The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-10
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. June 9.-President Francis l.
Patton Of Princeton University. Princeton.
n. J.. preached the baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class in Alexander Hall to-
day. He laid particular stress upon the
business situation at the threshold Of the
Twentieth Century. and said in this con-
nectiOn:
Life is going to be hard. Those not
born with fortunes will find 1t very difficult
to make them, and those who succeed will
be few. Let us not set our hearts on
wealth. because we will he disappointed.
THE time is not far of when 1t will be
dificult to put an advertisement upon any
commodity and say Of anything that We
eat or drink, or wear or use. this Is not
made by a trust" He had selected as his
text: And We will take your goodliest
young men and put them to work..
MY particular audience this morning."
declared Doctor Patton. 'fs composed of
college men who are entering upon the work
Of life. cannot fail to remember that these
college men are also standing upon the
threshold Of the new century. and the ques-
ton Of the relations OF these young men
and Of men similarly situated to these. I
think. Is OF some Importance.
II think they should understand the Pc
culiar environment In which they live. and
with which they are. as life goes on. to be-
come better and better acquainted.
Great Men Are Scarce.
This environment has many phases. and
want first to consider the intellectual sit
uation. 1t is hard to put your finger upon
the conspicuously great men now living.
There Is no Gladstone, no Tennyson. no
Browning no Darwin. and no sign of any
of them. We are living upon the great con-
ceps that great men have given US. Dar-
wins generalization has been big enough to
60 around the whole world Of biology. and
We are busy applying II to the various fields
of its application. And yet we must re-
member that the men of this age are liv-
ing upon a very high plane. Out in Denver
1 noticed that the Rock Mountains disap-
pointed; they did not look very high, but
was a mile up myself. And after all. the
level Is pretty high on which the average
man lives to-day, and It is q very extraordi-
nary sort Of a man who is going to rise so
far above his fellows as to be recognized AS
a conspicuously great man of the Twen-
tieth Century.
Morality and Progress.
Touching on religion. Doctor Patton OBJ
served that This Is the significant feature
of the times. The great concepts In science
and philosophy are religious and the great
trend of thought is toward the consumma-
ton Of the fundamental truths. 1t II hard
to find a materialist nowadays. and II Is
true we are not a. easily frightened by that
word We have come Into the place OF
other nations. We have stepped into their
steps so rapidly and have formed a place
among the great Powers Of the world.
but there II a moral issue involved;
great and perplexing moral questions
Tslking Peace and Fighting.
I'VE ask ourselves. when We See the ma
tions armed to the teeth and making war
upon weaker nations. whether We are liv-
ing in the Twentieth Century Of the Chris.
tian era We see that the nations foremost
in the service Of the Prince Of Peace are
not studying the things that make for peace
nor the things WhereWith they should edify
one another: but are studying the AsA>ss