New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
HIGH STANDARDS REQUIRED.
PRESIDENT HADLEY ADDRESSES CON
VOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO


Ters:ty OF Chicago held here to-day. These
meetings usually call forth great crowds Of the
friends and supporters of the university. but to-
day, with President Hadley Of Yale as the magnet
Studebaker Hall was packed with enthusiastic
thFong. numerically stronger than any gathered
on a similar occasion. President Harper intro
duced President Hadley. who delivered the convo-
cation address. 1t expected that President
Harper would announce gifts to the university ag
gregating 1866 co. but this matter was deferred
until after the delivery Of the convocation address
President Hadley said IN part:
An unusually we'll informed foreign critic Mr..
N MM1irhead has recently published the opinion that
ne s{andarq OF personal morality in America is de-
cidedly higher than in England. that Of com
OF political morality quite distinctly lower There
Is reason to think that in this view he represents
on both sides of the Atlantic. The causes for this
ethical standard which is applied in matters Of
something IN a peoples political condition TO whose
faifure ns dfc not II lqIy nbI SdIent me- raIer
than in individual character 1t indicates that We
the maintenance OF organized society as well as We
know what virtues are necessary 70 the harmonious
living OF individuals among their neighbors-
National politics has brought with it inequality
which the game Of life is played ~ GomPeIitige % t,t
ing has been supPlanted by the organized mn M1q,
strong traditions Of home rule. has become a
centralized nation. reaching out beyond rs old
than Itself
NEW REQUIREMENTS OF THE TIME
Under these circumstances it becomes impossible
egotstic morality which seemed sufficient for the
needs of a generation earlier. We can no longer
against abuse When industry has become 50 highly
organized that all production is centTadzed IN m te g
the sense that it was fifty years ago. that each
and that the community win hnd its work best
ana iuGT al re- a
as games where we have nothing 70 do but TO
aat IN be e s9ranc that his triumph is in line
with the best interests OF the community as d
What was once regarded as game has now be
ciden+aI sense In which the name trust ap
piled all large combinations OF capital put ID
OF lhe PJoc "LGd itai II 10 Ise rs Well or in at their
quarter Where competition is thus become a re-
sary inadequate unless il be made so strict as TO
Lorqld the gooa no aeS IhsII ,1, Of a+bf6s s
matter Of vital necessity for the American people
as an individual pursuing private business OF his
own, and with the right 10 resent the suggestion
workingren. and 70 the consumers that purchase
so-caned trust problem IS likely to De effective.
THE CODE OF POLITICAL ETHICS.
Until there IS fundamental reform in the code
Of political ethics which the community imposes
quateIy controlled than private ones. Nay, they
are likely be less adequately controlled,
because public official holding his power as tool
OF a ring. and acknowledging no allegiance 70
standards higher than those which have made
his organization successful. is rule, more
firmly intrenched in authority than the repre-
sentative of any private corporation however eX-
tensive or powerful. Until such change IS made
the =ociastic ideal OF reforming abuse OF prlVaLe
substitution Of public trust. Will De OUT
the substitution Of one set Of masters for another
II this difficulty felt in internal affairs where
those who suffer at any rate citizens and men
of action with the power to make their protests
heard. even where they cannot make their resist
sDce successful. much worse viii IL be IN dealing
with colonies and dependencies Under an Imperial
istfc policy our Government cannot remain what II
was II must grow either worse OF better. II can
not remain game in which the struggle for sue
cess Is far ass possible disassociated from the
moral sense Of the participants II will involve
either direct breach Of trust or direct accept
of trust.
our own experience with problems other than
these and the experience OF England with this par
ticuEar problem both warrant US in the Oeler that
we shall move toward better solution rather than
toward q
4 country which has IN manv Of its parts
passed in a single generation from :he laWiessness
Of frontier life the extreme Of Legality may
readily a generation more pass from a state
where conceptions Of public duty are bounded Dy
legality alone where they are inspired 1y a
moral obligation which will carry into the conduct
Of public affairs the principles and the sentiments
which we recognize as private ones.