Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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It is not the history of great achievements that it is absolutely essential that the foundation of Knowledge must be laid within palatial walls of learning. Railroad managers and eduoators must be broad enough to grasp the situation as it is. They must not depreciate learning acquired in other than conventional ways; they must assimilate the theoretical and technical with the practical and the superficial. All the technical knowledge of the world cannot grasp a critical situation to prevent an impending railroad accident. The most learned professors cannot naviThe unlearned wireless oper- gate a ship across the seas. ator becomes the most important human being among scholars, scientists, statesmen and business experts, in an emergency at sea. In conclusion, in fear of being misunderstood as depreciating the value of special and technical knowledge, I desire to reiterate the sentiment that I have previously expressed. To those who devote themselves to the work of imparting such knowledge, we as railroad men, owe a deep sense of gratitude. The specialist in railroad work is doubly welcome as the field is broad and practically unfurrowed. We must depend upon the technical graduate for the substantial and permanent betterment of our transportation facilities. As citizens of this State, we must take a great I
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