Evening star., 1940-01-05
Senator Glass Gets
Stirring Tribute al
Sweet Briar
Hopes Memorial Will
Teach Evils of Waste
And Extrovogonce
By CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star stan Correspondent.

SWEET BRIAR, Va, Jan. s.
Senator Carter Glass received here
last night on his 82d birthday an
honor rarely bestowed on the living.
A memorial to him was created in
his presence-a perpetual tribute
more fitting than marble, more i'm
pressive than scroll or tablet. He
saw Sweet Briar College establish
the Carter Glass Chair of Govern
ment, through which in future years
each generation of students will find
his name and his long career of
service to Virginia and the Nation a
fresh, vital force in the study Of
Americas past and present.
Notables in the councils of his
country and his State gathered on
mountain-girt campus, silvery with
snow, to honor the veteran Vir-
ginia statesman with a dinner and
a public meeting. Many others sent
kilograms. President Roosevelt got
Senator Glass on the telephone soon
after he arrived from Washington
by traR and wished him a happy
birthday and many more of them.
The Senator's colleague, Senator
Harry F. Byrd, delivering the prin-
cipal address, said the new profess
sorship would succeed because in
the hearts of millions of Americans
Senator Glass stands today as a
symbol of American patriotism and
American achievements; a states
man whose everyday work SYM
bolizes those things that have made
our country great, whose character,
appearing to have been carved out
of the unblemished granite of truth
and loyalty and sincerity, hates de-
ceit and detests lie-a private life
and public career which we may
proudly hold up for emulation and
tribute by our children and genera
tions to come seeking the ideal of
the highest American statesman
ship"
Deeply Moved by Tribute.
When the speechmaking had been
completed, before students and Wis
itors who crowded the college gym
nasium, Senator Glass, presented
with bound volume containing the
names of several hundred persons
who launched the endowment for
the chair of government with pledges
OF 100000 stepped forward. He
was deeply moved There were tears
IN his eyes. His voice was unsteady
as he began.
ut can't be expected" he said,
that I may find it possible this
evening to express my thanks and
appreciation for this demonstration.
Then his voice steadied and some
thing of the more familiar Glass
came back, touch of humor.
Il have learned tonight" he said,
for the first time in my life that
I am a great man. I never knew it
before, but must confess it's pleas
ant to be so assured"
Then out of his philosophy of
government came this: Il hope the
Chair of Government at Sweet Briar
will turn out to be q chair of sound
government, that Sweet Briar's
definition of sane and liberal action
may be observed by whoever is
selected to teach you charming
young women" And he added:
"Liberality with ones own money
Is regarded as great virtue. Waste
and extravaganza with other peoples
money regard as a great evil, and
hope your professor of government |
will observe these distinctions"
Receives an Ovation.
Then he sat down as the crowd |
cheered. The college Glee Club sang
The meeting was over, and the |
Senator went to his home in nearby
Lynchburg for a rest before return
ing to Washington.
Sharing in the tribute he received |
and glowing with pride at the honor |
accorded him was his sister, DR..
Meta Glass, president of Sweet Briar |
College. Speakers said she had made
Sweet Briar one of the outstanding
colleges of the country. Present also
were his four children and two other
sisters.
At the dinner in the school refec-
tory there was none gayer than the |
guest of honor. The Senator wore
his years lightly as he chatted with
friends, faculty and students. His
full dess included yellow-white rose
boutonniere.
OF his telephone conversation |
with the President, the Senator
said to newspapermen: HE called |
me up and wanted to wish me a
happy birthday. He said he hoped |
there would be many more to come,
to which I said hope there won't |
be-"
There was no formal program at
the dinner, but the master of cere-
monies, Dr. John Stewart Bryan,
president of the College of William
and Mary, read numerous messages
from notables who could not come.
Jesse Jones Sends Greeting.
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admins
traitor, who had been scheduled to
speak but was kept home by cold,
wired that Carter Glass "has carried
on the great tradition of Virginia,
a tradition which goes back to Co.
lonial days." adding that his politi-
cal creed is a broad liberalism
framed within the basic American
tradition"
Mrs. John Nance Garner tele-
graphed that the Vice President
wanted to convey his heartiest con-
gratulations, because he considered
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