The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-06-26
Senator DoIliver Tells Northwest.
ern Graduates That Work
Brings Success.
DIVORCE YOUTH FROM RICHES
Best Things in Life. the Eloquent lowan
Saws, Come to Those Who Are
Forced to Toll.

pie are the only ones who have
any chance 10 the world. If you
have 100000 and a boy. keep
them out of each others society
as much as possible. 1t will be
better for the boy-and also bet
ter for the 800, 1000. Let the
boys fight the battle of life as
their fathers did. and let them
make their money in the same
way. A mans success arises
from the work he does"
This was the advice that Jona-
than p. Deliver, United States
senator for Iowa, gave the grad
uating class of Northwestern
university and the parents at the
commencement exercises in the
Auditorium. 1t came in the
course of an address in which he
attacked the theories of sociolo-
gists generally and declared that
everyone needed the spur of ne
cessity to accomplish anything
great.
Although he gave many in
stances in which the sons of poor
men have risen to positions of
greatness, Senator Deliver did
not forget to remind the gradu-
ates that there is a greatness
apart from wealth and high posi-
tion-that Of work thoroughly
and conscientiously done by those
who hold the minor places in the
world.
One great element of strength,
he thought, was the democracy
which enabled the poor boy to
have the same chances in getting
an education as rich mans son.
This led him to the central
thought in his address, success
measured by work.
"a mans success arises from
the work he does. and the Lord
arranged it well when he provi-
ded that only those work who
have to-" continued the senator.
There are those who make the
mistake of attempting to reform
society with the idea of getting
out the hardships that beset men
and women. They have formed
a school which attempts to eman-
cipate the poor. They believe
that to make the world fit to live
in We must dig up the institutions
of society by the roots and in
stall a new social regime.
I have no prejudice against
sociologists, but when we take
up this study we must be sure to
get the healthy article. We had
chair of applied christianity in
our college. We got the profes-
sor and the. endowment in the
same transaction. When we got
rid of the professor we had diff
Guilty in keeping the chair. That
is the kind of sociology to look
out for.
Our professor said you could
not lead a christian life if you
wanted to. We were all guilty
of what he called the complex
social crime" and the only way
out OF it was for everyone to
make an assignment, quit claim
of all our property to the gov
eminent, and wait around the
gilded dome of our capitol for an
occasional dividend, out of moth
ing much of anything.
''These people talk of a life
free from care and toll. | have
counted up those l know who
live that life. and they are all
dead. They talk of whole com.
munities which live that life. We
have them all on the Indian res
ervations. The law Of human
life is not law of repose or de-
liverance from anything. 1t is
law of work, law of service.
There is not a president of the
twenty six who have admins
tered in this country who has
not a background of poverty,
discipline and hard work. The
same is true with every great
business career.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF DeafnessEcaused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh