The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-23

spot in the liberty Of a State. l interpret
MIR. Roots speech as a prophecy and a
warning rather than as a plea for centraliza-
ton. The drift that way il unquestioned.
Il dare to say here tonight that the
people Of the South are handling the rroblem
OF the African, which has both marred
ind moulded the national development
for three hundred years, as wisely as any
people on earth could hope to do In the
first generation OF African freedom and in a
time Of M foment and struggle in all
lands.
Faithful men are at work. and will con-
tinue at work to the end that the quality
and breed of our race shall not be allowed
to deteriorate and the quality of justice
be allowed to become ~cheapened. Upon
the South rests the burden OF the African
and the problem OF the integrity Of the
race"
DR.. Flavel =. Luther, who in addition
to being president OF Trinity College il
also a member Of the Connecticut State
Senate, talked about The Colonies and
the Schools" He emphasized the need
for practical training Of the young, saying:
For many years VT have forgotten 20
train Toys and girls in industry, have failed
TO teach them how to do the things which
the world wants done, which they must
know how to do il they are to be good citi-
2ens. The movement for public trade
schools o gathering head for full ex-
precision had It's American germ in the
thought Of the PILGRIMS. Speed the day
when the dreams Of the fathers may e full
filed in that>new ATeTica whose SONS and
daughters shall learn TO serve and TO work
deftly at the tasks 10 which the world in
Vites them"
George Cabot Lodge, son of Senator
Lodge, then read an original poem. h
II was a Harvard poem there was no doubt.
Some said il was also Unitarian. Mr..
Lodge thus expressed his belief that the
Pilgrims are not all dead.
We are the pilgrims. Shall We less deserve.
Than they deserved. that stern and splendid name'
or. less Than they. afford the rightful heir
His LncOmmensurable heritage
Rather. as now the light OF truth expands
la stateller vlstas to the inward eye.
Rather. as now with more perfected faith
And more religious ecsiacy we learn
That life and destiny and death and time
And God, and all the long captivities.
Crerds and disbursements of the mind Of man
Are but the M ths and phases OF the soul,
Brief bounds OF life's Unsuitable hope
Therefore. as truth is pltiless and just
Ana perfect as each one OF us most be,
lrreVerentlN and with deliberate feet,
let us OF these and an dead dreams aud things
Tread down the dust into the common way,
That man may literally advance.
Commander Peary said that after listen
ing to the big and burning ideas which had
been presented by the speakers who had
preceded him he hesitated about bringing
up a semi-p personal subject.
And yet, " he added, grasping the folds OF
an American flag, there is one mighty
bond between my story and the stories OF
the others. II is this flag"
If in any way his work had added to the
laurels of New England, the Commander
felt that il vas only part return for the
training which he had received there.
L must crave your indulgence tonight
Commander Peary continued. Il am
handicapped. Eighteen months of COM
plete isolation do not make for fiuency, and
my best energies tonight have been con-
centrated upon the proper use OF the super
abundance of table implements. l have a
vague recollection of having made use OF
them before, but l think you will under
stand when | say that for the past eighteen
months the only essential implement for me
for a square meal has been a Ratchet.
Commander Peary declared that not
withstanding the sneers OF some people
the fact was that every American would
feel just a little bit prouder TO own his
nationality if the Stars and Stripes were the
first 10 be planted IN the covet nj goal.
For 400 years. said the speaker the
world has dreamed of the union of the
Atlantic and the Pacific. Tonight the
flag floats there on Panama, and the great
connecting canal is being built. For three
centuries the world has dreamed of solving
the mystery of the North. Tonight the
American flag stands nearest that mystery,
and, reckoning and pointing as it does,
God willing. it shall vet stand at the pole
itself. for between those great cosmic toun-
daries, the Panama Canal and the North
Pole, lies the u~nspeakable future OF that
giant which has sprung from Plymouth
Rock and JamestOwn-th United states