The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-23

n jist !, and the first step toward securing
~ justice Is to itrca w every man on his
worth as a man, showing him no special
II favor butSso far as may be holding open
( for him the door Of opportunity SO that ,ll
II reward una Y wait upon llon est Il ana IN :.
itellgent2 eavor.s u 81
Again Washing ton said: Cherish
public credits: JUS at the moment there
Eis no attack on public credit, but II ever,
tho temptation rises gal n ct our peo-
Eple atsthe outset remember that the worst
| because the most insidious form OF the
appeal @tha would ma g ~ man g & ds-
honest debtorSis that which would per-
suade him that Z It Is ANYTHING but dis
honest for him to repudiatc his debts
Value Of Education,
FINALLY, 81 t Is peculiarly appropriate,
when / have come to this city as the
guest OF the University Of p ennsylya y,
to quote another Of Yashingto 9 ma x
inns: Promote, as an object of PR mary
Institutions for tho general
I,dffuslon OF knowledg sc. In proport lon as
the structure OF a government & YES 4 force
to public opinion, i Is essential maj a.
public opinion should be enlightened
Education may not make n man q good
citizen, but most certainly Ignorance
tends to prevent his being n good citizen.
washington was far too much Of a pa rlot,j
L had far too much love for his fell oW CT 4
zens,s to try to teach them TINT they tt
could govern themselves unless theyl
could develop q sound and engl1.erel
lSpublic opinion. No nation ca = Eperll1a n
nently retain free government E5utlles !. its
can retain n high average Of citizensh
and there can be no such high average
Of citizenship without a. high averag sc
Of education using the word in Its broad 4
est and truest sense, to include the Things
! Of the soul {as we'll rs tho things Of the.
Ian lca -
plant or take the place Of sells educa tlon,
still less can IT In any way take the place
Of those rugged and manly gu ties which.
We aroup together nder the name OF
character; but IL can2be Of enormous use
In supplementIng both, " IS q source q
lust pride to every American tina 81 our
neople have so consistently acted In ac,-.3
cordnnce with yNashington's principle OF
nronloting institutions Sfort5the diffusion
Of knowledge. There Is,nothlne dearer to
our hearts than our public school SYSTEM
bv whIct, free primary atlon ais pre-
vided Tor every one within our borders
The higher elueatio n.s such as is provided
by tho university Of PENNSYLVANIA and
kindred hodles not only confers great nen
efits Ia those able to take advantage of
II. but entails upon them corresponding
duties. ,5S}S =
Problems Of To-day
1.-THE men who founded this nation hnu
Go deal with theories of government and
| tho Fundamental principles OF free lnstitu-
lions, We are now CONCERNED With a.
different set OF questions, for he republic,
has been firmly nblished. ts principles
thoroughly tested and fully approved IL To
merely political issues have succeeded
those Yof grave social and economic I'M
portance, the solution OF which demands
the best efforts OF the best men. We
have a right to eXpect4t hat q wise and
1 leading part IN the effort to attain this
solution viii be taken by those who have
been exceptionally blessed In tho matter
Eof obtaining an educatinr.f That college
(, era duate Is hut a poor creature who does
| not feel when he has left college that no
las received something for which lie owes
lntreturn, What he thus owes he can as q
rule only pay by the way he bears himself
throughout life AZ ls but q cca sionally
that a college graduate can do much on
right for his alma materi he can best
repay her by living a life that will reflect,
credit upon her, by so carrying himself
as a citizen that men shall see hut the
years spent In training him have not been
wasted Tho educated man Is entitled to-
no special privilege save the lnest Unable
privilege OF trying to show that his edu-
|, cation enables him to take the Lead In
striving to guide l,is fellows Alright In
tie difficult task which is set to lis Of
the twentieth century. III he probAms be,
fore us to-day are very conplex Il, and are
widely different from those which the
mer, sof. I. IN shIngkon's generation had to.
Saca, nut we can overcome them surely,