Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-12
SENATOR LENROOT
THRILLS STUDENTS
OF DEL. UNIVERSITY
Advocated Respect for Law and
Order in Commencement
Address Today.
AGAINST SPECIAL PRIVILEGE

AGAINST SfeClAl fhtvIlE6E |
Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Newark. June l2.-"There can be
no stability TO our government, no
security FOR our people. unless we
shall be ohedient to and have respect
for the laws OF the land" declared
United States Senator Irvine l.. Len
root OF Wisconsin, In an address TO
the graduates OF tho University OF
Delaware at tho commencement ex-
cfcises held here today Senator
lenroot Also emphasized the import
ance OF fully Americanizing America
lie opposed special privileges ana
urged equal treatment Of all. He
spoke as follows:
Never has the word commence
ment." as applied to graduating ex-
ercises OF a college, been SO significant
as now. Graduation involves the be-
Eining OF new life. but today we
all-old and young. educated and un-
educated-are beginning new lie.
The greatest war in history has been
fought and the world will never be
the same again. Ii is being reborn,
but whether for better or worse the
future alone will reveal. Europe is
In chaos. Its people are torn with
hate and burning with jealousies that
bode III for the future. but whatever
may happen IN Europe. II is for us
TO resolve that America shall not fail
that not only shall the progress
already made be secure. but we shall
40 on climbing upward TO higher levels
OF justice and equity.
nf Nxh
charged with responsibility for govern
ment will soon pass away and our
places will be taken by the young men
and women with you now entering
from college into the great school of
life. The kind OF a government we
shall have twenty years from now
and the ideals and purposes OF our
people then depend upon you. j have
an abiding confidence that because OF
colleges like this and the true spirit
of patriotism which they are incul-
eating we shall have a better America
then than now.
Delaware is one Of the smallest
States of the Union. both in area and
population but 1t has most honor
able place in our history. Two out
standing events should I'LL every ma
tive of Delaware with pride-that of
being the first State TO ratify the
Federal Constitution and in the Civil
War, although a slave holding State,
she adhered 10 the Union and with her
meager population gave Lincoln nearly
fourteen thousand troops 10 help save
the Union.
! envy you young men and women
your future. The opportunities before
YOU for service, for true success In
LIE are unlimited We must determine
that out Of the great war in which
we have been engaged shall come a
new America. The great social and
economic problems confronting us
now must he met and solved, not from
the stand point OF any class or sec
t!on but from tho stand point OF the
nation What Is this America OF
ours? America does not consist of
mines and fields and factories. IL does
not consist Of towering buildings and
gigantic industries. America consists
OF living. breathing men and womer
and their throbbing hearts is America
What IL has been we know, what j
shall be is for them and their de
scendants 10 decide. But this l know
shat n America is TO endure i
must be n land where law and order
reign-where enlightened public opin
ION shall determine the laws-wher'
tho aspirations of the people shal
not be governed by wealth an'
greed. but the welfare Of all shall b'
the aim and purpose Of the individual
Responsibility TO America.
We have our responsibility L
America now and that is to uphold tn
best traditions Of our past, and d.
what we can TO make tomorrow bette
than toda y-not for some OF us bu
FOR all OF US. We must protect III
individual incentive and ambition @
men and ygomen 10 a wider degre
than in the past. Every man and wo
man must be given a chance to achiev
the best things in life. so that sue
cess or failure Will depend upon ther
alone. We must make OF America {
an ever increasing degree. Ian
where the highest ideals of man sha
fnd their full fruition. We must b
wise legislation protect every man /
every sphere. protect him in his il
dividual rights and In his propert.
and furnish incentive to every lau6
able ambition. knowledge Is powe
and IL used for selfish purposes alor
Il becomes an instrument OF OF
preston 10 ones fellows. Higher edl
cation should and nearly always doc
make a man better morally ar
spiritually II II does not do that
is a failure. A man may have a traine
mind: ne may have great ability. bl
unless he has with them characte
he is failure. The man who edvC
Gates a rule OF conduct for other
but does not practice II himself is
hypocrite. We fad men in polite
sometimes who seldom practice VIII,
they preach. In this reconstructio
period and in the years before l