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university to express their loyalty and affection, and to revive old
memories. I think you do that sort of thing better here than we do
in England. We are endeavouring now at Oxford, by means of the Oxford Society,
to provide lasting contacts between graduates, and you have
done that in America for many generations.

I am told that besides expressing my gratitude to you I
must say a few words. What am I to talk about? Not public
affairs , for a governor-general has no views but must keep himself
virginally aloof from politics. He represent his King, and it is a
primary maxim of English law that the King can do no wrong, and
therefore he - and his representative - cannot be politicians. And I am not going to talk the
usual platitudes about how closely related the United States and the
British Empire are, and what good friends they should be. I believe
most profoundly in that friendship, but don't let's get self conscious
about it. Don't let's be pulling up the plant to see how the roots
are getting on. I think the best way for Americans and Britons to
understand each other is not by analysing their feelings, but by doing
things together. I would suggest especially going fishing.

And I am certainly not going to weary you with any talk
about education, though it is a matter very close to my heart, and
as the Chancellor of a great Scottish University I have many views
on the subject. But I should like to be allowed to say one thing
which is a sincere confession of faith. You will hear foolish people
today say that our youth is declining in quality, and that
it is losing the enterprise and the pioneering zest of its fathers.
I believe that to be wholly untrue. I believe that youth, so