The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20

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WILL PRESIDENT HADLEY PRA c.
TICE WHAT HE PREACHESf
(Boson transcript
President Hadiey Of Yale has called for
social ostraoism Of men In high places In
the Industrial and commercial world who
have become rich BY immoral. II not
criminal. means. It is gratifying to lind
President HALEY speaking out % prompt
| ly and 30 hoidly rs he has In his recent
addresses before the New York Chamber
Of Commerce, before the American Econ-
omic Association, and at the last convo-
cation OF tho University Of Chicago. IL
already is apparent that just % We looked
to Eliot of Harvard In the past for radical
and courageous utterances on the subject
Of education, 90 In the future We may
look to Hadlsy Of Yale for radical and
courageoas utternnces on the economic
issues OF the DAY; ana IL Is needless to
add that such fact Is Of great signiti--
oouoc W tno hatiVht 40 Woh oe W Ao'o
University.
Bot the te,t Of President Hadley's fibrs
will come when ons Of these men in high
places, whom he knows Is q plunderer Of
society, offers to add TO the endowment Of
Yale University. Will he then do what
90 many other college presidents are
doing; accept the immoral money,
gair ed by immoral msthods. and save
bis conscience by thinking that the uu-
morality Of the money obltterates tho I'm
u orality Of Its aoquisitionf II he does,
then he will have failsd to exert the So
| cisl ostracism he pleads for. In way
that would be crushing to tho hopes Of
many srasping aspirant for social posi-
tion anc public honor. Once the presi-
dents Of our co leges and administrator
Of our missionary societies take the posi-.
tion that they will not permit men judi
oially proved guilty Of srson, murder,
theft, usury, bribery, and the like, to pay
on the soci,ty debts, build their dormi-
tories, endow their proiessorships, and
there will be o stiffsning up oCthe moral
/ dbre Of the immunity In those which
now look to educators and clergyDen far
! moral leadership, and lind them fabby
As It 10 at present, the blind are led by
1t requires discrimination and courage
for college prssi tents and trust3es TO do
this work, that needs 10 he done-to to
surs IL does, but 90 does every other high
service to society, and pursuance of tbs
course might for q time cripple the work
| OF worlty Institutions. Bus the moral
gain 10 the institution and to society
would greatly outweigh tbs fiscal loss
and the financial income In the srd
| mighs be quite rs large owing to the
renewed confidence and gifts Of the many
who are now alierstsd. Harvard, with
II IA. . 4 t. L. R~x,s -
donors, has . tar more Gelf-respecting
teocrd than some Of the institutions
whoee Golfers have been made rich by
gifts, far In excess Of that amount, from
single donors. Nth shady regulations.
Many an ecclesiastical or philanthroIic 10
society still in Debt Ii better on 90 shan
II It had closed the year with all Its
bills paid-by . franchiss-gratbs or
| ck-inhater and mAnipuiAtor.
| 1t will be both encouraging and absorb
ingly interesting to learn that some day
the following letter has issued from the
otfi CT Of the ofnoisls of Yale University:
e., -, lsO).
"Nsw Haven, Conn.,, -.
"Mr. -. U. .. Society;
"In response to your offer Of $500. 900
with which to build structure which
might serve as centre Tor this depart.
nent Of economics, s1oielosy and ethics,
the trustees OF Yale U University feel oon
strained to reply that 1t will bs impoai-
BILE TO accept your offer, for reasons which
are appended: (a) Testimony reoent y
taken by congressional vestiRWtins (
committee seem to show conolusi veiy
that you give preference to shipperr,
and particularly to those corporations or
combinations which are known to be ie
sorting to illegal practices In securing
monopoly. (b) One year ago testimony
taken by the courts Of - showed that
agents OF yours brioed six Of the aldermen
Of that city to vote for franchises in
which you we're interested. II at sDy
| time after ycu have successfully c'ta' ei
ycur reputation In this matter you cara
| to renew your offer to the university, Its
officials, we have no doubt will be glad
| to hear from you. But under the circu,n-
stances We do not deem 1t proper to ger
NIT you to become identified In my way
with the life of an institution which ID
| supposed to stand. and does stand. We
believe. for the ethics of the New Testa-
ment and for the conservation of law.
Yours respectfully:
| g. -p
OF course the donor would see to 1t
| when he made his offer that the world
knew Of 1t. and Of course the officials
| would In turn have to inform the society
! why they rejected the offer. Can any
| one doubt that few nstaucies like the
im aginary one described above would
ARREST the thought" Of the men who now
think that they can salvs their oonsoien-
oes by generous gifts to worthy osuses,
and still continue tfeir peculstions on a
large scale Nor Is to be doubted that II
some of our larger and wealthier insritu-
tions took this attitude, 1t weuld give
| courage to the trustees and presidents OF
the smaller Institutions Of the country,
| who feel intensely the pressure OF the
com petition and the grip OF the temptation
to get money where they can from what
/ soever source.
| II "reform by social stigma" is to be-
| gin, let 1t begin In high places. among
leaders Of ethical thought. President
Hadley, before he has been president very
long, will have q very practical oppor-
tunity to practise what he breaches.
GEORGE PERRY NORRIS
HENRY HARDING'S WILL.