PRESIDENT HIBBEN'S SPEECH

The speech delivered last night by President John Grier Hibben of Princeton University is indicative of an encouraging tendency in American thought of the present day. The general title of the Godkin Lecture, "Free Government and the Duties of Free Citizenship" is a question of interest and importance to all citizens, and one upon which public opinion is ever inquiringly active. Any light which may be cast upon the point is welcome. In President Hibben's address we find the head of one great university placing his opinions on this vital matter before the members of another university. The institutions of higher learning should exercise a strong influence over the public mind in matters of public concern, and such an example of the cooperation of educational leaders presents an excellent omen for the future.

Regarding the incident from a more personal viewpoint, it acquires an especial significance for Princeton and Harvard. Temporarily sundered in competition on the athletic field, the two universities are still in harmonious intellectual accord. In the most fitting and proper of all ties, they are still firmly knit together. They are still side by side in their common aim of fulfilling the advance and enlightenment of the nation and the world.