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394 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE January 17 As a Christmas greeting an honored Mem a high hat, and summoned all his ebbing it be possible, let this cup pass from me." ber of the House sent to her constituents strength for a dignified impression. One But soon he was hanging dead on two and to her hosts of friends across the Nation who was there relates that after apologizing crossed beams of wood. Yet that, too, passed words written in the 16th century by St. for his initial emotion, he fired up and spoke into the most radiant glory of the ages Teresa of Avila, "Let nothing disturb thee; like an implacable Old Testament prophet. the Reign of the Risen, over whom death let nothing dismay thee: all things pass; Here exactly are his closing words, "I can has no dominion. And so-- God never changes. Patience attains all it not refrain from saying just one word more. I am not one of those who have the least When some great sorrow, like a mighty strives for. He who has God finds he lacks river, nothing; God alone sutftces." anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. That we shall prevail is Flows through your life with peace destroy In a thousand troubled eras, when the ing power. hearts of men turned to water in them for as utterly sure as that God reigns." Wood row Wilson's valedictory to his countrymen And dearest things are swept from sight fear, always the dark clouds have been big forever with promise of a new epoch, of larger was virtually "This, too, shall pass." · Always upon the desk of the late Arthur H. Say to your hei;i,rt each trying hour: This prospects, and new hope. In no generation too shall pass. has the future belonged to the blatant and Vandenberg was that quartette of mono syllables. For him that desk motto was a For no' night 'is eternal, and however dark the spectacular. They pass. the hour, morning is on tlie way. Three months before he died, Woodrow constant reminder that the day's shouting Wilson, broken in body but with head un headlines are likely to make a noise all out The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bowed, on Armistice Day, greeted a group of of proportion to their importance. When question is on agreeing to the pending faithful followers who had gathered in front close associates asked about those. words on his desk which were "This, too, shall pass," resolution. of the new home on S Street to which he The resolution <S. Res. 254) was had come from the White House. The recent the Senator explained that they reminded death in that same house of his widow who him that it is well to' remember that both unanimously agreed to. stood by his side so heroical:ly has turned criticism and praise are transient phenom back the leaves of history to those days. ena of public otftce, and that by keeping Before her death she deeded that house to those four words in mind the twin dangers ADJOURNMENT the Nation as a memorial to her great hus of deep depression because of hostility, and band. On that Armistice Day of 1923 some of excessive exultation because of praise may _Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, as a even knelt on the pavement. In response be avoided. · further mark of respect to the memory to the pleadings of these friends the stricken When the end of this public servant's pil of the deceased Senator, I move that grimage was nearing, it was mine to sit by war President, with the aid of a cane, dragged his side as he trod the Via Dolorosa of his the Senate do now adjourn. himself to the door. How his appearance dear companion's translation, and at his re The motion was unanimously agreed had changed since the day he strode con quest to conduct her funeral service. In to; and <at 6 o'clock and 7 minutes p.mJ fidently down the center aisle of the Senate, those dark hours we talked together of that the Senate adjourned until tomorrow bringing the huge text of the Treaty of Ver Holy One who, in the shadowed garden with Thursday, January 18, 1962, at 12 o'clock sa~lles. For this last appearance he wore the red cup in his hand cried, "Father, if meridian. EXTE·NSIONS OF R"EMARKS. Testimonial by Senator Dodd to the Very leadership that will influence, for good or I have always felt a debt of gratitude to for 111, the .mental growth and th~ ap the Dominicans who taught here and who Reverend Vincent C. Dore, O.P. proach toward life of thousands of young by their example and by their precept opened students. And it means a new impact, for to me and to so many others a vision of EXTENSION OF REMARKS better or worse, upon the intellectual and what life ought to be and what it can be. academic life of our Nation. OF One cannot be among the Dominicans Happily those of us who know of Father without feeling again the influence of the Vincent Dore are confident that his influ two greatest figures of the Dominican Or HON. JOHN 0. PASTORE ence will be for the good and his impact for OF RHODE ISLAND der. And in reflecting upon them, it seems the better. to me that they, and the order they served, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Father Dore is in himself an embodiment offer the answer to the terrible challenge of the ideal of the "whole man" .which true Wednesday, January 17, 1962 that faces 20th century man. education seeks . to develop. As an athlete, St. Thomas Aquinas showed us the phi Mr. PASTORE. Mr. President, on as a student, as a man, as a teacher, as an losophy and the system of logic by which we October 22, 1961, the Providence College administrator, as a civic figure and above all, can seek and find the truth. His teachings Alumni Association conducted a testi as a spiritual leader, he has left upon all remain the basic guides not only in theology monial dinn.er in Providence, R.I., in things he has touched the mark of his zeal, and philosophy but in economic, social and his character and his great ability. political questions. honor of the Very Reverend Vincent C. Those of us who love Providence College Dore, O.P., the seventh president of and who are concerned with its welfare were St. Dominic demonstrated for us the zeal Providence College. cheered and heartened to hear of Father for conversion which the Western World The principal speaker at this testi Dore's appointment as the new president. must find again if it is to overcome the new We confidently look forward to his adminis barbarism·that threatens to engulf it. monial dinner was the junior Senator And the Dominican Order itself offers to from Connecticut, the Honorable tration as a period of unparalleled growth . and achievement. the free world the tools which it desper THOMAS J. DODD, ·a graduate of Provi- . Father Dore follows in the footsteps of ately needs: the true intellectual and moral dence College in the class of 1930. some remarkable men. It was my privilege life and the passion for propagating it. Senator Donn's address was truly mag to know and to regard as friends two presi A vast and crucial struggle is raging across nificent and I ask unanimous consent dents of Providence College. I well remem the earth between freedom and com..--nunism. to have a copy of" his remarks printed ber Father Lorenzo McCarthy, who built a At bottom, this is a continuation of the tradition of intellectual excellence here and ~ncient conflict between civilization and in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. It was barbarism and between good and evil. truly a most deserving tribute to one of left a heritage in the hearts and minds of the students o:rthat time which continues to Some people find it naive and unsophisti the country's outstanding educators. bear fruit. And all of us revere the memory cated to describe this world struggle in There being no objection, the address of Father Robert Slavin. He maintained and terms of good and evil but the more I see of was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, improved academic standards here. He led it the more I am convinced that at bottom as follows: the way to a great physical growth so that this is a moral struggle. REMARKS OF SENATOR THOMAS J. DODD AT THE an improved curriculum could be made avail The con'ftict is more critical today than TESTIMONIAL DINNER IN HONOR OF THE able to more and more students. Through e\f'er before. For in the new barbarism of VERY REVEREND VINCENT C. DORE, SHERATON his writings and his lectures, he made an the Communists, the force of evil has at its BILTMORE HOTEL, PROVIDENCE, R.I., SUNDAY, ever broadening range of people aware of disposal enormous resources that. it has not OCTOBER 22, 1961 and interested in Providence College. had before; a fantastic capacity for organi For those who are returning to Providence There is something about the inaugura College after some absence, this event evokes zation, a gigantic apparatus of terror and tion of a new college president that makes the deepest sentiment. Certainly it has propaganda, a perverted zeal, a false but it a significant event in the lives of many greatly affected me.