IN MEMORY OF THADDEUS STEVENS

Just one hundred years ago Thaddeus Stevens graduated from Dartmouth College. It was therefore most appropriate that the class graduating a century later should recognize its illustrious predecessor. This the class of 1914 has done most fittingly in the following resolutions:

In view of the fact that;—

The class of 1914 of Dartmouth College, desiring to perpetuate the ancient traditions of the college, and to recall the names of her illustrious dead, observe, with thoughtful interest, a centenary of the graduation of Thaddeus Stevens;

In view of the fact that;—

To few of the sons of the college have come such renown and such powerful influence in national affairs, as came to this great commoner;

In view of the fact that:—

He strove earnestly in order that the blessing of education might be conferred upon every son of his commonwealth, in order that the poorest child in its humblest home might be prepared to act well his part in the land of free men; that he courted no higher ambition than to have it written upon his tomb that he had striven to ameliorate the condition of the lowly and the downtrodden of every race and color; that it was the constant aim of his public life so to construct his government that the foot of the slave might never again tread the soil- of the Republic;

In view of the fact that;—

In his devotion to the cause of democracy as he saw it, in his forceful and able leadership in practical affairs, and in the unflinching dedication of his abilities to the welfare of the nation, he was the true embodiment of the traditions of Dartmouth College;

Be it therefore resolved that;

We, the class of 1914, believing that there should be a suitable recognition of his loyalty to the country and of the fulfillment in his life of the traditions of Dartmouth, do hereby in his honor adopt this memorial.