The Washington herald., 1917-12-21

that he had been called upon to I'LL
in for Ambassador Jusserand, who re-
grettably could not be present
Jusserand II There.
In explaining Ambassador Jusse-
rand's absence, Mr.. Henning said:
I'VE had hoped to have tonight
as our guest man whom America
honors both for his personal worth
and as the representative Of q great
allied nation-the French ambassa-
dor. Harvard can claim Mr.. Jusse-
rand as one Of her sons. as the Uni
vefsity conferred an honorary de-
gree upon him ten years ago, at the
same commencement with. Wood
row Wilson and James Bryce. The
Ambassador Is unable to be with us.
but sends the following letter,
which will interest you"
, ct greatly wish 1t were possible
for me to avail myself of the Har-
wards Club invitation to be present
Unfortunately. my engagements
prevent me. but beg to assure you
that / shall be with you in thought
and sentiment. knowing full well
how worthy of its great fame Har-
ward has been in this unparalleled
world crisis, in the course of which
/ help was sent to France, from the
/ first, by that great university; the
feelings of Harvard having been az
| a forecast of what would be one
day. and that day has arrived, those
of the whole American nation. Sin
cerely yours. Jusserand."
President Lowell Speaks.
] President A. Lawrence Lowell, OF
the Harvard University, was saved
until last. He told the graduates
; that he supposed they wanted him to
relate war activities at the univer-
sity, and then called their attention
to the fact that Col. Cordier had al
ready recited this much better than
he could.
! He seemed particularly pleased to
talk Of the times at the university
when Cordier assumed the post OF
professor Of military tactics and
! science, and this subject was made
a major one in the college curricu.
I lum.
Every great war advances the art
Of war;" Mr.. Lowell said. For this
reason when We first entertained the
idea Of military training at Harvard
Il telegraphed Ambassador Jusserand
and asked him II we could not have
| three or four disabled French officers
to help us out.
THE Ambassador Immediately took
up with the idea and representatives
came to America in the latter part
of APRIL
War and Education.
President Lowell told the Harvard
men that he had been comparing with
interest the loss of students at the
university during the three important
years Of the civil war with the present
two years. In 1S60-61-62, Mr.. Lowell
finds there was practically no change
in the enrolment, while today the uni
| versity is depleted.
There is practically no one left in
our law school," President Lowell ad-
United to the graduates. I'm the other
departments, also, there are few ply
sically fit men over q years.
Il tell you this to prove to you the
| sort Of spirit which prevails In ours
| and other universities of the country
Ito prove to you with what earnest
ness Harvard men, and other college
men. are assuming the grim war tasks
before them" =. 81
This spirit was interpreted by Mr..
Henning in the following expression:
when the call comes we should lay
our lives at the foot of our country
as gladly as a lover would lay his
flower at the foot of his ady owe.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice closed his ad-
dress strikingly when he called serv-
Ice to the colors a debt of honor
debt which the youth of the country
must pay or not pay. just as they
choose" ..-
And they have chosen" declared
the English Ambassador gladly.
Tribute to Travellers.
In his Introductory speech Mr.. Hen
ming told the graduates that he be-
lieved their dinner was the best and
biggest ever held in the history Of
the Washington Harvard organiza-
ton. He told the. graduates he APP
preciated that many of them had
come to the city from Baltimore.
Philadelphia. New York and Boston
particularly for the occasion, and he
believed the events Of the evening
would fully repay them for their
trouble.
Mr.. Henning told the graduates for
the, benefit Of those who had NOT
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