The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28
RESPONSE FOR
REPRESENTATIVES
President Henry c. King. Oberiin
College

Il lutUt flulOUlUSs
II is a pleasure on behalf Of the
delegates here present and the insti-
tutions they represent, TO make an
swer to the welcome given by Pro-
lessor Raine and by yourself, Mr..
Chairman. 7 can assure Professor
Raine that however short our stay,
IL will be a good while, and ! may
speak. perhaps. not only on behalf
Of these institutions and their dele
gates but on behalf Of those many
friends that the President to be in
augurated today has left behind him
in his other fields Of work, and per-
haps 7 may, with special fitness. ask
to bring a word from his recent
colleagues at Oberlin. The exercise to-
day only Yields one more Of those
strong personal links that bind Ober-
lin and Berea. I am not sure that we
are not getting, at Oberlin, so that we
should feel aggrieved IL you chose a
though I have to admit that tried
to persuade the trustees that II was
not wise TO take President Hutchins.
His former colleagues are not wholly
reconciled yet, but they are trying
to look pleasant.
On behalf of these delegates and
the institutions they represent; on be-
half Of the circle Of friends your
President has elsewhere made: and
on behalf especially Of the Oberlin
group, I bring in the first place. Mr..
President. very hearty word Of con-
graduation to your predecessor, who
has thrown his life with a passion
Of devotion not often matched, into
this Institution. who has today the
pleasure Of seeing this work handed
on TO a man whom he can absolutely
trust and can be sure that the best
that he himself has brought here
can be permanently preserved.
bring congratulations to the
Board Of Trustees Of Berea College.
When there is such a dearth Of Pres
idential material all over the coun-
try, think the Berea Trustees can
well be rejoiced that they have found
man so splendidly equipped for the
great work which here he undertakes;
and when, after awhile, they have
forgotten those rash promises that
YOU would be relieved from all fnan-
cial responsibility and have stopped
lying awake nights but have turned
comfortably over, saying, "Well,
President Hutchins will see to it,
II is then they are TO be congratu-
lated that they have one adequate
to the task even Of that size.
And ! bring a word Of congratu-
lation to the Faculty of Berea Col
lege, sure as they may be Of the coun-
siderate and delightful personal fell
lowship which they are to have all
through the years Of this administra-
ton with the man called now to
their head.
I congratulate not less the student
body of Berea College, knowing very
well how steady a stream of inspira-
ton you shall find in the man whom
you will gladly honor as your Presi-
dent in all the years Of your stay
here. And ! congratulate not less
the alumni and former students Of
Berea College that the Trustees have
found leader to whom to the last
man they can rely with whole
hearted devotion. And the whole
College Of Berea I congratulate be-
cause IL has a man who can both
knowingly and honestly present the
cause of the College. Somebody
ought somewhere, Mr.. President, al
ways to warn a new college president
that the besetting sin Of a college
president is supposed TO be lyingl
I congratulate finally, Mr.. Presi-
dent, yourself, that you have come
irto a work in which you can lose
yourself with 10Y, a work so splen-
didly worth doing.
With this word Of congratulation
may bring a single word from these
delegates OF best wishes for all this
new administration, that there raay
be that fine quality of work and
solid growth in IL that shall make
this institution worthy Of the in
scription that ! sometimes wish might
be over all our colleges as indicat-
ing the spirit that might be in IL;
mental and spiritual fellowship
among men; mental and spiritual in
dependence on the part of the in
This ! may hope for
Berea College in this new admin
istration. !