New-York tribune., 1906-06-07
GIRLS HEAR PRESIDENT.
He DeliUers ADDRESS to Graduates at
Cathedral School.

washington, June 1.-THE President accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt. attended to-day the
commencement Of the National Cathedral School
for Girls an institution in the northwestern
suburbs of Washington. In which their daugh-
Ter Ethel is a student. The school is under the
auspices Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
and is directly under the supervision of Bishop
Satterlee
president and Mrs. Roosevelt We're received at
the school by Admiral Dewey member of the
Board OF Trustees. Shortly after their arrival
the procession Of graduates was formed and
hied into the auditorium Bishop Satterlee pre-
slded at the graduation exercises President
Roosevelt delivered the address to the gradual
ing class of nine young women. dwelling partic-
ularly on the development Of character and the
heed OF living a wholly unselfsh life After the
PRESIDENTS address the diplomas were presented
ana the ceremonies were finished with benedic-
ton by Bishop Satterlee
AFTER the recessional the President held an in
formal reception in the parlors of the school he
ana Mrs Roosevelt receiving the faculty and
students of the institution. Just about the time
'he president was leaving the school a heavy
thunderstorm became imminent, and he took a
closed carriage instead of the open surrey in
which he made the trip to the institution The
STORM broke before he had gone far and he
arrived at the White House the height of it
In his address President Roosevelt said, in
part:
bishop Students: l have three or four things that
couple Of books of one of whieR Bisho9. have
HTae man af once spoken to yon-books by President
study called From Epicurus to
called The Soiage OF Man AN endTeE ahd EoeFs der9Rt 5yD
side Of b OF them dealing in part with the ethical
boot bSat IN. is. dealing with conduct both of them
man and woman m my A,sT Judgment viii benefit every
read them amhGod snd o.; ana wopanhood who cares to
the points Which the sGG aunor Develops s
seGSnd, sanity in realizing that high ideal
paIbv f IS ;f one thing with which have no sym
1e4inele le9 70 graduating classes sometimes regret
fantastic that those igtening TO f listen en- 10 II
The siignIess ithIeiectuaI pleasure. and without
reaze d i it. os TO preach ideal that does not DO
people that precept and practice have n6 Close re
iIaIe % an bIlo1ent that any person grows TO be-
not IN any real way 10 be approached in actual
In formIne SS IoftI mas Sen RECEIVED serious harm
10 90 IN great crises remember that the only pos
crisis doing sGH an 'f of the h heFdfaf 6rdnarS fS
aday dulles arise am speakine this hh4oe f vow WoFK F1
1t does not apply only to you. It applies to every
appiies just az much to the bishop to the admiral
10 General wilson there as it does to any Of
Admiral. think what an inestimable thing it Is TO
naturally turn when wish to lusrate by Example SiGP
show If Aer SL r. % h mat the & Ameriean @ should
When the time OF crisis came when that great
Manila, IT was all essential to have at the head
he he man who had the courage. the sef-relance,
70 oid gasp Pm the eetng moment But those Qualities
miTal. but great many other people. had not FOR
! a. long period OF years done their fun duty day
| the fleet we had the ships. because the men who
the gun foundries had worked well and faithfully;
because the inventors had done their part because
part because the %agewee2S who T WoqRed Wttb
I5E1r hsnas had done one their parts We won out
time Of crisis possessed the character that
more, because a great number of men had each
| through long course Of years steadily done his
KesR Sesay before you the Ideal Of h%msy
! vice toward others but Of service rendeTed in a
spirit of entire self-resPect The first lesson for
for others. of effort TO do what is best and most
can DO in the long run, good TO other people II
you fail in good sense. If you grow weak or morbid
sp9 real d '5 b o0 1 g b or SUI b less IS @ e6 SON m
| the boy IS passed onward, TO family OF his own
loving. foolish woman has brought him up to be a
She is unbearabe In her family But she must not
/ make the mistake of letting her brother grow up
seif-respect If she does remember. he win not
| Ike her any the better for II. He will merely
! Now If you take what I have said in the last few
tie You viii get an absolutely false idea of what
/ / But If take them as | mean them 10
be taken, teaching insstence upon selfrespect, in
sstence upon others showing unselfehness also.
corollaTy your first duty Of you yourself show
! ing unsehshness and self-a hnegation you will de-
Velop g rounded character and capacity TO do good
1 such you cannot possibly develop in any other
4 fashion
You mothers are not doing good to daughter or
/ son you doing harm. and the greatest harm. TO
them. II you fail TO bring them up TO realize that
! The world is rough world; that they will not find
il an easy thing get along IN t. that they will
have 10 struggle fight hold their own, and yet
! that ii IS their prime duty consider others no
less than themselves. Above all, teach that the
first duty the family. and within Il, and that
the greatest success. the highest happiness. comes
only through the right type Of family life No
man is 10 be excused if he does devote
the bulk Of his energies chiefly 10 earning a
livelihood for those dependent upon him,
the woman is not to be excused If she does
I not devote herself TO using the money
thus earned 10 make il most valuable for the
| members OF the family, up to the point when the
real material needs have been met. But after you
have reached that point. my deliberate judgment
/ is that happiness in ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred lies in other direction than the mere
anna ssng of additional wealth. Very wealthy men
! sometimes play useful part in the community;
but they very rarely indeed play as useful a part
shane; or those whose life etort is eX-
nen2ed in altogether different fields from the fields
of mere money getting. Up to certain point the
essential thing for any young couple is that there
shall be enough money After that point is once
reached money becomes minor element and as
fbev grow richer il becomes a steadily less i'm
mort ant in the sum total OF things that