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T37 WHITE HoUsE, . WASHINGTON Dec 30 I . . , . , go . MY DEAR MR. VROOMANI 3 I wish I could be present at the dinner of the Holland Society. Naturally, I take a particular interest in it, but it simply is not possible for me to make another engage- ment of any kind this Winter. With hearty good Wishes, and expressing my regret that am not with my ' Fellow-Dutchmen' of New York on this occasion, I am faithfully yours, THEODORE RoosEvELT. MR. VRQOOMANZ I propose three old-fashioned American cheers for the sp1endid,fsoldierly, strenu- ous American citizen, of Holland ancestry, the President of the United States, Theodore Roose- velt. Are you ready? A I ' fThree long, loud cheers vvere here given for President Rooseveltj. p I PRESIDENT! When' I Was a boy the history of Holland had not been Written in English, land I knevv little of the land of my forefathers. The heroes of my youth Were Scotland's William Wallace and others of that ilk, and the -I.' Scotch people have been very near to my heart ever since. I am very glad that We have, as our first speaker to-night, a Scotchman by birth, although he has been' here so long that perhaps he has forgotten that he Was ever anything elSG than an American. CLcmghter.D I have 'VGYY gfeat pleasure in introducing to you the Reverend Doctor George C. Lorimer, Who will respond to the toast: HOLLAND-OUR ALLY IN THE REVOLUTION-A A little country with a great heart. QLong -apjJlause.j
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136 It is gratifying to know how highly this new historian is regarded by our City Superintendent of Schools. By his cooperation all the public schools of the city were brought into activity to make the work known and to have it circulated not only through the schools but through the homes of all the teachers and scholars. Fortunately, wicked Tammany was no longer in power, so that no suspicion of graft could attach to anybody connected with this use of our public schools for private gain! Let me conclude by saying that one clause of our constitution contemplates the publication by this Society, when the materials have been gath- ered, of a M emorfial H fistory of the Dutch in Amer- ica, wherein will be set forth the part belonging to that element in the growth and development of American character, institutions, and progress. Mpplaasej THE PRESIDENT: Let us rise and drink the lirst regular toast of the evening, which is: THE P-RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,- OUR FELLOW MEMBER. ' For'us, the best is not too good, p g CLoudi applausej C THE. PRESIDENT: The Chairman of our Dinner Committee will read a letter he has received. lHefC .COIQ John W. Vrooman read a letter from the President of the United States, as follows:j
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