Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-10

| Norwich Free Academy. William W 1 Ellsworth of New York. formerly edi- 1 tor Of The Century. delivered his illus ] trated lecture upon Theodore Roose- knowledge of Colonel Roosevelt. sev- 1 eral of whose books he published
 The lecture was richly illustrated
 with lse slides, in color and from snap
 snoes ana cartoons. which touched l every side of the career of this re- l markable American
 l Principal H. A. TirreIl introduced the speaker. referring to the privilege the | hearing the lecturer. who had already
 twice before favored them in a sirni- ReesevsIt-American.
 . .n ms opening sentences MT. Ells- worth which asked who is the hannv Warrlor' declaring him to be the man who in real life hath wrought unon theusht the Plan thnt sn1,,x D,:sssd his boyish fitted this description. the happy war rlor, the fighter, who overcame all the haadieaps of poor health. a deli cate, cate body. short sight. difficulty in bnDIu bis life speaa,ng Eaa and who really built his boyfsh thought" And 6rst of s11 l he was an American. He filled many omces. did many things. but nothing oS soon vas as 1ls 1n as,sr dmsrlcsnism It is too place in history. but 1t Is not impos- sioie as the years go by that Theo- dore Roosevelt will loom large. per naps eventually to become the third which no country has produced Washington. Lincoln and Roosevelt.
 MT. Ellsworth took up the early years of Rcesevelt's life from his ear5h in a New York Oct. a7. 1858. at wart Lincoln republican and southern mother. whose s-rnpat thtes remained always with her own people .hrough the days of the Civil war. Theodore said Of his father that he was the best man he ever knew com biriEg strength with gentleness. ten derness and unselfishness. bringing up hts boys to understand that the same clean living was required of them as or the girls. Young Roosevelt was |. great render, particularly interest cd in nature studies. A new world opened to him when he found he was nearsighted and put on spectacIes. He ieafhad to box from an ex-prize fight CT when he realized how helpless h., was after two rugged Maine boys had whipped him on trip to Moosehead lake Upon entering Harvard at the age of eighteen, as member of a good New Yosk. family it was easy Tor him to make the best clubs but he was democratic and started a club of his own. He practiced rife shoot
 
 the movement for track meets between Yale and Harvard and introduced the skipping rope as form of exercise to strengthen the back of ones legs Be- fore he left Harvard & doctor told him ne had heart trouble. From that day he made 1t his business to become e vigorous man. He knew he wanted to9 De man who did things; he had his
 and he wanted to emulate them | R sII*h za'
 ring politics in New York as a republican, he was elected to the as semhly and became one of the chief political figures In the state- floor leader of the republicans. helping Gro yer Cleveland. the independent demo- cratic governor. in all his good works He believed that there was one thing college men should take u2 as good American citizens, the work of sell government. Next came his work in June 1884. in the republican eenven- ton for the nomination of saater Ed munds against Blaine, but Blaine won.
 Roosevelt stuck 10 his party. dis pleasing friends and foes alike by re- fusing to support Cleveland. Just at this time his wife-his first wife day. In grief and loneliness, Roose- yeit fled to the great west and found solaee in the vigorous life of the ranchman and hunter.
 Giving very many interesting incl dents Of this period of Roosegelts life, Mir Ellsworth passed on to the pe- riods when he was civil service com missioner fer six years. police com with the help of Jacob A. Riis and ethern he cleaned cut the rettenness there. and assistant seeretary Of the navy. when he began to do what he for emergencies "Ths shots that hit are the shots that count" he said, and he get from congress a million and 6 quarter dollars fer rife prac- American navy was ready; Reose- Teft's eaeeer with the regiment ofl Rough Riders that he led up San Juan Hill made the subject of many inter esting pictures and much comment by the speaker in the eourEe of the fec- ture.
 Next eame ResssTaIt.s peried as governor Of the state of New York of which a 'rarsmans senator once said. "Tha gsverr ar's sot the best scheme ever see in politics. He just plays the honesty Rams and it works ike a charm"
 A nunsbsr of pictures were shown of Roosevelt on his speaking tours. was belief iR his cause, said Mfr. Eiis- 1 worth. No man has originated more l telling phrases. It Is easy to recall | some; the big stick. the sauaEs asal Bedlaza, nature fRh.r, muck rasSers, ! neiIycoddie. the strenuous life, hyphe- l mated Ameriearts. undesirable citizens, pussy footing, weasel words.
 Roosevelt had been vice president | but six months when he was called to 1 the presidency hy the assassination of Mckinley, but he had been in his new office only few months when the na- tioa felt the impulse of master hand at the helm While he was president 1 he set ea foot practically every meas 1 ure for the betternent of the Iaboring classes, men. women and children that Bryan had proposed. The trouble with Gernaany over Venezuela, differences with England over the Alaskan boun- | dary, and troubles in Morocco were all successfully settled. At the end of three and one-har years Of serving McKinley.s unexpired term. Roosevelt was elected president by the greatest majority any candidate had ever re- ceived. The lecturer referred to Roosevelts habit. after every tremendous fight for good government, of turning his back l completely on the fray. like the pro to "a wi L.