Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-25
BRYAN AND YOUNG
ORATORS SPEAK
Commoner Tells Creighton Men
Intimate Details of Start in
Public Life.
ANNUAL LAW SCHOOL BANQUET

W. j. Bryan wed THURSDAY with
six younger orators Of the Creighton
College of Law. and himself admitted
that they did better than he had
done at their age.
It was the annual good-fellowship
banquet of the college, attended by
members of the faculty. alumni and
students, by judges. prominent law
yers, editors, goodly company that
filled the Henshaw hotel dining
room.
1t was a good-fellowship banquet I'm
more than name. college parodies on
popular songs were sung between courses,
pennants and college colors were flying.
The menu and program rerected the col
lege spirit. being printed In the form ana
wording OF legal brief and bill Of par
ticulars Each course on the menu was
garnished with a quotation from some
legal tome and each speakers name was
adorned with a legend from legal lore.
Bryan Joins In Song.
Mr.. Bryan Joined in singing the college
parodies He applauded the addresses
of the six young orators who preceded
him, nodding his head vigorously and
whispering his appreciation to Or. Allison
and ]. A. c. Kennedy, who sat near him.
He paid a glowing tribute to Count
Creighton and, finally. in the latter part
of his speech he became pedagogue and
told the students the secrets of successful
public speaking.
Harry f. Gantz was toastmaster and
told some stories which Mr.. Bryan con-
fessed were new even to him and which
he would add to his list,
For the first time at a Creighton good
fellowship banquet a woman was among
| the speakers. She was Miss Gladys
shamp, and her address on "Woman's
Place in the Law was witty.
The toastmaster declared that better
than the biggest fees of the lawyer is
the fee-male of our species" and Miss
Shamp reparteed by declaring that she
hoped to have more substantial fees than
these.
TOasts of Evening.
Eugene NJ. Clennon spoke on THE Law
yer as Prosecutor Robert McGuiggan
on "The Lawyer in Court" Preston T.
McAvoy on "The Lawyer as a Legisla-
tor" and Morgan j. Doyle on THE Law
yer in the Community"
| Mr.. Doyle's speech was more in the
nature of valedictory for the senior
class, which, he Loyalty insisted, is not
only the biggest, but by all odds the most
capable that has ever graduated from
Creighton College of Law. And so say
ing, Mr. Doyle looked fearlessly into the
faces of dozens of alumni, not one Of
whom disputed him.
Mr.. Bryan expressed amazement that
six such good orators could be found in
one college.
"Why," he said. IT was "A years old
before I dared venture to tell a story in
a speech, for fear would lose the thread
OF my argument, especially II they
laughed-and even more n they didn't"
He referred to his friendship with Count
Creighton. which dated back to twenty
years ago. when first began running for
the presidency"
His Best Introduction.
Speaking of introductions he said the
rest ne had ever had was at a place
called Buckhorn Schoolhouse. ILL.,. when
he was a young lawyer. An Irishman.
named Flynn. was to introduce him and,
though Bryan had dictated an introduce
ton which would advertise his law Of
flee in the neighboring town. Flynn forgot
II and merely announced 'Ahsther
| O'Bryan will now speaA."
The old story of his Lincoln introduc-
ton he told again.
Il arrived in Lincoln in October, 1877, -
he said. There was no political cam
paign that year. so I had to get along
as we'll as possible without making any
. | oraanhaa "a of
before the frost was out of the ground
made fifty speeches and in each one ]
told the people why the republican can
didate should not be elected governor.
thought I made 1t SO plain that they
couldn't go wrong. but they went ahead
and elected him anyway by 5000 majority
A short time afterward was to speak al
a meeting where he presided. 1 hoped
there would be no embarrassment for.
reasoned, he must feel some resentment
against a man who had spoken so pro
fusely against him. Just before my turr
came he approached me on the platform
and said. 'Mr. Bryan. do you speak oil
sing?' He hadn't even heard of me-"
In his remarks on public speaking. he
declared clearness of statement, conden.
sation, belief in your cause, apt nlustra.
ton, dramatic question and the character
Of the orator are six most important
points.
Thomas Jefferson's supposedly logical
and concise Declaration of Independence
isn't flawless. for Mr.. Brayn pointed out
that "all truths are self-evident not only
certain truths as Jefferson said"
THE cooperative function of govern
ment will increase by big strides from
now on and the coereive will diminish,
he declared and he cited the great in
crease in municipal ownership and gov
ernment-owned institutions as indications
of this.
Nations Opportunity.
He referred in closing to the European
war and said that this nation has the
greatest opportunity ever possessed by q
nation to do good
"As the wise men OF the east went 70
Bethlehem bearing precious gifts" he
said. so the wise men OF the west can
now go to the warning nations and offer
them part of the money that they
want us to spend on preparing new en-
gines of destruction and use this money
to promote peace. fellowship. friendship,