Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-20
CHEERS GREET
THE PRESIDENT
WARMLY WELCOMED IN NORTH
CAROLINA
Visits Fair Being Held at Raleigh and
Speaks on Questions ofgRalI-
road Ownership and Cap
ltaI and Labor
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Oct. 19.-The
ovation which President Roosevelt re-
ceived during his journey through a
portion of Virginia yesterday was con-
tinued today as he Travelled through
North Carolina. Beginning with his
arrival at Raleigh at o'clock this
morning he was greeted by cheering
crowds at Durham, Greensboro, High
Point, Lexington, Salisbury and Char
lotte, the demonstration in this city
being a fitting farewell OF the citizens
of the old Tar Heel state.
The feature of the day was his visit
to the fair which is in progress at Raj
eigh. Here he delivered an address
which dealt with the important ques-
tions Of railroad ownership and the or
ganizations of capital and labor. His
speech was given close attention, and
he frequently was interrupted by
hearty applause. He was accompanied
to the fair grounds by Mrs. Roosevelt,
and she too was the recipient of much
attention.
At Durham, where a stop of ten min
utes was made, the president devoted
his remarks to the students of Trinity
college. who were gathered in force to
meet him. A fat car had been con-
verted into a gaily decorated stand,
and from this the president spoke. He
was accompanied to the stand by Lieut..
Gov. Winston, who officiated at Raj
eigh owing to the absence of Gov.
Glenn, caused by the death of his
brother, and by both United States
Senator Simmons and Overman. Both
of these senators are graduates of this
college In the course of his remarks
to the students the president said:
There must be no coercion of opin-
ion if collegiate training is to bring
forth full fruit. You men of this col
lege, you men throughout the south
who have had collegiate training, you
men throughout the union who have
had collegiate training, bear peculiar
burden of responsibility. I want you
10 have a good time, and l believe you
do. l believe in play with all my
heart. Play when you play, but work
when you work, and remember that
your having gone through college does
not so much confer a special privilege
as it imposes a special obligation on
you. We have a right to expect a spe-
cial quality of leadership from the men
to whom much has been given in the
way of collegiate education. You are
not entitled to any special privileges,
but you are entitled to be held to
peculiar accountability; you have
earned the right to be held RESPONSE
BILE for what you do.
Obligation to Alma Mater
Each one of you, if he is worth his
salt, wishes when he graduates to pay
some portion of the debt due to his
alma mater. You have received from
her during your years of attendance in
her hall certain privileges in the way
OF scholarship in the way of COM
Panionship, which makes it incumbent
upon you to repay what you have been
given. You cannot repay that TO the
colleges save in one way. By the quail
ity of your citizenship as displayed in
the actual affairs of life you can make
it an honor to the college for having
sent you forth into the world. That
is the only way in which you can re-
ray to the college what the college has
done for you. l earnestly hope that
you and those like you in all the col
leges of this land will make it evident
to the generation that is rising that
you are fit to take the leadership, that
the training has not been wasted, that
you are ready to render to the state
the kind of service which is inval-
liable because it cannot be bought,
because there is no price that can be
put upon it, We have the right to
expect from college men not merely
their disinterested service, but also in
telligent service. The few people who
aid self-goVerument always have to
warn the knavish man who deliber-
ately does what he knows to be wrong
but also against the foolish man who
may mean well but in actual fact turns
cut the ally of the other man who does
not mean we'll; and we must depend
upon you men who have been given
special facilities in education to guide
our people Alright so that they shall
reither fall into the pit of folly nor
into the pit of knavery."
A bit of sentiment was responsible
for a short stop at Lexington, where
the president was greeted by several
hundred people, to whom he spoke
briefly. Lexington is the county seat
of Davidson county, the only county
in North Carolina that gave President
Roosevelt a majority at the last ma
tionai election. The president was re-
quested to stop for a few moments to
extend greetings to the people and re-
Ceive greetings from the 300 orphan
children cared for in an asylum there.
The little ones made a pretty sight,
waving tiny American flags as the
train came to a stop.
Tomorrow morning. the president will
pay a visit to Roswell, the home of his
mother From there he will go to At