Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-05

| lege man he has begun to think very
| seriously of his life problem, and what
| tie world is to mean to him and what
| he is to mean to the world. He knows
| that he may go into business or a pro-
feSSiOn and be assured of Il livelihood
| but at the same time he has great as
pirations and desires to be of service 20
| the world. He thoroughly believes that
| il is not what a man does in the world
| but the manner in which he does it that
earns him honor.
| Ana it is well that he should feel an
overwhelming desire to serve the world
! for he owes the world his mightiest eff
forts. His opportunity for an educa-
ton is given him by the world in that
all the wealth in the world is either Il
| free gift from God, or the result Of the
| lHhOrs OF all the people that have lived
| in the world. The fact that the col
| lr9e man happens to be born into q
group that controls a large enough
portion of the worlds wealth to make
possible the prolongation OF his period
OF dependence is nothing to individual
iZe his position for he had no control
over the circumstances OF his BIRTH On
the contrary it implies that he has a
sacred heritage from the world and
owes the world the best service Of the
wonderful instrument it has given
him.
Th re is less than one man in All
hundred that has the opportunity of
| education given to him, that is about
500 men in the city the size Of Portland
and these men are given the three
great requisites Of leadership, the abil-
ity t. follow closely those great men
that have led in the past the faculty
of close sympathy with those that are
to be led, and breadth OF understand
ing.
When these leaders with the equip
ment given them by the world, through
the college, have work to do in the
deep consideration of the upper class
man of today. and he must reach the
| final conclusion that religion, politics
and business most need his influence.
/ He sees that religion is rapidly un-
| dergoing 4 process of Generalization,
| for many people have seen that some
| of the Bible stories and point in theolO-
| CIV that they have been brought up to
| believe will not stand rigid invcStiga-
| ton, and StraightWay assuming that
| faith is false cast it off. 1t is forgotten
that it is only the poetry that is false
and that this is only the covering Of
the core while the principle is still
sound Ev his example and work the
GO Ilcge man can 40 much to check this
| tendency which can only end IN Il chaos
of unbelief and selfishnesS.
| Turning from religion to politics 1t
is found that the force of the college
| %
states is irving the greatest experiment
| in popular government that the world
has ever seen. bat recent troubles III
| san Francisco, Philadelphia, New 1ork
and Boston. the fact that our House
| of Representatives is in the power OF a
despot known to be untrue to the peo-
pie, and that the political organizations
of the most of our states are in the
| hands of few unScrupuiouS men
plainly show in what direction the tide
is setting The splendid services of
| charles Evans Hughes. Il Colgate man.
and the imprint made by Theodore
Roosevelt upon public life, show what
the college man can do and is expected
| to do.
In close con nection with the religious
and political situation he considers the
industrial conditions of contemporary
life. and sees that he is here needed
with all the force and purpose of ms
young manhood.
The result of the college mans medl-
tation is that h. owes the world a
great debt of service and is considered
by the world as a knight to whom it
looks for deliveranc". He sees
that Ne can best serve in the fields Of
religion politics and business and sets
,out in life with the Golden Rule as his
slogan to emulate the brave men that
have gone before him.
Robert Hale Of Portland. the class
poet. read his poem which was as fol-
| lows: