The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-07-02
HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDED
DECLARES WILLIAM +. HILTON
At PATRIOTIC EXERCISES.

At PATRIOTIC EXERCISES.
Held Under Auspices of United Patri-
otto Societies of City at Foy Audi
tOrium-YaIe Does Not Teach the
Right Kind of Spirit-PatriOtism Not
NOise--AnOther Interpretation of the
Colors.
Patriotic services were held in Foy
auditorium yesterday afternoon under
the auspices of the united patriotic or
ders of this city and the Y. M. c. A.
Levi 7. Snow, chairman of the general
committee, presided. The services be-
gan at $3.50 o'clock. There was fairly
good attendance.
The first number on the programme
was the singing of Columbia" by the
audience, which was followed by the
invocation by Rev. Theodore A. Fischer,
pastor of the First Universalist church.
The quartette of the Church Of thu Re-
deemer, composed of Professor Charles
R. Fowler accompalist; Miss Rena
Teresa Barnes, soprano; Miss Charlotte
Barnes, contralto; Francis Hamilton,
jr.. basso, and Frank Shay, tenor next
gave a very pleasing selection. John
w. Wetzel Of the university, read the
Declaration of independence, and Hen
Try t. Keyes gave cornet solo.
Little Miss Josie Flanagan then
gave, in an accomplished manner, a pa
triotic recitation about the Revolution,
The next number on the programme
was the most applauded Of any. It was
the Star Spangled Banner" as sung
by Miss Rena Teresa Barnes.
The speaker of the afternoon was
William f. Hilton, of Hartford, depart
ment chaplain of the G. A, r. Mr.. Hill
ton had no set speech, but his address
was very patriotic and interesting. Mr..
Hilton said that he had been born and
brought up right in the very vicinity of
old Independence hall In Philadelphia,
and had played within its portals as a
boy. He had, therefore, a very good
chance to become early In life acquaint-
ed with the meaning of patriotism.
In Interpreting the colors of the flag
4 he said that the red stood for the sons
Of to-day, the white for the d. A. r.
and the w. r. G., to whom is Entrusted
the keeping Of the virtue and the integ-
rity of the land. When 1t comes to the
blue, whom better can we think of than
| the veterans themselves? do not fail
to be united" he said, for what does
the red stand for alone but anarchy, the
white for truce in time Of battle and
the blue for the sordid day? United
they make flag which no nation can
equal and none lower"
He said that patriotism was not all
noise, although a good deal Of noise
sometimes attended it. One who had
stood on Round Top at the time of the
battle Of Gettysburg knew what parrot
ism meant. AT such times one must be
either a traitor or a patriot. There was
no middle ground Patriotism was in
reality a passion of the heart.
1.-THE trouble with us to-day" he de-
clared. was that self was pushed too
much to the front. Acknowledgements
take away from us all devotion to the
nation. we need all places Of memory
| like Brandywine Valley Forge and
Trenton. Washington should stand to
the front in our celebrations He said
that he would rather hear my Country,
IT'S Of Thee than so much tackleback,
halfback, and so forth, in celebrations
on the Yale campus.
1--WE need higher education" he said,
"and l say this in the presence of rev.
erent Yale and reverent Hadley. When
l see the automobiles and the instru-
ments Of the proud | am ashamed OF
them, because they stand for the ex-
altation Of self, We need civic right
eousness, and we need more patriot-
ism"
He declared that there was more In
the G. A, r. than men with gray hairs
who went to war. They might not know
so much as the professors, but they had
as much virtue, and when the roll was
called up there he thought there would
be as many men with the little brass
buttons as men with long diplomas.
Mr.. Hilton was heartily cheered as he
took his seat, and as the cheering con-
tinued he acknowledged it with a mill
tary salute.
After the address the quartette sang
another selection, "Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground Comrade Willis B. Is
bell gave a patriotic recitation, which
was so much applauded that he was
obliged to favor the audience with a
second.
The exercises closed with the singing
of America" by the audience. Rev
Theodore A. Fischer pronounced the
benediction