354 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



Jane Jones she honestly said it was so ! 

 Mehbe he did — 

 I dunno ! 

 ' course that may be, but then you must allow 

 They ain't no land to discover jest now. 



Discoveries are new, but ideas are old. Scipio, B. C. 

 202, turned the tide on Hannibal by carrying the war into 

 Africa. This was not new. A hundred years before 

 that Agathocles, the Greek, in a like manner saved Syra- 

 cuse by carrying the war into Africa. Cortez, in 1513, 

 landed on the coast of Mexico and placed himself in a 

 position where he must succeed by burning his ships ; the 

 same Agathocles burned his ships on the coast of Africa 

 1700 years before. Physical discoveries are new; ideas 

 are old. 



William Penn's colony was founded upon the doctrines 

 of peace. Abbe Raynal (in his history of the Indies) 

 says : "Pensylvania is defended on the east by the ocean, 

 on the north by New York and New Jersey, on the south 

 by Virginia and Maryland, on the west by the Indians; 

 on all sides by its friends; and within by the virtue of 

 its inhabitants. ' ' You will observe that he says that it is 

 defended both within and without, but it took the of- 

 fensive nowhere and in no direction. 



It is not well known, but it is nevertheless true that the 

 first written constitution ever framed was prepared by 

 William Penn for his new colony; a colony founded on 

 peace and just dealings to all. The doctrine of peace on 

 earth and good mil to all men is one of the first prin- 

 ciples taught in this school. While West Point and 

 Annapolis turn out soldiers and. sailors, Penn College is 

 turning out apostles of peace. 



Penn College has already been heard from in distant 

 places, at home and abroad; your president, Mr. Rosen- 

 berger, will soon be a reminder of this institution at 



