Evening journal., 1914-02-24
FOR A GREATER
DELAWARECOLLECE

aramstist or historian OF recent
times who can be favorably compared
With some who lived moro than iifty
years ago.
1T Is charged that the people are
so much engrossed in the material
and coarser things Of life, that the
amer feelings and nobler qualities OF
men and women are not developed
row as they used TO bee that while
Nc build everything else strong and
frnc we are not so successful IN the
bnildine Of character; that while
hmazinr progress Is made along
every other line we are not advanc-
ing as we should In the making of
rood true and worthy men, This
Thought is very happily and aptly
expressed in the following lines that
have used on another occasion,
but they will bear repeating here
eYou build them well, and you build
them high
These marble and granite piles'
Your pointed towers salute the SKY
with turrets and cleaning tiles.
Your arches leap TIL they meet in
space
And leap TIL they meet again;
You build with power and you build
with grace
But where are you building men?
~Your halls and temples are proudly
raised
And firmly and nobly planned;
What wonder, then, that we stand
amazed?
You build with lavish hand
You build completely, with art sub
lime.
A theme for subtier pen
TO bound and balance in coming
But where are you building men7
-You dig your trenches and build
your walls,
And rear to your lasting fame
The massive pillars and stately halls,
And carve on the gate your name,
All grained and windowed and rooted
and sawed
With all Of the builders Ken,
splendid thing you have TINS
But where arc you building mon7
"You build the structure to house
your pride,
The girder and post you raise,
You make them high and you make
them wide.
But what Of the coming days?
Who builds the courage OF mind and
heart
And soul that will help us theng
You build With cunning in every
part
But where are you building TO men?
Need Of Strong Men.
Undoubtedly the most important
and pressing duty In this day Is the
making OF strong, intelligent, moral,
generous and capable men; men
who are proud OF their country be-
leNe in its institutions and have faith
ID its future; men who are jealous
OF their own rights and tolerant Of
the rights Of others; men who are
willing to do their full duty to ma
ton, State and fellow-men men who
believe IN q government by the poo
pie, but under the restrictions and
Limitations of the law; men who re-
gard the Constitution under which
the nation has grown so great as a
vital selutary force. and not as a
useless and worn out thing.
TAen or such type and character
hope and believe Delaware College has
been sending out in the past. and
may the product be not inferior in
the future. II Is not expected that
all her graduates shall be ideal citi-
zenE. II that were the case we would
be apt 10 believe the millennium had
already come. But In proportion to
her number ] dare affirm that Della
ware College has turned out as many
good and useful citizens as any col
Iege OF university in the land. I claim
% be able TO speak with some au-
thority on this point because my ex-
perience and observation show that
this institution has done more for the
legal profession of our State than
any other college, large or small.
You may never have thought OF this
before, but you viii concede the point
upon examining the list OF college
graduates practicing at the Delaware
bar. Check OF those from Delaware
College and you will have almost az
large a number who have made good
n the profession as can be named
from all other colleges combined
And my investigation further shows
that every one Of them has been an
honor TO his Alma Mater. and also
credit TO his profession and State
4 have no particular knowledge OF
what your boys have done IN Other
heios, but have no doubt the stan
oards they have set for integrity
capacity and usefulness have beer
Just as high.
State Needs Institution.
Then what are the people Of tn,
State going TO do for college tha
has rendered such service 10 the com
monwealth? Shall her means and op
portunities for greater usefulness b.
enlarged or not? Shall her future b.
Frightened. heartened and made So
cnre. OF shall the restrictions an,
limitations that have hitherto ham
pered her efforts and checked her am
bifion continue TO bind and hold he
Ftill7 No fair history Of DelaWar
could BE- written that does not con
tain scores Of names OF YOUR alumni
written large anl plain. Their ser
Wees and qualities have entered int
the very warp and woof OF our pro
fessional- Industrial and govern
mental life. and materially con
trihuted TO the prestige and record @
the little State of which every citize
Is or ought TO be proud When "
think Of what Delaware Colleg,
small as she is. has done IN this re
gard; Of the many men whose mind
and characters were developed ther,
who have given honor and strengt