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that s'the construction Of the de-
lenses OF peace In the minds Of
men Is the supreme task" to which
they must address themselves.
On another front, Mr.. Truman
pointed out the important part
that educational institutions must
play in equipping the citizens Of
this country to participate Ia It's
affairs.
He recalled that In an address
ct the Princeton sesquicentennial
celebration In 1896 President Grover
Cleveland declared it was up to the
institutions Of higher learning to
supply q constant stream Of
thoughtful, educated men" to the
body polite, and chided them for
their lack OF interest In this direc-
tion.
Task Still More Important.
That task is more important to-
day than at any previous time In
our national history" the President
declared, as he explained that the
attitude which President Cleveland
criticized vanished long ago"
Mr.. Truman said that an impor-
tant function Of universities Is to
train capable administrators for
Government, and he expressed the
conviction that with proper Coop
Grafton, training programs can be
formulated both on the job and on
the campus"
Reverting to a subject which he
frequently has discussed in this con-
nection, the President argued that
the salaries of Government execu-
tives must be raised, and career
service developed, to attract the right
type Of public servant.
/ President Truman's special train
pulled into the siding near the uni
versity at $50 am. after q three
hour run from Washington.
Greeted by DR.. Dodds.
There Mr.. Truman was greeted
by DR.. Harold w. Dodds, Princeton
president, his host today; Minot G.
Morgan, Mayor OF Princeton; Walter
E. Hope, chairman OF the Bicenten-
nial Committee, and Gov. Alfred Z.
Driscou of New Jersey.
With the President were Mrs.
Truman, Chief Justice Vinson, Gen.
Eisenhower and Admiral Leahy, his
own chief of staff. Admiral Nimitz
joined the party here.
After the greeting the party was
driven to the home of DR.. Dodds to
await the start of the ceremonies.
DR.. Dodds, discussing the role of
the American college of liberal arts,
declared:
"It will be great grain for educa-
tfon in America when all liberal
educators recognize that to be re-
spectacle an education need not be
useful and that blending of the
two sorts beyond what we have
yet achieved may be the best form
for large proportion of our youth.
"It Is our misfortune that we
have failed so sadly to- fuse the two
types in the interest of the thou
sands who would profit most from
proper combination of the voca-
tional and the liberal"
A true liberal education, Dodds
said, Should inspire, the student to
apply his education How it re-
lateS to the world about him, how
| it can be used, must also be made
clear to him."
Hoover Speaks ut Dinner.
Former President Hoover summed
up the accomplishments of what he
jokingly called "the terrible reac-
tionaries" and discounted "the evils
OF right-wing freedoms" at q dinner
last night for guests at the univer-
sity's bicentennial celebration.
Mr.. Hoover, speaking with good
natured irony, told more than 1,500
guests that in the past two centuries
"a God-fearing people under the
right wing system of freedoms have
built up quite plant and equipment
on this continent"
Possibly" Mr.. Hoover said, San
other theology could do it better in
the next 200 years. But I suggest
we had better continue to suffer the
evils of right-wing freedoms than to
die Of nostalgia"
This country, Mr.. Hoover said,
teens with millions of comfortable
farms and homes, cattle and hogs.
1t is equipped with railroads, power
plants, factories, highways, automo-
biles and death warnings. 1t is
studded with magnificent cities and
trafi1c jams.
Cites Other Accomplishments.
"The terrible reactionaries have
filled the land with legislatures, town
councils, a free press, orchestras,
bands, radios, jukeboxes and other
noises. 1t has a full complement Of
stadiums, ball players and college
yells.
Furthermore, they have sprinkled
the country with churches, labora-
tories, built 10000 900 schools and a
!, thousand institutions of higher
| learning.
And somehow, these right-wing
taxpayers are squeezing out the re-
sources which maintain a million
devoted teachers, a hundred thou
sand able professors, and the keep Of
these 100000 youngsters in col
leges and universities.
Viscount Alexander, who also
spoke, said that good neighborly
relations" between the United States
and Canada were based on "a respect
for each others interests and q
sense Of Justice"