262 JOHN CASPER BRANNER 
who spoke more directly and sincerely from his own experiences 
and personality. 
“In an address at the Centennial of his boyhood’s school — 
Maury Academy at Dandridge, Tennessee—are passages such 
as these: Tn those times we boys used to have codes of honor 
that were not without interest and'not without their uses. These 
codes had some features that were foolish and childish enough, 
but they also had this which has probably not been improved upon: 
“A gentleman must honor women, and he must never lie, cheat, 
or steal.” I leave it to any fair-minded person to say whether or 
not boys who have such a code, and who try faithfully to live up 
to it, have in them the stuff out of which fine men ought to be 
made.” \ 
“ ‘Whatever success I have made in this world I attribute to a 
desire that has always been strong in me to help everyone who 
needs my help.” “Another statement I must ask you to accept 
on faith is that I never in my life gave or intend to give advice 
to others that I do not regard as being for the best interests of 
those to whom given.” And in this same address, • pleading for 
free opportunities for education of the young men and women, 
he says: 
“ ‘If you would have your sons and daughters honor and bless 
your memory after you ar^ gone, help them up — up into the 
clearer light, where they can see and feel aright and appreciate 
fully the efforts you make for them. There will be your great 
reward. You cannot lead your children to think ill of you by 
educating them, but if you educate them not, they may feel jus¬ 
tified in thinking ill of you, and if out of unworthy motives you 
fail to do your duty by your children, there is reserved for you a 
hell whose horrors have never yet been told.” 
“A very dominant ideal of Doctor Branner was his concept and 
practice of loyalty. In an address to the students of Stanford in 
1908, he took ‘Loyalty’ for his subject. It is a well formulated 
expression of the self-respecting and consistent loyalty that marked 
his relation to institutions and to associates. Space permits of 
but brief quotations: 
“ ‘Without making any fine distinctions, I start with the prop¬ 
osition that loyalty is the most valuable attainment, if we may call 
it an attainment, or a most valuable trait of character, if that is a 
