The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-25
PRESIDENT
AT HARVARD
Roosevelt At Cambridge on
Visit ToSon.
SPEAKS ON ATHLETICS
Students Al The College Club
Warned That Should Not Be
MollycOddles.
BosroN. Feb. Is. ; "RaIIway coz

BOSTON, Feb. %. - Railway coz
poratlons." said President Roosevelt In
his address at Harvard union, "will
gain and not lose by adequate federal
control. Most emphatlcally Il Is both
the duty aud the Interest OF our people
TO deal fairly with such corporations
and TO see that preinlum Is put upon
the honest management Of them and
that those who invest In them are
amply protected. But those who In.
woke the doctrine OF state rights 10
protect state corporate creations la pre-
datory activities extended through 9th
or states are as shortslghted as those
who once invoked the same doctrine TO
protect the special slavchoidlng Inter.
est.
"The states have shown they have
not the ability TO curb the power OF
syndcatcd wealth. and therefore In the
Interest OF the people IL must be done
10y national action"
The visit OF Theodore Roosevelt.
who came not as president OF the Unit.
ed States. but as grad returning 10
meet his fellow Harvard men, includ.
ing his own son. Theodore Roosevelt
Ir. developed into one OF the busiest
lays o. his notable career President
Roosevelt was constantly moving 90
and fro. Both In Boston and In Cam
bridge there were few II any moments
Tor real rest Harvard hospitality was
showcrcd upon him during his two dis
tlnct visits b. the university city dur.
Ing the day. and In Boston his personal
friends claimed all hls spare time and
aid oil things TO make his trip 20 Mas.
Sachusctts most enjoyable.
The principal event Of the day. how.
ever, was President Rooseyelt's ad.
dress 10 the Harvard students az the
union founded by Major Henry L.
Hlgglnson. the Boston banker. as an
Institution which all Harvard men
could join aud as one which would
serve IN measure 10 destroy the ~.
.ial barriers which ordinarily divide
students IN college lie. Two thousand
Harvard men. mostly undergraduates.
gathered In the great living room Of
the union. aud they gave the president
magnificent reception genuine and
forceful Harvard welcome. 80 sincere
aud ~ hearty that President Roose.
welt frequently bespoke his npprccia.
lion. Only TO the exteni that tho pres.
l'lcni's speech az the union had been
siven out for publication was Prcsi.
lent Roosevcli's visit here In any why
II public character Nr. Roosevelt
said
"As I cmphntlcally dlslciicvc In see
ing Harvard ar ans other college turn
mt mollycoddlrs Instead ~ vigorous
men. | may add that do not In the
least .ollcct 10 a sport because n Is
rough. Rowing. baseball. lacrosse.
track and Geld gnmes. hockey. foot
tall. are al ~ them plod Moreover,
Il l. 10 my mind simple nonsense.
mere confession ~ weakness. 10 desire
10 abolish n game because tendencies
show themselves or practices grow up
which prove that tho game ought 10
he reformed. Take football. FOR In.
stance. Tho preparatory schools are
able 10 keep football clean and 70 de.
gclop the right spirit Ia the players
without the slightest necessity ever
arising a. ~ much ~ consider the
I -. - .N..ff.il.a. d. The. L. a..
,Icusc whatever Tor colleges falling
10 show the same capacity. and there
IL NO real need fsr considering the
l question ~ the abolition ~ the game.
n necessary lct the college authorities
Interfere h. stop any excess or per-
gcrslon making their Interference ~
little onicious NJ possible and yet o.
igorons ~ l. necessary g. achieve
The end hut there Il no justification
Tor stopping n thoroughly manly sport
because Il r. sometimes abused. when
the experience Of every good prepara.
tory school shows that the abuse II
In no shape necessarily attendant upon
The game.
"we cannot afford 10 turn out OF
.ollegc men who shrink from physical
s1rort or from little physical pain,
In any republic courage n n prime
necessity for the average citizen n he
a 10 10 n good citizen. and he needs
physical courage no less than moral
courage. the courage that darcs M well
a. the courage that endurcs, the cour
age that VIII fight yallanily alike
, against tho foes 81 the soul and the
foes ~ the body. Athletics arc good
} especially IN their roughcr forms, be
! cause they tend 10 develop such cour
age. They are good also because thcl
encourage n true democratic spirit. fo
IN the Athletic field the man must h
/, Judged not with reference 10 outside
D and accidental attributes. but 10 tina
4 combination ~ bodily ylgpr nnd mora
!. quality which go 20 make up proves