Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-29

Of Springfield, Mass, Glass Day Orator
and women who are the prey of hate
Iand sin; though there is still "unspeak-
Iahle saVagery in civilized society" tba
upward journey still proceeds in ever
Isreater statliness and grandeur.
In our country there is today the
igrandest opportunity men have ever
known to hasten the advancement of
tthe Kingdom, to find the hidden WAY
(which lies amid the myriad beatines of
linens hearts. America is the heir of
he culture and progress of history: to
her has been bequeathed in full meas
llfe the legacy of the successful con-
hlcta with Intolerance and oppression
I all lands and of al time
Jew and Gentle Saxon and Celt are
all uniting in one broad fraternal COM
hiunion of interests and ideals Though
We speak with hundred tongues, en-
| 10y thousand separate customs all
are merging into the American of to-
morrow. America is yet building. On
the foundations laid by the Puritans
land Cavalier, and all brave souls who
Idared the elemental conflict, we have
lDeen rearing structure that is ever
Ifising To more majestic symmetry and
IStrength.
Ireland with her sorrows, Russia
with her expressions, England with her
industrial subjection of the masses. all
the nations Of the earth have given of
their life blood and mingled their con
ltrlbutlons for the America that is to
be. Win the American of tomorrow be
better than today?
In this country at the present time,
Imomentous problems are pressing for
lSolutlon. What can We do to solve the
|race question of the south: how can we
achieve civic righteousness and purity
I'm politics: how can we make more
Equitable the relations between capita
land labor. do we dare to take the ini-
tlatiVe in the policy of disarmament to
further the substitution of law for war
i'm the supreme arbitrament of inter
national disputes. These questions can
be answered correctly by the practical
application of the fundamental teEets
of democracy and equality on which
rest the institutions of this republic
and Oh which, in q broader way, must
be bui!ded the earthly Kingdom Of God.
The campaign for a better America
is on. The watchword is service. The
need is for bread minded mer who will
cherfully become members of the at
tacking party at these problems. men
}Who will make sacrifices and suffer. if
necessary, for the cause.
What is the duty of the graduates"
What stand should he take i'm the press
and conflict of events For years We
have been undergoing a vigorous sys-
+ TEN Of training, making the body,
brain and heart strong to meet the
test. We are of those whom the world
terms the educated class. This does
not imply that we have superior quail
IficatiOns for leadership; the graduate
must not fear to lead the charge. Shall
1.-THE solution Of the great social and po-
Intical problems be left to those who
Iare less qualified to lead than We are?
lShall we Stlfshly devote ourselves to
personal profit while the outer Philis-
tines furnish applause. No, God forbid.
The duty of the graduate is to teach
and preach the principles of justice ana
IeuuafitY that they may be inculcated
in the youth of our land, we must par
| ticinatp in the warfare tor polltlcal
| lcanneSS and civic morality; we must
! forget class and sect and creed; we
must not patroniZe nor merely tolerate
; our fellow men, but recognize no guns
!, or barriers between man and man. Is
| his. ASKING 100 iiC Hfiii' VI
ervice knows no hatred or passion. 1t
Knows only unstlfishness and love
The practical application of the
PRINCIPLES of brotherhood is the solu-
tion of every problem which denla nds
our attention today The munger lof
brotherhood will be appeased; if not
during our lifetime, then IN that' "i
our children's children in the dim re-
: wears. Sometime on the long horizon,
the van guard of the advancing most
Of humanity will catch a glimpse OF
the domes and spires, gold-glorled III
the sunlight. of the city which has
foundations whose builder and maker
is God
The word opportunity" from the
: Latin. means near the port Oppor-
ti,nitv for service is ours. We are
, close to the port of life. We have
sailed down the silver stream OF COZ
lepe davs. gathering the flowers that
bloom on its banks. drinking IN the
haautv of the long blue hills and the
, | fields and meadows. The little Drook
of childhood has widened into the
. broad river OF youth Whicn soon WI,
neet tho surgns of the deep -souled
| sea of LIE. lhe rEthliilt i""i " "
wild vide leagues of waters fills our
ears. we feel the heaving Oh 'ii''
oceans breast. and the beating of its
mighty heart beneath the loa'''e''
tide whose impulse sweeps US on.
With canoes crowded to meet the sai'
sweet winds we approach the haIooi
whence we shall embark upon the io''s
awaited voyage.
God grant that we may weather 'he
storms and perils safely, ana tha' ~
call for help upon that sea '''! IAN
heedlessly upon our ears.
Address to Undergraduates.