" for the SAX" Of
the fee. and the work done for the sake OF the
ToG ,s TTa %r %aRs d IN 9 r b
VII vii in the the long M run DO poor WORK Slvl
woman who does work worth doing is the
man or woman who lives, breathe- and sleeps
that work NTH whom II = ever prt r.i IN II
and feel rewarded BY the thought OF having
done il we'll lApplause
That man. that woman. puts, the Who'll"
90 under
school teachers rs u body. all those connected
with thu education OF our people are entitled
country, because as "a body they are devoted,
heart and soul. to the welfare of thos" under
them While We need sound bodice nd IL /,
a poor type Of school nowadays tina, has not
good playground attached Applause let
,ne irkrrqpt myself to say hat It /. not so
D.. ID a. a rry6iuf,dnFrv doctrine
! have not ZONE here TO try,to make any
sXteAed cpGech to ypd bp, Sh2nId h9ld
chance TO- b. here to Wish yor god,peed in
SogaI xonk and to with E9n
OF that great body. upon the success of whose
effort, to train Alright the children of to-day
depend the safety OF our Institutions of
tomorrow. lApplau>e.I
At the conclusion of his remarks the
Pre- sident and his party went 10 the Green
street. side of the building where he ad-
dressed he .tDys from. the balcony Of the
fire escape The students # the Central
High School were packed in the yard. Out
side in. the street the people were packed
solid The President was greeted with
the Central High School yell He said;
Boz va, VA pr,Et . yn to- 70 see from my
the foot bali game Of YESTERDAY. Npplau-e
] have but a word TO say 10 YOU and | shall
concerned Ia the development Of your team
W III a rec You are here to study and. while
here, to.study hard when Won have got done
and come to play out idc, play hard
who shrks his work viii ;hiTk his play /
remember a professor Of Yale speaking to
me OF one of the loot ball PLAYERS lie said.
That fellow IL going to fail, he stands too
low in hisj,s3pdiee:, He is too slack there
and ne will o. smrk when il, comes down to
You are preparing yourselves for the bg
work Of life. In after life earnestly believe
In ca chot you having as good q time a. pos
eible, bun H>aking II come second to doing the
best kind OF work possible, IN your studies,
in your sports here, in SCHOOL and afterward
in fife, in doing your work in the great world
it is a safe plan to follow z rule once heard
don't fall, HitSStfhe Inc hard ,Appiause and nd
There was a great assemblage at the
Union League banquet Tonight. The place
was decorated brilliantly and crowds ON
the street greeted Mr.. Roosevelt with cheers
ar he was escorted 10 the clubhouse. Nearly
every man Of prominence in Philadelphia
was present.y::.. 80 -.~ ,~.,
SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT.
There wds great enthusiasm when the
President arose to speak. He said -
Forty yeaes "a go lis club Vas founded
a IL w.. . o ftxtH