Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
STUDENTS ADDRESSED
BY WILLIAM H. TAFT
Former President Hands Ont sound
Advice During Tuesdays
Assembly.
MAKES PATRIOTIC SPEECH
Boys and Girls Urged 10 Give M.
uon First CAN on Services
Whenever Needed

l,N-fresldent Taft spoke To the
nikh school students last Tucsd,,
re spoke to them ON the value og
cuu'H'loh and the opportunities thcl
were gwen. lie said In part:
DO YOU realize the advantages Won,
are given, or do you take 1t only aa
your due II YOU do not think Won
"re given opportunities look back
l" the time OF your father and moth
"heh they went 10 that little red
N'hool house. Then teachers were
tuoILS educated Now we are given
est efficiency ~ ''' ''e"
The best uhinu ,h., o.
TO a boy is AN eduoau,. ~ pc 'cl'
else. Money leads them ,u 40 hothlhs
tations II II does not leaaS a Temp
idleness 1t AT least takes away" 10
spur OF necessity which makes the
greatest men. II Is to be hoped in
this city OF many mtllionaires where
Il poor man Is an object OF Interest.
that there are stlll fortunate few
II am telling YOU these things
from experience, experience of sixty
years / used to think when man
was sixty years old II was time for
him To retire. Now | think he Is at
the prime Of hts power, Get al YOU
can In education, rely on your own
resources, and you viii frame a fu-
turc that will be worth having
TO whom should. you he indebted
for this beautiful building to Okla
homa alone No, to your country
Your county is mote than an cN
pansion Of territory 1t is made up
OF composite picture OF those great
men who by their blood, spirit and
enterprise made our nation OF today
Those are the ones TO whom we are
to be grateful. We take this free
dom Just as the air we breathe. we
assume II Is ours. but liberty cannot
be liberty unless regulated by law
and order. You have enjoyed such
liberty and Your feeling OF graft
tude ought TO be shown by serving
il the same way today as did our
forefathers We ought TO do this
that We may enjoy liberty today and
Insure 1t for those who come after
US, This is what YOU call patriotism
value your opportunities and
show your appreciation by improN
Ing them. Years have shown me
that large proportion Of boys and
girls, do not even remember the
things which are told them. And
on this occasion, perhaps you will
remember me only as a big fat man
and all that | say will he forgotten
But I talk on, hoping that | may in
nuencc a few The majority must
learn by hard knocks, %els~nuld
heed the advice OF experience. But
we must suffer to learn. Bhat is
human nature.
MANY think they know more than
their teachers Your teachers are
efficient They have been chosen
by men who know. and they have
chosen the ones who will give the
most beneficial results. II you are
wise, you will follow their instruc-
tions, IL you don't. later In lifc YOU
viii realize your mistake. Obey the
rules Of your school. they are made
for your henefit Discipline makes
llfe. An army cannot exist without
discipline. No more can school.
You are priyates In this school. Re
view your opportunities or you viii
regret IT, You are given advice
freely and without price.
Most probably many OF you will
be drawn into this war Then you
will have chance to discharge your
debt Of gratitude This war ought
To train you TO patriotism Follow
the war closely Remember the
heroes that you may tell your child
rem and il Will make them more pa
triotic.'
The storm OF applause with which
the former president was greeted
was exceeded In the outburst OF en-
thusiasm which followed his speech.
He made q hit at Central Fhigh
school.