Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-29
coLLEGEMeN AND REFORM.

During this campaign in Iowa 1t has
been noted and commented upon that
among the county papers turnout lowe
those edited by the younger college
men with few exceptions stand fol
the state wide primary and other pc.
litical reforms advocated by progress
siye republicans. In this connection
an editorial expression by the Stand
ard, one of the leading publications OF
the Baptist church, is worthy of atten-
ton. Says the Standard:
The baccalaureate and commence.
ment addresses of today not only re.
fleet the thought and history of the
period. but in their unfailing idealisn
blazon the path of the leaders Of ths
race. They are always wholesome ut
terances, and indeed could not be 9TH
erwise, for they are conceived in 9
pure environment, inspired by and ad-
dressed to the champions of a bette,
era, and are generally spoken by peo-
Pile whose public services entitle them
to the place of prophet and guide
The addresses marking the close OF
the present academic year correspond
in feeling and sentiment with the
prevalent passions and tendencies OF
great people with great problems
There is no prolonged note of pessim-
is, altho the sway of our typical evils
excites urgent warning. 1t has been a
year of continued prosperity and one
illustrating the dangerous tendencies
of unrestrained corporate power, so
that at this time 1t is emphasized to
the outgoing classes of college and uni
versity that the reckless pursuit of
money is underminging national char
acter, that the idle rich are wronging
the laboring poor, that with national
pride and vaipglory we are making
ready for battle rather than peace,
that the great corporations are flout-
ing the law to the peril of the republic,
that national character has not kept
up with the national materialism that
the vice graft calls for correction by
the young, brave and pure. In all these
declarations is truth and it's utterance
is opportune. If the college graduate
is blind to facts the recreant to the
trust of the educated ldealist then
one OF the nations most potent re-
generative factors is inert and we have
indeed fallen upon evil times The
college graduate is going out to fight;
let him heed this, let her heed this
not Quixotically, at the annual meet
ing Of the reform club, but daily down
among the bestial muck-rakers,
whether they be politicians, million-
aires or of that class Of benighted
business men who rise no higher than
that groveling apology, We'll, business
is business" The college graduate is
going out to fight not necessarily to
be chronicled on the first page of the
daily newspaper, but modestly and
steadfastly to stand for law, order. de-
cency, honor, public and private, and
the love of man. All of these things,
if his methods and ideals are right, he
will seek along practical lines, and if
he is wise he will early make fast
to this truth spoken to the graduating
class of the University Of Wisconsin
by President Van Hise: Doubtless
many of you think that happiness may
be attained by personal success This
is natural in the young, for youth is
selfish, but as you grow older, in or
der that you may be happy it will be-
come more and more necessary that
your family and friends are happy,
that the community in which you live
is happy, that the state and nation
of which you are a part are fortunate"