Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-02-24
PAY TRIBUTE TO
SOLDIER HEROES
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ball, baseball, football But Il was In
those sports that hundreds Of youne
Americans learned decentralization
discovered the value OF team work. AND
leadership in war today IS team work
Who won the war? The aviators, IN,
machine gunners. the artillery. the in
telligence department, the service OF
supply, the staff? Not one OF them
alone, they won it together by team
work. In the main the officers Of the
American army were college men and
ihey had learned how 10 play the game
Dn The athletic fields Of their respective
Institutions.
1T Is evident from your honor roll
hat Delaware College is not the least
lmong the institutions 10 which ihe
patton and the world owes an eyerlast-
ing debt Of gratitude.
But II is clear that the work Of the
colleges Is not finished with the muf-
ding OF the guns. The war brought a
hundred implications which must De
work out I'm the days that he inn
mediately ahead. In this little State our
own college must dedicate Itself 10
realizing all that democracy means for
is citizen body, and believe, through
The clear-visiOned llberality of the lec-
lslature and the generosity OF lndivid-
1als, your splendid Institution will al
Ways be a pioneer In the things That
make for The highest Americanism and
he best humanity"
Washington Still Lives.
Secretary OF State johnson. the last
speaker, said:
The rest is silence.
on occasions such as this, the Muse
OF History is wont TO remember aloud.
30 well 1t Is and fitting too that This
anniversary was chosen for this me
mortal. The spirit Of Washington still
lives. Though drenched with blood. he
IS not an Ideal, the myth OF colonial
tradition, but by the blood OF YOUR sons
"a living fact OF American life and in
situations Of today. Laying aside tbe
complexities OF the hour and the com
plications OF this, OF this new and stern
day, 1t is we'll and only simple Justice
mat we OF the present with the de-
mands OF stress. stop a moment, 70 pay
tribute to the past. peichance we may
eaten a word from those heroes Of "
terday and the spirit Of those Of today
and thus better carry on the work by
them Of yesterday conceived and ere
ated and by ours to-day defended. -
III understood Alright, the honor and
task assigned, is that /, as one Of the
rank and file. am asked 20 pay simple
tribute TO those Delaware sons, who
i'm this war have paid with their bodies
for their souls DESIRE With keen aD-
probation for the honor conferred and
strong sense Of responsibility involved,
YOU will agree that no words can pay
rightful tribute nor no phrase describe
your heart throb.
But proud am ! and you that Sons
or Delaware, by giving OF their time,
their thought, their energy, their life
and all, have kept sacred the heritage
OF the past For three long years.
whilst America stood at the Crossroads
Of Destiny, for three long, long, years,
proud in spirit and honor.
bowed TO knee, England, sturdy Anglo
Saxon standing but 20 the last stand;
France, gay art and liberty loving
France, bled white her fair fields
drenched with blood.
bling, ideals OF democracy trembling,
itself standing at bay
While the rights 90 live, stood in the
trench OF hell. clashing with the autOc-
racy OF men and material.
power seducing justice, brute force
raping mercy, ideas OF men numbering
ideals Of Gethsemane. murder blood
America stood dazed, waiting
For three years. the blood Of sons OF
Delaware ran hot and chill. During
those years Of honest desire for peace,
fear OF conservation, theories OF class
room and seminary, The youth OF the
students and alumni OF old Delaware
sensed with truer insight the spirit Of
the age anc the danger OF the onslaught.
To the young manhood OF the State and
Nation came the honor Of v0icius In
action, the call of God and history.
When at last the conscience Of America
was aroused students and sons OF Della
ware needed the call. They stood no
longer, but swung into line and leading
a nation, took the road 10 the right.
Proud her past. promising her future,
he pages OF the nations history In this