The National tribune., 1906-06-21

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John w. Foster.l fEoFmeriy Secretary
OF State, has been Aonered by the Chi
nese Government with an appointment
as its atrthe approaching
Hague Conferences Z.
There is only onR. other case on rec
ord where the ChineseI Government has
delegated to citizeAe Of q foreign coun.
try such important diplomatic func-
tions, and that wabGin 1868, when Mr..
lean Minister at PekiR to undertake the
negotiation Of q number of treaties for
CHINA Sss Cd.
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
fantastic ideal before students. which
no one proposes to realize. A serious
harm Is received by any one who is
aroused to high conception which he
fails to apply.
Live up to 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, us shaped
predominantly by the mother. rather
than by the father. and there Is endless
remuneration in the mothers activity.
1.-THE first lesson 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. / advise you to do the humdrum,
workaday duties as they arise. This
applies to the Bishop here. to Admiral
Dewey here, to Gen. Wilson, as 1T does
to you.
"An the small things. which in the
aggregate make the large things. are
to be done regularly. We had ships
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 long term steadily done simple,
practical duties as daily routine.
We are happy, primarily. as we
faithfully perform the commonplace
duties Of life. It may be all very well
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.
1.-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 It cheerfuf1y.
IF any OF you Is 'peeRish you become
unbearable brothers or sisters. You
must be patient, but elf-respecting The
least attractive heroine Is the patient
Griselda. Such w6meh make fools OF
men. They are notegoDd for any man.
for he grows away from his own finer
feelings and fails to dsYelop a rounded
character such as Can u be gained in no
other method than Intelligent. kindly
"Men and women aof great personal
sweetness in theitissatrifice OF every
thing to their children, ruin these chill
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. II is true. Of
material we'll being, foFR We need 1t as a
for q higher life. We must
not advise you against matariafistic con-
sideratiOns. We need money. as in q
household we need water for washing
and drinking. but not necessarily for
fountains. We want enough money to
keep In comfort those who are dear to
us.
up to certain point money is the
chief interest. Man and woman must
work to make money available for these
common needs but happiness lies in
other directions than the mere amass-
ing OF additional money.
You are gaining here, from the
standpoint Of education. q great deal,
but the chief point Is the development
OF character. Healthy In body and In
passive. but the active virtues. Have
good time. subject to the non-interfer-
ence OF the more important things Of
life. But remember that upon you de-
ponds the manner In which you shall
make your way through the world"
President Roosevelt. following the
HIStOIlC CuSLOHa TIC EEe6HUOuIS OF
the United States since the time George
Washington awarded the diplomas TO
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:
II was much pleased 0-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-
tionally sound body. / believe in ath-
letics; but I believe In them chiefly be-
cause Of the moral qualities that they
display.
Il am glad to SEQ the man able to
keep his nerve In a close baseball game;
able to keep his courage under the pun
ishment 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. "a
III your proves Is due simply to the
possession OF big muscles, 1t does not
amount to much. What counts Is the
ability to back up the muscles with the