Evening journal., 1916-04-13

not need to be inspired and l will
take inspiration with me to Bslti-
more"
His remarks were in part as fol.
lows:
"When Euclid wrote his famous text
hook upon geometry, which has been the
basis Of all geometry, and which has
beon studied by SO many thousand
youths, he insisted upon certain facts
being taken for granted. as either self |
evident truths called aXioms OF as
truths to which he had the right to de.
mand ascent called postulates.
"Granting him these. he was enabled
to construct his whole system, and hel
felt that the few people who would not
grant these were 80 unimportant as tol
be negligible. 50 tonight we may insist
upon certain considerations as aNio-
matte or as TO be- considered a. pOstU-
lates. We are all agreed that Il repre-
sentative republican form Of govern I
mcut based upon a suffrage widely dis /
tributcd amon. the adult male ctizcns
Is form of government far better than
those earlier established in the old
world
awe are also agreed that all men arc
created equal as far as their political
and legal rights are concerned. and that
they have the right To life, liberty and
the pursuit OF happiness. We believe
that i'm a State which is Democratic,
and in which the people rule, it is intel
ligcrce that should DC wisely trained.
Tho first conclusion which necessarily
follows from these premises is that the
State must provide system universal
in its action. which shall develop the
citizens abilities. la such manner as
TO make his existence as far as possible
n pleasure to himself and useful to
others.
"In other words the State should
supply the means Of healthful recrea-
fion and Of useful education to all its
citizens. In recognition Of This, school
houses are erected. and the Public
School System no longer limits itself
10 the elementary training in the
three RS" but is extended through
the high school and to the college and
even to the professional school, as
graduate department OF the university.
tartan. OF vocational. although IL fit
tingly trains youth so as 20 be able to
take up useful No.ations. instruction
is given in language and literature. in
art and music in order that the youths
NAV not be narrow specialists but
broad minded. well rounded men and
womsn. There are two sides to this
Development OF the individual The
one is education in a narrow sense,
drawing forth from the mind Of the
boy or girl that which was latent
within the mind The other side is
that which is properly called instrue-
tion by which information not pre-
viously possessed by a person. is con-
veyed to him. In this work of train
ing the citizen for usefulness, the
school cannot do all the work. nor can
it do the work for all the people.
Its endeavors must be supplement-
ed by the facilities of the public IL
brary. il the State is to do its duty
toward the citizen. so that the citi-
zen i'm turn. may render his service
10 the State. There is a school age.
there is no library age. Even while
children are in the school. they need
/ the services of the library to supple
ment the efforts of the teacher and the
information OF the text book After
leaving school. the library is the edu-
cational institution provided for the
continued education of the individual
4 throughout his life The library truly
+ is more than an educational institu-
ton. II is a place where helpful men
/ tai recreation may be obtained, and
the municipality has as true a duty to
furnish such mental recreation. as is
has to furnish physical recreation Is
: its park system.
"A library is a place where is stored
up the wisdom and knowledge OF past
generations OF men. Printing has been
called the preseryative of all arts. but
10 what good for the mass Of mankind
is this preservation, unless the stored
up discoveries and inspirations of the
past generations he placed where they
are freely accessible to all men, This
city has been fortunate in possessing
through many years a library, and has
been more fortunate IN that the IL
brarv has been well administered with
broad purpose and skillful methods,
so as TO serve all the people of Will
mington. II has given you much.
at has made itself indispensable
even in SIS present cramped and in
adequate quarters. | bring you con-
gratulations, mingled with some envy
that you are likely so soon to give
your library fit accommodation and
to place before IL an adequate oppor-
tunitv 10 serve all the people OF VII.
mington."
At the conclusion Of DR.. Steincr's re
marks. Judge nray said that word ha'
been received from Pierre :. DUPONT ev
pressing regret az being unable 10 D.
present. AMI a telephone message ha