Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-28
In FELLOW MAN
President Hadley of Yale Decries the
Pessimist Who Belittles Good.
ness Of Others.
CONFIDENCE IS ESSENTIAL
Man Who Would Accomplish Things
Must Trust Others.
DISTRUST WEAKENS POWER
Undermines Character of It's Victims,
He Declares.
CYNICAL MAN NOT TRUSTED
world Inclined to Assume weakness
which He Attributes 20 Others
Affects HimseIf-Preachea
BaccaIaureate Sermon.
Man Who Would Accomplish Things
Must Trust Others.
Jndermines Character of It's Victims,
He Declares.
CYNICAL MAN NOT TRUSTED

NEW HAVEN, Conn. June 27-In the
presence OF commencement gathering
which filled Woosey hall, President Ar
thur T. Hadley of Yale university deliv-
cred the baccalaureate sermon to the grad
uating class this morning.
Among those who had seats were Presi-
dent Lowell of Harvard and Mrs. Lowell,
and General and Mrs. w. II. Gordon OF
Savannah. President Hadey said in part:
I'm order to accomplish anything great.
man must have two sides to his good
ness, a personal side and social side He
must be upright himself and he must rec
ognize the good intentions and the possi-
bllties of others about him.
I'VE recognize the first OF the things We
know that the leader must have principles
OF his own; that he must stand for some
thing definite, which he is prepared to
maintain through evil report and good re-
port We do not. I think, recognize the
second Of these things in an equal degree.
We do not appreciate how necessary 1t Is
for a man to believe in those about him
just as far as he can, and cooperate with
them just as fully as he can. Yet this also
is condition Of larger leadership
mo matter how high the ideals for
which we stand. we cannot expect others
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him. We cannot expect devotion II we re-
turn It with distrust. We cannot expect
cooperation unless we are prepared to give
freely of our confidence.
what Lack of Faith Costs.
THE man who lacks faith in other men
loses his best chances to work, and grad
ually undermines his own power and his
own character.
| III a man singled out some occurrence
OF my life came TO me with a distorted ac-
count of It and then said that It was typ
ical of my whole career and conduct, I
should order him to leave the house; and
so would you under similar circumstances.
II we were equally ready to do the same.
thing in behalf OF our friends when charges
or insinuations are made behind their
backs. modern society would be healthier
and more efficient than It is at present.
by the ready acceptance Of these re-
ports we harm ourselves no less than our
friends. We do not realize to what extent
others Judge us by our beliefs. But we
are. in fact judged in that way; and It is
right that we should be judged in that
way
'The man who Is cynical, whether about
women or business, or politics II assumed
and in nineteen cases out of twenty with
full tustice-to be immoral In his relations
to women or business or politics. The man
who has faith in the integrity OF others
in the face Of irresponsible accusations is
assumed-and in nineteen cases out of
twenty justly assunted-to have the con-
fidence in others goodness because he Is
a good man himself.
Men Follow the Optimist.
"This is why people will follow the OPP
timist even though he is sometimes wrong,
and shun the pessimist even though he Is
sometimes right. Mcclellan knew what to
avoid better than Lincoln or Grant. but 1t
was men of the type Of Lincoln or Grant
who brought a united nation out Of the
civil war.
THE prophets who preceded Jesus criu-
cised the evils of their time Just as I'M
sparinEly as did Jesus Himself, and at far
greater length. The thing that He had
and that they had not was the belief In
the essential goodness OF humanity which
would respond positively to the gospel Of
self sacrifice.
He that would follow in the footsteps
Of the Master must be prepared, not simply
to stand upright himself, but to have faith
that others will stand by him"