Evening journal., 1914-06-26

Cd except by conscious effort. II
doesn't come by drifting dogn the
stream or life. 1t Is formed by
conscious effort, pursued By fixed
and high purpose. The constitution
OF the United States doesn't deal In
particulars, but it lays down the
boundaries OF human liberties under
stood By our fathers and acauiesed
in for more than 100 years by gener-
ations that have enjoyed those libl
critics Life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. was not the re-
straint majority placed upon king.
but what free democracy placed
upon the exercise of its own power
Nothing can deprive you or me OF
liberty Or property WITHOUT due pro
cess OF law. But there are obiec-
tons to that Here and there jealous
reformeFs, honest, II you please, and
some dishonest. tell il the courts at-
tempt TO enforce 1t for the protection
o. the individual that II is usurpa-
ton Of power A few years ago
q party came up in New York de-
manding that these safeguards of
liberty should be disregarded when
the caprice Of would-be reformer
thinks they stand In the way.
That's all there Is to this talk Of
the reversal OF judicial DECISIONS .
exclaimed Judge Gray. "Inperfect
as your system Is, 1t Is the best sys-
tom devised by man to protest his
liberties and 10 give stability to the
institutions which protect his liberty
ana property In our Constitution
there is no place found for absolut-
ism or unlimited power. What moots
u whether the power that takes away
your llnefty or your property Is
welded by a many-headed despot or
py temporary majority of your
helghbors. But no majority how
ever great, can take away your prom
erly or interfere with your liberty ey-
eept by the law OF the land so long
as that Constitution remains. The
courts are required to administer
that fundamental law, and when the
laws enacted BY the Legislatures CON
Hlet with that fundamental law n
say so. No passing majority ever
created that instrument which Glad
stone said was the greatest ever
created by the brain of man. This
y one OF the menaces Of our insti-
tnllohs, one OF the assails upon
ihs democracy OF our institutions, and
u IS because of that | call upon you
70 maintain the bulwark of our law
and our liberty
Wish ] was member Of one of
your classes. ! don't know what the
Iuture has in store for you. Even
Lhe class of 1914 knows now more
lhan it will know years hence. but
take new assurance because Won
are all enlisted not as Republicans
not as Democrats, not as Progress |
sives. but as lovers Of that liberty /
guaranteed to us by the Constitution. :"
Judge Gray's speech was regarded 1
as one Of the strongest he has vet
leiiyefed In defense of the Constitu- /
ION, q fayorite theme with him. Mr..
deald called on Clifford J. Scott, su-
perlntendent of Wilmington schools.
'Nho said the present and future of
ne schools are his utmost concern.
ne asked for the support and COOP
sration that should exist. LET us ali
lnite and face the problems that con-
'ront the High School and assure her
. new success worthy of her glorious
past, said Mr.. Scott, amid applause.
Principal Berlin was called upon
md received an ovation that affected
I'm. How can you pay the obliga-
Ion you owe TO your alma mater?"
le asked. "You can pay by sending
delegations TO the school. You can
ONE and help us. You can honor
be teachers, you can search out what
be school is doing, and find whether
is performing the functions it
hould perform" Principal Berlin
amed an athletic field as being need
d and he believed the alumni could
g of much assistance with its sup
ort and sympathy in obtaining It.
Toastmaster Heald voiced a trib-
tie to Or. J. H. Morgan, who died
ecently. He was a member OF the
ssociation.
The committee having charge OF
he affair was composed of H. c. Ma
any, Jr., '95. chairman; willard D,
'02; DR.. William Fl. Speer.
%; Beverly r. Cause, OF; ]. Francis
'iaine, II.
The Alumni present included
Glass of 1s75-John d. Kurtz. ].