The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

boy who had Iongings such as had and
| finds himself confronted with handicaps
such as confronted me. And yet, gen.
tlemen. In this land of the United States.
| our common, glorious country, where the
very name United States is only another
name for opportunity, really am
| ashamed to refer TO handicaps.
ANY boy, however poor he may be
born-if he has good health and limbs.
normal mind and a good mother
and I had all these. thank God,-such a
boy, however poor. in this blessed land
of equal opportunities has no handicaps.
He finds poverty to be only blessing
in disguise, and IL he has in his heart
honor. character, and a noble purpose
| he finds no hills he cannot scale, no
mountains he cannot climb; no rivers Of
difficulties he cannot pass; and II with
a high resolve and a noble purpose he
strives. he too like Joan of Arc. hears
the voices whispering to him down out
of the skies--and on any hot battlefield
Of life angel hands OF hope fan the
! feyered brow.
Finds Report False.
II found that the report was false that
| Harvard was the college only for the
| hish-brows and the wealthy. cheer
fully wave aside the natural feelings OF
personal reserve TO say that Harvard is
a place where the poorest can go. where
those OF the least means OF wealth can
go and find 1t a paradise OF inspiration
and blessing. and find your very soul
within YOU climb to higher planes and
better things. Who that has ever walked
In the shades Of her classic groves can
ever still the love that beats in his heart
for old Harvard or ever wants to?
And so love to tell of Harvard. the
real Harvard. as | found IL; the gener-
Gus Harvard the liberal Harvard, the
sympathetic Harvard. the democratic
| Harvard, the Harvard OF opportunities
for the poorest lad in all the land. This
is the real Harvard as came to know
her and to love her.
The Harvard, the least affected with
the false spirit of wealthy aristocracy
and snobbery, and the most democratic
| of our great universities in America; the
! Harvard, where any poor boy without
wealth or social distinction can go,
! trusting only in the ambition of an hon
est heart and noble purpose. relying only
on his own brain, character and ability
! can meet all classes on the common
equal level of privilege and opportunity;
! be treated as a brother and equal; and
| thus become inspired with the nobIest
! impulses that can thrill the human soul
the ambition to lift up his head in the
sunlight of hope and thank God and
| take on new courage.
Fame Fills the Earth.
This is the Harvard as I found her
the Harvard on whose fair brow place
the wreath of grateful gratitude, the
Harvard whose fame fills the earth and
whose glory walks the pathway of the
stars
| After Representative Brumbaugh's ad-
dress. President Henning told of the
work that the Harvard Club of Washing
ton has been doing and of the work that
! Harvard men and individuals have been
doing in the National Capital
There are only four cities" said
President Henning, which can boast
more Harvard graduates than Wash
| ington. There are SIS Harvard men in
the National Capital We have Har-
ward men in the Presidents Cabinet.
| six or seven assistant secretaries of
executive departments who are Har-
ward men, and we have Harvard rep
resented on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
! Harvard has a big representation in
the Senate and there are nineteen
Harvard men in the House of Repre-
| sentatives. These are facts of which
Harvard may well be proud. The
| Washington Harvard Club has 23o
members and tonight there are gather
! ed ABOUT lnlS DOar0 an even nunQreQ
| Harvard graduates"
| President Henning told of the Harvard
scholarship which is maintained by the
Washington Harvard Club. and gave the
college records of the Washington boys
who have been sent through the fresh
man year at the university by the local
club.
Favors Two Scholarships.
| s.vya aro ,,,;,to oi,;p, o,Iy ana ecboIor -
ship" said President Henning, 'and
Mr.. Lamont says we ought to have two.
I, too, think this club should maintain
| two scholarships. Seattle supports 500
! scholarship, Santa Barbara supports a
$500 scholarship: Clevelands Harvard
Club has three scholarships of $500 each.
We certainly should have no trouble in
supporting a scholarship of $50. We
want the aid of the men who can give
only 81 or 81, not especially the aid of
the men who are rich. If every Har-
ward man in Washington should give 81
! we would have enough money"
| DR.. Charles E. Munroe, head of the
| chemistry department of George Wash
tington University, dean of the School
| of Graduate Studies, and one of the
most noted experts In the United
States, delivered an address onf"what
Has Harvard Done in Chemistry" His
reply to the questions revealed that
Harvard has done more in chemistry
for the nation than any other one
agency. He dwelt upon the value of
chemistry as demonstrated in the
world war, and he predicted that II
the United States should engage in
war the chemists of the nation will
not be found lacking.
! witty Stories Are Told.
! Richard p. Freeman. president OF
the Harvard Club of Connecticut, de-
livered an address devoted almost
wholly to witty stories.
The officers of the Washington Har-
ward Club are: President. George N. Hen
ming. 's4: vice presidents, Samuel E
winsIow, IS: Daniel w. shea, 'ss: Walter
4 r. Tuckerman, 'o3. and Story B. Iadd,
49,. secretary, John W. Davidge, 'o2
a Pickering Dodge. '7e.
} The committee on arrangements was