The National tribune., 1906-06-21


detail his charges agaSnst Gen. Wood
Now, IL Rathbone ran amake his state
ments stick there will be some more
Squirming. tBi.t
SO
John w. Foster.nformerly Secretary
of State. has been honered by the Chi
nese Government with an appointment
as its representative att the approaching
Hague Conference =,
There is only one, other case on rec
ord where the Chinese Government has
delegated to citizen of foreign coun-
try such important diplomatic func-
tions. and that wasGin 1868, when Mr..
Burlingame resigned his post as Amer
lean Minister at Peiin to undertake the
negotiation of number of treaties for
China. ,EusIt
President Roosevelt delivered the ad-
dress at the commencement exercises
of the Cathedral School, which his
daughter Ethel attends. Among other
very excellent points in his address were
the following:
"The two essential points upon which
l may advise you are the maintaining
of a high ideal and sanitary rules to be
observed in realizing that high ideal.
have no sympathy with the orations
of graduating exercises that put out a
fantastic ideal before students which
no one proposes to realize. A serious
harm is received by any one who is
aroused to a high conception which he
fails to apply.
Live up to a high ideal. Have ideals
that you can reach. Keep your eyes
on the stars, but your feet on the
ground. Never fall short of what you
actually can do.
"Life," the President said, "is shaped
predominantly by the mother. rather
than by the father. and there is endless
renunciation in the mothers activity.
1.-THE first lesson a girl should learn
practically is what goes on about her,
in order to understand the amount of
sacrifice that is made to make her hap
py. l advise you to do the humdrum,
workaday duties as they arise. This
applies to every man and woman. 1t
applies to the Bishop here. to Admiral
Dewey here. to Gen. Wilson, as it does
to you.
"All the small things, which in the
aggregate make the large things. are
to be done regularly. We had ships
and guns. but we won at Manila be-
cause we had the man in the crisis who
rose level to the crisis. and, moreover.
because for years we had men who had
for a long term steadily done simple,
practical duties as daily routine.
1--WE are happy. primarily, as we
faithfully perform the commonplace
duties of life. 1t may be all very well
at times to indulge In enthusiasm In re-
ligion or art, but attend to others and
make the saving of your own soul an
incidental matter.
"Try to serve your neighbor: in that
you will help yourself. You will prob
ably have plenty of misdeeds of which
occasionally to repent, but don't be
morbid. Determine to prevent them in
future. Active righteousness will not
permit morbidity.
'The ideal for consistent action is ex-
pressed in two aims: Service to others.
rendered in spirit of insiStent self
respect. You must make an effort to
do what is best for those who are about
you, and do 1t cheerfuliy.
''If any Of you is peeFish you become
unbearable brothers or sisters. You
must be patient, but yself-respecting. The
least attractive heroine Is the patient
Griselda. Such women make fools Of
men. They are not good for any man,
for he grows away from his own finer
feelings and fails to develop a rounded
character such as can be gained in no
other method than intelligent. kindly
remuneration. % q
MEN and women OF great personal
sweetness. in their h,acrifice of every
tEllHR tD IHelT CH1IugSE, TulIl THESE chill
dren by making them Incapable Of de-
termination and vigorous action, The
world Is a rough world. and you must
be made skillful in dealing with it.
1--WE must have Basis. bdhi 1t is is true of
material well being, for We need it as a
foundation for higher life., We must
not advise you against rnaterialistic con-
siderations. We need money, as in a
hnuGahnI6 ffr was al inc
and drinking, but not necessarily for
fountains. We want enough money to
keep in comfort those who are dear to
us.
up to a certain point money is the
chief interest. Man anu woman must
work to make money available for these
common needs, but happiness lies in
other directions thai the mere amass-
ing of additional money.
You are gaining here, from the
standpoint of education, a great DEAL
but the chief point Is the development
of character. Healthy in body and in
mind. hope to see you develop not the
passive. but the active virtues. Have a
good time. subject TO the non-interfer-
ence of the more important things of
life. But remember that upon you de-
pends the manner in which you shall
make your way through the world"
President Roosevelt, following the
historic custom OF the Presidents of
the United States since the time George
Washington awarded the diplomas 20
the successful candidates and made an
address at the commencement of
Georgetown University, delivered the
address and presented the diplomas last
Thursday. Among other excellent
things he said was the following:
Il wits much pleased to-day, not only
to be able to give degrees, but to give
prizes, in at least one case, to students
who had evidently been able to develop
a thoroughly sound mind in an excep-
tionalIy sound body. 1 believe in ath-
letics; but l believe in them chiefly be-
cause Of the moral qualities that they
display.
Il am glad to see the man able to
keep his nerve in a close baseball game;
able to keep his courage under the pun
ishmert of a football game. or in a
four-mile boat race; because il the boy
really amounts to anything and has got
the right stuff in him, this means that
he is going to keep his nerve and cour-
age in more important things in after
life.
IF your prowess is due simply to the
possession of big muscles, it does not
amount to much What counts Is the
ability to back up the muscles with the
right spirit. If you have the pluck.
the grit, in you to count in sports, just
as if you have the pluck and grit in you
to count in your studies. so in both
cases il will help you to count in after
life. M J.
You will not need 10 show in after
life the identical traits of intellect or of