The Robesonian., 1918-06-03
LUMBERToN CAROLINA, MONDAY JUNE 3 1919
HIGH SCHOOL FINAss,, ;,

Hull SIHUUL fNAno
Splendid Address BY Prof. R. L. Flow-
ers of Trinity College-Diplomas
Delivered to Eight Girls and Three
Bcys-Graduating Exercises FRIDAY
Evening.
no generation ever went out into
the world with more of the cali to
i've and achieve than this, Prof. R. I,
Flowers of Trinity college told the
graduating class of the Lumberton
nigh school at the school auditorium
FRIDAY morning in ore of the sanest.
most helpful and mcst thoughtful lit
erary. addresses ever delivered here or
anywhere else. He did not deal in
gltSering generali.ies or hign-sound-
ing phrases, but he gripped his audi
snce Win message in which he laid
pare the purposes of Germany, de-
clared that there is something dead
IN that soul that remains untouched
oy the cry of the world in this hour.
and found for his hearers the pra;r
OF knowledge and of truth in the
conflicting voices that hew;lder and
email This is movement ba ss;d
that is going to call for the best
blood, the most heroic sacrifices. ard
highest service, of this nation, for
every bit of efficiency and courage
but the important thing is not how
long one lives, but how much. He
said in part:
When this war broke out in 1914
we might have known that it was a
conflict Of ideas and that the time
would come when we could not keen
out. We do not want more territory:
we are fighting. for human liberty.
This nation stands as the hope of the
world. 1t the only thing that counts
is might, who dares to live, anyway :?
we are going to pay more atten-
ton to man-poWer after this. One of
the most disappointing things is the
physical condition doctors have found
IN examining men for the army. The
Government has cleaned up territory
adjacent to the camps where men are
IN training. and we are going to clean
up everywhere and make a stronger
and more efficient race.
we are not going to be so careless
OF expenditures as before. The war
came just in time, for we were going
on at rate that would have plunged
us into despair. We are going
to put emphasis on the essential
things. We have been giving too
much attention to sport and money
and pleasure and dress. All of us
want wealth, of course, but there are
! things that mean more than money
We have lived to see the time when
men Ike H. P. Dawson of Wall street
are willing to give millions for the
ideas for which we are fighting; wher
women Of high social position have
given up position and wealth and are
cheerfully enduring hardships and
dangers to nurse soldiers. Social
lines have been wiped out. This is a
marvellous condition to have been
brought about in less than years
We hardly thought to see the race ad-
vance so far in our generation.
Many are going to give up thei.
lives in this conflict and somebody
must take their places. We must con-
serve our intellectual strength. We
are going to conserve our spiritual
strength, too. One of the saddest
things in life has been the indiffer.
ference of the people to the things
that are vital in human life, but it is
not going to be- that way any more
We are not going to sit in our pews
and hear men camouflage German
higher criticism with religion.
If Germany had delayed this wal
Is years German thought and influ-
ence would have dominated this coun.
try. Many universities in this coun-
try, notably the university Of Wis
consin, had been inocculated with
Prussian ideals, but thank God moth
ing of that had come into the life. Of
Trinity college. It would be better to
raze to the ground two-thirds Of the
educational institutions if the German
ideal of efficiency is to be the sum OF
it all, if the German spirit is to pre-
vail-the spirit that cuts off the hands
and arms of children, mutilates wo.
men, tortures soldiers, destroys the
works of art of centuries, and shells
the cathedrals of Rheims. Men who
are held up as leaders have uncon.
sciously been spreading abroad the
ideas of German universities camou
flaged as religion. Leaders of reli-
gious thought in Germany have tried
to defend German deeds in Belgium
the most cruel and Infamous acts tina:
blacken the pages of history.
Prussia knew and knows that wher
the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ
dominates the world it is the doom OF
Prussianism.
This is going to be democratic
world. We have got to take from the
throne of Germany the Kaiser, as the
Car of Russia already has been tax
en- off his throne The ideas fol
which America stands are the ideas
for which the world is fighting, ana
at the final peace conference the rep.
resentative of the United States will
sit at the head of the table.
Problems Of the times in which we
live and the years to come demand
steady, clear brains. Young men ane
women leaving the schools now arr