The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-24
BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS
DELIVERED YESTERDAY BY PRES.
 HADLEY OF YALE.
To the Graduating Glasses of the Uni- versity-Reforence Made to the Death of MT. Hay-Large Commencement Congregation was Present.


 of NIT. Hay-Large Commencement | Congregation was Present.
 President Arthur Twining Hadley, O | Yale university, delivered the baccalau crate address to the members of tho graduating class of the university yes
 commencement congregation. Every
 seat in the chapel was occupied, the
 audience being divided about equally between visitors and students, and the
 assemblage was typical one. The
 members of the senior classes were IT
 their caps and gowns, and occupied
 seats in the center of the chapel, the
 members of the academic department
 taking up the first twenty pews. Nearly all the out-of- town guests were there and they assembled in front of the doors of the chapel as early as 10 o'clock so that they might get a good seat.
 President Hadley referred briefly to the tragic death of Adelbert Hay, a member of the class of 1898, and 1t was evident that the news of this shocking occurrence was still fresh in the minds of every one in the chapel. The gay and cordial spirit of the visitors and students which is noticeable after the services was lacking yesterday.
 Baccalaureate Sunday is the only Sunday in the year in which the seniors make their deep bow to the president as he passes through the center aisle on his WAY from the chapel, and yes- terday morning the usual custom was followed.
 The address of President Hadley was as follows:
 we are members one of another"
 Three hundred years ago the man who left college to go out into active life found a wide range of careers open before him. No social barriers or con- ventional restraints restricted his choice between good and evil. If he were bent on nothing higher than per- sonal pleasure and adventure, he might turn buccaneer and sail for the Spanish main on a career of piracy; or he might become a soldier of fortune, and engaged himself for year after year In wars which, as then conducted, were little better than pratical; or he might attach himself to the fortunes of some great man, whose followers one another in a career of absolute ease. Any and all of these evil things he could do without for feiting his hope of what the world call ed success.
 If, on the other hand, he desired to live life of usefulness to his fellow men, whether as minister, as states man, or as scientific discover, he as the risks--and serious risks they were-of ending his life in exile or in He took hs choice be- tween selfshness without penalty and without reward. This choice, If 1t did not irrevocably fix his character as man. at any rate went lar toward determining it. He was face o face with parting of the ways; a decision as to his life's purposes which vas clearly defined, and which when ,nce made was not easily recalled.
 To-day the case is far different. The ,ollege graduate now enters a life where the choice between selfish and ambitions between good and vii careers, is not thus sharply mark d. We live in a world where the man vho would be successful in serving | himself must at the same time be oc | upied in serving others. We no long ! r respect the pirate, the libertine, or , he soldier of fortune. The careers yhich appeal to ambitious men are ca eers of large public service, whatever nay have been the underlying motive ,ith which such service was rendered. he successful engineer is the man who uilds bridges that will carry traffic nd designs machines that will do .ork for the million. The successful hysician Is the man who has proved is power to heal disease, The success Il minister is the one who can reach le wants of thousands that hear him. he successful business man is he who as proved his ability to provide the asses with the things that they need Y an efficient grasp of new and pro- -essive methods. Even In those ca CTS where the temptations of selfish sss are greatest, the necessity of this lblic service still remains manifest. 1e highest ambition of the lawyer can realized only by him who lives to nserve the social structure instead of ,dernining it. The highest honor as political leader falls only to the man ho has been loyal to his associates Id to his ideals. The fact that we have been able to cure this degree of coincidence be- .eeh selfishness and unselfishness Is l p most important characteristic of ,dern civilization. That we have ased to respect the robber and to ' rn the minister Is a. central historic ,t which shows that we have ad- ! need beyond the savage state. The in in scientific knowledge and mate I comfort whlchis sometimes thought a constitute the essence of civilization hardly more than an incident conse- 0 ence of this development of Ideas. u This civilized public sentiment is a r 'eauard against all unbridled license takes away from every one of us the " mutation to pursue those careers ich a few centuries ago were re- u .ded as the most natural occupations a a gentleman But in thus protecting u against the grosser forms of temp VI ion. it exposes us to new and more ] VI ,tle dangers. The very fact that the ! | cessfrl man must do so much for | s' CTS leads many of our younger men think that they can trust to selfish o1 bition as an underlying principle of n' their activity and in their profess ol nal relations allows them to blunt o1 SC finer principles of honor which ti
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