Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-28
BELIEVE NO EVIL
HADLEY ADVISES
GRADUATES
FAITH IN MAN VITALITY
NEEDFUL SAYS EDUCATOR
To Be Successful Man Must Not
Only Be Upright But Must Be-
Iieve in Goodness of Human
Nature.

a man TO be really successful mus
believe not oniy IA himself but In nj,
fellowman was the keynote OF q
splendid b~accalaureate address to tn
class Of 1909 at Yale University todas
by President Arthur \. Hadley Thu
sermon was delivered Ia the presence
Of a commencement gathering which
filled Woolsey hall here. President
Lowell OF Harvard WINS among those
present, Taking as his text;
Lord. who shnil abide in thy tab
ernaclc2 who shah owen IN thy holy
hiilg
"fie TINT walkcth u%prightly. and
worketh righteousness. aud spcakcth
the truth IN his heart.
"Iie that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor.
nor takcth up a reproach against his
nelghbor-Psa. rs, la
President Hadley said in part:
In order TO accomplish Anytime
great. a man must have two sides 70
his goodness. a personal side and Il
social side. He must be upright him.
self. and he must believe IN the goo1
intentions and possibilities Of others
about him.
We recognize the first OF these
things. We know tina the leader
must have principles Of his own; thar
lac must stand for something definite.
which he Is prepared to maintain
through evil report and good report
We dn not, | think, recognize the sec
ond of these things to nm equal de.
gree. We do not appreciate how
a. g.. fAa ....s -. I.,If.sa.
ia those about him just as far as ne
a and cooperate with them just az
fully as he can. Yet this also "a a
condition Of leadership No matter
how high the ideals for which We
stand. we cannot expect others r.
follow as unless we have confidence
In them. we cannot expect devotion
II we return II with d~istrust We
cannot expect cooperation unless W,
nre prepared 20 give freely Of our
confidence. The man who lacss faith
In other mon loses his best chances
10 work, ana gradually undcrminet
his own power and his WI character
The man who has this faith In othei
men gets his work done ana i'm
presses his own personality aud idenls
upon his age aud his nation It wat
fhis faitit in men which made David
with all his faults. a worthy forerun-
ner OF Jesus Christ, II was this faith
In men which distinguished Isaiah
from jeremiah or Fzelliel. ana ralsec
him out Of the ranks or the other
prophets as distinctiyely the herald ct
the Christian plan Of salvation III
was this faith IN men which marked
...a... etc.,. - an. ..aVl ,T Ta4tar
Christ himself,
1t is not hard TO see this when We
study the history Of religion 1t !
hard 10 realize it's decisive Importance
Ii the incidents Of our daily life ye'
II Is Just as essential today 80 Il ever
was.
In the early years OF the Civil wol
the army Of The Potomac
had a number OF officers OF
decided ability In positions 81
high command Not one Of thcso
men was in a place OF leadership a.
tho end OF the war Grant and Sher-
man. sheridan ana Thomas, though
not all western men. all had ihcir
training IL the armies Of the west Ia
stead OF In the army Of the Potomac
what was the reason for this extra
ordinary state of things The main
reason. ia the opinion of those hea'
qualified to judge. was that the ofii
Gers of The army OF the Potomac did
not have the habit OF believing ~
each other ana cooperating with
each other 60 the extent that pre-. |
vailed ia the west. They were men
Of ability. they were anxious for the
...n 40 ti4. fF.l.4t .lttu.s Inf fla. |
were at least equally anxious thal
other Officers should not be pro
NOTED ahead OF themselves The>
were ready 10 listen TO suggestions oi
evil and Intrigue. Even whom t.hcy
were too honorable 20 countcnauc,
such intrigucs IN their oWn bcha'f
they were not strong onumgh 10 Pre-
vent these suspicious from intcrfer-
with their usefulness OF pnralyz
ing their activity az critical moments
Ii was not au cYil which affected n
type of officer alone. II blasted the
careers Of the bold and the cautious
81 the guilt, aud the Innocent
w have oar lite work before us
o vast field. with plenty for us am to
do. We are working in cooperation
with others and also in competition
them II o. the ossouce or thc
competitive system that The man who
show the most results 10 uls
credit shall DEE given the LARGEST ops
iurtunity for leadership IN uhc co 4,
1aeraiitc organixation ,
Sow we. as ambitions men. are nor y
g ready hat anxious TO- go into "
uorlble competition. We believed
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