The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-17
graduate Of your university--Nr. Mccormick.

YOU Will pardon me one personal alluslon:
your graduates who served in my regiment
during the Cuban war tapplause , one OF
ShS s SE A marx Msy which kid ~aa A Sess ss
him to help cut those Inscriptions which SO
Interested me on the arch OF triumph as l
among yoS s viii tell he older AMONG
YOU what mean.
ro, The University Of Virginia has stood for for
TO stand merely for such bounty as your
buildings and campus represent here; It Is
full an institution OF learning to see as is this
university. 1t is II good thing for the taste
Of Of a nation to have such an example of good
You stand for the production Of scholarship;
Tor the production Of men who gre e 90 well
ALL as has been 80 we'll said in the address to
Vrs xs ss Stands sf for the s M
Of men who are to do each mans duty IN
THE COLLEGE MANS DEBT.
Every American who receives university
education. who receives an academic. I,
college education. who RECEIVES good school
ton 81 list 50 ~ ms f rs0dd eo Of to he
| Every undergraduate here. every graduate
here has owed the State something for the
American never owes anything that he does
not seek TO repay. Applause, And the
his alma Ina mater ' for the education for which
| he has made no adequate return il not true
to the ideals of American citizenship, Jap
lie is in honor bound to make such return.
| He can make it in but one way; he can return
Ing his alma mater proud Of what he does
in service rendered to his fellow men. APP
pase That Is the type OF return I'VE ha sn
in this country. OF course, the first thing
/, university man, like any other man must
do, is to pull his own weight. You have got
| to do that first.
W Passing AS through this wonderful and beaut
full state of ySnrS am strnSs rs aiSa{ Us
fertility and beauty. but with its steadily
increasing prosperity. 1t is pleasure to
| towns that have seen this morning.
We must remember that no man n + s to be
excused II he falls to- 90 his part IN t hespIm1
man that would preach to any audience mere
money-gettine; but most certainly ! wish to
Be excused il he declines to do the small
things that each day demands. ana not % AM
comes along The man who wishes to
be hero mYst beSip n BY being Then Yo0a i
fSssFslaax S;en hs seat''s action
lin Write his name imperisha Bic among Il the
not Wait until until that opportunity which may
never arise does arise before dong anything.
but let him do his duty to the %g9le size ire
as the average American must II the country
is to 60 onward and upTard lAp nI insti tu-
tions here in this great historic university.
because here you turn out men IN whose niin NOS
and its unconscious influence, has sought to
impant. the primary virtues OF american ,,.
ctzenshphe virtues 81 hq PSb 1
courage which will not finch rom the forces
Of evil whether they be physical or moral
thank YOU all for having given u me the n,
chance to speak to you to-dny Many 81 Tt
you have known and love ALREADY; ana WIN
am already acquainted ana now c AZ ne :,
that my trip from one ocean to- ne ne ot{ner is IS
| this place so fraught with memories imperisn
| able. memories for any man who Joys. as az
| of us must joy. that an American President
| can 20 from one ocean TO another and from
the Gulf to the Canadian border and every
| people ICheers and applause
Senator Daniel, who was upon the stage.
was then called upon. but excused himself
for not making a long speech by saying
that the president had paid such q tribute
to the people of Virginia that he could add
nothing more than to say that ha he, mr.
the Spaniards at Santiago he could have
captured them all without firing a gun
| The applause that greeted this remark was
When it subsidized the President was
escorted across the campus to the gym
nasium. where banquet was served in his
| honor.
A Plea for the Navy.
Judge R. T. Duke presided as POSTMASTER.
and after a short speech called on the Presi-
dent to respond to the toast, The United
States" The President said
again, my fellow Americans: do not think
need say how much haze I he enJog geIi ny
here be here On this aay al sy in
il il good to be alive, to visit this univ ersit y
and to be received as you have received
espord to the w tSs Tant t ta
that Is II the :! ses to
duct itself in foreign affairs as you 2f virginia
believe a private gentleman should conduct
a n1,l,sen I ask that we handle ourselves
with a view never to wrong the weak and
never to submit to injury from the strong
Ahotnsr thing: gentleman ne does n not boast
buster bully he does ,xn not ns bsb otner With
consider ation, for others: never to speak
manner thHt is insulting G 1r might n S3nnd
Is eyes to threaten never to boast but when
We feel that our interest and our honor de-
that ,a as that hatq pos M and then maKe
it good lCheers and applause
Speaking to the Een Was PRESENT
in the Vest, and we had proyerb running:
|
II was a middling good proverb and 1t applies
lust as much in international as IN private
| affairs. j.. ., ,
position from which we have to retreat. DO
not let us assume any position unless we are
prepared to say that we have got TO keep II.
'Is a nation we must hereafter play big
mart in the world. 1t is not open to us to
decide whether the part we play. we Of the
tinted states shall be great or small. That
has been decided for us by, the course OF
events small nation can honoraoiy play
| a small part: great nation no. great
nation must play a great part All u can
decide is whether it will play that great part
well or ILL., | know you too well, my ieliow
countrymen, to have any doubt as to what
your decision will be. Applause
There Is one governmental instrument
which is absolutely essential to our well being
from the standpoint OF honor AS well as from
The standpoint of interest Of the United States.
11'i Nave vi immense confidence In the American
flghting man: but the best nahting man must
have the proper instruments with which
to work, Even the high valor Of virginia
needs such instruments. needs such training.
so even the American fighting man must be
equipped with the best possible weapons:
mind YOU. not with an Idea OF war. but with
an idsaiof peace Applause
I ask that there be no halt IN the building
IN and Keeping Of the United states Navy.
| ~, Gnc,,,so viah war--l most earnestly wish