The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-09
Tribute Paid to Washington by
Him in Memorial Talk.
After Shrine Is Dedicated He Is
Presented With Honor.
MUCH PRAISE FOR PRINCETON
President States One HOnOred
Should Strive the More.
Traditions Of University Are
Proud Ones, He Declares.


Princeton. June president Hard
ing reached here at 1 p. m. to dedi-
cate the Princeton battle monument
after travelling across country by
motor from Somerville, n. J., with his
party.
Behind a squadron OF cavalry. and
over a road flanked by artillery de-
Hvering the twenty-one gun presi-
dental salute. the president was taken
directly to the monument speaking
stand.
Bayard Stockton. a descendant Of
declaration Of independence signer.
pulled away a great flag which draped
the Macmonnies sculptor commemor-
ating George Washington's exploits IN
leading the continental army IN the
Princeton Trenton campaign against
There were other brief preliminaries
in the dedication ceremony. At their
conclusion. President Harding swung
straight into his address, an apprecla-
ton Of the genius Of Washington,
which he said has reached the high
est of its brilliancy in action"
A quiet throng in the open air on
the Princeton inn grounds, heard the
presidents words.
Washington an Exception.
In the New Jersey campaign
Washington, faced with disaster and
remembering defeat" the president
Of crossing the Delaware for marching
and lighting. and surprises and vic
tories. which in the end won the rev.
olution.
IN New Jersey" the president de-
cIared, washington inspired his army
and the country behind him by
demonstration that the American
1evies could win battles against pro-
1essicnal sOldiery.
Battles have seldom decided the
fates of peoples" the president OBJ
served. but Washington's Jersey ex-
ploits stood as an exception to the
The crowd rushed forward to the
monument base for the opportunity of
shaking the presidents hands as he
concluded.
gagement at the home of DR.. Bayard
Stockton in Princeton, where he pre-
pared for the reception OF an honor
AIRY degree from Princeton university. |
Cited by Dean West Of Princeton |
law school as a seeker for truth, a |
solver Of complicated difficulties and |
2 man OF Immense patience and self |
effacing modesty," President Harding |
was today awarded an honorary |
Princeton degree OF doctor OF laws
Princeton. June s.-Praise for
Pruceton's part in the world war and /
in all previous wars of the United |
States, as well as for her achieve |
ments thru her sons in the paths of j
peace, was voiced by President Hard |
ing today in an address in connection |
with his receiving an honorary degree /
from the university. Mr.. Harding |
spoke in part as follows:
"One who possesses even a general /
familiarity with the contributions of /
Princeton to the establishment. the i
fortification and the sturdy upholding i
OF our national institutions, must |
surely be pardoned a full measure of 1
pride in being chosen to receive the |
= FgWf ion ErfoTH N~Ia e.
upon me. If there be misgiving as to /
the merit Of service in the past. sure
ly this distinction must inspire it's re-
cipient to redoubled effort to prove /
worthy of it.
Witherspoon Expressed It.
For me. the real picture of Prince
ton of those revolutionary days is the
one that conjures itself around the !
figure Of old John Wftherspoon stout,
Scotch Presbyterian divine. scholar,
teacher, author. preacher, president OF
Princeton. rebel by nature, patriot by 1
choice: member OF the continental /
congress, counsellor to the fathers of
state. signer OF the declaration and un-
relenting fighter in the cause of inde-
pendence- Under such leadership. /
small wonder that Princeton played a
great and gallant part producing
young men who were equally resource
fui and uncompromising.
wise men have always been wont
to tuumine the uncertain paths of the L
future with the beacons of experience
shining from out the past. So Il IL
that men that have been called to the
responsibility of large affairs, should
come now and then to the academic
precinct to refresh their spirits; to
take on for a little time the hues of
your atmosphere, the cast Of your
thought, the inquiring quality of your
mind. and the calm deliberation of
your judgments
ITO our universities we must turn. |
in hope and trust that they will give
TO the future men of the discipline
the unselfishness. the straight vision
and clear understanding needfuI in
coping with the complex problems
which that future surely holds for
them
Youth Holds the Key.
y remember reading somewhere IN
the letters Of a distinguished British
public man who was in touch with
American sentiment during the revo-
luton, a delightfully."- naive complaint
that the insurgency might have been
suppressed readily enough by rigorous
measures. but for the malevolent in !
Nuence OF the ardent young whiEs {
who made up almost the entire /
student bodies of the colleges
The colleges OF those early times
We're already headquarters and dis
pensaries of patriotic enthusiasm and |,
tney have remained such. They have +,
sent out their sons by the thousand
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