Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
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WILSON RECEIVES
. DISTINCTION FROM
PARIS UNIVERSITY
First Time That Sorbon1le.
Has Conferred Honor
Upon Any One. i
IF
POlNCARE AND OTHER 81.
N0TABLES AT CEREMONY
American Executive Declares.
Statesmen of World Are
Servants of Mankind. a a9ss
WAR BETWEEN TWO SYSTEMS
German Kultur Sought to Impose
It's Rule on All by
Force.
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(By Associated Press sSH.
PARIS, December 81 (Havas)-In thor
great amphitheater OF the University
OF Paris tthe Sorbonne), Presidents
Wilson this afternoon received the do.
gree of doctor. honoris causa, con.
ferrcd upon him in recognition OF his
work as jurist and historian. This
is the first time in the history OF the
university that an honorary degree has
been bestowed, authorization for, issei
granting having been given by re-
cent decree. st19-
President Poincare. the presidents OF
The Senate and Chamber Of DeputissS
and diplomatic corps, government and
tended. ya2siiss KY
when he arrived. accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson. American Ambassador Sharp
ana Jules Jusserand. French ambassasi
dor to the United Staes. ~ SassE SE
Alfred Croiset, dean of the facultySof
letters, welcomed President Wilson tnis
a short address, and presented to htnIya
to his work as historian and phis x
writings on historical schedules. Fer-E.
dtnand Larnaude. dean of the faculty.
Of law. then bestowed upon the Preats
dent the degree Of doctor for his works
on Jurisprudence and political science.
Luslsn Ponsars ons yiee-rect9s ps. the
tribute to PRESIDENT Wi Wilson's abIiitSs
as as professor before he entered upon
his political career, and told OF the
clasion, II. Poincare said: ffSs
GLORY to the American studentSls ~
Glory to the eminent professors and
their universities! s
Glory to you. Mr.. President. who ara;
the University of Paris I have the
honor to award the insignia and di-sg
pioma OF doctor to one whom pos-ss
terity will salute with the surname,.3
RiChtCOnS President " 81,
PRESIDENT DEEPLY MOVED
AS HE ACCEPTS HONOR 4
President Wilson, in acknowledging +
the honor bestowed upon him to-day
by the University of Paris in the form
OF 4 doctors degree. said:
Il feel very keenly the distinguishaIS
honor which has been conferred uhGtE
me- by the great University of Paris.
and ~ is very delightful to me also.fSa
have the honor OF being indrcted intH
tho great company of scholars wholest'
life and fame have made the possibility
of the University of Paris thing adE
mirable among men of cultivationfns
all parts of the world.
by what you have said. sir. of this +
in France and which have tried to-
promote in the United States. I ana
tempted to venture upon a favorjte
theme. s5
II have always believed that the
CHIEF object OF education was sfos;
awaken the spirit. and that ina smucftE
as literature whenever 1t has touched !,
its great and higher notes was an az
preston OF the spirit Of mankind. the
best induction into education was to ~
feel the pulses OF humanity which had
universities Of men who had penetrated
10 tho secrets OF the human spirit
WAR BETWEEN NATIONS,
AND ALSO sYsTEMs.
And ] agree with the intimz ton
which has been conveyed to-day that
tho terrible war through which We have
just passed has not been only war;
hetween nations. but that 1T has been
ture-the one system the Aggressive I
system, using science without cons.
science. stripping learning OF its moral
res, 1tSstralnts and using every faculty sSf
the human mind TO do wrong to the
whole race; the other system, reminis-
cent OF the high tr. .dition OF men: rem q
iniscent OF all their struggles. some otss
them obscure, but others closely teSs
Neaied 10 history; OF men of indomit -
able spirits struggling towards the 4
right and seeking above all things else
The triumph of freedom in this war
means that that spirit shall now dom.3
mate the world There is great ways n
OF moral force moving through the IS
world and every man who opnoses htn,s
self TO that wave will so down in dis
grace. pf..
The task of those who are gathered
here. or viii presently be gathered here. f
10 make the settlements OF this neacsasff
IS greatly simpltied by the fact thsts
they are the masters of no one: th4yvs
are IN" servants of mankind And II ~
We do not heed the mandates of MAN.
+ ma We shall make ourselves the most 3
cI"nSpicmons and deserved failures III, s.
the history of the world" s3.
LEAG2E OF NATIONS TO S,xf
BE POWERFUL MORAL ErOuresS5
My conception OF the league OF ma,
tons is Just th;S---that 1t shall operaFn fi
as the organized moral force OF men vi
t1tSg
ever or wherever wrong and agrees
sion are planned or contemplated ,f,is <
Scarchiight OF conscience Will be turned
upon them and men everywhere WIif%
ASK WHAT arc the purposes that vow Y
hold in your heart against the for- "a
tunes OF the worid?' 9's,ssSEsss,
Just little exposure will settfe.sa
most questions. II the central powsrs si
had dared 10 discuss the PURPOSES 81 81
'hiS war for i single fortnight Il never
would haHe happened. And ~ aS
should be. they were forced to discuast ~
II Tor year, the war would have bGsatsH
>.sfseS
$50 fee! that this war Is. "a 3ttse .i
been said NOR. than onca to-day trffxse.i
mately related with the unIyervIfY 81
spirit. The university spirit 10 intot-S
Grant OF all the things that put tfiesst
human mind under restraint II iE H.
tolerant OF everything that ssaks IA Ss
retard the advancement OF Ideals, tANs