Middletown transcript., 1914-12-12
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
Dr.. Mitchell Witty And Pleasing
as Guest OF Century Club
in THE HIGH SCHOOL ROOM

uel C. Mitchell, President of Delawar
College, made an address to an audienc
which despite the rainy weather was
very sizable one.
The meeting was a public one, an
held under the auspices of the New
Century Club whose President, Mis-
Eliza Green made charmingly fittinI
introduction to the very fine discours,
which followed. Mistakenly believing
the speaker to be Virginian she vivaci
Ously told the story of the father WHIT
ehided his son for asking everybody
where they were from, since if they
were Virginia, they would tell you, and
if they were not, it mattered moi
whence they came.
The Doctor being Mississippian was
forced to deny the delightful impeach-
ment, but added that he had taken root
in the Old Dominian being graduate
of the University of Virginia, and
hoped that now he might have the
pleasing honor of being styled Della
warean.
He paid a number of warm compli-
.nents to Middletown, its people and
the youth it is sendidg to the College
the largest proportion of any town in
the State. He spoke eulogistically of
William Cam as major in the college
troop, and the leader in the student ath-
letics, and told with glowing praise how
Alexander Berkman was paying his
own way through the college, working
at night in the telephone exchange, and
studying by day, winning, too, high
standing in. his class.
DR.. Mitchell's subject was ''The Soul
of the Community. He likened the
roads, streets, buildings, telephone etc.
to the body, and the churches, schools,
newspapers, banks ETC., to its senses
through which that soul found an ex-
preston.
Tested by his dictim that communi-
ty is known byits good roads, Middle
town and vicinage he declared were
models, Good roads benefit the com
munity intellectually and morally for
they are the highways of ideas as well
as vehicles. y
Another community sense is its
schools-a yet higher test AS ilIustra-
ting the far-reaching benefits which
followed even the humblest planting of
the seed of knowledge, he told the
story Of the founding at Hampton, Va,
way back in 1636-only sixteen years
after the landing of the Pilgrims-of
what later became a notable institu-
ton of learning, known as the Simms-
Eaton School. It's trivial fund of 200
acres of land and eight mich COWS
given by Simms, and little more land
and few more kline bestowed there
after by Eaton Virginia acres were
plentiful in those days, literally ''dirt
cheap" and cows were not DEAR
now amounts to $40, ,OOO and has more
over survived all the vicissitudes of
bitter civil war raging around it!
AS further showing how one great
te acher soul can mould the thought of
posterity and affect the destiny of
nation, he described how George Wythe.
one of Virginia's s signers, at one time !
taught in his school Thomas Jefferson. :,
John Marshall, James Monroe and
Henry Clay, The biggest college in
America, every one of whom delighted
to trace the inspiration of his life to
that particular teacher. Wythe ham
mered into arshall's head his pet idea
that it is right to set aside law when I
it is contrary to the Constitution, and
later as Chancellor Of Virginia in 1873.
in Cato VS.. Commonwealth, announced S
The norm of that great doctrine in con-
itltutional law which MARSHALL after :
wards as Chief Justice embodied in the
spochal decision of Marbury VS.. Madi-
ION 4
The speaker also discussed Churches
md Libraries as useful expressions of
he Community-sou whose missions 6
we're lofty and blessed, telling how the
.hance glance into cyclopedia turned
he young book-binder, ichael Fara- Il
lay into one of the worlds greatest W
chemists whose discoveries and inven-
ions IN electrO-magnetism have revolu-
ionlzed science and manufactures. S,
The Doctor also spoke of how reading N
q his youth broken set of knights
1alf Hours With Best Authors, y had
permanently Influenced his style and CO
york. Cl
We regret a. want of space forbids
uller reference to this most admirable
so rep etc with interest and Sc
nstrue ion-witty and wise both. AS M
MUSICIAN remarked to the writer. it
hould have been delivered in the Town
iall to an auditory which would have Ps
, The community are debtors to the ri
adies OF the New Century Club for
living the citizens a chance to hear their
new college President
those erudition and enthusiasm cannot
ut make him highly useful to the
outh of our state fortunate enough to D.
e brought in contact with his infectious
ersOnslity. M
Miss Frances Watkins, of Odessa. d.
eld the audience with her mnsical Sc
ctions.
Little Ramona Newman, dressed in %
le garb OF a Red Cross nurse, sold by
ed Cross stamps to the audience. on
After the lecture, the Executive a.
oard OF the Club was sfinvited to the
)me of DR.. Norman L. Beale where a
ception was held in honor Of DR.. Sa
itehelI
The meeting on next Tuesday will be
I'D in st. Anne's Perish House. and kn
III be an open meeting. DR.. w. Owen mi
Tpherd, of Newark, viii give a talk Hu
'sThe Bible in English Literature.
Dr. Mitchell was entertained at dinner
the home of DR. Beale, whose other Eo
tests were Rev. r. H. Moore, Rev.
=. DonaghaY. DR.. .. G. Clark ~ h