, 1907-06-17
SPEAKER FIRES THE
SPIRIT OF COLLEGES

- ION ehAo oPAAe bAAN ANo
such an accusation against our alumni
possible.
Should Smash Enemies.
"Apropos Of this l wish to speak of
the ordeal through which our alma
mater has just come forth so glorious
ly triumphant. l believe hat had the
citizens of Laramie stood as one man.
aflre with genuine college spirit, such
an attack through the columns Of our
local press would have been an i'm
possibility; that no local paper would
have dared to assert that our univer-
sity is a disgrace to the state. And I
confess it would have filed me with
glee to have seen our students march
in a body to demand ,retribution and
make a general Carrie Nation smash
up in editorial departments. We can
not expect the state to show great
love and loyalty for our school if
Laramie fails in proper pride and pa
triotic spirit.
Pride in the University.
Surely not one of us is so stupid
as not to appreciate the unusual ad-
vantages the university brings to our
town in the way of a large financial
income and an atmosphere of culture
and refinement, impossible in any
town Of corresponding size that does
not possess such an institution and all
that 1t stands for. In spite of its enc
mics, were it given to the state to
choose a location for the university,
what town within Wyoming's borders
would not clamor for its possession?
Then must there be a fight in our city
for unity of action and purpose, that a
more patriotic and loyal spirit may be
~engendered throughout the state and
the people as a whole learn to know
that we possess an Institution of which
they can and ought to be proud, and
thus be led to give it their undivided
support.
Good Citizens Are Loyal.
do not think for a moment that l
believe that the best of our citizens
rel have been or ever will be any,
thing but loyal at heart to our alma
mater, or fail to rejoice that she has
come through the slanderous fire puri-
fed with the banner Of Righteousness
flung to the breeze hat all may read
her message of unsullied honor and
integrity.
But colleges of all kinds are very
susceptible to public opinion, and one
bad word is sufficient to cause great
injury, for nature is prone to believe
the bad, and the evil men do lives
after them People who read the
charges against our alma mater will
hesitate about sending their children
here to school.
Alumni the ResuIt.s
80, fellow alumni, there is a great
work for us to do, and especially for
those who go out into the state. 1t is
for us to vindicate our school and to
win more students to her cause, for
her neeo. and her crying need, is for
more and more students. For. after
all, it Is the alumni who are the re-
suits of the ~university's work. and
since it is results that count, we
must not, we dare not, fail; we must
be ready to fight to the last drop of
blood in fealty to our alma mater.
What girl ever appreciated her moth
er until she learned through her own
child of a mothers love and self-sac'
rifice. So it must come to our alumni
more and more as the years go by
in the scuool of experience what we
owe to our alma mater and to her
faculty, who were our loyal friends in
the testing days of student life.
Pleads for College Spirit.
80 l plead for more enthusiasm,
more college spirit throughout our
town, our students and our alumni.
For what more inspiring sight than to-
see a great body of students marching
through the streets singing college
songs, or the same mob %shrieking like
mad on a football campus? For it is
this inspired enthusiasm that sweeps
all before it; the spirit that attains to
highest scholarship; that stands for
high ideals, lofty sentiments and noble
ambitions-the spirit of do or die in
college and out.
Gramm's unquenchabIe Enthusiasm.
And l can offer you no better ex-
ample of the spirit l would infuse into
every man, woman and child In our
state than that at all times displayed
by the president of III board of trus-
tees, Hon. Otto Gramm; the I'M
quenchable enthusiasm he carries into
every undertaking; the spirit that has
fought for the university for fifteen
years, and through whose work and
self-sacrifice, more than through that
of any other one person, our school
has been saved from dismembermen;
that spirit that, were 1t possessed by
every friend of the university, would
build for US an institution here on the
crest Of the Rockies unsurpassed by
any in all our broad land.
$50 l say, Long live true college
spirit. and the man who has always
been a loyal friend to our state, our
town and Il university"
Address Cheered to the Echo.
This address was cheered to the
echo by Mrs. DeKa:.'s auditors, and
she will receive praise for the cour-
ageous utterances from friends Of the
university everywhere in the state.
William Stewart Ingham, also Of
'ss. Interestingly responded to the
toast. Our New Members" directing
attention to the fact that the older
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