Arizona republican., 1910-06-30
Position of COI. Roosevelt at Harvard Commencement ADDRESS 10 THE ALUMNI
Among Things He Learned Abroad Is That a Good Man Is a Good Man Any where and Scoundrels Are Everywhere.

| Cambridge, Mass, June 29-Guest i and host is one, Theodore Roosevelt ! brought energy and animation to the commencement day at Harvard uni versity today. The cheers that mark 1 ed his passage among the buildings of ! the ancient yard indicated his position as chief guest of the day, while his presence at the head of the table at the commencement luncheon in Memo rial Hall was a token that he was the host by virtue of his office of pres ident of the Harvard Alumni assoeia- tiOn.
 It was "''Roosevet of 'S0' today and he had a busy time shaking hands with old college friends and when Governor Hughes of New York receiv- ed his honorary degree in Sanders Hall the audience burst into great cheers and applause.
 J. Pierpont Morgan, the New York financier. and General Horace Porter. former ambassador to France, also were awarded honorary degrees. Near ly 1000 young men received their di- plomas today, Colonel Roosevelt to- night went to Nahant as the guest of Senator Lodge.
 In opening the alumni meeting Col Onel Roosevelt said. in part: Tn the first place I have come home with an increased and hearty friendship and good will for-other countries. I have visited many nations, and the more I see of decent people of other nation ahties the more I realize the truth of Abraham Lincoln's statement that there is a deal of human nature in mankind A good man is a good man. anywhere, and a scOundrel ought to be made to pay the penalty of his scOun- drelism, whatever his birth place or nationality
 And yet, with that feeling, there has come a constantly increasing Un- derstanding on my part that the man who wishes to be a good citizen of the world, must first and foremost be a good citizen of his own country"
 After referring to the degrees he re- cefved abroad, he said: You will not misunderstood me when I say I come back feeling more truly than ever that the place for man to be educated is in his own home. Let him be sent to the school and the university here in the United States. If he has chance
  where, according as his tastes and needs dictate, good: but let him have the foundation laid here. where his citizenship must be exercised. No man ought to receive or will receive re- spect abroad unless, as an American. he has won his spurs in American life.
 Tn the days when America mistrust- q itself rather loudly in the face of for eign nations. The greater Americas confidence grows in itself. The more America becomes strong and able to hold her own in the face of any nation of the earth, the more ready America will become to treat each and every nation in a spirit of the fullest cor diality, and friendship, and the less apt she will be to take offenses, not merely needlessly, but to take offense where there is some small need, but not enough to warrant losing ones temper.
 "The admission of inferiority in the face of another power is often render ed as evident by over-quickness to re- sent a fancied slight as it is by a tendency to bow down to the other power and America has reached the position when she need show neither the one nor the other form of admis sion of inferiority.
 T was struck by two things where I travelled abroad. One was that word America is a symbol of hope, aspi- ration and possibility realizing ideals: the other was that where there was failure to attain ideals. there were in- stances of corruption, demagOgy and abuse to wealth that shouldn't exist in democracy founded on the prin- lciple ours is founded
 He appealed to Harvard men and men of America to see that their house is put in order in response to the vOiceless appeal from other lands and to manage the republic according to the highest standards of moraliay and decency so that they can keep un- shaken their faith in realizable ideals.