New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-22
Expressed, He Tells Brown
Alumni, by Men Who
Believe i'm 1t.
READY TO SERVE
IF NATION CALLS
COllegians Stirred to Enthusiasm
as Republican Nominee Re-
calls Old Days.

lfrom SisN Correspondent or Tho Tribune
Providence, r. l., June 21.-In a
speech that rang with all his old fire
and which reused his hearers TO great
enthusiasm, Charles +. Hughes de-
clared to-day that the American spirit
was with Americans, that what was
wanted to redeem this country was
frmness and resolution and clearness
of vision, and that he stood ready to
serve the country to the best of his
ability.
When he finished his fellow alumni
and the undergraduates of Brown Uni
versity cheered Charley" Hughes Of
81, whom they had been cheering all
day long as Charley Hughes "Gov-
ernor Hughes" and president Hughes
as their fancy listed.
This isn't political OCCASION said
Mr.. Hughes. 81 am not going to say a
word about politics. We are here re-
CARELESS of party and without any con-
Germ with politics in the interest Of the
old institution in which we all stand to-
gether- Brown University. But it is
fair to say this personal word: had
never expected to be in this position. |
dreaded the responsibility Of IT.
know full well the problems that are
before US. | know what problems Will
confront us in America after this war
is over. know what constructive
power we possess must be drawn upon
to meet them, but | am here simply
with the traditions of Brown TO be Of
such service as can render, if it is de-
sired. TO our common country
Stirred by Lanes Speech.
Mr.. Hughes had rot intended 70 say
a word about anything except college
days until he heard Franklin X. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior, who had re-
ceived the honorary degree of LII. D.,
speak of the charge that the American
spirit had disappeared.
Another speaker who preceded Mr..
Hughes was William Roscoe Thayer,
the historian, who declared that the
Prussian substitutes for civilization in
all the countries that Prussia con-
ouered were either servtude or eX-
tinction.
Mr.. Hughes was introduced by Ar,
thur L. Brown, Democrat and United
States Circuit judge for this district.
"Where on the campus have we room
for a large statue of a President OF the
United States" began Judge Brown
and there was an outburst that brought
Mr.. Hughes. bowling and smiling, 20 ms
feet. and that lasted for several min
utes.
con the front campus" continued
Judge Brown, Eve have statue OF
Julius Cesar and the Carrie Tower. ana
in the rear campus the equestrian
statue of Marcus Aurelius. 1t would
no nossible to take Marcus Aurellus
from his pedestal, but we don't want an
equestrian statue of Hughes. If there
is no objection the matter will be put
over until next commencement.
Then. amid more wild cheering. Mr..
Hughes was escorted from his place in
campus to the platform.
Kept Warm by American Spirit.
81 merely want 10 say to you this
informal word" said Mr.. Hughes. that
as an old graduate for | am here
only in that character wanted a
draft from the old spring before /
plunged into the fight"
81 am here as member OF the class
Of 81. a class always called the small
est and the worst in college. We mad
the benefit Of the spiritual leader
ship of Faunce. of 80, tempered by
the effective materialism of Richmond.
the great first southpaw We didn't
have a gymnasium. You can't make a
college out of bricks and mortar, out
Of swimming pool, gymnasium
important as they are. Out OF SIX
class dormitories we didn't have one
whole pane in the dormitory windows.
Talk about American spirit! That IL
what has kept US warm. That Is what
has kept rs alive. That IS the reason
we are here.
when | was in college we studied
the prophecies of Ezekiel, old man
Ezekiel. end the creed Of 'Zeke'. as
we knew him. meant more to US than
any philosophy or any system of dla-
lectics. although he may have thought
the chief end of life was inculcating
a system Of dialectics. But he build