The Washington herald., 1912-02-28

passed through that csIlow age Of think
ing they were all capable of doing
everything, they finally by jolts, by the
jars Of life, settled down to q reasonable
view Of the situation"
And so i hope that those university
men for whom education has for q while
proved too strong may also be brought
TO earth. They are ordinarily not sue
cessful; they do not accumulate a great
deal OF money. and the hustling around
for a livelihood that men Of that sort
consideration of things that make them
like other men, So what ! would preach
Is not hopelessneSs.
Il would not preach that university
education is not something that is good
for the country. But / would say that
while II does make possible socialistic
clubs of gentlemen who subsequently
become conservatives. and while II does
make asses of some people who were
probably asses before, on the whole, II
is a great advantage to have a univer-
sity education that imposes upon the one
who has It responsibility and gives
him no right to elevation above any,
body else unless he can show that by
reason Of his education he Is establish
ing his claim to stand well among his
fellows"
President Taft arrived at the banquet
hall Just after the address of Senator
Townsend, of Michigan. His arrival was
announced by the sounding Of a cornet
from the gallery at the end OF the hall.
which the band occupied. The President
was welcomed with loud applause and
shouting.
Bailey AssaIIs Roosevelt.
Senator Bailey delivered a stirring ad-
dress, in which he struck hard at Roose-
veltism, and also took shots at the evils
Of the universities Of the present day.
IF the President" said the Senator,
lis not considered good enough by the
Republicans to succeed himself. he is
good enough for the Democrats. II his
party won't accept him as its next Presi-
Dental candidate, I extend to him a glad
welcome into the ranks of the Demo-
cratic party.
Il believe George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson and Madison were bet
ter qualified to establish a republic than
Bob La Toilette and Bob Owens" The
assertion was welcomed with loud shouts
Il believe that the university should
teach more Of our Constitution and the
law of the land. ] think that the univer-
stiles should spend as much time on the |
constitutional principles as on dead Ian
guages. Many Of our universities to-day |
are nurseries of fads and socialism. Il
saw newspaper account recently of a |
professor who scoffed at his own mar
riRge ceremony. He laughed at the cere-
mony. and then announced that he would !
put on the door of his home a plate with |
his name engraved at the top and the |
maiden name OF his wife inscribed below |
For professor to scoff at anything |
so sacred as the marriage ceremony and |
to thus fling his ridicule at the funda- |
mental basis Of society and Christianity |
is an outrage. That professor should be |
removed from the faculty of the institu-
tion. Anything which tends to depre-
ciate the sacredness of the marriage cere-
mony is a curse.
Woman Suffrage n Menace.
Besides our universities being nurs-
cries OF fsds and socialism, our semi
naries are hotbeds of suffragism The |
next greatest curse, after making man |
like woman. s making woman like man. |
II woman suffrage comes into effect the |
home OF yesterday will be destroyed. |
And when the good old homes of the |
former days disappear there will be no /
more patriots and no more spirited men |
10 defend the country and to strive in its
behalf
L wish you university men," continued
the speaker, striking another angle,
would help to teach my partner the Diff
ference between Democrat and a dema-
gcgue.
'Oh, for n revival of the spirit OF JEFF
ferson' jefferson was the founder OF
the first State university in the country.
and he was prouder OF that distinction
than the fact that he served as President
Of the country.
Il have more respect for the bum who
sells his vote for a drink OF liquor than
for the man who thinks he's too good
for politics. Nc man is too good for
politics. 1t is the duty OF every man to
in the affairs affecting the
welfare of the country.
Defines OvereducatIon.
Men can be educated above their
ability. A man is educated too much
when he says he won't accept a third
term as President and then tries to
make the people believe that he didn't
say it,
Gardner F. Williams. president Of
the club, presided. He made a brief
address, speaking of the progress Of
The work on the new clubhouse. NY
ron NJ. Parker was postmaster. Mr..
Parker gave a brief history of the
,lub. He said that President Taft was
the hrst president of the organization.
Praises President Taft.
He served one year faithfully" sail
The speaker. Then We elected him TO
4 second term just as this country will
elect him for a second term at the No
iember election"
Admiral Peary delivered a short ad-
iress. in which he told of the cold, the !
darkness, and the hunger of the polar !
'eEions. {
Senator Charles E. Townsend delivered 1
IN address, in which he said that the
'eople of the country are living too
much on theory. ,
John Foord. for twelve years editor of !
he New York Times. and present editor 7
Il the American Asiatic Monthly, spoke {
N Plain living and high thinking"
Souvenir Programme Elaborate.
Ihe souvenir programmes were unusu-
liy elaborate. They were booklets OF
1ore than fifty Daces cont.fnJnc .