Newark post., 1918-01-30
DELAWARE COLLEGE
ALUMNI BANQUET
Continued from Page a.

Lne military class. here Is anOtnef
gem from one Of Germany's in
tellectualS:
"What does right matter to me?
l have no need of it. What | can
acquire by force, that possess and
enjoy; what | cannot obtain, | re.
nounce, and | set up no pretensions
to indefeasible right. |
have the power to do"
at seems almost unbelievable
that a whole people could so give
themselves over to the bestiality of
such a propaganda as this. Of
course, war, at the first oppOrtun-
ity when preparation was complete
and a pretext was offered, was in
evitable. With such a preparation
for war, we need not be surprised
that it was to be accomplished by
ruthless disregard of restraints
that civilization and our common
humanity have imposed upon the
conduct of war. The policy of
frightfulness has been developed
as it was never developed before.
The scientific barbarism of the
German onslaught has surpassed
the primitive barbarism of their
savage ancestors, the Hun, and of
the North American Indians. What
they call their policy of frightful-
ness has shocked the world, and
the terrors of their occupation of
peaceful Belgium and the northern
provinces Of France have written
a new chapter in the bloodest an
nails of history. These people boast
of the recrudescence of savage
warfare, and exhibit themselves as
people mad with cruelty and lust.
"Whoever cannot prevail him
self to approve from the bottom of
his heart the sinking of the 'Lusi-
tania'-whoever cannot conquer
his sense of the gigantic cruelty to
unnumbered perfectly innocent
victimss and give himself
up to honest delight at this victor
ious exploit of German defensive
power-him we judge to be no true
German"
"1s it surprising, then, that
treaties to the German Govern
ment are scraps of paper, and that
the obligations of international
law and the humanities that under
lie it have been cast aside, and that
the DEVILS work of frightfulness
is regarded with the DEVILS joy at
the suffering it has wrought. The
shooting in cold blood of more than
six thousand Belgian men, women
and children-all of them, of
course, non-compatants-the car
rying of thousands of the civil
population, old men, women and
girls, into slavery, the destruction
of the fields and houses of that un-
happy country and of whatever
portion of France their armies
could occupy, the dropping of
bombs on London and other unde-
Tended towns, in violation of the
plan precepts of international law,
the cruel murder of the Red Cross
Nurse, Edith Cavell, and the wan
ton destruction of life and proper
ty by those assassings of the sea
the U Boats-are looked upon with
complacency by people wrought
into madness by the teachings of
their military and governing class
DR.. Mitchell in a brief address
dealt with the development of the
college and the brooding of it's
work. DR.. Mitchell introduced his
remarks with a tribute to the
patriotism of the alumni, who are
we'll representing the college in
various training camps throughout
the country.
Perhaps the most inspiring spot
on the campus today" he said, "is
the service flag waving over the
old college hall, representing in
large measure the Alumni of the
college, but comparatively few of
the students now with the colors.
He also paid tribute to the Alumni
now on the faculty of the college,
two of whom have raised the de-
partment of which they are a part
to one of the best in the country
He referred to DR.. w. O. Sypherd
and Prof. George E. Dutton of the
department of English.
Henry B. Thompson, who follow
ed DR.. Mitchell, spoke on the sig
nificance of obedience in the con-
stitution of college, and on the
functions of the various constitu-
encies of college, laying partic-
ular stress on the discipline ele-
ment of the curriculum.
Previous to the speechmaking of
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