The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-05

being just little late, and then takes
an additional five minutes of the
teachers time in giving explanations,
or excuses as to why he was late.
$50 from every point of view, the
person who has learned to be on time
lis the one who has learned to be
ahead Of time / repeat, for the sake
of emphasis, You will find that the
i only way to be on time is to get into
the habit of being ahead of time, and
you will find that if you will only
learn that lesson, here is the begin
ming of your school career, it will not
only help you to get happiness out
of your stay here, but it will be of
supreme value to you whenever you
may go. [ urge with emphasis, with
all the emphasis that I can command,
| this advice, that each student, if he
gets nothing else here, if he fails to
pass his examinations in books, In ev-
lerything else-tha he learn the habit
of being prompt in the performance
Of all duties.
Another lesson which is equally
fundamental and equally far-reach-
ing and in very large measure, the
test Of civilization, the test, In a
very large measure, between barbar-
ism and civilization, between educa-
ton and ignorance-is the ability to
obey orders unquestioningly when
given by the proper authority.
"Now the ignorant person, you
will find, thinks it disgrace to obey
an order given by another. If you
will study governments, states or
countries, you will find that where
the very highest degree of civiliza-
ton exists, there You will find that
the very highest regard for authority
and the quickest and most unques-
tioning obedience for authority-that
| is proper authority. You have gone
far in civilization, when you have
| learned that this is, in the first place,
no disgrace to obey in the second
place, where you can consider 1t an
honor to obey an order. l dwell upon
this thought because | want every
student here to get it firmly fixed in
his mind, that to obey an order COM
ing from any source, whether that
source be from a teacher Or a stu
dent, it is not a disgrace, but, on the
other hand indicative Of the possibil-
tiles of the very highest culture and
civilizations Now this is one of the
important lessons that each student
must learn, one Of the lessons for
every people to learn, that it is no
disgrace to obey. You never disgrace
yourselves by obeying an order, you
always disgrace yourselves by dis
obedience of a proper order.
Every person, no matter how
high his authority, has to obey, some
! one else. Every individual, no mat
ter how high his authority, is respon-
sible to some higher authority. [ am
under the authority of the Trustees
Of this Institution, and whenever
they ask me or even suggest that [
should persue a certain course, it
is always my privilege to let them
know that in obedience to their wish,
to their request, I carry out their or
ders unquestioningly and [ never
think it is disgrace obey them !;
I delight to obey them. The trustees
themselves are not free. They are
the servants Of public opinion, and
that public opinion holds over them
a sway, a control that is just as far
reaching as any other sourse Of au-
thority SO every individual, trus-
tee, principal, teacher, student-all
of us is under authority, and just
in proportion as We learn that it is
not a sign of disgrace to obey and
in that same proportion will we be
making progress.
"Now these two points / have
scarcely touched upon, but I men
ton them tonight because they are
fundamental, far reaching, and so
much of your future career depends
upon them, that / coulud not fail to
ask You to go away from Chapel
tongiht thinking about these two
elements of promptness and
unquestioning obedience-and you
will find that if you carry out in
your daily career, the ideas that I
have attempted to impress upon you
that you will ge happiness and sat
isfaction that you have never before
enjoyed in any relation of your life. -
1t is hardly necessary to state that
tho fnremninn address WAS enthusiasts