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American never owes anything that he does not 

 seek to repay. The man who is content to go 

 through life owing his alma mater for an educa- 

 tion for which he has made no adequate return is 

 not true to the ideals of American citizenship. He 

 is in honor bound to make such return. He can 

 make it in but one way ; he can return what he owes 

 to his alma mater only by making his alma mater 

 proud of what he does in service rendered to his 

 fellow-men. That is the type of return we have 

 the right to expect of the University men in this 

 country. 



TO THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY AT OYSTER 

 BAY, N. Y., AUGUST 16, 1903 



Very Reverend Dean, Reverend Clergy, and you 



of the Holy Name Society: 



I count myself fortunate in having the chance 

 to say a word to you to-day; and at the outset let 

 me, Father Power, on behalf of my neighbors, your 

 congregation, welcome all your guests here to Oyster 

 Bay. I have a partial right to join in that welcome 

 myself, for it was my good fortune in the days of 

 Father Power's predecessor, Father Belford, to be 

 the first man to put down a small contribution for 

 the erection of your church here. I am particularly 

 glad to see such a society as this flourishing as your 

 society has flourished, because the future welfare 

 of our Nation depends upon the way in which we can 

 combine in our men in our young men decency 

 and strength. Just this morning when attending ser- 



