The Irish standard., 1903-03-21
SENATOR GEO. F. HOAR.
His Address to the Students O
ArmOr Institute.

IT'S houreSS 10 the Students o
Armor Institute.
When in Chicago recently, Senator
Geo. Il. Hoar, of Massachusetts, went
with President Eliot of Harvard tc
Armour Institute and spoke to thu
students as follows:
| Il feel as if l were talking to 1,2OC
of my grandchildren. Probably you dc
not know it, but 1 believe and take
pride in the belief that l am the
grandfather of technical education in
the United States. | made the first
address in behalf of such education
1t was delivered before the Massac hu-
sets legislature years ago. 1 wish
to defend the honor that l feel in be-
ing thus pioneer in the field in which
you labor.
Andrew d. White heard that |
claimed to have made this first speech,
and he wrote me, saying that he
thought he was the forer,nner. Hr
sent me the speech he made and |
mailed him mine, which bore a date
three years earlier than that marked
OH his. l don't wish to appear ego
tistical, but l say what have said be-
cause am justly proud.
"You are to take a great part in form
ing the history of our country There
is ut hand IL contest Of American brain
and skill with the brain and skill of
the world. If we are to have war
with all Europe and win, we shall win
because we have the best that comes
from applied science. II war is avoid
cd, as l hope and believe it will be,
there will be the contest of peace to
be won, and won it will be in the field
of the arts if you are true TO your
selves and to the work which you hero
have in hand.
Don't be in hurry. Remember
you have all time before you. Take
time to do all things well. You are
not in this world to make money. Far
higher it is to make the man than to
make money Remember what Aggas-
siz said: L have not time to make
money!
"My boys, never put your name to
n certificate of piece Of work unless
you know it is worthy. Throw up
your job first. Let no employers COM
mand move you to do that which you
know is wrong The city Of Lowell
was built on the Mcrrimac river;
dams and canals were constructed to
conserve the water power. There was
no competent engineer for such work
in America at that time. The young
Enylshman, Francis, came over and
was employed. He looked over the
work already done. He knew that
sixty years before there had been 4
great flood in the valley. He went to
tho directors of the company. Gentle
men, he said, you must rebuild Lowell
and the works.
"'We can't do that was the an
swer, I'VE have spent large sums and
must take risk
"'rhcn, gentlemen said Francis.
here is my resignation.
"rhe directors rcconsidercd and re-
built under Francis direction. In Il
wear Il flood came and the town ami
the works stood the test. Under the
former condition they would have been
swept off the face of the earth. There
is Il lesson. Learn it.
"You are to devote yourselves to the
practcal arts There Is something
higher than the practical arts. There
is the spiritual side Of man. He
rcckons i'll who leaves it out. l speak
IN higher than mere theological
sense when ask you to remember
that YOU have souls to save. Read.
Take some good author; soak yourself
in him; bmthc your soul in him as in n
pure fountain. You make yourself
none the worse for knowing Words
worth. or Emerson, or Milton, who
speaks to us with the voice Of Il
seraph.
",rhe man who does but one thing
we'll is but one armed man, or n
one eyed man, as was Polyphemus, not
fit for much except to throw stones mt
his bctters.'