Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-30
A GOOD MAN IS
A GOOD MAN
SAYS 7. R.
LIKEWISE A SC0UNDREL'S
A SC0UNDREL ANYWHERE
Weighty Words of Wisdom
Passed Out to Awe Stricken
Harvard Alumni by Oracle Of
Sycamore Hill,

nv Morning Journal Special Leased Wire
Cambridge. Mass. June 29mGuesi
nnd host IN me Theodore Roosevelt
brought energy and animation &c
commencement day al Harvard Uni
versity today.
The cheers that marked his pass
aee among the buildings Of the an
Client yard indicated his position as
chief guest OF the day. white his
presence at the head OF The table at
the commencement luncheon In
memorial hnll was a tokcr that he
was host by virtue uf his office AZ
president of the Harvard Sunni ns.
Sociation.
II WA Roosevelt OF the class OF
'sor today and he had a busy time
shaking hands with old college
friends.
When Governor Hughes Of Now
York received his honorary degree IN
Sanders hall, the audience burst into
great cheers and applause. J Pier
pont Morgan. the New York 4inan-
cier. and General Horace Porter. for
mer ambassador 70 France, also we're
awarded honorary degrees.
Nearly q thousand young men re-
ccived their diplomas today.
Colonel Roosevelt tonight went to
Nahant 10 spcnd the night as the
guest of Senator Lodge.
In opening the alumni meeting
Colonel Roosevelt said in part;
In the first place. I come home
with en- increased and hearty friend
ship and good viii for other conn-
tries. | have visited many different
nations. ana the more / see of decent
people OF other na%iionalitica. the
more | reelizc the truth Of Abraham
Lincoln's statement that there Is "a
deal Of human nature in mankind A
good man is @ good nan anywhere
and a scoundrel ought TO DO made 10
pay the penalty Of his scoundrelism
whatever his birthplace or national
ity. And yet. with That feeling. there
has come a constantly increasing un-
derstansiing sn ms inrt % the fact
that the mnn who Wishes "a TO q
good ritixcn 81 the world, must first
and foremost be Is good citizen oi his
own nation.
II have been given honorary de-
grees In certain foreign universities
ON the continent uf Europr and In
Egypt am deeply grateful there.
for; | appreciate the honor. It waa
the keeneet pleasure to mo to visit
those universities. ! admire them
with al my heart. Ana nov have
ing said that, you win not misunder-
stand me when I say that I come
back feeling more truly than ever
that the place for Il man TO be edu
Gated la his own home, Let him he
sent tn school aud "a the university
here IA tho United states II he has
a chance to lake Il post graduate
course elsewhere, as his tastes and
needs dictate; good but lee him have
the foundation lnid here. where his
citizenship must he aired
let me ALSO point out tine fact
that YOU cannot be useful abroad an
YOU have the respect that only
comes " our usefulness has been
proved ut homo. No man ought to
or VIII receive respect abroad
as an American, hc has wnn
spurs la American life at home
u trust / neoi not SAY I speak IN
no spirit of mere chauvinism pn
The contrary ! speak as I have said
from the standpoint of % Who sin
icrcly aamircs other nations. who
them nov even more. who
has "a sense of grateful appreciation
OF what they nave dome FOR him. but
as a man who ~ more than cVe com
that TO be useful Go the would
NJ large. Il ~ necessary. tirst. O. Dee
bone % yuur bone aud blood az s"ur
Il citizen of your country.
with your own country men, |
iblc g. do your duty 60 the fullest
in dealing with the prohlemf
hat your fellow countrymcn have 10
oivc.
'it Is Important that this uniNors
ty should turn out seholafs. It Is
important nat It should turn
.ut men able 10 do. t. the fullest TX
ent. what IS required ~ them by the
omplrx needs of American citizen
hip. and remember always that your
10 show respect e. others VIII
largely on your own self
In thc DAVIS when America
lletrustea itself. America fclt bound