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Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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so far as its use is concerned. Do you know, it would not be of any concern to the railway that I serve, to ask me how much I know. They ask, "What does he do? What Is the cost of operation? How much does it cost to keep a loco- motive in repair per thousand ton miles, or per engine mile"• Then they make comparison with other roads, and if the comparison does not show up well, they say, "Well, I guess Quayle is getting old, I guess we will have to put him over." Then I go down the toboggan, you know, quite easily done. I want to tell you that old men can be young, and young men can be old in their thought and old in their action, and I appeal to you, young men, students of this university, that when you go out from this school, not only that you will have a pride that you graduated from this university, but thatyou will make everybody proud that you have graduated from tMs university by what you are doing every day, I have a splendid high regard for Dr. Goss. When I used to know him many years ago, he was just "Professor* Goss, now he is "Dr*. Goss, and he has well earned the title. He is a man whom we can trust, and, young men, think of that, can we trust you? everything. How about it? Character is Let that be the first fundamental, and build up on it grandly.Then when you go out from this place every~ body will say, "Well, he has been under proper instruction, and he has character and he has education, he has all the facilities necessary to make a splendid man in hie line, 119
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