The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-30
ROOSEVELT TALKS
AT COMMENCEMENT

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June %
Guest and host In one. Theodore
Roosevelt brought energy and anima-
tion to commencement day at Harvard
University today
The cheers that marked his passage
among the buildings OF the ancient
yard indicated his position IA chief
guest Of the day. whilo his presence
at the head OF the table at the COM
mencement luncheon In memorial hall
was the token that he was host by
virtue OF his ONCE OF president of the
Harvard Alumni association, IL was
Roosevelt OF the class Of 1880" today,
and ho had busy time shaking hands
with old college friends When Gov
ernor Hughes OF New York received
his honorary degree in Sanders hall
the audience burst Into great cheers
and applause. j. Picrpont Morgan.
the New York fnancier. and General
Horace Porter, former ambassador to
France, also were awarded honorary
degrees
Nearly n thousand young men re-
ceiyed their diplomas today.
Colonel Roosevelt tonight went to
Nahanta as guest OF Senator Lodge.
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onel Roosevelt said in part.
Roosevelt Addresses Alumni
I'm the first place. / came home
with An increased and hearty friend
ship and good will for other countries.
l have visited many different nations,
and the more see OF decent people
of other nationnlities the more | real.
ize the truth of Abraham Lncoln'9
statement that there is a deal OF hui
man nature in mankind A good man
Is a good man anywhere and a scouD-
drel ought to be made to pay the pen
atty OF his scoundrellsm. whatever
his birthplace or nationality And yet
with that feeling there has come a
constantly increasing understanding
on my part that the man who wishes
to be a good citizen Of the world must
first and foremost be good citizen
OF his own nation.
"Amcrica" Symbol or Hope.
"One more word and then l am
through;
Il was struck by two things every
where | travelled abroad. One was
that the name America stood as Il
golden symbol OF hope for all who felt
they were downtrodden. that through
no fault of their own they had failed
to receive the Justice 10 which they
were entitled In life The name
America stood as a symbol Of asplra-
ton, OF the possibility OF realizing
ideals according to which every man,
rich OF poor, should be treated on his
worth as a man and should be given
an opportunity to show that worth
and 10 be judged as he succeeds In
showing It.
"That is one side. On the other
side, | found everywhere a certain |
dsheartened sense that We had not
come up to our ideals as there was
to have come; that we had not |
achieved them as we ought, Every [
Instance Of corruption. demagoguory. !
OF the unjust abuse OF wealth. the un
just use Of wealth to the detriment |
OF the public and the improper ac-
ceptance by the public that mere !
wealth in and of itself. constituted a /
claim to regard in the community. |
every instance of brutal materialism, |
on our part: every time that II was
made evident that the attitude of our
was such as ought not to be /
the attitude of a democracy founded
on the principles upon which ours
was founded; overy single instance
serving to dim the ideal that the /
name America conjured up in the
minds of those In foreign lands every
such instance served as an excuse for
those who, with a sneer. bid mankind
halt where 1t is, because the Ideals
that are set before us are the Ideals
oi dreamers only.
Now you Harvard men here. you
men of America, II you won't see
that your house IS put I'm order for
your own sake. | suppose II would be
useless TO ask you to put II in order
for the sake of other men: and yet
cannot imagine more stirring mp
peal being made to any people than
this well nigh voicelcsS appeal from
hose who in other lands have no.
had the treatment 10 which they arc
n justice entitled, who appeal to us
10 manage our republic according to
the highest standards OF morality
and decency. go that they can keep
mistaken their faith in a realizable