Evening star., 1909-04-25

is delicate subject, and one which has
given the trustees and myself a very
great deal of worry. We are not the rich
est institution imaginable. but the money
| we have is being as wisely utilized as
| possible. though 1t is small very small.
We have used a great deal Of 1t in elevat-
| ing the standard and placing the insti-
tuition on the plane which 1t now oc-
cupies in the educational world a course
no thinking man can pronounce other
than ccmmendable and highly advisable.
I'VE want more money. however, and II
the Congress of the United States would
give us the same money for educational
territories, including Hawaii. we would be
in a far better condition to improve the
institution over It's present standard.
"And In this effort for more money /
want to ask You men. as body and in
dividually, to exert all the influence at
your command to imp press upon the ma
tional legislators the need we have for
such contribution and how wisely we
can use it for the betterment of the place
Of learning which is patronized by hun
of his address he pledged his hearers to
the toast. ITO the ideal university, the
George Washington University"
Work Of Americans.
Among the others to respond to toa SITS
was Arthur P. Davis. engineer in the
reclamation service and one Of the five
experts who took the trip to Panama
recently with President Taft. Mr.. Davis
said:
"T first want to tell you Of my gratitude
to the George Washington University. II
afforded me the opportunity to acquire
,, the education l have. and with the op-
portunity paved the way to the work
| which l am now doing. I feel deeply
grateful to the University. and look upon
| II with the tendeYest of feelings. as my
| fond alma mater.
I'm my trip to Panama I found there
the greatest engineering feat ever at.
tempted by mankind, and as gazed upor
| the massive work, sentiments of national
pride that Americans were performing
| the feat, and that l was an American
arose. The work is about one-third COM
pleted now, and that the most difficult
part 1t is going along. smoothly and
regularly, and will be finished by 1914 OF
| 1915 a monument to American tenacity
ability. and energy. 1t will be lasting and
imposing.
work and Of the plans convince one that
| the work was well planned and Is being
splendidly carried out. The country may
rest satisfied that the public money Is
being we'll spent and In the cheapest and
most feasible manner.
'The most noteworthy achievements at
| tained by Americans on the isthmus, de-
| spite the ma agnitude ofthe canal work. are
| the sanitary devices and arrangement by
| the medical men. which have totally wiped
out the dread yellow fever. and rendered
possible the concentration Of the energies
Of the engineers and their subordinates.
Little is known and little Is thought OF
| this achievement. but when Its effects are
| fully appreciated. honors will be heaped
upon the heads Of the men who accom-
| plished the work.
Other Speakers.
Others who responded to toasts were
r. B. Sands, one Of the law class Of 1885:
Walter C. Clephane. who spoke Of the
| university law school. and DR.. w. C.
Borden. DR.. Borden said. in part:
THE medical school Of the university
ranks second In the number of success
full candidates 1t sends into the medical
corps OF the United States arsuy. 1t 10 q
remarkable record. especially when one
realizes the difficult theoretical examine
tions these candidates are compelled to
undergo. The medical men of the army
judge the medical institutions by the re-
suits In their graduated students, and
George Washington occupies an enviable
position
A number Of impromptu speeches were