, 1906-06-22
AT END OF THE
COLLEGIATE YEAR

present epoch should not prevent a
just appreciation of what has beer
done in the past. The Athens oil Per
icles can never die, and its influence
is still felt in every institution of learn
ing in the world. The evil of an age
is wiped out, but the good that enters
into life abides forever. Thus each
age has made the world better and
brighter and added something which
could not have been added by any
other age.
Born of Mists of Barbarism.
In the dark ages it was chivalry
which was born of the mists of bar
barism, and France, then the most
civilized country in the world, was
its mother. Men have been endowed
with three great passions-religion,
liberty and honor-and personal honor,
that it was which characterized the
age of %chivalry. The epoch was
marked by marvellous personal hero
ism and by the remarkable position &C
corded to m Her beauty and her
power are beyond description and be-
lief. In that age and in every other
it has been demonstrated that no man
can be a great man until he is a great
lover. The cardinal principles OF
chivalry were defense of the weak,
courtesy to all n a high standard of
personal honor. Remember always
that it was in the so-called dark ages
that woman began to rise, and that
then, as now, it was true that
"'Tis the ever-womanly that leads
us on"
A knight might die, but break his
word, never. Personal honor and per-
sonal integrity were the heart and
core of chivalry.
Strong n Weak Points.
We are living in a splendid epoch,
but it, like other ages, has its strong
points and its weak ones. Chivalry
sends a message of sterling integrity
to the men of this time. 1t has a mes
sage political for states where an hon
est election and an honest count are
unknown. The political knight of to-
day should cor to accept an Office
unfairly won. To go down in honor
able defeat is not disgrace, but to rise
by evil practices is disgraceful and
dishonorable. What the century needs
is men with a high sense of honor,
manly men, incapable of anything but
square dealing. In the commercial
world, might makes right and the
spirit of magnanimity is entirely
lacking.
Honorable Men in Demand.
Men who have cultivated a high
sense of honor are needed in all lines
of business, and proud gray heads are
going down dishonored to the tomb
because they have forgotten to be up
right and have sacrificed personal
honor to greed. Roosevelt is today the
idol of his countrymen because they
lStl lhdt III lie SUI IS tISuIlHSu Inc
sense of honor. For the Industrial
world there is also a message from
that age. Conceive of a knight blow
ing innocent fellow-workmen into
eternity with the cowardly bomb! Is
it not possible that in this century we
have overestimated the power woman
derives from the ballot and under
estimated her influence through chan
nels purely womanly?
Going Forth Into Splendid Epoch.
In conclusion, the whole age needs
fresh infusion of this chivalrous
sense of honor n its spirit should
be inculcated in every educational in
stitution from the primary department
up. To press and pulpit it is given to
serve as trumpeters to arouse the best
in man. Good which once has en-
tered the world is here to stay. Men
weary of that which is c%orrupting in
political, business and social life and
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