Evening journal., 1905-06-28

Chief Justice Charles n. Lore deliv-
cred the principal address at the COM
mencement OF the State Normal School
in West Chester. Pa, on last Thurs
day. As Delawareans are Interested
in anything the chief justice says. his
entertaining address is herewith given
in full
You have conferred npon me a very
great honor in permitting me to par
ticipate with you in the commencement
exercises. assure you it has been a
very great pleasure to listen to the es-
says. which have not only been origi-
nal and Thoughtful and we'll delivered.
but indicate the scope OF the work that
Is being done. There is also a little
duty that owe to the institution.
Your. Normal School, Mr.. President
has sent out into Delaware a number
of graduates. and we recognize them
as among the leaders OF our school
teachers who are helping to reform lit
tie Delaware and make her better than
she is. But there is another element Of
duty that is a pleasing one TO me. A
good while ago, / will not tell you how
long. Pennsylvania was a part of Del
aware. but she grew so big and she
grew so wilful that she felt she must
set up for herself and Delaware gave
her her blessing and let her go. Still.
we feel that we must look after that
big daughter OF ours.
do feel that it is a. very response
bic position, to stand up, and look in
the eye one hundred and sixty-two
young. men-and. young women. equip
ped by this institution to go out and
fight life's battles and 90 make men
and women better or worse q hope
not worse). II is an inspiration, and
when / remember that every human
life is moulded by three -eat influ-
ences. first. the. home life and the
mother teaching. which none ever can
forget. or ought to forget, for It goes
with the man or with the woman from
the cradle until the veil is rent and he
steps into the mystery Of the unknown,
the mother teaching and the mother
love and the mother training, Next to
that let me tell you. is the school and
the influence OF the school. No one
can ever measure that influence; II is
that sort Of intangible influence like
the air we breathe that we cannot
grasp, but. oh, how IL has moulded hu-
man thought sand effort today 1t
stands. outside the home life. as the
great factor for making American men
and American women.- E
Sometimes when look at the COM
mon school system methinks it is like
a great national hopper into which we
are throwing all the incongruous ma
terial that comes from the Old World,
and grind it up and out into American
men and American women. The mill
has worked wonderfully we'll but
soemtimes ] think that II the tide keeps
pouring In upon us the min viii have
more grist than 1t can grind. But you
are In charge Of the great mill, and
when look into your faces my. heart
throbs in sympathy with you and the
work that lies before you. for with. you
and in you and your work rests today
largely the veal or the woe OF the
American people. II is a mission Of
great dignity. know none that sur
passes it.
eTHEi TEACHER.
! will not and must not forget to
give the preacher and the church
some credit They ought to have
Somes tney 90 great ued OF SoOo, Out
| will not put them above the schools.
1 never would bring them within the
scope of mothers teaching.
You arc teacher. Heretofore you
have been preparing for this great
work. You have been qualifying the
mind. the hand. the brain, the heart.
1 have sometimes thought. in my ex-
perience. and you know il has been.
well. l won't tell you how long. l do
not think would be doing justice TO
my wife. but. in nay experience have
found there are two kinds of teachers.
teachers who go out to teach to live.
to make noney by teaching. ] see
lawyer sitting beside me here, When.
ever a lawyer touches the profession
to make meney he becemes-what does
he becomes We'll. he becomes. a seal.
awag. There is another class sf tesch-
eFS, aHs they rhye TO leach. May l
say 10 you, young men and young we-
men WAo are goirg Ouf sf this portal
now. heretofors y9u have not mingled
in that mad current OF human life as
.mouldsr q human thought and human