The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-07
PRESIDENT TALKS
INTERESTINGLY
GIRL GRADUATES

washington. June president Roose-
! welt attended the commencement exer-
cises OF the National Cathedral school
yesterday and delivered an address TO
the members Of the graduating class.
The school Is on the heights north Of
Georgetown and the president drove out
in a carriage accompanied by Mrs. Roose-
welt Miss Ethel, the daughter of the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt, rs a pupil
OF the school
on the platform with the president
were prominent members of she board
of trustees. including the Rt Rev Henry
Y. Slatterlee. bishop of Washington; the
Rt. Rev Alexander Mackay Smith. Ad-
miral George Dewey, Gen. John M Will
son and Gov. warfield of Maryland. In
delivering the commencement address
President Roosevelt said in part:
II have four things that I want 10
say to YOU largely suggested by reading
a couple OF books by President Hyde of
Bowdoin college.
The first is a remarkable philosophical
study called From Epicurus to Christ,
the other of an entirely different type.
called The College Man and College
Woman, but both OF them dealing in
part with the ethical side Of the man
and the woman that we see about us, that
is, dealing with conduct both OF them
books that. in my judgment, will benefit
every man and woman, every boy and
girl approaching manhood and woman
hood who cares to read them. and in
reading them you will see that the two
| essential points which the author de-
velops In supplying his lessons are. flrst,
! a high IDEAL and. secondly, sanity in
realizing that high ideal.
eff there Is one thing with which have
no sympathy Il Is with the type OF ora
| ton very frequently delivered 20 gradu-
| ating classes--sometimes I regret to say,
delivered from pulpits, which gives an
| ideal so fantastic that those listening TO
| Il with a merely Intellectual pleasure and
without the slightest intention OF trying
| i'm real life TO realize it. To preach an
| ideal like that does not do good Il does
| harm do not intend 20 preach any
| thing 10 you that ! do not believe you
| can live up 20 in practice NJ only you do
| your best In good faith
oIn forming lofty ideals aus 20 what
! YOU are going 10 do I'm great crises re-
member that the only possible way by
| which any one OF you can AZ herself 90
I
the ordinary hunrdrum workaday duties
| as those workadays arise"
/ Turning 20 Admiral Dewey. the presi-
/ ient referred 10 the victory OF the Ameri-
cans over the Spanish In Manila bay "a
| illustrate by example the traits OF char
| acter that the American should show II
America ls 20 be what q ~hal and will
be made. Continuing he said
keep steadily before YOU the ideal OF
homely duty we'll performed Let your
ideal be one OF service toward others,
i,-tt-tsf services rendered ift --J,irtt-
entire self.respect Tho flrst Lesson for
anyone 20 learn Is unselfbhness and
thouEhtfulness for others OF effort 20
do what ~ best and most pleasant for
others
"You mothers are not doing good 10
daughter or son, YOU are doing harm
and the greatest harm 90 them. N you
fail 20 bring them UP 20 realize that the
world is a rough world that they will not
find Il an easy thing TO get along In It.