Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-01
l. VALEDICTORLAN FOR
FAIR PLAY IN AMERICA
Presence of General Pershing, William A. Winston
81 Makes housing Address-Extols College Training
g and Declares Fearless Men Is Nations Need.

thanK, not yourself, but her whom
half You Will be the first to whom
We shall come for welcome when.
( ever we may have the good forum,
remember you us the best friend OUT
I class has had.
Arc Grateful to Faculty.
| To YOU. the faculty. it is not with
IN our power TO express the debt
| Of gratitude we owe. You cannoi
/ build. but must take IL as /; comes
good. bad and Indifferent. Your Jsst
! .uorts may come TO nothing through
the negligence OF. your pupils. Upon
You falls most OF the labor and but
little of the glory. Your remunrr
ton in worldly goods is but PIT
the, inward satisfaction OF work
well done and a life spent in the
service OF others; And for us YOU
/ have transccnded the functions of
edge: YOU have shown us It's anpli-
cation IN the outer world and nave
set up Hitting STANDARDS for our ~
turc guidance. Education is not so
much matter OF II concrete amount
OF knowledge as the habit OF doing;
he right thing. and for the cuitira-
;ion OF this habit in us we thank you
first of all.
And you. Colonel Nelly. nllins well
the most difficult and unpleasant pos
iiion on the post. that OF command
Il
asked 10 raise tho standard OF cf-
iicicncy in the corps. Your tirclcss
energy has kept the military depart
nent on the same high plane. that
Il has always been. ana Your inter
est in athletics has resulted il. the
complete attainment OF that thing
most dear Ia the hearts OF all cadets.
the victory OF our athletic teams
That you may continue rs yoa have
begun is our sinccrest wish
To you men Of the next first class.
the reward and the respons.b!l!ty
resultant from faithful service The
destiny OF the institute rests Ter a
year upon your shoulders-shoulln rs
capable Of bearing with case any
burden that may be placed upon
them. Warnings and cautions to YOU
arc unnecessary. You know tire task
that you viii measure ZIP 10 Il IN
every particular. But Just let me
give you one little tip. On January
!. 1921. let your enthusiasm Dc tenn
pcred with discretion. ana when the
day is safely past let "our ceiebra-
ton be Il prayer of thanksgiving for
that which YOU have left un ione.
Addresses IH:2 Class.
Glass or 1922, as tho second class
o: the coming year. NAV YOU be az
ready and as able to rssis: trc class
aid US. You have ~ now had the
time and the opportunity to become
imrued with all the Ideals OF your
school. You can forget the turmoil
OF T. year as third clnasrncl In your
h"w status rs upper classmcn. If
you have made the mistakes COM
mon TO the third class. let them end
with these first two years and set
Your eyes only on that time when
you yourselves will take charge of
affairs here. with the one end in
view OF being ht for the place YOU
Mean third classmen-to-6c. other
wise known as the class OF 1923.
Il ono word of mine could change
EiSoraer; that alone would mark me
for the Hall of Fame. But that word
has yet to be spoken. The best I
can hn no Inci ior you is to S Wish your class
another hnals comes. possibly sad
der. certainly wiser from the fnowl-
edge that comes only from export
And now for ourselves. classmates,
winch we have perjured our souls in
me past may have fallen through.
stamped approved" We have drawn
many pleasant pictures OF IT, No
more pennittes, no more drills. no
New Years morning. But nov we
can feel these petty annoyanccs fad
ing into insiEnificanc.. We realize
that they are nothing as compared
=
about 20 begin and only hope that
they have nttcd us 10 take II up
without trcmor or n Qualm. The
realization that we are leaving for
! he last time is just 4 little different
from what VIC anticipated Where
have we ever found friends who
would bear with our Weaknesses
stand hy us in time Of need, and
smile WITH us in victory. as have
our classmates? We are parting from
friends the like OF which W. shall
never NEE; again: We are breaking
ties made dear by long duration. wc
are closing n chapter in our lives
that vii! always he the most
treasured possession OF memory.
To our comrades in the classes
We are leaving behind. to this great
Institution and all it stands for. that
We have learned to love with an
affection that becomes deeper with
the passing years, to each other. be-
loved Classmates, we say from he
good luck. God bless Won