The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-27
YALE GRADUATES
OPEN GALA WEEK
President HadIey Delivers BaC-
CsiauFeate Address.
ON DEVOTION TO CIVIL DUTY
WARNS YOUNG MEN AGAINST
SELFISH INDIFFERENCE.

New Haven June 26.-Yale's com
mencement week was formally opened
today when President a. y. Hadley de-
lyered the address in Wooisey han.
Present Hadley after reviewing the
tendencies of the times, said that faith
inspiration for the better things and
enthusiastic devotion make "a nation
really great he continued
eff wealth and dominion follow as
result of faith and enthusiasm, they
are good But ii wealth and dominion
are made a primary object, and are
trusted as source OF national
strength instead of it's consequence or
evidence. they provoke a false reliance
Ana fl is am unfortunate fact that very
few nations have achieved wealth OF
dominion without suffering loss of faith
and enthusiasm and remaining with
the empty husk Of greatness az the
very moment when they deemed them
selves most powerful.
There are two PHILOSOPHERS or life
which are offered Go as i'm place OF the
religion of our fathers-0ue which lays
stress on the natural impulses as SUI
rerior iu authority go the dictates OF a
conventional morality the other which
looks Co enlightened seIfEhness as the
means by which mankind is to De de-
liyercd from uuendiug restraints or
traditions. believe that each of these
-f-Hiiusophies are erroneous. That the
ono means n reversiou towards savag-
rr The other degeneration toward
social weakness.
Primal Instincts Of Mankind.
There is I'll school of writer's like lola
OF d'Anuunzio, which lays great stress
OLA what fl calls the primal instincts
OF mankind These writer's think that
man remains sat bottom an animal,
moved hy animal Impulses and pas
siOus- that 10 feel these passions
strongly is "a sign of strength, and that
90 have them under complete control is
AN Indication OF weakness.
These animal passions have their
phase lU life, They may often serve as
Impulses I'D civilization. But this fact
does rot one NntL ubaLe The necessity
that these -1fUEz should Doe controlled
bE sCWg strong lorce residing within
the man which shall make him the
master oi these impulses. and not their
slave 20 is of u0 purpose t0. dignity
rhese passions by the name of primal
instinct.
OuT chief danger comes from the
other quarteTs-from trusting 10 the
work OF reason in places where we are
impegiecrig prepared Tor its operations
Most or us are $50 constituted ana
trained tha- the ge.aTati0U of discipline
viii NOT leave us al the mercy Of blind
passion. bu- ir may leave us at the
mercy of AN almost equally blind spirit
or selfish calculation
Selhshuess Basis of Social Ills.
After saying that to make human
scIdshuess the fundamental standard
OF right conduct i5 as disastrous as the
attempt 90 make our unchecked animal
instincts the standard of right con-
duct he continued.
Almost every evii-poii-iCaL social
or C0mmercial-Which constitutes "a SCI
Ii0us menace to the permanent pros
Dgrity of our country can be traced di-
rcCuy % our tolerant acceptance of
selnshuess as basis of morality.
do not be blind 10 this truth. that
be you have MO higher motive than your
own personal interest it means that
your soul is Tor safe IF the price is
made sucidisntiy high. IL is Tor YOU 60
show iu your lives THAI the honor OF
gentleman is NOT for sale, the faith
of a Christian something more than an
empty form of speech.
Gentlemen of the graduating class,
the really Fundamental thing i'm "a mans
life is his choice of religion Two re-
iigious are today struggling FOR the
mastery There is the religion Of Mann
mon. whose dominant purpose IS sell
fshuess and whose creed is indifference
IN moral considerations except so far
as they may De regarded as iustru-
wruts of Individual advancement
There IS the religion OF God, whose
purpose r. service and whose creed is
loyalty to something larger than your
selves"
He closed with a plea that men lead
Christian lives.