Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-01
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS GATHER
TOBD WELCOME TO DIR. THOS. F.
KANE, new PRESIDENT OF The U

sons going to church.. or any such
huncombe, that kind of German will
besruled out
"And 1 want to state that in the
teaching of languages. Germany es-
pecially must be handled by a man
who Is 100 per cent American"
In concluding his address. DR.. Kane
said: = 81 v
Il appreciate this. meeting and
value the corporation which it
pledges. And in speaking of the rela-
ito OF the university to the war, I
believe the boys who have reported
for service, the boys who have offer
ed themselves or. the altar fof the
country. have represented the spirit
and traditions of the university. .I"'
SO far as is humanity possible. such
spirit of the university from this time
on.
"I believe, as a citizen, that we
might, we'll turn to a man, whom I
think the majority Of us feel is the
greatest man n the greatest states
man our fine democracy has yet pro-
;duced, Lincoln, II find there An an
swer. he had the same problems to
meet as confront us now. When we
impulses Of the nan impulses as fin.
as those of the mother: we think Of
hin, as a mar who ncver departed
from Their, in the bitterest days of the
Il The South felt i: the South
WIGS with us in our appreciation OF
Lincoln. When the question was put
to him of ending the war. he said:
I've have accepted the war with
Q worthy cause for its object and the
war will end when that object is at
tanned. Under God. hope ii will
,sot end till thai time
cit is a very solemn thing to say.
when our boys arc going to the bat
~t,e-lire--hoss from homes represent
cd here. it is a very solemn thing 20
repeat tho hope Of Lincoln. I believe.
men. that we are willing today. with.
all that we arc fighting for. to cs-
press that hope and to pray that this
war will not end until our object is
attaincd."<
] In the early part of his address.
DR.. Kane spoke of the relation o:
tho university to the state. The first
and greatest duty, he said. is to train
Young mon and women for true cit
izenshir. the citizenship hat makes
for the DEVELOPMENT and bettarment
~, he said. is rrn solely for h t
dents. and to meet the needs of the
state. The second great service is
that of going to the people," rs rep
resented in tho extension work-a
work which keeps the men and wor-
en- of the state in touch with the
highc: things Of life after they have
left the state institutions of learning.
Another service deals directly with
the development of the resources Of
the state. He spoke of the 100000
100000 tons Of Ignite in the great
l,eds OF the state and said that it was
within the province OF the university
tn aid in developing this great indus
try. The greater part OF the work al
ready done in that line. he said. had
been lone at the university by Dsan
Eabcock. The university. thus, in q
very direct way, represents the people
Of the state.
The speaker then gave a very clcar
idea of what the university meant to
Grand Forks. the home city The
numbers Of students attending the in
stitntion each cal represents a year
ly expenditure of half a million dol,
lars, he said. This. together with the
saving OF at least $500 0o. represent,
ed by the number OF county student!
who live at home and The quarter o.
a million expended annually by the
!. university. means an expenditure o.
about a million dollars. In dollar:
and cents, then. he said. the unjversit.
means much to the city. He also
spoke of the splendid leadership Of
DR.. Merrifeld and Dr. McFey and the
work of the deans and faculty.
You have hero a mighty fine in.
sti:ution.' he aid ut is an institu
ton which you can ne proud Of. j
could not he otherwise. I had thu
privilege Of being rather intinatel!
acquainted with President Merriield
and ] felt hat an institution he wa.
responsible for would be sound. whole.
some and IN the right lines. The uni
ve,sity has had the advantage of goot
leaders and good workers. And
may say right here, that it has {
source Of strength in the experience
and substantial and reliable deans IL
all of it's schools. You have a uni
versity to command your confidence
II give you, now. the assurance il
all sincerity and with tho solemnit,
of a religious pledge and it will b,
not only my pledge, but the pledge o.
the men I've named and the men as
ISOLATED with us, that our purpose will
be to make the work of the universit,
live up to its best traditions, 1t ma,
speak now of the things on the mind,
of all of US at this time. The hes
evidence of the spirit of the universit.
in reference to the war, Of our patriot
ism n our purpose in the high IDEAL
of, life, is our willingness for servic,
!, regardless of the cost"
W.P. Davies. editor of The Herald
presided at the meeting. and in in
Producing DIR. Kane, gave one of tn,
finest patriotic addresses heard her,
for some time.
1T is living in the soul Of every on,
Of US today" ne said, that we have
duty to perform which is differen
from n duty in the past. We hav
a bigger job than we ever have under
taken. and that Job is the winning o
the war. In the past we have PAL,
attention to a great many things look
ing to the development of the com
munity n the state; we have under
4 taken many things pertaining to ma
: terial evidence OF, prosperity. TIL
: time has come when none OF. those ca,
take first place. The war takes frs
place now. The war and the winnin,
: OF the war is the one thing that stand
2 out first n foremost in the minds o
: every patriotic: person. The affair
: OF the city just now. are importan
only insofar as they pertain to tn
winning of the war; the afrairs Of tn
university. the erection of new build
: ingF, or the making OF other Improve
: 5mens, are important only insofar a
{ they pertain to the winning Of tn
+ war.
1T must be held up in the mind