356 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



the statesman or the orator merely shows what has been 

 laid up in the preparation of the past. Importunities 

 hasten opportunities; inspiration and suggestion go hand 

 in hand, but after all, no preparation is ever lost. The 

 training of the mind even in languages and sciences that 

 you may never use, fits it for other successful efforts, and 

 the colleges that are spoken of sometimes as learned seats 

 of athletic exercise fit the body for the struggle of the 

 future. 



Penn Day has come and will annually recur ; we all look 

 forward with pleasant anticipation to the continued suc- 

 cess of this institution, which today raises the flag of the 

 United States upon its campus. 



