Newark post., 1919-06-11
TOWER SCHOOL HEAD
ADDRESSES COMMUN-
ITY MEETING
Urges Acceptance of Response
bilities of Reconstruction

Reverend Frank Herson read the
Scripture lesson and Reverend W. j.
Rowan gave the invocation at the SER
vice last Sunday morning. Music
was provided by Madden's Orchestra
and the singing, led by Earle Ewing,
a member of the graduating class at
Delaware College. DR.. S. G. Mitchell
presided.
A stirring address on Our Part IN
Present Day Americanism' was de-
livered by DR.. John Davis skilton'
head master of Tower School, Will
mington.
He told in humorous vein of pre-
.vious visits to Newark, one wholly
involuntary, when the conductor fall
ed to wake him in Wilmington and
one most delightful, when he was
the guest of faculty and students.
He gave unstinted. praise to John
Fiske, one of Delaware's worthy sons
and expressed the wish that he might
be alive at this critical period to give
to America the benefit of his pro-
found knowledge of history and econ
omics.
He reviewed the glories of Della
ware, her admirable part in the war,
particularly in the manufacture of
munitions and in the generous re-
sponse to calls for financial aid and
investment, and the patriotic attitude
of her people.
Reviewing pre-war opinion with re-
gard to breaking the peace of the
world, he expressed the situation WV
idly: "The world had been at work
carefully building a fire proof house,
but storing it withal full of most ex-
plosive materials, which, together
with the structure in which it was
stored, went off like skyrocket when
the match was applied
He told humorously Of General But,
ler's idea of loading a boat with pow.
der and sending it against the de-
fences of Fort Fisher with no effect
save of Lincoln't facetious remark
that it was probably as easy a way as
any fexploding Buffers idea. Il
likewise took the most prodigious up
heaval of all time to explode the opin
ions that war would be impossible.
"But," he continued, whereas Gen
eral Buffers plan produced only ;
stupendous noise, it required long
agonizing years of woe to make u
know that much of what we regarded
as wisdom was the veriest nonsense
The perfection of implements Of war
the deadliness o ftheir action, tn
cost of carrying on campaigns did no
deter any of the combatants from put
ting forth their most strenuous effort
and exerting their powers to the ful
that their own particular side of tn
controversy should be upheld trium
phantly, and the peoples of the cart
buckled on their armor for the dura
ton of the war, they pledged thei
support of every kind to the end, b
the length of the contest what
might.
And now the champions of what w
regard as the right stand forth erec
in the full proud consciousness of vic
tory attained. Brain and Drawn an
treasure, together with consecrate
endeavor, have brought the consun
nation so grandly sought. But, ar
we not, all of us, somewhat bewildel
ed at the stupendous consequences ir
volved in our triumph"
Referring to the strides which tn
world is making and the impossibi
ity of applying lessons of the past
some world problems, he said, "durin
million or two years, every genera
ton in turn had toiled with endles
agony to attain and apply power, a
the while betraying the deepest alarl
and horror at the power they create'
The teacher of 1900, if foohardy, mu:
stimulate; if foolish, must resist;
intelligent, must balance, as wise ar
foolish have often tried to do fro
the beginning; but the forces wou
continue to educate, and the mir
would continue to react. All the te;
cher could hope was to teach it rea
tion."
How the Problems May be. Approach
ed.
We may approach our problem
after the manner of the cynic, wi
finds that civilization has broke
down completely; we may view Il
situation through the lenses of nj
who discovers that Christianity h
failed miserably; We may, in shol
look upon the whole course OF mu
dane affairs as headed straight I
disaster and destruction. There a
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