Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-21
HONORS PA|O
70 PILGRIMS
Three Hundredth Anniver-
sary Of Their Landing
Celebrated.
DISTINGUISHED MEN
JOIN IN TRIBUTES
Grsat Britain and Holland Repre-
sentsd ia Asssmblass - Senator
lsdss Delivers Grafton, Citing PHI.
srim Fathers a. Grand Eampls ia
citizsnship and In Relieving Dis-
trsss Of Others.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Plymouth, Mass, Dec. 21.-On the
shore sof Plymouth bay where "the
breaking waves dashed high" when
the pilgrims set foot on Plymouth
Rock on Dec. 21. 1920, their descen-
dants Joined with other distinguished
men OF this generation In America.
Great Britain and Holland In observ-
ing today with due solemnity the ter
centenary OF their landing. The ora
tor was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
successor In representation in the
senate from Massachusetts, Of Daniel
Webster. who delivered the famous
plymouth oration'' at the two-hun-
dredth anniversary.
An address was delivered by Cow
ernor Calvin Coolidge, vice president
elect. and a poem, "1620-1s2o," was
read by Dean lie Baron r. Briggs. of
the faculty OF arts and sciences Of
Harvard University.
Hymns appropriate to the occasion
were sung, including Landing of the
Pilgrims" by Mrs. Felicia Hemans,
known to every American school boy
and girl for generations.
Set Grand Example.
Senator Lodge gave scholarly
outline of the pilgrims story, and in
drawing from it lesson for present
day America, he pointed out that
they set character first, sought to
give men freedom both in body and
mind and tried to reduce the sum
Of human misery"
IL vhatever our faith," he said,
whatever our belief in progress,
there can be no nohler purposes for
man than thus to deal with the only
sarth he knows and the fragment OF
time awarded him here While the
great republic Is true in heart and
deed to the memory Of the Pilgrims
OF Plymouth, 1t will take no deteri-
ment even from the hand OF time"
Dean Briggs Poetic Vision.
In stately measures Dean Briggs
sent forth the vision e1 the pilgrims
and their prayerful determination:
IL,
shall cherish:
Grant us thy covenant unchanging.
sure;
Earth shall decay; the armament
shall perish;
Freedom and truth, immortal, shall
endure"
The answer OF their descendants to
this challenge came in these words:
THE pilgrims faith. the yilgrims
courage, grant us:
"Still shines the truth that for the
pilgrims shone.
I'VE are his seed: nor life nor death
shall daunt us.
80 he port is freedom! Pilgrim heart
sail on!
Many Notabies Present.
Tie official party came from Bos-
ton on a special train and proceeded
Immediately to the Old Colony Thea
ter, where tho exercises were held. In
their num- cr, In addition to the
speakers of the day. were official
represents tives Of Great Britain and
Holland. several New England COVER
nors. members of the New England
judiciary, Senator Oscar Underwood,
OF Alabama and members of patriot
fc societies. including the Society Of
Descendants. The presi-
ing office. was Louis K. Liggett, of
Boston, Chairman If the Massachu-
setts Pilgrim torcentenary commits
sion. N
After the formal exercises the
guests of the Gay We're entertained
at luncheon. The remainder of the
day they gave over to i pilgrimage
to Plymouth Rock, tho Coles Hill
burying ground, and other parts of
the town Intimately connected with
the pilgrims history.
!. Lodge Scores might ~ Haxe-Been :
Senator Lodge touched upon "the
peevish, meaningless objection'' that
IL the great men Of history had not
accomplished the specific deeds at
tached to their names. somebody
else would have done all these
things" and continued:
"The might -have-beens' have no
claim to celebration. That which
alone is entitled to this high honor
is what was The actual deed and
the men who did the deed which
breaks the horizons level line,' not
those who did not do it, even if they
thought about it, deserve honor, rev.
erence and commemoration.
Can we then Justly place what
happened here at Plymouth and the
men and women to whom we owe the
great act In the small high class Of
decisive events due to the actual
doers of great deeds! Clearly. 1 think
we can. Jamestown and Plymouth
were the cornerstones Of the founda-
tions upon which the great fabric Of
the United States has been built up.
Laid Foundation for Empire.
Senator Lodge sketched briefly the
early struggles Of the pilgrims, and
went on:
TT fs clearer than anything else to
those who look into it with consid-
crate eyes that these men, the lead
ers especially, had a profound con-
seriousness that they were engaged in
q vastly greater task than establish
ing colony. They felt In the depths
Of their being that they were laying