Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-22
TALKED TO STUDENTS
Presidents Addresses at
Clark and Holy Cross,
IN WORCESTER, MASS.
AWARDED DEGREE OF LID. AT
FORMER INSTITUTION.
Enthusiastic Receptions Despite Rain
fall, Which Marred the Days Ex-
ercises-Inspiration in Remarks.

at Holy Cross and Clark University at
worcester, Mass. yesterday, and the lat
Ter institution conferred upon him the
honorary degree Of LID. At Clark Uni
| versity the President took occasion to
pay tribute to Carroll D. Wright, presi-
dent OF the college, as well as to the late
United States Senator George Frisbfe
| Hoar At Holy Cross he addressed large
body of people on the athletic field. many
OF whom stood in the rain a canvas shell
ter erected there being insufficient to
cover the crowd.
AT the home of Congressman lockwood
| doar the President had luncheon, and he
departed soon afterward for williams
town, where today he is to be given de-
gree by Williams College.
Continuing his speech at Clark College
| exercises at Worcester yesterday after
noon, after The Stars report closed Pres
ioent Roosevelt said:
The greatest problem before our peo-
pie. as before every modern people, is the
problem Of getting Justice as between
| man and man, and this especially in in
| dustrial matters, so that the man who
works with his bands and the man who
with head and hands shall get on better
together, each giving justice to the other.
and each having sympathy and regard
Tor the other FOR even justice can be ad-
mlnistered In manner which leaves you
with the heartiest dislike for the person
who administers 1t.
The first duty of each one Of you here
IS to carry your own weight-to carry
yourselves You are not going to be able
to do anything for anyone else until you
can support yourselves and those de-
pendent upon you / do not want to see
you develop that kind of idealsm which
makes you filled with vague thoughts of
beneficence for mankind and an awful
drawback to your immediate families
fnh WA live fy, {,
world, do not think it Is all the best pos
sible world, and I hope shall have an
adjustment of rewards. even those of pc
cuniary or material kind Altogether there
is much in the way of reward that comes
to certain type of financiers and too lit
tie comes to the student, to the scholar,
to the teacher. to the man who represents
the scholarly side, the side of thought
Hope for Universal Peace.
II hope most earnestly for the day when
We shall see peace prevail among the ma
tons of mankind; peace industrial as well
military prevail within the nations
themselves. No man in public position
can. under penalty of having forfeited the
rights to the respect of those whose re-
gard he most values. fail as the oppor-
tunity comes to do all that in him lies for
peace But peace of a valuable type comes
not to the man who Graves 1t because he Is
afraid but to the men who deems 1t
temptuuusly to the weakling and the cow
ard is but poor boon after it has been
granted. We must keep our minds upon
the essentials and not upon the nonessen-
tials In 1851 there were people who cried
Peace, peace, who said that any peace,
no matter how shameful, was preferable to
the worst of all wars, a fratricidal war,
and If those people had had their way we
should have been hanging our heads now.
We would now be feeling that the country
founded by Washington, the country that
at that time was perpetuated by Lincoln,
had gone down in the wreck OF disaster.
We got peace then forever.
Il have no patience with the brawler, the
quarreler, the swashbuckler, and l have
little less for the academy person, either
body soul. who believes that a nation
any more than an Individual can afford
to put peace before justice. Put Justice
first; 1t will generally lead to peace; but
follow it wherever 1t leads.
Cordial Welcome at Holy Cross.
The President was received at Holy Cross
by Rev. Joseph F. Hanselman. head Of the
institution. The college grounds were filled
with students and invited guests who be-
gan cheering the moment the President APP
peared. He was escorted to a platform.
which had been erected on the athletic field.
and upon which already were seated the
alumni, the faculty of the college and a
number Of other citizens OF Worcester.
President Hanselman introduced the Pres-
dent as Nthe most popular executive, sol
der and peacemaker.
Applause rang through the hall as the
President began to express his pleasure at
being the guest of Holy Cross. He praised
the work OF Holy Cross and concluded by
saying: "In America we have been given
extremely good advantages and we have no
excuse when we do not do our duty at home
and abroad
Following the Presidents address, Presi-
dent .Hanselman presented the diplomas
The graduates. each OF whom was intro
duced to President Roosevelt, was given a
cordial handshake by the executive.