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Dedication of Ohio's World War Memorial 445

Dedication of Ohio's World War Memorial      445

 

closer relationships, they can now be put aside. The spirit of the

times has changed. The suggestion is offered stripped of details,

but in its larger aspect it carries no thought of physical or finan-

cial consolidations, no thought of interference, no abandonment

of individual activities.

May we not hope that in the very spirit of this meeting here

today, there will be shown the seed of united, unselfish, well-

ordered and systematic effort in "Cultivating the Field of Ohio

History," to the end that Ohio may reap by our hand an ever in-

creasing cultural harvest.

 

ADDRESS OF DR. ALEXANDER C. FLICK

In introducing the next speaker, Professor Siebert

said:

We are fortunate in being able to secure the presence of Dr.

Alexander C. Flick, from Albany, New York, who is Director of

the Division of Archives and History of New York State, who

will make the chief address of the morning on the subject, "The

State's Function in Promoting the Cultivation of its History."

Dr. Flickthen delivered with fine effect the following.

address:

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: --

Chauncey M. Depew in his reminiscences covering a period

of eighty years takes credit to himself for the observation: "Some

men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them, and

still others come from Ohio." I am proud of the fact that I may

claim membership in the third category. Ohio is my birthplace

as it is that of my father and mother. My grandparents, like

many of yours, came into this state on the great waves of immi-

gration from Virginia and Pennsylvania. Among my earliest

recollections are the heroic deeds and hardships of the pioneers

and their encounters with the red men, heard at the knee of my

great-grandmother, who came to Ohio when it was a wilderness

and before it was organized as a commonwealth. With these as-

sociations in my mind, it is a pleasure to address this Society on

such an auspicious occasion. I come from an older sister state

and such advice as I have to offer is both as a native of Ohio and

as an adopted son of New York.

The city of Boston, which played no small role in the early

colonization of Ohio, has the reputation of being a self-centered