Show V K 0 al SE ewt if wf lift 3 tl S Y C 41 W SUCCESS r yf or DAY f 1 BBB acri sty society then sang p i n i the oriff of the U F X chief hiu bill then intro deduced educed charles W Alade anderson riou of r 81 alki yok W orator of the day M bmw oi other things mr anderson akk bi rismo ajr ir Caudr man to humble part in the il and ceremonies of 61 the day feel diffident and unea unequal ual j i bu e ask usk did I 1 not reflect that after 4 au the success 0 of f this occa not depend upon any dis aclo dogu ence it is not by or the lack of it it is 4 bouy logic or the absence of it 4 y wisdom or the reverse ZU eglof kf ez that such an oc e sahto his ato be justified or d et the presence ereon ere of men from every aia walk ak of V of if the pulpit and men of awu pg h men of every religious k and political pi cal complexion corn alexion young men standing on lifes threshold fe with its ts stern stem realities all before f them ahem middle aged men in the plentitude of their powers and in full po possession assion of their faculties old kiei men w with i ith the frosts of many winters upon their heads have gathered here today with a common de sato ire to make public recognition of the manifold obligations to grod god and man which rest upon us all and ancl all alike in making the responsibilities i RZ R irk Z ties of american citizenship thus you yon will see that the oc oa mt cipf RL casion casion itself is its greatest grelite st feature and d its grandest success this gathering of free fm american citizens forgetful of their social racial and political differences and mindful y only of their common interest in if E whit whatever ever makes for liberty justice jt j t and christianity is a more eloquent s commemorative oration than any which could fall from the lips of man an cla v 71 OP OF Tol UMESS X 1 1 t I sometimes feel that we as a r face do not fully appreciate the importance jm in of industrial education iveel T feel that the day is near at hand when the physical apparatus of iv civi civilization will play a larger part g ia inthe the progress of the world than it ehas Jat hitherto herto done in other words aap believe that the great in 7 victories are in the future AIR band not in the past we have r q flone much and wrought many acles but the miracles are but bat evidence possible powers rather z af than ther high tide marks of devel in my mind the of physical and scientific are limitless and beyond bud the compass of human con caption tian look at iron alone see nabat has been bee n done with it in in the effir iiii fifty years see what houam yon are anle able to do with it here in Tenn tennessee essm fa irsom it we are made things dainty and frings dangerous carriages aud and cannon spatula and a spade p ade sword and P pen wheel a axle and rail jail as as screw file and saw it is around the hull of ships and aed into tower and steeple it is springs s g twisted into rope and s sharpened into ze needles edles it is is ti i atoa a we web finer by corn com hii t the ae gossmer of the Borni Tig the bed of the tica out the I 1 iday te 0 of europe the today A alib R this variety of ase Us has bee been fadeout made out of ahe stab groet I 1 ru t I 1 I 1 V Y I 1 sovereign agn a aid ic scientific c cherek em w 3 to it ging t races closer together ans and arteries ea which ca A po states do to al ef eacle S race aa with the i hopes SM y and vs aadi ys M irp W faia 10 4 ff y S i W alty itoiz me Mages i tr if t arr S i tt 19 f rea i altaf Ao S a WA 9 WA W A 1 ARM t or nh 4 ff 51 6 t i 3 MK M 4 01 aa 0 03 W xit M 5 w I 1 V 1 N 5 aiila z a cal 4 z a ac aa e P ya n ra F cs LOP r atsa t p ri y 04 now itkis lt A L tauf si 9 as 4 1 y alii sm ie awe 7 ary ys w s rc telegraph egray and M spreading dine the pulsations of t their mighty bearta to the ao palls of the world there they stand with rith their echoing martsoff marts of trade their stately spires of worship and their magnificent ent institutions institution of learning as tree free as the encircling air as inde pendent as the soaring eagle and more powerful than the roman empire when in the plentitude of her power all of this has been accomplished since the energies of menbere men were unfettered thus it may be said that both races started al most simul simultaneously on their careers to fulfil fulfill the destiny of oe this great country among the countries i of the world and as we started together substantially we must end together we started with most unequal equipment to be sure and under conditions as far apart as the sky from this pavilion but we h have a ve marched to the same music and in the same direction ever since with varying fortunes and unequal steps but with no steps backward until today we are able to ree recognize in in each other and be recognized by all mankind as equals in our attach ment to the land the laws the institutions and the flag of our common country the responsibility now rests upon you to improve each minute of your lives in fitting yourselves for a wiser better and worthier discharge of the obligations of american citizenship you mav be constrained to ask what shall we do or with Archi of old exclaim give me where to stand and I 1 will ill move the world let me advise you to STAND YOU A EL the place act well your part and you shall have accomplished all that is expected of you my friends a country like ours is not governed by law lar or courts of justice or judges however wise or puissant it is governed by public sentiment once poison it and courts are impotent and judges powerless therefore we are responsible each and all of us according to our talents and influence for the public sentiment of the day if it is ia healthy and just it is we who have made it so if it I 1 is unhealthy and unjust it is we who have made it or permitted it to lo become so and what is this all powerful but imperceptible entity this potent influence which controls presidents cabinets congresses courts judges juries junes the press and I 1 regret to say it the pulpit what is public sentiment or public oam opinion ion it is is the multiplied accumulated cumulated A opinion of all the people every word spoken or written by man or woman goes to make up this great stream of public opinion just as every drop of dew or water goes to make up that mighty river which divides this imperial continent and turns the spindles of the ten thousand factories which hug its shores hence we are all responsible for our contribution to the public opinion of the day whether our contribution he be a raindrop or a niagara we are am responsible for what we say and what we lea leave unsaid for what we do and what we leave u undone n done for what we write and what is unwritten we are am responsible for the errors we have committed and for those we have taken no part pact in overthrowing so whether we realize it or not we are consciously or unconsciously intentionally 0 or r unintentionally anally directly or indirectly according to aur our opportunities and our influence responsible for the public sentiment which se ge cul cures or deprives every citizen of his rights and of the opportunity ty for the highest intellectual and industrial du development 1 I I know that it is sometimes said that we have done very little be that as it may thirty years is but im briet brief time compared combar ed with the centuries im UL which norman saxon eidl and dane have leen been fusing into the english tace race and yet jet we SOMETHING t s great names ate are counted something ta show when great deeds aias vre are told at M the same time ohm L D te you yott aciz aita ZA down and L bailor wa ilor alie e mi ae ivi an jot k come a afao ho waits z f P ut it it tot fai y f SOL CL r AU ltv ME 4 m aua i us 64 40 P 91 A MIF M IF r 21 Z |