Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-22
EDUCATION JOINS NATIONS
AMBASSADOR Won STERNBURG
Y CREDITS GOOD FEELING BE-
TWEEN GERMANY AND q. S.
UNIVERSITY AN EXAMPLE.
President Roosevelt's Utterances Found
Similar to Those of Historic Chi
nese Ruler, Kang-HL


many and the United States, and that
this is largely the result OF progress made
in university education.
Baron Won Stcrnberg said the success
iof universities is largely due to estab-
lishments Of commerce and financial
courses such as Wisconsin university has
He declared that the impression that the
american is a rcaiist, and after the d1I-
alar all Of the tImc IS erroneous.
A significant statement was MS com
parison Of President RoOSeyclts utter
ances with those Of kang-LIi, the Chr
nese ruler and philosopher who hVed
many years ago.
Tie address; was as follows in part:
With each succeeding year my interest
IN my work IN Washington IN beLaH Oh Il
closer understanding between our Two peo-
pies tends to increase, and the recurrence
OF this annual anniversary brings before
me the great work American ana OeIuidh
universities have accomplished III ucFcIop
ing this understanding.
The spiritual bonds between our two ma
lions, especially during the last thirty years,
have been powerful factor. The increase
In the number Of mon Of university training
ia the United Suites ami In Germany dur
Ing this period has been pointed out as one
Of the most remarkable facts Of our epoch.
Higher education has adjusted Itself To
the needs Of our modern life and the de
imand for university education is more earn
est in both countries than anywhere else,
and has become far more general
Scientific Spirit Prevails.
In Germany the scientific spirit has pene-
frated into every branch Of business into
every factory 1t has become Il frequent
saying that the German university professor
is the father Of modern German industry.
This is true to the word. lie has harnessed
science to industry.
In visiting your plants aud factories and
studying your industrial enterprises in 9th
fer countries, | have been struck 10y the role
American college men are now playing Ill
this field You see a gang of WOrkmcn and
notice Il man who Is its brain-this man is
sure TO be college chap" The provision
made by leading manufacturing concerns
for receiving college graduates as student
apprentices is the clearcst indication of
the change Of feeling. was especially
struck BY the number of college graduates
employed IN your great electrical works.
we are approaching the time when no rain
way repair or locomotive shop can work
without university men.
Another great step forward In our modern
education, is the establishment of system
ate university courses i'll commerce and
finance, like you possess for instance, in
ILLINOIS, Wisconsin and other places, and
like Germany possesses iii her high school
0f commerce. misunderstanding and
lIeipsic. Whit grand and euviable open
~ you nave before you, graduates. LOOK
now science Is developing the vast posi-
blllties OF the west and what bOundless
problems she is Offering you here. Let
science, for instance, thoroughly harness
the waters Of the west, that are still run.
ming TO waste, and save aud use them for
irrigation, aud place irrigated agriculture
10 the front Could this not turn your wide,
semi-artd and undeveiOped tracts into homes
1oE Populate larger than America holds
today
Americans Are Not Narrow.
It has frequently struck me, in listening
70 impressions received i'll America by for
hlf lNA nj. IRE-
deepest nature is Il realist who strives for
power and wealth and outer comfort that
the object OF his life is to pile up the
mighty dollar. People who speak thus seem
70 mo blind to everything which lies below
the surface They seem to have studied the
nuns ana factories of your Industrial cen
lafs ana To have neglected to read or under
'tand the character of the American man
woman. How could it be otherwise that
1 people who have produced such men as
emerson and Lincoln, should not be UnSelt
ish, helpful and enthusiastic for ideal val
nes, that they should not be followers in
the paths oil their forefatherS ana be con
sefYatNe! Ask any outsider to name the
Two most sincere representatives of true
Americanism If he knows the American
people he will tell you Lincoln and Elmer
son.
During the time of Kang-Hl in China
there ruled in the west Frederic the Great,
the Hohenzollorn soldier teacher, thinker
and philosopher who laid the foundation OF
Germany. 1t is highly interesting to note
now these two powerful leaders of men,
having not the slightest spiritual contact
separated by thousands of miles of at that
time mostly unknown lands, preached the
same doctrines and laid down the same
maNtms of government which can be
summed UP in the principle-help the peo-
pie. During those days it had become al
most a law for rulers to maintain their
sovereignty by crooked means by treach-
cry and by violence. Machlnvelli was the
chief originator and promoter of this policy
and tae advice he gives to the diplomat
Is on the same lines. In America George
Washington developed a new school of d.
plomacy which put an end to those crooked
dealings between foreign representatives
and the government they were accredited
to. In our days of enlightenment this morai
system in every case is bound to fail and
to dishonor the man who is shortsighted
enough to practice it.
Roosevelt's Words Like Kang-H HIS.
Characteristic are the inscriptions of the
seals of Kang-Hi They contain two i'm
pressions: One the characters ATTEND to
Every country which expects to be pros
porous, every individual who wants to per-
form his duty and finds happiness in life,
can today do no better than follow the
teachings of the Holy Edict. At glance
those who read them and Gave read, or
listened to, the quotations IN the speeches
the extraordinary similarity of the two
Let me give your few examples:
Kang-Hi says: cultivate fltaI piety and
brotherly love, for thereby Will be honored
social morality
President Roosevelt says: I'VE must IN
our lives, in our efforts. endeayor to further
the cause of brotherhood.
Kang-Hi says: Esteem thrift and econ
omy. for thereby is saved money in bust
ness"
President Roosevelt says: only by avoid
ance of spending money on what IS need
less or uniustiiable can we les .timately
keep our income to the point required to
meet our needs that are genuine"
Kang-Hi says: Promote academic institu-
lions, for thereby are established scholarly
habits .
President Roosevelt says: "Of all the
work that is done. or that can be DONE for
our country, the greatest Is that of eduCat-
ing the body, the mind and above all the
character.
nances, for thereby are warned the foolish
and obstinate"
President Roosevelt says: when we
make it evident that all men. great and
small alike, have TO obey the law we put
the safeguard of the law around all men
Kang-Hi says: Recommend polite speech
for thereby is refined the social atrnos,
phere.
President Roosevelt SAYS: Speak softly.
The following words you all know
Kang-Hi says: Develop legitimate bust
ness, for thereby the peoples desire is rem
dered pacific.
President Roosevelt says: "Our laws
should be SO drawn as to protect and en-
courage corporations which do their honest
duty by the public"
Kang-T. says: Keep disciplined The