Evening star., 1922-06-10
PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE.
Lauds Part of Princeton in Main
tanning American Liberty.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the hSSoCla teQ eFeSS.
PRINCETON. N. j.. June 1o.-Presl-
dent Harding was hailed as a man of
quiet courage" and immense patience
and self effacing modesty' in his policies
toward current and controversial po-
litical issues, by Dean West, who used
them in mention of the Presidents
stand against the veterans bonus and
his votes for anti-strike laws as
senator, as he recited the reasons
which induced Princeton University
to give the President an honorary de-
gree Of doctor Of laws yesterday.
The stimulus of an intent audience
caused President Harding to break
speech-making.
Before the Princeton student body.
stirred evidently by the high praise
of the citation of himself. he almost
disregarded preparations to lay down
some standards of valuation of men.
momentarily be in," he exclaimed,
"you can measure his standard Of
usefulness to America by the service
he renders the community In which he
resides.
Doctor"-the President turned to
Princeton-"I thank you for your
earnest wishes. I care not who one
is, IL he can only expend his power in
Righteousness, he shall not have lived
in vain. We can only ask God to let
US make our way in Righteousness.
our way religious. we'll be little bit
better for that
Praise for Princeton's part in the
world war and in all previous wars of
the United States. as well as for her
achievements through her sons in the
paths Of peace. was voiced by Presi
dent Harding.
Mr.. Harding spoke. in part. as fol-
lows:
THE memories of war and of Prince
toms glorious part in the achieve
ment and maintenance of American
liberties have ever been closely In
tertwined with the traditions Of her
splendid gifts to American scholar
ship, learning and intellectualism.
Inspiration In Honor.
zone who possesses even general
familiarity with the contributions Of
Princeton to the establishment, the
fortfica ton and the sturdy upholding
of our national institutions. must
surely be pardoned full measure Of
pride in being chosen to receive the
distinction you today are conferrlng
on me. Standing here. before the
background of those noble traditions
and eminent accomplishments in
which beats the heart and lives the
soul of the university. one cannot but
feel that to have deserved this one
ought to have served well indeed. II
there be misgiving as to the merit
Of service in the past. surely this dis.
tinction must inspire its recipient 10
redoubled effort to prove worthy of 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 Witherspoon. stout
Scotch Presbyterian divine, scholar.
teacher author. preacher. president of
Princeton, rebel by nature. patriot by
choice, member Of the Continental
Congress. counselor to the fathers OF
state. signer of the Declaration and
unrelenting fighter in the. cause of
Independence. Under such leadership,
small wonder that Princeton played
great and gallant part. producing
young men who were equally re-
scurceful and uncompromising in
place which they claimed for Prince
ton in patriotic service has been re-
tanned through all the generations
since.
Once College Of New Jersey.
1.-THE name of Princeton University
is, I we'll know, rich in association
and fne tradition to all its sons. Yet
I may confess that l ht. have e, always se vi,ys
title of College Of New Jersey. first
of that long list Of the state colleges
and universities which have given SO
much OF special character and quality
to collegiate institutions in this coun-
try. II one may think Of New Jersey
as the central battle-ground Of our
revolution. the Belgium of our strug-
gle for independence. so also may one
picture the Princeton Of that time as
the Louvain among the rising univer-
stiles Of the colonial epoch.
"Wise men have always been wont
to illumine the uncertain paths Of the
future with the beacons Of expert
ence shining from out the past. So 1t
is good that men who have been
called to the responsibilities Of large
affairs should como now and then to
these academic precincts, to refresh
their spirits. to take on for a little
time the hues Of your atmosphere, the
cast Of your thought, the inauiring
quality Of your mind and the calm
the rich and fruitful Intellectual soul
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